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HISTORY 
 
 OF 
 
 IDAHO 
 
 A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its 
 People and Its Principal Interests 
 
 
 HIRAM T. FRENCH, M. S. 
 
 VOLUME III 
 
 ILLUSTRATED 
 
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HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 JOSEPH C. WHITE. The Coeur d'Alene citizen 
 who is the organizer and manager of the Red Col- 
 lar Steamship Line is a remarkable man in that 
 every project he has ever attempted has met with 
 success. A most emphatic quality of appreciation 
 and credit is due him for his very valuable achieve- 
 ment in regard to the important transportation line 
 for which the residents of Idaho and Washington 
 owe him so much gratitude. A man of unusually 
 keen judgment, he is pronounced even by those who 
 meet him for only a short interview "a hustler, a 
 mover and a pusher." His life is one that is worth 
 reviewing in some detail. 
 
 Joseph C. White was born in Wyoming, Otoe 
 county, Nebraska, on the sixteenth day of March, 
 1865. He lived in that locality until about eleven 
 years of age, at which time his parents removed to 
 Colorado and he with them. The public schools of 
 Otoe county, the graded schools and high school 
 of Denver contributed to his education. The courses 
 of higher education he later pursued in the Univer- 
 sity of Denver. Not to be satisfied merely with 
 the advanced studies along lines of literature, science 
 and classics, young White looked ahead to his future 
 needs as a man who must have dealings with the 
 business world. Unlike many young men with a 
 university degree but with a pathetic lack of prac- 
 tical knowledge, Joseph White combined with his 
 collegjate courses a season of evening study at 
 a business college in Denver. 
 
 Engineering, homestead holding combined with 
 mining, and transportation activities in his present 
 capacity have been the larger elements of Mr. White's 
 career. His first Idaho location was in Wallace, 
 where he remained for one year, while engaged in 
 the duties of an engineering position in connection 
 with the Corbin railroad. From that employment 
 he passed to one of a similar nature, with residence 
 at Spokane. During a part of this time he was 
 in the government service and during all of his 
 engineering experience was financially fortunate. His 
 last service in that line was for the Seattle Lake 
 Shore Company, for whom he worked while living 
 in Spokane and for whom he went to Seattle. In 
 1892 he closed this engagement and returned to 
 Idaho, which ever since has been his home. 
 
 In the year mentioned Mr. White took up a home- 
 stead in Kootenai county, which he occupied for 
 
 about eight years. His peculiar gift for trans- 
 portation enterprises and allied activities was not 
 to be wasted, however. He moved into Coeur 
 d'Alene and associated himself, first with the lum- 
 ber business and later with the electric railroad 
 which was operating between Coeur d'Alene and 
 Spokane, being chief engineer for the railroad com- 
 
 Eany during the construction of the road. This 
 ne is recognized as one of the best equipped in the 
 United States, and as Mr. White built and completed 
 it ? the road is regarded as a worthy monument to 
 his ability. It was in 1904 that he severed his con- 
 nection with this company and entered upon the en- 
 terprise for which he has been most highly com- 
 mended. 
 
 Citizens had long felt the need of a properly man- 
 aged steamship line between Coeur d'Alene and St. 
 Joe. Boats were manipulated by single owners, 
 without definite method, without satisfactory regu- 
 larity and without the needed equipment and con- 
 veniences. It was with a realization of the much- 
 desired improvements that Mr. White organized 
 the Red Collar Steamship Line, which has brought 
 about a new era in transportation in this locality. 
 All the former shipowners were induced to merge 
 their interests into that of an organized company; 
 new and modern boats have been added; a double 
 daily schedule service was established ; arrangements 
 were methodically differentiated for passenger, mail, 
 express and freight service. All this service is first- 
 class, and for its initiation Mr. White is almost wholly 
 responsible. He is still the company's manager and 
 active head, a position which his many friends and 
 the public at large hope he may continue to fill 
 for many more years. 
 
 Such is a brief outline of the career of Mr. White 
 in practical affairs, omitting his youthful efforts as 
 a cadet in industry. His early mining speculations 
 he does not consider of great importance, although 
 in buying leasts and speculating on them he was for 
 a time almost phenomenally successful. 
 
 In political affairs Joseph C. White is conserva- 
 tively and independently a Democrat. He is one of 
 those up-to-date thinkers along economic lines who 
 believe that party theories are of great value m 
 unifying and making purposive the desires of the 
 people along national lines ; but he does not believe in 
 narrow bondage to party views because of inheritance 
 
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 VI; A 'HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 or previous affiliation. He takes a very active in- 
 terest in politics and is noted for his sane opinions 
 in local affairs. He served his county as surveyor 
 for two years. He was a member of the board of 
 education for six years, acting as its president 
 throughout that period. He was a member of the 
 Idaho legislature in the session of 1898-9, serving 
 that body as chairman of the fusion caucus and of 
 the committee on state affairs. As a tribute to the 
 high quality of his service in such capacity, Mr. 
 White was presented, at the close of the session, 
 with a beautiful gold-headed cane, the gift of Gov- 
 ernor Hunt and others. 
 
 The fact that Mr. White's genial personality makes 
 him a great social favorite is attested by the fact 
 that his membership has been sought by the Coeur 
 d'Alene Commercial Club, the Spokane Social Club, 
 the Inland Club of Spokane, the Rotary Club and 
 the Transportation Club of Spokane. In the follow- 
 ing secret societies he holds high place : The An- 
 cient Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has 
 passed all honors up to the thirty-second degree, be- 
 ing now past high priest in his chapter; the Benev- 
 olent and Protective Order of Elks; the Independ- 
 ent Order of Odd Fellows; the Knights of Pythias; 
 and the Hoo-Hoos. 
 
 The home life of Mr. White began in 1895. In 
 February of that year Miss Harriett Whitmore of 
 Farmington, Washington, a niece of Mr. and Mrs. 
 M. R. Fish of that place, became Mrs. Joseph C. 
 White. She and Mr. White have in the ensuing 
 years become the parents of a quartet of children. 
 The eldest, a son named Clarence, died in childhood ; 
 Frances, the first daughter, is now in school ; Alfred 
 K. is still at home; and little Constance is yet in 
 her babyhood. 
 
 In every phase of his useful, upright and nobly 
 ordered life, Mr. White is a citizen of the highest 
 standing. To few is it given to succeed so unfail- 
 ingly in all undertakings; to be so fortunate mate- 
 rially; to be so potent an influence in things intel- 
 lectual and civic; and to hold, withal, such high 
 regard in the eyes of his fellow-men. The loyalty 
 he professes for the splendid state he has made his 
 home and the faith he holds in her future is no 
 less than the faith and the loyalty entertained toward 
 Joseph C. White by all who knew him. 
 
 ERNEST F. HUNT. Among those whose activities 
 in the mercantile field have served to give prestige 
 in their various communities, the name of Ernest 
 F. Hunt, of Meridian has a conspicuous place. The 
 son of a merchant, reared in the atmosphere of 
 trade and commerce, and following that vocation 
 from the time when he first began his business 
 career, when he decided upon Meridian as his field 
 of operations, he brought to this city a wide and 
 practical knowledge of his business that has served 
 to materially advance the commercial importance of 
 this section. His energies have not been wholly 
 confined to the business of which he is the directing 
 head, however, for he has at all times found leisure 
 to interest himself in behalf of public movements, 
 and his reputation as a public-spirited citizen is only 
 equaled by the high regard in which he is held 
 among his business associates. Mr. Hunt was born 
 September 17, 1871, at Quincy, Illinois, and is a 
 son of Samuel R. and Mary Frances (Hardy) Hunt. 
 His father, a native of New York, brought the 
 family west as far as Kansas in 1871, and there 
 first began work as a carpenter, a trade which he 
 had learned in his youth. Subsequently, however, 
 he established himself in a mercantile business at 
 
 Peabody, Kansas, and he continued to be a suc- 
 cessful merchant throughout the remainder of his 
 life, his death occurring at Lawrence, Kansas, May 
 13, 1912, when he had reached the ripe old age of 
 eighty-three years. His wife, also a native of the 
 Empire State, died in Kansas in 1898. They had a 
 family of seven children, of whom Ernest F. was 
 the next to the youngest. 
 
 Ernest F. Hunt was still an infant when taken 
 to Kansas by his parents, and there his education 
 was secured in the pioneer schools of Peabody. On 
 completing his educational training, he at once was 
 initiated into the details of the mercantile business 
 in the store of his father, and eventually he opened 
 a store of his own, which he conducted with uni- 
 form success for about ten years. At that time he 
 disposed of his interests and came to Idaho, locat- 
 ing in Boise, from which city he traveled for three 
 years as salesman for the Shaw Advertising Com- 
 pany. On leaving the employ of that concern, Mr. 
 Hunt came to Meridian and opened a small mer- 
 cantile establishment, which has since been devel- 
 oped into one of the leading enterprises of its kind 
 in this part of Ada county. As a business man 
 there may be said to be three excellent reasons why 
 Mr. Hunt has attained success energy, system, and 
 practical knowledge. It has ever been his policy 
 to give to his patrons the best of quality, and his 
 stock compares favorably with that of the large 
 stores all over the state. His sterling integrity and 
 honesty of purpose have gained him many friends 
 and the confidence of his patrons, and no man is 
 more highly esteemed in his community. 
 
 In 1892 Mr.. Hunt was married in Kansas to Miss 
 Anna M. Nusbaum, and to this union there have 
 been born five children: Helen, born in 1894 in Kan- 
 sas, a graduate of the Meridian public and high 
 schools ; Hazel, born in 1896, in Kansas, and now 
 attending the schools of Meridian; Herma, born 
 in 1899, in Kansas, also a student here; Fred, born 
 in 1903, in Boise, Idaho, and a scholar in the 
 graded schools; and Frank, born in 1907, in Boise. 
 Mr. Hunt has always had supreme confidence in the 
 future welfare of Idaho, and his faith in Meridian's 
 development as a commercial and industrial center 
 of importance, as well as his high abilities, have 
 caused him to be elected to the office of secretary of 
 the Meridian Commercial Club. His fraternal con- 
 nection is with the Odd Fellows, and in political 
 matters he is a Republican, but has not found time 
 to enter the public arena. When he can command 
 leisure from his business activities, he is usually 
 found at his comfortable residence, of which he is 
 very fond, although like all virile men of the west, 
 outdoor life and sports also attract him. Mrs. Hunt 
 belongs to the Methodist church, where her numer- 
 ous friends testify cheerfully to her popularity. 
 
 CHARLES W. PARKS. The president of the Rose- 
 berry Milling Company of Roseberry^ Idaho, is 
 inevitably an important man in the business world 
 of this section, for the company is one of the suc- 
 cessful and important industries of this part of the 
 state. Charles W. Parks, who holds this position, 
 has lived in Long Valley for twelve years and is 
 widely known, not only through his business rela- 
 tions, but also through his personal friendships. He 
 is the son of a western pioneer and has inherited 
 from his father the spirit that knows how to with- 
 stand disappointment and defeat and also how to 
 do that much harder thing, take success when it 
 comes. 
 
 Charles W. Parks was born on the 24th of August, 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 1860, in Jo Daviess county, Illinois, the son of Sam- 
 uel and Rachel (Dunlap) Parks. His parents were 
 both natives of the state of Illinois and a full account 
 of their lives is given in the sketch of Mr. Park's 
 younger brother, R. M. Parks, elsewhere in this 
 volume. 
 
 Charles W. Parks received his education in the 
 schools of Jo Daviess county and then his education 
 completed he went to work on his father's farm. 
 His father removed to Iowa in 1883, the son accom- 
 panied him, locating himself on a farm in the north- 
 west section of the state. He farmed here from 
 1883 until 1802 when he went to Minnesota and took 
 up farming lands. He remained in Minnesota until 
 1900 and then came west and located in Long Val- 
 ley, Idaho. He bought a fine half section of land 
 which he cultivated for a time and then he sold 
 this property and took up a homestead. He im- 
 proved this land and brought it to a high state 
 of cultivation, and is the present owner of a very 
 fine piece of property. He has numerous interests 
 in Roseberry, although his first care is for his farm. 
 He is president of the Long Valley Milling Com- 
 pany, and is also interested in the successful firm 
 of merchants, of which his brother is an active 
 member Peterson and Parks, hardware merchants 
 of Roseberry. Mr. Park is a member of the Town- 
 site Company and also of the Long Valley Advo- 
 cate Publishing Company. 
 
 In politics Mr. Parks is independent, preferring 
 to vote as he thinks and not according to the dic- 
 tates of party leaders. He may be placed in the 
 class of the "big men" of Roseberry, and he has 
 done much for the progress of the town, believing 
 that this section has resources that are as yet 
 untouched and that it has a great future. 
 
 Mr. Parks married Sarah E. Thompson at Bel- 
 vedere, Illinois, on the i6th of February, 1889. Mrs. 
 Parks died on June i, 1901, at Van Wyke, Idaho, 
 and there lies buried. Two children were born to 
 this union. The eldest of these, Flora B., was born 
 in Sioux county, Iowa, December 14, 1890, and is 
 now Mrs. Stredder, of Roseberry, having been mar- 
 ried in January, 1912. The second daughter, Nellie, 
 was born in Pipestone county, Minnesota, on March 
 '3. 1893, and now resides with her father in Rose- 
 berry. She has been attending the schools of her 
 home city, but is now a student in Idaho College, at 
 Caldwell. Mr. Parks is a member of the Modern 
 Woodmen of America, being a member of the coun- 
 cil at Roseberry. 
 
 R. M. PARKS, of Roseberry, Idaho, is one of the 
 citizens of that thriving town who is generally 
 looked up to and consulted when important busi- 
 ness deals are to be put through, or when matters 
 of public interest are under discussion. As one of 
 the prominent business men and successful mer- 
 chants of Roseberry he is held in the highest esteem 
 by the entire population of Long Valley, and the 
 varied interests in which he is concerned show 
 clearly that he is a man of exceptional ability. 
 
 The father of R. M. Parks was Samuel Parks, one 
 of the early pioneers of a large part of the far west, 
 he having been a resident at an early date of Idaho, 
 Dakota, California, and Oregon. Samuel Parks was 
 born in Illinois in Williamson county, April 25, 1831. 
 He received his ^education in this county and then 
 went over into Jo Daviess county, at the age of 
 seventeen, where he worked for two years. He 
 next went up into the pine forests of northern Wis- 
 consin and there worked in the lumber camps for 
 two years. The lumber camps at any time are not 
 luxurious, but in those days they were indescrib- 
 
 ably rough and the life was not only the crudest 
 of existences but the hardships that had to be 
 endured quickly made a man of a youth or ruined 
 him for any future usefulness in the world. Sam- 
 uel Parks was of the type of boy whom these expe- 
 riences only strengthened, and in 1853, a lad of 
 twenty-two he started across the plains, with an 
 ox-cart and a meager outfit. He was with a party 
 who went by way of Fort Laramie, and then across 
 the trackless waste, untraveled as yet by the im- 
 migrant trains, to the Dakotas. Crossing this ter- 
 ritory they came to Montana and then passed on 
 into Idaho, crossing the Snake river where Salmon 
 now stands and then passing up Indian creek to 
 the spot where Boise was to spring into existence 
 in later years. During this journey the travelers 
 were in constant danger of attacks by Indians, but 
 they were hardy frontiersmen, who knew that the 
 chief danger from the savages lay in carelessness, 
 and therefore kept an unceasing guard, and the 
 Indians not being able to use their usual method of 
 surprise, did not molest them at all. From Idaho 
 the party passed through Malheur county, Oregon, 
 and on to the present site of Baker City. Then 
 they came to Grand Ronde Valley and to The Dalles, 
 thence passing down the Columbia river, and cross- 
 ing the stream continued on to Cascade Falls and 
 so to Portland, Oregon, where the party of intrepid 
 adventurers broke up. Mr. Parks went first to 
 Corvallis and then southward to Crescent, Califor- 
 nia. He only remained a short time at the latter 
 place and then went to Bridger's Creek, where he 
 engaged in prospecting and mining. He was so for- 
 tunate as to locate some valuable gold bearing prop- 
 erties, and had started to work on these claims 
 when the news was brought him of an Indian 
 uprising and the more alarming word that they 
 were close at hand. Nothing was to be done but 
 abandon the property and seek safety in flight. He 
 had only gone a short distance when the Indians 
 arrived at the camp and in a few minutes his little 
 cabin was going up in smoke. He lost everything 
 in this raid, and so proceeded directly to Canby, 
 California, where he enlisted for service against the 
 Indians, determined that as far as it was in his 
 power he would aid in the prevention of such 
 destruction of property as he had himself suffered. 
 He served for five months, being eternally on the 
 march, fighting a difficult and ceaseless battle 
 against the savages. At the end of this time when 
 the Indians had been partially subdued, he again 
 took up mining at Josephine, California. But here 
 again the Indians destroyed his property and decid- 
 ing that the risk to life was too great, and the yel- 
 low gold itself too small a reward, he determined 
 to go back to his old home in Illinois, where there 
 was at least peace. He therefore crossed the plains 
 a second time, this trip being equally as dangerous 
 as the first had been. Upon reaching his native 
 state he bought a farm in Jo Daviess county and 
 settled down to a quiet life. This was in 1857 and 
 until 1883 he remained a prosperous farmer and then 
 the wanderlust seized him again, and the call of the 
 frontier was too strong to be resisted, so he sold 
 out his farm and removed to Sioux county, Iowa, 
 where he bought another farm and settled down 
 to an agricultural life again. He remained here for 
 nine years but it was not near enough to the wilder- 
 ness to suit him, so he next moved to Pipestone. 
 Minnesota, where he again bought farm lands and 
 where he stayed with his family for four years. 
 At the end of this time he removed to a farm 
 near Woodstock, Minnesota, and lived there for 
 three years. In 1899 he came back to the scenes 
 
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 that had fascinated him in his early manhood, but 
 what a change had come over the face of the coun- 
 try since he had last seen it. He came to Boise 
 Valley, Idaho, first, and then went over to Long 
 Valley, and there he has lived with his children 
 ever since. He is retired from active business but 
 he is hale and hearty at the age of eighty-one. 
 
 During the Civil war, Mr. Parks enlisted in the 
 Forty-second Illinois Regiment and for the four 
 years of this great struggle he followed the fortunes 
 of the Stars and Stripes. He participated in four 
 of the greatest battles of the war, taking part in the 
 six days continuous fighting in and around Colum- 
 bia, Tennessee, there being engaged in the battle at 
 Spring Hill, Tennessee, which lasted a whole day. 
 On the next afternoon came one of the hardest 
 fought and fiercest battles 9f the war, at Franklin, 
 Tennessee, which although it only lasted six hours, 
 was so bitterly fought, that General Hood admitted 
 losing seven thousand men. Then came the Battle of 
 Nashville, which lasted from December I4th to 
 December i6th. After this battle the Forty-second 
 Regiment followed the gray army down to Flor- 
 ence, Alabama, under the command of General 
 Thomas. Here about nine thousand of General 
 Hood's men surrendered to Colonel Swain, and 
 Captain Thomas, and this was one of the last events 
 of the war which he witnessed, for the end was 
 near. He received his honorable discharge and 
 returned to his home in Illinois in 1865. 
 
 Samuel Parks married Rachael Dunlap, who was 
 born in Illinois on the igth of March, 1835. The 
 ceremony took place at Galena, Illinois, September 
 24, 1857, and Mrs. Parks was as courageous and 
 hardy as her husband, rejoicing as did he in the free 
 life~ of the frontier. She died in Roseberry, Idaho, 
 March 18, 1906. Six children were born to Samuel 
 Parks and his wife, of whom three are still living 
 in Roseberry. Charles Parks, of whom a more 
 extended notice will be found elsewhere in this vol- 
 ume, Sydney T. Parks, and R. M. Parks. 
 
 October g, 1886, was the date of the birth of R. 
 M. Parks, and Jo Daviess county, Illinois, is his 
 birthplace. He was the youngest member of his 
 family and started to school in the district schools 
 of his" native county. He left school at an early age, 
 however, to go to work on his father's farm. Upon 
 the removal of the family to the farm in northwest 
 Iowa, he accompanied his father and helped with 
 the work of the new farm, and he also went with 
 his father to Pipestone, Minnesota. Here he 
 remained for seven years, coming to Long Valley 
 in 1899. He took up a homestead near Van Wyke 
 in this valley and was successfully engaged in farm- 
 ing until 1906. He then came to Roseberry and in 
 partnership with Mr. Peterson established a hard- 
 ware business, also dealing in building materials. 
 They established the concern with a stock of three 
 thousand dollars and it has been prosperous from 
 the very beginning. The firm now carries a large 
 and we'll selected stock of hardware and building 
 materials valued at $20,000. They have a large and 
 increasing patronage, and the firm bears a high 
 reputation in the surrounding country. 
 
 Mr. Parks has other interests in addition to that 
 of his store, for he is a director in the Long Val- 
 ley Milling Company, and holds the same office in 
 the Advocate Printing Company and in the Town- 
 site Company. 
 
 In politics Mr. Parks gives his allegiance to none 
 of the big parties, preferring to decide for himself 
 as to the merits of the various candidates, and he 
 has never cared to take any active part in the 
 political game. 
 
 In January, 1909, Mr. Parks was married to Miss 
 Edna Mertz, at Vail, Oregon. Two children have 
 been born of this marriage : Francis Parks who was 
 born in California in 1910, and Robert W. Parks, 
 whose birth occurred in June, 1911, in Roseberry. 
 
 WERNER KLINGLER. A resident of Payette since 
 1905, Mr. Klingler is manager of the Payette-Weiser 
 Milling Company, and a thoroughly experienced 
 miller and business man. 
 
 Werner Klingler was born in St. Gallen, Switzer- 
 land, September 9, 1876, a son of Franz and Mary 
 (Anderau) Klingler, both natives of Switzerland, 
 the former of whom died in 1903 at the age of sev- 
 enty years. Mrs. Klingler survives and still has her 
 home in Switzerland. During the last forty years 
 of his life Franz Klingler owned and controlled a 
 mill at Gossau, Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland, and 
 was a man of considerable prominence in his com- 
 munity. He and his wife were the parents of nine 
 children, concerning whom the following data is 
 here incorporated : Herman is a rancher in the 
 vicinity of Vernon, Texas; Anna is the wife of 
 William Brunshweiler, a wholesale wine dealer of 
 Switzerland ; Otto lives in Switzerland and is a 
 manufacturer of lace curtains ; Robert is a miller 
 and owns and controls a loo-barrel mill in Switzer- 
 land; Walter is a miller in Chile, South America; 
 Werner; Mary K., is the wife of August Kurrer, 
 a ' lawyer, who resides in Switzerland ; Hedwig, 
 married Joseph Huber, cheese dealer in Switzerland, 
 and Oscar, a civil engineer, is also a resident of 
 Switzerland. 
 
 In the public schools of Switzerland Werner 
 Klingler attained his preliminary education, includ- 
 ing a three-years' course in the high school. Sub- 
 sequently he attended a French institute for one 
 year and thoroughly learned the French language. 
 Under the direction of his father he then acquired 
 the trade of miller and for one year was a student 
 in a miller school at Dippoldiswalde, Saxony, Ger- 
 many. In 1900 he began his practical career with 
 the management of a mill at Dole, France, where 
 he remained eight months and was then employed 
 in a Swiss milling plant for a short time. He was 
 connected with different trades for several months 
 and subsequently went to Russia, where he was in 
 a shoe factory at Warsaw for one year. Going to 
 England in 1902 he spent the first eight months 
 studying the English language in a private school. 
 From England he crossed the Atlantic to Old Mex- 
 ico, where he took charge of a flour mill in the 
 state of Sonora. Eighteen months later he went 
 to Oregon, being associated with his brother Wal- 
 ter for one year in conducting a mill near Port- 
 land. Having sold out his interests in that place 
 in 1905, he came to Payette. Idaho, establishing the 
 milling concern known as Thomas & Klingler. The 
 business name of this concern was Thomas & Kling- 
 ler Milling Company for the first three years, since 
 which time it has been the Payette-Weiser Milling 
 Company. The company own and conduct two mills 
 in Payette, Idaho, and one in Weiser, Idaho, and the 
 firm also is engaged in the wholesale grain busi- 
 ness. The Payette-Weiser Milling Company in the 
 past few years has become one of the largest con- 
 cerns of its kind in Idaho and its business and prod- 
 ucts are of substantial benefit to the people of the 
 state. 
 
 Mr. Klingler maintains an independent attitude 
 in his political opinions and activities, and is a 
 Progressive and energetic citizen, one who dis- 
 plays a deep and sincere interest in all matters 
 effecting the good of the community. He is a well 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 read and well informed man, and has command of 
 several languages. Mr. Klingler is unmarried. 
 
 JOHN C. ROGERS. The town of Burley, in southern 
 Idaho, situated in the valley of the Snake river and 
 resting under the shadow of the Goose Creek moun- 
 tains, has grown up in recent years with the build- 
 ing of an extension of the Oregon Short Line into 
 this part of the state, and is now not only one of 
 the best towns on the south side but has greater 
 possibilities of development so that the future will 
 know of it more favorably than the present. 
 
 The first lawyer to establish himself in practice 
 in this fortunate and happy locality was Mr. John 
 C. Rogers, who is not only the dean of his pro- 
 fession locally but a citizen of leadership and in- 
 fluence. Mr. Rogers is not a newcomer in Idaho. 
 He has been identified with this state and adjoin- 
 ing parts of the Northwest for many years. It is 
 doubtful if anyone more thoroughly comprehends 
 the real beauty and resources of this splendid state. 
 During years spent in the mountains and on the 
 plains, in the forests and by the rivers, he has used 
 the scholarship of a broad mind to understand his 
 environment both from a practical and esthetic stand- 
 point. As Idaho is the favorite of all the states he 
 has known, it is a pleasure to him to answer from 
 his store of exact knowledge any inquiries of pros- 
 pective settlers concerning it, and it is doubtful 
 if more disinterested and convincing information 
 could be obtained from anyone than from this lawyer 
 and citizen of Burley. 
 
 John C. Rogers has had a varied and interesting 
 career. With many a valiant fight against bodily 
 infirmity and ill health, he has lived by constant work 
 and a vigorous will until he has already attained the 
 psalmist's span of three score and ten, and seems 
 good for many more. He has traveled hopefully 
 all his years and has found true success in labor. 
 
 In Claiborne county, Tennessee, he was born June 
 19. 1843. When he was five years old his parents 
 moved to Platte county, Missouri, and five years later 
 to Clinton county, in the same state. His boyhood 
 was thus spent during almost the pioneer period of 
 northwest Missouri. He worked on the farm and 
 attended such local schools as existed, and later 
 entered William Jewell College at Liberty, Missouri. 
 In disproof of the generally accepted axiom that 
 man and his actions are controlled by environment, 
 Mr. Rogers, though born a southerner, of slave- 
 holding progenitors, and surrounded from childhood 
 by kinsmen and neighbors who vigorously espoused 
 the cause of the Confederacy, remained loyal to the 
 flag; and, almost alone among his college fellows, 
 followed its fortunes during the trying vicissitudes 
 of the war in the West. He was in the midst of 
 his studies when the war broke out, and he enlisted 
 before the close of the school year, joining Company 
 F of the Sixth Missouri Cavalry. He was with his 
 regiment throughout the war, in most of the engage- 
 ments in which it participated, and the effects of a 
 wound in the left thigh have remained with him all 
 the rest of his life. 
 
 After this service for his country he returned to 
 Missouri, studied law, was admitted to the bar at 
 Albany, where he remained in practice four years. 
 Then occurred his first breakdown in health, which 
 caused him to give up his profession temporarily, 
 and during the two years following he traveled in 
 South America and in many of the eastern and 
 ;\v ester n states. 
 
 At Denver, Colorado, he again resumeti practice. 
 Some three years later he went to Virginia City. 
 Montana, and soon after to Glendale, in the same 
 
 state, where he had his office about three years. A 
 recurrence of his old trouble made is necessary 
 to abandon his profession, and for a year he sought 
 health and strength in the mountains of California, 
 and Nevada. 
 
 After this second enforced vacation he came to 
 Idaho, in 1888, and has never changed his residence 
 nor his affection from this state in the subsequent 
 quarter of a century. Albion, the old county seat 
 of Cassia county, was his first home, and he remained 
 there until 1906, when he set up the first law office 
 in the new town of Burley. He has always enjoyed 
 a large practice, and has the confidence and esteem 
 of all people with whom he has been associated 
 
 Mr. Rogers was married at Albion, in April, 1890, 
 to Miss Mary Ward, who was formerly a resident 
 of Utah. In church matters both Mr. Rogers and 
 his wife incline to the Methodist faith. He has 
 passed all the chairs in the Odd Fellows lodge and 
 has also taken the three encampment degrees. 
 
 A Democrat, taking a keen interest in politics, 
 he was formerly a member of the Montana legis- 
 lature, was for two years prosecuting attorney of 
 Cassia county, and later elected district attorney for 
 five counties, holding that office four years. By 
 appointment Mr. Rogers served about six years as 
 a regent of the Albion State Normal College. Dur- 
 ing that time he did effective work in getting the con- 
 tributions from private sources which enabled the 
 erection of an additional building on the school 
 grounds, and in other ways did much to promote 
 the efficiency of the college. In former years Mr. 
 Rogers was much in demand as a campaign speaker. 
 His learning is by no means confined to the fruit of 
 his school days and legal studies, for he has always 
 been a student, of men and books and things. It 
 is not difficult to discover his interest for outdoor 
 life, and he has many pleasant reminiscences of moun- 
 tain camps. He is also very fond of music. 
 
 Concerning Idaho he says: Idaho has the mak- 
 ing of one of the greatest states in the Union. Its 
 great valleys, comprising millions of acres of rich 
 agricultural land, lie almost within the shadow of 
 the surrounding mountains, whence the accumula- 
 tions of winter snows are sent down through rushing 
 rivers carrying enough water, when judiciously used 
 and applied, to irrigate all the adjacent valley lands. 
 This fact alone warrants us in saying that some day 
 we shall possess a dense population. But, more than 
 this, the state has its immense water power and 
 mineral resources, and last, but not least, its health- 
 ful and delightful climate. No homeseeker could 
 make a mistake by choosing Idaho for his location. 
 
 DANIEL P. DONOVAN. The early life of Daniel P. 
 Donovan was passed in farm life, that being the 
 occupation of his father, and when he quitted home 
 he entered into that line of industry on his own 
 responsibility. It is only since 1909 that he became 
 identified with the real estate business, which he has 
 found so profitable in Payette, Oregon, and in addi- 
 tion he is interested in fruit raising, operating sev- 
 eral hundred acres of the finest orchard lands in 
 Oregon. 
 
 Born in Ppttawattamie county. Iowa, on March 
 10, 1877, Daniel P. Donovan is the son of Timothy 
 and Julia (Callahan) Donovan, both natives of Ire- 
 land. The father was a young man when he came 
 to America in 1856, and settled first in Iowa, where 
 he engaged in farming pursuits. In the later sixties 
 he removed to Idaho, locating in the Boise Valley, 
 or Basin, and there followed mining for two years, 
 after which he returned to Iowa. He thereafter 
 gave his entire attention to agriculture, and in recent 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 years retired from active business life, although he 
 still makes his home on the old home farm which 
 he settled in 1856. The wife and mother came to 
 America in 1862 with her parents. They first set- 
 tled in New York City, later moving to Iowa. 
 Twelve children were, born of the union of Tim- 
 othy and Julia Donovan, Daniel P., of this review, 
 being the sixth in order of birth. 
 
 Daniel P. Donovan was educated in the schools 
 of Pottawattamie county, Iowa, and his schooling 
 was varied with the work of the home farm. In 
 1897 he left home and began farming in the vicinity 
 of his birth, continuing thus until 1909. In that 
 year he came to Payette, Idaho, here engaging in 
 real estate operations and in fruit raising. He has 
 expanded his interests rapidly until today he is 
 operating several hundred acres of the finest orch- 
 ard land in the state, lying close to Payette. He 
 has been active in real estate matters, and has been 
 instrumental in locating many desirable home seek- 
 ers on the fine lands of this district, more than 
 two hundred families having settled here through 
 his activities. He has in that way materially 
 advanced the growth of the region roundabout 
 Payette, and in other ways had demonstrated his 
 capacity and character as a citizen of the highest 
 order. He is president of the Boise Water & Land 
 Company, of Boise, Idaho, as well as being a stock- 
 holder in the Fruitgrowers Bank and a member of 
 its directorate. He is deeply interested in some of 
 the big irrigation projects of the state and is largely 
 interested in the development of water power in 
 Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Donovan is a stanch Republican, but has 
 neither sought nor filled public office at any time 
 in his business career. He is a member of the 
 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and a mem- 
 ber of the Payette Commercial Club, to which all 
 good citizens of the town belong. 
 
 On October 10, 1900, Mr. Donovan was united in 
 marriage with Miss Nettie Barnes, the daughter of 
 Mr. and Mrs. E. Barnes, natives of Iowa. She was 
 born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and there reared. Two 
 daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dono- 
 van, Irene, born July 7, 1902, and, Gladys, born 
 March 6, 1904, both at Logan, Iowa. The Donovan 
 residence is located at No. 1227 First avenue, South. 
 
 As a successful man, Mr. Donovan is eminently 
 deserving of credit for his worthy achievements, 
 and of a place in the pages of this work, dealing 
 with the biographical and historical aspects of the 
 state. Mr. Donovan left home as a youth under 
 most untoward circumstances, unaided by the bene- 
 fits of material wealth of an education beyond the 
 merest rudiments of learning. He has again 
 demonstrated, as so many men have done before 
 him, that success is not a matter of opportunities 
 presented, but rather of opportunities recognized 
 and laid hold upon, and this quality of discernment, 
 coupled with his splendid energies and his many 
 worthy traits of character have been sufficient to 
 place him in his present agreeable circumstances. 
 
 DAVISON H. EASTMAN. Through his interposi- 
 tion in the agricultural and stock-growing indus- 
 tries in Idaho Mr. Eastman has gained independ- 
 ence and definite prosperity, and he is still the owner 
 of one of the valuable landed estate in the beauti- 
 ful Boise valley, though he is now living virtually 
 retired in an attractive home in the city of Boise. 
 He has been a resident of Idaho for more than a 
 score of years and has fully availed himself of the 
 splendid opportunities here presented, with the 
 result that he has achieved marked success through 
 
 his well ordered efforts and has become one of the 
 substantial citizens of the state, even as he is lib- 
 eral and progressive in his civic attitude. A man 
 who commands unqualified esteem in the community 
 and now incumbent of the office of county commis- 
 sioner, Mr. Eastman is eminently entitled to specific 
 recognition in this publication. 
 
 Davison H. Eastman was born in Benton county, 
 Iowa, on the I4th of December, 1864, and is a repre- 
 sentative of one of the sterling pioneer families 
 of the Hawkeye state. He is a son of Harmon and 
 Caroline A. (Shields) Eastman, both of whom were 
 born in Indiana, where the respective families were 
 founded in the pioneer days, and both of whom now 
 maintain their home in East Boise, Idaho, the former 
 being seventy-seven years of age and the latter 
 seventy years at the time of this writing, in 1912; 
 they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary 
 in 1909 and both are held in high regard in the com- 
 munity in which they have chosen to pass the gra- 
 cious twilight of their lives. Harmon Eastman 
 was reared to adult age in his native state, and as 
 a young man he removed to Illinois, where he was 
 identified with agricultural pursuits for a number 
 of years. In the late '503 he went to Iowa and 
 numbered himself among the pioneers of Benton 
 county, where he secured a tract of government 
 land and developed a productive farm. He was one 
 of the representative citizens of that county for 
 many years and finally disposed of his interests in 
 Iowa to pass the residue of his life in Idaho. 
 
 He was one of the loyal sons of the republic who 
 went forth in defense of the Union when the Civil 
 war was precipitated on a divided nation. In 1861, 
 in response to President Lincoln's first call for 
 volunteers, he enlisted in Company D, Twenty- 
 eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, with which he pro- 
 ceeded to the front and with which he took part 
 in a number of important engagements marking 
 the earlier period of the great conflict between the 
 North and South. After a year of faithful and 
 efficient service his health became impaired to such 
 an extent that he was unable to continue in the 
 ranks, with the result that he was given an honor- 
 able discharge, on account of physical disability. 
 He has ever retained a deep interest in his old com- 
 rades in arms and signified the same by his affilia- 
 tion with .the Grand Army of the Republic, in the 
 affairs of which he has been active and appreciative. 
 He has ever been a stalwart advocate of the prin- 
 ciples and policies of the Republican party and both 
 he and his wife are zealous members of the Chris- 
 tian church. Of the five children Davison H., of 
 this review, was the second in order of birth. 
 
 Davison H. Eastman was reared to the sturdy 
 discipline of the old homestead farm in Benton 
 county, Iowa, and his early educational advantages 
 were those afforded in the public schools of the 
 locality and period. He continued to be identified 
 with agricultural pursuits in his native state until 
 he went to South Dakota and took up a claim near 
 Redfield, Spink county, where he effected the devel- 
 opment of a considerable part of his claim. There- 
 after he was for a time a resident of Topeka, Kan- 
 sas, and later he established his residence in Salt 
 Lake City, where he engaged in business in the 
 locating and boring of artesian wells. He devoted 
 a few years to this line of enterprise, in which he 
 was successful, and then came to Idaho, with the 
 civic and industrial interests, of which state he has 
 been closely and worthily identified. He obtained 
 government land in the Boise valley, and through 
 close application and judicious management he here 
 developed a fine property, becoming one of the 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 911 
 
 representative farmers and stock-growers of this 
 section of the state. A substantial competency rep- 
 resents the concrete results of his well directed 
 endeavors, and he has no reason to regret the fact 
 that he thus early availed himself of the opportuni- 
 ties afforded in the state which is consistently 
 termed the "Gem of the Mountains." As a cattle- 
 grower Mr. Eastman utilized an extensive range 
 and built up a large and prosperous business, in 
 connection with which he shipped the major part of 
 his live stock to the eastern markets. His valuable 
 ranch property is now leased to a reliable tenant, 
 and in 1911, on account of the delicate health of his 
 wife, Mr. Eastman removed to Boise, the fair capi- 
 tal city of the state, where he resides in an attract- 
 ive and modern home, at 1600 North Eighth street. 
 He is fond of sports afield and makes frequent hunt- 
 ing and fishing trips, besides which, with his high- 
 grade touring automobile, he and his family find 
 diversion in making long tours through the beau- 
 tiful mountains and valleys which give Idaho its 
 picturesque charm. 
 
 In politics Mr. Eastman is a stalwart advocate 
 of the cause of the Republican party and he has 
 given effective service as a worker in its local 
 ranks. In the autumn of 1912 he was elected to 
 represent the second district as a member of the 
 board of commissioners of Ada county, and his 
 progressiveness and public spirit insure effective 
 service on his part in this important office. He is 
 affiliated with the local camp of the Sons of Vet- 
 erans and both he and his wife hold membership in 
 the Christian church. In the Boise Valley, at the 
 home of the bride's parents, was solemnized, on 
 the 29th of October, 1894, the marriage of Mr. East- 
 man to Miss Nellie Everett, who is a daughter of 
 Phelps and Elizabeth (Wilson) Everett, sterling 
 pioneers of Idaho, where they established their 
 home fully forty years ago. Mr. and Mrs. East- 
 man have five children, whose names, with respec- 
 tive dates of birth, are here noted : Clifford, August 
 28, 1896; Helen, January 8. 1898; Harold, Septem- 
 ber 23, 1901 ; Vernon, October 2, 1903 ; and Muriel, 
 in April, 1908. 
 
 WILLIAM H. O'KANE first commended himself to 
 the business men of Roseberry. Idaho, by the effi- 
 cient way in which he handled the affairs of the 
 high school of that city. His executive ability and 
 his qualities and leadership plainly showed them- 
 selves in this capacity, therefore his selection as 
 cashier of the Roseberry State Bank was no sur- 
 prise to his fellow citizens. Mr. O'Kane has only 
 been a resident of Idaho for three years, but dur- 
 ing this time he has become a popular member of 
 the community in which he resides, and is well 
 known in the business and financial world of this 
 section of the state. 
 
 William H. O'Kane has a fine combination of 
 Irish and English blood, his maternal grandparents 
 having come from England and. settling in Illinois 
 in the early days of the state. His maternal grand- 
 father was named John Light, and his paternal 
 grandfather, Michael O'Kane, came from Ireland 
 and also settled in Illinois at an early period of her 
 history. William O'Kane is a son of Henry M. and 
 Ellen (Light) O'Kane, both of whom are natives 
 of Illinois. Henry M. O'Kane was born in 1850 
 and his wife in 1852. They are still living in Ogle 
 county, Illinois, where Mr. O'Kane is a retired 
 farmer. Eleven children have been born to William 
 O'Kane and his wife, all of whom are living with 
 one exception. They are as follows : Michael. Fred- 
 erick, Harry, Robert, William H., Clarence, George, 
 
 who is deceased, Mrs. Cora Travis, Mrs. Ross 
 Hedrick ; Miss Fannie O'Kane and Miss Ivy Blanche 
 O'Kane. 
 
 William H. O'Kane was born in Polo, Ogle county, 
 Illinois, on the 2d of March, 1880, and he received 
 his elementary education in the public and high 
 schools of Polo. Being an ambitious lad he then 
 took a special course at Steinman's Business Col- 
 lege, at Dixon, Illinois, and then attended the Wells 
 Training School, of Oregon, Illinois, from which 
 he was graduated in 1904, having completed the spe- 
 cial teacher's training course. Not content with this 
 preparation for the teaching profession which he 
 had determined to enter, he entered the State 
 Normal School at De Kalb, Illinois, and was grad- 
 uated from the teacher's course of this institution 
 in 1908. He now began his professional career, his 
 first experience as a teacher being had in the schools 
 of Fairdale, De Kalb county, Illinois, where he 
 taught for a year. In 1909 he received the offer of 
 a position in Roseberry, Idaho, and came here to 
 take the principalship of the high school. For two 
 years he held this position and during this time the 
 efficiency of the school was noticeably increased. 
 He was then appointed cashier of the Roseberry 
 State Bank and has since filled this position very 
 successfully. In addition to being an official of the 
 bank he is also a member of the directorate. 
 
 In politics Mr. O'Kane is a member of the Repub- 
 lican party and in religious affiliations he belongs 
 to the Methodist Episcopal church, being a valued 
 worker in this church. He is superintendent of the 
 Sunday School, and is active in other ways. 
 
 Mr. O'Kane married Miss Amber Groff, of Fair- 
 dale, Illinois in 1909. Mrs. O'Kane is a daughter of 
 A. F. and Annie J. Groff, who are still living in 
 Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. O'Kane are the parents of 
 two children : Leita Belle O'Kane, who was born in 
 Roseberry. on January 8, 1910, and William Harold 
 who was born November 7, 1912. 
 
 The enthusiasm and firm belief which Mr. O'Kane 
 holds in regard to the bright future for the state 
 of Idaho was very clearly shown when he returned 
 to his native town and, by his eloquence and the 
 very evident faith which he had in his adopted 
 state, persuaded some of his relations to invest 
 money in this section of Idaho. He is sure that 
 any money invested here will be returned many 
 times over. 
 
 WILLIAM REMBER. Nearly thirty years ago Wil- 
 liam Rember landed at Hailey. Idaho, and here he 
 Tias since maintained his residence and worked at 
 his trade, that of blacksmith. His interests have 
 been interwoven with the interests of this locality. 
 He has identified himself with its social and political 
 life, he has won the respect and confidence of his 
 fellow citizens, and he has made his influence felt 
 for good. 
 
 Mr. Rember is a native of Canada. He was born 
 June 6, 1858, and the first sixteen years of his life 
 were spent in the vicinity of his birth. On leaving 
 home, he went to New York state, where he spent 
 two years, working at the trade of blacksmith. 
 From New York he started westward, and came 
 as far as Detroit, Michigan, where he continued 
 his labor at the anvil, and where he made his home 
 for five years. After this he spent one year in St. 
 Louis, Missouri, and nearly three years in traveling 
 about, visiting many states and territories, and finally 
 drifting into Idaho. That was in 1883. He took 
 up his residence at Hailey, and here, as above indi- 
 cated, he has made his home for nearly thirty years. 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 All this time he has had a blacksmith shop and has 
 conducted a successful business. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Rember has always been a Demo- 
 crat, active and influential in party affairs. He 
 served two years as sheriff of Elaine county, and 
 the past six years he has been a member of the 
 board of county commissioners, at this time being 
 chairman of the board. Under his administration 
 many improvements have been made in roads and 
 bridges. Also it has been during his incumbency 
 that an addition was made to the courthouse, as 
 well as other improvements, including a double 
 vault and new walks. Another important action of 
 the board since he has been a member, was the 
 purchase of the new county poor farm. 
 
 A few years after his settlement in Idaho, in 
 1886, Mr. Rember and Elizabeth Kingsbery were 
 married. Mrs. Rember is a native of Oregon and 
 was one of the pioneer women of Idaho. She came 
 from Boise to Hailey. To them have been given 
 seven children, all sons, of whom the first and fourth, 
 William and Thomas respectively, are deceased. The 
 others in order of birth are as follows : George A., 
 a mining engineer of California; Walter A., Arthur, 
 Lawrence and Frank, all at home. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Rember affiliate with the Episcopal church and have 
 reared their children in this faith. Fraternally, he 
 is identified with the Eagles lodge, of which he has 
 been a trustee for more than six years. 
 
 Like the typical western man, Mr. Rember is fond 
 of hunting and fishing. While his early educational 
 advantages were limited to the public schools, he 
 has, by a generous amount of reading, acquired 
 a valuable store of useful information which, to- 
 gether with his practical experience, has given him 
 a broad viewpoint of life. In regard to his adopted 
 state, he is enthusiastic. He takes a just pride in 
 her institutions and resources, and has great faith 
 in her future development. 
 
 WILLIAM H. Ross. Although he cannot be said 
 to have been a pioneer in the implement business in 
 Canyon county, few men have been more closely 
 identified with its growth than William H. Ross, 
 of Nampa. Mr. Ross is amply fitted by nature and 
 training for the manipulation of large interests, 
 and his success is in no small degree due to the 
 fact that he does not despise small things. All the 
 minutiae of his extensive interests are familiar to 
 him, and his practical experience enables him to 
 give attention to the smallest detail. This habit 
 has been ingrained in him during a long and useful 
 career, through which he has raised himself from' 
 obscure youth to business success and public promi- 
 nence. Mr. Ross is a native of Darke county, Ohio, 
 born February 27, 1867, the oldest of the four chil- 
 dren of E. C. and Eliza (Green) Ross, also of the 
 Buckeye State. Mr. Ross's father, a farmer by 
 vocation, died in 1900, when sixty-five years of age, 
 while the widow still survives and makes her home 
 on the old farm in Darke county. 
 
 William H. Ross spent his boyhood in attending 
 the country schools during the winter months, while 
 in the summer seasons he worked on the old home- 
 stead, it being his father's intention that he should 
 become an agriculturist. On attaining his majority, 
 he engaged in farming on his own account on rented 
 land in Darke county, but about eight years later 
 disposed of his interests. He had been very suc- 
 cessful in his undertakings, working industriously 
 and carefully saving his earnings, but had decided 
 to enter business life, and eventually moved to 
 Eaton, Colorado. He subsequently went to 
 Brighton, in the same state, and then on to Greeley, 
 
 spending about eleven years in these two cities, 
 where he was the proprietor of farm implement 
 establishments. Finally, seeking a larger field for 
 his labors, he came to Nampa, and has never had 
 reason to regret his choice of location, for success 
 has been his since the start. On coming here he 
 purchased the business of the Central Implement 
 Company, which had been the first establishment of 
 its kind in Nampa, but the firm style was changed 
 to William H. Ross & Company, and as such has 
 since continued. In addition to carrying a large 
 general line of buggies, wagons and farming imple- 
 ments, Mr. Ross is representative for the interna- 
 tional line of implements and those of John Deere 
 & Company. Mr. Ross occupies two floors, 140x100 
 feet, and his trade comes from throughout Nampa 
 and the surrounding country, having enjoyed a 
 healthy and steady increase in volume. In political 
 matters Mr. Ross is a Republican, but his business 
 interests have been of such an extensive nature as 
 to preclude the thought of his entering public life, 
 and he only takes a good citizen's interest in affairs 
 of a political character. He belongs to Ohio Lodge 
 No. 652, Knights of Pythias, in which he has many 
 friends. Mr. Ross's home is at Fifteenth and Fifth 
 streets, and he also owns and operates a ten-acre 
 fruit farm close to Nampa. 
 
 In 1892 Mr. Ross was married in Ohio to Miss 
 Lissa Holer, a native of the Buckeye state, and three 
 children have been born to this union : Orland, Earl 
 and Ethel. The family attends the United Breth- 
 ren church. 
 
 BURT R. FITCH. In estimating the relative suc- 
 cess of men more consideration should be given to 
 the difficulties they have overcome than to the posi- 
 tion they have attained. Always more interesting 
 is the career of one who, unaided by the advantages 
 of birth, of education or capital, and with only those 
 resources within himself upon which to rely, builds 
 up a definite success. Burt R. Fitch, one of the 
 alert and enterprising business men of Fruitland, 
 Idaho, started out independently at the age of six- 
 teen and in the twenty years that have passed since 
 then has experienced many ups and downs but has 
 never swerved in his determination to finally suc- 
 ceed. Such pluck and resolution seldom fails of 
 its merited reward. 
 
 Mr. Fitch was born March 23, 1876, in Burt 
 county, Nebraska, and received his Christian name 
 for the county of his nativity. His father, a native 
 of Indiana, removed to Nebraska in 1873 and was 
 one of the earliest settlers in Burt county. He 
 established friendly relations with the Indians, 
 numerous there then and for some years afterward, 
 and frequently loaned them his shot gun, in return 
 for which favor they kept his family well supplied 
 with deer meat and other game. As a blacksmith 
 he followed his trade forty-two years quite suc- 
 cessfully, but he had many misfortunes and had 
 the care of an invalid wife for twenty-two years. 
 He is now a retired resident of Omaha, Nebraska. 
 The mother was Josephine West as a maiden, a 
 native of Indiana who came to Nebraska with her 
 parents when she was a young girl and was mar- 
 ried in that state. Her father was a veteran of the 
 Civil war and lived to the age of seventy-six; her 
 mother lived to be ninety-nine years old. Joseph- 
 ine (West) Fitch passed away at Omaha, Nebraska, 
 February 27, 1904, when fifty-two years of age. 
 Of the twelve children that came to these parents 
 all are living except two that died in infancy. 
 
 Burt R. Fitch, the second in this family in order of 
 birth. . was educated in Herman, Nebraska, to the 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 913 
 
 age of sixteen, and after leaving school was appren- 
 ticed to learn the printer's trade. He served but a 
 few months, however, and then became owner and 
 editor of the Herman News. After continuing this 
 publication eighteen months he sold the plant and 
 joined a surveying outfit in Nebraska, with which 
 he remained two years ; then once more he entered 
 newspaper work, this time as a half-owner of the 
 North Bend Eagle published at North Bend, 
 Nebraska, but shortly afterward he married, sold 
 his newspaper interest and rented a farm. Two 
 years later he removed to Kearney, Nebraska, and 
 during the hard times period of 1897 he worked 
 on a celery farm for $i per day, walking five miles 
 to and from his work and boarding himself. That 
 fall he took employment as deliveryman for a fur- 
 niture store at Kearney, improved his opportunity 
 for business training and ended his five years' serv- 
 ice for this firm as their head buyer. The next two 
 years he farmed. In 1904, on account of his wife's 
 ill health and by the advice of her physician, he 
 came to Idaho, locating at Payette; he first engaged 
 in farming and fruit raising, but subsequently 
 entered the real estate business. In February, 1912, 
 he established his present business, that of B. R. 
 Fitch Mercantile Company, and conducts one of 
 the largest stores in Fruitland. The business was 
 a success from the start and from sales that aver- 
 aged $10 per day the business has now increased to 
 average $100 per day. Mr. Fitch has had a long, 
 hard struggle but Idaho has given him opportunity 
 and lie is improving it. He is not definitely aligned 
 with any party in politics, but has always taken an 
 active part in furthering prohibition, and while a 
 resident of Payette he served as a director in the 
 Young Men's Christian Association there two terms. 
 Fraternally he is a member of the Royal Highland- 
 ers and served as state deputy of that order in 1908. 
 In church connections he is identified with the Bap- 
 tist denomination, and he is a member of the Fruit 
 land Commercial Club. 
 
 He was married at Fremont, Nebraska, October 
 2, 1895 to Miss Emma Lucas Howard, a daughter 
 of Fayette Calvin and Ella A. Howard and a native 
 of Nebraska. To this union have been born four 
 children, two of whom survive Neal Rutherford 
 and Charlotte Kathaleen. 
 
 LEWIS PETERSON had the will; he found the way. 
 A little more than twenty-five years ago, an Illinois 
 youth still in his teens, he started out in business 
 life with no capital in the way of money but with 
 strong assets in the way of energy, an industrious 
 disposition, good business acumen and a tenacity 
 of purpose that has made him the master of every 
 adverse situation. Today he is one of the substan- 
 tial men of Payette, Idaho, and during the few 
 years of his residence there that thriving city has 
 found him a veritable bundle of energy and enter- 
 prise. The story of his struggle upward may give 
 incentive to other ambitious youth, for however 
 much opportunity may abound, the law of success 
 remains ever the same. 
 
 Lewis Peterson was born to Lewis and Frances 
 L. (Lee) Peterson in McHenry county, Illinois. 
 September 17, 1866. The father, a native of New 
 York, had removed to Illinois early in the '6os and 
 there followed farming with moderate success until 
 his death in 1872 at the age of forty-eight. The 
 mother, born in St. Charles, Illinois, remained a 
 resident of that state many years but now lives at 
 Mandan, North Dakota. Three children came to 
 these parents, Lewis being the youngest and the 
 only son. He was educated in the public schools 
 
 of Richmond, Illinois, to the age of sixteen and at 
 the age of eighteen became apprenticed to learn 
 the tinner's trade. He served two years, receiv- 
 ing $25 and his board and room the first year, and 
 the same the second year, except that his remunera- 
 tion in money was increased to $50. The next 
 three years he spent as a journeyman at his trade, 
 and following that he worked two years as a tinner 
 at Mandan, North Dakota. Then returning to Rich- 
 mond, Illinois, he purchased the business from the 
 man under whom he had learned his trade and also 
 purchased a hardware store there. Combining the 
 two lines, he was engaged in this business two years; 
 then he sold his interests there and removed to 
 Duluth, Minnesota, where he followed the real 
 estate, loan and insurance business until the panic 
 of 1892-93 wiped out all of his savings. Undaunted 
 by this misfortune, he started over again, bravely, 
 determinedly. Returning to one of his former loca- 
 tions, Mandan, North Dakota, he made arrange- 
 ments to enter into the hardware and furnace busi- 
 ness there, having practically no capital of his own, 
 and there he set about resolutely to retrieve his 
 losses. Mr. Peterson continued this identification 
 at Mandan until 1905, when he sold his interests 
 and realized from them a very comfortable capital. 
 He then purchased a hardware business at Devil's 
 Lake, North Dakota, but sold this establishment 
 three years later and in 1908 came to Payette. Idaho. 
 Here he formed a partnership with D. D. Hambly, 
 the firm known as Hambly & Peterson, to engage 
 in the real estate, loan and insurance business, but 
 after a year and a half the partnership was dis- 
 solved and Mr. Peterson took up the same line of 
 business independently. He was the first director 
 and one of the organizers of the Payette Heights 
 Irrigation Company and he is also an active pro- 
 moter in the Dead Ox Flat Irrigation Company. 
 the largest irrigation project in this section and one 
 affecting over 7,000 acres of land. Among the per- 
 sonal holdings of Mr. Peterson is a forty-acre 
 orchard one mile from Fruitland, and he also has 
 other city and landed interests here, as well as an 
 eighty-acre farm on the Payette, Oregon, slope. He 
 is a member of the Payette commercial club, and 
 fraternally is affiliated with the Free and Accepted 
 Masons and the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at 
 Devil's Lake. North Dakota. In church member- 
 ship he is identified with the Presbyterian denomi- 
 nation. Mr. Peterson is well satisfied with Idaho 
 and feels that the United States affords no place 
 where are combined better climatic conditions and 
 better advantages for a home and business than are 
 to be found in this state. 
 
 At Mandan, North Dakota. Mr. Peterson was 
 married on November 27, 1900. to Miss Jennie M. 
 Miller, a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and of 
 German descent. Mrs. Peterson is a highly accom- 
 plished musician and is prominent in the church and 
 social life of Payette, being a member of the Order 
 of the Eastern Star and of different women's clubs 
 of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson have one son, 
 KviTitt M. Peterson, born November 14, 1908, at 
 Mandan, North Dakota. The family enjoys one 
 of the modern and attractive homes of Payette, 
 built in 1911 and located at 1612 Second Avenue, 
 south. 
 
 MATTHEW H. PAPE. It was a little more than a 
 half-century ago that a restless youth of twenty to 
 whose ears had come wonderful stories of the op- 
 portunities to be found in a new land, forsook his 
 home and friends in his native England and em- 
 barked for America. His assets with which to make 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 his way in life consisted of the thorough knowledge 
 of a good trade, a character strong in honor and 
 integrity, an industrious nature and a good stock of 
 pluck and self-reliance. That youth was Matthew 
 H. Pape, now of Twin Falls, Idaho, who is the 
 leading architect, contractor and builder of that city 
 and through his works and his master workmanship 
 is known in almost every part of the West. He is 
 emphatically a self-made man. "Excellency" has 
 been his watchword throughout life and in all of 
 his work he has ever applied the old adage that, 
 "What is worth doing at all is worth doing well." 
 
 Born in Ejigland, March 25, 1840, as a boy he be- 
 gan to earn his own way as a laborer in a brick- 
 yard. When thirteen years of age he began to 
 learn the cabinet-maker's trade and, with a natural 
 gift for the craft together with, his inherent ten- 
 dency for painstaking effort, he advanced very 
 rapidly. He has now long been a master workman 
 in his line and can build anything made of wood, 
 even violins with their exacting delicacy of frame 
 and fineness of finish. With the artist in his nature 
 he very naturally took up architecture in connection 
 with his other work and has developed fine abilities 
 in this line also. He had reached the age of 
 twenty with a very limited education as far as in- 
 debted to schools, but up to that time and in after 
 life with a vigorous mind he availed himself of leis- 
 ure moments and acquired, from self-instruction, a 
 very practical knowledge of the essentials of educa- 
 tion. Today he is a well versed man, with substan- 
 tial abilities that are wholly the offspring of his 
 own exertions. 
 
 On his arrival in the United States he settled first 
 in New York City, where he spent two years work- 
 ing as a carpenter, and from there he went West, 
 locating first in San Francisco, California. Later he 
 went to Portland, Oregon, but subsequently re- 
 turned to San Francisco, and removed from thence 
 to Utah in 1872. During more than thirty years as 
 a citizen of Utah his residence was divided between 
 Salt Lake City and Park City and one year was 
 spent in Alaska, where he left a number of build- 
 ings to exhibit his skill as an architect and the sub- 
 stantial order of his work as a contractor and 
 builder. He has had to do with practically all of the 
 large buildings of Salt Lake City, Park City and in 
 various other towns of Utah, as well as with many 
 in San Francisco and Portland. While a resident of 
 Park City he was chief of the fire department eight 
 years and when he left there the city council pre- 
 sented him with a diamond badge as a token of their 
 appreciation of his service and of their high esteem 
 of him as a gentleman. He came from there to 
 Twin Falls, Idaho, when the town had yet virtually 
 no beginning, but from a large experience in places 
 and conditions in the West he judged its future and 
 decided to stay. Less than a decade has been neces- 
 sary to confirm his foresight and judgment. Here 
 he has built many of the business buildings, school 
 buildings and residences of the city and his busi- 
 ness has extended to all parts of the county and to 
 adjoining territory. He has a fine office and factory 
 in Twin Falls and from the latter turns out very 
 fine cabinet work, while in his office are to be seen 
 numerous drawings and plans that fully demonstrate 
 his ability as an architect. 
 
 Mr. Pape has been twice married. His first wife 
 was Charlotte Dalstead. He married Anna Richens 
 second. He has four children living, three sons 
 and one daughter, namely: Delbert H., Oscar, Byron 
 and Birdie H. Mr. Pape was reared in the Epis- 
 copal faith. Fraternally he has sustained member- 
 ship in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
 
 thirty-five years, being affiliated the whole of that 
 period with the same lodge and having during that 
 time "passed all the chairs" of the subordinate lodge ; 
 he is also a member of the Benevolent and Protec- 
 tive Order of Elks. A Republican in his political 
 views, he takes no active part in party affairs but 
 condemns apathy on the part of the voters and be- 
 lieves that every man should exercise his franchise. 
 In the way of recreation he enjoys camping and is 
 fond of hunting and fishing. He joins in the al- 
 most unanimous sentiment of Idaho citizens that 
 this state is second to none in its natural resources, 
 and consistent with this belief and his firm faith in 
 its ultimate development he lends his influence, en- 
 ergy and abilities to any project that has as its aim 
 the progress of Idaho. Mr. Pape stands highly re- 
 garded by all who know him, both for his business 
 ability and for his personal good qualities of char- 
 acter, and the city of Twin Falls not only claims 
 him as one of its pioneer citizens but as one of its 
 most worthy and honored as well. 
 
 E. M. KIRK PATRICK, who is actively identified 
 with land and banking interests in Idaho, makes 
 his home at Parma. He is deeply interested in 
 community affairs and his efforts have been a 
 potent element in the business progress of this 
 section of the state. He has with ready recog- 
 nition of opportunity directed his labors into various 
 fields, wherein he has achieved success and at the 
 same time promoted the commercial activity of the 
 state. 
 
 A native of Illinois, Mr. Kirkpatrick was born in 
 Livingston county, that state, December 12, 1870. 
 His father, George M. Kirkpatrick, was born and 
 reared in Ohio, whence he removed to Illinois in 
 1846, becoming a pioneer farmer in the latter state. 
 During the Civil war he was a member of a com- 
 pany in the Ninety-fourth Illinois Volunteer In- 
 fantry, and he participated in the siege of Vicks- 
 burg, the Red River campaign, the siege of Mobile 
 Bay and in a number of battles in Arkansas. He 
 retired from active life in his seventy-fifth year and 
 he is now living in Parma. Idaho. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Sarah C. Wright, was likewise a 
 native of Ohio and she died in Illinois in 1899, aged 
 fifty-six years. 
 
 E. M. Kirkpatrick had a twin sister who died at 
 the age of four years. He attended the country 
 schools 'in Illinois and in 1888 was graduated from 
 the high school. He then entered the Illinois Wes- 
 leyan University, at Bloomington, in which excel- 
 lent institution he was graduated, with honors, in 
 1893. For one year thereafter he was a student in 
 the law department of his alma mater and in 1804 
 engaged in the grain and elevator business in Illi- 
 nois, becoming a member of the firm of W. H. 
 Haines & Company, with which concern he was 
 connected until 1907. In 1898 he came to Idaho for 
 the first time and, being favorably impressed with 
 the possibilities for the future of the state, pur- 
 chased a large tract of land near Roswell, on which 
 he engaged in fruit raising. In 1905 the family 
 home was established in Parma and here Mr. Kirk- 
 patrick has since won renown as an unusually 
 energetic and successful business man. 
 
 October 19, 1903, the Parma State Bank was 
 organized, with a capital stock of thirty thousand 
 dollars, which sum has since been increased to fifty 
 thousand dollars. Following are the names of some 
 of the principal stockholders in this institution : Mr. 
 and Mrs. E. M. Kirkpatrick, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. 
 Hurt, Fred E. Fisk, R. H. Sammons, B. C. Sam- 
 mons and George M. Kirkpatrick. Mr. E. M. 
 
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 Kirkpatrick has been president of this bank since 
 the time of its organization ; F. E. Fisk is vice 
 president; and R. H. Sammons cashier. Mr. Kirk- 
 patrick is likewise a director in the Riverside Irri- 
 gation Company, at Roswell, and in the Union Loan 
 Company, at Parma. He is the owner of vast tracts 
 of valuable fruit lands in the vicinity of Parma and 
 has considerable real estate within the limits of this 
 city. 
 
 In politics Mr. Kirkpatrick is a' Progressive Repub- 
 lican and in religious matters he is a member of 
 the Presbyterian church, in whose faith he was 
 reared. He is affiliated with a college fraternity 
 and also holds membership in a number of local 
 fraternities. He is deeply interested in the growth 
 and development of Parma and while he has never 
 aspired to public office of any description gives 
 freely of his aid and influence in support of all 
 measures and enterprises forwarded for the advance- 
 ment of progress and prosperity. 
 
 June 20, 1895, Mr. Kirkpatrick was united in 
 marriage to Miss Mary E. Sterry, of Pontiac, Illi- 
 nois. Mrs. Kirkpatrick is a daughter of Christopher 
 W. and Mary C. Sterry, well-known pioneers of 
 Illinois, whither they removed before the time of 
 railroads. The Sterry family at one time lived on 
 the present site of the widely renowned Marshall 
 Field store in Chicago. Mr. Sterry is deceased but 
 his wife is still living and her home is at Pontiac, 
 Illinois. The Kirkpatrick home is maintained in a 
 beautiful residence in Parma, the same being located 
 in spacious grounds full of fine shade trees. Hos- 
 pitality is extended to everyone and intimate friends 
 of the Kirkpatricks are lavishly entertained. 
 
 DANIEL L. KOSTENBATER is the owner of extensive 
 farming lands in the vicinity of Payette, Idaho, and 
 he is likewise one of the owners and promoters of 
 the Payette Vinegar Company, which was organ- 
 ized in 1909 and which has since developed into one 
 of the prosperous business enterprises of the Pay- 
 ette valley. 
 
 A native of Freeport, Illinois, Daniel L. Kosten- 
 bater was born February 24, 1861. He is a son of 
 Erin and Margaret (Newcomer) Kostenbater, both 
 of whom were born and reared in Pennsylvania, 
 whence they removed to Illinois in early life. They 
 were married in the latter state. The father settled 
 in Illinois in 1845 and was a carpenter and farmer 
 by occupation. On account of physical disability 
 he did not serve in the Civil war but he had three 
 brothers who gained renown as gallant and faithful 
 soldiers in that sanguinary conflict Mr. Kosten- 
 bater died in Illinois at the age of seventy-six years. 
 His wife died in 1864, aged thirty-five years. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Kostenbater had eight children, of whom 
 Daniel L. was the seventh in order of birth. 
 
 In a district schoolhouse, six miles west of Free- 
 port, Illinois, on his father's farm, Daniel L. Kosten- 
 bater received his early educational training. After 
 reaching mature years he worked on his father's 
 estate until his marriage. After that event he 
 bought a farm in Illinois and later removed to a 
 farm near Spencer, in Clay county, Iowa. On the 
 latter estate he resided for a period of four years 
 and at the expiration of that period he lived in 
 Spencer for one year. In April, 1903, he came to 
 Idaho and located on farm lands in the northwestern 
 section of the Payette valley. In 1909 he became 
 one of the organizers of the Payette Vinegar Com- 
 pany, his associates in that enterprise being a Mr. 
 O'Neil and a Mr. Larsh. The headquarters of this 
 company are maintained in Payette and it is recog- 
 
 nized as one of the most progressive business enter- 
 prises in this section of the state. Mr. Kostenbater 
 is likewise a director in the Greenwood Avenue 
 Pipe Line and he has money invested in other busi- 
 nfcss^projects of a local nature. He is independent 
 in his political attitude and in religious matters is 
 a zealous member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. 
 Kostenbater's success in life has been on a parity 
 with his own well directed endeavors. He is recog- 
 nized as a man of sterling integrity of character 
 and he is ever on the alert to do all in his power 
 to advance the general welfare of his home com- 
 munity. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Modern 
 Woodmen of America and the time-honored 
 Masonic order. 
 
 At Freeport, Illinois, Mr. Kostenbater was united 
 in marriage to Miss Mary E. Bennett. They be- 
 came the parents of six children, concerning whom 
 the following brief data are here incorporated: 
 Benjamin is a resident of Payette, Idaho; Christ- 
 man is the wife of Ben Grinlly, telegraph operator 
 at Payette; Clinton lives in Payette; Elwin is en- 
 gaged in business with his father; Inez is attending 
 high school at Payette; and one is deceased. 
 
 CLARENCE D. BRAINARD, who has prominent busi- 
 ness interests at Cottage Grove, Oregon, and at 
 Payette, Idaho, is a young man of extraordinary 
 energy and unusual executive ability. He was born 
 in Keokuk county, Iowa, January 26, 1881, and there 
 resided until 1889. His father, Clarence E. Brainard, 
 was a railroad operator until he came to Payette, 
 Idaho. Here he built a prominent irrigation ditch 
 and here he was engaged in real-estate operations 
 for twenty-five years prior to his demise, Septem- 
 ber 29, 1910, aged fifty-nine years. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Julia D. Hunter, was born in 
 Illinois and she now resides in Payette. 
 
 To the public schools of Keokuk county, Iowa, 
 Clarence D. Brainard is indebted for his early edu- 
 cational discipline,- which was later supplemented 
 with a course of study in a collegiate institute at 
 Salt Lake City. He also attended Westminster 
 College, in Salt Lake City, and was graduated in 
 Wetman College, at Walla Walla, Washington, in 
 1902. In the summer of 1901 he visited in Idaho 
 and after leaving college he engaged in the whole- 
 sale grain, coal and lumber business at Ontario, 
 Oregon, where he resided for three years, at the 
 end of which, in 1905, he went to Canada, living 
 for a time at Vancouver and later at Prince Rupert. 
 He became manager of the Idaho Title & Trust 
 Company, at Caldwell, Idaho, and in January, 1911, 
 he established a sawmill at Cottage Grove, Oregon. 
 After his father's death he came to Payette to assist 
 in closing up the tatter's estate and here his interests 
 are gradually assuming important proportions. A 
 great deal of his attention is devoted to the affairs 
 of the Orchard, Land & Timber Company, of which 
 he is general manager. 
 
 In politics Mr. Brainard is a stalwart Republican 
 and in a fraternal way he is affiliated with the 
 Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World and 
 Blue Lodge Free & Accepted Masons. 
 
 In Portland, Oregon, September 29, 1909, was 
 solemnized the marriage of Mr. Brainard to Miss 
 Gertrude Rowland. Her father is deceased and the 
 mother is living in Portland. Mr. Rowland was 
 a pioneer settler in Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Brainard 
 have no children. He is a member of the Presby- 
 terian church and she is connected with the Chris- 
 tian church. They are popular amongst their fellow 
 citizens at Payette and their attractive home is 
 renowned for its genial hospitality. 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 WILLIAM HENRY ELDRIDGE. There is probably no 
 city in Idaho that has paralleled the record of Twin 
 Falls in rapid development. Among the contribut- 
 ing causes have been the exceedingly favorable nat- 
 ural conditions of the surrounding territory, but the 
 most forceful factor of all has been the brain and 
 energy of strong men. One of those who settled 
 there when the city had barely begun its existence 
 was William Henry Eldridge, merchant and banker, 
 who from that time to the present has been one of 
 the strongest forces in the commercial life of the 
 community as well as a leader in various other rela- 
 tions to society. He is a New Englander by birth, 
 a scion of colonial and Revolutionary ancestry, and 
 a college man, and besides the bearing of these 
 influences in the shaping of his character he has 
 been endowed inherently with those qualities that 
 conduce to the highest order of citizenship. 
 
 Mr. Eldridge, a son of George Henry and Eliza 
 Ann (Judge) Eldridge, was born in East Middle- 
 bury, Vermont, July 23, 1873, and was reared in his 
 native state. He was graduated from the Middle- 
 bury high school in 1891, and from Middlebury Col- 
 lege in 1895 as an A. B. Entering the employ of 
 the Vermont Marble Company at Proctor, Vermont, 
 in 1896, he continued as their bookkeeper there and 
 at their branch office in New York City until Sep- 
 tember, 1898, when he was elected treasurer of the 
 Proctor Trust Company at Proctor, Vermont. This 
 position he held until October, 1905, and during 
 that time served as village treasurer of Proctor and 
 from 1903 to 1905 as the first president of the Proc- 
 tor Young Men's Christian Association. He then 
 came West and traveled over almost every part of 
 this great section, looking for some place that 
 would combine favorable climate with opportunity. 
 This he found at Twin Falls, Idaho, and during his 
 seven years' residence there has never experienced 
 discontent or disappointment in any way. He lo- 
 cated there in December, 1905, and took up 160 acres 
 under the Carey act; then in the following April 
 he established the Eldridge Clothing Company and 
 conducts one of the finest mercantile establishments 
 of that city, one that not only draws the represen- 
 tative trade of Twin Falls but also that of a wide 
 radius of country of which this city is the com- 
 mercial center. Besides these interests he is a 
 stockholder in the First National Bank of Twin 
 Falls and is now vice-president of the institution. 
 Citizenship with him has not narrowed down to the 
 pursuance of personal business affairs but he has 
 entered heartily into the public and social life of the 
 community. He is deeply interested in the pro- 
 motion of progress and development in this sec- 
 tion and in different relations has given of his time, 
 energies and ability to that purpose. He was a di- 
 rector of the Twin Falls Commercial Club in 1908 
 and 1911; was president of the Merchants and 
 Manufacturers Association of Twin Falls in 1911 
 and 1912; and was a delegate to the National Irri- 
 gation Congress at Spokane, Washington, in 1909. 
 Himself the recipient of excellent advantages, he is 
 highly appreciative of higher education as a force 
 for increasing the efficiency of men and women for 
 the most useful, worthy and noble living'. He served 
 as secretary of the Twin Falls board of education 
 from 1908 to 1910, and by the appointment of Gov- 
 ernor Hawley as a trustee of the State Normal 
 School at Albion, Idaho, during 191 1 and 1912. Po- 
 litically he is a Republican and he is now serving 
 as chairman of the Twin Falls County Republican 
 central committee. Fraternally he is associated with 
 the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protec- 
 
 tive Order of Elks and the Delta Kappa Epsilon col- 
 lege fraternity. By virtue of lineal descent he is a 
 member of the Society of Colonial Wars in Ver- 
 mont and of the Sons of the American Revolution 
 and is affiliated with the Idaho society of the latter 
 order. He associates with others from his native 
 Vermont as a member of the Green Mountain Club 
 and the Twin Falls Society of Vermonters, and he 
 is a director in the association of the Old Settlers of 
 Twin Falls County. In New England, where family 
 descent has always been made much of, more atten- 
 tion has been given to the organization of genealogi- 
 cal societies and to the keeping of genealogical rec- 
 ords than in any other part of our country. The 
 tendency is rapidly growing, however, and the work 
 is worthy and inspiring, tending to promote respect 
 and reverence for the worthy deeds of those who 
 helped to found the country and for those who have 
 since toiled in its development. Mr. Eldridge is a 
 member of one of the oldest and most prominent of 
 these organizations, the New England Historic Gene- 
 alogical Society. He is the author of The Descend- 
 ants of Samuel and Lurana (Henry) Cady, and has 
 in preparation the history of the Eldridge family. 
 Idaho is far removed from New England in many 
 respects besides distance, but Mr. Eldridge says it 
 is his firm belief that some day this new little state 
 of Idaho will become the leading star of the Union 
 and will attract the attention of the whole world. 
 
 PETER E. JOHNSON. Idaho has been and remains 
 a veritable mine of opportunity ; but like the mine, 
 her treasures are inaccessible save to those of stout 
 heart and mind who are willing to labor energeti- 
 cally to wrest from her her store. Peter E. John- 
 son, a Westerner by birth and rearing, came to Idaho 
 about 1900, a young man determined to succeed, 
 and having the will he has found the way. 
 
 Born December 25, 1883, at Park City, Utah, he 
 is the fourth of twelve children born to John O. 
 Johnson and Margaret Edfors Johnson. Both par- 
 ents were born in Sweden, the father in 1856, and 
 they were married in Heber City in 1877. They 
 were successively located at Heber City, Park City 
 and Santaquin, Utah, and during this time the elder 
 Mr. Johnson followed merchandising quite success- 
 fully. In 1900 he removed to Payette, Idaho, where 
 for three years he operated a racket store; then he 
 removed to Fruitland and was among the first to 
 engage in the merchandise business there, estab- 
 lishing the business of which his son, our subject, 
 is now the proprietor. He is now retired and con- 
 tinues to reside in Fruitland. 
 
 Peter E. Johnson was educated in the schools of 
 Santaquin, Utah, to the age of sixteen, and after 
 leaving school he followed mining and prospecting 
 in Montana and Idaho for several years with fair 
 success. In 1907 he became the owner and operator 
 of a pool hall at Payette, Idaho, but in 1908 gave up 
 this business to become associated with his father 
 in the management of the latter's mercantile estab- 
 lishment at Fruitland. Peter E. had had several 
 years of clerical experience previous to this and was 
 therefore not unfamiliar with the principles of suc- 
 cess in this line of endeavor. On April 23, 1911, 
 the co-partnership was dissolved when Mr. John- 
 son purchased his father's entire interest in the 
 concern and since then he has conducted the busi- 
 ness alone. It is the largest retail store in Fruitland, 
 with a complete stock in all its lines of general mer- 
 chandise, and in 1911 its business amounted to ap- 
 proximately $50,000. Thus far the year of 1912 has 
 shown an increase of business of at least twenty- 
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HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 this business, Mr. Johnson owns mining interests in 
 Idaho, a pleasant residence in Fruitland and has 
 a number of other valuable realty holdings. Idaho 
 provided him a splendid business opportunity and 
 he has had the foresight, the acumen and business 
 ability to seize it and improve it. He is a member 
 of the Fruitland Commercial Club and one of its 
 energetic workers in pushing the development and 
 
 Erogress of this section. Fraternally he is a mem- 
 er of the Royal Highlanders at Payette, Idaho, and 
 politically his tenets are those of the Republican 
 party. 
 
 At Payette, Idaho, he was married on July 26, 
 1909, to Miss Edna Ayers, a native of Oregon and a 
 daughter of \V. A. Ayers. Mr. Ayers is one of the 
 well known sheep raisers of Idaho and is one of 
 Payette's wealthy and honored citizens. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Johnson have one daughter, Mildred Irene, 
 born November 8, 1910, at Payette, Idaho. 
 
 JOHN T. WOOD, M. D. None of Coeur d'Alene's 
 progressive and successful young men deserves more 
 credit or commands more regard than does Dr. John 
 T. Wood, ex-mayor of the city. English birth and 
 American breeding have produced in him a type of 
 manhood and of professional character which are 
 worthy of both nativity and adopted home. Dr. 
 Wood's parents. William and Sarah Ann (Heaton) 
 Wood, both born in England and married there, 
 were of the steady, unpretentious class that make up 
 the staple population of that country as well as of 
 this. They were members of the Episcopal church 
 and were devout Christians. It was on November 
 25, 1879, in their English home, that their son, John 
 I Wood, the fourth of six children, was born. 
 
 In 1889, when ten years had passed over the head 
 of the English boy who was destined to be an Amer- 
 ican physician and mayor, the Wood family came 
 across the seas to Manitoba, Canada. After a 
 year of residence there, they came to North Dakota, 
 settling in Cavalier county. There they lived for 
 several years, during which time the young John 
 Wood was gathering educational material from the 
 public schools of the community. His father fol- 
 lowed rural pursuits for a time, later going into 
 mercantile business in Searles. As the son pro- 
 gressed toward vocational independence, his inter- 
 ests passed beyond the bounds of his rural advan- 
 tages, which he had from early years turned to the 
 best account. When a mere boy he had earned 
 $30.00 per month in working on the land of a North 
 Dakota farmer. From the beginning he had turned 
 over whatever he earned to his parents. He con- 
 tinued farm work in the summers and study in the 
 winters until he reached the age of eighteen. Ever 
 an ambitious youth, he qualified at the age of eighteen 
 for pedagogical service. At nineteen, having taught 
 for one year, he secured a first grade teacher's cer- 
 tificate. He continued teaching for several years, 
 saving his earnings for the medical course toward 
 which his aspirations were directed. 
 
 Becoming a student in the Detroit College of 
 Medicine, John T. Wood engaged in various light 
 occupations such as might be combined with his 
 studies, thus financially assisting his progress. In 
 1904 he completed the prescribed courses of the in- 
 stitution, receiving his degree of Doctor of Medi- 
 cine. 
 
 Dr. Wood's first practice of his profession was 
 in his own home town in North Dakota. There he 
 remained for one year with his preceptor, after 
 which he sought a new field, leaving the region 
 which he had for twenty-four years called home. 
 There his mother is still living, the father, William 
 
 Wood, having lived there until 1912, his life clos- 
 ing in that year, at the age of sixty-nine. 
 
 Coeur d'Alene has been the scene of Dr. Wood's 
 independent professional life and of his achieve- 
 ments as a citizen. From the first he has secured 
 the confidence of residents of the place and his 
 practice has grown in a gratifying degree. One 
 of the phases of his work which have brought him 
 distinction is that in connection with the Coeur 
 d'Alene Hospital, of which he is president. This 
 hospital is well-known and highly valued through- 
 out this region and is acknowledged to be a com- 
 plete and modern institution in every way. 
 
 Two years after his coming to Coeur^ d'Alene, Dr. 
 Wood was united in marriage to Miss Margaret 
 O'Deil Thomson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
 George B. Thomson an old pioneer family of this 
 city. The Thomson-Wood marriage was solemnized 
 on May 5, 1907, and the succeeding years have 
 brought to Dr. Wood two children a daughter 
 named Dorothy W. and a son, William Travers. 
 ' Dr. Wood has, from the time of his coming to 
 Coeur d'Alene, been socially most acceptable to the 
 townspeople. He is particularly popular in the 
 different organizations of secret societies including 
 the Masonic, in which he belongs both to Blue Lodge 
 and Chapter; the Odd Fellows, in which he is a 
 member of both subordinate lodge and encampment, 
 being sur-canton of the latter and surgeon general 
 of the order for Idaho; the Knights of Pythias; the 
 Modern Woodmen of America; the Royal High- 
 landers; and the Modern Brotherhood of America. 
 Politically, Dr. Wood professes indorsement of the 
 fundamental principles of Socialism. He takes an 
 active part in politics and was mayor of Coeur 
 d'Alene from 1911 to 1913. 
 
 Dr. Wood is pronounced by his fellow-citizens to 
 be not only able, honorable, but also an up-to-date 
 man of broad interests. He is of a decidedly intel- 
 lectual bent, with a taste for oratory, literature and 
 philosophy. His character and influence are valued 
 in Coeur d'Alene. No citizens of Idaho are more 
 loyal or more appreciative of her opportunities than 
 is this young physician, the esteemed ex-mayor of 
 this prosperous young city. 
 
 JAMES V. HAWKINS. In a signally emphatic 
 and unconstrained degree are the citizens of Idaho 
 loyal to the state, for none can reside any appre- 
 ciable time within her gracious borders without 
 being impressed with the manifold advantages and 
 resources of this favored commonwealth and with 
 a firm belief in its still greater future. One of (he 
 loyal citizens who is specially earnest and enthusias- 
 tic in exploiting the claims of Idaho and who is 
 numbered among the representative members of the 
 bar of the state is James V. Hawkins, who is en- 
 gaged in the practice of his profession at Coeur 
 d'Alene, Kootenai county, and who is known as one 
 of the most progressive and public-spirited citizens 
 of the northern part of the state. 
 
 James V. Hawkins was born in the village of 
 DeWitt, Saline county, Nebraska, on the I7th of 
 April, 1874, and is a son of John P. and Hattie C. 
 (Gray) Hawkins, the former of whom was born in 
 the province of Ontario, Canada, and the latter in 
 the state of Iowa, where their marriage was sol- 
 emnized, and where the Gray family was founded 
 in the early pioneer epoch in the history of the 
 Hawkeye state. He grew to manhood in the United 
 States, and received his education in the school of 
 experience. His active career was one of close 
 identification with the retail drug business, in con- 
 nection with which he was duly successful in his 
 independent operations in the western states. He 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 was a valiant soldier of the Union in the Civil war, 
 as a member of an Iowa volunteer regiment, and 
 he took part in many engagements marking the 
 progress of the great conflict through which the 
 integrity of the nation was perpetuated. In later 
 years the more gracious associations of his army 
 life were vitalized through his affiliation with the 
 Grand Army of the Republic. He was a Democrat 
 in his political adherency and both he and his wife 
 were devout church members folk of superior men- 
 tality and steadfast integrity. John P. Hawkins 
 died in 1898, at the age of fifty-five years, at St. 
 Joseph, Missouri, where his remains were interred, 
 and his wife was summoned to eternal rest in 1889, 
 in Denver, Colorado, where rest her mortal remains, 
 her age at the time of her death having been thirty- 
 eight years. Of the four children three are living, 
 and he whose name initiates this review was the 
 second in order of birth. ^ : .?' 
 
 James V. Hawkins gained his early educational 
 discipline in the public schools of the village of Ed- 
 gar, Clay county, Nebraska, where his training in- 
 cluded the curriculum of the high school. In the 
 meanwhile he had assumed association with prac- 
 tical affairs, for when but ten years of age he took 
 upon himself the responsibility of raising _ some 
 hogs, a venture through the medium of which he 
 earned his first money. From the age of twelve 
 onward he devoted his summer vacations to farm 
 work until he was about sixteen years old, and by 
 later efforts he defrayed the expenses of his higher 
 academic education, as well as that of professional 
 order, so that he has been in the most significant 
 sense the architect and arbiter of his own fortunes. 
 After leaving the high school the next step in the 
 educational advancement of Mr. Hawkins was made 
 by his entering a normal school in the city of Chi- 
 cago, and after completing a course in this institu- 
 tion he taught one year in the public schools of the 
 great western metropolis and one year at Kanka- 
 kee, Illinois. He then returned to Nebraska and 
 began the study of , law, in the office and under the 
 able preceptorship ; of Charles G. Ryan, a leading 
 member of the bar of Grand Island, that state. He 
 finally entered the law department of the Univer- 
 sitv of Nebraska, at Lincoln, where he was prose- 
 cuting his studies at the time of the inception of _the 
 Spanish-American war. His youthful patriotism 
 manifested itself in definite action, for he withdrew 
 from college to enlist in Company M, Second 
 Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, with which he served 
 until the close of the war, his regiment having 
 passed the major part of the time in reserve camps 
 in the south. After receiving his honorable dis- 
 charge, Mr. Hawkins resumed his studies in the 
 law school at Lincoln, and in the same he was 
 graduated, with high honors, as a member of the 
 class of 1899 and with the degree of Bachelor of 
 Laws. He was forthwith admitted to the bar of his 
 native state. 
 
 After his graduation Mr. Hawkins engaged in 
 the practice of his profession at South Omaha, 
 Nebraska, and about one year later he transferred 
 his stage of endeavor to Gandy, Logan county, that 
 state, where he built up a substantial practice and 
 where he was elected county attorney within little 
 more than a month after taking up his residence 
 in the county. He held this office for two terms and 
 continued as one of the valued members of the bar 
 of Logan county for four years, at the expiration 
 of which, in 1905, when he removed to the city of 
 Spokane. Washington, where he exploited a radi- 
 cally different phase of his personal talent by assum- 
 ing charge of the athletic department in the Blair 
 Business College, an institution of more than local 
 
 reputation. This incumbency he retained two years 
 and he then came to Idaho and settled at Saint 
 Joe, Kootenai county, Idaho, where he resumed the 
 practice of his profession and where he remained 
 two years. He then removed to the thriving little 
 city of Coeur d'Alene, the metropolis of the same 
 county, where he has since continued in active gen- 
 eral practice and where he has built up a substantial 
 professional business, in connection with which he 
 is known as a specially versatile and resourceful 
 trial lawyer and well fortified counselor. He is 
 now serving as city attorney of Coeur d'Alene. Mr. 
 Hawkins relates as the most pjeasing incident of his 
 professional career that touching his first case after 
 he engaged in practice at South Omaha, Nebraska. 
 He was called upon to defend a young man charged 
 with theft, and two prominent attorneys were ar- 
 rayed for the prosecution, one of them having been 
 specially retained for this purpose. The case was 
 fought with utmost vigor on both sides, two trials 
 resulting in disagreements on the part of juries 
 and the third giving a most decisive victory for 
 Mr. . Hawkins. He was specially gratified with the 
 results, as he had not only succeeded in effecting 
 the acquittal of a client in whose innocence of the 
 charge he firmly believed, but had also achieved an 
 initial victory at the very outset of his professional 
 career and when pitted against lawyers of marked 
 ability and wide experience. 
 
 In politics Mr. Hawkins is a stalwart of stal- 
 warts in the camp of the Democratic party and he 
 has been a most active worker in its cause, whose 
 triumph in the national election of November, 1912, 
 causes him, at least in a metaphorical way, to raise 
 his voice in loud acclaim. He was president of the 
 Wilson-Marshall club of Kootenai county, one of the 
 most active Democratic organizations of the inland 
 empire. He is a most polished and effective public 
 speaker and thus his services in campaign work 
 have been of distinctive value to the party which 
 he represents and of the principles and policies of 
 which he is an admirably fortified advocate. His 
 services have also been much in demand as an orator 
 in other public lines and as an after-dinner speaker. 
 He is captain of Company C, Second Regiment, 
 Idaho National Guard; is identified with the Span- 
 ish-American War Veterans' Association; is exalted 
 ruler of Coeur d'Alene lodge, No. 1254, Benevolent 
 and Protective Order of Elks; and in his home city 
 is a popular member of the Tilicum Club. He has 
 a distinct fondness for and indulges himself in 
 sports afield, and finds diversion and recreation in 
 occasional hunting and fishing trips. He subordi- 
 nates other interests to the demands of his pro- 
 fession and is one of its able and honored represent- 
 atives in the state of his adoption. Mr. Hawkins 
 is specially enthusiastic in regard to the advantages 
 and attractions of Coeur d'Alene and believes that 
 it is destined to become one of the important in- 
 dustrial and commercial centers of the great north- 
 west, as it offers special attraction for manufactur- 
 ing enterprises, with its fine water power; is sur- 
 rounded by a fine agricultural country, with the best 
 of irrigation facilities; is accessible to the principal 
 mining districts in the state; and, situated on the 
 beautiful Coeur d'Alene lake, is unsurpassed as a 
 healthful and beautiful place of residence. In sea- 
 son and out, Mr. Hawkins sets forth on every pos- 
 sible opportunity the claims of his home city and 
 state, and he is insistent in his loyal support of 
 those measures and enterprises that are projected 
 for the general good of the community. He is 
 president of the chamber of commerce of his home 
 city, and he attended as a delegate to the National 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 919 
 
 Good Roads Convention held at Washington, D. C, 
 in March, 1913. 
 
 At Spokane, Washington, on the 6th of June, 
 1908, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hawkins 
 to Miss Ora B. Stark, daughter of J. Wesley Stark, 
 a representative citizen of Tunkhannock, the judi- 
 cial center of Wyoming county. Pennsylvania. The 
 two children of this union are James Wesley, named 
 in honor of his maternal grandfather, and William 
 Stark. Mrs. Hawkins was born and reared in the 
 old Keystone state, where she graduated from the 
 normal school, and also read law, and was admitted 
 to practice in her native state. She is a woman 
 of most gracious personality and is a leader in the 
 best social activities of her home city. 
 
 CARLOS O. MEIGS. The mayor of a city should 
 be a representative of its best worth and intelli- 
 gence, should have an inherent devotion to public 
 interests and the general good of the community 
 should be his first concern. In Carlos O. Meigs 
 the city of Twin Falls, Idaho, has such an executive 
 head and he is also numbered among its pioneer 
 and prominent business men. He is now serving 
 his second term in his high official position. 
 
 Born in Dubuque, Iowa, August 2, 1874. at the age 
 of five he left that state with his parents, who lo- 
 cated in Wisconsin. He had reached the age of 
 eleven and had begun his schooling there when 
 the family once more changed its location, this 
 time becoming residents of South Dakota, where 
 Mr. Meigs attained his majority. Concluding his 
 education there, he at the same time began at the 
 early age of sixteen to earn his own way, doing so 
 part of the time as a farmer boy and part of the 
 time as a clerk in a grocery store. In 1896, shortly 
 after he had reached the legal age of manhood, .he 
 came to Idaho and he has been a resident of the 
 state ever since. Settling first at Rocky Bar, he 
 followed mining for a short time and then went on 
 the range and followed the sheep industry until 
 1904, when he came to Twin Falls. The first year 
 here he ran a freighting outfit; then in 1905 he es- 
 tablished his present business as an implement 
 dealer, carrying a full line of implements, harness, 
 buggies, wagons and all kinds of heavy hardware. 
 He is one of the pioneer merchants in his line here, 
 has an extensive establishment and draws trade 
 from a large territory. He is now mayor of Twin 
 Falls and in the same energetic manner in which 
 he conducts his business interests he has given of his 
 best endeavors to provide the city good, clean gov- 
 ernment. 
 
 Mr. Meigs is a son of Oliver C. Meigs, a native of 
 Canada, who came to the United States and settled 
 in Wisconsin. He became a prominent Mason in 
 that state and took an active part in Republican 
 politics there, voting for the best men as his son 
 does now. He passed away in Wisconsin in 1879 
 and is buried there. Margaret Fletcher, whom he 
 wedded in Wisconsin, was born in Pennsylvania, 
 and passed away in Wisconsin in 1903, at the age of 
 fifty-seven. She was a devout member of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal church and was an active Christian 
 worker. 
 
 At Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 19. 1908, was 
 solemnized the marriage of Carlos O. Meigs and 
 Miss Louisa A. I^orow, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
 William Dorow, the former of whom was born in 
 Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Meigs have three sons: 
 William C.. Oliver J., and Hartley A. 
 
 While Mr. Meigs affiliates with no denomination 
 he recognizes the value of churches as a factor in 
 community building and contributes to the sup- 
 v, i 1112 
 
 port of all in the city. He is a member of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, has "filled all the 
 chairs" of its different branches and has served as a 
 delegate to the grand lodge of that order in Idaho. 
 Politically he is independent in his views and voting 
 and takes no active part in political affairs. For 
 himself he has found Idaho the best place in the 
 world and feels that it will provide a pleasant home 
 and profitable opportunity for any one; that great 
 as has been its past progress, its future will be still 
 greater. 
 
 ROBERT E. MCFARLAND. Within the pages of this 
 publication will be found specific mention of many 
 of the representative members of the bar of Idaho, 
 and to such recognition none is more clearly en- 
 titled than Mr. McFarland, for he has been engaged 
 in the practice of his profession in Idaho since the 
 territorial days and had the distinction of serving 
 as attorney general of the state for two years, 
 within the first decade after the state was admitted 
 to the Union. For nearly thirty years he has been 
 a member of the Idaho bar and few of its repre- 
 sentatives have been more prominently and success- 
 fully identified with important litigations in the 
 courts of the territory and state, while it is equally 
 true that he had much to do with formulating and 
 fixing the early system of jurisprudence after the 
 state was admitted to the Union. He has shown 
 himself possessed of high professional attainments 
 and through the same, as well as through his high 
 standing as a man among men, he has honored his 
 profession and also the state to which he came 
 when a young man. He has been one of the build- 
 ers of the fine commonwealth which has long been 
 his home and is known and honored throughout 
 its entire compass. Mr. McFarland now maintains 
 his home and professional headquarters in the 
 thriving little city of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai 
 county, and here controls a large and representative 
 practice as an attorney and counselor, with his eldest 
 son as his associate in his professional work, the 
 latter being numbered among the aggressive and 
 well fortified younger members of the bar which 
 has been so significantly dignified by the character 
 and services of his father. 
 
 Robert Early McFarland is a scion of old and 
 distinguished families of America and in the agnatic 
 line, as the name implies, the genealogy is traced back 
 to staunch Scottish origin. Representatives of the 
 name were numbered among the colonial settlers 
 of New England, and aided in laying the founda- 
 tions of the nation, even as members of the family 
 were found enrolled as valiant soldiers in the Con- 
 tinental line in the War of the Revolution. Rev. 
 William B. McFarland, father of Judge McFarland, 
 of this review, was born and reared in Pennsyl- 
 vania, where he was afforded excellent educational 
 advantages and prepared himself for the ministry of 
 the Metnodist Episcopal church, in which he labored 
 for many years, with all of consecrated zeal and 
 devotion and with marked intellectual vigor. He 
 removed from his native state of Virginia, and 
 there was solemnized his marriage to Miss Elvira 
 Early, who was born and reared in that historic 
 old commonwealth and who was a sister of General 
 Jubal A. Early, one of the most distinguished offi- 
 cers of the Confederacy in the Civil war. From 
 Virginia Rev. William B. McFarland removed to 
 Missouri in an early day, and he became one of the 
 prominent and influential clergyman of his church 
 in that state. His cherished and devoted wife was 
 summoned to eternal rest in 1896. at the age of 
 seventy-three years, and he passed the closing period 
 
920 
 
 of his long and useful life at Lewiston, Idaho, where 
 he died in 1904, at the venerable age of eighty-five 
 years. His remains were taken to Corder, Lafay- 
 ette county, Missouri, for interment beside those 
 of his wife. Of the eight children two sons and 
 three daughters are now living, the subject of this 
 review having been the third in order of birth and 
 the eldest of the sons. 
 
 Robert Early McFarland was 'born at Independ- 
 ence, Jackson county, Missouri, on the 21 st of 
 November, 1857, a "d it was his good fortune to 
 have been reared in a home of distinctive culture 
 and refinement. With the exception of about two 
 years passed as an employe on the great cattle 
 ranges of Texas, he was a resident of his native 
 state until after he had attained to his legal majority. 
 His early educational advantages were those afforded 
 in the common schools of Lafayette and Saline 
 counties, Missouri, and the discipline thus gained 
 was supplemented by higher academic study in 
 Central College, at Fayette, Howard county, that 
 state. In the meanwhile he utilized the pedagogic 
 profession as a means for supplying the financial 
 resources which enabled him to prosecute his studies 
 in preparation for the profession of his ultimate 
 choice. He taught in six different schools in Mis- 
 souri, and in these later years he recalls with 
 pleasure these experiences in "teaching the young 
 idea how to shoot." At the age of nineteen years 
 Judge McFarland began reading law under the able 
 preceptorship of Hon. George Vest, of Sedalia, 
 Missouri, who later represented his state with great 
 distinction in the senate of the United States. Later 
 technical discipline was received by Judge McFar- 
 land under the direction of George L. Hayes, of 
 Sweet Springs, Missouri, and Judge John L. 
 Strother, of Marshall, that state. At Marshall, the 
 judicial center of Saline county, he was admitted 
 to the bar in 1880, and in the same year he was 
 likewise admitted to practice before the Missouri 
 supreme court. 
 
 Shortly after having thus proved his eligibility 
 for the work of his chosen profession Judge McFar- 
 land went to the territory of New Mexico and 
 established himself in practice at Socorro, the judi- 
 cial center of the county of the same name. He 
 was successful in this field, but its limitations were 
 such that he did not long remain there. In the 
 autumn of 1883 he was elected representative of 
 Socorro county in the territorial legislature, and at 
 the close of the session in March, 1884, he came to 
 Idaho and located at Murray, Shoshpne county, in 
 the famous Coeur d'Alene mining district. In the 
 fall of the same year he had the distinction of 
 being elected the first probate judge of Shoshone 
 county, and he continued the incumbent of this 
 office until May of the following year,_ when he 
 received from President Cleveland appointment to 
 the position of register of the United States land 
 office at Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai county, where he 
 continued to serve in this capacity for five years. 
 He then resumed the active practice ^of his profes- 
 sion, at Coeur d'Alene, and^ soon it was his to 
 achieve more than local prestige as one of the able 
 and resourceful members of the bar of the terri- 
 tory. In 1894 he was admitted to practice ,before 
 the supreme court of the United States, and in 1896, 
 as candidate on the People's Democratic ticket, rep- 
 resenting a coalition of political forces in the new 
 state, he was elected attorney general of Idaho, an 
 office in which he continued to serve, with marked 
 acceptability, until the expiration of his term, in 
 January, 1899, his home during his incumbency of 
 office having, as a matter of course, been at Boise, 
 
 the capital city of the commonwealth. Concerning- 
 Judge McFarland's administration the following 
 pertinent statements have been made, and the same 
 are well worthy of reproduction: "In the responsi- 
 ble position of attorney general of the state Mr. 
 McFarland won the highest commendation for his 
 faithful and capable discharge of duty. Thoroughly 
 versed in the principles of jurisprudence, he was 
 well fitted to handle the intricate problems which 
 were presented for solution in this formative period 
 of the state's history, and his success affords the 
 best evidence of his ability." 
 
 After the expiration of his term as attorney gen- 
 eral. Judge McFarland removed to Lewiston, the 
 capital of Nez Perce county, where he entered into 
 a professional partnership with his brother, Samuel 
 L. McFarland, and where he continued in active 
 practice for the ensuing eight years. He then, in 
 April, 1906, returned to his old home in Coeur 
 d'Alene, Kootenai county, where he has since re- 
 mained and where he continues to hold precedence 
 as one of the most able and distinguished members 
 of the Idaho bar. From a review prepared several 
 years ago by the writer of the present article are 
 reproduced the following pertinent statements touch- 
 ing the professional career of Judge McFarland: 
 "While practicing in Kootenai county in the early 
 days he made a specialty of criminal law, and dur- 
 ing a period of eleven years he was retained by the 
 defense in every important criminal case tried in 
 that county. He lost only three out of all the 
 number, and his reputation in this department of 
 practice extended far throughout the territory. As 
 a lawyer he is sound, aggressive, clear-minded and 
 well trained. The limitations which are imposed 
 by the constitution on federal powers are well 
 understood by him. With the long line of decisions, 
 from Marshall down, he is familiar, as are all 
 thoroughly skilled lawyers. He is at home in all 
 departments of law, from the minutiae in practice 
 to the greater phases wherein is involved the con- 
 sideration of the ethic and philosophy of jurispru- 
 dence and the higher concerns of public polity. 
 Judge McFarland has been a staunch supporter of 
 the cause of the Republican party and through his 
 brilliant oratory and fine dialectic skill he has done 
 much effective campaign work." 
 
 Like all men who achieve success in the best 
 sense of the term, Judge McFarland has been an 
 indefatigable worker, and, notwithstanding the 
 breadth and exactness of his legal learning and his 
 facility in applying the same, he has never been 
 known to present a cause before court or jury 
 without preparation as thorough as time and means 
 rendered possible. This has been one of the secrets 
 of his success, and no man has a higher conception 
 of the dignity and responsibility of his profession 
 than has this really distinguished and highly honored 
 member of the Idaho bar. Like all who have lived 
 long in the state, he is fond of the sports with rod 
 and gun, and he has found relaxation and diversion 
 through such medium. He has unbounded faith in 
 the great future of Idaho, and is convinced that no 
 state in the Union has made greater advances along 
 industrial, civic and economic lines within the past 
 decade than this fair commonwealth, which is justly 
 termed the "Gem of the Mountains." 
 
 At Murray, Shoshone county, this state, on the 
 2ist of November, 1885, was solemnized the mar- 
 riage of Judge McFarland to Miss Marie Pendy, 
 who was born in Virginia City, Nevada, and whose 
 parents were pioneers of that state, as were they 
 later of Idaho. Concerning the five children of 
 this union the following brief data are given: 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 921 
 
 William B., who is well upholding the prestige of 
 the family name in connection with the legal pro- 
 fession and loyal citizenship, is associated with his 
 father in practice and is one of the alert and rep- 
 resentative younger members of the bar of Kootenai 
 county ; Kathleen R. remains at the parental home 
 and is a popular factor in the social activities of 
 the community; Robert Early, Jr., is a student in 
 Gonzaga College, in the city of Spokane, Wash- 
 ington; and John A. and Joseph C. are attending 
 the public schools of Coeur d'Alene. 
 
 JOHN C. ROONEY. Identified in a prominent way 
 with a line of enterprise that has direct and distinct 
 bearing upon the civic and industrial development 
 and progress of the community, Mr. Rooney is one 
 of the representative real-estate dealers of Idaho, 
 with residence and business headquarters in the vil- 
 lage of Stites, Idaho county. He is aggressive and 
 enterprising in his operations, has the fullest confi- 
 dence in the great future of Idaho and is enthu- 
 siastic in exploiting the resources and attractions 
 of the state. Straightforward and honorable in all 
 of his transactions, he holds secure place in popular 
 confidence and esteem, and he is well entitled to 
 specific recognition in this publication. 
 
 Mr. Rooney was born at Prairie du Chien, Wis- 
 consin, on the I2th of June, 1864, and is a son of 
 Dennis and Margret Rooney, who were numbered 
 among the pioneers of Nebraska, to which state 
 they removed when the subject of this review was 
 three years of age. Dennis Rooney passed the 
 closing years of his life in McPherson and Margret, 
 his widow, now lives at Casper, Wyoming. The 
 father devoted the major part of his active career 
 to stock-raising. He whose name initiates this re- 
 view gained his early educational training in the 
 public schools of Fort McPherson, Nebraska, and 
 ne recalls that in his boyhood days William F. 
 Cody, commonly known as "Buffalo Bill," was then 
 a scout stationed at that place. After residing 
 about nine years at Fort McPherson the family 
 removed to Sidney, Nebraska, and soon afterward 
 John C. initiated a somewhat itinerant career, in 
 which he traveled extensively through the western 
 states and territories and followed various occupa- 
 tions. In 1885 he returned to Nebraska and be- 
 came proprietor of a meat market at Crawford, 
 Dawes county. About two years later he removed 
 to Wyoming, where he was engaged in the raising 
 of live stock for a number of years. In 1893 he sold 
 the greater part of his stock and drove his remain- 
 ing horses through to Arkansas, where he pur- 
 chased land and engaged in farming and stock- 
 raising. Somewhat less than a year later he sold 
 the property and removed to Marionville, Lawrence 
 county. Missouri, where he opened a meat market. 
 Later he passed about one year as traveling sales- 
 man for a wholesale clothing house, and he then 
 returned to Wyoming and located near Casper, 
 where he was again engaged in the stock business, 
 for a period of about three years. He then engaged 
 in the general merchandise business at Casper, but 
 six months later he disposed of this business and 
 removed to Cody, that state, where he conducted a 
 livery stable and engaged in the buying and selling 
 of horses. He later made a trip to Alaska and upon 
 his return he engaged in the real-estate business in 
 the city of Seattle. This enterprise engrossed his 
 attention about one year, after which he traveled 
 through the west for nearly an equal period, in 
 search of a favorable location. In the fall of 1902 
 he established his home at Stites, Idaho, where he 
 engaged in contracting and building, and where he 
 finally opened a meat market, in connection with 
 
 which he conducted operations in the handling of 
 jive stock. With these lines of enterprise he is still 
 identified, but the business has been placed in 
 charge of a capable manager, while he himself 
 gives the major part of his time and attention to 
 his real estate, loan and insurance business, in 
 which his operations have been extensive and 
 through which he has done much to foster the 
 upbuilding of Stites and the development of the 
 surrounding country. He has identified himself 
 most closely with local interests and has shown 
 himself at all times liberal, progressive and public- 
 spirited. He has served as a member of the village 
 council and of the board of education ; was formerly 
 chief of the volunteer fire department, and is one 
 of the most zealous members of the Stites Com- 
 mercial Club, of which he has served as secretary. 
 
 Mr. Rooney is a staunch Republican in his politi- 
 cal allegiance, has passed the various official chairs 
 in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is 
 liberal in his support of the various churches, with- 
 out being formally identified with any religious 
 organization. He is fond of hunting and fishing 
 and also of automobiling, and he was the owner of 
 the first automobile brought to Stites. Genial and 
 whole-souled, he has a wide circle of friends in 
 northwestern Idaho, and no citizen has shown a 
 more vital interest in those things which make for 
 social and. industrial advancement. 
 
 On the I2th of October, 1904, was solemnized the 
 marriage of Mr. Rooney to Miss Maude Pretty- 
 man, daughter of George H. Prettyman, a repre- 
 sentative citizen of Stites, and the five children of 
 this union are Chester, Pearl, Norval, Flossie and 
 Melvin. 
 
 CHARLES F. BURR. Prominent among the active, 
 prosperous and influential business men of Latah 
 county, Idaho, is Charles F. Burr, of Genesee, whose 
 twenty-five years of residence and business activity 
 there as a real estate dealer, dating back to the ter- 
 ritorial year of 1887 entitles him to mention among 
 the pioneer promoters of Idaho. His interest and 
 activities in the upbuilding of this section of the 
 state have not been narrowed to his business opera- 
 tions, but in different relations to society he has 
 given effectively his force and influence toward the 
 development of one of the most progressive com- 
 monwealths of the Union. 
 
 A native of Illinois, he was born in the town of 
 Momence, March 31. 1857, a son of Rev. Samuel 
 P. Burr and Almira J. Burr, the former of whom 
 was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 He is the fifth of the eight children of these par- 
 ents. Until sixteen years of age his home con- 
 tinued in Illinois, during which time he secured a 
 common and high school education. There also he 
 gained his first business experience and gave evi- 
 dence of that business ability which has charac- 
 terized his activities in his later career. At the 
 age of twelve he began working in a seed garden, 
 his wages being fifty cents per day for the first 
 year and seventy-five cents per day for the second 
 year. The third year his services commanded and 
 he received fifty dollars per month, he having been 
 made foreman over a working force of fifty peo- 
 ple. He was then but fifteen years of age. The 
 next year he took up farming independently but only 
 continued it one year there, as he then accompanied 
 his parents to Madison county, Nebraska, where he 
 resumed the vocation of fanning and followed it 
 about four years. In 1877 he went to Portland, 
 Oregon, where he remained one year occupied in 
 various kinds of employment; then he returned to 
 Nebraska and engaged in farming about three 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 years. Responding once more to the call of the 
 West, he returned to Oregon, where he had been 
 employed about two years in various ways, when he 
 again returned to Nebraska, this time to close up 
 the estate of his father. In 1887 he turned his way 
 westward for the third time, locating this time in 
 Latah county, Idaho, where has remained his home 
 to the present, a period of twenty-five years. He 
 was the first postmaster at Genesee, serving four 
 years, and now a quarter of a century later his son, 
 Daniel C. Burr, is filling the same office. On his 
 location here he entered into the real estate busi- 
 ness and has been engaged during the whole period 
 of his residence here in a general real estate, loan 
 and insurance business, being one of the most suc- 
 cessful men in this line in this section of the state. 
 In Madison county, Nebraska, on November 30, 
 1876, he was united in marriage to Mary E. Wigg, 
 daughter of Air. and Mrs. William Wigg, of that 
 state and county. Of a family of six sons and five 
 daughters born to this union, eight are living and 
 are as follows: Roy B., who is married and resides 
 at Portland, Oregon; Samuel P., married and a 
 resident of Montana ; William W.,- a resident of 
 Genesee, Idaho ; Daniel C, married and previously 
 referred to as the present efficient postmaster at 
 Genesee ; Fannie G., who is now Mrs. Cecil G. 
 Crawford and resides at Spokane, Washington; 
 and Dora B., Alta M., and Mary A., all at the 
 parental home. 
 
 In religious views Mr. Burr leans toward the Meth- 
 odist faith, while Mrs. Burr affiliates as a member 
 of the Congregational church. Fraternally Mr. Burr 
 is a prominent figure in the circles of both the 
 Masonic order and the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows in this state and is also a member of the 
 Modern Woodmen of America. He is a thirty- 
 second degree Scottist Rite Mason, is a past master 
 of his blue lodge and has been its secretary for two 
 years. He is also a past patron of the auxiliary 
 branch of this order, the Order of the Eastern Star, 
 of which Mrs. Burr also is a member and a past 
 matron. In the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows he has filled all the "chairs" in the subordinate 
 lodge and local encampment, the grand encampment 
 of the state, and is a past grand representative of 
 the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and Mrs. Burr 
 are members of the Daughters of Rebekah. In 
 political affairs Mr. Burr is actively interested in 
 the work of the Republican party and in an offi- 
 cial way has served as postmaster, as previously 
 mentioned; as a member of the school board 
 twenty-one years, first in Nebraska and then in 
 Genesee ; was the first city clerk of Genesee and 
 served in that capacity over ten years, and is now 
 city clerk and police judge. He has been a justice 
 of the peace twenty-three years and served one year 
 as clerk of the district court. There can be no ques- 
 tion of Mr. Burr's loyalty to Idaho, for in every way 
 that has offered he has improved the opportunity 
 to add to its growth and development and his 
 name well deserves a place on the roster of Idaho's 
 builders. 
 
 DANIEL C. BURR. One of the popular and highly 
 estimable young citizens of Latah county, Idaho, is 
 Daniel C. Burr, postmaster of Genesee, who is all 
 but a native of Idaho, as he has lived here since 
 four years of age. Born February 12, 1884, in Mad- 
 ison county, Nebraska, he accompanied his parents 
 to Genesee, Idaho, in 1888, and when of proper age 
 he entered as a student in the public schools of this 
 town, completing also a high school course. Fol- 
 
 lowing that training he entered the University of 
 Idaho at Moscow. 
 
 He began to realize the value of money in 
 terms of his own labor at the age of eighteen, when 
 he entered the employ of a mining company, in 
 which capacity he continued one year. He then en- 
 tered the services of the first bank of Genesee, 
 where he continued until January, 1910, when he 
 resigned to enter into the real estate business with 
 his father, C. F. Burr. This business identification 
 was continued for one year, during which time Mr. 
 Burr was also in the government service as a mem- 
 ber of the census department. On February 7, 1911, 
 he was appointed postmaster of Genesee by Presi- 
 dent Taft and is now engaged in the faithful and 
 efficient discharge of those official duties. He is a 
 Republican in political views, but while he takes a 
 keen interest in the work of his party his activity 
 in that direction is not such as to designate him as 
 a politician. Any project that means the advance- 
 ment of his town, community or state always enlists 
 his heartiest support in sentiment and in any prac- 
 tical way that offers, and he is now a member and 
 treasurer of the Genesee Commercial Club. Frater- 
 nally he is affiliated with the Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, in which order he has "passed all the 
 chairs," with the Knights of Pythias and the 
 Woodmen of the World. In religious belief he is 
 inclined toward the faith of the Congregational 
 church, while Mrs. Burr is a communicant of the 
 Roman Catholic church. The latter was Miss Mae 
 G. Keane before her marriage to Mr. Burr on No- 
 vember 20, 1906, a daughter of Timothy J. and Eliza- 
 beth Keane, of Genesee, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Burr 
 have one daughter, Dorothy Gwendolyn Burr. 
 
 DR. WILLIAM H. TURNER. A man of splendid 
 abilities and attainments, Dr. William H. Turner, of 
 Kimberly, Idaho, is an acquisition to the citizen- 
 body of this state that for character, ideals as to 
 worthy living and capacity for usefulness places him 
 among the strong men of the commonwealth. As 
 cashier and active head of the Bank of Kimberly 
 he occupies a prominent place in the financial circles 
 of Twin Falls county, and though his residence in 
 Kimberly covers the brief span of but six years he 
 has become recognized in that community as a 
 leader, not only in commercial interests but in other 
 of the responsible relations to society. 
 
 Born at Centralia, Missouri, March 18, 1876, Dr. 
 Turner was reared in that state and there received 
 the most of his education, which has been broad and 
 has fitted him, both by discipline and by the knowl- 
 edge acquired, for different lines of endeavor. After 
 completing his earlier education in the common 
 and high schools of Centralia, Missouri, he en- 
 tered the University of Missouri at Columbia and 
 remained a student in that institution nine years 
 pursuing both literary and professional courses. 
 He was graduated first in 1898 as a civil engineer, 
 and then from the medical department in 1901. 
 This training was followed by a post-graduate 
 course in the medical department of Northwestern 
 University, Chicago, Illinois, in 1902. While a 
 student in the University of Missouri he was major 
 and acting commandant of the Missouri State Uni- 
 versity Cadets in the military department of that 
 institution and in this way secured the means to 
 pursue his medical studies there. After leaving 
 college he returned to Missouri and practiced medi- 
 cine about two years ; then he drifted into the bank- 
 ing business and this has since been his line of busi- 
 ness activity. In 1904 he went to Oklahoma, where 
 for two years he was cashier of the Cherokee Na- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 tional Bank at Tahlequah, Oklahoma; then in 
 .March, 1906, he came to Kimberly, Idaho, and 
 organized the Bank of Kimberly, of which institu- 
 tion he has since been cashier and active head. 
 The bank has already won the reputation of a sub- 
 stantial and conservative institution and has been 
 an effective force in the commercial and industrial 
 upbuilding of Kimberly and this section of Twin 
 Falls county. 
 
 At Sturgeon, Missouri, on June u, 1901, were 
 pronounced the marriage rites which united Dr. 
 Turner and Miss Cynthia G. Toalson, daughter of 
 Dr. and Mrs. T. B. Toalson, of Clark, Missouri. 
 Dr. and Mrs. Turner have three daughters Ruth 
 V. Marian F. and Helen P. 
 
 Dr. Turner is a member of the Christian church, 
 while his wife affiliates with the Baptist church and 
 is a member of the Ladies Aid Society of that de- 
 nomination at Kimberly. As a member of the time- 
 honored Masonic fraternity he is affiliated with the 
 blue lodge, chapter and commandery of that order, 
 has filled offices in each of these bodies and was one 
 year eminent commander of his commandery. He 
 is also a member of another of the oldest of fra- 
 ternal orders, the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows. As a member and vice-president of the Kim- 
 berly Commercial Club he gives practical evidence 
 of his interest in the advancement of his commu- 
 nity and thereby is a factor in the whole state's up- 
 building. He has been well satisfied with his ex- 
 perience in Idaho and says that for number and 
 ch-iracter of opportunities this state surpasses all 
 others that he has visited. He predicts that its fu- 
 ture will far outrival its past for rapid development. 
 With the wealth of its natural resources and with 
 the usually large quota of strong, forceful and capa- 
 ble men who have enlisted as its citizens there is 
 every justification for expecting Idaho to eventually 
 take a place among the foremost commonwealths of 
 the Union. Dr. Turner is not merely an onlooker 
 of what is being accomplished in this direction but 
 has his own shoulder to the wheel. In political 
 views he is a Democrat but takes no part in political 
 affairs beyond performing his duty as a voter. He 
 has been connected with the Kimberly board of edu- 
 cation for some time and is now treasurer of the 
 board. Bees form a most interesting and pleasurable 
 study to Dr. Turner and as an apiarist he has been 
 quite successful, both in acquiring a knowledge of 
 their habits and ways and in making their culture in 
 Idaho a profitable venture. He now has over sixty 
 hives of the tireless little workers. 
 
 Louis GARRECHT. Born of sturdy pioneer stock, 
 reared amid the stirring scenes of the early settle- 
 ment of the Boise Basin, receiving his education in 
 the primitive early Idaho schools, and participating 
 for years in the rush and bustle incident to the min- 
 ing camps, the whole career of Louis Garrecht, sher- 
 iff of Boise county, has been crowded with the 
 experiences typical of western life, and his advance 
 has been commensurate with that of his native 
 state, whose industries he has assisted to develop in 
 material manner. Mr. Garrecht was born Novem- 
 ber 24, 1865, in what was then the little settlement 
 of Moorestown (now Idaho City), Idaho, a son 
 of John Garrecht, a native of Germany. 
 
 Like thousands* of others of his native country- 
 men, who saw before them in the Fatherland only 
 long years of hard labor, with little hope of ever 
 acquiring more than a nominal competence, John 
 Garrecht turned his face toward the New World 
 when the news that gold had been discovered in the 
 state of California. He was one of the early pio- 
 
 neers of 1849, and for four years followed his 
 business of butchering in the mining camps, but in 
 1853 made his way to Idaho, settling in the Boise 
 Basin and engaging in the cattle and butchering 
 business, a vocation with which he was connected 
 until his death in June, 1891. From the early trials 
 and hardships of pioneer life, when he was strug- 
 gling to obtain a foothold in business, he became 
 one of his community's most highly respected citi- 
 zens, served Idaho City as treasurer for two years, 
 and reared his family to become citizens of worth 
 and responsibility. His wife bore the maiden name 
 of Elizabeth Garrecht, but was no blood relation. 
 
 The education of Louis Garrecht was secured 
 under many difficulties, but throughout life he has 
 been a keen observer of men and affairs, and he 
 has gained a wide and compresensive knowledge of 
 general topics. When still a youth he left his 
 ^tudics to enter the butchering establishment of his 
 father, and when only eight years of age was a com- 
 petent assistant to him, skilled with the knife and an 
 expert in slaughtering. He followed this business until 
 within one month of his father's death, when the busi- 
 ness was sold, and Mr. Garrecht began his career 
 as a miner. During the next seventeen years he 
 held positions with just two concerns, the first six 
 years being spent as foreman and superintendent 
 for the Ashby B. Turner property, of which he had 
 charge. For the next eleven years he was superin- 
 tendent for the War Eagle Placer Mines of Idaho 
 City. In 1909 Mr. Garrecht engaged in business on 
 his own account as the proprietor of a teaming 
 and freighting enterprise, in which he has met with 
 well-deserved success. He has not entirely disposed 
 of his interests in mining properties, however, as 
 he is the owner of a good producer in Boise county, 
 and his chief enjoyment is to pack his prospecting 
 kit, take his gun, and strike off for a jaunt into va- 
 rious parts of the county. On these trips he inva- 
 riably returns with excellent specimens of deer and 
 elk heads, which he presents to his friends. Mr. 
 Garrecht is the owner of a pleasant home in Idaho 
 City, where his many friends are frequently enter- 
 tained with true western hospitality. He is a 
 Democrat in politics, and in March. 1912, was ap- 
 pointed to the office of sheriff of Boise county, 
 and now has the nomination of his party for the 
 same position. 
 
 On December 11, 1890, Mr. Garrecht was married 
 too Miss Julia Foster, a native of Boise, Idaho, and 
 daughter of John Foster, a pioneer of the state, 
 and they have had four children : John and Sophia, 
 who are attending school in Idaho City ; and two 
 who are deceased. 
 
 GEORGE ALTENEDER, a prominent florist and green- 
 house man at Orofino, for which city he has been 
 \yeather forecaster since 1904, was born in Musca- 
 tine county, Iowa, the date of his nativity being 
 September 15, 1855. His rudimentary educational 
 training was obtained in the public schools of his 
 native place and as a boy he worked on his father's 
 farm. In young manhood he learned the trade of 
 stone mason, but subsequently turned his attention 
 to farming, gardening and greenhouse work. He 
 was a resident of Iowa until November, 1901, at 
 which time he came to Idaho and settled in Oro- 
 fino, where he has since maintained his home and 
 business headquarters. In 1902 he established his 
 present business, that of florist and gardener. 
 He grows and handles a large line of flow- 
 ers, plants and fruit and all his work is 
 done along scientific lines. He is constantly exper- 
 imenting and has produced some very wonderful 
 
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 results, demonstrating successfully everything he has 
 undertaken. He actually grew and raised on hun- 
 dred and eighty different varieties of fruit, vege- 
 tables, grasses and flowers on less than four acres 
 of land, thus proving conclusively the productive 
 power of Idaho land. In eight months' time he 
 raised in his hot house dahlias of different colors 
 that weighed as much as twenty pounds; in his 
 vegetable department one pumpkin seed brought 
 forth forty-three pumpkins, with a total weight of 
 seven hundred and sixty-three pounds. From the 
 ioregoing it will be seen that Mr. Alteneder has met 
 -with unqualified success in his life's work. His fa- 
 vorite amusement and pleasure lie in experimenting 
 in his business. 
 
 In politics Mr. Alteneder maintains an independ- 
 ent attitude and although he is deeply interested in 
 all that affects the welfare of the community he does 
 not take an active part in public affairs. He has 
 been government weather forecaster at Orofino since 
 1904 and is considered an expert as regards the 
 weather. Religiously, he is a devout member of 
 the Church of God, in which he is superintendent 
 of the Sunday school. He owns a finely improved 
 ranee of one hundred and sixty acres adjoining the 
 townsite of Orofino. He insists that for general 
 gardening and the raising of fruits and flowers he 
 has never seen the equal of northern Idaho. In his 
 opinion the conditions for this particular line of 
 business could not be more perfect and he honestly 
 and conscientiously advises all looking for homes or 
 business locations to investigate this country. 
 
 November 9, 1882, Mr. Alteneder married Miss 
 Anna C. M. Schmidt, a daughter of George Schmidt, 
 of Muscatine county, Iowa. This union was prolific 
 of six children, as follows : Anna is the wife of 
 Len Herzel, of Clarkston, Washington; Olive mar- 
 ried Harry White and resides in Orofino; Clara is 
 the wife of Herman Smith, of Orofino ; Frank lives 
 on a ranch near Orofino; and Ruth and Ralph are 
 at home. Mr. Alteneder has lived an exemplary 
 life and is honored and esteemed by men in every 
 walk of life. He is possessed of a brilliant mind 
 and is exceedingly well read and his generous 
 heart causes him to lend a helping hand to all less 
 fortunately situated in life than himself. 
 
 MARCUS D. WRIGHT. The history of Idaho 
 would be by no means complete without a record of 
 that splendid pioneer of Kootenai county and 
 founder of Rathdrum, who since 1903 has been such 
 a valuable addition to the citizenship of Coeur 
 d'Alene. Esteemed not merely for his abundant 
 material resources and his historic importance in 
 the community, it is the sterling honor of Marcus 
 D. Wright that is his greatest asset in the eyes of 
 his neighbors and acquaintances, every one of whom 
 is an admirer and friend. 
 
 Marcus D. Wright is a son of the Reverend John 
 W. Wright, a Baptist clergyman of Kentucky, an 
 author of a number of published books and a Mason 
 of prominence in his locality and period. Mrs. John 
 W. Wright, Marcus Wright's mother, was in her girl- 
 hood Miss Mary Gipson, a native of the Blue Grass 
 state, which was the scene of her marriage and 
 her early domestic life. In Warren county of that 
 state, Marcus D. Wright, the fourth child of seven 
 and the only son of his parents, was born on the 
 i6th day of April, in 1851. Until about the age of 
 fifteen he remained in his native community, which 
 was the home of his parents through the greater 
 part of their lives. The father lived to the age of 
 sixty- four, passing from this life in 1880; and the 
 mother's earthly life closed in 1898, when she had 
 passed her eighty-seventh milestone. 
 
 Destined to move by degrees to the westward, 
 Marcus Wright as a youth became a resident of 
 St. Joseph, Missouri, where he remained for four 
 years, variously employed at useful occupations. 
 His ambitions, however, were larger than his op- 
 portunities, which he knew might be improved in 
 the newer country that lay toward the setting sun. 
 He therefore traveled overland to Corinne, Utah, 
 where he engaged in the freighting business, driving 
 a twelve-mule team. His route lay between Co- 
 rinne, Utah, and Salmon City, Idaho, also reaching 
 various points in Montana. The region traversed 
 by young Marcus Wright was a wild one in those 
 days and many were the skirmishes with the In- 
 dians which fell to his lot during the seven years 
 that he spent in this occupation. While conducting 
 his freighting business, he also was interested in 
 mining operations and altogether made an excellent 
 financial success of that period of his activity. 
 
 In 1877 Mr. Wright again advanced further west, 
 settling at Boise, thus adopting Idaho as his home. 
 He has ever since maintained his home within her 
 borders, with the exception of three years spent in 
 Spokane in livery and stage business. From the 
 year 1881 he has had an ever-increasing and active 
 interest in the commonwealth that has since become 
 so progressive a state. 
 
 It was at that time 1881 that he entered a 
 homestead in* the locality adjoining the present 
 site of Rathdrum. During his residence there he 
 located the original townsite, being the owner of 
 half the land upon which it was built. He was a 
 leader in organizing the corporation and was pri- 
 marily active in the affairs of the town. He built 
 one of its first stores and was one of its first mer- 
 chants. When Kootenai county was organized he 
 was in the forefront of activity in all that promoted 
 systematic management of her affairs and facilitated 
 civic matters for the residents of the community. 
 Mr. Wright was Kootenai's first assessor and first 
 tax collector, continuing for many years as one of 
 the most prominent officials of the county. 
 
 Though always deeply interested in public affairs, 
 Mr. Wright's personal affairs have been skillfully 
 managed and have prospered to an unusual degree. 
 He became one of the leading merchants of his part 
 of the state, not only haying a flourishing store in 
 Rathdrum but also establishing branch stores in St. 
 Maries and later one in Post Falls. He bought and 
 sold lands until he was the owner of twenty-five 
 thousand acres in Kootenai county alone. He 
 handled railroad ties for the Northern Pacific Rail- 
 way Company, receiving from that organization 
 more than seven million dollars for ties alone. One 
 of his chief lines of business was contracting, among 
 which enterprises was that of grading for the elec- 
 tric line between Spokane and Coeur d'Alene. 
 
 In 1903 Mr. Wright came to the last-named city 
 as a permanent resident. Here he established his 
 present business of real estate and lumber opera- 
 tions, which are very extensive. He owns two saw- 
 mills and handles his owjn property through his real 
 estate firms. He owns much valuable property in 
 this district, including Wright Park, which adjoins 
 Hayden Lake. He is the possessor of a large ranch 
 nine miles north of Coeur d'Alene and resides on 
 that estate, going daily in his motor car to and 
 from the city to attend to his business interests 
 there. These are numerous and varied, including 
 connection with the First National Bank, of which 
 for several years he was president. 
 
 The memorable year in which Mr. Wright was 
 so active in the establishing of Kootenai county was 
 also notable as the year of his marriage. His union 
 with Miss Bertie Piper was blessed with eight chil- 
 
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 drcn. The eldest, Florence A., became Mrs. M. F. 
 Darling, of Dayton, Washington. Mary W. is now 
 Mrs. H. D. Edmonds, of Wyoming; Elida R. is now 
 Mrs. M. S. Anderson of Los Angeles, California; 
 Zella Z. is now Mrs. W. L. De Merchant, of Spo- 
 kaire, Washington; John J., of Coeur d'Alene; Ber- 
 tie D., at home; Stella H., deceased; and M. Gor- 
 <loii, at home. The mother of these sons and 
 daughters passed to another world on February 9, 
 1900. Mr. Wright was remarried in September 20, 
 1902, the present Mrs. Wright having been well 
 known in Spokane as Mrs. Marie Bennett, a step- 
 daughter of the late A. M. Cannon, of that place. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wright's religious interests are 
 broad and inclusive, the Baptist church, however, 
 claiming their attention more than others. Mrs. 
 Wright is active in club and social life in the city, 
 \vliile her husband is a valued member of the 
 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of the 
 Knights of Pythias and of the Coeur d'Alene Com- 
 mercial Club. The Democratic party is the politi- 
 cal camp with which Mr. Wright is connected and 
 he has been always active in public affairs. He was 
 for some time a member of the city council of Coeur 
 d'Alene and is particularly energetic in bringing 
 other able men to the front in civic affairs. He is 
 deeply interested in all affairs that mean a better 
 city or a better county, and is remembered by Rath- 
 drum citizens as a most efficient member, for a 
 Ii-iitf term of years, of the board of education of that 
 place. Although his way to affluence has been to a 
 great extent along the pathway of rough pioneer 
 life. Mr. Wright has a deep appreciation for culture 
 in all its forms and his beautiful home is graced by 
 all desirable appointments. Remarkably capable, un- 
 usually successful, exceptionably honorable, Marcus 
 D. Wright deserves the hearty good-will accorded 
 him by the county and the communities he has been 
 so largely instrumental in creating. 
 
 WILLIAM F. BRECKON, a prominent business man 
 and one of the progressive and public-spirited citi- 
 zens of Kimberly, Idaho, may really be classed 
 among the pioneers of this state for his advent here 
 dates back to 1891, when, as a young man and like 
 the state to which he had come, he was just enter- 
 ing upon an independent career and had yet to 
 prove his merit. Idaho in the interim of a little 
 more than twenty years has made remarkable strides 
 in its development as a commonwealth, and Mr. 
 Breckon in that period has earned a place among 
 the representative men of the state. He is a prod- 
 uct of the central west, born October 2, 1869, in Ne- 
 braska City, Nebraska, and grew up not unfamiliar 
 with western ways and the progressiveness that has 
 become proverbial of the people of that great sec- 
 tion. The pioneer era, in the old sense, had passed 
 ere he reached man's estate and the frontier lines 
 from time to time depicted as pushed farther west- 
 ward had entirely disappeared from the maps. 
 However, the same restless spirit that had caused 
 civilization to advance steadily from one ocean to 
 the other led the young man farther westward and 
 in 1891 he came to Idaho to try out the merits of the 
 new state and his own ability to achieve success in 
 life. 
 
 When he was three years of age his parents re- 
 moved from Nebraska to Missouri, and from thence 
 to western Kansas three years later, residing in the 
 latter location about twelve years. Returning once 
 more to Nebraska, the parents located this time in 
 Merrick county and William F. remained with them 
 about two years before coming to Idaho. He earned 
 his first money when a lad about thirteen years of 
 
 age driving cattle from Kansas to Nebraska and 
 after that and until he left the parental home he as- 
 sisted his father in farm work. His schooling, be- 
 gun in Missouri, was concluded in the public schools 
 of Kansas. Upon coming to Idaho he settled at 
 Payette, Canyon county, in which vicinity he re- 
 mained some sixteen years, being engaged the while 
 in farming and in mercantile pursuits. From there he 
 came to Kimberly, Twin Falls county, where for the 
 first three years he was engaged in the real-estate 
 business and served as the postmaster of the place 
 for three and one-half years. In 1911 he estab- 
 lished his present business, that of the Kimberly 
 Store Company, of which organization he is secre- 
 tary, treasurer and manager and which handles a 
 full line of everything usually carried in a general 
 mercantile establishment. The business has pros- 
 pered and this has been largely due to the good 
 business acumen of Mr. Breckon and to his prin- 
 ciples of fair and honorable dealing. He has been 
 influential in furthering projects tending to advance 
 his town and county along civic and material lines 
 and has taken more than usual interest in the edu- 
 cational affairs of his community. He is president 
 of the Kimberly Commercial Club, and has been a 
 member of the ' Kimberly board of education for 
 several years, having during that time served as 
 clerk and then as president of that body. Under 
 his administration as president of the board many 
 new improvements were made in the school yards 
 under his care and at all times he has manifested 
 the same progressiveness in regard to educational 
 matters that have characterized his activities as a 
 business man and citizen. Mr. Breckon is a Re- 
 publican in political views and to some extent ac- 
 tive in party work, being now a precinct committee- 
 man. He has "passed all the chairs" in the local 
 lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
 and Modern Woodmen of America and is also a 
 member of the Royal Highlanders. For a number 
 of years he has been identified with the National 
 Guards of Idaho and has had the honor of having 
 risen from the rank of private to that of captain. 
 After his resignation from the company of which 
 he was first a member it was disbanded but subse- 
 quently was reorganized and once more Mr. Brec- 
 kon became successively second lieutenant, first 
 lieutenant and captain. He had been similarly con- 
 nected in Nebraska, having been a member of the 
 National Guards of that state and out in active serv- 
 ice when Sitting Bull, the famous Sioux Indian 
 chief, was killed in 1890. Mr. Breckon is one of 
 Idaho's many enthusiasts and very loyally claims 
 that the state is surpassed by no other of the Union 
 in the opportunities it affords in all vocations. 
 
 At Payette, Idaho, on December 25, 1906, Mr. 
 Breckon was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary 
 Lemp, formerly of Boise, Idaho. Both are attend- 
 ants of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mrs. 
 Breckon is a member of the Ladies Aid Society of 
 that denomination in Kimberly. 
 
 LUDWIG ROPER. An enviable distinction is that 
 of Captain Roper by reason of his long and gallant 
 service in the United States army, in which he en- 
 listed when but sixteen years of age, about two 
 years after his immigration from his German 
 fatherland to America, and he continued in active 
 service for the full period of thirty years, when he 
 was honorably retired, as a non-commissioned staff 
 officer. Captain Roper had his full quota of experi- 
 ence in connection with Indian warfare in the great 
 west in the early days and was stationed at various 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 frontier posts. In the later period of his military 
 career it was given him also to serve in the 
 Spanish-American war, and his record throughout 
 in the military service of the land of his adoption 
 is one that will redound to his lasting honor. In 
 1890, the year which marked the admission of Idaho 
 to the Union, Captain Roper was stationed at Fort 
 Sherman, a post that was located near the present 
 thriving little city of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai 
 county, and one that has been abandoned as a gov- 
 ernment military headquarters. With the excep- 
 tion of an interim of three 'years he has continu- 
 ously maintained his home at this point during the 
 intervening period, and since he retired from the 
 army, in 1903, he has continued to be one of the 
 best known and most popular citizens of Coeur 
 d'Alene. He is well known in military circles and 
 to the general public in Idaho and other states of 
 the northwest, and it is a privilege to accord to him 
 specific recognition and a .brief tribute in this pub- 
 lication. 
 
 Captain Roper was born in Hanover, Germany, 
 on the I3th of January, 1857, and his parents passed 
 their entire lives in the Fatherland. He gained his 
 early education in the excellent schools of his native 
 province and was about fourteen years of 'age when 
 he severed the home ties and set forth to seek his 
 fortunes in America, his youthful spirit of adventure 
 having been on a parity with his self-reliance. 
 During the first two years of his residence in the 
 United States the captain indulged his boyish 
 propensity for investigation and sight-seeing, as he 
 traveled about and visited various sections of the 
 Union, including numerous important cities. 
 
 In 1873, when sixteen years of age, Captain Roper 
 enlisted, at Chicago, in the United States army, in 
 which he was assigned to the Fourth United States 
 Infantry, in the Department of the Platte. He 
 continued in active service for thirty years, at the 
 expiration of which he was retired and accorded 
 his honorable discharge, in June, 1903, a record of 
 long, faithful and gallant service as a loyal soldier 
 of the republic. He enlisted as a private and was 
 retired as a non-commissioned staff officer, and for 
 two years he served also as captain in the Idaho 
 National Guard. While with his command in the 
 Department of the Platte the captain participated 
 in the various campaigns in which that division of 
 the national military forces was involved, and in 
 1876 he was in the command of General Crook, one 
 of the most intrepid and successful concerned in 
 the conflicts with the hostile Indians on the frontier, 
 and in the Big Horn-Yellowstone expedition against 
 ; the Sioux, in 1879, Captain Roper took an active 
 part, as did he also in the military activities inci- 
 dental to the Thornburg massacre. 
 
 In 1886 Captain Roper was transferred with his 
 regiment from the Department of the Platte to the 
 Department of the Columbia, and was stationed at 
 Fort Spokane, Washington. In 1890 he was trans- 
 ferred to Fort Sherman, at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 
 and, as previously stated, he has here resided since 
 that time with the exception of three years of 
 service at Fort Flagler, Washington. His reminis- 
 cences of the pioneer days are most graphic and 
 interesting, and few have had a more intimate and 
 thrilling experience in connection with frontier 
 Indian warfare and life in the military posts of 
 the west. About five years prior to his retirement 
 from the army Captain Roper had opportunity to 
 serve in a field of operations radically different than 
 that in which he had been active during the previous 
 quarter of a century, for his regiment was called to 
 the front in the Spanish-American war, in which 
 
 it continued on active duty until victory had 
 crowned the arms of the United States. 
 
 Since leaving the army Captain Roper has not 
 identified himself with active business of any kind, 
 but is living retired, enjoying the good things of the 
 "piping times of peace" and free from exactions. and 
 onerous duties of the soldier's life. His circle of 
 friends in the west is large and in his home city 
 and county is coincident with that of his acquaint- 
 ances. 
 
 In politics Captain Roper has ever been a stalwart 
 advocate of the cause of the Republican party, and 
 he has been a zealous advocate of its principles and 
 policies, his faith in which has not been dislodged 
 by the results of the national election of 1912. He 
 is identified with the Spanish-American War Vet- 
 erans' Association, and during his connection with 
 the Idaho National Guard he was one of its most 
 popular officers. He has passed all of the official 
 chairs in the ancient-craft body of the time-honored 
 Masonic fraternity, in which he is now the oldest 
 living past master of the lodge of Ancient Free and 
 Accepted Masons at Coeur d'Alene. He has like- 
 wise filled all of the official chairs in the lodge of 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is at the 
 present time district deputy grand master of Dis- 
 trict No. 34, under the jurisdiction of the Idaho 
 grand lodge of this order. His many years of 
 active life on the plains and in the mountains have 
 given him, as may well be inferred, an inalienable 
 predilection for life in the open, and he thus finds 
 indulgence and satisfaction in hunting and fishing 
 expeditions and equestrian exercise. He is an 
 enthusiastic admirer of Idaho and a firm believer 
 in the great future of the state, to which his loyalty 
 is of the most unswerving order. 
 
 At Fort Fetterman, Wyoming, on the 24th of 
 December, 1878, was solemnized the marriage of 
 Captain Roper to Miss Dena Lendburg, daughter 
 of James Lendburg, a sterling pioneer of Ottumwa, 
 Iowa, in which state Mrs. Roper was born. The 
 two children of this union are: Mabel, who is the 
 wife of Emanuel H. Klein, chief musician of the 
 Eighteenth United States Infantry, now stationed 
 at Fort McKenzie, Wyoming; and Frederick, who 
 is married and resides at Long Lake, Washington, 
 where he is an engineer in the employ of the Wash- 
 ington Water Power Company. 
 
 GEORGE WILLIAMS. The architectural profession 
 has an able and popular representative in Idaho in 
 the person of Mr. Williams, whose residence and 
 business headquarters are in the thriving little city 
 of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai county. He has had 
 broad and varied experience as an architectural 
 designer and supervising architect and is recognized 
 as one of the leaders in his profession in the north- 
 west, his operations having here extended into 
 various states, in each of which stand enduring 
 monuments to his technical ability and practical skill. 
 Steadfast and honorable in all the relations of life, 
 he has accounted well as one of the world's pro- 
 ductive workers, and as one of the most prominent 
 and influential members of his profession in Idaho, 
 as well as a progressive and public-spirited citizen, 
 he is well entitled to specific recognition in this 
 history of his adopted state. 
 
 Mr. Williams was born at Kewanee, Henry 
 county, Illinois, on the nth of November, 1860, and 
 is a son of Robert E. and Lucretia (Lester) 
 Williams, the former of whom was born in the 
 state of New York and the latter in Connecticut, 
 both families having been founded in America in an 
 early day. The marriage of the parents was solem- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 927 
 
 nized in the old Empire state, whence they removed 
 to Illinois in the pioneer days, the father there 
 engaging; in agricultural pursuits, as did he later in 
 Iowa, a state in which he established his home about 
 the year 1865. He there reclaimed a productive 
 farm and he became one of the honored and influen- 
 tial citizens of Pottowattamie county, where he was 
 active in public affairs, though never a seeker of 
 official preferment for himself. He was a man of 
 strong individuality and inflexible integrity of pur- 
 pose, a devout Christian, as was also his cherished 
 wife, and he made his life count for good in all its 
 relations. The devoted wife and mother was sum- 
 moned to eternal rest, in 1900, in the state of 
 Oregon, where her remains were laid to rest, and 
 she was seventy-five years of age at the time of her 
 death. Her husband survived her only a few years 
 and his death occurred in 1903, while he was visit- 
 ing at the home of his son George, in Coeur 
 d'Alene, where interment was made. He attained 
 to the venerable age of eighty-eight years, and is 
 survived by one son and four daughters. 
 
 George Williams was about five years of age at 
 the time of the family removal to Pottowattamie 
 county, Iowa, where he was reared to adult age 
 under the sturdy discipline of the farm and where 
 he gained his early education in the excellent public 
 schools. At the age of seventeen years he severed 
 the home ties and went to the Black Hills district 
 of South Dakota, where he remained one year, 
 during which he was variously employed. He had 
 previously attended the high school at Council 
 Bluffs, Iowa, and had shown a distinct predilection 
 for the line of work in which he has gained marked 
 prestige and success. From South Dakota he re- 
 turned to the parental home and soon afterward he 
 initiated the practical study of architecture and 
 building. When about twenty-one years of age he 
 went to Sioux City, Iowa, where he remained about 
 five years, where he gave as much time as possible 
 to continuing his professional studies, besides which 
 he gained practical experience in connection with 
 building operations. From Sioux City Mr. Williams 
 went to the Ozark mountain district of southwestern 
 Missouri, in the employ of the Kansas City Lumber 
 Company. He served as general foreman in the 
 construction department of this company's opera- 
 tions for a period of about thr^e years, and then 
 located at Castalia, South Dakota, w-here he was 
 engaged in contracting and building about three 
 years, in the meanwhile maturing his talents as a 
 practical architect. His next base of operations was 
 at Weston, Oregon, where he was engaged in the 
 same line of enterprise for twelve years, during 
 which he erected many excellent public, business and 
 private buildings and gained high reputation for 
 professional ability and for fairness and integrity 
 in all business transactions. 
 
 In 1903 Mr. Williams came to Idaho and estab- 
 lished his home at Coeur d'Alene, where he has 
 since maintained his residence and business head- 
 quarters, though his operations have in the mean- 
 while extended into other states of the northwest. 
 Among the more important buildings erected under 
 his supervision, brief note is made at this juncture, 
 and the greater number of these were designed by 
 him. with the best of plans and specifications fully 
 worked out with authoritative estimates of cost : 
 City hall, Masonic Temple, the Graham and the 
 Nixon blocks, and seven school buildings in Coeur 
 d'Alene; school building at St. Maries, in the same 
 county; high school buildings at Sandpoint and 
 Blackfoot; public school buildings at Harrison, 
 Moreland and Elk River; Union church and public 
 
 school building at Potlatch, and the fine county 
 school building recently erected at Plummer, 
 Kootenai county. He also erected a number of public 
 school buildings in the city of Council Bluffs, Iowa, 
 including the high school. Mr. Williams has been 
 successful from both a professional and financial 
 standpoint, and none in the least familiar with his 
 character and career can doubt that this success has 
 been richly merited. He is a valued member of 
 the Architects' Club in the city of Spokane, Wash- 
 ington, and of the Coeur d'Alene Commercial Gub, 
 of whose high civic ideals he is a zealous supporter. 
 He is fond of outdoor sports, especially hunting and 
 fishing, and finds opportunity for most pleasing 
 recreation along these lines in the beautiful moun- 
 tains and valleys of Idaho, a state that in his judg- 
 ment offers unrivaled advantages and attractions. 
 
 Though never imbued with aught of ambition for 
 political office, Mr. Williams is found arrayed as a 
 stanch supporter of the cause of the Republican 
 party. He has been an appreciative student of the 
 history and teachings of the time-honored Masonic 
 fraternity, in which he has completed the circle of 
 each the York and Ancient Accepted Scottish Rites, 
 in the latter having received the thirty-second de- 
 gree. He has passed the various important official 
 chairs in the different Masonic bodies with which 
 he is identified, and was grand lecturer of the grand 
 lodge of Free and Accepted Masons for eastern 
 Oregon for nearly four years. His Masonic affilia- 
 tions also include the Ancient Arabic Order of the 
 Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and the Order of the 
 Eastern Star, of which he has served as worthy 
 patron and with which Mrs. Williams likewise is 
 prominently identified. He also holds membership 
 m the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the 
 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the 
 Woodmen of the World. 
 
 At Sioux City, Iowa, on the i5th of November, 
 1883, Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss 
 Emma C. Jones, daughter of the late Alexander 
 Jones, an honored pioneer of that city. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Williams have two sons, both of whom remain 
 at the parental home Carl and Frederick. 
 
 JAMES H. FRAZIER, who has for the past three 
 years been engaged in the practice of law in Coeur 
 d'Alene, Idaho, is essentially a western product, his 
 birth occurring at Crested Buttes, Colorado, on 
 July 8. 1882. Thus from his birth he has imbibed 
 the spirit of the west, and none is more enthusiastic 
 than he with regard to the many charms of the 
 great western country. He is the son of Gideon B. 
 and Alice Mary (Gibson) Frazier. The father was 
 born in Iowa, and came to Idaho in 1889, settling 
 in Boise. He was a lawyer in his younger days, 
 but never engaged in the practice of that profession 
 in Boise. He was prominent in politics and while 
 a resident of Colorado was probate judge for three 
 terms, and United States Commissioner of Indian 
 Affairs under Grover Cleveland. Mr. Frazier was 
 a devout churchman and a man of excellent Christ- 
 ian character. He was a prominent Mason, also. 
 He died in July, 1910. at the age of fifty-nine, and 
 is buried in Boise. The mother was born in Cali- 
 fornia and she is now a resident of Boise. She 
 met and married her husband in Colorado, and 
 there spent the first decade of her married life. 
 Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Frazier, 
 James H. being the third born of that number. 
 
 The early education of Mr. Frazier was obtained 
 in the public schools of Boise, Idaho, .after which 
 he went to work on his own responsibility to earn 
 money for his college course. He followed various 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 occupations, such as mining and farming, and for 
 four summers was in the employ of the government 
 in the reclamation service. In these varied ways he 
 was able to save sufficient money to make furthet 
 study practicable, and he accordingly passed through 
 a six-year course of study at the State University at 
 Moscow, from which he was graduated in 1907, re- 
 ceiving his B. A. degree. After his graduation Mr. 
 Frazier was engaged as city superintendent of schools 
 at Moscow for two years, and one year as principal 
 of the Coeur d'Alene high school, but in 1910 resigned 
 from his educational labors and identified himself with 
 the legal profession in Coeur d'Alene, in which he 
 has since been actively engaged. Thus far he has 
 made worthy progress in his profession, and is men- 
 ti.oned in Democratic circles as a man destined for 
 high political honors. His ability as a lawyer is well 
 established and he is frequently called upon to assist 
 as deputy county attorney. 
 
 Mr. Frazier was married at Moscow, Idaho, on 
 June 10, 1898, to Miss Edna Herren, the daughter 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Herren of Chicago, 
 where Mr. Herren is assistant city attorney. Three 
 children have been born to the Fraziers : Helen 
 Herren, Mary Marjorie and Elizabeth Eleanor. 
 
 Mr. Frazier is fraternally associated with the 
 Elks, and he is a member of the Coeur d'Alene Com- 
 mercial Club, as well as of the various bar associa- 
 tions of the city, county and state. The family are 
 members of the Presbyterian church, and Mrs. Fra- 
 zier ia connected with the different organizations of 
 the church, and of the Mothers' Club of the city. 
 
 JOHN J. WHYTE, M. D., C. M., is one of the men 
 of sterling worth that our great northern neighbor, 
 Canada, has contributed to the ranks of Idaho's citi- 
 zens. He came to Kimberly, Twin Falls county, 
 in 1909, is the only practicing physician of the 
 town, and though but the brief period of three years 
 has passed since his location there he has won a 
 large and lucrative practice and a strong place in 
 the confidence and respect of those to whom he has 
 ministered and of the community at large. His 
 nativity occurred in Shakespeare, province of On- 
 tario, Canada, on February 10, 1867, and he re- 
 mained in the vicinity of his birth until 1892. As 
 a boy he was given the advantages of the common 
 schools at Lancaster, Ontario, and of the high 
 school at Williamstown in the same province. He 
 then took up preparatory work in Bishop's Acad- 
 emy at Montreal, Canada, and following his course 
 there he matriculated in McGill University in the 
 same city, from which institution he was graduated 
 in 1889 with the degrees of doctor of medicine and 
 master of surgery. To add practical experience to 
 his already varied and valuable training he served 
 for a period as a hospital interne. These educa- 
 tional advantages Dr. Whyte made the most of and 
 when he began the independent practice of his pro- 
 fession he did so unusually well prepared in every 
 way. In 1892, after two years of practice in Mon- 
 treal, he crossed over into the United States and 
 located in Minnesota, where he practiced seventeen 
 years, or until his removal to Idaho in 1909. As 
 previously mentioned, he is the only active mem- 
 ber of his profession located there but this has had 
 no bearing on the efficiency of his professional serv- 
 ices, for he labors assiduously, as sympathetically 
 and with as much self-sacrifice in the relief of 
 human suffering ' as if he were competing with the 
 best medical talent the state affords. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Twin Falls County Medical Society, the 
 Idaho State Medical Society, and the American 
 Medical Association and throughout his professional 
 
 career he has been a close and discriminating stu- 
 dent, keeping in close touch with the advances made 
 in the science of medicine. Dr. Whyte is licensed 
 by examination to practice in Minnesota, North Da- 
 kota, Iowa, Texas and Idaho of the United States 
 and in the entire British possessions. He is now 
 deputy county health officer for his district. 
 
 In politics Dr. Whyte is unbound by party ties 
 and exercises his voting power as a Progressive, 
 supporting the men and measures he feels will best 
 conserve the public welfare. He favors all churches 
 but affiliates with no special denomination. Frater- 
 nally he is associated with the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen of Amer- 
 ica, and he is a member of the Kimberly Commercial 
 Club. 
 
 At Bertha, Minnesota, on January 2, 1903, he was 
 united in marrage to Mary Delphina, daughter of 
 Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Courtright, the former of whom 
 is editor and publisher of the Staples (Minn.) 
 Headlight. Dr. Whyte says that upon his arrival 
 here he was amazed at the progress already accom- 
 plished by the Twin Falls and southside tract and 
 was at once convinced that southern Idaho, once 
 thoroughly developed, will be one of the greatest 
 agricultural and horticultural sections of the whole 
 United States. He promptly gave evidence of this 
 confidence by making a number of investments, 
 among his holdings being a beautiful ranch near 
 Hollister. He positively insists that no man will 
 make a mistake in locating here. 
 
 ALBERT A. ROBISH. One of the coming men of Coeur 
 d'Alene's future is Mr. Albert A. Robish, a well-edu- 
 cated and talented civil engineer. Although he has 
 been a resident of Coeur d'Alene only since 1909, 
 he has already evinced his local patriotism and his 
 ability in individual lines. He is a son of Martin 
 Robish, also well known here and a man whose life 
 has shown both vigor and success. The details of 
 his career will be briefly noted before taking up 
 the personal history of his son. 
 
 Germany was the home of the elder Robjsh, who 
 came to this country in his boyhood and settled first 
 in Wisconsin, where for a number of years he fol- 
 lowed agricultural pursuits. In 1872 he removed to 
 Iowa, which continued to be his home for thirty 
 years, his vocation, during that time being mercan- 
 tile business. He is now a resident of Coeur d'Alene, 
 his present activities being chiefly along the line of 
 mining investments. He is a member of various 
 secret societies, having been affiliated with the 
 Knights of Pythias for twenty-seven years and with 
 the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons for more 
 than forty-two years. He has also given political 
 service in his former Iowa home, where for six 
 years he filled the office of county commissioner, in 
 which capacity he saved the taxpayers of Bremer 
 county $250,000. His wife, Mrs. Martin Robish, 
 was a native of Wisconsin. They were married in 
 that state in the year 1870. It was after their re- 
 moval to Sumner, Iowa, that the birth of Albert 
 Robish, their eldest son, occurred on July 10, 1876. 
 
 The public schools of Sumner and the high 
 schools of the same place provided the general edu- 
 cation of Albert Robish, who entered the University 
 of Iowa for his professional course after having 
 spent one year in teaching. Before he left the Uni- 
 versity he was elected county surveyor of Bremer 
 county and immediately after his graduation he en- 
 tered upon the duties of that office. He served in 
 the capacity of county surveyor for six years, in 
 the meantime acting also as manager of the Sumner 
 Telephone Company. At the close of his last term 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 as surveyor Mr. Robish accepted a position with 
 the Chicago Great Western Railway, acting for 
 three years as assistant division engineer. At the 
 nd of that time the same company appointed him 
 roadmaster, in which capacity he continued in their 
 employ for three and one-half years more. At the 
 end of that time considerations of health brought 
 him to Idaho, which he has made his permanent 
 home, haying been engaged in his profession of 
 civil engineer ever since his coming to Coeur 
 d'Alene. Mr. Robish is well calculated for success 
 in a country in which water power and mining 
 operations call forth the skill of well-trained engi- 
 neers, such as he represents. As city engineer of 
 Coeur d'Alene, important interests are in his keep- 
 ing and are looked after with the utmost conscien- 
 tiousness and care. Ever since his college days 
 Mr. Robish has been an enthusiast in his line, having 
 been a member of the engineering society of the 
 University, of which he served for one year as busi- 
 ness manager, one year as secretary and one year as 
 librarian, with one year's abje service as editor-in- 
 chief of the Transit, the official engineering publica- 
 tion of the University. 
 
 The local affiliations of Mr. Robish include his 
 membership in the Lutheran church ; in the frater- 
 nal societies of the Benevolent and Protective Order 
 of Elks and the Yeomen; and in the Chamber of 
 Commerce and Rod and Gun Club. He is active 
 in politics and his political theories in general coin- 
 cide with those of the Democratic party. His tastes 
 are those of the typical western gentleman who en- 
 joys the activities of the open particularly those in 
 which good horses are a prominent feature and 
 who also has literary and artistic interests. In the 
 latter line Mr. Robish's specialty is music and he 
 has been connected with many bands. 
 
 The Robish family is considered a truly desirable 
 acquisition to the life of Coeur d'Alene and one of 
 real value in developing this promising city, county 
 and state. 
 
 NICODEMUS D. WERNETTE. Among the sterling 
 citizens contributed to Idaho by the fine old Wol- 
 verine state is this well known and honored member 
 of the bar of Kootenai county, and he is established 
 in the successful practice of his profession at Coeur 
 d'Alene, as junior member of the law firm of Black 
 & Wernette, his coadjutor and valued friend being 
 Roy L. Black, with whom he has been here asso- 
 ciated since 1007, when both established their home 
 in the thriving little city that is the stage of their 
 present successful endeavors. 
 
 Mr. Wernette was born in Mecosta county, 
 Michigan, on the th of May, 1885, and is a son of 
 Jacob and Catherine (Bolz) Wernette, the former 
 of whom was born in the Dominion of Canada, of 
 staunch French lineage, and the latter of whom 
 was born in Germany, their marriage having been 
 solemnized in the city of Montreal, Canada. Jacob 
 Wernette was reared and educated in his native 
 province and as a young man he went to New York 
 city, where he remained sixteen years. He then 
 established his residence in Michigan, where he has 
 since given his attention principally to agricultural 
 pursuits and where he is now one of the substantial 
 farmers and highly esteemed citizens of Mecosta 
 county. He is a ttaunch Democrat in his political 
 proclivities and is a devout communicant of the 
 Catholic church, as was also his cherished wife, 
 who was summoned to eternal rest in 1905, at the 
 age of sixty years, and of whose twelve children, 
 four sons and five daughters are now living, 
 
 Nicodemus D., of this review, being the youngest 
 child. 
 
 Reared to the sturdy discipline of the home farm 
 and afforded the advantages of the public schools 
 of his native county, Nicodemus D. Wernette 
 waxed strong in mind and physique, and early 
 found his ambition quickened to practical activity 
 in the matter of extending his educational training, 
 the expense of his higher education having been 
 mainly defrayed by money earned by him. He 
 attended the high school in the village of Remus, 
 in his native county, and thereafter completed a 
 two years' course in the Ferris Institute, an excel- 
 lent institution maintained at Big Rapids, Michigan. 
 In preparation for the work of his chosen vocation 
 he entered the law department of the celebrated 
 University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in which 
 he completed the prescribed course and in which 
 he was graduated as a member of the class of 1907, 
 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was 
 graduated on the 2Oth of June and the 3d day of 
 the following month found him on his way to Coeur 
 d'Alene, Idaho, in company with Roy L. Black, 
 who had been a classmate in the law school and 
 with whom he has been continuously Associated in 
 his professional work since establishing his home 
 in Idaho, where his success has been on a parity 
 with his recognized ability and where his sterling 
 character and genial personality have gained to him 
 the staunchest of friends. That he has gained se- 
 cure place in the confidence and esteem of the 
 people of Kootenai county, is shown by the fact in 
 the fall election of 1910 he was elected prosecuting 
 attorney of the county. He assumed the duties of 
 this office in January, 1911, and his able and dis- 
 criminating administration has amply justified the 
 popular choice as well as heightened his profes- 
 sional reputation. In politics Mr. Wernette is 
 found arrayed as an uncompromising advocate of 
 the cause of the Democratic party and he has been 
 an active and effective worker in its ranks, so that 
 he was not in the least disconcerted at the results 
 of the national election of November, 1912. Both 
 he and his wife are communicants of the Catholic 
 church, and he is affiliated with the Knights of 
 Columbus, in which he holds the office of deputy 
 grand knight, and with the local lodge of the 
 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He takes 
 a lively interest in all that touches the welfare of 
 his home city and county, looks with enthusiasm 
 for the still greater prestige and prosperity of 
 Idaho, and is essentially loyal and public-spirited 
 in his attitude as a citzen. He is a member of the 
 Coeur d'Alene Commercial Club. 
 
 On the 4th of April, 1910, was solemnized the 
 marriage of Mr. Wernette to Miss Ozzalinda E. 
 Blanchard, daughter of Joseph Blanchard, a well- 
 known citizen of Coeur d'Alene, and the two win- 
 some little daughters of this union are Frances C 
 and Bernice E. 
 
 EDWIN M. CLARK. It was in 1904 that Edwin M. 
 Clark organized the Bank of Glenns Ferry, at 
 Glenns Ferry, Idaho, becoming at that time a heavy 
 stockholder in the bank, and assuming the duties 
 of cashier, a position which he has since continued 
 to hold and to fill in the most capable manner. His 
 banking experience began some years previous to 
 that time, and he was assistant cashier of the Bank 
 of Vail, in Oregon, for some years. Since coming 
 to this place, he has filled an important niche in the 
 civic affairs of the community, and has well earned 
 the right to be called one of the leading citizens of 
 the city. 
 
930 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Born on November 10, 1872, Mr. Clark is the son 
 of John L. and Ruth N. (Beckwith) Clark, the 
 father a native of Indiana and the mother of New 
 Hampshire. The paternal ancestors of the subject 
 are of Scotch-Irish blood, while the maternal an- 
 cestors are English, and among the early settlers 
 of New Hampshire. In about 1868 John L. Clark 
 moved to Nebraska and settled in Knox county, 
 where Edwin M. was born a few years later. A 
 veteran of the Civil war, John L. Clark was a 
 member of the Thirty-seventh Indiana Infantry, 
 later being transferred to the Fourth Regular Cav- 
 alry. He was three years in the Thirty-seventh 
 and participated in many of the hottest engagements 
 of the long conflict. Six months Mr. Clark lan- 
 guished . in Anderson prison, and when his release 
 came once more entered into active service, continu- 
 ing to the close of the war. He died in Newport, 
 Lincoln county, Oregon, in 1896. As a farmer and 
 merchant, in which he spent the latter years of his 
 life, Mr. Clark was fairly successful. He became 
 a resident of Oregon in 1895, his death following 
 one year later. The mother is now a resident of 
 California, in Los Angeles, and is the mother of 
 seven children, of which number Edwin M. is the 
 oldest living at this time. 
 
 In Nebraska Edwin M. Clark attended the public 
 schools, and after the removal of the family to 
 Oregon he finished a business course at Portland. 
 When he was twenty years old his father gave him 
 a dollar as his entire cash capital, and the young 
 man bravely set out to make his own way. His 
 first independent work after leaving the home place 
 was in the lumber woods, and for five years he was 
 identified with the lumber industry in one capacity 
 or another. He then entered business college at 
 Portland and pursued a thorough course in busi- 
 ness training, after which he secured a position at 
 Corvallis, Oregon, in the hardware store of R. H. 
 Huston, his duties being largely those of clerk and 
 bookkeeper. This was in the spring of 1897, and 
 he continued thus until November, 1902, when he 
 came to eastern Oregon and settled at Vail, there 
 entering the employ of the First Bank of Vail, as 
 assistant cashier. Until May, 1904, Mr. Clark was 
 connected with that institution, and on the 15th of 
 May in that year he brought about the organization 
 of the Glenns Ferry Bank, in which he became one 
 of the leading stockholders, as well as cashier of 
 the institution. The bank has made admirable 
 progress under his regime, and is known for one 
 of the sturdy and stanch among the younger finan- 
 cial concerns of this section of the state. 
 
 Mr. -Clark is a Republican, and has long been 
 active in the work of the party, wherever he has 
 found himself. Since coming to this place he has 
 served as state committeeman during two terms and 
 was reelected in November, 1912. His activities 
 have extended into civic affairs as well and he 
 is known to be the advocate of every movement set 
 into action for the betterment of the community. 
 He was a member of the first board* of trustees 
 that presided in the village of Glenns Ferry and 
 has held other positions in a public way. His fra- 
 ternal relations are with the Knights of Pythias. 
 
 On February 12, 1903, Mr. Clark was united in 
 marriage with Miss Josea Gotner, the daughter of 
 M. U. Gotner, a native of Iowa. One son has been 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Leslie L., born in 
 Vail, Oregon, in January, 1904. 
 
 It is interesting to note that in Mr. Clark's career, 
 as in that of so many other successful men who 
 have made their way in life unaided, the quality 
 of perseverance has shown bright throughout the 
 
 years of his uphill climb. The best part of his 
 education came to him without assistance from any 
 quarter, and only hard work and rugged determina- 
 tion made possible the success that is now his, and 
 which is but the promise of a greater success to 
 come. 
 
 ERNEST J. OSTRANDER. It is one of the most en- 
 couraging facts which can anywhere exist that, in 
 this country, and especially in the Northwest, a 
 large proportion of those individuals who, by their 
 public service, have attained a greater or less de- 
 degree of eminence or, mayhap, by their profes- 
 sional or business acquirements and talents have 
 risen by their own exertions. In a sketch of the 
 career of Ernest J. Ostrander, president and gen- 
 eral manager of the Ostrander Lumber Company, 
 and one of the most progressive business men of 
 Twin Falls, Idaho, there will be found something 
 to encourage the exertions of those youths who, 
 without fortune or influential friends, are strug- 
 gling to overcome obstacles in the acquirement of 
 wealth and position. They will see, in the example 
 before them, how difficulties were surmounted, and 
 what was achieved by perseverance and the ability 
 to grasp opportunity when it presented itself. 
 
 Ernest J. Ostrander was born at Paw Paw, Mich- 
 igan, May 28, 1870, and is the only child of Har- 
 mon J. and Phoebe (Bradley) Ostrander, the for- 
 mer a native of New York and the latter of Ohio, 
 and now residents of Summerland, California, where 
 they are retired. Harmon J. Ostrander was 
 for many years engaged in the real estate business 
 in Chicago, to which city Ernest J. Ostrander was 
 taken as a lad. He attended the public schools of 
 that city until he was fifteen years of age, and be- 
 ing an industrious and ambitious youth at that time 
 entered the employ of a large mercantile establish- 
 ment in the capacity of errand boy. For the next 
 two years he was engaged in various kinds of hon- 
 orable employment, but when he was seventeen 
 years old secured a position in the post-office depart- 
 ment, in a minor capacity. Five years of industrious 
 effort, however, did not bring the emoluments that 
 Mr. Ostrander believed he deserved, and he ac- 
 cordingly resigned his position, and on June 20, 1892, 
 entered the Rittenhouse Embree Company, of Chi- 
 cago, as office boy and general utility clerk. He con- 
 tinued in the employ of this large lumber concern 
 for sixteen years, and during this time his faithful 
 service was rewarded by promotion from position 
 to position, until he eventually became secretary and 
 one of the acting heads of the firm. In January, 
 1908, Mr. Ostrander decided to take a trip to Idaho 
 for recreation, and while here he became enthused 
 as he realized the great opportunities that the state 
 had to offer, especially in the line that he knew 
 so well. Accordingly, he immediately severed his 
 Chicago connections and remained at Twin Falls, 
 where he entered the lumber business, eventually 
 organizing the Ostrander Lumber Company, the 
 success of which has been almost phenomenal. As 
 president and general manager of this concern he 
 began to extend the scope of its activities to other 
 towns in Idaho, built substantial yards and lum- 
 ber 'sheds, injected modern methods into the opera- 
 tion of the business, and today has flourishing 1 
 branches 'of the concern at Twin Falls, Wendall, 
 Jerome, Gooding, Bliss, Hagerman and Hollister, 
 Idaho. He is now invading other states, his first 
 branch outside of Idaho being at Jarbridge, Nevada. 
 Mr. Ostrander owes the position he now holds in the 
 community entirely to his own efforts. He has con- 
 fined himself to legitimate business transactions, has 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 avoided speculation, and the fortune he is accumu- 
 lating is but the natural result of sound business 
 principles and steady application. As a man of 
 business, no citizen of Twin Falls stands higher ; 
 as a citizen he is public spirited and is always in 
 sympathy with those movements which tend to in- 
 crease the prosperity of his adopted community. He 
 is a director in the Jerome State Bank, a ranch 
 owner, and has large property interests in Twin 
 Falls, including his fine residence. In 1911 he acted 
 as president of the Twin Falls Commercial Club, 
 and at this time he holds membership in the Masons, 
 being eminent commander of Twin Falls lodge, and 
 the Elks. While a resident of Chicago, he was a 
 member of the First Regiment, Illinois National 
 Guards. His political tendencies are those of the 
 Republican party, but he has never cared for pub- 
 lic office. 
 
 On May 24, 1894, Mr. Ostrander was married to 
 Miss Natalie F. Pusch, of LaPorte. Indiana, daugh- 
 ter of William and Emma (Klyer) Pusch, natives 
 of Germany, and two children have been born to 
 this union: Beatrice and Ernest. Mrs. Ostrander's 
 father is a veteran of the Civil war, and is engaged 
 fn mercantile pursuits at LaPorte, Indiana, although 
 he is now past eighty-three years of age. 
 
 EDWARD THOMPSON BARBER. The name of Edward 
 Thompson Barber is one that is well known through 
 the state of Idaho, for in addition to many other in- 
 terests he is a member of that most dreaded and most 
 powerful of professions, the editorial. Never in the 
 history of the world has the power of the written 
 word been as great as it is today. Men write with 
 greater freedom, newspapers, books and periodicals 
 are disseminated in greater quantities than ever be- 
 fore, and with the majority of people their ideas on 
 all questions that do not come within the range of 
 their actual experience are based on what they read 
 in their daily paper. To be the editor of a newspaper 
 therefore carries with it a tremendous responsibility, 
 and when one discovers a man like Edward T. Bar- 
 ber, who realizes this responsibiity, and endeavors to 
 exert an influence for good and not for evil, who 
 stands for a clean government, for progressive 
 measures, and for high ideals in public and private 
 life, then one's respect for humanity is increased 
 ten-fold, for the path of the editor is bestrewn with 
 the most enticing of temptations. As editor of one 
 of tlje leading newspapers in Lincoln county, Idaho. 
 Mr. Barber has done more perhaps than any other 
 one man to bring the section before the notice of the 
 public, and his endeavors in behalf of the people of 
 this section have not been confined to the newspaper 
 world alone, for he is prominent in many other im- 
 portant activities of the town of Gooding. 
 
 A native son of the state of Iowa, Edward 
 Thompson Barber was born in Sidney, Fayette 
 county, on the 1st of August, 1860. He is the son 
 of the Rev. Alanson Barber, who was born in New 
 York City. Becoming a minister of the gospel he 
 became very prominent in the Methodist church. 
 He served as a chaplain jn the Civil war as a member 
 of the Ninth Iowa Regiment. Just as the army of 
 the Union was drawing its lines about Vicksburg, 
 about a month prior to the capitulation of the city, 
 the Reverend Barber was discharged from the ser- 
 vice on account of-physical disability. He then went 
 back to his pastoral work, but for thirty years before 
 his death he was an invalid. His death occurred at 
 Baxter Springs. Kansas, in April. 1906. He had 
 married in 1857 Jane Hamilton, a direct descendant 
 of Alexander Hamilton, and she is yet living, her 
 home being in Moran, Kansas. Nine children were 
 
 born to Reverend Barber and his wife, only two of 
 whom have died. 
 
 After completing his grammar school and high 
 school work, Edward Barber entered the College 
 of Marionville, at Marionville, Missouri, remaining 
 here for some time. He then attended the Kansas 
 State Normal School at Emporia, Kansas, where he 
 received his degree. Upon the completion of his 
 normal course he became a school teacher, and for 
 twenty-seven years was a member of this profes- 
 sion. His ability as an executor and practical man 
 of affairs was shown by the frequency with which 
 he was made superintendent. Most of his teaching 
 years were spent in Kansas, and here he was super- 
 intendent of a number of schools, being also county 
 superintendent of the schools of Allin county, Kan- 
 sas, at one time. During his twenty-seven years of 
 teaching, fifteen were given to the work of superin- 
 tending. In 1900 he was offered the position of pro- 
 fessor of mathematics in the Albion Normal School 
 at Albion, Idaho, which he gladly accepted, for it 
 offered him work which he knew would be enjoyable. 
 As he grew older the desire to leave the school 
 room and mix in the affairs of men in the business 
 world grew upon him. Therefore, in 1904. as a step 
 in this direction, he resigned his position and pre- 
 empted a homestead in Cassia county. 
 
 This was the beginning of his business career, for 
 one year later Mr. Barber accepted the offer of 
 general manage^ of the Gooding Townsite Company. 
 During this year the town of Burley was located on 
 land adjoining his ranch, thus increasing its value. 
 As general manager for the townsite company, Mr. 
 Barber had an opportunity to display his practical 
 business ability and to prove that the head that had 
 so long managed and organized schools was capable 
 of managing and organizing a town. His energy 
 and enthusiasm over the prospects and future of this 
 part of the country, led to his being offered the edi- 
 . torship of the Burley Bulletin, for the men behind 
 this newspaper needed some one, to use a slang 
 phrase, who would boost the town. Mr. Barber was 
 perfectly willing to do this for he knew as no one 
 else, perhaps, what a splendid town and country this 
 was. Burley and the surrounding country, and so 
 he felt that whatever he might say was no more 
 than the truth. He made of the Burley Bulletin 
 more than a sheet for descanting on the advantages 
 of the new town, and his paper became known as a 
 reliable disseminator of news, and its editorial de- 
 partment for the keen and honest opinions therein 
 advanced on matters of the day. In this way Mr. 
 Barber came to the notice of the editor of the 
 Statesman, one of the leading papers of Boise, Idaho, 
 and he was offered a position on the staff of this 
 paper. He accepted this offer and remained for a 
 year connected with this paper, gaining much expe- 
 rience in practical newspaper work, and winning 
 many friends through his wider field of work. 
 
 Upon leaving the Statesman, Mr. Barber formed 
 a partnership with Charles J. Lisle, and together they 
 became the publishers of the Shoshone Journal, of 
 Shoshone. Idaho. They began this publication on 
 the ist of May. 1907, and Mr. Barber still maintains 
 his interest in this paper. In August of 1907 Gov- 
 ernor Gooding engaged the firm of Lisle & Barber 
 to manage the Gooding Townsite properties, acting 
 as his agents. The firm also established the Idaho 
 Leader in Gooding and the Richfield Recorder in 
 Richfield, Idaho. Mr. Lisle conducting the Richfield 
 paper and Mr. Barber taking the editorial chair of 
 the Leader. These papers have both proved to be 
 very successful, and have greatly benefitted the sec- 
 tions through which they circulate. Mr. Barber has 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 been able to perform services for this part of the 
 state, both as agent for the Gooding Townsite Com- 
 pany and as an editorial writer that the people can 
 never repay. Never losing an opportunity to say a 
 good word for Gooding and to bring the new town 
 before the public notice, he has been the means of 
 attracting many settlers to this community, and they 
 as well as the people already located there, and the 
 business men who have invested in . property here, 
 are indeed grateful to Mr. Barber, for the town is a 
 delightful spot, and the country all that is claimed 
 for it. 
 
 In politics Mr. Barber is a Republican, but he has 
 never taken a very active part in politics. He was 
 appointed United States Commissioner for the Min- 
 nadoka tract, but served for two years only, the 
 heavy pressure of business causing him to hand in 
 his resignation. On August 3, 1909, Mr. Barber was 
 appointed to the office of postmaster of Gooding, 
 which was then a fourth class postoffice. Something 
 of the growth and development of the place may be 
 imagined from the fact that Mr. Barber is now 
 postmaster of a second class postoffice, having been 
 re-appointed by President Taft on the I4th of April, 
 1910, and at the same time advanced in dignity to a 
 second class postmaster. 
 
 As a member of the Knights of Pythias and the 
 Modern Woodmen of America, Mr. Barber has al- 
 ways taken considerable interest in fraternal orders, 
 believing most firmly in their principles of brother- 
 hood. 
 
 Mr. Barber still owns the ranch near Burley, 
 which has now become a very valuable property, 
 and in Gooding he is the owner of a business block, 
 whereon are located the postoffice, a store and upon 
 the second floor the offices of the Idaho Leader. 
 He was married in 1891, on the 3rd of June to Miss 
 Emma C. Cowan, who was a native of lola, Kansas. 
 They have one daughter, Edna Barber. 
 
 Mr. Barber is perhaps able to speak with more . 
 authority on the resources and advantages of Idaho 
 than almost any other man in the state. While he 
 was on the staff of the Statesman he made a special 
 effort to become familiar with as much of the state 
 as possible and to form as wide an acquaintance as 
 he was able to do among the men who were working 
 for the advance of the state in her different sec- 
 tions. He gained therefore much valuable informa- 
 tion and he has used this data in many valuable and 
 interesting magazine articles on Idaho, it agricul- 
 tural future, lands, productive qualities, and other 
 matters of importance to the prospective settler, and 
 of interest to the citizen of the state. During one 
 month he gave his entire time to the investigation 
 of the beet sugar industry in Idaho, and the mono- 
 graph which he wrote on this subject is considered 
 the most comprehensive and authoritative that has 
 ever been written on this subject. During his years 
 as a teacher he was a prominent member of the 
 Idaho Teachers' Association, and served for five 
 years as treasurer of this body. 
 
 It is a fortunate thing for the people of Lincoln 
 county that Mr. Barber was apprenticed to a printer 
 at the age of twelve, and that during all his years as 
 a teacher he never lost his fondness for the smell 
 of a wet sheet of copy just from the press, or a lik- 
 ing for the big blue pencil, because in his position 
 as editor of a widely circulated paper he has been 
 able to accomplish more for the practical good of 
 the town than if he were placed in any other posi- 
 tion. He has worked hard all of his life, and has 
 had few play days, but he is now receiving his reward 
 in the respect and affection with which he is regarded 
 by the people among whom he has cast his lot. 
 
 EZRA E. BRANDT. A man who has done much 
 for Gooding, Idaho, and who will do much in the 
 future, through his enthusiasm, his belief in the 
 country, and his eloquence against which most 
 people are not proof, is Ezra E. Brandt. He spent 
 some time looking for a location in the west and 
 finally determined that Gooding offered him the 
 most advantages. Since he has been here he has 
 become an active force in the life of the young city, 
 and his efforts are always directed along the most 
 progressive lines. He invested a large amount of 
 money in ranch lands and other property and then 
 he established a real-estate business, which has 
 done much to stimulate the growth of the town. 
 
 Ezra E. Brandt was born in Fairfield county, 
 Ohio, on the 5th of November, 1861. His parents 
 were John Brandt and Sarah (Gessel) Brandt, both 
 of whom were natives of Ohio. John Brandt was 
 a farmer all of his days. He had a large farm, 
 and was very successful, piling up quite a fortune 
 before his death, which occurred in 1906, at the age 
 of eighty-seven. His wife died at the age of eighty- 
 six, in 1910. This couple became the parents of 
 twelve children, three of whom died. Ezra E. 
 Brandt was the eighth in this long line and is the 
 only one of the family who makes his home in 
 Idaho. 
 
 Ezra E. Brandt received his education in the 
 public schools of his native state, spending more 
 time, however, out-of-doors than in the schoolroom, 
 for he was a farmer's son and farmers' sons are 
 likely to have plenty of work to do, however young 
 they may be. Until he was of age Mr. Brandt re- 
 mained with his parents, and then wishing to start 
 out in life for himself, he went to Kansas and 
 settled in Hill City, where he established himself 
 in the mercantile business. His business grew and 
 he became very successful, his prosperity being due 
 to his energetic methods of doing business, his en- 
 terprising methods of securing trade, and at last in 
 his strict honesty, that gave him the full confidence 
 of his customers. He was a prominent citizen and 
 a popular man in this community, and after twelve 
 years as a merchant he received proof of the friend- 
 ship which the people of the county had for him, 
 by his election to the office of county treasurer, on 
 the Republican ticket. He therefore sold out his 
 stores that he might give his time more fully to the 
 duties of his new office and so efficient did he prove 
 that he was re-elected at the expiration and served 
 another term. Then deciding that the west held 
 prospects of a brighter future than Kansas, and 
 determining that Idaho was the gem of all the 
 western states he came to Gooding. This occurred 
 in the spring of 1909. He did not sell his farms in 
 Graham county, Kansas, and owns them yet, but he 
 purchased large tracts of ranch lands in Lincoln 
 and Twin Falls counties. He now has three tracts 
 splendidly irrigated and Bunder a high state of cul- 
 tivation, his property being among the most desir- 
 able pieces of land in this section. He also pur- 
 chased valuable town realty and owns and occupies 
 a most attractive home in Gooding. His real-estate 
 business, which he established soon after coming to 
 Gooding has proved to be a very lucrative one, for 
 Mr. Brandt has not only a thorough knowledge of 
 land values but he has a keen desire to benefit the 
 country and encourage settlers, therefore he does 
 not put exorbitant prices on his choice bits of land. 
 ' In January, 1913, this was made Gooding county, 
 with the town of Gooding as the county seat and 
 Mr. E. E. Brandt was appointed probate judge of 
 Gooding county. 
 
 Mr. Brandt is a member of the Masonic order 
 and in his religious views he believes in the tenets 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 933 
 
 of the Methodist church, being a member of the 
 same. He was married on the I2th of August, 
 1891, to Miss Stella Earnhart, who was also a native 
 of Ohio. Three children have been born to them, 
 Joy, Neva and Dale. All of the children have had 
 the advantage of exceptional educational opportuni- 
 ties, this being a subject in which Mr. Brandt is very 
 much interested and in which he believes most 
 firmly. One of his chief reasons for coming to 
 Gooding was because the town offered such fine ad- 
 vantages in an educational way. 
 
 As an example of the firm belief that Mr. Brandt 
 has in the future of Gooding and the surrounding 
 country and also as an example of the persuasive- 
 ness of his language, we quote the following from 
 his own pen : "The great Snake River valley has 
 the greatest opportunities for the home-builder and 
 the investor of any country on earth. It is destined 
 to be one of the most productive and beautiful. It 
 will be in the near future the largest irrigated valley. 
 It now has the most water power of any stream, 
 which will be utilized for electric railroads and 
 manufacturing purposes, and is now used for power, 
 lighting and heating purposes. We can now sit in 
 our homes, press a button and the lights are on; 
 press another and the heat is on to warm the 
 entire house, press another and we can do the 
 churning, wash the dishes, grind the feed and pump 
 the water (.pure, cold mountain water), and yet we 
 are only in our infancy, have scarcely begun to util- 
 ize the wonderful resources of this country. The 
 writer, having spent the greater .part of the last 
 three years in this valley, believes that Gooding 
 is the coming metropolis of southern Idaho. We 
 spent one summer traveling in the west looking 
 for a better location and have decided that Good- 
 ing was good enough for us. 'A word to the wise* 
 should be sufficient, we believe that property of 
 all kinds will increase in value very materially in 
 the near future, and the party or parties who are 
 the owners of some of this fertile valley, will reap 
 a great reward." When one realizes that Mr. 
 Brandt is perfectly sincere in the above remarks, 
 as all who know him do realize, one is greatly 
 tempted to invest in the lands which he describes 
 so enticingly. 
 
 WARD MEYER. A genuine example of what 
 energy and hard work will accomplish is to be found 
 in the case of the Meyer Brothers, the pioneer firm 
 of hardware merchants in Gooding, Idaho. Ward 
 Meyer the senior of the firm was the first to arrive 
 in Gooding, and began with an energy that the citi- 
 zens of Gooding have since learned is characteristic 
 of him, to build up a business. He was followed 
 shortly afterwards by his brother, Herbert and the 
 two have been one of the greatest forces for prog- 
 ress and up-to-date business methods that the town 
 has known. Nothing ever discourages them ; with 
 a firm belief in the splendid future of Gooding and 
 the surrounding country, they inspire others with 
 the same feeling, and have thus been of an inestim- 
 able benefit to the young town. 
 
 Ward Meyer was born on the 24th of July, 1883, 
 at Wellington, Kansas, while the birth of Herbert 
 took place on the joth of March, 1873. They are 
 the sons of Jacob and Henrietta (Macy) Meyer. 
 Jacob Meyer was born in Germany and came to 
 the United States when he was a child, with his 
 parents. Mrs. Meyer was a native of Ohio. Jacob 
 Meyer was for many years a prominent merchant 
 in Ohio, seeming to have a natural ability for the 
 buying and selling of goods, an ability which he 
 bequeathed to his sons. In 1879 he sold his store and 
 his stock of goods and moving to Kansas took up 
 
 farming and stock raising. He was as successful 
 in this line of industry as he had been as a mer- 
 chant in Ohio, and prosperity came to him in full 
 measure. In 1909 he decided to retire, and there- 
 fore, closed out his live stock interests, retaining 
 his land holdings. After this was successfully done 
 he moved to Gooding with his wife that they might 
 spend the later years of their life with their chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Ward Meyer was educated in the public schools 
 of Wellington, Kansas, but all through his school 
 life he was eager to get out of school and get to 
 work. Never did boy so look forward to the time 
 when he could play a man's part in the world. It 
 was at the age of eighteen therefore that he found 
 himself at last free to go to earning his own living. 
 He secured work in the hardware department of the 
 Gambril Mercantile Company, as a clerk. This 
 house was one of the best concerns in Wellington, 
 and young Mr. Meyer spent seven years in their 
 employ, gathering a wealth of experience in the 
 hardware business, and giving faithful and loyal 
 service to his employers. His one ambition was 
 to start in business for himself, so he denied him- 
 self many little comforts that he might save the 
 money for this purpose. He finally had enough 
 money, and came to Gooding, Idaho. This hap- 
 pened in 1908 and the store which he opened up was 
 the first hardware store in the town. The store is 
 the largest in the town and the stock which Mr. 
 Meyer carries is the most complete in the city. 
 
 In politics Mr. Meyer is a Republican, and among 
 the fraternal societies he gives his allegiance to the 
 Order of Odd Fellows. Following the example 
 of his father he has invested considerable money in 
 ranch lands in Lincoln county, and he is also the 
 owner of valuable property in Gooding. 
 
 Mr. Meyer was married to Stella M. Coin, in 
 October, 1908. His wife is a native of Indiana, and 
 on January 7th, 1913, were born to them twin girls, 
 Ruth and Rose. 
 
 The elder brother of Ward Meyer, Herbert Meyer, 
 was educated in the country schools of Stunner 
 county, Kansas, and later received a course in the 
 Normal school of Great Bend, Kansas. He came 
 to Idaho during the same year as his brother, 1908, 
 but the latter was on the ground first. Going into 
 partnership with his brother, the firm became Meyer 
 Brothers, and has remained so up to the present. 
 Like his brother he is a member of the order of 
 Odd Fellows, and is also a Republican in politics. 
 Neither of the brothers have taken any active part 
 in political affairs, having little time to give from 
 their business. He also has invested heavily in 
 ranch lands in Lincoln county, and is confident of 
 the future of this section of the state. 
 
 Mr. Ward Meyer was asked to give his honest 
 opinion of the future of the state of Idaho, and 
 the enthusiasm with which he replied would be 
 enough to convert anyone to his belief. He said: 
 "Idaho's future is greater than any state that I 
 know anything of. What we need are workers, 
 capital will follow." 
 
 JOHN TOLLEFSON. Associated with Julius O. Jo- 
 hansen as one of the interested principals in the 
 Southern Idaho Mercantile Company, of Rupert, 
 Minidoka county, Mr. Tollefson is to be designated 
 with all of consistency as one of the representative 
 business men of this section of the state, and con- 
 cerning the fine establishment and extensive trade 
 of the mercantile concern with which he is thus 
 prominently identified adequate mention is made in 
 the review dedicated to his honored coadjutor, Mr. 
 Johansen, on other pages of this work, so that a 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 repetition of the data is not demanded in this arti- 
 cle. Mr. Tollefson is a man of ability and stead- 
 fast integrity, and as a progressive and public-spir- 
 ited citizen who has a secure place in popular confi- 
 dence and respect, he is entitled to specific recogni- 
 tion in this publication. Further interest attaches 
 to his career by reason of the fact that he has won 
 advancement entirely through his own efforts. 
 
 Mr. Tollefson was born at Winona, Minnesota, 
 the judicial center of the county of the same name, 
 and the date of his nativity was September 29, 1870. 
 He is a son of Ole and Annie (Lee) Tollefson, both 
 of whom were born in Norway, representatives of 
 sterling old families of the fair Norseland. Ole Tol- 
 lefson was an artist of special talent and after 
 coming to America he gained no slight reputation 
 in this line. In the exhibition of his paintings he 
 won numerous prizes, among which was the first 
 prize given on such productions at one of the Wis- 
 consin state fairs. He passed the closing years of 
 his life at Stoughton, Wisconsin, and his wife died 
 when their son John, of this review, was but four 
 years of age. 
 
 After the death of his mother John Tollefson 
 was taken into the home of his maternal grand- 
 mother, at Stoughton, Wisconsin, and one year 
 later he was sent to the home of his uncle, Andrew 
 Lee, in Clay county, South Dakota. Two years 
 later the boy found a home with an aunt, whose hus- 
 band was a farmer in Clay county, that state, and 
 there he remained seven years, within which he re- 
 ceived but desultory educational training, his advan- 
 tages having been confined to. a very irregular 
 attendance in the public schools of Vermilion, the 
 county seat of Clay county. At the early age of 
 thirteen years he was found applying himself dili- 
 gently to arduous toil, and- from that time forward 
 he was practically dependent upon his own re- 
 sources in gaining a livelihood. His ambition for 
 wider education was not to be denied, for his self- 
 reliance and determination gave him due mastery 
 of expedients. He carefully hoarded his meager 
 earnings, and with the funds thus accumulated he 
 defrayed the expenses incidental to his entering and 
 pursuing his studies in the University of South Da- 
 kota, at Vermilion. In this institution he was grad- 
 uated when twenty-five years of age. He had 
 previously completed a course in a business col- 
 lege in the same town, and in the same was 
 graduated when eighteen years of age. About that 
 time he went to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in which 
 city he was employed in a clerical position for one 
 year, at the expiration of which he returned to 
 Vermilion, where he was similarly engaged up to 
 the time he entered the university. 
 
 In 1896, well fortified in mental discipline and 
 practical experience, Mr. Tollefson came to Idaho 
 and settled in Bannock county, where he secured 
 from the government a homestead claim of one 
 hundred and sixty acres, to the development and 
 improvement of which he turned his attention with 
 characteristic vigor and discrimination. He re- 
 claimed the tract into a valuable farm and there 
 continued his operations until 1905, when he sold 
 the property at an appreciable profit and removed to 
 Rupert, Lincoln county, prior to the platting of the 
 town, which was then represented by only two or 
 three small buildings. Here he erected and became 
 the proprietor of the first hotel, the Rupert House, 
 and he conducted the same for a period of eight 
 months, until the sale of town lots had been insti- 
 tuted, and then sold the property and business to 
 associate himself with F. W. Jones in the opera- 
 tion of a billiard and pool hall. This line of enter- 
 
 prise enlisted his attention for two and one-half 
 years, and he then sold his interest in the enter- 
 prise, as he was determined to identify himself with 
 a line of business that would offer greater oppor- 
 tunities for development and expansion. He ac- 
 cordingly purchased one-half interest in the South- 
 ern Idaho Mercantile Company, and in the carrying 
 on of the extensive business he has been continuously 
 associated with Mr. Johansen, under the most pleas- 
 ing relations, both he and his partner being recog- 
 nized as substantial, upright and progressive business 
 men of this favored section of the state. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Tollefson is aligned as a progres- 
 sive Republican, and he was one of the original mem- 
 bers of the first board of trustees of the village of 
 Rupert and was elected again to same office in 
 April, 1913. While a resident of Bannock county he 
 served as school director. Messrs. Johansen and Tol- 
 lefson own the building in which their business is con- 
 ducted, and the subject of this sketch is likewise the 
 owner of other valuable real estate in Rupert, in- 
 cluding his attractive residence property. He is affili- 
 ated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 in which he has passed the subordinate chairs, and 
 also with the Knights of Pythias. Both he and his 
 wife hold membership in the Christian church. 
 Concerning his mother's family it may be noted that 
 her brother, Hon. Andrew Lee, in whose home Mr. 
 Tollefson remained for a time, as previously stated, 
 later became governor of South Dakota. 
 
 In July, 1898, Mr. Tollefson was united in mar- 
 riage to Miss Laura Simmons, daughter of Carroll 
 Simmons, a pioneer of Lincoln county, this state, 
 where he developed a fine ranch, near Malad City. 
 Mrs. Tollefson was born and reared in this county 
 and in the same has a wide circle of friends. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Tollefson became the parents of four chil- 
 dren : Edith, who died at the age of nine months ; 
 Helen, Esther and John. 
 
 WILLIAM E. SMITH. Among the successful mer- 
 cantile firms of Gooding, Idaho, is that of Smith 
 Brothers, dealers in hardware, implements and autos. 
 It is a firm composed of young men, who with the 
 characteristic energy of youth have built up a fine 
 and prosperous business. They are progressive and 
 enterprising, and have won the prominent place 
 in the business world of Gooding which is theirs, 
 through honest business methods. They believe that 
 the best business policy is to make legitimate profits 
 only, and to give the the best value possible for 
 money received, and consequently they have built 
 up a flourishing trade, because they have the con- 
 fidence of their customers. What other firms make 
 by high prices and crooked business methods, Smith 
 Brothers make by honesty and by their unfailing 
 courtesy to their customers. 
 
 William E. Smith is the eldest of the three broth- 
 ers, the other members of the firm being Earl E. 
 and Carl C. They are the sons of Arthur Smith 
 and Carolina (Brown) Smith, both of whom are 
 natives of the town of Weston, Ohio. Arthur Smith 
 was a contractor, carpenter and painter, in Weston, 
 well-known throughout Wood county, for the same 
 characteristics which dominate his sons, honesty and 
 good common sense. The father of Arthur Smith, 
 was William E. Smith, a man who deserves the rev- 
 erence of everyone, for he served under the flag 
 of the Union for six years, during the Civil war. 
 He was a member of the One Hundred and Elev- 
 enth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and saw some of 
 the hardest fighting of the war. He was wounded 
 at the battle of Stony Ridge, and was later taken 
 prisoner and incarcerated in the prison at Ander- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 935 
 
 sonville,. which was the horror of the soldier of the 
 Union, next to Libby prison in Richmond. The 
 horrors of that prison life are such that they will 
 never be less than the most vivid of his memories 
 to the old veteran. He, with three others, after 
 six months in the place, succeeded in making a tun- 
 nel that reached to the open air, and thus escaped. 
 Weak and worn with illness and confinement, they 
 made their way back to their commands, and the 
 intrepid soldier was just in time to take part in 
 the terrible fighting of Shilph's two days of war- 
 fare. He remained with his regiment throughout 
 the rest of the war, and he is now living at Weston, 
 having reached the age of eighty-eight. His wife 
 was Jane Miller, and her death occurred at Weston 
 in 1905. 
 
 William E. Smith, who was named for his grand- 
 father, was born in Weston, Ohio, on the 9th of 
 May, 1878. He was educated in the public schools 
 of Weston and in the Davis Business College, of 
 Toledo, Ohio, He was graduated from the latter 
 institution, but after leaving college he did not take 
 up his business career immediately, first, teaching 
 school for three years at Weston. He made a very 
 successful teacher, but he did not care to make this 
 his life work, and when he heard of an opening in 
 Phillipsburg, Kansas, he took the money which he 
 had been saving and set out for this place. It was 
 in 1899 that he came to Phillipsburg and estab- 
 lished the hardware business in which ne was to be 
 engaged for the next ten years. He was extremely 
 successful but the lure of the West and the pros- 
 pects of greater successes called to him and as 
 many of his friends and associates in Phillipsburg 
 were coming to the new town of Gooding, Idaho, 
 he determined to close out his business, and go to. 
 With his years of experience and a considerable 
 capital it was not difficult for him to organize anew 
 in Gooding, but no matter how successful he may 
 have been at the start, had it not been that he has 
 kept up the standard set at the beginning, Smith 
 Brothers would not be the leader it is today. His 
 younger brothers joined him, and the three work 
 together for the good of the firm in a harmony that 
 is rarely seen. They are devoted sons to their par- 
 ents in Ohio, and are especially grateful for their 
 prosperity, in that it enables them to supply the old 
 folks with comforts and luxuries that they would not 
 otherwise have had. 
 
 Earl C. Smith and Carl are twins, and were born 
 on November 8, 1886. They were reared and edu- 
 cated in Weston, and as soon as they were through 
 with their education they came directly to their 
 brother in the West, and have added their youth- 
 ful energy to his experience. The youngest brother 
 is Burl E. Smith, who resides with his parents in 
 Weston. Their sister, Cora, married Ralph Gilles- 
 pie and lives at Bowling Green, Ohio. All of the 
 brothers are members of the Republican party, and 
 William E. and Earl are both members of the 
 Masonic order. The elder brother is especially 
 interested in fraternal affairs and in addition to 
 his Masonic affiliations is a member of the Order 
 of Foresters, of the Knights of Pythias and of the 
 Modern Woodmen of America. Carl Smith is 
 unmarried. Earl was married in 1908 to Miss Mabel 
 Gebhart, who was born in the state of Kansas. 
 Earl Smith has invested in Gooding real estate 
 and is the owner of a pleasant home. W. E. Smith 
 married December* 29, 1912, Lillian Maloney of 
 Edina, Missouri. 
 
 SAMUEL PARKER RICHARDS. High upon the list 
 of the well-to-do self-made men of Blaine county, 
 who have distinguished themselves by gaining high 
 
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 position in the field of business entirely through the 
 medium of their own efforts, stands the name of 
 Samuel Parker Richards, senior member of the 
 Carey Lumber & Hardware Company. Mr. Richards 
 was born September 16, 1879, in Montpelier, Idaho, 
 a son of S. P. and Fredonia (Alexander) Richards, 
 natives of Utah. The paternal grandfather, Samuel 
 W. Richards, was one of the first party of twenty- 
 five young men who led the way to Salt Lake Val- 
 ley in 1847, and he lived until reaching his eighty- 
 sixth year. Both he and his son, S. P. Richards, 
 were engaged in farming and stock raising under 
 the most trying conditions imaginable, being con- 
 stantly harassed by Indians and outlaws and handi- 
 capped by the lack of proper tools. That they were 
 able to succeed at all was an indication of their 
 industry, perseverance and courage. In 1896 S. P. 
 Richards came to Idaho, settling in Blaine county, 
 resides, being considered one of the substantial, 
 in the little Wood River valley. There he still 
 reliable men of his locality. His wife, who also 
 survives, is of Utah stock, although her parents 
 belonged to the Mormon batallion that migrated to 
 that state from Virginia. They had a family of 
 eight children, as follows: Samuel Parker; Hor- 
 ace Leroy; lantha who married Evan Arthur, a 
 prominent farmer and ranchman of St. John, Utah 
 and Idaho; Fredonia, who married Ernest Phippen, 
 of Carey; Claude A., junior, member of Carey Lum- 
 ber & Hardware Company; Blanche, residing with 
 her parents ; William Alexander, a ranchowner of 
 Carey; and Hazel, of this city. 
 
 Samuel Parker Richards received his education 
 in the public schools of Ogden, and subsequently 
 received a course and graduated from the school 
 of builders and contractors. He taught drawing and 
 manual training in the schools of Oakley for two 
 years, in addition to which he learned the practical 
 side of carpentering, and entered the business of 
 contracting and building in Carey and throughout 
 Blaine county, being the builder of many of the fin- 
 est homes in the county. A splendid monument to 
 his skill and good workmanship is found in the 
 school at Carey, and numerous business buildings 
 also testify eloquently to his ability. In April, 1909, 
 he formed a partnership with Joseph P. Cooper, 
 his father-in-law, and this association continued 
 until the death of Mr. Cooper, November 21, 1912, 
 since which time the style of the firm has been 
 changed to the Carey Lumber & Hardware Company. 
 Mr. Richards has built up the business and made 
 a place for himself among the substantial men of 
 this section, although his start was somewhat mod- 
 est, owing to the necessity of his helping the family 
 of his father, who met with reverses during the great 
 financial panic during President Cleveland's adminis- 
 tration. He is energetic, persevering and indus- 
 trious, with the foresight to recognize an opportun- 
 ity, the courage to grasp it and the ability to carry 
 it through to a successful conclusion, qualities so 
 necessary to the business man of today who aspires 
 to more than an ordinary place. 
 
 On June 7. 1907, Mr. Richards was married to 
 Miss Mary Frances Cooper, daughter of Joseph P. 
 Cooper, of Carey, and two children have blessed 
 this union: Marcus, who is five years^ of age; and 
 Lois, who has just passed her second birthday. The 
 members of the family are strict adherents of the 
 principles of the Latter Day Saints. 
 
 JOSEPH S. COOPER. One of the energetic and or 
 gressive young business men of Carey, Idaho, wh' 
 he is the representative of his father's extensive ! 
 ber interests, is Joseph S. Cooper, who is alsc 
 owner of a fine ranch and is an enthus 
 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 orchardist. Mr. Cooper was born February 22, 
 1883, son of Joseph and Mary L. (Connell) Cooper, 
 the former a native of Utah and the latter of Eng- 
 land, both of whom now reside at Carey. Joseph 
 P. Cooper was educated in the schools of southern 
 Utah, and there he engaged in farming and stock 
 raising as a young man, extending his operations 
 over a wider field each year until 1903, when he dis- 
 posed of his ranches and stock and came with his 
 family to Elaine county, Utah. Here he was also 
 engaged in stock raising and agricultural pursuits, 
 but in April, 1909, formed a partnership with Sam- 
 uel P. Richards, his son-in-law, an association that 
 has proven decidedly successful in every way. He, 
 however, is content to follow his beloved vocation 
 of agriculture, he being the son of an old pioneer 
 who settled in southern Utah during the early, days 
 and worked out his own fortune in spite of untold 
 hardships and privations, and the hardware and 
 lumber business is in the hands of Joseph S. Cooper, 
 who has shown himself eminently worthy of the 
 confidence reposed in him. He and his wife have 
 had three children : Joseph S. ; Mary F., who mar- 
 ried Samuel Parker Richards, her father's business 
 partner; and Ada, who married Milton Dilworth, 
 a rancher, of Carey. 
 
 Joseph S. Cooper was educated in the public and 
 high schools, and on completing his schooling started 
 to assist his father on the home farm. At the age 
 of twenty years he started upon his own business 
 career, and until 1908 was engaged in farming for 
 himself. In that year he became a clerk for the 
 Case Park Mercantile Company, of Carey, but in 
 1909 resigned his position to become a missionary, 
 traveling throughout Colorado and Nebraska in the 
 interests of the Latter Day Saints, a trip that con- 
 sumed twenty-six months and was very successful. 
 On his return he settled down in Carey, where he 
 has taken charge of his father's business interests, 
 proving conclusively that he is an able and efficient 
 man of affairs. He is the owner of a model ranch 
 and has had a great deal of success in growing 
 apples. In political matters he is a Republican, but 
 public life has not attracted him to the extent of 
 luring his mind from his business interests. He is 
 prominent in the work, however, of the Latter Day 
 Saints, is a talented vocalist, a deep student and a 
 firm believer in higher education. He is greatly 
 respected throughout his community, not only for 
 his integrity of character, but also for his activity 
 in all movements tending to the good of the public. 
 A hard-working, earnest, progressive young man, 
 he is doing much to materially aid his city, where 
 in a wide acquaintance he numbers numerous friends. 
 
 On April 10, 1907, Mr. Cooper was married to 
 Miss Julia M. Stanford, daughter of Cyrus J. Stan- 
 ford, a prominent ranchman and early pioneer set- 
 tler of Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper have two chil- 
 dren : Venice J. and Clive J. 
 
 JOHN O. LOWE, D. D. S. It may be said of Dr. 
 John O. Lowe, mayor of the city of Oakley, Idaho, 
 that he is one of the fortunate men of the North- 
 west. He was fortunate in having a good parentage, 
 a fair endowment of intellect and feeling, a liberal 
 education, in attaching himself to one of the learned 
 professions, and, above all, fortunate in casting his 
 lot with the people of Oakley at a time when the 
 city's enterprises were at their fullest tide of devel- 
 opment, and under circumstances which enabled him 
 to co-operate in its material growth, without that en- 
 grossment of time and faculty which hinders the full- 
 est indulgence of the intellectual faculty. While he 
 has borne a fair share of the labors of professional 
 and public life, accomplishing not less for the pub- 
 
 lic welfare than for his own advantage, he has at the 
 same time preserved his love for his profession, his 
 pursuit of manly and invigorating pastimes and his 
 indulgence in the amenities, of a refined and cultured 
 life. 
 
 Dr. Lowe was born at Willard, Utah, September 4, 
 1877, and is a son of John and Annie (Ward) Lowe, 
 who now reside at Ward, Idaho, a town named in 
 honor of the old pioneer family of Ward, who origin- 
 ally emigrated from England. Dr. Lowe's parents 
 came to Idaho in 1880, and his father is now engaged 
 in ranching and stock raising in Cassia county, where 
 he is also prominent in Republican politics, having 
 served for some time as county commissioner. He 
 also has numerous business interests and is a stock- 
 holder in the Farmers and Commercial Bank of Oak- 
 ley. Eight children were born to John and Annie 
 Lowe, of whom all are residents of Cassia county ex- 
 cept Dr. Charles R. Lowe of Kankakee, Illinois. The 
 others are : Jarvis, a merchant and rancher of Bur^- 
 ley, Idaho; Dr. John O. ; Sylvester T., a city attor- 
 ney of Burley, who also maintains offices in Oakley; 
 Miss May, a teacher in the public schools of Oakley ; 
 Miss Meda, who resides with her parents ; Asael, who 
 is engaged in ranching in Cassia county; and Irene, 
 who is a student of the Albion State Normal school, 
 at Albion, Idaho. 
 
 John O. Lowe received his early education in the 
 district schools of Cassia county, following which he 
 attended the Albion State Normal school. He then 
 took up the work of educator, but had taught in the 
 schools of Cassia county for only one year when the 
 outbreak of the Spanish-American war caused him to 
 enlist with the Idaho Volunteers. Joining the regular 
 army, the regiment was sent to the Philippines, and 
 there Mr. Lowe saw a year of active fighting. 
 Among the battles in which he was a participant were 
 the battle of Manila ; the battle of Santa Anna, Feb- 
 ruary 4 and 5, 1899; battle of Caloocan, February loth 
 and nth; the engagement at Guadeloupe, February 
 i6th and i7th; Santa Cruz expedition, April 8th to 
 I7th, including the skirmish during the advance on 
 Santa Cruz, February 9th, and the battle at that 
 point, April icth ; the skirmish during the advance 
 on Pagsanjan and Delomban, April nth; and the 
 skirmish at Paeta, April i3th. On being mustered out 
 of the service, Dr. Lowe returned to Oakley, and in 
 the spring of 1901, having decided to enter the medi- 
 cal profession, entered the Illinois Medical College, at 
 Chicago, where he studied medicine for one year. 
 His health had been shattered by his military service, 
 however, and in December, 1901, he was stricken with 
 typhoid fever, and sent to a Chicago hospital, where 
 he was forced to remain for many weeks. Returning 
 home to convalesce, he continued to remain in Oakley 
 until the fall of 1902, when he again went to Chicago 
 and entered the Northwestern University, where he 
 took up the study of dentistry, and was graduated 
 with his degree in the spring of 1906. He then came 
 again to his home city of Oakley, where he has since 
 been in the enjoyment of a large and representative 
 practice, and has forged to the front of the men of 
 hi,s profession in the county. 
 
 Dr. Lowe on the Citizens' ticket in 1909 became 
 candidate for the office of mayor of Oakley, to which 
 he was elected, and reflected in 1911 and 1913. In his 
 official capacity he is giving his fellow-citizens a wise, 
 sane and business-like administration, during which 
 many needed improvements have been made. In the 
 fall of 1900 he was candidate for sheriff of Cassia 
 county, but owing to political conditions at the time 
 met with defeat. He has identified himself with 
 various enterprises of a commercial and financial na- 
 ture, and at this time is a director in the Farmers 
 Commercial Savings Bank. He is the owner of many 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 937 
 
 acres of valuable ranch land in Cassia county, one 
 ranch of which, near Burley, has been put in a splen- 
 did state of cultivation and is a source of much pride 
 to its owner. If the Doctor acknowledges a weak- 
 ness, it is for traveling, and he is also extremely fond 
 of hunting and fishing, his wife accompanying him on 
 many of his trips. 
 
 In September, 1902, Dr. Lowe was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Angeline Bates, daughter of Arlin 
 and Lovena (Adams) Bates, pioneers of Utah and 
 Idaho, the former of whom is deceased, while the lat- 
 ter makes her home at Oakley. Three children have 
 been born to Dr. and Mrs. Lowe, namely: Mona, 
 Kheta and John O., Jr. 
 
 RAPHAEL J. LEMMON. One of the successful busi- 
 ness men of Richfield, belonging to the younger gen- 
 eration, Ralph J. Lemmon, has illustrated in his 
 career the opportunities that are presenting them- 
 selves to the youths of today who are possessed of 
 enterprise, have the ability, and are not afraid of 
 hard, persistent labor. Mr. Lemmon. who also holds 
 distinction as one of the earliest settlers and business 
 men of Richfield, is the proprietor of a large tinware 
 establishment which enjoys a wide patronage, yet 
 but a few short years ago he began his business 
 career with only a small capital. Born March 14, 
 1876, in Dodge county, Wisconsin, Mr. Lemmon is a 
 son of John L. and Amelia (King) Lemmon, the 
 former a native of Ireland and the latter of Nova 
 Scotia. His father, who came to the United States 
 at the age of fifteen years, became a prominent agri- 
 culturist of Dodge county, Wisconsin, and there 
 his death occurred in 1889. when he was seventy- 
 two years of age. His widow still survives and 
 makes her home in Seattle, Washington. Ten chil- 
 dren were born to this union, of whom only one is 
 deceased. 
 
 Raphael J. Lemmon received his education in the 
 public and high schools of Fox Lake, Wisconsin, 
 and at the age of twenty-one years began to earn 
 his living as a railroad man, and became a fire- 
 man on the Santa Fe Railroad in New Mexico, in 
 which capacity he continued to act for five years. 
 At the end of that time he turned his attention to 
 the trade of tinner, after learning the details of 
 which he worked as a journeyman in his native 
 state until 1006, at that time turning his face towards 
 the West and locating eventually in central Washing- 
 ton. Mr. Lemmon came to Richfield in November, 
 1908, when there were but four dwellings and two 
 stores in the place, and here erected a splendid mod- 
 ern stone building, with a separate work shop, equip- 
 ped with every appliance known to the trade, and 
 with a large stock of hardware and tinware. In 
 partnership with him is his brother, R. A. Lemmon, 
 and they have succeeded in making their establish- 
 ment the leading one in the city. Honorable busi- 
 ness methods, progressive ideas and constant indus- 
 try have given their store a high reputation here, 
 and the brothers are widely and favorably known to * 
 business men throughout this section. Raphael J. 
 Lemmon has invested extensively in city realty, and 
 holds a prominent place among those whose activ- 
 ities are serving to raise property values, this . in 
 itself being a worthy public service. He takes an 
 active interest in all that pertains to the welfare of 
 his adopted community and all movements of a pro- 
 gressive nature ntay depend upon his co-operation 
 and hearty support. Fraternally, he belongs to the 
 Masonic order, in which he has attained to the Royal 
 Arch degree, and also holds membership in the 
 Order of the Eastern Star, while his brother is a 
 popular member of the Odd Fellows. 
 
 Mr. Lemmon was united in marriage with Miss 
 Ida E. Sharp, who was born in the state of Kansas, 
 and to them there have been born two children: 
 Ruth May and Clarence Emory. 
 
 GEORGE R. SCHWAXER. It is to a large degree to 
 the self-made men of Idaho, and especially those 
 of the rapidly-growing section wherein lies the city 
 of Richfield, that the industrial and financial inter- 
 ests of this part of the West owe their present 
 importance and prosperous condition ; to those who r 
 starting out in life with but little capital, have 
 worked their way to the front, placing themselves 
 by the sheer force of their energy and perseverance 
 among the successful men of their communities. In 
 this class stands prominently George R. Schwaner, 
 cashier of the First State Bank of Richfield, and a 
 man' of progressive ideas and public spirit, who, 
 although a resident of Idaho only since IQIO. is 
 widely known in business and banking circles. Mr. 
 Schwaner was born at Sank City, Wisconsin, March 
 30, 1880, and is a son of Robert C. and Hattie 
 (Hannsa) Schwaner, the former a native of Wis- 
 consin and the latter of Germany. Mrs. Schwaner 
 was brought to the United States as a child by her 
 parents, who settled in Wisconsin, and there she 
 
 ' met and married Mr. Schwaner, who is now a promi- 
 nent agriculturist of Dane county, Wisconsin, the 
 family home being located in Sauk City. 
 
 George R. Schwaner was educated in the public 
 and high schools of Ord, Nebraska, and the Grand 
 Island Business College, and his business career 
 was started at the age of twenty-two years, when 
 he became bookkeeper for the Dierks Lumber & 
 Coal . Company, with which concern he was con- 
 nected for more than seven years. He continued in 
 
 , the capacity of bookkeeper at Ord, Nebraska, for 
 three years, then being advanced to the position of 
 manager at the newly-opened branch at Wood River, 
 Nebraska, and after three years at that point was 
 sent to Ansley, Nebraska, and given charge of the 
 branch there, a capacity in which he continued to 
 act for one and one-half years. Mr. Schwaner's 
 advent in Idaho occurred in September, 1910. when 
 he came to Richfield to accept the cashiership of 
 the First State Bank of Richfield, and this position 
 he still continues to occupy. His rapid rise in the 
 world of business and finance has been due to his 
 own efforts and abilities, and he has carefully built 
 up a reputation for the highest business integrity 
 and honorable dealing in all matters. He is one of 
 the leading stockholders in the bank, which is known 
 as one of the solid, substantial institutions of Lincoln 
 county. AH matters of a public nature have felt 
 the benefit of his energies, and as one of the pro- 
 gressive men of the city he is at present devoting 
 a large part of his time to organizing a Commercial 
 Club, in which endeavor he is being assisted by 
 many of the city's leading business citizens. He has 
 a comfortable modern home in Richfield, and he 
 and Mrs. Schwaner have numerous friends in social 
 circles. 
 
 In June. 1909, Mr. Schwaner was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Edith W. Schisler, a native of 
 Nebraska. They have had no children. During the 
 leisure time that he can spare from his business 
 duties, Mr. Schwaner takes the opportunity to in- 
 dulge in his favorite sports of. hunting and fishing, 
 and numerous fine specimens of the furry and finny 
 tribe have fallen victims to his skill. 
 
 VERNON V. BOWER. Perhaps no better estimate 
 of a community's stability, importance and pros- 
 pects can be secured than that given by a success- 
 
938 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 ful business man, one who has made his own way 
 and through experience has learned both the pos- 
 sibilities and limits of business development. Many 
 prospectors, tourists and transients have come to 
 Idaho and have left again with but a cursory knowl- 
 edge of the great resources of this part of the 
 Union and their statements are of no more value 
 than those of the traveler from across the sea who 
 spends a day in the great eastern metropolis and 
 goes back to his home to publish his notes on 
 America. It is from the solid, sensible, business- 
 establishing, home-building class of residents of 
 Idaho that comes the enthusiasm that proclaims 
 this one of the most promising states of the west- 
 ern country, rich in every possibility and awaiting 
 proper developing agencies. To this class belongs 
 Vernon V. Bower, a successful real estate man, at 
 Richfield, Idaho, where he is also one of the repre- 
 sentative men in all public matters. , 
 
 Vernon V. .Bower was born at Ashtabula, Ohio, 
 December 20, 1877, and is a son of William J. and 
 Augusta (Atkins) Bower, the father being a native 
 of Ohio, and the mother belonging to one of the old 
 settled families of Ohio. In 1879 the Bowers moved 
 from Ohio to Norton, Kansas, and there the father 
 engaged in merchandising and so continues. There 
 were nine children in the family, Vernon V. being 
 the fifth in order of birth, the others being as fol- 
 lows : A babe that is deceased ; Adelmer A., who 
 is a resident of Norton, Kansas ; Frank L., who is in 
 the real estate business at Gooding, Idaho; Ernest 
 B., who is in the mercantile business at Goodlands, 
 Kansas; Maude B., who is the wife of Noel J. 
 Hedge, of Norton, Kansas ; Claude, who is associ- 
 ated with his father at Norton and Goodlands, the 
 firm being extensive hardware and furniture mer- 
 chants ; Floyd, who is a resident of Kansas ; Glenn 
 E., who is associated with the Ostrander Furniture 
 Company at Twin Falls, Idaho. 
 
 Vernon V. Bower was graduated from the Nor- 
 ton high school at Norton, Kansas, afterward tak- 
 ing a business course in a commercial college there 
 and then worked for his father for two years, after 
 which he went out on the road as a commercial 
 traveler and continued in that line for seven years, 
 seeing much of the country and making and cement- 
 ing many friendships, his routes taking him through 
 Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. After retiring 
 from that line he engaged in merchandising at Nor- 
 ton for two years and then sold his interests there 
 and in the fall of 1908 came to Richfield, Idaho, and 
 early in the following year embarked in the real 
 estate business, which he has continued with every 
 evidence of marked success. He owns a considerable 
 amount of valuable realty in this place and en joys 
 one of the most attractive and well placed residences 
 as his home. 
 
 In June, 1904, Mr. Bower was married to Miss 
 May Hedge, who was born in Iowa, and they have 
 one daughter, Irene B., an engaging little maiden 
 of seven years. Mr. Bower is not only an ener- 
 getic and active business man buf he is also deeply 
 interested in public_ matters and has been a factor 
 in Republican politics, and in 1909 was elected to 
 the Idaho legislature and served ably in the interest 
 of his constituents. 
 
 JUDGE GEORGE H. STEWART. Somebody has said : 
 "Scratch a Russian and you will find a Tartar." 
 Scratch any man who bears the name of Stewart, and 
 you will find much Scotch, with a decided strain of 
 Irish. This may come from very far back, but it is 
 there. 
 
 Little did kind Father Matthew Stewart and his 
 good wife Nancy dream that blustering February day 
 
 in 1858 when the stork dropped into their humble 
 home a tiny blue-eyed baby boy, that he would live 
 to become one of the founders of a great western 
 state, and write his name large in its judicial and po- 
 litical history; but Wisdom is justified of her chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Matthew Stewart was a native of Ohio, where our 
 presidents come from. He was a hardy, earnest, prod- 
 ding man, a contractor and builder by occupation up 
 to middle life, when he took a notion to get back to 
 the land, and bought a farm near Connersville, Indi- 
 ana, where on the 23d day of February, 1858, George 
 was born. 
 
 Nancy Harland, his mother, was the daughter of a 
 Free Will Baptist minister, who was for many years 
 a general superintendent in that denomination of all 
 the Free Will Baptist churches in the southern part of 
 Indiana, residing at Connersville. She was a bright, 
 winsome girl of good hard sense; one of those rare 
 women who reflect honor on motherhood. From 
 both his father and mother George inherited a rugged 
 body and a strong, vigorous intellect. At the age of 
 sixty-five his father went over to the "great ma- 
 jority," but for some time before that, owing to an 
 accident, he became unfitted for the work of the farm, 
 and the burden of looking after the practical affairs 
 of the farm fell on young George, who rose to the 
 occasion and became a successful boy farmer. 
 
 He received his preliminary education in the com- 
 mon schools of Indiana, at a period when the memory 
 of the Hoosier Schoolmaster was still fresh in the 
 minds of the young folks of Indiana; in fact, George 
 was a sort of Ralph Hartsook, and like many men 
 who have become distinguished later in life, taught 
 country school. Whether or not he "boarded 'round," 
 this deponeth sayeth not; but in teaching the young 
 idea how to shoot, first in the country schools about 
 Connersville, and later as superintendent of the East 
 Connersville schools, he not only supplemented his 
 own education, but cultured an ambition for higher 
 things. He entered the Valparaiso University, Val- 
 paraiso, Indiana, and was graduated in the scientific 
 course in the class of 1879, receiving his proper de- 
 gree, and thereafter entered the law course, which 
 he completed in 1881. He was admitted to the bar of 
 Indiana in 1882, and for five years practiced his pro- 
 fession in Fowler, Indiana. He then moved to 
 Stocksville, Frontier county, Nebraska, and engaged 
 in the practice of law and acted as prosecuting at- 
 torney during the years 1887 and 1888. 
 
 In his native state Judge Stewart occupied an 
 enviable position as a lawyer, but he lifted up his eyes 
 toward the West, where he saw new worlds to con- 
 quer. 
 
 In 1890 Idaho became a state, and among the men 
 who have carved their names imperishably upon 
 the history of the state, and who came to Idaho 
 that year, was Judge Stewart. The writer well re- 
 members when a masterful appearing, bright-looking 
 man came to the Republican headquarters in the 
 statehouse building and introduced himself to the 
 notables assembled there as a lawyer and a Repub- 
 lican, and tendered his services in the campaign then 
 waging to make Idaho a Republican state. 
 
 He immediately took rank with such men as George 
 E. Shoupe, Willis Sweet, Fred T. Dubois and other 
 wheel horses of the Republican party. W. E. Borah, 
 now United States senator, came a short time after- 
 ward, with all his worldly goods in a valise. Judge 
 Stewart became associated in the practice of law with 
 John S. Gray, one of the pioneer attorneys of Idaho. 
 He at once took front rank in politics. He was 
 elected to the state senate from Ada county in 1893. 
 He then became associated for three years in the 
 

HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 939 
 
 practice of law with the present United States sen- 
 ator, William E. Borah. 
 
 Among the distinguishing features of Judge Stew- 
 art's life, apart from politics, was his association as 
 trustee with the public schools of Boise, beginning in 
 1895, when for eight years he gave his culture and 
 splendid abilities to making the public schools of 
 Boise among the very best in the Northwest. From 
 1903 to 1905 he also served as trustee of the Albion 
 Normal School. 
 
 His career on the bench began in 1898, when Gov- 
 ernor W. J. McConnell appointed him judge in the 
 third judicial district. So satisfactory were his two 
 years of service under that appointment, that he was 
 elected for the full term of four years, and afterward 
 to succeed himself for four years, making in all a 
 service of ten years on the district bench. The rec- 
 ord which he made as district judge gave him his 
 party's nomination in 1906 for the office of justice 
 of the supreme court. His election was a fitting 
 tribute to his previous record. In due course he be- 
 came chief justice during the last two years of his 
 term. 
 
 In 1912 Judge Stewart achieved 'one of the most 
 remarkable political victories in the history of the 
 West. At that time, somewhat broken in health and 
 bowed under the weight of bereavement caused by 
 the death of his wife after a protracted illness, he 
 faced a peculiar situation, and an impression had 
 somehow gained credence that, owing to his sup- 
 posed physical condition, the duties of his office would 
 be too much for his strength, and this impression per- 
 meated the state. He seemed to be up against a for- 
 lorn hope; but, as a matter of fact, although the out- 
 ward man had failed in a measure, his eye was not 
 dimmed, nor the natural strength and vigor of his 
 intellect abated. No public man in Idaho ever had 
 more true, loyal friends than Judge Stewart, but 
 they did not understand the situation. When it be- 
 came known that apart from some slight physical 
 misfortunes, his mind was as clear and strong as 
 ever, and that in every way he was fitted for the 
 duties of his office, his friends rallied around him. 
 He organized victory all along the line, and was 
 nominated in the direct primary in the year 1912, 
 and elected by a good majority. 
 
 Before the election an incident happened in con- 
 nection with a decision concurred in by him, the ef- 
 fect of which was to throw out the national ticket 
 of the Progressive party in this state. The friends 
 of Judge Stewart feared that it would react upon 
 him to a very great extent, imperilling his election; 
 but so great was the personal popularity of Judge 
 Stewart and the confidence of the people in his ability, 
 integrity, and the soundness of his judicial judgment 
 and knowledge of the law, that they gave him a vote 
 of confidence by again electing him to the position 
 of justice of the supreme court. His present term 
 bids well to copy fair his past. 
 
 Judge Stewart has been married twice. His first 
 wife, Miss Elizabeth School, whom he married at 
 Connersville, Indiana, in 1881, died in 1884, leaving 
 two children. The son, Charles S., is a well-known 
 banker of Boise, Idaho, and his daughter, Ethel, is 
 the wife of Judge Charles P. McCarthy, one of the 
 judges of the third judicial district. 
 
 Judge Stewart's second marriage was with Miss 
 Agnes L. Sheets of Fowler, Indiana, which occurred 
 in 1886. Her death octurred on the I3th of August, 
 1911. 
 
 Judge Stewart is a member of two fraternal orders, 
 the Masons and the Elks. His was number one 
 among the membership of Boise Lodge, No. 310, B. 
 P. O. E., and he was its second exalted ruler. Or- 
 iginally he held number two, which signified that he 
 
 was the second initiated, but for som reason number 
 one withdrew from the order, leaving Judge Stewart 
 occupying the first place, which he considers quite 
 an honor among so distinguished a body as the Elks. 
 
 Judge Stewart will leave as a legacy to the state of 
 Idaho quite a number of important decisions. These 
 decisions in general cover constitutional and irriga- 
 tion laws, lien laws and the rights of laborers and 
 the materials used. His decisions on the rights of 
 citizenship attracted wide attention throughout the 
 West. He has also upheld and sustained laws for 
 the general development of the state. One peculiar- 
 ity of Judge Stewart's decisions is their clearness; 
 there is not a muddy line in any of them. They are 
 so many crystal globes, flashing their light every 
 whither. 
 
 To this might be added as a distinctive quality, 
 his absolute incorruptibility and fearlessness. No 
 suggestion of graft has ever touched his fair name. 
 It might be said of him, as it was said of John Knox, 
 that he does not fear the face of man. He follows 
 his convictions of right in spite of popular clamor, 
 and would though the heavens should fall. 
 
 To Judge Stewart life has been no primrose path ; 
 no dalliance before the amorous looking glass. He 
 has felt the stress of the storm, the glow of the 
 struggle. Achievement and earnest battle for the 
 highest things of life early left their marks upon 
 his vigorous frame and touched his head with snow; 
 but eternal spring is in his heart, and numbering 
 less than three score years crowded with worthy 
 deeds as the sky with stars, he meets the demands 
 of the future hopefully and bids fair to round out his 
 life by deeds that will add to his fame and make it 
 secure in the hearts of his countrymen. 
 
 CHARLES J. LISLE, journalist, proprietor of the 
 RicMeld Recorder, of Richfield, Idaho, proudly 
 bears this title, placing it in front of others justly 
 won in the business arena, in political connection 
 and in military service, and is, in himself, an answer 
 to the query that sometimes has arisen as to why 
 Idaho has so rapidly forged to the front. It is not 
 climate, nor mineral, nor soil, nor situation; it is 
 the manhood of which Mr. Lisle is a type that has 
 made this young state interesting and valuable. 
 Should he need the reflected glory of illustrious 
 ancestors to prove the usefulness and value to his 
 fellow-citizens of his own life, Mr. Lisle can easily 
 turn history's page and read thereon names which 
 bear imperishable honors. Major deLisle, the first 
 known of the family in America, was a French sol- 
 dier of fortune, who came to the American colonies 
 to fight in the Revolutionary war, and remained 
 here, marrying and leaving the family name. His 
 son's given name is unknown, but the latter's son 
 was Joseph Lisle, father of James Lisle, the last- 
 named the father of Charles J. Lisle. The paternal 
 grandmother was Mary Evans, a descendant of 
 Eleazer Evans, who served in the Revolution, and 
 as she did not .belong to the Quaker faith, her hus- 
 band was disinherited for wedding her. Three of 
 their sons served in the Civil war, in Iowa regiments 
 or batteries, and one, John Lisle, was badly wounded 
 at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain. On the mater- 
 nal side of the family, little is known save that it was 
 of Irish stock, the grandmother. Hannah Briney, 
 being Irish. Her father disinherited her for mar- 
 rying Cephas Camblin. a Whig. The mother of Mr. 
 Lisle, who bore the maiden name of Sarah Camblin, 
 was born in Ohio, in 1842, and moved to Iowa in 
 1855, where she taught school during the early days. 
 Her father was a famous Methodist and a friend 
 of Peter Cartwright, who baptised her. She was a 
 woman of marvellous strength of body, as well as 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Christian faith a'nd devotion. In Iowa she was mar- 
 ried to James Lisle, a collateral descendant of Rou- 
 get deLisle, author of the Marseillaise Hymn. After 
 serving in the Third Iowa Battery during the Civil 
 war, Mr. Lisle became a Methodist preacher, and in 
 1911 celebrated his fiftieth year in the pastorate, and 
 since that time has been librarian of Willamette 
 University, Salem, Oregon. 
 
 Charles J. Lisle was born at Des Moines, Iowa, 
 November 2, 1869, and- after attending the public 
 schools of his native city worked his way through 
 Nebraska Wesleyan University as an employe of 
 the car shops and a printing office. While at col- 
 lege he was a famous member of the track team and 
 a dependable unit in one of the greatest football 
 teams ever turned out by that institution, and gradu- 
 ated with athletic honors and the degree of Bachelor 
 of Literature. Following his graduation, Mr. Lisle 
 was connected with various country newspapers in 
 Iowa and Nebraska, and in 1897 located in Mon- 
 tana, with the Avant-Courier, of Bozeman, subse- 
 quently being a member of the staff of the Helena 
 Herald and the Buttc Inter-Mountain. In 1906 he 
 came to Boise, Idaho, where he was connected 
 will: the Daily Statesman; in 1907 moved to Sho- 
 shone and took over the Journal, and there, with 
 Edwin T. Barber, under the firm style of Lisle & 
 Barber, had the promotion of the Gooding town- 
 site, selling $400,000 worth of town lots. About the 
 same time, Mr. Lisle established the Leader, in 
 Gooding, and the Recorder, in Richfield, his princi- 
 pal interests now being in the latter city. In addi- 
 tion to owning the last-named newspaper, Mr. 
 Lisle has land and other interests in other parts 
 of southern Idaho, and is interested extensively in 
 several new townsites. 
 
 The family's eminent military record has been 
 ably maintained in Mr. Lisle's career. In 1890-91, 
 he served in the Sioux Indian war, in Nebraska and 
 Dakota, and enlisted as a private in a cavalry troop 
 in Bozeman, Montana, to go to Cuba, but this troop 
 was not accepted. Subsequently he became a mem- 
 ber of Company C, First Montana Volunteer Infan- 
 try, and saw eighteen months of active service in 
 the Philippines, never missing a roll call nor an 
 engagement participated in by any of his company. 
 He was recommended by General Funston for a 
 special bravery medal when in command of a post 
 of eight men that was attacked by 150 Filipinos who 
 were defeated. Mr. Lisle was discharged as a ser- 
 geant. During his army life he was a member of 
 the football team of the Montana division that tied 
 the heavy and speedy Minnesota team for the cham- 
 pionship of the army. 
 
 Mr. Lisle is a progressive Republican, but has 
 never been a candidate for any elective office. He 
 has, however, held many appointments from gover- 
 nors to various state and national conventions, ir- 
 rigation congresses, dry land congresses, and gath- 
 erings of a similar nature, and in 1909 was ap- 
 pointed trustee of the Albion State Normal School, 
 Idaho, for a period of six years. Mr. Lisle prefers 
 his home to any fraternal lodge, and although he 
 has held membership in the Woodmen of the 
 World, the Modern Woodmen, the Odd Fellows 
 and the Artisans, has not maintained his relation- 
 ship. A consistent member of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal church since 1900, he. has been a trustee at 
 various times in the churches at Butte, Grangeville, 
 Shoshone and Richfield. He is affiliated with all 
 development clubs in his home town, and belongs to 
 the Commercial Club, the Fortnightly Club, of which 
 he is president, the County Fair and the Richfield 
 Day Fair. 
 
 On November 27, 1900, at University Place, Ne- 
 
 braska, Mr. Lisle was united in marriage with Miss 
 Lena Mae Wineland, who attended the university 
 with him and graduated in the same class in 1897, 
 she securing the degree of Bachelor of Science. 
 From that time until the year of her marriage she 
 was engaged in teaching school. She is a daughter 
 of George W. and Luella Wineland, students in 
 Adrian (Michigan) College. Mr. Wineland served 
 four years in an Ohio volunteer regiment during the 
 Civil war, after which he removed to Michigan, and 
 in 1878 removed with his family to Lincoln, 
 Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Lisle have had two chil- 
 dren, namely : Everett Willard, who was born in 
 1901 ; and Esther Luella, born in 1907. 
 
 JOSEPH EDWARD PALMER. The present mayor of 
 Gooding, Idaho, Joseph Edward Palmer, was chosen 
 for the position because he seemed to be just the 
 man for the place. For several years he had been 
 a prominent business man in Gooding, and he had 
 shown in his. business dealings both executive abil- 
 ity and tact, two qualities that any head, be it gov- 
 ernmental or commercial, should have. Mr. Palmer 
 is a man who owes his success in life to his own 
 efforts, having started out in the world as a farmer 
 with little save his strength and brains to aid him 
 in rising in the world. As the proprietor of the 
 Palmer House, one of the leading hotels of Good- 
 ing, he has a wide acquaintance throughout the state, 
 and his geniality and sincerity have made most of 
 these acquaintances his personal friends. 
 
 Joseph Edward Palmer was bom in Hancock 
 county, Illinois, on the 3rd of September, 1869. He 
 is the son of Henry Palmer and Amanda (Rayburn) 
 Palmer, the former being a native of Kentucky and 
 the latter of Missouri. Henry Palmer was a pio- 
 neer farmer in Illinois and a prominent citizen of 
 Hancock county. He was always interested in pub- 
 lic affairs and held a number of public offices, being 
 probate judge of Graham county, Kansas, for many 
 years. In 1878 he moved from Illinois to Kansas, 
 first locating in Jewell county, and later moving to 
 Graham county, in both of these localities devoting 
 himself to farming. He spent the remainder of his 
 life in Kansas, dying in 1910. Mrs. Palmer now 
 lives with her son in Gooding, Idaho. Two sons 
 were born to Henry Palmer and his wife : J. E. and 
 William E., the latter a rancher of Lincoln county, 
 Idaho. 
 
 Joseph Edward Palmer was the second son, and 
 grew up on his father's Kansas farm. He was sent 
 to the public schools of Graham county, and when 
 his preparation was complete, he matriculated in the 
 state university at Lawrence, Kansas. After com- 
 pleting his course at the university, he went to farm- 
 ing for himself, and for eight years lived and worked 
 on a farm in Graham county, Kansas. Not content 
 with the quiet and rather monotonous life, he sold 
 the farm and moving to Hill City, Kansas, he in- 
 vested his capital in a stock of goods, and became a 
 merchant. He remained here for five years, and 
 during four years of this time he served as deputy 
 sheriff. 
 
 It was in 1909 that he came to Gooding, Idaho, 
 and here he established a shoe business. After a 
 time he added to his interests by becoming the owner 
 and manager of the Palmer House. Gooding is a 
 comparatively new town, even in this country of 
 new towns, and every man has to stand on his own 
 feet, and prove his worth, before he can win a place 
 for himself, there are no niches already carved out 
 and waiting in Gooding. Therefore when E. J. 
 Morrow resigned the mayoralty, and the city council 
 elected Mr. Palmer as his successor, it showed how 
 high a place Mr. Palmer had won in the regard of 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 the people. As a merchant he has been very suc- 
 cessful, being energetic and progressive, and he has 
 carried these qualities into his public life. 
 
 The Democratic party has Mr. Palmer's political 
 allegiance, and he has served his city as alderman. 
 In other ways than as an office holder has he served 
 his party well, and he is one of the party leaders 
 in this section of the state. 
 
 Mr. Palmer has little time to spare from his busi- 
 and public affairs to give to fraternal socie- 
 tk". though he is a firm believer in what these or- 
 ganizations stand for. but he holds membership in 
 only one, the I. O. O. I'., in which he has passed 
 through all the chairs. 
 
 On March 15, 1902, Mr. Palmer was married to 
 Mi-s Jessie M. James, a native of Casper county, 
 Mu>ouri. Mr. Palmer is the owner of ranch lands 
 in Lincoln county, Idaho, and of a considerable 
 amount of improved city realty, believing most firmly 
 in the brilliant future of Gooding. 
 
 SI-TPHKN & SUTPHEN. It is a gratification in these 
 luisy days when families are so often divided and 
 widely separated by the exigencies of the time, to 
 si-e two brothers as closely bound together in every 
 wax- as are Doran and Percy Sutphen, of Gooding, 
 Idaho. All of their lives they have been most inti- 
 mately and closely associated and now they form 
 the firm of Sutphen & Sutphen. one of the best 
 known of the law firms of Gooding county, Idaho. 
 They are possessed of splendid well trained minds, 
 and with the enthusiasm of youth, tempered now 
 xxitii the wisdom of experience, and their success 
 in their chosen profession has been indeed merited. 
 
 The parents of these two men are Truman P. 
 Sutphen and Celeste (Doran) Sutphen. The father 
 and the mother are both natives of Illinois. Truman 
 Sutphen is a well known man in the region about 
 Miller, South Dakota, for he went as a pioneer to 
 that country in 1880. Here he started a mercantile 
 business, in a very modest way, but with the growth 
 of the country he began to make money, and in time 
 became a prosperous merchant. With consummate 
 wisdom he invested his money in surrounding ranch 
 lands, which became very valuable. He lives now 
 with his wife in Miller, South Dakota, and in addi- 
 tion to his South Dakota property, is the owner also 
 of ranch lands in Lincoln county, Idaho. 
 
 The two sons, Doran H. and Percy T., were the 
 only children of their parents. Doran H., the eld- 
 est, was born in Hand county, South Dakota, on 
 the 22nd of July, 1885. His younger brother, Percy, 
 was born near Lawrence, South Dakota, on the 3rd 
 of July, 1887. As young boys the brothers showed 
 remarkable cleverness, which while it did not verge 
 on the precocious yet assisted them in getting 
 through their school work unusually young. They 
 were graduated from the high school of Miller. 
 South Dakota, in 1904, and entered then the Uni- 
 versity of South Dakota, matriculating in the law 
 department. They were graduated from this insti- 
 tution in 1907, but not content they next went to 
 Yale University, and graduated there with the class 
 of 1908, receiving the degree of LL.B. In this 
 same year they received admission to the bar of 
 South Dakota. Soon afterwards, they came to* 
 Gooding, Idaho, and there began to practice law. 
 It was not long before the young attorneys were 
 beginning to be noticed by the older lawyers and 
 !>> the people at large, for they were possessed not 
 only of the brilliancy of speech and forcefulness of 
 manner so valuable to a lawyer, but they also pos- 
 sessed the patience which permitted them to spend 
 hours in tedious preparation for a case. Older heads 
 
 predict a future for the firm of Sutphen & Sutphen 
 which is an enviable one. 
 
 Not alone in their profession do the two brothers 
 stand together. They are the owners of valuable lands 
 in Owyhee and Gooding counties and they are also 
 the joint owners of several residences in Gooding 
 as well as valuable property on Main street and 
 their own attractive residence. They give their entire 
 time to the law and to the management of this 
 property, not caring to dabble in politics, although 
 there are no men in the town more interested in 
 the general welfare of Gooding. 
 
 In their political allegiance they are members of 
 the Republican party, and Percy T. is prosecuting 
 attorney of Gooding. Both of the brothers are 
 members of the college fraternity of Phi Delta 
 Theta and Percy is a member of the law fraternity 
 of Delta Phi Delta. Doran is a member of the 
 Knights of Pythias, but Percy has no affiliations 
 with any of the national fraternal societies. 
 
 Percy Sutphen was married on the 12th of Sep- 
 tember, 1909, to Miss Madeline Eaton, a daughter 
 of Joseph and Jule Madden Eaton, both of whom 
 were natives of the state of New Jersey. Doran is 
 unmarried. He has served his city as city attorney 
 to the satisfaction of everyone. 
 
 Idaho is to be congratulated upon securing as citi- 
 zens men of the type of the Sutphen brothers. Well 
 educated, of upright morals, high ideals and a keen 
 sense of the honor and dignity of their profession 
 they are an asset to any community. The West has 
 many such men. and it is no wonder that the East 
 which has ruled so long in the affairs of the nation 
 is at last beginning to turn to the West for leader- 
 ship. This phase of national development will grow 
 as the years pass, and it is men of just the type of 
 these two who will be the leaders. Gooding will 
 some day probably have cause to feel proud that the 
 Sutphen brothers determined to make their home 
 within her boundaries. 
 
 WALTER S. GALBREAITH. A product of the West, 
 reared among stirring scenes, and spending his entire 
 career in the rapidly-progressing state of Idaho, 
 Walter S. Galbreaith, president of the Boise Basin 
 Bank and proprietor of the Luna House, of Idaho 
 City, is one of the most prominent and progressive 
 men of the town. His intimate and leading con- 
 nection with the leading industries of this section has 
 made him an influential factor in their development 
 and prosperity for a number of years. Taking a fore- 
 most position in social, public and business affairs, 
 he is a citizen at once prominent and useful, filling 
 with credit to himself and with satisfaction to 
 others the multiform duties and obligations imposed 
 upon those whom talent and industry have placed 
 in positions of responsibility and trust. Mr. Gal- 
 breaith was born in Shasta county, California, Feb- 
 ruary 5. 1861, and is a son of Stephen B. and Mary 
 (Magee) Galbreaith. 
 
 Stephen B. Galbreaith was a native of Hamilton, 
 Canada, and in 1852' became one of the early gold- 
 seekers in California. He was successful in his min- 
 ing ventures there, and in 1863, left his family in 
 California and came to the Boise Basin, where he 
 first followed mining and subsequently became one 
 of the builders of Thorn Creek Ditch, which brought 
 the waters of the Oneida river to Boise Basin on the 
 south side of Moore's creek. During the fall of 
 1865 Mr. Galbreaith returned to Shasta county, Cali- 
 fornia, on a visit to his family, and while there went 
 on a quail hunting trip and met an accidental death 
 by the premature discharge of his own gun. He had 
 large interests both in Shasta county and the Boise 
 
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 Basin and was a man universally respected and es- 
 teemed. His wife was a daughter of John Magee, 
 and was born in Londonderry, north of Ireland, from 
 whence she was brought to the United States at the 
 age of three years, being educated in Philadelphia, 
 and reared by an older sister. She died in Denver, 
 Colorado, in February, 1912. By her first husband 
 she had three children : Walter S. ; Annie, who was 
 killed in a runaway accident in 1879 when sixteen 
 years of age ; and Clara, who married Dr. William J. 
 Rothwell, a well-known physician of Denver, Colo- 
 rado. _ Two years after the death of Mr. Galbreaith, 
 his widow married the Hon. M. G. Luney, a promi- 
 nent hotel man and business citizen of Idaho city, 
 who became active in Democratic politics and served 
 several terms in the Idaho state assembly. His death 
 occurred in 1901. 
 
 Walter S. Galbreaith still retains a vivid recollec- 
 tion of the trip made by his mother, step-father, his 
 two sisters and himself from Sacramento, California, 
 to Idaho city, although he was a small lad at the 
 time. The trip was made by stage coach via Win- 
 nemucca, Nevada, and Silver City, Idaho, and they 
 traveled only at night thus making the journey safely, 
 although the Indians captured the stage coach ahead 
 of theirs, killed the male passengers and captured 
 several women. He received his education in the 
 rural schools of the territory of Idaho, and subse- 
 quently took a course in a business college in San 
 Francisco, and when twenty years of age began his 
 career as a miner in the Boise Basin. This venture, 
 however, did not prove successful, and Mr. Gal- 
 breaith became manager of the Luna Hotel, which 
 since the great fire of 1867, has been the oldest hos- 
 telry in Idaho City, and after several years he became 
 proprietor of the hotel and has continued as such 
 ever since. He was one of the organizers of the 
 Boise Basin Bank, of which he is now president and 
 one of the heaviest stockholders, and is also largely 
 interested in mineral claims and city realty. In politi- 
 cal matters a Republican, he has served as deputy 
 clerk of the district court and as deputy sheriff of 
 Boise county. His fraternal affiliation is with the 
 Masonic order, in which he has attained to the Royal 
 Arch degree. 
 
 Mr. Galbreaith was married April 17, 1884, to Miss 
 Saide Emma McClintock, daughter of Dryden Mc- 
 Clintock, a Mexican war veteran, member of the 
 Pittsburgh Grange and pioneer of California and 
 Idaho. Two sons have been born to this union : 
 Walter D. and Raymond, the latter of whom died of 
 typhoid fever at the age of seventeen years. Walter 
 D. is engaged in placer mining for the B. D. S. Dredg- 
 ing Company of Idaho City. Mr. Galbreaith has in- 
 herited his father's love of hunting and fishing, and 
 is the proud possessor of a number of excellent 
 trophies which have come to him by his skill with 
 gun and rod. He takes a pardonable degree of pride 
 in the fact that his success in life has come as a result 
 of his own efforts, and that his life has been so 
 spent as to gain and maintain numerous friendships. 
 
 LLEWELLYN M. ZUG. Among the public officials of 
 Lincoln county, Idaho, whose faithful discharge of 
 the duties of their offices has made this one of the 
 best governed sections of the state, the present in- 
 cumbent of the sheriff's office, Llewellyn M. Zug, is 
 deserving of more than passing mention for the part 
 he has played in upholding the country's laws and in 
 making this a law-abiding community. Mr. Zug 
 has been a resident of Idaho for ten years, during 
 a part of which time he was connected with the 
 newspaper business, but since 1910 has acted in the 
 capacity of public official, and his activities have 
 served to gain for him the support and esteem of 
 
 the citizens of Shoshone and the surrounding coun- 
 try. Sheriff Zug is a native of the Prairie state, 
 born at Franklin Grove, Illinois, February 10, 1874. 
 His father, Israel Zug, was born in Pennsylvania 
 and as a young man moved to Illinois, where he 
 was engaged in the meat business, and died in 1896, 
 at the age of sixty-eight years. Israel Zug was a 
 devout Christian and great Bible student, and was 
 also known as an active political worker and cam- 
 paign talker, his services being in constant demand 
 in this line. He married Rachel Johnson, who was 
 also born in Pennsylvania, where they were mar- 
 ried, and she still survives and makes her home at 
 Franklin Grove, Illinois. They had a family of six 
 children, Llewellyn M. being the youngest. 
 
 Llewellyn M. Zug received his early education in 
 the public schools of Franklin Grove, Illinois, sub- 
 sequently attending high school, and eventually 
 went to Dixon, Illinois, where he took a college 
 course. During this time, as a member of the foot- 
 ball, baseball and track teams, his work as an all- 
 around athlete had attracted considerable attention, 
 and after a short stay in his father's meat market, 
 he went to Princeton, Illinois, where he became a 
 member of a professional athletic organization, re- 
 ceiving a handsome salary for his services. Later, 
 Mr. Zug became a member of a surveying party, 
 and in 1902 came West therewith, locating first at 
 Rupert, where he remained six years and was en- 
 gaged in the newspaper business. At that time he 
 was appointed deputy sheriff of Lincoln county, 
 and after two years, in the fall of 1910, he was elected 
 sheriff, an office which he holds at this time. Mr. 
 Zug has done valiant service in his official capacity, 
 and has to his credit the capture and conviction of 
 some of Idaho's most noted offenders, including the 
 notorious "Star Route" gang, freight car robbers 
 and general bad men, nine of whom were captured, 
 convicted and sent to long terms in the penitentiary. 
 A brave and faithful officer, with a high regard for 
 the duties of his position, Sheriff Zug has at all 
 times had the respect of the better element through- 
 out the county. His early training as an athlete 
 has stood him in in good stead on a number of occa- 
 sions when dealing with law-breakers, as well as 
 in the hunting trips in which he indulges. A num- 
 ber of fine animal heads testify to his skill as a Nim- 
 rod, one especially good specimen having the place 
 of honor over his desk. He has confidence in his 
 adopted state, and gives it as his sincere opinion 
 that the climate of Idaho surpasses that of any other 
 section and that there is an indescribable fascina- 
 tion about the southern part of the state that can- 
 not be explained, but that is thoroughly understood 
 by those who live there. While still a young man 
 and a resident of Illinois, Mr. Zug displayed his pa- 
 triotism by enlisting in the Sixth Illinois Volunteer 
 Infantry for service in the Spanish-American war. 
 
 Politically, Sheriff Zug is a Republican, and has 
 ever taken an active interest in the success of his 
 party and its candidates, working faithfully in the 
 ranks. Although a member of no special church 
 organization, he supports all movements of a re- 
 ligious nature, contributing liberally to all denom- 
 inations. His fraternal connection is with the 
 Knights of Pythias, in which he has filled all the 
 chairs, and in which he has many friends through- 
 out the state. 
 
 SAMUEL E. TODD. The title of Samuel E. Todd to 
 a place among the biographies of representative 
 men of Idaho rests upon the fact that he has been 
 a resident of the state for more than a quarter of 
 a century, during which time he has been connected 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 943 
 
 with its industries and business activities, and that 
 during this long period he has so conducted his 
 operations as to hold a high place in the esteem of 
 those with whom he has come into contact in a 
 business or social way. Born in the Buckeye state, 
 he was still a young man when he changed his field 
 of activity to Idaho where for years he was promi- 
 nent as a sheep raiser, although at this time he is 
 engaged as a merchant in the city of Shoshone. Mr. 
 Todd is a native of Winchester, Ohio, and was born 
 February 19, 1862, a son of Samuel A. and Letitia 
 (Booth) Todd. 
 
 Samuel A. Todd was a plasterer by trade, a voca- 
 tion which he followed throughout his life, and al- 
 though he never rose to a position of prominence, 
 he was a good and industrious citizen, a devout 
 Christian and an active worker in his church. Dur- 
 ing the Civil war he served as a member of the 
 Ninety-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 
 and in battle was wounded and lost one of his eyes. 
 He died in 1900 and was buried in Ohio. In that 
 state he was married to Letitia Booth, who was 
 born in Virginia, and she died in 1907, at the age 
 of seventy-four years and was buried in Ohio. She 
 and her husband had a family of seven children, 
 Samuel E. being the youngest. 
 
 Samuel E. Todd received his education in the 
 public schools of his native state, and as a lad of 
 fourteen years earned his first money, $1.50 per day, 
 working at the plasterer's trade, a vocation in which 
 he had been trained by his father. A part of this 
 money was turned over to his mother, and until he 
 left home he always assisted in the family support. 
 Mr. Todd was twenty-two years of age when he 
 left the parental roof, and at that time went to 
 southern Kansas, where he spent about two years 
 in the dairy business. In 1886 he came to Idaho, 
 and first made his headquarters at Boise, following 
 the sheep business for about twenty years, and in 
 the meantime, in 1892, coming to Shoshone. During 
 his long career as a sheep man, Mr. Todd made 
 eight trips overland to Nebraska, trailing sheep east- 
 wards to the feed yards. He still has a wide ac- 
 quaintance among sheep men all over the country, 
 although in 1906 he retired from the business to set 
 himself up as a merchant in Shoshone. Mr. Todd 
 now has a well equipped stock of cigars, confec- 
 tionery, books and stationery, and is doing a thriv- 
 ing business. Education has always enlisted his 
 hearty support and co-operation, and at this time he 
 is acting as president of the school board and is ren- 
 dering his adopted city signal services. In political 
 matters Mr. Todd is a Republican, and the success 
 of his party's policies and candidates is a matter of 
 great interest with him. He leans towards the faith 
 of the Methodist church, his wife being an active 
 member thereof and a worker in the Ladies' Guild. 
 Mr. Todd is well known in fraternal circles of Sho- 
 shone, being a member of the Modern Woodmen of 
 America and the Knights of Pythias, in the latter 
 of which he has passed through all the chairs and is 
 now grand vice-chancellor of Idaho. Mr. Todd 
 waxes enthusiastic when asked his opinion as to the 
 future of Idaho, and as one whose work has taken 
 him into every state west of the Mississippi states 
 it as his opinion that there is not a finer state in 
 the West. He is a dyed-in-the-wool baseball "fan," 
 is fond of hunting and quite an expert at trap- 
 shooting. In all the relations of life he has shown 
 himself to be an honorable and upright citizen, and 
 there is no more popular man in his adopted city. 
 
 On May 13, 1904, at Shoshone, Mr. Todd was 
 united in marriage with Miss Hattie Crane, daugh- 
 
 ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Crane, of Freeport, Illi- 
 nois, and to this union there has been born one 
 daughter: Pearl L. 
 
 JAMES R. BOTHWELL. The pursuits and 'positions 
 that have occupied the attention of James R. Both- 
 well, county attorney of Lincoln county, Idaho, des- 
 ignate him not only as one of the most able legists 
 of the state, but also as one whose executive abili- 
 ties entitle him to equally high rank among the 
 strong and useful men of the day. Belonging to the 
 class of attorneys who value their knowledge of law 
 and jurisprudence the more because it has been 
 self-gained, Mr. Bothwell has not been content to 
 settle into the professional rut, but has aspired to 
 and gained high position, and if his past years may 
 be taken as a criterion of the future, still further 
 advancement awaits him. As a lawyer, he has won 
 wide and well-merited reputation ; in his official 
 capacity he has shown a conscientious regard for the 
 duties of his position that gives evidence of his 
 appreciation of the trust and responsibility placed 
 in him. 
 
 James R. Bothwell was born May 29, 1882, in 
 Republic county, Kansas, and is a son of Eli A. and 
 Nancy (McCabe) Bothwell. His father, a native of 
 Illinois, was married in that state, and subsequently 
 removed to Kansas, where he was engaged in agri- 
 cultural pursuits until his death in 1892, when he 
 was about fifty years of age. Mrs. Bothwell, who 
 survives her husband and lives in Nebraska, was 
 born in Ireland and was brought to the United 
 States as a child, her parents settling in Illinois. 
 The youngest of his parents' eight children, James 
 R. Bothwell earned his first money working on a 
 farm, and subsequently secured employment in a 
 stone quarry. His fathers farm being near the 
 state line, young Bothwell attended the public 
 schools of Hubbell, Nebraska, and by working in 
 the summer months and attending to his studies in 
 the winters, managed to graduate from high school. 
 When he was about sixteen years of age he re- 
 moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, and there took a pre- 
 paratory course of about six months, following 
 which he entered the State University and pursued 
 academic work. On leaving college, Mr. Bothwell 
 secured a position as school teacher in the public 
 schools of Nebraska, and continued to follow the 
 vocation of educator for two years, during which 
 he assiduously pursued his law studies. He next 
 went to Brookville, Missouri, and for one year read 
 law there, eventually being admitted to practice be- 
 fore the Court of C9mmon Pleas. In 1905 he came 
 to Idaho, and in Boise was admitted to the bar, but 
 in 1907 made removal to Shoshone and established 
 himself in a general law practice. 
 
 On October 18, 1907, Mr. Bothwell was married 
 in Boise to Miss Fern Latimer, daughter of Mr. and 
 Mrs. John Latimer, of Manchester, Iowa, and to 
 this union there has been born one son : James L. 
 In political matters Mr. Bothwell is known as one 
 of the leading Democrats of Lincoln county. In 
 1910 he was elected to the office of county attorney, 
 and in that capacity has exhibited such high execu- 
 tive ability that in 1912 he was made his party's 
 nominee for the office of attorney general of the 
 state. Always a student, always thorough, and 
 ever exact, Mr. Bothwell has long held a reputa- 
 tion as an able and learned lawyer, accurate in his 
 pleadings, alert in trial and convincing in argument. 
 His fraternal connection is with the Knights of 
 Pythias, in which he has numerous warm friends. 
 
944 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 JOHN O. LEVANDER. As this history of Idaho is 
 dedicated to the pioneers who laid the foundation 
 and made possible the present flourishing civilization 
 in the state, it is specially appropriate that prominence 
 should be given in these pages to the names and 
 careers of surviving pioneers, men, and women, too, 
 who fifty years ago came to this part of the North- 
 west, were valiant fighters against all the dangers 
 and difficulties of the frontier, and who have since 
 settled into the quieter ways of life, and are now 
 enjoying the esteem and comforts which such early 
 settlers above all others most deserve. Among such 
 examples of living pioneers the attention of the reader 
 is directed in the following paragraphs to the excep- 
 tionally interesting career of John O. Levander, of 
 Goff, who has known Idaho for fully half a century, 
 and who was one of the ablest among many able men 
 in his time. 
 
 John O. Levander is a native of Sweden, born De- 
 cember 27, 1837. He comes of ancestry who had high 
 connections in the kingdom of Sweden. His parents 
 were Gustave and Jane (Kay) Levander. His father 
 was born in French Flanders, and the mother was a 
 native of London, England. By occupation, the father 
 was a civil engineer, and served as an engineer on the 
 staff of the noted General Bernadotte, one of Na- 
 poleon's most distinguished officers. General Berna- 
 dotte subsequently became king of Sweden, and 
 Gustave Levander followed him to that kingdom. 
 Jane Kay was a daughter of the British consul to 
 Sweden, and in this way the destinies of Gustave 
 Levander and Jane Kay were united. After their 
 marriage Gustave Levander was appointed surveyor 
 general on the Island of Gotland in the Baltic sea. 
 He was well known in military circles, and the home 
 life and early surroundings of the Idaho pioneer was 
 thus of the highest character. There were six chil- 
 dren in the family of the parents, three sons and 
 three daughters, John O. being the youngest. He had 
 his early education in Sweden up to the time he 
 was fourteen years of age. Like thousands of boys 
 whose youth is spent within sight and sound of the 
 fascinating activities of the sea, he ran away from 
 home in order to become a sailor, and spent two 
 years as a cabin boy, which was the first step in pro- 
 motion to the more important ranks in the career of 
 sailor. During this time he made six trips across 
 the Atlantic ocean. In the spring of 1853 while in 
 New York City, he decided to remain on the land 
 and to go west for the purpose of locating his older 
 brother, then living in Knox county, Illinois. Ar- 
 riving in that county he found his brother and soon 
 afterwards was given a position in his general mer- 
 chandise store, conducted under the firm name of 
 Whiting & Capler. At the end of about two years 
 his brother concluded to go to Iowa, and the younger 
 brother went with him, locating in Boone county. 
 There he was engaged in different occupations up 
 to the spring of 1859. 
 
 That was the date of the resolution and enterprise 
 which had most to do with all his subsequent ca- 
 reer. He and two other young men, named John 
 and Miles Anderson, fitted up an outfit, consisting 
 of a wagon and two horses, with six yoke of oxen, 
 and thus started across the plains with the North- 
 west as their destination. Their outfit was com- 
 pleted at Council Bluffs, Iowa, which at the time 
 was the "last chance" for obtaining supplies and 
 equipment for all the immigrant trains bound for the 
 West. Omaha at that time was not on the map. 
 Soon after leaving Council Bluffs they fell in with 
 a larger party of immigrants, with whom they 
 united their forces, so that the entire company com- 
 prised twenty-five people, twenty-two men and three 
 
 women. They went on together, and traveled not with- 
 out danger of hostile- attacks because of their num- 
 ber. The trip was full of incidents and trial and 
 hardships, and they arrived at Portland, Oregon, in 
 September, 1859. During the journey they fought a 
 battle with the Indians on the headwaters of Mal- 
 heur river, eastern Oregon, from 10 o'clock to sun- 
 down on August 16, 1859, m which one of the party, 
 Miles Anderson, was seriously wounded, and Mr. 
 Levander was hit by three bullets, but not seriously 
 hurt. Mr. Levander with the Anderson brothers 
 then went to Polk county, Oregon, where he , was 
 employed for a time in the timber in making rails, 
 at which occupation he persisted until the following 
 spring. During the summer he was employed 
 chiefly as a cowboy, engaged in driving cattle, and 
 during that time gathered one herd of three hundred 
 head and drove them to Shasta valley in California. 
 After, that he had his first experience in mining, 
 engaging in placer mining in Douglas county, Ore- 
 gon, and remained there about one year. In the 
 spring of 1861, his attention was attracted by the 
 new discoveries of gold in the Clearwater basin, 
 then in the state of Washington, but now in Idaho. 
 His prospecting and ventures in the mining district 
 soon brought him to Oro Fino, which is now called 
 Pierce City, Idaho, named after the original dis- 
 coverer, of gold in that vicinity, Captain Pierce. Two 
 years were spent at Oro Fino, and then in the fall 
 of 1863 he went to Walla Walla, Washington. Buy- 
 ing a team and wagon he loaded it with goods for 
 Idaho City, then one of the principal centers of the 
 mining district, and brought in a large supply of 
 goods to that place, and remained there engaged in 
 teaming for one month. Returning to Walla Walla, 
 he stayed there long enough to help put in a crop 
 and then loaded again for Boise valley. This time 
 he brought over a load of seed, and farm implements, 
 it being his intention to locate land and take up 
 farming. 
 
 His arrival in Boise valley was in April, 1864. 
 He located a quarter section of government land 
 two miles on the south side of the Boise river, and 
 two miles from the present city of Caldwell. That 
 was his home until the fall of 1868. He then re- 
 turned to Oregon, locating at Pilot Rock, where he 
 remained until 1869, when he once more found his 
 way into Boise valley, locating on another ranch 
 about three miles below Caldwell. The improve- 
 ments which he placed there during the next year 
 enabled him to sell at advantage, after which he 
 came to a point about two miles above Middleton. 
 There he located two hundred acres in the sage 
 brush. It is noteworthy that Mr. Levander, so far 
 as can be ascertained, was the first Idaho settler to 
 clear off sagebrush land and attempt to use it for 
 agricultural purposes. At the same time he was the 
 first to employ irrigation as a method of growing 
 grain and other farm crops in this state. On that 
 location in the sagebrush, though soon converted 
 into a splendid and productive farm, he had his 
 home for twelve years, and besides his grain fields 
 also planted an orchard of all kinds of fruit. The 
 failing health of his wife next compelled htm to 
 move to Meadows, where he engaged in the cattle 
 business, his home ranch consisting of one hundred 
 and sixty acres, though he also used much of the 
 free range in the vicinity. That was his home from 
 1884 to 1894. In the latter year he moved to Salmon 
 River, and established a roadhouse. It was the 
 first year the mail came through that part of the 
 country p.nd there were no wagon roads except the 
 track trail, and he was thus a pioneer in that section 
 of the state. At the establishment which he erected 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 945 
 
 lie entertained travelers, both man and beast, had 
 the postoffice and also a general store and outfitting 
 place. In 1899 he located a homestead of one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres and a stone claim of sixty-two 
 and a half acres, and soon bought another quarter 
 section adjoining. In the improvement of that land 
 he was employed for a number of years, and made 
 much success in the growing of alfalfa and garden 
 products and fruits. He has raised on that estate 
 some of the finest apples, peaches and pears grown in 
 Idaho or the Northwest, and has received premiums 
 at all the fairs upon his pear exhibit, at Grangerville, 
 Lcwiston and Spokane. At the mouth of Race 
 crick, on the Salmon river, Mr. Levander opened 
 the Goff House, which contain.-* seventeen rooms, 
 lia- a complete water system, electric light plant, 
 and is one of the best equipped country hotels in 
 the state. 
 
 In 1909 Mr. Levander finally retired from active 
 business, turning over to his son. Homer, most of his 
 business interests. However, as a way of diversion 
 and occupation for his declining years, he controls 
 and works a small ranch of twenty acres adjoining 
 the old homestead. Since reaching manhood Mr. 
 mder has always been a Democrat and served 
 one term as county commissioner of Washington 
 o unity. He cast his first vote for James Buchanan. 
 His church is the Baptist. He has been too much 
 of a frontiersman and pioneer all his life to have 
 had opportunity for joining fraternal lodges, since a 
 greater part of his career has been spent in advance 
 of the growth in population and the centers which 
 permit activities of the more formal social organiza- 
 tions. 
 
 On October 10, 1864, in the Boise valley Mr. 
 Levander married another pioneer of Idaho, Miss 
 Sarah E. Cox, who had come into Idaho at that 
 early period of the sixties with her father, William 
 Co\. Kight children were born to their marriage, 
 four sons and four daughters, one son dying at the 
 age of three years. Two of the daughters are since 
 deceased, both having been married and having chil- 
 dren living. The five now living are as follows: 
 Mr<. Frank Hart, who lives near Star. Idaho; Edgar, 
 who is married and lives on a ranch two miles above 
 Cambridge; Homer, who manages much of his 
 father's estate and resides at Goff; Mrs. A. L. Rig- 
 gle, whose home is at Meadows, on a ranch ; Virgil, 
 who lives in the state of Washington. The mother 
 of this family died at the home in Goff, and Mr. 
 Levander now finds his solace and pleasure in the 
 companionship of tlis children and with the large 
 circle of friends who unite in paying their respects 
 and admiration to a citizen who has worthily lived 
 in this state for a full half century. 
 
 FRANK M. CRANDALL. A resident of Idaho for 
 more than a quarter of a century, during which 
 time he has been directly identified with the growth 
 and development of various sections of the state 
 as a contractor and builder. Frank M. Crandall,- of 
 Shoshone, has the distinction of having been the 
 birlder of more buildings in this city than any 
 other man. As a vouth he picked up the carpenter 
 trade, and gradually, through industry and perse- 
 verance, made a place for himself among the men 
 who were engaged in contracting in the fast-grow- 
 ing young state of Idaho, and todav no man in this 
 section has a higher standing in his chosen calling. 
 Mr Crandall was born at Jefferson, Iowa. Novem- 
 ber 29. 1859, and is a son of Dr. Lamont S. and 
 Eunice (Campbell) Crandall. 
 
 Dr. Lamont S. Crandall was a native of Vermont 
 who came West as a young man and first settled in 
 Minnesota, where he opened a drug store and built 
 
 up a practice in medicine. He later moved to* Wis- 
 consin, where he was married, but eventually went 
 to Iowa, where he followed his profession until 
 his death, dying in Lamberton, Minnesota. During 
 the Civil war he fought as a Union soldier, and he 
 later took much interest in politics, holding numer- 
 ous important offices. In Masonry he attained to the 
 thirty-second degree. His wife, daughter of a min- 
 ister, taught school for some years. She passed 
 away in Minnesota and was buried near New Au- 
 burn, Minnesota, while her husband was laid to 
 rest in the cemetery at Lamberton. Minnesota. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Crandall had a family of four children, of 
 whom Frank M. was the second in order of birth. 
 
 Frank M. Crandall received his early education 
 in the public schools of Minnesota, whence he was 
 taken by his parents when four years of age, and 
 later he took a course in the seminary at Alden, 
 that state. As a lad he showed himself industrious 
 and enterprising by earning money in his father's 
 drug store, but this work did not appeal to him, 
 and in 1884 he went to Denver, Colorado, where he 
 became a special inspector in the railroad shops. 
 Three years later he came to Idaho, settling first 
 at Ketchum, where for three years he followed vari- 
 ous occupations, in the meantime picking up the 
 carpenter trade. Mr. Crandall's advent in Shoshone 
 occurred in 1800, and during the next three years 
 he worked in the railroad shops, subsequently trav- 
 eling to various parts of the state for several 
 months. He then returned to Shoshone and began 
 contracting and building, and his advance in' this 
 line has been continuous and steady. He has op- 
 erated in various counties in Idaho, and many fine 
 buildings stand as monuments to his skilled work- 
 manship and conscientious methods. Although Mr. 
 Crandall's early education was of a comprehensive 
 nature, his desire for knowledge has led him to 
 supplement this training by much reading, his course 
 of self-education including those branches which 
 pertain to scientific subjects as well as those which 
 have fitted him for the duties and responsibilities 
 of social and business life, although he also enjoys 
 good fiction. He has interested himself in politics 
 only as a voter, and his convictions cause him to 
 cast his ballot for the man he deems best fitted 
 for the office, irrespective of party lines. Mr. 
 Crandall is identified with fraternal work as a mem- 
 ber of the Knights of Pythias and the Dokeys, in 
 the former he has held various offices. Proud 
 of his adopted state, he takes every opportunity of 
 praising its resources, but is of the opinion that it 
 has so manv advantages that no one stands out from 
 the rest, although the excellent water power here 
 appeals especially to him. 
 
 Mr. Crandall was married at L^mberton, Minne- 
 sota, in 1881. to Carrie M. Whitcomb. daughter 
 of Mr. and Mrs. John Whitcomb. and they have 
 had four children, of whom one died in infancy. 
 The survivors are: Frank F., who is pursuing a 
 civil engineering course in the State University; 
 Budd W., who lives in Shoshone; and Amv E.. who 
 married Frank G. Hill and resides at Ogden, Utah. 
 
 Wri.uAM C. CI-STF.R. One of the early oioneers 
 of Idaho, who settled in the country before the 
 railroads had made their appearance, is William C. 
 Custer, now one of the prominent residents of Sho- 
 shone. Idaho. Coming to this country from a for- 
 eign land, he determined from the first day of his 
 larding in America that, in spite of the advantages 
 held over him bv the men who had been reared in 
 this country and knew the language and people, he 
 would climb as high as any of them. With the fine 
 
946 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 old tfaits of the Teutonic nations, perseverance, in- 
 dustry and frugality, he has forced success from 
 the hand of fortune, and in accomplishing this has 
 won the admiration and respect and friendship of 
 all with whom he has been associated. There is in 
 Shoshone today no man who can count a larger 
 number of warm friends than can Mr. Custer. 
 
 William C. Custer was born in the western part 
 of Germany, in Bremen, on the 28th of April, 1856. 
 He is the son of William and Carey Custer. He 
 began his education in Germany, obtaining a fine 
 preparation in the schools of his native country, 
 which he further extended when he came to Amer- 
 ica, by attending the public schools in Iowa. He 
 was only fifteen when he left his native land, this 
 being in 1871, and upon his arrival in America he 
 came at once to Iowa where he first obtained em- 
 ployment as a farm hand. He went to school dur- 
 ing these first years, working to pay for his board. 
 After finishing his education, he went to clerking 
 in the store of William Schodde, in Monticello, 
 Iowa. He remained nine years in Iowa, or until 
 1880, when he moved to Nevada and engaged in 
 the stock business. He had had to save his money 
 very carefully in order to have anything to invest 
 in this business, and he now had to work very hard 
 indeed to make anything out of it. He only re- 
 mained in the cattle business for two years, selling 
 out at the end of that time to go into the teaming 
 business, which proved to be a lucrative one, for as 
 yet there were no railroads through this country. 
 His route lay from Kelton to Boise, and the Wood 
 river country, and he was engaged in this work 
 until the railroads were put through in 1885. Then 
 having had some experience in the stock business 
 he determined to re-enter that occupation. He lo- 
 cated at Heyburn, or rather upon the spot where 
 Heyburn now stands on the banks of the Snake 
 river. At the time of Mr. Custer's occupancy, the 
 site of Heyburn was an island, where he put up hay 
 for his stock, and on either side of the river, up 
 and down through the desert, from the American 
 Falls to the Blue lakes, ranged the cattle and horses 
 bearing his brand. In 1898 he again sold out, but 
 this venture had proved so successful that he had 
 money to invest in a business in Shoshone, which 
 has proved very successful. This is the butcher 
 business, and his meat market is a model affair. 
 He has a large patronage, for he has the confi- 
 dence of his customers, and they know that he has 
 a thorough knowledge of his business. He is also 
 interested in banking, being vice-president and di- 
 rector in the Lincoln County National Bank, of 
 Shoshone. He has gained wealth and is a prosper- 
 ous man, and unlike many prosperous men, his 
 purse is an open one, he is generosity itself. He is 
 one of the men upon whom others depend and in 
 whose strength of character they find courage to 
 take up their own burdens. His influence in the 
 town of Shoshone has been always for the good 
 of those with whom he has been brought into con- 
 tact, and he is one of the best of the older genera- 
 tion, all too rapidly disappearing. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Custer votes the Republican ticket, 
 believing that the principles of the grand old party 
 are those which can best sustain the national life. 
 He is prominent in fraternal affairs, the cause of the 
 brotherhood of man being the one -that is particu- 
 larly close to his heart. He is a member of the Odd 
 Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and the Modern 
 Woodmen of America. He has filled all of the 
 chairs in the Odd Fellows. 
 
 Mr. Custer is not a member of any church, having 
 a broad minded belief in the fact that all churches 
 
 have much good in them and he is glad and willing 
 to give of his substance to churches of all demoni- 
 nations. 
 
 Mr. Custer was married on the 25th of April, 
 3, at Shoshone, Idaho, to Miss Henerette Wes- 
 sel. Mrs. Custer died on the 28th of January, 1891, 
 on in September, 1900, he married his second wife, 
 Mrs. Regan Clark, this marriage also taking place 
 at Shoshone. He has one son, a child of his first 
 marriage, Will W. Custer. 
 
 CHRIS O. DICE. A citizen at Glenns Ferry 
 whose name carries influence and who is popularly 
 esteemed throughout this section of Idaho, Mr. 
 Chris O. Dice has been a resident of Idaho since 
 1904 and since 1912 has been postmaster of his 
 present home town. He is well known in railroad 
 circles in the northwest, and railroading was his 
 regular vocation until he suffered a permanent dis- 
 ability through the service. 
 
 Chris O. Dice was born at Newton, Harvey 
 county, Kansas, June n, 1878, and was the second 
 of the children of George Henry and Isobell (Mc- 
 Ginn) Dice. Both parents were Pennsylvanians by 
 birth, whence they removed to Kansas, where they 
 were married. The father was also a railroad man, 
 and his death occurred at Newton, Kansas, in 1898, 
 at the age of forty-five. The mother died in 1899 
 aged thirty-eight. One of their sons, Frank W. 
 Dice, lives at Pocatello, and another, Edward Dice, 
 is a resident of Toole, Utah. 
 
 . The early schooling of Chris O. Dice was obtained 
 at Newton, Kansas, where he was graduated from 
 the high school in 1897. His early environment and 
 inclination favored his taking up railroad work, and 
 he began in Colorado, and was in Utah from 1901 
 to 1904. In the latter year an accident, which crip- 
 pled him for life, took him out of the service, and 
 he then came to Idaho, where he has made himself 
 a useful factor in affairs. His appointment to the 
 postmastership at Glenns Ferry occurred in 1912. 
 He has a host of friends in this part of the state, 
 is one of the influential Republicans, and he and 
 his family have an attractive home in the town. 
 His recreations are hunting and fishing, and he is 
 fond of all outdoor life and sports. Mr. Dice is a 
 member of the Railway Trainmen's Association, and 
 he and his family are communicants of the Cath- 
 olic church. 
 
 He was married at Ogden, Utah, June 23, 1905, 
 to Miss Louise May Butterfield. Their three chil- 
 dren are: George E., born at Ogden in 1906; Isa- 
 belle, born at Roy, Utah, in 1908; and Loreen, born 
 at Ogden, in 1909. 
 
 HOWARD C. VAN AUSDELN, of Twin Falls, Idaho, 
 the present sheriff of Twin Falls county, is a Kan- 
 san by birth and is proud of it, a loyal spirit that is 
 markedly characteristic of the people of that progres- 
 sive state. Kansas, once on the frontier, has now 
 taken its place among the older and advanced com- 
 monwealths of the 'Union and has contributed many 
 wide-awake and energetic young men to the settle- 
 ment of the farther West, just as in earlier days the 
 East gave her her brain and brawn. Mr. Van Ans- 
 deln had been in the West about fifteen years and 
 in Twin Falls, Idaho, since 1906, and in each of his 
 locations has proved a worthy citizen and an en- 
 terprising and energetic worker for progress. 
 
 He was born June 13, 1868, in Crawford county, 
 Kansas, received a common and high school educa- 
 tion there, and early took up independent activity 
 as a farmer and stockman in his native state, con- 
 tinuing in this line quite successfully until about 
 
947 
 
 1898. Migrating west about that time, he settled 
 first in the Bear River valley in Utah, where he re- 
 mained until his removal to Twin Falls, Idaho, in 
 1906. While in Utah he was in the real estate busi- 
 ness for a time, also ran a meat market, filled the 
 office of a justice of the peace and gave considerable 
 attention to the management of his fine ranch near 
 the town in which he resided. For three years pre- 
 vious to coming to Idaho he was keeping an eye 
 on the Twin Falls district and in 1906 he deemed 
 the time had come for advantageous location there. 
 Disposing of his interests in Utah, he made large 
 investments in the Twin Falls district and these 
 he still holds. During the first four years here he 
 dealt in grain and live stock and was engaged in 
 ranching, and throughout the whole of his business 
 career he has been very extensively engaged as a 
 shipper and operator in the stock and cattle business. 
 In 1910 he was elected sheriff of Twin Falls county 
 and is now filling that office. He is a Republican 
 in political views and takes an active interest in the 
 work of his party. While a resident of district 
 number eight near Twin Falls he served as a member 
 of the school board but resigned when he removed 
 to the city to take up his duties as sheriff. 
 
 John L. Van Ausdeln, the father of Howard G, 
 was born in Ohio but has long been a resident of 
 Kansas, where he is an active Republican politician 
 and is a prominent Odd Fellow. Farming has been 
 his occupation but he is now retired. He was one 
 of the Union's brave defenders during the Civil war 
 and took part in a number of the severest engage- 
 ments during that conflict. For nine months he was 
 confined in the infamous Libby prison. In Iowa he 
 wedded Lodema Harriman, a native of that state, and 
 to their union were born four children, of whom 
 Howard C. is the eldest. 
 
 On October 25, 1891, at Girard. Kansas, Mr. Van 
 Ausdeln, and Miss June B. Struble, a daughter of 
 Levi and Mary Struble of that city, were united in 
 marriage. Seven children have been the issue of 
 their union, namely: Blaine C, Fern, Loys L., Gaile 
 H., John L., Howard C, Jr., and Ruth. 
 
 In religious views Mr. Van Ausdeln favors the 
 Methodist faith, while Mrs. Van Ausdeln is affiliated 
 with the Christian denomination. Fraternally Mr. 
 Van Ausdeln is associated with the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protec- 
 tive Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of 
 America and has filled all the local offices of the 
 first two orders. He is also a member of the Twin 
 Falls Commercial Club. Loyal as he is to his native 
 state of Kansas, he expresses it as his opinion that 
 there is no state in the Union with as bright a future 
 before it as has Idaho. 
 
 HERMAN JACOBSON. One of the best equipped 
 and most flourishing mercantile establishments of 
 Idaho is the one at Glenns Ferry bearing the name 
 Jacobson and for years the steadily reliable trading 
 center for a patronage drawn from a large area of 
 surrounding territory. Founded eighteen years ago, 
 the business passed through the difficulties incident 
 to every new enterprise. The brothers who con- 
 ducted it through that period were equal to the sit- 
 uation in their energy, persistence and careful man- 
 agement, and the business has long since enjoyed a 
 first-class rating among Idaho's best mercantile 
 concerns. 
 
 Herman Jacobson. the present proprietor, was 
 born in Russia, in March, 1874, a son of Aaron and 
 Hannah (Rosenberg) Jacobson. There were two 
 other children, namely: Samuel, a resident of Salt 
 Lake City; and Mrs. Sarah Ruenberg, of Michigan. 
 
 The family all came to America a number of years 
 ago, first settling in Michigan. The father died at 
 the age of seventy-two and the mother aged sev- 
 enty-eight. 
 
 Herman, the youngest of the three children, at- 
 tended school m his native land, and was employed 
 in a store and obtained a general merchandising 
 experience before coming to this country. At Bay 
 City, Michigan, as a clerk he gained a thorough 
 knowledge of American business methods, and from 
 there in 1895 came west with his brother and lo- 
 cated in Glenn's Ferry. The town was then almost 
 at the beginning of its history, being a settlement 
 of only a few houses. His brother had preceded him 
 to this point, and they became associated in the lit- 
 tle store which was the foundation of the present 
 large establishment. After several years of hard 
 struggle they got a solid foothold in the confidence 
 and patronage of the community, and under Her- 
 man's individual ownership its prosperity has in- 
 creased from year to year. The establishment 
 would be a credit to any of the large cities of the 
 state. Mr. Jacobson gives his personal attention to 
 the management of the store, and employs six regu- 
 lar assistants in caring for the large trade. 
 
 Mr. Jacobson in politics takes an independent atti- 
 tude. He is of the Jewish faith. At St. Louis, 
 Missouri, October 4, 1911, he married Miss Pearl 
 Jacobs, daughter of Francis Jacobs and of a well- 
 known St. Louis family. They have one daughter, 
 born at Glenns Ferry in September, 1912, and 
 named Runett. Outside of business his home and 
 family are the center of Mr. Jacobson's interests. 
 He gives public-spirited support to the movements 
 for the advancement of his home town, and has 
 firm faith in Idaho. It is his opinion that the de- 
 velopment of the next decade will surpass all that 
 had preceded during the last fifty years. 
 
 GEORGE H. MARTIN. It is often easier to start at 
 the very foundations of a business than it is to start 
 in where another has been managing things, and 
 make a success. Everyone stands back at first to 
 see what the new man is going to be like, and then 
 there is the difficulty of accustoming the old em- 
 ployees to the methods of the new master. This 
 was somewhat the situation that George H. Martin 
 faced on his arrival in Hagerman, Idaho. Since he 
 is now one of the most prosperous merchants in 
 Hagerman, his successful overcoming of difficulties 
 may be taken for granted. He had had many years 
 of commercial life, in spite of the fact that he was a 
 young man, and he had also held positions that re- 
 quired considerable executive ability, and in conse- 
 quence of this he was on the high road to prosperity 
 in a short time after locating in Hagerman. 
 
 George H. Martin was born at Cambridge, New 
 York, on the i8th of November, 1873. He is the 
 son of Hugh Martin, and Martha (Weir) Martin, 
 both of whom were born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 
 coming to this country in their youth. They were 
 married in New York and are now living in com- 
 fort and ease in Cambridge, New York. Mr. Mar- 
 tin was a successful business man in Washington 
 county, wherein Cambridge is located, for many 
 years, but he is now retired. Six children were 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Martin. Mary, the 
 eldest daughter, is now Mrs. William Campbell, 
 of Cambridge, New York. Mattie married Alfred 
 Richards and lives in Greenwich, New York. Jen- 
 nie is Mrs. Millard Shaw, also of Cambridge. Re- 
 becca, is Mrs. Ed Martin of Cambridge, her hus- 
 band although not connected by the ties of blood, 
 yet being a connection of the family's. 
 
948 
 
 George H. Martin is the eldest of the family, and 
 he thus early felt the desire to free his father of 
 his care and to get out in the world and earn a 
 living for himself. He was educated in the Cam- 
 bridge public schools, attending the Cambridge high 
 school until he was sixteen years of age, and at this 
 time he decided that he had gone to school long 
 enough, so he came west, feeling that this was the 
 part of the country to which . a young man with 
 nothing but his head and his hands to give him his 
 start in life, should go. He first located in Omaha, 
 Nebraska, where he secured a position in the store 
 department of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. 
 Here he remained for eleven years, six months after 
 starting with them, receiving the promotion to man- 
 ager of the store department. He left the Union 
 Pacific to take charge of the store department of the 
 Rio Grande Railroad Company, at a larger salary. 
 Here he remained for five years. He always held 
 before him as a goal the idea of going into busi- 
 ness for himself some day, and consequently was 
 economical, laying by as much as he could spare 
 from his salary. He had accumulated by the time 
 he left the Rio Grande a goodly sum of money, 
 and having decided after looking over various fields 
 for investment in the west that Idaho offered the 
 greatest opportunities, he came to Hagerman and 
 in partnership with E. M. Roberts, P. E. Du Salt 
 and D. F. Morris, bought the Owen Brothers gen- 
 eral merchandise business. This store was well es- 
 tablished and had a flourishing trade, and .was a 
 valuable investment on that account. Mr. Martin 
 and his partners had not been in control long be- 
 fore it was seen that the old reputation of the store 
 was going to be upheld, and after a time the busi- 
 ness began to increase in volume. Mr. Morris re- 
 tired in 1908 and the other three partners bought 
 his interest. The firm is now known as the Pioneer 
 Mercantile Company, and its business has increased 
 to such an extent that it is now the largest general 
 store in Hagerman. 
 
 Mr. Martin in addition to his mercantile inter- 
 ests, is a large stockholder in the Hagerman State 
 Bank and is the owner of ranch lands that are in a 
 high state of cultivation. Some of these ranches are 
 situated in the fertile Hagerman valley, said to be 
 the richest valley in the state, and is without a doubt 
 the most picturesque. Other ranch lands that he 
 owns are located in Twin Falls county, and a large 
 portion of these are devoted to sheep raising, in 
 which he is largely interested. 
 
 Politically Mr. Martin is a member of the Re- 
 publican party, although he has never cared to take 
 an active part in politics. He is a member of the 
 fraternal order of the Knights of Pythias, having 
 passed through all the chairs. In religious matters 
 Mr. Martin together with his family are members 
 of the Presbyterian church. On the 4th of Decem- 
 ber, 1910, Mr. Martin was married to Miss Mamie 
 Middleton, a native of Nebraska. Mrs. Martin is 
 a daughter of Silas M. Middleton and Sarah (Had- 
 sel) Middleton, who were both born in Pennsylva- 
 nia. The only child of this union is a son, Floyd 
 Senter Martin, born November i, 1912. 
 
 Ds. AUDLEY V. FANKBONER is the leading phy- 
 sician in Hagerman Valley today, and that he has 
 only been in this section for three years, proves be- 
 yond question that Dr. Fankboner is a physician of 
 ability. He learned in his youth the meaning of hard 
 work and sacrifice, for being determined to obtain 
 an education he worked his way through college. 
 This determination to succeed that early showed 
 itself to be a dominant characteristic of his, has 
 
 since showed itself in his professional activities by 
 his inability to give up hope, no matter how desper- 
 ate a case may be, and this very determination of his 
 to never confess himself defeated while there is life, 
 has saved cases for him more than once. 
 
 Dr. Audley V. Fankboner was born in Grant 
 county, Indiana, on the ist of November, 1876. His 
 parents are Alfred K. and Mary Jane (Reynolds) 
 Fankboner, both of whom were born in Ohio. His 
 father, as a young man migrated to Ohio, traveling 
 by the slow ox-team route. He was a pioneer 
 farmer in Grant county, and after a time became a 
 prosperous and important citizen in the community. 
 He is a Republican in politics and for eight years 
 held the office of county clerk. He is still actively 
 engaged in farming in Grant county. Three chil- 
 dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fankboner: Edith, 
 who is now Mrs. William S. Holman, of Marion, 
 Indiana; Maggie A., who lives with her parents; 
 and Dr. Fankboner. 
 
 Audley Fankboner, growing up on the farm re- 
 ceived the usual education of the farmer's son, and 
 urged on by his own ambition he completed the 
 high school course in Marion, and then attended the 
 normal school at the same place. After being grad- 
 uated, from the latter institution he entered the 
 Medical College of Indiana, from which he was 
 graduated with the class of 1898. In spite of hav- 
 ing to give much. of his time to earning the money 
 for his board and tuition, he. graduated at the early 
 age of twenty-two. He immediately began the prac- 
 tice of his profession in Summitville, Indiana, where 
 
 ; he remained for eleven years, building up a good- 
 sized practice. 
 
 He determined to come west in 1908, so selling 
 put his interests in Summitville, early in the follow- 
 ing year he came to Hagerman, and opening an of- 
 fice, again entered upon the practice of his profes- 
 sion in a new field. It is pecularly difficult for a 
 member of any if the profession to enter a new 
 place and practically begin all over again, for peo- 
 
 ' pie cling to their old favorites, and the . novelty 
 that is attractive in a new store of any kind, makes 
 no appeal when the new arrival is a doctor or a 
 lawyer. However, it was not long before Dr. Fank- 
 boner had a fair practice, and now he has the largest 
 practice of any physician in Hagerman valley. He 
 
 ; has come to this section to stay, and as a proof of 
 his belief . in the future of the country, he has in- 
 vested money in ranch lands in Lincoln county, and 
 is the owner of a charming home in Hagerman. 
 
 The doctor is a member of the Southern Idaho 
 Medical Association, and is quite prominent in the 
 fraternal societies of which he is a member, be- 
 longing to the Masons and to the Knights of Pythias, 
 in which order he is a past master. 
 
 Dr. Fankboner was married to Miss Nora Conner 
 in 1900, at Summitville, Indiana, and they have one 
 son, Roland B. 
 
 ARTHUR M. BOWEN. This is a practical age and 
 today, more than ever before, whatever their voca- 
 tion or calling, men are measured by what they ac- 
 complish. "Efficiency" is indeed the slogan of the 
 hour and life a constant measure of strength, a con- 
 test where ability, force and character are the de- 
 termining factors. Arthur M. Bowen, of Twi^i Falls, 
 a young and native westerner, came to Idaho in 
 1904 and in less than a decade has become one of 
 the leading men of the state, both in his profession 
 of law and as a factor in the public life of the com- 
 monwealth. 
 
 He was born in Mono county, California, April 
 26, 1876, and when a small boy accompanied his 
 
Photo by Myers & Rice. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 parents to Nevada, where he lived until about 
 eighteen years of age and acquired his education. 
 After leaving school he worked for a time in the 
 mines of Nevada and Utah and later taught school 
 in the latter state. In the meantime he had begun 
 to prepare for law and so assiduously and intelh 
 gently directed his energies to that accomplishment 
 that at the age of twenty-three he had qualified for 
 the profession and was formally admitted to the bar 
 in 1899. He began the practice of law in Eureka, 
 I'tah, and came from there to Blackfoot, Idaho, in 
 1904, where he remained three years. The next four 
 year's he was 'a resident of Hailey, Idaho, and from 
 there he came to Twin Falls in 191 1. He has been 
 very successful in his chosen profession and stands 
 high at the bar of Idaho, as is evidenced by hi> nom- 
 ination in 1912 for the office of justice of the supreme 
 court of Idaho. In line with his professional inter- 
 ests he affiliates with the Twin Falls County Bar 
 Association and is a member of the American Bar 
 Association. As a Democrat he has long taken an 
 active interest in political affairs. While a resident 
 of Hailey, Blaine county, he served as a member of 
 the state senate during the tenth session of the state 
 legislature and at that time supported both the direct 
 primary law and the local option law and took 
 a strong stand in favor of an effective employers' 
 liability law. In fact, all measures that had for their 
 true aim the progress of the state and the welfare 
 of its citizens received his unreserved commenda- 
 tion and stanch support. He was a Democratic can- 
 didate for congress in 1910 and, as previously stated, 
 has now been nominated as a justice of the supreme 
 court of Idaho. His whole life has been spent in 
 the West and he is well acquainted with the condi- 
 tions and advantages of the various states of this 
 section. From this knowledge and experience he 
 asserts his firm belief that Idaho offers more oppor- 
 tunities for men and women of push and industry, 
 of vigor and ambition, than does any other state of 
 the Union. 
 
 Mr. Bowen was married at Salt Lake City, Utah, 
 February 12, 1898, to Miss Elizabeth Bernhart, a 
 daughter of Mrs. W. B. Kennedy, of Eureka, Utah. 
 One son and three daughters have been born to their 
 union, namely: Theodore E., Phoebe, Elizabeth and 
 Nellie. 
 
 Fraternally Mr. Bowen is associated with the 
 Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows, the Benevplent and Protective Order of Elks 
 and the Woodmen of the World. In the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows he has "passed all the chairs" 
 of his local lodge and is a member of the grand lodge 
 of that order. He is also a member of the Twin 
 Falls Commercial Club. 
 
 RICHARD H. TRAILL. The growth and develop- 
 ment of the vicinity of Jerome, Idaho, during the 
 past half-decade of, years have been remarkable, 
 and the visitor to this fertile country, as it is to- 
 day, could hardly believe that so short a time ago 
 such excellent farm land was a wide expanse of prac- 
 tically desert land. Such was the case, however, but 
 with the advent of irrigation in this section, came 
 men of progressive ideas and enterprising spirit, 
 through whose activities the country has blossomed 
 forth into one of the most productive sections of 
 Jhis part of Idaho, a field of opportunity for the 
 ambitious, where fortunes have awaited those who 
 have had the courage to invest their abilities and 
 capital. Among th men to whom credit should be 
 given for the phenomenal development of Jerome, 
 Richard H. Traill holds a foremost position. Com- 
 ing to the West after a successful business career 
 
 in Illinois, he has not only regained his health, 
 which was primarily the cause of his settling here, 
 but has directed his activities so well that he is 
 now known as one of his locality's leading real 
 estate men, and deserves a high position in the list 
 of men who are accomplishing great things in their 
 adopted state. Mr. Traill was bom January 19, 
 1858, in Belleville. Ontario, and is a son of James 
 and Amelia (Mutchall) Traill, natives of Canada, 
 and 3 brother of Thomas Traill, a merchant of New 
 York City. 
 
 After attending the public schools of his native 
 place, Mr. Traill took up the study of pharmacy, and 
 on completing a course in the Ontario College of 
 Pharmacy, in 1876, went to Chicago, Illinois. Sub- 
 sequently he removed to Cicero, a suburb of Chicago, 
 where for thirty-two years he was engaged in busi- 
 ness as proprietor of a successful drug store, and 
 served as a member of the board of township com- 
 missioners and as treasurer of his town. His busi- 
 ness career was a successful one, but for some 
 years his health had been failing, and for quite a 
 period he had been awaiting a favorable opportu- 
 nity to come to the West. Accordingly, with the 
 opening of the North Side Tract, in 1907, he came 
 to Jerome and engaged in the real estate business, 
 in which he has continued to the present time, with 
 gratifying success. Since 1909 he has been agent 
 for the state land board, and in connection with his 
 real estate business has become a successful ranch- 
 man, his ranching properties being located in Lin- 
 coln county. He has also valuable town realty in 
 Jerome and Wendell, a pleasant home at the for- 
 mer place, and a number of business interests in 
 both towns. He is a director of the Jerome State 
 Bank, and has helped in popularizing its coffers 
 among the people of Lincoln county. Politically, 
 Mr. Traill is a Republican, but he* has been too 
 busy to take more than a good citizen's intere-t in 
 matters of a public nature. His fraternal connec- 
 tion is with the Masons. In religious belief, he was 
 brought up an Episcopalian, but is now a consistent 
 member of the Christian Science church. 
 
 On February 25, 1878, Mr. Traill was married to 
 Miss Hannah M. Kemp, daughter of M. T. and 
 Eliza (Dixon) Kemp, natives of Canada. Two 
 children have been born to this union : Mona, who 
 resides at home with her parents ; and Dorothy, 
 who married C. H. Chapin, of Twin Falls. Early 
 in life, Mr. Traill began to display habits of indus- 
 try and self-reliance that have marked his entire 
 career. After leaving home he received no assist- 
 ance of a financial nature, but worked out his own 
 success, and when he was forced to change his oc- 
 cupation and his mode of living, he had the cour- 
 age and perseverance to accomplish large things in 
 a large way. From a country covered with sage- 
 brush, undeveloped and uninviting, he has seen this 
 part of Lincoln county become one of the most pro- 
 ductive agricultural localities in the state, as well 
 as a center of commercial and educational activity. 
 Much of the credit for this growth and development 
 is due to his enterprise and untiring labor, and as a 
 man whose activities have served to advance his 
 community he is held in high regard and esteem by 
 his fellow-townsmen. 
 
 EDWARD M. ROBERTS. Thirty years ago. when a 
 young man, Edward M. Roberts came to "The Gem 
 of the Mountain" state then a territory and spent 
 nearly a year, engaged in mining, in the Hailey dis- 
 trict. So impressed was he at that time with the 
 beauties and future possibilities of the locality that 
 he decided if conditions ever justified he would return 
 
950 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 to Idaho and establish his home here. Today he is 
 one of the leading spirits of the progressive little 
 town of Bliss. Here he figures as general merchant, 
 postmaster and president of the school board. Ex- 
 ecutive ability and civic pride are strong factors in 
 his make-up. He built one of the most attractive 
 homes in the town, which he and his family occupy. 
 And so interwoven with the business, political and 
 social life of Bliss has been his life since he took 
 up his residence here in 1902 that it would bg dif- 
 ficult to make even a brief record of one without 
 reference to the other. Therefore a resume of his 
 life is of interest in this connection. 
 
 Edward M. Roberts was born at Carbondale, 
 Pennsylvania, January 31, 1858, and there he took 
 his first steps and formed his first words. When he 
 was two years old his parents moved to Danville, 
 Illinois. Five years' residence at that place was 
 followed by five years at Boonesboro, Iowa. In 
 1881, E. M. Roberts came west by himself, locat- 
 ing in Carbon, Wyoming. The first money young 
 Roberts earned was as a corn husker at the rate of 
 fifty cents per day. That was when he was eleven 
 years old. When he was twelve he went to work in 
 the coal mine of which his father was superintendent, 
 and he continued thus occupied for about three years. 
 While in Iowa he had attended public school, but 
 only for a few terms, and while at work in the 
 mines he felt the need of more education. Then he 
 took up a course of study, and went to school, and 
 subsequently taught one term of school. He was 
 connected with the coal department of the Union 
 Pacific Railroad Company while at Carbon, Wyom- 
 ing, and from Carbon he went to Rock Springs, 
 Wyoming, where he had a clerical position in a large 
 mercantile establishment for three years. This ex- 
 perience was followed by four years as assistant 
 superintendent for the Diamond Coal & Coke Com- 
 pany at Diamondville, Wyoming, and that in turn 
 by one year at Ogden, Utah. In the meantime he 
 visited and worked at various other places in the 
 West, including his sojourn in Idaho, as above indi- 
 cated. 
 
 On his return to Idaho, in 1902, Mr. Roberts took 
 up his residence at Bliss, and he has maintained his 
 home here ever since. His first business venture 
 at this place was the purchase of the store of J. L. 
 Fuller, and of this business he has since been the 
 active head. He styled the firm E. M. Roberts & 
 Company, which was later changed to Morris, Rob- 
 erts & Company. Mr. Morris at this time has no 
 interest in the company. 
 
 On becoming a voter, Mr. Roberts allied himself 
 with the Republican ranks, and has ever since taken 
 a more or less active part in local politics. Previous 
 to his coming to Idaho, he was postmaster at Dana, 
 Wyoming, and he also served in the same capacity 
 at Diamondville. At Bliss he is both postmaster 
 and president of the school board. He is a member 
 of the Bliss Commercial Club, of which he served 
 one term as vice president. Fraternally, he is identi- 
 fied with the Masonic order, having received the de- 
 grees from blue lodge to commandery, inclusive. 
 
 March 5, 1885, at Laramie, Wyoming, Mr. Roberts 
 was married to Miss Marie F. Leary, daughter of 
 Mrs. Sarah Leary of Carbon, Wyoming; and of 
 the seven children that have been given to them, three 
 are living, one daughter and two sons, as follows : 
 Julia, at home, and Edward and Herschel, in school 
 at Pocatello. 
 
 In addition to establishing a business and a home 
 in Idaho, Mr. Roberts has made other investments 
 here, including the purchase of Idaho lands. While 
 
 he takes life seriously and puts his best efforts into 
 whatever he undertakes, he believes a certain amount 
 of recreation is necessary, and he enjoys popular en- 
 tertainment of all kinds. His chief recreation, how- 
 ever, is fishing. 
 
 In their religious views, both Mr. and Mrs. Rob- 
 erts incline toward the creed of the Episcopal church, 
 where they frequently worship, although neither is 
 identified as a member with any church organization. 
 
 REX V. WILCOX, of Wendell, Idaho, is one of the 
 best known lawyers in the whole state, although he 
 has been a member of the bar of Idaho for only 
 three years. He has a keen and logical mind, and 
 great force of character, which is plainly evidenced 
 by his triumph over obstacles which would have put 
 an end to the careers of many men. Mr. Wilcox is 
 not a lawyer who knows only the technical side of 
 law, for he is a business man as well as a legist, and 
 knows men as well as books. He is a prominent 
 rancher in Lincoln county in addition to his law 
 business, and he has a share in every progressive 
 move which is inaugurated in Wendell. 
 
 Rex V. Wilcox is a native of the state of Ohio, 
 having been born in Greensprings, Seneca county, 
 on the 2nd of September, 1872, the son of E. D. 
 Wilcox and Emily (Vernon) Wilcox. Both of his 
 parents are natives of New York state. In 1873 
 E. D. Wilcox removed to Kansas, where he was 
 among the early settlers of Osborne county. Here 
 he took up a homestead and after a few years 
 spent here he moved to Hill City, Kansas, and 
 entered the harness and saddlery business. He was 
 very successful, and in 1908, when he sold out his 
 property in Kansas to come to Idaho, his success 
 in the latter state was assured. He bought ranch 
 land in Lincoln county, near Wendell, and also 
 invested in city realty of value in both Wendell and 
 Gooding. He now lives in Gooding with his family, 
 prosperous and highly respected. Two sons were 
 born to E. D. Wilcox and his wife, Rex V. being 
 the elder. Will W. Wilcox, the other son, is a 
 linotype operator in Colorado Springs, who also 
 has property interests in partnership with his father 
 and brother in Idaho. 
 
 The county schools of his Kansas home gave Rex 
 V. Wilcox his early education, but the ambitious 
 lad was not satisfied with this, and taking up the 
 study of law, a large share of the time with no 
 assistance from anyone, he studiad every minute 
 until he had prepared himself for the bar examina- 
 tions. He passed the examinations with ease, and 
 was admitted to the bar in Kansas in 1893. He was 
 about twenty-one at this time and for the next 
 sixteen years he practiced in Kansas. In 1909, in 
 the month of February, he was admitted to the bar 
 of Idaho by the supreme court of the state, having 
 come to reside in the state in November, 1908. He 
 was associated with one of the most brilliant and 
 able men in the state, this association being a high 
 compliment to the ability of the young lawyer from 
 Kansas. This man was Judge A. M. Bowen, whose 
 name is well known outside of the borders of his 
 own state. It was during his association with Judge 
 Bowen that he completed the work that has given 
 him fame, this being when they established a prece- 
 dent of liability of the Cary Act Companies in case 
 of failure on their part to furnish an adequate water 
 supply to their clients. This was a hotly contested 
 case and won much renown, for the result was of 
 the greatest importance to many people, and the 
 accomplishing of this result was a masterly piece 
 of work. W T hen Mr. Wilcox has any time to spare 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 951 
 
 from his engrossing duties as a lawyer, he devotes 
 it to the care of his property. He is the owner of 
 a fine ranch one and a half miles from Wendell 
 which is in a fine state of cultivation, and having 
 within its bounds a fine twenty acre orchard. He 
 also owns valuable property in Wendell. 
 
 He is an active member of the Twin Falls North 
 Side Canal Users' Association Board, being much 
 interested in the work of the board. Mr. Wilcox 
 i> a prominent Mason and is also a member of the 
 Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he takes 
 a keen interest, and as is natural to a man with his 
 energy and his modernity, he is a member of the 
 Progressive party, and cast his first vote for that 
 party in the election of 1912. 
 
 Mr. Wilcox was married in 1896 to Miss Viola 
 Maulsby, who is a native of Dallas county, Idaho. 
 Three children have been born to this union, Ver- 
 noii, Paul and Esther Lois. All of the family are 
 members and attendants at the Baptist church in 
 Wendell. 
 
 RALPH H. SCHNEELOCK. The visitor to Lincoln 
 county, Idaho, viewing for the first time its fertile 
 lands, well-regulated ranches and general 'air of 
 prosperity, will find it hard to believe that but a 
 u-w short years ago this country was a wild waste 
 of desert land, productive principally of sage brush ; 
 yet such was the case, and the present excellent 
 condition of the section has only been attained 
 through the untiring labor and persistent endeavor 
 of men of energy and perseverance, whose activities 
 have been devoted to the forwarding of the develop- 
 ment of their adopted locality. One of the most 
 potent factors in this great growth and development 
 has been the reclaiming of desert lands through ir- 
 rigation, in which the Settlers' Reclaiming and Op- 
 erating Company has played an important part. 
 This concern, one of the largest of its kind carrying 
 on operations in Lincoln county, was organized by 
 its present president and general manager, Ralph H. 
 Schneelock, of Jerome, a man of sterling business 
 ability, whose career has been one of constant in- 
 < In -try and steady advancement since his entrance 
 into the business world as a young man. Mr. 
 Schneelock is a product of the East, born in New 
 Haven, Connecticut. September 14, 1877, a son of 
 Hugo and Emilie (Neuman) Schneelock, . both na- 
 tives of Germany. 
 
 Hugo Schneelock emigrated to the United States 
 when still a lad, and in his younger years followed 
 the trade of gunsmith. Eventually he became a 
 successful expert in the manufacture of firearms, 
 but for some years he has been living a retired life, 
 and is still a resident of New Haven, advanced in 
 years. His wife, who also came to this country as 
 a child, is now deceased. Nine children were born 
 to them, of whom five survive, and of these Ralph 
 H. is the only resident of the West, the others 
 being: Emma, who married Leonard W. Bacon 
 and resides at New Haven, Connecticut; Martha, 
 who married Major Edward E. L. Munson. a sur- 
 geon in the United States regular army; Eda, who 
 is the wife of E. W. Clark, of Portland. Maine; and 
 Walter E.. a real estate dealer of Winnipeg, Canada. 
 
 Ralph H. Schneelock received his early education 
 in the public schools of his native place, graduating 
 from the New Haven high school in the class of 
 1897. He then entered Yale University, where he 
 studied four years in medical and academic work, 
 and his initiation in the business field was as trav- 
 eling representative for the Simmons Hardware 
 Company, of St. Louis. Missouri, in the interests 
 of which concern he traveled all over the United 
 
 Vol. Ill 4 
 
 States and the Orient, five years being spent with 
 this firm. He next entered the employ of the 
 American Water Works Guarantee Company of 
 Pittsburg (the Kuhn Irrigation Company), in an 
 official capacity, and in 1908 he came to Lincoln 
 county, Idaho, with the Kuhn irrigation projects. 
 He was with that concern for about four years, 
 seven months of which were spent on the North 
 Side project, and in 1908 he organized the Settlers' 
 Reclaiming and Operating Company, established for 
 the reclaiming of desert land and for farm exten- 
 sion. At the present time this company is reclaim- 
 ing thousands of acres of land, employing as many 
 as from seventy-five to one hundred men during the 
 busy season. Mr. Schneelock is president and gen- 
 eral manager of the company. An intelligent, 
 shrewd and progressive business man, he has been 
 a leader in all movements that have benefitted Lin- 
 coln county, and stands today as one whose activ- 
 ities are aiding in the growth and development of 
 the community's commercial, industrial and agri- 
 cultural interests. In political matters Mr. Schnee- 
 lock is a Republican, but his extensive private in- 
 terests have demanded so much of his time and 
 attention that he has taken only a good citizen's in- 
 terest in public affairs. 
 
 Mr. Schneelock was married to Miss Gara L. 
 Vedder, who was born in Idaho, daughter of Charles 
 W. and Cora Vedder, pioneers of Wallace, Idaho, 
 where Mr. Vedder was first engaged in mining and 
 later turned his attention to mercantile pursuits. 
 His death occurred in 1900, and his widow now re- 
 sides at Baker, Oregon. 
 
 DR. JOHN HAROLD CROMWELL. The name of Crom- 
 well since the time of the first Oliver down to the 
 present day has ever been known for the sturdy 
 virtues which inhabited the great leader of English 
 Puritanism. Courage, loyalty, devotion to duty, 
 and a stern sense of justice were characteristics that 
 are to be seen in his descendants to the present day, 
 though the intermixture of other blood has softened 
 some of the harsher outlines of the old stock. One 
 of the members of the Cromwell family who has at- 
 tained a high place in the regard of the community 
 where he lives and is a worthy representative of the 
 old name, is Dr. John Harold Cromwell, of Gooding, 
 Idaho. Although he has lived in this thriving new 
 town for a very short time, yet he has won the 
 friendship and regard of a great many people and 
 has already established a successful practice in his 
 profession of medicine. 
 
 John Harold Cromwell was born in Pike county, 
 Illinois, on Christmas day, 1876, a memorable day 
 not only because it is the greatest anniversary the 
 modern world recognizes, but also because just one 
 hundred years before General Washington and his 
 army had crossed the ice filled Delaware and de- 
 feated the British and Hessians at the battle of Tren- 
 ton. Dr. Cromwell may have inherited his taste for 
 medicine, for not only was his father a physician, 
 but his grandfather was also. The latter was Nathan 
 Cromwell, a pioneer of Pike county, having come to 
 this section in 1819. He was a man of great promi- 
 nence in this section, for men of education were ac- 
 corded an even greater respect then than now, and 
 his services as a physician were in demand from one 
 end of the county to the other. His son, George 
 Oliver Cromwell, who was born in the state of Illi- 
 nois, following in his father's footsteps, took up 
 the profession of medicine, and became in turn the 
 friend and adviser, both in a professional and friendly 
 capacity of most of the residents of Pike county. He 
 married Angeline McClain, who was also born in 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Illinois, and until his death in 1910, was actively 
 engaged in the pursuit of the profession to which 
 his whole life had been given. Five children were 
 born to George O. Cromwell and his wife. Olive, 
 the eldest, is now Mrs. L. A. Farmer, of Anacortes, 
 Washington. Her husband is an architect of note, 
 some of his structures being of nation-wide fame. 
 He was the designer and builder of the Washington 
 state building at the St. Louis exposition, and of the 
 Washington building at the Washington exposition 
 in Seattle. Alta, the second daughter, married Dr. 
 R. P. Miller, of Pleasant Hill, Illinois. Lucilla 
 Cromwell is a student and makes her home in Ana- 
 cortes, Washington. Ray Cromwell, also a student, 
 lives in the same place. Dr. Cromwell is the fifth 
 member of the family. 
 
 Dr. Cromwell grew up in Pike county, Illinois, 
 attending the Nebo schools, and graduating from 
 the high school at Nebo. He was then sent to the 
 Northern-Illinois Normal School, from which he was 
 graduated at an early age. He then began to earn 
 his own living as a teacher, for four years teaching 
 in the schools of Pike county, Illinois. He had, how- 
 ever, never intended to make teaching anything more 
 than a preparation for the study of medicine, for 
 with his inherited tastes and the traditions of the 
 family, he at no time had any other intention than 
 that of becoming a physician. He went into teaching 
 partly because he had to have money in order to 
 take a professional course, and partly because he 
 realized the discipline of teaching would be a good 
 thing for him. He began the study of medicine in 
 the College of Physicians and Surgeons at St. Louis 
 in 1899, and he was graduated from this institution 
 in 1903, with the M. D. degree. He then returned 
 to his old home and for the next five years practiced 
 his profession in Nebo, Illinois. He gained practical 
 knowledge and skill and also had the advantage of 
 being with his father and receiving the benefit of an 
 older head and wiser judgment. He next located at 
 Altona, Illinois, where he remained for three years. 
 In 1911 he came West to Idaho, and settled in the 
 new town of Gooding, where he has since remained. 
 It is a very short time to give any estimate of his 
 success, but his practice is already a large one, and 
 his patients are enthusiastic over the merits of the 
 new doctor. 
 
 As a citizen of Gooding Dr. Cromwell rapidly 
 grew into the hearts of his neighbors, and no man 
 is more eager and willing to do his share toward 
 the upbuilding of the town which he has made his 
 home than is Dr. Cromwell. He owns his own 
 home and considerable valuable realty in Gooding 
 and is firm in his belief that the town has a great 
 future. 
 
 Dr. Cromwell was married on the ist of Novem- 
 ber, 1904, to Miss Willis E. Berry, of Pike county, 
 Illinois. Mrs. Cromwell is a graduate of the Illinois 
 State Normal School and for five years was a very 
 successful teacher at Mackinaw, Illinois. Two sons 
 have been born to the doctor and his wife: Fred- 
 erick, aged six years, and James, aged seven. 
 
 The doctor takes considerable interest in fraternal 
 affairs, being a member of the Masons, and affiliating 
 with the local chapter, and he is also a member of the 
 Order of Foresters. In his professional capacity, 
 he is a member of the Knox County Medical Society, 
 of the Idaho State Medical Society and of the Ameri- 
 can Medical Association. 
 
 JOHN F. SCHMERSHALL, M. D. The citizenship 
 of the newly-opened and rapidly advancing section 
 lying around Jerome, Idaho, is made up of men 
 from every walk and condition of life. Among the 
 
 early settlers are found many professional men, 
 who, when opportunity offered, left practices in the 
 large cities to become residents of the new country, 
 and are now reaping the rewards for their foresight 
 and good judgment. In this class may be mentioned 
 John F. Schmershall, M. D., of Jerome, who came 
 to this section in 1908, and who has become the 
 owner of an excellent ranching property and in ad- 
 dition has built up a large and representative prac- 
 tice in the fields of medicine and surgery. 
 
 John F. Schmershall was born June 15, 1876, in 
 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is a son of H. W. 
 and Caroline (Riesmeyer) Schmershall. His father, 
 a native of Germany, came to the United States as 
 a young man, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he 
 followed the trades of blacksmith and wagon maker 
 throughout a long and useful career. Mrs. Schmer- 
 shall was born in Pennsylvania, a member of an old 
 and honored family of the Keystone state, of Ger- 
 man origin, which gave to the Union army three 
 lads, brothers of Mrs. Schmershall, one of whom 
 was badly wounded in battle and subsequently died. 
 Mrs. Schmershall passed away in Pittsburg in i886 r 
 having been the mother of five children, as follows: 
 Katherine, who married John Henson, a ranchman 
 of Cassia county, Idaho, where he settled some years 
 ago; Margaret, who married George Smallbone, a 
 resident of Chicago, Illinois; Alice, the wife of Dr. 
 John N. Thomas, a prominent physician of Leroy,. 
 Michigan; Caroline, the wife of Frank J. Brich, an 
 electrical engineer, who is now engaged in ranch- 
 ing in Lincoln county, Idaho ; and John F. 
 
 John F. Schmershall received his early education 
 in the public schools of Pittsburgh, after leaving 
 which he worked at telegraphy, in the meantime 
 carefully saving his earnings and spending his spare 
 time in the study of medicine. Eventually, he en- 
 tered Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, where 
 he was graduated in medicine with the class of 
 1904, and for one year following his graduation was 
 engaged in interne work in Streator Hospital, in the 
 same city. For three years thereafter he was en- 
 gaged in practice in the Illinois metropolis, but in 
 1908, with the opening of the North Side Tract, he 
 decided to come West, and accordingly invested in 
 a ranch situated near the town of Jerome. He has 
 been successful in his ranching operations no less 
 than in his profession, and is already known as one 
 of the leading medical practitioners of Lincoln 
 county. In 1911 he was elected president of the 
 State Board of Medical Examiners of Idaho, a po- 
 sition which he still holds, and he has also served 
 efficiently and conscientiously in the position of 
 health officer of Jerome. A close and careful stu- 
 dent, he is actively interested in the work of the 
 various medical organizations, and he keeps fully 
 abreast with all the changes and discoveries in his 
 profession by his subscription to the leading medi- 
 cal journals. In political matters he is a Republi- 
 can, but he has not been desirous of holding public 
 offices. He holds membership in the I. O. O. F. 
 and the Masons, in he latter of which he is serving 
 as senior deacon. 
 
 In April, 1911, Dr. Schmershall was married to- 
 Miss Agnes Miller, of Denver, Colorado, daughter 
 of Hugh and Marjorie (White) Miller, pioneer 
 ranchers of the South Side Tract, at Buhl, Idaho. 
 They have one son, Peter Clark, born November 27, 
 1912. 
 
 MARION REED KAYS. The men who have given- 
 of their energy, skill, ambitious vigor and enthu- 
 siasm to build up and develop a community are the 
 benefactors of humanity and their names cannot be 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 held in too high esteem. In every undertaking 
 there must be a logical beginning and the man who 
 lays the foundations of what afterwards becomes 
 one of the greatest undertakings of his day and lo- 
 cality, must needs have the courage of his convic- 
 tions and unlimited faith in what he chooses as his 
 scene of endeavor. Marion Reed Kays, civil engi- 
 neer and irrigation expert of Richfield, is one who 
 has been given the ability to look far beyond the 
 narrow horizon of today and easily read the signs 
 of a dawning tomorrow. Absolute faith in the fu- 
 ture of his native state, combined with this ability 
 to read the possibilties of the soil here, has made 
 him enthusiastic in his work, and as vice-president 
 and general manager of the Idaho Irrigation Com- 
 pany he is now known throughout the state. He was 
 born in Tonica, Illinois, January 22, 1881, and is a 
 son of Emery and Emma (Trask) Kays, who came 
 to Arizona in 1885, settling at Phoenix, where Mr. 
 Kays the elder is now engaged in a flourishing 
 creamery business and is the owner of large tracts 
 of valuable land. 
 
 Marion Reed Kays received his education in the 
 public and high schools of Phoenix, and the Uni- 
 uated in 1906 with the degree of B. S. in civil engi- 
 versity of Illinois at Urbana, where he was grad- 
 neering, his specialty being irrigation. Following 
 his graduation he entered the government reclama- 
 tion service, spending a year on the Salt River pro- 
 ject in Arizona and three years on the North Platte 
 project in Wyoming and Nebraska. Mr. Kays came 
 to Idaho in February, 1910, to accept the position of 
 assistant chief engineer for the Idaho Irrigation 
 Company's project in Lincoln county. In Decem- 
 ber, 1911, he was advanced to chief engineer, and 
 in February, 1912, he became vice-president and 
 general manager, positions which he has held to 
 the present time, being also a member of the board 
 of directors. His extensive forethought, excellent 
 judgment and thorough ability have been recognized 
 by his associates, and his advice is invariably sought 
 on all matters of importance. His faith in the fu- 
 ture of this section has been demonstrated by his 
 purchase of an excellent tract of well-irrigated land 
 in the vicinity of Richfield, consisting of eighty 
 acres. He is an associate member of the American 
 Society of Civil Engineers and is a member of the 
 Board of Trustees for Richfield. 
 
 Mr. Kays was married to Miss Alice Grier, of 
 Bloominpton, Illinois, daughter of William and 
 Mary Alice (Lindsay) Grier, now residents of 
 Phoenix, Arizona, and one daughter has been born 
 to this union : Alice Lindsay. Mr. Kays has been 
 the architect of his own fortunes, and has planned 
 and builded well. He has so conducted himself and 
 his operations at all times as to thoroughly win and 
 retain the respect and esteem of his fellow-townsmen, 
 and although he is still a young man, is widely 
 known both in and out of business circles. All mat- 
 ters of public interest enlist his energies, and to all 
 that he engages in he brings the same enthusiasm 
 that has characterized his private efforts. It is to 
 such men that Idaho owes what has been accom- 
 plished in the past, and it is also to such men that 
 the state looks for its development in the future. 
 
 SAMUEL D. BOONE. Irrigation, the process of 
 watering or moistening land by ditches or other 
 artificial means, is probably the earliest application 
 of science to agriculture. The land reclaimed and 
 the value of the products of irrigation, make it one 
 of the great factors in the industrial development, 
 and this is causing both its methods and its insti- 
 tutions to be studied as never before. It has wholly 
 
 changed the appearance of the westerly one-third 
 of the United States, and the irrigated farms now 
 surpass in value the livestock industries which were 
 first established in Idaho. A pioneer business man 
 of Hailey, whose foresight made him one of the first 
 to advocate irrigation, but whose early operations 
 were constantly blocked by the mistaken caution of 
 local wiseacres who had not progressed in their 
 views as far as had he, is Samuel D. Boone, dealer 
 in real estate, insurance and loans. Mr. Boone was 
 born at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, January 21, 1859, 
 and is a son of Samuel V. and Nancy (Post) Boone, 
 natives of the Keystone state. Mr. Boone was a 
 very successful farmer and stock raiser, and his wife 
 was a daughter of Gideon and Ann (Dodson) Post, 
 the Dodsons being pioneers of that state, prominent 
 people in educational work, being the founders of 
 one of Pennsylvania's largest schools, and largely 
 interested in the coal mines in the anthracite region. 
 Five children were born to Samuel V. and Nancy 
 Boone, of whom two are deceased, the others being: 
 Josiah B.. who is engaged in the insurance business 
 in New York City; and Frank, who is carrying on 
 operations on the old homestead that has been in 
 the family name for over 150 years, being originally 
 purchased from William Penn. 
 
 Samuel D. Boone received his education in the 
 public schools of Bloomsburg and the Wyoming 
 Seminary of Kingston, Pennsylvania, and until he 
 was twenty-four years of age was engaged in farm- 
 ing. At that time he entered the drug business at 
 Mt. Carroll, Pennsylvania, but in 1886 sold out and 
 came to Idahd, having since been engaged in the 
 real estate, insurance and loan business at Hailey. 
 In 1888, in company with Judge Price, Judge E. B. 
 Lemmon and others, Mr. Boone spent $10,000, at 
 Minidoka in the pioneer irrigation project of south- 
 ern Idaho. Mr. Boone was the father of this enter- 
 prise, but could not interest enough of the local 
 people to make it a success, but this was afterwards 
 carried out successfully by the Twin Falls & Min- 
 idoka Irrigation Company. Later, Mr. Boone be- 
 came associated with Charles Hernshein of New 
 York in the Idaho Irrigation Company, this pro- 
 ject succeeding in irrigating 160,000 acres of desert 
 land which now yields large crops. Water is fur- 
 nished for Richfield, Detrich and Gooding tracts 
 and this is said to be the best water project in 
 southern Idaho. This great work, started in 1906, 
 was completed in 1910, having cost something over 
 $3,000,000, and his connection with this enterprise 
 stamps Mr. Boone as one of the men who are doing 
 real things in Idaho today. He is the owner of sev- 
 eral fine ranches in Elaine county and has a fine 
 home and some business realty in Hailey. 
 
 Mr. Boone married Miss Mary Burke, a native 
 of Boston, Massachusetts, and to this union there 
 has been born one son, Frank S., a graduate of 
 Hailey high school and of St. Clair College, class 
 of 1911. Mr. Boone enjoys an occasional fishing 
 and excursion trip in the Saw Tooth mountains, but 
 aside from this his whole attention is given to his 
 business and his home. Political life has not at- 
 tracted him. He is known everywhere as a good 
 citizen, and no man in Hailey has a greater number 
 of warm friends. 
 
 HENRY D. JACKSON. One of the most successful 
 men in Wendell, Idaho, is Henry D. Jackson, cashier 
 of the Wendell State Bank. Before coming to the 
 West he had had splendid training in the business 
 world, and this experience enabled him to step into 
 a position of responsibility at once. That he had 
 found his proper place in the business world was at 
 
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 once made manifest, and as a financier he has won 
 the respect of all his associates. He is exceedingly 
 public spirited, always eager for a chance to im- 
 prove and advance the interests of the town. His 
 fine education and wide experience with men .have 
 given him a broadmindedness and clarity of vision, 
 that have won him the liking and friendship of all 
 with whom he has been brought into contact. 
 
 At Greenville, Illinois, on the i8th of May, 1880, 
 Henry D. Jackson was born. His father, Alvin H. 
 Jackson, has been a professor in the high schools of 
 Bond county, Illinois, for the past thirty-five years. 
 He made wise investments in farming land some 
 years ago and is now a prosperous man, and a highly 
 respected and influential citizen of Bond county. He 
 married Mary E. Davis, and Henry D. Jackson is 
 the only child. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are 
 natives of Bond county, Illinois. 
 
 Reared among the influences that books and music 
 and culture bring with them, in a home of education 
 and refinement, it was natural that Henry D. Jack- 
 son should have ambitions in a scholarly direction. 
 He received his education almost as much at home 
 as in the school room, and he was graduated from 
 the high school in Greenville, Illinois, in 1896. He 
 then attended the University of Valparaiso, at Val- 
 paraiso, Indiana, where he studied law, graduating 
 with the class of 1904. Although it was unnecessary, 
 yet Mr. Jackson worked his way through his uni- 
 versity course, having earned the money during 
 the four years that intervened between his graduating 
 from high school and his entering upon his law 
 studies. He spent these years in Springfield, Illi- 
 nois, as a representative of the Court of Honor, a 
 life insurance order. Nothing could show more 
 clearly the independent spirit of the man, the desire 
 to accomplish results by means of his own powers, 
 the disinclination to accept aid from anyone, even 
 from his own father. 
 
 Mr. Jackson was admitted to practice law in the 
 courts of Indiana in 1904, and also in the same year 
 in the state of Washington, and located in Portland, 
 Oregon, where he secured a position as manager for 
 the Great Western Coal Company. He only remained 
 in Portland a year, the desire for his old home 
 proving too strong for him. He therefore resigned 
 his position and came back to Illinois. After a visit 
 with his family and friends and many days spent 
 wandering about the old familiar places, he was again 
 ready to leave. This time he did not go so far, only 
 to Chicago, where he accepted a clerical position 
 with the Chicago Title and Trust Company. He 
 later took a position with the Continental Fire In- 
 surance Company, as department manager, remain- 
 ing with them until 1908. 
 
 In the meantime the desire to go back to the 
 West was growing upon him. He had only been 
 there a short time but it was long enough for him 
 to become innoculated with the love for the free- 
 dom and the open spaces that can be found in the 
 great Northwest as nowhere else in this country. 
 In 1908, therefore, he came to Wendell at the time 
 of the town opening, and here he determined to lo- 
 cate. He built one of the first residences in Wendell 
 and immediately became a factor in the life of the 
 town. He secured the position as assistant cashier 
 in the First National Bank of Wendell, and was 
 later advanced to the position of cashier. He did 
 much to further the prosperity of the bank and 
 it was with regret that the stockholders accepted 
 his resignation at the end of three and a half years 
 of service. This resignation was brought about by 
 his acceptance of the cashiership in the Wendell 
 State Bank, of which he also became one of the 
 
 stockholders. He is the present incumbent of this 
 position, and has given the utmost satisfaction both 
 to the directorate and to the public, the business of 
 the bank having steadily increased since he took 
 charge. In 1909 he was admitted to the practice of 
 law at the bar of Idaho, and he occasionally avails 
 himself of this privilege, but as a rule his entire 
 time is occupied with his banking interests, and with 
 the improving of a fine ranch which he owns. This 
 ranch is located one mile from Wendell, and in- 
 cludes a fine apple orchard of ten acres. Mrs. Jack- 
 son is the owner of eighty acres of improved and 
 highly cultivated land adjoining the ranch of her 
 husband. 
 
 On the i8th of June, 1906, Mr. Jackson was mar- 
 ried to May E. Parkinson, a native of Wenona, 
 Illinois, and a daughter of W. H. Parkinson and 
 Isabel Gibson. Her mother is not living but her 
 father is a resident of Wenona, Illinois, where he is 
 a retired farmer. Mrs. Jackson is a graduate of the 
 musical department of Valparaiso University, of 
 the class of 1902. She also took a post-graduate 
 course, from which she was graduated in 1903, re- 
 ceiving the gold medal, the highest award given 
 for proficiency in music. Two children have been 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Jackson : Dorothy Aline, who 
 died at the age of one year, and William Alvin Jack- 
 son. On the i6th of April, 1913, Mr. Jackson was 
 offered the position of county treasurer of the county 
 of Gooding. 
 
 JOSEPH E. HOLLAND. The early settlers of our 
 new states and territories are not, as is often errone- 
 ously supposed, all rough men in whom physical 
 nature predominates over intellectual activity, and 
 who have little or no education. On the contrary, 
 many of the pioneers, though no doubt men of brawn 
 and muscle, are yet possessed of no little talent and 
 mental culture; men thoroughly versed in all the 
 intellectual and political questions which agitate the 
 communities farther east; men of great executive' 
 ability, and capable of filling with honor and dignity- 
 any station in the Republic. To this class belongs 
 Joseph E. Holland, of Hailey, a pioneer who came 
 West as early as 1865, and who is still hale and 
 hearty in spite of his more than seventy years. Mr. 
 Holland was born in Linn county, Missouri, Sep- 
 tember 22, 1841, and is a son of John and Elizabeth 
 (Woolridge) Holland, natives of Virginia who re- 
 moved to Missouri in 1830 and engaged in farming' 
 and stock raising until their deaths. 
 
 Joseph E. Holland received his education in the 
 country schools of his native state, and as a youth 
 of eighteen years came to the West, beginning his 
 career as a miner and prospector around Central 
 City, Colorado, whence he had travelled over the 
 plains in a wagon. In 1865 he came to Idaho and 
 settled in Boise Valley, subsequently beginning 
 mining operations in Owyhee county, for a quarter 
 of a century being one of the successful men in his 
 line of work in that section. In 1903 he sold his 
 interests and came to Hailey, beginning prospecting 
 in the Wood river district. Mr. Holland is a well- 
 preserved specimen of the early pioneer and miner, 
 and a life of healthful activity has given him youth 
 and strength even at the age of seventy-one years. 
 Honest to a high degree, generous to a fault, from 
 the days when he assisted in blazing the trail for 
 those who came later to follow, Mr. Holland has 
 had a high reputation among all who have known 
 him, and although he has never been an office seeker, 
 he has so conducted himself as a citizen as to ma- 
 terially assist in the growth and development of his 
 section. He and his wife are now living in com- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 fort in their pleasant home in Hailey, content in the 
 knowledge of lives well spent and satisfied that they 
 have done their duty as citizens, as neighbors and 
 as parents. They have given their children good 
 educational advantages, fitting them for whatever 
 positions in life they may be called upon to fill, and 
 teaching them the benefits to be derived from indus- 
 try, integrity and clean living. Mr. and Mrs. Hol- 
 land have had four children, of whom three are liv- 
 ing : William A., a merchant of Hailey, of the well- 
 known firm of Campbell, Home & Holland, further 
 mention of which is found on another page in this 
 work ; Charles, who is a miner of Tonopah, Nevada ; 
 and Elizabeth, who married Hartley Purdem, and is 
 engaged in ranching in Blaine county. 
 
 JOHN J. TRACY. Known as the pioneer pharma- 
 cist of Blaine county, John J. Tracy has been a 
 prominent factor in the development of Hailey, and 
 his continued integrity and connection with busi- 
 ness affairs of importance has given him an en- 
 viable position among the progressive men of the 
 city and has served to establish him firmly in the 
 confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens. Mr. 
 Tracy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, Decem- 
 ber 29, 1858, and is a son of William and Jane 
 (McManus) Tracy, natives of Ireland. Mr. Tracy's 
 father came to the United States as a boy, and for 
 twenty years was a resident of Boston, where he 
 was married. He subsequently moved to Madison, 
 Wisconsin, where he became a farmer and rancher, 
 and there his death occurred in 1882, while his 
 widow survives him and makes her home in Mil- 
 waukee. Of their thirteen children, nine grew to 
 maturity, and all were given excellent educational 
 advantages. John J. Tracy, who was the fifth in 
 order of birth, is the only one who has come West, 
 the rest of the children living in Milwaukee. 
 
 John J. Tracy received- his education in the public 
 schools of Boston, after leaving which he was ap- 
 prenticed to the drug business. At the age of 
 twenty-two years he migrated to the West, spend- 
 ing three months at Kelton, Utah, and then moving 
 on to the Wood river country of Idaho. In com- 
 pany with W. T. Riley, he opened the first drug 
 store in Bellevue, but after several months, with 
 commendable foresight, they decided to remove to 
 Hailey. which, they rightly saw, was to be the lead- 
 ing city of Blaine county. This was in the spring 
 of 1881, nine years before Idaho was admitted to 
 the Union as a state. They erected a stockade 
 building, with tent roof, at the corner of what is 
 now Main and Bullion streets, and after completing 
 this Mr. Tracy organized and held the first dance 
 in Hailey. Mr. Tracy and Mr. Riley continued in 
 partnership for four years, at the end of which 
 time the latter retired, and Mr. Tracy has since car- 
 ried on the business alone. This store has continued 
 to remain the leading establishment of its kind in 
 Hailey, and its proprietor is recognized everywhere 
 as a man of much business ability, keen judgment 
 and excellent foresight. He has constantly added 
 to his patronage by genial accommodating ways, 
 and the people oHhe city have the utmost confidence 
 in his integrity. Personally he is a man of educa- 
 tion, and much study and close observation have 
 made him remarkably well informed. A deep reader, 
 he is alive to all the prominent topics of the day, 
 and is a fluent and interesting conversationalist. 
 He owns his own business block in Hailey. In poli- 
 tics a Democrat, he has not allowed public life to 
 interfere with his business duties. His religious 
 belief is that of the Catholic church. 
 
 FRED W. JACKSON, proprietor of a well-patronized 
 garage, at Hailey, Idaho, and of an establishment 
 for the making of electrical and automobile repairs, 
 is one of those who has been benefitted materially 
 by the advent of the automobile, although his suc- 
 cess in the business may be accredited to his thor- 
 ough knowledge of machinery, with which he has 
 been connected since starting upon his career. Mr. 
 Jackson was born in Moberly, Missouri, September 
 16, 1878, and is a son of \V. B. and Susan (Harden) 
 Jackson, the former a native of Ohio and the latter 
 of Missouri. The father is now engaged in mining 
 operations near Pueblo, Colorado, and is a well- 
 known inventor, having several valuable patents 
 upon the market. Mrs. Jackson died in 1906. 
 
 Fred W. Jackson received his education in the 
 public and high schools of Pueblo, Colorado, and 
 left school at the age of sixteen years to learn the 
 trade of machinist, having a natural inclination lor 
 mechanics, inherited no doubt from his father. 
 Subsequently, he worked as a journeyman in Den- 
 ver, and for two years followed the vocation of 
 railroad fireman on the Denver & Rio Grande Rail- 
 road, then becoming a stationary engineer in Den- 
 ver, at which he spent several years. In 1907 he 
 was engaged by the Indiana Dredge Company to put 
 in the dredge in Stanley Basin, Idaho, and was so 
 employed during one year, and on the completion 
 of this undertaking came to Hailey and went into 
 the electrical and automobile repair business, this 
 proving so successful that in 1910 he opened a 
 garage. His business grew so rapidly that he was 
 soon compelled to add an additional building to 
 handle all of his trade, and he now has one of the 
 most prosperous establishments of its kind in this 
 part of the county. Mr. Jackson has been associated 
 with machinery all of his life, and his practical 
 .knowledge has been supplemented by inventive in- 
 genuity that makes the hardest problems seem sim- 
 ple. Added to this are progressive business methods, 
 tireless energy and a pleasant personality, traits 
 which have won for him the custom of some of 
 Hailey's best people. He devotes his entire time 
 and attention to his business, and has not cared to 
 dabble in politics, although he realizes the benefits 
 to be gained by progress, and supports all move- 
 ments which he believes will affect the welfare of 
 his adopted city. 
 
 Mr. Jackson was married in June, 1899, to Miss 
 Winnifred Dunsworth, a native of London, Eng- 
 land, who was brought to this country in girlhood 
 by her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have had 
 three bright and interesting children, namely: Flor- 
 ence, Frederick and Madeline, all of whom are 
 pupils in the Hailey public schools. Aside from his 
 home and business, Mr. Jackson has few iriterests, 
 although he has identified himself with the local 
 lodges of the Modern Woodmen of America and the 
 Fraternal Order of Eagles. Like many of his 
 fellow-townsmen who have succeeded in business, 
 he has been the architect of his own fortunes, and 
 he may look back with a pardonable degree of pride 
 upon what he has accomplished since coming to this 
 city. 
 
 CLIFTON C BEDFORD. Whether the elements of 
 success in life are innate attributes of the individual, 
 or whether they are quickened by a process of cir- 
 cumstantial development, it is impossible clearly to 
 determine. Yet the study of a successful life is none 
 the less profitable by reason of the existence of this 
 uncertainty and in the majority of cases it is found 
 that exceptional ability, amounting to genius, per- 
 haps, was the real secret of the pre-eminence which 
 
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 many envied. So it appears to the student of human 
 nature who seeks to trace the history of the rise of 
 Clifton C. Bedford, a typical American of the best 
 class. He is yet a young man but has achieved a 
 success that many an older resident of Twin Falls 
 might envy. 
 
 Clifton Crews Bedford was born in Mansfield, 
 Illinois, September 10, 1879, and he is a son of 
 Steven and Mary (Jacoby) Bedford, both natives 
 of Kentucky. The father was a pioneer farmer in 
 Illinois and his demise occurred at Mansfield, that 
 state, in 1888. His wife passed away in 1881. 
 
 Left an orphan at the tender age of nine years, 
 Clifton Crews Bedford was the second in order of 
 birth in a family of three children. He is self-made 
 and self-elucated, having himself earned the money 
 with which to defray his college expenses. After 
 completing the curriculum of the graded schools 
 at Mansfield, he entered Northwestern Uni- 
 versity at Evanston, Illinois, and in that excellent in- 
 stitution was graduated as a member of the class 
 of 1901, with the degree of Pharmaceutical Chemist. 
 Immediately after graduation he came West and for 
 the ensuing four years he was a drug clerk in differ- 
 ent cities in Colorado, Montana and Oregon. He 
 was one of the pioneers in Twin Falls, Idaho, com- 
 ing here in the spring of 1905. With a limited capital 
 of less than one thousand dollars he engaged in the 
 drug business. This enterprise prospered from the 
 -start and Mr. Bedford's investments in city realty 
 have increased each year until now he is one of the 
 prominent real-estate holders in Twin Falls. In 
 1909 he organized the Bedford Drug Company, which 
 is incorporated under the laws of Idaho with a 
 capital stock of $10,000 and which is officered as 
 follows : Allen G. Fisher, president ; and Clifton 
 C Bedford, secretary and treasurer. The Bedford 
 Drug Company has its headquarters in a fine modern 
 building and its equipment and stock is on a par 
 with the first-class establishments of large cities. 
 In addition to his interest in the drug business, Mr. 
 Bedford is the owner of extensive ranch lands in 
 Twin Falls county and he owns a modern business 
 block on Main street in Twin Falls. He likewise 
 has a beautiful residence here. 
 
 August 28, 1907, Mr. Bedford married Miss Nellie 
 O'Neil, of Salt Lake City, Utah. This union has 
 teen prolific of one child, Allen O'Neil, whose birth 
 occurred on the 28th of September, 1910. 
 
 In politics Mr. Bedford is a stanch supporter of 
 the principles of the Democratic party and in fra- 
 ternal circles he is affiliated with the Benevolent and 
 Protective Order of Elks and with both branches of 
 the time-honored Masonic orders. He is one of the 
 essentially representative business men and citizens 
 of Twin Falls and he is a liberal contributor of his 
 time and means to all matters projected for the good 
 of the general welfare. Here he is held in high 
 esteem by his fellow citizens who honor him for his 
 native ability and for his fair and straightforward 
 career. 
 
 HENRY R. PLUGHOFF. Holding distinction as 
 mayor of Hailey, Idaho, and as the pioneer harness 
 maker and saddler of Hailey, whence he came some 
 thirty years ago in rather moderate circumstances, 
 Henry R. Plughoff is known as a man who has accu- 
 mulated a handsome competency and won an honored 
 position in the state of his adoption. During his long 
 residence in the West, Mr. Plughoff has been identi- 
 fied with numerous enterprises of an extensive nature, 
 not confining himself to his own vocation, but taking 
 part in the development of ranches and mines and 
 .holding public office, and in all of these he has proved 
 
 his versatility ; but what he is proudest of, perhaps, 
 is the fact that it has been given him to assist others, 
 to lighten the loads of the discouraged and disheart- 
 ened, and to help in various ways those less fortunate 
 than he. It may be seen that a man of this nature can 
 rise to a high position in any community, and a record 
 of his long and honorable career will no doubt prove 
 of interest to many. 
 
 Henry R. Plughoff was born February 16, 1856, 
 in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, and is a son of 
 Henry B. and Amelia (Fortman) Plughoff. His 
 parents, natives of Germany, came to the United 
 States in early life, the father following his trade 
 of blacksmith in Baltimore for some years, but 
 eventually becoming a pioneer of Nevada and Cali- 
 fornia. He also engaged in farming, and had at- 
 tained a reasonable degree of success, when his 
 death suddenly occurred at the early age of forty- 
 two years. His widow survived him for a long 
 period and passed away at the age of seventy-six, 
 having spent many years living with her son, Henry 
 R., at Hailey. 
 
 Henry R. Plughoff was attending high school in 
 California when news of his father's death reached 
 him, and he at once left the school at Marysville 
 and began to learn the trade of saddler and harness 
 maker in order to be able to support his mother and 
 her three other children, he being the oldest After 
 completing his apprenticeship at Elko, Nevada, he 
 remained there as a journeyman for two years, and 
 then engaged in business on his on account at Tus- 
 carora, Nevada. There he continued his opera- 
 tions until 1882, when, on the opening of Belleview, 
 Idaho, he sold his store in Tuscarora, Nevada, and 
 journeyed to the new city. There he remained only 
 a short period, however, for the same year saw 
 his advent in Hailey, on the opening of this town, 
 and he immediately embarked in the manufacture of 
 harness. The business has had a steady and con- 
 tinuous growth, and is now the leader of its kind 
 in Elaine county, Mr. Plughoff having a stock and 
 establishment that equal those of Boise or of any 
 of the large cities in Idaho. He has always been 
 an active Democrat, and during the early days was 
 a stanch and loyal friend of Governor Hawley. 
 He has served in various official capacities, being 
 first elected to the office of county commissioner for 
 two terms of two years each, and then being elected 
 to the office of county treasurer for four terms. 
 For many years Mr. Plughoff was a director in the 
 First National Bank of Hailey, and in addition to 
 having one of the finest homes in Hailey and other 
 city realty, is a large owner of Elaine county min- 
 ing property. Fraternally, he is connected with the 
 Masons, in which he has reached the Scottish Rite 
 and Shriner degrees, and of which he was past 
 master for many years. 
 
 On April 29, 1894, Mr. Plughoff was united in 
 marriage with Miss Sarah Osborne, daughter of 
 James Osborne, and they have one son : Frank. 
 Probably few men can claim more warm friends 
 than Mr. Plughoff. While he is a shrewd, careful 
 business man, ready to see an opportunity and 
 possessing the courage and ability to grasp it, his 
 operations have always been of a strictly legitimate 
 nature, #nd his spirit of respecting the rights of 
 others has made his name widejy known and always 
 associated with honesty and integrity of purpose. 
 His charities have been as many as his heart is 
 large, and any worthy object can command his 
 attention and support. It is such men who not only 
 build up a community, but built up a belief in man- 
 kind, and for this reason are well worthy the uni- 
 versal respect in which they are held. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 957 
 
 WILLIAM FAYETTE HORNE. Every branch of indus- 
 trial activity is represented at Hailey, Idaho, for this 
 locality is not only a flourishing community and 
 the county seat of Elaine county, but furnishes a 
 large contiguous territory that looks to it as a base 
 of supply. For this reason many progressive men 
 who seek the best locality for the prosecution of 
 their lines of endeavor have settled here, confident 
 in the future of the place and in their ability to 
 make their mark upon its advancement. The men 
 who succeed here, -as elsewhere, in forging ahead 
 to the front ranks, have to possess more than aver- 
 age ability, sound judgment and unswerving integ- 
 rity of purpose. One of them, who has raised him- 
 self to a much-envied position in this line of enter- 
 prise, and at the same time has secured and main- 
 tained a reputation for good citizenship among his 
 luisiness associates is William Fayette Home, of the 
 leading mercantile firm of Campbell, Home & Hol- 
 land. Mr. Home's career since earliest boyhood 
 has been one of hard, faithful labor, and his suc- 
 cess has come entirely as a result of his own efforts, 
 for he lost his father when he was but seven years 
 of age, and when he was fourteen began supporting 
 himself and contributing, to the support of his 
 mother and sister. Hard-fought battles and well- 
 earned victories have marked his business life, and 
 through it all he has continued to hold the warm 
 regard of those who have come into contact with 
 him. 
 
 William Fayette Home was born near Rockford, 
 Illinois, January 7, 1857, and is a son of Robert 
 and Adeline (Mallory) Home, natives, respect- 
 ively of New York and Massachusetts. His father, 
 a farmer by occupation, spent one year in Illinois, 
 where William F., was born, and then took his fam- 
 ily to Iowa, where his death occurred in 1864, leav- 
 ing his wife with a family of eleven children, of 
 whom William F. was the youngest. The last- 
 named, and one sister, Dorleska, who later became 
 the wife of James Abshire, are the only members 
 of the family who migrated to the West, she cross- 
 ing the plains by wagon in 1859, a d dying in Cali- 
 fornia in 1907. 
 
 William F. Home was not able to secure many 
 advantages of an educational nature, but he at- 
 tended the public schools of Lee county, Iowa, 
 until he was fourteen years of age and subsequently 
 picked up the trade of telegrapher. At this he 
 worked for a period covering eight years, thus sup- 
 porting himself and contributing to his mother's 
 and sister's support, and then became manager of 
 a lumber company's store at Montrose, Iowa, where 
 he continued two years. In 1884 he came West to 
 California, and after a three-month stay removed 
 to Hailey, Idaho, which city has been his home 
 to the present time. First securing work as a clerk 
 in the mercantile establishment of which T. H. 
 Brew was the proprietor, he remained therein for 
 two years, and then became employed by the firm 
 of Swift & Regan, an establishment with which he 
 was identified until 1894. In that year he was 
 appointed receiver of the United States Land Office, 
 a position which he filled four years, and in 1898 
 associated himself in a business partnership with C. 
 D. Campbell, under the firm name of Campbell & 
 Home. This was soon developed into one of the 
 leading mercantile establishments of this part of the 
 state, and in 1001 a one-third interest in the busi- 
 ness was sold to Joseph Holland, of Hailey, the firm 
 style becoming Campbell, Home & Holland. As 
 such it has continued to the present, its rating being 
 high and its members bearing excellent reputations 
 
 in the work of business. A Republican in his politi- 
 cal proclivities, Mr. Home has always been active 
 in the support of his party's candidates and principles, 
 and in 1906 was elected county clerk and recorder, 
 his administration proving of so satisfactory a 
 nature that he received the re-election in 1910. He 
 has invested his means in ranch property and cat- 
 tle, having a firm belief in the future of his adopted 
 state, and is known as one of his community's solid, 
 substantial men. 
 
 On May T, 1879, Mr. Home was married to Miss 
 Emma F. Figgens, daughter of Presley Figgens, a 
 pioneer of 1859 in California. Six children have 
 been born to this union, as follows: William H., 
 who is cashier of First National Bank of Shoshone, 
 Idaho; Presley F., register of the United States 
 Land Office; Robert Ray, who is an assistant in 
 his father's store at Hailey; Hazel A., a deputy in 
 her father's office; Keith, who is still attending the 
 public schools; and one who died in infancy. 
 
 JOSEPH G. HEDRICK was born in Trenton, Mis- 
 souri, January 28, 1875, and is a son of Joseph and 
 Matilda C. (Henry) Hedrick. Joseph Hedrick was 
 a native of Ohio, and at the outbreak of the Civil 
 war was one of nine brothers who enlisted in the 
 Union army, of whom two were killed in battle. 
 He first became a member of Company I, First Ken- 
 tucky Volunteer Infantry, but after serving his 
 enlistment of three months veteranized in the Fifth 
 Ohio Volunteers, and three years later again en- 
 listed as a member of Company D, Twenty-ninth 
 Illinois Infantry. He saw some of the hardest 
 fighting of the war, being wounded in the battle 
 of Chancellorsville, where one of his brothers was 
 killed, and captured by the Confederates at Fort 
 Republic, Virginia, and placed in Belle Island prison, 
 and his services extended over a period of five 
 years, when he was honorably discharged and re- 
 turned safely home. His death occurred November 
 n, 1911, in Hutchinson, Kansas, while his wife 
 passed away in January of that same year, she being 
 a native of Illinois. 
 
 Joseph G. Hedrick received his early education 
 in the public schools of Hutchinson and Larned, 
 Kansas, following which he entered Georgetown 
 University, at Washington, D. C., being subse- 
 quently graduated in the law class of 1904, at the 
 National University. He practiced for a short time 
 in the District of Columbia, and in 1909 came to 
 Idaho, on November 3 of which year he was ad- 
 mitted to practice befoce the bar of the state, whence 
 he had come as a member of the Land Law De- 
 partment of the United States. He has been promi- 
 nent in fraternal matters, being a charter member of 
 Hutchinson Lodge of Elks No. 453, and has risen 
 to the Shriner degree and is a thirty-second degree 
 Mason, a member of Boise Consistory and of El 
 Korah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Republican in 
 politics, he has served as city attorney of Hailey, 
 chairman of the Central Committee Republican Gub, 
 and state senator, 1912-14. Mr. Hedrick enjoys 
 hunting and fishing, in which he indulges when he 
 finds time from his manifold professional and pub- 
 lic duties. With the true Westerner's loyalty to 
 his section, he firmly believes in its successful fu- 
 ture and continued growth, and has invested in 
 valuable ranching properties in Elaine county and 
 elsewhere in Idaho. 
 
 On September 15, 1898, Mr. Hedrick was united 
 in marriage with Miss Lola Ardery, a native of 
 Iowa. They have no children. 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 DR. HARRY E. LAMB. The leading physician of 
 Wendell and of Lincoln county, Idaho, is Dr. Harry 
 E. Lamb. He is also the pioneer physician in the 
 town of Wendell, and his practice has increased in 
 an equal ratio with the growth of the town. He is 
 a wealthy and prosperous man, but this does not come 
 from his practice entirely because although his prac- 
 tice is large, he is one of that class of physicians 
 who consider first the healing of sick .people and 
 last the money to be made, therefore for much of 
 his work he charges merely a nominal fee. His 
 wealth comes from his ability as a business man, 
 and his fine judgment of land values, for he is the 
 owner of some of the finest ranch land in the county. 
 , He is perhaps more generally known as a personal 
 friend than any other man in this section, and his 
 popularity is' widespread. 
 
 Dr. Harry E. Lamb was born in Platt county, 
 Nebraska, on the i6th of June, 1878, the son of 
 George N. Lamb and Anna (Burrows) Lamb. 
 George Lamb and his wife were natives of the state 
 of Illinois, and came to Nebraska during pioneer 
 days, in 1865. Here they took up a homestead and 
 in time became very prosperous. Mrs. Lamb died in 
 1899, her husband is still living in Platte county, 
 Nebraska. They were the parents of nine children 
 of whom Dr. Lamb is the only one who is living 
 in the state of Idaho. 
 
 The public schools of Platt county furnished the 
 rudimentary education of Harry E. Lamb. After 
 completing his elementary work he attended the 
 Normal School of Fremont, Nebraska, and then en- 
 tered Creighton Medical College, at Omaha, Ne- 
 braska. He was graduated from the latter insti- 
 'tiition in 1906, and located in Orleans, Nebraska, 
 where he practiced for two years. Before entering 
 upon his medical studies he had taught school for 
 three years 'in Platt county, and saving the money 
 from this work he had invested it in a farm in 
 Platt county. During the years between 1902 and 
 1906, while he was in college, he also found time 
 for the cultivation of this land, and since the prices 
 of corn were .very, high during these years, and he 
 succeeded in raising abundant crops, he was re- 
 warded not only by a substantial bank account, but 
 also by a large increase in the value of his land. 
 
 The money which he thus earned enabled him to 
 'invest in Idaho land on his arrival here in 1908, and 
 he is now the owner of four fine ranches, in partner- 
 ship with his wife. He settled in Wendell, Idaho, 
 on coming to the West, Wendell being at this time 
 a new town. Here he immediately began to prac- 
 tice, and now he is undoubtedly the leading physician 
 in Wendell and in the county. As the county be- 
 comes more settled Dr. Lamb's practice will inevi- 
 tably increase, although now it seems as though he 
 had as much as he could handle. 
 
 Dr. Lamb was married on the I4th day of Janu- 
 ary, 1907, to Miss Effie Gergan, a native of Geneva, 
 Nebraska. Her parents are John and Anna Gergan, 
 living in Humphrey, Platte county, Nebraska, where 
 her father is a retired rancher of considerable wealth. 
 Two children have been born to the doctor and his 
 wife, Harriet and Leroy. Mrs. Lamb is about as 
 fine a judge of farm land as her husband, and her 
 business ability and wise judgment have been promi- 
 nent factors in their financial success. 
 
 The popularity of Dr. Lamb during his college 
 days might have been taken as a prophecy for the 
 future, for he was president of his class during his 
 sophomore year, and it takes personal popularity 
 and the sincere admiration of one's fellows to at- 
 tain such an honor, more so, perhaps, than in any 
 other electoral office. Dr. Lamb is very prominent 
 
 in fraternal affairs, being a member of the Masonic 
 order and of the Modern Woodmen oj. America. He 
 also belongs to the Royal Neighbors, the Rebeccas 
 and to the Highlanders. In a professional way, Dr. 
 Lamb is an active member of the American Medical 
 Association. In addition to their ranch lands, the 
 doctor and his wife are the owners of one of the 
 two finest homes in Wendell. 
 
 LAVERNE L. SULLIVAN. The citizens of any live, 
 hustling community, are generally very quick to 
 recognize a man's worth and abilities, especially if 
 his activities lie in the field of law, no great length 
 of time being required for them to show their appre- 
 ciation of his good qualities by electing him to po- 
 sitions of honor and trust. In this connection it 
 is not inappropriate to sketch the career of Laverne 
 L. Sullivan, of the well-known law firm of Sullivan 
 & Sullivan, of Hailey and Boise, Idaho, a man 
 whose ability and natural inclination have made one 
 of the prominent attorneys-at-law of his state. Mr. 
 Sullivan was born at Coffin's Grove, Iowa, August 
 15, 1876, and is a son of the Hon. Isaac N. and 
 Chastine J. (Moore) Sullivan. Isaac N. Sullivan 
 came to Idaho in 1881 arfd was engaged in the prac- 
 . tice of law until 1890, when he was elected supreme 
 judge of the state, an office which he still fills with 
 distinguished ability. The family makes its home 
 in Hailey, where its members are well known and 
 highly esteemed. 
 
 Laverne L. Sullivan received his early education 
 in the public schools of Hailey, the Portland (Ore.) 
 High and Normal schools, and Valparaiso (Ind.) 
 College. . He then became a student of Columbian 
 (now Georee Washington) University, of Wash- 
 ington, D. C, and was graduated therefrom in the 
 law class .of 1898. In the fall of that year he was 
 admitted to the bar and began to practice his pro- 
 fession in Hailey, and in 1904 formed a professional 
 partnership with his. brother, Willis E. Sullivan, 
 under the firm name of Sullivan & Sullivan. His 
 brother, also a graduate of George Washington Uni- 
 versity, class of 1898, takes care of the Boise branch 
 of the business, 'haying offices in the Boise City Na- 
 tional Bank building. The firm has prospered in a 
 material way, and its members both stand high 
 among their professional brethren. 
 
 In politics Laverne L! Sullivan is a stalwart Re- 
 publican and on that party's ticket was elected prose- 
 cuting attorney of Blaine county, in 1902, an office 
 in which he efficiently served for two years. He is 
 an enthusiastic and popular member of the Hailey 
 Commercial Club, and at all times supports move- 
 ments promising to benefit his community or its peo- 
 ple jn any way. With a sincere belief in the future 
 advancement and prosperity of Idaho, he has in- 
 vested extensively in ranch land and city realty, 
 being one of the owners of 920 acres of ranch 
 land in Blaine county, in which his father and 
 brother also have an interest, a pleasant home in 
 Hailey and other real estate. During his vaca- 
 tions he spends his time in hunting, he and his 
 brother being well-known nimrods, and among the 
 many fine trophies which adorn his home, and which 
 have fallen as victims to his skill, may be found a 
 magnificently mounted group of silver tip bears, as 
 fine as may be found, consisting of a mother bear 
 and two cubs. 
 
 On March 29, 1899, Mr. Sullivan was united in 
 marriage with Miss Mamie A. Short, daughter of 
 William Short, and to this union there have been 
 born two children : Newton Eugene, who is thir- 
 teen years of age; and Frances Vernette, aged ten 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 959 
 
 years, bright and interesting children who are at- 
 tending the Hailey public schools. 
 
 HERBERT D. CURTIS. The banking interests of a 
 community are necessarily among the most impor- 
 tant, for financial stability must be the foundation 
 stone upon which all great enterprises are erected. 
 The men who control and conserve the money of 
 corporation or country must possess many qualities 
 not requisite in the ordinary citizen and among these 
 high commercial integrity, exceptional financial abil- 
 ity, poise, judgment and foresight may be men- 
 tioned. Public confidence must be with them, and 
 this fact has been again and again demonstrated in 
 the United States, when panics that even threatened 
 the stability of the government have been averted 
 by the wisdom, sagacity and foresight of the men 
 whose whole training has been along the line of 
 finance. A citizen who has been prominently con- 
 nected with the banking interests of Elaine county, 
 Idaho, for many years and who has done much in 
 the effective upbuilding of Hailey along different 
 lines, is Herbert D. Curtis, president and part owner 
 of the Hailey National Bank, who is also connected 
 in an official capacity with the First National Banks 
 of Caldwell and Soldier, Idaho. Mr. Curtis was 
 born in Brunswick, Maine, April 3, 1870, and is a 
 son of George S. and Letitia A. (Skolfield) Curtis, 
 residents of Leadyille, Colorado, where Mr. Curtis's 
 father is a prominent mine owner. 
 
 Herbert D. Curtis was educated in the public 
 and high schools of Leadville, to which place he 
 was taken as a youth, and later he received a course 
 in a business college. His first employment was as 
 deputy county assessor, following which he held 
 various other public positions in Colorado and Salt 
 Lake City, Utah. He received his initiation into 
 the banking business as a clerk in the Leadville 
 American National Bank, where through industry, 
 integrity and inherent ability he rose to the position 
 of cashier, and continued in the service of that well- 
 known institution for a period covering twelve years. 
 Mr. Curtis came to Hailey, Idaho, in 1907, and dur- 
 ing the financial panic of that year, with j. E. Cos- 
 griff, of Salt Lake City, Utah, purchased the Hailey 
 National Bank. Since that time he has continued 
 to hold a half-ownership and to act in the capacity 
 of cashier and president, having gained an enviable 
 position in banking circles of the city/ The institu- 
 tion has had a constant and healthy growth, show- 
 ing a decided increase in its business and deposits, 
 and at all times retaining the full confidence of the 
 people of Hailey and the surrounding country. Mr. 
 Curtis is also a director in the First National Bank 
 of Caldwell, Canyon county, and of the First Na- 
 tional Bank of Soldier, Blaine county, and owns a 
 handsome home in Hailey and three hundred acres 
 of ranch land in the county. Fraternally, he is con- 
 nected with the Elks and the Masons, haying at- 
 tained to the Shriner degree in the latter society. 
 
 Mr. Curtis was married to Miss Gertrude Wil- 
 son, of Pennsylvania, daughter of H. C. Wilson, 
 who held the rank of captain in the Federal navy 
 during the Civil war, and who died in March, 1913. 
 Mr. and Mrst Curtis have one enterprising and 
 interesting son: George Wilson, who is fifteen 
 years of age and a high school student. 
 
 JAMES J. MCFADDEN. Since James J. McFadden 
 was admitted to the bar in Idaho in 1906, he has 
 carried on a general practice in Hailey and vicin- 
 ity and has enjoyed a reasonable measure of success 
 in his activities in the legal profession. He was ad- 
 mitted to practice in the supreme court of Idaho in 
 
 1906. In addition to his law work, mining also has 
 come in for a degree of attention from him, that 
 being an enterprise in which he indulges more as 
 an amusement and a speculation than otherwise. 
 Mr. McFadden has won a considerable prominence in 
 his town and county in the years of his residence 
 here, and has served as probate judge and as county 
 superintendent of schools. In those offices he gave 
 a most admirable account of himself and gained 
 rank as a citizen of a high order. 
 
 The town of Beaver Meadow, Pennsylvania, was 
 the birthplace of J. J. McFadden, and his birth 
 occurred there on May 18, 1870. When a mere 
 child his mother died, and the boy grew up without 
 the care and nurture of a mother. The parents 
 were pioneers in Breckinridge, Colorado, in the early 
 sixties, and in 1876 the father left Colorado with his 
 three children, "treked" to Salt Lake, in Bingham 
 Canyon, where his resources failed him, and he 
 then tried his luck in Bonanza City, Idaho. He next 
 prospected in the vicinity of Hailey, and in his later 
 years located many claims, many of which proved 
 rich in pay dirt, and netted him handsome returns. 
 
 J. J. McFadden received his education in a some- 
 what round-about way, and lacked the advantages 
 of a college career, in spite of which, he has been 
 able to make his way in one of the learned pro- 
 fessions. When he was fourteen years old he took 
 second honors in his graduation from an academic 
 course at St. Francis Xaviers College, in New York 
 City, and later attended the school of St. Patrick's 
 Cathedral, in New York City, the year 1885 seeing 
 the end of his actual schooling. Later he read law 
 in connection with his other duties, and in the course 
 of time, in 1896, to be accurate, he was admitted 
 to the bar of Idaho, for practice in the district courts, 
 his admission to practice in the supreme court of 
 the state coming in 1906. Mr. McFadden has in 
 the years of his identification with the legal fra- 
 ternity of this district enjoyed a fair share of the 
 court and office practice, and has supplemented his 
 legal work with more or less activity in the real 
 estate and insurance business. As has been men- 
 tioned, the business of mining comes in for a due 
 *share of his notice. He explains his liking for the 
 business by saying that he inherited the taste from 
 his father, but that he follows law for a living, and 
 mining for amusement and speculation. However 
 that may be, he is known to the people hereabouts 
 as one fairly well versed in mining lore. 
 
 Mr. McFadden gave four years of service in 
 Company F of the Idaho State Militia in the early 
 nineties, and was at Wardner and Wallace^ during 
 the first trouble in that region, serving as high pri- 
 vate with the Hailey Company. While there he was 
 detailed on special clerk duties by Attorney General 
 George Parsons, then judge advocate. In 1895 and 
 1896 he served as probate judge, and county super- 
 intendent of schools in Blaine county. 
 
 Mr. McFadden is a Democrat, and shares in the 
 activities of the party in his district, but has never 
 been an aspirant for public office. He has no fra- 
 ternal affiliations and the only social organization 
 with which he is connected is the Hailey Commer- 
 cial Club, if that may be regarded in the light of 
 a social affair, and he was a charter member of that 
 club, and is one of its most useful and popular 
 members. He is a communicant of the Roman 
 Catholic church. 
 
 On June 16, 1907, Mr. McFadden was united in 
 marriage at Salt Lake City, Utah, to Miss Augusta 
 Murphy, daughter of Peter and Ella Murphy, the 
 father being a prominent chemist and for forty 
 years being identified with a large photographic 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 house. Two children have been born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. McFadden, Luella Helena, aged four years, 
 and Isabella, born in August, 1912. 
 
 JUDGE THOMAS A. JOHNSTON. Pocatello was a 
 settlement with only two houses when Judge John- 
 ston first saw it thirty years ago. With the ex- 
 ception of about four years he has been identified 
 with this locality ever since, and has witnessed prac- 
 tically all' the important history recorded by the 
 development of this portion of Idaho and has him- 
 self been no inconsiderable factor in all this prog- 
 ress. He has recently retired after six consecutive 
 terms in the office of probate judge, and has long 
 been prominent both in business and public affairs 
 in Bannock county. . 
 
 Thomas A. Johnston was born in Ontario, Can- 
 ada, July 19, 1848. With a common school educa- 
 tion, he began at the age of thirteen to learn the 
 trade of shoemaker, which was the basis of his 
 business career for many years. When he was 
 seventeen he left his native province and went 
 into northern New York, where he worked at 
 his trade three years, then continued the same 
 line in western Pennsylvania during the early cli- 
 max of the oil industry in that region, and in the 
 spring of 1869 started for the great West. 
 
 By a roundabout way, following the great river 
 courses from the slope of the Alleghenies, he ar- 
 rived at Omaha on June 9, 1869. He soon settled 
 at Lone Tree, now Central City, Nebraska, where 
 for seven years he followed his trade, engaged in 
 farming, and also for one year was on the road for 
 a wholesale shoe house. In 1876 he came still 
 further into the West, and for five or six years was 
 located at Rawlins, Wyoming, following his trade 
 there until January, 1882. 
 
 From that point, in the spring of 1882, he came 
 across the line into the territory of Idaho, and it 
 was about that time that he first became acquainted 
 with the little settlement of Pocatello. For two 
 years he was employed in the building department 
 of the Oregon Short Line Railroad, but then returned 
 to Rawlins, where he conducted a shoe store for 
 four years. t 
 
 In 1888, having sold out his business in Rawlins, 
 he settled permanently at Pocatello, and has helped 
 and watched this place grow ever since. For the 
 first two years he had a cigar store here, and then 
 engaged in the building and contracting business, 
 which he followed with excellent success for about 
 ten years. From this he was called into official 
 duties, first by his election for six years as justice 
 of the peace and police judge. While in the latter 
 office he was nominated and elected probate judge 
 of the county. At the end of each term his party 
 gave him the renomination without any soliciting 
 on his part, and he was chosen by substantial ma- 
 jorities until he had completed in 1912 a service of 
 six terms, or twelve years. When he finally de- 
 termined to retire from the burdens of office and 
 business, he exercised his influence for the nomina- 
 tion of his old-time friend, O. J. Bell, for probate 
 judge, and the election of the latter was of itself 
 a compliment to Judge Johnston. He has long 
 been one of the Republican leaders in this part of 
 the state, and both in business and political life has 
 many warm friends and admirers. 
 
 Judge Johnston was married at Central City, Ne- 
 braska, September 3, 1873, to Miss Ella B. Doo- 
 little, whose father, Dr. L. L. Doolittle, was for- 
 merly from New York state. The judge and wife 
 had three children, two daughters and one son, 
 Lou B., Harry L. and Fannie, but all are now de- 
 
 ceased. Judge Johnston is a member of the Episco- 
 pal church. He has long been interested in athletics 
 and all outdoor amusements. His musical tastes 
 are for singing and violin music. He seldom misses 
 an opportunity to hear a good lecture, and enjoys 
 public speaking, whether political or on general 
 topics. 
 
 BEN. R. GRAY. Idaho has had an efficient and 
 popular official in the person of Mr. Gray, who held 
 the important post of fish and game warden of the 
 state and who has done much to protect the splendid 
 resources of this commonwealth along the line of 
 assigned duties. None is more familiar with or ap- 
 preciative of the value of the fish and game in 
 which the state abounds, and he has been indefatig- 
 able in preserving the same by proper protection and 
 conservation, the while he has shown distinctive 
 administrative ability and has gained the earnest 
 co-operaton not only of his subordinates but also 
 of all true sportsmen throughout the state. 
 
 Mr. Gray is a native of Marshall, the judicial cen- 
 ter of Saline county, Missouri, where he was born 
 on the I4th of November, 1870. His father, Daniel 
 L. Gray, was born in Benton county, Missouri, in 
 1833, and was a representative of one of the hon- 
 ored pioneer families of the state, to which hjs par- 
 ents removed from Kentucky in 1830, about a dec- 
 ade after the admission of the state to the Union. 
 
 Daniel L. Gray represented his native state as a 
 valiant soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil war, 
 and in Missouri he continued to be identified with 
 agricultural pursuits until 1873, when he came to 
 Idaho and numbered himself among its sturdy and 
 progressive pioneers. He settled in the vicinity of 
 the present thriving town of Hailey, Elaine county, 
 and there developed a valuable ranch property. He 
 died at Hailey, in 1889, and his name merits endur- 
 ing place on the roster of the pioneers of the state. 
 His wife, whose maiden name was Susan B. Mc- 
 Laren, was a native of Kentucky, where she was 
 born in the year 1834. In 1836 her parents removed 
 to Missouri, where she was reared and educated and 
 where her marriage was solemnized, and she passed 
 the closing period of her life at Mountain Home, 
 Elmore county, Idaho, where she was summoned to 
 eternal rest in 1901, secure in the loving regard of all 
 who knew her. Of the four sons and four daugh- 
 ters the subject of this review is the youngest. 
 
 Benjamin R. Gray may well have definite appre- 
 ciation of the manifold natural attractions and re- 
 sources of Idaho, for amidst its giant mountains and 
 gracious valleys his youth was passed. He was 
 about three years of age at the time of the family 
 removal to Idaho and was reared under the sturdy 
 discipline of the home ranch, the while he early 
 gained wide experience in connection with hunting 
 and fishing, to which noble sports he has never wav- 
 ered in allegiance. He was afforded the advantages 
 of the public schools of Hailey and Boise, and in the 
 high school of Hailey he was graduated as a mem- 
 ber of the class of 1889. After leaving school he 
 became identified with mining operations in the 
 Wood river district, but his success in this field of 
 enterprise was not more than nominal. For three 
 years after abandoning mining operations Mr. Gray 
 conducted a hotel at Hailey, and in this connection 
 he gained a wide acquaintanceship. For the past 
 twenty years he has served the major part of the 
 time in public office, and in every position of which 
 he has been the incumbent he has made an admirable 
 record. In 1893-4 he served as deputy sheriff of 
 Blaine county, and in 1897-8 he was sheriff of the 
 county, an office which he retained for the regular 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 term of two years. In 1903-4 he was assessor and 
 tax collector of the same county, and in 1900 he was 
 deputy state treasurer, under the administration of 
 L. C. Rice. He resigned this position to turn his 
 attention again to mining, and in the spring of 1902 
 he was elected a member of the board of school 
 trustees at Hailey, an office in which he served for a 
 term of three years. 
 
 On the 2d of January, 1911, Mr. Gray was ap- 
 pointed, by Governor Hawley, to the office of state 
 fish and game warden, and his administration was 
 such as to justify fully the confidence reposed in 
 the office of state fish and game warden in Sep- 
 tember, 1912, and was elected chairman of the state 
 central committee on September 3, 1912. 
 
 Mr. Gray has ever been a zealous supporter of 
 the cause of the Democratic party and has been an 
 active and effective worker in its ranks. He was 
 four times elected to represent Elaine county as a 
 member of the Democratic state central committee, and 
 was three times county chairman of Elaine county, 
 during which he showed marked ability in manoeu- 
 vering the political forces at his command. He is a 
 member of the state central committee at the time 
 of this writing, in the autumn of 1912, and has done 
 splendid work in behalf of the party cause in the 
 presidential campaign. He has attended every state 
 convention of his party in Idaho since 1896 and is 
 an influential figure in Democratic councils in this 
 commonwealth. Mr. Gray was formerly an active 
 member of the Idaho National Guard, in which he 
 served as second lieutenant of Company F, at Hailey, 
 from 1890 to 1892, inclusive. He is affiliated with 
 the Hailey lodge of the Knights of Pythias and the 
 Hailey Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, of 
 which he was the first past grand worthy president 
 and which he represented as a delegate to the general 
 convention of the order, in the city of Baltimore, 
 in 1904- He also holds membership in the Hailey 
 Commercial Club. 
 
 On the I4th of June, 1893, Mr. Gray was united 
 in marriage, at Hailey, to Miss May Pmney, daugh- 
 ter of Charles F. Pinney, one of the honored pioneers 
 of Idaho, to which state he came in the '6os. He 
 later returned to his old home in Iowa, but came 
 again to Idaho in 1882, and died in Hailey, April, 
 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Gray have four children, whose 
 names and respective dates of birth are here noted: 
 LaVeme, August 24, 1894; Dorothy, March 25, 1900; 
 Ben R., Jr., November 25, 1903 ; and Gordon, August 
 20, 1905. All of the children were born at Hailey 
 except La Verne, who was born at Mountain Home. 
 She was a member of the graduating class of 1913 
 in the high school at Hailey, where the family home 
 is known as a center of generous hospitality and 
 good cheer. 
 
 JOHN HARVEY IRETON. A history of Idaho best 
 fulfills its purposes which preserves an enduring rec- 
 ord of the largest numbers of careers of those men 
 who, as pioneers, as homesteaders, laid the founda- 
 tions of the solid prosperity and affluence which this 
 western country has in recent years proceeded to 
 enjoy as a harvest of early toil and hardships. 
 
 Among the names most entitled to the distinction 
 of such records is that of John Harvey Ireton, who 
 for forty-five years has been identified with the fun- 
 damental activities and occupations which have made 
 business and industrial prosperity of this state. 
 
 John Harvey Ireton was born in Clermont county, 
 Ohio, March 15, 1845. The parents were John and 
 Sarah (Hadley) Ireton, the father a native of New 
 Jersey and the mother of New York state. By occu- 
 pation the father was a farmer. The mother was a 
 
 member of the Methodist church. In their family 
 were five sons and five daughters, John H.. being 
 the sixth in order of birth. 
 
 At Williamsburg, Ohio, he obtained such practical 
 education as fitted him for the responsibilities of life. 
 He was a boy when the war between the states came 
 on, and when he was eighteen years of age he en- 
 listed in Company L of the Ninth Ohio Cavalry, and 
 soon became known as Sergeant Ireton. He partici- 
 pated in those remarkable exploits of the Federal 
 arms through the heart of the Confederacy and un- 
 der the command of General Sherman. He also par- 
 ticipated in the engagements leading up to the cap- 
 ture of Atlanta, in the troops under the command 
 of General Kilpatrick, and was with Sherman's 
 army on its march to the sea. Among the engage- 
 ments and marches in which he had a part was the 
 Expedition in May, 1864, to Florence in pursuit of 
 General Forrest's Cavalry. On July 16, 1864, the 
 raid under General Rousseau to Lochapoga; in De- 
 cember of the same year the march to Savannah with 
 Sherman ; the continuous fighting under General 
 Kilpatrick beginning at Chappell Hill; was present 
 at Johnston's surrender in May, 1865; then marched 
 to Concord, North Carolina, in July, 1865, proceeded 
 to Lexington, North Carolina, where on July 20, 
 1865. came the order to muster out. 
 
 After the war Mr. Ireton remained at home in 
 Ohio, quietly pursuing the occupation of farming. 
 Then in February, 1868, taking the steamer at New 
 York he went down to the Isthmus of Panama, 
 crossing over and thence by steamer going up the 
 coast to San Francisco. The first trans-Continental 
 railroad had not yet been completed to the West, 
 and from Sacramento he took stage and by that 
 conveyance arrived at Boise in April, 1868. His 
 first location was at Centerville in Boise Basin, 
 that being at the time a thriving mining camp and 
 he remained there off and on during the mining 
 season for about three years. In the meantime he 
 had become interested in the stock business in the 
 Squaw Creek and Payette Valleys. His career since 
 that time had identified him largely with the great 
 stock and ranching industry of Idaho, and few men 
 have become so well known in that connection in this 
 country. 
 
 Soon after his marriage in 1878 he became asso- 
 ciated with Messrs. Mitchell & Marsh in the ranch 
 on the Payette river thirty miles northwest of Boise. 
 For years the headquarters were known as the 
 Marsh & Ireton Ranch, one of the best known local- 
 ities in that section of the state. For a long time the 
 stage station, the postoffice and the road house were 
 conducted as departments, as it were, of the ranch, 
 and the postoffice of Marsh was a central place know 
 to every resident and traveler in this part of Idaho. 
 After spending twenty-five years in that location, 
 Messrs. Marsh & Ireton sold their ranch to Dr. V. 
 C. Platt and moved to Boise, where Mr. Ireton en- 
 gaged in the real estate business. At the old post- 
 office of Marsh, Idaho, on May 30, 1878, Mr. Ireton 
 married Miss Josephine Warner, a daughter of 
 Aaron and Huldah (Fuller) Warner. Her mother 
 was a native of Connecticut and her father of New 
 York. Aaron Warner and wife were married in 
 Michigan, and Mrs. Warner by a previous marriage 
 had been Miss Huldah Marsh and the mother of 
 Edson Marsh, for so many years the partner of Mr. 
 Ireton. Two children of Aaron Warner and wife 
 were Mary, who married David_ Stem, formerly of 
 Reading, Michigan, and now living in Lafayette, 
 Oregon ; and Josephine Warner, who was born Sep- 
 tember 21, 1848. Josephine Warner came West to 
 Idaho with her half brother Edson Marsh, arriving 
 
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 in this state on May 7, 1874, and taking up her resi- 
 dence on the Mitchell & Marsh ranch, when some 
 four years later she married Mr. Ireton.' He became 
 the junior partner of the firm. To Mr. and Mrs. 
 Ireton have been born the following children : John 
 Arthur, born at the Pettingill Toll-gate on April 
 30, 1879, and who married Miss Aurilla Chancy 
 and now lives in Boise; and Nellie B., born on the 
 Marsh & Ireton Ranch, April 23, 1880, and now re- 
 siding with her parents. 
 
 John Arthur Ireton, the son of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Ireton received his early education on the old ranch 
 and at Emmett, Idaho, finishing by two years study 
 in Portland University, after which he took a 
 course in a business college. On finishing his edu- 
 cation he assisted his father in the stock business 
 for a few years, went to Canada, and later had an 
 adventurous overland trip into the heart of Alaska, 
 and since his return has again resumed the stock 
 business. 
 
 Nellie B. Ireton was also educated on the home 
 ranch and at Emmett, was a student for two years at 
 Portland University, and was graduated from the 
 University of Idaho at Moscow with the class of 
 1903. Both the children while living on the ranch 
 in order to attend school had often to drive a dis- 
 tance of eight miles. Miss Nellie Ireton is a young 
 woman of many talents and great capacity for work, 
 and served as assistant secretary of the state senate 
 during the eighth assembly and was assistant city 
 librarian at Boise for a time, but is now living at 
 home and giving her attention to her parents. 
 
 Mr. Ireton as one of the survivors of the Civil 
 war is. affiliated with Phil Sheridan Post of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic at Boise. His politics 
 is Republican. Mrs. Ireton is a member- of the Con- 
 gregational church. 
 
 Mrs. Josephine , Warner Ireton is one of Idaho's 
 remarkable pioneer women. During her residence 
 in the East she was a successful school teacher in 
 Ohio and Indiana, and when her half-brother, Ed- 
 'son Marsh, came East on a visit, he determined to 
 take her back with him into 'the northwest and con- 
 tinue her occupation in the new country. A woman 
 of energy and courage and varied capabilities, she 
 has given a faithful service to her own family and 
 to the community with which she has been identi- 
 fied. John Ireton, like many men educated in the 
 rough pioneer school -of life, has always been a man 
 of active, alert, and resourceful character, and while 
 establishing his own home and his place in life on a 
 solid basis he has at the same time rendered invalu- 
 'able service as a member of his social community. 
 He and his wife have interested themselves in every- 
 thing that would tend to improve the country or 
 uplift the general standard of the locality. En- 
 dowed with a keen sense of humor Mr. Ireton has 
 used this excellent quality both for himself and 
 others as a practical help through many of the dif- 
 ficult places in life. His word in business relations 
 has always been as good as his bond, and successful 
 himself and always sure of his individual resources 
 he has ever been generous in his aid to the less 
 fortunate, and many a struggler owes his better 
 progress to the kindly advice and practical assist- 
 ance of Mr. Ireton. Many of the early settlers and 
 travelers through the regions of the old ranch have 
 had numerous occasions to testify to the kindness 
 of heart and to the skill as a homekeeper and the 
 hospitality of Mrs. Ireton, who was the presiding 
 genius of that ranch homestead for many years. 
 Mrs. Ireton was for many years the superintend- 
 ent of a small Sunday school conducted near the 
 country home, and in this way, and in many others, 
 did she help to maintain a high level of the better 
 
 social, moral and religious influences in that com- 
 munity. 
 
 GEORGE W. GESS. The death on January 12, 1913, 
 of George W. Gess, at the home of his son at Long 
 Beach, California, recalls one of the lives, the record 
 of which Idaho citizens should always cherish in 
 their historic memories. The late Mr. Gess was 
 nearly eighty years of age at the time of his pass- 
 ing away, and for almost half a century, lacking but 
 a few months, had been a resident of Idaho. He was 
 among the real pioneers of this state. He came there 
 at. a time when there were dangers to be faced from 
 hostile Indians, and when the hardships of nature 
 were difficulties sufficient to try the strength and 
 determination 9f the best of men. With his loyal 
 wife, who survives him, he spent many useful years, 
 and during their course, he gathered many fruits of 
 his enterprising endeavors, and at the same time 
 enjoyed the thorough respect and esteem of hun- 
 dreds and thousands of citizens. 
 
 There were probably but few among the old- 
 timers who did not recognize in George W. Gess 
 one of the best of those who came to the state in the 
 early sixties. Like many others among his con- 
 temporaries, he chose, instead of mining, a life of 
 an agriculturist, and it was as a farmer and devel- 
 oper of the soil that he was more closely and use- 
 fully identified with this state. 
 
 The Gess family have been pioneers for several 
 generations. Mr. Gess himself was born in old 
 Howard county, Missouri, the center of one of the 
 first colonies to penetrate the interior of that state, 
 and long a mother of other settlements which spread 
 over the West. George W. Gess was born in How- 
 ard county, Missouri, April 12, 1833, so that he 
 lacked just four months of attaining the age of 
 eighty years. His parents were William and Sarah 
 ( Helen) Gess. the former a native of Kentucky, and 
 the latter a native of Ohio. The father was born 
 in 1798, and died in 1865, while the mother was born 
 in 1797 and passed away in 1857. The parents were 
 married in Kentucky, but at an early date in the set- 
 tlement of that state came to Howard county and 
 they spent the closing years of their lives in Clin- 
 ton, that state. 
 
 George W. Gess was reared in his native county, 
 where he attended the country schools of the town, 
 and his early associations were the scenes and activ- 
 ities of the old Missouri plantation of the ante- 
 bellum period. It was in 1863 that he left Missouri, 
 determined to test the material possibilities of the 
 new West. He found a company which had been 
 formed to migrate into the Boise Valley Basin, and 
 on the fifth day of May the party started overland by 
 wagon across the plains. Two and a half months of 
 tedious journey, not without its dangers and diffi- 
 culties, intervened before the party reached its 
 destination, and there many of them began the pi- 
 oneer existence which led to the development of 
 flourishing homesteads and contributed in no small 
 degree to the pleasant prosperity of that region. 
 
 Mr. Gess had located on land not far from Boise, 
 and his labors, together with those of his diligent 
 wife, for many years continued, resulted in the 
 developments of a productive state from what had 
 formerly been a practical desert. 
 
 The late Mr. Gess had begun his venture here at 
 a time when labor-saving machinery was hardly 
 known, and if it had been, it could not have been 
 secured in this far off region of the Northwest. It 
 was with the materials of the courage of the pioneer 
 that he performed his early labors and with such 
 remarkable success that the farm which he developed 
 has long been known as one of the most beautiful 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 and profitable in the state. At the same time he 
 acquired city real estate in Boise, and among other 
 holdings is the homestead, one of the handsomest 
 residences on the west side of the city. 
 
 Mr. Gess, by early associations and by the sub- 
 sequent exercise of his own judgment, was always 
 a Democrat in politics, and throughout his career 
 in Idaho took an impartial interest in public affairs. 
 lli> own ambition was never to court publicity, but 
 his fellow-citizens several times chose him for posi- 
 tions of services and honor, in particular in 1872 
 lie was elected county commissioner of Ada county, 
 and it was during his term in this office that some 
 of the country roads were constructed. 
 
 To Mrs. Gess is due a fully equal credit in the 
 pioneering in this state. To her is now accorded 
 that high esteem which has always been shown to 
 both herself and her husband, as being among the 
 oldest living residents of this state. Before her 
 marriage to Mr. Gess, which took place in Septem- 
 ber, 1855, she was Miss Catherine Greason, of Lath- 
 rop, Missouri. It was a happy feature of the mar- 
 ried life of this worthy pioneer couple that they 
 were able to celebrate the golden wedding anniver- 
 sary of their marriage, an event which has always a 
 -I'Kmn significance, and which with them was an 
 occasion for many congratulations and heartfelt 
 expressions of esteem. Mr. and Mrs. Gess were the 
 parents of four children, two of whom reached ma- 
 turity. A daughter, Lora, became Mrs. Robert H. 
 McGuire, of Caldwell, and was the mother of seven 
 children. Mrs. McGuire is now deceased, but six 
 of her children, grand-children of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Gess, are now living, as follows: Winifred, the 
 eldest, is married and is the mother of one child ; 
 Myrtle, Alta, Mabel, Emmett and Willa C. McGuire 
 complete the surviving family of Lora Gess Mc- 
 Guire. The only son of Mr. and Mrs. Gess was 
 Frank, now a resident of Long Beach, California. 
 Frank Gess is married and is the father of four 
 children, whose names are Monte B., Arthur, Fred, 
 and Frank. Thus there are eleven living descend- 
 ants of the late George W. Gess, and they will al- 
 ways honor the record of his long and useful life 
 as an inheritance of energy, faithfulness and integ- 
 rity. 
 
 HENRY WILLIAM DORMAN. For thirty years 
 Henry William Dorman has been a resident of Idaho. 
 He has been a miner, a farmer, fruit grower, and for 
 a long time one of the energetic and enterprising 
 promoters of the state's development, particularly in 
 mining, agriculture and horticulture. His most im- 
 portant work has been done in the vicinity of his 
 home town of Caldwell. Many large deals in land 
 have been undertaken and successfully carried out 
 by Mr. Dorman. He has bought a number of large 
 tracts, has platted, subdivided and put the land on 
 the market in small farm divisions. His success as 
 a fruit grower has brought him prominence not only 
 in the state but in the nation. In 1908 his apple 
 orchard won the first prize among competing or- 
 chards all over the country, at the National Show 
 at Council Bluffs, Iowa. At the present time Mr. 
 Dorman is presWent of the State of Idaho Horticul- 
 ture Board, having been a member thereof for the 
 past three years. During 1913 he has served as presi- 
 dent of the Caldwell Commercial Club, also president 
 of Caldwell's Fruit Growers Association. Among his 
 various interests he is also vice president and general 
 manager of an orchard company, engaged in develop- 
 ing a large commercial orchard adjoining the city 
 of Caldwell. 
 
 Henry William Dorman is a native of Illinois, a son 
 of William and Caroline (Leffel) Dorman, both born 
 
 in Hamburg, Germany, the father in 1831, and the 
 mother in 1835. The senior Mr. Dorman was a mer- 
 chant and is now living in the state of Louisiana. 
 The mother died in July, 1911. Both were brought 
 up, and always supported the Methodist church. 
 
 For eighteen years of his earlier life, Mr. Dorman 
 had his home in Iowa. His education was only that 
 supplied by the grade schools, and for some years 
 he gained a large amount of business experience by 
 working in a store and a flour mill. Coming west 
 in 1883, his first location was at Ketchum, Idaho. 
 There he engaged in mining until 1885, and in that 
 year first established himself at Caldwell. For eight 
 years he was employed in the M. B. Gwinn Mercan- 
 tile establishment, until failing health compelled him 
 to take up outdoor work, and he resumed mining, 
 operating the I. & L. Mines at Pearl, for thirteen 
 years. Returning to Caldwell he has since been identi- 
 fied chiefly with the land business, live stock, farming 
 and fruit growing. 
 
 As to politics Mr. Dorman regularly votes the 
 Republican ticket, but has never shown any desire 
 for political honors. He has membership in the 
 Episcopal church. In 1888, Mr. Dorman became a 
 charter member of Mount Gem Lodge at Caldwell of 
 the Knights of Pythias, and his membership has been 
 continuous to 'the present time. 
 
 At Caldwell on August 5, 1893, Mr. Dorman mar- 
 ried Ida Frost, a daughter of Elijah and Matilda 
 Frost. Elijah Frost was one of the best known 
 pioneers of the west, a California forty-niner, and 
 also a very early settler in Idaho. He crossed the 
 plains in 1849 to California, and from there came into 
 the mining district of Idaho in the decade of the 
 sixties. His home continued at Caldwell until his 
 death, and his widow is still living in that city. 
 
 Elijah Frost was for many years a stock raiser 
 and farmer. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Dorman 
 are two: Henry Dorman, Jr., born April 27, 1899, 
 at Boise; and Ada May Dorman, born also at Boise, 
 June 26, 1904. 
 
 CHARLES W. STRINGFIF.LD. No man in the west is 
 probably better able to speak of western conditions 
 and the growth of the country from its early days 
 up to the present time than is Charles W. String- 
 field of Hagerman. Idaho. Although he has been a 
 resident of the state of Idaho for only a few years 
 comparatively speaking, yet he has acquainted himself 
 with the resources of the state in a way that is surely 
 worthy of emulation by those of longer residence. 
 He has lived and worked in nearly all of the western 
 states and his years of travel have made him quick 
 to observe and estimate, not only land and land 
 values, but people and character. He is now cashier 
 of one of the largest banks in Hagerman, and his 
 shrewd business sense and his financial instinct have 
 done much to make the bank the prosperous institu- 
 tion which it is today. 
 
 Charles W. Stringfield is a native of the state of 
 Iowa. He had the advantages of a fine education. 
 After his preparatory work was completed, he was 
 sent to the State Normal School at Peru, Nebraska, 
 and after finishing the course in this institution 
 matriculsted at the University of Nebraska, at Lin- 
 coln. When he left college, he was filled with the 
 spirit of youth and the desire for adventure, and when 
 an opportunity came to him to follow the cattle trail, 
 he embraced it eagerly. His path led him from Wyo- 
 ming, through the northwest to Canada, and al- 
 and rough experiences of cow-boy life as it was lived 
 though he was young he suffered all the hardships 
 in those days. Next going to Montana, he followed 
 the trail there for three years, and during all those 
 years learned western life in its many phases. On 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 leaving the cattle business he next became an inspec- 
 tor for the Western Weighing Association, which was 
 an association of railroads. He remained in the 
 employment of this company for ten years, and his 
 good work is shown by the fact that he was promoted 
 to the position of chief inspector, a position of respon- 
 sibility and only to be held by someone who was thor- 
 oughly competent. 
 
 By this time he had become a popular man in his 
 district, one of whom every one spoke with respect, 
 and on leaving the employ of the weighing company, 
 he was tendered the office of clerk of the ninth judi- 
 cial district of Colorado. He held that position for 
 six years, and then was elected county treasurer of 
 Pitkin county, Colorado. It was here that his genius 
 for handling money was first shown, and at the end 
 of his two years' term of office he came to Hagerman, 
 Idaho, and took up financiering on a larger scale. 
 He was one of the organizers of the Farmers' State. 
 Bank which was founded in 1909. He is now one of 
 its principal stockholders and cashier. The other offi- 
 cers are C. E. Gridley, president ; and C. N. Dilatush, 
 vice president, all three officers being residents of 
 Hagerman. 
 
 Mr. Stringfield is a member of the Progressive 
 party, and there is no more enthusiastic defender of 
 the principles of progress for which that party stands 
 in the whole country. ' In the fraternal world he is a 
 member of the Masons, having taken the Knights 
 Templar degree, and of the Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World. 
 
 JOHN PENCE. The late John Pence was a resident 
 of Idaho from the year 1885 until the day of his 
 death, which occurred on the nth day of Decem- 
 ber, 1908. He early established himself in Owyhee 
 county and thereafter made his home in the fertile 
 range of Owyhee county, becoming interested in 
 sheep raising. He prospered with the passing years 
 and when he died occupied a position of singular 
 prominence in both Owyhee and Elmore counties, 
 his business activities extending beyond the con- 
 fines of the agricultural or ranch business, and taking 
 him into the field of finance as well. He was es- 
 teemed beyond the measure of regard which is usu- 
 ally accorded to men, and his passing was deeply 
 mourned by a wide circle of friends and acquaint- 
 ances in and about his home community. 
 
 A product of Iowa, John Pence was born in Des 
 Moines county, on April 12, 1840, the son of Wil- 
 liam and Mary (Thurston) Pence, both native Penn- 
 sylvanians. They were sturdy pioneers of the state 
 of Iowa, and to them is accorded the distinction 
 of having been the first white people to locate in the 
 county of Decatur. They established their homes 
 on the open prairie and erected the first actual 
 dwelling in the county. There they tilled the virgin 
 soil and under their skill and energy the hitherto 
 untended prairie bloomed like a garden. John Pence, 
 the subject of this review, was the first white child 
 born in the county, and like other hardy pioneer boys 
 who followed him in later years, he learned his 
 A-B abs in the little primitive log school which was 
 in time erected to meet the demands of the times. 
 He was an apt pupil and although his school ad- 
 vantages were necessarily of a circumscribed nature, 
 he learned more in those early years than the aver- 
 age country lad. He was early required to assist 
 with the farm work and to help provide for the 
 needs of the growing family. 
 
 With the outbreak of the Civil war all the strength 
 of his young nature urged him to enlist in the Union 
 cause, but the pleas of his mother restrained him, 
 and he remained at home quietly attending to the 
 
 farm duties, but chafing under the restraint, but 
 in 1863 he burst the bonds which held him at home 
 and joined the youth of his native community at the 
 front. He enlisted in the 36th Iowa Volunteers and 
 was sent on a southern campaign at once. He saw 
 much active service from then until the cessation 
 of hostilities, participating in numerous heated con- 
 flicts, and his campaign took him as far south as 
 Tyler, Texas, where through a most unfortunate 
 circumstance he was taken prisoner. He was incar- 
 cerated in a southern prison at Tyler, under a most 
 effective military guard, and held until almost the 
 close of the war, when he was exchanged with other 
 prisoners of war. Following his release, he went 
 home, and there enjoyed the pleasures of the pa- 
 rental home for a "season, but soon decided to try the 
 West, with a view to home-seeking. He came to 
 Helena, Montana, with his brother, that city being 
 at the time a mere mining camp. He tried out the 
 life of a prospector, but met with only fair success, 
 and soon returned home to Kirksville, Iowa, where 
 he remained only about two years and then went 
 to Nevada, Missouri, where he engaged in stock 
 shipping to the eastern markets, a business which he 
 followed for eight years. He then took up farm- 
 ing and cattle raising, but in 1885 sold his entire 
 interests in Missouri and the middle West and came 
 direct to Idaho. In Owyhee county he continued to 
 reside thereafter, and engaged in the sheep and cattle 
 raising business. He located on prairie lands, bought 
 a small band of sheep, and from that small be- 
 ginning in 1885 came to be one of the prosperous 
 stockmen in the state, and widely known through- 
 out the markets of the country as a raiser of the 
 finest products in the sheep line. 
 
 Not alone did he become a leader in the stock busi- 
 ness, but he identified himself with various other 
 interests, and was one of the organizers of the 
 First National Bank of Mountain Home, Idaho, and 
 was president of that institution at his death, and a 
 stockholder of the Bruneau State Bank, of Bruneau, 
 Idaho. He was also proprietor of the J. Pence 
 Livery & Stage Line of Mountain Home, and with 
 all these connections he was actively identified at the 
 time of his demise, his sheep holdings at .that time 
 running up into the thousands. In this business his 
 sons have succeeded him, and they are making steady 
 progress in the enterprise, showing themselves to be 
 the fit successors of their worthy parent. 
 
 On December 24, 1879, at Nevada, Missouri, Mr. 
 Pence was married to Miss Emily Dunbar, the 
 daughter of Robert and Bessie (McKittrick) Dun- 
 bar. Seven children were born to John and Emily 
 Pence, here named as follows : Robert William, 
 born November 27, 1880, at Nevada, Missouri, and 
 died on January 3, 1899, at Salt Lake City, while a 
 student at All Hallows College in that city. Bessie, 
 who was born on March 15, 1884, at Nevada, died on 
 September I5th, of the same year. James Dunbar, 
 born March 8, 1888, is located in Three Creek, Idaho, 
 engaged in sheep business. John Otto, born in July, 
 1891, is also engaged in dealing in sheep and horses. 
 Thurston Trueman, born April 24, 1895, at Three 
 Creek, Idaho, is attending Logan College, in Logan, 
 Utah. Esther, born April 15, 1904, lives at Moun- 
 tain Home and is attending school there. Edward 
 Payne, born June n, 1906, the last born of the seven, 
 is also attending school in his native city. 
 
 Mr. Pence was a Mason, having joined at Kirks- 
 ville, Iowa, and was transferred later to Mountain 
 Home Lodge. His widow survives him and is liv- 
 ing in their Mountain Home residence. 
 
 HEBER QUINCY HALE. Coming from truly illus- 
 trious ancestry, and in his own personal achieve- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 965 
 
 ments reflecting credit on the same, Heber Quincy 
 Hale, president of the Boise Stake of the Church 
 of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has grown 
 to significant recognition and prominence in Idaho 
 in business and also public affairs. He was born 
 March 5, 1880, at Thatcher, Idaho, and is a son 
 of Solomon Henry and Anna (Clark) Hale, and a 
 grandson of Jonathan H. and Olive (Boynton) Hale. 
 Casting an eye backward over the family ancestry 
 one finds Sir Isaac Hale, lord chief justice of Eng- 
 land; Nathan Hale, the American patriot, famed in 
 story, poem and drama, and Edward Everett Hale, 
 the author and philanthropist who has but recently 
 passed from the scenes of life. 
 
 Solomon H. Hale was born at Quincy, Illinois, 
 April 30, 1839, a son of Jonathan H. and Olive 
 (Boynton) Hale. He accompanied his parents to 
 Nauvoo, Illinois, then the headquarters of the Lat- 
 ter Day Saints, in which church Jonathan H. Hale 
 became a high dignitary, a bishop. The annals of Illi- 
 nois preserve the records of many events that have 
 marred the fair escutcheon of that state and perhaps 
 none of more human interest than that concerned 
 with the mobbings and drivings of a religious body 
 from Nauvoo in 1846. During these troubles the life 
 of Bishop Hale, together with those of his wife and 
 two daughters were sacrificed. Through this tragedy 
 four children, three sons and one daughter, were left 
 orphans and practically helpless. Solomon H. Hale 
 came West to Utah with the other pioneers in 
 1848. He headed an exploring party into Bear river 
 vailey in 1856 and into Bear lake valley in 1857, 
 and in 1861 he was engaged in breaking horses for 
 the Pony Express Company. In 1862 he enlisted in 
 the famous volunteer expedition sent out by Presi- 
 dent Lincoln to set up telegraph stations and lines 
 which had been demolished by Indians and their 
 operators killed. In recognition of this service, 
 which history records as one of the most hazardous 
 expeditions in the annals of local Indian warfare, 
 Mr. Hale was placed upon the pension roll and has 
 been appointed senior vice commander of the John 
 Quincy Knowlton Post, which was organized in 1911. 
 
 Solomon H. Hale settled in Bear Lake county in 
 1865, moving to Soda Springs in 1872, and from there 
 to Thatcher in 1875, being engaged there extensively 
 in the stock business and in the mercantile line at 
 Soda Springs. In 1800 Mr. Hale and family moved 
 to Preston, in Oneida county, where he has served 
 one term as mayor and also served a term as county 
 commissioner of Oneida county. He continues a 
 high church official and served as high counsellor 
 in Bear Lake county, as bishop of Thatcher and for 
 twenty-three years in the presidency of the Oneida 
 Stake. For over sixteen years he was a member of 
 the Board of Education of the Oneida Stake Acad- 
 emy, the construction of which institution he per- 
 sonally superintended. In 1907 he retired from busi- 
 ness and public activities to his city home in Pres- 
 ton. 
 
 Heber Quincy Hale spent his early years on his 
 father's stock ranch at Thatcher, and was ten years 
 old when his parents moved to Preston and settled 
 on the large farm on which he found his useful 
 recreations in the Summers, while his winters were 
 given to attending school. He thus had educational 
 advantages at the Oneida Stake Academy, at Preston, 
 Idaho, and the B. Y. College, at Logan, Utah, and 
 remained with his parents until his college gradua- 
 tion, in 1901, at the age of twenty-one years. After- 
 ward he spent three years as a missionary to Ger- 
 many, where he distinguished himself in his earnest, 
 aggressive work, and was honored with an appoint- 
 ment to the presidency of one of the largest and most 
 important conferences in the mission, and where he 
 
 also gained valuable experiences in travel and study 
 in Europe. Upon his return to Idaho, he was ap- 
 pointed clerk in the state senate in 1905, and at the 
 close of the session accepted a position as assistant 
 commissioner of immigration, labor and statistics, 
 which he filled with marked efficiency for four years. 
 He was then appointed to the still more responsible 
 position of assistant register of the state land depart- 
 ment, one that he still ably fills. He has been a potent 
 factor in bringing to the attention of the world the 
 natural resources and opportunities of his native 
 state, through his travels and also through a series 
 of illuminating articles that have been widely pub- 
 lished throughout the country. He is now and has 
 for the past eight years been the Boise correspondent 
 for the Desert News, furnishing, aside from the gen- 
 eral and political news of the state, special features, 
 setting forth the resources and development of Idaho 
 for special editions. 
 
 In his political affiliation Mr. Hale is a Republican, 
 and as a broad-minded, patriotic citizen recognizes 
 the responsibilities which public office entail, and it 
 would seem as if few were more thoroughly qualified 
 to intelligently serve in the same. He belongs to the 
 religious faith of his father and grandfather and 
 from 1905 to Nov. 3, 1913, he was president of the 
 Boise Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of 
 Latter Day Saints. On the latter date and in recog- 
 nition of his splendid services in the past and his 
 exceptional ability, he was honored by his church 
 with an appointment to the important position of 
 president of the newly created Boise Stake, an 
 ecclesiastical district in southern Idaho, covering 
 twelve counties, extending from Minidoka on the 
 east to the state of Oregon on the west. 350 miles 
 long. President Hale has the distinction of being 
 the youngest Stake president and presiding over 
 the largest Stake in the Church. 
 
 At Salt Lake City, Utah, on January 17, 1906, Mr. 
 Hale was married to Miss Bessie Eleanor Gudmund- 
 son, who was born at Springville, Utah, May 13, 1883, 
 and is a daughter of Samuel and Inga Gudmundson, 
 residents of Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Hale have 
 one child, Stanton Gudman Hale, who was born at 
 Boise, Idaho, July i, 1910. Mrs. Hale was educated 
 at the B. Y. University, of Provo, Utah, in which 
 institution her brother, Prof. M. S. Gudmundson, a 
 master violinist, is professor of music. Mrs. Hale 
 possesses remarkable musical talent and is a vocalist 
 and pianist, in the former role having gained con- 
 siderable local distinction. 
 
 STEWART H. TRAVIS. Since 1898 Stewart H. Tra- 
 vis has been one of the leading lawyers and business 
 men of Weiser. Mr. Travis is an easterner by birth 
 and training, and soon after graduating from college 
 he followed the impulse which drives so many aspir- 
 ing young men into the VVest. Having completed 
 his course at law, and coming to Idaho he was ad- 
 mitted to the bar of the state, and engaged in his 
 profession in private practice for several years. He 
 was elected to the office of city clerk in 1901, and 
 has retained that office continuously since that time, 
 at the same time filling the office of referee in bank- 
 ruptcy for ten years, but eventually resigning from 
 that position. Mr. Travis has taken an important 
 part in the professional and business activities of 
 Weiser since he has been a resident of the city and 
 has done good work in his capacity as city clerk. 
 
 Stewart H. Travis was born in Garrison, New 
 York, on May 7, 1876, a son of Cornelius T. and 
 Augusta (Knapp) Travis, both New Yorkers by 
 birth. The former passed his early years as a farmer, 
 and subsequently turned his attention to mercantile 
 pursuits in which he enjoyed a reasonable success. 
 
966 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 He is a man of quiet instincts and worthy character, 
 highly esteemed in his community which has been 
 his home for so many years. At one time he served 
 his town as assessor but held no other office of pub-, 
 lie nature. He and his wife are still living in their 
 native state. The paternal ancestors of Mr. Travis 
 were of sturdy old Holland Dutch and German stock, 
 who settled in New, York state prior to the Revolu- 
 tionary war. The mother of Stewart H. Travis was 
 of French and English extraction, and traces her 
 ancestry back to colonial days, several of her ances- 
 tors on the maternal side having given service in the 
 War of the Revolution. Of the four children born 
 to the parents two died in infancy. Clifton K. Tra- 
 vis is a brother of Stewart H., and is a resident of 
 the state of New York. 
 
 Stewart H. Travis, the older of the two brothers 
 now living, attended the schools in Garrison, his 
 native town, until he was thirteen years old, when 
 his parents removed to Peekskill, New York, and 
 there he completed his education in the high school, 
 graduating in the year 1894. His high school train- 
 ing was followed with a two-years' course at the 
 law department of the University of the City of New 
 York, now New York University, and during 1894- 
 08 he served as clerk in a law office in Peekskill. On 
 locating at Weiser, in 1898, he was admitted to prac- 
 tice in all courts in the state of Idaho, and his suc- 
 cess in practice, as city clerk of Weiser, and other 
 services have given him exceptional distinction and 
 influence, so that he is regarded as one of the lead- 
 ing men of his own city and vicinity. 
 
 Mr. Travis is a Republican, and takes an intelligent 
 and lively interest in the affairs of the county. He 
 has been particularly active in the work pertaining 
 to his office, and in civic affairs of whatever nature. 
 It is conceded that his office shows as complete a 
 set of records as any city in the state, regardless of 
 size or importance, and the excellent work he has 
 done in the way of securing a modern water and 
 lighting system, as well as other improvements of a 
 similar nature, will not soon be forgotten. Mr. Tra- 
 vis has one hobby, which is, indeed almost his sole 
 diversion and that is his interest in the National 
 Guard at Weiser. He has been a member of the 
 National Guard for ten years, and for two years has 
 been captain of the Weiser company. 
 
 On March 30, 1899, Mr. Travis was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Annis Kilbourne, daughter of Lewis 
 Kilbourne, a native of Canada and a direct descend- 
 ant of the Keuilbpurnies, ancient barons of Scot- 
 land. Miss Annis Kilbourne (Mrs. Travis) is a 
 great-great-granddaughter of the first president of 
 Switzerland on the maternal side. Three children 
 have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Travis : Edith E., 
 Margaret H., and Clifton K., all born in Weiser. 
 The family home is at 513 West Court street. 
 
 EDMOND M. MERRELL, postmaster at Soda Springs, 
 Idaho, has had a somewhat varied and eventful 
 career. He has lived in four of the western states, 
 was a resident of Idaho as, early as 1882, and to this 
 rather broad experience he added that of a soldier 
 in the Philippines during the Spanish-American war. 
 
 Born at Kanara, Utah, October 31, 1868, at the 
 age of four years he accompanied his parents to 
 Nevada, where remained his home until the family's 
 removal to Idaho in 1882. They were among the 
 first settlers at Blackfoot, Idaho, but after one year 
 there they returned to Utah and located at Corinne. 
 Two years later, or in 1885, the family was once 
 more in Idaho, locating this time at Soda Springs. 
 Meanwhile Edmond M. had been attending the public 
 schools of these different locations. From 1885 to 
 1890 he was employed in various wavs at Soda 
 
 Springs ; then in the latter year he was appointed 
 as a guard in the state penitentiary at Boise, in 
 which position he served four years. At the end of 
 that period he went to Oregon, where three years 
 were spent in various employments, and from there 
 he went to Lewiston, Idaho, where a few months 
 later he enlisted in the Thirty-fifth Regiment of the 
 United States Infantry for service in the Spanish- 
 American -war. His regiment was sent to the Phil- 
 ippines, where he participated in numerous engage- 
 ments and saw much hard service. While there 
 he contracted locomotor ataxia, in consequence of 
 -which disease he now uses crutches. At the con- 
 clusion of his military service he returned to Soda 
 Springs, Idaho, where since has been his home. In 
 1910 he was appointed to his present position as post- 
 master. He is a Republican, but is not active in 
 political affairs, and he is a member of the Com- 
 mercial Club. In religious faith he favors the. 
 Presbyterian church. Mr. Merrell is a member of 
 the Spanish-American War Veterans and in Soda 
 Springs he organized Santa Anna Camp No, 3, United 
 Spanish War Veterans, in which camp he served 
 as the first commander and was unanimously elected 
 for a second term. 
 
 He was married at Pocatello, Idaho, September 
 25, 1902, to Miss Wilma Edwards, daughter of Mrs. 
 Irena Edwards, of Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Merrell have four children, named : Herman, 
 Dorris, Wayne and Rex. Francis M. Merrell, Sr., 
 the father of our subject, is a well known citizen 
 of this state and has the distinction of having been 
 a member of the first Idaho state legislature. He 
 was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, and in an early 
 day crossed the plains to Utah, where continued his 
 home for many years. His continuous residence 
 in Idaho dates back to 1885, and by trade he is a 
 blacksmith and machinist. A Republican in belief 
 and always active politically, he has held different 
 important offices, but is proudest of his honor of 
 having been identified with the first legislative body 
 of this state. In Nevada he wedded Miss Adaline 
 Marvin, who was born in Illinois and who died in 
 1898 at the age of fifty-two years and was interred 
 at Blackfoot, Idaho. She was a member of the 
 Presbyterian church and lived a devout and con- 
 sistent Christian life. Edmond M. Merrell is the 
 eldest of eight children that came to these parents. 
 
 DORSEY L. RHODES. Holding a firmly-established 
 position in the confidence of his fellow-townsmen 
 through the recognition of his ability in the field 
 of law and jurisprudence and because of his effi- 
 cient and conscientious services in the office of 
 county attorney, Dorsey L. Rhodes, of Idaho City, 
 holds a conspicuous place among the members of 
 the Boise county bar. He has been a resident of 
 Idaho since 1907, coming here almost immediately 
 after the completion of his legal training, and has 
 had no reason to regret his choice of location for the 
 prosecution of his labors, as he is in the enjoyment 
 of a large general practice as well as the regard of 
 his fellow practitioners. Dorsey L. Rhodes was born 
 in Avoca, Pottawattamie county, Iowa, May 8, 1880, 
 and is a son of Silas and Evangeline (Cheatem) 
 Rhodes, retired farming people of Wagner, South 
 Dakota. His parents had a family of five children, 
 as follows: Lotta, who married H. W. Strayer, of 
 Wagner, South Dakota; Dorsey L. ; Ivy, who mar- 
 ried E. J. Dolph, of Schuyler, Nebraska; Edith, who 
 married C. A. Strayer, of Moore, Montana; and 
 Jesse, who is a college student of Iowa City, Iowa. 
 
 After attending the public and high schools of 
 his native place, Dorsey L. Rhodes became a student 
 in the State University at Iowa City, where he was 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 967 
 
 graduated from the law department with the class 
 of 1907. Shortly thereafter, he came to Idaho, and 
 in 1907 was admitted to the bar in Emmett, where 
 he entered practice. In 1910 he was elected on the 
 Democratic ticket to the office of county attorney of 
 Boise county, and now practices in Idaho City, al- 
 though he still maintains his office in Emmett, and 
 has a large practice in both cities. In Emmett he is 
 associated professionally with James P. Reed. Mr. 
 Rhodes has been connected with a number of impor- 
 tant cases of litigation during his comparatively short 
 residence in Boise county, and it is a recognized fact 
 that these have been conducted ably and honorably. 
 To his office he has brought a high regard for the 
 responsibility placed in his hands and his faithful 
 services in the discharge of his duties have been 
 such as to stamp him as a public-spirited citizen no 
 less than an able official. His success in the profes- 
 sion of his choice has been due entirely to his own 
 abilities and" efforts, and he may truly be- said to 
 have been the architect of his own fortunes. 
 
 On July 20, 1910, Mr. Rhodes was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Bernice Laravea, the daughter of 
 Stephen Laravea. Both have numerous friends in 
 Idaho City and are favorites with the younger so- 
 cial set. 
 
 WILLIAM* B. BAKER. A progressive young Idaho 
 merchant, who has been in the state since 1910, and 
 is now half owner of a large and prosperous estab- 
 lishment at New Plymouth, William B. Baker is a 
 college man, who began his career in merchandising, 
 and his success is due to the fact that he has con- 
 centrated upon one line of business activities, and 
 though beginning without capital or other resources 
 than ^his individual ability, he has already reached 
 the position of an independent merchant and much 
 may be expected of him in the future. 
 
 William B. Baker was born at Fulton, Missouri, 
 August 25, 1881, a son of N. F. and Martha (Cul- 
 bertson) Baker. The father, who was a native of 
 Austin, Texas, was very prominent as a physician 
 and surgeon during the Civil war, entered a Texas 
 regiment and fought for the Confederate cause. The 
 mother was a native of Virginia. Both parents 
 passed away in Fulton, Missouri, the mother when 
 her son William B. was four years of age. The 
 father died after an operation for appendicitis, when 
 he was sixty-three years of age. He was prominent 
 in the Presbyterian church, and served as an elder 
 in that denomination for twenty-five years. Of the 
 six children in the family William B. was the fifth. 
 
 Reared in Fulton, he graduated from the high 
 school of that Missouri city, and then entered the 
 Westminster College, a noted old Presbyterian in- 
 stitution of Fulton, and completed his education 
 there. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta 
 fraternity while in college. On graduation he en- 
 tered the wholesale dry goods firm of John S. Brit- 
 ton at St. Joseph, Missouri, and for two years was 
 on the road selling goods for that firm. He next 
 went out to Cripple Creek, Colorado, where he was 
 engaged in the dry goods and general merchandise 
 for three year*, and while in that city on February 
 24, 1904. he married Grace H. Wolfe, a daughter of 
 Henry L. and Elvira (Burns) Wolfe. The parents 
 were natives of Galveston, Texas, and at the time 
 of the great storm there in September. 1900, refu- 
 geed to Colorado, locating at Cripple Creek, where 
 the parents still reside. Mr. Baker was the third in 
 the family of five children, and was educated chiefly 
 at the State University of Colorado at Boulder. 
 
 During all the time of his residence in Colorado, 
 Mr. Baker continued in the mercantile lines at Crip- 
 ple Creek, and in 1910 arrived in this state, first lo- 
 
 Vo! HI 5 
 
 eating at Nampa, where he took charge of the 
 Crones New York Store, of which he continued in 
 charge for nine months. He then became connected 
 with the C. C. Anderson Company in the Golden 
 Rule establishment, being given the management of 
 its clothing department in their Emmett store, where 
 he remained for two years. In November, 1912, he 
 acquired financial interests with the C. C. Anderson 
 Company, and has since been half owner and active 
 manager of the Golden Rule Store at New Plymouth. 
 Mr. Baker also holds stock in the Payette Valley 
 Produce Company. He is a Democrat in politics, 
 and he and his wife are members of the Presbyte- 
 rian church. As one of the influential young busi- 
 ness men he is secretary of the New Plymouth Com- 
 mercial Club. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have one child, 
 a daughter born April 3, 1912. 
 
 JOHN E. TURNER. Since 1907 superintendent of 
 the Payette city schools Mr. Turner's experience, 
 ability and leadership as a practical educator have 
 been, instrumental with the co-operation of the city 
 and citizens in placing the Payette schools in the 
 front rank in Idaho public education. Mr. Turner 
 is an educator of broad and progressive ideals and 
 perhaps his most important service in Payette has 
 been due to his efforts to make the schools practi- 
 cal factors ;n the training of the young people for 
 the duties and responsibilities which they will take 
 up as soon as they leave school. 
 
 The Payette schools are housed in three well- 
 appointed and modern buildings, and the enrollment 
 is nine hundred pupils, two hundred and four of 
 which are in the high school. The work of the 
 Payette high school is such that the graduates are 
 fitted for any college, and in the report of the Uni- 
 versity of Idaho for the year 1912, among the 
 twenty-seven students listed from Canyon county, 
 sixteen were graduates of Payette. The staff of 
 teachers under Mr. Turner's direction number 
 twenty-six. Among the features of the Payette 
 schools which measure up to the modern progres- 
 sive ideas in education are its special departments 
 of music and drawing, of home economics and man- 
 ual training, and it is Mr. Turner's opinion that 
 these special departments have well proved their 
 value not only for practical training to the students, 
 but have also been instrumental in holding the pu- 
 pils to their school work longer than would other- 
 wise be the case. The Payette high school is ranked 
 third in the number of its graduates in the state of 
 Idaho, the graduating class in 1911-12 having been 
 thirty-five, and it is one of the very best and largest 
 in the state in the character of its work and equip- 
 ment. 
 
 John E. Turner was born at Taylorville, Illinois, 
 February 7. 1870, a son of John L. and Elizabeth 
 Turner. The father was a contractor and builder 
 by profession, and still resides at Taylorville. There 
 were four children in the family, of whom John E. 
 was the second. Mr. Turner is thoroughly educated 
 and brought to his work in Idaho not only the ad- 
 vantages of training in some of the best schools, but 
 also a large experience in educational affairs. He 
 graduated B. A. in 1894 from Lincoln University, 
 and in 1898 took post-graduate work in the Univer- 
 sity of Chicago. For twelve years he served as 
 principal of the Alton, Illinois, high school, having 
 charge of one of the largest high schools in the 
 state of Illinois. He was then for one year profes- 
 sor of physics at the James Milliken University at 
 Decatur, Illinois, after which he came West in 1907 
 to Payette to take charge of the city schools. 
 
 On June 23, 1898, Mr. Turner was married at Al- 
 ton, Illinois, to Miss Rettie C. Haight, a daughter of 
 
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 Robert A and Gertrude Haight. Her father is one 
 of the best known educators of Illinois, has been 
 connected with the Alton city schools for .upwards 
 of forty years and for a quarter of a century has 
 been city superintendent. The three children of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Turner are: Edward Lewis, Dorothy May 
 and John Allen. Mr. Turner was raised a Mason 
 in the Payette Blue lodge and is also affiliated with 
 the Knights of Pythias at Payette. He and his wife 
 are both members of the Presbyterian church and 
 in politics he is a Republican. 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 COL. HERBERT V. A. F^ uso * One of the yA 
 members of the Pocatello bar is Col. Herbert V. A 
 
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 city and section. At the time of his coming twenty 
 
 able and energetic citizen. 
 
 o York 
 
 yet a resident of that state, who was for many 
 years an Episcopalian minister, but is now - rett ecL 
 The wife of Rev. Ferguson was Ahda Van Alle 
 as a maiden; she passed away in 1905 at 
 of seventy-nine years. , 
 
 Reared in the atmosphere of a refined and^ ul- 
 tured home, there was early instil ed into the mind 
 of Colonel Ferguson those principles that laid deep 
 and secure the foundation of his character anc 
 that impelled him to worthy attainment. His earlie 
 education, obtained in the public schools of New 
 York state and consisting of the common and high 
 school courses, was effectively supplemented 
 period of study at Satterlee Collegiate Institute, 
 Rochester, New York, and his preparation for law 
 was made at the University of Michigan Ann 
 Arbor, from the law department of. which well 
 known institution he was graduated in 1878 witt 
 the degree of LL. B. Between his high school and 
 college days he taught school in New York and 
 also in Michigan, and at the age of eighteen was 
 principal of the high school at Avon, New York 
 After completing his course in law he returned 
 to New York and for four years practiced his 
 profession at Carthage. When thirty years of age 
 he left his native state to try out the adyanages 
 the West. The first five years were spent in Denver 
 Colorado, where he practiced law and during that 
 time served one term as a member of the Loloradc 
 state legislature. The following two years he was 
 located at Leadville, Colorado, and from here he 
 went to Butte, Montana, from whence after a tew 
 months he removed to Salt Lake City, in which 
 location he remained four years. Law continued 
 his line of endeavor the while. It was while he 
 was in Colorado that he took on his familiar title 
 of colonel in consequence of his having served tor 
 a time as colonel of the Colorado National Guard. 
 In the spring of 1893 he came to Pocatello Idaho 
 and this has since remained his home and held 
 professional activity. As a lawyer his rise to prom- 
 inence has been steady and sure bringing honor 
 and distinction both to himself and the bar of which 
 
 he is a member. Personally he is a gentleman of 
 strong character, strict integrity and of patriotic 
 instincts, loyal to legal associates, clients, the pre- 
 ceots of his profession, and, above all, to his own 
 convictions and self-respect. Frequent have been 
 his legal victories. Possessing a tremendous energy 
 and a splendid courage, he is interminably vigorous 
 1 intensively industrious. When entering upon 
 I legal contest he makes that provident prepara- 
 tion that the general of an army would make on the 
 eve of a great battle, and herein lies the great 
 secret of his success as a lawyer. Whether .he 
 attacks or defends, as the case may be, the opposing 
 rounsel knows that Colonel Ferguson will be forti- 
 fied to the last detail and that he is skillful in 
 employing his enforcement, so that he always 
 amounted a most formidable opponent Not the 
 least of his legal strength lies in his ^ft?f clear 
 terse, pointed and practical speech by which means 
 he is enabled to put his case in the strongest way 
 it can be put. This talent he has also employed as 
 a public speaker and lecturer in which connection 
 he is well and most favorably known throughout 
 Idaho. He is also a writer of considerable note 
 some of his productions of strongest merit being 
 "Rhymes of Eld" (Sherman, French & Co. Boston, 
 Massachusetts). A Republican in JPO^l^' 
 he is one of the active and leading Republican 
 politicians of the state. His official service has 
 included seven years of government employment in 
 the Department of the Interior, a term as prosed 
 ine attorney of Bannock county, and he is a mem- 
 be? of ^present Idaho legislature. He has also 
 served on different occasions as special attorney 
 for the city of Pocatello. He is a member and now 
 president of the Fifth Judicial District Bar Asso- 
 ciation, and he enjoys fraternal pleasures and ben 
 fits as a member of the Masonic order, the Behevo- 
 lent and Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen 
 of the World. Fishing is his favorite outdoor sport. 
 Ch ief among his other diversions is reading, and 
 he has a large and very fine private library. B> 
 birth and training he is an Episcopalian in religious 
 belief, but during later years he has affiliated more 
 or less with the Congregational church. 
 
 Colonel Ferguson was married in Denver Colo 
 rado, in May, 1886, to Miss Elsie Von Haupt daugh- 
 ter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Von Haupt, of Berlin 
 Prussia. Mrs. Ferguson died in January, 1008, and 
 was interred at Pocatello. 
 
 CHRIS B KOEPKE. One of the first and indis- 
 pensable-requisites of a community is a drug 
 and every one appreciates a good one 
 business principles hold in the successful conduct of 
 a Bharmacy as form the foundation for any other 
 successful enterprise, for it is quality of goods and 
 of service that determines the placing of Peonage. 
 One of the young, eneregetic and ^a^ke ta- 
 ness men of Cottonwood, Idaho, is Chris B. Koepke, 
 pharmacist, who has made ^11 preparation for his 
 profession and with business ability and vim is con- 
 ducting one of the most prosperous business estab- 
 
 Chicago, Illinois that 
 maelstrom of business energy, he grew up amid that 
 environment which taught continuously tha the 
 survival of the fittest" was a law that applied to 
 business as well as to nature After completing the 
 common schools he attended high school and then 
 took a course in pharacy in Chicago School of 
 Pharmacy. Prior to taking this course, however, h 
 had already gained much practical knowledge of the 
 profession and business as an employe in * Chicago 
 pharmacy. In 1007 he came West, locating at Cot- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 tonwood, Idaho, where he established his present 
 business. He carries a full line of drugs and of all 
 the other sundries that are usually included in this 
 line of business, and conducts an up-to-date estab- 
 lishment in every respect. He is well satisfied with 
 the opportunity he has found in Idaho. While his 
 experience has been limited to the northern part of 
 the state, he feels certain that if the other parts are 
 equally rich in resources the commonwealth has a 
 great future before it. 
 
 Mr. Koepke's parents are Benjamin Koepke and 
 Marie (Christensen) Koepke, residents of La Moille, 
 Illinois. The father, a native of Germany, emi- 
 grated to the United States as a young man and 
 located in the city of Chicago, where for many years 
 he has followed the business of a contractor and 
 builder. He has always taken an active interest 
 in political affairs there. He was present and took 
 an active part in the settlement of the Haymarket 
 riot in that city in 1886. The mother was born in 
 New York Citv and is a devout Christian and active 
 in church work. The parents were married in Wis- 
 consin and eight children have been born to their 
 union, of which family Chris B. is fourth in order 
 of birth. 
 
 Mr. Koepke maintains a cordial and practical in- 
 terest in the welfare of his community and is a mem- 
 ber of the Cotton wood Commercial Club and of the 
 village fire department. He enjoys all forms of out- 
 door sports and is himself a member of the local 
 baseball club. Politically he is an interested and 
 active adherent of the Democratic party, and frater- 
 nally he is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, 
 Modern Woodmen, Pythian Sisters and the Fores- 
 ters of America and the D. O. K. K. 
 
 FRED A. JOHNSTON. One of the most progressive 
 men of St. Maries is Fred A. Johnston, who was 
 among the first to take advantage of the commer- 
 cial possibilities there resulting from the extension 
 of the railroad through that settlement. He has been 
 a resident of St. Maries since 1907, and has been 
 very successful and has helped the town grow. 
 
 Fred A. Johnston was born in Ilion, New York, 
 June 8, 1867, and a year later' his parents moved to 
 Kansas, where he spent most of the first twenty-one 
 years of his life. All his career since that time has 
 been in the northwest. During three years' resi- 
 dence in Washington he took up electrical work, 
 became skilled in construction and practical opera- 
 tion,. and followed that line of work for various cor- 
 porations for some years in Montana. From the 
 latter state he located in St. Maries, where he estab- 
 lished a plumbing and electrical business of his own, 
 now conducted under the firm name of Johnston & 
 Stark. 
 
 Most of his education was obtained in the public 
 schools of Topeka. Kansas, and he also took a brief 
 course in Lane University. He began his career as 
 a farmer in Kansas, and by industry and watching 
 his opportunities graduated into a vocation more 
 suited to his tastes and ability. He was married at 
 Ventura. California, on January 6, 1896, to Kittie 
 Dodge, who had formerly resided in Hutchinson, 
 Kansas. They we the parents of two children : 
 Luther D.. who is n high school student, and Fred- 
 erick A., in the grammar school. 
 
 Mr. Johnston's father was Alexander B. John- 
 ston, a native of Scotland, but who spent his last 
 days in Spokane. Washington, where his death oc- 
 curred in IQII at the age of eighty- six. During his 
 younger years he was a capable machinist, but fol- 
 lowed farming most of his life. He was a devout 
 Christian and gave much attention to his religious 
 duties. His wife was a native of New Hampshire, 
 
 but they were married in Ohio. Her maiden name 
 was Eliza E. Abbott, and she now lives with her 
 daughter in Spokane. Of the three children, Fred 
 is the voungest. 
 
 Mr. Johnston's choice of the churches is the Meth- 
 odist, while his wife is active in the Presbyterian 
 church and its Ladies' Aid Society. Mr. Johnston 
 was one of the charter members in the organization 
 of the local Masonic lodge and is now its treasurer. 
 It is his conviction that every citizen should keep 
 well informed on public affairs and vote at every 
 occasion, but he is not a party self-seeker, though a 
 good Republican. He has a fine farm about six miles 
 from St. Maries, and in ranching he finds much 
 pleasure, being fond of handling good horses. He is 
 a reader especially of scientific and mechanical lit- 
 erature, and enjoys a good speech or lecture. He is 
 one of Idaho's optimistic citizens, and with its agri- 
 cultural resources for the production of fruit, hay 
 and grain foresees its unbounded development in 
 population and wealth. 
 
 ARTHUR G. HERALD. It has been stated, and truly, 
 that architecture is a decorative art, and is none the 
 less so because it is also a useful art, a science and 
 a profession. Take from it is decorative intent, 
 compel it to be purely utilitarian, it is no longer an 
 art. but a business or a science constituting a spe- 
 cial branch of engineering. It is complex and ex- 
 acting in its requirements, a many-sided and arduous 
 profession, to follow which successfully the architect 
 must have a working knowledge of the professions 
 and trades allied to his own structural engineering, 
 civil engineering, mechanical engineering and do- 
 mestic engineering. Among the leading architects 
 of Idaho, whose work in the construction ^ of many 
 of Moscow's most beautiful and substantial build- 
 ings has been of a character to leave its impress on 
 the city for many years to come, is Arthur G. Herald, 
 who has lived in this city since 1910. Mr. Herald 
 was horn November 9, 1880, at Hebron, Nebraska, 
 and is a son of John W. and Sophia (Payne) 
 Herald. 
 
 John W. Herald was born in the state of Pennsyl- 
 vania, from whence as a young man he removed to 
 Nebraska, where he followed the vocation of teach- 
 ing for many years, and some thirty-five years ago- 
 spent five years in teaching at Boise. Idaho. At this- 
 time he is engaged in the contracting business at 
 Portland, Oregon, being connected with various en- 
 terprises of an extensive nature and an active and 
 influential factor in public and political affairs. He 
 was married in Nebraska to Miss Sophia Payne, who 
 was born in Illinois, and she died in 1909, at the age 
 of forty-five years, and is buried in Portland. They 
 had a family of eight children, all living. Arthur U. 
 being the second in order of birth and the eldest son. 
 
 Arthur G. Herald received his early education in 
 the public schools of Hebron, Nebraska. A thrifty 
 and industrious youth, when only thirteen years of 
 age he secured a position as a farm hand at a salary 
 of sixteen dollars a month, this money being given 
 to his parents. However, it was not his intention to 
 remain a farmer all' his life, and during his spare 
 time he studied assiduously with the idea of becoming 
 an architect. When he was seventeen years of age he 
 was ready to purchase his kit of tools, with which 
 he set out for Portland. Oregon. While still con- 
 tinuing his studies, Mr. Herald followed the carpen- 
 ter trade for about two years on a salary, and then 
 began contracting on his own account, at_ one time 
 having as many as one hundred men in his employ, 
 but in 1910 he left Portland and came to Moscow, 
 where has has since continued to ply his profession. 
 He is the only architect in Moscow and is called 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 into consultation in every important venture. A list 
 of the structures erected by him since his arrival 
 here includes many fine residences, business build- 
 ings and a great deal of contract work. 
 
 On November I, 1909, Mr. Herald was married at 
 Portland, Oregon, to Dr. Ella K. Dearborn, one of 
 that city's well-known physicians. She still prac- 
 tices medicine and surgery, and is prominently 
 known in professional social circles of Moscow. Mr. 
 Herald has independent views in regard to politics, 
 and has never allowed himself to be bound by party 
 ties nor has he become a member of any religious 
 denomination, although he is at all times ready to 
 lend his support to movements of a religious or char- 
 itable nature. His fraternal connection is with the 
 Knights of Pythias, among whose members he is a 
 general favorite. Both he and his wife are omniv- 
 orous readers, and the Herald library is, as a con- 
 sequence, one of the finest in the city. Mr. Herald s 
 vacations are spent in hunting and fishing, and like 
 the majority of Westerners he is very fond of ath- 
 letic sports of all kinds. He expresses it as his 
 belief that this part of the country iS the finest in the 
 whole Northwest, and as he has traveled exten- 
 sively his opinion bears weight. 
 
 WILLIAM H. HILDRETH. One of the wide-awake 
 members of the newspaper fraternity in Bannock 
 county Idaho, is William H. Hildreth, editor and 
 publisher of the Soda Springs Chieftain, whose resi- 
 dence in Idaho covers less than a decade, but has 
 been long enough to give him high standing in his 
 community as a worthy, energetic and forceful citi- 
 zen He was born in Watsonville, California, Octo- 
 ber 28, 1865, but while he was yet an infant his 
 parents moved to Texas and two years later crossed 
 the plains from thence to Pueblo, Colorado. Here 
 Mr Hildreth grew up and resided nearly forty 
 years His education was obtained in the public 
 schools of that city, and at the early age of eleven 
 he earned his first money working in the bvening 
 Democrat office at Pueblo. Later he accepted a 
 position in the office of the Pueblo Chieftain, and 
 it was there that he learned his trade, working up 
 from the position of printer's "devil" to that of 
 foreman. His life since has been one long identifi- 
 cation with printer's ink and during these years 
 he operated all over Colorado and was connected 
 at one time or another with practically all of the 
 leading papers of that state. On coming to Idaho 
 he first settled at Jerome, Lincoln county, where 
 he remained one year as foreman of the North Side 
 News, and following that he came to Soda Springs 
 to take charge of the Chieftain, of which he had 
 become the owner. He has a modern plant m 
 every way and very recently added a linotype to 
 his equipment. He is a Republican and personally 
 and through his paper he is an aggressive worker 
 in behalf of his party's interests. He is of the 
 progressive type, both as a newspaper man and as 
 a citizen, is a member of the local board of educa- 
 tion and is secretary of the Commercial Club. In 
 the development and promotion of the material 
 interests of his town, county and state, Mr. Hildreth 
 has both eyes open and is looked upon as a live, 
 energetic and pushing man, and his paper never fails 
 to encourage every movement looking to the prog- 
 ress and prosperity of the industrial and social in- 
 terests of his community. His religious creed is 
 that of the Baptist church, in which faith he was 
 reared, and he sustains fraternal membership in 
 the Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, the Order of Eagles and the Knights of 
 Pythias. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Hildreth took place at Lead- 
 ville, Colorado, February 26, 1888, and united him 
 to Miss Lulu Dean Scudder, daughter of Mr. and 
 Mrs. B. F. Scudder, pioneer citizens of Leadville. 
 Four sons and one daughter have brightened this 
 family circle : Lambert, now deceased ; William, who 
 resides at Soda Springs and is now in the service 
 of the Oregon Short Line Railway Company; Ruth, 
 who is chief operator in the Soda Springs telephone 
 office; Fay Edwards Hildreth, now a student in the 
 high school at Pueblo, Colorado; and Frank. 
 
 ARTHUR A. ROGERS. Investigation shows that 
 Idaho is exceptionally favored in the number of 
 college men to be found in the ranks of her citi- 
 zens. They are found not only in the professions, 
 but they also predominate to a remarkable degree 
 among those engaged in the different avenues of 
 commercial and industrial activity. Arthur A. Rog- 
 ers, cashier of the Bank of Winchester, Winches- 
 ter, Idaho, is a young man of energy, education and 
 abilities, whose whole independent business career 
 has been identified with banking and who is recog- 
 nized as one of the wide-awake financiers of Lewis 
 county. 
 
 He was born at Bloomington, Illinois, December 
 22, 1881, a son of Lucius Rogers and Eunice Free- 
 man Rogers, the former a native of Michigan and 
 the latter a native of Illinois. The parents were 
 married in Bloomington, Illinois, but subsequently 
 removed to Guthrie county, Iowa, where since has 
 remained their home. The father has given his 
 whole career to farming, but is now retired. He 
 has always taken much interest in politics and has 
 held various public offices in his county. The mother 
 is a devout Christian and very active in church 
 work. Nine children were born to these parents and 
 of this family Arthur A. is seventh in birth. Dr. 
 Elton B. Rogers, another son, is also located at Win- 
 chester, Idaho, and receives individual mention in 
 this work. Arthur A. was nine years old when his 
 parents removed from Illinois to Bagley, Iowa, 
 where he grew to the age of seventeen. He then 
 entered Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, where he 
 took a preparatory course, and following that he be- 
 came a student in the University of Idaho, Moscow, 
 graduating from that institution in 1906. On leav- 
 ing the university he accepted a position in the 
 Moscow State Bank at Moscow, and from there he 
 came to Winchester, Lewis county, to take up duties 
 as cashier and active head of the Bank of Winches- 
 ter, in which position he has shown forceful busi- 
 ness ability. 
 
 On May 16, 1908, he was married at Moscow, 
 Idaho, to Florence O. Skattaboe, a daughter of 
 Mrs. Carrie S. Skattaboe, of Moscow. They have 
 one son, Arthur L. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are 
 members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Rogers 
 affiliates fraternally with the Masonic order, the 
 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the 
 Knights of Pythias and has been master of the ex- 
 chequer of the Winchester lodge of the last named 
 order ever since it was organized. Though college 
 days have passed they are remembered as a mem- 
 ber of the Kappa Theta Psi and also the Phi Delta 
 Theta Greek letter fraternities, and he yet enjoys a 
 good game of football, as well as other diversions in 
 the way of athletics and cultural entertainments. He 
 is a member and treasurer of the Winchester Com- 
 mercial Club, and as an active and interested worker 
 in Republican political affairs he is now serving as a 
 member of the Lewis county Republican central 
 committee. Mr. Rogers is now also serving his sec- 
 ond term as mavor of Winchester. 
 
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HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 971 
 
 GRUNDY ORR McMiNiMY, of Ho, whose name oc- 
 cupies a place on the roll of Idaho's lawyers, and 
 during almost a decade's connection with the bar of 
 the state he has won and maintained a reputation that 
 has given him standing among his professional 
 brethren. In the law, as in every other walk of life, 
 success is largely the outcome of resolute purpose, 
 a quality which is possessed in a large degree by 
 Mr. McMinimy. 
 
 In Hancock county, Illinois, February 5, 1880, oc- 
 curred the birth of Grundy Orr McMinimy, who is a 
 son of Felix Grundy and Margaret L. (Williams) 
 McMinimy, the former of whom was born and reared 
 in Kentucky and the latter in Illinois. The father 
 was a member of the Eleventh Illinois Infantry dur- 
 ing the Civil war and he was seriously injured while 
 in service. April 12, 1892, the McMinimy home was 
 established in Lewiston, Idaho, whence the family 
 removed to Seattle, Washington, in 1905. In the 
 latter city the father was given the position of 
 guard in the Pemberton navy yards. Four sons 
 were born to Mr. and Mrs. McMinimy and three 
 of them, Felix Otto, George Ellsworth and John 
 Clark are now prominent ranchers in the vicinity 
 of Krupp, Washington. 
 
 To the public schools of Lewiston, Idaho, Grundy 
 Orr McMinimy is indebted for his early educational 
 discipline, the same including a course in high 
 school, in which he was graduated as a member of 
 the class of 1897. In 1899 he was graduated in the 
 Lewiston State Normal School and for five years 
 after leaving the latter institution he was engaged 
 in teaching in Nez Perce county, Idaho, also acting 
 as reporter for the Lewiston Teller, one of the old 
 papers published in Idaho. He next entered the 
 Willamette University, at Salem, Oregon, and there 
 began the study of law. He was admitted to prac- 
 tice in the supreme court of Idaho April 2, 1904, and 
 immediately entered upon his legal career at Lew- 
 iston, Idaho, where he remained until 1909, in which 
 year he came to Ilo. Here, in addition to practicing 
 law, he assumed the editorship of the Ilo Register, 
 retaining that position for one year. During the in- 
 tervening years until 1911 he devoted his undivided 
 attention_to the practice of law, but in March of that 
 year again became editor and proprietor of the Ilo 
 Register, one of the representative newspapers of 
 Lewis county. 
 
 In politics Mr. McMinimy is a stalwart Republican. 
 He was appointed referee in bankruptcy for Nez 
 Perce county in 1905, and has held the same posi- 
 tion for Lewis county since 1911. He is likewise the 
 popular and efficient incumbent of the office of city 
 attorney and in 1912 was candidate for the office of 
 prosecuting attorney of Lewis county. He is a 
 Mason and is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, 
 the Knights of the Maccabees, and the Modern 
 Woodmen of America. He has been chancellor in 
 the Knights of Pythias and is a member of the 
 Grand Lodge of the state. He is the owner of val- 
 uable business and residence property in Ilo. 
 
 June 7. 1903, Mr. McMinimy was united in mar- 
 riage to Miss Clara J. French, a native of Idaho and 
 a daughter of Charles A. French. She is a sister of 
 the Hon. Burton L. French, United States Con- 
 gressman for Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. McMinimy have 
 three children: Clare F., Mary Winifred and Mar- 
 garet Mina. 
 
 HENRY MOORE. To say that a man is postmaster 
 of a town or city is to place a certain stamp upon 
 him, for although such a post is often given as a re- 
 ward for some political service, yet the incumbent is 
 always selected with care, for Uncle Sam has to be 
 
 especially scrupulous about the holders 'of this par- 
 ticular office, and so postmasters as a class bear a 
 reputation for strict integrity and faithfulness to 
 duty perhaps unexcelled by any other class of men. 
 Henry Moore is an example of the finer qualities 
 found in this circle of official life, and as postmas- 
 ter of Roseberry, Idaho, has filled the post not only 
 conscientiously but to the satisfaction of all. 
 
 Henry Moore .was born in Republic, Kansas, on 
 the 9th of November, 1877. He is a son of D. J. and 
 Clarinda (Bishop) Moore. The former was a na- 
 tive of Michigan and came to Kansas as a young 
 man, being one of the pioneers of that state, where 
 he was engaged in farming until 1892. During this year 
 he removed to Idaho and settled near Boise. Here 
 he invested in farming lands, and developed his 
 property from wild land to a highly cultivated farm. 
 He spent the remainder of his life in Boise Valley, 
 dying there in March, 1905, at the age of seventy- 
 two years. His wife, who has now reached the age 
 of seventy-two, is still a resident of Boise Valley. 
 Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Moore, 
 all of whom save two are now living. These chil- 
 dren are Mrs. H. C. Devore, who lives in Califor- 
 nia; Mrs. Nellie Beck, who makes her home in 
 Kansas; Mrs. Frank Kimble, who lives in Port- 
 land, Oregon; Miss Carrie Moore, living in Boise 
 Valley, with .her mother; D. L. Moore, also a resi- 
 dent of Boise Valley; S. E. Moore, of Long Valley, 
 and Henry Moore, who was the eighth child. 
 
 Henry Moore received his first education in the 
 schools of Kansas, and later when his father re- 
 moved to Idaho he continued to go to school for a 
 time in Boise valley. After he was through school 
 he went to work on his father's farm, and he was 
 thus engaged until 1903 when he came to Long 
 Valley and took up a homestead. This homestead 
 was fine farming land and he soon had it in a fine 
 state of cultivation. In 1910 he bought a partner- 
 ship with Mr. Blankinship in a mercantile business 
 in Roseberry, and it was in this same year that he 
 received his appointment as postmaster. He has 
 since continued in his mercantile business and at 
 the same time fulfilled his duties as postmaster. He 
 has other business interests, being a director and 
 president of the Roseberry Commercial Associa- 
 tion, which is the owner of the substantial building 
 which contains stores on the first floor and above 
 halls for public meetings. 
 
 In religious matters Mr. Moore is not a mem- 
 ber of any denomination. He is a well known man 
 in this section and would have been even had he not 
 been appointed to his present position, for he is the 
 kind of man who makes many and warm friends 
 wherever he goes, and he is a man who is alive to- 
 what is going on around him and takes a deep and 
 active interest in the affairs of the day, be they onlv 
 local or of greater moment. 
 
 Mr. Moore was married on Christmas Day, 1900, 
 in Boise, to Miss Josephine Butler, a daughter of 
 John H. and Alice J. Butler, who are residents of 
 Boise valley. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have become the 
 parents of four children: Raymond Merritt, who 
 was born in 1902 in Boise valley, and who is now 
 attending school in Roseberry; Ellsworth S., who 
 was born in 1905 in Boise Valley and is also going 
 to school in his home town; Hazel Milford, who 
 was born in 1906, and Alvin, who was born in 1008, 
 are not yet old enough to go to school. 
 
 JOHN F. HANSEN. Coming to America at the 
 age of eighteen a poor boy, hardly able to speak 
 a word of the English language, working at any 
 occupation which would afford him an honest living, 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 John F. Hansen since 1876 has been a resident of 
 Idaho, and through the energy and ability which 
 he has applied to his various undertakings has pros- 
 pered steadily, and is still piloting his business with 
 as much vigor and success as ever. Mr. Hansen 
 for a number of years has been one of the leading 
 merchants at Rock Creek. He has reared a fine 
 family of children, and they in turn reflect credit 
 upon him and are also filling worthy and honorable 
 positions in affairs. 
 
 John F. Hansen is a native of Denmark, born 
 March 20, 1854, grew to manhood and was trained 
 in the mercantile lines, and left his native country 
 at the age of eighteen. Locating at Indianapolis, 
 Indiana, he worked there for four years, at any job 
 he could get, and then in 1876 crossed the plains 
 and located on Cottonwood creek in Idaho. For 
 a time his energies were directed to placer mining 
 on Snake river, and he opened what is known in 
 mining circles as the Bonanza Barjnine. After about 
 a year he gave up mining for cow punching, and his 
 experience in that line continued for four years. 
 He then took up a homestead and settled down to 
 the regular activity of farming and to performing 
 his share of public duties. In 1892 he was elected 
 to the office of probate judge in Cassia county. 
 In $894 and in 1898 he was elected clerk of the 
 district court of that county, and gave a very effi- 
 cient administration of these offices. In 1900 Mr. 
 Hansen bought his present merchandise establish- 
 ment at Rock Creek, and has since conducted a 
 large enterprise with an extensive stock of general 
 goods for supplying all the needs of the local com- 
 munity. Besides his other public service he served 
 by appointment as county commissioner of Twin 
 Falls county for twenty-one months. He still owns 
 a mining interest, and has much to show for thirty- 
 seven years of residence in Idaho. 
 
 On September 2, 1877, Mr. Hansen married Miss 
 Anne E. Petersen, of Rock Creek. They have six 
 children, namely: Bertha, wife of H. W. Bond, 
 who is an architect with offices in Weiser, Idaho, 
 and Baker City, Oregon; Mary, the wife of C. J. 
 Domroes, engaged in merchandising at Rock Creek ; 
 Anna, wife of J. E. Hays, of Denver, Colorado, 
 where he is a civil engineer; Carrie, wife of G. D. 
 Crockett, forester on the Minidaka reservation in 
 Idaho ; Henry, an engineer at Los Angeles, and also 
 interested with his father in business ; Ruth, wife 
 of W. J. Kitsch, of Boise. Mr. Hansen has always 
 voted and supported the Republican party, and is 
 an effective worker for good government, both in 
 his home community and in the state. In 1893 he 
 took his first degrees in Masonry at Albion, and 
 now has membership in Twin Falls Lodge No. 45, 
 A. F. & A. M. The family are communicants of 
 the Lutheran church. 
 
 GEORGE REZAC. That Idaho meets every man of 
 brain and energy at least half way with opportunity 
 is almost universally conceded by her citizens, and 
 he who cannot succeed in this state would most 
 probably not succeed anywhere. Business employ- 
 ment brought George Rezac to Payette, Idaho, in 
 1001, and while he continued there a number of 
 years engaged for others, he kept alert for oppor- 
 tunity. Today he is the proprietor of one of the 
 leading and successful pharmacies of Payette and 
 also owns a nine acre improved orchard located 
 about three miles from the city. 
 
 Born December 6, .1873, in Milwaukee, Wiscon- 
 sin, he is a son of Frank Rezac and Nettie (Stran- 
 sky) Rezac, both natives of Bohemia. The father 
 came to America as a young boy and first located 
 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but early in the '703 he 
 
 removed to Wilber, Nebraska, where for a number 
 of years he continued to follow his trade as a black- 
 smith. He passed to rest at Omaha, Nebraska, at 
 the age of fifty. Nettie (Stransky) Rezac left her 
 native Bohemia as a young girl and immigrated to 
 the United States with her parents, who settled in 
 Racine, Wisconsin. She is yet living and resides at 
 the old home in Omaha. Of the twelve children 
 that came to these parents, but two daughters and 
 George of this review survive. 
 
 Mr. Rezac received a common and high school 
 education in Omaha and supplemented this disci- 
 pline with a course in a business college in that city. 
 At the age of seventeen he left home with a cash 
 capital of three dollars and started out for himself. 
 He first took employment as a stenographer for the 
 Cudahy Packing Company in South Omaha, but 
 after a short time there he came west to Rock 
 Springs, Wyoming, where he became a stenographer 
 in the Union Pacific railroad offices and remained 
 over eleven years. Resigning this position, he came 
 to Idaho as bookkeeper for the Moss Mercantile 
 Company at Payette and took up his duties in that 
 capacity in January, 1901, continuing to be asso- 
 ciated with this firm for a period of eight years. 
 Following that he became manager of the Payette 
 Fruit Packing Company, but in the meantime he 
 purchased the business originally established by 
 Thomas Jones, and which was the oldest and one 
 of the leading drug stores in Payette. Mr. Rezac 
 employed a licensed pharmacist for the preparation 
 and compounding of prescriptions and now has 
 taken personal charge of the business, continuing it 
 along its former successful lines of conduct and with 
 an increasing trade and profit. Besides this holding 
 he has acquired the fine orchard of nine acres men- 
 tioned in the beginning of this review. He is prom- 
 inently affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, holding 
 his Blue lodge and Chapter membership at Payette 
 and his membership as a Knight Templar Mason at 
 Boise and as a Noble of the Mystic Shrine at Raw- 
 lins, Wyoming. He is a thorough Republican and 
 has always been identified with that party, but is not 
 an active participant in political affairs. Though re- 
 peatedly solicited, he has always declined to seek 
 official honors. A progressive and public-spirited 
 citizen, he sustains membership in the Payette Com- 
 mercial Club and gives warm support to all meas- 
 ures meaning the advancement of Payette and of 
 Idaho. Mr. Rezac is a communicant of the Episcopal 
 church and is now a junior warden of this denomi- 
 nation at Payette. 
 
 In September, 1898, at Rock Springs, Wyoming, 
 were pronounced the solemn marriage rites which 
 united Mr. Rezac and Miss Elizabeth Mellor, a 
 daughter of William H. Mellor and a native of 
 Wyoming. Mr. and Mrs. Rezac have two daugh- 
 ters : Blanch, born at Rock Springs, Wyoming, April 
 10, 1900, and Donna, born October 27, 1901, at Pay- 
 ette, Idaho. 
 
 L. C. NORTHAM. Another of the younger gener- 
 ation of substantial business citizens of this region 
 is L. C. Northam, conspicuous among the commer- 
 cial leaders of Weiser. As the head of an enterprise 
 that has attained great importance, the senior mem- 
 ber of the Nqrtham-McCann Furniture Company de- 
 serves explicit mention in this history of the state 
 of Idaho. 
 
 Of Iowa origin, Mr. Northam is the son of George 
 and Kate (Erickson) Northam the former a native 
 of Wisconsin, who removed to Webster county, 
 Iowa, as a young man ; and the latter a native of 
 Sweden, who came to America with her parents 
 when onlv six weeks old and was reared in Iowa. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 973 
 
 George and Kate Northam were residents of Day- 
 ton, Webster county, Iowa, for some years. That 
 was the birthplace of L. C. of this review, who was 
 born on February 14, 1874. 
 
 As the family removed to South Dakota during 
 his childhood, the school life of L. C. Northam was 
 spent in that state until he went to Fort Dodge, 
 Iowa, to enter the business college located there. 
 Completing his commercial course in 1895, he ac- 
 cepted a position with a grocery firm, where he re- 
 mained for eight years. He then returned to South 
 Dakota, where his father had certain mining inter- 
 ests, and he there engaged in the service of a min- 
 ing company. For nine years he remained in the 
 Black Hills, after which he came further West, locat- 
 ing at Caldwell, Idaho. His residence in that place 
 began in the year 1905, at which time he became as- 
 sociated with the Jones Furniture Company, remain- 
 ing thus for three years. 
 
 In 1910 Mr. Northam chose Weiser as a desirable 
 location and has here established the Northam-Mc- 
 Cann Furniture Company, as previously mentioned. 
 Though the youngest furniture house in the city, 
 this firm has maintained a sturdy growth and is in 
 possession of a splendid reputation as a^ reliable and 
 up-to-date house. The store is located in a substan- 
 tial brick building on one of the most prominent 
 business corners in the city, and is a large, well- 
 lighted place, with a heavy line of furnishings for 
 the home or office. In addition to this department 
 of the business, they conduct an undertaking busi- 
 ness as well, carrying a complete line of funeral 
 goods of a superior quality. The development of 
 the combined industries since their establishment 
 in July, 1910, has been along the most satisfactory 
 and stable lines both to the company and to the 
 buying public. The business is estimated at a valua- 
 tion of $22,000 per annum. 
 
 Mr. Northam's associations with the residents of 
 Weiser include various fraternal affiliations, among 
 which are the Masons, the Ancient Order of United 
 Workmen, and the Modern Woodmen of America. 
 He is also a member of the Weiser Commercial 
 Club. He is well known as a loyal Republican of 
 sincere convictions, but not as an office seeker. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Northam are members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church. 
 
 Mrs. Northam, formerly Miss Emma Holgate, of 
 Lead, South Dakota, was a daughter of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Robert Holgate, both now deceased, of that 
 place. Her marriage to Mr. Northam took place in 
 June, 1898. Both are socially popular in Weiser and 
 arc valuable accessions to the thriving little city 
 which they have chosen as their home. Mr. Northam 
 is especially prominent in musical circles, being cor- 
 netist of the Weiser band. 
 
 M. R. PRIEST. One of the most important indus- 
 tries of any large community, upon which depends 
 in great measure the importance of its various en- 
 terprises, is its electric light and power plant. In 
 recent years, among electrical engineers, there has 
 been a tendency to turn their attention to the prob- 
 lem of utilizing heads of water for the purpose of 
 generating electric energy to be used in furnishing 
 light and power. In the hills back of the city of 
 or is located a reservoir of 500,000 gallons ca- 
 pacity, supplied by the Snake river, from which is 
 gained the power which, it is claimed, makes the 
 municipality the best lighted city in the state of 
 Idaho ; The credit for this great engineering achieve- 
 ment is due, in a large degree, to the efforts of the 
 superintendent of the Weiser Electric Light and 
 Power Plant, M. R. Priest, who although still a 
 
 young man has risen to high position in his chosen 
 vocation. Mr. Priest has been a resident of Weiser 
 only since 1911, but his services to the community 
 have been of such a beneficial nature as to make his 
 name one to be placed among those of the men who 
 have in late years assisted so materially in the de- 
 velopment of this part of the West. 
 
 M. R. Priest was born at Greeley, Anderson 
 county, Kansas, in August, 1884, and is a son of 
 J. W. and Emma (Renzenberger) Priest, the former 
 a native of Ohio and the latter of Kansas. During 
 his early life, J. W. Priest was a manufacturer, and 
 as such went to Kansas, where he was married. In 
 1892 he brought his family to Pocatello, Idaho, 
 where he remained until 1895, n that year moving 
 to the city of Boise, where he now has farming in- 
 terests. He is forty-nine years of age and his wife 
 one year younger, and they are the parents of five 
 children, M. R. being the eldest. 
 
 After attending the public schools of Boise, Mr. 
 Priest took a correspondence course in mechanical 
 engineering, following which he was engaged in 
 electrical work at various trades in mechanical lines. 
 In 1906 he began to be interested in electrical power 
 work, and eventually was given charge of the power 
 plant at Sheridan, Wyoming. From that city he 
 came to Weiser, Idaho, in May, 1911, to become 
 connected with the city power plant, and took 
 charge of the operations. The large reservoir before 
 mentioned will soon be re-enforced by another one 
 of similar proportions, which, like it, will receive its 
 supply from water pumped from the Snake river. 
 When Mr. Priest took charge of the plant here, the 
 street lighting was of a very inferior order, but he 
 has already installed forty cluster lights, to which 
 sixty more are to be added, and sixteen miles of 
 posts have been erected, it being Mr. Priest's claim 
 that Weiser is now the best fighted 'town in the 
 state. He has brought to his work untiring energy, 
 boundless enthusiasm and marked executive ability, 
 and hi? services are meeting with the unqualified ap- 
 probation of the citizens of the municipality. 
 
 Mr. Priest is unmarried. He is independent in his 
 political views, and takes no definite stand in mat- 
 ters of a religiolis nature. He holds membership in 
 the Electrical Workers' LInion and is popular with 
 the members of the local lodges of the Fraternal 
 Order of Eagles and the Moose. It is but natural 
 that he should be fond of out-door life, and it is 
 also not surprising that he should be enthusiastic 
 as to the many advantages of his adopted state, for 
 here he has met with success not only in a material 
 way, but in the 'acquiring and maintaining of nu- 
 merous sincere friendships. 
 
 CHRISTIAN PETERSEN. Hard work and close at- 
 tention to business were the means by which Chris- 
 tian Petersen arrived at prosperity. He has been 
 a resident of Idaho for thirty-three years, and dur- 
 ing the first few years spent in this state he worked 
 at wages until he could accumulate a little savings 
 and get sufficient familiarity with the country and 
 the people to make his real start. Since then he 
 has prospered, has been one of the large cattlemen 
 and still owns a fine ranch in southern Idaho. 
 
 Christian Petersen is one of the capable men of 
 foreign birth who have done so much for the 
 development of the W r est. He was born in Den- 
 mark, December 19. 1860, a son of Peter Jensen 
 and Bertha Hansen, both natives of Denmark, where 
 the mother is still living at the advanced age of 
 ninety years. The son Christian spent the first 
 nineteen years of his life in his native country, 
 attended the common schools, and also served an 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 apprenticeship in the blacksmith's trade. Coming 
 to America in 1880, and going direct to Idaho, he 
 worked on a farm at monthly wage, and two sum- 
 mers were spent in placer mining on Snake river. 
 In 1885 he invested his savings in a few head of 
 cattle, and soon increased his herd of both horses 
 and cattle, and was running his stock in large num- 
 bers over the range and over land which he had 
 homesteaded and bought. This was the regular 
 line of his industry up to 1909, in which year he 
 sold most of his cattle and horses, and also has sold 
 all his ranch lands except his home place of one 
 hundred and twenty acres, near Rock Creek. This 
 ranch is excellently improved, and all the arable 
 land is under water. Besides his other interests, 
 Mr. Petersen -was one of the organizers of the 
 Bank of Hansen, and is a stockholder and director 
 in that concern. At Twin Falls he owns a modern 
 residence, and leases it to a tenant. He has a nice 
 home on his ranch at Rock Creek, and lives there 
 in comfort and contentment. One of the features 
 of his home which makes an impression upon every 
 visitor is his beautiful flower garden, and in the 
 midst of his flowers and fruits, and with the esteem 
 of all that circle of citizens who enjoy his acquaint- 
 ance, he is spending his happy and profitable years. 
 On December 3, 1893, Mr. Petersen married Han- 
 nah Larsen, a daughter of Lars Larsen. They have 
 no children of their own, but have reared one 
 child, Maude Tatro, since she was two and a half 
 years old, and she is now attending the high school 
 in Twin Falls. Mr. Petersen is a Republican, but 
 has accepted no official honors, and is glad to do 
 his part as a citizen through his private relations 
 and by helping forward every movement undertaken 
 for the benefit of his home communty. 
 
 KARL L. KEYES. The vocation of civil engineer- 
 ing attracts many young men when they start out 
 in life and it has proven a rich field of opportunity 
 to those who are willing to work hard, scorn hard- 
 ships, face dangers and prove fidelity to the systems 
 that employ them; but rewards are not given to 
 those who have not thus proved up. Among the 
 leaders of this profession in every community will 
 be found men of sterling character who would have 
 succeeded in almost any line of work because of 
 this, but who, through natural inclination and life- 
 long training, have become particularly competent in 
 engineering work and very often have reached high 
 official position through their own efforts. In this 
 connection may be cited Karl L. Keyes, of Weiser, 
 Idaho, whose ingenuity, adaptability and practical 
 qualities have won him recognition and material 
 success among his associates. Mr. Keyes was born 
 at Montague, Michigan, June 12, 1880, and is a son 
 of James A. and Carrie (Phillips) Keyes. 
 
 James A. Keyes was born in the Empire state, 
 and in 1870 removed to Michigan, where he was a 
 resident until 1892. In 1898 he came to Idaho and 
 settled in the Weiser valley and was connected with 
 the Weiser Academy until his death in 1902, at the 
 age of fifty-five years. His wife, Carrie Phillips, was 
 born in India, her parents being American mission- 
 aries to that country, and was brought to the United 
 States in 1850, when she was twelve years of age. 
 Her death occurred in Ohio, in 1896, she having 
 been the mother of seven children, . of whom five 
 survive, as follows: Mrs. Olena Keller, residing at 
 Mosier, Oregon ; Mrs. Bertha Rich, of Phoenix, Ari- 
 zona; Karl L. ; Mrs. Julia Burley, of Weiser, and 
 Mrs. Edith Hunting, of Rathdrum, Idaho. Mrs. 
 Una Jones and Wayland Keyes are those deceased. 
 
 Karl L. Keyes took a preparatory course in the 
 
 Weiser Academy, from which he graduated in 1902. 
 From 1904 to 1908 he attended the State University, 
 where he was graduated in civil engineering, and 
 immediately took up active work for the Chicago, 
 Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, being connected 
 with the construction department of that line for 
 eight months. Following this, he spent nine months 
 in working on the Goose Creek project in the Twin 
 Falls country, and in 1909 embarked in business on 
 his own account. He has done considerable work 
 for the Pacific & Idaho Northern Railway, as a 
 member of the staff of locating engineers. As a man 
 whose work has taken him to various sections of 
 the state, Mr. Keyes believes that he can state with 
 authority his views that Idaho's resources are but 
 partly developed and that the coming years will 
 prove to be ones of great prosperity. His own activ- 
 ities have been so directed as to assist materially in 
 the development of the section, where he is known 
 as a man of marked ability in his chosen line. 
 
 On January 4, 1912, Mr. Keyes was married at 
 Caldwell, Idaho, to Miss Salome Williams, whose 
 parents are well known and highly esteemed resi- 
 dents of Brownville, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Keyes 
 are members of the Congregational church, and 
 have a wide acquaintance among the best people of 
 this section. In political matters he is a Republican, 
 and last November was elected to the office of county 
 surveyor of Washington county. Outside of his col- 
 lege fraternity, he belongs to no social organizations, 
 preferring to give his attention to his profession and 
 his home, but when the demands of his various du- 
 ties relax, he occasionally takes a trip to the hills 
 with rod and gun, and seldom returns without some 
 excellent specimens of the chase. 
 
 JOHN B. KENAGY, M. D. One of the primary 
 purposes of this publication is to accord recognition 
 to those citizens of Idaho who stand representative 
 in their respective fields of endeavor, and to such 
 consideration is Dr. Kenagy specially due. He is 
 distinctively the pioneer physician and surgeon of 
 the thriving town of Rupert, Minidoka county, but 
 this statement does not imply long years of profes- 
 sional service at this place, since the village dates 
 its inception back only to the year 1905. The Doctor, 
 however, is a man of high professional attainments 
 and sterling character, and in this great and pro- 
 gressive state has found a most desirable field for 
 successful practice. 
 
 Dr. Kenagy claims the fine old Buckeye state as 
 the place of his nativity. He was born in Logan 
 county, Ohio, on the I3th of February, 1863, and is 
 a son of Asa and Salome (Yoder) Kenagy. The 
 father was a native of Pennsylvania and removed 
 from that state to Ohio, where he became a prosper- 
 ous farmer in Logan county. He died when the 
 Doctor, the third in order of birth of the four 
 children, was an infant, and his widow soon after 
 removed with her children to Garden City, Cass 
 county, Missouri, where she eventually became the 
 wife of Christian Yoder, who was of the same family 
 name as herself but of no kinship. She passed the 
 remainder of her life in Missouri and was about 
 sixty-eight years of age at the time of her demise. 
 Of the four children of the first marriage the eldest 
 is Rufus, who is a resident of Garden City, Missouri, 
 as is also Adolphus M. ; and Christopher, the young- 
 est of the four sons, maintains his home in Kansas 
 City, Missouri. Of the second marriage were born 
 two daughters, both of whom are living. 
 
 Dr. Kenagy was reared to maturity on the home- 
 stead farm of his stepfather in Cass county, Mis- 
 souri, and the district schools afforded him his early 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 educational advantages. At the age of twenty-one 
 he entered the Kansas Normal School at Fort Scott, 
 in which he was graduated as a member of the class 
 of 1890. For twelve years thereafter he was a suc- 
 cessful and popular representative of the pedagogic 
 profession, in which he taught in the public schools 
 of Nebraska and Colorado. He served as principal 
 of the schools at Callaway, Nebraska, for four 
 years; held a similar position at Buena Vista, Colo- 
 rado, for four years; and was for three years prin- 
 cipal of the public schools at Gunnison, Colorado. 
 LOIIH before this he had become imbued with a de- 
 sire to enter the medical profession, as offering a 
 broader sphere for effective and humane endeavor, 
 and he carefully conserved his financial resources 
 for the purpose of accomplishing the desired ends. 
 In 1901, therefore, he was matriculated in the medi- 
 cal department of the University of Colorado, in 
 which he was graduated as a member of the class of 
 1906, and from which he received his well earned 
 degree of Doctor of Medicine. In the autumn of 
 the same year he came to Idaho, where he passed the 
 required examination before the state board of medi- 
 cal examiners, and he then established his home in 
 the new and promising village of Rupert, confident 
 of its development and progress and recognizing that 
 its location was such as to offer an inviting field for 
 his professional work. His judgment has been am- 
 ply justified, and he has built up a large and sub- 
 stantial practice from this center, the while he has 
 gained the highest vantage place in the confidence 
 and esteem of the people of this section of the state. 
 Though he was not the first physician to engage 
 in practice at Rupert, those who preceded him have 
 removed to other points and thus he has priority 
 over those who have since located here, and in point 
 of consecutive practice is the oldest physician of the 
 thriving town, which now has an approximate popu- 
 lation of fully one thousand. 
 
 Dr. Kenagy has been most liberal and progressive 
 in his civic attitude and has done all in his power to 
 further the social and material advancement of his 
 home village, where he holds the position of local 
 surgeon for the Oregon Short Line Railroad. Like 
 many others throughout the country he is a distinct 
 progressive in his political proclivities, and is aligned 
 with the party that has adopted the name of Progres- 
 sive. He is at the present time president of the Ru- 
 pert board of t.'ucation, is affiliated with the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and both he and his 
 wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal church. The Doctor is a member of the Idaho 
 State Medical Society and Southern Idaho District 
 Medical Society. He is entitled to great credit for 
 the valiant spirit which he manifested in preparing 
 himself for the profession in which he has gained 
 distinctive success and prestige. While engaged in 
 teaching school at a comparatively small Hilary he 
 had assumed considerable responsibilities, and it 
 may well be understood that in providing for his 
 family and saving funds to complete his professional 
 education he encountered many obstacles and had to 
 observe the utmost economy and frugality, his cher- 
 ished and devoted wife proving a sympathetic coun- 
 selor and assistant to him in attaining his laudable 
 ambition. In concrete evidence of the success which 
 he has gained as a medical practitioner it may be 
 stated he is the owner of one of the finest 
 ranches on the Minidoka project, in Minidoka 
 county, the property lying within a short distance 
 from the corporate limits of Rupert. On this ranch, 
 which he has effectually improved and in the devel- 
 opment of which he takes the deepest interest, he 
 has erected an attractive residence, and this pleasant 
 
 home is known as a center of gracious hospitality, 
 the while it is readily accessible to the village of 
 Rupert, where the Doctor maintains an office. Mrs. 
 Kenagy is an enthusiast in the cultivation of roses, 
 and has propagated on the home ranch many choice 
 varieties, so that she has gained wide reputation in 
 this interesting line, the while she is a most popular 
 factor in the social activities of the community. 
 
 On the 5th of August, 1890, was solemnized the 
 marriage of Dr. Kenagy to Miss Harriet Sliffe, who 
 was born in Ohio and reared in Cass county, Mis- 
 souri, and who is a daughter of Henry and Sarah 
 (Walters) Sliffe, representatives of sterling pioneer 
 families of that state. Dr. and Mrs. Kenagy have 
 two children, both of whom remain at the parental 
 home. Fayre, who is associated in the work and 
 management of the home farm, was graduated in the 
 Rupert high school as a member of the class of 1913, 
 and Louise is now attending school in that village. 
 Fayre is an enthusiastic and adept hunter, and 
 many beautiful mounted specimens of water fowl 
 adorn the family home and attest to his skill as a 
 marksman. 
 
 GEORGE A. SMITH. Among the younger business 
 men of Albion, Idaho, who have a promising future 
 before them is George A. Smith. He has worked 
 his way to his present position in the business world 
 doing all kinds of manual labor, and Raining a val- 
 uable training in practical experience during his 
 early years. He is a descendant of one of the pio- 
 neer families of Utah, and has inherited many of the 
 sturdy and courageous traits that made the first 
 generation of the West able to cope with all the 
 hardships and misadventures that fell to their lot. 
 
 The father of George A. Smith was Adam G. 
 Smith, who was a native of Iowa, and who came to 
 Utah as one of the early pioneers of that state. He 
 became a farmer in his new home and until 1880 was 
 a well known resident of Utah. At this time he came 
 to Idaho and settled in Goose Creek valley, where 
 he engaged in farming and stock raising. He was 
 quite successful in this business and continued to be 
 thus engaged until 1902, when he began his mercan- 
 tile career, by buying out the branch store of the 
 Oakley Co-operat/ve Company, at Marion, Idaho. 
 He became an even more successful merchant than 
 he had been a farmer, and at his death was ac- 
 counted one of the prosperous men of the county. 
 He died in June, 1911. Adam G. Smith was three 
 times married, and was the father of thirteen chil- 
 dren. His second wife. Eliza Shields, was the 
 mother of George A. Smith, who was the tenth 
 child. Mrs. Eliza Smith was born in Utah, and 
 died on the 4th of July, 1899, in Idaho. 
 
 George A. Smith was born at Oakley, Idaho, on 
 the 7th of December, 1885, and here he grew to 
 manhood. He received his education in the Oakley 
 schools, and attended school until he was twenty 
 years of age. After leaving school he tried various 
 kinds of work, being a sheep herder and ranch hand, 
 and in fact learning all there was to know about 
 ranching by first hand experience. His first posi- 
 tion that really meant something to him was as as- 
 sistant county assessor of Cassia county. After 
 serving for five years as deputy he was elected 
 in 1910 on the Republican ticket to the position of 
 county clerk of Cassia county. He is at present the 
 holder of this office and is performing his duties in 
 a way that satisfies everyone. Mr. Smith is also 
 the owner of a fine ranch in Cassia county. 
 
 In fraternal matters Mr. Smith is an enthusiastic 
 member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 being a member of the Blue lodge. He is un- 
 married. 
 
 GEORGE EDWARD GRAY. For eleven years the late 
 George Edward Gray occupied a foremost position 
 among the attorneys of this city, and his name 
 was one that was well and favorably known through- 
 out this district. He was prosecuting attorney of 
 Bannock county for four years, and was the legal 
 representative of the Citizens' Bank in Pocatello 
 until he died, on September 17, 1912, while he shared 
 in the big business of the city and county in a 
 professional way as long as he was identified with 
 this section. His death was felt as a distinct loss 
 in the city of Pocatello, both in professional and 
 social circles, and a host of friends are left who 
 mourn his passing in the prime of a vigorous and 
 useful manhood. 
 
 George Edward Gray was born in Sparta, Wiscon- 
 sin, in 1867, and died on the I7th day of September, 
 1912, at the age of forty-five years. He was the 
 son of Pope David and Harriet (Nash) Gray, na- 
 tives of New York and Vermont, respectively. The 
 father early settled in Wisconsin, where he passed 
 his life in the business of farming, in which he 
 enjoyed a moderate success. He died there at the 
 age of seventy-two. 
 
 George Edward Gray received an education be- 
 yond that of the average youth, and his common 
 school training was followed by a course of study 
 in the University of Wisconsin at Madison, from 
 which he was graduated in the law department in 
 1890, coming almost immediately thereafter to Idaho, 
 where he initiated his active practice in the city of 
 Boise. There he continued for about two years, 
 when he removed to Malad City, Utah, and estab- 
 lished himself in a professional way. ' He was suc- 
 cessful and prominent in Malad City, and was county 
 attorney for his county while there. He enjoyed 
 a distinctive practice and was well and favorably 
 known throughout the district. He was a resident 
 of Malad City for eleven years, coming to Pocatello 
 in 1904. His association with the professional life 
 of Pocatello was from the first a successful one, 
 and he won and retained the highest esteem and 
 regard of his colleagues, as well as of his clients. 
 He enjoyed a liberal and extended clientele and suc- 
 cess attended his efforts in Pocatello from the be- 
 ginning of his identification with the city until death 
 claimed him. He gave valuable public service in his 
 capacity as county attorney of Bannock county while 
 here, and served for four years in that office. 
 
 The fraternal relations of Mr. Gray were numer- 
 ous, and he had membership in the Benevolent Pro- 
 tective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the World, 
 and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, in all of which 
 he was prominent and popular. 
 
 In June, 1892, Mr. Gray was united in marriage 
 with Miss Meda Whalen, the daughter of William 
 and Lydia (Fay) Whalen, of St. Lawrence county, 
 New York, both of whom are now deceased. Two 
 children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gray: Warren, 
 born July 4, 1895, in Malad, Idaho, now attending 
 the Pocatello high school, and Meda, born in 
 August, 1903. Mrs. Gray, who was educated in the 
 University of Wisconsin, has since coming to Poca- 
 tello occupied a leading place in the best social 
 circles of the city, and is one of the most popular 
 and prominent women of Pocatello, where she has 
 a host of warm friends and well-wishers. 
 
 ROBERT A. LOUNSBURY. It is very seldom that 
 success in life comes to those who have considera- 
 ble cash in their pockets when they start out on life's 
 journey. That man little realizes the value of money 
 
 and does not know how to retrieve himself should he 
 lose all or a part of his resources, while a man who 
 has had to earn every penny knows f 1 11 well how 
 hard it is to save enough to get a start, and knows 
 equally well should disaster overtake him that he 
 would be able to start all over again and succeed 
 a second time. This is the kind of a man Robert A. 
 Lounsbury, of Albion, Idaho, is. He has made his 
 present comfortable fortune by saving his money 
 and by knowing when and where to invest, in short, 
 by a knowledge of how to handle finances. His suc- 
 cess in handling his own affairs but epitomizes his 
 success in handling the financial concerns of other 
 people, for he is the popular and respected cashier of 
 the Bank of Albion, although he is only a year or so 
 over thirty. 
 
 Robert Arza Lounsbury was born on the 24th of 
 February, 1879, near Ponca, in Dixon county, Ne- 
 braska. His father was Isaiah H. Lounsbury, a na- 
 tive of Massachusetts. His mother, who was born 
 in the state of New York, was Mary Ann Pomeroy 
 Lounsbury. These two were married in the East 
 and came West in 1890, settling in Malta, Idaho. 
 Afterward they spent eight years in Yale, Idaho, and 
 then removed to Minidoka, where he continued in 
 the mercantile business and was later made post- 
 master, a position which he now holds. He is a 
 Mason and a member of the blue lodge. Isaiah 
 and Mary Ann Lounsbury became the parents of 
 seven children, and of these Robert A. Lounsbury 
 was the fourth child. 
 
 The public schools of Malta and Yale, Idaho, fur- 
 nished his education and he later took a business 
 course, being graduated from this business college. 
 He has done all sorts of hard work in his endeavor 
 to gain a living and to advance himself in the world. 
 He worked for a time as a farm hand and then be- 
 came an employe on a dredge boat at Shelby, Idaho. 
 Such occupations took up his working days until he 
 was twenty-one, and then in spite of the fact that 
 .his wages had been small, driven by the goad of 
 ambition he had managed to lay aside enough to in- 
 vest in the mercantile business with his father in 
 Minidoka. He entered enthusiastically upon his 
 new work and until 1907 was very successful there. 
 During this year he came to Albion and accepted 
 the position of assistant cashier of the Bank of Al- 
 bion. After three years in this position he was made 
 cashier and has held this position since that time. 
 He has not been wholly absorbed in his work to the 
 exclusion of all outside interests as have so many 
 men in such positions as his. During his residence 
 in Minidoka he was justice of the peace for six 
 years, and now that he is living in Albion he has 
 become interested in real estate, owning a fine home- 
 stead property in Lincoln county, Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Lounsbury is a member of the Ancient, Free 
 and Accepted Masons, and is unmarried. 
 
 GEORGE ANDREW AXLINE. As president of the 
 State Normal School of Idaho, which is located at 
 Albion, George Andrew Axline is a noted figure not 
 only in the state but in other parts of the country, 
 for the normal school at Albion is well known for 
 the quality of work which is there accomplished and 
 for the able way in which the institution is carried 
 on. Mr. Axline is one of the most successful educa- 
 tors in the West, and since he has been president of 
 the normal school he has done much to increase its 
 usefulness and prestige, so that it now holds a high 
 place among institutions of this class. 
 
 George Andrew Axline is a son of Andrew Ax- 
 line, and he comes of a long line of noted ancestors. 
 The founder of the family in this country was 
 
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 Christopher Axline, who was a veteran of the army 
 of Frederick the Great, of Prussia, and who came 
 to America in Colonial times and established a 
 powder mill. His mill was confiscated by the British 
 and when he could be of no more use to his adopted 
 country in manufacturing the powder they so sorely 
 needed he gave his own service, both he and his 
 sons serving in the American army. Mr. Axline 
 on his mother's side had at least four ancestors who 
 served their country during the Revolutionary war. 
 There have been other members of the family in 
 more recent years who have distinguished them- 
 selves, among these being a cousin, Henry Axline, 
 who was a colonel of one of the regiments during 
 the Spanish- American war and was adjutant gen- 
 eral of Ohio under Governor Foraker. 
 
 Andrew Axline was educated in the University 
 of Ohio, where he took his M. A. degree. He then 
 entered the Lutheran ministry, in which he remained 
 until 1877. when he became a minister of the Pres- 
 byterian church. He was both preacher and teacher 
 in the sections where he was located, for in those 
 lays as in Biblical times the two professions went 
 hand in hand. He preached and taught in Fair- 
 field. Iowa, and in Bloomfield, Iowa. He then re- 
 moved to luka, Kansas, where he proved up on a 
 homestead. Here he organized the first church and 
 he also organized the churches in Pratt, Harper, 
 Medicine Lodge, Anthony and Kingman. He lived 
 at Pratt and in Arlington, Kansas, for some time 
 and during his residence in those places was ac- 
 tively engaged in teaching and carrying on the work 
 of his ministry. He was principal of the Fairfield 
 Academy and of the Southwestern Normal and 
 Scientific Institute, at Bloomfield, Iowa. He was 
 also county superintendent of schools of Pratt and 
 Barber counties, Kansas. He was chaplain of the 
 Second Iowa Infantry during his residence in that 
 state. Andrew Axline married Almira Stever, a 
 daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Stever, who were 
 early settlers of Jefferson county, Iowa. The death 
 of Mr. Axline occurred at Arlington, Kansas, March 
 4. 1897, and his widow is now residing at Pratt. 
 Kansas. 
 
 George Andrew Axline was born at Fairfield. 
 Iowa, on the 22nd of September, 1871. He was ed- 
 ucated in the common schools of Kansas during the 
 first years of his school days, and he was then sent 
 to the preparatory department of Parsons College at 
 Fairfield, Iowa. After completing the work here he 
 entered the collegiate department of Parsons Col- 
 lege, from which he was graduated in June, 1892, 
 with the degree of B. A. He also took some work 
 in the Chicago Normal School in 1899. 
 
 Immediately upon his graduation Mr. Axline en- 
 tered the profession with which he has ever since 
 been associated, that of teaching. His first position 
 was principal of the high school in Cawker City, 
 Kansas, which post he filled from 1892 to 1895. Dur- 
 ing the following year he was superintendent of 
 schools in Kirwin, Kansas. His next position was 
 in Humeston, Iowa, where he was superintendent 
 from 1896 until 1903. He next went to Corning. 
 Iowa, as superintendent of schools for the next 
 year. He was then called to the presidency of the 
 Albion State Normal School, at Albion, Idaho, and 
 has held this position ever since, this year making 
 his ninth year in office. 
 
 In addition to his educational work, Mr. Axline 
 has to give some share of his time to his real estate 
 interests. He has proved his belief in the future of 
 the great state of which he has become a resident 
 by investing largely in landed property. He owns 
 a ranch of three hundred and twenty acres, well im- 
 
 proved, which lies one mile south of Salmon City, 
 Idaho. Near Lewiston, Idaho, he is the owner of 
 five acres of the famous Lewiston orchard fruit 
 land, and he has a half interest in twenty acres ly- 
 ing within the town limits of Caldwell, Idaho. In 
 the city of Caldwell he is also the owner of three 
 city lots. 
 
 During the Spanish-American war Mr. Axline 
 became a member of the Fiftieth Iowa Regiment, 
 being a corporal in Company M. The spirit of his 
 early ancestors lived again in him during those 
 exciting days of 1898. Mr. Axline takes an active 
 part in the commercial affairs of Albion and is al- 
 ways on the alert to seize any advantage that might 
 accrue to the city. He is a director and is secretary 
 of the board of directors of the Albion-Marshfield 
 Railroad, a company which means much to the 
 little city. 
 
 In politics Mr. Axline is a member of the Repub- 
 lican party, but he has never cared to take an active 
 part. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, 
 having been initiated in the order in 1899. He was 
 master of the Masonic lodge in Humeston, Iowa, 
 for two terms. At various times he has held mem- 
 bership in the following fraternities : the Independ- 
 ent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, 
 the Sons of Veterans, the Eastern Star and the Or- 
 der of Rebecca. 
 
 Mr. Axline was married in Holstein, Iowa, on 
 October 20, 1898, to Mabel Estella Rea, a daughter 
 of Frank and Mary (Gilmore) Rea. Mrs. Axline 
 is herself a splendidly educated woman, being a 
 graduate of the public speaking department of High- 
 land Park University, Des Moines, Iowa. She was 
 a teacher of physical culture and public speaking in 
 the Central Normal University, at Humeston, Iowa, 
 and this was where she met her husband. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Axline are the parents of three children: 
 Marjorie Almira, who was born June 20, 1902. in 
 Humesten, Iowa; Rea Andrew, whose birth occur- 
 red on the I9th of January, 1906, at Albion. Idaho; 
 and Katharine Elizabeth, who was also born in 
 Albion, Idaho, on the 2ist of August. 1909. 
 
 GKORCE E. SCHROEDER. That the illustration is of 
 more importance than the text is a fact that in re- 
 cent years has practically revolutionized, not only all 
 methods of advertising, but also the entire art of ex- 
 pression through printed forms. 
 
 It is not strange, therefore, that many thousands 
 of people gain their best knowledge of distant 
 scenes and countries through the pictorial art rather 
 than through the medium of the printed word. 
 
 In many parts of the United States during recent 
 years people have been first led to wonder and ad- 
 miration of the remarkable beauty of the state of 
 Idaho when they have gazed upon the large Canvases 
 and smaller sketches that have been exhibited in 
 various land shows and elsewhere. "That is the 
 kind of country for me." is a typical exclamation 
 that falls from the lips of more than one observer as 
 he comprehends for the first time the rugged gran- 
 deur of the mountains and the peaceful fertility of the 
 valleys in Idaho. Tt is through such means that some 
 of the most effective advertising has been done for 
 this new state, and many hundreds of settlers are 
 probably chiefly influenced or obtain their first ac- 
 tive curiosity from such a source. 
 
 Many of the most beautiful and striking of ^these 
 Idaho pictures that have gone abroad on a mission 
 of good are the product of the brush and pencil of 
 an artist whose home is at Heyburn, under the west- 
 ern ridges of the Goose mountains and not far from 
 the wonderful Shoshone Falls. Mr. George E. 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Schroeder is an artist of solid talent, possessed of a 
 quick sense of the beautiful in nature, and at the 
 same time a man of practical ideas, who believes in 
 using his art to effective ends rather than in produc- 
 ing canvases which no one would ever want. Mr. 
 Schroeder was commissioned to paint the scenes 
 which adorned the Governor's Special, a train that 
 recently made a tour throughout the eastern states, 
 and it is doubtful if that train carried anything more 
 effective in advertising the wonders of Idaho than 
 these pictures. His sketches have also been features 
 of every land show in which Idaho has been repre- 
 sented, and he has calls for his work and ships many 
 sketches all over the United States and Canada. 
 
 Mr. Schroeder is a native of Chicago, Illinois, 
 where he was born April 9, 1865, and when six years 
 old his parents moved to Oak Park, a suburb of his 
 native city, where he grew up until he was of age. 
 By reason of ill health when a boy he never attended 
 school. His mother taught him the rudiments, and 
 as he grew older he read and studied so that eventu- 
 ally he possessed a fair education. His first money 
 was earned by picking cherries at fifty cents a bushel, 
 and some time later he was accepted as an appren- 
 tice in a sign-painting shop in Chicago. Thus a 
 fortunate direction was given to his early activities, 
 and from his early endeavors in inscribing letters 
 and signs for baked beans and hams and other com- 
 mercial products he deyeloped his skill and talent by 
 constant use for the higher forms of his art. 
 
 From Chicago Mr. Schroeder moved to Omaha, 
 where he followed his profession up to 1906. He 
 had a chain of offices at Omaha, South Omaha, Lin- 
 coln and_ Council Bluffs, and_ did an extensive busi- 
 ness in sign painting, his business extending into the 
 four states of Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. 
 Since 1906 Mr. Schroeder has been a resident of 
 Idaho, where his artistic work has taken its highest 
 form. He was a resident of Heyburn until 1912, and 
 in May of that year established a real estate office 
 in Burley, where he is engaged in that business in 
 addition to his scenic painting. 
 
 He is the owner of a fine ranch six miles from 
 Heyburn. On this place are fifty acres of lakes, and 
 he has made that an attractive resort for the Moor- 
 land Lakes Shooting Club, of which he was the 
 organizer and is the active head and manager. 
 
 Mr. Schroeder's preference among the churches 
 is for the Lutheran. He is a member of the Odd 
 Fellows lodge. A Republican, he has been one of the 
 party fighters in his section of the state. At Hey- 
 burn he was a member of the city council, and has 
 refused various political honors. 
 
 Being a lover of nature and gifted in interpreting 
 its forms and colors, it is not strange that he is fond 
 of all outdoor life. Hunting is a regular diversion, 
 but when he goes afield with his brushes and can- 
 vas he is likely to become so absorbed that he fails 
 to recognize the pangs of hunger which are sup- 
 posed to be one of the best features of a hunting 
 excursion. Music and literature have also pro- 
 vided him with many delightful hours. Among 
 his other business interests in the state should be 
 mentioned that he is a director and stockholder in 
 the Heyburn bank. His career has been one of 
 richly merited success, but he has never been selfish 
 with his attainments. In movements for promoting 
 the larger welfare of Idaho he is always an eager 
 worker, glad to do his share, and it is this genial 
 fellowship, together with the high respect paid him 
 for his special ability, that has made him both popu- 
 lar and influential in a large circle of Idaho citizens. 
 
 WILLIAM B. ALLISON. For the long period of 
 forty-five years the Allison family have been doing 
 great development work in the Salubria valley of 
 Idaho. The home ranch of William B. Allison, lo- 
 cated at the town of Salubria in Washington county, 
 near Cambridge, comprises eight hundred acres of 
 irrigated land, and is reputed to be the finest irri- 
 gated estate in all Idaho. Such an estate does not 
 come by chance, nor is it the result of any hap- 
 hazard and improvident enterprise, but its very 
 existence signifies a vast amount of industry, intelli- 
 gent management, and the same exceptional qualities 
 which are possessed by the prosperous business man 
 in whatever field of enterprise he may direct his 
 energies. On his ranch Mr. Allison raises large 
 quantities of grain and other products and feeds 
 most of his crop to cattle, horses and mules, being 
 noted as one of the large producers of live stock 
 in the valley. Mr. Allison is more than a success- 
 ful rancher and business man. He is one of the 
 pioneers of Idaho, sharing that distinction with his 
 father and other members of the family. He has 
 served twice in the houses of the state legislature, 
 and has always had a prominent and influential part 
 in public affairs, and his wife, it should be noted, 
 was the first white woman who came into the 
 Salubria valley as a permanent settler, and their 
 daughter, Minnie, was the first white child born 
 in the Payette valley. Mrs. Allison for several 
 years taught school in the Boise valley, and prop- 
 erly shares with her husband in the credit which 
 belongs to his achievements in this region. 
 
 William B. Allison is a native of the state of 
 Ohio, born at Glasgow, in Columbia county, August 
 22, 1845, a son of Alexander and Sarah (Glover) 
 Allison, both of whom were natives of Scotland. 
 The father came to America in 1837, was married 
 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and for a number of 
 years followed his trade as blacksmith. In 1854 
 he went to Illinois, the next year to northwestern 
 Iowa, and in 1863 brought his family out to the 
 Boise valley. He took up a farm of three hundred 
 and twenty acres, and was one of the best known 
 pioneer farmers in that valley. As a large pro- 
 portion of the population at that time were engaged 
 in mining, he found farming more profitable than 
 the search for gold, and all of his produce com- 
 manded high prices, with a ready market. In 1868 
 Alexander Allison moved into the Salubria valley, 
 taking up a quarter section of land one mile north 
 of where the town of Salubria was later estab- 
 lished. There was passed the remainder of his hon- 
 orable and useful career. He allied himself with 
 every movement and enterprise which constituted 
 the public spirited endeavor of early Idaho, and was 
 not less honored in his civic character than as a 
 successful farmer and business man. He was an 
 active Republican and one of the founders of the 
 Statesman at Boise. His church was the Presbyte- 
 rian, in which faith he died at his home in Salubria 
 in 1882, at the age of sixty-nine. He was twice 
 married, and the mother of William B. Allison died 
 in 1854. The second wife, who crossed the plains 
 and endured the hardships of pioneer life with him, 
 survived to a venerable old age. 
 
 William B. Allison was reared in Pennsylvania 
 and Iowa, and about the time the family started for 
 Idaho he engaged in his first independent venture. 
 He was in his eighteenth year in 1863, when he was 
 employed as a driver on a freight train across the 
 plains. This was one of the regular trading outfits 
 sent back and forth over the great ^distances of the 
 Middle West before the construction of the first 
 railroad, and the rate per pound for freight at that 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 time was thirty-three cents from Omaha to Salt 
 Lake City. His experience in the West soon brought 
 him into Idaho, and he was engaged in freighting 
 back and forth over this territory for several years. 
 Altogether he crossed the plains three times with 
 oxen and never had serious accident or misfortune. 
 
 Coming into the Salubria valley in 1868, he took 
 up a hundred and sixty acres of rich land, and on 
 a part of that original quarter section was sub- 
 sequently built the town of Salubria. His first 
 home in that region was a log house with a dirt 
 floor and equipment and furnishings completely in 
 harmony with the usual descriptions of the pioneer's 
 cabins. With his ability as a practical farmer he 
 also combined the good judgment and persistency 
 which have kept him progressing steadily along one 
 general line, and in the forty-five years that have 
 elapsed since he first came to the Salubria valley 
 he has created a prosperity hardly second to that 
 possessed by any individual rancher in the state. 
 
 In 1891 he built a fine rural home, in which he 
 and his family have enjoyed the comforts of life. 
 Mr. Allison is fitly considered a successful man. He 
 has won an abundance of the material goods that 
 constitute contentment and happiness, has gathered 
 about him a fine family of sons and daughters, and 
 has been honored with those distinctions which 
 indicate general public esteem and a man's useful- 
 ness in his community. 
 
 Up to 1896 Mr. Allison supported the Republican 
 
 Birty, but then joined the silver wing of that party, 
 uring his service in the Idaho territorial legisla- 
 ture, he introduced the bill creating the county of 
 Washington in which he resides. He was elected 
 a member of the second session of the state legis- 
 lature, and has known all the prominent men in 
 political and public affairs in Idaho during the last 
 thirty or forty years. He has served as assessor 
 of Washington county, and in various other local 
 
 fositions of trust. Mr. Allison is affiliated with the 
 ndependent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 The marriage of Mr. Allison and Ruhannah Hedge- 
 cock was celebrated November 18, 1868. Mrs. Alli- 
 son, concerning whom the interesting facts about 
 her pioneer experiences in Idaho have already been 
 stated, was born in North Carolina, and was a daugh- 
 ter of Joseph Coffin Hedgecock. The five children 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Allison are as follows : Minnie, 
 Loutitia, wife of Henry Mossman; Alexander, Wil- 
 liam B., Jr., and Joseph C. 
 
 ROBERT H. WRIGHT, JR., M. D., a prominent young 
 physician of Hailey, Idaho, was born in Union, Ore- 
 gon, December 29, 1881, son of R. H. and Frances 
 (La Timbre) Wright. 
 
 R. H. Wright, Sr., is a native of Missouri, as also 
 is his wife. In their early married life they left the 
 "Iron State" and sought a Western home. For a 
 time they sojourned in Oregon, but they settled in 
 Idaho, and here he followed farming for a_ number 
 of years. He is now living retired at Boise City. 
 He has always taken more or less interest in local 
 politics and has filled some important offices. Their 
 family consists of eight children, Dr. Wright being 
 the sixth bor. 
 
 In his boyhood Dr. Wright was trained to habits 
 of industry and economy. At an early age he began 
 earning money at farming, mining and newspaper 
 work, and in this way he saved an amount sufficient 
 to take him through college. The foundation for his 
 technical education was laid in the public schools. 
 In 1902 he entered the American Medical College, 
 where he took a four years' course and graduated in 
 1906. He began the practice of his profession in Mis- 
 souri, remaining there, however, only one year. Then 
 
 he returned to Idaho and opened an office at Hailey, 
 where he has since remained. At the time his par- 
 ents moved to this state then territory Dr. Wright 
 was a child of three years, and his childhood and 
 youth were passed at Bellevue. During his few 
 years' absence from Idaho, contrasting conditions 
 were in its favor. He has already established a suc- 
 cessful practice in Hailey, and expects to continue 
 his residence here, believing that this location offers 
 a superior market for ambition and honest, earnest 
 effort. 
 
 At Bellevue, Idaho, June 30, 1906, Dr. Wright 
 and Miss Cynthia A. Beamer were united in mar- 
 riage, and they are the parents of two children, a 
 son and daughter, Robert G. and Jean. Mrs. Wright 
 is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Beamer, of 
 Bellevue, and is accomplished both as a musician 
 and reader, which subjects she teaches. She is an 
 active member of the Presbyterian church, and the 
 Doctor, while not identified as a member with any 
 church organization, inclines toward the Baptist 
 creed, his mother being a devout member of the 
 Baptist church. Fratertially, Dr. Wright is identified 
 with the F. & A. M., M. W. A., I. O. O. F., and 
 Eagles. He is examining physician for the last 
 named organization. Also he is a member of the 
 Idaho State Medical Association, the Southern 
 Idaho Medical Association and the American Med- 
 ical Association. Politically, he is a Democrat, a_nd 
 has always taken an active interest in local affairs. 
 In 1911 he was president of the school board, and 
 he has also filled the offices of county physician 
 and coroner. Dr. Wright is fond of outdoor 
 sports, especially of hunting, fishing and motoring, 
 and he finds recreation also in theatricals and musical 
 entertainment. 
 
 FRED W. FATOR, of Drake, Jordan & Fator Com- 
 pany, dealers in meat, Hailey, Idaho, has been a 
 resident of this place since 1883. 
 
 Mr. Fator was born at Frostberg, Maryland, Octo- 
 ber 7, 1873, and has French and German blood in ' 
 his veins, his father, Peter Fator, having been 
 born in France and his mother, Rose (Holzworth) 
 Fator, in Germany. It was in Germany that his 
 parents were married. From there they emigrated 
 to the United States and their first settlement was 
 in Maryland, where Peter Fator engaged in mer- 
 chandising. His life was passed in Maryland, 
 where he died at about the age of sixty-four years. 
 His wife passed away in Idaho, in 1896, at the age 
 of forty-eight years, and is buried at Carey, this 
 state. Of their five children, Fred W., the subject 
 of this sketch, was the fourth born. 
 
 Fred W. Fator, when he was seven years old, 
 accompanied his mother to Alabama, and two years 
 later came with her to Idaho. His education was 
 gained chiefly in the public schools of Hailey, but 
 for a short time he attended school at Bellevue, 
 this state. At the age of fourteen he began to earn 
 his own way in the world. No little of his time 
 between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one years 
 was spent in riding the range, then, on his own 
 account, he engaged in ranching, which he con- 
 tinued until he sold out in 1904. That year he 
 opened up in the meat business at Hailey, which he 
 has since continued, being manager of the com- 
 pany. Meanwhile he bought another ranch, 240 
 acres, about thirteen miles from Hailey, which he 
 operates as a stock ranch. 
 
 In 1894, at Carey, Idaho, Mr. Fator and Miss 
 Sylvia J. Park were united in marriage, and with 
 the passing years two sons and two daughters have 
 come to bless their home, namely: Gaston F., Effa 
 N., Reata L. and Claude T. Mrs. Fator is a daugh- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Park of Carey. She 
 is a member of the Latter Day Saints' organization, 
 toward which Mr. Fator inclines and which he sup- 
 ports, although not identified as a member. He 
 has membership in the fraternal order of Eagles, of 
 which he was at one time a trustee, and, politically, 
 he is allied with the Socialist party, in the affairs 
 of which he has taken an active interest. He was 
 nominated by this party for the office of county 
 assessor. Mr. Fator is fond of hunting and fish- 
 ing. He is a lover of fine horses and racing, and 
 his judgment on stock is seldom disputed. 
 
 DAVID A. JONES, druggist, Bellevue, Idaho, is one 
 of the representative young business men of the 
 town. He hails from Iowa, where he was born 
 November 25, 1878, and where he spent the first 
 twenty-three years of his life. His education, begun 
 in the public schools of Williamsburg, was carried 
 forward in the high school of that place, and later 
 in the Northwestern University, Chicago, where he 
 pursued a course in pharmacy and received his 
 degree. After the completion of his college course, 
 he accepted a position in the Polyclinic Hospital, 
 St. Louis, the medical department of Wesleyan 
 University, and after a year and a half spent there, 
 he came west to Idaho. It was in 1901 that he 
 landed here, and he has since remained a resident, 
 being pleased with the present conditions and having 
 unbounded faith in the future of the state. His 
 first location here was at Idaho Falls, where for two 
 years he worked in a drug store. From there he 
 went to Hailey, where he was similarly employed the 
 next three years, and from Hailey he came to Belle- 
 vue. Here he opened a drug store and has estab- 
 lished himself in a permanent business. 
 
 At Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2, 1905, Mr. 
 Jones was married to Miss Edith Reel, a daughter 
 of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Reel of Boise City, Idaho; 
 and to them have been given two children : Margaret 
 and Maxine. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Jones gives his support to the 
 Democratic party, and he has served as a member 
 of the city council. He is not active in politics, 
 however. Fraternally, he is identified with the I. O. 
 O. F. and the M. W. A.; and, religiously, while he 
 favors all churches and believes in their good influ- 
 ence, he affiliates with no particular one. 
 
 WILBUR D. SOUTHWORTH. Between mining and 
 ranching, Mr. Southworth has been one ttf the most 
 successful men of Idaho, where he has spent more 
 than thirty years.- At the town of Buhl he is living 
 in circumstances and comfort which only pay the 
 rewards of a career which has been so industrious 
 as Mr. Southworth's. He endured many hardships 
 during the early days of mining in this state, and 
 numbers his friends by the hundreds among both the 
 old and new classes of Idaho citizenship. 
 
 Born in New York state in 1843, a son of Leonard 
 and Lucinda Southworth, the father a native of 
 Canada, and the mother a native of Illinois, Wilbur 
 D. Southworth spent his early life along the Hudson 
 river, and at Groton and Poughkeepsie, and was 
 started out in life with a common school education. 
 At the age of twenty-one he took up responsibilities 
 of his own, and earned his first regular money in 
 bridge building, a vocation with which he was con- 
 nected for some years in New York and other parts 
 of the East. In 1877 he ventured into the western 
 fields, and has been in the West for thirty-five years. 
 He was first in the Black Hills and was one of the 
 pioneer miners in that famous district for a number 
 of years. He was also in mining in Montana, and 
 
 came to Idaho in 1881, following the Oregon Short 
 Line in its construction to this state. After the 
 short line had been completed across Idaho, he 
 went into the Wood river country, and was in 
 mining at Atlanta and elsewhere. If the Sawtooth 
 range of mountains in Idaho could talk and tell of 
 the hardships, privations and adventures which they 
 have witnessed among the pioneer miners of Mr. 
 Southworth's class, the story would be one of the 
 most interesting chapters in the state's history. He 
 continued to follow the fortunes of the mines with 
 a success on the whole encouraging until 1906, in 
 which year he moved to Twin Falls county, and 
 gave up mining as a regular vocation. He took up 
 four hundred acres of land, under the Gary Act, 
 and also bought some land twelve miles southwest 
 of Buhl. This land he has since improved and 
 stocjced with hogs, cattle and sheep, chiefly of the 
 latter stock. He now has one of the best ranches 
 in this vicinity and has a great deal to show for 
 his many years of residence in this state. 
 
 On April 16, 1900, Mr. Southworth married Mrs. 
 Anna M. Curless, a widow having two daughters 
 Maude, who is the wife of Harry E. March of 
 Seattle, Washington, and Grace L., the wife of 
 Sydnia C. Renner, of Boise, Idaho. Mrs. South- 
 worth is the daughter of Hiram and Mary York of 
 Louisville, Kentucky, where Mrs. Southworth her- 
 self was born. In politics Mr. Southworth is a 
 Republican, but has no aspirations for office, and 
 does his duty as a citizen by his honorable relations 
 with his home community. He became a Mason 
 in Buhl Lodge No. 53, A. F. & A. M., in 1909, 
 took the chapter degrees in Royal Arch' Masonry, 
 and both he and his wife are affiliated with the East- 
 ern Star. 
 
 In the building of Buhl, Mr. Southworth took a 
 prominent part and was one of the organizers of 
 the State Bank, of which he was the director for 
 several years. He has always retained large interests 
 in mining, and has a long record in this field of 
 enterprise. He opened the Gold Eagle at Neal, 
 and made that one of the successful properties of 
 the state. He has done much to promote the de- 
 velopment of mineral resources, and his work as 
 an individual has brought him a very generous 
 success and the esteem of all his acquaintances in 
 every section of Idaho. 
 
 HON. CHARLES SHEEHAN, of the firm of Jones & 
 Sheehan, dealers in lumber and implements, Belle- 
 vue, Idaho, has been a resident of Elaine county for 
 more than two decades and is enthusiastic in regard 
 to the future possibilities of this section of the 
 country. 
 
 Mr. Sheehan is a native of New England. He 
 was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, February 26, 
 1870, and there spent his early childhood. At the 
 age of seven years, he accompanied his parents to 
 Nevada, where the family home was maintained for 
 ten years, at the end of that time being removed to 
 Salt Lake City, Utah. In the public schools of 
 Nevada and in the high school of Salt Lake City 
 Mr. Sheehan received his education. After seven 
 years spent at Salt Lake City, during much of which 
 time he was employed in clerical work in mercan- 
 tile establishments, he came to Blaine county, Idaho. 
 That was in 1889, and here he has since resided. 
 Until 1909 he was engaged in mining. Then he 
 formed a partnership with Mr. J. Francis Jones, 
 under the firm name of Jones & Sheehan, and they 
 established the business in which they are now en- 
 gaged. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Sheehan is a Democrat, and for 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 years he has been an active and influential figure 
 in politics. He served as a member of the state 
 legislature during the tenth session, and he is now 
 a member of the county central committee, and of 
 the city council. As a miner, he identified himself 
 with the labor union, and for years was secre- 
 tary of his union. While a member of the legis- 
 lature, he introduced a bill which became a law, 
 providing for eight hours' work in mills and con- 
 centrators. Also he introduced House Bill 54, which 
 provides for the election of water masters by the 
 water users. He is a member of the Bellevue Com- 
 mercial Club and is interested in all that pertains 
 to the growth and development of the little city of 
 his adoption. His religious inclination are in the 
 direction of the Catholic church. 
 
 Mr. Sheehan married a Bellevue young woman, 
 Miss Sarah A. Ashton, this event having been con- 
 summated in November, 1911. 
 
 JOHN R. HART, sheriff of Blaine county, Idaho, 
 was born in Cleveland, Ohio, June 4, 1861, son of 
 Henry W. and Amanda (Cotterell) Hart, both 
 natives of the "Buckeye State." 
 
 Henry W. Hart spent his whole life in Ohio. In 
 his younger days he followed railroading and ranch- 
 ing and later joined the Cleveland fire depart- 
 ment, of which he was a member for a period of 
 sixteen years, at the end of which time he was 
 retired on a pension. He took much interest in 
 politics, and was city treasurer of Cleveland for 
 many years. At the time of his death he was 
 eighty-seven years of age. His wife died at the age 
 of forty-five. Side by side their remains rest in a 
 Cleveland cemetery. Their family consists of three 
 children, as follows : Herbert G., who resides at the 
 old Hart homestead in Cleveland, and John R. and 
 twin sister, Mrs. A. M. Purdum, of Hailey. 
 
 John R. Hart received his education in the public 
 schools of Cleveland, finishing with a high school 
 course. The first money he ever earned was when 
 a youth of sixteen he worked in a wholesale and 
 retail meat market. This work he continued until 
 he was nineteen, when he decided to try his fortune 
 in the West. Leaving the old home in Cleveland, he 
 directed his way to Nebraska. There for ten years 
 he was occupied in farming, and railroading west of 
 Lincoln, and from Nebraska he came to Hailey, 
 Idaho. That was in 1890, and here he has since 
 resided. 
 
 For thirteen years Mr. Hart was manager of the 
 Hailey Telephone & Electric Light Company. He 
 was then appointed commissioner, to fill an unex- 
 pired term of two years, at the end of which time 
 he was elected to the office and served another two 
 year. The next two years he was again with the 
 telephone company, then he was appointed deputy 
 sheriff under Sheriff Taylor, and two years later 
 was elected to the office. At this writing he is a 
 candidate for re-election. 
 
 At North Bend, Nebraska, May 11, 1886, John R. 
 Hart and Mary A. Miller were united in marriage, 
 and they arc the parents of two sons, Garence M. 
 and Elmer W. Mrs. Hart was born at North Bend, 
 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller, pioneer 
 settlers of that place, where they lived on one farm 
 for nearly sixty years. In the early days the Millers 
 had charge of the stage station. 
 
 Mrs. Hart is identified with the United Presby- 
 terian church and is one of the active members of 
 its Ladies' Aid, while Mr. Han, who was reared in 
 the Methodist faith, has inclinations in that direc- 
 tion, although he is not identified with the church. 
 Fraternally, he is an Eagle; politically, a Republican. 
 During six years of his residence in Nebraska he 
 
 was a member of the school board. He is fond of 
 horses and hunting, likes theatricals and music, and 
 has a strong sense of humor that tides him over 
 many a difficult situation. He has great faith in 
 the future of his adopted state and believes a 
 homeseeker would make no mistake in coming here. 
 
 J. GEORGE ARKOOSH, Bellevue, Idaho, a prosper- 
 ous business man and an enterprising citizen is the 
 subject of this review. J. George Arkoosh, although 
 of foreign birth and education, is keenly alive to 
 ways of adapting himself to new conditions and is 
 quick to perceive possibilities and opportunities. 
 These qualities have made his success financially 
 and have caused him to be recognized as an influ- 
 ence for good in building up the interests of his 
 locality. 
 
 Mr. Arkoosh was born in Turkey, November 21, 
 1875, and lived in his native land until he reached 
 the age of twenty-one years. Then, emigrating to 
 this country, he landed in New York, from whence 
 he came directly west to Oregon, La Grande his 
 objective point. In that immediate locality he spent 
 six months, driving around over the country with a 
 stock of notions in his wagon. From Oregon he 
 came to Idaho. That was in 1807, and he has been 
 a resident of this state ever since. In Bellevue he 
 established himself in a business that has grown to 
 large proportions for a town of this size; indeed, his 
 large department store would do credit to a much 
 larger place than Bellevue, for he carries a com- 
 plete line of everything handled in a general store. 
 
 Mr. Arkoosh also operates extensively in mines. 
 He is the owner of the Comet Mine, one of the 
 largest and best producers in this district. Also he 
 has recently operated the "Tulenide" No. i, at 
 the mouth of Lee's Gulch, which promises now to 
 be even better than the Comet, and which is of 
 easy access to Bellevue, being only a mile from 
 the corporate limits of the town. 
 
 Mr. Arkoosh was married in Turkey, and is the 
 father of three children, namely : Kasser, who is 
 engaged in a mercantile business at Laramie, Wyo- 
 ming; Sliman, who is associated in business with 
 his father, and Nahea, who is married and with her 
 husband resides in Brazil, South America. The 
 mother of this family died and is buried in Turkey. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Arkoosh harmonizes with the 
 Republican party, and while he is ever willing and 
 ready to work for his friends, to assist them in 
 securing official positions, he has never sought or 
 accepted office for himself, his own time and atten- 
 tion being absorbed in business affairs. Indeed, to 
 swing big business deals seems to be his chief 
 pleasure. The only fraternal organization with 
 which he affiliates is the Eagles. Religiously, he is 
 a Catholic. He is fond of music and the good 
 things of this life, and he believes he has found tht 
 ideal location in "The Gem of the Mountain" Idaho. 
 
 ROBERT M. TERRELL. That Robert M. Terrell has 
 achieved a signal success in his chosen profession 
 at the age when most young men are struggling to 
 gain a foothold in the commercial world is due not 
 only to the earnest efforts but also to his heritage 
 of mentality from ancestors of scholarly attain- 
 ments and professional note. 
 
 Robert M. Terrell was born October 24, 1883, and 
 is the youngest of eight children of the late Dr. 
 James D. Terrell and Mrs. Frances A. (Corbett) 
 Terrell. Mrs. Terrell who is seventy years of age, 
 still survives and is living in Pocatello. She is the 
 daughter of the late Jacob Corbett, an esteemed 
 citizen of Ballard county, Kentucky, and for many 
 years county clerk. 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Dr. James D. Terrell was born in 1830 and was a 
 native of Ballard county where he spent the greater 
 
 Sart of a long and useful life. After completing 
 is school course in Mississippi he took his degree 
 from the medical department of the University of 
 Virginia, and in 1858 was married to Miss Sarah 
 Wilds. Her death occurred in 1863. 
 
 Dr. and Mrs. Terrell had the satisfaction of see- 
 ing a fine, healthy family of children develop into 
 useful men and women of whom they were justly 
 proud. Their eldest son Thomas Fountain Terrell, 
 a leading attorney of Pocatello, Idaho, has served his 
 state most ably as lieutenant governor. Corbett Ter- 
 rell is a prominent officer of the Y. M. C. A. in New 
 York City, while Robert M. Terrell has held several 
 public offices and is now county attorney. The daugh- 
 ters of the family have married estimable men and 
 are accounted important factors in the social life 
 of the community. Dr. Terrell passed away in Feb- 
 ruary, njoo, mourned by a host of friends. 
 
 Robert M. Terrell attended Blandsville College, 
 and later took up a course of law at Central Uni- 
 versity at Danville, Kentucky. Upon the completion 
 of his scholastic career in 1905, Mr. Terrill came 
 west, locating in Pocatello. Eager to get down to 
 the real work of life, he began practice the day 
 after his arrival, and his interest in his chosen pro- 
 fession has never flagged. Pocatello was quick to 
 recognize in the newcomer a young man of excep- 
 tional natural ability and great promise, and no time 
 was lost in appointing him to the post of city at- 
 torney, a position which he filled most acceptably. 
 Upon the expiration of his term in May, 1907, he 
 resumed private practice with Colonel H. V. A. 
 Ferguson. In the fall of 1908 Mr. Terrell was 
 elected county attorney, holding this post until the 
 fall of 1910 when he was elected representative in 
 the eleventh legislature. He served up to 1911, when, 
 after the close of the session, he was tendered the 
 appointment of county attorney. He resigned from 
 the legislature in order to accept, and is doing most 
 efficient service in this responsible post at the present 
 time. 
 
 Mr. Terrell is a Democrat in his political affilia- 
 tions. He is a member of both district and state 
 bar associations and belongs also to the Fraternal 
 Brotherhood of the W. O. C. In addition to this 
 he is a director in the Y. M. C. A. 
 
 In view of his numerous legal, political and frater- 
 nal activities it is rather surprising that Mr. Terrell 
 has found time to fulfill his social obligations. His 
 popularity was assured from the time he began the 
 practice of law in Pocatello. On March 29, 1911, 
 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Ruebel, daughter 
 of Phillip H. and Elizabeth Ruebel of Little Rock, 
 Arkansas. One child, Robert Marshall, Jr., has 
 come to make the happiness of the young couple 
 complete. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Terrell are members of the Baptist 
 church. Both are fond of outdoor sports, especially 
 those of an athletic nature. 
 
 Looking back over the short years that have 
 marked the phenomenal rise and progress of this 
 favored son of Fortune, one is impressed, first, with 
 the great possibilities open to him who has the right 
 mental equipment and moral stamina to hold his own 
 in this land of opportunities, and also with the fact 
 that ambition and high resolve are bound to win 
 Mr. Terrell came to Pocatello with nothing but a 
 college education and the will to succeed, and his 
 advancement is wholly due to his own unaided effort. 
 Mr. Terrell believes that Horace Greely's time- 
 honored advice, "Go west, young man," is equally 
 applicable to the present time; and he knows of no 
 
 better place for any one with pluck and push to make 
 a start than this section of Idaho. Surely no young 
 man could do better than to follow the advice and 
 emulate the example of this rising young attorney 
 whose fellow-citizens freely predict the highest politi- 
 cal honors within their gift. 
 
 JOSEPH FREMSTAD, M. D. The first permanent 
 drug store established in the new and thriving town 
 of Burley in southern Idaho was the enterprise of 
 Dr. Joseph Fremstad. Both as a druggist and phy- 
 sician and surgeon he has since been the leader in 
 his line of business and profession in this locality, 
 and is a man of high standing and a success based 
 
 The Fremstad family has long been notable for 
 the achievements of its members. A sister of the 
 doctor is Olive Fremstad, whose name has for years 
 been a household word to all music lovers. In Wag- 
 nerian and other heavy roles she has been identified 
 with the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York 
 for many seasons, and she had the distinction and 
 was the originator of first taking the part of Salome 
 when the Strauss opera of that title was given its 
 premier performance in America. 
 
 The doctor's father was also a physician, a gradu- 
 ate of one of the best schools in Sweden and later 
 of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Chi- 
 cago, and for many years practiced with distinction 
 at Minneapolis, where he died in 1896, at the age 
 of about fifty-seven. His wife, who survived him 
 and who died at Grantsburg, Wisconsin, in 1906, 
 was a graduate of the University of Stockholm and 
 a woman of strong character and mental force. 
 
 Of the six children, Joseph was the second and 
 the oldest son. He was born at Fredericksald, Nor- 
 way, November 5, 1872, and at the age of four years 
 came with his parents to America, spending two 
 years in Chicago and then moving to Minneapolis, 
 where he grew up. As a boy he attended the Min- 
 neapolis schools, and at an early age began win- 
 ning his own way. When fifteen a drug store be- 
 came the scene of his activities, at a salary of one 
 dollar a week, but that experience gave him the 
 practical direction for a business career. In 1897, 
 leaving Minneapolis, he went by boat to New Or- 
 leans, and a short time later he and his wife em- 
 barked on a schooner bound for Tampa. A hurri- 
 cane drove the boat clear across the gulf to Yucatan, 
 and it was only after a long and dangerous voyage 
 that he finally arrived in Tampa. 
 
 .At Tampa he entered the marine hospital service, 
 and during the six months there he passed through 
 one of the last severe epidemics of yellow fever. 
 Later he spent some months in the hospital service 
 at Jacksonville, Florida, and Savannah, Georgia, and 
 then returned to Minneapolis, where he again 
 resumed the drug business. 
 
 Though successful as a druggist Mr. Fremstad had 
 for some time contemplated preparing for the pro- 
 fession of medicine, and in 1901 he entered the Col- 
 lege of Physicians and Surgeons at St. Louis, from 
 which institution he received his M. D. degree in 1906. 
 He paid his way through college by work on the out- 
 side, so that he can truthfully claim that he has 
 received very little assistance from anyone but 
 himself in attaining success. During one year be- 
 fore graduation and one year afterward he did work 
 in the Bellevue and Roosevelt hospitals of New York 
 City, and in the clinics and other work of those 
 noted institutions he came into association with 
 many of the most eminent men of the profession. 
 
 It was with this unusually excellent equipment and 
 thorough experience that Dr. Fremstad came to 
 Burley, Idaho, in 1907, and established both a drug 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 983 
 
 store and his practice as physician and surgeon. In 
 surgery he has not a superior in the southern section 
 of the state, and his general practice is as large as he 
 can comfortably manage. The doctor also owns a 
 fine farm four miles from town. 
 
 He was married at Minneapolis on January i, 
 1893, to Miss Mabel Brusven, a daughter of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Abe Brusven, of that city. Dr. Frem- 
 stad has no church affiliation, although he favors the 
 cause of denominational religion. Praternaljy he is 
 a thirty-second degree Mason and in politics he 
 takes an independent position. Hunting and fishing 
 and outdoor sports in general are his favorite recrea- 
 tions. He has a decided fondness for scientific litera- 
 ture, and general reading and music are also among 
 his diversions. His faith in Idaho as a state for 
 farming and general industry has never been shaken, 
 and he is extremely loyal to his home town and 
 state. 
 
 WILLIAM E. ABRAHAM, lawyer, one of the leaders 
 of the bar in southern Idaho, has his home and of- 
 fice at Burley. He won his way into the profession 
 by hard work, and now enjoys a prestige and prac- 
 tice that are only bestowed upon sound ability. 
 
 Mr. Abraham was born at Rose Hill, Ohio, Octo- 
 ber 29, 1881. When he was twelve years old the 
 family moved to Indiana, where he had his early 
 experiences as a practical worker and where he pre- 
 pared for the law. In 1904 he came west and located 
 at Albion, Idaho. After about a year in practice, 
 other inducements attracted him to California, where 
 for about five years he was engaged in the abstract 
 business. On his return to Idaho in 1910 he estab- 
 lished his office in Burley. 
 
 Much of his early youth was spent in the oil and 
 gas regions of Ohio and Indiana, and the first 
 money he earned at regular employment was by 
 working with his father, who was connected with 
 the oil and gas business. After several years at 
 this he learned glass-blowing, and worked in that 
 industry until his resources were adequate for carry- 
 ing out the plans he had long prepared to fit himself 
 for a profession. As boy he had attended the public 
 schools of Ohio and Indiana, finishing at high school, 
 and for his professional education he took his courses 
 in the Indianapolis College of Law, where he re- 
 ceived the degree of LL.B. in 1904. On being ad- 
 mitted to the bar he practiced a short time in 
 Indiana before coming west. 
 
 Mr. Abraham is one of the influential Democrats 
 of his part of the state, and at this writing is the 
 nominee of his party for the office of county attor- 
 ney. In religious matter he prefers the Christian 
 church. His recreations are hunting and fishing, 
 reading in general literature, and he is fond of the 
 theater and music. 
 
 It is his opinion that Idaho offers to the young 
 man a wealth of opportunities in the different walks 
 of life such as can be found in no other state, and 
 that honest effort will here find the substantial re- 
 \vanls not only of material prosperity but also of 
 position and influence. 
 
 CLYDE S. SHAW, editor and publisher of the Gate 
 Citv Neics, Bellcvue, Idaho, was born at Del Norte. 
 Colorado, August 30. 1874. His early education was 
 acquired in the common and high schools of his 
 native town. After he was fifteen years of age, he 
 began earning money by herding cattle on the range. 
 Also he was variously employed in other light work 
 during vacations until he entered the Presbyterian 
 college at Del Norte. After the completion "of his 
 college course, he began teaching school, and he 
 v.,i. ill h 
 
 was engaged in teaching in Colorado until 1904, 
 when he came to Idaho. His first location here was 
 at Emmett, where, however, he remained only a 
 short time. Then he came to Bellevue and pur- 
 chased the Gate City News, which he has since 
 published. 
 
 February n, 1898, at Del Norte, Colorado, Mr. 
 Shaw and Miss Laura C. Jones were united in mar- 
 riage, and to them have been given four children, 
 two of whom are deceased, those living being Ber- 
 nard and Dudley. Mrs. Shaw is a daughter of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Robert H. Jones of Saguache, Colorado. 
 She is a member of the Presbyterian church at 
 Bellevue, where Mr. Shaw also attends worship and 
 toward which he inclines in his religious belief, 
 although not actively identified as a member. He 
 has fraternal relations with the M. W. A., W. O. \Y., 
 and Odd Fellows, in each of which he has filled 
 nearly all the offices. Also he is a member of the 
 Eastern Idaho Press Club and is one of its legis- 
 lative committee, and he is among the original 
 members of the Bellevue Commercial Club, having 
 served as its first vice president. 
 
 In his political views. Mr. Shaw is an Independent, 
 but he takes no active part in politics. He has, how- 
 ever, filled local office. He served one term as 
 mayor of Bellevue, and he has also served on the 
 school board. 
 
 Mr. Shaw is enthusiastic in regard to Idaho as a 
 place of residence. In his opinion, Idaho offers 
 greater advantages and more opportunities for a 
 young man with limited means than any other 
 state in the West. 
 
 HENRY O. HARKNESS. On April 5, 1911, the 
 founder and builder of the city of McCammon, Idaho, 
 died at his home in that place, in the person of 
 Henry O. Harkness, long a resident of this city and 
 one of the wealthiest men of the great state of Idaho. 
 In his passing Idaho suffered the loss of one of the 
 greatest of her adopted sons, and he was mourned 
 deeply and sincerely in all circles and among all 
 class of people. A written record of his career and 
 life work in the state which he long made his home 
 cannot be other than synonymous, in large measure, 
 with the history of that state, and to recite the 
 achievements of his more than forty years in the 
 state is to tell of the many and varied forms of 
 progress that have marked the section of the state 
 which represented the home and the center of the 
 activities of Mr. Harkness. A man of the most re- 
 markable business capacity, with a keen, clear and 
 decisive mind, he possessed that type of sagacity, 
 foresight and ingenuity that are seldom found united 
 in a single individuality, but which were dominant in 
 him to the last. His greatest and most enduring 
 work was done in McCammon, and he is rightly 
 known as the father of the city. Here he for many 
 years operated mammoth ranching interests, which 
 added not a little to the industrial and business activ- 
 ities of the place, and here he organized and set in 
 operation industrial plants, financial institutions and 
 hotels that have in a great measure made the city, 
 and established it as one of the busy and thriving 
 places of the west. Success came to him, not through 
 the favor of fortune, but rather as the result of his 
 keen intellect, his forceful application of that mind, 
 his splendid integrity and his unfailing perseverance 
 and energy. To such as he, success ts the just re- 
 ward of his labors, and from such as he, success is 
 seldom if ever withheld. 
 
 Born on the 28th day of May, 1838, Henry O. 
 Harkness was the son of Abner and Nancy (Garrett) 
 Harkness, both coming from fine old New England 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 families. Abner Harkness came to Huron county, 
 Ohio, from his native state, Vermont, in 1825, and 
 there set himself heroically to work in developing 
 a farm worthy of the name from the dense forests 
 that covered his land. His life, from then on, was 
 spent in the care of his western farm, and when he 
 died in Norwalk, Huron county, in September, 1872, 
 he was possessed of one of the goodliest agricultural 
 properties in that county. His faithful wife, who 
 had borne her full share of the hardships and priva- 
 tions attendant upon pioneer life in a new and un- 
 broken country, survived her husband until January, 
 1884. Their son, Henry O., was one of their eight 
 children. He was born at Norwalk, in Huron county, 
 on tht date mentioned previously, and there he lived 
 until he was nineteen years of age. 
 
 It is assumed that the schooling Mr. Harkness 
 received did not extend beyond the country schools 
 of his day, but he was thoroughly taught in all the 
 many qualities of mind and heart that characterize 
 people like his worthy New England parents. He 
 learned, while yet a boy, lessons of industry and 
 application that left their mark upon his entire after 
 life, and he was most consistently tutored in the 
 virtues of honesty and integrity. In his youth he 
 learned the trade of a machinist, and when he was 
 twenty-two came west to Illinois, and at Watauga, 
 became associated with a brother in the coal and 
 farming business. When the Civil war came on, Mr. 
 Harkness, with four brothers, entered the service of 
 the Union and fought through the war, all receiving 
 honorable discharges at the cessation of hostilities. 
 Mr. Harkness entered Washburn Lead-Mine Regi- 
 ment as a private, and that regiment was mustered 
 into the Federal Service as the Forty-fifth Illinois. 
 For four years he served in this famous old fighting 
 organization, and he participated in some of the 
 hottest engagements of the long struggle between the 
 divided factions of the country. By steady and con- 
 sistent promotion he reached the rank of Captain, 
 and was discharged with that title on June 12, 1865. 
 
 Soon after his return to civil life Mr. Harkness 
 turned his attention in a westward direction, with a 
 view to engaging in business in a new portion of 
 the country. In 1866 he purchased in Atchison, Kan- 
 sas, a freighting outfit of four wagons and ten yokes 
 of oxen, which he loaded with merchandise and set 
 out across the plains for Montana. In that state he 
 located a ranch in the Madison valley, there em- 
 barking in stock-raising, but the first winter, which 
 proved an unusually cold one for that section of the 
 state, robbed him of all his cattle. He sold his 
 wagons and other collateral and went to Idaho, 
 spending the summer of 1867 in Salmon City, this 
 state, devoting himself chiefly to looking over the 
 country with a view to becoming familiar with its 
 various characteristics and its most opportune spots 
 for a fortune seeker. In the autumn of that year 
 he leased the Beaver Canyon toll road in northern 
 Idaho, which he operated profitably for two years, 
 and in the spring of 1870 came to Portneuf and once 
 more engaged in stockraising, which he carried on in 
 connection with the toll road business. In 1874 ne 
 was elected to the office of commissioner of Oneida 
 county, and for six years thereafter he continued in 
 the office, the duties of which he discharged with the 
 greatest of credit to himself and his constituents. 
 With the passing years he had gradually been secur- 
 ing place in connection with various business enter- 
 prises of the county, and in 1876 he formed a part- 
 nership with J. W. Guthrie and J. M. Langsdorf, 
 the firm name being J. W. Guthrie & Company, the 
 purpose of the firm being to conduct a banking 
 business. The new firm established a bank at Corenn, 
 
 Utah, a place that was then the chief supply point 
 for Montana and much other northern country. That 
 business continued until 1878, enjoying the utmost 
 prosperity. It was in 1882 that the completion of 
 the Utah Northern Railroad was effected, and thus 
 the freighting business from Corenn was discon- 
 tinued, being no longer profitable, in competition with 
 railroad service. Corenn lost much of its prosperity 
 and activity as a result, and the banking business of 
 which Mr. Harkness was a member was transferred 
 to Ogden. One year later Mr. Harkness bought 
 the interest of the senior partner, changing the name 
 of the firm to that of Harkness & Company, which 
 it retained for many years. 
 
 In the early eighties Mr. Harkness began to devote 
 himself more and more to his farming interests. 
 He had by that time become the owner of a landed 
 estate of some sixteen hundred acres in Round Valley, 
 in the vicinity of Oxford, and this he utilized for 
 the pasture of his mammoth herds of blooded cattle 
 and sheep. He was one of the first to take an 
 active interest in the possibilities of the town of 
 McCammon, and bought freely of its land, and was 
 from the start active in building operations in the 
 town. He it was who built a complete and modern 
 flouring mill at McCammon, with a capacity of 150 
 barrels daily, and his fine farms in the vicinity of 
 McCammon supplied much of the wheat that passed 
 through the mill, as a result of which he became 
 directly responsible for the employment of hundreds 
 of farm and factory hands. It was he who built and 
 for years operated the fine hotel which McCammon 
 boasted for years, and which was destroyed by fire 
 on the night of June i, 1913, and many another en- 
 terprise and industry in the city had its inception in 
 the mind of Mr. Harkness and its organization was 
 the direct result of his activity and capital. Many 
 of the big men of the state today lay their present 
 prosperity directly to the operations of Mr. Hark- 
 ness, and he may be said to have practically estab- 
 lished the fortunes of such men as E. E. Jacobs, 
 T. M. W. Edwards and others of similar importance. 
 He was the first postmaster of McCammon, and he 
 installed in 1891 the first individual owned electric 
 light plant in southern Idaho, the same being used 
 to light his hotel and ranch buildings. 
 
 He was always to be found in the advance guard 
 of progress, and no worthy movement ever found 
 him in an unfriendly attitude. Fraternally he was 
 a Mason. Though himself a Methodist, of no un- 
 certain rank, he gave the ground for the Catholic 
 church of McCammon and lent financial and material 
 aid along other lines to assist in the erection of a 
 church edifice. He donated the ground for the M. E. 
 church and for the schoolhouse as Oxford. Such 
 was the whole-souled and generous nature of the 
 man. 
 
 On August n, 1871, Mr. Harkness was united in 
 marriage with Mrs. Catherine Murphy, and she died 
 on December 28, 1898. On October 5, 1899, Mr. 
 Harkness married Miss Sarah Scott, and to them 
 five children have been born, named as follows: 
 Henrietta Orville was born July 8, 1900, at Webb 
 City, Missouri, and is now attending school at Ogden 
 Academy; Katherine E. was born January 24, 1902, 
 at McCammon, Idaho ; Henry Orvill was born on 
 August 13, 1905, at McCammon, Idaho; John Abner 
 was born June 9, 1908, and Theodore Roosevelt 
 Harkness was b<?rn on June I, 1910, at McCammon. 
 
 At the time of his death Mr. Harkness was re- 
 garded as one of the wealthiest men in his section of 
 the state. He left, among many parcels of prop- 
 erty, not mentioned here, seventeen hundred acres 
 of land at McCammon, a large hotel building in the 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 986 
 
 city of McCammon, the flour mill which he estab- 
 lished here some years ago, mammoth feed barns in 
 the town, and sixteen hundred acres of valuable land 
 in Oxford, Idaho- Mrs. Harkness was named as the 
 sole executor of the estate, and is proving herself an 
 able and capable business woman. 
 
 BENJAMIN M. DAVIS, a retired citizen of Bellevue, 
 Idaho, has rounded out half a century of life in this 
 state, and as a worthy pioneer, well provided with 
 the comforts of life for his family and for himself 
 in his old age as the result of his years of earnest, 
 honest toil, his record is one deserving of record. 
 
 Mr. Davis is a native of Trumbull county, Ohio, 
 and was born June 17, 1834. When he was one 
 year old, his parents moved to New York, and 
 when he was ten they went from that state to Wis- 
 consin, where he lived until he was twenty. Thus it 
 was that his school days were passed in New York 
 and Wisconsin, and his advantages were limited to 
 public-school training. When he was twenty, he 
 went to Chicago, where he worked at the blacksmith 
 trade for two years. Next we find him at St. 
 Joseph, Missouri, where he spent one year, at the 
 anvil, and from whence he crossed the plains to 
 the far West. After six months spent in California, 
 he entered the government service and went to 
 Walla Walla, Washington, where for three years he 
 was foreman of the government blacksmith shop. 
 From Walla Walla he came to Idaho. His first 
 location in this state was at Florence and Idaho 
 City and then at Silver City, where he ran a black- 
 smith shop for about twenty years. His next and 
 last move was to Bellevue. Here he had a shop 
 until 1910, when he retired. 
 
 Mr. Davis has always been more or less interested 
 in politics, affiliating with the Democratic party and 
 helping to fight the local party battles. Many times 
 he has been honored with official preferment, and 
 conscientiously and well he has served in the offices 
 to which he has been called. Both at Silver City 
 and Bellevue he was on the school board. At the 
 former place he filled an unexpired term as probate 
 judge. He has served as a member of the city coun- 
 cil of Bellevue, and for seven consecutive terms has 
 been elected mayor of the town, at this writing being 
 the incumbent of that office. 
 
 Fraternally, Mr. Davis is identified with both the 
 Odd Fellows and the Masons. In the I. O. O. F. 
 lodge he has passed all the chairs ; and he has served 
 as master of the blue lodge and high priest of the 
 chapter in Masonry. Also he has taken the degrees 
 of the commandery. 
 
 At Silver City, Idaho, June 23, 1867, Benjamin 
 M. Davis and Caroline E. Ruhe were married, and 
 they are the parents of three children, two sons and 
 a daughter, namely: Albert L., married and a resi- 
 dent of California; Frederick C, also married and 
 living in California; and Charlotte, wife of Alfred 
 E. Mathew, of that state. Mrs. Davis was born in 
 Germany. 
 
 Mr. Davis is fond of hunting and has killed much 
 big game in the mountains and on the plains. He 
 has been a student all his life, too, and during his 
 busy, hard-working years he found time for a vast 
 amount of good reading. Today he has a store of 
 valuable knowledge gained through reading and act- 
 ual experience; his is an interesting personality, 
 one that has a happy combination of pioneer and 
 progressive elements. 
 
 JOHN J. MILLARD. One of the significant facts 
 about the citizenship of Idaho is that its best resi- 
 dents attest their loyalty to the state by both faith 
 
 and works. Those who succeed and those in a fair 
 way to success have none of the half-hearted zeal 
 for their home country that is often found in older 
 communities of the East Idaho means to them a 
 land of bondless resources and unlimited growth, and 
 with such effective witnesses and workers there is 
 no doubt that future generations in this state will 
 have a magnificent debt of gratitude owing to the 
 present citizenship which has laid only the sub- 
 stantial foundation for a Greater Idaho. 
 
 A resident for thirty years, a successful business 
 man, and valuable citizen, who represents in his 
 own personality and career these qualities of pro- 
 ductive and loyal citizenship, is Mr. John J. Millard. 
 at present manager and active head of the Consoli- 
 dated Wagon and Machine Company at Burley, in 
 southern Idaho. His career has been such as to 
 deserve some extended mention in this history of 
 the state. 
 
 He was born at Farmington, Utah, on October 
 23, 1855, and spent the first twenty-five years of 
 his life in his native state. In 1882 he came into 
 southern Idaho, and has never had any occasion to 
 move his residence. His first home was near Oakley, 
 and that has been virtually his permanent home, 
 though business interests have identified him with 
 other localities. His family reside at Oakley in a 
 beautiful residence which he built himself. On com- 
 ing to this state he took up a homestead, and devel- 
 oped it and kept his family on it until 1900, when 
 he moved into town, a mile away, in order to secure 
 the better school advantages for his children. At 
 Oakley Mr. Millard followed his profession of teach- 
 ing and also was in merchandising up to 1908, at 
 which date he took the management of the Consoli- 
 dated Wagon & Machine Company at Burley, and 
 has been the executive head of this concern to the 
 present time. 
 
 After a thorough public school education in Utah, 
 Mr. Millard engaged in teaching there for a num- 
 ber of years, and has also given six years to that 
 work during his residence in Idaho. He was reared 
 on a farm and was so competent as a farmer that 
 at the age of sixteen he was placed in charge of 
 all the work of his father's place. Later, through 
 a combination of circumstances, he was forced into 
 an executive position, and this early experience proved 
 very profitable during his later life, since he has 
 been no less successful in business than in other 
 lines -that he has followed. 
 
 Mr. Millard was married at Farmington, his na- 
 tive place, on June 24, 1880, to Miss Keturah Haight. 
 daughter of Hprton D. and Louisa Haight, of that 
 place. Of their six children, two sons and three 
 daughters are living, namely: Alice E., James H., 
 John J. Jr., Annie C. and Lera L. Mr. Millard and 
 all his family are members of the Church of Latter 
 Day Saints, in which he is one of the influential 
 workers and for twenty years has been superintendent 
 of the Sunday school. 
 
 He is a Republican who has taken considerable 
 part in local campaigns. In the county-seat fight of 
 1899 he was one of the most vigorous partisans, and 
 furnishing his own teams, with a band and other 
 means of arousing and influencing public opinion, 
 he stumped the entire county. For several terms he 
 served as justice of the peace at Oakley, and for 
 two years was postmaster at the Thatcher ranch. 
 He also served a term on the district school board. 
 It is in his charming home circle at Oakley that he 
 finds his chief recreation, though he also enjoys a 
 good lecture and the reading of good literature. He 
 is one of the solid men of the state, and has given 
 
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 a good account of his talents during his residence 
 here. 
 
 JOHN POVEY, dealer in lumber and implements, of 
 Hailey, Idaho, dates his birth in Liverpool, England, 
 October, 1865. Until he was fourteen years of age 
 he attended the public schools. Then he entered 
 upon a seven years' apprenticeship to the carpenter's 
 trade, with a salary to begin with of twenty-five 
 cents per week ; at the end of the term he was receiv- 
 ing $1.50 per day of ten hours. Equipped with a 
 trade and having attained his majority, he sought 
 his fortune in America, and on his arrival in this 
 country he came direct to Hailey, Idaho. That was 
 in 1886, and here he has since lived and labored. 
 For twelve years he gave his time exclusively to 
 work at his trade. He helped to build many of the 
 large mills in this locality, and from this occupation 
 he developed into the lumber business, in connec- 
 tion with which he handles implements. His faith 
 in the future of Hailey led him to make investments 
 in real estate here, and his success in his various 
 ventures here has been such that he has no inclina- 
 tion to seek a location elsewhere. 
 
 After he had been in America four years, Mr. 
 Povey returned to England, and at Liverpool, in 
 1890, he and Miss Elizabeth Wilson were united 
 in marriage. The young wife returned with him 
 to the home he had provided in Idaho, and here for 
 twenty-two years she shared with him the joys and 
 sorrows of life. May 19, 1912, she was called to 
 her last home, and her remains were laid to rest in 
 the Hailey cemetery. Of the seven children born to 
 them, five are living, namely : Bertha H., Ada S., 
 John H., Harold and Ethel. Mrs. Povey was a 
 worthy member of the Episcopal church, as also is 
 Mr. Povey. He affiliates fraternally with the I. 
 O. O. F., and is secretary of his lodge; and, polit- 
 ically, while he usually casts his franchise with the 
 Democratic party, he is not an active party worker, 
 and believes it his privilege to support the man best 
 fitted for the office. He has served two terms of 
 three years each as clerk of his school district and 
 in various ways has shown himself to be a public- 
 spirited citizen. 
 
 HON. THOMAS L. GLENN. To be ranked among 
 the foremost lawyers of Idaho one must be possessed 
 of superior abilities indeed, for there is gathered 
 the keenest of legal talent, a large majority being 
 young men, alert, energetic and well educated for 
 the profession. Yet there are older practitioners 
 there also, most of them equally well fortified in 
 professional training and possessing the advantage 
 of having had, prior to their coming to this state, 
 long previous experience in dealing with intricacies 
 of law. One of the latter class is Hon. Thomas L. 
 Glenn, of Montpelier, distinguished as one of the 
 first of Idaho's citizens in character and talents, and 
 well known as one of the state's eminent lawyers and 
 as one of its former congressmen and able public 
 servitors. 
 
 Born in Ballard county, Kentucky, February 2, 
 1847, he has inherited to a marked degree that in- 
 tellectual vigor, moral courage and kindly but digni- 
 fied and polite bearing which have ever been dis- 
 tinguishing characteristics of Kentucky's best citi- 
 zens. His father was Tyree Glenn and his mother 
 was Miss Barzilia Jarvis Lawrence prior to her mar- 
 riage, both North Carolinans by birth and both bear- 
 ing names of old and honored connections of North 
 Carolina. The parents were married in Tennessee, 
 near Bone Cave, Van Buren county, but in 1833 
 they took up their home in Ballard county, Kentucky, 
 
 where the father took up farm lands and was engaged 
 as a farmer and stockman until his death in 1849 
 at the age of forty. Six children were born to this 
 union, and of this family Thomas L. was fifth in 
 birth and is one of two yet surviving, the other 
 being a brother, Ivy Lawrence Glenn, a well known 
 retired business man of Pueblo, Colorado. After 
 the father's death the family removed to Evansville, 
 Indiana, then to Centralia, Illinois and then to Cairo, 
 Illinois, where the mother continued to reside until 
 her demise in 1862, when forty-two years of age. 
 Thomas L. received but limited schooling in his 
 earlier years but such as he did obtain was secured 
 at Evansville, Indiana, then at Providence Church, 
 Kentucky and finally at Cairo, Illinois, though sub- 
 sequently he attended the commercial college at 
 Evansville, Indiana, and the college at Milburn, Ken- 
 tucky, serving also as an assistant teacher while a 
 student in the latter institution. The opening of the 
 Civil war in 1861 found him at Cairo a youth in 
 his fifteenth year and fired with the ambition to be- 
 come a soldier, but his repeated efforts to join the 
 ranks were unavailing on account of his age- Here, 
 however, he gave evidence of that tenacity of purpose 
 that has been a predominant characteristic of his 
 subsequent career. Not to be deterred, he sold news- 
 papers to the soldiers of the army then mobilizing 
 there and followed General Grant's forces from Cairo 
 down into Mississippi. There the longed for oppor- 
 tunity to realize his ambitions came and made him a 
 member of Company F, Second Kentucky Cavalry, 
 Confederate army known as Dukes Regiment, it being 
 under General John H. Morgan, with which he expe- 
 rienced the fortunes of war, passing through many 
 perils, being exposed to many trying vicissitudes but 
 escaping unharmed, until about the close of the first 
 year s service, when he was severely wounded by a 
 minie ball that shattered the bones of his right shoul- 
 der. From this wound he did not recover until October. 
 1868, though wounded June 9. 1864, He sought 
 refuge in the home of a southern planter, but was 
 taken prisoner by the Federals and detained until 
 September 9, 1864. He was then yet in his teens 
 and an orphan. On his release from prison he re- 
 turned to Ballard county, Kentucky, where he took 
 up employment on his grandmother's farm, and, hav- 
 ing decided that law should be his life pursuit, he 
 set about diligently to prepare for the profession by 
 reading law during such leisure moments as came 
 to him, rapidly gaining proficiency with his quick 
 mind and naturally studious habits. 
 
 His public career began early, and as that of most 
 public men ought to, with an active participation in 
 local affairs, in the course of which he gained the 
 thorough confidence of his fellow citizens. In 1874 
 he was elected county clerk of Ballard county and 
 was reelected in 1878 by a large majority. During 
 this period he had continued to read law. At the 
 conclusion of his second term he took up the prac- 
 tice of law, having in the meantime so successfully 
 prosecuted his legal studies and so amply demon- 
 strated his abilities that he had been admitted to 
 practice before all the courts. In 1887 he was called 
 to higher honors when he was elected a state senator 
 to represent four Kentucky counties. In filling that 
 office he rendered efficient and valuable services to 
 that state as a member of different important com- 
 mittees, one of which was for the investigation of the 
 locks and dams on the Green and Barren rivers and 
 of this committee he was chairman. This investiga- 
 tion led to very satisfactory results, as the system 
 was later taken over by the government for approx- 
 imately $10,000, though the price asked at first was 
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 in 1890 Mr. Glenn decided to migrate west and 
 selected Idaho as the state in which to make his 
 new home. He located at Montpelier, Bear Lake 
 county, where he at once began the practice of law 
 and where his rise to the front ranks of his profeS- 
 sion was rapid, soon attaining a commanding emi- 
 nence in this direction in eastern Idaho and becoming 
 well known throughout the state. Here again, in 
 1900, he was called into public life when he was 
 prevailed upon to accept the Democratic nomination 
 for Congress, and was elected in the fall of that 
 year. He served as a member of the Fifty-seventh 
 Congress as a populist, having been elected on a 
 fusion ticket, in which body his course was marked 
 for its. fidelity to principle, and sincerity of purpose, 
 and was an honor to himself and to his constituency. 
 At the conclusion of his congressional term he re- 
 turned to his home at Montpelier and resumed the 
 practice of law. Mr. Glenn, together with United 
 States Senator Francis J. Newlands of Nevada, then 
 a congressman, was instrumental in having the 
 Newlands irrigation bill passed which effected the 
 whole United States, also Mr. Glenn while a member 
 of congress voted for the construction of the Panama 
 canal, and he. together with John R. Brennan, of 
 Montpelier. developed the phosphate mines of Idaho, 
 which was the first discovered in the Rocky moun- 
 tains. Politically he has been an active and zealous 
 adherent of the Democratic party most of the time. 
 As a citizen Mr. Glenn is of the progressive type 
 and is ever alive to whatever in his judgment pro- 
 motes the best and highest interests of the people. 
 As a member of society he is cultured, genial, high- 
 minded and is highly respected by all who know him. 
 Fraternally he is affiliated with one of the old and 
 honored orders, the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows, and was one of the organizers of the Odd 
 Fellows lodge at Soda Springs, Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Glenn has been thrice married. On March 
 17, 1870, he was married in Ballard county, Ken- 
 tucky to Miss Lucretia Stephens, daughter of Isaac 
 and Sarah Stephens of that county. To this mar- 
 riage came four sons, all born at Milburn, Kentucky. 
 Thomas Isaac Glenn, the eldest, born January 17, 
 1871, resides at Fayetteville, Arkansas, is married 
 and has three children. Ivy L. Glenn, the second 
 son, born July 3, 1874, married Miss Sallie Moss, 
 of St. Louis, Missouri, and now resides at Los 
 Angeles, California ; they have one child. Francis 
 J. Glenn, 'born January, 1877, is married and re- 
 sides at Montpeher, Idaho, his family circle includ- 
 ing seven interesting children. William T. Glenn, 
 the youngest son, born June 4, 1880, resides at Bisbee, 
 Arizona, is married and he and his wife have four 
 children. The wife and mother died January 24, 
 1893 at Montpelier. The second marriage of Mr. 
 Glenn took place at Montpelier, Idaho on January 
 2, 1895 and united him to Miss Nellie Severn Jones, 
 who passed away on January 29, 1910, leaving two 
 sons : Orian J., born at Montpelier January 27, 1897, 
 and George T., born February 2, 1899 at Montpelier 
 and deceased March 24, 1912. On January 22, 1912, 
 at Salt Lake City, Utah, Mr. Glenn wedded Mrs. 
 Alice O'Connor as his third wife. 
 
 Mr. Glenn is* intensely loyal to Idaho, is alive to 
 every local interest which looks to the development 
 of its natural resources, and holds the most optimistic 
 faith in its future, believing that actual development 
 here has but begun. He was left an orphan early 
 in life and to face unaided the vicissitudes of youth, 
 but having character, persistence and courage he 
 surmounted such obstacles as fell in his way to suc- 
 cess and has arisen in life by means of his own 
 resources and abilities. He is truly a self-made man, 
 
 one that Idaho numbers among its strongest and most 
 forceful. 
 
 CHARLES A. JOHNSON. A citizen of Burley who 
 has a record for large accomplishment, Mr. Charles 
 A. Johnson is both a business man and a lawyer. 
 and one of the leaders in his profession. During 
 the seven or eight years of his residence in Southern 
 Idaho his leadership and practical work have had a 
 definite value in the advancement of his home com- 
 munity. Mr. Johnson is a man who not only sees 
 the great undeveloped resources about him in this 
 state, but has the ability to plan and organize means 
 to develop such resources to the highest advantage. 
 
 During his early life Mr. Johnson had to exercise 
 the same energy and resourcefulness in getting his 
 own start that he has since used in the larger affairs 
 of his home locality in Idaho. He was born at 
 Washington, Indiana, October 29, 1873. After a 
 brief public school education, he began working on 
 a farm when about fourteen, and later worked in 
 sawmills, railroad shops, railroad offices, and in 
 other positions, being at one time station agent on 
 the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. The money which 
 he saved in this way he applied to his further edu- 
 cation in a normal school. He then taught school, 
 and then entered the University of Indiana at Bloom- 
 ington, where he studied law and completed the 
 final stages of his preparation for a larger career. 
 He was admitted to the bar in Indiana, and in 1905 
 came West and has since been identified with the 
 growing town of Burley. 
 
 As a lawyer he soon became recognized for thor- 
 oughness and skill, and has enjoyed a large share 
 of the better class of practice in the county. In his 
 first murder case, and the most important trial that 
 has occurred during his residence in the county, he 
 managed the defense so ably that his client was 
 acquitted after a hard-fought case. 
 
 Soon after coming to Burley Mr. Johnson took 
 an active part in the organization of the South Side 
 Water Users Association. Through lack of water 
 the development of all the fine country around Burley 
 was at a standstill. This association, of which Mr. 
 Johnson was the first secretary and also served as 
 director one year, has succeeded in building ninety 
 miles of main canal and through its enterprise fifty 
 thousand acres of soil are now producing crops 
 worth hundreds of thousands of dollars every year. 
 
 Mr. Johnson was for a year a stockholder and 
 director in the Burley Townsite Company, and has 
 in fact been one of the builders of the town. His 
 interest in the welfare of this locality is actuated 
 by a sincere desire to see all the present and future 
 citizens prosper, and to people in other states wish- 
 ing to secure the best information concerning Burley, 
 no other local resident would be more willing to 
 answer queries or could furnish more exact details 
 than Mr. Johnson. 
 
 Mr. Johnson married at Springfield, Missouri, De- 
 cember 26, '1911, Miss Mary Aaron. Her brother. 
 Dr. William E. Aaron, is a resident of Twin Falls. 
 Idaho. Her father, Robert Aaron, of Springfield, 
 Missouri, is roadmaster for the Frisco Railroad. 
 Mrs. Johnson is an active member of the Christian 
 church, and that denomination is the choice of her 
 husband among the various churches. His fraternal 
 affiliation is with the Masonic order. As a Republi- 
 can he is active, and is an earnest and effective cam- 
 paigner for the party candidates, but never asks office 
 for himself. By reading and through personal con- 
 tact with prominent men, he keeps abreast of the 
 current of modern affairs, and has none of the pro- 
 vincial characteristics about him. Mr. Johnson is 
 
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 very fond of music, and gratifies his taste in that 
 direction at every opportunity. During his career it 
 has been his lot to travel over nearly all the states 
 of the Union, and it is his opinion that Idaho, above 
 all others, has the greatest prospects of future de- 
 velopment. 
 
 JOHN T. PETERSON. A young business man who 
 has found in Idaho the privileges of successful en- 
 deavor and has already gained no small degree of 
 prosperity is John T. Peterson, of the Pioneer Coal 
 and Produce Company, at Burley. Coal, grain, feed 
 and seeds are the commodities which his company 
 handles, and the enterprise is an important one in 
 that section of the state. 
 
 Mr. Peterson was born at Ogden, Utah, November 
 9, 1879, and spent about thirty years of his life in 
 his native state. His arrival in Idaho and settle- 
 ment at Burley occurred in 1908, and a few months 
 later he had formed the partnership with Mr. Gustaf 
 Shallman, under the firm name above noted, and their 
 business has been growing profitably ever since. 
 
 To his present enterprise Mr. Peterson brought a 
 varied and seasoned experience in business affairs. 
 After his early education, which was obtained in the 
 public schools of Ogden, he began his practical 
 career at the age of seventeen as an employe in a 
 hotel, his first salary being fifteen dollars a month. 
 Later his services were employed by a bank, and for 
 ten years he was connected with banking in several 
 capacities, and through that association acquired an 
 excellent equipment for his independent career. 
 
 Mr. Peterson is affiliated with the Odd Fellows and 
 the Woodmen of the World, and though not an active 
 member, he expresses preference for the church of 
 the Latter Day Saints. He is a voting Republican, 
 but has taken no part in political life. As one of the 
 young bachelor citizens of Burley, he has varied inter- 
 ests in the social life and recreations of the com- 
 munity. He is a follower of baseball, is fond of 
 hunting and fishing, and is always glad to find amuse- 
 ment or instruction in a good lecture and musical 
 and dramatic entertainments. He adds his testimony 
 to that of many others that Idaho has no superior 
 among the states as the place of opportunity for 
 young men. 
 
 MATT McFALL. This early settler in Shoshone, a 
 prominent business man, a most exemplary citizen, 
 and one of the city's most liberal people, is a native 
 of Canada, but his residence in the United States 
 dates back to his sixteenth year, when he started to 
 work in a Wisconsin lumber camp. While he was 
 not one of the first settlers of Shoshone, substan- 
 tially the entire growth of the city has been under 
 his eye, has been watched by him with the interest 
 and pride of a proprietor, and has been substantially 
 aided by his wise counsels and firm hand. Men con- 
 tribute by various services and diversified gifts to 
 the building up of a city some by the foundation of 
 law and municipal order; others give themselves to 
 founding churches and schools ; still others open up 
 the avenues of commerce and furnish facilities for 
 the transaction of business ; in a thousand different 
 but converging directions they bend their energies to 
 the common weal. Among all the various lines of 
 activity, none is more promotive of the reputation of 
 a growing city than that which furnishes a comfort- 
 able home for the traveler. Shoshone, since Mr. 
 McFall's advent here in 1893, has been noted through- 
 out Lincoln county for the excellent conveniences 
 presented to the traveling public, and the McFall 
 hotel ranks favorably with any of the large caravan- 
 saries in this section of the West. 
 
 Matt McFall was born in Canada, August 29, 1851, 
 and received his education in the public schools of 
 his native vicinity. At the age of sixteen years he 
 secured a position in the lumber woods of Wisconsin, 
 receiving a salary of sixty dollars per month. Three 
 years later he went to Nevada, and was engaged at 
 lumbering at a salary of sixty dollars per month 
 and board, and continued with the same firm for a 
 period of twelve years, being promoted from position 
 to position, until he received one hundred and fifty 
 dollars per month, and was finally made assistant 
 manager and his salary increased to five hundred 
 dollars monthly. In 1881 he resigned his position 
 with the Eureka & Palisade Railroad and came to 
 Idaho, settling first in Bellevue, where he was en- 
 gaged in the hotel business. He continued there until 
 .i93, when he came to Shoshone and established 
 himself in business as proprietor of the McFall hotel, 
 which he is still managing. In addition, he carries 
 on ranching and stock raising, and operates a well- 
 equipped steam laundry, and all of his ventures have 
 proved uniformly successful. Five miles from Sho- 
 shone lies his fine fruit ranch, on which he has just 
 erected a $5,000 barn, with other improvements com- 
 mensurate in value. Mr. McFall's career has been 
 one of great activity and uncommon success, due to 
 the exercise of good judgment, and exhibition, under 
 .all circumstances, of the strictest integrity. He is 
 plain and unassuming in his conduct, but has the 
 faculty of attaching friends, whose esteem, once ob- 
 tained, has never been forfeited. He is tolerant of 
 the opinions and careful of the rights of others, recog- 
 nizing the equal liberty of all. Mr. McFall is a Re- 
 publican and takes an active interest in politics, and 
 his religious connection is with the Episcopal church. 
 Fraternally, he holds membership in the Masons, the 
 Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Ancient 
 Order of United Workmen, has passed through the 
 chairs in all four lodges, and is now a representative 
 to the Grand Masonic lodge of the state. When he 
 can spare time from his arduous business duties, 
 he takes extended hunting and fishing trips, finding 
 Idaho one of the finest game states in the Union. 
 Like other men who have found their field of oppor- 
 tunity here, Mr. McFall is a booster of Idaho's cli- 
 mate, soil and resources, and backs up his spoken 
 word by investing heavily in realty and other inter- 
 ests. Honored as a business man and respected as a 
 citizen, he is a representative of Idaho's best citi- 
 zenship, and is well deserving of the high esteem 
 in which he is universally held. 
 
 On April 12, 1879, Mr. McFall was married at 
 Eureka, Nevada, to Miss Isabella Campbell, daughter 
 of Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell, of Nova Scotia, and 
 seven children have been born to this union, namely: 
 Ella B., who is deceased; Stella M., John W., the 
 only son, who is married and associated in business 
 with his father, and is also serving in the capacity of 
 city engineer of Shoshone; Alberta G., who married 
 William Lundeen and resides in Shoshone; Jessie A., 
 residing at home; Myrtle, who is deceased, and 
 Leoma, also at home. 
 
 EDGAR E. JACOBS. A man of extensive acquaint- 
 ance throughout a broad region of Idaho; of strong 
 influence in any and all classes ; and of an impelling 
 geniality of temperament is Edgar E. Jacobs, presi- 
 dent of the Jacobs-Murphy Company (Incorporated) 
 of McCammon. Of more than a passing interest are 
 the details of his career, for not only is he a pioneer 
 and a son of pioneers, but he has been since his 
 youth a resident of this section from the days when 
 it was only a sage-brushprairie, with thousands of 
 
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 cattle for its chief inhabitants and with no near 
 settlement save an Indian reservation. 
 
 The family characteristics of adventurousness, of 
 migratory tendencies and of building up homes and 
 fortunes in new lands, were notable as far back in 
 Mr. Jacobs' ancestral line as the fifth preceding gen- 
 eration. His great-great-grandfather, Bennett Jacobs, 
 ST., supposedly a German, was a traveler and sea- 
 faring man, who in the latter part of the seventeenth 
 century settled on property in Cuba. From there 
 came the latter's son Bennett Jacobs, Jr., great- 
 grandfather to the bluegrass plantations of Ken- 
 tucky. With him was his son Austin, who became a 
 miller, and reared his family in his chosen home. He 
 became the father of James Whitcomb Jacobs, who 
 also became a pioneer. Iowa was the locality selected 
 by James Whitcomb Jacobs, who became a resident 
 of the then young settlement of Keokuk county. He 
 built there the first grist mill ever erected in Iowa 
 and continued to conduct it for many years. He is 
 still hale and hearty, at the age of eighty, and is 
 living on the same piece of land on which he origin- 
 ally settled. He is a Civil war veteran, his enlist- 
 ment having been with Company I, First Iowa Cav- 
 alry. He bears marks of a serious wound, received 
 during a gallant charge in the battle of Pea Ridge; 
 the rifle ball which at that time struck through his 
 neck all but cost him his life, requiring many months 
 of careful nursing in a military hospital, and limiting 
 his subsequent service to that of a clerk in the 
 Adjutant-General's office in Washington. Mrs. James 
 Whitcomb Jacobs, nee Mattie L. Newkirk. is still 
 living, at the age of seventy, at the same place which 
 was the scene of her marriage in 1865 and where 
 she and James W. Jacobs reared their four chil- 
 dren. Of these, the eldest was Edgar E. Jacobs, to 
 whose interesting life this account is devoted. 
 
 In the district school at Sigourney, Iowa, Edgar 
 E. Jacobs received instruction during his juvenile 
 days and when his studies were concluded, he ac- 
 cepted employment with a railroad company in the 
 capacity of time-keeper, being connected with con- 
 struction work which required his traveling to vari- 
 ous locations in different parts of Iowa, Colorado, 
 Arizona and Idaho. His interest in the possibilities 
 of the "Gem-of-the-Mountains" state, led him event- 
 ually to locate on one of the immense cattle ranches 
 of H. O. Harkness. 
 
 Mr. Harkness, one of the most extensive owners 
 of cattle in the entire West, had some sixteen thou- 
 sand acres of land in Southern Idaho and the number 
 of his herds ran into the hundreds of thousands. In 
 his employ, Mr. Jacobs gained a large amount of 
 experience, much of it very valuable and a deal of 
 it unique. One ordeal that he remembers most 
 vividly is of a winter during which, owing to the 
 severity of the cold and the prevalence of snow, 
 together with the scarcity of feeding hay, he and 
 other sturdy men were obliged to see thousands of 
 cattle perish on the range. He risked and endured 
 no slight amount of exposure in his many winters 
 of work for Mr. Harkness. Such experiences, so 
 courageously endured, develop character and win the 
 respect of other men. as well as advancing the ma- 
 terial welfare of those who endure them Mr. 
 Jacobs became one of the most trusted employees 
 of H.. O. Harkness, with whom he remained con- 
 tinuously, except for three years which he spent in 
 Arizona and Mexico. In the nineties, when Mr. 
 Harkness had established a general store, his high 
 regard for Mr. Jacobs' character and ability led him 
 to place the former rangerider in the position of 
 general manager of the mercantile establishment. 
 That position he held until he determined to start in 
 
 business for himself. His first venture was the 
 establishment, in conjunction with Mr. T. M. Ed- 
 wards, of a store called the Edwards-Jacobs Mer- 
 cantile Company. This the two owners conducted 
 jointly from 1900 until 1903, at which time Mr. 
 Jacobs bought the interests of his partner. Edward 
 Murphy subsequently was admitted to partnership 
 and the firm has become known as the Jacobs-Mur- 
 phy Company. This mercantile house has rapidly 
 grown into one of the most prosperous concerns of 
 its kind. In June of 1912, the business was incor- 
 porated and is now being conducted on a large scale 
 VVith Mr. Jacobs as its president, Henry Monroe as 
 vice-president and Edward Murphy as secretary, this 
 establishment has achieved an immense trade from 
 the region surrounding McCammon. From a very 
 modest beginning it has reached a status of which 
 Mr. Jacobs may well be proud, as the leading and 
 guiding spirit of the enterprise from its beginning. 
 
 Mr. Jacobs has taken an active part in the political 
 life of the community in which he has resided for so 
 many years. For a period of thirteen years he has 
 served as central committeeman of the Republican 
 party, and for six years of that time has been a 
 member of the executive committee. He was the 
 first trustee of McCammon and one of the organiz- 
 ers of the town. He was also honored with the 
 chairmanship of the board of trustees. During the 
 ninth session of the Idaho Legislature, Mr. Jacobs 
 represented Bannock county in the state senate. 
 During the incumbency of ex-senator Jacobs, the 
 legislative action dealing with the Twin Falls sec- 
 tion was accomplished and he is therefore to a con- 
 siderable degree responsible for that development 
 which has made Twin Falls one of the most prosper- 
 ous communities in the state. Educational affairs 
 have ever claimed a large share in Mr. Jacobs' in- 
 terest. He has been influential as a member of the 
 board of the First Independent school district and 
 served as chairman of that body. The school board 
 of McCammon now has the advantage of his efficient 
 service on the school board, of which he is president 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Jacobs took place on Janu- 
 ary 25, 1006, at which time Miss Jean Evans of 
 Oneida, Idaho, united her life with his. Mrs. 
 Jacobs is a daughter of John M. and Isabelle Evans 
 of Oneida. The Jacobs household has been enriched 
 by the coming of a son, Edgar Evans Jacobs, born 
 in McCammon on January 24, 1907. 
 
 In fraternal circles Mr. Jacobs is a member both 
 popular and distinguished. He is connected with 
 the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 
 674, Pocatello. He is a member of Portneuf Lodge 
 of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. 
 
 Aside from the mercantile interests to which Mr. 
 Jacobs gives so much time and attention, his mate- 
 rial welfare is further represented by the fine ranch 
 property which he possesses, besides considerable real 
 estate in McCammon. As all his holdings are of 
 high value, his wealth is of no slight extent None 
 better deserves pecuniary success in a new country, 
 for he toiled early and late in this country in a day 
 when the city of McCammon was a thing not yet 
 conceived, lie has seen the section grow and has 
 put the best of himself into its development. Great 
 is his faith in this region which he authoritatively 
 pronounces to be the best part of the state for invest- 
 ments in land values. 
 
 In spite of his extraordinary success, Mr. Jacobs 
 is unpretentiously friendly to all whom he meets. 
 His large income and his hundreds of acres of land 
 have not impaired as is often the case his civic 
 and social usefulness as a man among men. One 
 of the most loyal of all citizens of McCammon, he 
 
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 continues to favorably influence its growth and its 
 progress toward yet better things. 
 
 EDMUND R. RICHARDS, editor and publisher of the 
 Wood River News-Miner, Hailey, Idaho, has been 
 identified with this town and this paper since 1883. 
 As a territory, "The Gem of the Mountain" offered 
 possibilities and opportunities which he was quick to 
 discover. He had faith in Idaho then, and now, after 
 nearly thirty years of continuous residence here, he 
 believes this state is destined to be one of the great- 
 est in the Union, possessing as it does almost un- 
 limited agricultural and mineral resources. As the 
 editor of the News-Miner, Mr. Richards has been a 
 potent factor in Elaine and surrounding counties dur- 
 ing the past three decades, and as such some per- 
 sonal mention of him is of interest in this work. 
 
 Edmund R. Richards was born in Strong, Maine, 
 June 27, 1857, son of Dr. John A. and Sophronia 
 (Hillman) Richards, and the eldest of their four 
 children. Dr. John A. Richards was a prominent and 
 influential man in his day. He had an extensive 
 practice in Strong and neighboring towns, and was 
 always greatly interested in politics, although he 
 never accepted office for himself. Both he and his 
 wife were born in Maine, and he passed his life 
 and died there, being sixty-seven years of age at the 
 time of his death. His widow is now a resident of 
 Farmington, that state. 
 
 In public and private schools in his native state 
 Edmund R. received his early training. His higher 
 education was carried forward at Bates College, 
 Lewistown, Maine, where he graduated with the 
 class of 1882. He earned his first money as a boy, 
 at the age of twelve years, working in a printing 
 office, and he has followed the printer's trade and 
 the newspaper business practically ever since. He 
 remained in Maine until he was twenty-five years of 
 age. Then he came West, stopping first at Kansas 
 City, where he remained nearly one year, during 
 which time he was a reporter on the Kansas City 
 Journal. On leaving that place he traveled over the 
 Middle West, and in 1883 landed in Hailey, Idaho, 
 where he immediately bought the paper he has since 
 owned and edited. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Richards is a Democrat. While 
 he has always been a party fighter and an influence 
 to be counted in local politics, he has never accepted 
 office for himself. 
 
 Mr. Richards is fond of athletics and music, and 
 takes great delight in fishing and hunting. While 
 he favors all churches, he does not affiliate with any 
 special one. He is unmarried. 
 
 DR. RUSSELL TRUITT. One of the oldest and most 
 popular physicians of Idaho county, Idaho, is Dr. 
 Russell Truitt, who has devoted thirty-five years to 
 his profession in the West and is one of the pioneer 
 physicians of Cottonwood, Idaho, where he has led 
 a most active life, busy in the practice of his profes- 
 sion for a number of years. He was born in Mont- 
 gomery county, Illinois, May 2, 1852, a son of Samuel 
 and Cynthia Truitt. After pursuing the usual courses 
 in the public schools of his native county, he was 
 successively a student at Hillsboro Academy, McKen- 
 dree College and Carthage College, all educational 
 institutions of Illinois, in which he acquired a liberal 
 literary education as a basis for his professional train- 
 ing. After leaving college he taught school for a 
 time, and then about 1875 went to Oregon, where 
 he taught one year. Returning east, he took up the 
 study of medicine, first becoming a student in the 
 Miami Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, and then 
 later Completing his professional training in the 
 
 Eclectic Medical College in the same city, where he 
 was graduated in 1877. In the following fall Dr. 
 Truitt returned to Oregon, this time to follow the 
 profession of medicine. After three years in that 
 state he removed to Walla Walla, Washington, and 
 he remained in different parts of that state an 
 active practitioner for about fifteen years. From 
 there, in 1895, Dr. Truitt changed his location to 
 Cottonwood, Idaho, where he has now been in active 
 professional service some sixteen years. From the 
 beginning of his professional life Dr. Truitt has taken 
 a high stand in the estimate of the public and of his 
 brethren. To that faithfulness, unselfishness and un- 
 wearied diligence in the service of humanity which 
 is the common honor of the profession, he has added 
 that intelligence, patience and sympathy which make 
 his services as grateful to the feelings of his patients 
 as his skill has made them useful in their necessi- 
 ties. Into his practice he has carried the spirit of 
 both the student and the humanitarian. He is a wide 
 reader outside of professional works, especially en- 
 joying history and the classics in literature, and he 
 has a well-filled library along the lines of his literary 
 tastes. He is a member of the Idaho State Medical 
 Society, and was also a member of the State Board 
 of Medical Examiners of Idaho for twelve years. 
 
 With the loyalty so universal among Idaho citizens, 
 he has the utmost faith in the future of this state, 
 and feels that its wealth of resources and opportuni- 
 ties offer splendid openings to young men and women 
 aspiring for a home as well as to capital ; that the 
 day is not far distant when it will take high rank in 
 the Union as an agricultural state as well as a mining 
 state. In politics Dr. Truitt is arrayed as an adher- 
 ent of the Republican party, though taking but little 
 interest in partisan contests. Fraternally he is affili- 
 ated with the Masonic order. 
 
 At Albany, Oregon, on August i, 1878, Dr. Truitt 
 was united in marriage to Miss Louisa A. Smith, 
 a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, old pioneers 
 of Oregon, who are yet living. Two sons were born 
 to this union Norman M. Truitt, a resident' of Cot- 
 tonwood, Idaho, and Warren Truitt, now a student 
 in the University of Idaho at Moscow, Idaho. 
 
 Dr. Truitt has lived to see great changes in the 
 Northwest. When he first located in the West, Port- 
 land was only a town of 20,000 people. Seattle and 
 Walla Walla were only small towns. Spokane was 
 but a village of 300 inhabitants. There were no trans- 
 continental railroads north of San Francisco, Cali- 
 fornia, and no railroad in any part of the Inland 
 Empire except a small one at Walla Walla, Wash- 
 ington, thirty miles long. 
 
 WILLIAM T. SHOCKLEY. Lewis county, Idaho, fig- 
 ures as one of the most attractive, progressive and 
 prosperous divisions of the state, justly claiming a 
 high order of citizenship and a spirit of enterprise 
 which is certain to conserve consecutive development 
 and marked advancement in the material upbuilding 
 of this section. The county has been and is signally 
 favored in the 'class of men who have contributed to 
 its development along commercial and agricultural 
 lines, and in the latter connection the subject of this 
 review demands recognition, as he has been actively 
 engaged in farming operations in the Nez Perce dis- 
 trict since 1896. He has long been known as a- pros- 
 perous and enterprising agriculturist, and one whose 
 business methods demonstrate the power of activity 
 in the business world, and in that connection proved 
 himself well fitted for participation in public affairs. 
 
 March n, 1868, in Franklin county, Georgia, oc- 
 curred the birth of William T. Shockley, who is a 
 son of Jeptha J. and Susan (Mells) Shockley, both 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 of whom were born and reared in Georgia, and the 
 latter of whom is now deceased. The father was a 
 Confederate soldier during the Civil war, and served 
 as a member of the First Georgia Infantry, under 
 General Johnston, in Hood's Corps, Stoval Brigade. 
 During the progress of the war he participated in 
 many sanguinary battles, and July 22, 1864, was cap- 
 tured by the Union forces at Atlanta? He served for 
 eight months in a Federal prison. After the war he 
 went to Texas, and he is now a prominent and suc- 
 cessful real estate dealer and farmer at Bay City, 
 that state. 
 
 To the public school of Melissa, Georgia, William 
 T. Shockley is indebted for his rudimentary educa- 
 tional training. At the age of eighteen years he left 
 school and thereafter was interested in agricultural 
 pursuits in the Lone Star state for a time, and was 
 deputy sheriff at Melissa. In 1896 he came to the 
 Nez Perce reservation in Idaho and immediately 
 located a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres 
 adjoining the city of Nez Perce. With the passage 
 of time he improved his land and he now owns one 
 of the finest estates in this section. He makes a 
 specialty of raising horses and wheat and has met 
 with remarkable success. He was appointed the first 
 sheriff of the newly organized county of Lewis by 
 Gov. James Hawley in 1911, and served in that ca- 
 pacity until January I, 1913. His political support 
 is given to the Democratic party. In a fraternal 
 way Mr. Shockley is a Mason, a member of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of 
 Pythias and the Woodmen of the World. He owns 
 considerable real estate of value in the city of Nez 
 Perce. He and his wife are zealous members of the 
 Christian church, in which faith they are rearing their 
 children. Mr. Shockley is ever ready to assist in 
 affairs of interest to state, county or town, and he 
 is held in high esteem by his numerous friends and 
 acquaintances. 
 
 September 29, 1895, Mr. Shockley was united in 
 marriage to Miss Julia E. Eastepp, a native of Texas. 
 This union has been prolific of six children, whose 
 names are here entered in respective order of birth : 
 May, Ivy, Charles, Alice, Henry and Ada, all of 
 whom are at home. 
 
 TEXAS ANGEL. From the establishment of the 
 town of Hailey, at the beginning of the decade of 
 the eighties until his death in 1905, Texas Angel 
 was one of the foremost citizens and one of the 
 ablest members of the Idaho bar. Fully a quarter 
 of a century he was closely identified with this one 
 community, and left upon it at his death an indelible 
 impress, so that all citizens appreciated the fact 
 that a good and strong man had passed that way. 
 He stood high in his profession, for many years 
 took an active part in political and civic affairs, 
 and always enjoyed the respect and confidence of 
 the people among whom he lived. 
 
 The late Texas Angel was born in Angelica, New 
 York, October 19, 1839, and was descended from a 
 family which settled in New England soon after 
 the first landing of the Mayflower colony. The 
 founder of the American branch of this name was 
 Nathan Angel, a Welshman, who moved from Massa- 
 chusetts to Providence, Rhode Island, along with 
 Roger Williams, the apostle of religious liberty. 
 The grandfather of Texas Angel was William Angel, 
 and the father was William Gardner Angel, who was 
 born in 1700. In 1792 the family removed to Otsego, 
 New York, where William G. Angel was educated 
 for the law. He was in his time one of the very 
 prominent men in public life. He was twice elected 
 to Congress during the time of President Andrew 
 
 Jackson, served his locality as county judge, and 
 at one time was surrogate of Albany county. He 
 was a Democrat in early life, but when the question 
 of slavery became dominant, he joined the new Re- 
 publican party, casting his vote for its candidate in 
 1856. Two years later, in 1858, his death occurred 
 at the age of sixty-nine. He married Clarissa Eng- 
 lish, whose family were among the pioneers of 
 western New York. She reached the ripe age of 
 seventy-three and became the mother of twelve 
 children, ten of whom reached maturity, and gave 
 creditable accounts of themselves. 
 
 It is one of the interesting facts of this family 
 history how the Christian name was bestowed upon 
 the late Mr. Angel. His father was one of the warm 
 friends and admirers of Sam Houston, the great 
 military and political leader of Texas during the 
 time of its struggle for independence, and the name 
 Texas was bestowed upon the youngest son in honor 
 of that brilliant figure in the southwest. Texas 
 Angel was educated in the academy of his native 
 town, and was twenty-two years old when the war 
 came on. He enlisted on April 22 in Company I 
 of the Twenty-seventh New York Infantry. The 
 regiment went to the front in time to participate in 
 the first Battle of Bull Run, and was afterwards in 
 the Battle of West Point, and then in the Peninsular 
 campaign, suffering additional great losses in the 
 Battle of Gainesmills. The Twenty-seventh Regi- 
 ment was also at White Oak Swamp, guarded the 
 right flank of the Union army at the Battle of Mal- 
 vern Hill, and soon afterwards Texas Angel was 
 taken ill and sent to West Philadelphia Hospital. 
 After a furlough, he rejoined his regiment in time 
 to fight at the second Battle of Bull Run; was 
 at South Mountain, and after the Battle^of Antietam 
 was appointed commissary sergeant with the rank 
 of second lieutenant in Company I. A later promo- 
 tion made him first lieutenant, and during the march 
 from Antietam to Fredericksburg he was made quar- 
 termaster of the regiment, an office which he filled 
 until the close of his term of enlistment for two 
 years on May 21, 1863. From that time until May, 
 1864, he was in the recruiting service. 
 
 From the east, with its battles and terrific strug- 
 gles of civil war, Texas Angel went west by way 
 of the Isthmus of Panama, in May, 1864, and, arriv- 
 ing in San Francisco, began reading law with Sam- 
 uel M. Wilson, and was admitted to the bar at 
 Sacramento, April 3, 1866. Later in the same year 
 he returned to his old home in New York, and estab- 
 lished a law office at Jamestown, New York; but a 
 year later moved out to Wisconsin, and in Eau Claire 
 practiced his profession for a little more than ten 
 years, half of this time being a partner of Mr. Vilas, 
 a brother of Senator Vilas. He also served in the 
 offices of district attorney, and is considered one 
 of the ablest lawyers in that section of Wisconsin. 
 
 Because of ill health of his wife Mr. Angel was 
 compelled to seek a milder climate, and in September, 
 1877, once more established himself in California, at 
 San Francisco, where he practiced law for five years. 
 Then, in 1881, he made the change of residence 
 which brought him to what proved his permanent 
 home at Hailey, a town which was then composed 
 principally of tents and which had been laid out only 
 a few months before. The recent gold discovery on 
 Wood river, were an important factor in the creation 
 of this town, and gave its promise of becoming an 
 important center. Texas Angel became one of the 
 pioneer lawyers of the time, and gave his energy and 
 ability to realizing the ambitions of its founders and 
 first settlers. 
 
 For eight years of his early practice Mr. Angel 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 was associated with Judge Sullivan, and thereafter 
 continued to follow the law until the date of his 
 death. From the beginning of the war until 1892 
 he was a consistent supporter of the Republican 
 party, and then took issue with his party on the 
 money question and was allied with the Populists 
 during their continuance in American politics. Fra- 
 ternally he was made a Master Mason at Eau Claire, 
 Wisconsin, in 1869, and was also affiliated with the 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen. 
 
 At Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on May 25, 1870, Texas 
 Angel married Miss Mary E. Goodrich. Mrs. Angel 
 still resides at Hailey, which has been her home for 
 more than thirty years, and in which she has the 
 esteem and regard of one of the pioneer women. She 
 is the mother of three children. Richard M. Angel, 
 the oldest, is sketched in following paragraphs. The 
 son Floyd is a civil and mining engineer formerly 
 in the service of the government in the reclamation 
 service in Arizona, and now connected with the 
 Idaho Construction Company in work near Weiser, 
 Idaho. Miss Mary Goodrich, the daughter, is living 
 with her mother in Hailey. 
 
 RICHARD M. ANGEL. A prominent lawyer of 
 Hailey, Richard M. Angel, has followed in the foot- 
 steps of his honored father, and inherits and is en- 
 gaged in the successful application of the abilities 
 which gave his father leadership as a member of 
 the Idaho bar. 
 
 Richard M. Angel was born in Eau Claire, Wis- 
 consin, September 24, 1871. When he was six years 
 old he accompanied his parents to California, and 
 until 1881 lived at Alameda. He then, in 1881, came 
 with the family to the Wood river country of 
 Idaho, that journey having been made by stage 
 coach. He was old enough to know Hailey in its 
 pioneer time, and after he had passed the period 
 of youth he identified himself permanently with this 
 city, and has been active both in its professional and 
 civic life. He received part of his education in the 
 public schools of California, attended high school at 
 Hailey, and then went to Ohio, where he was a 
 student in Oberlin College. After his return from 
 the east he began the study of law in his father's 
 office, and in 1896 was admitted to the bar. Imme- 
 diately afterwards he began practice and has always 
 enjoyed a liberal share of the legal business in Elaine 
 county. Mr. Angel has always been a worker, and, 
 although his family were in prosperous circum- 
 stances, he has earned his own way. His first money 
 was earned when a boy of thirteen as an operator 
 in the first telephone exchange established at Hailey, 
 and he worked at a salary of fifty dollars per month 
 for several years. He invested the savings from 
 this employment in stock of the Alturas Water Com- 
 pany. August 22, 1895, Mr. Angel was married at 
 Hailey to Miss Lucy Walters. They are the parents 
 of two children, Marvin W. and Marion E. Mrs. 
 Angel is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Walters. 
 She is a member of the Lutheran church, while 
 her husband is a Congregationalist. In politics Mr. 
 Angel is a Republican, and has been one of the 
 active party workers. He served as district attorney 
 for four years, and prosecuting attorney for four 
 years. As a speaker he is entertaining, forceful and 
 convincing, and he takes a keen delight in listening 
 to a good speech or lecture. He is also fond of 
 music and athletics and hunting and fishing. Mr. 
 Angel was one of the organizers of the first athletic 
 clubs of Hailey. It is his belief that Idaho is a 
 favored spot; that its climatic conditions are nearly 
 perfect, and that the natural resources of the state, 
 
 at present, undeveloped, would furnish an easy living 
 for all who care to settle here. 
 
 MAJ. FRANK A. FENN. It has been given to Major 
 Fenn to uphold most fully the high prestige of a 
 name that has been identified with Idaho history in 
 a specially prominent and distinguished way, from 
 the early pioneer era in the territory to the present 
 days of opulent prosperity and progress. He has 
 been a resident of Idaho since his boyhood days and 
 has marked the passing years with large and worthy 
 achievement accomplishment such as would natur- 
 ally be expected on the part of one of so marked 
 ability, loyalty and progressiveness as designate the 
 man. His career has been varied and interesting 
 and he has been specially influential in public affairs 
 in his home state, where he has thrice served as a 
 member of the legislature, in which connection he 
 had the distinction of being speaker of the house in 
 the first general assembly after the admission of 
 Idaho to the Union. As a youth he served in the 
 United States navy, and he was an officer of an Idaho 
 volunteer regiment which took active part in mili- 
 tary operations in the Philippine islands incidental to 
 the Spanish-American war, besides which he saw 
 active service in the Nez Perces Indian war. He is 
 a representative member of the Idaho bar and at- 
 tained to definite precedence in the work of his pro- 
 fession, but since 1901 he has held the office of forest 
 supervisor in the United States Forest Service in 
 Idaho, a position in which he has accomplished most 
 effective work in protecting and conserving the mag- 
 nificent forests of the state. Few citizens of Idaho 
 are more widely known and none has more secure 
 place in popular confidence and esteem, so that it 
 may readily be understood that there is all of con- 
 sistency in according to Major Fenn specific recog- 
 nition in this history of Idaho. 
 
 Maj. Frank Alfred Fenn was born at Jefferson 
 (an early mining town on the South Yuba river, later 
 washed out by hydraulic works), Nevada county, Cal- 
 ifornia, on the nth of September, 1853, and is a son 
 of Hon. Stephen S. and Rhoda M. (Gilman) Fenn, 
 the former of whom was born in Connecticut and 
 the latter in Vermont, both families having been 
 founded in New England in the early colonial era 
 of our national history. Stephen S. Fenn came to 
 the West as a young man, in, 1844, and he was one 
 of the intrepid argonauts wno made their way to 
 California soon after the discovery of gold in that 
 state. There he established his home in 1850 as 
 one of the pioneer gold seekers of that great com- 
 monwealth, and there he continued to reside until 
 1862, when he came to that part of the territory of 
 Washington now included in Idaho. (Idaho was not 
 then known; the territory was created in 1863.) He 
 was among the first to exploit the gold mining in- 
 dustry in Idaho, lived up to the full tension of life 
 on the frontier and became one of the prominent and 
 influential citizens of the territory, his noble and 
 devoted wife sharing with him in the vicissitudes and 
 deprivations incidental to pioneer life. He also be- 
 came one of the early law practitioners of the terri- 
 tory and was called upon to serve in various offices 
 of public trust, the while he contributed in generous 
 measure to the civic and material- development of 
 the territory and state, his death having occurred 
 about two years after the admission of Idaho to the 
 Union. He was a dominating figure in the political 
 affairs of the territory, as a staunch adherent of 
 the Democratic party, and was twice elected as terri- 
 torial delegate to the United States congress, in 
 which body his earnest efforts did much to foster the 
 best interests of the embryonic commonwealth which 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 he ably represented. He served several terms as a 
 member of the territorial legislature and also held 
 other important offices preferments which emphati- 
 cally attested the unqualified confidence and esteem 
 in which he was held in the territory. He was a 
 man of exalted integrity and great intellectual power, 
 was a natural leader in thought and action, and his 
 name merits a prominent and enduring place on the 
 roster of the honored pioneers of Idaho. He was 
 affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and was a Uni- 
 versalist in belief, and his wife was a zealous member 
 of the Baptist church. Of their thirteen children 
 four sons are now living, and Major Fenn, of this 
 review, who was the third in order of birth, is the 
 eldest of those surviving the honored parents. 
 Stephen S. Fenn was summoned to the life eternal 
 in 1892, at the age of seventy-two years, and his 
 remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Black- 
 foot, Bingham county. His loved and devoted wife 
 passed away in 1884, at the age of fifty-six years, and 
 interment was made at Mount Idaho, in Idaho county. 
 The family home was first established at Florence. 
 Idaho county, whence removal was made to Lewiston, 
 Nez Perce county, in 1866, and Stephen S. Fenn 
 was prominently identified with industrial develop- 
 ment in various other parts of the state, the while he 
 gained prominence as one of the able and pioneer 
 representatives of the bar of the territory. His life 
 was ordered upon a lofty plane and he had the strength 
 of purpose, the indomitable will, the versatility in 
 expedient and alert progressiveness which combine 
 to make the ideal pioneer. His career was marked 
 by earnest and productive endeavor, by fidelity to 
 every trust and by high sense of stewardship { so 
 that the angle of his influence continues to widen 
 in beneficence now that he has passed from the 
 stage of his mortal activities, in the fullness of years 
 and well earned honors. 
 
 Major Frank A. Fenn gained his rudimentary edu- 
 cation in the public schools of California, under the 
 conditions of the pioneer days, and was a lad of 
 nine years at the time of the family removal to 
 Idaho in 1862, about one year prior to the forma- 
 tion of the territorial government, so that he has 
 witnessed the development of the commonwealth 
 from the condition of a wild and thinly populated 
 frontier region into one of the great and prosperous 
 states of the Union. He had the privilege of attend- 
 ing the first public school established in the terri- 
 tory, the same having been in Idaho county, and its 
 teacher having been Miss Statira E. Robinson. There- 
 after he continued his studies in schools established 
 at Lewiston, and in 1869 he received appointment to 
 a cadetship in the United States Naval Academy at 
 Annapolis. There he remained until the autumn of 
 1872, after which he passed three years in voyaging 
 to the various foreign ports, having virtually cir- 
 cumnavigated the^ globe and having met with many 
 interesting experiences, through which he gained 
 a broad fund of information. 
 
 In the spring of 187^, Major Fenn returned to 
 Idaho and established his residence on an extensive 
 ranch near Mount Idaho, Idaho county. He remained 
 in that section of the state until 1891, and in connec- 
 tion with successful operations as a farmer and stock 
 grower he found requisition for his services in the 
 pedagogic profession, in which he taught several 
 terms in the local schools, besides which he served 
 as deputy, in county offices. He has ever been a 
 stalwart and effective advocate of the principles and 
 policies of the Republican party and early became 
 influential in public affairs in Idaho county. In 1886 
 he was elected to represent his county in the territorial 
 
 legislature, and he was likewise elected a member 
 of the first state legislature, in which he served as 
 speaker of the house. He had much to do with form- 
 ulating and directing the basic legislation in the 
 new commonwealth, proved a most able and popular 
 presiding officer, and added new laurels to the hon- 
 ored name which' he bears. 
 
 In the spring of 1891 Major Fenn was appointed 
 chief clerk of the newly established state board of 
 land commissioners, and he thereupon removed to 
 Boise, the capital of the new state. He retained 
 this position until 1896, when he resigned, as he had 
 been again elected a member of the legislature in 
 the autumn of that year, as a representative of Ada 
 county. In the ensuing general assembly he had the 
 unique distinction of being the only Republican mem- 
 ber of the assembly who advocated the gold stand- 
 ard, all other members of both house and senate 
 having been in favor of the free silver policy. After 
 the close of his term in the legislature Major Fenn 
 began the study of law, and he made most rapid and 
 substantial progress in his absorption and assimila- 
 tion of the science of jurisprudence, with the result 
 that he was admitted to the bar of the state in 1897, 
 becoming eligible for practice in all of the Idaho 
 courts, both state and federal. He became associated 
 in practice with the well known firm of Kingsbury 
 & Parsons, of Boise, and successfully followed the 
 work of his profession in the capital city until the 
 inception of the Spanish-American war, when he 
 subordinated all other interests to tender his serv- 
 ices as a volunteer. He was made captain of Com- 
 pany H, First Idaho Volunteer Infantry, and in the 
 summer of 1898 accompanied his command to the 
 Philippine Islands, where he took part in a number 
 of engagements with the Spaniards and the insur- 
 rtctos, and was otherwise actively concerned in mili- 
 tary operations. He returned with his regiment to 
 San Francisco, and there was mustered out, with the 
 rank of major, in September, 1899. His continued 
 interest in his former comrades in arms is indi- 
 cated by his membership in the United Spanish- 
 American War Veterans' Association, in the affairs 
 of which he takes a lively concern. 
 
 After the close of his military career Major Fenn 
 resumed the practice of his profession in Boise, 
 and he thus continued his labors until 1900, when 
 he was chosen chairman of the Republican state 
 central committee. He showed great discrimination 
 and ability in maneuvering the political forces at 
 his command in the campaign of that year, and in 
 1901 he entered the government forest reserve serv- 
 ice, in which he has since continued and in which 
 he holds the office of forest supervisor. Upon assum- 
 ing this government post he removed^ from Boise to 
 Kooskia, Idaho county, where he has since maintained 
 his home and official headquarters. He still takes a 
 lively interest in political affairs, but is not active 
 in party work, owin^ to his holding office under the 
 civil service regulations. He is affiliated with the 
 Masonic fraternity and the Modern- Weodmen of 
 America, and is liberal in his support of all religious 
 denominations, without being^ formally identified with 
 any church organization, his wife being a zealous 
 member of the Christian church and a leader in the 
 social life of her home community, where her circle 
 of friends is coincident with that of her acquaint- 
 ances. Major Fenn is most liberal and public spirited 
 in his civic attitude, is ever ready to give practical 
 co-operation in the furtherance of enterprises and 
 policies tending to advance the social, moral, edu- 
 cational and material welfare of the community, and 
 he is at the present time giving most admirable 
 service as president of the board of education of 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Kposkia. Vigorous, alert, big of heart and big of 
 mind, Major Fenn is essentially one of the repre- 
 sentative men of the state that has been his home 
 for virtually his entire life, and in which his friends 
 vantages of Idaho, he is one of the state's most 
 are equal in number to his acquaintances. Thor- 
 oughly informed in regard to the resources and ad- 
 vantages of Idaho he is one of the state's most 
 enthusiastic exploiters, and his admiration for the 
 manifold scenic attractions of this favored common- 
 wealth has been heightened through his many explor- 
 ing expeditions in the beautiful mountains and val- 
 leys, with many of which he thus became familiar 
 in his youthful days and when Idaho still was on the 
 verge of civilization. 
 
 On the i6th of December, 1877, in Whitman county, 
 Washington, was solemnized the marriage of Major 
 Fenn to Miss Florence E. Holbrook, daughter of 
 Russell and Margaret K. Holbrook, honored pioneers 
 of that county, Mrs. Fenn having been born at Hills- 
 boro, Washington county, Oregon. The five children 
 of this union are : Frederick Banner, Spokane, 
 Washington; Homer Eugene, Ogden, Utah; Lloyd 
 Alfred, Orofino, Idaho; Rhoda Margaret, now Mrs. 
 W. B. Willey, St. Maries, Idaho; Florence Allene, 
 now Mrs. F. E. Quist, Kposkia, Idaho. 
 
 The experiences of Major Fenn included valiant 
 service in the Nez Perces Indian war, in which he 
 participated in the Idaho campaign. In a reminis- 
 cent way he has referred to one of the most pleasant 
 incidents of his career, the same having been in 
 connection with his service as speaker of the first 
 house of representatives of the state legislature. He 
 was called upon to decide a very technical point of 
 parliamentary law. In a strictly partisan contest in 
 the house he failed of requisite support on the part 
 of his Republican colleagues, who were in the ma- 
 jority. The lamented Hon. Frank Steunenberg, who 
 later met his death by assassination while serving 
 as governor of Idaho, was at that time a member 
 of the lower house of the legislature, and though he 
 was a staunch Democrat, he recognized with all of 
 promptitude the correctness of the stand taken bj 
 the speaker, and, with his characteristically keen and 
 intense sense of justice, he abandoned for- the nonce 
 his partisanship and sustained the ruling of the 
 speaker of the house. Afterward there existed be- 
 tween Governor Steunenberg and Major Fenn a most 
 cordial and loyal friendship, and the Major ever 
 speaks with deep appreciation of the support thus 
 given him in his official stand by Governor Steunen- 
 berg, whose name is written large in the annals of 
 Idaho history, where his memory shall ever be re- 
 vered. 
 
 MARK MAURICE MURTAUGH. The ordinary -indi- 
 vidual whose years are prolonged beyond middle 
 age sees a future ahead wherein ease and a com- 
 petency may await him and, patiently or otherwise, 
 performs his duties until the appointed time and 
 then sinks more or less into oblivion. There are 
 extraordinary men, however, who have already 
 achieved distinction and won merited rewards be- 
 fore this middle age is reached, and when retire- 
 ment comes in one direction, just as efficiently prove 
 their vitality in other fields, and, in fact, never find 
 lack of interests to inspire or duties to family, 
 church or country to perform. With notable achieve- . 
 ments to his credit along the line of civil engineer- 
 ing, in all sections of his own and in other countries, 
 Mark Maurice Murtaugh, one of Twin Falls' most 
 valued citizens, has been equally successful in the 
 peaceful pursuits of agriculture, and for the past 
 eight years has invested capital and expended en- 
 
 ergy in developing a vast body of land, an enterprise 
 of itself seemingly large and important enough to 
 have occupied a lifetime. Mr. Murtaugh, rancher 
 farmer, fruit-grower, has succeeded Mr. Murtaugh 
 whose expert knowledge of engineering and elec- 
 tricity enabled him to bring forth those results which 
 have linked his name with many wonderful struc-' 
 tures, including one of the largest hydraulic sluiced 
 dams in the world for electric power, and he is yet 
 practically a young man. The limits of this work 
 make it necessary that a sketch of this progressive 
 citizen be far too short to include all of his notable 
 achievements, but an enumeratin of the steps by 
 which he has risen to his position of prominence will 
 prove interesting to the admirers of those who have 
 accomplished large undertakings. 
 
 Mark Maurice Murtaugh was born April 19, 1870, 
 at Bath, Northampton county, Pennsylvania. His' 
 father, Bartholomew Murtaugh, was born at Easton, 
 Pennsylvania, in 1841, was educated at Villa Nova 
 College, and for thirty-five years was engaged in 
 railroad contracting and engineering at Jersey City, 
 New Jersey, where he died in 1910, after ten years, 
 of retired life. He was honored by congress and by 
 the president of the United States for the construc- 
 tion of the famous Garfield Railroad, which, one 
 and one-half miles in length, was built in less than 
 twelve hours of time. After the assassination of 
 the president, the body was removed over the same 
 road, which was then pulled up in less than twenty- 
 four hours, and the materials thereof were donated 
 to the public as souvenirs. Bartholomew Murtaugh 
 married Rachel Penrose Schnurman, who was born 
 at Bunker Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1840, educated in 
 Moravian University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and 
 died at Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1911. Both par- 
 ents were buried at Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 
 Fairview cemetery. Their family consisted of three 
 sons and two daughters. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of Mr. Murtaugh, Bar- 
 tholomew Murtaugh; was born in County Meath, 
 Ireland, was a railroad contractor and builder, the 
 first Roman Catholic in Northampton county, 
 Pennsylvania, and was buried at Catasauqua, Penn- 
 sylvania. He married Sarah Odenwelder, who was 
 born of Pennsylvania Dutch parentage, in the Key- 
 stone State, and she was buried at Easton, Penn- 
 sylvania. On the maternal side, Mr. Murtaugh's 
 grandparents were Henry Schnurman and Clemen- 
 tine Penrose, the former born in Baden, Germany, 
 and at the time of his death the most prominent 
 merchant and financier of Allentown, Pennsylvania, 
 and the latter a native of Quakertown, Pennsylvania. 
 Both were buried at Allentown. 
 
 After attending the public schools, Mark M. Mur- 
 taugh entered Hasbrouck Institute, Jersey City, New 
 Jersey, where he was graduated in 1888, following 
 which, until 1894, he was a member of the engineer- 
 ing corps of the Central' Railroad of New Jersey. 
 From 1894 to 1896 he was assistant engineer in the 
 construction of the $2,500,000 boulevard, Hudson 
 county, New Jersey, and from 1897 to 1899 was the 
 contracting engineer for the $3,500,000 city and county 
 roads of Long Island, New York. In 1900 he became 
 assistant engineer of the Oregon Short Line Rail- 
 road, with headquarters at Salt Lake City, Utah, 
 and in 1903 took a like position, at the same place, 
 with the San Pedro-Los Angeles & Salt Lake Rail- 
 road. In 1904 he was appointed general manager of 
 the Twin Falls Land & Water Company, located at 
 Milner and Twin Falls, Idaho, but December i, 
 1905, after all the construction was completed (this 
 including a canal system that cost $3,000,000) re- 
 signed his position to accept the office of consulting 
 engineer and chief engineer in Brazil, spending the 
 
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 year of 1906 at Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, con- 
 structing one of the largest sluiced dams in the 
 world for electric power. He returned to Salt Lake 
 City in 1907, and until 1911 was engaged as a con- 
 sulting hydraulic engineer with offices in Salt Lake 
 City, Utah, and Twin Falls, Idaho. Since 1904 he 
 has made his home at Twin Falls, having his resi- 
 dence at Blue Lakes boulevard and Ninth avenue 
 East. At this time he is devoting his attention to 
 ranching, farming and fruit growing, and has a 
 finely cultivated tract of four hundred and eighty- 
 three acres. Mr. Murtaugh is a stockholder in the 
 Twin Falls Bank & Trust Company and in the Guar- 
 dian Casualty Insurance Company of Salt Lake City, 
 Utah. His political proclivities have caused him to 
 support republican policies and candidates, and his 
 social connections are with the Alta Club of Salt 
 Lake City, the Elks' Club of that place, and the 
 Commercial Clubs of Salt Lake City and Twin Falls. 
 He is a life member of Salt Lake Lodge, No. 88, 
 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and also 
 holds membership in Council No. 137, Knights of 
 Columbus, at Jersey City, New Jersey, and in the 
 American Society of Civil Engineers. With liis wife, 
 he attends the Catholic church. 
 
 In 1904, at Salt Lake City, Utah, Air. Murtaugh 
 was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Ford, 
 who was born in Kansas, daughter of John W. 
 Ford. Mrs. Murtaugh was educated in the public 
 schools of Fremont, Nebraska, and Convent College, 
 Cheyenne, Wyoming. 
 
 JAMES H. WISE. With collegiate advantages 
 awaiting the opening of manhood, the path of many a 
 youth is made comparatively easy and the goal of 
 his ambition quickly reached, but these opportunities 
 are not always offered and seemingly much more 
 credit accrues when individual effort must be made 
 to secure them. The law is well represented at 
 Twin Falls, Idaho, and one of its leading practi- 
 tioners is James H. Wise, whose boyhood and youth 
 were so circumstanced that the gaining of an edu- 
 cation was a severe training in self denial, unselfish- 
 ness and perseverance. Mr. Wise was born in Estill 
 county, Kentucky, November 21. 1870, a son of John 
 W. and Mary E. (Hinds) Wise, the former of 
 whom is deceased, while the latter resides at Winston, 
 Missouri. 
 
 John W. Wise was a native of Kentucky, and 
 during the Civil war served for three and one-half 
 years in the Eighth Kentucky Infantry, Union army, 
 but was severely wounded at the battle of Stone 
 River, which caused his discharge on account of dis- 
 ability. He was a tanner by trade and followed 
 that business in Kentucky until 1882, in which year 
 he removed with his family to Winston, Missouri, 
 and there for many years acted in the capacity of a 
 township officer, in addition to following agricul- 
 tural pursuits. For ten years prior to his death he 
 was forced to live a retired life, owing to poor health, 
 which had been caused by the injuries he received 
 during the war. He and his wife had a family of nine 
 children, as follows: Francis; James H.; Jesse, who 
 lives at St. Joseph, Missouri ; Mary, widow of Ed- 
 win Myers, who was interred at Winston, Missouri ; 
 Eva and Fanny, both of whom make their homes 
 at Winston ; Cora, the wife of J. W. White, of Bur- 
 ley, Idaho, who came to this state in 1911, one year 
 after the arrival of Mr. Wise; and Otis, who still 
 resides at the old home place in Winston, Missouri. 
 James H. Wise was the second oldest of a large 
 family, and as the father was an invalid and the 
 family in modest circumstances, he was forced to 
 make his own way in the world after leaving the 
 public schools of Winston. It was necessary that 
 
 he assist in the support of his parents and younger 
 brothers and sisters, but from earliest boyhood he 
 had determined that he would follow a professional 
 career, and with this end in view, not having the 
 money to go to college, he procured law books and 
 began to be his own teacher. Assiduously studying 
 whenever he could find a spare moment, he thus 
 prepared himself for the practice of his chosen pro- 
 fession, and in 1896 he was ready to take and pass the 
 examination and was admitted to practice before the 
 bar of his state. On the same day that he took the 
 examination, he procured his wedding license, and 
 was subsequently married to Miss Anna M. Mallory, 
 of Winston, Missouri. 
 
 On being admitted to practice in the courts of 
 Missouri, Mr. Wise at once opened offices in Win- 
 ston, where he remained until 1908. and on February 
 4th of that year arrived in Twin Falls and e>tablished 
 himself in general practice. Here he has continued 
 to the present time, with such success that he has 
 never regretted his change in locations. A Repub- 
 lican in his political views, he has been active in the 
 ranks of his party, and while a resident of Missouri 
 was chairman of the Republican county central com- 
 mittee. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masons, 
 the Elks, the I. O. O. F. and the Modern Woodmen 
 of America. He has demonstrated his confidence in 
 the future of this section, by investing in real estate, 
 and in addition to his pleasant home owns other 
 valuable Twin Falls realty. It is Mr. Wise's belief 
 that the Snake River valley has room for five time* 
 its present population, that the highlands are well 
 adapted to wheat raising by dry farming method* 
 and that both the va..ey and highlands are omy be- 
 ginning to show what wonderful results may be 
 obtained by men of intelligence and perseverance. 
 
 JOSEPH F. TATRO. Many lives have entered into 
 the foundation of Idaho, and none of them more 
 worthy to be considered in a history of pioneer 
 personalities than Joseph F. Tatro, whose home is 
 now at Oakley, and who has been identified with 
 this u-rritory and state for half a century. Those 
 who have come and enjoyed the splendid prosperity 
 of the later era, however important their own con- 
 tributions, have all owed a great debt to the pioneers 
 \\ho first tested the capabilities of soil and climate, 
 who faced the hardships of existence when only 
 the strong and brave could remain, and who laid 
 the foundations of the civilization which the present 
 generation now enjoys. 
 
 Through an unbroken succession of years Mr. 
 Tatro has enjoyed the esteem and confidence of 
 both old and new citizenship of this country. 
 
 Joseph F. Tatro was born in Jefferson county, 
 New York. May 26, 1841. His family has always 
 been close to the frontier, and has belonged to that 
 worthy class of Americans who have cut their way 
 through their forest and blazed the trails for later 
 generations. His parents were Joseph and Mary A. 
 Tatro, the father a native of France, but reared 
 in Vermont. The mother was born in New York 
 state. When Joseph F. was eight years old the 
 family moved westward to Wahvorth county, Wis- 
 consin, and in 1853 continued westward until they 
 reached Fillmore county, Minnesota, where they had 
 the distinction of being the first white family to 
 locate in that county. 
 
 In the meantime. Joseph F. Tatro had received 
 a limited education in the schools of the locality 
 where the family had lived, and on April 2, 1861, 
 at the age of twenty, he started out for himself, 
 leaving Minnesota with his destination as Pike's 
 Peak, Colorado. He arrived at Denver on his birth- 
 day, and lived in Colorado for about three years. 
 
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 In 1863 he came out to the newest center of mining 
 activities in Idaho territory, locating at Boise. A 
 few days later he went to Idaho City, and spent 
 eleven years as a practical worker in the mines. 
 After that he was engaged in freighting at Mountain 
 Home and Rocky Bar and. elsewhere. He soon 
 fitted out a freight train and operated it between 
 Kelton, Utah, and all points in this western country. 
 A considerable part of his financial success was 
 due to his long operations as a freighter, a business 
 which he followed for twelve years. After giving 
 up that enterprise he engaged in the stock business 
 on Goose Creek, where he lived for seven years. 
 On closing out his ranching interests he located at 
 Oakley, which has ever since been his home. For 
 a number of years he has dealt extensively in mining 
 properties, and owns a large amount of real estate 
 in Oakley and elsewhere. 
 
 Mr. Tatro was married in 1895 to Miss Jensen. 
 One child was born to their union, Maude, who was 
 only two years old when her mother died. She is 
 now seventeen years of age and the chief object of 
 Mr. Tatro's interest and affection. She graduated 
 from the eighth grade of the local public schools 
 with the highest honors of any child in Twin Falls 
 county, and is now a student in the Twin Falls 
 high school. 
 
 Mr. Tatro was reared as a Whig in politics, and 
 his first vote was cast for Lincoln in Minnesota. 
 In November, 1879, at Idaho City, he was made a 
 Mason, and has been a loyal supporter of that great 
 fraternity ever since. 
 
 WILLIAM J. YOUNG. Noteworthy among the promi- 
 nent men of Twin Falls, Idaho, is William J. Young, 
 the present courteous and efficient county treasurer 
 of Twin Falls county, who was among the first set- 
 tlers in the town, which indicates that he foresaw 
 its prosperous future. Iowa is his native state, 
 where he was born in the town of Marysville on 
 March 8, 1876. When he was twelve years old his 
 parents removed from Iowa to Brookfield, Colorado, 
 and later to Rocky Ford, that state, and the latter 
 location thereafter remained his home until his com- 
 ing to Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1905. His earlier edu- 
 cation was pursued in the common schools of Iowa 
 and was supplemented by a high school course at 
 Rocky Ford, Colorado. As a youth he worked on 
 a farm near Rocky Ford, and then at the age of 
 nineteen entered into mercantile pursuits, for the 
 first three years as an employe in a clothing store 
 and at the end of that period engaging independently 
 in the business at Rocky Ford, where he continued 
 thus identified until he removed his stock to Twin 
 Falls, Idaho, to continue the business. This he did 
 for three years, and then with James S. Keel he 
 established the real estate firm of Young & Keel, 
 which has since very successfully engaged in a gen- 
 eral real estate, loan and insurance business in this 
 section. In 1910 Mr. Young was elected treasurer of 
 Twin Falls county and has proved a courteous and 
 obliging official and one exact in his business meth- 
 ods. His capable and acceptable conduct of the 
 affairs of that office secured his re-election for the 
 position in 1912. He is a Republican in his political 
 allegiance and is an active worker in the ranks of 
 his party. 
 
 Samuel H. Young, the father of our subject, was 
 a native of Indiana but spent the greater part of his 
 life in various of the western states, locating in Twin 
 Falls county, Idaho, in 1004. In business the most 
 of his career was given to mercantile pursuits, and 
 he was a brother of United States Senator Young 
 of Iowa. He was a devout Christion and took a 
 great interest in church work. While in Denver, 
 
 Colorado, as a delegate to the one hundred and 
 twenty-first general assembly of the Presbyterian 
 church he was stricken with heart failure and passed 
 away there at the age of seventy-three. He was in- 
 terred at Rocky Ford, Colorado, beside his wife, 
 who had preceded him in death several years, her 
 demise having occurred in 1896 at the age of fifty- 
 five. She was Mary A. Robb as a maiden, a native 
 of Iowa, and was married in that state. She, too, 
 was 9 devout and consistent Christian. Eight chil- 
 dren came to these parents and of this family William 
 J. is fifth in order of birth. 
 
 At Rocky Ford, Colorado, on December 10, 1900, 
 he was joined in marriage to B. Maud Larmore, a 
 daughter of George H. and Jennie Larmore of that 
 place. Mr. and Mrs. Young have two children r 
 Gladys Gyneth Young and William Larmore Young. 
 Mr. Young is a charter member of the First Presby- 
 terian church of Twin Falls and both he and his 
 wife, the latter of whom is also affiliated with that 
 denomination as a member, are actively interested 
 in church work. He is a member of the blue lodge 
 and chapter of the Masonic order and has held office 
 in the blue lodge. He is also a member of the Broth- 
 erhood of American Yeomen. Mr. Young sees a 
 great future for this state and believes that in time 
 Idaho will lead the whole West. 
 
 JOHN J. PILGERRIM. Since 1905 John J. Pilgerrim 
 has been a resident of Twin Falls, Idaho, and that 
 year marks the establishment in this city of the Twin 
 Falls Sash & Door Factory by him and George H. 
 Adams. On January i, 1912, Mr. Pilgerrim pur- 
 chased the interest of his partner in the business, 
 and is today the sole owner and proprietor of that 
 thriving concern. He manufactures a full line of 
 sash and doors, interior finish, etc., and his opera- 
 tions and shipments extend throughout southern 
 Idaho. The plant is equipped with everything modern 
 in machinery, and is constantly being added to in the 
 way of new ideas in equipment. Just at the present 
 time, preparations are well under way for the com- 
 pletion of a department for the manufacture of fruit 
 boxes, etc. 
 
 John J. Pilgerrim was born in Lebanon, Illinois, 
 October 4, 1865, and is the son of William and 
 Elizabeth (Daggett) Pilgerrim, natives of Germany. 
 Until he was twelve years old Mr. Pilgerrim made 
 his home in Lebanon, but that year marked the re- 
 moval of the family to Wichita, Kansas, where he 
 remained until 1890. In Wichita and in Lebanon, 
 previous to his removal therefrom, he received the 
 usual advantages of the public schools. In 1890 
 he went to Salt Lake City, Utah, remaining there 
 for three years, and in that time he was occupied 
 in the contracting and building business. In 1905 
 he went to Eureka, Utah, and engaged in mining, 
 soon becoming superintendent for the Eureka Hill 
 Mining Company. In 1905 he gave up the work 
 there and came to Twin Falls, and since then he 
 has been a continuous resident of this city. As before 
 mentioned, he formed a partnership with George 
 H. Adams and organized the Twin Falls Sash & 
 Door Company, of which he has been the sole pro- 
 prietor since January i, 1912, and of the business 
 of that sturdy and ever expanding young concern, 
 a brief outline has previously been sketched in ren- 
 dering further detail unnecessary at this point. 
 
 Upon leaving school Mr. Pilgerrim worked with 
 his father in the building business, and went far 
 towards learning the business in all its details. 
 When he went to Salt Lake City he had become so 
 proficient in the trade that he was able to build 
 many fine residences, as well as public buildings in 
 that city. It is in this present connection, however, 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 997 
 
 that Mr. Pilgerrim seems to be in his real element, 
 and his success in this business is already an assured 
 fact. 
 
 On April 6, 1893, Mr. Pilgerrim was united in 
 marriage with Miss Melvina Livingood, the daugh- 
 ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Livingood, formerly of 
 Sabetha, Kansas. Two children have been born to 
 them: Mane and Arthur J. 
 
 Mr. Pilgerrim is a Democrat and an active partici- 
 pant in party affairs in his district, being known for 
 one of the real fighters of the party. He has served 
 as a member of the city council during two terms in 
 Twin Falls, and while in Eureka, Utah, was city 
 treasurer for one term. Mr. Pilgerrim is a member 
 of the Twin Falls Commercial Club, and is one who 
 may be found up and doing when there is any move 
 ment on foot for the betterment or advancement in 
 any way of the community which represents his 
 home and the center of his business interests and 
 activities. He is able to heartily endorse the great 
 state of Idaho, and recommends it to all who are 
 seeking for opportunities of any kind. He is ready 
 and willing to communicate with any who are look- 
 ing for more intimate knowledge of Idaho or Twin 
 Falls, his faith in the future of the country being 
 of the highest order. 
 
 Russ W. ALLRED. A citizen whose career has been 
 such as to give him a wide and comprehensive 
 knowledge of business and financial conditions in 
 the West, Russ VV. Allred, cashier of the Citizens 
 State Bank, is one of the leading men of Buhl. 
 Although he has been a resident of the city for only 
 seven years, during this time he has aided in the 
 general progress and development of its various in- 
 terests and nis connection with matters of business, 
 financial and agricultural importance has firmly es- 
 tablished him in the esteem and confidence of the 
 people of his adopted section. Mr. Allred was born 
 at Brownsdale, Minnesota, December 16, 1866. and 
 was five years of age when taken to Iowa by his 
 parents. 
 
 The early education of Mr. Allred was secured 
 in the public schools of Iowa, after leaving which 
 he worked for a time in the postoffice at Nashua, 
 that state, there earning his first money. Later he 
 became a student in the Upper Iowa University, at 
 Fayette, and on completing his course at the age 
 of twenty years went to South Dakota, and there 
 spent five years, being connected with the First 
 National Bank, at Chamberlain. Returning at that 
 time to Iowa, Mr. Allred entered mercantile pur- 
 suits and for the next ten years conducted a business 
 at Garner, but disposed of his interests at the end 
 of that time, to go to California. Mr. Allred re- 
 mained in the Golden State only three years, being 
 engaged in conducting a ranch near Santa Cruz, and 
 when he disposed of that property again went back 
 to Iowa, where he followed mercantile lines for an- 
 other two years. In 1906 he disposed of his inter- 
 ests there for a second time, and in the fall of that 
 year came to Idaho, locating for six months in Boise 
 and then coming on to Buhl. Here, with other capi- 
 talists, Mr. Allred organized the Citizens State 
 Bank, of which he has been the cashier and active 
 directing head ever since. This institution is one 
 of the most substantial banks in this part of the 
 state, and its officers are men who command the 
 respect and confidence of the people of the community 
 because of the extent of the operations in which 
 they have been engaged. Mr. Alfred's abilities have 
 been recognized by his associates, and his advice and 
 judgment are asked and appreciated on all matters 
 of an important nature. As a banker he has popular- 
 ized the coffers of the institution by his shrewdness, 
 
 farsightedness and sane handling of large affairs, 
 as well as by a pleasant personality that attracts all 
 classes, and that has made him a personal friend of 
 each of the bank's depositors. 
 
 Mr. Allred was married (first) at Chamberlain, 
 South Dakota, to Nell V. Lucas, who died in 1908. 
 In September, 1910, he was united in marriage 
 (second) at Portland, Oregon, to Miss Nancy B. 
 Vance, formerly of Ohio, and they have one child, 
 Hazel. 
 
 Mr. Allred is a member of the Methodist church, 
 while his wife adheres to the faith of the Episcopal 
 denomination. He is fraternally identified with the 
 Odd Fellows and the Masons, and is popular with 
 the other members of the Commercial Club, of which 
 he was at one time treasurer. In politics a Repub- 
 lican, he served as a member of the first council of 
 Buhl, and as a school director, but at this time 
 takes no active interest in public matters, his private 
 interests demanding his whole attention. Such out- 
 door sports as fishing and baseball have found favor 
 with him, although he also enjoys music, theatricals, 
 lectures and speeches, and a well-filled library of 
 standard works testifies to another employment that 
 attracts him. He is the owner of a valuable fruit 
 orchard one mile from Buhl, for which he has great 
 hopes, as he believes that from an agricultural point 
 of view, Southern Idaho is the greatest section he 
 ever saw in all his travels, and that there is no 
 doubt about the future of any country that can pro- 
 duce the crops grown here. 
 
 WILLIAM S. STARR. When a man has reached the 
 meridian of his lifetime, and has won many of the 
 prizes which men most cherish and consider the 
 best elements of success, his career constitutes an 
 interesting* study, and it is a' natural curiosity to 
 inquire about his course through life, and how he 
 has worked and planned out the different stages 
 of his achievements. As a practical farmer and 
 fruit grower, one of the most successful and influen- 
 tial men of Idaho is William S. Starr of Kimberly 
 in the Twin Falls district. His experiences make 
 an interesting story of an individual life, and from 
 a time in his young manhood when he had prac- 
 tically no capital and was mortgaging the energies 
 of his future in order to establish a home, he has 
 been steadily progressing, and has not only won 
 satisfying rewards for himself, but has performed a 
 great and useful service in helping others along the 
 high road to prosperity. 
 
 William S. Starr was born in Bates county, Mis- 
 souri, January 12, 1863. His parents were Stephen 
 C. and Nancy (Rhinehart) Starr, the father a native 
 of Indiana, and the mother of Missouri. The father, 
 who has always followed farming as his occupation, 
 now lives in Portland, Oregon. The mother died 
 in 1904 in Albany, Oregon. William S. was the 
 oldest in a family of three sons and three daughters, 
 and one daughter died at the age of nineteen years. 
 
 The first ten years of his life were spent in Mis- 
 souri, after which the family moved out to Colorado, 
 in which state he grew to manhood and received 
 most of his early education. For one year he was a 
 student in St. Mary's College in Kansas, and on 
 leaving college returned to Colorado and took up 
 his career as a farmer. After leaving college he 
 bought a ranch of eighty acres, going in debt for 
 this property. During the next six years he divided 
 his time between farming in the summer and teach- 
 ing in the winter, earning enough money from his 
 school work to pay for the land. When the land 
 was paid for he gave up teaching as an occupation, 
 and has since been identified almost exclusively with 
 agriculture in its different branches. He remained 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 on the Colorado farm for ten years, and was en- 
 gaged in raising hay, grain, beans and also conducted 
 a dairy. He raised a great deal of garden products, 
 such as tomatoes and melons, and, as there was a 
 good market in southern Colorado for this fruit, 
 he sometimes disposed of his crop on a contract, 
 and the buyers came and gathered it and relieved 
 him of all care in picking and marketing. 
 
 In 1885 Mr. Starr made an overland trip from 
 southern Colorado to Dayton Washington, driving 
 a herd of range horses over this route. He passed 
 over what is known in history as the old Oregon 
 trail, and on his way went through the Twin Falls 
 district and also stopped a time in the Rock Creek 
 district and visited the Shoshone Falls. It was dur- 
 ing this brief experience in Idaho, nearly thirty years 
 ago, that Mr. Starr first became acquainted with the 
 country and realized the great future possibilities 
 of its development. What he saw on that trip event- 
 ually brought him to Idaho. The eighty acres in 
 southern Colorado, which he had bought for $1,750, 
 under his work and improvement for ten years was 
 then sold at $4,000, and he invested all that amount 
 in the Twin Falls district of Idaho, where it has 
 since increased in value to at least $30,000. Mr. Starr 
 sold his holdings in Colorado in 1904, and then 
 located on his present ranch of 160 acres in the 
 Twin Falls district. At that time there was no irri- 
 gation in that section, and his land could not be 
 worked until water could be brought to it. In the 
 meantime he leased the hotel at Shoshone Falls, and 
 conducted it for about one year and made a little 
 money, which he applied to the improvement of his 
 ranch. In the fall of 1904 he began clearing the 
 sagebrush from his land, and in less than ten years 
 has brought it up to the highest standards of culti- 
 vation, and all the land is now under flitch. The 
 Starr farm impresses the traveler as one of the 
 prettiest places in this section of Idaho. A large part 
 of it is devoted to general farming, but forty acres 
 is planted in raspberries and its management is 
 leased to Mr. M. B. Sherman of Payette, Idaho. 
 Mr. Starr has the distinction of having been the first 
 man to plant an orchard in this part of Idaho. As a 
 fruit grower he occupies a prominent place, and has 
 received prizes in many fruit exhibits. In 1911 
 thirty-one prizes were awarded to his fruits in the 
 Twin Falls Fruit Fair, and in 1912 the same fair 
 brought him sixty prizes for his exhibit. He has 
 -also been very successful with stock, and maintains 
 a small dairy herd for his own use, and has one 
 hundred head of high-grade sheep. 
 
 Not only as a farmer, but in various lines of 
 business and civic enterprise has Mr. Starr become 
 well known to the people of the Twin Falls district. 
 He is a director and stockholder in the Kimberly 
 Alfalfa Meal Mill. He is interested in other corpo- 
 rations, though he does not allow much of his time 
 to be taken from the management of his ranch, 
 which is his hobby as well as his regular vocation. 
 In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Starr is secre- 
 tary of the Twin Falls Fruit Growers' Association. 
 He was associated with Mr. Alexander McPherson 
 in introducing irrigation to this vicinity. His pre- 
 vious experience in Colorado as a farmer of irrigated 
 lands fitted him for a helpful part in the introduc- 
 tion of irrigation to Idaho. He has served as presi- 
 dent of the Kimberly Farmers' Association, and when 
 the central organization was perfected he was made 
 president of that, and through his influence has 
 extended the co-operation of the local agriculturists 
 and has done much in the way of practical educa- 
 tion among the country residents of this state. Mr. 
 Starr was secretary of the Farmers' Alliance in Colo- 
 
 rado, and attended the national conventions of the 
 organization in Ocala, Florida, in 1890. He is a 
 man who has traveled extensively and has a broad 
 knowledge of agricultural and civic conditions in 
 different parts of the country. 
 
 In 1890, in Trinidad, Colorado, Mr. Starr married 
 Miss Nola Richardson, a native of Tennessee, and 
 a daughter of Harvey and Mary (Broyles) Richard- 
 son. Both her parents were natives of Tennessee. 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Starr have been born the follow- 
 ing children: Edith, born in Colorado and living 
 at home ; Jessie, who is attending the University of 
 Idaho at Moscow ; Roy, who was born in Colorado 
 and is attending school at Twin Falls; and Ernest, 
 born on the home ranch in Idaho and the youngest 
 of the family. Mrs. Starr and her family are mem- 
 bers of the Methodist church. , 
 
 CHARLES H. McQuowN's business career in Buhl 
 dates only from 1907, but within the short space of six 
 years he has achieved a success such as many would 
 regard as a triumph if accomplished in several decades 
 of effort. Coming here at a time when the keenness 
 of business competition, particularly in the matter of 
 lumber transactions, rendered success impossible ex- 
 cept through the exercise of sound judgment, allied 
 with a certain degree of venturesome determination, 
 he has achieved a reputation and acquired a compe- 
 tency, and as secretary and general manager of the 
 Buhl Lumber Company, holds undisputed prestige 
 among the business citizens' of this city. But while he 
 has been active in advancing his private interests, the 
 needs of his community have ever been at heart, 
 and his pen, his voice and his means have always 
 been at the service of his adopted locality. Mr. 
 McQuown is a native of the Prairie State, born in 
 Douglas county, Illinois, July 12, 1867, a son of Ed- 
 ward Y. and Rachael (Stith) McQuown. 
 
 Edward Y. McQuown was born in Kentucky and 
 moved to Illinois in 1865, following his service in 
 the Union army during the Civil war, in which he 
 was a participant in numerous hard-fought engage- 
 ments. As a young man he had followed agricultural 
 pursuits, but in later years he identified himself with 
 the lumber business, and was so engaged at the 
 time of his death, at the advanced age of seventy- 
 eight years. He was a devout Christian, and < n 
 active church worker, and was buried in Illinois. 
 His wife, to whom he was married in Kentucky, 
 was born in that state, and passed away in Illinois 
 in 1906, at the age of seventy-eight years, and was 
 laid to rest beside her husband. They had a family 
 of nine children, Charles' H. being the youngest. 
 
 Charles H. McQuown received his education in 
 the graded and high schools of his native place, 
 and leaving school at the age of eighteen years went 
 to Texas, where he spent six years on the range. 
 He then returned to Illinois, where he was interested 
 in the lumber business with his father for some 
 years. Later he again went to the Southwest and 
 for six years followed the lumber business in New 
 Mexico, and in 1907 came to Buhl, Idaho. The 
 Buhl Lumber Company was organized as a corpora- 
 tion almost immediately after his arrival. Mr. Mc- 
 Quown becoming secretary and general manager of 
 the concern, positions which he has continued to 
 hold to the present time. The business has enjoyed 
 a steady, continuous growth, and the company now 
 maintains a branch yard at Castleford. In addition 
 to his connection with this concern, which enjoys an 
 enviable reputation throughout the Northwest. Mr. 
 McQuown has interested his time and capital in 
 numerous other enterprises, and is the owner of 
 much valuable fruit land. At all times he has been 
 
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 ready to state his opinions in regard to the advan- 
 tages offered by his adopted state. He has visited 
 and studied all the large irrigation projects in the 
 United States, but considers those in Idaho without 
 equals anywhere. From his own experience he be- 
 lieves that the man who is willing to work and to 
 make the most of his opportunities will have no 
 reason to regret of his choice of this state as a place 
 of location. Recently, under the auspices of the 
 Commercial Cub, of which Mr. McQuown is the 
 president, various pamphlets and propaganda were 
 brought out, and of the greater part of this work 
 Mr. McQuown was the author. It is not always that 
 a man so essentially devoted to business possesses 
 literary talent, but the work referred to possessed 
 a style clear-cut and convincing, giving evidence of 
 the presence and ability of a high order in Us author. 
 A Republican in his political views, Mr. McQuown 
 has shown an active interest in his party's success in 
 this section, at this time being a member of the 
 county executive committee. He is acting as police 
 judge and is the efficient secretary of the Buhl school 
 board. Mr. McQuown has never been insensible to 
 the rural pleasures offered by field and forest, stream 
 and lake. He has always loved to get away from the 
 city's noise and competition, and with dog and gun 
 search the mountains for game, or sometimes with 
 rod and line to tempt the denizens of the stream from 
 their hiding place. Good literature and music have 
 an appreciative audience in him. as have also public 
 speeches and lectures. He enjoys the companionship 
 of his fellows as a member of the Masons and the 
 Knights of Pythias, in the latter of which he has 
 passed through all the chairs. His religious ten- 
 dencies cause him to lean towards the faith of the 
 Methodist church. 
 
 On March 10. 1891, Mr. McQuown was married 
 at Hillsboro, Illinois, to Miss Elizabeth B. Colvin, 
 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Colvin, of that 
 city, and three children have been born to this union : 
 Charlotte C, Nellie L. and Howell B. 
 
 HON. DR. CHARLES WETHERBEE. It is no uncom- 
 mon occurrence for the man who has gained success 
 and prominence in professional life to enter the pub- 
 lic arena and achieve a success fully as notable. The 
 experience gained in the fields of medicine, juris- 
 prudence and education have time and again proven 
 .valuable in the handling of public affairs, and the 
 average citizen is not slow to realize that the indi- 
 vidual who is able to master the intricacies of one 
 of the learned vocations is likely to be fully as 
 capable in the management of those issues which 
 pertain to the welfare of the community at large. 
 In this connection it is in no way inappropriate to 
 sketch the career of the Hon. Dr. Charles Wether- 
 bee, one of the skilled physicians and surgeons of 
 Buhl, Idaho, whose administration as mayor of the 
 city has been marked by activities that have proven 
 his executive ability and high regard for the respon- 
 sibility of public office. Dr. Wetherbee was born at 
 Jones, Cass county, Michigan, July 19, 1869, and re- 
 ceived his preliminary educational training in the 
 public schools there. Subsequently he went to Van- 
 dalia and attended the high school in that city, fol- 
 lowing which he entered the University of Michigan, 
 at Ann Arbor, from which institution he was grad- 
 uated. Having decided to enter the medical profes- 
 sion, he became a student in the Detroit College of 
 Medicine, and in 1901 was graduated therefrom with 
 the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Dr. Wetherbee 
 served an interneship in Harper Hospital, Detroit, 
 after which he took charge of Solvay Hospital, at 
 Delray, Michigan, and on leaving that institution 
 vol. m T 
 
 returned to his home town of Jones, Michigan, where 
 he entered general practice. He met with a fair 
 measure of success in that place, but desired a wider 
 field, and eventually removed to southern Kansas, 
 where he continued about three years, following 
 which he came to Buhl. Opening offices in this 
 city he at once embarked upon the practice of medi- 
 cine, and it was not long before his abilities were 
 recognized and he began to acquire a large and rep- 
 resentative practice. Today he holds a position of 
 prominence among the physicians of Twin Falls 
 county, having the respect of his professional con- 
 freres and the entire confidence and esteem of his 
 fellow-citizens. He is a valued member of the Twin 
 Falls Medical Society, the Idaho State Medical So- 
 ciety and the American Medical Association, and 
 takes an active interest in the work of these organi- 
 zations. His fraternal affiliations are with the Elks 
 and the Masons, in the latter of which he has filled 
 various positions of honor, and he also holds mem- 
 bership in the Commercial Club. Politically, the 
 doctor has been a stanch Democrat, and was hon- 
 ored by the election to the office of mayor of Buhl. 
 He is giving the people of the city a sane, practical 
 and business like administration, which has been 
 marked by a number of much-needed reforms and 
 improvements, including the installation of the pres- 
 ent excellent sewerage system. A great booster of 
 his adopted state's advantages and resources and the 
 opportunities it offers to the ambitious, he has at 
 all times encouraged settlement here, thus doing 
 much to advance the interests of his section. Based 
 on what has happened in the past, the doctor states 
 it as his earnest conviction that southern Idaho 
 is destined to become the most populous agricultural 
 district in the West, when the great fertility of the 
 soil has become thoroughly appreciated. Burdened 
 as he is with a large professional practice and with 
 his municipal duties, the doctor is a very busy man, 
 but he occasionally finds time for recreation, when. 
 with dog and gun, he starts out on a hunting trip 
 that ends only when he is able to bring back some 
 fine trophy. Theatricals and music find in him an 
 interested patron, and he is also an omnivorous 
 reader and the possessor of a valuable medical and 
 private library. 
 
 In March, 1905, Dr. \Vetherbee was united in 
 marriage with Miss Nellie H. Dunn, formerly a 
 resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
 
 JOHN W. PARIS, cashier of the Buhl Bank and Trust 
 Company, may take a pardonable degree of pride 
 in the position he now occupies in the financial and 
 business world, in that it has been reached through 
 the medium of his own efforts. He has been a resi- 
 dent of Idaho for more than a quarter of a century, 
 and during this time has established a reputation 
 for industry and integrity that leaves no doubt as 
 to his standing among his fellow-men. Mr. Fans 
 was born in Pike county. Illinois, March II. 1861. 
 and there secured his early education. He went to 
 Kansas, where he taught school for one year in 
 Franklin county and returned to Pike county, Illi- 
 nois, where he again taught school for five years. 
 He spent his winters in educational work and his 
 summers in following whatever honorable employ- 
 ment presented itself, and in 1887 came to Idaho, 
 locating first at Shoshone, where he spent 
 years as principal of the city schools. His next 
 location was at Pocatello, where he remained seven 
 years in the capacity of school superintendent, and 
 then went to Logan, Utah, where he had charge of 
 the department of commerce in the agricultural col- 
 lege for five years, then returning to Pocatello to 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 accept the position as principal of The Academy of 
 Idaho. During the five years that he was at the 
 head of this institution, most of the magnificent 
 structures used at this time were erected. In 1907, 
 however, he gave up educational work, resigned his 
 position, and came to Buhl, where he has since been 
 cashier and the active head of the Buhl and 
 Trust Company. 
 
 On June n, 1889, Mr. Paris was married at Sho- 
 shone, Idaho, to Miss Anna J. Mclver, daughter of 
 Mrs. Anna Mclver, formerly of England, and two 
 daughters have been born to this union, namely: 
 Winona F. and Eleanor L. Although he is not a 
 member of any particular denomination, Mr. Fans 
 is a supporter of all religious creeds and is a friend 
 to all movements which tend to advance the cause 
 of religion or education. He is a valued member 
 of the local Commercial Club, and board of educa- 
 tion In political matters he is a Democrat, and is 
 known as one of his party's active workers. Mr. 
 Faris is fond of fishing, athletics and out-door lite 
 in general, also takes pleasure in theatricals, music 
 and good .literature. He believes implicitly in the 
 future of Idaho, and is at all times ready to cheer- 
 fully give any information that he may possess in 
 regard to the state's resources and opportunities. In 
 his opinion, Idaho is a young man's state, where hard 
 work intelligently directed, is bound to bring its 
 reward and where there is room for the ambitious. 
 In a region like that surrounding Buhl, and having 
 so many natural facilities for commercial advance- 
 ment the changes in a few years will necessarily 
 be many, and Mr. Faris has already seen a remark- 
 able development in the surroundings of his home. 
 The future is filled with promise for this locality, 
 and such representative men will be at the front n 
 shaping its destiny along the lines of prosperity and 
 usefulness. 
 
 ALEXANDER McPHERSON. For twenty odd years 
 a state official of Idaho, probably no other citizen 
 in private or official capacity has performed a more 
 important service in behalf of the intrinsic and basic 
 welfare of the state than Alexander McPherson. His 
 best work has consisted in the educational line, 
 is a truism that it is better to show people how 
 do a thing than to do it for them. That has been 
 Mr. McPherson's function in Idaho, where he has 
 demonstrated and led the way in many lines of im- 
 provements and methods of handling the agricul- 
 tural and other resources of the state. Now retired 
 and living in California, Mr. McPherson is still 
 honored as one of Idaho's most distinctive men 
 and has a warm affection for the state where he 
 spent his most productive years. . 
 
 Alexander McPherson is a native of New York 
 City, where he was born June 6, 1861, a son of 
 William and Mary (Stairs) McPherson. The par- 
 ents both came from Scotland, and the father was 
 a professional musician. When Alexander was a 
 child the family moved to Illinois, where he at- 
 tended school until ten years old. The home was 
 then moved to Iowa, and Mr. McPherson made n 
 real beginning of life by running away from home 
 at the age of fifteen. A great many successful men 
 have started out in life in the same way. The city 
 of Chicago first attracted young McPherson and 
 while he was at work there he equipped himself tor 
 better things by attending night school. He subse- 
 quently finished his education in the Lounsbury 
 Academy in Rockford, Illinois, an old and influen- 
 tial academic institution which no longer exists. 
 After leaving school he took up the work < 
 draughtsman and was also a building superintendent 
 
 at Rockford and in Kansas City, Missouri. He con- 
 tinued along those lines until 1886, and then came 
 out to Boise, where he at once bought a farm and 
 has owned and been identified with farming inter- 
 ests ever since. 
 
 It was his practical skill as a farmer and in busi- 
 ness which brought him into connection with public 
 affairs in the state. He superintended the sinking 
 of the hot wells at Boise and the erection of the 
 natatorium in that city. In 1888, when the San 
 Jose scale made its appearance among the fruit 
 orchards of Idaho, the growers organized to fight 
 the pest and selected Mr. McPherson as inspector 
 in Ada county. Ada county was the first in the 
 state to fight the scale on an effective plan and 
 organization. Mr. McPherson was so successful in 
 directing this undertaking that he was appointed to 
 the office of state horticultural inspector, an office 
 which he filled with great benefit to all the fruit- 
 growing sections of the state until 1904. During 
 this period he was also appointed dairy and pure 
 food commissioner and sealer of weights and meas- 
 ures, and was the first to hold these positions which 
 are so closely identified with the welfare of the 
 citizens. During his terms of office in these positions 
 he experimented extensively in the methods of the 
 most effective handling of water for irrigation pur- 
 poses, and he demonstrated such ability in this line 
 that the Twin Falls Company sent for him to take 
 charge and to plan and put in operation a system 
 from which the company could get the best results 
 for the benefit of the farmers who were using the 
 irrigation canals of this vicinity. He spent consid- 
 erable time in instructing the irrigation farmers, and 
 has the distinction of haying been the first man in 
 the west to fill such a position. Mr. McPherson was 
 also chosen to establish the government experimental 
 farm in Idaho, and remained at the head of that 
 farm for two years. He is a recognized authority on 
 all agricultural matters, both in Idaho and with the 
 federal government. His reputation in this line 
 caused him to be selected in 1909 to take the place 
 of manager at Roswell, New Mexico, of the Ber- 
 rendo Irrigation Farm Company, where their hold- 
 ings amounted to fifteen thousand acres of land. 
 Mr. McPherson remained at Roswell until January 
 i, 1913, and since then has had his residence at 
 Long Beach, California, where he lives, retired from 
 active pursuits. In politics Mr. McPherson is a Re- 
 publican. 
 
 In 1882 in the city of Rockford, Illinois, Mr. Mc- 
 Pherson married Miss Lucinda Carolina Uzzell, a 
 native of Missouri. They are the parents of three 
 children: Albert M. is a civil and mining engineer 
 in Boise; John U. is state horticulturist of Idaho; 
 and Donald A. is agricultural engineer in Los An- 
 geles, California. These sons have followed in the 
 footsteps of their father, and each has made for him- 
 self a reputation in his line, and the two sons in 
 Idaho keep up the relation of the McPherson family 
 with this state. 
 
 CLAUDE V. BIGGS. A prominent figure in the 
 journalistic field of southern Idaho, a man widely 
 traveled, and one who has gained much experience 
 in the school of hard work, Claude V. Biggs, pub- 
 lisher of the Buhl Herald, is editing a clean, whole- 
 some sheet which wields a great deal of influence 
 among the people of this part of the state and may 
 always be counted upon to support movements of a 
 progressive nature. Since early youth Mr. Biggs 
 has been dependent upon his own resources, and 
 the self-reliance thus cultivated has proved a de- 
 cided asset in later years in assisting him to a posi- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 tion of prominence among the leading citizens of 
 Buhl. 
 
 Claude V. Biggs was born in Kearney county, Kan- 
 sas, December 29, 1883, and removed with his par- 
 ents to Oklahoma in 1893 where he received his 
 education in the public schools. After leaving school 
 in 1903 he spent two years in newspaper work, but 
 tiring of the monotony of the print shop, in March 
 of 1905, he enlisted in the Seventh United States 
 Cavalry. Enlisting as a private, he spent two years 
 of his service in the Philippines, and was eventually 
 discharged at Fort Riley, Kansas, with the rank of 
 sergeant. At that time Mr. Biggs went to Ellens- 
 burg, Washington, where he remained for three 
 months as a rancher, and then came to Twin Falls, 
 Idaho, and for two years was connected with the 
 Chronicle. Deciding to enter the newspaper field 
 on his own account, Mr. Biggs then formed a part- 
 nership with Warren L. Squires and in 1910 came 
 to Buhl and purchased the Herald. Since that time 
 the firm of Biggs & Squires has made many im- 
 provements to the plant, has decidedly improved the 
 make-up and appearance of the paper, and has trebled 
 the circulation. The Herald is a neat, newsy publi- 
 cation, devoted chiefly to the best interests of Buhl 
 and its people, and in its well printed pages includes 
 articles pertaining to matters of national importance, 
 interesting local happenings and timely editorials. 
 Both circulation and advertising departments are be- 
 ing loyally supported by the people of Buhl, who 
 recognize the efforts being made in their behalf. 
 
 Mr. Biggs was married at Twin Falls, Idaho, Sep- 
 tember ii, 1009, to Miss Olive Fisher, daughter of 
 Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Fisher, of Filer, Idaho, and 
 they have one daughter, Claudia V. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Biggs are consistent members of the Methodist 
 church, she being actively interested in the work of 
 the Ladies' Aid Society. Fraternally, Mr. Biggs is 
 connected with the Odd Fellows and the Modern 
 Woodmen of America, and also holds membership 
 in the Commercial Club. His political affiliation is 
 with the Democratic party, and at this time he is 
 secretary of the Twin Falls Democratic county cen- 
 tral committee and is acting in the capacity of jus- 
 tice of the peace. Mr. Biggs' principal diversion 
 when he can lay aside his business cares and official 
 duties, is horseback riding, although he is also fond 
 of theatricals, good public speeches and lectures. 
 That he has implicit faith in the future of Idaho is 
 apparent to all who broach the subject to him. and he 
 states that after visiting thirty-four states of the 
 union, as well as several foreign countries, he has 
 become convinced that no section offers such excep- 
 tional opportunities to the homeseeker as Idaho. 
 Coming here with but a small capital, he has ac- 
 quired a lucrative business, a pleasant home on a 
 five-acre fruit farm, and a' half interest in forty acres 
 in the vicinity of Buhl, and all of this has been ac- 
 complished in five years. A self-made man in all 
 that the term implies, he has the respect and esteem 
 of his fellow-citizens that may only be gained through 
 the practice of strict integrity, while hjs pleasant 
 personality has attracted to him a wide circle of ad- 
 miring friends. 
 
 Associated in business with Mr. Biggs is Warren 
 L. Squires, another able and popular young citizen, 
 who was born at Fostoria, Ohio. July 16, 1888. When 
 twelve years of age he was taken by his parents to 
 Denver. Colorado, but one year later went to Ne- 
 braska, where he learned the printer's trade. He 
 continued in that state until coming to Twin Falls, 
 where he met and formed a partnership with Mr. 
 Biggs. He has proved himself enterprising and pro- 
 gressive, and like his partner has made and main- 
 
 tained numerous friendships. Like Mr. Biggs, also, 
 he is enthusiastic as to Idaho's future, believing that 
 there is room here for many more good people, and 
 that the opportunities are here to attract them. He 
 is a popular member of the Royal Highlanders. 
 
 ALBERT F. MCCLUSKY, M. D. Among the eminent 
 physicians and surgeons of Idaho, one who has al- 
 ways met with the approbation and respect of his 
 fellow practitioners and has been earnest in his 
 endeavors to maintain the dignity and coherence of 
 his profession is Dr. Albert F. McClusky, of Buhl. 
 Every profession has its prominent men, some made 
 such by long membership, others by their proficiency 
 in their calling, and Dr. McClusky belongs to the 
 latter class, for, while he has been engaged in prac- 
 tice only since 1006, his achievements have been 
 such as to give him prestige among those who are 
 devoting themselves to the sciences of medicine and 
 surgery. He was born near Oil City, Pennsylvania, 
 July 1 6, 1876. 
 
 Dr. McClusky's early education was secured in the 
 public schools of his native state, and as a lad of 
 twelve years displayed his industry by securing em- 
 ployment at the carpenter trade. He was so em- 
 ployed at fifty cents per day at the start, but even- 
 tually became a master carpenter, thus earning 
 enough money to carry him through college, receiv- 
 ing no outside assistance whatever. After complet- 
 ing his preparatory education and taking a high 
 school course, he took a course in the State Normal 
 school, and at the age of twenty-four years went to 
 Michigan, there remaining three years, during which 
 time he attended the University of Michigan, at Ann 
 Arbor. Subsequently he made removal to Boulder, 
 Colorado, and in 1906 was graduated from the med- 
 ical department of the University of Colorado, im- 
 mediately thereafter coming to Idaho. He first set- 
 tled at a point known as Santa, in the lumber dis- 
 trict, owning and conducting a hospital there for 
 one year and gaining much valuable experience, but 
 returned to Michigan to take a post-graduate course 
 of one year, and in May, 1908, came to Buhl, where 
 he has since been in practice. Dr. McClusky is in 
 the enjoyment of a large and representative practice, 
 and has gained some prominence in the field of sur- 
 gery, being frequently called into consultation by his 
 fellow-members of the profession. He belongs to 
 the Idaho State Medical Society, the Twin Falls 
 County Medical Society and the American Medical 
 Association, and takes an active interest in each 
 of these organizations. He has long been a member 
 of the Commercial 'Club, and was president of the 
 first permanent organization. His religious connec- 
 tion is with the Presbyterian church, and his political 
 affiliation is with the Republican party, although he 
 takes only a good citizen's interest in matters of a 
 public nature. Like all active western men, he takes 
 great enjoyment in out-of-door sports, being espe- 
 cially fond of baseball, but theatricals, lectures and 
 music also find in him an appreciative devotee and 
 he has long given his earnest attention to local 
 lyceum attractions. He places implicit confidence 
 in the future of Idaho, and, having been a visitor 
 in many states, his statement that Idaho holds a bet- 
 ter future than any other known by him, should 
 carry some weight. Business and professional men, 
 as well as the laboring classes, all have the oppor- 
 tunity to better their condition in this state, while^ 
 the agricultural, stock and dairy conditions are ideal. 
 
 On December 23, 1903, Dr. McClusky was married 
 at Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Miss Louise C 
 dinger, who was born in that city, the daughter of 
 Mr and Mrs. D. F. Allmendinger. Mrs. McClusky 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is well 
 known in social circles of Buhl. 
 
 ELMER BIRD. In a state such as Idaho, where great 
 irrigation projects are constantly under way, the 
 work of the civil engineer is of an extremely im- 
 portant nature. The building of the great dams and 
 ditches which are transforming the once arid plains 
 into prosperous, flourishing fields that are raising 
 Idaho to its proper position among the agricultural 
 states, is being carried on by men of experience, 
 training and ability, whose enthusiasm in their 
 chosen work has done much to aid in the develop- 
 ment of the commonwealth. Among those who have 
 gained a position of importance in the profession 
 may be mentioned Elmer Bird, city engineer of Buhl, 
 whose career from earliest youth has been one of in- 
 dustry, integrity and perseverance, his well directed 
 efforts having finally resulted in the attainment of 
 his goal. Mr. Bird was born in Mansfield, Illinois, 
 December 2, 1885, and is a son of Joseph E. and 
 Annie (Bedford) Bird. His father, a native of 
 Ohio, moved first to Illinois and later to Missouri, 
 and now resides at Caldwell, where he is now living 
 retired. For many years he was prominently en- 
 gaged in agricultural pursuits, and was also a lead- 
 ing Democratic politician, and at this time is a mem- 
 ber of the Democratic county central committee. 
 He' is an active church member and a devout Chris- 
 tian, and has the high regard of all who have his 
 acquaintance. Mr. Bird was married in Illinois to 
 Annie Bedford, who was born in Kentucky, and 
 they had two children, a son and a daughter, Elmer 
 being the elder. 
 
 The early education of Elmer Bird was secured 
 in the public schools of Missouri, and later he took 
 a course in the University of Missouri. As a youth 
 of thirteen years he displayed his industry by securing 
 a position operating a steam engine, and subsequently 
 worked in his father's store and at whatever other 
 honorable employment presented itself, thus securing 
 the means with which to pursue his college course. 
 On leaving the university, Mr. Bird took up engi- 
 neering, and followed it until 1905, which year saw 
 his advent in Idaho. He at once took up a home- 
 stead in the Snake river valley, near Caldwell, but 
 a short time thereafter entered the United States 
 reclamation service, and for three years was engaged 
 in engineering in Oregon, Wyoming and Idaho. On 
 resigning from this position, Mr. Bird entered pri- 
 vate practice and for a time operated in the Lost 
 River district, but during the past two years, has 
 maintained his office in Buhl, where he is acting in the 
 capacity of city engineer. 
 
 Mr. Bird is a member of the Christian church, 
 and his fraternal connections are with the Masons 
 and the Odd Fellows, in both of which he has held 
 office. He holds membership in the Commercial Club, 
 and is active in boosting Idaho's interests, and at 
 all times is ready to cheerfully give any information 
 he may possess to those desiring it. It is his opinion 
 that Idaho as a whole can number among its large 
 irrigation enterprises the most complete works and 
 best water rights of any of the western states. Such 
 a thing as shortage of water is practically unknown, 
 where the farmers use any system of irrigation, and 
 in his opinion he cannot see how anyone can afford 
 to overlook the opportunities offered by the use of 
 scientific irrigation in Idaho as a whole and in the. 
 Twin Falls project in particular. Coming from an 
 expert in irrigation work, and from one whose repu- 
 tation is deservedly high not only among his asso- 
 ciates but with the public at large, this opinion 
 should carry some weight. In politics Mr. Bird is a 
 
 Democrat, and has taken an active interest in political 
 matters, being the choice of his party for the office 
 of city engineer in 1910, a position to which he was 
 elected. While a college student he took a great in- 
 terest in football and baseball, and was manager of 
 the Buhl Baseball Club, 1911-1912, a crack organiza- 
 tion that has held its own in contests with some of 
 the best teams- in the state. Of a genial and likable 
 nature, Mr. Bird is a general favorite socially in 
 Buhl, where his friends are only limited to the 
 number of his acquaintances. 
 
 LAWRENCE HANSEN. Quiet, efficient citizenship 
 has been the part of Lawrence Hansen during thirty- 
 five years of residence in Idaho. In the community 
 of Rock Creek, where he settled soon after arriving 
 in the territory, he has been known as a very popu- 
 lar stockman and farmer, an organizer and adviser 
 in local business, a contributor to the welfare of 
 his neighborhood, and for many years an honored 
 local magistrate. 
 
 The birthplace of Mr. Hansen was Denmark, 
 where he was born March 27, 1844, a son of Mads 
 and Anna Margaret Hansen, both of whom lived 
 and died in Denmark. With a common school edu- 
 cation and a thorough training in the trade of cabi- 
 net-maker, Lawrence Hansen came to America in 
 1869 at the age of twenty-five. His first location 
 was in Marion county, at Indianapolis, Indiana, 
 where he lived until 1877. At Indianapolis he fol- 
 lowed the trade of cabinet-maker and carpenter, 
 and then in 1877 made the trip to Idaho, which 
 brought him to his permanent home. His settle- 
 ment in that year was at Rock Creek, and after one 
 year spent in mining he became identified with the 
 live stock business, and has been chiefly known as 
 a cattleman up to the present time. Mr. Hansen is 
 the owner of a very fine estate of 375 acres, watered 
 by the Rock Creek, a beautiful little stream which 
 runs between his house and his barn, and which is 
 not only a picturesque and useful watercourse, but 
 also abounds with trout. During the many years of 
 his residence, Mr. Hansen has prospered steadily, 
 and, as one of the most substantial men of his com- 
 munity, assisted in the organization of the Bank 
 of Hansen, a little town on the railroad named in 
 his honor. He is president of this financial insti- 
 tution. In 1880 Mr. Hansen was elected justice of 
 the peace, and by re-election has served continuously 
 for thirty-five years. Always a Democrat, he has 
 given his influence for the support of good govern- 
 ment whenever possible, and by his own work has 
 contributed much to the welfare of his community. 
 He served as president of the board of the Albion 
 State Normal School for eleven years until a new 
 law put the school under Different control. 
 
 On March 22, 1874, Mr. Hansen married Mary 
 Newman, a daughter of Peter and Bertha Newman, 
 both of whom were also born in Denmark. By the 
 marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hansen there are no 
 children living, but Mr. Hansen has two children 
 by a previous marriage, namely, Anna M., the wife 
 of John Iverson of Oakley, Idaho; and Laura, wife 
 of D. P. Albee of Rock Creek. The family are 
 communicants of the Lutheran church. Mr. Hansen 
 has been a Mason in the Albion blue lodge for 
 more than twenty-five years, and joined the Knights 
 of Pythias at Indianapolis in 1872. Mr. Hansen's 
 reputation as a thoroughly reliable business man 
 is well grounded. Every dollar he has ever con- 
 tracted to pay he has paid to the last cent, and his 
 name is synonymous with honesty and integrity. ^ In 
 his actions and manner he is quiet nd unassuming, 
 does not care for the embellishments of life, and 
 
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 is content to discharge all his moral and legal obli- 
 gations and bear his part in life without complaining. 
 
 CLARENCE S. PECK. In naming the representative 
 citizens of Buhl, Idaho, prominent place should be 
 given to Clarence S. Peck, vice president of the 
 Buhl Bank & Trust Company, proprietor of one 
 of the leading groceries of the city, and a man of 
 whom it may be said that the foundation stone 
 of his success has been business integrity. Reared 
 to work, he was schooled in practical economy, and 
 from boyhood has attended to his business and care- 
 fully saved and invested his earnings, yet he pos- 
 sesses a liberal public spirit, and participates in all 
 the affairs of his community. His private benefac- 
 tions have been large, and he has always found time 
 from his business activities for the socal amenities. 
 Mr. Peck was born January 3, 1875, at Storm Lake, 
 Iowa, and his education was there secured in the 
 public and high schools. When still a boy he began 
 to work in a drug store at a salary of six dollars 
 per week, and later pursued a course in Drake 
 University, Des Moines. Subsequently he secured 
 a position as a commercial traveler, and for nearly 
 four years covered Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and 
 Nebraska, meeting with satisfactory results. He 
 was about twenty-four years of age when he lo- 
 cated in Oklahoma, and there spent nearly seven 
 years in mercantile pursuits, but in 1906 came to 
 Idaho and established himself in Twin Falls. A 
 short time later, Mr. Peck came to Buhl, where he 
 became engaged in the grocery business, and a little 
 later was one of the organizers of the Buhl Bank 
 & Trust Company, of which he has been vice 
 president and a member of the directing board ever 
 since. 
 
 In April, 1905, Mr. Peck was united in marriage 
 at Vinta, Oklahoma, with Miss Evelyn M. Morgan, 
 daughter of Mrs. Laura Morgan, formerly of Mar- 
 shall, Missouri, and to this union there have been 
 born two children: Lawrence L. and Geraldine. 
 Mr. Peck leans toward the faith of the Christian 
 church, while his wife's faith is that of the Baptist 
 denomination. His fraternal connection is with the 
 Odd Fellows. While a resident of Okmulgee, Okla- 
 homa, he was secretary of the Commercial Club 
 of that city, and on coming to Buhl became the 
 tirst secretary of the organization here. His political 
 proclivities are those of the Republican party, but 
 lie has taken none other than a good citizen's inter- 
 est in matters of a public nature, being too busy 
 with his business duties. When he can spare time 
 from the management of his affairs, he is fond of 
 taking a hunting trip or enjoying a baseball game, 
 while music, speeches and lectures also find in him 
 an appreciative and intelligent audience. He has 
 given evidence of his faith in the future of his 
 adopted state by investing heavily in Idaho real 
 estate, being confident that this section offers more 
 advantages than any other state which he has visited, 
 and he has visited every state west of the Mississippi 
 river with the exception of two. Mr. Peck's business 
 associates have the greatest faith in his judgment, 
 and his reputation is that of a man of sterling in- 
 tegrity and probity of character. During a num- 
 ber of years of extensive travel all over the West, 
 he has formed a wide acquaintance, and has hosts 
 of friends in every section. 
 
 ALVA G. ELLIS. Kimberly, Idaho, has for its 
 present postmaster Alva G. Ellis. Born on a farm 
 in Nodaway county, Missouri, July 18, 1872, he is 
 the eldest son of Rev. Moses B. Ellis and Mary 
 Chastain Ellis. The father, a native of Michigan, 
 
 and now a resident of South Dakota, has been a 
 minister of the gospel many years and has traveled 
 extensively throughout the United States. He is 
 very charitable, with a broad sympathy for human- 
 ity, and has devoted almost his lifetime to helping 
 his fellowman. Mary Chastain was born in Illi- 
 nois and was married to Rev. Ellis in Missouri. 
 She, too, lived the Christian life and passed away 
 in 1911 at a ripe old age. She was interred in 
 Colorado. 
 
 Alva G. is the eldest of five children that came to 
 these parents. When three years of age he accom- 
 panied his father and mother to Iowa, which state 
 remained his home eleven years. From there the 
 family removed to Nebraska, where they remained 
 four years, passing from thence into South Dakota, 
 where they continued their residence about eleven 
 years. During this time Mr. Ellis acquired his edu- 
 cation in the public schools of the respective states 
 in which his youth had been passed, and from birth 
 until very recent years his life was a continuous 
 identification with farm life. He first learned the 
 value of money in terms of his own labor at the 
 early age of nine years when he took a job of 
 dropping corn for a neighbor, receiving fifty cents 
 per day. After removing to South Dakota he took 
 up a homestead there and lived on it about nine 
 years, or until his removal in 1902 to Idaho, of 
 which state he has since been a resident. He set- 
 tled first on a ranch in Kootenai county, remaining 
 there about five years and then removing to Kim- 
 berly, Twin Falls county, which has since been his 
 home. During the first two years at Kimberly he 
 followed ranching; then he engaged in the mercan- 
 tile business with R. G. Wilson and remained thus 
 identified until April, 1911, when he sold his mer- 
 cantile interests and by appointment took up the 
 duties of postmaster there, which office he is now 
 filling. 
 
 He was married at Butte, February 24, 1806, to 
 Martha, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Baldwin, 
 of Bonesteel, South Dakota, and to their union have 
 been born four sons and one daughter, namely: 
 Clarence E., Grace M., Archie L., Orville A. and 
 Claud V. 
 
 In religious faith Mr. and Mrs. Ellis accept as 
 their tenets those of the Church of God. Mr. Ellis 
 is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America 
 and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is 
 now vice-grand of his local lodge of the latter or- 
 der. Politically he is independent in his views and 
 takes no active part in political affairs. His princi- 
 pal recreation is in the form of automobile trips in 
 his own private car, visiting the beautiful and varied 
 scenery and the many points of interest which this 
 section of Idaho affords. In giving his opinion of 
 Idaho and why it is to him the state of states Mr. 
 Ellis mentioned as among the strong points the facts 
 that there is no such thing as a failure in crops in 
 Idaho, which feature of itself is prima facia evidence 
 that the future of Idaho must be one of success, and 
 that the favorable climatic conditions are hard to 
 surpass. He feels that no man with the elements of 
 success in his character can fail in this state. 
 
 ADIN M. HALL. An unusual success, yet one 
 that is typical of the best pioneer enterprise in Ida- 
 ho, has been that of Adin M. Hall. In Idaho since 
 July, 1873, a period of forty years, his interest and 
 activities have been closely bounded within the 
 abundant limit of his home ranch at Mountain 
 Home, since 1879, and in that locality he is one of 
 the big men in influence and material resources, a 
 genial pioneer, popular as a citizen, and with h:s 
 
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 family growing up about him who are to worthily 
 represent him in the next generation. 
 
 Of a New England family, Adin M. Hall was born 
 in New York state, December 4, 1844, a son of E. 
 and Olive (Kellogg) Hall, both parents having been 
 natives of the Green Mountain State of Vermont. 
 His father was a farmer, and though educated for a 
 physician, never practiced. The parents lived for a 
 great many years in New York in Franklin county, 
 and the mother died in New York State in Decem- 
 ber, 1868, and the father in Massachusetts in 1881. 
 His father was a Democrat in politics. 
 
 The fifth in order of birth, in a family of ten chil- 
 dren, seven sons and three daughters, two of whom 
 died in infancy, Adin M. Hall received a common 
 school education in Burk and Constable, New York, 
 and left school at the age of fourteen. Since that 
 time he has been dependent upon his own enter- 
 prise for his advancement, and his first occupation 
 was farming during the summer season, and team- 
 ing during the winter. When he was sixteen he be- 
 gan working on a farm in Connecticut, where he 
 remained until he was nineteen. Thus all his early 
 experiences were those of hard-working and prac- 
 tical character, and he was well fitted for the life 
 of a pioneer and has well deserved the prosperity 
 which came to him in later years. On leaving Con- 
 necticut he returned to New York and continued as 
 a farmer, until he was twenty-three years old. 
 
 In 1867, having in the meantime moved out to- 
 wards the western frontier, Mr. Hall was the driver 
 of a team consisting of eight yoke of oxen from 
 Julesburg, Colorado, to Salt Lake City. After a 
 short time, he went on to Hamilton and Eureka, 
 Nevada, and spent about five years in the mining dis- 
 trict of that state. He next went on to California, 
 and saw a great variety of the life and industry of 
 these western states during the decade of the sixties 
 and early seventies. In 1873 Mr. Hall bought a 
 bunch of four hundred horses, which he drove 
 into Idaho to Boise City, where he found a mar- 
 ket for them. He continued in the business of horse 
 drover and dealer for about two years, and then his 
 attention was once more attracted to the mining in- 
 dustry at Rocky Bar, and at Atlanta in Idaho. After 
 two years of mining he began planning to establish 
 himself permanently in this state, and on the twen- 
 tieth of February, 1879, located his present ranch at 
 Mountain Home. 
 
 The Hall ranch comprises seven hundred and 
 twenty acres of land, and is one of the most valua- 
 ble places under individual ownership in this part of 
 the state. All the land is under irrigation, and is de- 
 voted to the general crops and has raised many 
 thousand dollars' worth of live stock. From the 
 beginning of his settlement there, Mr. Hall engaged 
 in the raising of cattle and horses, and so con- 
 tinued until about three years ago, when he sold his 
 cattle and transferred most of his attention to the 
 sheep industry. He raises hay 'and grain, and from 
 his orchards gets a large yield of all kinds of fruit 
 every season. His ranch has all the modern im- 
 provements, and is equipped with bui'diners and fa- 
 cilities which not only make it a delightful home, 
 but as perfect a place for the modern industry of 
 farming and stock raising as any factory is for the 
 production of its wares. This ranch has been the 
 home of Mr. Hall and family since 1879. 
 
 Mr. Hall is a director and stock holder in . the 
 Stock Growers Bank at Mountain Home, owns con- 
 siderable business property in that town, including 
 the post office block, and also some property in 
 Nampa. Mr. Hall is Democratic in politics, but 
 has never sought any office, his ambitions having 
 
 been directed to the quiet industry of his ranch 
 rather than into public channels. On October 23, 
 1882, he married Miss Martha E. Burns, a daughter 
 of William Burns, who was born in Missouri, in 
 which state his daughter was also born, although her 
 education was obtained in California. The family 
 of Mr. Hall, of whom he is very proud, comprises 
 six children, three sons and three daughters, most of 
 whom are at home either on the ranch or in 
 Mountain Home. They are: Charles A., born in 
 Boise City, and now in business in Nampa ; Olive 
 K., born on the home ranch, and now living in 
 Mountain Home; D. V., born on the ranch, and at 
 home ; Orill, who was born on the ranch, and is now 
 engaged in teaching school in Mayfield; Adin B., 
 born on the ranch and attending public school in 
 Mountain Home; John Merlin, born in Nampa, 
 November 19, 1906. 
 
 WEBBER N. REEVES. The constabulary department 
 of the municipal government of Idaho's capital city 
 is well placed in the control of Mr. Reeves, whose 
 administration of the important office of chief of 
 police has gained to him emphatic popular approval 
 and whose buoyant and genial nature and unvarying 
 adherence to principle have won for him unequivocal 
 confidence and esteem in Boise. He has brought the 
 police department up to a high standard of efficiency, 
 is a rigid disciplinarian, but his kindly interest and 
 consideration have brought him the high regard 
 and earnest co-operation of his subordinates. 
 
 Chief Reeves is pleased to revert to the fine old 
 Buckeye State as the place of his nativity, and he is 
 a scion of staunch pioneer stock in that common- 
 wealth. He is a son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth 
 (Lathey) Reeves, both of whom were likewise born 
 and reared in that state, and the father is now living 
 measurably retired in the enjoyment of the well- 
 earned rewards of former toil and endeavor. He is 
 a stalwart Prohibitionist in his political adherency 
 and his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian 
 church, of which he was made a minister; his wife 
 likewise was a devout member, her death having 
 occurred on the 3rd of February, 1884. Of the four 
 children Chief Reeves, 'of this review, was the third 
 in order of birth. Wilbert R. is a resident of Boise, 
 Idaho, where he is engaged as salesman ; Winfield T. 
 is a farmer by vocation and resides in Parkerville, 
 Kansas ; and Effie B. is the wife of Edward Riordan, 
 a resident of Boise, Idaho. 
 
 After availing himself of the advantages of the 
 district schools of his native county, Webber NI. 
 Reeves continued his studies in a select school at 
 Harrisonville, that county, and he received a first- 
 grade teacher's certificate, though he had no ^ inten- 
 tion of making the pedagogic profession his life 
 work. He was reared to the sturdy discipline of 
 the home farm and when, shortly after attaining his 
 legal majority, he came to the west, he naturally 
 identified himself with the great basic industry, with 
 the details of which he had early become familiar. 
 On the 6th of April, 1895, soon after his arrival 
 in Idaho, he secured employment on a ranch three 
 miles distant from Boise, in Ada county. In the 
 following spring he obtained a position with the 
 Basic Mining Company, and after having had charge 
 of a crew of workmen for a short time he was given 
 the management of the company's boarding house, 
 near Centerville. In connection with this he also 
 operated the company's electric plant. Through his 
 services in these capacities he accumulated several 
 thousand dollars, and when the gold excitement in 
 Alaska began to draw its stampedes of adventurous 
 seekers of the precious metal, Mr. Reeves severed 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 his connection with the mining company and, in the 
 spring of 1900, made his way to the Arctic gold- 
 fields of Alaska. He forthwith began prospecting, 
 and in connection with this equipped a gasoline plant. 
 His labors and expenditures were attended with dis- 
 tinctly negative success, and he lost all of the money 
 he had previously accumulated. Under these de- 
 pressing conditions he turned to Boise in the autumn 
 of the same year, and, known as a man of honesty 
 and steadfast integrity, he secured from staunch 
 friends sufficient funds to enable him to engage in 
 the transfer business in the capital city. He was 
 soon able to repay the borrowed money and the 
 venture proved most successful. He continued in 
 business until the spring of 1909, when he was ap- 
 pointed chief of police. Six months later, owing 
 to political influences, he was retired from this 
 office, though his record has been altogether excel- 
 lent, and when the city adopted the effective com- 
 mission form 6f municipal government, in June, 1912, 
 he was again called to the position of chief of police, 
 his occupation in the interim having been that of 
 salesman. His official preferment is an emphatic 
 evidence of popular choice, and his administration 
 has amply justified his appointment to his present 
 important office. 
 
 Chief Reeves is the owner of an attractive home 
 in Boise, besides other local realty, is a Progressive 
 Democrat in his proclivities, and is affiliated with 
 the local organizations of the Benevolent and Pro- 
 tective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the World 
 and the Loyal Order of Moose. 
 
 He is president of the benevolent association of 
 the Boise police department, and he has a host of 
 friends in the city and state in which he has selected 
 to establish his home. 
 
 On the 22nd of May, 1902, Mr. Reeves was united 
 in marriage to Miss Isabella Perkins, who was born 
 in Illinois, and who was a child at the time of 
 her parents' removal to Montana, her father, John 
 Perkins, having been a pioneer of that state and 
 having owned and developed one of the finest ranches 
 in Deerlodge county, where he still maintains his 
 home. Mr. and Mrs. Reeves have no children. 
 
 ORVILLE PAYNE JOHNSON. Only those familiar 
 with the voluminous literature of the great West 
 from Bret Harte to Owen Wister, may properly ap- 
 preciate and read understandingly the following brief 
 biography of one of the most typical California 
 forty-niners and Idaho pioneers. Among the fig- 
 ures who made history in the West during the lat- 
 ter half of the nineteenth century. Orville Payne 
 Johnson was a comrade, partner and equal in daring 
 and fortitude with any of them. His career has all 
 the vicissitude, all the good fortune and hard luck, 
 all the stimulating incidents of an individual will 
 defying the power of destiny to break him. And it 
 is a pleasure to add the fact which nearly all the 
 older generation of Idaho citizens know already 
 that in his later years Mr. Johnson has enjoyed afflu- 
 ence, respect and honor, and the "troops of friends," 
 the things which make old age grateful a calm 
 haven for a sailor who in younger years went un- 
 afraid upon all the waters of faith. 
 
 In Tennessee, on August 10, 1832, Orville Payne 
 Johnson was born. His parents were William and 
 Sarah Johnson, both natives of North Carolina, who 
 died when their son Orville was too young to re- 
 member them. His youth was spent under cir- 
 cumstances which prevented him getting any educa- 
 tion beyond the barest fundamentals. When sixteen 
 years of age his life of adventure began, when he 
 crossed the Isthmus of Panama, and sailed up the 
 
 California coast to join the argonauts of the year 
 1849. In 1854 he met and spent some time with the 
 famous filibuster, Colonel Walker, whose name as 
 the leader of a band of adventurers and fortune 
 hunters into Nicarauga is familiar on the pages of 
 American history. 
 
 In California young Johnson was soon in the min- 
 ing district along the Calaveras river. Out of the 
 thousands who had indifferent luck or worse, his 
 prospecting finally disclosed a rich vein of gold, 
 and when he sold out he was the possessor of 
 fifty-two thousand dollars and was seventeen years 
 of age. Quick wealth and youth are seldom perma- 
 nent comrades. With that fortune young John- 
 son figured that he had all the money he would ever 
 need in the world, and so he went to the metropolis 
 of the gold coast at San Francisco, perhaps with no 
 definite plans except to enjoy a part of his fortune. 
 There he quickly became acquainted with the wild 
 and riotous life of the town which has been so often 
 described, and in the feverish excitement of the bar- 
 rooms and gambling halls, and other places of gilded 
 amusement, he quickly dissipated his little for- 
 tune, and was richer in experience but with no more 
 money than when he first arrived in the West. 
 
 After this misfortune he determined to return 
 home, and got as far as Mobile, Alabama, where 
 his funds gave out. There the resolution came 
 over him that he would never go back to the old 
 home without money, and accordingly he returned 
 overland to San Francisco. Haying lost none of his 
 courage and energy through his previous disaster, 
 he went to work as a miner, and in a year or so 
 had made another moderate fortune. A fact of 
 his experience about this time is of specal inter- 
 est. He was offered .stock in the famous Corn- 
 stock Lode along with Mackay, Hearst, O'Brien, 
 and all that one-time group of famous Comstock 
 owners, with all of whom he was on intimate terms. 
 Mr. Johnson has usually exercised good judgment 
 and good guessing ability in the hazards of fortune, 
 but at this time his instinct and judgment led him to 
 believe that the mine was without any great future, 
 and he therefore refused to take stock. 
 
 Mr. Johnson was all over the West in these early 
 years, and in his wanderings finally came to what 
 is now Idaho in the year 1862. He tossed about 
 among all the centers of settlement at that time and 
 was in Walla Walla, Lewiston, Elk City, and in 
 
 1863 was at East Bannock. During the summer of 
 
 1864 he was in the Willamette valley and in Walla 
 Walla, where he bought a large bunch of mules 
 and engaged in freighting. He ran a freighting 
 train between The Dalles and Idaho City. The cost 
 of transportation was then very high, and he re-- 
 ceived thirty-five cents for every pound of freight 
 carried over this route, and was paid in gold bars. 
 Finally selling out that enterprise in 1865 he bought 
 cattle, and became owner of the Horseshoe Bend 
 House in the Payette valley. He was engaged in 
 buying and raising cattle, with Cheyenne, Wyoming, 
 as his market, and continued in this industry until 
 1897. Mr. Johnson during this time acquired a repu- 
 tation second to none among the cattlemen of the 
 Northwest, and through this medium made a fortune 
 beside which his first southern acquisition of gold 
 back in the days of '49 seems insignificant. Among 
 thousands of men in the Northwest Mr. Johnson is 
 known as a prominent cattleman, though most of 
 them are probably unaware that he was one of the 
 fortune hunters back in the golden California days. 
 Mr. Johnson left Boise in 1884 and bought and took 
 up ranches in the famous Hagerman valley, where 
 he lived until 1908. when he moved back to Boist. 
 
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 On the Johnson home ranch is some of the finest 
 water power in southern Idaho. From 1897 to 
 1906 he transferred his attention from cattle to 
 sheep, although he has always felt that cattle was his 
 regular line and he was in the sheep business only 
 as a side issue. When he finally retired from busi- 
 ness in 1906, he sold in one lot forty-five thousand 
 head of sheep. 
 
 In the year of his retirement he removed to his 
 beautiful home in Boise at 712 N. Ninth street, 
 where he has one of the finest and best appointed 
 residences to be found in the entire state. In poli- 
 tics Mr. Johnson has always been a Democrat, 
 though not a politician. Some years ago Governor 
 Stevens obtained his reluctant consent to occupy the 
 position of director on the board of the state in- 
 sane asylum, a position which was very distaste- 
 ful to him, although he gave faithful service in that 
 capacity for the term of four years. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had their most severe 
 affliction in the death of their son, Orville Payne 
 Johnson, Jr., who died suddenly August 18, 1912. 
 He was born February 14, 1902, and was a boy of 
 great promise with a career of remarkable oppor- 
 tunity and usefulness ahead of him, and it was 
 not altogether a private loss that was sustained by 
 his death. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson spend their win- 
 ters in California, and the summers in their beau- 
 tiful home in Boise, where they have a host of 
 friends, and are among the best esteemed people of 
 the entire state. 
 
 JOHN P. VOLLMER. Potent and benignant has 
 been the influence exerted by John P. Vollmer, of 
 Lewiston, in connection with the social and ma- 
 terial development and progress of Idaho, and he is 
 numbered among the best known and most highly 
 hcnoted pioneer citizens of the state in which he 
 has maintained his home for more than forty-five 
 years. His fine initiative and constructive powers 
 have been applied along lines of enterprise that have 
 signally conserved the march of progress, and his 
 character has shown itself as the positive expression 
 of a strong, true and loyal nature, so that he has 
 well merited his secure vantage-place in the con- 
 fidence and esteem of the people of the state of 
 his adoption. A man of fine business ability, he has 
 been identified with many undertakings that have 
 not only conserved his own success and precedence, 
 but that have also been of great benefit to the com- 
 munity in general, and during these long years of 
 productive activity he has continuously resided in 
 Lewiston, the judicial center of Nez Perce county. 
 His character and his accomplishment as a broad- 
 minded and public-spirited citizen, as well as a 
 sterling pioneer, render it most consonant that in 
 this history of Idaho be incorporated at least a 
 brief review of his career. 
 
 Though a native of the land of his ancestors, Mr. 
 Vollmer finds satisfaction in his justified claim of 
 being an American citizen by birth, as his father 
 had come to the United States and become a 
 naturalized citizen before his marriage, on which 
 score, John P., the only one of the five children 
 born in Germany, can claim American citizenship as 
 his intrinsic prerogative. Mr. Vollmer was born 
 at Birkenfeld, in the kingdom of Wurtemburg, Ger- 
 man)-, on the 25th of January, 1847, and is a son 
 of Otto P. and Elizabeth (Fix) Vollmer, both of 
 whom were born and reared in Germany, where 
 both families are of ancient lineage and of distin- 
 guished order. Dr. Otto Philip Vollmer, grand- 
 father of him whose name initiates this article, was 
 an eminent physician and surgeon in Baden, Ger- 
 
 many, and accompanied Napoleon I through his 
 memorable Russian campaign, and later, through his 
 sympathy with the revolutionary cause in Germany 
 in the middle part of the nineteenth century, he, like 
 many another leading man of his fatherland, was 
 banished therefrom for a short period and became 
 an exile in the United States, whither he came in 
 company with the eminent patriot, Carl Schurz, 
 who attained to national prominence in America 
 as a loyal and distinguished citizen of wide influ- 
 ence. After an interval the family of Dr. Vollmer 
 joined him in the United States and here he and 
 his devoted wife passed the remainder of their long 
 and useful lives, typifying the best of that stanch 
 German element that has proved a most valuable 
 acquisition to the complex social fabric of our great 
 Republic. A great-uncle of the subject, Dr. William 
 Vollmer, was editor of the correspondence between 
 Schiller, the poet, and Johann Friedrich Cotta, the 
 well known German publisher of the -house that still 
 bears his name. Another great-uncle of Mr. Voll- 
 mer is the author of a creditable work, entitled Voll- 
 mer's Mythology. 
 
 Otto P. Vollmer was reared to maturity in his 
 native land, and there received most liberal educa- 
 tional advantages, so that he became a man of high 
 intellectual attainments. He was an especially 
 skillful chemist and in this line attained no slight 
 distinction after coming to America. After he had 
 become a naturalized citizen of the United States he 
 returned to Germany, where his marriage was sol- 
 emnized in the year 1845. In 1851 he returned with 
 his wife and son, John P., of this review, to the 
 United States and established his home in the city 
 of Louisville, Kentucky, where he engaged in the 
 distilling business, a line of enterprise along which 
 he met with excellent success, as he eventually 
 operated not only the distillery in Louisville but also 
 two in Indiana, one at Indianapolis and the other 
 at Staunton. In 1855, he removed with his family 
 to Indianapolis, where he became a citizen of promi- 
 nence and influence and where he passed the remain- 
 der of his life, his death having occurred when he 
 was in his fifty-eighth year and his wife having been 
 summoned from this life in 1863. Both were zeal- 
 pus members of the German Lutheran church, and 
 in the faith of the same they carefully reared their 
 five children, of whom three are now living. 
 
 John P. Vollmer was a child of about four years 
 at the time of the removal of the family from Ger- 
 many to America, and in a German private school in 
 the capital city of Indiana he gained the major 
 part of his rudimentary education. He then en- 
 tered the Northwestern Christian University, at In- 
 dianapolis, an institution now known as Butler Uni- 
 versity, and in the same he acquired a liberal Eng- 
 lish education. His scientific training, however, was 
 gained in Dr. Richter's Private School of Technol- 
 ogy. After leaving school he was apprenticed by his 
 father, after the time-honored German method, to 
 a family friend, Charles Meyer, who was engaged 
 in the notion and fancy-goods business in Indian- 
 apolis, his initial recompense in that capacity being 
 of a merely nominal order. Finally a change was 
 made in the management of the business and Mr. 
 Vollmer found it expedient to resign his position 
 and assume employment as a clerk in the well 
 known establishment of Merrill & Company,- which 
 firm conducted a general book and stationery store 
 and publishing business. He remained with this 
 house for several years, during which time he did 
 more or less literary work of a humorous charac- 
 ter, until he was advanced to the position of chief 
 clerk. Upon leaving the employ of Merrill & Com- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 pany Mr. Vollmer became associated with his 
 father in the wholesale distilling business and the 
 manufacturing of ink, and through his connection 
 with these enterprises he was enabled to lay a sub- 
 stantial monetary foundation for his independent 
 business career. In his early 'teens Mr. Vollmer 
 manifested his ardent loyalty to the cause of the 
 Union by enlisting for service in an Indiana regi- 
 ment of volunteer infantry, and while he remained 
 in the army but a short time, he was in active 
 service during the raid of the great Confederate 
 Gen. John Morgan, when that officer made invasion 
 of Indiana and Ohio. 
 
 In 1868, soon after he had reached his legal ma- 
 jority, Mr. Vollmer, whose financial resources at the 
 time were represented by a little, more than $31,000, 
 decided to identify himself with the great West. Ac- 
 cordingly, on March u, 1868, he left New York on 
 the side-wheel steamer Henry Chauncy, in company 
 with Mark Twain and Major Bright, for California 
 via the Isthmus of Panama. It was on this compan- 
 ionable trip that Mark Twain got the inspirations 
 for some of his best stories from Mr. Vollmer, as 
 noted in Albert Bigelow Paine's "Autobiography of 
 Mark Twain." On parting with Mark Twain at 
 San Francisco, after three weeks of .the most en- 
 joyable collaboration, he preceded to Walla Walla, 
 Washington, where he entered into contract to 
 manufacture high wines for one I. T. Reese, his own 
 capital being inadequate as estimated by the stand- 
 ards of the day. In going to the West Mr. Voll- 
 mer bore with him a letter of recommendation from 
 Gen. Benjamin Harrison, of Indianapolis, later 
 president of the United States, and he still retains 
 that letter, which he greatly values. Mr. yollmer 
 continued his residence at Walla Walla until 1870, 
 when he came to Idaho and located at Lewiston, 
 which village was then one of the chief distributing 
 points and industrial centers of the territory, even 
 as the city is of the present state, and there he be- 
 came associated with Wallace Scott in establishing 
 a wholesale grocery and liquor business. After a 
 year, his antipathy to the liquor trade became so 
 pronounced that he abandoned this department of 
 his business. The lines of the firm were then 
 amplified to include general merchandise and the 
 retail enterprise at Lewiston became one of broad 
 scope, with the result that in the course of time the 
 firm J. P. Vollmer & Company was established in a 
 number of different points in the territory, namely, 
 Grangeville, Asotin, Mt. Idaho, Vollmer and Union- 
 town. The concern became one of the most promi- 
 nent in the Northwest, with a business of exceedingly 
 wide ramifications and of most substantial order. In 
 addition to his activities in this enterprise, Mr. Voll- 
 mer in 1876 built the first telegraph line in the 
 northern part of Idaho, and in 1878 he placed in 
 operation the first Bell telephone line on the Pacific 
 coast, at Lewiston. in consideration of which activity 
 he has since been elected a member of Theodore N. 
 Vail's society of The Telephone Pioneers of Amer- 
 ica. 
 
 Between the yars of 1875 and 1883 the firm of 
 John 1 Vollmer & Company conducted the first 
 regular banking business in north Idaho, and in 
 1883 the same was merged in the First National 
 Bank of Lewiston, Idaho. This now famous bank 
 stood eighth in line upon the roll of honor of all 
 the national banks of the United States, and the 
 bank is said, age considered, to have paid its stock- 
 holders heavier dividends than any other national 
 bank in the United States. 
 
 Mr. Vollmer was also the founder of the First 
 National Bank of Grangeville, Idaho county, where 
 
 he first began banking operations as half owner in 
 a private bank. He has been one of the most 
 influential men in the state in the developing of its 
 natural resources, especially along the lines of agri- 
 culture. The great volume of his real-estate hold- 
 ings is measurably indicated when it is stated that 
 he now pays taxes on more than fifty sections of fine 
 farming and orchard land, all of the farming 
 land is being tilled, representing an aggregate of 
 more than thirty-two thousand acres, and he is 
 reputed to be the heaviest tax-payer in the state of 
 Idaho. The greater part of his vast estate is situ- 
 ated in northern and central counties of Idaho. The 
 constructive ability of Mr. Vollmer, together with 
 his initiative ability, have been equalled by his lib- 
 erality in connection with enterprises that have ad- 
 vanced the general welfare, and in evidence of his 
 expenditures for buildings alone it is conservatively 
 estimated that if the buildings erected by him in 
 Idaho were placed in alignment they would extend 
 for a distance of more than a mile. He was presi- 
 dent and controlling stockholder of the Lewiston 
 Water and Light Company, and he has the distinc- 
 tion of having been the first to introduce the use of 
 the telephone on the Pacific coast, as has been al- 
 ready indicated in a previous paragraph, as well as 
 to bring about the construction of the first telegraph 
 line in northern Idaho. His activities have practi- 
 cally known no limitations, and his powers of ac- 
 complishment no bounds. He has been most prom- 
 inent in connection with the transportation facilities 
 of the Northwest. He was connected with the 
 Walla Walla & Columbia River Railroad at the time 
 when it was constructed' and placed in operation 
 and in 1877 he was made agent for the Oregon 
 Steam and Navigation Company and later of the 
 Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, a posi- 
 tion he retained until 1885. Later he was made state 
 agent for Idaho of the Northern Pacific Railroad 
 and its allied lines, an incumbency which he still 
 retains. Mr. Vollmer is president of the Lewiston 
 Milling Company, and erected its fine modern flour 
 mills, which are the largest in the state. 
 
 The Vollmer-Clearwater Company, of which he is 
 also president, transacted a business in 1912 that ag- 
 gregated more than four millions of dollars. Mr. 
 Vollmer is justly accorded a position of prominence 
 in the great financial centers of the country, and is 
 a fine type of the broad-minded, honorable and suc- 
 cessful American man of affairs. He formulated 
 the plans on which the town of Twin Falls, Idaho, 
 was laid out. and thus the splendid growth and 
 advancement of that thriving little city has been a 
 matter of immense satisfaction to him. 
 
 In politics Mr. Vollmer is a Republican, and in a 
 quiet way he has given effective service in behalf of 
 the party cause, though he has invariably refused 
 to become a candidate for public office, despite 
 the fact that he has been frequently importuned to 
 permit the* use of his name in connection with 
 nominations for positions of distinctive trust and 
 honor. His manifold business and property inter- 
 ests have precluded him from becoming active in 
 the political arena, even had he desired to enter 
 the same. He is affiliated with the York and 
 Scottish Rite bodies of the time-honored Masonic 
 fraternity. In 1898 Mr. Vollmer was made a 
 member of the board of trustees of the State Nor- 
 mal School of Idaho, at Lewiston, and served as 
 president of the board. 
 
 The beautiful homestead of the Vollmer family, 
 in the center of the city of Lewiston, is not only one 
 of the finest in the state, but its associations are of 
 ideal order, and it is well known as a center of hos- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 pitality in Lewiston. In his home Mr. Vollmer 
 finds a deal of satisfaction in his fine private library, 
 which in scope and selection is probably not excelled 
 in Idaho, and he has read extensively and well in 
 the best of classical and modern literature, besides 
 which he 'has kept in close touch with the events 
 and issues of the hour and is well fortified in his 
 opinions concerning governmental and general eco- 
 nomic policies. In connection with the splendid 
 residence Mr. Vollmer has provided for a family 
 home in Idaho, it may be noted that the old home 
 of his father in the capital city of Indiana is now 
 known as the Woodruff place, the estate containing 
 about one hundred acres in the finest residence dis- 
 trict of Indianapolis, and the grounds being con- 
 ceded to constitute the most magnificent private resi- 
 dence property in the entire state of Indiana. The 
 Vollmer family are members of the Episcopal 
 church of Lewiston. 
 
 On the 27th of September, 1870, was solemnized 
 the marriage of Mr. Vollmer to Miss Sallie E. 
 Barber, who was born in the state of Kentucky, a 
 daughter of M. A. Barber and a granddaughter in 
 the maternal line of Judge Duval, an eminent le- 
 gist and jurist of that state. Of the seven children 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Vollmer, five reached years of ma- 
 turity, and concerning them the following brief 
 record is given in conclusion of this review : Ralston 
 and Norman, the sons, are both Harvard graduates, 
 and are prominent among the representative busi- 
 ness men of Los Angeles, where they are engaged 
 in the conduct of an extensive contracting and build- 
 ing business; Bessie, who had the distinction of be- 
 ing chosen "Queen of "Idaho" at the state fair 
 held in Boise in 1907, was united in marriage on the 
 4th of September, 1901, to Arthur E. Clark, of New 
 York, who is now cashier of the First National 
 Bank of Lewiston and vice-president of the Lewis- 
 ton Milling Company ; Genevieve is the wife of John 
 M. Bonner, cashier of the Lewiston National Bank; 
 Norma is the twin of Norman, mentioned in connec- 
 tion with the other son, Ralston, and she remains 
 in the parental home as yet, and is a popular factor 
 in the social activities of Lewiston. 
 
 EMMETT J. GEM MILL. A resident of Idaho since 
 territorial days, when he migrated to this section 
 and took up a homestead, Emmett J. Gemmill, of 
 Moscow, county assessor and ex-officio tax collec- 
 tor of Latah county, has for nearly thirty years 
 been identified with the growth and development 
 of his adopted locality, and has served with marked 
 efficiency in positions of public trust. A product of 
 the state of Wisconsin, as a young man he mi- 
 grated West in search of a locality where he might 
 find a field in which to win a position of independ- 
 ence, and the success which has attended his efforts 
 has given him no chance to regret his choice. Em- 
 mett J. Gemmill was born May 18, 1858, in Sauk 
 county, Wisconsin, and is a son of William J. and 
 Ellen (Cass) Gemmill. His father, a native of 
 Pennsylvania, settled in Wisconsin in 1856, where he 
 became engaged in farming and also rose to a high 
 position in the field of politics, filling various im- 
 portant offices. A member of the Methodist church, 
 he at all times took an interest in church work, and 
 died in 1898, when he was about seventy years of 
 age. In February, 1856, he was married in Indiana 
 to Ellen Cass, who was born in Vermont, and she 
 now makes her residence on the old homestead in 
 Sauk county, Wisconsin. They had a family of six 
 children, Emmett J. being the second in order of 
 birth. 
 
 Emmett J. Gemmill secured his education in the 
 public schools of Sauk county, and spent his boy- 
 hood in assisting his father on the home farm, but 
 at the age of seventeen years began to earn his first 
 money as a hand on neighboring farms. He fol- 
 lowed this line more or less until he was twenty- 
 four years of age, at which time he took a trip 
 to California. He spent but a short time in the 
 Golden . State, however, removing to Washington 
 territory, where he passed the following year in 
 various occupations. In May, 1884, he came to 
 Idaho, and settled on a homestead in what was 
 then Nez Perce county, and resided thereon until 
 January, 1907. In that year he came to Moscow to 
 serve his first term as assessor and ex-officio tax 
 collector of Latah county during 1907 and 1908, 
 and in 1910 was aga*in elected to this office, in 
 which he served until January, 1913. He has been 
 an active and enthusiastic Republican all of his 
 life. Although he is a member of no particular 
 religious denomination, Mr. Gemmill believes in all 
 church organizations, and donates liberally to move- 
 ments of a religious or charitable nature. Frater- 
 nally he belongs to the Odd Fellows and the Knights 
 of Pythias and all their auxiliaries. His vacations 
 are spent in hunting and fishing, and he has also 
 shown a fondness for good public speeches and 
 lectures and for good reading in general. His loy- 
 alty to his adopted state may be seen, when it is 
 given as his opinion that. Idaho has the best climate 
 and soil in the world, it being his contention that 
 government statistics show that Idaho in general 
 and Latah county in particular, give the heaviest 
 yield of wheat proportionately in the United States. 
 Mr. Gemmill is unmarried. 
 
 The signal services which Mr. Gemmill rendered 
 his adopted state as assessor and ex-officio tax col- 
 lector of Latah county cannot be overestimated. 
 He brought to his office the same enthusiasm that 
 marked his handling of private affairs, and in the 
 discharge of his duties he proved trustworthy, effi- 
 cient and conscientious. With supreme faith in Ida- 
 ho's future greatness, he supports all movements 
 tending in any way to benefit the State or its people ; 
 and as one who is daily proving his worth as a 
 public servant, well merits the commendation so 
 universally accorded him. 
 
 JOHN POLK WILLBURN came to Idaho in July, 1878, 
 and in 1888 located in the vicinity of Meridian. He 
 was one of the settlers there when the country was 
 new, continued to give his work and influence in 
 the development of the locality, and was one of the 
 most highly esteemed of the old settlers when his 
 death occurred on the first of June, 1910. 
 
 John P. Willburn was born in Ohio, November 29, 
 1844, a son of Russell and Anna (Satterfield) Will- 
 burn. The parents were also natives of Ohio, and 
 his father was a farmer and stonemason. In politics 
 he was a Democrat and a member of the Methodist 
 church. John P. Willburn was reared in^ his native 
 state, and was the fifth in a family of thirteen chil- 
 dren. About twenty years ago he brought his 
 parents, when very advanced in years, out to Idaho, 
 and they spent their last days in the vicinity of 
 Meridian. He attained his schooling in Ohio, and 
 at -the age of nineteen entered the Union army as 
 a private in Company I of the Sixty-third Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry. He took part in all the en- 
 gagements of his regiment during the remaining 
 years of the war. One of his brothers served in 
 the same company and another belonged to another 
 Ohio regiment. After the war Mr. Willburn located 
 in Kansas in 1867, and was engaged in farming in 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 that state. He was married while living in Kansas 
 to Miss Josephine Layton, and their one child, Mrs. 
 Cordilla Mason, now lives in Oklahoma, the wife 
 of William Mason, a school teacher. The mother died 
 in Kansas. In Bates county, Missouri, on March 
 , 1876, Mr. Willburn married as his second wife 
 Miss Vianna Frances Hudson, a daughter of Wil- 
 liam and Martha (Irwin) Hudson. Her parents were 
 born in Indiana and came to Missouri during the 
 early days. She was the fourth in a family of five 
 children. Her father was a farmer, a Democrat in 
 politics and belonged to the South Methodist church. 
 His death occurred in Missouri when Mrs. Willburn 
 was six years of age. Her mother later came out 
 to Idaho, where she lived until her death in Meridian 
 in 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Willburn had no children of 
 their own, but reared eight children, giving their 
 home and their kindness and affection to these chil- 
 dren in the same degree as if they had been their 
 own offspring. 
 
 Mr. Willburn built the first house in the town of 
 Meridian, and during his long residence there ac- 
 quired a large amount of property, which Mrs. Will- 
 burn now enjoys and controls. For a number ^of 
 years he served as marshal. He was affiliated with 
 the Woodmen of the World, the Knights of Labor 
 and the Farmers' Alliance. Both he and his wife 
 belonged to the Southern Methodist church, she 
 having joined that society when thirteen years of 
 age. Mr. Willburn, as one of the veterans of the 
 Civil war, was buried under the auspices of the 
 soldiers' organization of Boise. Mrs. Willburn is 
 a member of the Daughters of the American Revolu- 
 tion and the Women's Christian Temperance Union. 
 She owns and resides in a very pleasant home in 
 Meridian, owns seven lots in the town besides her 
 own home, and a hay ranch in Ada county. 
 
 JAMES M. HART. Postmaster of the town of 
 Meadows in Washington county, Mr. Hart is a 
 young business man of enterprise who has spent the 
 greater part of his life in the Northwest. and pos- 
 sesses to the full the spirit of this country. He has 
 followed merchandising lines, real estate, ranch- 
 ing and other occupations, and has already at- 
 tained a substantial position in business and as a 
 -citizen. 
 
 Born on October 12, 1876, in Little Rock, Arkan- 
 sas, James M. Hart is the son of Ransom C. and 
 Dora Hart. During his youth the parents moved 
 west to Oregon, locating at the town of Heppner. 
 They resided there until the memorable flood which 
 destroyed the most of the town and much other 
 property throughout the valley and also the lives of 
 many residents. The mother of Mr. Hart was 
 drowned in the rushing waters on June 16, 1904. 
 In the town of Heppner James M. Hart grew up 
 and attained his early education, being graduated 
 from the Heppner high school in the summer of 
 1894, a few years before the disaster in which his 
 mother met her death. 
 
 The first regular occupation in which he was 
 engaged after leaving school was as clerk in the 
 drug store of ^>hil Cohn, where he remained for 
 years and learned practically all the details of the 
 <lrug business. He was employed in a similar ca- 
 pacity for the two succeeding years by Tom Ayres, 
 now of Pendleton, Oregon, and then went to Day- 
 ton, Washington, where he worked for a year for 
 Joseph Day. He was later engaged in the grocery 
 business at Heppner, Oregon, but sold out and came 
 to Idaho and became identified with farming. At 
 the present time Mr. Hart is postmaster in New 
 Meadows in Adam county, and has considerable 
 
 business in real estate in this locality, where he owns 
 a town lot and residence. 
 
 Mr. Hart is a Republican, has been a regular sup- 
 porter of the party for many years and gave his as- 
 sistance to the campaigns of Mr. Taft during 1908 
 and 1912. Fraternally he is associated with the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of 
 Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order 
 of Elks, his relationship with the latter order be- 
 ing in Lodge No. 358 at Heppner. Heppner has 
 the distinction of being the smallest town in the 
 United States to support an Elk lodge. 
 
 On October 10, 1890, Mr. Hart was united in 
 marriage with Miss Iva Blake, daughter of Harvey 
 Blake, of Condon, Oregon, but late of Portland. 
 Mr. Blake was in the early days one of the most 
 successful sheep men in the country. In 1905 he 
 came to Idaho and purchased the old Cuddy Flour 
 .Mill, opening up the first market for grain in that 
 section of the state and afterward continued in his 
 work at that point. On the 27th of February, 1913, 
 he met death at Vancouver, Oregon, by the Ore- 
 gon Short Line Railroad, while walking along the 
 tracks. One son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Hart, Harvey B., aged seven years. 
 
 FRANK M. EBY is unquestionably one of the 
 leading real-estate men of this section of the state, 
 and he has been devoting his energy to this field of 
 activity since 1903, the year in which he first lo- 
 cated in Boise. He makes a specialty of farming 
 lands and has done his full share in the development 
 and settlement of the outlying farming districts of 
 the county and state in the years of his residence 
 here. 
 
 Born in Tamer county, Iowa, on May i, 1875, 
 Frank M. Eby is the son of M. F. and Caroline 
 (Reingh) Eby, natives of Ohio and Iowa respec- 
 tively. The father came to Iowa in the early pio- 
 neer days and settled in Tamer county on farm 
 land which he secured, and there made his home 
 until 1879 when he made his way to Montana. 
 He made the trip overland, in common with other 
 travelers of his day, and remained in Montana 
 until 1883, that year marking his advent into Idaho 
 as a settler. Locating in the Boise Valley he en- 
 gaged in the nursery business, which still occupies 
 his time and attention. The mother still lives, and 
 is now sixty-two years of age, while the father is 
 three years her senior. They were the parents of 
 six children, Frank M. being the oldest of the 
 number. 
 
 Frank Eby attended the schools of the district in 
 which the family located in Montana and he later 
 secured a share of his education in the public 
 schools of Boise city. He secured a high school 
 education, supplemented by a course of training 
 in a business college a little later on, and after leav- 
 ing school he engaged in agricultural pursuits, 
 which occupied his attention for about seven 
 years. He then sold out his farm and took up the 
 electrical business in Boise, and for four years he 
 was thus engaged, being the owner and proprietor 
 of the Boise Electrical Supply Company. He sold 
 the business to advantage, thereupon engaging in 
 the real estate business, in which he has made a 
 splendid success, as outlined in an opening para- 
 graph. , 
 
 On Christmas Day, 1896, Mr. Eby was united in 
 marriage with Miss Lottie Lindsay of Boise. She 
 is the daughter of Charles and Rebecca (James) 
 Lindsay, and was reared in this city. Six children 
 were born to. Mr. and Mrs. Eby, three of whom 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 are deceased. They are Fred B., born September, 
 1896, now attending school in Boise; Dexter, born 
 in 1901, and Melvin, born in 1905. Fillmore died at 
 eighteen months; Freda at three years and Selma 
 when nineteen months of age. 
 
 Mr. Eby is a member of the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows and his wife is a member of the 
 Christian church. He is a Republican, but not a 
 politician, his attention being devoted almost en- 
 tirely to his home and business interests. 
 
 ROBERT J. WOOD. From an ungainly, half-formed 
 municipality, lacking in grace and symmetry, with 
 a poor water system and rambling streets and 
 sidewalks, the city of Weiser has been transformed, 
 during the past several years, into a community of 
 which its residents may well be proud. Years of 
 experience and a wealth of ideas have been brought 
 into this work, and a large part of the credit for 
 the various improvements that have been and are 
 being made must be given to the present efficient city 
 engineer, Robert J. Wood, an earnest, hard-work- 
 ing official whose public spirit has led him to spare 
 neither himself nor his energies in carrying on a 
 campaign of melioration that deserves the grati- 
 tude of his fellow-townsmen. 
 
 Robert J. Wood was born in the city of Akron, 
 Ohio, November 9, 1872, and is a son of Alfred and 
 Sarah (Johns) Wood, who are both living in Ohio, 
 being seventy-two years of age. Alfred Wood dur- 
 ing his active years was a well-known mechanic, 
 and has been the father of six children, of whom 
 Robert J. Wood is the fourth in order of birth. 
 After attending the public schools of Akron, Rob- 
 ert J. Wood entered the Michigan School of Mines, 
 and after two years took up engineering work. In 
 1907 he came to Weiser, Idaho, and in partnership 
 with his brother opened offices, and the firm has 
 become one of the most successful in its line in 
 the Northwest. At this time the brothers have 
 the contract for the engineering work on Sunnyside 
 and Crane Creek, a project that involves an irrigation 
 district covering some 22,000 acres of land, and 
 various other large enterprises have retained their 
 services in a like capacity. In 1910 Robert J. Wood 
 was elected city engineer of Weiser, and here his 
 ability and public-spirit have been tested to the 
 utmost and not found wanting. He has planned all 
 of the improvements of the city, including eight 
 miles of water mains, the present water system, ten 
 miles of city sewers, and eighteen miles of street 
 grading and sidewalks, one of the most extensive 
 contracts of street and sidewalk improvement ever 
 carried on in the Northwest. Seventeen blocks of 
 paving work is already finished, making Weiser one 
 of the best-paved cities of its size in the state. Mr 
 Wood has brought to his official duties an enthusiasm 
 that is only bred of sincere and unquestioned faith 
 in his adopted community. He belongs to the class 
 of citizens known as "boosters," and neglects no 
 opportunity to make clear his view of the importance 
 of his city, his county and his state. In politics, 
 he supports Democratic principles, but his activities 
 have been of such a nature as to win the admiration 
 of men of all parties, and the city probably has no 
 more popular official. Fraternally, he is connected 
 with the local lodge of the Woodmen of the World 
 and he also holds membership in the Weiser Com- 
 mercial Club. During his residence in Idaho his 
 work has been of a nature to gain him a wide 
 acquaintance, among which he numbers numerous 
 sincere friends. 
 
 Mr. Wood was married in 1893, in Cleveland 
 Ohio, to Miss Kathrine Louise Whiteman. and to this 
 
 union one child has been born : Josephine, who is 
 now fourteen years of age and a student in the 
 Weiser public schools. The family attends the Epis- 
 copal church. 
 
 CHARLES H. ANDREWS. Idaho in particular and 
 the great west in general seems to be a part of 
 the country where a man, who has given many years 
 of his life to a certain definite business may come, 
 and not only make a success of his work in some 
 entirely new line of endeavor, but also be very 
 happy in it. This has been the case with Charles H. 
 Andrews, who during eighteen years of his life 
 was engaged in various kinds of work in the middle 
 west, but who, on coming to Idaho, proceeded to 
 develop into a very successful rancher. He is also 
 the postmaster of the town of Wendell, Idaho, where 
 he resides. No man in Wendell may claim more 
 friends than can Mr. Andrews, although his resi- 
 dence here has not been of a long duration. A man 
 of high ideals, with a well-trained mind and great 
 force of character, it is a natural consequence that 
 he should succeed in any undertaking. 
 
 It was on the 9th of January, 1869, that Charles 
 H. Andrews was born at Arlington, Massachusetts. 
 He was educated in the public schools of that city 
 and in Lexington, but he was never especially fond 
 of his school books, and he left his home at an early 
 age and enlisted in the United States army, in the 
 Fourth Regular Infantry. This important event in 
 his life occurred in 1890, at Boston, Massachusetts. 
 He was sent to New York soon after and was later 
 stationed at Fort Sherman. He was active in the 
 miners' strike and, after a time, was made private 
 secretary for General Carlin. He was made a non- 
 commissioned officer on the I5th of September, 1891, 
 retaining that position until he was honorably dis- 
 charged in 1893. 
 
 _ After this episode he went to Milwaukee, Wiscon- 
 sin, where he took the civil service examinations, 
 and on the isth of August, 1894, he was appointed 
 to duty on the Wisconsin Central Railroad, and one 
 month later was transferred to the Chicago & Alton. 
 Here he ran on the Midnight Special between 
 Chicago and St. Louis for fourteen years. 
 
 Being too busy and too strpng-natured a man to 
 form any bad habits, and being very ambitious to 
 some day get into _ business for himself, Mr. An- 
 drews had saved his money during all these years, 
 until by 1908 he had a fairly good-sized bank ac- 
 count. He therefore determined that the time was 
 ripe for his attempt, and resigning, on the first day 
 of September, 1908, he came to Wendell, Idaho. 
 Here he took up a homestead in the North Side 
 Tract and began ranching, an occupation that was 
 entirely new to him; but being possessed of a gen- 
 erous allowance of pluck and perseverance, he has 
 made a great success of the work. His ranch is now 
 in a high state of cultivation and is valuable, because 
 of its location as well, for it is adjoining the town 
 of Wendell. Mrs. Andrews is also a ranch owner, 
 her property consisting of an eighty, which is also 
 adjacent to Wendell. Mr. Andrews built and owned 
 one of the first residences in Wendell and later 
 built and became the owner of the best business 
 block in the town at the time it was erected. 
 
 On the 3rd of March, 1911, Mr. Andrews was ap- 
 pointed postmaster of Wendell by Mr. Taft. A bitter 
 fight was made against him for, like every strong 
 and unafraid man, he has enemies, and in addition 
 there were those who would have liked to have the 
 plum of the postmastership for their own. How- 
 ever, his record won the fight for him. Very few 
 men could show a record so strongly marked with 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 just those qualities necessary to a government official 
 in any rank, and he won the place as a result. 
 
 In the fraternal societies Mr. Andrews is a mem- 
 ber of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of 
 King Solomon Chapter No. 54, and he is also a 
 member of the Knights of Pythias, in which he is a 
 past chancellor of the order. 
 
 On October 3, 1893, Mr. Andrews married Miss 
 Jennie M. Edmunds, who was born in Milwaukee, 
 Wisconsin, and they have one daughter, Kathryn. 
 
 RUEL D. HUBBARD. As president and manager of 
 the Globe Optical Company, Incorporated, of Boise, 
 Idaho, an enterprise the steady growth and devel- 
 opment of which has been due to his constant and 
 persistent effort, Ruel D. Hubbard holds a promi- 
 nent position among the successful business men of 
 the city, where he has resided since 1906. His 
 entire career has been spent in his present line of 
 endeavor and the extent of his abilities is shown in 
 the f:ict that the business of which he is now the 
 directing head is the largest of its kind in the state 
 and bears a high reputation throughout the West. 
 Mr. Hubbard is a native of Johnson county, Kansas, 
 and was born March 21, 1877, a son of David and 
 JanetU- ( Merrill) Hubbard. 
 
 David Hubbard was born in New Hampshire, and 
 in 1863 removed to Johnson county, Kansas, serving 
 in the commissary department of the United States 
 government during the Civil war. For a number 
 of years he was United States revenue collector at 
 Lawrence, Kansas, and there engaged successfully 
 in the grain business. At this time he is living 
 retired in Denver, Colorado, although he has ex- 
 tensive interests in investments and bonds. Mr. 
 Hubbard married Janette Merrill, who was born 
 in Vermont, in 1836, and died in 1908, when seventy- 
 two years of age. They had a family of five chil- 
 dren, of whom Ruel D. was the youngest. 
 
 After attending the public schools of Olathe, Kan- 
 sas, at the age of eighteen years Ruel D. Hubbard 
 began the study of the optical business, in the me- 
 chanical department. He served four years in learn- 
 ing the details of this vocation, and in 1906, thor- 
 oughly equipped, came to Boise and established 
 himself in business under the firm name Globe Opti- 
 cal Company. In 1909 the concern was incorporated, 
 with Mr. Hubbard as president and manager, ca- 
 pacities in which he has continued to act to the 
 present time. It has enjoyed a healthy and con- 
 tinuous growth under his able management and is 
 rated as the largest firm of optical goods whole- 
 salers, manufacturers and jobbers in the state, deal- 
 ing exclusively in all manner of optical goods. For 
 four years (1907-1911) Mr. Hubbard was secretary 
 of the State Board of Optometry, and gained and 
 maintained a high position in his calling as well as 
 in the field of business. Mr. Hubbard has identified 
 himself with various movements organized to ad- 
 vance the interests of his adopted city and State, 
 and is a director of the Idaho State Fair associa- 
 tion. His success has been due entirely to his own 
 efforts, and his career has been of unblemished char- 
 acter. Like all healthy men of the West, he is a keen 
 sportsman and he has also interested himself in fra- 
 ternal work, belonging to the Eagles and the Mod- 
 ern Woodmen of America. He also holds mem- 
 bership in the Commercial Club, where he has a 
 number of warm friends, as he has, indeed, through- 
 out the city. In politics, Mr. Hubbard exercises 
 his prerogative of voting for the candidate he deems 
 best fitted to guard the community's interests, re- 
 gardless of party lines. His pleasant residence is 
 situated at No. 814 North Thirteenth street. 
 
 E. H. PLOWHEAD. A native son of Idaho, where 
 he ha: resided all of his life with the exception of 
 some years while he was securing his education, E. 
 H. Plowhead, cashier of the Caldwell Commercial 
 Bank of Caldwell, has raised himself to a position 
 of importance in his community through the ex- 
 ercise of inherent ability and persistent effort. Since 
 1907 he has been in Caldwell, and connected with 
 the institution of which he is now cashier, and his 
 rise in business and financial circles has been con- 
 tinuous and steady, as well as in the confidence and 
 esteem of the people of this city. 
 
 The father, Jacob Plowhead, emigrated to the 
 United States from Switzerland, his native land, in 
 1855, his destination being California, but located in 
 New York City until spring of 1856, then traveled 
 westward to St. Joseph, Mo., remaining there until 
 October, 1856, then went to Richardson county, 
 Xeb., took up a section of land and remained there 
 six years with the exception of the last seven 
 months in which he was in the volunteer service of 
 the Third Missouri State Militia. On June 9, 1862. 
 he joined a western bound emigrant train with his 
 destination as Washington or Oregon. He reached 
 Oregon in the fall of 1862 remaining but a short 
 time and packed into the Boise Basin. He fol- 
 lowed mining until 1864 then settled on a home- 
 stead at Middleton, Idaho, he being a pioneer. He 
 returned to Switzerland in 1871 where he was mar- 
 ried to Miss Magdalena Luthie. He followed team- 
 ing, fanning, dairying and for a time was a nur- 
 seryman. He was one of the organizers of the Cald- 
 well Commercial Bank. His death occurred Janu- 
 ary 6, 1906, while his widow still survives him, liv- 
 ing at Middleton at the age of sixty-nine years. 
 
 They had six children, one dying in infancy. E. 
 H., being the third in order of birth, was born 
 November 9, 1876. 
 
 E. H. Plowhead received his early education in 
 the public schools of Middleton, following which 
 he became a student in the College of Idaho, where 
 he was graduated with the class of 1895. Subse- 
 quently he went to the University of Nebraska, and 
 then took a business course in a Chicago institution, 
 and in 1898 came back to Idaho and secured a posi- 
 tion as clerk. For one year he held a position as 
 a grocery clerk in Boise and in that city in 1900 
 established himself in business as the proprietor of a 
 grocery. His advent in Caldwell was in 1907, when 
 he came to Caldwell to accept the position of assist- 
 ant cashier of the Caldwell Banking & Trust Co., 
 now the Caldwell Commercial Bank, and in January, 
 1911, he became cashier of this old and solid institu- 
 tion, in which capacity he has continued to act to 
 the present time. He is now a stockholder in this 
 b?nk and a member of the directing board, being 
 also a director in other institutions. Mr. Plow- 
 head's abilities are unquestioned, and his activities 
 have served to extend the bank's business materially. 
 His strict integrity and probity of character have 
 served to secure the confidence of the concern's 
 depositors, among whom he numbers many warm 
 friends. He is a Republican in his political views, 
 but has not cared for nor found time to enter public 
 life, his only interest in public matters being that 
 taken by every good citizen who has the welfare of 
 his community at heart. Mr. Plowhead serves as a 
 trustee of the College of Idaho. 
 
 On June 20, 1906, Mr. Plowhead was married at 
 Caldwell, to Miss Ruth G. Gipson, daughter of Mr. 
 and Mrs. A. E. Gipson of this city, and one child has 
 blessed this union: Ruth, born June 24, 1907. Mrs. 
 Plowhead is a consistent member of the Baptist 
 church. 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 He has been active in the affairs of the city and a 
 leader in Commercial Club activities, being actively 
 identified with every progressive movement since 
 his location in Caldwell. 
 
 Perhaps the most marked achievement in Com- 
 mercial Club activities was made when as chairman 
 of the Publicity Fund committee, of which plan he 
 was the leader, he succeeded in raising a fund much 
 larger than even the most sanguine supporters 
 thought possible. 
 
 Mr. Plowhead does not do things for the plaudits 
 of the people as he acts from principle only, being 
 perfectly content in doing what he thinks right and 
 . to cheerfully accept whatever may be the result. 
 
 JOHN W. SUR, who is a prominent and influen- 
 tial citizen at Payette, Idaho, has here maintained 
 his home since 1907, his attention being devoted to 
 the shoe business. He was born in Effingham, Illi- 
 nois, January 6, 1877, and he is a son of Joseph and 
 Sophia (Weaver) Sur, the former of whom was 
 born in Germany, and the latter, in Dayton, Ohio. 
 Joseph Sur lived in Germany until he had reached 
 his fourteenth year when he emigrated to America 
 and located in St. Louis, remaining in that city for a 
 short time. Later he removed to Illinois and set- 
 tled on a farm near Effingham, where he became a 
 prominent agriculturist and stock raiser. He died 
 in 1893, aged sixty-five years, and his devoted wife 
 passed away aged sixty-three years. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Joseph Sur became the parents of four sons and 
 two daughters, all of whom were living in 1912 ex- 
 cept one boy and one girl. 
 
 To the public and parochial schools of Effingham, 
 Illinois, John W. Sur is indebted for his preliminary 
 educational training. At the age of fourteen years 
 he entered upon an apprenticeship to learn the trade 
 of shoemaker. For five years he worked at the 
 shoe business in Effingham and for ten years he 
 was in the employ of a shoe concern with another 
 firm. Subsequently he entered into a partnership 
 alliance with Theodore S. Gramhorst and for the 
 ensuing five years they conducted a successful shoe 
 business at Effingham. August 7, 1907, after dis- 
 posing of his interests in the above place, Mr. Sur 
 came to Payette, Idaho, and here opened a strictly 
 up-to-date shoe store. His establishment is now 
 recognized as one of the best paying shoe stores 
 in this section of the state and his large and lucra- 
 tive business is due to the splendid stock he carries 
 and to his own good management. He is strictly 
 a self-made man and his splendid success in life 
 offers both lesson and incentive to the younger gen- 
 eration. In politics he is a stanch Democrat and 
 in a fraternal way he is affiliated with the Knights 
 of Columbus. His religious faith is in harmony 
 with the tenets of the Catholic church, of which he 
 is a devout communicant. 
 
 August 3, 1906, Mr. Sur was united in marriage 
 to Miss E. B. Jacobson, a daughter of M. A. Jacob- 
 son, a well known business man in Payette. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Sur have two children : Dorothy Pauline, 
 born in 1908, and Aroma Bell, born in 1910. 
 
 WILLIAM P. GUTHRIE. A keen interest is natur- 
 ally felt in tracing the footsteps of those who have 
 reached elevated positions in public confidence and 
 have wielded their influence for public good, and this 
 is especially true in the case of those who have won 
 merited distinction in American law; who have un- 
 deviatingly followed the dictates of truth and integ- 
 rity, and have thus raised the ministrations of law in 
 public estimation. In this connection it is not inap- 
 propriate to sketch the career of William P. Guthrie, 
 
 whose record as an attorney and public official is one 
 which may be used as a guide by younger members 
 of the profession in their pursuit of reputation, dis- 
 tinction and position. Mr. Guthrie, who is one of 
 the pioneer legal practitioners of Twin Falls, Idaho, 
 was born at Bethany, Moultrie county, Illinois, July 
 n, 1870, and is a son of David and Phoebe (McKay) 
 Guthrie. His father was a native of Kentucky and 
 his mother of Pennsylvania. David Guthrie served 
 in an Illinois volunteer regiment in the Fifteenth 
 Army Corps during the Civil war for three years and 
 eight months, and was wounded at the Battle of 
 Atlanta. He died in 1908, at Bethany, where his 
 widow, a native of the Prairie State, still resides. 
 They had two children: William P., and Barbara, 
 who married Ray Coleman, and lives at Bethany. 
 
 After attending the public and high schools of his 
 native place, William P. Guthrie entered Southern 
 Illinois College, at Enfield, and was graduated there- 
 from with the degree of B. S. in 1893, following 
 which he attended thfe University of Indiana, and in 
 1895 received his degree in law. He was at once 
 admitted to practice and chose for his field the city 
 of Sullivan, Illinois, where he remained two years. 
 In 1896 he was the Republican nominee for state's 
 attorney, during the Bryan boom, but was defeated 
 by eleven votes, although he ran far ahead of his 
 ticket. In 1897 he left Illinois for the northwest, 
 and in August of that year located in Yakima, 
 Washington, where he formed a law partnership 
 with W. L. Jones, now United States senator from 
 Washington, and this association continued until 
 1904, during which time Mr. Guthrie served as pros- 
 ecuting attorney for Yakima county for four years, 
 being elected on the Republican ticket. In 1904 Mr. 
 Guthrie closed his offices in Yakima and came to 
 Twin Falls, Idaho, having become convinced that this 
 section offered great opportunities for the ambitious, 
 and he. has had no reason to regret his change, as 
 his professional business is large and his position in 
 public esteem assured. From 1908 to 1910 he served 
 in the capacity of county 'attorney, but at this time 
 is giving his entire attention to his large general 
 practice. He is a stockholder in the Twin Falls Bank 
 & Trust Company, is the owner of valuable ranch 
 lands in the county, and has a pleasant, modern 
 residence in the city. A close and careful student, 
 Mr. Guthrie has one of the finest law and private 
 libraries in the state. Fraternally, he has devoted 
 much attention to the Masonic order, and has at- 
 tained to the thirty-second degree in Masonry. 
 
 In 1897 Mr. Guthrie was married to Miss Nellie 
 Robinson of Evansville, Indiana, and they have one 
 daughter, Iris. The family enjoys the friendship 
 of the people of Twin Falls, and both Mr. and Mrs. 
 Guthrie are widely known in charitable matters and 
 in work connected with the Presbyterian church. 
 Mr. Guthrie has a deep and abiding faith in the 
 future of his adopted locality and does not hesitate 
 to state it as his belief that Twin Falls, both city 
 and county, have the greatest opportunities of any 
 section of Idaho, that Twin Falls county ranch lands 
 will soon be selling at a premium and that Idaho 
 is destined to become one of the greatest states in 
 the Union from every standpoint. Essentially an out- 
 of-door man, Mr. Guthrie is fond of hunting and 
 fishing, and makes numerous trips to the Pacific 
 coast, accompanied by his wife. 
 
 PATRICK BYRNE. Ireland has furnished the 
 United States with some of its most representative 
 men, and they are to be found in every rank and 
 walk of life. The sons of Erin possess those quali- 
 ties which make for success and bring them into 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 favorable notice, so that they are welcomed in any 
 community. Devotion to family ties is another 
 strong feature of the Irish character, and when one 
 member of a family has attained to success, it in- 
 variably becomes his self-imposed duty to share 
 his good fortune with the others of his name, this 
 being in no sense inappropriate when connected 
 with the Byrne family of Lincoln county, Idaho, 
 which has been prominently identified with agricul- 
 tural matters for upwards of a quarter of a cen- 
 tury here and among which may be found some of 
 this locality's most highly respected citizens. 
 
 The Byrne family was founded in the United 
 States in 1887, at a place named Byrne, by Michael 
 J. Byrne, who came to this country as a poor emi- 
 grant lad and worked his way to a position of promi- 
 nence in industrial and commercial life, through 
 the sheer force ol his own efforts and continued 
 industry. Following him to this country came his 
 brothers, Thomas J. and Patrick Byrne, who also 
 succeeded in business life and became prominent 
 ranchmen and stock raisers in Idaho. In 1900 the 
 sons sent for their parents, Thomas and Catherine 
 (Dolan) Byrne, who came direct from the Emerald 
 Isle to Idaho and settled in the home that had been 
 prepared for them, bringing with them the re- 
 mainder of the family, all of whom have become 
 well known and well-to-do citizens: John, a mer- 
 chant of Blackfoot, Idaho; Mary, who married 
 Thomas J. Ivers, a rancher and stock raiser of 
 Blaine county; Nellie, who married J. J. Turner, 
 a ranchman and dairyman of Richfield, and Doro- 
 thy, who married J. D. Turner, brother of J. J. 
 Turner, and also a successful ranchman . of Rich- 
 field. Three other children are deceased. In 1910 
 the father disposed of his interests in Byrne and 
 purchased a ranch adjacent to Richfield, where he 
 has continued to enjoy uniform prosperity. In his 
 native country he was a prominent Nationalist, 
 but since coming to the United States has taken 
 only a good citizen's interest in public matters. 
 The sons are all independent in their political views, 
 with the exception of John, who gives his support 
 to the principles of the Republican party. 
 
 Patrick and Thomas J. Byrne formed a partner- 
 ship in 1905 and opened a meat business in Rich- 
 field, the pioneer establishment of its kind in the 
 city, this having since been extended to cover whole- 
 sale dealing as well as retail, and to this has been 
 added a successful mercantile business. They are 
 interested extensively in ranching and stock raising 
 and slaughter all of their own animals for their meat 
 business, and their operations have been so prose- 
 cuted that they are conceded to hold positions 
 among the most solid and substantial men of Lin- 
 coln county. The record of the Byrne brothers 
 since they came to the United States as poor emi- 
 grant boys, without capital or friends, has been a 
 noteworthy one, and in their careers there is to be 
 found a lesson for the youth of any land, a lesson 
 that teaches the fact that industry and integrity, 
 with abilities directed along the proper channels 
 are bound to bring success and that in this way 
 may also be gained the respect and esteem of their 
 fellow-men. 
 
 GEORGE WILLIAM TANNAHILL. Men of talent and 
 integrity constitute a prosperous state, especially if 
 public sentiment is such that that class of men are 
 given the opportunity to exert any influence, and 
 fortunate it is for this country that such men are 
 usually honored with position. Among these may 
 be decidedly numbered George William Tannahill, 
 whose activities and legal connections have made him 
 
 one of the leading attorneys of Nez Perec county. 
 Mr. Tannahill belongs to a family that is widely 
 known in legal circles of the West, having an uncle 
 occupying a Judicial position in Iowa, and a brother, 
 Samuel O. Tannahill, is also well known as an at- 
 torney in Idaho. His other brother, John L. Tanna- 
 hill, is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Oklahoma. 
 His father, John L. Tannahill, was for years a 
 prominent contractor and builder, but passed away 
 in 1875, and was buried at Chautauqua, Kansas, in 
 which city his widow, Almira (Jones) Tannahill, 
 still makes her home. 
 
 George William Tannahill was born at Selma, 
 Iowa, July 2, 1871, and was but three years of age 
 when his father died. He received his education in 
 the public and high schools of Sedan, Iowa, and at 
 the a"jje of seventeen years removed to the state of 
 Washington, where he secured employment as a 
 farm hand in Garfield county. He was thus en- 
 gaged for one year, succeeding which he was en- 
 gaged in farming on his own account for two years 
 in the same county, in the meantime saving his 
 meagre earnings thriftily. He then came to Leland, 
 Idaho, where for three years he conducted a suc- 
 cessful mercantile business, and while thus engaged 
 continued to assiduously study law, finally disposing 
 of his interests and entering the university at Val- 
 paraiso, Indiana. There he entered upon the study 
 of his chosen profession in the spring of 1895, and 
 in the fall of 1897 was graduated, immediately fol- 
 lowing which he entered practice at Lewiston. His 
 success was almost immediate, and from that time 
 he has made rapid strides in his profession, of 
 which he is now an acknowledged leader in Idaho. 
 A Democrat in his political views, he has been an 
 active worker and able speaker in behalf of its 
 principles and candidates, and in 1912 was tendered 
 the nomination for United States senator, but owing 
 to personal reasons refused. He is a member of the 
 board of trustees of the State Normal School. 
 Fraternally, Mr. Tannahill is a thirty-second de- 
 gree Mason, an Elk and a member of the Woodmen 
 of the World and the Knights of Pythias. He is 
 the owner of a large tract of ranch land in Nez 
 Perce county, as well as city realty in Lewiston. 
 Mr. Tannahill's life has been one of tireless indus- 
 try and perseverance. From the time as a farm hand 
 he began work in the West, his mind was set upon 
 one goal, and he steadfastly pursued a well-directed 
 course until that goal was reached. With the best 
 years of his life still before him, and taking what 
 he has accomplished in the past as a criterion of 
 the future, surely here is one _ whose subsequent 
 career will be well worth watching. 
 
 CHARLES C. HAYNES. Few names are better known 
 in Idaho than that of Charles C. Haynes and its 
 mention cannot fail to arouse warm interest in 
 many sections of the country, recalling to people 
 in every walk of life one to whose great personal 
 courage and wonderful skill they have been much 
 indebted. The life of Mr. Haynes has covered an 
 exceptional period of his country's growth, and in 
 no way has change come about more definitely than 
 in the development of transportation. In this par- 
 ticular line, beginning as a youth of eighteen years, 
 he was more or less a pioneer, driving his first 
 stage coach through the peaceful valleys of his 
 native state, Ohio, but soon pushing onward and ever 
 westward, until his, almost alone, was the courage 
 to face the wily Indian or road agent through the 
 wild mountain regions, and the skill to control the 
 frantic teams that were dashing along precipices or 
 through mountain passes, carrying civilization's rep- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 resentatives to the distant frontiers. In the peace 
 that now surrounds his honored age there is 
 little to suggest the tempestuous life he had to live 
 during the Civil war and the following period of 
 rapid western settlement, nor, in the quiet, unosten- 
 tatious, genial gentleman, would the visitor see the 
 hero of mountain storms, raging cataracts, runaway 
 horses, stolen baggage and endangered lives, the loss 
 of which at times, might have changed the policies 
 of nations as well as have brought personal sorrow 
 beyond reparation. 
 
 Charles C. Haynes was born at Liverpool, Medina 
 county, Ohio, on March 27, 1837, and commenced 
 staging in his native state, driving on the old Co- 
 lumbus pike, between Cleveland and Medina. In 
 1856 he went to Michigan and drove for Humphrey 
 & Hibbard, out of Lansing, on the Grand Rapids 
 road, and subsequently was employed on the De- 
 troit roads. In 1857 he went to Kalamazoo, and 
 began driving for Patterson & Glenn, on the Allegan 
 road, following which he drove out of Grand Rapids 
 to and from the Milwaukee Railroad. He naturally 
 feels somewhat proud of the fact that he drove out 
 of Grand Rapids the last team, when the first rail- 
 road was finished into that city, about the middle 
 of July, 1857, when palatial steam cars took the 
 place of the more ancient Concord coaches. 
 
 Leaving Michigan, Mr. Haynes then went to 
 Iowa and began driving for the Western Stage 
 Company, on the Iowa City and Des Moines road, 
 until the Rock Island Railroad was finished to 
 within one mile of the Iowa city. That part of the 
 Hawkeye State did not please him and in . the fall 
 of 1857 he went to Davenport, and traveled with 
 the manager of Van Amburgh's great circus as far 
 as St. Louis, visiting all the prominent towns along 
 the way on both sides of the Father of Waters. 
 While in St. Louis, he drove bus for several months 
 for Valentine & Company, the express men, to and 
 from the railroad depots and steamboat landings. 
 
 When the original Overland Mail Company was 
 organized and put into operation, in September, 
 
 1858, Mr. Haynes went to Tipton, Missouri, which 
 by that time had become quite a staging center, 
 the overland coaches for San Francisco starting 
 semi-weekly from that point. At that time it was 
 the terminus of the Missouri Pacific, the farthest 
 western line of railway east of the Rockies. Here 
 he went into the employ of Moore & Walker, and 
 drove west on the Independence Stage Road. In 
 
 1859, after the close of the border ruffian excite- 
 ment in Kansas, he pushed westward to Leaven- 
 worth, then the great metropolis of Kansas terri- 
 tory, and began driving for the Kansas Stage Com- 
 pany on the old Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley 
 military road, between Leavenworth and Topeka. 
 Most of the time for nearly two years in the terri- 
 torial days of Kansas he drove into and out of 
 Topeka, which has since become the state capital 
 and one of the most beautiful cities of its size 
 in the great West. 
 
 Early in 1861, when the Civil war broke out, 
 the overland mail route was changed north to St. 
 Joseph, Missouri, but soon afterward Atchison was 
 made the starting point for the stages. In the lat- 
 ter part of that year Mr. Haynes was employed by 
 that company, driving from a number of points on 
 the great line between Atchison and the Rockies, 
 until 1866, when he went to Salt Lake and began 
 work on the Montana road. In 1866 he drifted out 
 to California, and was employed by the Wells- 
 Fargo Express Company on the Overland and Dutch 
 Flat road, remaining there until 1868, when he re- 
 turned to Salt Lake and began driving on the 
 
 Montana road for the same company. In the spring 
 of 1869 he was sent put on the west road between 
 Salt Lake and Austin, Nevada, and took charge 
 of the last division, from Jacob's Wells to Shell 
 Creek. 
 
 In May, 1869, when the Union and Central Pacific 
 Railways were completed and formed the first trans- 
 continental line, Mr. Haynes hauled off the stage 
 stock on the overland, and put it on the Elko and 
 White Pine road. White Pine at that time was 
 one of Nevada's great silver camps. He then went 
 driving again, and continued until the fall of 1870, 
 when the went into the employ of the Northwestern 
 Stage Company, as division agent from Elko, Ne- 
 vada, to Boise City, Idaho. On this important line 
 he had charge of two hundred and seventy-five 
 miles of road. In 1872 he was transferred to the 
 old reliable Overland from Boise City to Kenton 
 as division agent, and was in charge of that road 
 until 1875. He then went to the Pacific slope and 
 took charge of the permanent road from the end 
 of the Southern Pacific to Bakersfield, California, 
 for the Coast Stage Company. He ran this line un- 
 til the railroad was completed to Los Angeles, then 
 coming east as far as Mountain, Nevada, and ran 
 a stage line of his own until 1879 to Tuscarora. 
 Selling out, he returned to Boise City and again 
 took charge of the Overland route for Gilmer, Salis- 
 bury & Company, until 1880, in which year he re- 
 signed and went to the Wood River country, where 
 he secured a mail contract from Ketchum to Saw- 
 tooth City, and put into operation a stage line of 
 his own. After running it three months he sold 
 out and retired to his ranch on Goose Creek, where 
 he lived until 1889. In all the history of the West, 
 there was no more competent, faithful or obliging 
 driver than Charley Haynes. No commission was 
 too dangerous for him to take. During the early 
 sixties when he was driving for Ben Holliday, the 
 noted "Millionaire Stage King," he passed through 
 experiences and dangers that would have caused 
 a man of less courage to give up the vocation for 
 all time. Day and night, through hundreds of miles, 
 he rode over the Kansas prairies, along the little 
 Blue river, in southern Nebraska, and through the 
 wild buffalo and Indian country on the Platte be- 
 tween Fort Kearney and Cottonwood Springs. At 
 all times he was faithful to his trust, safeguard- 
 ing his passengers and bringing his valuable freight 
 through to its destination. 
 
 Mr. Haynes has held a number of important offi- 
 cial positions, serving as deputy United States 
 marshal under Fred T. Du Boise and Joseph Rink- 
 haus, was constable of Shoshone for many years, 
 and acted as the first sheriff of Lincoln county. 
 In political matters he is a Republican, but exer- 
 cises his prerogative of voting for the man he deems 
 best fitted for the office, regardless of party lines. 
 In 1889 he purchased the Dewey House, at Sho- 
 shone, and was engaged in hotel keeping until the 
 caravansary was destroyed by fire in November, 
 1890. Most of his time now is spent in looking 
 after his town property, and he is a striking figure 
 on the streets of Shoshone, with his silvery hair 
 and beajd. Admired and respected by everyone, he 
 is affectionately known as "Uncle Charley," and he 
 is known by young and old between the Missouri 
 and the Pacific. Mr. Haynes is the owner of one 
 of the old Concord coaches, built by the Abbott- 
 Downing Company many years ago, and he is very 
 proud of it. It is a handsome vehicle, not as his- 
 toric as Buffalo Bill's celebrated Deadwood coach, 
 but one of the finest turned out of the manufac- 
 tory. The old vehicle is a little marred by the In- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1015 
 
 dians' bullets and arrows, but otherwise he keeps 
 it looking as neat as the first day it came out of 
 the old Granite State. For a number of years he 
 ran this stage to the Falls of Shoshone, twenty- 
 six miles distant, transporting tourists and others 
 who desired to view the wonderful Niagara of the 
 great Northwest, and the charming scenery be- 
 tween the two points. The old stage coach, which 
 originally had six horses, has carried through the 
 romantic scenery of Idaho hundreds and thousands 
 of people, many of them leading citizens from all 
 parts of the country. In 1897, Hon. William Jen- 
 nings Bryan, how secretary of state, with his wife 
 and three children, rode in it from Shoshone to 
 Blue Lakes and Shoshone Falls, while the distin- 
 guished guest was on his trip to Yellowstone 
 Park. Concerning a previous journey he had made, 
 Mr. Bryan wrote to the editor of the Shoshone 
 Journal, under date 'of May 25, 1897, as follows : 
 "Our driver. Capt. C C. Haynes, was so experienced, 
 and his horses so fast, that the twenty-five-mile 
 coach ride across the lava-covered plain was made 
 in less than four hours, and was neither tiresome 
 nor unpleasant." 
 
 Frank A. Root, in writing of his western trip in 
 the summer of 1905, says : "While on a trip -to the 
 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition late in the 
 summer of 1905, in going over the 'Oregon Short 
 Line' through Idaho, I stopped off for a few days 
 at Shoshone where I visited with Mr. Charles C. 
 Haynes, one of the old Overland stage drivers, and 
 my warm, true friend for more than four decades. 
 Two score of years had elapsed since we had seen 
 each other. The last time we met, before the clos- 
 ing of the noted staging era, was out on the plains 
 in the sixties, several hundred miles beyond the 
 Missouri river. 
 
 "The brief visit I was now making with the vet- 
 eran Jehu was greatly enjoyed by us both as we 
 sat for hours at a time and rehearsed the almost 
 forgotten events of the early days on the old trail. 
 In talking over the long-gone-by staging days on 
 the famous overland highway, among other things 
 Haynes related an incident that happened when he 
 was a pioneer in Kansas during the territorial era, 
 way back in '59. He was then employed by the 
 Kansas Stage Company on the route between Lea- 
 vemvorth and Topeka, and was on his drive to the 
 prospective state capital, sitting on the box of one 
 of the newest modern canvas-covered four-horse 
 Concord stages. Inside the stage were several pas- 
 sengers ticketed to Topeka. The only man who 
 occupied an outside seat on the box with the early 
 driver was the pioneer Colonel Isaac E. Eaton, of 
 Leavenworth. 
 
 "The colonel was a prominent citizen of Kansas, 
 even in territorial days, and for a number of years 
 following its admission into the Union as a state 
 was known in political gatherings as the Kansas 
 'Democratic War Horse.' Haynes was holding the 
 lines at the time between Mount Florence and To- 
 peka via the old historic towns of Grasshopper 
 Falls and Indianola. In the little schoolhouse at 
 the falls there *as a lady teacher employed and 
 on that day she decided to exercise her prerogative. 
 She made a brief talk to the pupils, dismissing 
 school early in the afternoon in order that the boys 
 and girls might, for the first time in their lives, 
 have an opportunity of viewing a Concord stage 
 coach. The sight of this much admired vehicle 
 as it came along near the schoolhouse was enjoyed 
 about as much by the teacher as it was by the pupils 
 under her training. The children were all eagerly 
 
 lookine for something new to them. Every moment 
 vol. m s 
 
 they seemed to be getting more restless for the 
 coming of the old stage coach. The approach of 
 a circus entering the town at the time could hardly 
 have been a more exciting moment for the anxious 
 youngsters. Colonel Eaton, an old stage man him- 
 self, seemed unusually pleased with the incident 
 and watched with no little interest the final out- 
 come. He had not forgotten that he had once been 
 a child himself, hence could sympathize the more 
 earnestly with the anxious little ones. This oc- 
 casion was one of the most pleasing moments in 
 Haynes' long career as a 'Knight of the Lash' on 
 the box. As he neared the schoolhouse a delightful 
 sensation suddenly crept over him, only a few rods 
 distant stood the smiling 'school marm,' together 
 with a score or more of happy pupils between the 
 road and the schoolhouse where they had for some 
 minutes been so earnestly watching. When he 
 drove up with his handsome team opposite to them 
 they were all full of smiles and joined in a hearty 
 greeting. The genial driver and his passengers 
 gracefully bowed; the girls waved their handker- 
 chiefs and modestly shouted ; and the boys not only 
 yelled at the tops of their voices in hurrahing, but 
 as is usual with Young America, took off_ and 
 swung their hats high above their heads. This all 
 transpired in a much shorter time that it requires 
 to tell as the famous Concord vehicle rumbled 
 along over the hard, smoothly trodden highway 
 past the pioneer school building of the little town, 
 and after a brief delay in changing horses and mail, 
 the old stage coach was soon out of sight, headed 
 toward its destination, the prospective and future 
 capital of the great commonwealth that soon after 
 became the nation's thirty-second star, the proud 
 state of Kansas." 
 
 Mr. Haynes has been an Odd Fellow for over 
 forty years, and has passed through all the chairs. 
 While he belongs to no particular religious denom- 
 ination, he supports all worthy movements, and 
 charity, religion and education have all benefited 
 by his unfailing liberality. 
 
 While a resident of California, in 1875, Mr. 
 Haynes was married to Miss Nancy Hicks, who 
 came from Iowa, and she died at Salt Lake, April 
 16, 1894, aged forty-nine years. She was a central 
 figure in the religious and benevolent organizations 
 of Shoshone, was active in the work of the Method- 
 ist church, and there was no work which had for 
 its object the benefiting of humanity in which she 
 was not an active participant. She was an earnest 
 worker in the Women's Christian Temperance 
 Union and a member of the Rebekah Lodge. I. O. 
 O. F. There were two boys born to Mrs. Haynes 
 by a former marriage. After a separation from her 
 first husband she Vesumed her maiden name. One 
 of the boys. Frank B. Roland Haynes, whom they 
 adopted when he was five years of age, and edu- 
 cated in an especially fitting manner, is now mar- 
 ried and a resident of the city of Chicago. The other 
 boy. adopted by them at the age of three years, 
 died in 1905. 
 
 As a connecting link between the past and the 
 present, Mr. Haynes should be honored and ven- 
 erated. It has been his privilege to witness events 
 that have made history, and he has played no small 
 part in shaping the destiny of the great Northwest. 
 Now. in the evening of his life, surrounded by hosts 
 of friends, and living in the enjoyment of the fruits 
 of his early years, he is content in the knowledge 
 that his life has not been lived in vain and that 
 when he is called by the Grim Reaper he will 
 "Go down the twilight singing like a glad bird to 
 its nest." 
 
1016 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 S. R. WORTHINGTON. Four-score years present a 
 long period in which to experience and enjoy the 
 changing scenes of life, and it is for that duration 
 of human existence that S. R. Worthington has been 
 permitted to work out his destinies. Mr. Worthing- 
 ton is one of the venerable pioneers of Idaho, and 
 for many years has had his home at Oakley in Cassia 
 county. He now lives among his children, grand- 
 children and great-grandchildren, and is like the 
 sturdy patriarchs of old, ripened and mellowed _ by 
 the flight of time, with a long record of practical 
 accomplishment and efficient activity in the past, 
 and now enjoying the esteem and affection of fami- 
 lies and friends. 
 
 S. R. Worthington was born at Old Brighton in 
 Beaver county, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1832. 
 His parents were James and Rachel (Staley) Worth- 
 ington, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, 
 and were early adherents of the Mormon faith. The 
 father was by occupation a carpenter, also a farmer, 
 and during his life in the west was a stock raiser. 
 The experiences of the Worthington family closely 
 follow those of the Mormon church during the vari- 
 ous migrations of its people throughout the middle 
 west until they finally found permanent homes and 
 peace in the far western country of Utah. The 
 father brought his family out to Missouri, locating 
 in the northwestern part of the state at Far West, 
 and after the Mormon people were driven from that 
 section took his family to Illinois, where he lived 
 about eight years, and then settled in western Iowa, 
 near Council Bluffs, in 1849. His family accom- 
 panied him during all these travels. The father 
 participated in the different conflicts between the 
 Mormon people and the settlers in Missouri and 
 Illinois, and was in the Mormon ranks at West Mis- 
 souri and at Nauvoo, Illinois, and was in the midst 
 of the fighting in both these states. In the spring 
 of 1853 he left Iowa, and accomplished the long and 
 tedious journey to Salt Lake City. He soon settled 
 at a place called Grantsville, where he lived and 
 where his death occurred in June, 1885. His body 
 was laid to rest at Grantsville, and the mother also 
 passed away there in 1883. There were seven chil- 
 dren in the family and three died in infancy. 
 
 S. R. Worthington, who was the second in order 
 of birth in the family, received very little schooling 
 on account of the various migrations and forced re- 
 movals of the family home from place to place during 
 his boyhood. Most of his training was the result of 
 his own efforts. He had to spend most of his day- 
 light hours in work, as soon as he was old enough, 
 and in order to be able to study at night he gathered 
 the bark from the hickory trees, and with that crude 
 torch studied at night under the guidance of his 
 mother and father. He assisted his father in the 
 work of the farm all this time, and lived at home 
 for the first twenty-four years of his life. In 1856 
 he was married and at that time did not possess 
 a dollar of capital. Through the combined efforts 
 of himself and his bride he started out to gain a 
 place of independence, and in a few years bought 
 a ranch and engaged in the stock business. Later 
 he moved further west and took up some land, and 
 he and his wife toiled early and late to develop that 
 place. For about twenty-four years he was en- 
 gaged in the stock business in and about Utah. 
 
 The first visit of Mr. Worthington to Idaho was 
 in the spring of 1863, at the height of the mining 
 excitement, and about the time Idaho territory was 
 organized. He was in Boise at a time when only 
 two stores stood on the site, and there were very 
 few buildings of any kind. Mr. Worthington has 
 had his full share of trouble with Indians, has been 
 in a number of skirmishes and for months at a time 
 
 has risked life and property at the hands of the red- 
 skins. In 1881 he moved to Idaho and located at the 
 present site of Oakley, where he acquired eighty 
 acres of land and filed on a claim for another eighty 
 acres. Haying prepared the land for the reception 
 of his family, he went back to Utah and drove his 
 stock and brought the household to Idaho, in which 
 state he has had his permanent home for more than 
 thirty years. The Oregon Short Line Railroad was 
 being constructed to this section of the state about 
 the time he settled at Oakley, and the first crop of 
 grain which he raised on his land he sold to John 
 Hailey for five thousand dollars. He was the only 
 rancher in this locality, so that his produce com- 
 manded a very high value. He had to haul all the 
 grain to market over roads which were mere trails. 
 
 Mr. Worthington has long been extensively identi- 
 fied with the live stock industry. In 1879 he brought 
 out about five thousand head of cattle to the west 
 and ran them on the range, and after locating in 
 Idaho brought a big herd to this state. At times 
 he has been one of the largest operators in the cattle 
 business in Southern Idaho, and has always engaged 
 more or less in that industry. At the present time 
 he has about three hundred head of stock on his 
 place. . He also raises hay and grain and has a very 
 profitable and well-improved estate. His home farm 
 consists of 160 acres. A short time ago the family 
 sold one thousand acres of land for $31,000. Besides 
 the home place they own 120 acres of pasture land. 
 Mr. Worthington has been disposing of most of his 
 interests in recent years, and it is his intention here- 
 after to take things easy and to spend his winters 
 in California. He has worked hard for more than 
 half a century and has well deserved the peace and 
 contentment and luxury which his previous industry 
 has earned. 
 
 On April 10, 1856, Mr. Worthington married Miss 
 Sarah A. Mclntosh. She was a daughter of Solomon 
 P. and Polly (Lathrum) Mclntosh, her father a 
 native of Kentucky and her mother of Illinois. As 
 already stated, Mrs. Worthington bore her full share 
 of the duties and responsibilities connected with the 
 establishment of their home, and husband and wife 
 worked side by side to get the start which brought 
 them such generous prosperity in after years. The 
 ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Worthington are 
 mentioned as follows: Mary, who married Charles 
 Elison, lives on the ranch in Oakley; Ross died at 
 the age of twenty-six; Rachel, who died June 14, 
 1899, married Frank Ramsey, and there were three 
 children by their union, Mr. Worthington having 
 taken these grandchildren and reared and educated 
 them; these three young children are Marion and 
 Lillian, both now teaching school in Oakley, and 
 Clara attending the University of Idaho at Moscow; 
 Solomon P. and wife, May, Haight W., live at Oak- 
 ley and are the owners of the Worthington Hotel 
 and The Store of Quality; James and wife, Dora 
 Parks W., live on their ranch near the old home, 
 he being a successful cattleman and farmer; Annie 
 is the wife of L. A. Nelson of Oakley; Geneva is 
 the wife of Horton Haight of Oakley; Edith mar- 
 ried Dr. William Aaron, a dentist at Twin Falls ; 
 William M. and wife, Effie and Bates W., live on the 
 home place. The worthy mother of this family died 
 June 2, 1911. Mr. Worthington is now comforted 
 by his own children and has thirty-six grandchildren 
 and fourteen great-grandchildren. He derives much 
 satisfaction from the fact that he always lived with 
 or near his parents during their lives, and his own 
 family of children and grandchildren all live near 
 him. They are all members of the Church of the 
 Latter Day Saints. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1017 
 
 JOHN HERBERT RICKER. The growth and de- 
 velopment of the Payette-Weiser Milling Company, 
 represented at Payette and Weiser, Idaho, has been 
 rapid and continuous, and since the combining of 
 the several small firms which composed it, in 1911, 
 it has become one of the leading enterprises of its 
 kind in the state. The directing head of this es- 
 tablishment, whose powers of organization were 
 eloquently evidenced during the transactions which 
 concluded the forming of the present concern, is 
 John Herbert Ricker, a business man of recognized 
 ability, astuteness and far-sightedness, who himself 
 has risen from an humble position in the world of 
 business to a place where his talents are acknowl- 
 edged factors in the industrial importance of his 
 adopted state. 
 
 Mr. Ricker was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 
 November 25, 1879, and is a son of John H. and 
 Hettie (Gheen) Ricker. His father, a native of 
 Maine, moved to Wisconsin during the early '503 
 with the paternal grandfather, a wholesale grocer, 
 and himself became interested in the manufacture 
 of soap. He occupied a prominent place in the 
 business life of Milwaukee, but some years ago, in 
 1895, retired and returned East to Massachusetts, 
 being then forty-five years of age. Mr. Ricker 
 married Hettie Gheen, a native of Westchester, 
 Pennsylvania. They were married at Westchester 
 in 1876, and she died jn 1898, at the age of forty-six 
 years, having been the mother of five children: 
 Mrs. F. A. Gorham, who resides at Payette, Idaho; 
 Edward G., a member of the bonding house firm of 
 Edgar Ricker & Company, of Milwaukee; Mrs. 
 George Kellogg, of Milwaukee; John S., who resides 
 at Ontario, Oregon, and is connected with the Ontario 
 Commercial Company, and John Herbert. 
 
 John Herbert Ricker attended the schools of 
 Blackball and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and gradu- 
 ated from the former in 1896. He remained at 
 home for one year, but at the outbreak of the Span- 
 ish-American war he enlisted in the First Regiment, 
 Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, which he accom- 
 panied to Jacksonville, Florida. Returning to Mil- 
 waukee in November of the same year, he secured 
 his honorable discharge and accepted a position 
 with the Milwaukee Elevator Company, remaining 
 there until 1900. At that time Mr. Ricker de- 
 cided to try his fortune in the West, and accord- 
 ingly went to Portland, Oregon, where for two years 
 he was engaged in the lumber business and spent a 
 like period in the civil engineering department of 
 the O. R. N. Railroad. His next connection was 
 with the Baldwin Sheep & Land Company, becom- 
 ing manager of the stores of that enterprise in Hay 
 Creek, Oregon, and the year 1905 saw his advent 
 in Idaho, when he accompanied a Mr. Van Houten, 
 one of the members of the firm, to Weiser. Here 
 he was connected with the Butterfield Live Stock 
 Company until 1907, when he formed a partnership 
 with a cousin, Mr. Gheen, and founded the Ricker- 
 Gheen Company, which continued to do business 
 for three years. During this period Mr. Ricker and 
 his brother-in-law, Mr. Gorham, and Mr. Werner 
 Klinger, purchased" the T. & K. Milling Company 
 of Payette, and July i, 1911, the two firms were 
 combined and took the name of the Payette-Weiser 
 Milling Company. This concern has offices at Pay- 
 ette and Weiser and mills at these two cities and 
 at Midvale, Idaho, producing 200 barrels daily and 
 being one of the best known firms in the state. 
 Mr. Ricker, acting in the capacity of president, 
 has firmly established the reputation of the company 
 as a sound and substantial enterprise, and its con- 
 
 tinued and rapid growth is ample evidence of his 
 skill and executive ability. 
 
 On September 18, 1907, Mr. Ricker was married 
 in Weiser, Idaho, to Miss Oro B. Sommercamp. 
 Her parents are old and well known residents of 
 Weiser, her father being a native of California and 
 her mother a native of Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Ricker have no children. He is a Republican in 
 his political views and a popular member of the 
 blue lodge of the Masonic fraternity. With Mrs. 
 Ricker he attends the Episcopal church. Like all 
 men whose duties have brought them much in the 
 open, he is fond of out-of-door life. Having started 
 out in life a poor boy and worked out his own 
 success through constant energy and perseverance, 
 he is at all times ready to assist those who are 
 struggling for a foot-hold. He i? known as a 
 loyal, public spirited citizen, and his friends are 
 legion. 
 
 EZRA R. WHITLA. The city of Coeur d'Alene, in 
 Kootenai county, has numbered among its repre- 
 sentative members of the bar this progressive 
 citizen, who has here maintained his home since 
 1903, and who has gained a place as one of the suc- 
 cessful members of the legal profession in the 
 northern part of the state. 
 
 Mr. Whitla was born in Pope county, Minnesota, 
 on the i8th day of April, 1882, and is a son of 
 Rev. Jesse L, and Mary (Reid) Whitla, whose 
 marriage occurred in the state of Wisconsin. The 
 father, who was born in North Carolina, was a man 
 of fine intellectual attainments and was an honored 
 member of the clergy of the Presbyterian church. 
 He held various pastoral charges in Wisconsin, 
 Minnesota and Kansas, and in the last named state 
 he passed the closing years of his life, his remains 
 being interred beside those of his wife, in Pope 
 county, Minnesota, where the death of the latter 
 occurred in the year 1885. Rev. Jesse L. Whitla 
 was a man of broad views and marked ability, and 
 aside from the work of the ministry, to which he 
 devoted the major part of his active career, he was 
 a prominent and influential factor in political af- 
 fairs, his services in the various campaigns having 
 been most effective, especially during the period 
 of his residence in Minnesota. He was a resident 
 of Edgerton, Kansas, at the time of his death in 
 1892, when he was sixty-three years of age. Of 
 the ten children born to these parents all are liv- 
 ing, and he whose name initiates this review was 
 the ninth in order of birth. He is the youngest son 
 and was a child of about three years at the time 
 of the death of the mother. 
 
 Ezra R. Whitla was something like four years old 
 at the time of the family removal to Kansas, and 
 there he was reared to years of maturity. After 
 duly availing himself of the advantages of the pub- 
 lic schools, including a high school course, he en- 
 tered the University of Kansas, in the law depart- 
 ment of which he was graduated as a member of 
 the class of 1902 and with the degree of Bachelor of 
 Laws. He was forthwith admitted to the bar of the 
 Sunflower State, and after having served a brief 
 professional novitiate at Olathe, in that state, until 
 1903* he came to Idaho and established his resi- 
 dence at Coeur d'Alene, where he has since en- 
 gaged in general practice. He has a substantial 
 business of a representative order, and he served 
 as prosecuting attorney for Kootenai county from 
 1904 to 1906. Mr. Whitla is an uncompromising 
 advocate of the principles and policies for which 
 the Republican party has ever stood sponsor, and 
 
1018 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 which he believes shall again prevail in national 
 affairs, notwithstanding the results of the erratic 
 general election of November, 1912. He has been 
 a most active worker in the party cause, and he has 
 been a delegate to each state convention of the 
 party in Idaho from the time of establishing his 
 home in this commonwealth, as has he also to each 
 Republican county convention in Kootenai county. 
 He is an enthusiastic believer in the great future 
 of Idaho, a state whose attractions and advantages 
 he considers unrivaled, and he is ever ready to do 
 all in his power to further those measures and 
 enterprises which tend to advance the material and 
 civic welfare of his home city, county and state. 
 
 Mr. Whitla is a member of the Idaho State Bar 
 Association and the Kootenai County Bar Associa- 
 tion, and is affiliated with the York Rite bodies of 
 the Masonic fraternity, in which he served as 
 master of the Coeur d'Alene lodge of Ancient Free 
 & Accepted Masons. He has an attractive home in 
 Coeur d'Alene, and one of its greatest attractions 
 is its fine private library, in addition to which he 
 possesses a comprehensive and select law library. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Whitla are members of the 
 Presbyterian church and the latter is also a popular 
 factor in the leading social activities of her home 
 city, where she holds membership in various clubs 
 and literary organizations. 
 
 Mr. Whitla is a member of the directorate of the 
 Exchange National Bank of Coeur d'Alene, and also 
 of the Kootenai County State Bank at St. Maries. 
 He also is a stockholder in several other corpora- 
 tions of importance in Coeur d'Alene and other 
 points in this part of the state. 
 
 At Coeur d'Alene, on the i8th of July, 1906, was 
 solemnized the marriage of Mr. Whitla to Miss 
 Mary U. Williams, daughter of J. R. and Anna 
 E. Williams. The three children of this union are 
 Walter W., Mary E. and Blanche M. 
 
 Mr. Whitla has won advancement through his own 
 ability and his well directed efforts, and it was 
 largely through his own labors that he defrayed 
 the expenses of his higher academic and professional 
 training. He assumed practical responsibilities when 
 a boy of about ten years, when he obtained work 
 on a Kansas farm, at the princely stipend of fifty 
 cents a day. Later he was employed in connection 
 with the hardware and implement business con- 
 ducted by one of his older brothers, and he con- 
 tinued to be thus engaged about five years, at the 
 expiration of which time he entered the employ of 
 the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, 
 with which he was engaged in various capacities 
 during the summer months, his winters being de- 
 voted to educational work. By such means he 
 earned enough money to pay the entire expenses 
 of his college courses. He is a young man of 
 energy and ambition, and has won distinctive suc- 
 cess within the years of his residence in Idaho. 
 
 CYRUS JOSEPH STANFORD. In the splendid task of 
 reclaiming Idaho's wonderful latent resources, one 
 of the men who deserve credit for yeoman service 
 as a homesteader and is now enjoying the materializa- 
 tion of his early hopes and endeavors is Cyrus 
 Joseph Stanford, whose irrigated ranch lies in the 
 valley of Little Wood River, adjoining the village 
 of Cary. Mr. Stanford has lived nearly all his life 
 in the two western states of Utah and Idaho, and his 
 career has been one of honorable usefulness. 
 
 Boston, Massachusetts, was his birthplace on Jan- 
 uary 31, 1857, and his parents were Stephen and 
 Louisa (Forman) Stanford, both of whom were 
 natives of England, and from Massachusetts they 
 
 made the long overland journey to Utah, in 1861, set- 
 tling at Logan, for a few years, and afterwards locat- 
 ing in Salt Lake City. In Utah, Mr. Stanford spent 
 most of his boyhood days, and was educated in the 
 common schools. As a practical profession he 
 learned the trade of ornamental gardening, at which 
 he worked for many years in Salt Lake City, and in 
 fact has been an ornamental gardener and farmer 
 all his life. 
 
 In 1883, he took up a homestead in the Little 
 Wood River valley, remained there until he had 
 proved the claim, and then returned to Utah. In 
 1899 ne brought his family into the valley, and now 
 has one of the most delightful and at the same time 
 most profitable farms in this section. He owns one 
 hundred and sixty acres of land adjoining the vil- 
 lage of Cary, has it improved with excellent build- 
 ings and fences, and all the cultivated area is under 
 irrigation. He raises a great variety of crops, and 
 his principal live stock product is hogs. His taste 
 and skill as a gardener has caused Mr. Stanford 
 to beautify his home in many ways, and his resi- 
 dence and surroundings form a picturesque scene. 
 
 In 1881 Mr. Stanford married Elna L. Phippen, 
 a daughter of James W. and Julia Phippen. Their 
 six children are : Elna Pearl, wife of John R. 
 Adamson; Mirtis Julia, wife of Joseph S. Cooper; 
 J. Sedley; Vermile Louise; Mazel Glenn, and Rollo, 
 who died in infancy. The family are all members 
 of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. In politics 
 Mr. Stanford has been a Democrat since the time 
 he cast his first vote, but though always glad to 
 do his part in making a better and more wholesome 
 community, has never sought office. 
 
 JAMES A. WATERS. Through the energetic efforts 
 of such men as James A. Waters, the resources of 
 Idaho are being developed to their proper capacity. 
 He has been identified with the community about 
 Twin Falls since the early settlement of that dis- 
 trict, and has taken the lead in making this one of 
 the most prosperous and best known fruit producing 
 sections in the Northwest. He was the first presi- 
 dent of the Twin Falls Fruit Growers' Association, 
 and his fine ranch near that city is a revelation 
 to all who can at all appreciate the possibilities of 
 horticultural farming in this state. 
 
 James A. Waters won his success after many 
 varied experiences and much hard work, and has 
 deserved all the prosperity which has come to him 
 in later years. He was born at Springville, in 
 Vernon county, Wisconsin, September 29, 1862. His 
 parents were Charles and Mary (Spencer) Waters, 
 the father a native of Illinois and the mother of 
 Indiana. The father, who was a farmer and nursery- 
 man, moved out to Oregon in 1886, was engaged 
 in the nursery business there, and died December 
 29, 1911. The mother died when forty-one years 
 old. The youngest in a family of six children, com- 
 prising three sons and three daughters, James A. 
 Waters had only a very limited common school edu- 
 cation at Springville, and when only sixteen years 
 old left home to take up the battle of life on his 
 own account. He came out West first locating at 
 White Salmon, Washington, crossing the Columbia 
 River from Wood River, Oregon. He worked two 
 years in a nursery, and for two years rode the 
 range as a cowboy for the same man who owned 
 the nursery. His next venture was in the Hood 
 River country of Oregon, where he spent a year 
 on a fruit farm. For two years he was employed in 
 a saw mill at Tacoma, Washington. At The Dalles, 
 Oregon, he engaged in the nursery for himself 
 from 1884 to 1889. It was as a result of these vari- 
 

HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1011) 
 
 o\is experiences and enterprises that he laid the 
 foundation for his solid success. When he sold 
 out his business in 1889 at The Dalles, he moved 
 to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where he established a 
 nursery, which he continued to conduct for three 
 years. His next enterprise was at Zillah in Yakima 
 county, Washington, where he was in the nursery 
 and fruit business and also handled cattle there. In 
 1899 he returned to Coeur d'Alene, and continued 
 in the fruit and cattle business until 1904. In 
 September of that year, lie arrived at Twin Falls, 
 a little village of sixty inhabitants, and then just at 
 the beginning of its development. Nearly all of the 
 land thereabout was still in the hands of the gov- 
 ernment, and Mr. Waters filed on a claim of one 
 hundred and twenty acres a mile and a half north 
 and east of the post office, at the same time buying 
 a relinquishment on the other forty acres for two 
 hundred and fifty dollars. This gave him a quarter 
 section of land, and since it came under his pro- 
 prietorship he has made it one of the most beautiful 
 ranches adjacent to Twin Falls. W T hen it is con- 
 sidered that less than ten years ago it was govern- 
 ment land, and that now its value is reckoned at 
 five hundred dollars an acre, it is possible to ap- 
 preciate not only what Mr. Waters himself has 
 done in its improvement, but also how rapidly this 
 community has come to the front in this time. Re- 
 cently Mr. Waters sold two ten-acre tracts from 
 the estate at five hundred dollars per acre, a price 
 which set a value upon the rest of the estate. He 
 has made his farm'not only a business proposition, 
 but also a place of beauty, and consequently a joy 
 forever. His locust grove, known as Waters' Grove, 
 is famous for miles around in this part of the state, 
 and about his home he has cultivated roses and other 
 flowers of all kinds, so that his residence is in a 
 bower of beauty. While one of the large producers 
 of fruit, he also maintains a splendid nursery of 
 all kinds of fruit stock, and shade trees. 
 
 Mr. Waters is also owner of one hundred and 
 sixty acres of ranch land at Rock Creek, and one 
 hundred acres of this is planted in orchards. Along 
 with fruit growing he has made a success of dairy- 
 ing, and at the Rock Creek Ranch keeps a herd of 
 one hundred high-grade Jersey cattle, with twenty 
 cows of the same breed on his home place at Twin 
 Falls. Few places in cities are better equipped with 
 the facilities for comfortable living than Mr. Waters' 
 home at Twin Falls. A pumping plant furnishes 
 water to all parts of his residence, and grounds, and 
 both house and barns are lighted by electricity. 
 These facilities also indicate the presence of all 
 other modern conveniences. 
 
 When he first settled in this locality, Mr. Waters 
 had to drive twenty miles to get hay for his stock, 
 and paid twenty dollars a ton for that commodity. 
 For lumber it was necessary to go thirty miles to 
 Shoshone, paying toll to cross the Snake River. 
 At that time oats commanded two and a half cents 
 l>f r pound, and other supplies were in proportion. 
 In contrast with that time when there were practi- 
 cally no local crops, at the present day, the Twin Falls 
 neighborhood cart not be excelled anywhere in the 
 state for its variety and qualities of crops. In 1911 
 Mr. Waters was the leading spirit in the organization 
 of the Twin Falls Fruit Growers' Association, served 
 as its first president, and is still one of its di- 
 rectors. Since 1907 he has been chairman of the 
 school board of Twin Falls, and during this time 
 the board has built in 1911-12 one of the finest school 
 houses in the inter-mountain country, a building 
 that would do credit to any city in the country. 
 Mr. Waters has been connected with school boards 
 
 in the different communities where he has had 
 his home for the past twenty-one years, and is one 
 of the best friends and workers for educational ad- 
 vancement in Idaho. In politics he is a Republican, 
 but has never been willing to accept office except in 
 local affairs, such as on a school board. At one 
 time he was forced to allow his name to go on the 
 ticket as candidate for representative from his dis- 
 trict, and in spite of his personal disinclination to 
 take any part in practical politics he was almost 
 elected. Mr. Waters was made a Mason in Coeur 
 d'Alene in 1902, and is now affiliated with the 
 Knights Templar Commandery. He is also affiliated 
 with the Knights of Pythias. 
 
 At Col fax, Washington, January 28, 1892, Mr. 
 Waters married Miss Marie Dodson, who was born 
 in Pennsylvania. Their three children are: Ortha, 
 Essena and Zora, all of whom are attending high 
 school at Twin Falls. 
 
 BERTRAM S. VARIAN. Senior member of the firm 
 of Varian & Morris, attorneys-at-law at Weiser, 
 Idaho, Bertram S. Varian was born in Unionville, 
 Nevada, on May 12, 1872. He accompanied his 
 parents in their removal to Salt Lake City, Utah, 
 in November, 1884, and came to Idaho in 1899, 
 locating at Weiser, where he has since been ac- 
 tively engaged in the practice of his profession. 
 
 Mr. Varian was admitted to the bar in Utah, in 
 December, 1895. His early education was in the 
 Michigan Military Academy at Orchard Lake, Michi- 
 gan, where he was a student for three years, and 
 for a like period was in the University of Michigan. 
 His father, Charles S. Varian, is still in the active 
 work of the legal profession in Salt Lake City. 
 Bertram S. Varian married at Dairy Farm, in Cali- 
 fornia, December 3, 1904, Miss Inez Trent, and 
 their two children are Charles L. and Florence D. 
 Varian. 
 
 BENJAMIN F. HAYS. Owing to the exceedingly 
 favorable natural conditions of Twin Falls county, 
 Idaho, and the energetic exploitation of its resources 
 within the last decade, the real estate business has 
 been one of much importance there and one of great 
 possibilities. One of the successful real estate men 
 of this county is Benjamin F. Hays, of Kimberly, 
 who first became identified with Idaho in 1906. 
 
 Born in Madison county, Iowa. January 4, 1867, 
 he was orphaned of his parents in early childhood 
 and from the age of nine years practically made 
 his own way in life. At first he was under the 
 care of a guardian and was employed as a farm 
 boy, continuing thus until sixteen years of age 
 when he took up work on a ranch and received his 
 first remuneration in the way of money, his salary 
 at the start being $16 per month. From this time 
 until he came West farming remained his occu- 
 pation. About 1900 he went to Oklahoma, where 
 he spent six years in agricultural pursuits, and 
 then in the fall of 1906 he came to Kimberly, Idaho. 
 He took up a homestead near Kimberly. proved up 
 on it and then moved to the town. He shortly 
 afterward entered into partnership with O. G. Zuck 
 to engage in their present business. The firm does 
 a general real estate, loan and insurance business, 
 operates extensively in land and has prospered. 
 From both a business and a personal standpoint 
 Mr. Hays is deeply interested in the development 
 of the Twin Falls district and of the state and lends 
 to his interest effective activity in that direction. In 
 his opinion Idaho meets any man of the right stamp- 
 more than half way with opportunity. 
 
 Mr. Hays is married and has two sons and a. 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 daughter, namely: William E., Bessie M. and 
 Loyd. He is a member of the Church of Christ 
 Scientist, and fraternally is affiliated with the Mod- 
 ern Woodmen of America. In political views he 
 is aligned with the Socialist party but takes no 
 part in political affairs other than as a voter. In 
 the way of out-door recreation he enjoys hunting, 
 fishing and riding, while among social diversions 
 he is specially interested in music and at start was 
 leader of the Kimberly band. Both personally and 
 as a business man he stands high in the confidence 
 and respect of his fellow-citizens. 
 
 JOHN M. McCuLLY. Among the energetic and 
 progressive business men of the younger generation 
 in Meadows is John M. McCully, who although he 
 is not yet forty has made for himself a secure place 
 in the business world and may be accounted one 
 of the successful men of the city. As one of the 
 owners of the Meadows Electric Light and Power 
 Plant, he has aided in giving Meadows splendid 
 service along these lines, and the plant is as modern 
 and up to date as those of larger cities. 
 
 John M. McCully is a son of J. M. McCully, who 
 was born in Tennessee and came to Oregon in the 
 very early pioneer days, when little was known of 
 the country and any wild tale could receive credence. 
 He crossed the plains in 1853 and settled in Albany, 
 Oregon, where he took up farm lands and became 
 one of the best known men in that section of the 
 state. He lived to see Oregon grow into the great 
 state she has become, dying in 1907, at the age of 
 eighty-two. He was married in Tennessee to Clem- 
 entine Humphrey, who was also born in that state. 
 She bravely crossed the plains with her husband, 
 the trip taking about one year, for they stopped 
 for a time in Missouri. She was born in 1827 and 
 died in 1903, in Oregon. 
 
 Of the eleven children of his parents John M. 
 McCully is the youngest child and is one of seven 
 surviving members of his family. He was born in 
 Albany, Oregon, on the 25th of November, 1873. 
 The schools of his home town furnished his edu- 
 cation, but like most youngsters he was eager to go 
 to work, and so left school as soon as he was per- 
 mitted to do so. He took up contract work and 
 afterwards was engaged In various kinds of work 
 until he came to Meadows in 1911. Here he entered 
 into a partnership with Mr. Hendricks and Mr. 
 Krigbaum and they established the Meadows Elec- 
 tric Light and Power Company. 
 
 This concern which furnishes Meadows with its 
 lighting system and power plant is one of the most 
 important enterprises in the town. The power 
 house is located about one and a half miles from 
 the town proper, at the base of the mountain, on 
 Goose creek. The engines are ninety horse power 
 and the service which is rendered the town of 
 Meadows is thoroughly satisfactory. 
 
 Mr. McCully is a member of the Republican party, 
 but has never taken an active part in politics. 
 
 CHARLES F. Ross. Running away from home 
 when a boy has been the first conspicuous event in 
 the careers of many men who later have found 
 success, wisdom, and high standing in the world. 
 The independence of spirit thus exhibited has often 
 become the factor of most importance in guiding 
 its possessor to the things most desired by man- 
 kind. One of the best known ranchers and influen- 
 tial citizens of the mountain home district began 
 his career in this way. Charles F. Ross has been 
 identified with the great western country, in many 
 
 territories and states since boyhood, and his ex- 
 periences are not without inspiration to the new 
 generation of youth struggling for similar rewards 
 to those he has won worthily, and now enjoys. 
 
 Born at Sun Prairie in Dane county, Wisconsin, 
 March 30, 1856, Charles F. Ross was a son of S. S. 
 and Caroline (Murray) Ross, the father a native of 
 Otisco, New York, whence he came to Wisconsin 
 during the pioneer period. He continued as a farmer 
 in Wisconsin until about twenty years ago, when 
 he moved out to Iowa, and later to South Dakota, 
 locating at Mound City, which was his home until 
 1905, when he came to Boise, Idaho, and made his 
 home with his son, B. S. Ross. His death occurred 
 in Boise at the home of his son May i, 1913, at the 
 age of eighty-eight years and three months. His 
 last resting place is at the old home in Sun Prairie, 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 When Charles F. Ross was eight years old, his 
 mother died, and he was the third of six children 
 who survived her. His early schooling was in a 
 district school, located two and a half miles west 
 of Sun Prairie, and he had the advantages of that 
 public institution until he was about fourteen years 
 old. His love of adventure and his ambition for 
 more diversified scenes than his home vicinity in 
 southern Wisconsin could supply, then led him to 
 run away from home, and he first was in Iowa, 
 then in Minnesota, and was in Kansas during one 
 of the last Indian raids and uprisings in the western 
 part of that state, during which time he belonged 
 to the local militia, engaged in fighting the hostile 
 Indians. 
 
 In 1879 Mr. Ross came to Idaho Falls, which at 
 that time was known as Eagle Rock, and lived there 
 until the fall of 1885. He then located on the place 
 which comprises his present ranch, then in Alturas 
 county. It is noteworthy that Mr. Ross first came 
 to Mountain Home in order to settle his uncle's 
 estate, of which he had been appointed adminis- 
 trator. His uncle died in 1887. After settling the 
 estate, for which he acted as agent, he determined 
 to make his permanent home in Idaho, and in 1889 
 bought the property for which he has been admin- 
 istrator, and now owns one of the finest ranch places 
 in the vicinity of Mountain Home. His property 
 comprises six hundred and forty acres, all of it 
 under irrigation, and he raises great crops of hay 
 and grain and feed. For some years he owned a 
 large number of horses and cattle, but now devotes 
 practically all his attention to the sheep industry 
 and runs about five thousand head over his estate. 
 
 Mr. Ross has never had any good luck in the 
 sense that fortune has fallen to him except as a 
 result of his own labor and good management, 
 and he has acquired his position and wealth through 
 his own efforts and enterprise. 
 
 In politics Mr. Ross is independent, without as- 
 pirations for office. He is affiliated with the Modern 
 Woodmen of America. On February 20, 1888, he 
 married Miss Ida Fountain, who was born in Mis- 
 souri, a daughter of Isaac and Rhoda Fountain, 
 her father having been a merchant, and also a law- 
 yer, and both her parents being now deceased. To 
 Mr. and Mrs. Ross have been born seven children, 
 namely: Louraine, born in Boise, and who mar- 
 ried in 1909 J. T. Riley, who is in the sheep busi- 
 ness ; Zella, born on the ranch in Bennett Creek 
 in 1890, and now living at home; Roy, born on the 
 home place April, 29, 1892; Chester, born on the 
 ranch April 17, 1897, and attending district school 
 number nine; Charles, born on the homestead 
 November 6, 1900, and attending the same school 
 
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HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 as his brother Chester; Vclna, born on the home 
 place in 1905, and one child that died in infancy. 
 
 The Ross estate has fine building improvements, 
 and is equipped with every facility and comfort 
 to make life worth living. Mr. Ross, as a suc- 
 cessful man himself, and as one who has had a large 
 range of experience, sums up his philosophy of life 
 in the advice to a young man to get a good educa- 
 tion and then go after anything that may satisfy 
 his ambition, and provided his persistence is equal 
 to the task he is bound to succeed. 
 
 HENRY J. KINGSBURY. At this juncture in a vol- 
 ume devoted to the careers of representative citi- 
 zens of Idaho, it is a pleasure to insert a brief 
 history of Henry J. Kingsbury, who has ever been 
 on the alert to forward all enterprises and meas- 
 ures projected for the good of the general welfare. 
 Mr. Kingsbury is most successfully engaged in 
 business as a job printer in Twin Falls, where he 
 has a well equipped printing establishment and 
 where he is the owner of valuable realty. 
 
 Near Bristol, England, October 26, 1880, occurred 
 the birth of Henry J. Kingsbury, who is a son of 
 John and Mary (Date) Kingsbury, residents of 
 Somerset, England. The father is a well-to-do 
 farmer in the vicinity of Somerset and for thirty- 
 five years has been incumbent of the office of coun- 
 cilor of his home district. At the age of sixteen 
 years, after completing the curriculum of the public 
 and private schools of his native place, Henry J. 
 Kingsbury entered upon an apprenticeship at Willi- 
 ton, Somersetshire, England, to learn the trade 
 of printer. Subsequently he worked in London as 
 a journeyman printer. In 1903, at the age of 
 twenty-three years, he came to America and located 
 in Chicago, where he worked in the leading job 
 printing offices for four years. In the summer of 
 1907 he returned to England for a visit and after 
 spending several months at home came back to 
 America. The next six months were spent in 
 Chicago and in March, 1908, Mr. Kingsbury came to 
 Twin Falls, Idaho. Six months later he opened 
 up a jobbing office of his own, starting with a lim- 
 ited capital of less than one thousand dollars. From 
 modest beginnings, his plant has increased in the 
 scope of its operations until today it ranks as the 
 second largest job office in the state of Idaho. The 
 work turned out is of high class order and Mr. 
 Kingsbury owes his success solely to his own well 
 directed endeavors. He makes a specialty of print- 
 ing illustrated folders, and has done much to put 
 and keep Twin Falls in the public eye. He has a 
 fine fruit orchard of fifteen acres adjacent to Twin 
 Falls and has a beautiful little residence in the city. 
 
 June i, 1910, Mr. Kingsbury was united in mar- 
 riage to Miss Flora Hardin, a native of Chicago, 
 Illinois, and a daughter of Rev. Frank B. Hardin, 
 of Kimberly, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Kingsbury have 
 one son', Chester. In religious matters the Kings- 
 burys are devout members of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal church, in the different departments of whose 
 work they are most zealous factors. 
 
 JAMES M. LYLE, M. D. The career of Dr. James 
 M. Lyle is a splendid example of what may be ac- 
 complished by young manhood that is consecrated 
 to ambition and high purpose. He is a doctor and a 
 self-made one at that, and he is recognized through- 
 out Nez Perce county for his high order of ability 
 and skill in healing the sick. His start in getting 
 his education was particularly difficult, and in simi- 
 lar circumstances many young men would have 
 become discouraged and left the field, but the ob- 
 stacles, instead of discouraging Dr. Lyle, spurred 
 
 him onward, giving him a momentum and force 
 which have resulted since the period of his first 
 struggles in steady progress and success and have 
 brought him the esteem of all with whom he has 
 come in contact. His home and professional head- 
 quarters are at Peck Idaho. 
 
 A native of Franklin, North Carolina, Dr. James 
 M. Lyle was born September 16, 1876. His pre- 
 liminary educational training included a high school 
 course in North Carolina. At the age of sixteen 
 years he lost his father and thereafter he worked 
 for several years at farm work and contributed to 
 the support of his widowed mother. Deciding upon 
 the medical profession as his life work, he began 
 to hoard his earnings for a college education and 
 eventually entered the University of Nashville, Ten- 
 nessee, in the medical department of which well 
 ordered institution he was graduated as a member 
 of the class of 1901, duly receiving his degree of 
 Doctor of Medicine. He entered upon the active 
 practice of his profession at Peck, Idaho, and here 
 he has since maintained his home. His patronage 
 is a large and lucrative one and he is known as 
 one of the most efficient physicians and surgeons 
 in Nez Perce county. In connection with his life 
 work he is a member of the Idaho State Medical 
 Society, the North Idaho District Medical Society 
 and the American Medical Association. 
 
 Dr. Lyle supports the principles promulgated by 
 the Democratic party and is an active factor in the 
 public affairs of his home community. He is a 
 valued member of the Peck Commercial Club and 
 at one time served on the city council. At present 
 he is president of the school board and an enthusi- 
 astic worker in behalf of educational matters. He 
 is fond of 'hunting and fishing expeditions and 
 thoroughly enjoys a good public speech. Of Idaho, 
 he says: "Idaho offers and pays more to honest 
 effort than any other state in the Union. Oppor- 
 tunities are here for all and there is a market for 
 ambition and enterprise. Failures are not known 
 here." 
 
 April 29, 1903, in the city of Butte, Montana, oc- 
 curred the marriage of Dr. Lyle to Miss Elizabeth 
 Rogers, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Rogers, 
 of Nez Perce county, Idaho. Dr. and Mrs. Lyle 
 have three children, whose names are here entered 
 in respective order of birth James M., Jr., Donald 
 R. and Elizabeth L. 
 
 LESTER T. WRIGHT. The manufacturing inter- 
 ests of a section of country are exceedingly im- 
 portant and their healthy growth an indication of 
 prosperity. Directly connected with this growth are 
 the men whose knowledge, judgment, foresight and 
 energy are necessary in the organization and main- 
 tenance of these enterprises. Capital with no wise 
 directing hand would be useless and the results of 
 unregulated effort would be unsubstantial. Lester 
 T. Wright, district manager and a stockholder of 
 the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company, of 
 Twin Falls ; Idaho, has won his way, step by step, 
 to his position through industry, natural aptitude 
 and persevering effort, having been continuously 
 identified with this vast concern for the past sev- 
 enteen years. Mr. Wright was born in Ogden, Utah. 
 January 10, 1876, and is a son of Gilbert J. and 
 Annie S. (Odell) Wright, pioneers of Utah of 
 1850. Gilbert Wright was a very successful busi- 
 ness man in Utah, where he carried on extensive 
 operations until 1806, in which year he came to 
 Idaho Falls, Idaho, and became a large stockholder 
 in the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company. 
 He had many and varied realty interests in Idaho 
 at the time of his death, which occurred in 1908, 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 his remains being interred in the Idaho Falls ceme- 
 tery. He was a prominent figure in the Mormon 
 church. Seven children were born to Gilbert J. 
 and Annie S. Wright, namely : G. G., general man- 
 ager for the Consolidated Wagon & Machine 
 Company and a large stockholder therein; Belle, 
 the wife of Albert Greenwell, of Idaho Falls; EU-- 
 gene, a merchant of Idaho Falls; Charles, who died 
 in infancy; Lester T.; Adeline, wife of Clancy St. 
 Clair, prominent attorney and Republican state sena- 
 tor of Idaho Falls; and Genevieve, wife of Arnold 
 Snow, of Idaho Falls. 
 
 Lester T. Wright attended the public schools of 
 Ogden, Utah, and at the age of fifteen years ' was 
 sent to the agricultural college at Logan, Utah, where 
 he remained four years, graduating in the business 
 course. He began his employment with the Con- 
 solidated Wagon & Machine Company in a minor 
 position at a salary of thirty-five dollars per month 
 in 1895, and has been in the employ of this company 
 to the present time, gradually advancing, step by 
 step, until he now holds the important position of 
 district manager, covering five branches, or the Twin 
 Falls financial district. His interests have grown 
 steadily, and this company now has seventy-three 
 branch establishments in Utah, Idaho, Nevada and 
 Montana, and is the largest retail wagon and ma- 
 chinery concern in the world. It was organized in 
 1880 by an uncle of Mr. Wright, George T. Odell, 
 and was known in the beginning as Grant Odell & 
 Company. Mr. Wright is conceded to be one of the 
 most enterprising and progressive business men of 
 Twin Falls, and his sound judgment, shrewdness 
 and inherent talents make his advice valuable, and 
 it is often sought on matters of importance by his 
 associates. In addition to owning the finest resi- 
 dence in Twin Falls, Mr. Wright has invested heav- 
 ily in ranch lands, and has various other business 
 interests in and about Twin Falls. He is a Republi- 
 can politically, but has had no desire to hold public 
 office. His religious belief is that of the Latter Day 
 Saints, while fraternally he is connected with the 
 Knights of Pythias, in which he has passed through 
 all the chairs, and the Elks. He has numerous 
 friends in business and social life, drawn about him 
 by his integrity and many admirable traits of char- 
 acter. A devotee of hunting and fishing, Mr. Wright 
 takes frequent outing trips, on which he is invari- 
 ably accompanied by his wife, who is also a lover 
 of out-of-door life and an expert with gun and rod. 
 
 On February 4, 1904, Mr. Wright was united in 
 marriage with Miss Edith Wallis, daughter of the 
 Hon. Jas. H. and Elizabeth (Tood) Wallis. Mr. 
 Wallis holds the position of pure food commissioner 
 at Twin Falls, and is state senator for Idaho. 
 
 ANDREW J. FULLER. During thirty years of resi- 
 dence in southern Idaho, Mr. Fuller has reached 
 the point of enviable success as a rancher, has 
 provided liberally for his family, and enjoys the 
 esteem which is paid to a man of enterprise and 
 square dealing and one who follows the golden 
 rule in all his relations with the community. Mr. 
 Fuller has taken a prominent part in local public 
 affairs of Cassia county, and has lived in the Rock 
 Creek district for more than a quarter of a century, 
 having located here long before the era of irriga- 
 tion and when all the settlers were engaged in 
 grazing the range with the stock. 
 
 Andrew J. Fuller is a native of the state of Maine, 
 where he was born March 17, 1852, a son of James 
 and Margaret (Wentworth) Fuller, both of whom 
 were also natives of Maine, and lived and died in 
 that state. The father was a farmer. They reared a 
 
 family of eighteen children, and Andrew J. was 
 seventh in order of birth. When he was four years 
 old he was taken to live in the home of Andrew 
 J. Frohock, and remained with him until he reached 
 his majority. In the meantime he obtained a limited 
 common school education, and at the age of thirteen 
 began earning his own way by work in a stave mill. 
 Three years later he began as a practical farmer, 
 and continued that vocation in Alaine until 1873, 
 when he was twenty-one years old. 
 
 At that time he started for the West, and finally 
 reached Nevada, and spent two years in work in a 
 wood camp at Mineral Hill in Neyada. From 1875 
 until 1881 he was employed at different points in 
 Nevada, and in the latter year came to Idaho, set- 
 tling on a tract of land where he engaged in 
 ranching, in 1882 moved to Albion, where he was 
 employed in a livery stable, and then in 1886 moved 
 to the Rock Creek neighborhood and took up a 
 homestead of one hundred and sixty acres. He at 
 once began the big task of clearing up this land, 
 and for many years devoted all his energy to the 
 improvement and cultivation of his land. Since that 
 time he has added eighty acres to the homestead 
 and also owns eighty acres and a good house at 
 Murtaugh which is his post office. He is engaged 
 in general farming and cattle raising, and at the 
 present writing has two hundred head of cattle 
 running on his land with ten head of cattle horses 
 and eleven head of range horses. 
 
 Few city homes in Idaho are more modern and 
 better equipped for comfortable living than that 
 of Mr. Fuller. His residence is piped for running 
 water, has its bath facilities, and a constant supply 
 of hot artesian water is furnished from a well lo- 
 cated about half a mile from the house. The barns 
 and all the other facilities about the place are kept 
 up in the best of condition, and tell their own 
 story about the prosperity and progressive enter- 
 prise of Mr. Fuller. 
 
 In politics he has been a Democrat since casting 
 his first vote early in the seventies. At the present 
 time he is serving as justice of the peace in Dry 
 Creek precinct, and has held that office since 1905. 
 For a number of years he was deputy sheriff in 
 Cassia county, holding that post under Sheriff Stokes 
 in 1883-84, under G. F. Marshall in 1888-89, and 
 under Fred Denner in 1892. Mr. Fuller was made a 
 Master Mason at Elko, Nevada, in 1880, and held 
 the offices of senior and junior warden in his lodge. 
 Among his various business interests he is a stock 
 holder in the First National Bank of Burley, a 
 stockholder in the Kimberly Bank, and in every way 
 is a prosperous and substantial citizen. 
 
 In 1883 Mr. Fuller married Bertha Davis, who 
 was born in England, was brought as a child to 
 America, and her family located at Albion, Idaho. 
 Her marriage to Mr. Fuller resulted in two children, 
 Lula and Delia, both of whom are married and 
 have homes of their own. In October, 1902, Mr. 
 Fuller married for his present wife, Valeria Hamil- 
 ton, a native of Utah, and they were married in 
 Rock Creek precinct. The following children were 
 born to the second marriage : Ida Ola, born in 
 Oakley; Roy Jackson; Everett; and George Warren. 
 The first three children were born on the home 
 place in the old log house that was the former 
 residence of Mr. Fuller. The youngest, George 
 Warren Fuller was born in the modern home which 
 now shelters the family. 
 
 CLARENCE M. BOOTH. Taken from any standpoint, 
 the profession of law is one that demands constant 
 attention of its devotees. Official position often 
 
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 claims the legist, but instances are not rare where 
 men of public spirit have given up public life to 
 give their entire attention to private practice, satis- 
 fied that they can thus serve their exacting task- 
 mistress in a manner better fitted to their abilities 
 and talents, not only to their own material profit, 
 but to the mutual benefit of their community. Care- 
 ful training and inherent ability in his profession 
 won for Clarence M. Booth, of Twin Falls, a posi- 
 tion of responsibility and trust in the United States 
 government service, but he was not satisfied to settle 
 in the rut of official station, and his decision to fol- 
 low his vocation along independent lines has resulted 
 in material success and the winning of the respect 
 of his confreres. Mr. Booth was born in Nobles- 
 ville, Indiana, August 16, 1880, and is a son of John 
 T. and Susan (VVright) Booth. His father, now 
 a wealthy retired citizen of Mt. Carmel, Indiana, was 
 a commissioned officer in the Confederate army 
 during the Civil war, was seriously wounded at 
 Gettysburg, and following the close of hostilities 
 was engaged in agricultural pursuits for many years. 
 He has always been an active Republican. 
 
 After attending the public and high schools of 
 Westfield, Indiana, Clarence M. Booth secured a 
 clerical position with the Big Four railroad, and 
 after one year with that line was appointed to an 
 office in the United States Department of Justice, 
 at Washington, D. C. While thus engaged, he at- 
 tended Georgetown University, from which he was 
 graduated in 1906, and was then connected wilh 
 the Department of the Interior in legal work, his 
 duties carrying him to points throughout the Pacific 
 Northwest. Realizing the opportunities offered to 
 men of energy and ability in Idaho, in 1911 he re- 
 signed his position and settled in a general law 
 practice at Hailey, but after six months came to 
 Twin Falls, where he has since made a place for him- 
 self among the leading professional men of the city. 
 Mr. Booth is possessed of much oratorical ability, 
 and also has the gift of being able to write intelli- 
 gently and entertainingly on matters pertaining to 
 the political issues of the day. 
 
 FRED H. MCCONNELL. A worthy representative of 
 the energetic younger and native generation of Idaho 
 is Fred H. McConnell, now serving as surveyor and 
 engineer of Canyon county. His claim as a native 
 son of Idaho is something of a distinction, for as 
 yet the professional, business and industrial ranks 
 of the state are largely filled with foreign workers, 
 contributions from other of the great commonwealths 
 of the Union. He is a young man -of merit and high 
 character and is distinctly an Idaho product, for he 
 was not only born and reared here, but he was edu- 
 cated in its leading institution of learning, the Uni- 
 versity of Idaho, and thus far has spent his profes- 
 sional and business career in the vicinity of his 
 birth. 
 
 His nativity occurred at Caldwell. Canyon county. 
 July 2, 1876. David K. McConnell, his father, who 
 was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, came overland to 
 Idaho in 1861, arriving in August, but he pushed on 
 to Walla Walla, Washington, where he followed 
 agricultural pursuits until 1864. In that year he 
 returned to Idaho and became a pioneer settler in the 
 Boise Valley, where he gave his attention to stock- 
 raising and agriculture until 1879. The ensuing 
 twenty-five years were spent near Parma, Canyon 
 county, Idaho, where he was very successfully engaged 
 in stock-raising. In 1906 Mr. McConnell took up his 
 residence in the capital city, Boise, and though prac- 
 tically retired, he has not wholly ceased his interest 
 m his former pursuits, for he takes pleasure in the 
 conduct of a little home place of ten acres in the 
 
 outskirts of the city, where he has a small but thriv- 
 ing orchard. He is a Republican in politics, but 
 has never sought or desired official preferment, and 
 has been a lifelong Methodist, as was his father 
 before him. Distinctly a "home" man, he has never 
 joined any secret order or other society, but has 
 always been very public spirited as a citizen and 
 keenly interested in the development of Idaho. He 
 is of Irish descent and springs from Revolutionary 
 ancestry, his great-great-grandfather McConnell, the 
 founder of the American branch of the family, having 
 been one of the patriots who fought for indepen- 
 dence. In 1871, at Corydon, Wayne county. Iowa. 
 David K. McConnell was joined in marriage to 
 Miss Mary Rogers, a native of Jacksonville, Illinois, 
 whose parents were very early settlers in Iowa. 
 Five children were born to their union, namely : 
 Cora, who is now Mrs. J. L. Isenberg, of Caldwell. 
 Idaho; Fred H., the subject of this biographical 
 mention, and the second in order of birth ; Emma, 
 the wife of Joseph L. Watkins and now residing at 
 Parma, Idaho; Mervin C., a resident of Caldwell, 
 and Margaret, with her parents in Boise. 
 
 After completing his high school education in 
 Caldwell, Fred H. McConnell became a student 
 in the University of Idaho at Moscow, from which 
 institution he was graduated in June, 1902, as a 
 Bachelor of Science. Here he has also qualified 
 as a civil engineer. After his graduation he became 
 deputy clerk and recorder of Canyon county, serv- 
 ing two years, and following that he entered the 
 United States Reclamation Service, with which he 
 remained identified a year. In 1906 he became city 
 engineer of Caldwell and served four years ; then 
 in 1910 he entered into private practice as a civil 
 engineer and surveyor in connection with his duties 
 as county surveyor, to which office he was elected 
 ' in November, 1908, and which he has since filled. 
 In political views he is a Republican and while 
 he takes a lively interest in party affairs he has not 
 become active enough to be termed a politician. 
 His religious tenets are those of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church, and he also affiliates with the 
 Phi Delta Theta college fraternity and with the 
 Caldwell Commercial club. 
 
 On April 10, 1907, at Caldwell, Idaho, was sol- 
 emnized his marriage to Ellen, a daughter of John 
 Harmon, who was born in Minnesota. Mr. and 
 Mrs. McConnell have one son, Roger, born Decem- 
 ber 8, 1908, at Caldwell. 
 
 JAMES W. TANNER. Like many other successful 
 journalists of today, James W. Tanner, editor and 
 publisher of the Filer Journal, of Filer, Idaho, 
 started his newspaper career in the humble capac- 
 ity of "devil," and has spent his whole life in the 
 gathering and distributing of news, gradually work- 
 ing his way up the ladder of success by repeated 
 achievements, until he now stands in the front rank 
 of the men of his profession in Idaho, and wields an 
 acknowledged influence in the local political field. 
 Mr. Tanner is one of the self-made men of his 
 section, and the success which has rewarded his 
 efforts, has come after years of earnest enterprise 
 and steadfast endeavor. James W. Tanner was 
 born in Nevada f Iowa, December 28, 1858. and 
 there received his early education. As a lad he 
 earned his first wages, two dollars per week in 
 a printing establishment, and while learning the 
 trade assisted in the support of the family by giv- 
 ing his parents all of his earnings. That he was 
 an enterprising and progressive lad is shown by 
 the fact that when he was sixteen years of age he 
 entered business on his own account, establishing 
 a weekly newspaper at Nevada, known as the 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Morning Glory, of which he continued to be the 
 proprietor for one year, being the youngest pub- 
 lisher at that time in the State of Iowa. 
 
 When about twenty years of age, Mr. Tanner 
 removed to St. Joseph, Missouri, where for about 
 one year he was connected with the St. Joseph 
 Gazette, and then went to Atchison, Kansas, to be- 
 come foreman of the Daily Patriot, a position he 
 held for four years, the next year being spent on 
 the Times, of Kansas City, Missouri. From the lat- 
 ter point he went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he 
 was connected with the World-Herald until 1888, 
 and in that year went to Fullerton, Nebraska, and 
 established the Fullerton Post, which he conducted 
 until 1910, with the exception of one year spent at 
 Central City, where he conducted the Central City 
 Democrat. In 1910 Mr. Tanner came to Filer and 
 established the Journal, of which he has since been 
 the editor and publisher. This is a Democratic organ, 
 but aims to present to its readers a fair, unbiased 
 opinion on all matte'rs of importance. A neat, well- 
 printed publication, it pages are devoted to the inter- 
 esting national news of the day, together with all 
 the local happenings, and terse, timely and well- 
 written editorials. It endeavors to educate the read- 
 ing public into discouraging sensational matter, the 
 management believing that a clean, reliable news- 
 paper will be the means .of ultimately developing 
 the best interests of the community and its peo- 
 ple. 
 
 On December 29, 1885, Mr. Tanner was married 
 at Atchison, Kansas, to Miss Mellie G. Cook, daugh- 
 ter of Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Cook, of Atchison. They 
 have an adopted son, Theodore L. Mr. Tanner 
 leans toward the faith of the Presbyterian church, 
 of which his wife is a member. He took an active 
 part in the movement to erect a new Methodist 
 church, his leading subscription insuring the sue- * 
 cess of the venture. Fraternally, he is connected 
 with the Odd Fellows, in which he has gone 
 through all the chairs, the Knights of Pythias, 
 in which he passed through the chairs and 
 was a member of the grand lodge for eight 
 years, the Woodmen of the World and the 
 Tribe of Ben Hur. For some time secretary of 
 the Filer Commercial Club, at this time he is act- 
 ing in the capacity of president. In his political 
 views, Mr. Tanner is a Democrat, is known as one 
 of his party's fighters, is much in demand as a cam- 
 paign orator, and was nominated by his party for 
 the State senate, the nomination being unanimous 
 and coming to him unsolicited. While a resident 
 of Nebraska, he served as a member of the Demo- 
 cratic state central committee for six years and 
 as a representative in the legislature for two terms. 
 He was a member of the first city council of Filer, 
 serving a part of the time as president of that body, 
 and during his administration the present water 
 works system was installed and other reforms made. 
 Theatricals, music and reading all find a place in 
 his favor, and he is the owner of a handsome pri- 
 vate library. One of Filer's most enthusiastic boost- 
 ers, he does not hesitate in stating his belief that 
 Idaho is destined to be the leading state of the 
 Union, a belief that is only the stronger because he 
 has visited various other sections of the country. 
 
 WILLIAM E. WILSON. Among the old families of 
 southern Idaho the Wilsons have had a prominent 
 place from the time when Idaho was a newly estab- 
 lished territory on the western frontier. The Wil- 
 sons have been farmers and stock raisers of the 
 most progressive type, and during the half century 
 since their settlement their lives have been led along 
 the paths of quiet industry and prosperity, and as 
 
 farmers and good citizens, thev have done their full 
 share for the enrichment of community life. 
 
 Now one of the leading citizens of Mountain 
 Home and vicinity, William E. Wilson was only 
 two years old when the family came West, and has 
 spent practically all his life within the limits of 
 Idaho. He was born in the state of Oregon, De- 
 cember 29, 1872, the youngest son and child of 
 James and Nancy Wilson. 
 
 James Wilson, whose death occurred on his farm, 
 twelve miles west* of Boise, March 20, 1899, was 
 one of the most notable of northwestern pioneers. 
 He was born in Washington county, Indiana, May 
 15, 1826, a son of Jesse and Sarah (McCoy) Wilson. 
 'The family originated in Virginia, Jesse Wilson 
 having been born near Morgantown in 1800, and 
 afterwards was one of the pioneers of Washington 
 county, Indiana. Thus each generation of the family 
 seems to have had and been influenced by the pioneer 
 instinct. Grandfather Jesse Wilson died in Oregon, 
 in the fall of 1863. James Wilson when seven years 
 old was taken to Vigo county, Indiana, where he 
 lived until 1854. He then moved out to Iowa, and 
 made his home in Wayne county, until the spring 
 of 1862. At that time he set out across the great 
 plains to Oregon, and from Oregon moved to Idaho 
 in March, 1864, locating in a portion of the country 
 that was then Boise county, but is now Ada county. 
 He made his last move to the estate where he died 
 in 1887. He was a man of exceptional business 
 ability and at his death owned over ten hundred 
 acres of land in Ada and Elmore counties. He 
 gave his attention to the cattle industry, and is 
 said to have done as much as any other man in the 
 state to build up and improve the stock raising 
 industry. He introduced into Idaho many thorough- 
 bred short-horn cattle, and in this way improved the 
 general grade of cattle raised throughout the state 
 When James Wilson came into the Boise Valley, his 
 possessions consisted of five yoke of cattle, and a 
 cash capital of two dollars and sixty-five cents. 
 When he died he left an estate conservatively valued 
 at sixty thousand dollars and all of this was honestly 
 and honorably earned by hard work and judicious 
 management. He was for many years a Democrat 
 in politics, but towards the end of his life was 
 accustomed to work for the man rather than the 
 party. He was made a Mason in 1869, in Boise 
 Lodge, and was a loyal member of the order until 
 his death. 
 
 James Wilson was married May 27, 1849, in In- 
 diana, to Miss Nancy Perkins, who was born in 
 Indiana, October 15, 1832, and who died in Ada 
 county, Idaho, July 30, 1888. The six children of 
 James Wilson and wife were: Jesse, who was born 
 in Sligo county, Indiana, July 5, 1850, and who after- 
 wards became a prominent farmer on the old Wilson 
 homestead near Boise; Charlotte, born in Indiana, 
 September 19, 1852, and afterwards the wife of 
 D. C. Calhoun; Emily J., born in Iowa, October 
 7, 1855 ; Elizabeth M., born in Wayne county, Iowa, 
 February 15, 1858, and who married Phelps Everett; 
 James Lloyd, born in Iowa, August 4, 1860. and 
 drowned in the Boise River in 1865 ; and William E. 
 
 William E. Wilson was brought into Idaho with 
 other members of the family in 1863, and grew up in 
 this state, and during his youth attended the public 
 schools in the Boise Valley. He early became 
 identified with the ranching and stock raising in- 
 dustry, and for twelve years was manager of 
 the stock business of James Wilson & Sons, in El- 
 more county. Since 1894 his home ranch has been 
 on Bennett's Creek, fifteen miles from Mountain 
 Home. There he has a splendid ranch of seven 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 hundred and forty acres, and is one of the largest 
 producers of cattle and other live stock in that lo- 
 cality. 
 
 Along with success in business enterprise, Mr. 
 Wilson is a good citizen, and has given his public- 
 spirited cooperation to every movement and under- 
 taking that might advance the general welfare of his 
 section of the state. In politics he is a Democrat, 
 and is affiliated with the Masonic and the Knights of 
 Pythias orders. On December 22, 1886, he married 
 Miss Anna Daniels, who was born in Jackson county, 
 Iowa, August 31, 1867, receiving her education in 
 the public schools and at the State Normal in Kirks- 
 ville. After one year of teaching in Missouri she 
 came out to Idaho in 1884, accompanied by her 
 brother Thomas, who was then seven years old. 
 During the following year she taught a school in 
 Elmore county, and it was there she met Mr. 
 Wilson, and they were soon afterwards happily 
 married, The children of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson 
 are mentioned as follows : James ; Ida ; Maggie, who 
 died at the age of five years; Lloyd; Floyd, born in 
 January. 1896; Edward, who died at the age of 
 seven years; Ada, born in 1906; and Everett, born 
 in 1910. 
 
 ELMER E. HAAG. It is but fitting that such a new 
 town as that of Filer, Idaho, should number among 
 its leading citizens men who have just reached the 
 prime of life, for youthful enthusiasm is the factor 
 that has developed the great interests of the West, 
 and physical strength has been needed in combating 
 conditions in a new country. It is doubtful, how- 
 ever, even in a state which boasts its successful 
 young men by the thousands, if there are many who, 
 at the age of twenty-six years, find themselves the 
 active directing head of a large banking house, the 
 interests of which extend over a wide territory. 
 Elmer E. Haag, vice-president and general manager 
 of the Filer State Bank, has attained this distinction, 
 as he was born July 19, 1887, in Livingston county, 
 Illinois. His father, Andrew H. Haag, was a native 
 of Pennsylvania, and was married in Illinois to Caro- 
 line Hack, a native of the Prairie state. For a num- 
 ber of years Andrew H. Haag followed farming and 
 stock raising, became prominent in Masonry, and 
 took an active and intelligent interest in the 
 political problems of his day. His death occurred 
 in 1908, when he was about fifty-two years of age, 
 but his widow stil survives and makes her home at 
 Cullom, Illinois. 
 
 Elmer E. Haag attended the common schools in 
 the vicinity of his father's farm, the Cullom high 
 school, the Grand Prairie Academy, and the Chicago 
 Law School, graduating from the last-named in 1908, 
 with the degree of LL. B. As a lad he displayed 
 habits of industry and energy, competently assist- 
 ing his father on the home farm until he had com- 
 pleted his education, and then becoming private sec- 
 retary to the superintendent of Culver Military Acad- 
 emy. Subsequently, he entered the employ of Swift 
 & Company, the Chicago packers, as a member of the 
 selling force, and on severing his connection with 
 that house became connected with a bank at Gary, 
 Indiana, there receiving his initiation into the finan- 
 cial field. Since coming to Filer, in 1911, Mr. Haag 
 has been vice-president and director of the Filer 
 State Bank, an institution that bears a high reputa- 
 tion throughout the state. In the management of its 
 affairs, he has demonstrated his ability as a financier, 
 and has not only gained the confidence of his asso- 
 ciates, but that of the people of his adopted com- 
 munity. Aside from his business enterprises. Mr. 
 
 Haag has always shown commendable interest in 
 public affairs. As a valued member of the Com- 
 mercial Club, of which he has been president and is 
 now secretary, he has at all times been stanch in his 
 support of Idaho's general advantages, and the op- 
 portunities offered in Filer in particular, and no im- 
 portant movement is considered complete without 
 his co-operation. He appreciates the benefits to be 
 secured from healthful recreation, and when he can 
 lay aside his multitudinous duties, enjoys a hunting 
 or fishing trip, or a visit to a good baseball or foot- 
 ball game. He is also fond of theatricals, public 
 speeches and lectures, and spends a large part of 
 his spare time in reading. He is a Republican in 
 politics, but has only acted as a voter. His religious 
 connection is with the Methodist church, while fra- 
 ternally, he affiliates with the Masons and the Odd 
 Fellows. 
 
 JOHN E. DAVIES, one of the prominent and lead- 
 ing attorneys of Twin Falls, Idaho, joined the bar of 
 this city in 1906 and brought to it large legal abili- 
 ties and the experience gained from nearly twenty- 
 five years of successful practice. He was born in 
 Carbondale, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, August 
 18, 1855, a son of John D. and Anna (Ellis) Davies, 
 both of whom were natives of Wales. The father 
 emigrated to the United States in 1833 and followed 
 farming until his death. John E. Davies was edu- 
 cated in the public schools of Bradford county, 
 Pennsylvania, and at Susquehanna College, Towanda, 
 Pennsylvania. He left college at the age of twenty- 
 six and for some years afterward devoted his at- 
 tention to the study of law in the office of his uncle, 
 the Hon. W. T. Davies, who later became lieutenant- 
 governor of Pennsylvania and after that was state 
 treasurer. He then traveled throughout the United. 
 States for several years and finally took up active 
 professional life in Colorado, where he taught school 
 five years and in 1885 was admitted to the bar by 
 the supreme court of that state. In 1887, after two 
 years of practice there, he went to Duluth, Minne- 
 sota, where he followed law very successfully until 
 1906 and during that period served two years as 
 judge of the municipal courts of Duluth. He also 
 served as prosecuting attorney of St. Louis county, 
 Minnesota, four years. Prior to 1894 he was 
 aligned with the Republican party in politics but 
 since has changed his views and is now actively iden- 
 tified with the Democratic party. He came to Twin 
 Falls, Idaho, in 1906 and has become well established 
 as one of the leading attorneys of the city. In 1908 
 he was nominated on the Democratic ticket for state 
 senator of Idaho but was defeated. 
 
 On December 25, 1885, in Denver, Colorado, he 
 was joined in marriage to Miss Frankie I. Guerney, 
 of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and to their union have 
 been born five children, as follows : Winifred, the 
 wife of Thomas J. Woods of Twin Falls, the latter of 
 whom receives individual mention in this work; 
 Douglass Davies, a prominent railroad contractor 
 of Washington; Ethel, now the wife of Kirk Booth, 
 a pharmacist at Twin Falls; Gertrude, now Mrs. 
 A. M. Gabelt, of Portland, Oregon, and Edward, 
 with his parents at Twin Falls. 
 
 Mr. Davies is a gentleman of genial disposition 
 and unfailing courtesy and by his strong abilities as 
 a lawyer and his amiable and friendly ways has in 
 a very few years won the high regard of his pro- 
 fessional associates and fellow citizens and has ac- 
 quired a host of friends. Twin Falls numbers him 
 among its most forceful men. 
 
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 HISTORY OF 'IDAHO 
 
 GEORGE C. WILEY. Ideas backed with indefatigable 
 energy, the desire and power to accomplish big 
 things, these qualities make of success not an acci- 
 dent but a logical result. The man of initiative is 
 he who combines with a capacity for hard work an 
 indomitable will. Such a man recognizes no such 
 thing as failure and his final success is on a parity 
 with his well directed efforts. Since 1908 George C. 
 Wiley has been a resident of Twin Falls, Idaho, and 
 here he is now engaged in the drug business as a 
 member of the Skeels- Wiley Drug Company. 
 
 Mr. Wiley was born at Lanark, Illinois, November 
 10, 1881, and he is the son of Seth C. and Eliza 
 (Chaffee) Wiley. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley were both 
 born and reared in Pennsylvania and located in Illi- 
 nois as young people. He was a gallant and faithful 
 soldier in the Civil war for four years. He was a 
 member of Company C, Ninety-second Illinois Vol- 
 unteer Infantry, and he participated in many of the 
 most important battles marking the progress of the 
 war. He was wounded in the sanguinary engage- 
 ment at Shiloh and at the close of hostilities received 
 his honorable discharge as sergeant. During his ac- 
 tive career he was a contractor and builder of note 
 in Lanark but since 1875 he has lived in virtual re- 
 tirement. He and his wife became the parents of 
 five children, of whom the subject of this review 
 was the fifth in order of birth. 
 
 After completing the curriculum of the public 
 schools of his native place, George C. Wiley was grad- 
 uated in the Lanark high school and later in a local 
 business college. In 1903 he entered upon an ap- 
 prenticeship to learn the trade of druggist in the 
 store of Joseph L. Bidlock, of Lanark. He re- 
 mained in the employ of Mr. Bidlock for the ensuing 
 six years and at the end of that time passed exami- 
 . nations as a full fledged pharmacist. In 1908 he 
 came to Twin Falls and entered the employ of A. 
 N. Sprague as drug clerk. Here he became ac- 
 quainted with his partner Mr. Skeels and in July, 
 191 1, they purchased the drug store formerly owned 
 by the firm of Goldsmith & Ackerman. The Skeels- 
 Wiley Drug Company controls a large and lucrative 
 patronage in Twin Falls and the territory normally 
 adjacent to this city and their modern and beauti- 
 fully appointed store is one of the most attractive 
 concerns of its kind in this section of the county. 
 
 A Republican in politics, Mr. Wiley is deeply and 
 sincerely interested in all that affects the good of 
 the general welfare of Twin Falls and Idaho at large. 
 He is not an aspirant for public office but gives freely 
 of his aid and influence in support of all measures 
 and enterprises tending to advance the wheels of 
 progress. In fraternal circles he is a Mason and 
 an Elk. He is popular among the citizens of his 
 home community and is accorded the unqualified con- 
 fidence and esteem of all with whom he has had 
 business dealings. 
 
 In Lanark, Illinois, June 14, 1905, Mr. Wiley was 
 united in marriage to Miss Grace Grove. 
 
 WATSON N. SHILLING. A publication of this order 
 exercises one of its most important functions when 
 it takes under review the career of a pioneer citizen 
 whose experiences have been so varied, interesting 
 and in many points thrilling as have been those of 
 the honored citizen of Rupert, Lincoln county, where 
 he is now serving as the only postmaster the town 
 has ever known, and also devoting his attention to 
 the development of his fine ranch property in this 
 vicinity. Few of the men who came to the great 
 Northwest in the early pioneer epoch have lived 
 up to the full tension of life on the frontier as did 
 Mr. Shilling, who was one of the first telegraph 
 operators sent into the West by the Western Union 
 
 Telegraph Company, and who was stationed, at 
 various times, at many of the most important posts 
 and trading points in Idaho, Utah and Montana. 
 He has a rare fund of interesting reminiscences 
 of hardships endured, conflicts with the Indians, and 
 other incidents of the early days, and prior to com- 
 ing to the West he had served as a valiant soldier 
 of the Union in the Civil war. Even these brief 
 statements indicate somewhat of the rare career 
 that has been his, and it is gratifying to the pub- 
 lishers of this work to be able to present even 
 an epitome of his life history. A man of unbounded 
 courage, of inflexible integrity, of broad mental 
 ken and of the most kindly and sympathetic nature, 
 he has known the great West long and well, and in 
 the intervening years none has known him save to 
 admire and respect, so that his circle of friends is 
 coincident with that of his acquaintances. 
 
 Mr. Shilling is a native of the old Buckeye state, 
 but he was reared to maturity in Michigan, to which 
 state he accompanied his parents when he was about 
 twelve years of age. He was born near Massilon, 
 in Stark county, Ohio, on the 24th day of April, 
 in 1840, and is a son of Peter and Marie (Rogers) 
 Shilling, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and 
 Ohio. The father was a tailor by trade, and he 
 passed the closing years of his life near where the 
 subject of this narrative was born. He died in 
 1886. His wife was a resident of Paw Paw, Mich- 
 igan, at the time of her death, in 1900, and there 
 her remains were laid to rest, her age at the time of 
 her passing having been sixty-seven years. Of the 
 eight children of these parents only two are living, 
 Watson N., of this review, and Martha, who is 
 the widow of Frederick W. Eames, a man of rare 
 inventive genius, and she resides in the city of 
 Muskegon, Michigan. 
 
 In the common schools of Cass county, Michigan, 
 Watson N. Shilling gained his early education, and 
 he was identified with farm work in that section 
 of the state at the time of the outbreak of the Civil 
 war. His youthful patriotism was roused to re- 
 sponsive protest, and he promptly tendered his service 
 in defense of the Union. In August, 1861, when he 
 was twenty-one years of age he enlisted as a private 
 in the First Michigan Cavalry, as a member of 
 Company M. He proceeded with his command to 
 the front and it was assigned to the Army of the 
 Potomac. He made a most valiant record as a 
 member of this gallant regiment which saw its full 
 quota of arduous service and he took part in many 
 of the important battles marking the progress of 
 the great conflict between the North and the South. 
 Among the more important engagements in which 
 Mr. Shilling participated may be mentioned Second 
 Bull Run and Gettysburg, and he also took part in 
 many others, as well as innumerable skirmishes and 
 minor engagements. In July, 1863, at Gettysburg, 
 he was captured by the enemy and sent to Libby 
 Prison, at Richmond, Va., and served six weeks 
 here, and on Belle Isle in James River, but his 
 exchange was effected about six weeks later, when 
 he promptly rejoined his command. He was in 
 active service for four years and three months, 
 covering virtually the entire period of the long and 
 sanguinary conflict, and at the close of the war was 
 sent with his regiment and the remnant of General 
 Custer's brigade to fight the Indians in the then 
 Territory of Colorado. They were stationed at 
 .Fort Collins until November of that year, when they 
 were mustered out and marched back to Fort Leaven- 
 worth, where they disbanded. This gave to Mr. 
 Shilling his first taste of life in the mountain regions 
 and he returned the following spring, continuing 
 

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HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1027 
 
 here ever since, making the Rocky Mountain region 
 his permanent home. 
 
 It is not permissible to pass over this portion of 
 Mr. Shilling's most active military career without 
 more than a mere cursory mention of his part in the 
 Indian service following the Civil war, and his 
 familiarity with conditions among the Indians after 
 he left the army. He had served through the war 
 in General Custer's brigade, and by reason of this 
 his interest was doubly keen in the horrible Custer 
 Massacre that was perpetrated by the Sioux Indians 
 in 1876. At that time Mr. Shilling was living among 
 the Bannock and Shoshone tribes on the Fort Hall 
 Indian Rest-nation in Eastern Idaho and he was 
 therefore in a position to note well the effect of 
 the activities of the Sioux on these seemingly peace- 
 ful tribes. In times of Indian disturbances, it is 
 a well established fact that the various tribes have 
 a means of communication that is unknown to the 
 whites, and at this time these tribes, seemingly sepa- 
 rated most effectively, became very restless and excit- 
 able. It was evident that communication was being 
 held with the Sioux and other tribes, but what they 
 meant was not known. In 1877, the Nez Perces, one 
 of the allied tribes of the Bannock and Shoshones, 
 went on the war path, committing a number of 
 serious depredations that included the murder of a 
 number of whites, before aid could come from the 
 soldiers, and in the autumn of that year they were 
 overtaken and beaten into submission in Yellow- 
 stone Park by the regular army. During the two 
 years in which these activities were being carried 
 on the Fort Hall Indians were in a constant state 
 of excitement, one Bannock Indian becoming so 
 furious that he set out to do personal violence, with- 
 out waiting for the word of the chief. He satisfied 
 himself with shooting two drivers of freight wagons, 
 within a few rods of the trading post occupied by 
 Mr. Shilling and his family, and escaped to the 
 mountains, but was in the fall of that year captured 
 and brought to trial, being sentenced to the peni- 
 tentiary. One of his friends, bent upon revenge, 
 shot a white cattle herder who was in the employ 
 of Mr. Shilling, killing his victim within a few feet of 
 the door of his (Shilling's) residence. Two com- 
 panies of infantry and one of cavalry were sent to 
 the scene (the Indians rising up most alarmingly 
 when once they had a taste of blood), and their 
 presence there was necessary until the spring of 1878, 
 when the Bannocks set out upon the war path in 
 real earnest, under their chief, Buffalo Horn, while 
 the Shoshones remained neutral. Mr. Shilling, lo- 
 cated in the midst of these only half peaceful tribes, 
 had many opportunities to study the character and 
 instincts of the Indian, and many a thrilling experi- 
 ence was his during the years of the unsettled In- 
 dian question in the West. 
 
 After the war, Mr. Shilling had learned the trade 
 of a telegrapher, and when he had perfected him- 
 self in that art he went to Colorado, in the service 
 of the Western. Union Telegraph Company, and 
 for the long period of twenty-nine years that marked 
 the era of struggle and development in the great 
 West he wa% employed by that company throughout 
 the Rocky Mountain districts. In the early days he 
 was placed in many perilous oositions. incidental 
 to his vocation, and he gained a wide and intimate 
 knowledge of conditions in the pioneer epoch, when 
 civilization was guiding its course toward the 
 western star of empire. From 1866 to 1885 Mr. 
 Shilling was employed as a telegraph operator in 
 the central part of Colorado and Wyoming, also 
 in Utah, Montana and Idaho and he also acted as 
 stage and express agent on the old Overland route, 
 
 prior to the establishing of railroads. During 1866-7 
 the stockade post in which he was stationed was 
 attacked by Indians and the man in charge of the 
 stock was riddled by arrows, the live stock being 
 driven away. It was about this time that two 
 engineers, employed by the Union Pacific Railroad 
 on a preliminary survey, were scalped by marauding 
 Indians. The unfortunate men were brought to Mr. 
 Shilling's station for burial. Soon after these events, 
 Mr. Shilling was removed at his personal request, 
 to Helena, the present capital of the state of Mon- 
 tana, and there he assisted in installing and placing 
 in operation the first office in Helena, on the first 
 telegraph line entering Montana. He served as 
 operator at this point for a time, and was then sent 
 to Idaho and placed in charge of the telegraph office 
 at Ruddy's Station, on the site of the present village 
 of Arimo, Bannock county. In the spring of 1869 
 he was placed in charge of the office at Echo, Utah, 
 and while thus engaged he witnessed the laying of 
 the last rail of the Union Pacific Railroad, connect- 
 ing it with the Central Pacific, at Promontory Point, 
 that state. He next assumed charge of the office 
 at Ogden, Utah, where he remained until the spring 
 of 1870, when he again came to Idaho and took 
 charge of the office at Malad City, Oneida county, 
 Idaho. In 1874 he was transferred to Blackrock 
 station, between McCammon and Pocatello, and he 
 was there when an attempted stage robbery took 
 place, in which the driver of the stage was shot and 
 fell from his seat. One Joe Pinkham, who was 
 United States marshal for Idaho at the time (and 
 is now in charge of the United States assay office 
 at Boise, Idaho), was sitting beside the driver. He 
 seized the reins and drove the stage to Blackrock 
 station, in charge of Mr. Shilling, where the 
 wounded driver died twenty-four hours later. In 
 1876 Mr. Shilling was transferred to the Fort Hall 
 Indian Agency, in Idaho, where he not only served 
 as telegraph operator and stage and express agent, 
 but also received an appointment as government 
 licensed trader on the reservation. There he re- 
 mained for ten years, within which oeriod occurred 
 three successive Indian wars, mentioned in a pre- 
 ceding paragraph, and which are matters of historical 
 moment today. At the time of the ever memorable 
 Custer massacre, Mr. Shilling, who had served long 
 under that gallant soldier during the Civil war, had 
 the distinction of receiving and sending to the out- 
 side world the first message concerning the disaster. 
 The message was transferred to him by and from 
 the station of Pleasant Valley, in charge of Lee 
 Mantle, who later represented Montana in the 
 United States Senate and who was at that time 
 operating a stage station in Pleasant Valley, the 
 nearest point to Fort Hall, from which news of the 
 massacre might be sent. The messenger who 
 brought the news over the intervening distance, of 
 about one hundred and twenty-five miles, compassed 
 the journey by three hours less than the prior record 
 time, and Mr. Shilling promptly telegraphed the dire 
 information to the office at Salt Lake City, whence 
 it was given out to the world. 
 
 In 1884 Mr. Shilling was elected a delegate from 
 Idaho to the Republican National Convention in 
 Chicago, the same convention that nominated Hon. 
 James G. Blaine for the presidency. After leaving 
 Fort Hall he maintained his residence principally 
 at Blackfoot, and was in Ogden, Utah, for about 
 eight years, to which place he moved in order to 
 secure better educational facilities for his children. 
 Whila there he was active in civic life, and served 
 one term as superintendent of the city schools and 
 as a member of the city council, as well as serving 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 two terms as a member of the Board of Regents of 
 the University of Utah. Mr. Shilling devoted him- 
 self chiefly, to the stock business until 1904, when 
 he secured pre-emption claim to ranch lands in Lin- 
 coln county, on what is known as the Minidoka 
 Irrigation Project. He opened the first merchandise 
 store in Rupert in 1905, and in the same year was 
 appointed postmaster of the embryonic town, being 
 the first postmaster of the place, and thus far the 
 only one, for he is still the incumbent of the office. 
 In 1908 he disposed of his mercantile business, in 
 order to give his supervision to the developing and 
 other improving of his lands, of which he owns quite 
 an acreage in the vicinity of Rupert. 
 
 Ever a stalwart and well fortified supporter of 
 the principles of the Republican party, Mr. Shilling 
 has given effective service in behalf of its cause. In 
 the autumn of 1878 he was nominated for the legis- 
 lature as a representative of Oneida county, this 
 action having been taken against his personal wishes, 
 and while he was declared elected, his opponent (a 
 Mr. Webster, of Franklin,) entered contest on a 
 minor technicality, and Mr. Shilling was not himself 
 sufficiently interested to make any protest or take 
 action to protect himself, so that his opponent re- 
 ceived the coveted office. Mr. Shilling has given 
 other public service than that mentioned in connec- 
 tion with his residence in Osrden. In an early day 
 he was chairman of the first board of trustees of the 
 Blackfoot Asylum, and was later a member of the 
 board of the St. Anthony Industrial School. He 
 also served one term on the directorate of the State 
 Normal at Albion. It may be mentioned here that 
 he was again appointed to a place on that board in 
 the winter of 1912-13, but was legislated out of office 
 before he came to service by reason of the passage 
 of an act placing all state institutions under a board 
 of control. 
 
 Mr. Shilling has long been affiliated with the Ma- 
 sonic fraternity, in which he served as Grand Master 
 of the Jurisdiction of Utah, besides having held 
 official chairs in the commandery and chapter. He 
 also holds membership in the Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, and his continued interest in his old 
 comrades of the Civil war is shown by his earnest 
 affiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 Large of heart and mind, his career has been marked 
 by sturdy application and unvarying kindness, and 
 his word is as good as any bond ever issued under 
 the highest authority. He is at all times ready to 
 lend his influence in support of measures and enter- 
 prises tending to advance the civic and material 
 progress and prosperity of his home town, county 
 and state, and few of the surviving pioneers of the 
 northwest are better known or have a wider circle 
 of stanch friends. Devoted to his family, Mr. Shill- 
 ing has found his greatest happiness in the ideal 
 associations of his home and he has given to his 
 children the best available educational advantages. 
 
 On the 1 6th of December, 1871, at Malad, Idaho, 
 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Shilling to Miss 
 Angelina Harrison, who was born in England and 
 who was a child at the time of the family emigration 
 to America. Concerning the seven children of this 
 union, the following brief data are entered in con- 
 clusion of this review : Mae S. is the wife of Newell 
 U. Carpenter, a bank president of Portland, Oregon ; 
 Newton F. is employed as a clerk in the offices of 
 the Oregon Short Line Railroad at Pocatello, 
 Idaho; Alta is the wife of Harrv R. Dalrymple, of 
 Columbus, Ohio, a highly respected college graduate 
 and following a successful business in an educa- 
 tional line ; George R. is an official of the govern- 
 ment health department at Manila, Philippine 
 
 Islands ; Ruby D. became the wife of Floyd Angel, 
 a civil engineer of high standing in the Reclamation 
 Service of the United States and a resident 
 of Hailey, Idaho, where her death occurred in 
 August, 1909; Lucile E. is the wife of Frank J. Larue, 
 a successful hardware merchant at Rupert and a 
 member of the council of that thriving town ; 
 and Jack H. likewise resides in Rupert, where 
 he is a member of a survey corps. The max- 
 imum loss and bereavement in the life of Mr. 
 Shilling was that which came on the 3pth of 
 June, 1912, when his loved and cherished wife and 
 helpmeet was summoned to another world. She 
 was a woman of noble character, gentle and kindly, 
 and ever held the affectionate regard of all who came 
 within the sphere of her influence. Her remains 
 were laid to rest besides those of her daughter,. 
 Mrs. Angel, in the cemetery at Hailey, Idaho, the 
 judicial center of Elaine county. All of the children 
 of Mr. Shilling are well placed in life, and it should 
 be noted here that each of his three married daugh- 
 ters has one little daughter. 
 
 HOWARD M. SKEELS is a young man of unusual 
 enterprise and initiative. Self-made in the most 
 significant sense of the word, he made his own way 
 through college and without assistance has become 
 one of the prominent and representative business 
 men of Twin Falls, where he is engaged in the drug 
 business as a member of the Skeels-Wiley Drug 
 Company. 
 
 A native of Swantpn, Vermont, Howard Martin 
 Skeels was born April 4, 1885, and he is a son of 
 Lucius W. and Lucy (Hastings) Skeels, the former 
 of whom was a native of Vermont and the latter 
 of Canada. The father was a farmer by occupation 
 during the greater part of his active career and he 
 was a man of prominence in his home community, 
 having been selectman and an office holder in his 
 county prior to his demise. Mrs. Skeels survives 
 her honored husband and is now living in Swanton, 
 Vermont. She is a woman of most gracious per- 
 sonality and one who is deeply beloved by all who 
 have come within the sphere of her gentle influence. 
 
 The fourth in order of birth in a family of five 
 children, Howard M. Skeels, was educated in the 
 common schools of Vermont and was graduated in 
 the Swanton high school as a member of the class 
 of 1902. Thereafter he was engaged in various 
 lines of occupation during his spare moments, the 
 while attending college at Ann Arbor, Mjchigan. He 
 was graduated in the University of Michigan in 1907, 
 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. In 1908 
 he came to Twin Falls, Idaho, and here found em- 
 ployment as a drug clerk. July 8, 1911, he entered 
 into a partnership alliance with George C. Wiley 
 and organized the Skeels-Wiley Drug Company, 
 which purchased the business of Goldsmith & Ack- 
 erman, formerly one of the leading drug stores in 
 Twin Falls. During the year that has elapsed to 
 the present time, in 1912, Messrs. Skeels and Wiley 
 have demonstrated their business ability beyond all 
 question and their concern now stands as the lead- 
 ing drug business in Twin Falls. 
 
 Mr. Skeels is an ardent Republican in his politi- 
 cal proclivities and in a fraternal way is affiliated 
 with the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks. 
 He believes firmly in the future of Twin Falls and is 
 the owner of a great deal of valuable business prop- 
 erty in this city. His success is the outcome of his 
 own well directed endeavors and a splendid future 
 in the business world is predicted for him. He is 
 a good mixer and has many good friends in this 
 section of the state. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1029 
 
 August 6, 1912, Mr. Skeels married Miss Ruby 
 Ashmore, a daughter of Robert and Margaret (St. 
 Ranier) Ashmore, pioneer citizens of Nebraska. 
 
 DR. Louis J. PERKINS. Among the prominent phy- 
 sicians and surgeons of Lewiston, Idaho, is Louis J. 
 Perkins, M. D., who is especially prominent as a 
 surgeon of a high order of ability. But it is not 
 only as a member of the medical profession that Dr. 
 Perkins is known and respected in Lewiston, for he 
 takes an active, part in both business and civic af- 
 fairs, being the owner and manager cf a fine ranch 
 and serving as mayor of the city. He is a man of 
 wide experiences, who has lived under conditions 
 that have made him first a man and then a doctor, 
 and his warm personal interest in his patients some- 
 times has as much to do with his success as his un- 
 questioned ability. He is a man whom Lewiston feels 
 proud to see in the position of chief executive. 
 
 Louis J. Perkins was born in Van Buren county, 
 Iowa, on the I2th of March, 1866. His parents were 
 Austin J. and Rhoda (Wildman) Perkins, promi- 
 nent residents of Van Buren county. Austin J. Per- 
 kins was born in Kentucky and his wife was a native 
 of Indiana. He was engaged in farming all of his 
 life, but like his son, he was always interested in 
 public affairs and played an active part. He was a 
 member of the school board and assessor of Van 
 Buren county for years, and held a number of pther 
 public offices. Both he and his wife are now dead. 
 
 Louis J. Perkins was the fourth of the seven chil- 
 dren of his parents, and was educated in the schools 
 of Keosauqua, Iowa, first completing the work of 
 the grammar school and then being graduated from 
 the high school. He attended the Dexter Normal 
 School for the next two years and then taught school 
 in Van Buren county for several years. He had by 
 this time come to the conclusion that the medical 
 profession was the one which he desired to enter, 
 so having saved his money in expectation of just 
 this use for it, he now entered the Kepkuk Medical 
 College, and began the study of medicine. He was 
 graduated from this institution with the class of 
 1892. 
 
 The young doctor first began the practice of his 
 profession in Mt. Zion, Iowa, but only remained there 
 a short time, accepting an appointment as physician 
 to the Umatilla Indian agency at Pendleton, Oregon. 
 He was engaged in this work for four years, and 
 was then sent to the Philippines, as an army surgeon, 
 belonging to the One Hundred and Second Hospi- 
 tal Corps, of the Thirteenth Regular Infantry. He 
 was placed on duty at the Santa Mesa Hospital in 
 the northern part of the island of Luzon. He re- 
 mained here until 1901 when he resigned to return 
 to the United States. He here continued in the 
 service of the government, as a member of the medi- 
 cal service of the pension department, at Washing- 
 ton, D. C. In 1903 he resigned this position and 
 came to Lewiston, Idaho, to once more engage in 
 regular practice. He soon had built up a flourishing 
 practice and this has been growing constantly until 
 he now ranks among the leading physicians and sur- 
 geons of the .city. 
 
 Dr. Perkins was elected member of the school 
 board in 1907 and served four years. He was 
 elected mayor of Lewiston in 1911. In politics he 
 has always taken, an active part, being a stanch up- 
 holder of the doctrines of the grand old party. He 
 has been chairman of the Republican precinct for 
 four years. He is now a member of the United 
 States examining board of pensioners. 
 
 In the fraternal world he is a member of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, of the Masons, of 
 the Woodmen of the World and of the Eagles. In 
 
 the first mentioned order he is a past noble grand. 
 Dr. Perkins is the owner of considerable valuable 
 real estate, which consists mainly in his- splendid 
 ranch in Nez Perec county, and of his beautiful home 
 in Lewiston. 
 
 In 1888 Dr. Perkins was married to Mamie Nel- 
 son, the daughter of J. W. Nelson and Eliza (Bonar) 
 Nelson. J. W. Nelson came into Idaho in pioneer 
 times and became a very successful rancher and 
 stockman, as well as a leader in public affairs. Both 
 Mr. and Mrs. Nelson are now deceased. Four chil- 
 dren have been born to the Doctor and his wife; 
 Bessie, who is a graduate of the University of Idaho, 
 a member of the class of 1912 ; John N., who is now 
 a student at his sister's alma mater; Paul and Ralph. 
 
 JAMES ANDREW BYBEE. No better illustration is 
 needed of what pluck and determination can ac- 
 complish when there is a foundation of ability and 
 ambition than is shown in the life-story of James 
 Andrew Bybee, a prominent civil engineer of Twin 
 Falls, Idaho, and now surveyor of Twin Falls 
 county, who is considered as an expert in his line. 
 He has reached this attainment without a technical 
 school training, a college education, or even the full 
 advantages which the public schools afford. It has 
 been the development of a natural bent in one who 
 had the resolution and tenacity of purpose with 
 which to overcome adverse conditions and to plod 
 steadily toward the coveted goal, the mastery of 
 his chosen profession. 
 
 James Andrew Bybee was born in Uintah, Weber 
 county, Utah, July 2, 1865, a son of Robert L. and 
 Jane (Miller) Bybee. The father was born in 
 Indiana and the mother was a native of Scotland. 
 They became pioneer settlers in Utah, locating in 
 that state as early as 1851, and there the mother 
 passed away when James A. was but five years old. 
 Robert L. Bybee is now a prominent resident of 
 Idaho Falls, Idaho, a commissioner of Bonneville 
 county when it was created from Bingham county, 
 has also served as state senator from Bingham 
 county, and is an active worker in the Democratic 
 ranks of the state. In business his attention has 
 been given to farming and ranching and he is now 
 the owner of valuable ranch lands in Bonneville 
 county. Of six children that came to him and his 
 wife, James A. is the youngest son. The others 
 were: Betsey, who died in infancy; Robert L., whose 
 death resulted from a wound received on a saw 
 mill; Francis M., now a prominent merchant and 
 large realty owner at Idaho Falls, Idaho; Mary A., 
 the wife of Anthony Boomer, who is engaged in the 
 transfer business at Idaho Falls ; and Elizabeth, the 
 wife of Charles W. Poole, state senator from Fre- 
 mont county and a prominent attorney at Rexburg, 
 Idaho. 
 
 James A. Bybee received a haphazard education 
 in the public schools of Utah as his parents did not 
 remain in any one place for any length of time. As 
 a boy his natural bent came into evidence in his 
 play, which oftenest took the direction of laying out 
 walls, fences and canals in miniature, and as he grew 
 older this developed into a desire to become a civil 
 engineer. His parents, however, were then unable 
 to afford him a college training to gratify this ambi- 
 tion. Opportunity came his way when at the age 
 of seventeen he found employment in the engineer- 
 ing department of the Rip Grande Western Rail- 
 road. It was not long until he was advanced to the 
 position of level man, continuing in this capacity 
 for some time. After that his attention was given 
 to farming for some years but he never gave up his 
 interest in engineering and continued to read along 
 the lines of that profession and to keep himself in 
 
1030 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 practice, for it was the work he loved. In 1903 he 
 took employment with the Twin Falls Land & 
 Water Company and continued as their engineer five 
 years. After completing their project he opened 
 offices in Twin Falls for private practice as a civil 
 engineer and has been very successful, having es- 
 tablished a reputation as an expert in this line. In 
 1910 he was elected surveyor of .Twin Falls county 
 and in 1912 was re-elected on the Democratic ticket 
 for that office. 
 
 Mr. Bybee is also an enthusiast on horticulture and 
 has a fine fruit orchard of thirty-six acres adjacent 
 to Buhl, all in a thriving condition. He is a member 
 of the Woodmen of the World and the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows and has filled all the local 
 offices of the latter order. 
 
 Mr. Bybee was united in marriage to Miss Ozetta 
 Eastman on July 20, 1893. Her parents are Ozro 
 F. and Mary E. (Whittle) Eastman, now retired 
 residents of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Mr. Eastman be- 
 came a pioneer settler of Utah in 1847 when he 
 crossed the plains with the first company of Mor- 
 mons that sought new homes in the West, though 
 he is not a Mormon. He afterward made many 
 trips overland from Salt Lake City to California, 
 and passed the most of his active career as a mer- 
 chant. Mrs. Bybee is the owner of 320 acres of ranch 
 land in Twin Falls county. Five children have been 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Bybee, namely: Ozetta, Le- 
 nora, Genoris, Ozro and Mary E. 
 
 CHRISTOPHER W. MOORE. Among a goodly num- 
 ber of highly honored pioneers in Boise, none has 
 a warmer place in the regard of the public than has 
 Christopher Wilkinson Moore, a distinguished citi- 
 zen of the city and for many years president of the 
 First National Bank of Idaho. Attainment of a high 
 order has been his portion in life, and he has taken 
 his place as a leader in connection with the mam- 
 moth material enterprises of the state, as well as in 
 other phases of life. A man of the most pronounced 
 mentality and telling individuality and personality, 
 he has been one who indelibly left his mark upon 
 the period in which he labored, and in these later 
 years, when he has felt it incumbent upon him to 
 withdraw in a measure from the turmoil of business 
 activity, the power and influence of his busier days 
 is still pervading the circles in which he was a domi- 
 nant factor for so long. The natural resources of 
 the state held a generous share in his interest along 
 the lines of development, and to him has long been 
 ascribed the credit for the establishing and carry- 
 ing out of enterprises that have wrought prodig- 
 iously in the upbuilding and development of the 
 state of Idaho, and of the capital city of that state, 
 wherein he has so long made his home. 
 
 Born in Toronto, Canada, on November 30, 1835, 
 Christopher Wilkinson Moore is of Scotch-Irish 
 descent and ancestry, and the son of Christopher 
 and Eliza (Crawford) Moore. These parents spent 
 the greater part of their lives in and about Toronto, 
 where the father was engaged in farming and mer- 
 chandising. Both were members of the Methodist 
 church, and their lives were well spent in every 
 sense. They were people who gained and retained 
 the respect and esteem of all who came within the 
 circle of their acquaintance and when they departed 
 this life they left many to mourn their passing. The 
 father died in the seventieth year of his life and the 
 mother lived to the age of sixty-six years. They 
 became the parents of six children. 
 
 Christopher W. Moore was educated in the schools 
 of Toronto and of Wisconsin, whither the family 
 moved when he was in his boyhood. On May 5, 
 
 1852, when he was in his seventeenth year, he started 
 with his parents and others of the family for the 
 Pacific coast. The party, which included others be- 
 sides his immediate family, made the long and 
 danger-fraught trip across the plains to Oregon 
 with teams, and they experienced many an unex- 
 pected hardship before their western destination was 
 reached. Some three hundred head of cattle and 
 horses made up their train of live-stock, and Mr. 
 Moore was one of the drivers. The principal diffi- 
 culty they encountered was that of finding feed for 
 their stock,, for advance parties of emigrants with 
 their stock had bared the usual grassy spots, and it 
 became the custom of Mr. Moore and another of 
 the party to drive the stock several miles to places 
 where they might find feed. There they would wrap 
 themselves in buffalo robes taken for the purpose, 
 and lying down, sleep until break of day, when they 
 would peer cautiously from their hiding places in 
 search of Indians, then if the coast was clear, catch 
 their horses and drive the stock back to camp. On 
 one occasion they made a drive of forty miles in 
 search of feed and water. Reaching Snake river, 
 they found there was nothing for them unless they 
 swam across, where they could see an abundance 
 of luxuriant grass. Mr. Moore and another young 
 man of his age undertook this task, and their self- 
 imposed task resulted in the death of his companion, 
 who. with his horse was caught in a whirlpool. The 
 unfortunate youth, hampered by his heavy boots 
 and clothing, although an excellent swimmer, made 
 little headway against the stream, and before Mr. 
 Moore could reach him/ sank from view. Some days 
 later his body was recovered, some distance down 
 the river, in Salmon Falls. This unhappy affair was 
 but one of a series of occurrences that marred the 
 trip of these emigrants to the western coast. But 
 a few days after the drowning incident, a white 
 man was found dead, not far from camp, and though 
 the first thought was that it was the deed of a skulk- 
 ing Indian, they found, on tracking the murderer to 
 the river bank, that his footsteps were those of a 
 white man, judging from the heel marks. The arrest 
 of the man followed, and it developed that he had 
 wantonly shot down his victim in cold blood, because 
 of some trifling difference they had experienced as 
 to who should be the owner of a stray cow they 
 had come upon. The man was found guilty, and in 
 accordance with the swift justice that held sway in 
 the West in those early days, was promptly blind- 
 folded and shot, and buried in the grave with his 
 unfortunate victim. So much for the more unhappy 
 experiences of the western home seekers in the 
 fifties. 
 
 It follows, naturally, that the pioneers who found 
 homes in a new country in those days did so at great 
 peril to themselves, and their efforts in developing 
 and bringing up the new country to some semblance 
 of civilization in the early fifties and sixties was a 
 work fraught with the greatest dangers to life and 
 happiness. But they were all men cast in a heroic 
 mold, and their work then bore abundant fruit in 
 the seventies and eighties, and is still shedding its 
 influence abroad in the land today, when the state 
 of Idaho, with its cities of metropolitan cast and its 
 progressive methods, takes its place with the greatest 
 commonwealths of the Union. The name of Chris- 
 topher W. Moore must inevitably have a lasting 
 place on the roster of those men who have been 
 influential in bringing about the present creditable 
 conditions here existing, and too much may not be 
 said in praise of their noble efforts and of the actual 
 work they wrought. 
 
 When Mr. Moore found himself settled in the 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1031 
 
 West, he first concerned himself with the selling, 
 buying and raising of live-stock, shipping principally 
 to Puget Sound and Victoria, in British Columbia. 
 It was thus that he gained his independent start in 
 life. In 1862 he went to Northern Idaho and in 
 the following year located on the spot where Boise 
 in later and happier years reared her head and ad- 
 vanced to such a state of prosperity that she inevi- 
 tably became the capital of the state. Though he 
 had no intention of remaining there permanently 
 then, Mr. Moore gave early evidence of his far- 
 sightedness by camping on the site of the city, and 
 throughout the long intervening years the place 
 that became Boise has represented his home and the 
 center of his chief activities. He has been promi- 
 nently identified with the development of its chief 
 business interests, especially in the merchandise 
 business, with which he early became associated. 
 He operated stores in Boise, Booneville, Ruby 
 City and Silver City, and he was the first mer- 
 chant in Owyhee county. In 1867 he joined forces 
 with B. M. DuRell, William Roberts and D. W. 
 Hallard, the latter becoming a later governor 
 of the state, and the four organized the First Na- 
 tional Bank of Idaho at Boise. Mr. DuRell was 
 the first president and Mr. Moore the first cashier. 
 It is a notable fact that Mr. Moore is the sole sur- 
 vivor among the men who organized and established 
 this well known financial institution. For nine years 
 he served as cashier, then withdrew from that office 
 and until 1890 he acted as a member of the bank's 
 directorate. It is generally conceded in Boise that 
 to his excellent judgment is due much of the success 
 that came to this bank, and he was known widely 
 during the years of his financial activity as a man 
 of the soundest judgment in banking matters, pro- 
 gressive, yet safe and sane at all times. This was 
 the second national bank to be organized west of 
 the Rockies, the other being the First National Bank 
 of Portland, Oregon. It is but due to the bank and 
 those men who made it the solid institution it is to 
 say that it has been a decided credit to the city, 
 reflecting great credit upon all who were concerned 
 with it. 
 
 Mr. Moore, in the years of his business activity, 
 was known as a man of the most resourceful mind, 
 with a genuine capacity for business that made him 
 a power in whatever commercial, industrial or finan- 
 cial circles he chose to enter. In various ways he 
 has maintained and promoted the material welfare 
 of this city, some of which may be mentioned here 
 briefly. He has been president of the Artesian Hot 
 and Cold Water Company since its organization, 
 which furnishes hot and cold water to the best resi- 
 dence district in Boise, and as became one who was 
 a true pioneer and a progressive man in all things, 
 it was left to him to introduce the hot water heat- 
 ing system into Boise, his own home boasting the 
 first heating plant. He was long a director of the 
 Capital Electric Light and Power Company, and has 
 been for years largely connected with farming and 
 stock-raising, although in more recent years he 
 abandoned that work to the control of his sons. In 
 later years he'has withdrawn little by little from all 
 connection with the business activities of the city, 
 and is content to take his ease, secure in the knowl- 
 edge that he has performed his full share of the 
 development and settlement work of the city, county 
 and state, and that others may take up his work 
 where he has laid it down. 
 
 Mr. Moore is a man who has all his life given 
 
 his support to the principles of Republicanism, and 
 
 though a stanch citizen and a voter on every topic 
 
 or question that arises, he has never shown any 
 
 Vol. in 
 
 inclination to mix in politics. He is a member of 
 the Pioneer Society of Idaho, of which he was long 
 president, and has a lively interest in the affairs of 
 that worthy organization. 
 
 On July 3, 1865, Mr. Moore was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Catherine Minear, of West Vir- 
 ginia, a pioneer member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 church of Boise, and a lady who was greatly 
 esteemed for the many Christian graces that adorned 
 her personality. Mrs. Moore's death occurred 
 March 26, 1911. Three sons and three daughters 
 were born to Mr. and Mrs. Moore, namely: Alice, 
 the wife of Dr. H. L. Bettis; Laura B., who married 
 J. W. Cunningham; Crawford; Anna L., the wife 
 of F. H. Parsons; Marion P. and Raymond H. 
 
 ABRAMSON BROTHERS. The activity and enterprise 
 of any growing center of population is perhaps as 
 clearly indicated in the class of contractors who 
 look after its building interests as in any other re- 
 spect, and it is with pleasure that we refer to the 
 firm of Abramson Brothers, of Twin Falls, Idaho. 
 They are men who stand high in the estimation of 
 our people as citizens, while in business life they 
 have already won most gratifying success. 
 
 Joseph A., Charles, David W. and Samuel Abram- 
 son were all born in Monroe county, Iowa, and they 
 are sons of John and Christine (Johnson) Abram- 
 son, both of whom were born and reared in Sweden, 
 whence they immigrated to America in an early 
 day and settled in Iowa. John Abramson was a 
 mason by trade but after locating in Iowa, he turned 
 his attention to agricultural operations and was the 
 owner of a finely improved farm in Monroe county, 
 that state, at the time of his demise, in June, 1909. 
 Mrs. Abramson survives her honored husband and 
 lives on the old homestead in Iowa. Two of her 
 daughters live with her, namely Anna, wife of Gus 
 F. Peterson, and Thelma, now Mrs. John C. Peterson. 
 
 To the invigorating influences of the old home 
 farm the Abramson Brothers were reared to matur- 
 ity and they early became associated with their 
 father in the work and management of the estate. 
 All were educated in the public schools of Monroe 
 county, Iowa, and Joseph received a training in a 
 business college at Des Moines, Iowa. Joseph 
 Abramson was the first of the brothers to come to 
 Twin Falls and he arrived here in March, 1908. 
 Charles followed him later in the same year and 
 David W. and Samuel came here in 1910. All the 
 brothers were proficient as carpenters and Joseph 
 and Charles began as contractors and house build- 
 ers immediately upon their arrival in this city. They 
 met with such splendid success in their new field 
 that they induced the other two brothers to come 
 here and join them in a contracting and building 
 partnership. From a modest beginning the busi- 
 ness of the Abramson Brothers has grown steadily 
 until today the firm ranks as one of the foremost of 
 its kind in Twin Falls. Numerous fine residences 
 and business blocks have been erected by them and 
 they have a fine, fully equipped workshop, in which 
 they recently installed a planing mill run by elec- 
 tricity. 
 
 Honesty and fair dealing have won for the Abram- 
 son Brothers an enviable reputation in the business 
 world of Twin Falls and their future success has 
 long been assured. All of them, during their resi- 
 dence in this city, have acquired valuable real estate 
 holdings here and are the owners of well improved 
 farming lands in Twin Falls county. In connection 
 with their contracting business they handle grain 
 and provisions in carload lots and forward the same 
 to the coast. They are stalwart Democrats in their 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 political convictions and are deeply and sincerely 
 interested in all that affects the welfare of Twin 
 Falls and the state at large. Joseph is affiliated with 
 the Knights of Pythias. Two of the brothers are 
 single and two are married. 
 
 December 23, 1908, Charles Abramson was united 
 in marriage to Miss Sylva Brooner, a native of 
 Indiana and a daughter of John and Sarah (Norris) 
 Brooner. 
 
 David W. Abramson married in March, 1907, Mary 
 Smith, of Avery, Iowa, and they have three children : 
 lora, Lawrence and Glenn. 
 
 CHARLES H. BURTON. The history of a nation 
 is. nothing more than a history of the individuals 
 comprising it, and as they are characterized by lof- 
 tier or lower ideals, actuated by the spirit of ambi- 
 tion or indifference, so it is with a state, county or 
 town. Success along any line of endeavor would 
 never be properly appreciated if it came with a 
 single effort and unaccompanied by some hardships, 
 for it is the knocks and bruises in life that make 
 success taste so sweet. The failures accentuate the 
 successes, thus making recollections of the former 
 as dear as those of the latter for having been the 
 stepping-stones to achievement. The career of 
 Charles H. Burton but accentuates the fact that 
 success is bound to come to those who join brains 
 with ambition and are willing to work. Mr. Bur- 
 ton, an engineer by profession, has been a resident 
 of Twin Falls since 1904 and since 1910 he has 
 here been engaged in the coal business. 
 
 A native of Utah, Charles H. Burton was born 
 September 10, 1884, and he is a son of John H. and 
 Kathleen (Ferguson) Burton, both of whom were 
 born and reared in Utah, in which state their re- 
 spective parents were early pioneer settlers. John 
 H. Burton was an architect by profession but was 
 killed in the beginning of a very successful career, 
 aged thirty years. Mr. and Mrs. Burton had two 
 children : Charles H., of this notice ; and Phyllis 
 B., who is the wife of LeRoy Clive, of Salt Lake 
 City, Utah. Mrs. Burton survives her honored hus- 
 band and lives in Salt Lake City. 
 
 To the public schools of Salt Lake City Charles 
 H. Burton is indebted for his preliminary educational 
 training, which discipline was later supplemented with 
 a three-year course in the University of Utah. After 
 leaving college he was engaged in the work of his 
 profession for a period of ten years in Utah, Oregon, 
 Washington, Canada and Idaho. For seven years 
 of the above period he was employed by various cor- 
 porations on railroad and canal work and in 1904 
 he settled in Twin Falls, where for the ensuing five 
 years he was identified with engineering. He was 
 an important factor in the construction of the Twin 
 Falls Land & Water Company's canal. In 1909 he 
 retired from active engineering and entered into a 
 partnership alliance with H. S. Martin to conduct 
 the business of the Filer Coal Company. From a 
 small beginning and in spite of many obstacles the 
 above concern has become one of the important 
 business enterprises in Twin Falls. The business 
 controlled in 1911 by the Filer Coal Company was 
 just five times the amount cared for in 1908. At 
 different times Mr. Burton gives his attention to 
 engineering and surveying work but most of his 
 time is devoted to his extensive business interests. 
 He is a believer in land values in Twin Falls 
 county and is the owner of ranch properties in the 
 vicinity of Twin Falls, where he has considerable 
 money invested in real estate. 
 
 In January, 1910, Mr. Burton was united in mar- 
 riage to Miss Rose Etzel, a native of Iowa. 
 
 Mr. Burton is an energetic, active and progressive 
 
 business man and he figures prominently in the 
 commercial world of Twin Falls. In 1912 he was 
 elected vice president of the Merchants & Manu- 
 facturers Association of this city, a position he is 
 filling with credit and satisfaction to all concerned. 
 In politics he is an unswerving Republican and in 
 1912 he was candidate for the office of county com- 
 missioner, but was defeated. He represents a fine 
 type of American manhood and reflects credit on 
 the citizenship of Twin Falls. 
 
 BALL BROTHERS. For the past seven years the 
 Ball brothers have been connected with the upbuild- 
 ing of Twin Falls, Idaho, and they have just reason 
 to be proud of the fact that to their efforts can be 
 traced many a substantial enterprise or advancement 
 contributing greatly to the growth and prosperity 
 of this section of the state. In every sense of the 
 word they are representative citizens and business 
 men of marked capacity. They are diligent workers 
 and their success has been on a parity with their 
 well applied endeavors. They are manufacturers of 
 building and ornamental stone and are dealers in 
 steel, glass and building supplies. 
 
 Natives of West Liberty, Iowa, Harry W. and 
 Fitch L. Ball are sons of Cassius A. and Theona 
 (Walton) Ball, the former of whom passed to eter- 
 nal rest at Twin Falls July 29, 1912, and the latter 
 of whom resides on a ranch in Twin Falls county. 
 There are five children in the Ball family : The two 
 brothers mentioned herein ; Jesse S., a rancher in 
 Twin Falls county, Idaho; Helen Holmes, now Mrs. 
 Paul Sutmiller; and Mildred Berry, with her mother. 
 
 To the public schools of West Liberty, Iowa, 
 Harry W. and Fitch L. Ball are indebted for their 
 early educational training. Subsequently Harry W. 
 was a student in a business college at Minneapolis, 
 Iowa, and Fitch L. attended the George school at 
 Newtown, Pennsylvania. The brothers began their 
 business career as partners in contracting work 
 in West Liberty and later they located in Salt Lake 
 City, Utah. For one year Harry W. was interested 
 in mining projects in Colorado. In 1905 they came 
 to Twin Falls and purchased an interest in their 
 present business, which they now own exclusively. 
 In recent years they purchased land and erected 
 the fine stone factory in which is manufactured 
 building and ornamental stone, the patents of which 
 process are controlled by them. They are pioneers 
 in their line in Twin Falls and it reflects credit on 
 their product that many of the leading business 
 blocks and public buildings, including the new high 
 school building in this city, are ornamented with 
 the output of their factory. The Hollister school 
 and business blocks in Burley, Idaho, are likewise 
 beautified with stone from their factory. In addi- 
 tion to the stone business they are dealers in steel, 
 glass and building supplies. Successful and ener- 
 getic, the Ball brothers are in perfect accord with 
 each other and this is, in part, the secret of their 
 splendid achievements. They likewise have valu- 
 able real estate holdings in this city and are the 
 owners of a finely cultivated ranch in Twin Falls 
 county. 
 
 In 1909, Harry W. Ball married Miss Irene S. 
 Allen; they have no children. Fitch L. Ball was 
 united in marriage in 1904 to Miss Gay Luse and 
 they have two children : Frances Atwood and James 
 Osborne. 
 
 In politics Messrs. Ball have usually been support- 
 ers of the Republican party. They have no aspira- 
 tions for public office of any description but are lib- 
 eral contributors of their time and means to all 
 matters tending to advance progress and improve- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1033 
 
 ment. Harry W. is a Mason and Fitch L. is af- 
 filiated with the Knights of Pythias. 
 
 ROBERT P. CHATTIN. As banker, sheepman, min- 
 ing developer, the place of Robert P. Chattin in the 
 business activities of southern Idaho has been a 
 conspicuous one upwards of a quarter of a century. 
 He was not a rich man when he came to this coun- 
 try, nearly thirty years ago. A capacity for hard 
 work, ability to conduct varied undertakings, sound 
 judgment and unyielding persistence in his enter- 
 prises, brought him the rewards and honors of busi- 
 ness success, and he is today one of the most influen- 
 tial citizens of the city. 
 
 Robert P. Chattin belongs to the old state of Ten- 
 nessee, and is a descendant of one of its old families. 
 He was born in Rhea county, Tennessee, April 3, 
 1863, a son of John D. and Susan (Cooke) Chattin. 
 Both the father and grandfather were natives of 
 Virginia, and the mother was born in Tennessee, 
 where her parents had settled after moving from 
 South Carolina. The father was a merchant at 
 Washington in Rhea county, but later sold his place 
 of business, and on a farm of five hundred and 
 sixty acres engaged in raising corn and wheat 
 and hogs and cattle, and was one of the largest 
 farmers in Rhea county. He was Colonel Chattin of 
 the Musters in Tennessee, and a man of great in- 
 fluence over a large community. He died in Rhea 
 Springs, Tennessee, in 1869. The mother died at 
 the age of eighty-four, on the old home plantation 
 in Tennessee. In politics the father was a Whig 
 during the early half of the century, and afterwards 
 a Democratic voter until his death. 
 
 The fourth in a family of five children, Robert P. 
 Chattin's brothers and sisters were: John Cooke 
 Chattin, born in Tennessee, in 1848, and who met 
 death while he and a cousin were playing with a 
 keg of powder around a blasting place, the cousin 
 surviving, though disfigured for life that accident 
 occurred in 1863 ; W. F. Chattin was born on the 
 home place in Tennessee in 1859, a "d is now a 
 farmer, in his home state; Katie C. was born on 
 the old homestead in January, 1862, was married at 
 Harriman, Tennessee, to Professor S. W. Tindle, and 
 has seven living children ; Marie E. was born on the 
 old plantation in March, 1867, and died in 1900 at 
 the age of thirty-four. 
 
 Robert P. Chattin spent his boyhood and youth in 
 Rhea county, attained a common school education, 
 and from the time he was fourteen has been earn- 
 ing his own way, and for a greater part of the time 
 has been separated by a distance of thousands of 
 miles from the old home place. He continued at 
 work on the plantation until he was twenty years 
 old and then went west, arriving at Kuna, Idaho, in 
 January, 1884. From there he rode stage into Boise, 
 and after a week went out to Rocky Bar in Alturas 
 county, getting as far as Mountain Home, where he 
 spent some time, and traveled about Rocky Bar and 
 Blackfoot for some time. After those preliminary 
 experiences prospecting about the state, Mr. Chattin 
 has had his home in Elmore county practically ever 
 since. In January, 1885, he returned to Tennessee, 
 and at Knoxville was married to Miss Alice M. 
 Rising, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Rising of 
 Greeneyille, Tennessee. In May, 1886, the young 
 couple returned to their future home in Idaho, 
 spending the first summer on the Boise river, and in 
 the fall returning to Mountain Home. They spent 
 another season on the Boise river, and in the fall of 
 1887 built their own residence in Mountain Home. 
 
 In March, 1888, the gold excitement attracted Mr. 
 Chattin out to Pine. Idaho, and after the three feet 
 
 of snow had melted he built two structures for mer- 
 chandising purposes, and also bought a house for his 
 own quarters. He served as postmaster at Pine 
 during 1888-89, and in the latter year moved to 
 Rocky Bar, where he remained until the fall of 1890. 
 He then returned to Mountain Home, and engaged 
 in business at Glenn's Ferry, having an establishment 
 there which he sold in December, 1891. 'He next 
 opened a store at Mountain Home in the general 
 merchandise business, and continued in that line 
 until 1893. In 1892 he had interested himself in the 
 sheep business, and after disposing of his merchan- 
 dise enterprise at Mountain Home he went out to 
 the ranch, and gave his undivided attention to the 
 industry. In 1894, he was candidate for sheriff of 
 Elmore county, but was defeated. In 1895 he was 
 again making his home at Mountain Home, and 
 since that year has been chiefly engaged in raising 
 sheep. In 1897 he bought the Dorsey ranch from 
 C. W. Howth, comprising about three hundred and 
 twenty acres of land. When he took control there 
 were forty acres under cultivation, and he has since 
 improved it and from time to time has added to its 
 cultivated area until one hundred and thirty-five 
 acres of the old ranch are now productive and under 
 the plow. He has increased his land holdings in this 
 vicinity until he is proprietor of about twelve hun- 
 dred and forty acres, with about 600 acres in cultiva- 
 tion, and under the firm title of Hein & Chattin the 
 ranch is one of the largest and best known in south- 
 ern Idaho. Mr. Chattin was very active and promi- 
 nent in the sheep business until about two years 
 ago, since which time he has spread his resources 
 and attention to a more varied line of enterprise. 
 
 In 1902 Mr. Chattin bought the old Franklin mine 
 at Pine, Idaho, and continued to work the property 
 until 1911. He then leased it to S. W. Berneathy. 
 In 1908 the mill burned down, causing a great loss 
 to its owner, but in 1909 was rebuilt and was made 
 the best equipped plant of its kind in the state of 
 Idaho. For several years the mine produced from 
 twenty to twenty-five tons of ore a day, but at this 
 writing is not in operation. Mr. Chattin is a mem- 
 ber of other business interests in Pine, where he 
 has erected a number of buildings for his own use, 
 and in recent years has supplied much of the capital 
 and enterprise for various well known business and 
 financial undertakings. In 1907 he bought stock in the 
 First National Bank of Mountain Home and has been 
 president of the institution since 1909. He is also 
 interested in the Stock Growers Bank as a director, 
 and is vice president of the Bruneau State Bank. 
 He has large real estate holdings besides those 
 already mentioned, and much city property in Moun- 
 tain Home, and his homestead near the latter city 
 comprises ten acres of land beautifully situated and 
 well improved for a comfortable home place. His 
 mining and ranching interests include other proper- 
 ties than those just mentioned. 
 
 Mr. Chattin has been a Democratic voter since 
 he reached his majority, and for a number of years 
 was very active in Idaho politics. During the ad- 
 ministration of the late Governor Steunenberg he 
 served as state sheep inspector from 1897 to 1901. 
 For a number of years he has aided the work o^ 
 education in his own community by serving as trustee 
 at Mountain Home. He is a life member of Boise 
 Lodge No. 310 of the Benevolent and Protective 
 Order of Elks and is also a charter member of thai 
 lodge. His other fraternal affiliations are with the 
 Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World, 
 the Modern Woodmen of America, the Royal Neigh- 
 bors and other social and fraternal bodies. 
 
 To the marriage of Mr. Chattin and wife have 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 been born the following children: Susan F., born 
 in Rhea county, Tennessee, October 29, 1885, is the 
 owner of a ranch of three hundred and twenty acres 
 adjoining her father's place. Robert C, born in 
 Rhea county, Tennessee, June i, 1888, married Miss 
 Eva Cams, a native of Boise, their marriage having 
 occurred June 29, 1911. Alice L., born in Rocky 
 Bar, Idaho, March 17, 1890, now lives at home. 
 John B., who is employed in his father's bank, was 
 born at Mountain Home, January 25, 1895, and 
 graduated from the high school of Mountain Home 
 in 1912. 
 
 CARL A. JUNGST has been connected with the 
 meat business since we was a boy of twelve years, 
 and it is little wonder that he has been able to make 
 a success of that line as an independent dealer, in 
 view of his long and exhaustive experience in every 
 branch of the work. When he was twelve years of 
 age he went from his home in Iowa to North Yak- 
 ima, Washington, and for ten years he was con- 
 nected in one capacity of another with the meat 
 business. Then, for six years, he was similarly en- 
 gaged in Ellensburg, Washington, after which he 
 came to Twin Falls, and after three years of work 
 as a salaried man, he became the owner and propri- 
 etor of his present business. His success has been 
 sure and steady, and today he is known for one of 
 the solid business men of the city. 
 
 Born in Afton, Iowa, on May 13, 1884, Carl A. 
 Jungst is the son of Henry and Elizabeth (Able) 
 Jungst, of Germany and Iowa respectively, the lat- 
 ter living at North Yakima, Washington, while the 
 former is deceased. The early education of the 
 boy was received prior to his twelfth year in the 
 common schools of Afton, Iowa, but in later years 
 he received some schooling in the public schools of 
 North Yakima, Washington, whither he removed 
 after he was twelve years of age. He earned his 
 first money as a boy working in a meat market in 
 North Yakima before and after school hours and 
 during vacation, and when he concluded his school 
 work he entered permanently into the business, 
 with which he has ever since been identified. For 
 twelve years he continued in the work in North 
 Yakima, after which he went to Ellensburg, Wash- 
 ington, to accept a more lucrative position, and con- 
 tinued there for six years. In 1906, as previously 
 mentioned, he came to Twin Falls, and here worked 
 for three years, after which he established his pres- 
 ent widely known business under the name of the 
 Independent Meat Market. From the first his ad- 
 vancement in the favor of the public has been con- 
 tinuous, and today he is conducting one of the flour- 
 ishing establishments of its kind in the district. He 
 has a fine place, equipped with every modern ap- 
 pliance known to the business, and conducts his own 
 slaughter house. 
 
 Mr. Jungst is a Republican, but is not an active 
 politician, and his fraternal affiliations are repre- 
 sented by his membership in the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows and the Loyal Order of Moose. 
 Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist 
 church. 
 
 On December 25, 1903, Mr. Jungst was united in 
 marriage at Ellensburg, Washington, with Miss 
 Vivian W. Hiddleson, the daughter of W. P. Hid- 
 dleson, of Vancouver, Washington. Three daugh- 
 ters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Jungst, namely: 
 Anna M., deceased; Helen G. and Rena M. 
 
 HUBERT W. WILSON, M. D. Doctor Wilson in 
 his professional service has been prompted by a 
 laudable ambition for advancement as well as by 
 deep sympathy and humanitarian principles that 
 
 urge him to put forth his best efforts in the allevia- 
 tion of pain and suffering. He has gained recog- 
 nition from the profession as one of its able repre- 
 sentatives and the trust reposed in him by the pub- 
 lic is indicated by the liberal patronage awarded 
 him. For seventeen years Dr. Wilson was a promi- 
 nent physician and surgeon in Michigan City, Indi- 
 ana, whence he removed to Twin Falls, Idaho, in 
 1909, his health necessitating the change. 
 
 A native of Indiana, Dr. Hubert Wallace Wil- 
 son was born in Laporte, that state, July 19, 1870, 
 and he is a son of Hardy and Mary (Whorwell) 
 Wilson, the former of whom was a native of Bos- 
 ton, Lincolnshire, England, and the latter of New 
 Jersey. Mr. Wilson died in March, 1913. Mrs. 
 Wilson is now living in Huntington, West Vir- 
 ginia, with a daughter. Of the eight children born 
 to the Wilsons Dr. Wilson of this review is the 
 only one in Idaho. 
 
 After completing the course of studies prescribed 
 in the Laporte high school, Dr. Wilson was for two 
 years under a private tutor in Greenfield, Tennessee. 
 He then entered the University of Michigan, in the 
 medical department of which excellent institution he 
 was graduated as a member of the class of 1892. He 
 initiated the active practice of his profession in 
 Michigan City, Indiana, and resided there for the 
 following seventeen years, during which time he 
 won a fair name for himself as a skilled physician 
 and surgeon. At one time he was coroner of La- 
 porte county, Indiana, and for many years he was 
 president of the board of health in Michigan City. 
 He was division surgeon for the Michigan Central 
 Railroad and surgeon for the Lake Erie & Western 
 Railroad and for the Haskell & Barker Car Com- 
 pany, of Michigan City. His health failing, Dr. 
 Wilson was forced to leave the city where all his 
 dearest interests were centered and which placed 
 so high a mark of approval on all his efforts. 
 
 In 1909 he came to Twin Falls, Idaho, and here 
 entered into a partnership alliance with his one- 
 time pupil, Dr. Clouchek, who had previously set- 
 tled in this city. The firm of Wilson & Clouchek, 
 practicing physicians and surgeons, has gained 
 distinctive prestige throughout this section of the 
 state and the members are surgeons for the Oregon 
 Short Line Railroad. Dr. Wilson is affiliated with 
 the Twin Falls County Medical Society, of which 
 he was president in 1912, and he is likewise con- 
 nected with the Southern Idaho Medical Society 
 and the American Medical Association. He is a 
 member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and 
 in the time-honored Masonic order is a Knight 
 Templar and a thirty-second degree Mason. His 
 chief recreation is the hunt and he is an expert 
 rifleman, being the proud possessor of many trophies 
 indicative of his prowess. He is enthusiastic in his 
 praise of Idaho and especially of Twin Falls county, 
 believing that this section has a glorious future. He 
 is the owner of extensive ranch lands in the county 
 and has a beautiful residence in the city of Twin 
 Falls. In every sense of the word he is a loyal and 
 public-spirited citizen and is an active worker for 
 the good of his home community, where he com- 
 mands unqualified confidence and respect. 
 
 At Laporte, Indiana, May 17, 1893, Dr. Wilson 
 was united in marriage to Miss Lena M. Buck, a 
 daughter of Capt. James H. Buck, who is now 
 president of the Laporte Savings Bank. Captain 
 Buck is a Civil war veteran, having been a member 
 of the Thirty-first Regiment of Illinois Infantry dur- 
 ing the entire period of the war. For many years 
 he .was a revenue officer in Missouri. His wife, 
 whose maiden name was Celia Orer, is deceased. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1035 
 
 Dr. and Mrs. Wilson became the parents of two 
 children, one of whom is deceased. The other, 
 Margaret, is residing with her parents. 
 
 EDGAR J. FINCH, of Twin Falls, Idaho, clerk of 
 the district court in Twin Falls county, is one of the 
 young men who could not resist the alluring call 
 of the West. He was born March 2, 1876, at Albion, 
 Michigan, and by both paternal and maternal de- 
 scent springs from old and prominent New York an- 
 cestry. James Finch, his father, was a native of 
 New York and was but five years of age when his 
 parents became numbered among the many emi- 
 grants from that state to Michigan during the early 
 settlement of the latter, their journey thence having 
 been made by ox team. For eighty years he has 
 been a resident of Calhoun county, Michigan, where 
 he followed farming during his active career and 
 became very prominent as a prohibitionist. Jane 
 Cornell Finch, the mother of Edgar J., was born 
 at De Ruyter, New York, and was a sister of Ezra 
 Cornell, the American philanthropist best known as 
 the founder of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 
 To these parents were born eight children, two of 
 whom are deceased. Those living besides Edgar 
 J. are Robert F. Finch, a grain dealer at Ipswich, 
 South Dakota; James C. Finch, assistant general 
 freight agent for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas 
 Railway Company at Kansas City, Missouri; Frank 
 A. Finch, cashier of the Lemmon State Bank, Lem- 
 mon, South Dakota, and the first mayor of that 
 place; Hattie, now Mrs. Delbert S. Howe, of Home/, 
 Michigan ; and Mary, who is now Mrs. Melvm 
 Bryant, of Albion, Michigan. 
 
 Educated first in the public schools of Albion, 
 Michigan, Mr. Finch then entered Albion College 
 and remained a student there until eighteen years 
 of age. Until he left the parental home he assisted 
 his father in farm duties. Upon locating in Ipswich, 
 South Dakota, he engaged in the implement, farm 
 machinery and hardware business there and carried 
 it on very successfully six years; then desiring to 
 return to his native state, he sold his. interest in 
 1904 and spent the following two years at his old 
 home. In 1908, unable to resist longer the appeal 
 of the West, he came to Idaho and at Filer, Twin 
 Falls county, again embarked in the machinery and 
 produce business. After two years' residence there 
 he was elected clerk of the district court and in 
 1910 sold his business and removed to Twin Falls, 
 where he now resides and is engaged in his official 
 duties. 
 
 Mrs. Finch was Miss Jessie A. Crissman prior to 
 her marriage, a daughter of Thomas W. and Mary 
 (Knisely) Crissman. Mr. Crissman is a prominent 
 grain dealer at Fessenden, North Dakota, and was a 
 pioneer settler in South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Finch have three children: Marguerite E., Roby 
 Finch and James C. Finch. 
 
 Mr. Finch is a Royal Arch Mason, and in poli- 
 tics is a Democrat and active in behalf of Democratic 
 principles. Though he has been a resident of this 
 section but a very brief period, the sterling quali- 
 ties of his character soon became known and have 
 placed him high in the esteem of his fellow citizens. 
 Idaho has not disappointed him, and in return has 
 gained in him a good business man and one of 
 honor, worth and progressive spirit. 
 
 HON. FRED W. GOODING. Among the men who are 
 justly entitled to be enrolled with the makers of the 
 
 treat commonwealth of Idaho and of the city of 
 hoshone is the Hon. Fred W. Gooding, whose more 
 than thirty years of residence here has left its im- 
 press upon the entire Northwest. Although reared 
 
 in Michigan, and surrounded by the attractions which 
 that region affords, he early saw the great possi- 
 bilities which the far west presented, and as a con- 
 sequence, left his home to seek his fortune in the 
 western states. He possesse^ no rich inheritance 
 nor influential friends to assist him in establishing 
 himself in business, but he was filled with high 
 hopes and a laudable ambition to succeed, and a 
 determination which shrank from no obstacles or 
 difficulties that presented themselves to bar his 
 progress. If his ambition was great, his rise was 
 rapid, and in a few short years he became known 
 as one of leading sheep men of the Snake river 
 valley. He became imbued at a very early period 
 with the belief that Idaho was one day to become 
 a great commonwealth, and there has been scarcely 
 any important enterprise projected within the past 
 decade but what has found him in some way identi- 
 fied therewith. Although not among the earliest 
 settlers, he is yet a typical pioneer, and his career 
 forms a part of the history of Idaho, and he has 
 watched Shoshone grow from a rough and bois- 
 terous frontier town to a metropolis of the West and 
 a center of commercial, industrial and educational 
 activity. With the acquirement of success along 
 business lines, Mr. Gooding turned his attention to 
 public matters, and in the political arena his success 
 has been as marked and his rise as rapid. A sketch 
 showing the steps by which he has risen from poor 
 and obscure boyhood to a position as a leading 
 figure in the commercial life of one of the leading 
 states of the Northwest should prove both interest- 
 ing and instructive. 
 
 Fred W. Gooding was born May 8, 1856, in Eng- 
 land, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Wyatt) 
 Gooding. His father brought the family to the 
 United States in 1867, and made his permanent 
 home in Michigan, in which state he followed farm- 
 ing during the remainder of his life, and died at the 
 age of seventy-six years. His wife, a devout Chris- 
 tian woman and an active church worker, passed 
 away when fifty-six years of age, and they were 
 buried side by side in a cemetery near their home- 
 stead. Seven children were born into their home, 
 of whom Fred W. was the third in order of birth. 
 One of Mr. Gooding's brothers, William, still resides 
 in Michigan, while three are residents of Idaho: 
 Thomas H., of Shoshone; ex-Governor Frank R. 
 Gooding of Idaho, and Walter J. Gooding, of Good- 
 ing, Idaho. 
 
 Fred W. Gooding started to work at the age of 
 eight years in a lace factory, and for the sum of 
 thirty-six cents, or the equivalent thereof, spent his 
 forenoons at a machine, while his afternoons were 
 allowed him to gain such knowledge as was afforded 
 by the public school of his vicinity. These wages 
 were regularly brought home to his mother, and in. 
 fact, it continued to be a habit to give his earnings 
 to his parents until he reached the age of twenty- 
 two years. Mr. Gooding was eleven years of age 
 when the family emigrated to the United States, and 
 here he was employed on a Michigan farm until 
 1879, which year saw his advent in the West. Going 
 directly to California, he was engaged in farming 
 for two years, at the end of which time he returned 
 East on a visit, and during this time took a course 
 of study in a business college at Valparaiso, Indiana. 
 He then came West again, and on May 5, 1882, 
 settled at Ketchum, where he spent about six years, 
 following mines and mining, and concerning himself 
 to a greater or less degree with the business of 
 cattle raising. He subsequently removed to a small 
 town known as Toponis, now the town of Gooding, 
 where he bought a ranch and started in the sheep 
 
1036 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 business, remaining there about seven years. In 1895 
 Mr. Gooding came to Shoshone, which has been 
 his home ever since. Here he established the First 
 National Bank, the oldest financial institution in 
 Lincoln county, and with his brother, founded the 
 firm known as the Stock Growers' Mercantile Com- 
 pany, which still conducts the largest establishment 
 in the county. Mr. Gooding still retains his large 
 sheep interests, owning about three thousand acres 
 of sheep land and being one of the largest taxpayers 
 in Lincoln county. With his two brothers he built the 
 water-works in Shoshone, as well as the electric 
 light plant, and was president of the company until 
 his interests were disposed of in July, 1912, to kin- 
 folk. Mr. Gooding, probably, has had more to do 
 with interesting the public in the Idaho Irrigation 
 Company than any other individual, and as a direct 
 result of his efforts the crops of barley and oats 
 raised here are nearly double the size of those in 
 any other state west of the Rocky mountains, while 
 the Snake River -valley is unexcelled as a potato 
 growing region. It is but natural that Mr. Gooding 
 should be enthusiastic as to Idaho's future and the 
 opportunities offered to the ambitious and cour- 
 ageous, for it has been the field wherein he worked 
 out his own success, and where his versatile abilities 
 have had scope for full play. He is convinced that 
 the state has the qualities that go to make a great 
 wheat country, while from personal observation he 
 has found that the failure of an apple crop is prac- 
 tically unknown. Idaho owes much to his signal 
 services in promoting its irrigation work, and to the 
 confidence he has instilled into the minds of other 
 men of capital and enterprise. 
 
 One of the greatest enterprises with which Mr. 
 Gooding has been identified is the Good Roads Com- 
 mission, of which he was appointed president and 
 chairman by Governor Hawley. The state legis- 
 lature appropriated $80,000 to be used in this dis- 
 trict, and the commission is bent upon bringing to 
 perfection one hundred miles of highway such as 
 will not be surpassed elsewhere in the West. Mr. 
 Gooding has long been an advocate of this feature 
 of development work, and might well be "Good 
 Roads" Gooding, so often is his name mentioned in 
 connection with the road building enterprise of the 
 state. It was mainly through his activities that the 
 appropriation was finally made by the state, and the 
 appointment by the governor to the first place on 
 the commission came as a distinct recognition of his 
 honest ambition to further the best interests of the 
 people and the state. The other members of the 
 commission, which is one of the greatest importance 
 to Idaho, are A. J. Newman, secretary and treasurer 
 of the commission, and concerning whom mention 
 will be found at length in a sketch under his name, 
 and William Wallace. All are men of the highest 
 integrity and moral stamina, and in every way fit 
 to have charge of so momentous a problem as that 
 they have in charge at the present time. 
 
 As a young man Mr. Gooding identified himself 
 with the Republican party, and its candidates and 
 principles have always received his hearty support. 
 While a resident of Logan county he was elected 
 county commissioner and upon the forming of the 
 new county of Elaine received the appointment to 
 a like position. When Lincoln county was first 
 created, he was made the first assessor, and was 
 elected in the following year by a large majority. 
 He was first sent to the state senate in 1901, and 
 when he was returned to that distinguished body in 
 1910, was made president pro tem, a capacity in 
 which he served for the term of two years. For 
 many years he has been connected with the school 
 
 board, for six years being chairman of that body, 
 and he has also served in the city council and mayor- 
 alty chair of Shoshone. In all of his official capac- 
 ities he has shown the same ability, the same judicial 
 mind, the same capacity for hard work that has 
 characterized all of his personal dealings. It may 
 be said that Mr. Gooding takes his greatest pleasure 
 in strenuous labor, and his infrequent vacations are 
 spent in long, rough tramps through the woods with 
 his gun and dog. Essentially a man of the West, 
 he delights in the spirited, stirring work that is 
 typical of the westerner. Mr. Gooding became a 
 charter member of the Idaho Wool Growers' Asso- 
 ciation, of which he was president for two terms, 
 and also served three terms as president of the 
 national body. 
 
 On December n, 1884, Mr. Gooding was married 
 at Ketchum, Idaho, to Miss Mary L. Griffin, daugh- 
 ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Griffin, of that city, 
 and two children have been born to this union: 
 Edward G. and Alta E. Mr. and Mrs. Gooding are 
 members of the Episcopal church. Fraternally, Mr. 
 Gooding is connected with the Masons, the Elks, 
 the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and 
 has filled all the chairs in the two latter named 
 orders, being the oldest ex-chancellor commander 
 created in the state. From what has been stated 
 herein it will be readily seen that Mr. Gooding has 
 led a busy life, and his capacity for work has rarely 
 been equalled by any public man in the state. His 
 attainments are of a very high order, and there is 
 scarcely a subject which lies outside the range of 
 his study and observation. It is to such men as he 
 that Shoshone, the county and the state of Idaho 
 owe their rapid advancement and most enlightened 
 development. 
 
 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF TWIN FALLS. The 
 pioneer and leading banking institution of Twin 
 Falls, Idaho, is the First National Bank, which began 
 its existence a few months after the opening of the 
 city and from that time to the present has been 
 one of the strongest banking houses of southern 
 Idaho and one of the most forceful contributing 
 factors to the commercial and industrial stability 
 of this remarkably favored section of the state. It 
 was organized March 7, 1905, by Frank F. Johnson, 
 Samuel H. Hays, Philip Wiesner, John M. Maxwell 
 and I. B. Perrine, men of large business acumen 
 and shrewd foresight who realized the destined 
 future of this section and contributed to the project 
 not only for personal profit but to give impetus to 
 the progress and development of the Twin Falls 
 country. Capitalized at $25,000, it began its career 
 with I. B. Perrine as president and John M. Max- 
 well as cashier and from the start was successful. 
 Its business increased very rapidly and to meet its 
 growing demands the capital has now been increased 
 to $100,000 and it has a surplus of $25,000. Frank 
 F. Johnson is now president of the bank and J. E. 
 Clendon and William H. Eldridge are vice presidents, 
 and John M. Maxwell continues as Us cashier. Under 
 the safe and sagacious management of such men the 
 bank has gained and holds the unqualified confi- 
 dence of its depositors and patrons and has acquired 
 a standing equaled by but few of the national banks 
 of the state. 
 
 WILLIAM T. WOOD. An essentially representative 
 business man in Twin Falls, Idaho, William T. Wood 
 has met with such marvelous good fortune in his 
 various business projects that it would verily seem 
 as though he possessed an "open sesame" to unlock 
 the doors to success. Self-made and self-educated 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1037 
 
 in the most significant sense of the words, he has 
 progressed steadily toward the goal of success until 
 he is recognized as one of the foremost business 
 men and citizens of Twin Falls, where he has re> 
 sided since 1908. 
 
 In the vicinity of Atlanta, Georgia, July 27, 1875, 
 occurred the birth of William T. Wood, vtho is a 
 son of Dr. Thomas Leon and Carrie (Tillery) 
 Wood, both of whom are now deceased. Dr. and 
 Mrs. Wood were born and reared in Georgia, whence 
 they removed to Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, 
 in an early day. Dr. Wood became a physician and 
 surgeon of note in McAllister, Indian Territory, and 
 there resided until death called him from the scene, 
 of his mortal endeavors in 1908. Mrs. Wood passed 
 away in 1886. They were the parents of five chil- 
 dren, but one of whom is living in 1913. 
 
 To the public schools of McAllister William T. 
 Wood is indebted for his preliminary educational 
 training. At the age of sixteen years he initiated 
 his active career as a clerk in a furnishing goods 
 store in McAllister and he was identified with that 
 work for the ensuing twelve years. In 1901 he 
 opened a general merchandise store at Alderson, 
 Indian Territory, and among his biggest customers 
 was the Rock Island Railroad, with which concern 
 he did a tremendous business in the way of furnish- 
 ing supplies. He was a resident of Alderson for 
 eight years but on the opening of the Twin Falls 
 tract in Idaho, in 1908, he decided to come to this 
 section. He arrived in Twin Falls December 25, 
 1908, and in the following August organized the 
 Diamond Hardware Company, of which thriving 
 concern he has since been president and general 
 manager. The store conducted by the company has 
 grown to extensive proportions and rival hard- 
 ware stores of much larger cities in its splendid 
 equipment and the scope of its operations. In addi- 
 tion to the hardware business Mr. Wood is greatly 
 interested in fruit raising and in that connection he 
 is the owner of a fine orchard just outside the city 
 limits. The same affords him great pleasure as well 
 as considerable profit. 
 
 In his political convictions Mr. Wood is a stal- 
 wart supporter of the principles and policies for 
 which the Democratic party stands sponsor and while 
 he has no desire for the honors or emoluments of 
 public office of any description he is loyal and public- 
 spirited in his civic attitude and does all in his 
 power to advance the best interests of his home 
 community. In a fraternal way he is affiliated with 
 the Woodmen of the World. 
 
 In July, 1901, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. 
 Wood to Miss Bessie Brown, a native of Iowa and 
 a daughter of Dr. J. L. Brown, a retired physician 
 in Brush, Iowa. Mrs. Wood's mother is deceased. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wood have no children. 
 
 T. C. BEMILLER. It is not necessary that the man 
 who achieves success be made of sterner stuff than 
 his fellow man but there are certain indispensable 
 characteristics that contribute to the prosperity of 
 the individual ; these are enterprise, energy and de- 
 termination coupled with the ability to recognize and 
 improve opportunities. These qualities are cardinal 
 elements in the character of Theodore C. Bemiller 
 and have accompanied him in his progress from a 
 humble station in life to one of prominence and af- 
 fluence. 
 
 Mr. Bemiller was born in Westminster, Mary- 
 land, August 20, 1887, and he is a son of Jacob H. 
 and Emelia (Dutro) Bemiller, both of whom are 
 still living. Mr. Jacob H. Bemiller is most suc- 
 cessfully engaged in the shoe business in West- 
 
 minster, where he is recognized as a man of promi- 
 nence and influence. 
 
 In 1905 T. C. Bemiller was graduated in the West- 
 minster high school and immediately after that event 
 he entered upon an apprenticeship with a Philadel- 
 phia concern to learn the trade of painting and deco- 
 rating. Three years later, as a full-fledged journey- 
 man, he began to travel and he found employment 
 in the work of his trade in many of the larger cities 
 of the United States. In 1907 he came to Twin 
 Falls, Idaho, then just a mere village, and here he 
 found plenty of work at contracting in his line. 
 Business was so plentiful here that he decided to 
 locate in Twin Falls permanently. In addition to 
 caring for contracting Mr. Bemiller manages the 
 store and it may be stated here, without fear of con- 
 tradiction, that the same is recognized as one of the 
 most modern and best equipped paper and paint 
 stores in the state. A large trade is controlled one 
 so extensive in its scope that it places Mr. Bemiller 
 in the front rank with the successful business men of 
 Twin Falls. 
 
 June 20, 1912, Mr. Bemiller married Miss Ada 
 Almeta Roberts, a daughter of Robert B. Roberts, 
 a former rancher and sheepman of Twin Falls 
 county. Mr. Roberts is now engaged in farming at 
 Twin Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Bemiller command the 
 unalloyed confidence and esteem of their fellow 
 citizens in Twin Falls and their comfortable and at- 
 tractive home is widely renowned for its generous 
 hospitality. 
 
 In politics Mr. Bemiller is aligned as an uncompro- 
 mising supporter of the principles promulgated by 
 the Democratic party and in fraternal circles he is 
 a valued and appreciative member of the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows. He is a man of broad mind 
 and deep human sympathy and one whose affable 
 character makes him a great favorite, 
 
 HON. ANDREW JACKSON NEWMAN. In the rapidly 
 growing and intensely progressive sections of the 
 Northwest, where men of action, intelligence and 
 ability are not lacking, no better evidence of a citi- 
 zen's general worth is needed than the estimation 
 in which he is held bv his fellow townsmen. Those 
 who are chosen to represent their communities in 
 official capacities must first demonstrate something 
 of their force of character, their general fitness to 
 handle large issues and their disposition to give to 
 their office the same conscientious attention that 
 was the agency which effected their success in per- 
 sonal affairs. The standing of any community largely 
 depends upon the character of those who represent 
 it in official capacities, and the municipality is in- 
 deed fortunate which secures for its chief executive 
 a citizen who has so forcibly demonstrated his fit- 
 ness in every way as has the Hon. Andrew Jackson 
 Newman, mayor of Shoshone, and owner of a large 
 sheep ranch in Lincoln county. A ^ sketch of this 
 public citizen's career shows that his advance has 
 been steady and constant, and that he is well worthy 
 of the general confidence in which he is held. Mayor 
 Newman was born in Lewis county, Missouri, Sep- 
 tember 2, 1863, and is a son of Henry E. and Mar- 
 garet (Hamilton) Newman. 
 
 Henry E. Newman was born in Virginia, and as 
 a young man crossed the plains to California in 
 search of gold. In later years he was a resident of 
 various localities, and followed occupations of a 
 varied nature, finally coming to Shoshone, where 
 his death occurred in 1909, when he was eighty-two 
 years of age. He was a devout Christian and an 
 active worker in the ranks of the Methodist church, 
 and one who lived well up to the highest standards 
 
1038 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 of Christian virtues. His wife, a native daughter 
 of the state of Missouri, died in 1872, at the early 
 age of thirty-two years, and was buried in Okla- 
 homa. They were the parents of twelve children, 
 of whom Andrew Jackson was the third in order of 
 birth. 
 
 Andrew Jackson Newman received his early edu- 
 cation in the public schools of Missouri, and later 
 was sent to a pay school for eight years in Texas, 
 the free school system not being in effect in the 
 Lone Star state at that time. As a youth he was 
 brought up to respect honorable labor, and his first 
 work was on his father's ranches in Texas and Kan- 
 sas. When about twenty-five years of age he accom- 
 panied the family to eastern Oregon, and there he 
 began to work at a salary of $25 per month 
 on a ranch, and he continued to be a resident 
 of that section until 1903, when he came to Idaho. 
 Oregon thus held him for seventeen years, engaged 
 in the sheep business, and while he was always an 
 extensive operator there, his activities did not as- 
 sume the proportions they did in Idaho in after 
 years. Here he is today the owner of a ranch of 
 four hundred acres in Lincoln county, located some 
 eight miles from Shoshone, but makes his home in 
 the city. Mr. Newman, it may also be said, has 
 interested himself to some extent in stock raising 
 and shows his love for horses by breeding numbers 
 of fine thoroughbred animals. His success in the 
 ranch business has long been well established, and 
 he is known for one of the substantial men of the 
 county today. 
 
 In his politics a stalwart Republican, Mr. Newman 
 entered the public arena a few years ago as a mem- 
 ber of the city council, and his signal services in that 
 capacity resulted in his election to the office of mayor 
 when he became the party's candidate in 1911. In 
 the office of chief executive Mayor Newman is giv- 
 ing his fellow citizens a clean and business-like ad- 
 ministration, his earnest and persevering efforts hav- 
 ing resulted in the gaining of many much-needed 
 improvements. He brought to his office a sincere 
 desire to advance his community's interests, and 
 that he has been successful in his efforts is shown 
 by the prosperous condition of his city and by the 
 general popularity which he has gained and retained. 
 He has also served as a member of the State High- 
 way Commission, having been appointed to the place 
 by Governor Hanley, and $80,000 is being spent in 
 the business of making good roads in the district. 
 Mr. Newman is treasurer of the board, and is known 
 to be one of the stanchest advocates of good roads 
 that the state may claim, so that his presence on the 
 Highway Commission is a matter of great import to 
 Idaho and her people. 
 
 In Masonry Mayor Newman has reached the 
 thirty-second degree, and during the many years that 
 he has been connected with the order, he has been 
 chosen to fill numerous official positions, carrying 
 with them no small honor and distinction. 
 
 In 1896 Mr. Newman was married to Miss Addie 
 Claypool, who passed away in the following year. 
 On June 5, 1902, he took for his second wife Miss 
 Lela E. Horn, of Ontario, Oregon, and they have 
 had six children, of whom five survive, namely: 
 Marvin A., Montie S., Merritt J., Hazel E. and 
 Lela M. 
 
 Mr. Newman, though not a church member, is one 
 who lives upon a high plane of life, and his churchly 
 sympathies lean rather toward the Methodist church, 
 of which his wife is a stanch and devoted member. 
 Both are fond of society and entertainment, but their 
 main regard is for their home, which is a center of 
 refinement and the scene of many social gatherings. 
 
 Mrs. Newman shares in her husband's enthusiastic 
 views concerning the promising future of Idaho, 
 and, looking through a mother's eye, regards the 
 educational system here as one that will develop her 
 children's minds and fit them for the positions in 
 life which they may be called upon to fill. 
 
 CHARLES H. STEVENS. Men of efficiency and char- 
 acter are the type of workers the business, industrial 
 and educational worlds of today are eagerly seeking 
 and each individual ascends the ladder of fortune 
 to that height which his own ability and merit en- 
 able him to reach. Charles H. Stevens, ' manager 
 and an interested principal in the Williamson, Stev- 
 ens Company, which conducts one of the most suc- 
 cessful department stores at Winchester, Idaho, is 
 a very young man in years and his brief business 
 career is a proof that there is yet room at the top, 
 even under the close competitive conditions of the 
 great business world of today, if the climber has 
 the required ability, force and efficiency. 
 
 Charles H. Stevens was born at Castle Gate, 
 Utah, February i. 1891, and was two years of age 
 when his parents moved to Oregon, where he grew 
 to the age of fifteen, receiving there a public school 
 education, which was later supplemented by a com- 
 mercial course in a business college. He then came 
 to Idaho and for the first three years was located at 
 Nez Perce, Lewis county, where he was employed in 
 mercantile lines. From there he went to Moscow, 
 Idaho, where he accepted a position in the William- 
 son department store, remaining four years, and at 
 the end of that period he came to Winchester, Idaho, 
 as manager of the establishment in which he now 
 holds an interest. He is a young man not yet twenty- 
 two years of age, but he has good business acumen, 
 executive ability of a high order, and, in the phrase 
 of the day, he has "made good." His interest in 
 promoting good business conditions for himself and 
 for others is shown by his membership in the Win- 
 chester Commercial Club and the Merchants' Protec- 
 tive Association, of the latter of which he is presi- 
 dent, and he does his own thinking as to political 
 problems, being independent of party ties and sup- 
 porting those men and measures which in his judg- 
 ment will best conserve the public weal. He recog- 
 nizes that after all the work of the farmer is the 
 foundation for all business prosperity and his firm 
 faith in a most promising future for northern Idaho 
 is based on the remarkable productivity of its soil, 
 which yields the most gratifying results where there 
 is honest effort. He feels that for the willing and 
 intelligent worker there yet remains here a wealth 
 of opportunity. 
 
 On July 10, 1910, at Moscow, Idaho, Mr. Stevens 
 was united in marriage to Miss Ora Randall, daugh- 
 ter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Randall, of Moscow. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Stevens are both members of the 
 Christian church and the latter is a member of the 
 Winchester Ladies Aid Society of that denomination. 
 Mr. Stevens affiliates fraternally with the Knights 
 of Pythias. Not only for his business ability but 
 for his worth in every relation to society he is held 
 in the highest esteem in this community, and as a 
 young man of this character we take pleasure in 
 mentioning him among the builders of Idaho. 
 
 CHARLES A. FISHER has been a resident of Idaho 
 since 1879. In July, 1909, he entered the United 
 States government service and since May, 1911, he 
 has been located at Orofino, Idaho, as supervisor of 
 the Clearwater National Forest. He was born in 
 the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, April 15, 1875, 
 and is a son of Edward C. and Olive C. (Cox) 
 
EPHRAIM SMITH 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1089 
 
 Fisher, both of whom were born and reared in Can- 
 ada, where was solemnized their marriage. When 
 the subject of this review was a mere infant in arms 
 his parents removed from Canada to California and 
 thence to Idaho. The father followed the carpen- 
 ter and building trade during his active career but 
 he is now living in virtual retirement at Everett, 
 Washington. He is a member of the Presbyterian 
 church and a stalwart Republican in politics, taking 
 an active interest in public matters in his younger 
 days. He is a prominent Odd Fellow and Mason. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Fisher became the parents of seven 
 children, or whom Charles A. was the second in 
 order of birth and the oldest son. 
 
 To the public schools of Idaho Charles A. Fisher 
 is indebted for his early educational training. He 
 completed a high school course at Moscow, Idaho, 
 and for four years was a student in the University 
 of Idaho, at Moscow, where he was superintendent 
 of the college farm during the summer time and as- 
 sistant tc Prof. H. T. French in the experimental 
 department during the remainder of the year. For 
 two years, from 1898 to 1900, he was the ranking cadet 
 officer at the university. In 1904 he opened an engi- 
 neering and draughting office of his own in Mos- 
 cow, at the same time being employed by different 
 timber companies in a professional capacity. Sub- 
 sequently he spent one year doing clerical work for 
 an abstract company and he was then appointed field 
 agent in the state land department, under Governor 
 Gooding, serving as such until 1909, when he entered 
 the United States government service. He was sta- 
 tioned at Wallace, Idaho, until May, 1911, at which 
 time he was appointed forest supervisor of the 
 Clearwater National Forest, his headquarters being 
 now at Orofino, Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Fisher is unusually welj fitted for the office 
 he holds at present and is achieving remarkable re- 
 sults in it. He is a stalwart Republican in poli- 
 tics and manifests a deep and sincere interest in all 
 matters projected for the good of the general wel- 
 fare. Fraternally, he is a valued and appreciative 
 member of the Elks. He is fond of boating, theatri- 
 cals and music and thoroughly enjoys a good public 
 speech or lecture. His religious faith is in harmony 
 with the tenets of the Presbyterian church. As re- 
 gards opportunities in Idaho, Mr. Fisher makes the 
 following statement : "Idaho offers better induce- 
 ments to the homeseeker and home builder than many 
 of the older states and is not excelled in this partic- 
 ular by any of her sister states in the great North- 
 west. Idaho is ideal in every way." 
 
 At Moscow, Idaho, July I, 1910, Mr. Fisher was 
 united in marriage to Mrs. Mayme I. Crow, who 
 was one of his classmates in the university. 
 
 WILLIAM M. BRIGCS. Among the successful men 
 who in recent years have brought their capital, ex- 
 perience and enterprise to Idaho, is William M. 
 Briggs, who has been a resident near Boise since 
 1902, and who has large financial investments and 
 varied interests in this state. 
 
 William M. Briggs was born in Montgomery 
 county, Illinois, September 24, 1847, a son of Stephen 
 R. and Paulma (Woods) Briggs. His father was a 
 farmer before him and a very prominent man in 
 Montgomery county. He was born in Ohio, but 
 came to Illinois with his parents when four years 
 of age, and died in Montgomery county in 1872. 
 For twelve years he served as associate judge in his 
 county. The mother died a few years after her 
 husband, and they were the parents of seven chil- 
 dren, of which William M. was the fourth. 
 
 He grew up in Montgomery county, and spent 
 the first fifty-four years of his life in that locality in 
 
 Illinois. Farming was his regular occupation and 
 he was successful beyond the average even of the 
 prosperous Illinois farmers. From that state he 
 moved to Iowa, settling near Emmetsburg, where he 
 had his home for three years. He then came out 
 to Idaho in the spring of 1902, and invested all his 
 accumulations in Idaho real estate and other prop- 
 erties. He bought the old Cole farm at Cole's 
 School, three miles west of Boise, a place of one 
 hundred and fifty acres. He devotes this to gen- 
 eral farming. In June of the same year he came 
 to Idaho, where he bought one hundred and sixty 
 acres on the interurban line, five miles from town, 
 and on that place built what is regarded as the 
 finest country residence in the entire state of Idaho. 
 Just east of that farm he bought for his son an eighty 
 acre farm, and all of the land which he owns is 
 worth about $300 an acre in its unimproved condi- 
 tion. In his other investments he is owner of a 
 saw mill in Idaho, and owns a large amount of timber 
 land. 
 
 On September i, 1870, Mr. Briggs married Lovisa 
 T. Smith, a native of Kentucky, who came to Illinois 
 in childhood. Her father, Stacey Smith, was killed 
 by a falling tree. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs had six chil- 
 dren, four of whom are now living, namely : Freddie, 
 who died at the age of four years; one that died 
 in infancy, unnamed; Wesley, who lives on one of 
 his father's farms; Diana, wife of Ray Besiker, of 
 Cole's School neighborhood; Annati, at home, and 
 Mary, at home. 
 
 Mr. Briggs is one of the oldest members in 
 Boise of the Modern Woodmen of America, and 
 also belongs to the Court of Honor at Emmetsburg, 
 Iowa. His family are all members of the Methodist 
 church at Boise, in the First church, and he belongs 
 to the official board of the society. In politics he is 
 a Republican, and is now serving as one of the 
 county commissioners of Ada county. In the opinion 
 of Mr. Briggs, Idaho is coming to be one of the 
 foremost states in the Union as a center of agricul- 
 tural production. He speaks from the standpoint of 
 long experience as a farmer in the great agricultural 
 states of Illinois and Iowa, and it is significant that 
 he claims to be able to raise twice as much in grain 
 and other crops in Idaho as he could in those Middle 
 Western states. 
 
 DR. EPHRAIM SMITH. An older generation of 
 Idaho people, especially residents of Boise, will long 
 hold a grateful remembrance of the late Dr. Ephraim 
 Smith, whose kindly and capable services as doctor 
 and counsellor were never fully measured in value 
 by" his fees. He was an old-time doctor, one that 
 took a sincere interest in the welfare of his clients, 
 and at the same time had room for a great loyalty 
 to his home city and state. In the early political 
 history of Idaho, Dr. Smith's name will always have 
 an important place. He was one of the conspicuous 
 pioneers first of California, in the years immediately 
 following the discovery of gold, later in Nevada, 
 and became identified with Idaho in the first year 
 of its settlement and organization as an individual 
 
 territory. 
 
 A son of Nelson and Polly Smith, natives of New 
 York, whence they moved to Pennsylvania in 1815, 
 the late Dr. Ephraim Smith was born in Pennsyl- 
 vania, April 13, 1819. He grew up to young man- 
 hood in Pennsylvania, and did not take up hi 
 preparation for a profession until he came to Sacra- 
 mento, California, in the year following the great 
 discovery of gold and the exodus from the east to 
 that state. At Sacramento he studied medicine 
 under Dr. George Smith, and later with an old 
 
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 friend, and began practice at Sacramento in 1852. 
 Dr. Smith had come overland from the east to Cali- 
 fornia in 1850. Soon after beginning practice at 
 Sacramento he was elected one of the county com- 
 missioners. In 1857 he went to Virginia City, Ne- 
 vada, following the first important discoveries of 
 gold in that region. Besides the practice of his pro- 
 fession he conducted a drug store at Virginia City, 
 and also had important interests in the mine of that 
 vicinity. Dr. Smith came to Idaho in 1863, only a 
 few months after the first gold discovery, and the 
 same year with the organization of Idaho territory. 
 He located at Placerville, where he established a 
 drug store in the midst of the mining camp, and also 
 offered his services as a physician to the assembled 
 host of miners. From Placerville, the local citizen- 
 ship sent him to the first territorial legislature in 
 the upper house or council. Placerville at the time 
 was a mining camp of more than ten thousand popu- 
 lation, and one of the chief centers of population of 
 the entire territory. He was a senator or council- 
 man for two terms. In the meantime he had been 
 appointed the first treasurer of the Idaho territory, 
 and that appointment caused him to move to Boise, 
 which ever afterwards continued to be his home. As 
 the history of the state reveals, the late Dr. Smith 
 was one of the small group of influential public men 
 who took the leading part in moving the capital from 
 Lewiston, its original seat, to Boise, and thus the 
 citizens of Boise owe his memory a lasting gratitude 
 since the presence of the capital has always been one 
 of the chief assets in the commercial prosperity of 
 the city. The removal of the capital was accom- 
 plished in about two days' time, and was one of 
 those pioneer exploits which have a place of peculiar 
 interest in the history of Idaho. 
 
 On July 31, 1854, Dr. Smith married Caroline 
 Atherton, a daughter of William and Levina (Flint) 
 Atherton, her father a native of Massachusetts, and 
 her mother of New Hampshire, in which latter state 
 both died. 
 
 Mrs. Smith came out to San Francisco in 1855, 
 and met her husband on the west coast. Five chil- 
 dren were born of their long and happy marriage. 
 The first was Helen. Lottie is now Mrs. Oliver 
 Benefield, of Sheridan, Wyoming. Heber is de- 
 ceased. R. W. Smith is a druggist at Mountain 
 Home, Idaho. Frank is also deceased. 
 
 Dr. Smith was an honorary member of 'the first 
 medical society of Boise. He was a man of prac- 
 tical generosity and gave liberal support to all church 
 denominations, and to all charities. He was for 
 many years accounted the leading physician of Boise, 
 and was one of the comparatively few members of 
 his profession who were more than ordinarily suc- 
 cessful as financial and business managers. He early 
 became the owner of some of Boise's most valuable 
 real estate, and much of it is still owned by his 
 widow, Mrs. Smith. On a portion of his estate, at 
 the corner of Main street and Eleventh avenue, in 
 Boise, is now being erected a beautiful business 
 building, which will commemorate the name of Dr. 
 Smith, and which is a splendid addition to the busi- 
 ness district. 
 
 In 1893 Dr. Smith went back east to Ohio to visit 
 relatives whom he had not seen for forty years, and 
 while there met with a street car accident, which 
 resulted in his death. His body was returned to 
 Idaho, and is buried in the Masonic cemetery at 
 Boise. Dr. Smith was really a pioneer in every 
 sense of the word and possessed the wholesome and 
 fine attributes of character usually associated with 
 the old-timer. His active life was nearly all spent 
 
 in the western states and territories, and he went 
 through many years marked not only by private suc- 
 cess, but by a large service to his fellow men. 
 
 WILLIAM C. FORESMAN is editor of the Clearzvater 
 Republican and he has been identified with journal- 
 istic enterprises during practically the entire period 
 of his active career. The dissemination of news, the 
 discussion of public questions and the promotion of 
 the general welfare of his community through the 
 columns of his paper constitute life's object with 
 him as a private citizen. Needless to say he has 
 figured prominently in all worthy measures projected 
 for the good of the general welfare and has mani- 
 fested a keen interest in local politics. He has 
 resided in Orofino since 1906. 
 
 At Harristown, Illinois, September 7, 1864, occurred 
 the birth of William C. Foresman, who is a son of 
 a prominent tile manufacturer in Illinois and Indiana. 
 The subject of this review was reared to 'the age 
 of -fourteen years in his native place and then re- 
 moved to Foresman, Indiana, where he completed 
 his early educational training and where he continued 
 to reside until 1890. For some years he was a student 
 in the State Normal School, at Danville, Indiana, 
 and at the end of that period he began to work in 
 his father's tile factory, which he managed at the 
 age of twenty-two years. He came to Idaho in 
 1890 and located at Lewiston, where he resided dur- 
 ing the next decade, the while being associated with 
 his brother in publishing the Lewiston Teller. In 1900 
 he purchased the Nez Perce Herald and the Culdesac 
 Register, removing to Nez Perce and himself run- 
 ning both these publications. At the end of one 
 year he sold the Register and continued to conduct 
 the Herald until 1905, when he sold it and returned 
 to Lewiston in order to accept a position as deputy 
 sheriff under his brother. In June, 1906, he came to 
 Orofino and purchased the Clearwater Republican, 
 of which noted newspaper he has since been active 
 head and manager. Just three months after he as- 
 sumed charge of this paper the entire plant was de- 
 stroyed by fire. Not disheartened, however, he 
 erected another plant and began to build up his busi- 
 ness. Today he has a fine, modern plant, fully 
 equipped with all the latest machinery, and the Clear- 
 water Republican is recognized as one of the most 
 powerful newspapers in this section of Idaho. 
 
 A stalwart Republican in his political convictions, 
 Mr. Foresman is deeply interested in local politics 
 and is known as one of the real party fighters. He 
 has served for several years on the school board 
 and has done good work as alderman, both at Nez 
 Perce and at Orofino. He has attended every Repub- 
 lican state convention in Idaho except one since 
 1890. His fraternal connections are with the Knights 
 of Pythias and with the Modern Woodmen of 
 America. In religious matters he and his wife are 
 devout members of the Unitarian church. Mr. Fores- 
 man is quite a baseball fan, is fond of horses and 
 spends much leisure time in reading, being the pos- 
 sessor of a fine library. In praise of his adopted 
 state he says : "Idaho is a grand state and Clear- 
 water county is the greatest undeveloped region in 
 the whole Northwest. The opportunities offered for 
 all classes are so numerous and extensive as to dis- 
 appoint no one." 
 
 At Lewiston, Idaho, February 27, 1894, Mr. Fores- 
 man was united in marriage to Miss Katherine J. 
 Pope, a daughter of Mrs. S. J. Pope, of Lewiston, 
 whither she removed from Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Foresman have two children, Katherine J. and Helen 
 J., both at the parental home. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1041 
 
 GEORGE JACOBSON. The oldest newspaper of Elmore 
 county is the Elmore County Republican, a journal 
 which was established in October, 1889, before Idaho 
 came into the Union, and which for nearly a quar- 
 ter century has maintained its existence amid the 
 countless difficulties which beset the course of news- 
 paperdom. During the last five or six years the 
 Republican has arrived at a state of mature pros- 
 perity under the management of Mr. George Jacob- 
 son, who is one of the most skillful newspaper man- 
 agers in the state. He has made the Republican 
 reliable and full as a news medium, influential in 
 politics for the advancement of the party whose 
 name it bears, and a creditable force in community 
 and general civic affairs. 
 
 Mr. Jacobson is a native of Denmark and was 
 born at Copenhagen, February 9, 1876. Hardly less 
 well known in Elmore county than himself is his 
 father, Henry Jacobson, who has been identified with 
 Mountain Home and vicinity since 1906. He and his 
 wife, Carolina Jacobson, left their native land and 
 brought their children to America in 1880, locating 
 first at .Minneapolis, then in North Dakota, and from 
 there coming to Idaho. Besides general farming, 
 which the Father successfully followed for some 
 years, he is also expert in horticulture and is one of 
 the well known fruit growers of Elmore county. 
 Hi- has taken an active part in Republican politics 
 and at the last election was candidate for the office 
 of county assessor and tax collector. Mrs. Jacob- 
 son, the mother, had eight children, and six of them 
 are still living. 
 
 Mr. George Jacobson, the oldest of the living chil- 
 dren, spent most of his early years in Minneapolis 
 and North Dakota. After attending the public schools 
 of the city he began to depend on his own exertions 
 pretty largely, and from farm work he apprenticed 
 himself to learn the printer's trade, spending three 
 years at the case and the miscellaneous work of the 
 shop before he was qualified for journeyman em- 
 ployment. In the meantime he advanced his educa- 
 tion by earning his tuition and support at the North 
 Dakota Agricultural College, where he finished at 
 the age of twenty-two. Mr. Jacobson has been ac- 
 tively connected with the printing trade and news- 
 paper enterprise for fifteen years. The first paper 
 he owned was the Carpis News, which he established 
 in Ward county, North Dakota, and after conducting 
 it successfully four years sold out, and then bought 
 his present plant at Mountain Home. 
 
 Mr. Jacobson is a successful man, owns lands and 
 is interested in farming in Ward county, North Da- 
 kota, and has some city property in Mountain Home. 
 He is secretary of the Mountain Home Commercial 
 Club, and never neglects an opportunity to give 
 publicity to the growing resources of Idaho and 
 do all he can in a legitimate way to promote the 
 development of this wonderful state. He is an in- 
 fluential worker in local Republican politics, and is 
 affiliated with the Odd Fellows order in North 
 Dakota. 
 
 M August, 1904, at McKinney, North Dakota, Mr. 
 Jacobson married' Miss Hattie P. Parkhill, a daugh- 
 ter of Lafayette Parkhill. Her father belonged to a 
 pioneer family ..f Wisconsin, and the Parkhills are 
 directly descended from English ancestry that came 
 over in the Mayflower. Mr. Jacobson and wife have 
 one son, Francis Henry, born May 24, 1907. 
 
 W. A. HOOBLER. At Mountain Home one of the 
 most influential and valuable business corporations 
 is the Guarantee Title & Abstract Company, which 
 was organized in 1910 by Mr. W. A. Hoobfer, until 
 recently president of the company. Mr. Hoobler has 
 been a resident of Idaho for about six years, coming 
 
 here from South Dakota, where he had prospered as 
 a stock rancher. In bringing his resources and en- 
 terprise to Idaho, he has contributed an important 
 share to the business activities of the state, and is 
 loyally devoted to the development of the splendid 
 natural wealth which is destined in a few years to 
 make Idaho one of the greatest commonwealths of 
 the Union. 
 
 Mr. Hoobler has had an active and successful 
 career. He was born in Carroll county, Ohio, Aug- 
 ust 26, 1865. His parents were Alexander and Caro- 
 line (Harlan) Hoobler, both of whom were natives 
 of Ohio and spent their lives there. The father 
 died in 1907 at the age of seventy-nine, and the 
 mother in 1902 at the age of seventy-five. Alexander 
 Hoobler was a farmer by vocation, and during the 
 Civil war was a member of the Home Guards and 
 saw service in West Virginia. Their family con- 
 sisted of eight children, W. A. being the seventh in 
 order of birth. 
 
 As a boy he attended school in Ohio and fitted him- 
 self for teaching. Leaving home at the age of nine- 
 teen, he went out to South Dakota during the terri- 
 torial period. He taught school in Brule and Aurora 
 counties, and also served a term as superintendent 
 of public instruction in Buffalo county. The tasks 
 of schoolmaster he resigned in order to identify 
 himself with the leading industry of the country, 
 farming and stock raising. In a few years he had 
 gained prominence in this industry and continued it 
 successfully for fifteen years in Buffalo county. At 
 the end of that time, having sold out his interests, 
 he came to Idaho, locating first in Nampa, where he 
 conducted a general real estate business for three 
 years. Since the fall of 1910 his residence and place 
 of business have been at Mountain Home. His son, 
 W. H. Hoobler, is secretary of the Guarantee Title 
 & Abstract Company. 
 
 Politically Mr. Hoobler is a Republican. His wife 
 is a member of the Congregational church. He was 
 married at Kimble, South Dakota, October 3, 1888, 
 to Miss Alsadie Barrington, daughter of James and 
 Rachel Barrington, who were pioneers of South Da- 
 kota, now both deceased. The five children of Mr. 
 Hoobler and wife are as follows: Mrs. Carrie 
 Frphm, who lives in Idaho and has two children, 
 William and Ernest B. ; Harold Wallace, who was 
 l)i -rn in South Dakota in 1891, is connected with the 
 Guarantee Title & Abstract Company; Floyd D., 
 born in South Dakota in 1893, is at home; Miss 
 Bertha, born in South Dakota in 1896, is attending 
 school at Mountain Home, and Wayne, who was 
 born in South Dakota in 1903, is also a schoolboy. 
 Fraternally Mr. Hoobler is affiliated with the Ancient 
 Order of United \Vorkmen in South Dakota. 
 
 When he began his career it was without assistance 
 from anyone to the extent of a single dollar, and 
 the success he has won has been secured in like 
 independent manner. The confidence which caused 
 him to invest his capital in permanent business is his 
 best testimonial to Idaho. With the best all-around 
 climate, with the finest crops of fruit and vegetables 
 grown in the country, and with the water storage 
 and power possibilities of the Boise and Snake 
 rivers, he can foresee nothing but an almost unlimited 
 future of productiveness and wealth in this splendid 
 commonwealth. 
 
 ARTHUR D. NORTON. From the late sixties until 
 his death in 1906, Arthur D. Norton filled a big place 
 among the people of south Idaho. In the business 
 of producing beef cattle for the markets of the 
 world, he was regarded as one of the largest ope- 
 rators in his part of the state. None could begrudge 
 him his success, for his was a record of "honesty 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 and good report," wherever known. He was a square, 
 big-hearted man, and could not pass unremembered 
 when those are mentioned who gave their work and 
 influence to the development of Idaho during its 
 first decades of growth. 
 
 In Elba, Genesee county, New York, Arthur D. 
 Norton was born August 17, 1841. His parents were 
 Horace and Fidela Norton, both of whom were 
 natives of New York, farming people, and on the 
 old homestead Arthur D. Norton grew to manhood. 
 In the meantime he acquired such advantages as the 
 common school could furnish, later on entering the 
 academy at Alexandria, where he prepared for 
 college. He was graduated from the University of 
 Rochester with the class of 1864. He was a member 
 of the D. K. E. fraternity. After finishing his col- 
 lege course he spent two years in the study of medi- 
 cine, although that profession was never his regular 
 line of work. When his health failed, he went west 
 in 1867, crossing the plains, and after spending a 
 short time near Denver located at the head of Dry 
 creek in Idaho, where he conducted a store for some 
 years, and was among the pioneer merchants of that 
 vicinity. When he sold his stock of goods he bought, 
 cattle and early in the seventies located on Rock 
 creek, where he in time became one of the large 
 cattlemen of Idaho, running great herds over the 
 ranges in the mountains and valleys of southern 
 Idaho. In one basin he had fourteen hundred acres 
 of irrigated and grazing lands, and has other ranches 
 at different places. His home ranch comprises two 
 hundred and forty acres on Rock creek and that is 
 one of the best improved and most productive estates 
 of its size in this valley. 
 
 On March 31, 1885, Mr. Norton married Miss 
 Mary Young, a native of Illinois, and a daughter 
 pf O. B. and Emma (Norton) Young, who were 
 pioneers of Illinois. Three children were born to 
 the union of Mr. and Mrs. Norton. Alice is the 
 wife of J. A. Walker, who manages the large ranch 
 on Cottonwood creek, in Idaho; Daniel M. lives on 
 the Rock creek ranch, and the daughter, Bertha, is 
 attending Stanford University of California, being 
 a member of the class of 1915. Mrs. Norton and 
 her daughters are communicants of the Episcopal 
 church. In politics the late Mr. Norton was a 
 stanch Republican, and supported the principles and 
 candidates of that party almost from its beginning. 
 He was for one term a member of the board of trus- 
 tees of the University of Idaho at Moscow. His 
 death occurred after a long illness at his home in 
 Rock Creek on May 7, 1906, and he is buried in the 
 family plot on the ranch at that place. Outside of his 
 extensive business relations, the late Mr. Norton was 
 devoted to his home, where he found his best pleas- 
 ure, and was a man who acquired many strong and 
 lasting friendships, and always enjoyed the high 
 regard of his fellow citizens. 
 
 JUDGE WILLIAM J. SMITH. A citizen who stands 
 high in the confidence and esteem of his fellow men 
 in the city of Twin Falls, Idaho, is Judge William 
 J. Smith, who, by appointment, took up the duties 
 of police judge the year the town was opened, 1905, 
 and by successive re-elections has been retained in 
 that position to the present time. He is one of 
 Idaho's most enthusiastic admirers and is convinced 
 that the day will come when it will take its place 
 among the foremost commonwealths of the Union. 
 After having traveled all over the Northwest and 
 after having become familiar with the advantages 
 which each state of this great section offers, he has 
 formed the opinion that while each of them is rich 
 in possibilities, Idaho stands second to none and in 
 
 many respects surpasses the others. So loyal an 
 admirer could not but be a good citizen. 
 
 Judge Smith was born in Hudson, Michigan, De- 
 cember 9, 1859, and was a lad of nine years when 
 he accompanied his parents from his native state 
 to Nebraska. There he grew up a farmer boy and 
 completed the public school education begun in 
 Michigan. He was seventeen years of age when he 
 went to Colorado to take service in the construction 
 department of the Western Union Telegraph Com- 
 pany, and until 1905, or for nearly thirty years, he 
 continued employed in this line of work in one 
 capacity or another. During the first two years 
 with the Western Union Telegraph Company he was 
 employed in Colorado, and then for one year also 
 traveled through northern Iowa and in Minnesota. 
 Another year for the same company was spent in 
 the same capacity operating between Omaha, Ne- 
 braska, and Butte, Montana. Following that he en- 
 tered the construction department of the Oregon 
 Short Line Railway Company and continued in this- 
 employment until the road was completed from 
 Granger to Huntington, Oregon. In the meantime 
 one winter was spent as division lineman between 
 Lima and Virginia City, Montana, and to Helena. 
 He then accepted a 'position as division lineman in- 
 the telegraph service and operated between Poca- 
 tello, Idaho, and Huntington, Oregon. About four- 
 teen years were spent in that capacity and then in- 
 1 95 Judge Smith came to Twin Falls, then a newly 
 opened town. He was shortly afterward appointed 
 police judge and later was elected to the office which 
 he has since filled. At each election an opposing can- 
 didate appears, but the vote each time is a reaffirma- 
 tion of the confidence the citizens of this city have 
 in Judge Smith as a man and in his efficiency in 
 this official capacity. He is also a justice of the 
 peace. 
 
 He is not one of those who, "Having eyes see 
 not," for during some twenty-five years spent in 
 this, one of the most interesting sections of the 
 whole world in a natural sense, he has become inter- 
 ested in archaeology and in the course of his travels 
 has acquired a very interesting collection of speci- 
 mens, many of them of his own finding. Among 
 them are a piece of opalized wood picked up near 
 the Bruneau river in Idaho; a human jaw bone with 
 the teeth, the bone opalized; an old sandstone pipe 
 and several pieces of pre-historic pottery found in 
 the Salmon river canyon; a stone mortar and pestle, 
 and others very interesting, but too numerous to- 
 mention in this brief space. He has some specimens- 
 that are very valuable, among them being a petri- 
 fied bird and a solid rock clam shell. Judge Smith 
 has a fine library on archaeological subjects, and he 
 is also a taxidermist, carrying on this business in 
 connection with his official duties. 
 
 At Shoshone, Idaho, on August 3, 1893, Judge 
 Smith was married to Miss Clara Heughn, a daugh- 
 ter of William and Agnes Heughn of that place. 
 Three sons and three daughters have blessed their 
 union, namely : Myrtle, John, Bessie, Jeanette, Justin 
 and Raymond. In religious views Judge Smith is 
 inclined toward the Methodist faith, while Mrs. 
 Smith's preference is for the Presbyterian denomina- 
 tion. Fraternally he is united with the Modern 
 Woodmen of America and Mrs. Smith is a member 
 of its auxiliary order, the Royal Neighbors. Their 
 daughter Myrtle is a member pf the Daughters of 
 Rebekah. Judge Smith is a Democrat and is ac- 
 tively interested in politics. In Lincoln county of 
 this state he served as a member of the school 
 board thirteen years without remuneration, and at 
 various times during his residence in that county 
 
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 served as probate judge, a justice of the peace and 
 as police judge. 
 
 HENRY J. FAILING. One of the essentially repre- 
 sentative citizens and business men of Twin Falls, 
 Idaho, is Henry J. Failing, vice president of the 
 Twin Falls Bank & Trust Company, who in but 
 a few years' residence there has taken a place among 
 the strong business factors of that city. He is a 
 native of Illinois, born in Rock Island county of 
 that state on April 20, 1871, but for a number of 
 years prior to his coming to Idaho had been a resi- 
 dent of Iowa. Educated first in the public schools 
 of Rock Island county, Illinois, he later took a 
 business course at Davenport, Iowa, and supple- 
 mented that training with a course in Valparaiso 
 University, Valparaiso, Indiana. As a boy he worked 
 on the farm with his father and after removing to 
 Randolph, Iowa, in 1892 accepted a position in a 
 mercantile establishment there, where he remained 
 six months and then went into a bank in a clerical 
 capacity. Four years later he became the owner 
 and controller of the banking house he had first 
 entered as a clerk, and in 1903 saw it merged into 
 the First National Bank of Randolph. In 1907 he 
 organized a bank at Anderson, Iowa, and was its 
 president until November i, 1909, when he sold out 
 his Iowa interests and came west. Locating at 
 Twin Falls, Idaho, he almost immediately became 
 vice president of the Twin Falls Bank & Trust 
 Company, in which position he has continued to the 
 present time. Possessed of a sound and conserva^ 
 live business judgment and with nearly twenty years 
 of experience in the banking business, he has very 
 capably served as active head and manager of the 
 institution and" has guided its financial operations 
 in safe and profitable channels. 
 
 Mr. Failing is the youngest son of Adam and 
 Joannah (Valentine) Failing, both of whom are 
 now deceased. Adam Failing was born in the state 
 of New York, but in 1856 settled in Illinois, where 
 his subsequent business career was spent as a wagon 
 manufacturer. He took a keen interest in Republi- 
 can political affairs, but was never himself a seeker 
 for official preferment. He passed away in 1900 at 
 the age of seventy-four and was buried in Rock 
 Island county, Illinois, by the side of his wife, a 
 native of Ohio, who had preceded him in death sev- 
 eral years, she having passed to rest in Illinois in 
 1892 at the age of fifty-one. 
 
 Henry J. Failing is the youngest of their five 
 was solemnized his marriage to Jessie B., daughter 
 of Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Townsend, of that city. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Failing have one son, Millard H. 
 Failing. Both are members of the Presbyterian 
 church. In a fraternal way Mr. Failing is affiliated 
 with the blue lodge, chapter and commandery of the 
 Masonic order and served as master of his local 
 lodge in Iowa, and his interest in promoting the 
 commercial and industrial prestige of this city and 
 section finds expression as a member of the Twin 
 Falls Commercial Club. He is a Republican in his 
 political views, but takes no active interest in politi- 
 cal affairs. His principal recreation is in automobile 
 trips in his own private car, visiting and enjoying 
 the many points of scenic interest in this great sec- 
 tion. He has become one of the state's enthusiasts 
 and says that he can honestly and conscientiously 
 advise anyone to select Idaho for an advantageous 
 home. 
 
 JOHN A, BARRETT. As manager of the Studebaker 
 Brothers Company of Idaho, in Twin Falls, that 
 state, John A. Barrett occupies a position of promi- 
 nence in the business life of this citv. He has been 
 
 a resident of the state practically all his life since 
 he was fourteen years of age, and his identification 
 with Twin Falls dates from March i, 1911, when he 
 came here to take charge of the interests of the 
 firm which he still represents. 
 
 John A. Barrett was born in Morgan county, Utah, 
 on August 3, 1879, and is the son of John S. and 
 Eliza (Stewart) Barrett. The father was born in 
 England, and came to the United States when he 
 was eight years of age. On reaching years of ma- 
 turity he settled first in Utah and later in Idaho, 
 and he was connected with mercantile activities 
 throughout his life. The wife and mother was a 
 native of California, and they were married in Utah. 
 Five children were born to them, John A. being the 
 second child of his parents and the eldest son. When 
 he was four years old the family moved to Idaho, 
 and they settled at Montpelier, where he remained 
 until he was about twenty-eight years old. He at- 
 tended the public schools of that place and earned 
 his first money as a boy of sixteen, working in a 
 local drug store for $1.50 a week. His next work 
 was with the Coop Wagon & Machine Com- 
 pany, at Montpelier, and he remained with them 
 for about four years. He began with them as a 
 general errand boy, and when he gave up his connec- 
 tion with the firm he was in full charge of their 
 clerical department. That year marked his first 
 identification with his present concern, the Stude- 
 baker Brothers Company of Utah, his connection 
 with them dating from February, 1902. Since Mr. 
 I'.arrett took charge of the Twin Falls branch of 
 the business the following branches have been opened, 
 all of which are under his supervision : Buhl, Burley, 
 Oakley and Albion. 
 
 Mr. Barrett is a Democrat, but not an active 
 worker in the political field. Whije at Montpelier 
 he was president of the Commercial Club of that 
 city for three years, and is now a member of the 
 Twin Falls Commercial Club, an organization which 
 has done some effective work in the best interests 
 of the city. 
 
 On September 30, 1907, Mr. Barrett was united in 
 marriage with Miss Irene Thomas, daughter of Mr. 
 and Mrs. J. W. Thomas, of Montpelier, Idaho, but 
 formerly of Brevier, Missouri. The marriage was 
 solemnized at Montpelier. Two sons have been 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Barrett: S. Harvard and 
 Lloyd Barrett. Both Mr. and Mrs. Barrett are mem- 
 bers of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. 
 
 HENRY JONES. The passage of many years have 
 brought Mr. Jones a large degree of prosperity and 
 the possession of practically all the resources and 
 comforts which men most covet in this world He 
 has been a resident in the Rock creek district in 
 Idaho for more than twenty-five years and his earlier 
 years in the state were spent as a cowboy and in 
 the hard work of the ranch and range. It was dur- 
 ing that time that he earned the money which 
 enabled him to get a start, and since establishing 
 himself on his first farm and with his first herd of 
 stock he has steadily gone ahead in building up what 
 many men would consider a good fortune. 
 
 Henry Jones is a native of Missouri, born in Sulli- 
 van county, September 23, 1859, a son of Nathaniel 
 and Tamzy Jones. The father, a native of Virginia, 
 was a blacksmith and farmer. There were eleven 
 children in the family and Henry was the youngest. 
 He grew up in Missouri, received a common school 
 education, and was early taught the value of indus- 
 try and thrifty habits. He was nineteen years old 
 when he broke away from home surroundings and 
 went west, locating in Albion, which continued to be 
 his headquarters for five years. During that time 
 
1044 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 he served various cattlemen and ranchers of south- 
 ern Idaho as a hired worker, and was employed on 
 the range, and also in freighting, until he was ready 
 to begin for himself. Locating at Rock Creek in 
 1885, he has continued to make that his home ever 
 since, and is one of the best known of the old settlers 
 of this section. During this time he has acquired 
 a large amount of land, and is still owner of three 
 ranches along the Rock Creek valley. In 1910 he 
 moved to the present ranch home at Goat Springs, 
 and gets his mail through the post office at Hollister. 
 On the home farm are three hundred and twenty 
 acres of land, and it is all irrigated and in its im- 
 provements will measure up to the best standards 
 maintained on any farm in the' state. Mr. Jones has 
 an artesian well on the farm, and that supplies water 
 for domestic and irrigation purposes. His residence 
 is not excelled in comfort and convenience in all this 
 section of Idaho. He is still one of the big stock- 
 men of the state, and at this writing has two thou- 
 sand head of cattle on his different farms, and some 
 sixty head of horses. Along Rock Creek valley his 
 three ranches comprise respectively two hundred and 
 forty acres, one hundred and sixty acres and one 
 hundred and twenty acres of land, all of .it being 
 under irrigation. Mr. Jones is also a director in the 
 bank of Kimberly, and was one of the organizers of 
 that institution. 
 
 On January 3, 1885, he married Wilmoth Gray, a 
 daughter of T. M. and Susan Gray. Mrs. Jones was 
 born in Montana, and her father was one of the big 
 cattlemen, an old Indian fighter and a pioneer who 
 was known throughout the western country. Nine 
 children were born to the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Jones, namely: Cora, is the wife of Ernest Mclntyre 
 of Kimberly; Ora follows the business of driving 
 artesian wells; Thomas is a cattleman; Perry is also 
 a well driller; John lives on the home ranch; Nora 
 is at home; Tanzy is in school; Norris is also in 
 school ; and Truman is the youngest of the family. 
 Mr. Jones in politics is a Republican but has never 
 been a politician. By his quiet and effective energy 
 in developing his ranch lands, he has contributed 
 a more important part to the welfare of the com- 
 munity than he could have formed through any 
 public position. 
 
 MARLIN J. SWEELEY. When it is stated that Marlin 
 J. Sweeley, of Twin Falls, has served in the legis- 
 latures of two states, Iowa and Idaho, and in each 
 of these states has become prominent as a lawyer, 
 citizen and man of affairs, the reader will naturally 
 and very correctly infer that Mr. Sweeley is a man 
 of more than usual ability and strength of character. 
 His talents, acquirements and force have made him 
 a most valued factor in the public life of Idaho and 
 his influence has given both inspiration and impetus 
 to the civic and material progress in his city and 
 state. 
 
 Born in Dallas county, Iowa, December 18, 1857, 
 Mr. Sweeley continued a resident of his native state 
 until his removal to Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1905. Edu- 
 cated first in the common and high schools of Adel, 
 Iowa, he then taught school about two years and 
 following that became a student at the State Univer- 
 sity of Iowa, Iowa City, where he was graduated 
 from the law department in 1878. After leaving 
 college he located at Adel for the practice of his 
 profession and remained seven years, removing from 
 thence to Storm Lake, where six years were spent 
 in professional activity. The next fifteen years passed 
 as a successful lawyer, at Sioux City, Iowa, from 
 whence he removed to Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1905. 
 While a resident of Iowa he served in the lower 
 
 branch of the state legislature, and in 1909 and 1910 
 served as senator in the state legislature of Idaho, 
 where his services were of a high order. He was a 
 constructive legislator, whose name will certainly 
 endure in connection with policies of far-reaching 
 importance, and in this connection his talent for 
 concise and exact expression made him a still more 
 valued member. Mr. Sweeley was the author of 
 the anti-pass law which was passed at that (the loth) 
 session and he drafted the anti-trust law which be- 
 came a part of the Idaho statutes during the same 
 session. He took the leading part in framing and 
 shaping the present local option law of the state, 
 and had entire charge of the bill in the senate until 
 it became law. It was also he who introduced and 
 secured the passage of the bill creating a public 
 park at Shoshone Falls, Idaho. In political views 
 Mr. Sweeley is a Republican and has always taken 
 an active interest in the work of his party. On lo- 
 cating at Twin Falls, Mr. Sweeley took as a law 
 partner his son, Everett M. Sweeley, a graduate' of 
 the University of Michigan, and the association con- 
 tinues under the firm name of Sweeley & Sweeley. 
 In Iowa Mr. Sweeley had attained a place among 
 the foremost men of his profession, and when he 
 came to Idaho the members of the Idaho bar soon 
 became aware that a man of commanding legal 
 strength had joined them. His practice has been 
 extensive, both as to the number and character of 
 the cases tried, and many of them have been of 
 important bearing. Not only as a lawyer, but as 
 a man and citizen he stands for what is the highest 
 order of useful and worthy living. What he does 
 for the advancement of Idaho is prompted by a sin- 
 cere and firm faith in a great future for the state. 
 He says of it: "Idaho, especially the southern 
 part of it, offers more attractions to the active man 
 than any other part of the country, for it is rich 
 in natural resources and rapid development has 
 already been made and more will be done in the 
 near future. The possibilities along all lines are . 
 great and the Twin Falls country is favored with a 
 large proportion of them. I do not hesitate to ad- 
 vise anyone to come here for a home, and I will 
 cheerfully answer all inquiries regarding Idaho." 
 
 At Adel, Iowa, on March 28, 1879, was solemnized 
 the marriage of Mr. Sweeley and Miss Alice J. Slo- 
 cumb, daughter of Charles and Lydia Slocumb, of 
 Albany, Illinois. They have one son, Everett M., 
 now married and the law partner of his father. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Sweeley are attendants of the Congrega- 
 tional church. Mrs. Sweeley is a woman of refined 
 and cultivated tastes and of strong and attractive 
 personality, qualities that have brought her into 
 prominence in the social and club circles of Idaho, 
 where she has an extensive acquaintance. She was 
 formerly vice president and is now president of the 
 First District Federation of Women's Clubs in this 
 state. Mr. Sweeley is affiliated with the Masonic 
 order as a Knight Templar Mason and as a noble of 
 the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the 
 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Idaho 
 State Bar Association, and a member and president 
 of the Twin Falls Commercial Club. 
 
 WILBUR S. HILL. Some view opportunity as ex- 
 pressed by the late John J. Ingalls, the brilliant Kan- 
 sas statesman and writer, who wrote : 
 
 "I knock unbidden once at every gate. 
 If sleeping, wake if feasting, rise before 
 I turn away. It is the hour of fate." 
 
 Others believe that opportunity is ever present, but 
 reveals itself only to him of a discerning mind, re- 
 sourceful, courageous and with the nerve to attempt; 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1045 
 
 that opportunity is largely a matter of character. It 
 would seem that the latter view would hold in the 
 case of Wilbur S. Hill, who, in 1906, came to Twin 
 Falls, Idaho, as an employe in the office of the Tivin 
 Falls Times, then a struggling weekly. He pur- 
 chased the paper that same year and today publishes 
 the Twice-a-Week Times, the leading paper of Twin 
 Falls and one of the most prosperous in southern 
 Idaho. He has kept pace with the remarkable growth 
 of the city, has been quick to see and seize every 
 advantage offered, and has turned into success what 
 seemed a failure. 
 
 Wilbur S. Hill was born in Red Wing,. Minne- 
 sota, January 18, 1878, and continued a resident of 
 that state until 1905, or until twenty-seven years of 
 age. His common and high school education was 
 obtained at Morris, Minnesota, and his college train- 
 ing was acquired in Carleton College, Northfield, 
 Minnesota, from which institution he was graduated 
 in 1905. He earned his first money as a newsboy, 
 selling the Minneapolis Journal, and continued thus 
 employed until twenty-one years of age. It was after 
 this that he attended Carleton College. After grad- 
 uating he came west, locating first at Weiser, Idaho, 
 where for one year he was connected with the 
 Weiser World; then early in 1906 he came to Twin 
 Falls and accepted a position on the Tivin Falls 
 Times. In March of that same year he bought the 
 paper and began the capable and energetic manage- 
 ment which has developed it into one of the best 
 paying newspaper properties in this section of Idaho. 
 He enlarged the plant and added to its equipment 
 until the entire establishment is now modern and 
 complete. He enlarged and changed the weekly 
 into a semi-weekly, which is now issued twice a week 
 to a large list of subscribers. A member of the 
 Eastern Idaho Press Club, he served as its president 
 one year, and he is also a member of the Commercial 
 Club of Twin Falls and a director of the Merchants' 
 and Manufacturers' Association of that city. In 
 politics he is an Independent Republican, and is now 
 a member of the Twin Falls county Republican cen- 
 tral committee. He has the Idaho spirit and feels 
 confident there is a magnificent future ahead for 
 this state, that opportunity still abounds for the 
 men of ability who have a large capacity for ener- 
 getic and honest effort. In the way of outdoor 
 recreation he enjoys the sport of fishing and the 
 game of tennis. He is fond of reading and has a 
 good library of well-selected books, especially along 
 the lines of history and political economy, which 
 at all times affords him a pieasant and profitable 
 diversion. 
 
 At Morris, Minnesota, on July 18, 1906, Mr. Hill 
 wedded Miss Mabel L. McDonald, a daughter of 
 Mr. and Mrs. George F. McDonald, of that city. 
 Mr. Hill is a member of the fraternal order of the 
 Knights of Pythias, and both he and his wife are 
 members of the Presbyterian church. 
 
 NELS A. JACKSON is the proprietor of one of the 
 most extensive bakery establishments in this sec- 
 tion of the st ite. He has advanced from a position 
 of minor importance in the business life of Twin 
 Falls, Idaho, until he is now regarded as one of the 
 solid business men of the city, and his acquaintance 
 with business people and conditions of the city is 
 not surpassed by any. 
 
 Born in Norway, on Christmas day, 1881, Nels A. 
 Jackson passed the early years of his life in his 
 native land. He was nineteen years of ago when 
 he made his first trip to the United States, settling 
 in Chicago, where he remained for about six years. 
 He secured work in a bake shop and there continued, 
 giving close and careful attention to every detail 
 
 of the work, so that when he quitted the establish- 
 ment after six years he was a thoroughly experienced 
 and qualified baker. He made a trip home to Nor- 
 way, spending three months amid his boyhood friends, 
 and when he returned once more to the land of 
 his adoption he made nis way directly to Twin Falls. 
 He arrived here in 1908, and he has been a resident 
 of the town continuously since that time. His first 
 business connection in this city was as an employe 
 of Smith & Smith. He very soon purchased the 
 business from them, becoming sole owner of the 
 shop and good will of the business, and has since 
 that time been successfully conducting a wholesale 
 and retail bakery establishment, with a trade that 
 reaches far beyond the limits of the city, drawing a 
 revenue from every hamlet in the county. 
 
 Mr. Jackson received a fairly good training in 
 the schools of his native land, his common school 
 training being followed by a course in Latin at a 
 preparatory institution in his home town, and after 
 coming to Chicago he took a one-year course in a 
 night school and a year in day school, his studies in 
 Chicago being principally intended to further his 
 mastery of the English language, in which he is 
 unusually proficient. His bakery experience in Chi- 
 cago was aided by his three-year apprenticeship to 
 the trade in his native land, so that he has brought 
 to bear in the business knowledge gained in both 
 American and foreign shops. When he started up 
 in business in Twin Falls he was necessarily handi- 
 capped by lack of means, and he conducted the busi- 
 ness on a small scale until the steady increase made 
 it possible for him to expand. The result is that 
 his shop today controls the business in his line, and 
 he is recognized as one of the most successful young 
 business men of the city. He stands high in the 
 esteem of the community, his splendid character 
 winning to him the confidence and friendship of a 
 large circle of people in the community. Since coin- 
 ing to Twin Falls, Mr. Jackson has made his second 
 trip to his home in Norway, but his best interests 
 are centered in his adopted city, and he will always 
 regard America as his real home. 
 
 Mr. Jackson is a member of the Lutheran church, 
 as becomes one of his upbringing and nationality. 
 Politically, he is an independent, taking no active 
 part in the political affairs of the city, beyond the 
 duties of good citizenship. He believes it the bounden 
 duty of every man to vote according to his best 
 judgment, but is content to let others strive for 
 political favor in the public arena. 
 
 HON. JAMES L. FULLER. The roster of distin- 
 guished jurists who have brought honor to the bench 
 of Lincoln county contains many names of deserved 
 eminence, and the place occupied by James L. Fuller, 
 judge of the probate court of the county, is one of 
 high credit and distinction. Now serving his fourth 
 term in his high office, he has made a record that 
 holds out a stimulus and example to all men who 
 are called upon to bear the responsibilities of a place 
 upon the bench. The sound judgment, the well bal- 
 anced judicial mind, the intellectual honesty and 
 freedom from bias which are required of a judge 
 these attributes are his and enable him to maintain 
 the best traditions of the judicial office. Judge Fuller 
 was born at Angelica, New York, March 17, 1845, 
 and is the oldest of the seven children of Russell 
 and Margaret (Winegar) Fuller. 
 
 Russell Fuller was born in New York state and 
 resided there all his life, following the farming and 
 lumber industries, and passing away at the age of 
 sixty-four years. His wife was also a native of New 
 York state, where they were married, and she died 
 
1046 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 in 1875, they being buried side by side in the ceme- 
 tery at Angelica. 
 
 James L. Fuller received his early education in 
 the public schools of his native state, following which 
 he started to take an academic course, but after two 
 years, when he was seventeen' vears old. he enlisted 
 in Company G, One Hundred and Thirtieth Regi- 
 ment, New York Volunteer Infantry, which was 
 eventually transferred to the First New York Dra- 
 goons. With this organization, the young man took 
 part in forty-four engagements, and his services 
 were of so brave and faithful an order that he re- 
 ceived his honorable discharge as a quartermaster 
 sergeant instead of as a private, the rank he held 
 upon entering. On completing his gallant military 
 career, Mr. Fuller returned to his home, where he 
 was engaged in farming for two years, but at the 
 age of twenty-two decided to come west and accord- 
 ingly made his way to Iowa. There he spent one 
 year in railroading, but about 1870 removed to Ne- 
 vada and there for a number of vears was engaged 
 in teaming and freighting from Elko, in Elko 
 county, to Pioche, in Lincoln county, and hauled the 
 machinery into the latter town for the first smelter 
 that was established there. He continued to be en- 
 gaged in the same enterprise until November, 1874, 
 when he came to Idaho, and has since been a resi- 
 dent here. First locating at Marsh Lake, he took 
 up a government homestead and remained in that 
 part for five years, when he traded his land and 
 moved to Dry Creek, on another ranch, on which 
 he spent about two years. His next venture was 
 in mining on Snake river, near the town of Bliss, 
 and there he subsequently established a mercantile 
 business, which was conducted by him until 1902, 
 and for many years also acted in the capacity of 
 postmaster at that place. He served as county com- 
 missioner of Lincoln county, being first appointed 
 to that position by Governor McConnell when Lin- 
 coln county was first established, and later being 
 elected lo the office. Since 1905 he has served as 
 a member of the Shoshone school board, having 
 come to this city in 1902 and established himself in 
 the hotel business, continuing to conduct a popular 
 hostelry for three years. At the end of that period 
 Mr. Fuller was appointed probate judge of Lincoln 
 county to fill a vacancy, and since that time he has 
 been elected to the office four times, discharging the 
 duties of his office in such a manner as to gain the 
 respect and esteem of all parties concerned. He is 
 a stanch supporter of the policies of the Republican 
 party and of its candidates, and is regarded as one 
 of the wheel-horses of his party in this section. A 
 popular comrade of the Grand Army of the Re- 
 public, in 1896 Judge Fuller served as department 
 commander thereof. In religious belief he leans to- 
 ward the faith of the Episcopal church, while his 
 wife is a Baptist and an active worker in the Ladies.' 
 Aid Society. He takes great pleasure in hunting and 
 fishing, is very fond of reading, and is the owner of 
 a fine private library. During- his residence here Mr. 
 Fuller has made nummerous friends in social and 
 official life, who have been drawn about him by his 
 many admirable traits of character. 
 
 While living near Bliss, Idaho, Judge Fuller met 
 Miss Alice Decker Bliss, the daughter of Mr. and 
 Mrs. David B. Bliss, at whose house he was board- 
 ing when a disastrous fire destroyed the house and 
 all its contents, including the wardrobe of Mr. Fuller 
 and his financee. The latter, bemoaning her loss to the 
 judge, was informed that the future dignitary was 
 not marrying her for her clothes, and to prove it 
 suggested that they be married at once. After some 
 hesitation the young lady agreed, and thus, in the 
 
 month of August, 1879, they were married by a 
 justice of the peace. Eleven children were born to 
 this happy union, as follows: Mildred, who is now 
 deceased; James Elmer; Truman C; Josie E. ; de- 
 ceased; Margaret; Aaron and Russell, who are 
 twins; Amos, John; Alice A. and Theodore. Two 
 of these children have received college educations 
 and all have received more than ordinary educa- 
 tional advantages, sufficient to fit them amply for 
 whatever positions in life they may be called upon to 
 fill. 
 
 Judge Fuller has an honorable record on the bench, 
 and from the time when as a youth he dropped his 
 school books to take up a musket with the boys in 
 blue, he has at all times demonstrated his patriotism 
 and public spirit. 
 
 FRANK LYTLE, of the firm of the Lytle & Young 
 Furniture Company, has been a resident of Idaho 
 since 1901 and of Twin Falls since 1905. His first 
 identification with this section of the country was 
 as a rancher, and he operated along those lines until 
 1908, when he accepted a position in the furniture 
 store of Mr. Layering in Twin Falls. He was thus 
 employed until 1910, in which year he formed a part- 
 nership with Mr. Young and they purchased the 
 business of Mr. Layering, styling the new firm the 
 Lytle- Young Furniture Company. They have a 
 large and modern establishment, with the most com- 
 plete and up-to-date lines in stock, and they con- 
 duct a representative business in and about the city. 
 
 Mr. Lytle is the son of George and Nettie (Thurs- 
 tpn) Lytle, born in Pennsylvania and Ohio respec- 
 tively, and the mother resides in Twin Falls at the 
 present time. Her husband died in October, 1904. 
 The subject was born on January 24, 1883, in Hop- 
 kins, Missouri, and made his home in that state 
 until he was about eighteen years of age. He at- 
 tended the public schools of his home town, and 
 gave a good share of his time to the work of his 
 father's farm. He later became interested in a 
 business venture on his own responsibility and con- 
 tinued to be thus occupied until he came to Idaho 
 in 1901. His first location in Idaho was in Boise, 
 and he spent four years in that city, engaged during 
 that time as a clerk in a mercantile establishment. 
 In January, 1905, he came to Twin Falls, engaged 
 in the ranching business and maintained his asso- 
 ciation with that business for three years. In 1908 
 he accepted a position with Mr. Layering, as pre- 
 viously mentioned, and in 1910 entered into a part- 
 nership which still lives as the Lytle- Young Furni- 
 ture Company. The young men are thoroughly alive 
 and wide awake to the possibilities of the state of 
 Idaho, both commercially and otherwise, and are 
 well content to trust their future to its splendid pos- 
 sibilities. Mr. Lytle in particular is enthusiastic 
 about the future of the state, and has invested in 
 no small way in property, holding considerable 
 land, and being interested in a mercantile way as 
 well in Buhl, Idaho. Mr. Lytle is an independent in 
 his political faith, and takes no active part in the 
 party activities of the district. He is a member of 
 the Commercial Club of Twin Falls. 
 
 On. February 24, 1909, he was married at Santa 
 Ana, California, to Miss Fay Swank, formerly of 
 Seattle, Washington. They have one child, Charles 
 E. Lytle. 
 
 ALFRED W. WIKER has been engaged in the grocery 
 business in Twin Falls since 1910, and in the 
 brief season that has elapsed since his establish- 
 ment here he has made splendid strides in busi- 
 ness growth and favor in and about the city. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1047 
 
 Mr. Wiker was born in West Liberty, Iowa, on April 
 9, 1875, and is the son of Ezra M. and Julia (Allen) 
 Wiker. The father was a native of Pennsylvania, 
 who came west and settled in eastern Iowa when 
 a mere boy. Later he located in Kansas City, Mis- 
 souri, and for many years was there engaged as a 
 carpenter and contractor. He now resides on a 
 fruit ranch near Kansas City. He is a veteran of the 
 Civil war, having fought in the Union army, and 
 during his enlistment took part in many of the 
 hottest conflicts of the war period, serving through 
 until the close of the strife. The wife and mother 
 was born in Indiana, and she still survives, making 
 her home on their ranch near Kansas City, Missouri. 
 They were the parents of five children, the subject 
 being the second born and the eldest son of his 
 parents. 
 
 When Alfred W. Wiker was four years old his 
 parents moved to Kansas City, Missouri. There he 
 received his early education, the common schools 
 of the city constituting the extent of his training 
 in that respect. He lived in Kansas City until 1910. 
 He earned his first money as an office boy in the 
 offices of the C, R. I. & P. R. R , continuing there 
 for seven years, after which he went into the offices 
 of Swift & Company. He continued there for three 
 years, resigning to go into the asbestos business for 
 himself in Kansas City. He was for four years 
 engaged in that industry, and in 1910 he closed out 
 the business and came to Twin Falls, where he en- 
 gaged in the grocery business, as previously men- 
 tioned. He has invested largely in agricultural prop- 
 erty near the city, and has two splendid orchards 
 near Twin Falls which are a source of much pleasure 
 to him. He also has a valuable ranch about ten 
 miles distant from the city, which is being developed 
 rapidly. He has shown his unbounded confidence 
 in the future of the city of Twin Falls as well as 
 of the surrounding country by his very material 
 investments in city property, his store building being 
 only one of the pieces of realty he owns in the city. 
 
 Mr. Wiker is an independent in politics, and does 
 not take an active part in party affairs. He is a 
 member of the Commercial Club of Twin Falls, and 
 with his wife is a member of the Presbyterian 
 church. She is also a member of the Ladies' Aid 
 Society of the church and of the Century Club. 
 
 On December 21, 1896, Mr. Wiker was married in 
 Kansas City, Missouri, to Miss Janet D. Forrester, 
 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Forrester of 
 Kansas City. Two children have been born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Wiker Charlotte and Bruce Wiker. 
 
 FREDERICK C. GRAVES. Although he cannot be said 
 to have been a pioneer in the real estate and insur- 
 ance business in Filer, few men have been identified 
 with its growth in a greater degree than Frederick 
 C. Graves. Having supreme faith in the future of 
 his adopted state, he has at all times displayed 
 boundless enthusiasm in setting forth its advantages 
 and opportunities to homeseekers, and through his 
 efforts emigration has been greatly encouraged. It 
 is to this class of men that the state owes its rapid 
 development, not only in growth of population, but 
 in importance as ft center of commercial, agricultural 
 and industrial activity. Mr. Graves was born in 
 Dade county, Missouri, December 6, 1872. but in his 
 third year was taken to Nebraska, and there received 
 his education in the public and high schools. On 
 completing his education, he devoted his attention 
 to farming, in which he had been engaged during 
 his vacation periods, but in 1904 entered the real 
 estate business in Nebraska, and continued therein 
 until making removal to Filer, Idaho, in 1909. Dur- 
 ing the first three months here, Mr. Graves was 
 voi m 10 
 
 identified with the banking business, but at the end 
 of that time established his present office, and now 
 does a general real estate, loan and insurance busi- 
 ness, operating extensively in farm lands and 
 orchards. Mr. Graves has never hesitated to recom- 
 mend this state to those who are seeking new locali- 
 ties in which to display their abilities, and his faith 
 in the future of the state has been demonstrated 
 by his investing in valuable farm and fruit lands 
 near Filer, included in which are twenty acres ad- 
 joining the town. His business has been success- 
 ful, and his standing among his associates in the 
 business is that of a man of integrity and honorable 
 dealing, whose operations have always been carried 
 on along strictly legitimate lines. 
 
 On January 20, 1891, Mr. Graves was united in 
 marriage at David City, Nebraska, to Minnie M. 
 Walling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Walling, 
 well known residents of that city. To this union 
 there have been born two sons : Ronald L. and Ray- 
 mond F. With his family, Mr. Graves attends the 
 Methodist church, his wife being an active member 
 of the Ladies' Aid Society. He has interested him- 
 self to some extent in fraternal work, being con- 
 nected with the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the 
 Woodmen of the World, and has the honor of hav- 
 ing been the first master of the Masonic lodge here, 
 a position he has held for two years. He and Mrs. 
 Graves are also members of the Order of the East- 
 ern Star, in which he is worthy patron. In politics 
 Mr. Graves is a Republican, and has taken an active 
 interest in public matters, the confidence of his 
 fellow citizens in hie integrity having been demon- 
 strated by his election to the office of city treasurer 
 of Filer, a position which he now occupies. He is 
 a valued member of the Commercial Club, in the 
 interests of which he has ever been an active 
 worker. Mr. Graves is fond of theatricals, lectures 
 and speeches, and is an ardent automobilist, being 
 the owner of a modern high-power car. 
 
 Louis R. ADAMS. It is uniformly conceded that 
 Mr. Adams has been one of the most prominent and 
 resourceful, most liberal and progressive of the 
 sterling citizens who have brought about the develop- 
 ment and substantial upbuilding of the thriving town 
 of Rupert, in Idaho. He visited the site of the vil- 
 lage before it was platted and at that early date 
 determined to identify himself with the new town. 
 He was a pioneer business man of Rupert, where he 
 established himself in the lumber trade when the 
 place was represented by only three small houses, 
 and he has contributed by every means in his power 
 to the advancement of the town, which now has a 
 population of one thousand and which is a normal 
 trade center for a fine section of agricultural coun- 
 try. The upbuilding of Rupert has been accom- 
 plished within less than a decade, and its substantial 
 status today stands in patent evidence of Idaho thrift 
 and aggressiveness. Mr. Adams was the founder 
 of the Commercial Bank of Rupert, and is president 
 of the same, besides which he is the owner of a 
 large amount of valuable ranch property. He is one 
 who commands unqualified confidence and esteem in 
 the state of his adoption, is one of its loyal and 
 appreciative citizens, and his status is such as to 
 render most consistent his recognition in this pub- 
 lication. 
 
 Louis Rudolph Adams was born at Griswold, Cass 
 county, Iowa, on the first of August, 1871, and is a 
 member of one of the honored oioneer families of 
 the Hawkeye state. He is a son of Robert D. and 
 Margaret J. (Ware) Adams, both of whom were 
 born in the state of Kentucky and both of whom 
 
1048 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 were children at the time of the removal of their 
 respective families to Illinois, in which state they 
 were reared to maturity under the conditions and 
 influences incident to that pioneer epoch in the his- 
 tory of the Illinois commonwealth. It was theirs 
 to undergo distinctive pioneer experiences in their 
 more mature years as well, for they were numbered 
 among the early settlers of Cass county, Iowa, where 
 Mr. Adams served as countv sheriff in the early days 
 and where he reclaimed to cultivation a valuable 
 farm, besides which he became one of the leading 
 stock growers of that section of the state. He was 
 a zealous supporter of the cause of the Republican 
 party and especially was he influential in public 
 affairs in the countv in which he lived for many 
 years, and in which both he and his wife died, their 
 remains being interred in Cass countv. to whose 
 development and material upbuilding they contributed 
 much. Both were members of the Presbyterian 
 church, devout in their manner of life and wprship, 
 and folk of superior mentality and of an invincible 
 integrity. They became the parents of four chil- 
 dren all of whom are deceased with the exception of 
 Louis R., whose name initiates this review. 
 
 Louis R. Adams is indebted to the public schools 
 of his native county for his early educational disci- 
 pline, and he was there graduated in the high school 
 at Griswold, as a member of the class of 1894. There- 
 after he completed a thorough commercial course 
 in the Corning Academy, located at Corning, Iowa, 
 and he initiated his independent career by engaging 
 in agricultural pursuits and stock-raising on one of 
 the farms owned by his father." He thus continued 
 his endeavors for six years, and so gratifying and 
 substantial was his success that he decided to indulge 
 himself in travel. In accordance with this plan he 
 passed two years of traveling in the west, and within 
 that time he visited New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, 
 Montana, Washington and Oregon, and gained a 
 clear impression in regard to the advantages of the 
 various sections in which he soiourned. He became 
 at that time especially appreciative of the manifold 
 resources and beauties of Idaho, the veritable "Gem 
 of the Mountains," and after his return to Iowa he 
 had charge of the old homestead for one year. In 
 the meanwhile, he had taken unto himself a wife. 
 The lure of Idaho was such that he decided to leave 
 his native state and establish his home in the newer 
 and to him more attractive reeion. Accordingly, in 
 the autumn of 1902, he came to Glenn's Ferry, El- 
 more county, Idaho, where he purchased a well estab- 
 lished lumber business, and in the spring of the fol- 
 lowing year his wife and infant daughter joined 
 him in the new home. He continued successfully 
 in the lumber business at Glenn's Ferrv until 1909, 
 when he disposed of the yards and stock. In 1905 
 he had visited the site of the present town of Rupert, 
 and had decided that here was an eligible place to 
 establish a lumber business and become one of the 
 builders of the new village. He accordingly estab- 
 lished a well equipped yard and within a brief period 
 there was active demand for his lumber and other 
 building supplies, as the town errew most rapidly, 
 and within the space of a few years assumed a place 
 of considerable relative importance as a trade and 
 industrial center. He has continued successfully in 
 business as the pioneer lumber merchant of Rupert, 
 and has here maintained his residence since 1906. 
 He has viewed with distinct satisfaction the develop- 
 ment of the town and no citizen has done more to 
 advance its material and civic prosperity than has he. 
 He is influential in the promoting and carrying for- 
 ward of measures and enterprises tending to advance 
 the general welfare of the communitv and has been 
 
 most liberal in his expenditure of time and money 
 for this laudable purpose. In 1910 he effected the 
 organization of the Commercial Bank of Rupert, and 
 he has since continued as president and stockholder 
 of this institution, which is of substantial order and 
 managed along conservative lines, so that it is an 
 important factor in connection with the general in- 
 dustrial and business activities of Rupert and the 
 tributary territory. Mr. Adams is also a stockholder 
 of the Glenn's Ferry Bank, and is the owner of sev- 
 eral well improved ranches, in Lincoln and Cassia 
 counties. He is the owner of valuable real estate 
 in Rupert, including his own modern and attractive 
 residence, which has become a center of the best 
 social activities of the community, with Mrs. Adams 
 as its gracious and popular chatelaine. 
 
 In politics Mr. Adams accords a stalwart alle- 
 giance to the Republican party and he is one of the 
 leaders in its ranks in his home county. He served 
 as a member of the lower house of the state legis- 
 lature in the sessions of 1908-10, as representative 
 from Lincoln county, and he made an admirable 
 record as a zealous and effective working member of 
 the general assembly. He was assigned to various 
 committees and was the author of several bills whose 
 enactment has proved of special value to the section 
 of the state which he represented. In 1912 he again 
 became a candidate for the legislature, and in the 
 election of November of that year, after a spirited 
 canvass, he was elected. Mr. Adams was the author 
 of the bill, passed in the last legislative session, to 
 create the county of Minidoka, out of a part of Lin- 
 coln county, with Rupert as the county seat of the 
 new county. 
 
 On the 27th of June, 1901. was solemnized the 
 marriage of Mr. Adams to Miss Marie Nelson, who 
 like himself, was born and reared in Cass county, 
 Iowa, where her parents established their home in 
 the pioneer days. Her father became one of the 
 substantial farmers in the vicinity of Griswold, that 
 county, and there he and his wife still reside. They 
 are, Frank and Melina (Hanson) Nelson, and both 
 are of stanchest Scandinavian lineage, representative 
 of that valuable element which has played so impor- 
 tant a part in the development and upbuilding of 
 the great northwestern section of our national do- 
 main. Fred A. Nelson, a brother of Mrs. Adams, is 
 now associated with her husband in the lumber busi- 
 ness in Rupert. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have three 
 children, Winona, Herbert and Leona. 
 
 LEE J. SNELSON. The popular postmaster of Filer, 
 Idaho, Lee J. Snelson, has been a resident of this 
 city since 1008, and during this time has firmly estab- 
 lished himself in the confidence and friendship of 
 the citizens of his adopted community. In his official 
 capacity he has shown a conscientious regard for the 
 duties of public office, and as a good citizen no move- 
 ment for the betterment of Filer or its people has 
 failed to secure his support. Mr. Snelson was born 
 in Carroll county, Arkansas, November 10, 1877, 
 and is a son of James W. and Margaret (Black) 
 Snelson. 
 
 James W. Snelson was a native of Tennessee, but 
 as a young man removed to Arkansas, and for many 
 years was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Car- 
 roll county. In 1883 he took his family to Colorado, 
 where he continued his farming operations until 
 1906, and since that time has been a resident of 
 Idaho, now making his home in Filer. During the 
 war between the states, he cast his fortunes with the 
 South, and for a time served as a soldier in the 
 Confederate army. He was married in Arkansas to 
 Margaret Black, a southern lady, who had been 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1049 
 
 born in North Carolina, and she died in July, 1912, 
 at the age of seventy-four years, and is buried in 
 Filer. They had a family of twelve children, Lee 
 J. being the eleventh child and youngest son. 
 
 Lee J. Snelson was but six years of age when 
 taken to Colorado, and his education was secured 
 in the schools of that state. As a youth he was 
 reared to agricultural pursuits, and on first coming 
 to Idaho, in 1906, settled at Hagerman, where he 
 continued to farm for two years. He then came 
 to Filer, and shortly thereafter received the appoint- 
 ment to the position of postmaster, in which he has 
 served efficiently to the present time. Mr. Snelson 
 makes an ideal official, his pleasing personality and 
 courteous manner having made numerous friends 
 among those who have had occasion to transact busi- 
 ness at the postoffice. In political matters he is 
 independent, believing that every man should vote, 
 but that he should be allowed to exercise his pre- 
 rogative of casting his ballot for the man he deems 
 best fitted for the position, irrespective of party ties. 
 Although he is a member of no particular denomina- 
 tion, he favors all church bodies and cheerfully do- 
 nates to movements calculated to advance religion, 
 education and morality. He is ardent in his praise 
 of the multifold advantages offered the ambitious 
 and enterprising in Idaho, and to all such offers his 
 advice to investigate conditions here before seeking 
 a home elsewhere. Mr. Snelson is competent to 
 judge in this matter, as during his career he has 
 visited a number of states, none of which, however, 
 rank with Idaho as to future possibilities. Like all 
 virile Western men, Mr. Snelson is fond of horse- 
 back riding, hunting and fishing, and is also a patron 
 of theatricals, public speeches and lectures. He is 
 of an enterprising and progressive nature, and is 
 doing all in his power to make his city one of the 
 commercial, educational and industrial centers of the 
 state. 
 
 ISAAC R. CROW. As president and editor of the 
 Orofino Tribune, Isaac R. Crow holds a high place 
 in the business world of Orofino. He was born in 
 the city of Springfield, Illinois, December 18, 1853, 
 and to the public schools of Springfield is indebted 
 for his early educational training. At the age of 
 sixteen years he went to Nebraska, where he com- 
 pleted a high school course and where he continued 
 to reside during the ensuing twelve years. He entered 
 upon an apprenticeship to learn the trade of printer, 
 his salary at the start being $2 per week, but with the 
 passage of time he worked himself up to important 
 newspaper positions, and during his career has been 
 connected with many very well known publications. 
 In 1881 he left Nebraska and went to the Black 
 Hills, in South Dakota, there working as a printer 
 in five different counties. It is said that he was 
 so well known in that district that a letter addressed 
 to any town in the hills would have reached him. 
 In 1907 he left South Dakota and went to Spokane, 
 Washington, where he maintained his home until 
 1911, coming in that year to Orofino, Idaho. Here 
 he immediately organized a company, of which he 
 became president and manager, and purchased the 
 Orofino Tribune, to the improvement of which pub- 
 lication he has since devoted his undivided atten- 
 tion. The Tribune is now equal in every way to 
 newspapers published in many of the metropolitan 
 centers of the East, one of its features being a col- 
 ored supplement. 
 
 Mr. Crow is a writer of unusual ability and has 
 written numerous valuable articles on the various 
 towns in which he has lived. Today he is a strong 
 booster for Orofino. He says that for the invest- 
 ment of capital and a place for ideal homes, Idaho 
 
 is the best location in the entire Northwest, 'it being 
 a general, all-round state, with opportunities for 
 everyone. As an uncompromising Democrat, he 
 figures prominently in local politics, giving freely 
 of his time and means to all measures and enter- 
 prises projected for the good of the general welfare. 
 His religious faith is in harmony with the tenets of 
 the Christian church, and he is a generous contribu- 
 tor to worthy charitable organizations. He is fond 
 of reading and writing and says that pencil pushing 
 is a real pleasure to him. He is well known as a 
 man of sterling integrity of character and is well 
 liked by men in every walk of life. 
 
 At Tecumseh, Nebraska, June 21, 1876, Mr. Crow 
 married Miss Leulla R. Campbell, formerly of \Va- 
 yerly, Illinois. She was summoned to the life eternal 
 in Spokane, Washington, October 16, 1912, at the 
 age of fifty-four years. She was an active church 
 worker and a devout Christian from childhood up. 
 A woman of most gracious and pleasing personality, 
 she was deeply beloved by all who came within the 
 sphere of her gentle influence. Five of the seven 
 children born to Mr. and Mrs. Crow are living, in 
 1912, namely: Mrs. E. W. Valentine, of Spokane, 
 Washington; Mrs. H. H. Hurd, of Portland, Oregon; 
 Mrs. S. R. Eaton, of Chilco, Idaho, and John H. 
 and Ben C. Crow, both of Spokane, Washington. 
 
 AXEL E. HOLM BERG. Civilization will hail riches, 
 prowess, honors, popularity, but it will bow humbly 
 to sincerity in its fellows. The exponent of known 
 sincerity, singleness of honest purpose, has its ex- 
 emplification in all bodies of men; he is found in 
 every association and to him defer its highest honors. 
 Such an exemplar whose daily life and whose life 
 work have been dominated as their most conspicuous 
 characteristic by sincerity is Alex E. Holmberg, who 
 is one of the foremost citizens of Orofino, Idaho, 
 where he is general manager and secretary of the 
 Orofino Trading Company, one of the biggest and 
 best department stores in this section of the state. 
 
 A native of Sweden, Axel E. Holmberg was bora 
 March 5, 1862. In his second year his parents emi- 
 grated to the United States, bringing him with them. 
 They located in Minnesota and there the young Axel 
 grew to maturity and was educated. His public 
 school training was supplemented with a course of 
 study in the Gustafus Adolphus College, at St. Peter, 
 Minnesota. After completing his educational disci-* 
 pline he accepted a position as clerk in a general 
 merchandise establishment in Minnesota. Thus 
 simply he began his career as merchant. He lived 
 in the Gopher state until 1900, and during three years 
 prior to that date was interested in banking projects. 
 In the above year he came to Orofino, Idaho, and 
 here opened up a general merchandise business. His 
 enterprise was incorporated, in 1903, under the name 
 of the Orofino Trading Company, of which concern 
 he is general manager and secretary, likewise the 
 principal stockholder. This company is housed in 
 a fine modern structure and carries everything usually 
 found in an up-to-date department store. As Mr. 
 Holmberg has been interested in mercantile projects 
 during practically the entire period of his active 
 career, he is thoroughly acquainted witli every de- 
 tail of this business. He has always applied his 
 knowledge and experience to the best possible use 
 and the result is unmitigated success. All his deal- 
 ings have been characterized by honesty and fair 
 methods. 
 
 Although reared in the faith of the Lutheran 
 church, Mr. Holmberg is now a member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal denomination, and he is an 
 active worker in behalf of all worthy religious move- 
 ments. His fraternal connections are with the Odd 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Fellows, the Elks, and the Modern Woodmen of 
 America. He is likewise prominent in Masonry. His 
 political support is given without restriction to the 
 Democratic party, in the local councils of which he 
 is an active factor. He was a member of the state 
 legislature and while at Boise was active in the crea- 
 tion of Clearwater and Lewis counties and in retain- 
 ing the state insane asylum for northern Idaho. He 
 is a firm believer in initiative, referendum and recall. 
 He has served as a member of the city council of 
 Orofino and was mayor of this city, resigning the 
 latter office in order to devote his undivided atten- 
 tion to his growing business interests. In the fall 
 of 1912 he was a candidate on the Democratic ticket 
 for the office of state senator, but the district being 
 normally Republican, he met with defeat. Mr. Holm- 
 "berg states that Idaho offers opportunities to laboi 
 that surpass any other state. The seasons are longer 
 and more pleasant and therefore do not require 
 people to lie idle at any period. Idaho offers a real 
 home to the homeseeker and honest opportunities to 
 the business and professional man. A brilliant politi- 
 cal future is predicted for Mr. Holmberg by those 
 who know him in a business and personal way, and 
 he is already looked upon as one of the leading men 
 in the state. 
 
 At St. Peter, Minnesota, May 23, 1886, Mr. Holm- 
 berg was united in marriage to Miss Blanda Larson, 
 a daughter of John Larson, formerly of Sweden. 
 Three children were born to this union, as follows : 
 Ebba C, is the wife of J. G. Bullock, who is inter- 
 ested with Mr. Holmberg in the mercantile business 
 at Orofino ; Mabel, who is at home with her parents, 
 and Oliver H., present deputy county auditor and 
 a resident of Orofino. 
 
 GEORGE H. COULTHARD, M. D. The city of Idaho 
 Falls, judicial center of Bonneville county, has been 
 the center of the able and successful endeavors of 
 Dr. Coulthard in the practice of his profession since 
 the summer of 1904, and while he can by no means 
 he designated a pioneer of this favored section of 
 the state it is conceded that during his period of resi- 
 dence in Bonneville county no citizen has manifested 
 more insistent civic loyalty and appreciation and that 
 none has been more zealous and enthusiastic in sup- 
 porting measures and enterprises projected for the 
 general good of the community. He has high ideals 
 and progressive policies of every kind find in him 
 a sturdy advocate. He has identified himself closely 
 with the interests of Idaho Falls, and as one of its 
 representative citizens and as one of the leading 
 physicians and surgeons of this part of the state he 
 is eminently entitled to specific recognition in this 
 publication. He has won the unqualified confidence 
 and high regard of the people of his home county 
 and besides serving in local positions of public trust 
 he was formerly a valued and zealous member of the 
 Idaho state board of health. 
 
 Dr. Coulthard was born on a farm near Missouri 
 Valley, Harrison county, Iowa, on the 9th of March, 
 1878, and is a son of William and Jane (Eddee) 
 Coulthard, who were numbered among the early 
 settlers of that section of the Hawkeye state and 
 became prominently identified with its pioneer devel- 
 opment and upbuilding. The father secured a tract 
 of government land in Harrison county, and re- 
 claimed the same into a valuable and productive 
 farm. Indefatigable industry and careful manage- 
 ment brought to him a due reward, and he was able 
 not only to provide well for his family but also to 
 achieve distinctive independence and prosperity. He 
 still resides on the old homestead farm and the same 
 has been his place of abode for fully 42 years. His 
 
 cherished and devoted wife remains by his side, and 
 after years of earnest toil and endeavor they find 
 that their "lines are cast in pleasant places," their 
 lives being now marked by "smiling plenty and fair, 
 prosperous days." William Coulthard was born at 
 Glencoe, province of Ontario, Canada, in the year 
 1844, and thus is nearing the psalmist's allotted span 
 of three-score years and ten, as is also his wife, 
 who is about two years his junior, in excellent health, 
 with a pleasant home, and surrounded by friends 
 who are tried and true, they are passing the gracious 
 evening of their lives in peace and prosperity, secure 
 in the high regard of all who know them and con- 
 tent with the benignant aftermath which is theirs 
 after having borne to the full the heat and burden 
 of the day. Of their nine children five are now 
 living, namely : Mrs. Anna Downey, of Logan, 
 Iowa; Mrs. Inez Herman, of Clarkston, Nebraska; 
 Mrs. Ella Doty, of Missouri Valley, Iowa; David 
 Lloyd; and Dr. George H., whose name initiates this 
 review. The parents are devout members of the 
 Presbyterian church and the father is a stanch 
 Republican in his political adherency. 
 
 Dr. George H. Coulthard, who was the third in 
 order of birth of the nine children, gained his early 
 experiences in connection with the work and man- 
 agement of the home farm, and after availing himself 
 of the advantages of the public schools of his native 
 county he completed the curriculum of the Woodbine 
 Normal School, at Woodbine, Harrison county, in 
 which institution he was graduated in 1900. He had 
 in the meanwhile formulated definite plans for his 
 future life-work, and in harmony therewith he was 
 matriculated in the medical department of the Uni- 
 versity of Iowa, at Iowa City, in which he com- 
 pleted the prescribed course and was graduated as 
 a member of the class of 1904, his degree of doctor 
 of medicine having been conferred upon him on 
 the I4th of June of that year. In 1904 of the same 
 year the ambitious and well fortified young disciple 
 of Aesculapius came to Idaho and established his 
 residence at Idaho Falls, and here his professional 
 novitiate was of brief duration, for he soon proved 
 his ability and gained such popular confidence that 
 his practice grew apace, to become, as.it is today, 
 one of the most extensive and substantial controlled 
 by any physician in this section of the state. 
 
 In 1907 Dr. Coulthard was elected a member of 
 the city council, and his splendid majority at the 
 polls again attested his unequivocal popularity. There 
 are no half-way measures possible with him, and 
 thus he was not in the least perfunctory in the dis- 
 charge of his duties as a representative of the munici- 
 pal government. He was zealous in furthering 
 measures and enterprises for the general good of the 
 city and its people and was indefatigable in urging 
 a policy of definite municipal progressiveness, with 
 wise economy in the expenditure of city revenues. 
 During the administration of Governor Brady he 
 served as a member of the state board of health, 
 and of this body likewise he proved a most earnest 
 and valued member. He was one of the organizers 
 of the Idaho Falls Club of Commerce, and has the 
 distinction of being chosen its first president. This 
 representative body has done much to promote high 
 civic ideals and to further the material progress and 
 advancement of. Idaho Falls and its tributary terri- 
 tory. The Doctor was secretary of this club, as well 
 as a member of its directorate. In national 
 affairs he is stanch in his allegiance to the Re- 
 publican party, but in local matters he gives his sup- 
 port to men and measures meeting the approval of 
 his judgment, without reference to strict partisan 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1051 
 
 lines. Dr. Coulthard has been an earnest and appre- 
 ciative student of the history and teachings of the 
 time-honored Masonic fraternity and is one of its 
 prominent representatives in Idaho. He has com- 
 pleted the circle of both the York and Scottish Rites, 
 in the latter of which he has received the thirty- 
 second degree, his affiliation being with the Idaho 
 Sovereign Consistory, at Boise, the capital of the state. 
 He has passed various official chairs in the different 
 Masonic bodies, being past master of Eagle Lodge, 
 Free & Accepted Masons, of Idaho Falls, and being 
 senior deacon in the Grand Lodge. The Doctor also 
 holds membership in the local lodge of the Benevo- 
 lent & Protective Order of Elks and has served as 
 its exalted ruler. Enjoying thoroughly the whole- 
 some diversion of hunting and fishing, Dr. Coulthard 
 does not deny himself periodical relaxatjon in these 
 lines, and he is at the present time president of the 
 Idaho Falls Gun Club. He is also a member of the 
 American Medical Association and Idaho State Med- 
 ical Association. 
 
 Dr. Coulthard still marches sturdily along in the 
 ranks of the eligible bachelors of Idaho, and it may 
 well be said that this fact in no wise militates against 
 his personal popularity in social circles. He has 
 gained large and worthy success in his chosen pro- 
 fession and subordinates all else to its exacting 
 demands. He is well known in the state of his adop- 
 tion, and his circle of friends coincides with that 
 of his acquaintances. His faith in the great future 
 of Idaho is unbounded, and he is the owner of a 
 fine ranch of 950 acres, in Bonneville county, to 
 which he gives a general supervision and upon 
 which he is making the best of improvements, besides 
 which he is the owner of valuable real estate in his 
 home city. A loyal, popular and progressive citizen, 
 he has done well his part in furthering the best 
 interests of his home city and county, and it is a 
 matter of consistency to accord to him definite rep- 
 resentation in* this publication. 
 
 WILLIAM R. AFFLECK. The Affleck Drug Company 
 is -recognized as one of the representative business 
 institutions in Orofino. William R. Affleck, who has 
 been a resident of this city since December, 1911, 
 was born in Dubuque, Iowa, February 28, 1885. He 
 resided in the fine old Hawkeye state until he had 
 reached his fourteenth year, and in that common- 
 wealth obtained his preliminary educational train- 
 ing. In 1899 he went to Minnesota, which state rep- 
 resented his home for the ensuing seven years, dur- 
 ing which time he worked his way through the Minne- 
 sota College of Pharmacy and for some years was 
 in the employ of the Reeve Drug Company, of St. 
 Paul. In 1906 he made a trip to the Pacific coast 
 and for four years was a resident of the beautiful 
 city of Walla Walla, Washington, where he was 
 connected with the Tallman Drug Company as head 
 druggist. In 1910 he went to Spokane, Washington, 
 where he was a member of the drug firm of Grugg 
 & Affleck for one year, at the expiration of which, 
 in December, 1911, he came to Orofino, here opening 
 up a first class drug store that has no superior in 
 the quality of g^ods handled. He carries a full line 
 of drugs, druggist's sundries and jewelry and con- 
 trols a large and very profitable trade. 
 
 In his political convictions Mr. Affleck maintains 
 an independent attitude, preferring to give his sup- 
 port to men and measures meeting with the approval 
 of his judgment, rather than to vote along strictly 
 partisan lines. He is deeply and sincerely interested 
 in all that affects the good of the general welfare, 
 and is generous in his contributions to different 
 charitable movements. In religious matters he leans 
 
 toward the Catholic church. He is fond of horse- 
 back riding, singing and reading and enjoys to the 
 full a good public speech or lecture. Concerning 
 Idaho, he says it is rapidly forging to the front and 
 its condition today is better than ever before. He 
 predicts that she will, in the next ten years, show 
 a growth in wealth and population that will bring 
 her into a prominent position with her older sister 
 states. He insists that for a young man with ability 
 and push Idaho is the place. 
 
 At Westpn, Oregon, October 10, 1905, Mr. Affleck 
 married Miss Kate Kirkpatrick, a daughter of James 
 Kirkpatrick, who is most successfully engaged in 
 business at Weston. Mr. and Mrs. Affleck have two 
 children: Estle and Alice. 
 
 JOSEPH KENT. An energetic Idahoan of English 
 birth is Mr. Joseph Kent, who had a very active 
 part in the making of Boise, where he has lived all 
 but two years of his American citizenship. 
 
 Plymouth, England, was the home of Joseph 
 Kent's parents and of his more remote progenitors. 
 His paternal grandfather, Robert Kent, was a 
 farmer of an early period in that place, and his 
 father, also named Robert Kent, was during his en- 
 tire life a blacksmith of Plymouth. Mrs. Robert 
 Kent, the mother of Joseph Kent, was Emma Stev- 
 ens Kent, a daughter of one of the prominent rail- 
 road men of that place. In the home of Robert and 
 Emma Kent eight children were born. The eldest, 
 Robert Kent, became a blacksmith and came to 
 America, where he died in 1892, in Bisbee, Arizona. 
 Richard Kent is with the latter in the stock business 
 in Idaho. John Kent is with the Idaho Carriage 
 Company. The three sisters 9f the family are Mrs. 
 Grace Stoyes, Mrs. Emily Whitelock, whose husband 
 resides in Boise, and Miss Polly Kent. 
 
 Joseph Kent, the second in line in his father's 
 family, was born in June of 1868. In Plymouth. 
 England, his native place, he received his educational 
 advantages and prepared himself for the occupation 
 of a carpenter. In 1886 he felt the need of a broader 
 horizon for his vocational activities and left his 
 English home for the New World. His first loca- 
 tion here was Cleveland, Ohio, where he was en- 
 gaged in carpenter work for two years. At the end 
 of that time he became so much interested in what 
 he heard of life in the great West that he came 
 in 1886 to Idaho and settled in Boise City. The 
 place was then but a small city, with a large future 
 before it. Mr. Kent found a demand for contract- 
 or's work and in that line he at once engaged. Many 
 of the early houses in Boise were built under his 
 management and bear witness to his ability. His 
 contracting and building continued until 1904, when 
 the attractions of ranch life so strongly appealed 
 to Mr. Kent that he has since taken advantage of his 
 fine opportunities in such enterprise. He purchased 
 six hundred acres of land near what is now the 
 Arrow Rock Dam-Site. There he has established a 
 flourishing business in sheep- raising, his products 
 being sent to eastern markets. Mr. Kent has become 
 a very well-known stock man and his ranch is 
 counted one of the finest in the state. 
 
 Mr. Kent, with his family, still maintains his home 
 at 1703 North Thirteenth street. Mrs. Kent was- 
 formerly Miss Emma E. Hicks, a daughter of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Henry Hicks, leading residents of Boise. 
 Her marriage to Joseph Kent took place in July, 
 1895, and they are the parents of two children. Es- 
 ther Emma Kent, born in 1808, is a student in the 
 Boise high school; while Robert Henry Kent, born 
 in 1899, is attending the graded schools of the city. 
 
 The Kent family are numbered among the sup- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 porters and members of the Baptist church. Mr. 
 Kent's fraternal affiliations are with the Free and 
 Accepted Masons, in which he belongs both to chap- 
 ter and blue lodge. His political preferences have 
 always been those of the Republican party. 
 
 HOWARD W. BRUNE. A representative and public- 
 spirited citizen of Genesee, Latah county, Idaho, is 
 Howard W. Brune, editor and owner of the Genesee 
 Neiys. He is a young man, well educated and ac- 
 quainted with printer's ink from early youth, and 
 in the few years that he has been in Idaho he has 
 shown that energy and ability in the line of news- 
 paper work that has given him a position well to the 
 fore in the newspaper fraternity of northern Idaho. 
 A Kansan by nativity, he was born April 16, 1885, 
 in the city of Lawrence, whither his father, George 
 C. Brune, had come from Illinois some twenty-five 
 years before, or about the time of the famous Quant- 
 rell raid in that section of Kansas during the Civil 
 war. The latter is a native of Illinois and followed 
 the newspaper business in Kansas many years but is 
 now retired. George C. Brune has always been a 
 staunch Republican and remains today an active 
 worker in behalf of his party. He is also a promi- 
 nent member of the Masonic order and the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows in Kansas. In that 
 state he was united in marriage to Mary Featheroff, 
 a native of Pennsylvania, and to their union were 
 born two children, a son and a daughter. 
 
 Howard W. spent his childhood and youth in his 
 native state, receiving there both a common and 
 high school education, which later was supplemented 
 by a course in Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas. 
 He then attended the United States Naval Academy 
 at Annapolis, Maryland, two years, and following 
 that he returned to Kansas, where he was employed 
 in newspaper work three years. The West gave an 
 alluring call to the young man and in response to 
 that call he then went to Portland, Oregon, where 
 he followed the printing trade about one year. From 
 there he came to Genesee, Idaho, and purchased the 
 Genesee News, of which he is now the publisher 
 and sole owner. Since he has had charge of the paper 
 various improvements have been made in every de- 
 partment of the plant and the publication is one 
 that in every respect is in keeping with the progres- 
 sive order that dominates every line of activity in 
 Idaho. Mr. Brune acquired a thorough and practi- 
 cal knowledge of the newspaper business and print- 
 ing trade in his father's office, and with a good 
 preparation in an educational way he is well fitted 
 for this line of endeavor. 
 
 On June 5, 1912, at Genesee, Idaho, he was joined 
 in marriage to Miss Olive Larrabee, daughter of Mr. 
 and Mrs. John S. Larrabee, the former of whom 
 is a prominent merchant at Genesee. In religious 
 faith Mr. Brune is inclined toward the Methodist 
 Episcopal church, while Mrs. Brune is a member of 
 the Congregational church. Fraternally he is a 
 Knight of Pythias, and his interest in promoting the 
 welfare of Genesee is expressed by his membership 
 in the Genesee Commercial Club, of which he was 
 president one year. He is also a member and now 
 vice-president of the Northern Idaho Press Club. 
 A strong Republican in political views, he takes an 
 active interest in the work of his party and is a 
 member of the Latah county Republican central com- 
 mittee. 
 
 FRANK C. BOWMAN. In points of progressiveness, 
 civic loyalty, initiative and constructive ability and 
 broad and well matured business policies there are 
 few citizens of Idaho Falls, Bonneville county, who 
 have done more within the past decade to further 
 
 its advancement and prosperity than has Mr. Bow- 
 man. His splendid energies have been exerted along 
 divers lines of productive enterprise, he is a prac- 
 tical enthusiast in his liberal and aggressive citizen- 
 ship, and his achievement has been a credit to him- 
 self and to the city and state in which he has estab- 
 lished his home, the while his sterling character 
 and genial personality have gained to him impreg- 
 nable vantage ground in the esteem of those with 
 whom he has come into contact in the varied rela- 
 tions of life. He is essentially one of the represen- 
 tative business men and influential citizens of Idaho 
 Falls and is one to whom it is gratifyig to accord 
 specific consideration in this publication. 
 
 Mr. Bowman was born in Morgan county, Utah, 
 on the 2Oth of January, 1870, and is a scion of one 
 of the sterling pioneer families of that state, within 
 whose borders the marriage of his parents was 
 solemnized. He is a son of Isaac and Martha (Cal- 
 yert) Bowman, both of whom were born and reared 
 in Pennsylvania. Isaac Bowman gained excellent 
 educational training in the old Keystone state, and 
 was a man of fine intellectual attainments, even as 
 he was also one whose course was ordered upon the 
 loftiest plane of integrity and honor. In the early 
 '505 he braved the hardships and perils of life >on 
 the frontier, in order to establish a home in the new 
 empire of the great west. His was the strength of 
 character, the indomitable energy and the fortitude 
 which combine to make the ideal pioneer, and in 
 coming to the west he crossed the plains with an 
 ox team and "prairie schooners," the crude vehicles 
 that traversed the broad stretches now easily access- 
 ible through the network of railroads. Fording 
 swollen streams, plodding across arid and dreary 
 plains, and venturing through dangerous mountain 
 passes, with constant menace from wiley Indians, 
 this hardy pioneer made his way to Morgan county, 
 Utah, to become one of its first settlers. He became 
 one of the first school teachers in that section of 
 the state, having previously followed the pedagogic 
 profession in Pennsylvania, and his success and 
 popularity in the new field of endeavor were on *a 
 parity with his recognized ability and his devotion 
 to his profession, in the work of which he continued 
 during the remainder of his active career, honored 
 by all who knew him. He passed the closing period 
 on his long and useful life in Salt Lake City, Utah, 
 where he died in 1890, at the age of sixty-seven 
 years. His wife, who was one of the early pioneer 
 women of Utah, crossed the weary stretches of 
 plains and joined him in the West, their marriage 
 having been solemnized in Morgan county, Utah. A 
 woman of noble personality, it was hers to endure 
 to the full the vicissitudes of the pioneer days, and 
 she is now in the best of health, at the venerable 
 age of eighty years. She resides at La Virkin, 
 Utah, and is held in affectionate regard by all who 
 have come within the compass of her influence. Of 
 the thirteen children five sons and two daughters 
 survive the honored father, and the subject of this 
 review was the eighth in order of birth. 
 
 Frank C. Bowman acquired his rudimentary edu- 
 cation in the public schools of his native county 
 and thereafter was a student in the Eleventh ward 
 school in Salt Lake City until he had attained to 
 the age of thirteen years. He then entered into 
 practical service as cash boy in the mercantile estab- 
 lishment of Simon Brothers, in Salt Lake City, and 
 from that time forward his advancement was sure 
 and substantial, as he proved himself capable and 
 worthy of trust and was careful and energetic in 
 the discharge of the duties assigned to him. After 
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HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 obtained a position as clerk in the 1arUnsr book and 
 stationery store in Salt Lake City, where he also 
 had charge of the accounts of the establishment, in 
 the capacity of bookkeeper. One year later he found 
 it possible to mark another stage of progress, as he 
 secured a more profitable position in the employ of 
 the Utah Lithographing Company, in the same city. 
 With this concern he remained until 1891, when 
 he left the Utah metropolis and went to Denver. 
 Colorado, where he soon afterward entered the 
 employ of the Howland Millinery Company. He con- 
 tinued with this company until 1893 and then went 
 to the city of St. Louis, Missouri, where he engaged 
 with a large wholesale millinery house, for which 
 he continued as salesman at the house headquarters 
 until 1900, when he returned to Salt Lake City, 
 where he became assistant to the assessor and col- 
 lector and the state board of equalization. This 
 incumbency he retained until 1902, when he came 
 to Idaho Falls to assume charge of the accounting 
 department of the Consolidated Wagon Company. 
 He was thus actively concerned with the affairs of 
 this corporation until 1907, when he resigned his 
 position to engage in business on his own responsi- 
 bility. In that year Mr. Bowman turned his atten- 
 tion to the insurance and loan business, in 1910 
 organizing The Security Trust Company, of which 
 he is manager, and he has shown such discrimination 
 and ability in the handling of the business that it 
 now takes precedence over all others of similar 
 order in this part of the state, a solid and well 
 ordered enterprise that has a direct influence in 
 furthering the material and civic prosperity of the 
 town and county. 
 
 Mr. Bowman's capacity for the handling of affairs 
 of broad scope and importance seems to be unlimited, 
 and his progressive spirit has prompted him to give 
 his cooperation in the prompting and upbuilding of 
 many noteworthy undertakings in this section of 
 his adopted state. He was the organizer and became 
 the secretary of the Security Trust Company of 
 Idaho Falls, which was incorporated with a capital 
 stock of fifty thousand dollars, and in addition to 
 retaining the position of secretary of this substan- 
 tial and important institution he is also serving as 
 its manager, the president of the company being 
 Frank H. Means, another of the leading citizens and 
 business men of Idaho Falls. Mr. Bowman was 
 one of the organizers of the Bonneville County Fair 
 Association; was secretary of the Idaho Falls Club 
 of Commerce, and, in connection with his large in- 
 dustrial interests in Bingham county, this state, he 
 is secretary of the Bingham County Grazing Associ- 
 ation and also of the Bingham County Wool 
 Growers' Association, the while he holds a similar 
 office in the Bonneville County Shearing Associa- 
 tion, the Conant Live Stock Association, the Idaho 
 Irrigation district, and the Idaho Honey Producers' 
 Association. 
 
 Particular distinction pertains to Mr. Bowman in 
 connection with his initiation of a most important 
 enterprise along the line of public utilities. In 1912 
 he effected the organization of the Idaho Falls & 
 Interurban Electric Railway Company, for which a 
 charter has been applied for, and the work of con- 
 structing the line will be instituted as soon as pre- 
 liminary matters are properly compassed, the enter- 
 prise being one that will prove of inestimable value 
 in furthering the growth and commercial prosperity 
 of Idaho Falls and of great service to the fine sec- 
 tion of agricultural country which it is destined to 
 traverse. 
 
 In politics Mr. Bowman accords unwavering alle- 
 giance to the Republican party, and he takes a spe- 
 cially deep interest in public matters of a local 
 
 order. In 1903 he was elected a member of the city 
 council of Idaho Falls, of which he was a prominent 
 member. As a member of this municipal body he 
 earnestly advocated progressive policies along the 
 line of public improvements, including measures for 
 the beautifying of the city, and though his course 
 met with opposition on all sides he did not lack 
 the courage of his convictions and strenuously de- 
 manded the carrying forward of measures which he 
 advocated and which he had the foresight to know 
 would prove of enduring value. One of his first 
 official acts was to bring about the removal of the 
 unsightly telegraph and telephone poles and wires 
 that defaced the main business street of the city, 
 and all citizens, no matter what their previous atti- 
 tude may have been, appreciate the change since the 
 wires of the operating companies have been placed 
 in alleys. After having accomplished this excellent 
 improvement Mr. Bowman secured the passing of 
 an ordinance for the paving of the principal streets 
 of the city with bituminous macadam and for the 
 laying of concrete sidewalks along the- principal 
 thoroughfares. Against this expenditure a hue and 
 cry was promptly made by citizens of undue conserv- 
 atism, but again Mr. Bowman's liberal and legitimate 
 policy prevailed, to the lasting benefit of the city. 
 He then advocated and procured the enactment of 
 a measure for the taking up of ninety-five thousand 
 dollars of the municipal bonds of the city and the 
 erection of a hydro-electric power plant of the city. 
 At the expiration of his term in the city council 
 he had the satisfaction of seeing each of these impor- 
 tant measures brought to fruition, and through his 
 earnest endeavors the city began to assume a really 
 metropolitan appearance. Though the tax-payers in 
 general bitterly opposed his advanced policies for 
 municipal improvements they gave to him belated 
 approval when they came to realize the practical 
 value of the measure he had advocated, and in 1910 
 popular vote again made him a member of the city 
 council, in which he is still serving, with character- 
 istic ability and progressiveness. It is mainly due 
 to his efforts as a member of the council that attrac- 
 tive clusters of electric lights are now utilized on the 
 principal streets of Idaho Falls, and that the work 
 of street paving has been extended, besides which 
 he was the originator of the plan for the parking of 
 C street, which is rapidly becoming one of the beauti- 
 ful thoroughfares of the city, the park work being 
 still in progress along its course. In manifold other 
 lines has Mr. Bowman manifested his enthusiastic 
 desire to make his home city one of the most attrac- 
 tive and prosperous in the state, and his personal 
 liberality has been shown in the generous expendi- 
 ture of time and means. No other citizen did so 
 much along such lines as he has, and the citizens 
 in general owe to him a debt of lasting gratitude 
 and honor. 
 
 Mr. Bowman is a valued and appreciative member 
 of the time-honored Masonic fraternity, in which his 
 affiliations are with Eagle Rock Lodge, No. 19, An- 
 cient Free & Accepted Masons, of which he is past 
 master and was grand master of Masons of Idaho, 
 1911-12, Idaho Falls Chapter, No. 10, Royal Arch 
 Masons ; Idaho Falls Commandery, No. 6, Knights 
 Templars, all of Idaho Falls; and Elkora Temple, 
 Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic 
 Shrine, at Boise, the capital of the state. He is also 
 a charter member of the Idaho Falls lodge of the 
 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks. 
 
 On the 8th of May, 1890, at Salt Lake City, was 
 solemnized the marriage of Mr. Bowman to Miss 
 Margaret Conrad, a daughter of John and Margaret 
 Conrad. John Conard was numbered among the 
 representative business men and honored citizens of 
 
1054 
 
 the Utah metropolis at the time of his death, and 
 his widow is now a member of the family circle of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Bowman, whose beautiful home, one 
 of the finest in Idaho Falls, is a center of hospitality 
 and of ideal associations. Concerning the children 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Bowman the following brief record 
 is entered: Earl was born in Salt Lake City, on the 
 24th of September, 1900, and is now in the sixth 
 grade in the public schools of Idaho Falls; Jack 
 was born at Idaho Falls, on the i?th of April, 1905, 
 and is pursuing the dignified studies of the first grade 
 in the public schools ; Derald, the eldest of the three 
 children, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on the 
 3ist of July, 1896, and was summoned to the life 
 eternal on the 2ist of December, 1910, in California, 
 from which state his remains were brought home for 
 interment in the cemetery at Idaho Falls. 
 
 Mr. Bowman is a man who is full of life and 
 ambition, who is buoyant and optimistic of tempera- 
 ment, and w.ho has a wide circle of friends through- 
 out of the state of his adoption. He has achieved 
 through his own efforts large and worthy success 
 as one of the world's productive workers, and he 
 is now one of the substantial men of affairs in his 
 section of the state, well fortified in his opinions and 
 a firm believer in the magnificent future of this 
 favored commonwealth, where opportunity smiles on 
 every person who is willing to apply himself along 
 legitimate lines of enterprise. 
 
 WILLIAM A. BRADBURY. A line of business enter- 
 prise that closely touches the general interests of 
 every community and that is of great importance is 
 that implied in the facilities for safeguarding real 
 estate transactions through the providing of authori- 
 tative abstracts of title, and at Idaho Falls, the 
 thriving judicial center and metropolis of Bonneville 
 county the best of provisions of this order are made 
 through the medium of the Bonneville Abstract Com- 
 pany, of which Mr. Bradbury is president. This com- 
 pany gives the most reliable service and it may con- 
 sistently be said that one of its abstracts is as 
 authoritative as any deed. The interested principals 
 are business men of the highest standing, the files 
 and all other provisions of the office have been ar- 
 ranged according- to the best modern methods and 
 the service is prompt, accurate and authoritative, so 
 that the county is fortunate in having a concern 
 whose facilities thus adequately cover all titles to 
 realty within its borders. The president of this com- 
 pany is a progressive, loyal and public-spirited citizen, 
 a man of sterling character and one who has a secure 
 place in popular confidence and esteem, his position 
 in the community being such that he is most em- 
 phatically entitled to consideration in this publication. 
 ' William A. Bradbury was born at Dixon, the cap- 
 ital city of Lee county, Illinois, on the 25th of Jan- 
 uary, 1859, and is a scion of the stanchest of New 
 England stock, both his paternal and maternal an- 
 cestors having settled in that section in the colonial 
 days. He is a son of Josiah and Mindwell B. (Proc- 
 tor) Bradbury, both of whom were born and reared 
 in the state of Maine. They were numbered among 
 the sterling pioneers of Illinois, and from that state 
 the father went forth as a valiant soldier of the 
 Union in the Civil war. He enlisted as a recruit 
 from Dixon, that state, as a member of the Seventy- 
 sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and while on the 
 march with his regiment he contracted typhoid fever. 
 He was sent to his home and shortly afterward, in 
 1864, his death occurred, his age at the time having 
 been fifty-four years. His wife survived him by 
 more than a score of years and was a resident of 
 
 Iowa at the time of her death, in 1887, at which 
 time she was sixty-five years of age. 
 
 The tenth in order of birth in a family of eleven 
 children, William A. Bradbury was a child of five 
 years at the time of his father's death, and he was 
 reared to adult age in the state of Iowa, where he 
 received the advantages of the public schools of 
 State Center, Marshall county. Thereafter he learned 
 the drug business, and with this line of business 
 enterprise he continued to -be identified for several 
 years. He then left Iowa for the purpose of taking* 
 up a homestead in western Nebraska, where he 
 obtained government land and improved a productive 
 farm. He continued his residence in that state for 
 seventeen years, and in 1901 he came to Idaho Falls, 
 Idaho, where he became cashier in the bank con- 
 ducted by Anderson Brothers. He retained this 
 office until 1906, when he identified himself with 
 the abstract business to which he now gives virtually 
 his entire time and attention and in the upbuilding 
 of which he has been a resourceful factor. He was 
 elected president of the Bonneville Abstract Com- 
 pany in 1908 and has since had the active supervision 
 of the business. He is a firm believer in the great 
 future of the state of his adoption, is appreciative of 
 its manifold advantages and attractions and has 
 identified himself closely and permanently with its 
 interests. He is one of the active and valued mem- 
 bers of the Idaho Falls Club of Commerce, which 
 is exercising important functions in fostering the 
 growth and precedence of his home city, and he 
 served two terms as a member of the city council, 
 besides which he has been specially progressive in 
 his services as a member of the board of education. 
 While a resident of Frontier county, Nebraska, Mr. 
 Bradbury served two terms as county clerk. His 
 political allegiance is given to the Republican party. 
 In the time-honored Masonic fraternity Mr. Brad- 
 bury is actively affiliated with the York Rite bodies, 
 in which he has passed the various official chairs in 
 the lodge, chapter and commandery, besides which 
 he is an appreciative member of the adjunct organ- 
 ization, the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of 
 the Mystic Shrine. He is also identified with the 
 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks and the 
 Modern Woodmen of America. He finds in Idaho 
 the most alluring of attractions in the line of out- 
 door sports, and devotes a few weeks each year to 
 hunting expeditions, in which he has brought down 
 some fine trophies of skill in marksmanship. 
 
 On the 9th of May, 1886, was solemnized the mar- 
 riage of Mr. Bradbury to Miss Mary E. Medbury, 
 daughter of Joseph Medbury, of Frontier county, 
 Nebraska, to which state he removed from Minne- 
 sota, the place of his birth. Mr. and Mrs. Bradbury 
 and their children are popular in the social activities 
 of the community and their pleasant home is one of 
 generous and unostentatious hospitality. Concern- 
 ing the three children the following brief data are 
 given : Alice, who was born in Frontier county, 
 Nebraska, on the 23d of December, 1893, was grad- 
 uated in the Idaho Falls high school and remains 
 a member of the family circle; Paul, who was born 
 in the same county, on the 26th of January, 1897, is 
 a student in the high school in Idaho Falls; and 
 Donald, who was born in Frontier county, Nebraska, 
 on the i8th of February, 1900, is a student in the 
 public schools. 
 
 HON. GEORGE T. COAXES, senator from Elaine 
 county in the state legislature of Idaho, has been a 
 resident of this county for sixteen years. He has 
 acquired and developed various interests here which 
 have been interwoven with the interests of the people 
 
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HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1055 
 
 of this locality, and since he has stood for the best 
 in both business and social life he is recognized by 
 his fellow citizens at large as well as by his close 
 associates and neighbors and friends as a man of 
 sterling worth. 
 
 Mr. Coates is a native of Canada. He was born 
 in Ontario, February 15, 1874, and in his native land 
 spent the first twenty-two years of his life. His 
 early education was received in the Canadian public 
 schools, and he was later a student in the Collegiate 
 Institute at Seaforth, Ontario. His father being 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits, he remained at home 
 and farmed in conjunction with his father until, in 
 1896, he decided to try his fortune in the States. It 
 was then that he came to Idaho and to Blaine county. 
 His first settlement was at Carey, where he engaged 
 in the sheep business and where he remained until 
 1907, when he became a resident of Bellevue. Here 
 he assisted in forming the Bellevue Mercantile Com- 
 pany, one of the largest mercantile establishments 
 of the county, of which he is president. Also he 
 founded the cold storage plant, of which he is now 
 joint owner with R. G. Proctor; and he has an inter- 
 est in the Bellevue State Bank. 
 
 In June, 1907, Mr. Coates married Miss Eva May 
 Wrencher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Wren- 
 cher, pioneers of this state; and their union has 
 been blessed in the birth of four children, three sons 
 and a daughter, namely: John J., Kenneth G., Rob- 
 ert and Enid. 
 
 On coming to this country, Mr. Coates allied him- 
 self with the Republican party and has been a party 
 worker ever since. He has served in local office, 
 such as member of the city council and school board, 
 and also has been honored with a seat in the state 
 legislature, as the senator from Blaine. During his 
 term in the state senate he introduced three bills, 
 all of which passed and became laws. 
 
 Mr. Coates was the first president of the Bellevue 
 Commercial Club, and is now its vice-president. Fra- 
 ternally, he is a Mason of high degree, having re- 
 ceived the degrees from the Blue Lodge to the Mystic 
 Shrine inclusive. Also he has membership in the 
 M. W. A. 
 
 In speaking of the state of his adoption, Mr. 
 Coates says there is more chance in Idaho for a 
 young man who is willing to put forth honest ef- 
 fort than in any place he has been. In his opinion, 
 Idaho, with its great natural resources and ideal 
 climate, is destined to be one of the wealthiest states 
 of the Union. 
 
 NEAL MALLISON, M. D. A physician and surgeon 
 of the younger generation in Pocatello, Idaho, Dr. 
 Neal Mallison is gaining distinctive prestige in the 
 medical profession. Although a practitioner but a 
 short time, Dr. Mallison already controls a large and 
 lucrative patronage and has won an enviable name 
 for himself by reason of the splendid success that 
 has accompanied his efforts in the alleviation of 
 human pain and suffering. 
 
 A native of Shoshone, Idaho, Dr. Neal Mallison 
 was born December 20, 1887, and he is a son of Harry 
 C. Mallison, who was born in the state of Pennsyl- 
 vania, in i86i,*and who came to Idaho in 1885. He 
 is now a resident of Boise, this state, and there is 
 engaged in the farm implement business. Sam Mal- 
 lison, father of Harry C. Mallison. was for many 
 years an official on the Union Pacific Railroad, his 
 home being at Kansas City, Missouri. Mrs. Harry 
 C. Mallison, whose maiden name was Katherine E. 
 White, was born in New York, in 1865, and she and 
 her husband are the parents of three children : Dr. 
 Neal is the immediate subject of this review; Law- 
 
 rence William, born in 1893, is attending high school 
 in Boise; and Helen, born in 1904, is a pupil in the 
 graded schools at Boise. 
 
 Dr. Neal Mallison was graduated in the Boise 
 high school in 1905 and subsequently he was matricu- 
 lated as a student in the John A. Creighton Uni- 
 versity, at Omaha, Nebraska, in the medical depart- 
 ment of which excellent institution he was graduated 
 b as a member of the class of 1912, with the degree of 
 Doctor of Medicine. He came to Pocatello in May, 
 1913, and here initiated the active practice of his 
 profession. He has met with splendid success in 
 the line of his chosen work. In politics he is a stal- 
 wart Republican and in religious matters he is a 
 devout communicant of the Protestant Episcopal 
 church. He is an energetic and progressive citizen 
 and one who is ever on the alert and enthusiastically 
 in sympathy with all measures and enterprises pro- 
 jected for the good of the general welfare. He is 
 fond of hunting and fishing and thoroughly enjoys 
 traveling. 
 
 In Boise, Idaho, June 10, 1908, Dr. Mallison was 
 united in marriage to Miss Dorothy A. Heaston, a 
 daughter of Louis and Mary Heaston, prominent 
 residents of McPherson, Kansas. Dr. and Mrs. 
 Mallison have one daughter, Mary Marlys, who was 
 born in Boise, June 16, 1912. 
 
 CHARLES HENRY BRITTENHAM. Since he was 
 graduated from the University of Michigan, re- 
 ceiving his degree of LL. B. from that institution in 
 1904, Charles Henry Brittenham has confined his 
 legal practice to the state of Idaho. He first settled 
 in Nampa, Idaho, in the autumn of 1905, soon there- 
 after removing to Weiser, this state, where he re- 
 mained for one year. Then for two years he was 
 located in Cambridge in the practice of his profes- 
 sion, and since 1908 he has been established in Mid- 
 vale, where it would seem that he is sufficiently well 
 pleased with his location to continue permanently. 
 
 Charles Henry Brittenham was born in Pontiac, 
 Illinois, in 1880, November 29th being his natal day. 
 He is the son of Charles K. and Julia (Sliepsieck) 
 Brittenham. Both parents are native residents of the 
 state of Illinois. The father was a real estate dealer 
 in Pontiac for years, successful and prominent, and 
 a man of considerable influence in his home city. 
 The mother, who is of German descent, is at present 
 living in the old home at Pontiac. 
 
 Of the six children born to Charles K. and Julia 
 Brittenham, Charles H. of this review was the sec- 
 ond born. He was educated in the public and high 
 schools of Pontiac, and was graduated from the 
 latter school with the class of 1900. He soon there- 
 after entered the University of Michigan, and in 
 1904 was graduated from the law department with 
 the degree of LL. B. In the fall of 1905 he came to 
 Idaho, this state seeming to offer more opportuni- 
 ties for a young and ambitious attorney that most 
 of the others, and in that same year he was admitted 
 to practice in Idaho, having been previously admitted 
 to the bars of Michigan and Illinois. As before 
 stated, Mr. Brittenham settled in Nampa, Idaho, re- 
 maining for a few months and then locating in 
 Weiser, Idaho, in which place he continued for a 
 year, followed by a two years stay in Cambridge. 
 It was in 1908 that he located in Midvale, and so 
 well has he prospered that he regards his oppor- 
 tunity to advance in the law to be as well defined here 
 as elsewhere, and he is permanently established in 
 his profession. He conducts a growing general 
 practice, and in addition conducts a loan and fire 
 insurance business. Mr. Brittenham is a Republican, 
 and has been quite active in city and county poli- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 tics since he has been here established. He is sens- 
 ing as city attorney of Midvale, and enjoys a prac- 
 tical monopoly on the legal business of the city, 
 being the only attorney in the place, 
 
 Mr. Brittenham is a member of the Washington 
 County Bar Association, and fraternally he is allied 
 with the Knights of Pythias of Weiser, the I. O. O. F. 
 lodge and the Modern Woodmen of America, being 
 a member of the Midvale lodges of the orders. 
 
 On December n, 1908, Mr. Brittenham was' 
 united in marriage with Miss Lillian Cole, the daugh- 
 ter of Elizabeth L. Cole, a native citizen of Iowa, 
 and the representative of an old pioneer family of 
 the state. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Brittenham, Charles Howard, born May 25, 1911, 
 at Midvale. 
 
 Mr. Brittenham comes of good substantial stock 
 on both sides of his family, his father being of 
 English ancestry and the mother of German. His 
 paternal grandfather was Charles Brittenham, who 
 founded the American branch of the family in this 
 country, settling in Illinois from England in 1848. 
 Both his paternal and maternal grandfathers were 
 ministers of the gospel, the former representing the 
 Methodist Episcopal church and the latter the 
 Lutheran faith, and a touch of their natural inclina- 
 tion may be found in Charles H. Brittenham in his 
 fondness for Bible study, in which he is known to be 
 quite proficient. 
 
 ROBERT B. GREENWOOD, whose identification with 
 Idaho life dates back nearly thirty years, is one of the 
 pioneer ranchers and live stock dealers of Oneida 
 county and one of that county's prominent and suc- 
 cessful business men. He came to American Falls, 
 Oneida county, in 1885, a young man just entering 
 upon an independent career, and in the years that 
 have passed since then that little city has had no 
 more persevering, energetic, progressive and public- 
 spirited worker in pushing its development than 
 Mr. Greenwood. Of New England birth, he early 
 imbibed those qualities which have rendered the 
 Yankee nation famous the world around for their 
 ingenuity, thrift and perseverance, and his personal 
 career has been one of unrelaxing industry and un- 
 swerving integrity. 
 
 Robert B. Greenwood was born July 21, 1862, at 
 New London, New Hampshire. His father was Na- 
 hum T. Greenwood and his mother was J. Maria Bur- 
 pee before her marriage, both natives of New Hamp- 
 shire and descendants of cplonial ancestors. Nahum 
 T. Greenwood was a prominent manufacturer and 
 wholesale merchant of scythes, axes and cutlery at 
 New London, New Hampshire, and was also promi- 
 nent in the political and public life of that state, 
 haying been a member of the New Hampshire state 
 legislature and a leader in Republican political af- 
 fairs. He and his wife are both deceased and are 
 interred at New London, New Hampshire. 
 
 Robert B. was educated in the public schools and 
 at Colby Academy at New London, New Hampshire. 
 He began life independently at the age of twenty- 
 three, when he came to American Falls, Idaho, then 
 but a railroad station. Here with W. H. Philbrick 
 he engaged in cattle and sheep-rasing in Oneida 
 county and now for more than twenty-five years 
 they have stood at the fore among the most promi- 
 nent and successful wool-growers in that county. 
 Aside from this they are numbered among the lead- 
 ing merchants of American Falls, being large stock- 
 holders in the Fall Creek Sheep Company, merchan- 
 dise and live stock, one of the largest and most suc- 
 cessful business enterprises of the town. Mr. Green- 
 wood has large and valuable holdings in ranch and 
 grazing lands in different parts of the state and is 
 
 also a large owner of city realty, among which is his 
 own pleasant home in American Falls. He and Mr. 
 Philbrick are also associated together in the Ameri- 
 can Falls Development Company, the latter as presi- 
 dent and the former as secretary and treasurer, and 
 they are also the owners of the Hotel Remington, 
 a modern three-story building, which. is one of the 
 well known and favorite resorts of the traveling pub- 
 lic in this section of Idaho. In these and in many 
 other ways these partners have shown their confi- 
 dence in American Falls and generously and public- 
 spiritedly have used of their means to improve and 
 build up the city. Mr. Greenwood came to Idaho 
 with limited means, but by industry and persever- 
 ence has helped in the building up of successful 
 business enterprises. This has been accomplished 
 without any sacrifice of honor or integrity on his 
 part, for in the more than twenty-five years he has 
 resided in this community he has ever stood high 
 in public respect and esteem. In politics he is aligned 
 with the Republican party and is an enthusiastic 
 worker in its behalf. In a fraternal way he is af- 
 filiated with the Masonic order at American Falls 
 and was master of the lodge in its early days. The 
 multiplicity of business cares gives him but little 
 time for diversions, but he enjoys an occasional 
 automobile trip visiting different parts of the beau- 
 tiful and interesting scenic spots of Idaho, and he 
 and his wife both frequently return to their old 
 home in the East to renew old friendships. While 
 they still cling to the New England ties of family 
 and youthful associations, Idaho loses none of their 
 loyalty. Mr. Greenwood has a firm faith in the 
 state and in his county, and at his own expense he 
 will take pleasure in advising any one who desires 
 to learn the real conditions and future promise of 
 Oneida county. 
 
 In June, 1900, Mr. Greenwood was joined in mar- 
 riage to Miss Alice M. Macomber, a native of Bos- 
 ton, Massachusetts, who has become well and promi- 
 nently known in the social circles of southern Idaho. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Greenwood are members of the Baptist 
 church. 
 
 LEON FULD. The success of the pioneer and civ- 
 ilization will always be in debt to him has rewarded 
 Leon Fuld of Hailey. An early settler of California, 
 he later transferred his energies to the still fresh 
 fields of Idaho. As merchant, mine owner and pub- 
 lic-spirited citizen, he has long been above the level 
 of average prosperity, and now lives in ease and com- 
 fort and in that contentment which is the crown of 
 worthy accomplishments. 
 
 Leon Fuld is one of the sturdy representatives 
 of German-American stock, was born in Bavaria, 
 Germany, and in 1859 emigrated to the United 
 States. When still a young man he left New York, 
 went by way of the Isthmus of Panama to California, 
 and in the early days there found work as a clerk, 
 and by his experience and gradual accumulation of 
 savings finally entered the mercantile business. He 
 continued to be identified with California life for 
 seven years. By this time he was thoroughly versed 
 in western methods of doing business, and then moved 
 up to the frontier Idaho mining town of Placerville, 
 which he reached after a long journey overland. He 
 had the many experiences of the early settlers, and 
 in the light of modern times it was by no means an 
 easy task to establish a business successfully in Idaho 
 at that time. Mr. Fuld encountered the difficulties 
 cheerfully, and with determination, ran many risks 
 during his early years, but eventually became one 
 of the most successful merchants of Idaho, and con- 
 tinued to do a thriving business until 1881. He was 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1057 
 
 particularly prosperous during the palmy days of 
 placer mining along Moore's creek. In 1881 he sold 
 out his business interests, and moved to Hailey, 
 where he established a large stock of goods and also 
 opened an office for abstracting. At the present time 
 Mr. Fuld is owner of thirty-seven mines in the 
 Vienna and Solace groups, and these mines in the 
 past have produced more than a million dollars. He 
 is also owner of considerable real estate in Hailey. 
 A self-made man, whose success has come entirely 
 as a result of his own efforts, Mr. Fuld has gained 
 and maintained the confidence and respect of those 
 who know him, and holds a warm place in the hearts 
 of numerous friends. Leon Fuld married Rosa 
 Weiler, and they had a family of four children, as 
 follows : Sidney C., who is in the bonding and real 
 estate business in Boise; Joseph W., whose career 
 as a Hailey business man is noted in the following 
 paragraphs; Mabel, who married Edgar Hppke, of 
 Hailey ; and Karoline Fern, who is engaged in teach- 
 ing in the public schools of Hailey. 
 
 JOSEPH W. FULD. The postmaster at Hailey, and 
 formerly a prominent merchant, is Joseph W. Fuld. 
 He conducted a flourishing mercantile establish- 
 ment until September 18, 1913, when his store and 
 contents were totally destroyed by fire. Mr. Fuld 
 is one of the community's leading citizens, and a 
 member of a family that located in Idaho in 1866. 
 
 Joseph W. Fuld was reared in Idaho, received his 
 education in the public schools of Hailey, graduating 
 from the high school, and began his business career 
 at the early age of fifteen. At that time he became 
 employed as clerk in a clothing store. Afterwards 
 he spent two years as a traveling salesman, but in 
 1899 established himself in business as the proprietor 
 of a store at Hailey, in which he has continued to 
 the present time. In January, 1910, Mr. Fuld was 
 appointed postmaster by President Taft, and in this 
 connection has proved himself an able assistant and 
 trustworthy official, as conscientious in the discharge 
 of his public duties as he has been in looking after 
 his private business. 
 
 Like his father, Mr. Fuld has been the architect 
 of his own fortunes, and a great deal of his suc- 
 cess may be accredited to the earnest attention to 
 detail and the thorough knowledge which he has 
 gained of his business. He is one of the leading 
 members of the Commercial Club, being an energetic 
 Idaho booster, and is popular with the members of 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which 
 he is a prominent member. On August 30, 1905, 
 Mr. Fuld was united to Miss Lulu Floyd, a daugh- 
 ter of A. C. and Sarah E. (Ballard) Floyd. Her 
 parents were pioneer settlers of Idaho. 
 
 WILLIAM P. DA WE. The continued occupancy of 
 an honored official position in a community is equiv- 
 alent to a strong endorsement of character and .effi- 
 ciency. Obscure or ignorant men are seldom en- 
 trusted with public matters which affect the general 
 welfare. Education and experience are necessary 
 equipments, and, in an office such as city clerk, pa- 
 tience and diplomacy are almost equally valuable. 
 To this office at Idaho Falls, William P. Dawe 
 brought a high school training, supplemented by 
 three years of clerical work under exacting em- 
 ployers, and a reputation for honesty equaling that 
 of efficiency, and the competent manner in which 
 he has continued to discharge his duties gives evi- 
 dence that the people of this city made no mistake 
 in their choice. William P. Dawe was born in No- 
 vember 19, 1883, in the city of Detroit, Michigan, 
 and is a son of William and Clara (Root) Dawe. 
 
 William Dawe, a native of London, England, came 
 
 to the United States, as a youth of eighteen years, 
 and entered the ministry of the Methodist Church, 
 his faithful work in which has made him known all 
 over the state of Michigan. He now has one of the 
 largest charges in Detroit, and is still in active serv- 
 ice, at hough he has reached the age of sixty-three 
 years. He was married in Illinois to Clara Root, 
 a native of the Prairie State, and she passed away 
 at the age of twenty-six years, in Detroit, in 1883, 
 having been the mother of twin children : William 
 P. ; and Edward Raymond, who is an officer in the 
 United States regular army, stationed at a point in 
 New Mexico. 
 
 William P. Dawe attended the public schools of 
 Detroit, Michigan, and following his graduation from 
 the High school, in 1903, entered the office of the 
 general manager of the firm of Parke, Davis & Com- 
 pany. Two years later he severed his connection 
 with that concern to accept employment in a clerical 
 capacity in the Detroit offices of the Michigan Cen- 
 tral Railroad, where he remained one and one-half 
 years, at that time becoming an employe of the 
 Pere Marquette Railway, where he remained one 
 year. In 1906 Mr. Dawe decided there were better 
 opportunities to display his abilities in the West, 
 and in that year came to Idaho Falls, spending a 
 short time on the ranch of Judge McCutcheon. Re-: 
 turning to the city, he entered the employ of the C. 
 W. and M. Company, where he remained for five 
 years. In 1911, Mr. Dawe became the Republican 
 candidate for the office of city clerk of Idaho Falls, 
 and in the election which followed was returned 
 a winner at the polls. His personal popularity has 
 been greatly enhanced by the efficient services he has 
 rendered his adopted city, and his standing among 
 the people here is that of a capable, conscientious 
 and hard-working official. 
 
 Mr. Dawe was married November 14, 1906, in 
 Idaho Falls, to Miss Clara Marriott, a native of 
 Michigan, and a daughter of Fred and Anna Mar- 
 riott, of Detroit. They have had one child: Mar- 
 riott Gertrude, who was born at Idaho Falls, August 
 18, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Dawe are consistent mem- 
 bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are 
 general favorites in social circles of the city. He 
 has interested himself to some extent in fraternal 
 work, and at this time is a valued member of the 
 local lodges of the Masons, the Woodmen of the 
 World and the Elks. With a firm belief in the 
 future greatness of his adopted state, he takes every 
 occasion to extoll its advantages, and is known as 
 one of Idaho Falls' enthusiastic boosters. 
 
 THOMAS E. WALKER. The dense forests of the 
 northern portion of Idaho and the upper parts of 
 the Boise, Weiser and Payette valleys, wherein thrive 
 the white and yellow pine, fir, cedar, spruce, hemlock 
 and tamarack, furnish the state with one of its lead- 
 ing industries. The lumber business has steadily 
 grown to be a leading factor in Idaho's industrial 
 importance, having been carefully conserved and 
 fostered by men of acknowledged ability, judgment 
 and foresight. One of the leading lumber firms of 
 Canyon county, which in a few short years has grown 
 from a humble beginning to a concern of consider- 
 able magnitude, is that of the Caldwell Lumber Com- 
 pany, bf Caldwell, a large part of the success of 
 which may be accredited to the ability and untiring 
 efforts of its secretary, Thomas E. Walker. Mr. 
 Walker entered the lumber business little more than 
 a decade ago, before which time he had but little 
 practical experience in this line, but so thoroughly 
 has he applied himself, that today he is conversant 
 with every detail of the business and has a high 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 reputation arhong his associates in the trade. Mr. 
 Walker is a native of Missouri, born at Sedalia, 
 October 29, 1860, a son of A. K. and Pernetha (Fow- 
 ler) Walker. His paternal grandfather was Judge 
 James Walker, of Kentucky, where the family re- 
 sided for several generations, while on the maternal 
 side his grandfather Joseph Fowler came from Mary- 
 land. A. K. Walker was born in Kentucky, and came 
 to Missouri in 1847, locating on a farm near Sedalia, 
 where he died in 1863, when but forty-four years 
 of age. He was married in Missouri to Parnetha 
 Fowler, a native of that state, born at Fulton, and 
 she died there in 1894, when sixty-six years old. 
 
 Thomas E. Walker received his education in the 
 Sedalia public schools, after leaving which it was 
 necessary that he make his own way in the world, 
 having lost his father when he was but three years 
 old. Accordingly he mastered the vocation of teleg- 
 rapher and became an operator for the Missouri 
 Pacific Railway, remaining in the service of that com- 
 pany for upwards of twenty years. At the end of 
 that time he engaged in the lumber business, and in 
 January, 1902, located in Caldwell, where, in Feb- 
 ruary, 1906, he became one of the organizers of the 
 Caldwell Lumber Company, the original officers of 
 which were as follows: H. R. Cleaver, president; 
 George Clithroe, vice president; and Mr. Walker, 
 secretary. At this time Mr. Clithroe is president; 
 Claud Ferguson is vice president, and Mr. Walker 
 retains his position as secretary. Like his associates, 
 Mr. Walker is known as a sound and substantial 
 business man, with the ability to handle large inter- 
 ests in a conservative, though courageous, manner. 
 Although essentially a business man, with the greater 
 part of his attention given to the handling of his 
 company's affairs, he has realized his duty as a citizen, 
 and is now serving as city councilman, a position to 
 which he was elected on the Democratic ticket. Dur- 
 ing his vacations he enjoys hunting and fishing, and 
 in the interests of his concern has traveled to several 
 sections where fish and game abound. 
 
 Mr. Walker was married at Sedalia, Missouri, Sep- 
 tember 18, 1886, to Miss Maggie Mitchell, daughter 
 of Dr. and, Mrs. Mitchell, of Clay county, Missouri, 
 and they have one child : Lillieve, born May 22, 1891, 
 at Liberty, Missouri. Both Mr. and Mrs. Walker 
 have many friends in the city, and occupy a prominent 
 place in social circles of Caldwell. 
 
 ED A. JOHNSON. One of the ablest civil engineers 
 of Idaho is Ed A. Johnson, of Boise. Though a 
 young man in the early thirties, he has already ac- 
 quired some of those distinctions of work and posi- 
 tion which mark him out among those who are ris- 
 ing to success. Mr. Johnson has had a varied career 
 both in pqblic service and in his profession. 
 
 He belongs to a family which has been identified 
 with Idaho since 1892. He was born at Oakland, 
 Nebraska, December 12, 1879, and was the second 
 of six children born to Charles A. and Margaret 
 (Olson) Johnson. His father, a native of Sweden, 
 came to America in young manhood, locating first 
 at Omaha, where he worked at day labor, then be- 
 came a homesteader at Oakland, and on moving to 
 Idaho in 1892 engaged in farming near Idaho Falls, 
 where he is still active in farming and good citizen- 
 ship at the age of sixty-one. The mother, who is 
 now fifty-six, was born in Lapland, emigrating to 
 America in girlhood, and was married in Nebraska. 
 The other children in the family are named : Harvey 
 A., Nathaniel T., Arthur B.,' Mrs. Mayme L. Mel- 
 quist and Anna Mildred. 
 
 The first schooling for Mr. Ed A. Johnson was at 
 Wahoo, Nebraska, and after coming to Idaho at 
 the age of thirteen he attended the high school of 
 
 Idaho Falls, where he was graduated in 1898. Like 
 many successful men, he began as a school teacher, 
 his work being in schools near Idaho Falls. After 
 two years in that employment he entered the rail- 
 way mail service, and for three years his duties kept 
 him on the road between Idaho Falls and St. An- 
 thony, and Pocatello and Portland. United States 
 Marshal Ruel Rounds, for the Idaho district, then 
 chose him chief deputy marshal. He had already de- 
 termined upon a professional career, and took up 
 civil engineering in a practical way under Mr. Paul 
 S. A. Bickel, in the Twin Falls district, remaining 
 under Mr. Bickel's capable supervision four years. 
 He then located at Glenns Ferry in connection with 
 work on the King Hill Extension, and in 1910-11 
 served as city engineer for Glenns Ferry. Mr. John- 
 son is at present chief engineer for the Thousand 
 Springs Land & Irrigation Company, a project in- 
 volving seventy-five hundred acres northwest of 
 Mackey. During his residence at Twin Falls he 
 served as assistant postmaster in 1904. 
 
 Mr. Johnson is a member of the Idaho Society of 
 Civil Engineers, and has a high standing in his pro- 
 fession throughout the state. He is affiliated with 
 the Odd Fellow lodge at Idaho Falls, is a Republican 
 in politics, and a member of the Congregational 
 church. His own career has caused him to become 
 one of the most enthusiastic Idaho boosters, and he 
 has all the confidence in the remarkable development 
 of the state. 
 
 At Boise City on May 18, 1912, Mr. Johnson was 
 married to Miss Edna A. Griffith, the result of this 
 union being a boy, Arnold Stanton. Mrs. Johnson 
 was born at Carthage, Missouri, where she began 
 her schooling, and later attended the College of Idaho 
 at Caldwell, where she was graduated in the academic 
 course in 1908. She has a brother, Frank E. Grif- 
 fith, born in 1883, and a sister, Mrs. Ed N. Mapes, 
 both of whom were also natives of Carthage, Mis- 
 souri. Their parents are Edwin S. and Anna (Grif- 
 fith) Griffith. Her father, who was born at Phila- 
 delphia, spent a number of years in Illinois, Missouri, 
 Texas and Tennessee, and in 1905 moved to Idaho, 
 being a resident at Glenns Ferry till 1909, when he 
 moved to Caldwell. He is one of the prosperous 
 ranchers of that section. The mother was born at 
 Winchester, Virginia, but in early childhood moved 
 to Iowa, and later to Carthage, Missouri, where she 
 was married. Her father, James Hackney Griffith, 
 a staunch Union man during the Civil war, piloted 
 the first Union forces through the Shenandoah val- 
 ley. He was captured by the rebels and sentenced to 
 death, but escaped* He crossed West Virginia, and 
 swam the Ohio river on horseback, with a black 
 boy behind his saddle. His family later followed 
 him to Iowa, where they partly retrieved their for- 
 tune, lost by the ravages of the war. 
 
 PROF. JAMES M. MARKEL. There is no royal road 
 to success in the educational profession. The voca- 
 tion is open to ability, but with this there must be 
 long and careful training, persistent and conscien- 
 tious labor, and a natural inclination that enables 
 the educator to overcome all obstacles and set aside 
 all discouragements. Among the educators of Idaho 
 who have risen to places of prominence in their 
 profession through the medium of their own efforts, 
 Prof. James M. Markel, superintendent of schools 
 of Buhl, holds important place. When still a lad of 
 fifteen years he was engaged in hard, manual labor 
 in order that he might secure the means wherewith 
 to complete his education, and his career speaks elo- 
 quently of the beneficial results to be obtained through 
 a life of industry and perseverance. Professor Markel 
 was born at Monticello, Illinois, May 16, 1866, and 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1059 
 
 his early education was obtained in the public schools 
 of Piatt county, that state. When fifteen years of 
 age, he became self-supporting, securing a position 
 carrying water in a railroad construction camp, his 
 wages being $1.50 per day. Following this he worked 
 at various occupations until he had accumulated 
 enough to continue his studies, when he entered 
 the National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio, 
 there taking a full course of three years. Thus pre- 
 
 Sared, he started upon his career as a teacher, which 
 e has followed almost without interruption ever 
 since. For twelve consecutive years he was an in- 
 structor in various schools in Illinois, and since that 
 time has held various official positions, such as prin- 
 cipal and superintendent, and has been at the head 
 of large institutions in various large Illinois towns. 
 He came to Idaho in 1909, and first settled at Filer, 
 where he had charge of the schools for two years, 
 then coming to Buhl to accept the city supermten- 
 dency of the three schools here, and through his per- 
 sonal efforts the new high school was built here, a 
 modern structure of architectural beauty, equipped 
 with all modem conveniences and special features. 
 As an educator, Mr. Markel possescs that rare and 
 happy faculty of being able to impart his own wide 
 learning to others; as city superintendent of schools, 
 he possesses the executive ability to plan and carry 
 through large projects; and as a man, he has the 
 admiration of his teachers, the friendship of his 
 pupils and the respect of the people of his com- 
 munity. 
 
 Professor Markel was married at Monticello, Illi- 
 nois, August 7, 1895, to Lilla Bond, daughter of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Daniel Bond, of Monticello, and they have 
 had one son: Daniel B. Professor Markel affiliates 
 with the Methodist church, as does also his wife, who 
 is an active member of the Ladies' Aid Society. In 
 political matters he is a Democrat and is known as 
 one of the party fighters, his services being much in 
 demand as a campaign orator. Professor Markel takes 
 his greatest pleasure in his home and his profession, 
 although he is also fond of theatricals and music, 
 and enjoys an occasional camping trip. He has made 
 a special study of economics, and his valuable library 
 contains many works of this nature. Professor 
 Markel has been in the state of Idaho only since 
 1909, but during this time has formed such an admira- 
 tion for this part of the country that he is satisfied 
 he will be content to live no where else. He has not 
 only become enamored of the many opportunities 
 and unbounded advantages offered by the state, but 
 has been impressed by the general friendliness of 
 the people here, among whom he has found no an- 
 tagonism or restraining conventionalities. Harmony 
 has been the watch-word, and that friction between 
 man that has so frequently been detrimental to the 
 growth of a community has been conspicuous here 
 by its absence. 
 
 It is a self-evident fact that Professor Markel is 
 popular, and his popularity has resulted no more from 
 a pleasing personality and attractive presence and ad- 
 dress, than from the recognition and appreciation of 
 his abilities by the people of his adopted city. His 
 career in his chosen field has been a long^nd useful 
 one and stamps him as a man whose activities have 
 served in material manner to benefit his fellow-men. 
 
 JAMES R. SHUPE, M. D. The physician of today 
 must be a man of education, carefully trained, ex- 
 prienced in all branches, and many times skilled in 
 numerous lines. His is a profession which admits 
 of no stand-still methods, for the constant advance- 
 ments and discoveries in the field of medicine and 
 surgery demand constant study, and the practitioner 
 who would win a full measure of success must keep 
 
 thoroughly abreast of the times. Dr. James R, 
 Shupe, of Sugar City, is entitled to mention as one 
 of the leading physicians of Fremont county, not 
 only because of his achievements along the lines 
 of private practice, but also as the head of the Shupe- 
 Morefield Hospital, one of the best equipped and 
 most modern institutions in the state. Although he 
 has been a resident of Sugar City only since 1908, 
 he has gained a wide-spread reputation, and by his 
 recognized skill in his chosen field of endeavor has 
 firmly established himself in the confidence of the 
 people of the city and surrounding country. 
 
 James R. Shupe was born at Lewiston, Utah, 
 Mary A. Shupe, the former a native of Utah and the 
 latter of New York, from whence she accompanied 
 her parents across the plains at an early date. John 
 R. Shupe has been engaged in farming all of his 
 life, and although now sixty-two years of age is still 
 in active business at Montpelier, Idaho, where Mrs. 
 Shupe died in 1911, at the age of fifty-one years. 
 They had a family of nine children, James R. being 
 the next to the oldest. 
 
 Jamjs R. Shupe received his preliminary educa- 
 tional training in the primary schools of Utah, fol- 
 lowing which he took an agricultural course at Logan, 
 Utah, it being his parents' belief that he should be- 
 come a farmer. The young man, however, did not 
 feel agriculturally inclined, entering the drug bus- 
 iness instead at Logan, and later following the same 
 vocation at Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah, and 
 Montpelier, Idaho. During this time he prosecuted 
 his medical studies, and eventually he entered Barnes 
 University, St. Louis, Missouri, where he was grad- 
 uated in 1907, with the degree of doctor of medicine. 
 Dr. Shupe then spent one year in a general practice 
 in St. Louis, then going to 'Bountiful, Utah, from 
 whence he came to Sugar City in September, 1908. 
 Here he continued in a general practice, meeting 
 with well-deserved success, and in 1912 opened the 
 Shupe-Morefield Hospital, fully equipped with the 
 latest conveniences and inventions known to the 
 medical science, and in three months there were 
 performed in this institution no less than one hun- 
 dred and seventy-six major operations, without a 
 single fatality, considered a remarkable achievement 
 among medical men. Dr. Shupe holds membership 
 in the Davis County (Utah) Medical Association, of 
 which he is at this time secretary. His fraternal con- 
 nection is with the Benevolent and Protective Order 
 of Elks, and his religious belief that of the Church 
 of the Latter Day Saints. He has interested himself 
 in all that has pertained to the welfare of his adopted 
 state, and along with other men of good judgment 
 and foresight, believes that Idaho is destined to 
 become one of the leading states in the Union. 
 
 On June 17, 1902, Dr. Shupe was married at Salt 
 Lake City, Utah, to Miss Elnora Dalton, daughter 
 of J. M. and Adelaide (Chase) Dalton, well-known 
 people of Salt Lake City. Dr. and Mrs. Shupe 
 have had two children : Reed, born in June, 1903, 
 at Montpelier, Idaho, and now attending school in 
 Sugar City; and James Emmet, born May 10, 1908, 
 at Bountiful, Utah. 
 
 DAVID GROVER PARKER. The position of superin- 
 tendent of schools in any community, large or small, 
 has of late years come to be recognized as of the 
 highest importance, and to be given its proper place 
 of honor. This is partly because education has come 
 to play such an important place in the lives of the 
 people of every section, and partly because of the 
 high order of men who are now candidates for these 
 positions, they being no longer scholars merely, or 
 pedants, but men of force and executive ability, who 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 understand organization. Of this new type of school- 
 master is David Grover Parker, superintendent of 
 schools of Albion, Idaho. 
 
 David Grover Parker is the son of Wyman M. and 
 Eliza Ann (Grover) Parker. Wyman Parker is a 
 well known name in Idaho, for he was one of the 
 early and prominent pioneers. He was born in the 
 state of New York and came west with his wife, 
 who was a native of Missouri, in the early days of 
 the country. They settled first in Utah and then 
 came to Idaho, where Mr. Parker engaged in ranch- 
 ing and stock-raising. He became very prosperous, 
 and a well known man in this connection, but he is 
 remembered by the people of his part of the state 
 because he it was who completed the first irrigation 
 canal in Fremont county, the original promoters hav- 
 ing abandoned this project. Not only has the canal 
 been of inestimable benefit to the residents of Fre- 
 mont county, but its greatest value has been in that 
 it set an example that other communities were not 
 slow in following. He served as county commis- 
 sioner of Fremont county, and was the founder of 
 the town of Parker, which was named for him. He 
 was a prominent member of the Mormon dhurch, 
 and for many years was a bishop in this church. He 
 died in Parker, Idaho, in 1907, on the ist day of 
 March. Mrs. Parker is yet living, making her home 
 on the old homestead at Parker. 
 
 Twelve children were born to Wyman Parker and 
 his wife and of these, David Grover Parker was the 
 next to the youngest. The latter was born at Mor- 
 gan, Utah, on the 23rd day of January, 1876. He re- 
 ceived a fine education; after completing his ele- 
 mentary work, going to Logan, Utah, where he ma- 
 triculated at Brigham Young College. He later took 
 special work in the State Normal School at Albion, 
 Idaho. After completing his educational work he 
 began to teach school, and for eleven years was thus 
 engaged in Fremont and Cassia counties. In 1908 
 he was elected county superintendent of schools for 
 Cassia county, and in 1910, he was re-elected to this 
 position. He is eminently successful in his work, 
 and has accomplished much for the school system 
 of Cassia county. 
 
 Mr. Parker is the owner of a fine ranch and a 
 pleasant home in Basin, Cassia county, but his time 
 is mainly given to his professional work. He is a 
 Republican in his political beliefs, and is a member 
 of the Mormon church. 
 
 On the 21 st day of August, 1901, David Grover 
 Parker married Miss Nettie Dayley, the daughter 
 of Enoch R. and Jeanette (Cooley) Dayley. Enoch 
 Dayley was a pioneer rancher of Idaho, coming to the 
 state in 1880. He became a well known man and a 
 very successful rancher, and was widely known as a 
 prominent and active member of the Mormon church. 
 He is now deceased but his widow is a resident of 
 Albion. Mr. and Mrs. Parker have become the par- 
 ents of three children, all of whom are boys Dayley, 
 Donald and Alton Parker. 
 
 JAMES AURELIUS YOUNG, M. D. Too frequently, 
 the modern hospital is looked upon as a convenience 
 or luxury of the well to do, but this theory is both 
 unfounded and injurious. The modern hospital is not 
 only for the highest development of science for the 
 alleviation and cure of the swarming ills of man- 
 kind, a wonderful organization into which the best 
 thought and experience of physicians the world over 
 have entered, it is also a great philanthropic enter- 
 prise. One of the best organized and most thor- 
 oughly equipped private hospitals in Washington 
 county is Josephine Hospital, at Weiser, an institu- 
 tion that has been developed through the activities of 
 one of the city's leading physicians, James Aurelius 
 
 Young, M. D., who has maintained his field of prac- 
 tice here since 1909. Dr. Young was born near 
 Rankin, Vermilion county, Illinois, May 29, 1878, 
 and is a son of James A. and Katherine (Ash) 
 Young. His father, a native of Ohio, was taken to 
 Illinois as a lad by his parents, and is still .engaged 
 in agricultural pursuits in the Prairie State, being 
 sixty-eight years of age. He married Katherine Ash, 
 who was born in Germany, and was brought to the 
 United States as a child of eight years, and she is 
 still living, being sixty-seven years old. 
 
 James Aurelius Young was the fourth in order of 
 birth of the five children of his parents, and his 
 early education was secured in the public schools 
 of Vermilion county. Following this he attended the 
 Rankin high school, from which he was graduated in 
 1896, and then entered the medical department of the 
 University of Illinois; receiving his degree with the 
 class of 1903. For a short time thereafter, Dr. 
 Young acted in the capacity of interne at the West 
 Side Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, and then came to 
 Idaho, settling first at Pearl, where he was engaged 
 in practice for about one and one-half years. His 
 next location was in Caldwell, where he spent four 
 years, and in 1909 he came to Weiser and opened 
 offices. His abilities were soon recognized, and his 
 practice grew commensurately as he became estab- 
 lished in the confidence of the community. Associ- 
 ated with Dr. Dudley, he opened Josephine Hospital, 
 which has been a distinct financial success and enjoys 
 a large patronage and an excellent reputation. Both 
 doctors are skilled in surgery, and their success in a 
 number of complicated cases has attracted wide- 
 spread attention in the profession. 
 
 In November, 1905, at Boise, Idaho, Dr. Young 
 was married to Ann W. Walters, daughter of Rus- 
 sell Walters, and three children have been born to 
 this union : Katherine, born in 1906, at Caldwell ; 
 Walter, born in 1908, at Caldwell ; and James, born 
 in 1911, at Weiser. Fraternally, Dr. Young is con- 
 nected with the Masons, and has attained to the 
 Scottish Rite degree. He belongs to the Washington 
 County Medical Society, the Idaho State Medical 
 Society and the American Medical Association, and 
 during 1908 and 1909 acted in the capacity of presi- 
 dent of the Southern Idaho Medical Society. With 
 Mrs. Young, he attends the Congregational church, 
 and both have hosts of friends in social circles of 
 the city. 
 
 ALDEN R. HICKS. One of the prominent, able and 
 representative young men of Twin Falls, Idaho, who 
 have added their talents to the bar of that city is 
 Alden R. Hicks, county attorney of Twin Falls- 
 county, who has but recently selected this city as a 
 field for his professional activity but has already 
 secured a fair vantage ground and has every promise 
 for success. Born in Macoupin county, Illinois, Jan- 
 uary 21, 1876, he was reared a farmer boy in that 
 state and remained there to the age of twenty, secur- 
 ing in the meantime both a common and high school 
 education. He had not reached his majority when 
 he went to California, where he remained four years 
 following various occupations. During this time he 
 was a student in the Leland Stanford University, 
 where he was graduated from the collegiate depart- 
 ment in 1901 as a Bachelor of Arts. From California 
 he went to Chicago, where for a time he was a stu- 
 dent in the law department of Northwestern Uni- 
 versity, Eyanston, and following that spent one year 
 in the Chicago University Law School, graduating 
 from the latter institution in 1903. In December, 
 1904, after one year spent as a law clerk in Chicago, 
 he came to Idaho, where he was immediately admitted 
 to the bar by the supreme court of this state, and 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1061 
 
 then set about to carve out an independent profes- 
 sional career. Locating at Lewiston, he practiced 
 law there successfully about six years, or until the 
 beginning of 1910, when he decided to identify him- 
 self with the rapidly growing city of Twin Falls. In 
 the fall of that same year he was nominated and 
 elected as county attorney of Twin Falls county and 
 in 1912 was re-elected for that office. He has already 
 demonstrated that he has no uncertain force as a 
 lawyer and the professional record he has already 
 made presages for him a successful future. Mr. 
 Hicks' first legal triumph came with his first case 
 and the experience was therefore one of the most 
 gratifying to him of his whole professional career 
 and one that stands most prominently in his memory. 
 The decision depended on a question of law and Mr. 
 Hicks won the case on a technicality. Idaho has not 
 disappointed him in opportunity and he feels that no 
 one can make a mistake in selecting a home in this 
 state, especially in the Twin Falls district, which, in 
 a general way, affords every advantage that could 
 be desired. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Hicks, Vines and Nancy 
 (Rhodes) Hicks, are both natives of Illinois and 
 are now retired residents of that state. The senior 
 Mr. Hicks spent his whole active career as a farmer 
 and stockman. Eight children came to this union 
 and of these Alden R. is seventh in order of birth 
 and is the youngest son. Mr. Hicks recognizes the 
 church as an emphatic force for good in any com- 
 munity but is himself affiliated with no denomination. 
 Fraternally he is a Mason, and in politics a Demo- 
 crat and an active worker in the interests of his 
 party. As is usual with college men, he appreciates 
 and is interested in athletics, and in reading his 
 tastes incline toward history. Mr. Hicks is un- 
 married. 
 
 ROBERT M. MCCOLLUM. As one of the foremost 
 promoters of the Twin Falls district the career of 
 Robert M. McCpllum is especially deserving of rec- 
 ord in this publication. He was the first inhabitant 
 and handled the townsite of Twin Falls, and sold 
 the first lot in the city, August ist, 1904, to George 
 C. Walters, one of the engineers on the canal system 
 of the Twin Falls project. The project was financed 
 and built by S. B. Milner of Salt Lake, Frank H. 
 Buhl and Peter L. Kimberly of Sharon, Pa. For 
 many years he has been a leading and influential 
 citizen of Twin Falls, and his activity in business 
 affairs, his cooperation in public interests, and his 
 zealous support of all objects that he believes will 
 contribute to the material, social or moral improve- 
 ment of the community, keep him in the foremost 
 rank of those to whom the city owes its develop- 
 ment and present position as one of the leading 
 metropolitan centers of Idaho. 
 
 Robert M. McCollum was born in Auburn, New 
 York, in the month of September, 1860. He is a 
 son of William J. and Agnes A. (Brown) McCollum, 
 both of whom are now deceased To the public 
 schools of his native place Mr. McCollum is indebted 
 for his early educational training, which was of but 
 a meagre order. As a very young boy he entered 
 upon an apprenticeship to learn the trade of a 
 printer, which he succeeded in mastering at the 
 age of fourteen years. At this time, in 1874, he 
 crossed the plains to Colorado, where he subse- 
 quently owned and published two papers. In 1894 
 he came to Idaho and settled in Shoshone, where 
 he published the Journal. He is an ardent Repub- 
 lican and during the entire period of his owner- 
 ship of the latter paper he vigorously upheld the 
 principles of that organization. He was a stalwart 
 
 supporter of McKinley and Hobart in 1896, when, as 
 he says himself, most of the Republicans of Idaho 
 were ghost dancing. All his advertisers and sub- 
 scribers quit him because, in their opinion, he was 
 against Idaho on the silver question. 
 
 Upon the organization of the Twin Falls Invest- 
 ment Company in 1904, Mr. McCollum was chosen 
 secretary and continued in that office until practi- 
 cally all the lands and townsites on the Twin Falls 
 tract were sold. The above company was organized 
 for the purpose of colonizing the lands of the original 
 Twin Falls project and to build towns. The popu- 
 lation in June, 1904, was one man (McCollum), 
 and the population in June, 1913, aggregated about 
 eight thousand. The company was officered as fol- 
 lows : C. R. Hurtt, president ; S. H. Hays, vice 
 president; George F. Sprague, treasurer; all of 
 Boise; I. B. Perrine, of Blue Lakes, Idaho, second 
 vice president; and R. M. McCollum, secretary. The 
 board of directors consisted of the above officers, and 
 in addition to them were Thomas Costello and John 
 Crocker, of Maroa, Illinois; and Ben C. Simmons, 
 cashier of the Corn Exchange Bank of Chicago. Mr. 
 McCollum was representative of the company on the 
 ground and as such made an undying reputation for 
 himself by his tremendous activity in the sale of 
 these properties. He firmly believed in and pre- 
 dicted the wonderful progress and the great future 
 that was in store for Twin Falls county, and while 
 he does not seek publicity, he is nevertheless de- 
 serving of high praise for his efforts. 
 
 For four years Mr. McCollum was clerk of the 
 District court for the county of Summit. Colorado, 
 and for three years he was secretary of the Idaho 
 Republican State Committee, with Hon. Frank R. 
 Gooding as chairman. In a fraternal way Mr. Mc- 
 Collum is affiliated with the Benevolent and Pro- 
 tective Order of Elks and with the Knights of 
 Pythias, in which latter organization he was chan- 
 cellor commander of Delos Lodge, at Shoshone, for 
 two years. In the Masonic fraternity his connections 
 are with all the bodies, both York and Scottish rites, 
 and with the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of 
 the Mystic Shrine. 
 
 In Canyon City, Colorado, in 1882. occurred the 
 marriage of Mr. McCollum to Miss Alice R. Coombs, 
 a daughter of Lorenzo G. Coombs, who removed 
 to Colorado from Belfast. Maine. Mr. and Mrs. 
 McCollum have one daughter, Elva M., who is the 
 wife of J. W. Craven. They have two grandchil- 
 dren, Alice Elizabeth and Robert McCollum Craven. 
 
 Mr. McCollunrs life has been characterized by 
 upright and honorable principles and it also exem- 
 plifies the truth of the Emersonian philosophy that 
 "the way to have a friend is to be one." His 
 genial manner wins him the kind regard and good 
 will of all with whom he comes in contact and he 
 is recognized as a man of mark, honored and hon- 
 orable in all the relations of life. Twin Falls 
 has been greatly benefitted by the citizenship of 
 Mr. McCollum, and owes much of its present prestige 
 to him. 
 
 EDWIN B. HEINECKE. The advantages of both 
 education and capital count for much in the career 
 of any man, but what he is and the use he makes of 
 his abilities and opportunities determine his true 
 rank in society. Edwin B. Heinccke, treasurer and 
 general manager of the Hollister Lumber Company 
 at Hollister, Idaho, is a young man who has re- 
 ceived an excellent education and who in the few 
 years of his business career has demonstrated that he 
 possesses not only preparation but also character, 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 strength and business ability and knows how to direct 
 his energies to the accomplishment of success and 
 of worthy citizenship. 
 
 Born at Jewell City, Kansas, April 9, 1883, Mr. 
 Heinecke remained in his native state until some 
 years after he had obtained his majority and there 
 secured his education, first in the common schools 
 and then the high school at Jewell City and later at 
 the University of Kansas, Lawrence, from which in- 
 stitution he was graduated in 1906. His business 
 career opened at the age of nineteen as an employe 
 in a lumber concern and from that time to the pres- 
 ent his business identification has been wholly along 
 the line of the lumber business, having been con- 
 nected during this time with a number of large lum- 
 ber concerns and having held different executive posi- 
 tions of responsibility. In 1906 he went to Colorado, 
 where for about two years he was engaged in the 
 lumber business, and then during a similar period 
 following was connected with lumber companies in 
 Kansas looking after their interests in different 
 towns. It is a large part of business genius to recog- 
 nize and grasp opportunity when it presents itself. The 
 Twin Falls district in Idaho from the beginning of 
 its exploitation attracted wide attention and in 1909, 
 when the Oregon Short Line Railway Company com-- 
 pleted its branch to Rogerson, the central part of 
 Twin Falls county was opened up to more advan- 
 tageous settlement. It was at this time that Mr. 
 Heinecke severed his business connections in Kan- 
 sas and came to Idaho. Before locating permanently, 
 however, he spent sixty days in travel throughout 
 the West looking for a favorable location and after 
 thoroughly investigating many places he decided 
 that Idaho presented the best opportunities for busi- 
 ness and for a home. Here the best of business con- 
 ditions prevailed and there was every promise for 
 an even more prosperous future ; the people, almost 
 universally of educational attainment, seemed un- 
 usually progressive, with high standards of what 
 constitutes good citizenship ; and the climate, too, 
 seemed invigorating and of that evenness so lack- 
 ing in almost every section of the United States. 
 Mr. Heinecke has since found his first impressions 
 to be realities and in no way has he experienced 
 discontent or disappointment since locating here. 
 Judging from his own experience, he feels that it will 
 profit any one looking for a good location to in- 
 vestigate Idaho, and once established here, he is 
 sure the individual cannot but become one of the 
 state's enthusiasts. Mr. Heinecke was the second 
 man to locate at Hollister and shortly afterward or- 
 ganized the Hollister Lumber Company, of which he 
 is treasurer and general manager and the success 
 of which has in a business way fully justified his ex- 
 pectations of the location. Besides his interests in 
 the lumber business he gives considerable attention 
 to the management of a fine ranch that he owns near 
 Hollister. In political affairs he gives his support 
 to the Republican party and is a stalwart and active 
 advocate of its principles, being at the present time 
 a member of the Twin Falls county Republican 
 central committee. He is without personal political 
 ambition, however, and though he has been solicited 
 for office he has each time refused to seek prefer- 
 ment. 
 
 At Smith Centre, Kansas, on April 9, 1910, was 
 solemnized the marriage of Mr. Heinecke and Miss 
 Eva Detwiler, the latter of whom also is an alumnus 
 of the University of Kansas and is a daughter of 
 Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Detwiler, of Smith Centre. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Heinecke have one son, John B. Heinecke. 
 Both are members of the Presbyterian church and 
 Mrs. Heinecke is also affiliated with the Ladies' 
 Aid Society of that denomination in Hollister. Mr. 
 
 Heinecke is a member of several fraternal orders, 
 also of the Hoo Hoo order and of the Phi Delta 
 Theta and Theta Nu Epsilon college fraternities. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Heinecke are young people whose ac- 
 quirements and genial ways well fit them for prom- 
 inence in the social life of their community and they 
 are fully deserving of the high esteem in which they 
 are held in Hollister. 
 
 W. HOMER CRAVEN AND ALFRED F. CRAVEN. Emer- 
 son, the great essayist and philosopher, said that the 
 true history of a nation or state is recited in the 
 lives of the leading citizens, and it is the purpose 
 of. this volume, through the biographies of men who 
 have been helmsmen of affairs in the various lines 
 of activity, to present a trustworthy history of Idaho. 
 No class of men contribute so largely and certainly 
 none so substantially to the development of any com- 
 munity as the thorough-going business men the 
 men of affairs and dollars. Two wide-awake and 
 energetic young representatives of this class in Idaho 
 are W. Homer Craven and Alfred F. Craven, the 
 former president and the latter cashier of the Bank 
 of Hollister at Hollister, both of whom are recog- 
 nized among the forceful men of the great Twin 
 Falls district. 
 
 W. Homer Craven was born in Texas county, 
 Missouri, March 21 st, 1877, and remained a resident 
 of his native state until he came to Idaho in 1906. 
 Locating first at Twin Falls, he remained there three 
 years and during that time took a prominent part 
 in opening up the Deep Creek country, which has 
 already become famous as an orchard district. 
 Throughout the whole of his business career he has 
 been identified with banking and possesses that keen- 
 ness of perception and accuracy of judgment that 
 makes him well adapted to this line of financiering. 
 In 1909 he, with his brother Alfred F. Craven and 
 others, established the Bank of Hollister at Hollis- 
 ter, Twin Falls county, of which institution he has 
 since been the executive head. Under his conserva- 
 tive yet energetic management a profitable financial 
 system has been established, safe investments have 
 been made, and the bank has been made of immeas- 
 urable service in the development and upbuilding 
 of this section of Twin Falls county. Mr. Craven 
 exemplifies the most loyal and public spirited citizen- 
 ship and is not only prominent as a business man but 
 in other relations to society gives himself unreservedly 
 to the furtherance of social and meterial progress in 
 his community. Himself a strong, vigorous and cap- 
 able man, his citizenship is of the same high order 
 as his personal qualities of character, and it has 
 been through the work of such men as Mr. Craven 
 that the Twin Falls district has in less than a decade 
 become one of the leading and most prosperous sec- 
 tions of Idaho. In politics he is a staunch, active 
 and effective advocate of Democrat party principles 
 and is a member of the Twin Falls County Demo- 
 cratic Central committee. He is president of the 
 Hollister board of education and the Hollister Com- 
 mercial Club, and as a member affiliates with the 
 Masonic fraternity and the Benevolent and Protec- 
 tive Order of Elks. In 1900, in his native state of 
 Missouri, Mr. Craven was joined in marriage to 
 Miss Jenevieve Levitt, of Houston, Missouri. Two 
 children, Imogene and H. Levitt, have been born 
 to the union. 
 
 Alfred F. Craven, cashier of the Bank of Hollis- 
 ter, was born on a farm in Texas county, Missouri, 
 April 23, 1887, and was reared a farmer boy. His 
 earlier education obtained in the public schools of 
 Missouri was effectively supplemented first by a 
 high school course and then later by a college course 
 at Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas. After leav- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 ing college he entered into business activity as assist- 
 ant cashier of the Bank of Licking, Licking, Missouri, 
 where he remained two years, and for the following 
 two years was identified with the Mechanics Ameri- 
 can National Bank of St. Louis, Missouri. In 1909 
 he joined his brother, W. Homer Craven in the or- 
 ganization and opening of the Bank of Hollister, 
 Hollister, Idaho, and has there since officiated as 
 cashier of the institution. Possessed of business 
 acumen of a high order and with his previous ex- 
 perience to guide him, he has been an able co-worker 
 with his brother in building up the business of the 
 bank and he ranks high among the capable and 
 prominent business men of Twin Falls county. In 
 religion he favors the tenets of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal faith. Like his brother, Mr. Craven is a 
 Democrat in political views and individually is 
 keenly interested in the work of the Democratic 
 party, and*both are of one mind as to progressive 
 policies. He is a member and formerly was treas- 
 urer of the Hollister Commercial Club, and frater- 
 nally he is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of 
 America. As is usual with college men he is fond 
 of athletics and he also greatly enjoys hunting, for 
 which sport the game facilities of Idaho so plenti- 
 fully provide. Mr. Craven holds no uncertain views 
 as to the future of this state and especially of the 
 Twin Falls section. He deems irrigation a king, so 
 masterful and so powerful for development that 
 eventually Idaho will hold prestige for possessing 
 the finest farming country of the whole Union ; that 
 the state will continue the march of progress which 
 in the last decade has so rapidly pushed it to the fore 
 among the greatest commonwealths of the West. 
 
 These young men are the sons of James A. Craven, 
 a North Carolinian by birth, who has long been a 
 resident of Missouri and has been engaged in the 
 ranking business there for many years. He is a de- 
 vout Christian, is actively interested in church work, 
 and fraternally is prominently identified with the 
 .vlasonic order in Missouri. He was married in 
 Missouri to Mary Elizabeth Sherrill, a native of that 
 state, who passed to rest in. 1888 at the age of thirty- 
 tliree. She, too, was an earnest and consistent Chris- 
 tian. Of the ten children that came to this union, 
 \V. Homer and Alfred F. are respectively fourth 
 and youngest in order of birth. Both are men that 
 Missouri may be proud to claim as native sons and 
 that Idaho holds representative of her best citizen- 
 ship. 
 
 JOSEPH R. DIEBOLT, one of the foremost citizens 
 of Hollister, Idaho, in expressing his opinion of the 
 Twin Falls district said that for the homeseeker 
 with limited means this part of Idaho is an ideal 
 spot, the only requirements for success being push, 
 energy and honest effort. In giving this formula 
 for others Mr. Diebolt unconsciously named in con- 
 cise terras the qualities that have characterized his 
 own career as a business man and have made him 
 one of the valued men of Twin Falls county. He 
 but recently located there but already it has become 
 apparent that in him a business man of force and re- 
 sourcefulness has joined the strong contingent of 
 business ability with which Twin Falls county is 
 favored. 
 
 Mr. Diebolt is a Kansan by nativity, born April 
 ii, 1872, on a farm near the city of Atchison. He 
 grew up a farmer boy and in the meantime ac- 
 quired a public school education, which later was 
 supplemented by a special course at St. Benedict 
 College at Atchison. When about eighteen years of 
 age he went to the city of St. Louis, where he passed 
 four years following various occupations. From there 
 he went to Chicago, where nearly eighteen years 
 vol. in 1 1 
 
 were spent in various capacities in connection with 
 several different hardware concerns of that city, and 
 during that time he became well trained in the hard- 
 ware business and in the principles governing suc- 
 cessful business management. He came to Hollis- 
 ter, Idaho, direct from Chicago in 1909 and immed- 
 iately established his present general merchandise 
 business. His stock includes a full line of hard- 
 ware, groceries, farm implements, wire fencing, har- 
 ness, paints and other of the commodities needed by 
 the housewife and farmer. Mr. Diebolt served as 
 the first postmaster at Hollister and is a member and 
 formerly was treasurer of the Hollister Commercial 
 Club. He is independent of party ties in his political 
 views and in the exercise of his franchise and takes 
 no part in political affairs. He frequently avails 
 himself of the facilities Idaho so abundantly affords 
 for the sports of hunting and fishing and a good 
 game of baseball always affords him enjoyment, 
 being the while no less appreciative of diversions 
 along social and cultural lines. 
 
 At St. Louis, Missouri, on June 16, 1909, was sol- 
 emnized the marriage of Mr. Diebolt and Miss Mary 
 E. Clarke of that city. Both Mr. and Mrs. Diebolt 
 are communicants of the Roman Catholic church. 
 
 BURDICE J. Btuccs was born in Belleview, Sarpy 
 county, Nebraska, on the 21 st day of November, 
 1859, and there spent his early life. He is the son 
 of Alpheus N. and Harriet (Green) Briggs, natives 
 of Vermgnt and Michigan, respectively. The father 
 moved to Nebraska from his home state in 1853, 
 at which time the state of Nebraska was in a most 
 primitive state. Mr. Briggs was a pioneer in the 
 strictest sense of the word, and his daughter Ettie 
 S., now the wife of George Reider, of Council Bluffs, 
 Idaho, was the first white child born in Sarpy 
 county. The father was a carpenter by trade, but 
 on locating in Nebraska turned his attention to the 
 freighting business, running a freight line from 
 Plattsmouth, Nebraska, to Denver, Colorado. Later 
 he engaged in ranching and farming, and was fairly 
 successful in that industry. He continued to reside 
 in Nebraska until 1892, when he removed to Mon- 
 tana, and ten years later he died at Council Bluffs, 
 Iowa, at the age of sixty-five years. The mother 
 was born in Allegan, Michigan, and was married 
 at Allegan. Her death occurred at Philipsburg, 
 Montana, when she was fifty-five years of age. She 
 was the mother of five children, all of whom are 
 living, and of which number Burdice J. is the 
 second in order of birth. 
 
 Burdice J. Briggs was trained in the public and 
 high schools of Columbus, Nebraska, to the age 
 of sixteen years. Until he was eighteen he spent 
 a great deal of his time on the home farm, but 
 he left home at that age and set about learning the 
 carpenter trade. He finished his training and there- 
 after for some twelve years engaged in contracting 
 and building. He came to the state of Idaho in 
 1881 and in 1884 settled at Idaho Falls. In the 
 three years previous to locating in this city, he fol- 
 lowed contracting and railroading, while his family 
 lived on a farm seven miles north of the city. 
 During these years Mr. Briggs had applied hts 
 every spare moment to the study of law, and in 
 1896 he was admitted to the bar, since which time 
 he has been in active practice of his profession, 
 winning a place among the leading attorneys of the 
 state. He conducts a wide general practice, and has 
 been very successful in the work. 
 
 Mr. Briggs is the owner of extensive properties 
 in farm lands and city properties. He has ever been 
 active in the general development of the county, 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 from the beginning of his association with it, and 
 has taken an active part in the building of canals 
 and other matters of equal importance to the com- 
 munity. He has given a considerable attention to 
 the raising of blooded stock horses, cattle, sheep 
 and hogs, and has demonstrated his ability as a 
 stock man, as well as a lawyer and a builder. In 
 politics Mr. Briggs is a Republican, and he has been 
 active and prominent in the political life of the 
 district. He has twice been a member of the state 
 legislature at the first session in 1890-91 and also 
 as a member of the fourth assembly. Mr. Briggs' 
 fraternal relations are with the Masonic order and 
 the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in 
 which latter order he is Past Master and Past 
 Exalted Ruler of the lodge at Idaho Falls. He is 
 president of the local Commercial Club, and has 
 done good work in that connection. 
 
 On September 7, 1885, Mr. Briggs was married to 
 Miss Isabelle W. Gordon, the daughter of James 
 and Janette Gordon, both natives of Scotland. Four 
 children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Briggs, of 
 which number three are yet living. Ethel W. is de- 
 ceased; the others are: Milroy G. ; DeForrest; 
 Jane; none of the three are married. 
 
 Mr. Briggs is a man of English ancestry, his 
 paternal ancestors having settled in New York at 
 an early date, while on the maternal side, James 
 Green, the grandfather of Mr. Briggs, was the first 
 of his mother's family to come to America. Mr. 
 Briggs is inclined to attribute much of the credit 
 for his splendid business success to the ' impossi- 
 bility of failure in a state so replete with oppor- 
 tunity as he finds Idaho to be, but it is only just 
 to say that his many excellent qualities of mind and 
 heart have had their full share in bringing about 
 his present prosperous state. 
 
 CHARLES H. MULL. In a practical way, no citizen 
 of Twin Falls, Idaho, has been more closely identi- 
 fied with the development of that city than has 
 Charles H. Mull, its pioneer civil engineer and its city 
 engineer from the time the town was opened to the 
 present. He is a college man, as are almost all the 
 young men of Idaho, and is one who secured his 
 education through his own determination and in- 
 dustry. 
 
 Born February 12, 1879, jn Lancaster, Missouri, he 
 was five years old when his parents moved to Kan- 
 sas, and from that time until 1904, he remained a resi- 
 dent of that state. Educated first in the public schools 
 at Anthony, Kansas, he later completed a course at 
 the Kansas State Normal College, from which insti- 
 tution he was graduated in 1903. As a boy and 
 until about nineteen years of age he worked on a 
 farm and saved enough from his earnings to pay his 
 way through college. After his graduation he be- 
 came superintendent of the public schools at Wa- 
 keeney, Kansas, where he continued until he came to 
 Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1904. He has the distinction 
 of having opened the first civil engineer's office in 
 the city of Twin Falls and has maintained it to the 
 present, with a very satisfactory private practice. 
 He is the first and only city engineer that Twin 
 Falls has had. He assisted in the completion of 
 staking out the town lots and since employed in 
 an official capacity every improvement of the city, 
 such as cement sidewalks, paved streets, sewerage 
 system and curbings, has been made under his direct 
 supervision. With a full knowledge of what has 
 already been accomplished here and certain of a pros- 
 perous future for this section, he has made a num- 
 ber of valuable real estate investments in the city 
 and county. Mr. Mull has traveled extensively and 
 
 after having visited nearly every state in the Union 
 he is of the opinion that as a new country Idaho, 
 from a general point of view, is unexcelled in busi- 
 ness, professional and industrial opportunity for 
 the young men of energy and ambition. 
 
 The parents of Mr. Mull were John and Mary 
 (Sloop) Mull, both natives of Missouri and both 
 deceased, the former having passed away in 1900 
 at the age of fifty-four, and the latter's demise hav- 
 ing occurred in 1885, when thirty-five years of age. 
 John Mull served four years and five months in de- 
 fense of the Union during the Civil war and partici- 
 pated in a number of the most important engage- 
 ments. It was nearly twenty years after that con- 
 flict that he removed to Kansas, in which state both 
 he and his wife passed to rest and are interred side 
 by side. Both were devout Christians and took an 
 active interest in church work. They were married 
 in Missouri and three children came to their union, 
 Charles H. being their eldest child and only son. 
 The daughters are Mrs. Minnie Kuykendall, of Kan- 
 sas, and Mrs. Reese M. Williams, of Twin Falls, 
 Idaho. 
 
 At Wakeeney, Kansas, on August 17, 1907, were 
 pronounced the marriage rites which united Mr. Mull 
 and Miss Ethel F. Straw, an orphan girl formerly 
 from Pennsylvania. Two children have come to 
 their union: Ila M. and Charles H., Jr. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Mull are both attendants of the Episcopal 
 church and the latter is a communicant and active 
 in church work. Mr. Mull is a Scottish Rite Mason, 
 his membership as such being held in the Boise 
 Consistory No. 2, and is a member at Boise of the 
 Masonic auxiliary, the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles, 
 of the Mystic Shrine. He is also affiliated with the 
 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Politically 
 he is a Republican and takes a warm interest in the 
 political situation of the day. 
 
 JOHN E. WILLIAMS. The commonwealth of Ohio 
 has contributed a worthy representative to the citizen 
 body of Idaho in the person of John E. Williams, 
 now city attorney of Twin Falls, who in but a few 
 years' residence in that city has won recognition as 
 an able lawyer and as a young man of ability and 
 energy who is eager to push the advancement of the 
 state in which he has chosen to carve out his profes- 
 sional career and to make his home. 
 
 He was born in Delaware county, Ohio, January 
 12, 1880, and received the whole of his literary edu- 
 cation in that county, first in the common schools, 
 then in the Delaware high school and finally in the 
 Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, from which 
 he was graduated in 1903 as a Bachelor of Arts and 
 where he received his Master's degree in 1906. Fol- 
 lowing his graduation from the university he be- 
 came an instructor in the well known Shortridge 
 high school of Indianapolis, Indiana, and during 
 three years' service in that capacity he also^ took up 
 .the study of law in the Indianapolis College of Law. 
 After leaving this institution he was admitted to the 
 bar in Indiana. In 1908 he decided to avail himself 
 of the larger opportunities for which the West is 
 famed and with creditable discrimination selected 
 Idaho as his location, a choice for which he has no 
 regrets and in which he is each year more strongly 
 confirmed in the wisdom of his selection. He spent 
 about one year at Jerome, Idaho, and came from there 
 to Twin Falls, where he has since practiced his pro- 
 fession. After about two years' residence here he 
 was appointed city attorney and is now filling that 
 position. 
 
 David D. Williams, the father of John E., was 
 born in Ohio and lived there until his death in 1907 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1065 
 
 at the age of fifty-nine. He was a prominent farmer 
 citizen of Delaware county and took an active part 
 in the local political affairs of the Republican party. 
 He was a prominent Odd Fellow of Ohio, and in 
 religion was a devout Baptist, living consistently 
 the faith he professed. He was wedded in Ohio to 
 Mary A. Jones, also a native of that state, and to 
 their union were born four children, of whom John 
 E. is the youngest. The wife and mother is still 
 living and resides on the old homestead near Dela- 
 ware, Ohio. In religion Mr. Williams is inclined 
 to the Baptist faith, and fraternally he is a member 
 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Be- 
 nevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Wood- 
 men of the World. In the last named order he 
 served as clerk at both Jerome and Twin Falls. In 
 politics he is a Democrat, a very active worker in 
 the ranks of his party, and is now chairman of the 
 Twin Falls county Democratic central committee, 
 in which connection he spares neither effort nor 
 energy on his part to win success for the Democratic 
 party. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa 
 college fraternity, and the influence of college days 
 is still in evidence in his enjoyment of all outdoor 
 amusements, especially the game of football, in 
 which he took an active interest when yet a student. 
 He is not lacking in the loyal spirit which seems to 
 dominate all who become citizens of this state, and 
 he feels that Idaho as a field for successful profes- 
 sional, business or political careers affords a wealth 
 of opportunity to young men of the right stamp. 
 
 WILLIAM H. GREENHOW is the present postmaster 
 of Twin Falls, Idaho. He has served in that official 
 capacity since 1906, almost since the beginning of the 
 city, and has the honor of being the city's first post- 
 master. He is numbered among the pioneers of 
 Idaho, his advent to this state dating back to the 
 territorial days of 1880, and he bears further honored 
 distinction as a veteran of the Civil war. 
 
 Born in Vincennes, Indiana, January 8, 1846, he 
 grew to the age of thirteen in that state and there 
 received his earlier education in the public schools. As 
 a boy he earned his first money there working in a 
 shingle factory during vacations. He earned and saved 
 until he had $10, and this he very generously gave to 
 his sister as a wedding present. Removing from 
 Indiana to Nebraska with his sister, he remained in 
 that state until 1862, when he returned eastward to 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, where he began to learn the ma- 
 chinist's trade. He only worked a few months, how- 
 ever, and then enlisted in Company K of the One 
 Hundred and Thirty-eighth Ohio Infantry and re- 
 mained in the defense of the Union until he received 
 his honorable discharge on September i, 1864. His 
 company did relief service during the battle of the 
 Wilderness, and he was present at Fort Spring Hill 
 during the bombardment of Petersburg. At the con- 
 clusion of his service as a soldier Mr. Greenhow re- 
 turned to Nebraska and located at Omaha, where for 
 nearly ten years he followed farming, freighting and 
 railroad work. In 1871 he was appointed post trader 
 at Camp Douglas, Utah, where he remained three 
 years, and then for several years followed mining. 
 In 1880 he came to Idaho, and, with the exception 
 of five years spent in Washington and Alaska, he 
 has been a resident of Idaho ever since. He first 
 located at Ketchum, Alturas, now Blaine county, 
 where for a few years he was engaged in the mercan- 
 tile business and also followed mining, and from 
 there he went to Boise, remaining one year. It was 
 then that he removed to Ellesburg, Washington, and 
 for a few years was there engaged in mining and in 
 railroad service. Returning to Idaho, he came to the 
 Twin Falls district and was among the first of Nelson 
 
 Bennett's men who built the first twenty-seven miles 
 of the canal. The town was opened in 1905 and in 
 1906 .he was appointed postmaster, which position 
 he has since held. He held the same office at 
 Ketchum, Idaho, while a resident of that place and 
 was the first postmaster in the Wood river country. 
 He is a Republican in politics and takes an active 
 interest in the work of his party. 
 
 At Hailey, Idaho, on January 2, 1882, was solem- 
 nized the marriage of Mr. Greenhow and Miss Alta 
 M. Wheat, a daughter of Mrs. J. K, Morrill, of 
 Hailey. Mr. and Mrs. Greenhow have two daughters: 
 Cora, who is the wife of H. E. Dodd and resides in 
 Twin Falls, Idaho, and Nan, now Mrs. Earl Carey, 
 of California. Mr. and Mrs. Greenhow and their 
 daughters are communicants of the Episcopal church. 
 Mr. Greenhow is a Royal Arch and a Knight Templar 
 Mason and has filled various offices in the different 
 Masonic bodies with which he is connected. He is 
 also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic 
 and is now second in command in Idaho. As a lover 
 of the sports of hunting and fishing, the fine oppor- 
 tunities which Idaho affords in this direction form 
 no small part of the state's attractions to Mr. Green- 
 how. The fact that he has so long identified him- 
 self with this commonwealth indicates that it has 
 more fully met his ideals for a home than has any 
 other section of the country, and this preference has 
 been formed after visiting almost every part of the 
 United States. And of the numerous fine locations- 
 in Idaho, in his opinion the Twin Falls section sur- 
 passes all others. During his long western experi- 
 ence he has had many tilts with the Indians, but 
 none ever terminated seriously except for the Indian. 
 
 WILLIAM EDWARD WHEELER has been a potent 
 force in the shaping of the political and general 
 affairs of the state of Idaho through the power of 
 the press, with which he has been identified practi- 
 cally all his life. After nine years as publisher in 
 Evanston, Wyoming, his newspaper experience in 
 Idaho dates back from the year 1880 to the year 
 1909, when he sold his .plant and retired from active 
 business. He was born in Peacham, Caledonia 
 county, Vermont, on the 2Oth of August, 1843, and 
 is the son of Samuel Dexter and Sarah Jane (Bailey) 
 Wheeler. The father was born in Dixfield, Maine, 
 and died at Rockford, Illinois, on the 2Oth day 
 of April, 1874, and the mother, who was born at 
 Cabot, Caledonia county, Vermont, is still living 
 at the age of ninety years, and makes her home in 
 Idaho Falls, Idaho. 
 
 In 1858 William Edward Wheeler moved from his 
 Vermont home to Rockford, Illinois, in company 
 with his parents, being then fifteen years of age. 
 His schooling was received in the district schools of 
 his native community in Vermont, prior to his 
 fifteenth year. When he was about sixteen years 
 old he learned the baker's . trade, after which he 
 served for three years in a grocery store. This 
 brought him up to the closing months of the Re- 
 bellion and he enlisted on August 29th, 1864, on 
 his twenty-first birthday, in Company B of the 
 One Hundred and Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry and 
 served until the close of the war. After the war was 
 over Mr. Wheeler devoted a few years to service 
 in a hardware store at home in Rockford, and in 
 the spring of 1869 he left for the West. He was 
 employed by a printing house in Council Bluffs, 
 Iowa, as a traveling salesman until January i, 1871, 
 when he decided to engage in an independent bus- 
 iness, and accordingly purchased the Evanston Age 
 at Evanston, Wyoming. He continued as the pub- 
 lisher of the paper there until July i, 1880, them 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 moved to Blackfoot, Idaho, and started the Idaho 
 Register. In April, 1883, he moved the plant to 
 Idaho Falls, then known as Eagle Rock, and -con- 
 tinuing in the publication of his paper there until 
 June, 1909, when the plant and entire business was 
 sold to Marshal B. Yeaman, after thirty-eight years 
 of successful newspaper work on the part of Mr. 
 Wheeler. 
 
 Mr. Wheeler has always been a citizen of the finest 
 mettle. He has served his community in any desired 
 capacity, wherever he has found himself, always 
 with good results and with honor and credit to him- 
 self. He was county superintendent of schools for 
 Uinta county, Wyoming, a fact which speaks well for 
 his accomplishments in an educational way, when 
 it is remembered that he received no actual school- 
 ing after the age of fifteen years. He served Uinta 
 county for two years in that important capacity, dis- 
 charging his duties with entire satisfaction to all 
 concerned. In 1885 he was appointed justice of the 
 peace of Eagle Rock, now known as Idaho Falls, 
 and served for two years. In 1889 he was again 
 elected for an additional two years, when he suc- 
 ceeded himself to the office in 1891. 
 
 Mr. Wheeler is an old time Republican. He allied 
 himself with the Republican party as a boy of 
 thirteen years, when John C. Fremont was nom- 
 inated for president in 1856, and he cast his first 
 vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864, going home from 
 the army to vote. Since that time he has been an 
 ardent, earnest Republican, and has done good work 
 in the interests of the party. 
 
 Fraternally, Mr. Wheeler was identified with the 
 Odd Fellows for over twenty years and is now 
 a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of 
 Elks. He was initiated into Odd Fellowship in De- 
 cember, 1865, at Rockford, Illinois, and was a mem- 
 ber of the Grand Lodge in Idaho and Wyoming. la 
 the autumn of 1909 he joined the Elks, Lodge No. 
 1084, at Idaho Falls. He is a member of the G. A. R. 
 as well, and was commander of Joe Hooker Post 
 No. 34 from October, 1909, to January i, 1912. He 
 is a member of the Commerce Club of Idaho Falls, 
 and was secretary of the dub for the year 1910. He 
 is a regular attendant of the First Presbyterian 
 church of Idaho Falls, but is not a member. 
 
 On December 19, 1883, Mr. Wheeler married 
 Elizabeth Macey Dougherty, at Denver, Colorado. 
 She was the daughter of Michael and Mary 
 Dougherty, of Elgin, Illinois, but natives of Ireland. 
 They came to the United States soon after their 
 marriage in Ireland and settled at Martha's Vine- 
 yard, Massachusetts, where they lived for a few 
 years, then moved to Elgin, Illinois, where Mrs. 
 Wheeler was born. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler have no 
 children. 
 
 A local publication had this to say of this hon- 
 ored pioneer and editor : 
 
 "Dad Wheeler, the first editor west of the Mis- 
 souri. He ran a daily paper in Evanston, Wyoming, 
 .and came to Idaho 1879 and started a paper at 
 Blackfoot called the Register. Later he moved to 
 Eagle Rock, where he and a few friends built what 
 is now known as the Snake River. 
 
 "The country was all sagebrush then and all the 
 sagebrush now left is on Dad's chin. Little he 
 thought that the same type he used then relating 
 Indian fights, hanging horse thieves, and almost 
 jugging him for contempt of court, would be used 
 in the Register office to publish the Gazool which 
 "has no superior, and is on a par with Appeal to 
 Reason. 
 
 "He is the daddy of us all. We call him 'the 
 old Bull Elk' But don't get the name mixed and 
 
 call him a Bull Moose, as he has a few gores left 
 in him." 
 
 AMASA M. RICH. The mayor of Paris, Amasa M. 
 Rich is a distinguished pioneer of this region and a 
 native of California, being the son of an even more 
 distinguished pioneer father. Since he was eight 
 years of age, Amasa M. Rich has lived in Paris, which 
 became his home in 1863. His father was one of 
 that party which migrated to the Salt Lake locality 
 in 1847, and was so prominent among early settlers 
 of the West that special interest is found in the 
 details of his career. Charles C. Rich was an apostle 
 of the Mormon church. He was a native of Kentucky 
 and after coming west he led the first colony that 
 settled in San Bernardino, California. He again be- 
 came a leader, in the same way, of the party oi 
 settlers which he brought to Paris, Idaho. Charles 
 Rich was an agriculturist, specializing in stock farm- 
 ing and also conducting both grist mills and saw 
 mills. He lived to the age of seventy-three in Paris, 
 where his memory is still held in unusual honor. 
 Mrs. Charles C. Rich, nee Mary Phelps, was a native 
 of Pennsylvania and was married in Missouri. She 
 reached the age of eighty-two, her life closing in 
 Paris in 1911. 
 
 When Charles C. Rich and his family were living 
 in San Bernardino, California, the son was born who 
 was named Amasa, and who has lived to fill a place 
 of prominence among Idaho's citizens of wealth and 
 influence. The date of his birth was October 25, 
 1856. While he was yet an infant his parents re- 
 moved to Centerville, Utah, where they remained for 
 seven or eight years. In 1864 they settled in Paris, 
 Idaho, the final and permanent home of the family. 
 Educated in the public schools of Paris and later 
 in the State University of Utah at Salt Lake City, 
 Amasa M. Rich grew up amid the pioneer conditions 
 of this section. As a very young man he became 
 interested in the cattle and stock business, and to 
 that line of activity he has devoted his interests ever 
 since that time. He has worked independently on 
 his own property and with his own stock, except for 
 two years which he spent as foreman of the ranch 
 owned by H. S. Woolley. At another time he spent 
 a period of two years on a mission for the Church 
 of the Latter Day Saints. While thus engaged, he 
 was in various parts of Alabama, Mississippi and 
 Georgia. The rest of his time has been devoted to 
 the interests of his stock and land, which have been 
 developed to a remarkable degree- of financial pro- 
 ductivity. 
 
 Mr. Rich has not only attained wealth in his chosen 
 line, but he has also been useful in civic affairs for 
 many years. He has served several terms as a mem- 
 ber of the city council and for a half dozen years 
 or more was a member of the school board of Paris. 
 He has held the office of sheriff of Bear Lake county, 
 that of assessor and that of deputy game warden. 
 At present he serves with ability 'in the highest office 
 that is in the gift of the city of Paris, Idaho. Mayor 
 Rich is a Democrat in political affiliation and takes 
 an active interest in all political affairs. 
 
 Aside from his business and political responsibili- 
 ties, Mr. Rich is occupied with social and domestic 
 interests. He is a prominent member of the Com- 
 mercial Club of Paris. His church affiliation is with 
 the sect of Latter Day Saints. His home was founded 
 on September 30, 1880, on which date he was united 
 in marriage with Miss Mary Jacobs, a daughter of 
 Daniel and Mary Haines Jacobs of St. Charles, 
 Idaho. The children of Amasa and Mary Rich were 
 seven in number, six of whom were boys and one a 
 girl. The eldest, Amasa Marion, is now deceased. 
 Errol has also passed from this life. Daniel C. Rich 
 
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 is now one of the married residents of Paris, where 
 he is engaged in the duties and responsibilities of 
 the pedagogical profession. Miss Myrtle Rich lives 
 at home and is occupied with professional interests 
 as a music teacher. The younger members of the 
 family are Charles O'Niel Rich, Spencer Haines 
 Rich and Reed Jacob Rich. The Rich family com- 
 prise a conspicuous and influential element of the 
 citizenship of Paris. 
 
 JESSE P. RICH. Position of prominence as well as 
 family of distinction may well be claimed with espe- 
 cial merit by Jesse P. Rich, the young county attor- 
 ney of Bear Lake county. His father, William L. 
 Rich, is very well known in this locality as well as 
 others throughout the West. Of California birth 
 and of residence since 1864 in the state of Idaho. 
 William Rich has become an eminent agricultural 
 citizen, politician and churchman. He has also been 
 very well known in his capacity of state senator, hav- 
 ing held office in that highest state body for two 
 terms. For several terms he served as mayor of 
 Paris; he is a member of the board of regents of 
 Fielding Academy, and he is first counsellor to Bear 
 Lake, Utah. William L. Rich married in Salt Lake 
 City Miss Ella Pomeroy. In that same city was 
 born to them on April 8, 1883, the son who has be- 
 come so well known as Jesse P. Rich. 
 
 In the public schools of Bear Lake county Jesse 
 P. Rich received his preliminary education. He then 
 pursued a course of study in Brigham Young College 
 at Logan, Utah. He was graduated in 1905 and 
 very soon afterward went abroad on a mission for 
 the Church of Latter Day Saints, of which he is a 
 member. His travels for this purpose took him 
 through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Russia, Finland, 
 Sweden, Norway, Denmark and England. After 
 three years in Europe, Mr. Rich returned to Paris, 
 where for one year he was engaged in pedagogical 
 work. 
 
 After another year Jesse P. Rich entered upon the 
 more definite preparations for his life work. Hav- 
 ing chosen to follow the legal profession, he selected 
 the University of Chicago as the institution most 
 favorable for the study of legal subjects in theoretical 
 and practical lines. From the law department of this 
 great school in the metropolis of the Middle West, 
 Mr. Rich received his law diploma in 1912. Before 
 he had quite completed his research and study and 
 before he had returned to his home at Paris, he was 
 made a candidate for the office of county attorney 
 in Bear Lake county. After his graduation he came 
 back at once to his native county and proceeded to 
 fight through the campaign, which resulted in his 
 election to this important office. He is now engaged 
 in legal practice as county attorney and has already 
 demonstrated his efficiency in this work. In all un- 
 dertakings he seems to be unfailingly successful, a 
 fact which is due not only to his nimbleness of mind, 
 but also to the peculiarly winning quality of his per- 
 sonality, for he has been called "a dispenser of 
 psychic sunshine." At all events, his gifts are devoted 
 to the growth and progress of whatsoever movements 
 and organizations he indorses. 
 
 The family life of Mr. Rich began in 1908. On 
 October 8 of that year he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Louise Rogers, at Salt Lake City, Utah. 
 Mrs. Rich is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George 
 Rogers of Montpelier. Three little ones two sons 
 and a daughter have come to Mr. and Mrs. Rich. 
 Lothair Rogers Rich is the eldest; Russell Rogers 
 Rich and little Miss Rhea Rich are twins. 
 
 Aside from his family and officially political con- 
 nections. Mr. Rich is interested in social life, and, 
 as mentioned above, in that of the ecclesiastical or- 
 
 ganization with which his family has long been prom- 
 inently allied. He has been since early youth a 
 member of the Church of Latter Day Saints and is 
 now the Bear Lake Stake president of the Young 
 Mm's Mutual Improvement Association. He is sec- 
 retary of the Commercial Club of Paris and solicits 
 correspondence for that organization. Mr. Rich is 
 swiftly fulfilling the prophecy made by his friends 
 that he would be one of the "coming men of Paris 
 and Bear Lake county." 
 
 MINER G. WILCOX. One of the successful and up- 
 to-date business men of Paris is Miner G. Wilcox, 
 the proprietor of the Paris Drug Company. His 
 place of business is a popular one, for Mr. Wilcox 
 is a well-trained pharmacist and his goods are of 
 desirable quality and variety. 
 
 Paris, Idaho, is the place of birth and November 
 i, 1882, the date of nativity of Miner G. Wilcox. 
 After his preliminary studies in the public schools 
 of Paris, he passed through the prescribed curricu- 
 lum in the Fielding Academy at this same place. 
 Having determined upon following pharmacy as his 
 vocation, Mr. Wilcox made preparations to secure 
 first class training for that work. After the com- 
 pletion of his academic studies, he went to St. Louis, 
 Missouri, where he spent some time as a student 
 in the College of Pharmacy at that place. Upon the 
 completion of his course, he entered a drug store 
 of the same city as an employe. When he had spent 
 six months as a pharmacist in the Missouri city, 
 he again felt strongly "the pull of the West." Re- 
 turning to the region of the Rockies, he went to 
 Salt Lake City, where he was for about a year en- 
 gaged in pharmaceutical work. He next went to 
 Ogden, where he remained for two years and then 
 went to Huntsville, where he accepted a position 
 as manager of a drug store. There he remained for 
 about a year, after which he again took up his abode 
 in his native town. Here he was for a time con- 
 nected with the Bear Lake Drug Company, assist- 
 ing that enterprise for about eighteen months. Hav- 
 ing by this time gained much successful experience, 
 Mr. Wilcox's next step was to establish a business 
 for himself. He proceeded to inaugurate the Paris 
 Drug Company, whjch he still conducts. He has 
 met with a gratifyingly large patronage, for his 
 store is stocked with a full line of drugs and the 
 useful sundries usually combined therewith. 
 
 Mr. Wilcox is a member of the Church of the 
 Latter Day Saints. He was married on October 21, 
 1908, to Miss Olga Peterson, at Salt Lake City. She 
 is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Peterson, of 
 Huntsville, Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox are the 
 parents of one child, a small daughter named Doris 
 Louise. 
 
 In political affiliation Mr. Wilcox is a member of 
 the Republican party. He is not publicly active in 
 political affairs, having no craving for the limelight 
 of civic office, but casting his vote in all thoughtful- 
 ness and conscientiousness. Mr. Wilcox is an active 
 and popular member of the Commercial Club of 
 Paris. 
 
 CHRISTIAN G. KELLER. The life and activities of 
 Christian G. Keller, president of the Keller Imple- 
 ment Company, of Rexburg, Idaho, illustrate most 
 forcibly the possibilities that are open to a young 
 man who possesses sterling business qualifications. 
 They prove that neither wealth nor the assistance of 
 influential friends at the outset of his career are 
 at all necessary to place a young man upon the road 
 to success, but that ambitious perseverance, stead- 
 fastness of purpose and indefatigable industry, com- 
 bined with sound, business principles, will be re- 
 
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 warded, and that true success follows individual 
 effort only. Starting to make his own way in the 
 world at the early age of eight years, Mr. Keller 
 has so well directed his activities that he has not 
 only earned a place among those of Rexburg's bus- 
 iness men who are entitled to the honor of having 
 aided in promoting the building and operating of im- 
 portant industries of the city, but has won promi- 
 nence for his civic activities and his general worth as 
 a citizen. Mr. Keller is a native of Berne, Switzer- 
 land, and was born January 6, 1870, a son of John 
 G. and Rose (Zucher) Keller. 
 
 John G. Keller was born in Switzerland, and 
 there learned the trade of baker, which he followed 
 at Victor, Iowa, after having come to the United 
 States in 1872. During his later years he became 
 interested in horticultural pursuits, in which he 
 was engaged at Victor at the time of his death in 
 1909, when he was sixty-four years of age. He 
 married Rose Zucher, also a Swiss by birth, and 
 she died in 1908, at Victor, aged sixty-six years, the 
 mother of four children, of whom Christian G. was 
 the youngest. 
 
 Christian G. Keller received his early education 
 in the public schools, while attending which he 
 worked at such employment as he could find. He 
 continued to busy himself while attending the Victor 
 high school, from which he was graduated in 1887, 
 and when fifteen years of age began to contribute 
 to the family support, continuing to do so and to 
 care for his parents as long as they lived. He later 
 supplemented his early studies by courses in the 
 Normal and Business College at Valparaiso, Indiana, 
 the Iowa State Normal and the Nebraska University, 
 attending the summer courses in these institutions 
 and teaching the regular school terms in the schools 
 of Winfield and Wayland, Iowa, and Gibbon, Ne- 
 braska, and being principal of the schools in the 
 places named. On February 17, 1900, occurred Mr. 
 Keller's advent in Idaho, having previously spent 
 one year as an expert accountant in Salt Lake City, 
 Utah. First locating at Blackfoot, he became gen- 
 eral representative of the collection department of 
 the International Harvester Company, but on Feb- 
 ruary 6, 1905, left their employ and came to Rex- 
 burg, where he purchased the Fremont Implement 
 and Produce Company, which he conducted under 
 the firm style of C. G. Keller, implement dealer, 
 until July i, 1907. The business at this time had 
 grown to such large proportions that it was in- 
 corporated under the name of Keller Implement 
 Company, and since then it has steadily grown and 
 developed, now having branches in a number of 
 smaller towns. As president of this large corpora- 
 tion, Mr. Keller has displayed extraordinary busi- 
 ness ability, and among his associates his judgment 
 is unquestioned. He is gifted with native talents 
 of a high order, with a vast stock of knowledge 
 eminently fitting him for all the relations of life. 
 Having succeeded himself, he has at all times been 
 ready to assist others in their efforts to secure in- 
 dependent positions, and his charities are known 
 only to himself. Mr. Keller has his own ideas of 
 the duties of citizenship, and no man has done 
 more to advance the interests of Rexburg. He is 
 known as the most active member of the Commercial 
 Club, and has interested himself in behalf of the 
 Democratic party since 1884, although he has never 
 sought nor cared for public office, other than that 
 of delegate to conventions. Fraternally, he is well 
 known in Masonry, belonging to the Commandery at 
 Idaho Falls and the Shrine at Boise. He is the 
 owner of a dry farm of 1,000 acres, and in 1912 
 raised 26,000 bushels of wheat. Mr. Keller's re- 
 
 ligious connection is with the Presbyterian church, 
 of which he is chairman of the board of trustees. 
 
 On January 29, 1908, Mr. Keller was united in 
 marriage at Green City, Missouri, with Miss Elma 
 Davis, who was born in that city, daughter of John 
 E. and Fannie Davis. To this union there has come 
 one son : John D., born February 25, 1909, at Rex- 
 burg, Idaho. 
 
 FREDERICK T. SHEPHERD. As a dean of Paris' citi- 
 zenship and as a member of one of the most eminent 
 families of the place, the manager of the Shepherd 
 Mercantile Company is entitled to a conspicuous place 
 in this collection of Idaho biographies. His is one 
 of the old families of the section, having been con- 
 nected with its history for nearly a half century. 
 
 Frederick Shepherd is a son of that William Shep- 
 herd of England who came in 1877 to the United 
 States and settled in Bear Lake county, where he 
 pursued the combined vocations of shoemaking and 
 farming and was in many ways a leading citizen. 
 He lived until 1897, reaching the age of seventy-one, 
 and his wife, Mary Ann Tracey, outlived him several 
 years, dying in 1910 at the age of eighty. Both are 
 remembered in Paris with great affection and respect. 
 
 The Shepherd family still occupied the ancestral 
 home in England when Frederick T. Shepherd was 
 born on March 22, 1867. He was a lad of ten years 
 when the migration to America was made. At that 
 age he became a resident of Paris, Idaho, where he 
 has ever since resided. His education, which had 
 been begun in the public schools of England, was 
 continued in the Paris public schools. The land 
 on which his father had settled occupied his active 
 interests until he had reached the age of twenty-one. 
 At that time he accepted a position with his brother, 
 J. R. Shepherd, for whom he worked at a salary 
 until he had achieved a financial status which enabled 
 him to become a member of the firm. 
 
 On August 16, 1888, Mr. Shepherd was united in 
 marriage with Miss Elizabeth Morgan, at Paris, 
 Idaho. Mrs. Shepherd is a daughter of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Owen Morgan of Salt Lake City. The relig- 
 ious affiliation of this family is with the Church of 
 Latter Day Saints. Socially, Mr. Shepherd is a 
 member of the Commercial Club. His political 
 connection is with the Democratic party, in which 
 heis not, however, publicly active. He has at various 
 times been sought as an incumbent of civic office, 
 which he has filled with ability and fidelity. He has 
 been a member of the city council and has served 
 as a member of the board of education in Paris. 
 
 Here also should be mentioned the very prominent 
 position held by the two brothers of Mr. Shepherd, 
 who also conduct the business above mentioned. J. R. 
 Shepherd is the president of the Mercantile Com- 
 pany and holds eminent place politically. At present 
 he fills the high office of state senator from Bear 
 Lake county, and discharges the duties of that posi- 
 tion with ability and distinction. He has, indeed, 
 filled many political offices, including that of city 
 mayor and for several terms that of county com- 
 missioner. He is spoken of by many in connection 
 with yet higher honors than any he has filled. One 
 of the influential members of the Commercial Club, 
 he is most active in assisting local business and other 
 institutions to a higher plane of efficiency. He is 
 prominent in the Church of Latter Day Saints and 
 is president of the Bear Lake Stake. Interested also 
 in educational affairs, he is an important member 
 of the board of regents of Pocatello Academy, and 
 is president of the board of directors of Fielding 
 Academy in Paris. His financial affairs are on a 
 very solid basis, and entitle him indisputably to his 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 office as president of the Bear Lake State Bank of 
 Paris. 
 
 Likewise active in both business and politics is 
 L, T. Shepherd, the third brother of the trio. He 
 is the secretary and treasurer of the Mercantile Com- 
 pany. Among the public offices which he has ably 
 held are that of county auditor and recorder; that 
 of county treasurer for two terms; that of city clerk 
 for two terms, and for several years that of referee 
 in bankruptcies. Both he and Mr. J. R. Shepherd 
 are also married and are the heads of creditable 
 families. 
 
 The Shepherd Mercantile Company occupies an 
 establishment which is easily the largest business 
 institution in Paris. It is a typical department store, 
 containing full and high class stock of every depart- 
 ment usually found in such a store. The work of the 
 Shepherd brothers has been peculiarly successful in 
 every way. All three have achieved an enviable 
 financial independence, which is equaled by their dis- 
 tinguished position in other lines of activity. Their 
 material prosperity, their political efficiency, their re- 
 ligious influence, their social eminence all have been 
 achieved through the ability of these men to live 
 at a high standard in any and all phases of life. 
 
 JOSEPH H. DENIO. A valuable feature of the pub- 
 lic accommodations in Paris, Idaho, is the hostelry 
 known as the Denio Hotel, which was established 
 by Joseph Denio, a citizen of this place for the 
 last score of years. He has been associated with 
 life in Idaho ever since he attained his majority 
 a little less than n quarter century ago. Though a 
 native of Canada, Mr. Denio has almost since infancy 
 "been a resident of the States. 
 
 Mr. Denio's parents were John and Louisa 
 (Brown) Denio. John Denio was a native of New 
 York state, but ultimately made his home in Wis- 
 consin. He was a lumberman and agriculturist by 
 vocation and was religiously a member and devoted 
 servant of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Louisa 
 Brown Denio was a Canadian by birth, but her mar- 
 riage occurred in Michigan. Her life closed in Can- 
 ada in 1868 and that of her husband in Iowa in 
 1897, his earthly years having reached the goodly 
 number of seventy-one. The children of their house- 
 hold had been five in number. The youngest was 
 Joseph H. Denio, the special subject of this sketch. 
 
 St. Joseph Island, of Ontario, Canada, was the 
 birthplace of Joseph H. Denio, and February 2, 1868, 
 was tjpe date of his nativity. He was five years of 
 age when his parents became residents of Wisconsin, 
 and there he grew up, engaged in the usual school 
 activities of youth and in assisting with the lumber 
 business. He was thus Occupied until he reached the 
 age of nineteen. At that time he was sent into 
 southern Wisconsin, southern Minnesota and South 
 Dakota on his first mission for the Church of Latter 
 Day Saints. For two years he served in that work, 
 and immediately afterward he turned his face 
 definitely westward. Becoming a citizen of Idaho, 
 he spent eighteen months here, but when they were 
 concluded he was again called upon to serve the 
 church in missionary efforts. His second series of 
 labors took him to Pennsylvania, where for a second 
 period of two years he was active in the church cause. 
 During that time he was stationed as president of 
 the Pennsylvania conference of the church, that divi- 
 sion including the states of Pennsylvania, West Vir- 
 ginia and New York. 
 
 Mr. Denio's first settlement in Idaho had been in 
 St. Charles. Upon settling there he became active 
 in the capacity of a traveling salesman, carrying sev- 
 <ral lines of staple goods. It was in 1903 that he 
 
 established his residence in Paris, his subsequent and 
 permanent home. 
 
 Mr. Denio had married in Logan, Utah, on April 
 i9f 1893, Miss Eliza M. Linford, a daughter of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Joseph W. Linford of St. Charles, Idaho. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Denio have become the parents of nine 
 children, six of whom are living, four being sons 
 and two daughters. They are named as follows: 
 Joseph H., Jr., Juanita, Maxwell, Don Carlos, Doris 
 and Ben Rich Denio. 
 
 Not only has Mrs. Denio been a worthy domestic 
 helpmeet, but she is her husband's able business as- 
 sistant as well. The hotel is given over to her 
 supervision, thus enabling Mr. Denio to continue his 
 work as a traveling salesman. 
 
 Although his commercial affairs take him often 
 from Paris, Mr. Denio is one of the interested citi- 
 zens of the place. He has served as deputy sheriff, 
 as justice of the peace and as police judge of Paris, 
 in which capacity he is now serving. He is an active 
 Republican, taking a lively interest in its affairs and 
 being a well known party fighter. He takes a per- 
 sonal part in all campaigns, attending conventions 
 and making public speeches for the political cause. 
 
 Mr. Demo is a member of the Commercial Club 
 of Paris. His church affiliation is with the Church 
 of Latter Day Saints. He has, moreover, much local 
 enthusiasm and is interested in the future of Idaho. 
 
 JULIUS O. JOHANNESEN. No element of citizen- 
 ship has wielded greater or more benignant influence 
 in the developing and upbuilding of various sections 
 of the great Northwest than that of Scandinavian 
 stock, and from this source America has had much 
 to gain and nothing to lose. One of the honored and 
 influential citizens and representative business men 
 of southern Idaho who claims the far Norseland 
 as the place of his nativity and who* has won large 
 and definite success in connection with productive 
 business enterprise in Idaho is Julius O. Johannesen, 
 who was one of the first settlers and pioneer mer- 
 chants of the thriving village of Rupert, Lincoln 
 county, which was founded in 1905 and which has 
 now a population of fully one thousand. Here he is 
 president of the Southern Idaho Mercantile Company, 
 which is now one of the most extensive and sub- 
 stantial concerns of its kind in this part of the state, 
 and the high reputation of which constitutes its best 
 commercial asset. The business has been developed 
 under the direct and able supervision of Mr. Johan- 
 nesen, and his integrity, fairness and consideration 
 have given him a secure place in the confidence and 
 high regard of the people who have had dealings 
 with him and those who have come into contact with 
 him in the various other relations of life. He has won 
 prosperity through his own efforts, has been one 
 of the world's workers and is well deserving of the 
 success- which is his. 
 
 Mr. Johannesen was born in the city of Christiania, 
 in the southern Norway state of the same name, and 
 the date of his nativity was November 14, 1857. He 
 is a son of Anders and Aaste (Johnson) Johannesen, 
 who were born and reared in that section of Norway, 
 where the father followed the trade of molder in a 
 foundry until 1886, when he came with his family to 
 America and established his home in Cache county, 
 Utah, he and his wife having become members of 
 the Church of Latter Day Saints prior to their 
 immigration from Norway. In Utah Anders Johan- 
 nesen continued to follow the work of his trade until 
 his death, in 1895, and his wife survived him by 
 several years. 
 
 In the excellent schools of his native city Julius 
 O. Johannesen gained his early educational discipline, 
 and when sixteen years of age he began to depend 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 upon his own resources. He secured a clerkship in 
 a mercantile establishment in Christiania, and he 
 was employed in this capacity for several years, 
 within which he gained valuable experience. At the 
 age of eighteen years he located in the town of 
 Skien, capital of Bratsberg, Norway, where he en- 
 gaged in the provision business on his own respon- 
 sibility, the principal function of his trade being in 
 furnishing supplies to vessels entering that port. 
 He was successful in this enterprise, but he had 
 become convinced that better opportunities could be 
 found in the United States and he accordingly de- 
 termined to seek his fortunes in America. Accord- 
 ingly, in the year 1886, he came to this country and 
 established his residence in Utah. He reversed the 
 usual order by inducing his parents to accompany 
 him to the new home, while the average provision 
 in such cases is for the parents to head such a mo- 
 mentous expedition. He secured employment as 
 clerk in a mercantile establishment at Logan, Utah, 
 where he remained six years, within which he worked 
 in various leading establishments. At the expiration 
 of that period he came to Idaho Falls, Idaho, to 
 assume a similar position in one of the branch stores 
 of the Zions Co-operative Mercantile Institute, and in 
 this establishment he continued as a trusted and 
 valued employe for thirteen years, during the last 
 five of which he held the position of bookkeeper. 
 
 In August, 1905, soon after the platting of the 
 new town of Rupert, Lincoln county, Mr. Johannesen 
 here established his home and engaged in independent 
 general merchandise business, under the title of the 
 Home Supply Company. With the rapid growth of 
 the town and the settling up of the surrounding 
 country, the venture proved a most prosperous one, 
 and within eleven months after he had initiated busi- 
 ness Mr. Johannesen found it expedient to organize 
 the Southern Idaho Mercantile Company, in which 
 he enlisted the co-operation of other substantial citi- 
 zens as stockholders. He has retained his stock and 
 that of the other original five stockholders was pur- 
 chased by him and his present coadjutor, John Tollef- 
 son, in 1909, so that these two interested principals 
 now have sole control of the large and substantial 
 business. The enterprise had a modest inception, 
 and under the effective and honorable administration 
 of Mr. Johannesen it has been expanded to one of 
 great volume. Mr. Tollefson likewise has been a re- 
 sourceful factor in the developing of the business, 
 and both of the interested principals are aggressive 
 and energetic business men, honest and upright in 
 character and fair and honorable in all dealings, so 
 that they well merit the unqualified confidence and 
 esteem so uniformly reposed in them. They have 
 a large and finely equipped general store and the 
 concern is one of the most extensive and substantial 
 of its kind in southern Idaho, with a trade that is 
 constantly increasing and one that indicates the gen- 
 eral prosperity of this section of the state. Mr. 
 Johannesen owns and occupies an attractive modern 
 residence on his forty acres adjoining. He is 
 liberal and public spirited and is ever ready to lend 
 his influence and tangible aid in the promotion of 
 enterprises and measures advanced for the general 
 good of the community. He is well fortified in his 
 opinions concerning public affairs and civic condi- 
 tions, and is a -strong advocate of the principles for 
 which the Socialist party stands sponsor. He and 
 his wife are zealous members of the Church of Jesus 
 Christ of Latter Day Saints, and he is affiliated with 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
 Mr. Johannesen was united in marriage to Miss 
 Annetta Anderson in his native country, and she 
 was summoned to the life eternal in 1892. She is 
 survived by four children Gundrun, who is now the 
 
 wife of P. M. McFarland of Poplar, Idaho ; Allen, 
 who is an employe in the reclamation service of the 
 government; Julius O., Jr., who runs the farm, and 
 Esther, who remains at the parental home. In 
 1895 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Johannesen 
 to Miss Mary E. Jones, who was born at Harper, 
 Utah, and who is a daughter of Thomas Jones, an 
 early settler of Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Johannesen have 
 four children, all of whom remain members of a 
 singularly ideal family circle, their names being here 
 entered in the respective order of their birth : Verna, 
 Robert, Phoebe and George. 
 
 Mr. Johannesen has been a man of indefatigable 
 industry and his long and varied experience in con- 
 nection with retail merchandising makes him an 
 authoritative judge of values, so that he is enabled 
 to cater with much facility to the demands of his 
 extensive and appreciative patronage, the while hia 
 sterling attributes of character have won him secure 
 vantage ground in the esteem and confidence of all 
 who know him. 
 
 FRANK L. DAVIS. The title of Frank L. Davis to 
 a place among the representative men of Idaho rests 
 not only upon the fact that he is the oldest resident 
 of Sugar City, but also because of his activities in 
 business and financial matters. As cashier of the 
 Fremont County Bank, he is known as one of the 
 sound and substantial financiers of this part of the 
 state, and he has also given of his time and energies 
 to the promotion of education, religion and good 
 citizenship. Mr. Davis was born November .17, 
 1877, at Battle Mountain, Nevada, and is a son of 
 Walter and Theodosia (Walker) Davis. 
 
 Walter Davis was born in Missouri, and in 1870 
 moved to Nevada from the Salt Lake Valley, Utah, 
 where he had come in advance of the railroads in 
 1850, being engaged as a telegrapher. Since 1870 
 he has been in the employ of the Harriman lines and 
 the Oregon Shortline Railroad, and is still active 
 in his vocation, now being a resident of Fort Hall, 
 Idaho. He married Theodosia Walker, a native of 
 Utah, whose parents were pioneers of that state, 
 and her mother still survives at the age of eighty- 
 nine years. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Davis, Frank L. being the next to the oldest. 
 
 After completing his preliminary studies in the 
 public schools of Nevada, Mr. Davis entered the 
 State University, at Reno, being graduated from the 
 commercial department thereof in 1896. On leaving 
 the university, he came to Idaho and settled at 
 Lewisville, Fremont county, where he purchased a 
 small farm and was engaged in tilling the soil until 
 1903. In that year he gave his farm to his parents 
 and moved to Idaho Falls, where he became engaged 
 in clerical work in the offices of the Idaho Sugar 
 Company, and in January, 1904, when the company 
 built the Fremont Sugar Factory, at Sugar City, he 
 was transferred from Idaho Falls to this city, con- 
 tinuing in the employ of the company until July 
 I, 1907. He then resigned his position to become 
 cashier of the Fremont County Bank, which had been 
 organized in 1905, and of which Mark Austin is 
 president. Mr. Davis has continued to act as cashier 
 of this institution, and his efforts have resulted 
 in a greatly increased number of deposits. He 
 is a member of the executive council of the Idaho 
 Bankers' Association, and is widely and favorably 
 known not only in Fremont county, but among 
 bankers generally throughout the state. For the past 
 two years he has been a member of the school 
 board, of which he is clerk and treasurer and also 
 a member of the city council. Politically a Demo- 
 crat, he has been an active worker in his party's 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 ranks, having served as justice of the peace of Lewis- 
 ville for one term, and in 1904 was candidate for 
 the office of treasurer of Fremont county, but was 
 defeated by the small majority of ninety votes. 
 Since twenty-one years of age, he has served as 
 a notary public. Mr. Davis is a member of the 
 Sugar City Commercial Club, and as secretary and 
 treasurer thereof has done much to advance the 
 interests of his adopted place. His religious con- 
 nection is with the Church of the Latter Day Saints. 
 On October 11, 1899, Mr. Davis was married to 
 Mi?-s Alvaretta Harmon, born at Clarkston, Utah, 
 daughter of Henry Harmon, and a member of an old 
 pioneer family of Wyoming and Utah. The follow- 
 ing children have been born to this union : Frank ; 
 Alvaretta ; Caddie ; Leota ; Adele. who is deceased ; 
 Harmon; Walter; Orville and Orwith, twins, who 
 are deceased ; and Marjorie born December roth, 
 1912. Mr. Davis is a representative self-made man, 
 as his success has come entirely through the medium 
 of his own efforts, and he has been independent of 
 outside assistance. He has a wide acquaintance in 
 the eastern part of the state, and everywhere he is 
 known as an excellent business man and a public 
 spirited citizen. 
 
 WILLIAM A. HYDE. A citizen of sterling char- 
 acter and one who has attained to distinctive success 
 through his own well directed efforts, Mr. Hyde is 
 one of the well known and highly honored public 
 men of southeastern Idaho, maintaining his home in 
 the thriving city of Pocatello, where he is the senior 
 member of the firm of the William A. Hyde Realty 
 Company. 
 
 He has been prominent and influential in public 
 affairs in Bannock county, and is also one of the 
 leaders in the councils of the Church of Latter Day 
 Saints in Idaho, where he is president of the im- 
 portant Pocatello Stake, which comprises eighteen 
 wards, and has a church affiliation of nearly 6,000 
 persons. 
 
 Mr. Hyde was born at Kaysville, Davis county, 
 Utah, on the i6th of June, 1863, and is a scion of 
 one of the honored pioneer families of that state. He 
 is a son of Rosel and Mary Ann (Cowles) Hyde, the 
 former of whom was born in Vermont of stanch 
 colonial stock, and the latter of whom was born in 
 the state of New York, from whence her parents 
 removed to Illinois when she was a girl. Rosel Hyde 
 accompanied his parents on their removal from the 
 old Green Mountain state to that of New York, and 
 later met his future wife in Illinois, where he mar- 
 ried her, and in the early pioneer days together, with 
 an ox team, they crossed the plains to Utah, where 
 they were numbered among the founders of one of 
 the colonies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter 
 Day Saints, settling at Kaysville. 
 
 Rosel Hyde was prominently identified with the 
 development and upbuilding of Davis county in a 
 religious and political way. He served as mayor of 
 Kaysville, and as selectman, or commissioner, of the 
 county. In the church he was a valiant defender of 
 the faith, serving as a counselor to the bishop of the 
 ward, and finally as a patriarch, matured in wisdom 
 and honors, He passed to his eternal reward at a 
 ripe old age. His beloved wife followed him at the 
 age of seventy-six, haying faithfully endured with 
 her husband the vicissitudes and trials of pioneer 
 life, and of the ten children born to them four sons 
 and four daugnters are now living, the subject of 
 this sketch being the youngest of the ten. 
 
 William A. Hyde is indebted mainly to the district 
 schools of his native state and to his wide and indus- 
 trious reading for his education, for he was per- 
 
 mitted to attend a higher institution of learning, the 
 Deseret University at Salt Lake City, for six months 
 only. After leaving school he learned the art of 
 telegraphy, and later qualified for school teaching, 
 but neither of these lines of work being to his taste, 
 he soon after assumed a clerical position in the 
 establishment of Barton & Company at Layton, t'tali. 
 Here, to his other duties, he added that of post- 
 master, being the first one appointed in this thriving 
 settlement. 
 
 He remained with Barton & Company as a valued 
 employe for six years and then in 1890 engaged in 
 the general merchandise business on his own respon- 
 sibility. 
 
 In 1894, obeying the call of the pioneer blood in 
 his veins, he picked up his business, loaded it with 
 his household effects in a box car, and came to Idaho, 
 to him the promised land. 
 
 He was the pioneer of the village of Downey, 
 Bannock county, his being the first building erected 
 in the new town. In this then barren spot, situated 
 in the midst of the sage brush, he established a 
 general store and began life again. Success attended 
 him from the first day, and in a few years he built 
 up a large and prosperous business, conducted under 
 the title of the W. A. Hyde Company, and Mr. 
 Hyde still continues as secretary of the same, his 
 brother, George T., having the general management 
 of the enterprise. 
 
 In the summer of the year that he arrived in 
 Downey he was called- to be the bishop of the neigh- 
 boring ward, and continued to give his personal 
 supervision to his business interests and religious 
 work until 1900, when he removed to Pocatello to- 
 assume the duties of the office to which he had been 
 appointed, that of counselor to the president of the 
 Pocatello Stake of the Church of Latter Day Saints, 
 in whose work and affafrs he had taken the deepest 
 interest from his early youth. 
 
 Previous to leaving Downey he had served in the 
 state legislature in the session of 1898-9. 
 
 On the xoth of March, 1901, he was made president 
 of the Pocatello Stake, which office he still holds, 
 associated with Noah S. Pond and Henry S. Wood- 
 land as his counselors. 
 
 Soon after his removal to Pocatello, Mr. Hyde 
 became associated with Noah S. Pond, Henry S. 
 Woodland and Milo A. Hendricks in the retail gro- 
 cery business, and he continued this partnership alli- 
 ance until 1908, when he sold his interest- in the 
 business and assumed the position of deputy county 
 clerk of Bannock county, an office that he filled for 
 the ensuing three years. 
 
 In January, 1911, after various business experiences, 
 he formed a partnership with Arthur R. Reddish, 
 with whom he has since been associated in the real 
 estate, insurance, loan and bonding business, latterly 
 under the firm name of .the William A. Hyde Realty 
 Company, and the enterprise has grown to one of 
 substantial proportions, being based on unqualified 
 confidence and esteem. 
 
 Mr. Hyde is also a stockholder in and president 
 of a number of mining companies that are at pres- 
 ent developing some very promising properties near 
 to Pocatello, the principal one being the Fort Hall 
 Mining & Milling Co., Ltd. This company has re- 
 cently issued a prospectus descriptive of its property 
 and operations, and copies of the same may be had 
 upon application to the company's headquarters in 
 the city erf Pocatello. The interested principals are 
 men of the highest standing, and the company offers- 
 to investors most attractive inducements under well 
 regulated conditions. 
 
 In politics Mr. Hyde maintains an independent atti- 
 
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 tude, and he is essentially progressive and public 
 spirited. His efforts in a political way have been 
 largely in the line of reform, the distinct improvement 
 in Bannock county and Pocatello municipal govern- 
 mental affairs being largely due to his fearless leader- 
 ship and able advocacy of good laws and their genu- 
 ine enforcement. He has great confidence in the 
 future of Idaho, and has pleasure in prophesying po- 
 litical purity. 
 
 He gives close attention to his administrative duties 
 as president of the Pocatello Stake, and while ardent 
 in the advocacy of the doctrines of his church, is 
 recognized as a broad minded and liberal man. In 
 addition to his many activities, he has found time to 
 write upon doctrinal, political and ethical subjects, 
 and as a contributor to several magazines is recog- 
 nized as a writer of considerable force and ability. 
 
 On June 16, 1886, was solemnized the marriage of 
 Mr. Hyde to Miss Maria Reddish, daughter of Henry 
 and Eliza Reddish, of Kaysville, Utah, both of whom 
 are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hyde became the 
 parents of eight children, of whom only three are 
 living, namely : Myrtle P., who was born at Layton, 
 Utah, in 1890; Elaine M., born in Layton in 1893, and 
 Charles W., who was born in Downey, Utah, in 1895. 
 
 JOSEPH H. DEWITT. Since June, 1910, Mr. De- 
 Witt has been editor and publisher of the Pioneer- 
 Record, at Rupert, Minidoka county, and he has 
 brought the paper up to a high standard defined for 
 effective country journalism. - He is making the 
 Record a specially valuable exponent of the varied 
 interests of Minidoka county. The paper is pub- 
 lished on Thursday of each week and in its attractive 
 letter press, its representative advertising patronage 
 and its progressive and loyal editorials it is equal 
 to the average country newspaper. The owner of 
 the Pioneer-Record has had varied experience in the 
 western newspaper field. 
 
 Joseph Howard DeWitt is a native of the West 
 and has imbibed fully of its spirit. He was born 
 at Ottawa, the judicial center of Franklin county, 
 Kansas, on the 1st of September, 1873, and is a son 
 of Henry C. and Josinna (Strawn) DeWitt, the 
 former of whom was born in Ohio and the latter 
 in Indiana. They were numbered among the early 
 pioneers of Kansas, where the father established a 
 home in 1866. He obtained government land and 
 became one of the successful agriculturists and stock 
 growers of the Sunflower state, though he endured 
 his full share of the hardships and losses which 
 marked the early history of that commonwealth, 
 where the sturdy farmers were compelled to battle 
 alternately with drought and the grasshopper plague. 
 Henry C. DeWitt continued to reside in Kansas until 
 1907, when he came to Idaho, where he has since 
 been a member of the family circle of his son Joseph 
 H., of this review, his wife having passed to the life 
 eternal in July, 1883, and her remains having been 
 laid to rest in the cemetery at Burlington, Coffey 
 county, Kansas. 
 
 The public schools of his native place afforded 
 Joseph H. DeWitt his early educational advantages 
 and he continued his studies therein until he had 
 attained to the age of sixteen years. In the mean- 
 while, during vacations and other leisure hours, he 
 had set himself the task of delving into the mys- 
 teries of the "art preservative of all arts," by working 
 in printing office in Ottawa, where he exacted all the 
 honors of and demanded the dignified attention due 
 to the "printer's devil." He learned the trade of 
 compositor in a measurably adept way under these 
 conditions, and the experience thus gained has proved 
 of value to him in his subsequent career as a full- 
 fledged newspaper publisher. For two weeks after 
 
 leaving school he found employment as clerk in 
 the mercantile establishment of C. D. Crane at 
 Ottawa, his native place, and he then, at the age of 
 eighteen years, severed home ties and set forth to 
 test his powers. He went to Del Norte, Colorado, 
 where he was employed as a clerk in mercantile lines 
 until 1903, when he removed to LaPlatt, that state, 
 where he resumed his association with newspaper 
 work. There, about one month prior to his nine- 
 teenth birthday anniversary, he wrote his first edi- 
 torial, and the same was published in the LaPlatt 
 Miner. He continued to be identified with this paper 
 as an employe until April of the following year, 
 when he purchased a half interest in the plant and 
 business, with the editorial and general affairs of 
 which he continued to be thus identified until October, 
 1897, when he sold his interest in the enterprise and 
 removed to Dolores, Montezuma county, Colorado, 
 where he became editor and publisher of the Dolores 
 Star. He continued as owner and publisher of this 
 paper until 1903, when he disposed of the business 
 and purchased the controlling interest in the Chief- 
 tain, at Soda Springs, Bannock county, Idaho. He 
 sold this plant and business on the ist of July, 1910, 
 after having made the paper a potent agency in the 
 fostering the best interests of the village and 
 county, and he had in the meanwhile shown good 
 judgment in determining to establish his home in 
 the thriving town of Rupert, Idaho, to which he 
 came in June, 1910, about a month prior to selling 
 his business at Soda Springs. Here he effected the 
 purchase of the Rupert Pioneer-Record, the only 
 paper in the village, and he has since given his time 
 and attention to making the paper a stanch vehicle 
 for promoting the development and upbuilding of this 
 favored section of the state. His career as a news- 
 paper man has been from the initiation signally suc- 
 cessful, and he has shown resourcefulness and ability 
 in the developing of the various papers with which 
 he has been connected. He discusses the political 
 issues of the day with fearlessness, with utmost fair- 
 ness and from a standpoint independent of mere 
 partisanship. 
 
 That Mr. DeWitt has identified himself closely 
 and permanently with Rupert is evidenced by the 
 fact that in 1912 he there erected a substantial and 
 modern brick residence of eight rooms, and this at- 
 tractive home is one of the best in the town. While 
 a resident of Soda Springs, Colorado, Mr. DeWitt 
 served two terms as a member of the village board 
 of trustees, but he has no special predilection for 
 public office, as he believes that he can do more for 
 the general welfare of the community by exploiting 
 its claims through the columns of his paper. He is 
 affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
 On the a8th of March, 1910, was solemnized the 
 marriage of Mr. DeWitt to Miss Perdette Merrell, 
 who was born in the state of Nevada, but reared in 
 Idaho, to which state, which was then a territory, 
 her parents came. She is a daughter of Francis 
 Marion Merrell, who was a pioneer of Nevada and 
 later of Idaho, and who served as representative 
 in the first state legislature of the latter common- 
 wealth. Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt have one child, Gladys, 
 and in the home, circle is also John H. Locke, a 
 stepson of Mr. DeWitt by a former marriage. 
 
 J. FRANCIS JONES, senior member of the firm of 
 Jones & Sheehan, dealers in implements and lumber, 
 Bellevue, Idaho, has been identified with the com- 
 mercial activities of this place only a few years, but 
 by his thoroughgoing and up-to-date methods he 
 has made himself a factor to be reckoned with in 
 the business life of the little town. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1073 
 
 Mr. Jones is a native of Iowa. He was born at 
 Williamsburg, that state, November 20, 1885, and 
 there spent his boyhood and attained his majority. 
 He received his education in the public schools and 
 high school, graduating from the latter in 1903. His 
 first work was at the trade of painter. After having 
 been employed in the painting business about one 
 year, he accepted a position in the Williamsburg Sav- 
 ings Bank as assistant cashier, a position he filled 
 three years, up to the time of his coming to Idaho. 
 In Bellevue also he was for a time engaged in 
 banking. For three years he served as assistant 
 cashier of the Bellevue State Bank, and on resigning 
 this position he formed a partnership with Mr. Shee- 
 han, under the name of Jones & Sheehan, to deal in 
 implements and lumber. 
 
 Politically Mr. Jones harmonizes with the Demo- 
 cratic party, taking no active interest in political 
 matters, however, further than to cast a conscientious 
 vote. He is a member of the Bellevue Commercial 
 Club, and religiously, while not having membership 
 in any church, his inclinations are toward the Con- 
 gregational creed. He is fond of music and popular 
 entertainments, and is keenly alive to the attractions 
 of out-door sports and games, including fishing and 
 hunting. 
 
 At Provo, Utah, November 10, 1908, J. Francis 
 Jones and Miss Bess Allred were united in marriage. 
 Both he and his wife are pleased with Idaho as a 
 place of residence, and have great faith in the future 
 development of the state. 
 
 XKCHARIAH BALLANTYNE, manager of the Rigby 
 branch of the St. Anthony Building and Manufac- 
 turing Company, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, 
 October 13, 1856. His parents, Richard and Mary 
 ( Pearce) Ballantyne, were of Scotch and English 
 birth, respectively, and from them he inherited a 
 robust constitution, habits of sobriety and industry, 
 a reverent disposition, and an ambition to make the 
 best use of his abilities for his own advancement, as 
 well as for the advancement of any community in 
 which his lot in life might be cast. That he has 
 succeeded in this laudable determination may be gath- 
 ered from his high standing not only in business 
 circles, but also from the universal esteem in 
 which he is held by those who know him. 
 
 Richard Ballantyne came to the United States 
 from Scotland in 1843 and first settled in Nauvoo, 
 Illinois, where he engaged in a flour milling business 
 <!.> well as being superintendent of a carriage factory, 
 accompanying other members of the Church of the 
 Latter Day Saints in their journey across the plains 
 to Utah, in 1848. He was engaged in farming until 
 1852 and was one of the first missionaries to circle 
 the world, going to Hindustan, where he spent 
 a three-year mission and in 1860 moved to Ogden, 
 and there he followed mercantile lines until 1863, 
 when he then again engaged in farming until 1876, 
 and from that year to 1878 was the publisher of the 
 Ogden Junction Daily and Semi-Weekly \ a successful 
 newspaper. During the latter years of his life, he 
 was identified with the lumber business, and was so 
 engaged until shortly before his death in 1898, when 
 eighty-one year! of age. Mr. Ballantyne was uni- 
 formly successful in his various enterprises, but the 
 financial panic of 1893 caused him to lose the greater 
 part of a large fortune. Added to his business 
 abilities, he had a predilection for public affairs, and 
 for many years was prominent in Republican pol- 
 itics, serving as commissioner of Weber county and 
 in various other capacities. Perhaps he was best 
 known, however, for his signal services in the in- 
 terest of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. For 
 a number of years he was high priest of Eden 
 
 branch of Weber Stake, was the first to go around 
 the world as a missionary for the church, traveling 
 from 1852 to 1855, was for many years a member 
 of the high council of Weber Stake, was for a 
 quarter of a century superintendent of the Sunday 
 school of that stake, and as builder and founder of 
 the first Sunday school for the church, in 1849, was 
 known as the "Father of the Sunday school" of the 
 Church of the Latter Day Saints. His wife, a native 
 of London, England, came to the United States in 
 1855, and settled in Salt Lake City, haying joined the 
 Church of the Latter Day Saints in her native 
 land. A very devout woman, she lived at Salt 
 Lake, to the advanced age of eighty-four years, 
 dying in November, 1912. 
 
 The oldest of his parents' six children, Zechariah 
 Ballantyne received his early education in the public 
 schools and subsequently attended a private academy 
 taught by Prof. L. F. Moench, from which he was 
 graduated at the age, of nineteen years. His early 
 life was spent on his father's farm, and on com- 
 pleting his studies entered upon a career as educator, 
 but after four years gave up that profession to as- 
 sociate himself with his father in the newspaper 
 business. From 1882 to 1888 he was engaged in the 
 real-estate and insurance business in Ogden, and dur- 
 ing this time, from 1882 to 1886, was assessor and 
 collector of Ogden. Mr. Ballantyne then identified 
 himself for three years with Grant Odell & Com- 
 pany, now the Consolidated Wagon and Machine 
 Company, being manager of the Ogden branch of 
 the business, and on leaving their employ formed a 
 partnership with his father and brothers in the 
 lumber business, doing a large trade from 1889 to 
 1895 under the firm style of Ballantyjie Brothers 
 Lumber Company. When he abandoned this bus- 
 iness he was for three years engaged in various lines 
 of activity in and about Ogden, and jn 1898 settled 
 at Menan, Idaho, engaging in farming, which he 
 followed successfully until 1910, then becoming a 
 member and manager of the firm at Rigby, of the 
 St. Anthony Building and Manufacturing Company. 
 In addition to ably directing the affairs of this large 
 and important enterprise, he conducts a farm in Fre- 
 mont county. Mr. Ballantyne is a Republican in 
 politics, but has never sought nor cared for public 
 office. As a working member of the Commercial 
 Club, he has done much to encourage the growth 
 and development of Rigby and the contiguous ter- 
 ritory, giving evidence of his faith in Idaho and its 
 opportunities in various ways. Like his father he 
 has been active in the work of the Church of the 
 Latter Day Saints, being a member of the high 
 council, superintendent of the local Sunday school, 
 and prominent in various branches of church work. 
 He has a wide acquaintance throughout this part of 
 the West, and everywhere is known as a man of 
 high ideals, sound judgment and absolute integrity. 
 
 On December 27, 1877, Mr. Ballantyne was mar- 
 ried to Miss Martha J. Ferrin. a native of Utah, and 
 daughter of Josiah M. Ferrin and Martha Ann (Bron- 
 son) Ferrin, who came to Utah in 1847. M r - and 
 Mrs. Ballantyne have had eleven children, as follows : 
 Martha Althera, who married Claude V. Zinn, a 
 resident of Ogden, Utah; Jane, the wife of Wesley 
 Gibson, a member of the Legislature, living at 
 Roberts; Eva, the wife of Gilbert M. Green, who 
 lives at Menan, Idaho; Zechariah, Jr., also a resident 
 of Menan, who married Ethel Poole, daughter of 
 one of the first settlers of the Upper Snake River 
 Valley; Heber G.. a resident of St. Anthony, who 
 married Minnie Tyler, of Idaho Falls, Idaho; Jose- 
 phine, the wife of James L. Stephens, residing at 
 Rigby; William F., also a resident of Rigby, who 
 married Hazel Crowther, of this city; Abraham, 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Edward and Junius, who live at home with their 
 parents ; and Mary, the wife of Arthur Kinghorn. 
 
 By a subsequent marriage with Rachel Burton, 
 daughter of William W. and Rachel (Fielding) Bur- 
 ton of Ogden, Utah, he has nine children, as follows : 
 Rachel Julina, wife of Justin M. Green of Menan; 
 David Burton, Frances, Joseph, Vilate, Bertha, Rich- 
 ard Burton, Willard Burton and Fielding Burton, 
 all of whom are unmarried. 
 
 ALSON H. NIHART. With supreme faith in the 
 future of Idaho, with the ability to profit by present 
 conditions, and possessing commendable public spirit 
 that has led him to render his community signal serv- 
 ices in high official position and to identify himself 
 with all that promises to benefit his adopted state 
 in any way, Alson H. Nihart, postmaster of Buhl, 
 is known as one of the most progressive and enter- 
 prising citizens of his locality, and to his influence 
 and example is largely due the present activity shown 
 in various lines of the city. Mr. Nihart was born 
 at Freeport, Illinois, November 5, 1880, and is a son 
 of Fred and Alice (Stout) Nihart. His father, a 
 native of Pennsylvania, was reared in his native 
 state and on reaching his majority migrated to Illi- 
 nois. Subsequently he took his family to South Da- 
 kota for three years, then to Nebraska for two years 
 and Utah for eight years, and finally settled in Idaho, 
 at this time being a resident of near Buhl, where he 
 owns a ranch. Mr. Nihart is a man of the greatest 
 probity, has never used intoxicating liquors, and is 
 an ardent church worker. Always interested in 
 politics, he is the representative of his district in 
 the state legislature, and is known as one of the 
 active members of that body. He was married in 
 Illinois to Alice Stout, a native of the Prairie state, 
 and they have had three sons, one older and one 
 younger than Alson H. 
 
 Alson H. Nihart received his preliminary educa- 
 tional training in the public schools of Freeport, Illi- 
 nois, and when ten years of age was taken to South 
 Dakota, where he also attended school for three 
 years. He likewise was a student in Nebraska, and 
 subsequently took a special course in a Kansas high 
 school and a business course in the Agricultural 
 College at Brookings, South Dakota. As a lad he 
 earned his first wages as a call boy for the Union 
 Pacific Railroad at Grand Island, Nebraska, and a 
 large share of his $60 a month salary was deposited 
 to his credit in a bank in that city. On leaving the 
 employ of the Union Pacific, he accepted a position 
 with the Western Union Telegraph Company, first 
 in the clerical department and later as an operator, 
 but eventually became a private operator for a 
 brokerage firm. This position he continued to hold 
 until he accompanied the family to Utah, and there 
 his earnings were used to speculate in land in the 
 Bear river valley, a venture that proved most satis- 
 factory. The year 1905 saw his advent in Idaho, 
 and here he has bought and sold many valuable 
 properties and still owns various tracts in and around 
 Buhl. 
 
 In February, 1904, Mr. Nihart was married at Tre- 
 monton, Utah, to Miss Eliza H. Haws, daughter of 
 Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Haws of that place. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Nihart are members of various fraternal organ- 
 izations, she having filled all of the chairs in the 
 Rebekahs, and now holding office in the order of the 
 Eastern Star, while Mr. Nihart has been a member 
 of the Masons and the Odd Fellows for some years, 
 has filled all the chairs in the latter, and was the 
 youngest delegate to the grand lodge in the history 
 of the state. He is connected with no particular 
 religious denomination, but favors all movements 
 tending to advance religion, education and morality. 
 He is a valued member of the Commercial Club. Mr. 
 Nihart is fond of hunting and fishing, enjoys theat- 
 
 ricals, and, being well informed on matters of public 
 interest, appreciates a good speech or lecture. Like 
 others who have succeeded in business here, he is 
 loud in his praise of the opportunities offered by the 
 state, and believes that future development will dem- 
 onstrate that this is the ideal locality for the home- 
 seeker. Shortly after coming to Buhl, in 1905, Mr. 
 Nihart was appointed postmaster, a position he has 
 continued to hold to the present time, and the able 
 manner in which he is discharging his duties testifies 
 eloquently, to his executive abilities. His acquaint- 
 ance is large throughout this county, and no citizen 
 of Buhl has a wider circle of appreciative friends. 
 
 JOHN J. PLUMER, M. D. Thirty years of devotion 
 to his profession is the record of John J. Plumer, 
 M. D., a veteran physician and surgeon of southern 
 Idaho; thirty years given to the career which he 
 chose as his life work; nearly a third of a century 
 spent in the alleviation of the ills of mankind. Such 
 is indeed a faithful service, a record of which no 
 man could feel ashamed. Beginning his professional 
 career in Kansas, at a time when that state was 
 plunged in one of its greatest periods of despondency,, 
 he labored faithfully and well until being called fur- 
 ther west, always giving of his best to the science 
 which he had chosen as his field of endeavor and 
 never sparing himself. During the past twelve years 
 he has become known to the people of Hailey as an 
 able, earnest and faithful physician, as a public- 
 spirited citizen who has the welfare of his adopted 
 community thoroughly at heart, and as a kind and 
 sympathetic friend to whom those in trouble may 
 turn, assured of assistance. Dr. Plumer was born 
 in Edina, Missouri, April 8, 1860, and is a son of 
 W. F. and Frances (Beswick) Plumer, natives of 
 Ohio. His father, a civil engineer by profession, who 
 also spent much of his active career in farming, and 
 who is now living in retirement at Fort Madison, 
 Iowa, at the age of eighty-one years, served as 
 county judge of Knox county, Missouri, during the 
 Civil war. Mrs. Plumer also survives and is seventy- 
 nine years of age. They had a family of six chil- 
 dren, as follows : Happy M., who married John 
 Benhow, an attorney of Fort Madison, Iowa; Kate 
 P., who married E. P. Brockman, of Fort Madison; 
 Grace, who lives with her parents at the home in 
 Fort Madison ; William Pitt, a prominent and well- 
 to-do live-stock dealer of Stockport, Iowa ; George 
 Gaywood, a prosperous merchant of Hillsboro, Iowa ; 
 and John J. 
 
 John J. Plumer was educated in the public schools 
 of Birmingham, Iowa, and the Birmingham Academy, 
 following which he entered the Columbus (Ohio) 
 Medical College, from which he was graduated in the 
 class of 1882. He at once began to practice his 
 profession in Dodge City, Kansas, and remained there 
 eight years, although the great financial depression 
 of that period brought him no heavy material returns 
 for his labors. In 1890 he went to De Lamar, Idaho,, 
 as surgeon for the De Lamar Mining Company, but 
 after ten years came to Hailey, where he has since 
 continued his labors. A deep thinker and constant 
 student, Dr. Plumer has ever devoted himself to 
 research and study. His sympathetic nature and 
 kind personality have assisted him greatly in his 
 work, and have made him highly respected and 
 esteemed throughout Hailey and the vicinity. He 
 has been successful also in a material way, owning 
 a beautiful home in Hailey and several fine ranches 
 in Elaine county, and each year takes a vacation to 
 engage in bird hunting. During his earlier years the 
 doctor was an expert in trap shooting, attending 
 meets as far East as St. Louis, and winning numerous 
 prizes. A Democrat in his political affiliation, he 
 was elected to the office of state treasurer in 1901 
 and 1902. Fraternally he is connected with the 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1075 
 
 Masonic fraternity, in which he has reached the 
 Shriner degree. 
 
 Dr. Plumer was married tp Miss Margaret Du- 
 quette, a native of Idaho and daughter of O. A. 
 Duquette, a pioneer of Idaho City and prominent 
 ranchman of Boise county. Two sons have been 
 born to this union, namely: John Duquette and Wil- 
 liam Fulton. 
 
 KRNEST ROHLFINC, one of the prominent busi- 
 ness men in Ilo, Idaho, where he is general 
 manager of the Leggett Mercantile Company, 
 Ltd., known as the "wide-awake dealers in general 
 merchandise," was born at Frankfurt, Germany, June 
 ii, 1873, he being a son of Ernest and Christine 
 (Rind) Rohlfing, who immigrated to the United 
 States in May, 1882. The family, on their arrival in 
 the United States, located at Ackley, Iowa, where 
 the father engaged in business as a painter and con- 
 tractor. Mrs. Rohlfing died in 1884 and in 1887 Mr. 
 Rohlfing removed to Omaha, Nebraska, which city 
 represented his home until death called him, in 1908, 
 at a venerable age. He is interred with his wife at 
 Ackley, Iowa. 
 
 At /the age of nine years Ernest Rohlfing, of this 
 notice, came to America. For three years prior to 
 his advent in this country he attended school in his 
 native town of Frankfurt and after locating in Ackley, 
 Iowa, he attended the public schools until his four- 
 teenth year. He worked on a farm near Ackley 
 until 1887 and in that year entered upon an appren- 
 ticeship to learn the trade of butcher in Omaha. In 
 September, 1892, he enlisted in the Sixth United 
 States Cavalry and was sent to Fort Niobrara, Ne- 
 braska, where he remained until July, 1894. His regi- 
 ment participated in the Chicago railroad strike in 
 1894 and in October, 1894, he was sent to Fort Myer, 
 Virginia, where he served until September, 1895, at 
 which time he was given a three months' furlough. 
 He then returned tp Omaha and there was discharged 
 from the service in December, 1895. He then en- 
 gaged in the meat business in that city and remained 
 there for one year, when he disposed of his business 
 and entered the employ of Swift & Company, of South 
 Omaha. In the spring of 1897 he went to Chicago 
 and accepted a minor position with Libby, McNeil & 
 Libby, at the union stock yards, eventually becoming 
 manager of the shipping department of that big con- 
 cern. 
 
 When the Spanish-American war broke out in 1898, 
 Mr. Rohlfing re-enlisted in the United States army, 
 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and was sent to Fort Mc- 
 Pherson, Georgia, to drill recruits for the Sixth Cav- 
 alry. His promotion was rapid, he being eventually 
 made first sergeant of Troop L of the Sixth Regiment 
 of Cavalry and regimental quartermaster sergeant 
 of the Sixth Cavalry. He participated in all the en- 
 campments of the Spanish war and was with the first 
 expedition to China during the Boxer rebellion ir 
 1000, where he was promoted to post quartermaster 
 sergeant, 'United States army. He served for about 
 a year in China, being assigned to duty at Tongku, 
 where he had charge of all supplies and transportation 
 under Captain \V. S. Wood, United States Army. 
 Subsequently he was sent to the Philippines, where he 
 was on duty in* the chief quartermaster's office at 
 Manila and also at the supply depot at Dagupan, P. I. 
 Ill health finally demanded his return to the United 
 States and he was then stationed at Fort Huachuca, 
 Arizona, and later at Fort Schuyler, New York, 
 whence he was sent to the United States clothing 
 depot at St. Louis, Missouri, where he had charge of 
 all work and supplies until discharged from the serv- 
 ice, January 7, 1906, at his own request. 
 
 In 1896 Mr. Rohlfing went to Spokane, Washington, 
 where he was shipping clerk for Fairbanks, Morse & 
 Company for a short time. He then became cashier 
 and bookkeeper for the Rasher-Kingman-Herrin 
 Company in Spokane and in January, 1907, formed 
 a partnership with O. W. Leggett to engage in the 
 general merchandise business at Harrington, Wash- 
 ington. In June, 1907, he disposed of the above busi- 
 ness and bought the general merchandise establish- 
 ment of Allen & Scheib, at Ilo, Idaho, which place 
 has since represented his home and business head- 
 quarters. He enlarged and reorganized his store and 
 the business is now known as the Leggett Mercantile 
 Company, Ltd., of which Mr. Rohlting is general 
 manager and part owner. Mr. Rohlfing is a member 
 of the town council of Ilo and is likewise affiliated 
 with the Ilo Commercial Club. He is a director in 
 the Ilo Flour Mill and has money invested in real 
 estate and other business projects in Lewis county. 
 He is an independent Republican in politics, is self- 
 made and a prominent citizen of Ilo, and in fraternal 
 matters has been a member of the Knights of Pythias 
 for thirteen years and is now keeper of records and 
 seal and master of finance. 
 
 September 2, 1896, Mr. Rohlfing married Miss 
 Louese S. Miilett, a native of Iowa City, Iowa. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Rohlfing have two children : Ernest F., 
 and Ruth E The family are devout Episcopalians 
 in their religious faith. 
 
 MILTON M. HAMMOND. One of the progressive, 
 and influential citizens of Fremont county, where 
 his capitalistic interests are substantial and varied, 
 Mr. Hammond has achieved success through his 
 own well ordered endeavors and, familiar with 
 conditions in many states of the Union, he accords 
 to Idaho the palm in the matter of opportunities, 
 resources and future promise, so that his allegiance 
 to this commonwealth has solid basis. He was for 
 many years engaged in railroad contracting and 
 he has been a resident of Idaho during virtually 
 the entire period of its statehood, as he here estab- 
 lished his permanent home about two years after 
 the admission of the commonwealth to the Union. 
 He is essentially a vital Westerner in spirit and 
 action and claims Utah as the place of his nativity, 
 his father having been one of the very early set- 
 tlers of that state. 
 
 Mr. Hammond was born at Farmington, Davis 
 county, Utah, on the 6th of February, 1855, and is 
 a son of Milton D. and Lovisa (Miller) Hammond, 
 the former of whom was a native of Michigan and 
 the latter of Illinois, their marriage having been 
 solemnized at Farmington, Utah, in 1853. Judge 
 Milton D. Hammond was one of the historic band 
 of argonauts who set forth across the plains in 
 1849 for the purpose of seeking the precious gold 
 in the newly discovered placers of California. He 
 passed the winter of that year in Utah and was so 
 favorably impressed that he decided to establish his 
 permanent home there. He obtained a tract of un- 
 improved land and developed a large and productive 
 farm, the later years of his life having been devoted 
 largely to the farm-implement business, in which 
 he was engaged at both Logan and Ogden, Utah. 
 He became one of the substantial, honored and in- 
 fluential citizens of the state of his adoption, and 
 was closely and effectively identified with the civic 
 and industrial development of the state. He was 
 a leader in the local ranks of the Republican party 
 and served ten years as probate judge of Cache 
 county. Both he and his wife were most zealous 
 members of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, 
 and he served a number of years as a bishop of the 
 
1076 
 
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 same, besides having been a valued member of the 
 council of the president of the church. He passed 
 the closing years of his life at Providence, Cache 
 county, Utah, where he died in 1907, at the age of 
 seventy-two years. His name merits enduring place 
 on the roll of the sturdy and noble pioneers of Utah, 
 where he lived and labored to goodly ends and ac- 
 counted well to himself and the world. Mrs. Lovisa 
 (Miller) Hammond preceded her husband to the 
 life eternal, her death having occurred at Provi- 
 dence, Utah, about the year 1885. She was a 
 daughter of Daniel A. Miller, who was a pioneer 
 settler of Utah and she was a girl at the time of 
 the family's removal from Illinois to that state. Of 
 the eleven children Milton M., of this review, was 
 the first born, and of the others, five sons and 
 three daughters, still survive the honored parents; a 
 daughter, the seventh in order of birth, and a son, 
 the sixth born, are deceased. 
 
 Milton M. Hammond passed his boyhood days on 
 the old homestead farm and he was afforded the ad- 
 vantages of the public schools of Logan, Utah, 
 including those of the high school. He left school 
 at the age of twenty years and soon afterward be- 
 came concerned with others in railroad contract 
 work, a line of enterprise in which he was destined 
 to be specially successful. His work as a contractor 
 has extended into Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, 
 Colorado, Washington and Oregon, as well as into 
 the Canadian Northwest. He was concerned in 
 contracting on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad; 
 the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, which is now a 
 part of the Santa F6 system; and the Canadian 
 Pacific Railroad, besides other lines. He continued 
 to be actively and successfully identified with such 
 contracting for a period of thirteen years and in 
 1892 he established his permanent home in Idaho, 
 where he has since continued an effective exponent 
 of normal progress and development. He first set- 
 tled in the Marysville country, at a point about five 
 miles southwest of the present village of Ashton, 
 Fremont county, where he secured a tract of wild 
 land and set himself to the arduous work of develop- 
 ing the same into a productive ranch. He brought 
 to bear most effective methods and policies and his 
 landed estate in that locality now comprises six 
 hundred acres, one of the splendid agricultural do- 
 mains of this favored section of the state and one 
 to which he still continues to give a general super- 
 vision. 
 
 In all that has tended to foster social and material 
 progress in the state of his adoption Mr. Hammond 
 has shown the liveliest interest, and he has been a 
 zealous worker in behalf of the cause of the Demo- 
 cratic party, whose ascendancy in the national elec- 
 tion of November, 1912, is naturally a source of 
 marked satisfaction to him. He was elected county 
 assessor of Fremont county in 1900 and served two 
 years. In 1910 he was again elected assessor, as 
 well as collector, and he continued the efficient and 
 popular incumbent of this dual office until the 1st 
 of January, 1913. The success of Mr. Hammond 
 during the years of his residence in Idaho has been 
 of unequivocal order and he has been insistently 
 progressive and public-spirited. He is a stockholder 
 of the St. Anthony Bank & Trust Company, is a 
 director and one of the principal stockholders of the 
 Fremont Abstract Company, has served as a member 
 of the city council of St. Anthony, where he has 
 maintained his residence since 1900 and is at the 
 present time a valued member of the board of edu- 
 cation. Both he and his wife are most earnest 
 adherents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter 
 Day Saints, and he is influential in its councils, hav- 
 
 ing twice served in the office of bishop while a resi- 
 dent of Utah. 
 
 On the 3d of March, 1876, was solemnized the 
 marriage of Mr. Hammond to Miss Sarah E. Thorn- 
 ton, who was born in California and who was a resi- 
 dent of Utah at the time of her marriage, her 
 father, Jasper Thornton, having been a pioneer of 
 the latter state, as had he also of California. Mrs. 
 Hammond passed to the "land of the leal" in 1892, 
 and is survived by five children, Milton J., Jasper 
 M., Cora E., Dorval R., and Frances Marion. Cora 
 E. is the wife of Franklin G. Hale and they reside 
 at Blackfoot, Idaho. On the 21 st of July, 1888, Mr. 
 Hammond wedded Miss Eliza J. Tibbitts, who was 
 born and reared in Utah, where her father, Benjamin 
 Tibbitts, established his home in the early pioneer 
 epoch. The children of the second marriage are as 
 here designated : Lewis T., Robert L., Irus B., 
 Lovisa, Melvin M. ; Ross J., born March 3Oth, 1906, 
 died February 26th, 1907, and Karl H. 
 
 HENRY KOSMAN SILVERSMITH. Managing editor 
 of Illustrated Idaho, Mr. Silversmith is a newspaper 
 man of broad experience in different fields, and his 
 present journal, known as "A magazine of 'facts 
 about Idaho," is performing a very useful service in 
 disseminating the reliable knowledge about the re- 
 sources and advantages of Idaho. 
 
 Henry Kosman Silversmith was born October II, 
 1869, in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a son of Julius 
 and Kathryn Allerton (Barlow) Silversmith. Julius 
 Silversmith, M. A., was born in Saxony, Germany, 
 in 1834, was educated in private schools, came to the 
 United States in 1845, and had a long and useful 
 career as editor, publisher, journalist, scientist and 
 scholar. His life-long efforts were devoted in be- 
 half of educational institutions and scientific research, 
 and he also served for some years as a custom house 
 official. He was a liberal in his religious belief, and 
 a Republican in politics. Kathryn Allerton (Bar- 
 low) Silversmith, the mother, was born in New 
 York, October 6, 1852, and comes of an old and 
 prominent New England family. She was descended 
 from Isaac Allerton and Fear Brewster, the latter a 
 daughter of Elder Brewster, whose name frequently 
 figures in early New England history. Isaac Aller- 
 ton was the fifth signer of the compact drawn' on the 
 lid of a chest on board the Mayflower, on November 
 II, 1620. He was assistant governor to William 
 Bradford from April, 1620, to 1624. Dr. Reuben 
 Allerton, great-grandfather of Kathryn Barlow was 
 surgeon in Colonel Hopkins' regiment in the battle of 
 Saratoga in 1777. Joel Barlow, who was born in 
 Connecticut and served in the Revolutionary war 
 as chaplain, was a statesman, poet and diplomat. In 
 1795 he was appointed by President Washington as 
 consul to Algiers, and in the winter of 1812 was in- 
 vited by Napoleon to a conference of ministers at 
 Wilna. Jesse Barlow, a grandfather of Kathryn 
 Barlow, was an officer in the War of 1812. . Kathryn 
 Barlow was educated in private schools in New York 
 City, and was a member of the Protestant faith. 
 
 Henry Kosman Silversmith was educated in the 
 grade and high schools of Chicago, in which city 
 he was reared and began his career. He was a mem- 
 ber of the first class entering the old Chicago Man- 
 ual Training School. He followed in the wake of 
 his father, in devoting his efforts to journalism, 
 science and education. Since the establishment in 
 January, 1911, of Illustrated Idaho, he has been edi- 
 tor and publisher of this "Magazine of Facts About 
 Idaho." The magazine is published monthly at Boise, 
 and the best possible development of the wonderful 
 resources of the state is the goal toward which the 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1077 
 
 publication is directed. Mr. Silversmith received 
 his first journalistic experience in Chicago, and in 
 later years has traveled extensively throughout the 
 United States, Mexico and Canada. He has started 
 and published a number of daily and weekly news- 
 papers and for ten years has been identified with 
 magazine work in the West. 
 
 In politics Mr. Silversmith is independent, and a 
 worker for good government, and identified with all 
 public enterprises for the advancement of the best 
 interests of Idaho. Like his father he is liberal in 
 religious belief, but a generous contributor to all 
 worthy benevolent works. 
 
 At Caldwell, Idaho, March 2, 1910, Mr. Silversmith 
 married Miss Rebecca Belle Hart. She is a daughter 
 of William Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Lewis) 
 Hart. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania, 
 and a lineal descendant of Daniel Boone, while her 
 mother was a native of Illinois. She obtained most 
 of her education in the grammar and high schools of 
 Lorimer, and at college in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Silversmith have no children. 
 
 LE ROY G. HAYFORD. The ranching interests of 
 Twin Falls county, Idaho, have a prominent repre- 
 sentative in LeRoy G. Hayford, of Buhl, who also 
 is assessor and tax collector of Twin Falls county, 
 and is well known in Republican political circles, 
 both local and state. 
 
 Born in Nance county, Nebraska, March 22, 1885, 
 he is a son of Lewis A. and Kate (Sutherland) 
 Hayford, who are now residents of Buhl, Idaho, 
 and have been engaged in ranching since 1906. LeRoy 
 G. began his education in the common schools of 
 Nance county, Nebraska, later attended the Boise 
 high school, and following that was a student in the 
 University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. At the 
 age of twenty-one he came to Twin Falls, Idaho.^ 
 and purchased a ranch in Twin Falls county that he* 
 still owns. He followed rancning very successfully 
 until 1907, when he entered the lumber business as 
 a partner in the Milner Perrine Lumber Company, 
 of which he was the second largest stockholder. After 
 one year thus identified he sold his lumber interests 
 and purchased another ranch of one hundred and 
 sixty acres which, together 'with his original ranch, 
 he is now improving. In 1908 he was appointed 
 assessor and tax collector for Twin Falls county to 
 fill out the unexpired term of George E. Harland, 
 who resigned, and in 1910 Mr. Hayford was elected 
 to this same office on the Republican ticket, leading 
 the ticket in his county. He was nominated in 1912 for 
 representative to the state legislature from Twin 
 Falls county and elected by a large majority. As 
 previously noted, Mr. Hayford is a Republican, an 
 aggressive worker in the interests of his party, and 
 his successes of the past presage for him a bright 
 political future. As a rancher and business man he 
 is numbered among those whose alertness, energy 
 and enterprise have brought personal prosperity and 
 are rapidly advancing the prestige of the Twin Falls 
 country as one of the most progressive sections of the 
 state and of the West. Vim and energy characterize 
 his efforts in whatever he undertakes. In high school 
 days he served as captain of the Boise high 
 school cadets, and during his senior year in high 
 school he was captain of the football team. He has 
 the happy faculty of making friends and keeping 
 them and is one of the popular young men of this 
 county. Mr. Hayford resides at Buhl and is a mem- 
 ber of the Presbyterian church there. Fraternally he 
 is associated with the Masonic order and the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Hayford is 
 unmarried. 
 
 PROFESSOR WILLIAM E. MORGAN. One of the strong 
 institutions of learning in Idaho is Fielding Academy 
 at Paris, Idaho. It is said that Fielding turns out 
 more prominent and successful professional men than 
 any other school or college in the state. It is con- 
 stantly increasing both in enrollment and in faculty, 
 as well as in the high quality and large number of 
 courses given. Since 1910 this school has been so 
 fortunate as to have as its head Professor William 
 E. Morgan, a sketch of whose career follows. 
 
 Willard, Utah, was Mr. Morgan's birthplace and 
 September 29, 1871, was his natal day. He remained 
 in his native state until 1894, in which year he came 
 to Idaho and entered upon the work of public in- 
 struction. After two years of activity in the public 
 schools, Mr. Morgan was snt on a church mission 
 in North Carolina. There he was engaged for two 
 and one-half years, and when his work was com- 
 pleted, he returned to Utah. There he was occupied 
 with agricultural and pedagogical activities until 
 1904. In that year he entered Brigham Young Uni- 
 versity at Prove, Utah, where he studied for a time 
 and then passed to the University of Utah at Salt 
 Lake City. These courses he supplemented by further 
 work at the University of Chicago. There he was 
 accorded the degree of Master of Arts and with that 
 thorough and abundant preparation he again entered 
 upon his work of educationally directing youth. 
 
 Accepting the position of principal of Fielding 
 Academy, Professor Morgan established himself in 
 Paris, where he is held in high esteem for his traits 
 of mind and character, particularly as both con- 
 tribute so notably to the advancement of the academy. 
 Since he has taken charge, many improvements have 
 been made in this institution, among them being the 
 new chemical laboratory, the high school course in 
 agriculture and the exceptionally fine lyceum course. 
 
 Professor Morgan's family life began on August 
 14, 1901, on which date he was united to Miss Mary 
 E. Henderson of Willard, Utah. Mrs. Morgan is a 
 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henderson of that 
 place. The Hendersons constitute one of the promi- 
 nent pioneer families of Utah. In the years that 
 have succeeded the Henderson-Morgan marriage, 
 five children have come to complete the home of the 
 professor and his wife. The youngest, Edward 
 Henderson Morgan, was called by death while yet 
 at an early age. His four sisters, all of whom are 
 still living, are known as Norma, Arthel, Lucy and 
 Ruth Morgan. 
 
 Professor Morgan is a member of the Church of 
 Latter Day Saints. Being interested in the com- 
 mercial welfare of Paris and having also a genially 
 social nature, he is a popular and active member of 
 the Paris Commercial Club. Politically, he is a 
 progressive Democrat ; although a close student of 
 economic matters, Professor Morgan restricts his 
 civic interest and enthusiasm to the duties of a voter 
 only. 
 
 "An all-around man as well as a scholar," is the 
 comment one hears of Professor Morgan from those 
 of his acquaintance in Paris. All athletic affairs ap- 
 peal strongly to his interest as do all others that 
 tend to the development of mind, of body, or of 
 character. It goes without saying that he has a keen 
 appreciation of all aesthetic movements in school 
 and local life. Practical sciences are, however, his 
 chief hobby, although his literary and oratorical gifts 
 have brought him into some demand as a public 
 lecturer. Himself a skillful debater, he does much to 
 further the power of logical argument among his 
 students. Mr. Morgan's personality is one that makes 
 him a valuable leader of youth, for he has from boy- 
 hood carved his own career and laid his own stepping 
 
1078 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 stones from point to point in the pathway to suc- 
 cess. It is hoped by citizens of Paris and asserted 
 by Professor Morgan himself that Idaho is his per- 
 manent home. He has made many investments here 
 and is daily making a more and more purposive 
 and worthy impress on the future citizenship of this 
 community and state. 
 
 OLE O. SKALET. Our citizens of Scandinavian 
 birth or lineage have vied with those of the German 
 element in the rapidity and effectiveness with which 
 they have become assimilated with the body politic 
 of our great republic, and from this source America 
 has gained much and lost nothing. One of the 
 representative men of such type in Fremont county, 
 Idaho, is Mr. Skalet, who is one of the leading 
 business men of St. Anthony, the thriving little cap- 
 ital city of the county, and who is a citizen of utmost 
 loyalty and progressiveness. He has achieved 
 marked success in his business career in Idaho and 
 has done much to further the development and up- 
 building of Fremont county. He is a representative 
 merchant of St. Anthony and is also a successful 
 factor in real-estate operations in this section of the 
 state. Of inviolable integrity and honor in all of 
 the relations of life, he has gained and maintained 
 secure hold upon the confidence and good will of all 
 who know him, and he is well entitled to recogniton 
 in this publication. 
 
 Mr. Skalet was born in Norway, on the 7th of 
 September, 1864, and is a son of Ole A. and Anna 
 (Ellestad) Skalet, the father having been one of 
 the sterling citizens and substantial agriculturists 
 of his native land until his death in 1908, at Valders, 
 Norway. He was eighty-two years of age when he 
 was summoned to the life eternal and his widow, 
 likewise venerable in years, still resides on the 
 old homestead. Of the seven children, three sons 
 and four daughters, all are living. He whose name 
 initiates this review attended the common schools 
 of his native land until he had attained to the 
 age of fourteen years, and thereafter he continued 
 to be associated in the work of his father's farm 
 until he was eighteen years old, when he severed 
 the gracious ties that bound him to the fatherland 
 and valiantly set forth to seek his fortunes in the 
 United States. He made his way to Decorah, 
 Winneshiek county, Iowa, and in that vicinity he 
 was employed at farm work during the summer 
 seasons for two years, the while he manifested his 
 ambition and good judgment by continuing his edu- 
 cational work, in which connection he availed him- 
 self of the advantages of the Breckenridge Institute. 
 At . the expiration of the period noted Mr. Skalet 
 removed to Arvilla, North Dakota, when he was 
 employed for two years in the general merchandise 
 store of John M. Blakely. In this position he 
 gained his initial experience in a line of enterprise 
 along which he was destined to achieve marked suc- 
 cess, and to a young man of such marked ambition 
 and energy as his, advancement was a natural se- 
 quence. From Arvilla he removed to Rolla, the ju- 
 dicial center of Rollette county, North Dakota, where 
 he initiated his independent business career by open- 
 ing a general store. He began operations on a most 
 modest scale and with capitalistic resources of less 
 than five hundred dollars. Energy, careful man- 
 agement and fair dealing brought to him definite 
 success and he built up a substantial and prosperous 
 enterprise. At the expiration of eight years Mr. 
 Skalet sold his business at Rolla and removed to 
 the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he com- 
 pleted a- course in a commercial college and thus 
 fortified himself more fully for successful activities 
 in the domain of practical business. 
 
 His zest for the acquirement of knowledge was 
 not yet satisfied, and he went to Valparaiso, Indiana, 
 where he took a scientific course in the institution 
 now known as Valparaiso University. His next 
 manifestation of remarkable progressiveness and 
 good judgment was in entering the celebrated Uni- 
 versity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and in this in- 
 stitution he specialized in the study of philosophy 
 and political economy. He then entered the law 
 department of Valparaiso University, in which he 
 was graduated as a member of the class of 1901 and 
 from which he received the degree of Bachelor of 
 Laws, with incidental admission to practice in all 
 of the courts of Indiana, as well as the United 
 States circuit court. Few native sons of the United 
 States have, under circumstances and conditions of 
 the same relative order, shown such splendid ambi- 
 tion and determination and few have an equal 
 knowledge of the institutions and economic and 
 political affairs of the country. Mr. Skalet has 
 never entered the active practice of law, but he is 
 known as a man of high intellectual and professional 
 attainments and his success as a lawyer would 
 have been assured, had he chosen to enter practice 
 instead of consulting expediency and identifying 
 himself with business activities of broad scope and 
 productiveness. 
 
 In April, 1902, Mr. Skalet established his resi- 
 dence in St. Anthony, Idaho, where he engaged in 
 the mercantile business, in which he has built up one 
 of the largest and most popular department stores 
 in this section of the state, the same having both 
 wholesale and retail departments and the annual busi- 
 ness having attained to the notable aggregate of 
 about one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. 
 The "Skalet Store" is widely known for the efficiency 
 of its service and for the fair and honorable policies 
 that have from the' beginning constituted its best 
 commercial asset. In addition to giving his per- 
 sonal supervision to this fine enterprise Mr. Skalet 
 has amplified his activities by extensive operations 
 in the buying and selling of real estate and in the 
 extension of financial loans on farm properties. His 
 well ordered enterprise along these lines has not 
 only added to his personal advancement and pros- 
 perity but have also been effective in promoting 
 the civic and industrial development and progress 
 of this section of the state. He is the owner of 
 valuable city and ranch properties and is one of the 
 well known, substantial and valued citizens of Fre- 
 mont county, where his circle of friends is coincident 
 with that of his acquaintances. His career offers 
 both lesson and incentive, for his achievement has 
 been large and in every respect worthy. Mr. Skalet 
 has had no desire to enter the arena of practical 
 politics but accords a staunch allegiance to the Re- 
 publican party, and he is a zealous and valued mem- 
 ber of the St. Anthony Commercial Club. Both he 
 and his wife attend the Presbyterian church in their 
 home city and they are popular factors in the social 
 activities of the community. 
 
 On the 6th of September, 1908, was solemnized 
 the marriage of Mr. Skalet to Miss Kate R. Parry, 
 daughter of Herbert F. Parry, a representative citi- 
 zen of England. Mrs. Skalet was elected general 
 secretary of Idaho Federation of Women's Clubs 
 for 1912 and 1913, but her highest ideal is working 
 in church and Sunday school. On June 9, 1913, a 
 son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Skalet, named 
 Herbert O. 
 
 HANS C. JOHNSON. Among the young men of 
 Idaho who are achieving success in business circles 
 appears the subject of this mention, Hans C. John- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 son, of Bancroft, Bannock county. He is a native 
 of Utah, born in Logan, that state, March g, 1885. 
 His early life was spent in the vicinity of his birth 
 and his educational advantages included those of the 
 public schools of Logan and a course in the agri- 
 cultural college there. About 1900, or when fifteen 
 years of age, he accompanied his parents to Ban- 
 nock ounty, Idaho, and for the first few years as- 
 sisted his father in the management of the latter's 
 ranch near Bancroft. He then accepted a position 
 with the Pacific Express Company at Pocatello and 
 followed that employment four years, at the end of 
 which period he went up into northern Norway, the 
 land of the midnight sun, to fufill a mission of his 
 church, that of the Latter Day Saints. He remained 
 there about two years and a half and while there he 
 mastered the Norwegian language. On his return 
 to Bancroft, Idaho, he engaged in the real estate 
 business and has since been actively identified with 
 that line of endeavor. Believing firmly that the whole 
 of the state, and especially this section of it, has un- 
 excelled advantages to offer the homeseeker, his 
 activities in real estate have conscientious founda- 
 tions and he invites correspondence from those de- 
 sirous of learning what Idaho has to offer in the 
 way of good homes. Soon after returning to Ban- 
 croft he also took over the management of his uncle's 
 furniture business there and later he and his father 
 purchased it, the firm style now being that of the 
 Bancroft Furniture & Carpet Company. Mr. John- 
 son is also a notary public. He is a wide-awake, 
 alert and energetic young business man who is keen 
 to recognize opportunity and seldom fails to make the 
 most of it when it presents itself. He is prospering 
 and deserving and by his honesty and uprightness 
 has gained many warm personal friends and the con- 
 fidence and respect of his community. As a member 
 of the Bancroft Commercial Club he is an energetic 
 worker in attracting attention to the commercial and 
 industrial advantages of his town and community 
 and by this interest and his personal business activi- 
 ties he has performed those services by which he 
 merits recognition as one of the builders of Idaho. 
 
 \Vhile interested in the political problems of our 
 nation he has not assumed partisan ties and exercises 
 his franchise independent of them. He believes it 
 the duty of every citizen to vote. In college days 
 he gave considerable attention to football and still 
 enjoys the game, while his other favorite outdoor 
 sport is fishing. 
 
 Mrs. Johnson was Miss Millie Corbett prior to 
 her marriage to Mr. Johnson, a daughter' of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Joseph E. Corbett. of Garland, Utah. They 
 have one daughter, named Eva Merle. 
 
 The father of our subject is Chris Johnson, who 
 was born in Denmark and came to America at the 
 age of seventeen. His home was in Utah for many 
 years, but since 1900 he has been located in Bannock 
 county, Idaho, and resides on his ranch near Ban- 
 croft. As previously mentioned, he is associated with 
 his son in the ownership and management of the fur- 
 niture establishment of the Bancroft Furniture & 
 Carpet Company. His wife, who was Miss Christine 
 Jeppesen as a maiden, also is a native of Denmark. 
 They were married in Utah. Hans C. is the eldest 
 of their ten children. 
 
 LEWIS S. TRAPP. As manager of the Bear River 
 Valley Land Company in Montpelier, and as one 
 of the most energetic and progressive citizens of that 
 place, Lewis S. Trapp has in the past five years made 
 a firm place for himself in the town and community 
 in which he lives. In the forty-odd years of his life, 
 Mr. Trapp has seen wide and varied experience in 
 different states of the West and Middle West. He 
 
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 is of Virginian parentage and of Missouri birth. His 
 father, John L. Trapp, and his mother, Caroline 
 Stockton Trapp, were both born in Virginia, but 
 were married in Missouri, where they reared their 
 family. John L. Trapp was an agriculturist and poli- 
 tician and a veteran of the Civil war in the Union 
 army. His life closed at the age of eighty-two in 
 west central Missouri, where his widow still lives. 
 They were the parents of eight children, the youngest 
 of whom, born in Warrensburg on June 12, 1867, 
 was called Lewis S. Trapp. 
 
 The public and high schools of Warrensburg, Mis- 
 souri, gave Lewis Trapp his intellectual start in life. 
 That training was followed by four years of study 
 in the state normal school located at Warrensburg. 
 Thus thoroughly prepared, he entered the pedagogical 
 profession in which he reached the rank of superin- 
 tendent, acting in that capacity in the public schools 
 of Lee's Summit, Missouri. After one year of that 
 work, Mr. Trapp sought "other worlds to conquer," 
 both vocationally and geographically, and left the 
 familiar Missouri scenes behind him. 
 
 Going to Texas, he found valuable experience in 
 various positions of a clerical nature in different 
 parts of the state. In that locality and that line of 
 work he remained for six years, after which he en- 
 gaged in the real estate business in Wyoming until 
 1908. The year named marks the time of his re- 
 moval to Idaho and his settling in Montpelier. He 
 at 9nce established his office for the transaction of 
 business in real estate, insurance and loans. He is 
 still engaged in that work, which has reached ex- 
 tensive proportions and which means much to the 
 development of this section. His vigor, enterprise 
 and far-sightedness, combined with his keen interest 
 in his home town and locality, have led those who 
 know him to pronounce Mr. Trapp "a hustler and a 
 booster." 
 
 Although without domestic affiliations, Mr. Trapp 
 is by no means narrow in his interests, having asso- 
 ciations with numerous fraternal and social organi- 
 zations. These include the Masonic orders, in which 
 he is connected both with the blue lodge and the 
 order of the Mystic Shrine ; the Knights of Pythias, 
 and the Commercial Club of Montpelier. His recre- 
 ational habits are both athletic and literary, and he 
 drives his own motor car with much enjoyment and 
 enthusiasm. 
 
 Politically, Lewis S. Trapp is a Republican of 
 sound convictions and of intelligent interest. He is 
 exceedingly active in matters pertaining to civic 
 improvement, to the welfare of his chosen state and 
 to principles touching the progress and high stand- 
 ards of the country as a whole. 
 
 AURELIAN B. GOUGH. One of the prominent mem- 
 bers of the Idaho bar is Aurelian B. Gough, who 
 since 1895 na s been active in the practice of the law 
 in this state and for a dozen years of that time has 
 conducted his practice at Montpelier, and is now 
 mayor of the city. 
 
 Mr. Gough is a Kentuckian by birth. In Graves 
 county of that state, he first saw the light of day on 
 January 31, 1865. He early gave evidence of that 
 mental acquisitiveness which contributes in such 
 large measure to his legal ability. In more than the 
 average degree he profited by the advantages of the 
 public schools, which he determined to supplement 
 by higher education in both academy and college. 
 
 As a young man, Mr. Gough left the schools at 
 a stage in his education at which he felt ready to 
 take up the useful work of public school instruction. 
 Although the pedagogical field was not to be his ulti- 
 mate vocation, he gave to the work of teaching five 
 vigorous years of his life. From time to time dur- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 ing that period he availed himself of college oppor- 
 tunities and gradually broadened his general and 
 specific knowledge until he was enabled to take up 
 professional study of another line, with more than 
 ordinary purposiveness. At Mayfield, Kentucky, he 
 entered the law office of Smith Robbins. From that 
 practical vantage point, he so far mastered the 
 necessary knowledge of legal lore as to creditably 
 pass bar examinations in 1890. Many other young 
 men would at that point have begun the practice 
 without further study. But Mr. Cough's intellectual 
 ambition always reached beyond the mere necessities 
 of his life work. Desiring a broader appreciation 
 for the problems of legal and judicial life from ana- 
 lytic and theoretical standpoints, and wishing to have 
 to his credit the best possible education in law, he 
 entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. 
 He was graduated from the department of law in 
 that institution in the year 1891. Returning to May- 
 field, he entered the practice of law at that place, 
 where he continued to be professionally active until 
 his removal to Idaho, four years later. 
 
 Just thirty years of age at the time, Mr. Gough 
 came westward and made his first location at Salmon 
 City, Idaho. For four years he remained there in 
 practice and on January I, 1899, he moved to Poca- 
 tello. There he pursued the activities of the legal 
 profession for about a year, at the end of which time 
 he made another and permanent change. 
 
 Locating in Montpelier in 1890, Mr. Cough estab- 
 lished his office here and has ever since continued his 
 home life and professional work at this place. He 
 still occupies the same office which he first opened 
 and his practice has reached a status most gratifying 
 both to himself and his patrons. His clientele is a 
 very wide one throughout this region and it repre- 
 sents a superior class of Idaho citizens. 
 
 In politics Mr. Gough is Democratic in theory 
 and party affiliation on general measures. He is, 
 however, independent in his judgments of men and 
 measures and his outlook on economic affairs is 
 decidedly progressive. Although deeply interested 
 in public welfare along all important lines, Mr. Gough 
 never held office until 1913, when he was elected 
 mayor of his home city without opposition. 
 
 The social interests of Aurelian B. Gough include 
 his membership in the Ancient Free and Accepted 
 Masons. He encourages all churches, believing in 
 their professed motive of elevating the ethical stan- 
 dards of humanity ; he does not, however, personally 
 affiliate with any denomination. Mr. Cough's domes- 
 tic life began on December I, 1910, when he was 
 united in marriage with Mrs. Kate Jones of Mont- 
 pelier. 
 
 The personal habits of Mr. Gough are of a de- 
 cidedly scholarly nature. He is very much a part of 
 Idaho life, considering this commonwealth the home 
 state of the West. To the development and better 
 organization of affairs in a growing country, men of 
 Mr. Cough's type are invaluable and Montpelier is 
 fortunate in claiming him as one of the leading bar- 
 risters of the state. 
 
 JAMES T. HUMPHRIES. The great questions of the 
 age are no longer those of a purely poltical nature ; 
 that is, they no longer deal with a body of people, 
 but with men, women and children as individuals. 
 The responsibility of the nation to the individual is 
 being recognized more and more strongly each day, 
 and the burning questions which agitate the country 
 are social and economic, or philanthropic, in their 
 nature. This fact has drawn upon the country for 
 some of her finest men. Men who are not visionary, 
 but intensely practical, using all the fund of knowl- 
 
 edge of the human mind and soul that the study of 
 psychology has been able to confer, and using that 
 knowledge in the sanest and most practical ways 
 thought out by the most careful educators in the 
 country. Such a man is James Tobias Humphries* 
 superintendent of the Idaho Industrial Training 
 School, an institution that is widely known for the 
 work it has thus far accomplished, and the gratifying 
 results that have attended his efforts during his 
 tenure of office have been many and far reaching. 
 James Tobias Humphries is descended from an old 
 English family, members of which emigrated to the 
 colony of Virginia in the earliest days of the coloniza- 
 tion period. The family is a most interesting one, 
 and such meagre history of the house of Humphries- 
 as can be obtained at this time is well worthy of 
 incorporation in this brief life sketch of the Idaho- 
 educator, whose life and work are now under con- 
 sideration. It may be said briefly that in the six- 
 teenth century seven English Humphries suffered 
 persecution and martyrdom in England, for various 
 reasons. One died during the reign of Henry VIII 
 because he spoke against the sacraments and cere- 
 monies of the church in his time. The others suf- 
 fered for the same and other reasons. The Hum- 
 phries of Virginia, be it said, are directly descended 
 from the family of one of these English martyrs, 
 and James Tobias Humphries traces his descent in 
 a direct line from that time to the present day. One 
 of the first of the family to emigrate to the New 
 World was James, born in Wendover, England, 
 about 1608. He came to Dorchester in 1637 and be- 
 came a prominent man in the activities of the Massa- 
 chusetts colony. He was a dear and lifelong friend 
 of the well known Richard Mather, famed as a 
 Congregationalist Divine in his time. Coming down 
 the line of the family descent, George Humphries 
 is noteworthy as being one of the greatest of ship, 
 builders of his time. It is a known fact that in 1824 
 Emperor Alexander of Russia offered Mr. Hum- 
 phries a yearly salary of $60,000.00 to take in charge 
 the construction of a navy for the Russian Empire, 
 but the splendid spirit of the man was manifested 
 most unequivocally in his reply to that offer : "I 
 do not know that I possess the merits attributed to 
 me," he said, "but be they great or small, I owe 
 them all to the flag of my country." An earlier 
 member of the family, David Humphries by name, 
 entered the army at the beginning of the American 
 Revolution with the rank of captain, and served to 
 its close- with valor and distinction, and John Hum- 
 phries, a direct progenitor of the subject, also 
 served as lieutenant in the Continental army through 
 the long years of the struggle for independence, 
 giving signal aid to the cause of the young colonies 
 and winning marked distinction as a soldier of 
 more than ordinary merit. Reverting to the career 
 of David Humphries, who advanced to the rank 
 of colonel from that of captain, it may be said that 
 he was attached to the staff of General Putman 
 and was appointed aide-de-camp to General Wash- 
 ington. At the siege of Yorktown that worthy 
 officer particularly distinguished himself and was 
 voted a handsome sword by Congress in recognition 
 of his action at that time. David Humphries was 
 a poet, as well as gallant soldier, and while in the 
 army wrote stirring lyrics designed to stimulate and 
 encourage the ranks, and which did not fail of their 
 worthy purpose. On the disbanding of the Con- 
 tinental troops, Colonel Humphries accepted the invi- 
 tation of General Washington to go with him to 
 Mount Vernon, and he continued there as an honored 
 member of the household for almost a year. In later 
 years Colonel Humphries entered business and be- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 came well known and prosperous as a manufacturer 
 of woolens. His fighting days were not over, how- 
 ever, and in 1812 he was among the first to volunteer 
 for action, serving throughout the War of 1812 with 
 the rank of brigadier-general. 
 
 John Wesley Davis Humphries, the son of. Gen- 
 eral David Humphries, and the father of James T. 
 Humphries, was born in Virginia, on November 2, 
 1834. He was early trained in the milling business, 
 after completing a thoroughly planned and executed 
 common school education, and passed his life in the 
 milling business. When the war broke out in 1861 
 he abandoned his business and forsook the cause of 
 the old Southland to enlist in the Federal army, so 
 strong an adherent was he to his sense of duty, 
 and for three years he gave valiant service to the 
 Union cause. He was a Republican and a member 
 of the Methodist Episcopal church practically all 
 his life. When the war was over he withdrew from 
 the South, left his old Virginia home where he had 
 been born and reared, and where his children were 
 born, and migrated into Iowa, where he settled as a 
 farmer, there spending the remainder of his life. 
 As a young man he married Margaret Matilda Hilt, 
 born on February 25, 1839, in Virginia, the child 
 of German and Welsh parents. She was a woman 
 of the most excellent qualities, a devoted wife and 
 mother, and a woman who enjoyed the unqualified 
 affection and esteem of all who shared in her ac- 
 quaintance. She was especially active and prominent 
 in the good works of the Methodist church, of which 
 she was long a devoted member, and the Woman's 
 Christian Temperance Union and the missionary 
 department of the church work received an unusual 
 share in her devotion and activity. No less than 
 did her honored husband, she left an indelible mark 
 upon the upward and onward life of whatever 
 community she favored by her presence, for the in- 
 fluence of her life from every angle was one of the 
 utmost beneficence. 
 
 These worthy parents reared a family of eleven chil- 
 dren and James Tobias Humphries, the second born 
 of the family, was born on the 8th day of March, 
 1860. He was yet a young lad when the family re- 
 moved from the old Virginia homestead after the 
 close of the war and settled in Iowa, and it was 
 in that state that he was for the most part reared 
 and educated. The public schools of his home 
 community afforded him his early education, after 
 which he entered Cornell College, at Mount Vernon, 
 Iowa. This was succeeded by a thorough business 
 course in the University of Valparaiso, in Indiana, 
 where lie spent four years. The close of his col- 
 lege career was followed by his entering the field 
 of educational work and from 1885 until 1890 the 
 young man was occupied in the Epworth Seminary, 
 at Epworth, Iowa, and at Albion Seminary, at 
 Albion. Iowa. It was not until 1890 that he entered 
 the industrial school field, and his energies and 
 activities have since been devoted to that wholly 
 praiseworthy field of educational work. It may be 
 said in passing that Mr. Humphries for the most 
 part supplied the funds with which he prosecuted 
 his education, teajching in smaller schools between 
 the years of his college work, so that he early learned 
 the value of hard work and is thoroughly conversant 
 with the trials and difficulties attendant upon the 
 securing of an education in that manner. Mr. Humph- 
 ries, early in his teaching work, developed an 
 inordinate interest in the so-called bad boy, whom 
 he recognized in many cases to be not more than 
 a good boy, overflowing with life and vitality, and 
 with no natural vent for his high spirits. The fate 
 of such as these, when remanded to the so-called 
 
 reformatory institutions of which our country in 
 recent years had so many, and of which it still has 
 more than its best good requires, made a strong 
 appeal to him and to his sense of justice, so that he 
 was compelled to turn his attention to reformatory 
 work, compelled, one might say. with better fitness, 
 for the call of the work was one which he found 
 himself unable to withstand. It was on the ist 
 of July, 1890, that Mr. Humphries entered the Iowa 
 Industrial School for Boys, at Eldora, Iowa, as a 
 family manager and a teacher of a company of boys. 
 In 1892 he was elected principal of one of the 
 schools of the institution, and so apt did he prove 
 himself in the management of the boys and in ad- 
 vancing them in health, mind and morals, that in 
 1879 he was elected assistant superintendent. He 
 held that position until in 1904, when he was elected 
 superintendent of the Idaho Industrial Training 
 School, at St. Anthony, Idaho. Mr. Humphries 
 took charge of his new office on the 24th of Septem- 
 ber, 1904, and has held that position ever since. It 
 is needless to say that the school has made un- 
 paralleled progress since Mr. Humphries assumed the 
 superintendency, and his work in the reformation 
 of delinquent boys and girls has never been equaled 
 and has made this institution one of the most im- 
 portant and valuable of its kind in the state. It 
 is interesting to note that the institution of which 
 Mr. Humphries is the head is no longer regarded 
 as a penal institution, but rather as an educational 
 one, and its work is conducted in the manner of 
 a boarding school rather than as an institution. 
 There is absolutely nothing in the arrangement and 
 conduct of this school to suggest penalty. It has 
 been placed tinder the direct supervision of the 
 state board of education and the board of requests 
 of the University of Idaho. There are no dark 
 cells, no bars, no screens, no fences or high walls, 
 and every freedom is given that the youth would 
 enjoy in a well regulated boarding school, selected 
 by the most careful parent. Mr. Humphries has 
 been a leader in the thought that the child who 
 yesterday was considered criminal would today be 
 regarded as lacking in good judgment, rather than 
 otherwise, and his training is one calculated' to 
 arouse the thinking capacity of the child or youth, 
 and direct his energies into the proper channels, 
 and start him upon th way to a useful and proper 
 manhood. In short, Mr. Humphries believes with 
 Judge Ben Lindsay that bad boys are not more than 
 good boys whose energies have been directed in im- 
 proper directions. It is this work, then, the educa- 
 tion, training and formation of young and perhaps 
 too exuberant life and spirits into good citizenship, 
 upright manhood and womanhood, that Mr. Humph- 
 ries has unselfishly and in a whole-souled and happy 
 manner dedicated his life, and the state of Idaho is 
 most fortunate in having drawn to herself the serv- 
 ices of one so able and efficient in the work he has 
 chosen for his lifework. 
 
 Mr. Humphries is in no sense a politician. He is 
 a believer in the principles of the Republican party, 
 but he has never been politically active, his work 
 being of a nature that would admit of no mixture in 
 political turmoils. He has for eighteen years been 
 an active member of the Masonic order, and has a 
 hearty interest in the work of the organization. He 
 is now a member of Benevolent Lodge, No. 38, of 
 St. Anthony. Idaho, is a Royal Arch Mason, of 
 Evergreen Chapter, No. 35. Eldora. Iowa, and is a 
 member of St. Elmo Commandery No. 48, Knights 
 Templar, of Iowa Falls, Iowa. The early training of 
 Mr. Humphries was so fortunate as to have had its 
 effect on his entire life thus far and has brought him 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 into membership with the Methodist Episcopal 
 church, which was the faith of his sainted mother. 
 He has long been an active worker in that church, 
 and is a leader in the choir and in all philanthropic 
 and public-spirited enterprises outside of those fur- 
 thered by his own church. 
 
 On June 26, 1890, Mr. Humphries was married at 
 Eldora, Iowa, to Miss Bertha Estelle Allyn, the 
 daughter of Henry and Nancy (Mason) Allyn. Mrs. 
 Humphries was educated in the public schools of her 
 home town, in Hyram College, Bryan, Ohio, and in 
 Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. One son has been 
 born to them : Earl Kenneth Humphries, born Nov- 
 ember 22, 1892, at Eldora, Iowa. He is now a stu- 
 dent at the University of Idaho, at Moscow, where 
 he is taking a course in civil engineering, and is in 
 his sophomore year at this writing (1913). 
 
 H. HOWARD BROOM HEAD. The office of clerk of 
 the district court in Bear Lake county is capably 
 filled by H. Howard Broomhead, who since infancy 
 has lived at Paris and vicinity. It is needless to say 
 that he has thoroughly identified himself with the 
 life of the place and that he has become a citizen of 
 worth and importance. 
 
 The capital city of Utah was Howard Broomhead's 
 place of nativity and April 6, 1870, was the day of his 
 birth. He was but a very small child when his par- 
 ents removed from Salt Lake City to Paris, Idaho. 
 In this young and growing community he grew to 
 manhood, witnessing during those years the remark- 
 able progress of this region in civilization and 
 material development. In the public schools of Bear 
 Lake county he gained those opportunities for mental 
 growth which are demanded by all parents for their 
 children in this age of education. As a boy, Howard 
 Broomhead earned his first money as a farm assist- 
 ant and in agricultural occupations he continued, more 
 or less continuously, until he reached the age of 
 twenty-five. In the meantime, however, he gained 
 valuable experience in various other lines, for it has 
 ever been his ambition to be both broad minded and 
 well-informed in all practical affairs. In his later 
 twenties Mr. Broomhead entered upon the duties 
 of public school teaching and in that useful and 
 arduous service he continued for fifteen years. In 
 this era of public service he demonstrated such clear- 
 headed intelligence, such self-reliance and such a keen 
 sense of public needs that in 1910 he was nominated 
 as a candidate for the office of state legislator from 
 Bear Lake county. He was duly elected and served 
 for two years, after which he was elected clerk of 
 the district court. He is still serving in that re- 
 sponsible capacity. 
 
 Mr. _ Broomhead founded his domestic establish- 
 ment in 1896. He was married on October 22 of 
 that year to Miss Mary J. Patterson, a daughter of 
 Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Patterson, of Blopmington, 
 Idaho. The Patterson-Broomhead marriage took 
 place in Salt Lake City and Mr. and Mrs. Broomhead 
 immediately began their residence in Bloomington, 
 almost within the limits of Paris, where they have be- 
 come one of the important families. They welcomed 
 into their home, as years passed, their little daugh- 
 ter, Helen Mary, and their baby son, Clayton How- 
 ard, both of whom were early called to another 
 world. But Mr. and Mrs. Broomhead have those 
 parental instincts which have led them to open the 
 doors of their pleasant home to two other children 
 whom they have adopted as their own. These little 
 girls are known as Una Viola and Leone Marvine 
 Broomhead. 
 
 Mr. Broomhead is a member of the Latter Day 
 Saints' church. His club affiliation is with the Com- 
 
 mercial Club of Paris. Politically he is a Republi- 
 can and it is from that party that he received his 
 present office. He has also served at a former time 
 in the office of justice of the peace. Mr. Broomhead's 
 recreations are athletic and literary, but he is pre- 
 eminently a faithful and efficient office-holder. 
 
 NOAH S. POND. A resident of Idaho for thirty 
 years and at Pocatello for twenty-five, Mr. Pond 
 had his full share in the work of development which 
 has marked the rise of Idaho into one of the most 
 resourceful of the Northwest commonwealths. It 
 was his lot to have been thrown upon his own re- 
 sponsibilities at an early age, and he consequently 
 became a productive worker when most boys are 
 still care free. The results of his life labors in 
 material wealth have been amply satisfying, and when 
 his early circumstances are considered they become 
 a fine tribute to his energy and business ability. Mr. 
 Pond, who is a member of the well known mercan- 
 tile firm of Pond Brothers, is one of the most sub- 
 stantial citizens of Pocatello. 
 
 He was born at Richmond, Utah, December 22, 
 1872, and attended the public schools there until he 
 was ten years old. The death of his father at that 
 time made it necessary for him to leave school and 
 take up the practical work of life. He came to Idaho 
 and lived two years at Preston and four years at 
 Idaho Falls, being employed by William C. Parkin- 
 son at the former place and at Idaho Falls being 
 connected with a mercantile house, where he laid the 
 basis of his subsequent successful experience in simi- 
 lar lines. 
 
 In 1888 he transferred his residence to Pocatello, 
 where for a few months he was employed in the 
 shops of the Short Line Railroad, and then obtained 
 employment with one of the general stores. At the 
 age of twenty, to remedy his early lack of advantages 
 and prepare for a larger field of usefulness, he en- 
 tered the Brigham Young College at Logan, Utah, 
 where he completed the commercial and normal 
 courses. Thereafter he was engaged with several 
 of the mercantile concerns of Pocatello up to 1898. 
 at which time he was sent on a mission to Europe and 
 remained abroad for two years. On his return he 
 formed a partnership with William A. Hyde in the 
 grocery and general merchandise business, and this 
 firm continued prosperously until July I, 1908. At that 
 date Mr. Pond and his brother, M. A. Pond, bought 
 out Mr. Hyde and formed the present firm of Pond 
 Brothers. Their trade is in groceries, produce, fruits, 
 flour, feed, etc., and by reason of their long standing 
 and able business methods they have one of the 
 most profitable establishments in Pocatello. 
 
 Mr. Pond was married at Salt Lake City, June 24, 
 1896, to Miss Allie Young, daughter of B. M. Young, 
 of Salt Lake City. On her father's side, Mrs. Pond 
 is a granddaughter of President Brigham Young, 
 and her maternal grandfather was President Lorenzo 
 Snow. Seven children, all boys, were born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Pond, as follows: Noah S., Jr., deceased; 
 Dean, deceased; Alfonso, Wayne, Leon, Vaughn 
 and Seymour, all at home. The family are members 
 of the Church of Latter Day Saints. 
 
 Mr. Pond is one of the citizens who have given 
 vigor and effectiveness to the work of the Pocatello 
 Commercial Club, has given service on several of 
 its important committees and in 1911 was a member 
 of the board of governors. Notwithstanding his busy 
 life he enjoys the wholesome pleasures and diver- 
 sions, likes to take an occasional outing for hunt- 
 ing or fishing, has a good library at home in which 
 he finds both pleasure and instruction, and attends 
 most of the local public entertainments where music 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1083 
 
 or good lectures are provided. Politically he is a 
 Republican and takes a keen interest in public af- 
 fairs. With his brother he has such extensive and 
 important business interests in this city and vicin- 
 ity that he has never been able to respond to the 
 invitations to become a political candidate, but other- 
 wise he seldom neglects an opportunity to work for 
 the party welfare and for the improvement of his 
 home city and state. 
 
 PETER HANSEN. In 1886, Pocatello was but a 
 straggling village; today it is the second city in size 
 in Idaho. In the year mentioned Peter Hansen, a 
 young Dane in search of opportunities for which 
 our country and especially the West was famed, 
 came to Pocateflo; he remained. Thus he became 
 one of the city's pioneers and in the intervening 
 quarter of a century he has there attained high 
 standing as a citizen and as a leading, substantial 
 and forceful business man. 
 
 Born in Denmark, March u, 1866, Peter Hansen 
 spent his boyhood and youth in his native land, ob- 
 taining meanwhile a public school education. He also 
 learned the painter's trade and as a boy acquired 
 mercantile knowledge and experience working for 
 various mercantile establishments in the vicinity of 
 his home. With most commendable filial regard 
 these early earnings were given to his parents. He 
 was eighteen when he crossed the water to push his 
 way in a new land. On his arrival here he located 
 first in Iowa, where for about two years he was 
 employed at his trade in railroad shops. Then he 
 came to Pocatello, Idaho. That was in 1886, and for 
 twenty-six years he has given the services of a good 
 citizen and business man in the building up of a 
 wide-awake and progressive city. During the first 
 four years in Pocatello he worked in the shops of 
 the Oregon Short Line Railroad, and then engaged 
 in business independently as the proprietor of a 
 restaurant and lodging house. He continued in that 
 line until 1900, when he established his present gen- 
 eral mercantile store, which under his enterprising 
 and progressive business management has proved a 
 very prosperous and lucrative venture and one that 
 has contributed to the commercial prestige of the 
 city. All movements that mean the development and 
 progress of Pocatello receive warm interest and sup- 
 port from Mr. Hansen and his influence in that di- 
 rection is made more effective as a member of the 
 Pocatello Commercial Club. He is a loyal and active 
 Democrat in political affairs and is now a member 
 of the city council, in which capacity he has also 
 given previous service. While he is affiliated with 
 no particular religious denomination he values the 
 influences of churches on community life and is iden- 
 tified with this order of good work as a member 
 of the Young Men's Christian Association. Fra- 
 ternally he is a member of the Benevolent and Pro- 
 tective Order of Elks, the Order of Eagles, Wood- 
 men of the World and Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, and in the last named order he has filled 
 the highest office of his local lodge and has twice 
 served as representative to the Idaho grand lodge. 
 
 At Pocatello, Idaho, on July 19, 1893, Mr. Han- 
 sen was happily married to Miss Carrie Johnson, 
 who was formerly of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Of the 
 six children born to their union, three daughters are 
 living, named: Bertha May, Luverne Katherine and 
 Dorothy. The family is one of the most estimable 
 of this city. 
 
 J. H. GREENE, who figures prominently in the com- 
 mercial life of the little town of Mackay, Idaho, is a 
 self-made man who should be accorded more than a 
 passing mention in this biographical record. 
 
 Mr. Greene hails from Indiana. He was born at 
 South Bend, in the "Hoosier State," in July, 1850, 
 son of John and Ann (Mercer) Greene, the former 
 a native of Delaware and the latter of Ohio. John 
 Greene took up his residence in Indiana in 1832, and 
 there he spent the rest of his life, occupied as a 
 farmer and miller, operating a sawmill. He lived 
 to the ripe age of seventy-eight years and died in 
 1886. His wife died in Indiana in 1874, at the age of 
 sixty-two years. They were married in Indiana and 
 the children of their union numbered nine, J. 11. 
 being the seventh in order of birth. 
 
 J. H. Greene had his schooling in Indiana and 
 there obtained his initial experience in the mercan- 
 tile business. In 1881 he came west as far as North 
 Dakota, where he remained a year and a half, en- 
 gaged in merchandising. His next move was to 
 Livingston, Montana, where he was similarly occu- 
 pied until 1884. In 1884 he came to Houston, Idaho, 
 and opened a drug store, and in the spring of 1885 
 he went to 'Erie, a mining camp in Custer county, 
 and opened a mercantile store, but in the fall of 1890 
 he moved back to Houston and opened a mercantile 
 store there and remained until 1901. He then moved 
 his store to Mackay, Idaho. That was the first year 
 the Oregon Short Line railroad was built up in this 
 part of the state. Here, he opened up his stock of 
 goods, and soon established a business which has 
 grown to large proportions, the firm style being the 
 Lost River Commercial Company. Also he has- 
 other business interests here and elsewhere. He is 
 president of the G. W. Jenkins & Co. bank of Mac- 
 kay and a director of the Mackay Light and Power 
 Company, and he is also president of the firm of 
 J. E. Smith & Co., which operates a store at Arco,. 
 Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Greene was first married at South Bend, In- 
 diana, to Miss Flora Woolman, whose untimely 
 death occurred in 1879. His second wife was Miss 
 Madora B. Trego, and they were married at Black- 
 foot, Idaho. Of his children, we record that the 
 eldest, Mrs. Elizabeth Hilliar, is a resident of South 
 Bend, Ind. ; Mrs. Flora Maddock, the next in order 
 of birth, resides at Mackay, Idaho, and is the mother 
 of one child, Joe Maddock; the others, Raymond T., 
 John Yardley and Donald, are at home. 
 
 Fraternally, Mr. Greene has high standing in the 
 I. O. O. F., of which he has been a member for forty 
 years and in which he has filled all the chairs. That 
 he is a success financially and that he stands as an 
 influence for good in the community in which he 
 lives, is due to his own efforts. He believes in hon- 
 esty, not for policy's sake, but for its own sake, and 
 as he has worked his way on and up in life it has 
 been his aim to live up to the principles incorporated 
 in the great organization to which "he belongs. 
 
 PETER CLEMENT O'MALLEY, who was city attorney 
 for two years, and a rising lawyer of Pocatello, is 
 a man who in the selection of a place of residence 
 was very discriminating and Pocatello was his final 
 choice only after he had visited and acquainted him- 
 self with conditions in practically every part of Ore- 
 gon and of southern Idaho. He has been a hard 
 worker all his life, prepared himself for his profes- 
 sion, and in his present field of labors has acquired 
 the recognition owing to a successful man. 
 
 He was born in Allamakee county, Iowa, Feb- 
 ruary 12, 1871, and lived in his native state until 
 about thirty-two years of age. A farmer boy, he had 
 only such school advantages as were afforded by the 
 country schools, and saw little of the regular institu- 
 tions of learning after he was seventeen years old. 
 The farm was his home and work place until he 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 was twenty-one, at which time he moved to Mason 
 City, Iowa, and for three years was engaged in rail- 
 roading. During all his spare time he carried on 
 such reading as amounted to a liberal education in 
 many subjects. In 1895, returning to the old home- 
 stead, he applied himself to its management until 
 the death of his father in 1903, his mother having 
 died about fifteen years before. 
 
 With the breaking up of the old home, he left 
 Iowa for good and found his first field of business 
 in Minnesota, where he was engaged in the real 
 estate business for a little more than three years. 
 During the next year he was in the same line in 
 Adams county, North Dakota, where he also had 
 an interest in the hardware business. After selling 
 out to his partners in the winter of 1908, he was at- 
 tracted to the state of Oregon, which he intended to 
 make his permanent home. For two years he was a 
 resident of Portland, where he continued in the real 
 estate business. In previous years he had been keep- 
 ing up a fairly regular study of law and at Portland 
 he attended the Oregon Law School and completed 
 his preparation for his profession. On May 2, 1910, 
 he passed the bar examination of the state. In the 
 meantime he had visited nearly every county in 
 Oregon, and after admission to the bar made another 
 trip into the Harney valley.. Of all these localities 
 the city of Portland alone seemed desirable, but he 
 felt that a larger success would come in a smaller 
 city. The resources of southern Idaho had been fre- 
 quently brought to his attention, and he determined 
 to test that field. Locating at Nampa, he passed the 
 state bar examinations on June 18, 1910, and during 
 the next two months toured many of the towns in 
 the south half of the state. Good opportunities were 
 presented in several places, but the environments did 
 not suit his disposition until finally he chose Poca- 
 tello, where he took up his permanent residence on 
 the I3th day of August, 1910. With the opening of 
 his office, he threw himself with characteristic energy 
 into professional work and has enjoyed a liberal and 
 high-class practice. Since May, 1911, he has filled 
 the office of city attorney with credit and efficiency. 
 
 Mr. O'Malley was married at Butte, Montana, 
 January 10, 1912, to Miss Zpe Henry, formerly a 
 resident of North Dakota. His church is the Catho- 
 lic, and he is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, 
 the Modern Woodmen of America and the Fraternal 
 Order of Eagles. He is one of the active members 
 of the Pocatello Commercial Club and a member of 
 the Railroad Y. M. C. A. at this city. Chairman of 
 the Democratic county central committee, Mr. 
 O'Malley is a local leader in politics, and has already 
 been mentioned for higher political honors. The 
 hard work of his profession is his favorite recrea- 
 tion, but he is also a follower of baseball and enjoys 
 music and literature. 
 
 WILLIAM P. MCDONALD. Pocatello, already an im- 
 portant railroad center, is rapidly growing also into 
 one of the best distributing points of Idaho. One of 
 the largest houses in the jobbing and general com- 
 mercial district, and one that by its increasing trade 
 is doing much to establish the reputation of the city 
 as a wholesale center, is the Idaho Wholesale Gro- 
 cery Company. This house since its founding has 
 been extending its trade by leaps and bounds into 
 an ever-widening territory, and is now one of the 
 leading concerns of the kind in the inter-mountain 
 region of the Northwest. 
 
 This company originated in Kansas among some of 
 the enterprising business men of that state. T. J. 
 McDonald, the president, is still a resident of Wich- 
 ita Kansas. His brother, William P. McDonald, vice 
 
 president and treasurer of the company, has been one 
 of the live and public-spirited citizens of Pocatello 
 since the business was started here. The secretary 
 of the company is Mr. J. T. Young, also a resident 
 of Pocatello. 
 
 Mr. William P. McDonald has been identified with 
 mercantile lines from his boyhood, much of the time 
 in the wholesale trade, and the success of the Idaho 
 company has been largely due to his thorough ex- 
 perience and well tested ability. He was born at 
 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, September 8, 1867. In 
 the schools at the military post and the city of Leav- 
 enworth he obtained his early education, and at the 
 age of fifteen entered St. Benedict's College at Atch- 
 ison, where he remained three years and took a com- 
 mercial course. 
 
 On leaving school his first position was in the 
 wholesale grocery of W. F. Dolan Company at Atch- 
 ison. Beginning as a clerk, he advanced until when 
 he left at the end of eight years he had an interest 
 in the firm. From Atchison he went to Wichita and 
 for thirteen years was connected with the Wichita 
 Wholesale Grocery Company in an executive capacity. 
 He then bought an interest in the Coffeyville Mercan- 
 tile Company, and was active in its management for 
 about two years. 
 
 The Idaho Wholesale Grocery Company was or- 
 ganized at Coffeyville by J. J. Hill, T. J. McDonald 
 and W. P. McDonald, and shortly after the organi- 
 zation was completed Mr. W. P. McDonald came to 
 Pocatello and established the business. It has been 
 a matter of congratulation among Pocatello citizens 
 that the firm selected their city, for the prosperity of 
 the business has been reflected in the welfare of the 
 city. A branch house is also conducted at Twin 
 Falls. 
 
 T. J. and W. P. McDonald are twin brothers, and 
 their striking personal resemblance, increased by the 
 fact that they do not vary a pound in weight, causes 
 them to be often mistaken one for the other when 
 they are together. 
 
 Mr. W. P. McDonald was married at Atchison, 
 Kansas, May 27, 1897, to Miss Mildred M. Bowen, 
 daughter of J. M. Bowen and wife of Atchison. 
 
 WILLIAM N. MCCARTY is one of the men who were 
 on the ground floor when Pocatello was fairly start- 
 ing as a commercial center, and has not only been 
 present to take advantage of opportunities but has 
 also for his own part done much as a business builder 
 and a creator of prosperity in this thriving city. He 
 is now considered one of the most successful business 
 men of Pocatello, and has always given his public- 
 spirited co-operation in movements for a larger and 
 better city. 
 
 Mr. McCarty was born at Ogden, Utah, February 
 12, 1872. The public schools of his native city fur- 
 nished him with a practical education, and a day 
 or so after he had laid aside his books he began his 
 initiation into the hide and wool business. In his sub- 
 sequent career he has ne.ver foll6wed any other line 
 of business than the one he took up as a boy. In 
 1889, when about eighteen, he left Ogden and came 
 to Pocatello, and has thus witnessed the develop- 
 ment of this city for more than twenty years. He 
 was a salaried man in the hide and wool trade up to 
 1901, and since that year has had. his own business. 
 
 At Pocatello on December 23, 1893, Mr. McCarty 
 married Miss Fannie Falk, whose father was Ben 
 Falk, of Anaconda, Montana. Fraternally Mr. Mc- 
 Carty is affiliated with the Masons, from blue lodge 
 to shrine, with the Elks and the Odd Fellows. He 
 takes an active interest in Republican politics, and 
 has served the city in the council. His favorite 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1085 
 
 diversions are hunting and fishing and reading and 
 music. He is a member of the Pocatello Commercial 
 Club, and with his numerous interests in the real 
 estate and banking and other directions, he is a 
 ready friend to progressive development in his home 
 city and state. 
 
 EDWIN CUTLER, M. D. Bringing to his profession 
 a thorough literary and technical training, innate 
 soundness and accuracy of judgment, and that most 
 doirable quality of sympathy, Dr. Edwin Cutler, of 
 Shelley, has gained and maintained a leading place 
 in the medical faculty of Bingham county. Almost 
 his entire medical career has been spent in this city, 
 but his reputation is not confined to its limits, as for 
 many years he was known throughout this state and 
 Utah as an educator. Dr. Cutler was born April 12, 
 1868, at American Fork, Utah, and is a son of Royal 
 James and Theda Ann (Morton) Cutler. His father, 
 a native of New York, became a pioneer settler of 
 I 'tah in 1852, there following farming and stock 
 raising up to the time of his death in 1894, when he 
 was sixty-six years of age. At one time he was a 
 representative in the Arizona legislature, and for a 
 long period was prominently identified with the 
 Church of the Latter Day Saints, spending two years 
 on a foreign mission and being bishop of Glendale 
 (Utah) Ward for twenty years. In 1851 Mr. Cutler 
 was married in New York to Theda Ann Morton, 
 who was born in that state in 1827, and who prior 
 to her marriage had been engaged in school teach- 
 ing. She passed away June 24, 1910, at Hyrum, 
 Utah, aged eighty-three years, having been the 
 mother of five sons and five daughters. 
 
 The next to the youngest of the children of his 
 parents, Edwin Cutler received his early education 
 in the public schools of Glendale, Utah, the high 
 school at Provo and Brigham Young University. 
 During this time he had spent his spare time on his 
 father's farm, but at the age of twenty-one years, on 
 leaving the university, became a school teacher, a 
 vocation which he followed during the thirteen suc- 
 ceeding years. During this time he served in the 
 capacity of principal of the Latter Day Saints Sem- 
 inary, at Parowan, Utah, for some time; was four 
 years principal of the Glendale schools, principal at 
 Orderville, for a like period, principal of Preston 
 Academy for two years, and teacher in the Weber 
 State Academy for one year. He first came to Idaho 
 in 1900 and during the next two years taught at 
 Preston, but by the end of this time had fully de- 
 cided to enter the field of medicine, and accordingly 
 became a student in the College of Physicians and 
 Surgeons, Chicago, from which noted institution he 
 was graduated in 1906. Having now completed his 
 preparation for his career the question of location, 
 one of the most perplexing that presents itself to the 
 young practitioner, was to be determined between 
 town and country. The solution fixed upon the city 
 of Preston as the place, and for one year he was 
 engaged in practice there with a brother, Dr. Allen 
 R. Cutler. In 1907, however, he came to Shelley, 
 which has since been his field of practice, as well as 
 the scene of his activities in other lines of earnest 
 endeavor. He has been a member and chairman of 
 the village board since 1909, and has ever been active 
 in Republican politics. Like other men of foresight 
 and good judgment, he has invested in lands in Bing- 
 ham county, where he carries on extensive farming 
 operations. Like his father, he is prominent in the 
 work of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, and 
 for three years has been bishop in the first ward. 
 He was the organizer and is the present leader of the 
 
 Shelley Choral Society, an organization that is 
 known all over the state. 
 
 On September 5, 1889, Mr. Cutler was married in 
 Manti Temple, Utah, to Miss Minda M. Harris, who 
 was born at Leeds, Utah. Mrs. Cutler is an active 
 member of the Women's Relief Society, being sec- 
 ond councilor in the presidency of this organization 
 in the Blackfoot stake in the Church of the Latter 
 Day Saints. Twelve children have been born to this 
 union, and all the boys have Harris for their middle 
 name. The living members are Edwin, Harold, Glenn, 
 Orville, Cliffe, Genevieve, Marion, Gladys and Hor- 
 tense. 
 
 Dr. Cutler comes of a family that originated in 
 Sheffield, England, and was founded in the United 
 States early in the eighteenth century, the progenitor 
 of the Cutlers first settling in Connecticut. On the 
 maternal side, his grandfather was of Irish birth, as 
 was also the grandmother, who bore the name of 
 Gillette. 
 
 WILLIAM R. HOLMES. No man in Paris does more 
 if as much towards increasing the spirit of enter- 
 prise and ambition in civil affairs than does William 
 R. Holmes, the efficient editor of The Paris Post. 
 The quality of energy that makes his present work 
 such a notable success has also characterized all other 
 lines he has undertaken. 
 
 The vigor of Mr. Holmes' personality and the ef- 
 fectiveness of his work here may be partly due to 
 the fact that he had the good fortune to be born in 
 this state and county which are now his home. Mont- 
 pelier, Idaho, was his birthplace, and the date of 
 his nativity was February n, 1874. In the public 
 schools of Bear Lake county he gained his education, 
 which was concluded so far as formal book study 
 was concerned when he was sixteen years of age. At 
 that time he entered upon the duties of his first posi- 
 tion, which was that of assistant clerk in a drug store. 
 His salary, which at the beginning was twenty dol- 
 lars per month, he devoted to the needs of his mother. 
 After two years in the work above mentioned, the 
 young man accepted employment with the O. S. L. 
 Railroad Company in the capacity of clerk at Mont- 
 pelier. That position he retained for about three 
 years. 
 
 Mr. Holmes was called by church authorities to go 
 on a mission to the southern states. He spent some 
 twenty-one months in Mississippi and at the end of 
 that time he was transferred to the eastern states. 
 His work there was concluded in about six months 
 and he was thereupon free to return to Idaho. Here 
 he accepted a position with the C. W. & M. Co., at 
 Montpelier, and was employed there six months, then 
 accepting a position with O. S. L. R. R. as cashier, 
 which he continued until January i, 1907. Being 
 elected county clerk at that time, he served in the 
 civic office for four years. At the end of that time 
 he entered upon the editorial duties in which he has 
 accomplished so much that is valuable, not only for 
 the paper and for individuals, but for the town as a 
 whole. 
 
 It was on January i, 1911, that Mr. Holmes took 
 charge, as editor and publisher, of The Paris Post. 
 He has ever since continued in that important work, 
 in which he has achieved so much of benefit to the 
 town, of success for the paper and of prestige for 
 himself as its head. Many improvements have been 
 made in the newspaper plant. 
 
 Both in Montpelier and in Paris, Mr. Holmes has 
 ever been keenly alive to the conditions in the com- 
 munity about him and so great is his energy that he 
 often carries on several lines of activity at the same 
 time. In Montpelier he served as city clerk for 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 two years and also for four years as a member of 
 the school board of that place. He is a leading mem- 
 ber of the county fair association of Bear Lake 
 county and holds the office of secretary in that or- 
 ganization. His organizing power and his gift for 
 systematizing are among the qualities that make him 
 such a valuable member of any deliberative body 
 and such a useful incumbent of any secretarial or 
 clerical office. The report form that is used for the 
 annual reports of all the county auditors is one that 
 was prepared by Mr. Holmes. His movements ior 
 local improvement are by no means confined within 
 the columns of his paper, for he is personally active 
 to an equal degree. 
 
 It is greatly to Mr. Holmes' credit that although he 
 had never previously had any newspaper experience, 
 he has made of The Post of which he became man- 
 ager when its affairs and quality of material were at 
 a rather low status a most creditable paper in every 
 way. Not only is it a decidedly eloquent organ of 
 local interest and local enthusiasm, but it has been 
 placed on a paying basis in a remarkably short time. 
 Mr. Holmes has in the meantime made an enviable 
 name for himself among the editors of the state, 
 for he is acknowledged by his brother editors to be 
 one of the best in the state and is one of those called 
 upon for the important work of the Press Club of 
 Idaho. He was recently requested to prepare material 
 for the consideration of state legislators in connec- 
 tion with the interests of the press of the state, but 
 owing to the short time allowed him in which to 
 accomplish this work, he refused same. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Holmes is a Republican of active 
 habits. Religiously, he is connected with the Church 
 of Latter Day Saints. His domestic life began in 
 February 19, 1896, at which time he was married 
 to Miss Emma Bowen, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
 B. H. Bowen, of Montpelier. Mr. and Mrs. Bowen 
 are the parents of four children, all of whom are 
 girls. They are called as follows : Irene, Velma, 
 Nathell and Wanda Holmes. 
 
 It may be added in conclusion that Mr. Holmes is 
 very highly appreciated by his fellow citizens, who 
 recognize him both as a success and as a hard worker. 
 They say of him that he delights in attempting and 
 accomplishing the apparently impossible. It is well 
 worth noting, however, that he never undertakes 
 anything rashly, but carefully lays all his plans, "like 
 an army general," thus proceeding to bring his pur- 
 poses to a successful issue. The combination of 
 hard work and clear judgment that has made The 
 Paris Post a credit to Paris will yet accomplish other 
 and larger achievements. 
 
 JAMES F. WOODALL, of Soda Springs, is a repre- 
 sentative of one of the pioneer families of Bannock 
 county, Idaho, one that is well known thereabout 
 and is of exceptionally high standing. For nearly 
 thirty years its members have entered into the com- 
 mercial, industrial and social life of that section and 
 their citizenship has always been of that order that 
 would make them valued factors 9f any community. 
 James F. is one of the leading business men of Soda 
 Springs and is a son of Christopher T. Woodall, a 
 well known and wealthy pioneer stockman of Ban- 
 nock county. Here he grew up and received his 
 earlier education in the public schools, later com- 
 pleting a two years' course in the agricultural college 
 at Logan, Utah. He was about eighteen years of 
 age when he started out independently by accepting 
 employment on a cattle and stock ranch in Bannock 
 county, and he continued there four years, subse- 
 quently returning to Soda Springs, where a like 
 period was spent in various occupations. He then 
 
 opened a meat market at Soda Springs and has con- 
 tinued that business identification to the present, his 
 establishment being the only one of its kind in the 
 town and one that is kept first class in its appoint- 
 ments, its stock, and its service. 
 
 At Soda Springs, Idaho, on January 29, 1906, Air. 
 Woodall was married to Miss Vella Davis, daughter 
 of Mr. and Mrs. William Davis, of Soda Springs. 
 They have three children, two sons and a daughter, 
 namely: James F., Jr., Virginia Percy and Henry 
 Gorton. 
 
 In religious faith Mr. Woodall leans toward the 
 Presbyterian church, but he is broad in his views 
 and sympathies and contributes to the support of 
 all denominations in his community. Politically he 
 is a Democrat, but is active only as a voter. For 
 men of the right stamp Mr. Woodall deems Idaho 
 a safe state in which to settle, to invest and to make 
 a permanent home. 
 
 Christopher T. Woodall, father of James F., was 
 born in Missouri and continued his home in that 
 state until a number of years after his marriage, or 
 until along in the '8os, when he came to Idaho and 
 settled in Bannock county. Here he has been in the 
 sheep and cattle business for nearly thirty years, has 
 prospered and is numbered among the wealthy stock- 
 men of this section of Idaho, his residence being 
 at Soda Springs. As a Democrat he is active politi- 
 cally and has served his city in various official ca- 
 pacities. Fraternally he is a prominent member of 
 Salt Lake Lodge No. 85, Benevolent and Pro- 
 tective Order of Elks, at Salt Lake City. In Mis- 
 souri Mr. Woodall wedded Ellen D. Doyle, who 
 also is a native of that state, and to their union 
 have been born seven children, of which family 
 James F. was third born. The elder Mrs. Woodall 
 is a member of the Ladies of the Maccabees and is 
 a charter member of the Soda Springs lodge of that 
 fraternal order. 
 
 JOHN M. BISTLINE. The mayor of Pocatello is 
 undeniably a man who is pre-eminently fitted for the 
 duties of his position, and his brief service in that 
 important office has gone far in the proving of his 
 capacity and sagacity as a public official. The record 
 he has already established as chief executive of the 
 city is one which has won encomiums from all who 
 are alive to the best interests of the community, and 
 is one which future mayors will do well to emulate. 
 For many years engaged in educational work, his 
 activities have been far reaching and effective, and 
 in recent years his connection with his well known 
 and prosperous brother, Joseph B. Bistline, as a 
 member of the Bistline Lumber Company, of Poca- 
 tello, has brought him prominence in this com- 
 munity that places him in the front ranks of the 
 stable and solid business men of the place. 
 
 Born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, on March II, 
 1867, John M. Bistline is the son of Benjamin and 
 Jane E. (Nesbit) Bistline, the father being a native 
 born Pennsylvanian, as well as the mother. They 
 passed their entire lives in the Keystone state, and 
 the father died there in 1909 at the age of seventy- 
 six, the mother passing beyond in 1881 when she 
 was in the forty-seventh year of her life. They 
 were the parents of five children. John M. remained 
 at home with his parents until he was about nine- 
 teen years old, at which time he started for the 
 West, filled with the zeal and ambition for conquest 
 that is the heritage of the healthy American youth. 
 He had been well educated up to that age in the 
 schools of his native community, and when he 
 reached Nebraska he settled there and remained 
 for two years, engaged the while in school 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1087 
 
 teaching, for which his training in the East 
 had mainly fitted him. He then went to Kan- 
 sas and there for fifteen years he continued in educa- 
 tional work, two years of the time being passed as 
 county superintendent. It was not until then 
 that he came to Idaho, February, 1903, marking 
 his advent into the state. Since that time his alle- 
 giance to his adopted state has not wavered, and he 
 has filled a high place in the annals of the city of 
 Pocatello. Soon after his arrival here Mr. Bistline 
 entered into a business partnership with his brother, 
 Joseph B. Bistline, who had long been engaged in 
 the lumber business in this vicinity, and Mr. Bistline 
 became a member of the Bistline Lumber Company. 
 Their business operations have been extended with 
 every passing year and today has reached a promi- 
 nence and volume that make it one of the big con- 
 cerns of the county or this part of the state. They 
 handle a full line of lumber, coal, hardware and ma- 
 chinery and kindred lines, and are continually broad- 
 ening out in the scope and character of their business. 
 Mr. Bistline is a Democrat and has ever taken an 
 intelligent and manly interest in national and munici- 
 
 al politics. For six years since coming to Pocatello 
 e has been a member of the city council, and so 
 well did he serve in that lesser capacity that the 
 citizens of the municipality felt they could do no 
 better than to place him at the head of the affairs 
 of the city. He was accordingly elected to the office 
 of mayor in 1911, and is now the incumbent of that 
 office. Under his administration thus far something 
 like $300,000 worth of paving and sewerage was 
 installed in the city, and he has in every way safe- 
 guarded the interests of the city as only one in his 
 position has the ability to do. Mr. Bistline took a 
 firm and decided stand in his attitude toward the 
 water company in Pocatello, and made demands for 
 the city which the company saw fit to fight through 
 every court in the land. On December 16, 1912, the 
 United States supreme court decided the case in 
 favor of the city of Pocatello. Concerning this 
 decision the Pocatello Tribune, under date of De- 
 cember 16, 1912, has to say: "Victory for the city 
 of Pocatello in its long pending litigation with the 
 Pocatello Water Company, perched today on the 
 municipal banner when Clark & Budge, special coun- 
 sel for this city, this morning received a telegram 
 from Washington announcing that the supreme court 
 of the United States had affirmed the decision of the 
 supreme court of Idaho, which held that the com- 
 pany must name two commissioners to act in con- 
 junction with commissioners named by the city 
 council, and readjust the water rates in the Gate 
 City. The action was instituted under the Idaho 
 statute which provides a penalty of $100 a day for 
 every day a company fails to appoint a commissioner. 
 Enough time has elapsed since the city named its 
 commissioners and formally notified the water com- 
 pany to do likewise to bring the amount due the 
 city to nearly $53,000. Suit for the collection of this 
 sum will be instituted at once." The inflexibility of 
 Mayor Bistline on this subject was the chief factor 
 in the continued fight of the city versus the water 
 company, and it is directly due to him that so signal 
 a victory has ben won for the city against a corpo- 
 ration that defied the law of the land and the will 
 of the people. Mayor Bistline, it might be said, won 
 his election upon the stand he took upon this all- 
 important issue, and it may be readily understood 
 that he felt a considerable degree of pride in the 
 results of the litigation, which sustained his opinion 
 and those of his constituents. 
 
 On October 17, 1889, Mr. Bistline was united in 
 marriage with Martha Shellenberger, the daughter 
 
 of E. M. Shellenberger and wife, of Ransom, Kan- 
 sas. To Mr. and Mrs. Bistline five children have 
 been born four sons and a daughter. They are 
 named as follows: Ray D., a graduate of the State 
 University of Idaho, and is practicing civil engi- 
 neer; Paul E., who is associated with his father in 
 the business; Ralph, Francis and Helen, all attend- 
 ing school in Pocatello. 
 
 The Bistline family are members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church of Pocatello, and Mr. Bistline has 
 membership in the Commercial Club, of which he 
 is one of the most active and enterprising members. 
 He has always been a defender of the interests of 
 the city, even prior to his election to the office of 
 mayor, and has been instrumental in bringing about 
 much of improvement and benefit in the communal 
 life of the city. His latest reform is his fight for the 
 municipal ownership of the city waterworks, and it 
 is anticipated that he will bring that reform to pass 
 with the same despatch that he has accomplished 
 other good works for the city. Mr. Bistline is a 
 stanch and true citizen of the state and a firm advo- 
 cate of its many excellent qualities. He belongs to 
 that class of men who are ever up and doing and 
 are never found in the ranks of that faction who 
 speak fluently and eloquently of what ought to be 
 done, but who never initiate an enterprise or move- 
 ment for the good of the community. Action is the 
 watchword of his life and results show him for 
 what he is. 
 
 G. F. HANSBROUGH is a lawyer, was born at Louis- 
 ville, Kentucky, November 25, 1865. Was educated 
 in Louisville, where he received his early training 
 in the law, came west and located in Ogden, Utah, 
 and was admitted to the Supreme Court of that 
 State in April, 1896. Removed to Idaho, and lo- 
 cated at Salmon City in Lemhi county and began 
 the practice of law in Idaho February, 1897. Re- 
 moved from there to Blaine county in 1900, and in 
 October, 1903, located at Blackfoot, where he has 
 resided since that time. 
 
 Mr. Hansbrough is a member of the law firm of 
 Hansbrough & Gagon at Blackfoot, one of the lead- 
 ing firms of the Southwest. He is an able lawyer, 
 an able and convincing speaker and advocate, his 
 specialty is trial practice, having devoted his entire 
 time to that branch of the work. Politically he is a 
 Republican, but he has paid but little attention to 
 politics in late years, his entire time having been 
 devoted to his law practice. 
 
 JOHN HENRY STOCKER. Noteworthy among the 
 pioneers of southeastern Idaho is John Henry 
 Stocker, the efficient county treasurer of Bear Lake 
 county, who, before he assumed official duties in 
 1910, had been one of that county's highly esteemed 
 citizens and foremost agriculturists for thirty-four 
 years. His career affords an excellent illustration 
 of what industry, persistency and self-confidence can 
 accomplish in America. Coming to Paris, Idaho, in 
 1876, a young Swiss immigrant, alone and without 
 financial resources, he set to work to find out what 
 diligent and intelligent effort could accomplish in 
 that undeveloped and seemingly unproductive coun- 
 try. He has here lived the life of a good citizen, 
 deserving and winning the high esteem of his fellow 
 men, and today is a man of competence. 
 
 A son of Hans Conrad and Anna Barbara 
 (Wurmli) Stocker, he was born in Canton Thurgau, 
 Switzerland, near the fair Lake Constance, on March 
 i, 1846, and there was reared to farm pursuits. His 
 education was received in the public schools and in 
 an academy in his native canton, and after his student 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 days were over he learned the drug business. In 
 July, 1876, he immigrated to the United States and 
 came directly to Paris, Idaho, where he took up farm- 
 ing and followed it continuously until 1910. Early 
 that year he became a census enumerator and then in 
 the fall following was elected treasurer of Bear 
 Lake county, to which office he was re-elected in 
 1912. He has proved an efficient treasurer and in 
 every respect has fulfilled the confidence reposed 
 in him. From his long experience there as a farmer 
 he knows well the resources and possibilities of this 
 section and feels that in time it will be one of the 
 best agricultural districts of the state. He also recog- 
 nizes its adaptability to dairying and is interested 
 in this direction as one of the organizers and stock- 
 holders of the Paris Creamery. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Stocker and Miss Mary Anna 
 Bieri, daughter of John and Rosina Bieri, was solem- 
 nized July 15, 1880, at Salt Lake City, Utah. Eight 
 children, all born at Paris, Idaho, have been the 
 issue of this union, namely: Mrs. Rose Grandi, born 
 in March, 1884, who has three children; Mrs. Sarah 
 Louise Von Almen, born in July, 1885, who resides 
 -at Montpelier, Idaho; Mrs. Emeline Gubler, of Paris, 
 Idaho, who was born in October, 1886, and has one 
 child ; John H. Stocker, born in 1888, who is now 
 serving the Latter Day Saints church as a mission- 
 ary in Germany ; William R. Stocker, born in No- 
 vember, 1889, and now farming in Bear Lake county; 
 Mary, born in March, 1882, and deceased in Septem- 
 ber of that year; Charles, born in 1895 and deceased 
 in 1900, and Joseph, born in 1897 and deceased in 1900. 
 
 Mr. Stocker is a prominent member of the Latter 
 Day Saints church and has filled different important 
 positions in that connection. He was ward teacher 
 and secretary of the Seventies for seven years, was 
 secretary to the high priest of this stake fifteen years, 
 was ward clerk thirteen years, and in 1892 went put 
 for mission work and served two years, returning 
 to Paris, Idaho, in 1894. 
 
 That year his parents left their native Switzerland 
 and joined him at Paris, Idaho. The father, a farmer 
 by occupation, died there in 1900 at the advanced 
 age of eighty ; the mother's years were extended until 
 1905. when she passed away also full of years, having 
 attained the age of eighty-two. They were the 
 parents of four children and our subject was their 
 first born. 
 
 JAMES C. MOORE has, since 1907, held the responsi- 
 ble position of private secretary to I. B. Perrine 
 and general manager of the Perrine interests as well. 
 He is not a native westerner, but was born in 
 Reedsville, Pennsylvania, on September 3, 1861, and 
 is the son of Edward and Sarah (Gurney) Moore, 
 natives of Ireland, and the father a farmer by occu- 
 pation. 
 
 When he was three years of age, James C. Moore 
 accompanied his parents to Minnesota, and from then 
 until 1905, Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota 
 represented his home. In 1905 he came to Idaho, 
 settling first on a homestead at Rupert, and for a 
 time he conducted a hotel at that place. In 1907 he 
 came to Twin Falls, and here formed his present 
 association with I. B. Perrine. As private secretary 
 to Mr. Perrine, he is manager of the vast Perrine 
 interests, a position which calls for the continued 
 application of the best qualities of mind and character 
 in the incumbent. The wise manipulation of the 
 many affairs of such an estate as this requires the 
 finest of executive ability, and that Mr. Moore has 
 so well succeeded in his capacity as manager of the 
 estates is the best of evidence of his many splendid 
 qualities. 
 
 Mr. Moore is not a man of the highest education, 
 his schooling having been confined to the common 
 schools of Minnesota, which he attended as a boy. 
 He earned his first money as a lad working on a 
 farm, receiving fifty cents a day as his pay. When he 
 was seventeen years old he started to learn the 
 miller's trade, but did not continue with the work 
 for more than two years, after which he entered the 
 service of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- 
 road in the telegraphy department. For twenty-five 
 years he remained with that company in various ca- 
 pacities, and his present high position is a fitting 
 climax to his life of consistent endeavor. 
 
 Mr. Moore is a Republican, and is active in the 
 interests of that party, having been secretary of the 
 county central committee. He was treasurer of the 
 Goodhue County Fair Association in Minnesota for 
 two years. He is a member of the Commercial Club 
 of Twin Falls, and fraternally affiliates with the 
 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the 
 Modern Woodmen of America, having filled all 
 chairs in both lodges. 
 
 On June 16, 1893, Mr. Moore was married in 
 Zumbrota, Minnesota, to Miss Mamie C. Doxey, the 
 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Latimer Doxey of that 
 place. They have two children Kathleen S. and 
 James C., Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are members of 
 the Episcopal church of Twin Falls, while Mrs. 
 Moore is also a member of the Ladies' Guild of that 
 church. 
 
 ROBERT J. HAYES. Nearly thirty years of residence 
 in Idaho entitle Mr. Hayes to distinction as one of 
 the old-timers. But he has done more than merely 
 live in the territory and state for that length of 
 time which would be a distinction without any great 
 honor he has made himself a. successful career in 
 business, has identified himself in public-spirited man- 
 ner with his home city of Pocatello, and is one of the 
 substantial and influential citizens of Idaho. 
 
 Robert J. Hayes was born at Oswego, New York, 
 February 27, 1861. When he was about six years 
 of age his parents moved to Chicago, where he spent 
 about ten years, and during that time acquired his 
 education in the Chicago public schools. Many men 
 have begun their practical careers at the age of 
 sixteen or sooner, but only comparatively few ven- 
 ture so far away from the environs of home and 
 friends as did Mr. Hayes. In 1877 he came out west 
 to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and thence to Rawlins, in 
 the same state, where he got his first regular job 
 as an employe in the Union Pacific Railway shops. 
 Previous to this for a short while he had done what 
 is called "night herding" for a party of freighters. 
 After three years at Rawlins he moved to Helena, 
 Montana, and for about a year was again engaged in 
 night herding between that city and Fort Bentpn. 
 Billings was then the terminus of the Northern Pacific 
 and for six months he was ^engaged in filling a con- 
 tract to furnish wood to the' railroad company there. 
 Bozeman, Montana, was his next location, and from 
 there he operated a pack-horse outfit up to the Clarke 
 Fork mine for about six months. In California and 
 Arizona he continued in similar work for several 
 months, and then came into Idaho. That was in 
 1884, and his arrival proved the beginning of a perma- 
 nent residence. At Idaho Falls, where he first lo- 
 cated, he spent about two years in the railroad ma- 
 chine shops. He then moved to Blackfoot and for 
 two years was a deputy sheriff. 
 
 From Blackfoot Mr. Hayes moved to Pocatello 
 and began the business career which has been pros- 
 perously continued for a quarter of a century. On 
 coming here he formed a partnership with Mr. N. G. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 Franklin, and their names have been associated ever 
 since in business under the title of Franklin & Hayes. 
 They established a small bottling plant for soda 
 water, one of the first in southern Idaho. Under 
 their energetic management the business has grown 
 from year to year until it is now one of the largest 
 and best equipped in the entire state. They manu- 
 facture and bottle a complete line of soda and general 
 soft drinks and ship their product into three states, 
 Idaho, Wyoming and Utah. Out of their original 
 enterprise they also developed a brewing plant, and 
 the Franklin & Hayes brewery has established a 
 large patronage. 
 
 Mr. Hayes was married at Idaho Falls, August 2, 
 1886. to Miss Mary R. Wilber, daughter of L. D. 
 \Vilber of that city. Six children three sons and 
 three daughters have been born to their union, 
 namely: Jessie M., the. wife of Fred Banning, of 
 Pocatello ; William L., a student in the Armour Insti- 
 tute of Technology at Chicago ; Robert R., a student 
 in Columbia University at Portland, Oregon; Irene, 
 Helen and Frank, all at home. Mr. Hayes believes 
 in religion and the churches, but is not a denomina- 
 tional man. His fraternities are the Masons, Elks 
 and Eagles, and he is one of the active workers for 
 Republican success in politics. He has given public 
 service as county commissioner and was chairman 
 of the board for over two years. Occasionally, as 
 business permits, he takes an excursion for hunting 
 and fishing. His home diversions are principally 
 for the satisfaction of his taste for music and the 
 theater, and he is very fond of lectures and a good 
 speech. 
 
 GEORGE A. GREENE. One of Pocatello's business 
 men with a record of more than a quarter century's 
 residence and activity is George A. Greene, founder 
 and head of the oldest plumbing establishment in the 
 city. Mr. Greene was a pioneer in his business and 
 for some time had no competitors in this section of 
 the state. And it was also true during the first years 
 of his residence, as he can well testify, that there 
 was very little plumbing in the modern sense of the 
 word to be done in any of the towns of southern 
 Idaho. Progress and improvement have taken giant 
 strides in Idaho since Mr. Greene first became ac- 
 quainted with the region. 
 
 Mr. Greene was born at St. Albans, Vermont, 
 October 3, 1865, a son of C. B. and Rose (Andrews) 
 Greene. The parents were both natives of Vermont, 
 the father a prosperous druggist, and lived in Ver- 
 mont until 1897, when they moved to Worcester, 
 Massachusetts, where they still reside, the father 
 aged seventy-five and the mother seventy-four. Of 
 their eleven children George A. was the fourth. 
 
 Reared in the old New England community of St. 
 Albans, where he continued his early studies Into the 
 high school until he was fifteen, George A. Greene 
 then served an apprenticeship and acquired the 
 machinist's trade, but subsequently turned to the 
 trade of plumber. In 1885. when he was a young man 
 of twenty but with considerable experience in his 
 trades, he continued work at them some five years 
 in this city. In 1892 he established the first plumb- 
 ing shop in Pofatello. and for several years had all 
 the business there was both in this town and sur- 
 rounding territory. He was sole proprietor up until 
 1902, at which date Mr. Higson formed a partnership 
 that still exists. They have taken many important 
 contracts in this section of the state, and the firm 
 has an excellent record in the business community. 
 
 Mr. Greene is also a director and part owner of 
 the A. B. Bean & Company hardware establishment 
 and is president of the Trist Auto Company. Fra- 
 
 ternally his membership is with the Elks, the blue 
 lodge of Masons and the Woodmen of the World. 
 He was married at Pocatello in 1900 to Miss Lizzie 
 Gallagher, and they have one child, George Greene, 
 born in Pocatello in 1904. Mr. Greene is very fond 
 of every diversion that takes him into the open, such 
 as camping and the field sports. He has been a 
 hard worker all his life, has worked out in his own 
 fashion a very gratifying degree of success, and now 
 enjoys the esteem and regard of the entire citizen- 
 ship of his home city. 
 
 NATHAN G. FRANKLIN. One of the pioneer citi- 
 zens and business men of southern Idaho, Nathan 
 G. Franklin, is one of the comparatively few citizens 
 who can claim thirty years of residence in the terri- 
 tory and state of Idaho. He has the distinction of 
 having served as the first postmaster of Pocatello, 
 with which now thriving city he has been identified 
 almost from its beginning. As a successful business 
 man he has done much to advance the welfare of this 
 community. 
 
 Mr. Franklin was born in Baltimore, Maryland, 
 January 25, 1858, and during the first sixteen years 
 of his life he attended the public schools and also 
 got some practical training while at work in his 
 father's meat market. At the age of sixteen he 
 started west, but got no farther than Ohio, in 
 which state he remained seven years and worked 
 at the buggy manufacturing trade, having charge of 
 the machinery department. The next stage of his 
 westward migration took him to Omaha, where for 
 about a year he worked in the car department of 
 the Union Pacific Railroad. 
 
 From Omaha Mr. Franklin came to Idaho Falls 
 in 1882, his advent following close upon early railroad 
 construction in this state. During the six years of 
 his residence at Idaho Falls he was foreman in the 
 woodworking machinery department of the Oregon 
 Short Line Railroad. Since leaving Idaho Falls Mr. 
 Franklin has been permanently identified with Poca- 
 tello, and as already mentioned became the first post- 
 master of the town. In partnership with Robert J. 
 Hayes, under the firm name of Franklin & Hayes, 
 he engaged in the bottling business, putting up 
 sodas and other soft drinks, and from small begin- 
 nings they have developed one of the most important 
 institutions of the kind in the southern half of the 
 state. They have also established a brewery, and 
 the output of their combined enterprise is now 
 shipped into three states. 
 
 Mr. Franklin was married at Idaho Falls. March 
 21, 1885, to Miss Lida Wilber, whose sister is the 
 wife of Robert J. Hayes. Their home circle com- 
 prises four children, namely: Mame, the wife of 
 Charles Kibbler, of Pocatello; Lorenzo D., who is 
 married and lives in Pocatello; Clarence E. and 
 Aileen, at home. Mr. Franklin's religious preference 
 is for the Methodist church. He is a Mason, affiliated 
 with the blue lodge, chapter, commandery and 
 shrine, and is also a member of the Elks. He takes 
 an active interest in Republican politics, and has 
 always been ready to lend his support to movements 
 for the better development of his home city. His 
 diversions he finds in outdoor recreations. He is 
 proud of his city and state, and is representative of 
 the sterling qualities of citizenship which have con- 
 tributed most to the permanent welfare of Idaho. 
 
 POCATELLO RAILROAD Y. M. C. A. As an institu- 
 tion that is helping to conserve resources by the up- 
 building and development of the all-around powers 
 of men, the Young Men's Christian Association as a 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 general organization and in its separate departments 
 has a unique place of influence and usefulness in mod- 
 ern life. Many citizens of Idaho are unfamiliar with 
 the importance and excellent facilities of the Railroad 
 Y. M. C. A. department at Pocatello, and as an insti- 
 tution that deserves recognition in this history of the 
 state the following account will describe the leading 
 - features of the organization and its practical oper- 
 ation : 
 
 The Y. M. C. A., which originated in England 
 and was introduced into America in 1851, has main- 
 tained special organization for the benefit of railroad 
 men for the past forty years, and the railroad asso- 
 ciation now has about 254 departments in America. 
 The department at Pocatello, maintained both for 
 the benefit of railroad men and for local residents, 
 was organized, largely through efforts of Pocatello 
 citizens, in 1894, and its first home was in a small 
 building now used as a railway emergency hospital. 
 The Pocatello Y. M. C. A. deserves special distinc- 
 tion because it was the pioneer undertaking of the 
 kind in the entire Northwest, and is properly called 
 the "trailblazer" association. The experiment was 
 successful and in 1896 more adequate quarters were 
 secured on the second floor of a brick business build- 
 ing (the Reuss block) on North Main street. In 
 1907 the present home, a three story building spe- 
 cially constructed for the purpose and valued at 
 $50,000, was completed. 
 
 The facilities and service of this association 
 may be briefly outlined from the last annual 
 report of General Secretary A. B. Richardson. 
 The attendance at the building during the 
 year aggregated nearly two hundred and fifty 
 thousand, an average of nearly seven hundred 
 per day. The membership, comprising about 
 four hundred in the so-called "city membership" and 
 about nine hundred active railroad men, has privi- 
 leges equal to those offered by the average athletic 
 or social club in the larger cities. These include 
 shower and tub baths and lavatories, a library of 
 3,500 books and reading room with magazines and 
 daily papers, a writing room which gives special 
 encouragement to writing letters to "home folks," 
 gymnasium classes under the direction of a physical 
 director, twenty-two private bedrooms and four gen- 
 eral sleeping rooms, accommodating about seventy 
 men at a time; educational classes and lectures for 
 practical instruction of those preparing for "some- 
 thing better" and for stimulating entertainment to 
 others; a religious department,' with special Sunday 
 talks and song services. There are also various 
 committees from the membership who plan and 
 carry out special features of work and service for 
 the association. 
 
 ALVAH B. RICHARDSON, general secretary of the 
 Pocatello Y. M. C. A., has been actively identified 
 with association work for the past ten years, and has 
 had the chief executive management at Pocatello 
 since the completion of the present home of the asso- 
 ciation. 
 
 He was born at North Star, Ohio, June 14, 1875, 
 a son of Rev. Theodore F. Richardson, a minister 
 of the Baptist church. When he was ten years old 
 the family left Ohio and during the next twenty 
 years lived at different places in the states of Penn- 
 sylvania, Illinois and Missouri. As a boy he at- 
 tended school in all these states, graduating from 
 the high school at Williamsville, Illinois, and from 
 the Orchard City College at Flora, Illinois. 
 
 Having to become self-supporting when a boy, Mr. 
 Richardson has a ready understanding of many of the 
 problems to be solved by his youthful friends in the 
 
 association, and his own experience has increased 
 his practical usefulness and service in his present 
 vocation. The first regular salary he earned was 
 in a printing . office, and after about two years he 
 went on the road as a traveling salesman. Later 
 he took a position in a store in Missouri and con 
 tinued in that way until 1903, when he entered asso- 
 ciation work. At Texarkana, Texas, he served an 
 apprenticeship for training in the railroad department 
 of the Y. M. C. A., and at the end of seven. months 
 received his first appointment as general secretary 
 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. His success there was 
 conspicuous, and during the five years he remained 
 he developed the fourth largest railroad Y. M. C. A. 
 in the world. From Pine Bluff he was called to take 
 charge of the Pocatello Association in the spring of 
 1908. Besides the many improvements in facilities 
 and scope of service since he took charge, he has 
 more than doubled the membership, and has made the 
 Pocatello department worthy of its distinction as the 
 "trailblazer" organization of the kind in the North- 
 west. 
 
 Mr. Richardson was married at Stanberry, Mis- 
 souri, May 15, 1898, to Miss Mattie V. Clark, whose 
 father, Eugene P. Clark, was one of the leading 
 merchants of that town. Their two children are 
 named Clark and Alvah B., Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Rich- 
 ardson are members of the Baptist church, and she 
 takes a very active part in the local church, being 
 a member of the Ladies' Aid, president of the Mis- 
 sionary Society, and leader of the adult Bible class. 
 Mr. Richardson is one of the workers in the Com- 
 mercial Club, and is a Republican voter, though not 
 active in politics. In outdoor sports he has special 
 fondness for tennis. He enjoys all that is wholesome 
 and good in social life, and music and literature make 
 a strong appeal to his tastes. 
 
 WILLIAM VARLEY. Among the men of foreign 
 birth whose useful activities are serving to advance 
 the commercial and industrial interests of Idaho, 
 William Varley, superintendent of the beet sugar 
 plant at Blackfoot, holds prominent position. During 
 the ten years that he has made his home in this city, 
 he has formed a wide acquaintance, not only among 
 business men but with those engaged in all lines of 
 activity, among whom he is universally and deserv- 
 edly recognized as an exemplary citizen and excel- 
 lent business man. Mr. Varley was born in York- 
 shire, England, May 12, 1875, and is a son of George 
 and Emma (Phalfremon) Varley, natives of Britain. 
 His father, a farmer by occupation, spent the entire 
 period of his life in his native place, where he passed 
 away in 1900, at the age of sixty-seven years, having 
 survived his wife six years, she being forty-four at 
 the time of her demise. They were the parents of 
 eight children. 
 
 William Varley attended the schools of England 
 up to his sixteenth year, at which time he started 
 upon a business career of his own as the proprietor 
 of a dairy. In this line he continued two years, 
 when, deciding there was a broader field for the ex- 
 hibition of his abilities in America, he emigrated 
 to this country and first settled in New York, estab- 
 lishing himself on a truck farm. Gradually he be- 
 came interested in the beet sugar industry, then in 
 its infancy in New York, and became an employe of 
 the factory at Binghamton, in the meantime dispos- 
 ing of his property. Subsequently, when his com- 
 pany was looking about for a more commodious 
 location, he assisted in the removal of the factory 
 from Binghamton to Blackfoot, and in 1903 became 
 assistant superintendent of the plant here. Five 
 years later, when the superintendency became vacant, 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1091 
 
 he was the logical man for the position, having 
 proven himself capable, reliable and faithful in the 
 discharge of his duties, and he was accordingly made 
 superintendent, an office which he has held to the 
 present time. Few men are better informed on this 
 business than is Mr. Varley. He has made it a 
 study, and every little detail of the manufacture of 
 beet sugar is at his finger tips. Among his associates 
 he is known as a man of shrewd judgment and far- 
 sightedness, of great capacity and strict integrity. 
 He has been interested in many enterprises which 
 have contributed to the welfare of his adopted place, 
 and no movement for progress is considered com- 
 plete without his support. Like other men of fore- 
 sight and business intelligence, he has invested 
 largely in realty, owning a modern home in Black- 
 foot and extensive farming property in Fremont 
 county. Mr. Varley is a supporter of Republican 
 principles and policies, although he has never sought 
 personal preferment. 
 
 In March, 1900, at Binghamton, New York, Mr. 
 Yarley was married to Carrie May Bulger, daughter 
 of Mr. and Mrs. John Bulger, the former deceased, 
 while the latter is a resident of Binghamton. One 
 child has been born to this union : Geraldine, born 
 in April, 1902, at Binghamton, who is now attending 
 school in Blackfoot. The family is connected with 
 the Episcopal church, in which Mr. and Mrs. Varley 
 have numerous friends. 
 
 JL-DGK OSA J. BELL. One of the pioneers of south- 
 ern Idaho, for many years identified with the rail- 
 road service through this section of the state, Judge 
 Osa J. Bell has recently been honored by election 
 .to the important office of probate judge of Bannock 
 county. He has also the distinction of having been 
 appointed the first clerk of the district court after 
 the organization of Bannock county, and among the 
 citizenship there is no one more highly esteemed than 
 Judge Bell. 
 
 He has had a career of unusual activity and experi- 
 ence in many activities. Born at Middlefield, Ohio, 
 July 29, 1852, he spent the first eighteen years of his 
 life in his native vicinity, where he learned the 
 fundamentals taught in the schools and also was 
 trained for hard work. His first venture was in 
 the wilderness of northern Michigan, where he spent 
 a year in the rough work of lumbering. He returned 
 to Ohio to prepare himself by education for a better 
 grip on the world, and spent two years in the normal 
 school at Orwell. 
 
 He had just about attained his majority when he 
 made his next trial in the world, and this time he 
 sought his opportunity in the city of Chicago, where 
 he was employed a short time as a collector. This 
 did not satisfy, and he returned to his former loca- 
 tion in the Michigan lumber district. After a time 
 he got into the charcoal business for himself, and 
 was getting along quite prosperously until a fire 
 destroyed all his establishment. After this misfor- 
 tune he moved out to Nebraska and for three years 
 engaged in burning charcoal for the Union Pacific 
 Railroad. 
 
 In 1877 he caine out into the Northwest country 
 to Wyoming territory. The first two years he was 
 a stage driver, then for a year was in government 
 service, and finally entered "the train service of the 
 Union Pacific with headquarters at Rawlins. During 
 the fifteen years of his career as a railroader he 
 was promoted to the position of passenger conductor, 
 and had a fine record of efficiency in the company 
 and was very popular among the railroad men of the 
 time. 
 
 During his railroad career he had already become 
 identified with southern Idaho and Pocatello, and 
 with the creation of Bannock county received ap- 
 pointment as the first clerk of the district court. 
 After two years in office he turned his attention to 
 ranching and mining, and has been one of the suc- 
 cessful men in those lines for many years. His sub- 
 stantial record in business and his high standing 
 among both old and new classes of citizenship gave 
 him a gratifying majority at the November election 
 of 1912 for the office of probate judge. Judge Bell 
 has long been prominent in local Republican politics. 
 
 He was married at Soda Springs, Idaho, December 
 18, 1898, to Miss Maggie E. Watson. Her parents 
 came from Scotland. The home circle of Judge Bell 
 and wife comprises four children Edna, Lynn, Mar- 
 garet and Harold. Judge Bell is a member of the 
 Christian Science church. He is fond of outdoor 
 sports, for a number of years served as president of 
 the local gun club, is an admirer of good horses, 
 and is also keenly interested in music and literature 
 and the finer things of life. 
 
 ARTHUR D. COOLEY, M. D., is a young physician of 
 Bear Lake county, Idaho, who located at Paris, the 
 county seat, as recently as 1911, but already has gained 
 recognition for his ability and merit as a prac- 
 titioner. For this, one of the most exacting, respon- 
 sible, yet interesting of professions, he has had excel- 
 lent educational training, and his personal qualities 
 of heart and mind are such that he is very well 
 fitted for the labors that make such heavy demands 
 for cheering words and helpful deeds and of inspiring 
 hope and courage in hearts where dwells despair. 
 On locating at Paris he became associated with Dr. 
 G. F. Ashley and has had a very gratifying practice, 
 considering the very brief period he has been estab- 
 lished there. They are erecting a hospital at Mont- 
 pelier, in the same county, with Dr. Ashley at the 
 latter place. 
 
 Arthur D. Cooley was born at Salt Lake City, 
 Utah, March 2, 1885. His father was Andrew Wood 
 Cooley, a native of Michigan who came to Salt Lake 
 City at an early period and became a school teacher 
 there. He passed away in that city in 1888 at the 
 age of forty-eight years. The mother of Dr. Cooley 
 was Miss Ann Hazen prior to her marriage. She 
 was born in England and at the age of three years 
 accompanied her parents to America and across the 
 plains to Utah in the early '6os. She is yet living, 
 now fifty-seven years of age, and resides at Salt 
 Lake City. Seven children came to the union of 
 these parents and of this family Dr. Cooley is sixth 
 in order of birth. After concluding his preliminary 
 educational studies he was successively a student in 
 the high school at Logan, Utah, the University of 
 Utah at Salt Lake City, and Northwestern University, 
 Chicago, Illinois, completing his medical course in 
 the latter institution and graduating in 1911. During 
 the summer months following his graduation he 
 took a special course in languages at Boyd College, 
 Chicago, and following that he spent a period as an 
 interne in the Latter Day Saints Hospital, Salt Lake 
 City, from whence he came to Paris, Idaho, and 
 formed his present association with Dr. Ashley. He 
 selected this location, believing that this part of 
 Idaho has very bright prospects, and especially so 
 if more attention is given to dairying, for which 
 industry this section has precedence ove'r any in this 
 state for its natural adaptation. Dr. Cooley learned 
 early the valuable lesson of industry and secured 
 his collegiate education by means of his own exer- 
 tions. He owns his own home in Paris and has also 
 invested in other property there. In politics he is 
 
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 a Democrat, and in church faith and membership he 
 is affiliated with the Latter Day Saints. 
 
 On September 4, 1912, at Paris, Idaho, Dr. Cooley 
 was united in marriage to Miss Louise Price, daugh- 
 ter of William and Lottie (Ennis) Price, the former 
 of whom is well known in this section of the state 
 as one of its early pioneers. 
 
 JAMES NYE. One of the best known pioneers of 
 southeastern Idaho is James Nye, now postmaster at 
 Paris, Bear Lake county, who has resided in that 
 immediate vicinity since 1877 and who has had a 
 very varied but successful career. 
 
 He was born at Christian Molford, Wiltshire, Eng- 
 land, April 21, 1840, and to the age of twelve grew 
 up in his native isle, acquiring there his schooling. 
 In 1852 he accompanied his parents, John N. and 
 Charlotte (Osburne) Nye, both natives of England, 
 to Australia, their voyage thence being by sailing 
 vessel and covering a period of five months, during 
 which time James taught school on board ship. Dur- 
 ing the six years of their residence in Australia 
 James was a sheep herder two years, a miner two 
 years and then followed various occupations. In 
 1858 the family came from Australia to the United 
 States, landing at San Francisco and locating first 
 in California, where they spent about one year 
 before removing to Utah. The father passed away 
 in Utah in 1866, when fifty-eight years of age ; the 
 mother survived until 1892, when she departed life 
 there at the age of seventy-eight years. They were 
 the parents of seven children, of which family James 
 was third in birth. During 1862-3 he carried the 
 United States mail between Brigham City and 
 Logan. His home remained in Utah until 1877, when 
 he removed to Bear Lake county, Idaho, and settled 
 at Paris. He took up carpentry and contracting work 
 and followed that line of business until his appoint- 
 ment in 1907 as postmaster at Paris, which office 
 he is yet filling. He has been successful in all of 
 his endeavors. Willing hands have been his tools 
 and an industrious and thrifty nature his aid, and 
 with these he has forged his own way in life without 
 financial assistance from any source whatsoever. Dur- 
 ing his long residence here he has witnessed many 
 chapges and has seen the first results of the awak- 
 ened interest in Idaho's possibilities as an agricultural 
 J horticultural state. The splendid showing it 
 
 and 
 
 has 'already made he, like all who are here, believes 
 to be but a meager beginning of what the common- 
 wealth may some day boast. Mr. Nye is a Republi- 
 can in political views, and besides his services as 
 postmaster he was also the first police judge of 
 Paris, serving in that capacity four years. He served 
 as school trustee in the fourth school district in the 
 county of Bear- Lake four years, and resigned that 
 position to make a two years' visit to his native land, 
 England, in 1885, returning in 1887. He served in 
 the Indian war in Utah for ten years, and in 1864 
 he drove a freight team from Salt Lake City to Vir- 
 ginia City, Montana, and back to Salt Lake City. 
 His religious creed is that of the Latter Day Saints 
 church and he has filled different of the official 
 positions of his church, being at present a member 
 of the high council and first counselor to the high 
 priest of this stake. 
 
 On December 25, 1864, at Ogden, Utah, Mr. Nye 
 was joined in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Smith, 
 daughter of William and Mary (Mole) Smith, who 
 were well known citizens of Providence, Cache 
 county, Utah. To this union have been born nine 
 children, mentioned as follows : James S., born in 
 November, 1865, at Ogden, Utah, is married and has 
 a family of seven children ; William C., born at Logan, 
 
 Utah, in 1867, resides at Montpelier, Idaho, and has 
 two children, both of whom are now married ; Mrs. 
 Rena Bunn, born at Providence, Utah, in 1869, re- 
 sides at Paris, Idaho, and is the mother of five chil- 
 dren; Frank, born at Providence, Utah, in 1871, re- 
 sides at Cache Junction, Idaho, and has seven chil- 
 dren; Joseph, born at Providence, Utah, in Decem- 
 ber, 1874, resides at Paris, Idaho, is married and has 
 one child; Mrs. Mary Hunsaker, born at Paris, 
 Idaho, in November, 1878, is now a resident of Utah 
 and has two children ; Mrs. Lottie Shepard, born in 
 October, 1881, resides in Paris, Idaho, the town of 
 her birth, and has two children; Ernest, born in 
 Paris in 1885, who died there in 1887, whom Mr. 
 Nye never saw, being in England for some time, and 
 Miss Viola Nye, born in September, 1888, is at the 
 parental home in Paris. 
 
 GEORGE L. MORGAN. Members of the Morgan 
 family have for a number of generations been promi- 
 nent in the field of public service, occupying places 
 of trust and responsibility in political life as well 
 as in other fields of activity. As postmaster of 
 Mackay, Idaho, George L. Morgan has served since 
 1905, and his connection with public affairs has ex- 
 tended as far as service in the Idaho legislature for 
 the years of 1904-5-6, and he has been United States 
 Commissioner of this district since 1904 up to the 
 present time. .Other branches of public life have 
 claimed his attention, and in addition, he has con- 
 ducted a thriving mercantile business at this point 
 since he located here in 1901. All things considered, 
 it would be difficult to point to a man who is more 
 busily occupied in a number of enterprises than is 
 George L. Morgan. 
 
 Born in Watseka, Illinois, on October 14, 1865, 
 Mr. Morgan is the son of Decatur and Elizabeth 
 (Richardson) Morgan. The father, who was a na- 
 tive of the state of New York, came to Illinois in 
 1844. He was- a machinist in his early life, but later 
 turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, and 
 divided his time between activities of a personal 
 nature and his duties in connection with the varied 
 public offices that he held from time to time. Mr. 
 Morgan was United States internal revenue collector 
 for the state of Illinois for twenty-five years, a posi- 
 tion in which he served with all honor and rectitude, 
 and which brought him an acquaintance that was 
 state-wide. He was a veteran of the Civil war, serv- 
 ing in the quartermaster's department of the Eighty- 
 third Illinois Volunteer Infantry throughout the 
 entire war period, and being stationed at Fort Donel- 
 son until the cessation of hostilities. He died in his 
 home community in Illinois in 1900, when he was 
 sixty-six years of age. He was the brother of Chief 
 Justice Morgan of the state of Idaho. The mother 
 of .Mr. Morgan was a native daughter of the state 
 of Illinois and her marriage occurred at Peoria. in 
 that state. She is still living at Watseka, Illinois, 
 at the age of seventy-four. Five children were born 
 to these parents, and of that number the subject was 
 the first born. 
 
 As a boy in his native community George Morgan 
 attended the schools of his home town and was 
 graduated from the Watseka high school in 1885, 
 after which he engaged in the work of school teach- 
 ing. He taught for two years in his home vicinity, 
 then, in 1887, came to Idaho and located in Cassia 
 county, where he. again took up pedagogic work. 
 For a number of years thereafter he taught in the 
 district schools of five counties, and it was twenty- 
 four years ago he came to Custer county. For a 
 number of years Mr. Morgan was clerk in the Boise 
 postoffice, leaving that place in 1901 and coming to 
 
TWIN FALLS HOSPITAL 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1093 
 
 Mackay, where he established himself in the mer- 
 cantile business. Since that time he has been actively 
 engaged in that enterprise, and a generous measure 
 of success has attended his efforts in that direction. 
 He is recognized among the leading business men 
 of the town and takes a prominent part in all the 
 most worthy activities and enterprises that find their 
 origin in the community. In 1905 Mr. Morgan was 
 appointed postmaster of Mackay, an office which he 
 has continued to retain, and the duties of which he 
 has discharged in the most capable and praiseworthy 
 manner. In 1904 Mr. Morgan was the representative 
 of his district in the state legislature of Idaho and 
 he served through that and the two succeeding years. 
 His appointment to the office of United States Com- 
 missioner of this district came in 1904, and since that 
 time Mr. Morgan has been the constant incumbent 
 of that post, meritorious service resulting in his con- 
 tinued appointment to the office with each succeeding 
 term, his election and appointment to the various 
 offices he has filled coming through the Republican 
 party, whose stanch adherent he is, and ever has 
 been. 
 
 As a fraternalist, Mr. Morgan is prominent and 
 popular. He has membership in the Scottish Rite 
 Masons, in which he has attained the thirty-second 
 degree; has passed through all chairs in the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, of Mackay, and is 
 now past grand of the order, and is worthy presi- 
 dent of the Fraternal Order of 'Eagles. 
 
 In November, 1895, Mr. Morgan was united in 
 marriage with Miss Anna B. Hillix, of Bozeman, 
 Montana, the daughter of George W. Hillix. Orph- 
 aned in childhood, Mrs. Morgan was reared in the 
 home of her maternal uncle, Thomas Lewis. Two 
 children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Morgan: 
 Kathryn Morgan, born in January, 1898, and Geneva 
 Morgan, born in January, 1903, the birth of the for- 
 mer occurring at Emporia, Kansas, and the latter in 
 Mackay, Idaho, the home of the family. They are 
 at present under the care of a private tutor who has 
 their education in charge. 
 
 Mr. Morgan is easily one of the most prominent 
 and popular among the men of this city, and one 
 who enjoys the friendship of a wide circle of friends 
 throughout the state. He is an ardent sportsman 
 and his favorite pastime is found in the hunting of 
 big game. In earlier years, Mr. Morgan gave some 
 attention to the cattle business in this county, but 
 has withdrawn from that industry, and his entire 
 time is now devoted to his mercantile interests and 
 to his duties as postmaster of Mackay, and such 
 other office of a public nature as he finds himself the 
 incumbent of from time to time. His years in Idaho 
 have been crowded full of varied fprms of service 
 in a public way, and perhaps no man has ever come 
 into this county in years gone by and in ten years 
 occupied as many important offices as have fallen to 
 the lot of this son of Illinois. It is a most eloquent 
 commentary on the character of the man that his 
 fellow citizens have found his service always of 
 an order that justified his return to office, and one 
 that does not frequently fall to the lot of office 
 holders. 
 
 RICHARD A. SULLIVAN. One of the self-made and 
 successful men of Idaho is Richard A. Sullivan, cash- 
 ier of the First National Bank at Montpelier, Bear 
 Lake county, whose business career of a quarter of 
 a century has all been spent in the West and in the 
 banking business, and who in each of his locations 
 has commanded the highest respect for his ability 
 as a business man and for his personal worth as a 
 citizen. 
 
 Born at La Salle, Illinois, February 2, 1862, he is 
 the youngest of twelve children born to Bartholo- 
 mew and Johanna (Condon) Sullivan. Both parents 
 were born in Ireland and were married in their native 
 land prior to their immigration to this country along 
 in the early '505. Here they first settled in Illinois 
 and were farmers, but in 1868 they removed to cen- 
 tral Kansas and became pioneers there. At that 
 time thousands of buffalos still roamed the prairies 
 of that state, and frequent encounters with the 
 Indians were yet to be reckoned on. The father took 
 up large holdings of farm lands and continued his 
 residence there until his death in the spring of 1879, 
 when sixty-two years of age. His wife joined him 
 in death the same year, she being fifty-eight years of 
 age. 
 
 Richard A. spent his youth and early young man- 
 hood in Kansas and was there when that state passed 
 through some of its most trying periods of uncer- 
 tainties. After attending the district schools of his 
 locality he entered St. Mary's College at St. Mary's, 
 Kansas, but left the institution before graduating on 
 account of the death of his parents. He then re- 
 turned home to take charge of his father's large 
 ranch and remained there until 1888. In that year 
 he came to the farther West, locating at Dillon, 
 Montana, where he became an employe in the First 
 National Bank of Dillon. He remained identified 
 with that bank fifteen years, entering its service as 
 a bookkeeper and leaving it as cashier. From Dillon 
 he went to Salt Lake City, Utah, where for eight 
 months he was employed in the collection department 
 of the Studebaker Brothers, and then in the fall of 
 1903 he came to Montpelier, Idaho. Here he be- 
 came connected with the Consolidated Wagon & 
 Machine Company, with which he remained until 
 September, 1904, when he, with E. A. Burrell and 
 others, organized the First National Bank of Mont- 
 pelier, which opened its doors on September 14, 1904. 
 All branches of banking business are conducted and 
 they also write insurance, aaid from the beginning the 
 institution has been an absolute success. Mr. Sulli- 
 van has continued the while to act as its cashier 
 and to his judgment, thorough understanding of this 
 form of finance and his conservative yet progressive 
 policies in the conduct of the bank's affairs, has 
 been due in a very large measure the firm standing 
 this bank holds among the leading financial institu- 
 tions of its kind in this section of Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Sullivan was married on December 19, 1892, 
 at Dillon, Montana, to Miss Ella M. McGough, 
 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. McGough of 
 that place. 
 
 Mr. Sullivan is a Republican in political allegiance, 
 and in a fraternal way is affiliated with King Solo- 
 mon Lodge No. 27, Ancient Free and Accepted 
 Masons, at Montpelier, Idaho, and also is a member 
 of the Modern Woodmen of America. The death 
 of his parents when he was yet a youth in his teens 
 threw him early upon his own resources and he has 
 since had his own way to make in the world, thus 
 the term self-made is truthfully nnd fittingly applied 
 in his case. He regards Idaho unexcelled in her 
 possibilities, and he has also the faith that in a few 
 years they will be converted into realities. 
 
 TWIN FALLS HOSPITAL. In the young city of Twin 
 Falls, an institution which represents the progres- 
 sive character of the community is the Twin Falls 
 Hospital, owned by Dr. Truman O. Boyd, and one 
 of the best equipped and best managed private hos- 
 pitals in the entire northwest. The history of the 
 hospital begins with the time when Dr. Boyd and 
 his family moved into the three rooms on the east 
 
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 side of the original building in January, 1905. These 
 rooms, although only three in number, and in size 
 less than ten by twelve feet, served as a residence 
 for the doctor and his family and for his private 
 office as well as a place where a great many sick 
 and injured were received and cared for until their 
 recovery. There was no available place at this time 
 for the care of the sick and injured people. All 
 rooming houses being overcrowded, it was found 
 necessary a great many times to provide places to 
 keep the patients and care for them until their 
 recovery. In the meantime, Dr. Boyd was construct- 
 ing a five-room cottage at what is now 325 Second 
 avenue, north. This was the second plastered "resi- 
 dence in the town and was used as a residence and 
 also as^ quarters to which the doctor took the sick 
 and injured people, and also performed his opera- 
 tions there. Late in the fall of 1905 there was an 
 epidemic of typhoid fever, and it was impossible 
 to give care to all those who were in absolute need 
 of attention. This fact was reported to Mr. M. M. 
 Murtaugh, who was then the assistant general man- 
 ager of the Twin Falls Land and Water Company. 
 Mr. Murtaugh instructed the doctor to secure a suit- 
 able place and open a hospital where charity work 
 could be done and that he would personally under- 
 take to raise the funds to operate the same. 
 
 Accordingly a building on Second avenue, south, 
 which had recently been vacated by a saloon, was 
 secured and equipped as a hospital, and from funds 
 derived from public contributions, a trained nurse 
 was secured from Boise and also one from Salt 
 Lake City, and the hospital was conducted under 
 Dr. Boyd's supervision during the fall and winter. 
 Mrs. H. F. Allen and Mrs. Vale, the mother of 
 Morgan Heap, personally solicited aid and assisted 
 in the fitting up of the building as well as in personal 
 attention given the sick confined in this room. Con- 
 sidering the facilities for caring for people, a great 
 deal of good and charitable work was done at this 
 place. 
 
 During the summer of 1906 the Boyd block was 
 built, and into that building Dr. Boyd moved his 
 office and fitted up an operating room, while in the 
 upper story he conducted during the winter of 1906 
 a private hospital. 
 
 In the meantime there had been a movement 
 started for the construction of a public hospital by 
 public subscription to stock. When $1,800 had been 
 subscribed and collected, and a hospital building 
 commenced, it became evident that the building and 
 equipment was going to cost more than was at first 
 anticipated, and that it would probably not be pos- 
 sible at that time to raise the necessary amount in 
 this manner. A proposition having been made by 
 Dr. Boyd to complete the hospital as a private in- 
 stitution, it was accepted and accordingly com- 
 pleted. To this finished building Dr. Boyd moyed 
 his private patients and opened up a private hospital 
 in the fall of 1907, and, having purchased all the 
 outstanding stock, the doctor continued to conduct 
 the private hospital in this building until the fall 
 of 1909. By that time the business had grown to 
 such an extent that it became necessary to increase 
 the capacity, and he built an addition and completed 
 the building as it stood until .'912. During the fol- 
 lowing years Dr. Boyd continued to conduct a strictly 
 private hospital, receiving only his own medical and 
 surgical patients until the spring of 1911. In the 
 spring of 1911 the business had increased to such 
 an extent that it was evident that the capacity would 
 have to be enlarged, and, desiring to be relieved of 
 the responsibility of conducting a hospital, in order 
 that he might give his entire attention to his medical 
 
 and surgical practice, Dr. Boyd leased the building 
 to the Misses Ida Craycroft and Electa C. Nesbitt, 
 graduate nurses of the Holy Cross Hospital of Salt 
 Lake City. It was the understanding that the hos- 
 pital should be opened as a public institution, and 
 that certain improvements should be made, and 
 these improvements were completed in the fall of 
 1912. 
 
 At this writing, in the spring of 1913, the capacity 
 of the hospital is often taxed to its limit, and it is 
 evident from the reputation of the physicians on the 
 staff .and. the patronage that it now enjoys from 
 surrounding counties, that it is only a matter of time 
 when the facilities will have to be greatly enlarged. 
 This is probably the largest and most thoroughly 
 equipped private hospital to be found anywhere in 
 the northwest, and enjoys the distinction of having 
 a heating system that is probably the first of its 
 kind anywhere in the country. It is a hot-water 
 system, but is so arranged that it can be operated 
 either by electricity or by coal, or by combination of 
 electricity and coal. At the present time electricity 
 is used,' but the change can be made in a moment's 
 time by the throwing of a switch or the change of 
 a valve so that the heat can be derived either from 
 coal or electricity or from both. 
 
 The founder of this notable institution at Twin 
 Falls is Dr. Truman O. Boyd, who was born in 
 Coshocton, Ohio, September 26, 1869, the son of 
 James and Margaret (Boyd) Boyd. His father was 
 a stockman and coal mine owner, a vigorous aboli- 
 tionist, who had charge of one of the stations of 
 the old "underground railroad" before the Civil 
 war. The father died in 1879, and the mother, after 
 moving her family to Indiana, died in 1880. Finan- 
 cial reverses had come in the meantime, and Truman 
 O. and his older brother had to apply themselves 
 to the task of paying off a heavy mortgage on the 
 old farm. 
 
 Dr. Boyd, at the age of seventeen, became a stu- 
 dent in the American Normal School at Fostoria, 
 where he was graduated in 1889, and later entered 
 Central College at Kentucky and took his degree 
 of Master of Arts. In the meantime he had been 
 teaching school in Indiana and various other places, 
 and was attending medical lectures. He served a 
 term as county auditor in Jay county, Indiana, and 
 in 1902 was admitted to practice medicine in that 
 state. After about one year in Los Angeles, Cali- 
 fornia, he came to Twin Falls, and his career here 
 has been largely with the hospital already described. 
 At the present time Dr. Boyd devotes most of his 
 attention to his private medical and surgical practice. 
 
 He is a member of the American Medical Asso- 
 ciation, is affiliated with the Elks and the Knights of 
 Pythias, having been first chancellor in Twin Falls 
 of the latter lodge. In 1912 he was Progressive 
 candidate for the office of lieutenant-governor of 
 Idaho. Dr. Boyd in 1892 married Miss May Well- 
 ing, and they are the parents of three children: 
 Lydia, Walter and Truman. 
 
 JAMES LONA SALMON STEWART, M. D. Physician 
 and surgeon, with offices in the Overland building 
 at Boise, Dr. Stewart has been successfully identi- 
 fied with his profession since 1899. 
 
 James Lona Salmon Stewart was born at West 
 Point, Iowa, December 16, 1874. His first American 
 ancestor was Andrew Stewart, who in 1800 came 
 from Ayreshire, Scotland. His son was James An- 
 drew Stewart, born at Hamilton, Ohio, in 1811, and 
 next in line was Salmon C. Stewart, the father of 
 Dr. Stewart, born in Danville, Iowa, in 1851. The 
 father, who received a common school education, 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1095 
 
 was a country banker in Iowa and a man of con- 
 siderable influence and prosperity in his community. 
 He was a Republican m politics and a Protestant 
 in religion. The maiden name of his wife was Ellen 
 Goldsmith, of German descent, her people having 
 come from the province of Basle. 
 
 Dr. Stewart attained his academic education from 
 the Nebraska Wesleyan University at Lincoln, and 
 for his professional studies attended one of the 
 foremost institutions of America, the Rush Medical 
 College of Chicago, where he was graduated M. D. 
 in 1899. Dr. Stewart is a member of the various 
 medical societies, and by his work and standing 
 i> regarded as one of the leading physicians and 
 surgeons of Boise. 
 
 In September, 1899, at Axtell, Nebraska, Dr. 
 Stewart married Miss Eva May Montgomery. They 
 have one child, James S. Stewart, born at San 
 Pedro, in Chihuahua, Mexico, November 5, 1901. 
 
 DR. FRANK A. SCHMITZ. When Dr. Frank A. 
 Schmitz was first graduated from Barnes Medical 
 College, in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1909, he imme- 
 diately turned his face in a westerly direction, locat- 
 ing first at Cambridge, Idaho, where his brother was 
 already established, but very soon thereafter coming 
 on to Midvale, his arrival here being on June 5, 
 1909. Since that time he has confined his medical 
 practice to Midvale and adjacent territory, and the 
 fact that he was the first medical man to locate in 
 this city has given him a prestige that is a splendid 
 aid to his already well established reputation as a 
 physician of no mean ability. 
 
 Dr. Schmitx was born on March 17, 1885. in Maple- 
 ton. Kansas, and is the son of John and Christina 
 (Bauer) Schmitz, both natives of Germany. The 
 father came to America in 1867 and settled almost 
 immediately in Kansas, where he became identified 
 with the ranch business. He died in 1907 at Map'.e- 
 ton, Kansas, aged fifty-six, widely known as one 
 of the successful farmers and stock men of the state. 
 The wife and mother came to America from her 
 native land as a young girl, and met and married 
 her German husband in Kansas. She is now a resi- 
 dent of Midvale, Idaho, where her son resides, but 
 she still retains her farms and other property in 
 Kansas. They were the parents of eight children, 
 three of which number are residents of the state of 
 Idaho, as follows: Dr. Charles Ernest Schmitz. 
 located at Cambridge, where he enjoys an enviable 
 reputation as a physician and surgeon ; Carrie F., 
 the wife of John Allen, a rancher of Washington 
 county; and Frank A. of this review. 
 
 Frank A. Schmitz was educated in the grade and 
 high schools of Fort Scott, Kansas. Following his 
 graduation from the high school he entered 
 Barnes Medical College in St. Louis, Missouri, from 
 which he was duly graduated in 1909 with the degree 
 of Doctor of Medicine. As previously mentioned, he 
 came to Cambridge, Idaho, immediately after his 
 graduation, but his stay there was of short duration. 
 June sth of the same year finding him in Midvale, 
 where he has since continued. The doctor enjoys a 
 representative and growing practice, and in addition 
 thereto is the medical representative of the Modern 
 Woodmen of America and a number of old Line life 
 insurance companies, including the New York Life 
 and the Mutual Life of New York. He is assistant 
 county physician and is health officer of the district, 
 and in those capacities has given good service to the 
 community, beyond his private practice. 
 
 Dr. Schmitz is a member of the State Medical 
 
 Society, and of the Midvale Commercial Club, a 
 vol. m 1 3 
 
 thriving young organization which has already done 
 good work for the community and will do more. He 
 is a Democrat, but not an active politician. 
 
 On June 15, 1910, Dr. Schmitz was married at 
 Leavenworth, Kansas, to Miss Anna Rasdall, the 
 daughter of Joseph Rasdall, a native born Kansan. 
 One child has been born to them, Albert, born 
 June 21, 1911. 
 
 PAUL S. HADDOCK of Shoshone, Idaho, is one of 
 southern Idaho's typical boosters. His special hobby 
 is Shoshone and its immediate vicinity. 
 
 Mr. Haddock received his education and business 
 training in Bedford, Iowa, and is a graduate of the 
 law department of the State University of Iowa. 
 He moved from there to Shoshone in 1906, and 
 from that time on has been actively engaged in the 
 practice of law 'and in promoting the larger class 
 of real estate deals. 
 
 Mr. Haddock has examined in detail all of the 
 big irrigation projects of southern Idaho. He at- 
 tended all of the Carey Act openings and made 
 large investments for himself and his friends. Dur- 
 ing the years 1909 and 1910 he promoted five new 
 additions to the village of Shoshone, all of which 
 were highly successful. 
 
 By reason of his intimate knowledge of general 
 business conditions in southern Idaho he is one of 
 the most prominent real estate promoters in the 
 state and his opinion on all matters pertaining to 
 land values and investments is much sought after. 
 Mr. Haddock says that there is no place in the 
 United States that has prospects of such a brilliant 
 future as southern Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Haddock is a member of the law firm of 
 Johnson & Haddock. This firm has built a large 
 and lucrative practice which extends over a large 
 territory in the southern part of the state. They 
 are the regular attorneys for the town of Shoshone, 
 the Shoshone Highway District, the Shoshone School 
 District, Twin Falls North Side Association and 
 numerous other of the large business interests of 
 this section of the country. 
 
 On January i, 1901, Mr. Haddock was married 
 at Bedford, Iowa, to Miss Maragaret Fowler of that 
 city and to them have been born two children, George 
 B. and Lucile. 
 
 NADOR C. KAFOURY. prominent in public and busi- 
 ness life in Ilo, Idaho, where lie is proprietor of the 
 largest and best equipped department store of Lewis 
 o unity, was born in Beyreuth, Syria, May 20. 1873. 
 He is a son of Korury and Irene Kafoury, the former 
 nf whom died in Beyreuth and the latter of whom is 
 now a resident of Ilo, Idaho. In the public schools of 
 I'.eyreuth Nador C. Kafoury was educated and he 
 emigrated to the United States in 1888, at the age 
 of fifteen years. He landed in New York City and 
 in that metropolis joined friends and began to learn 
 the English language. His first employment was in 
 a mercantile establishment in New York, where he 
 remained for one year, at the end of which he went 
 to South Dakota, locating in Cooperstown, where 
 he clerked in a dry goods store for the ensuing five 
 years. In 1894 he came west and made his home 
 in Seattle, Washington, whence he went to Unalaska, 
 Alaska. In the latter place he engaged in business 
 on his own account and for three years conducted a 
 successful concern. He then disposed of his in- 
 terests in the far north, although he still has prop- 
 erty holdings in Alaska, and in 1904 he came to 
 
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 Ilo, Idaho. Here, in partnership with his brother 
 Stephen, he opened a general department store, 
 which is proving a tremendous success, it being one 
 of the finest concerns of its kind in this section 
 of the state. Six or eight clerks are constantly em- 
 ployed in the store and it is so well equipped in 
 every connection that it would be a credit to a much 
 larger city than Ilo. Mr. Kafoury is the owner 
 of fine farming lands in Lewis county. 
 
 He maintains an independent attitude in his po- 
 litical convictions and gives freely of his time and 
 means in support of all measures and enterprises 
 projected for the good of the general welfare. He 
 has long been -a member of the city council of Ilo 
 and in 1911 was elected mayor of this city. Fra- 
 ternally, he is connected with the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the 
 Rebekahs, of which last organization he is treas- 
 urer. He is a valued member of the Commercial 
 Club of Ilo. In 1909, accompanied by his wife, Mr. 
 Kafoury made a trip to his old home in Syria, also 
 visiting the Holy Land and different countries of 
 Europe. He is extremely fond of travel. On his 
 return to America he brought his mother back with 
 him and she is now a resident of Ilo. 
 
 In February, 1902, Mr. Kafoury married Miss 
 Mary Condo George, a native of Canada. This 
 union has been prolific of two children: Leo and 
 Ivan, the former aged eight years and the latter 
 three. 
 
 Stephen Kafoury, a brother of the subject of this 
 sketch and his partner in business, went from Bey- 
 reuth to South America in 1902 and spent a year and 
 a half in the Argentine Republic. For six months 
 he lived in Brazil and he then came to the United 
 States, living for a time in Seattle, Washington, and 
 then joining his brother in Ilo, in 1904. The 
 Kafoury brothers stand high in the esteem of their 
 fellow citizens and are well known for their fair 
 and honorabe business methods. They are devout 
 communicants of the Greek Catholic church. 
 
 DR. Louis A. HARRIS. The fact is often remarked 
 upon that the taste for medicine runs in a family 
 more frequently than any other inherited tendency. 
 None of the professions seem to pass from father 
 to son as readily as this ancient one of healing the 
 physical ills of mankind. Dr. Louis A. Harris, who 
 is a successful and popular physician of New Mead- 
 ows, Idaho, is an example of this fact, his father 
 heaving been Aaron Harris, a noted physician of 
 Boston, Massachusetts. The latter was born in Bos- 
 ton, of English parentage, and lived there for many 
 years engaged in the practice of his profession. He 
 was one of the well known residents of the city, 
 and he died there in 1907 at the age of eighty- 
 four. He was married in Washington, D. C, to 
 Jerusha Sherwood, who was a native of the same 
 state as her ' husband, and was also of English 
 parentage. She died in Boston in the same year 
 as her husband, 1907, at the age of eighty-two. 
 
 Louis A. Harris was born in Melrose, Massachu- 
 setts, on the 26th of October, 1872, and was reared 
 in the refined surroundings of a cultured home. He 
 received his elementary education in the public schools 
 of the state, graduating from the high school. He 
 then attended the Boston Latin School, an institu- 
 tion famous for the thorough work there accom- 
 plished, and then went to the School of Pharmacy, 
 from which he was graduated in 1894. Next and 
 almost inevitably followed Harvard University. He' 
 was graduated from the great university, having 
 taken a literary course. He then came west and at 
 the University of Kansas took his professional work, 
 
 being graduated from this institution at Lawrence, 
 Kansas, in 1900. 
 
 He first began the practice of his profession at 
 Sheridan, Wyoming, and then in 1903 went to Idaho, 
 where he settled for a time. He next went further 
 west and located in San Francisco, where he practiced 
 until the earthquake, when he returned to Idaho and 
 located in New Meadows. He has been in prac- 
 tice here ever since and has built up a good prac- 
 tice, being a happy combination of physician and 
 friend to all who desire his services. 
 
 Dr. Harris has never had time to take a very 
 active part in politics. His sole efforts in this line 
 have been that for a number of years he has been 
 president of _ the board of pension examiners. He 
 is now candidate for county coroner and stands an 
 excellent chance of winning the office. In the fra- 
 ternal world Dr. Harris is quite active and is keenly 
 interested in the work of the various societies of 
 which he is a member. He is a member of the 
 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, belonging to 
 the blue lodge. He is also a member of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Knights of 
 Pythias. In professional circles he holds member- 
 ship in all of the medical societies. 
 
 Dr. Harris married Fannie T. Levy, of Chicago, 
 Illinois, in 1907, the ceremony taking place in that 
 city. Mrs. Harris is a daughter of Jonas and Theresa 
 Levy, her father being a retired- merchant of Chi- 
 cago. Mr. and Mrs. Harris have no children. 
 
 DR. HIRAM S. WOOLLEY, JR. Prominent among 
 the medical talent of Pocatello, Idaho, is Dr. Hiram 
 S. Woolley, Jr., who is highly respected in this city, 
 both for his professional ability and for the order 
 of his citizenship. He is a young man who has 
 builded slowly but most substantially, whose every 
 attainment has been the reward of his own effort 
 and merit. While he has but recently become a med- 
 ical practitioner, his reputation as a man and as a 
 worker had long since been established here so that 
 the foundation of confidence in the order of his 
 efforts and services was already laid when he turned 
 his attention to medicine. 
 
 Dr. Woplley's birth occurred August 6, 1874, on 
 the Hawaiian Islands, whither his parents had re- 
 moved for a period while his father was engaged in 
 business affairs. The latter is Hiram S. Woolley, 
 Sr., now retired and residing in California. The 
 elder Mr. Woolley was born in Utah and grew up 
 there, later removing to Idaho, where he continued 
 his home for over twenty-five years. By trade he 
 was a blacksmith and wagonmaker and for a num- 
 ber of years was also engaged in the mercantile 
 business. Both in Utah and in Idaho he was very 
 active in political affairs as a Republican. He wedded 
 Minerva Rich, whose father was an old California 
 pioneer and once owned the land and the original 
 townsite of where is now the city of San Bernardino. 
 Dr. Woolley is the eldest of their eight children. He 
 was yet an infant when his parents returned to the 
 United States and took up their residence in Salt 
 Lake City, but a year later they removed to Paris, 
 Bear Lake county, Idaho, where he grew to man's 
 estate. His father was well-to-do and well able to 
 provide for him, but the spirit of independence was 
 inborn and strong and at the age of fifteen, by pref- 
 erence, he began to paddle his own canoe and has 
 ever since made his way in life by his own efforts. 
 His earlier education included the common and high 
 school courses at Paris, Idaho, and a course of in- 
 struction in Fielding Academy in the same town. 
 He then went to Salt Lake City as a student in the 
 University of Utah and after a four years' course 
 

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HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 was graduated in 1893. As a boy he followed ranch- 
 ing and stock work and in this way paid his own 
 way through the academy and university, the ex- 
 penses of his subsequent medical training also being 
 provided for from his own earnings. He came to 
 Pocatello, Idaho, in 1896, and for the first seven 
 years was in the government service as an employe 
 in the internal revenue department. It was after 
 the conclusion of this service that he began his prep- 
 aration for his present profession by matriculating 
 at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, from 
 the medical department of which well known institu- 
 tion he was graduated in 1909. To add to his prac- 
 tical knowledge he then became an interne in St 
 Mark's Hospital, Salt Lake City, and then in the 
 spring of 1910 he returned to Pocatello to become an 
 active practitioner. The period of his practice has 
 been brief -but the success of his professional service 
 has been such that he has forged rapidly to the fore 
 among the medical talent of this city and already 
 commands a representative clientele and a very large 
 practice. He is now county physician of Bannock 
 county. He is a member of the Bannock County 
 Medical Society, the Southern Idaho Medical Society 
 and the American Medical Association, and is also 
 a member of the Phi Beta Pi medical college fra- 
 ternity, and his other fraternal associations are as a 
 member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of 
 Elks, the Order of Eagles, the Modern Woodmen 
 of America and the Woodmen of the World. In 
 the way of outdoor recreations he is fond of hunt- 
 ing, and as the owner of an automobile he is enabled 
 to frequently enjoy the different scenic attractions 
 of this section of Idaho. His interest in civic de- 
 velopment and progress along material lines is ex- 
 pressed by his affiliation with the Pocatello Com- 
 mercial. Club, and in political views he is a Repub- 
 lican. In religion he was reared in the faith of the 
 Latter Day Saints church and is a member of it, but 
 favors all denominations. Almost the whole of his 
 life has been spent in Idaho and he believes that no 
 state of the Union equals it in the rewards given to 
 honest and industrious effort. 
 
 At Pocatello, Idaho, on June 21, 1896, was solem- 
 nized the marriage of Dr. Woolley and Miss Mary 
 S. Budge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Budge, 
 of Bear Lake, Idaho. To their union have been born 
 two sons and a daughter, namely : Leland, Arvilla 
 and Hoyt. 
 
 OKIE W. CLICK. Former sheriff of Nez Perce 
 county, and esteemed equally for his official ability 
 and business probity, Mr. Click has resided on the 
 reservation in the county of Nez Perce for a long 
 period of years, and for a greater part of the time was 
 engaged in business, but sacrificed his personal in- 
 terests to serve in behalf of the public welfare. A 
 short review of his life will show that he has al- 
 ways been industrious, energetic and enterprising 
 and that he has failed in no particular of discharg- 
 ing the duties of life. 
 
 Orie W. Click was born June I, 1871, at New 
 Ross, Montgomery county, Indiana, and is a son of 
 Jonathan M. and Lou (Cox) Click. His father was 
 a prominent lumberman of Horton, Missouri, to 
 which town the family had removed when Orie W. 
 was a child, and was also interested in Democratic 
 politics. On completing his studies in the schools of 
 Nevada, Missouri, Orie W. Click entered the Nevada 
 Business College at that place and was but eighteen 
 years of age when he became identified with the lum- 
 ber business. Mr. Gick continued to reside at Hor- 
 ton, Missouri, until 1890, in which year he disposed 
 of his interests there and came to Nez Perce reser- 
 
 vation in Idaho. He entered the lumber and milling 
 business, and established a flour mill where is now 
 located the town of Winchester. He did a success- 
 ful business in both lines until 1907, when he sold the 
 mill advantageously and continued in the lumber 
 business until 1910. 
 
 In that year he was elected on the Democratic 
 ticket to the office of sheriff of Nez Perce county, 
 and disposed of his lumber business in order that he 
 might devote his entire time and attention to the 
 duties of his office. The primaries of 1912 marked 
 his defeat, but a petition of more than six hundred 
 tax payers named him as the choice for reelection on 
 the People's ticket. This demonstration of appro- 
 bation was but the appreciation that is earned by 
 faithful devotion to duty and an earnest effort to 
 maintain the best traditions of public service. A 
 courageous and conscientious official, his administra- 
 tion has been marked by a devotion to duty that is 
 as rare as it is commendable. He has been fearless 
 in the prosecution of what he has deemed wrong, 
 pursuing his activities without fear or favor, and 
 it is this quality, perhaps, that has made the people 
 rely so absolutely on his judgment and ability. On 
 retiring from his office, January 13, 1913, he left a 
 record which will serve as a high standard for his 
 successors to maintain. 
 
 Believing that Idaho is the future locality for 
 some of the largest commercial, industrial and agri- 
 cultural activities of the country, he has invested in 
 Nez Perce county and Lewiston City realty, and has 
 not hesitated in advising others to do likewise. His 
 fraternal affiliations are with the Knights of Pythias, 
 and the Hoo-Hoos. With his family he attends 
 the Baptist church, and at this time is serving in the 
 capacity of trustee. In October, 1892, Mr. Cfick was 
 married to Miss Betsy M. Seybold, a native of Mis- 
 souri. They have four sons : Wellington B.. Marion 
 C, Frank W. and Ralph. 
 
 DR. IRA R. WOODWARD. Payette, Idaho, is proud 
 to claim as one of its citizens such a man as Ira 
 Richard Woodward, M. D., who is not only a phy- 
 sician and surgeon of unusual excellence, but a 
 leader in all matters of public interest, civic, social 
 or along economic lines. Dr. Woodward, in connec- 
 tion with his brother, Dr. J. C. Woodward, has 
 been one of the strongest factors in placing the 
 medical profession of this part of the country up_on 
 a high plane of merit. He has attained a wide 
 popularity through his own personality, and his pro- 
 fessional attainments have won him a reputation that 
 is far reaching. 
 
 Israel Woodward, the father of Dr. Woodward, 
 was a native of New York and a contractor and 
 builder by occupation. In the late fifties he came to 
 Colorado, by the overland route. He settled in 
 Blackhawk in that state, where he was engaged in 
 contract work for some time. He later removed 
 to the city of Denver, and here he did a great deal 
 toward the upbuilding of that county, and became 
 a well known and highly respected resident 
 
 He married Miss Jennie Bell in Illinois in 1863. 
 Three children were born of this union. Burton, 
 born 1868, died 1871 ; Jesse Charles, born in Aurora, 
 Illinois, December 2, 1871 ; Ira Richard, born in West 
 DePere, Wisconsin, on May 17, 1874. Israel Wood- 
 ward died in Denver, Colorado, in 1002 at the age of 
 sixty-nine years. Mrs. Jennie Woodward now lives 
 in Payette, Idaho, with her two remaining sons. 
 
 Ira Richard Woodward received his early educa- 
 tion in the public schools of Denver, Colorado. He 
 was graduated in time from the Blast Denver high 
 school and then entered the University of Denver. 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 where he took the course in medicine, and from which 
 he graduated in 1897. He first began the practice of 
 his profession in Mercur, Utah, remaining there for 
 two years. In 1899 he came to Idaho, and located 
 in the town which has since been his home, and is 
 now the oldest practitioner in this city, in point 
 of length of service. 
 
 Dr. I. R. Woodward is a past master of the 
 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, a Knight Tem- 
 plar and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He is a 
 member of the South Idaho District Medical So- 
 ciety and of the Idaho State Medical Society. He 
 is an ex-president of the Idaho State Board of 
 Medical Examiners, president of the Payette Valley 
 Building and Loan Association, secretary and treas- 
 urer of the Peoples Irrigation Company. He is 
 now serving his city as president of the city council. 
 
 In Boise, Idaho, on December 4, 1907, he married 
 Miss Anna Josephine Hastings, daughter of Mr. 
 and Mrs. William Hastings, and a graduate of St. 
 Marks Hospital Training School of Salt Lake City. 
 Two children have been born of this union: Jean 
 Elizabeth Woodward on the I9th of December, 1910, 
 and Ira Richard Woodward, Jr., on August 31, 1912. 
 
 Jesse Charles Woodward graduated from the Uni- 
 versity of Colorado in 1900. In 1904 he was married 
 to Miss Elizabeth Margaret Morgan, and on Octo- 
 ber 29, 1910, a son, Jesse Charles Woodward., Jr., 
 was born. Dr. J. C. Woodward is an ex-vice-presi- 
 dent of the Idaho State Medical Society, and an 
 ex-president of the South Idaho District Medical 
 Society, a member of the American Medical Asso- 
 ciation, a member of the Clinical Congress of Sur- 
 geons of North America and a member of the An- 
 cient Free and Accepted Masons. He has taken 
 post-graduate work in the New York Post-Graduate 
 Medical School and Hospital and the Cornell Uni- 
 versity Medical College. 
 
 In 1904 the two brothers entered into a partner- 
 ship with each other and their practice became so 
 large and the necessity for a hospital so apparent 
 that a few years later they built the substantial 
 structure which now houses their modern and up-to- 
 date private hospital, where medical and surgical 
 treatment of every description can be had. 
 
 They are the local surgeons for the Oregon Short 
 Line Railroad, chief surgeons for the Payette Val- 
 ley Railroad, local surgeons for the Mountain States 
 Telephone and Telegraph Company, Idaho-Oregon 
 Light and Power Company, and the Michigan-Idaho 
 Lumber Company. In addition to their hospital 
 building, they are the owners of considerable valu- 
 able real estate and a fine modern office building in 
 which their own offices are located. 
 
 RALPH H. KELLEY, editor and manager of the 
 Winchester Journal, is a young and wide-awake rep- 
 resentative of the journalistic interests of Lewis 
 county, Idaho, who, though he has been a citizen of 
 the state but a short period, gives evidence on the 
 pages of his paper that he has caught the Idaho spirit 
 and has the most optimistic faith in the future of 
 both his county and of the entire commonwealth. 
 He is well experienced in newspaper work, having 
 practically grown up in the atmosphere of printer's 
 ink, as his father has for years been one of the prom- 
 inent newspaper men of Minnesota, and he not only 
 has the knowledge gained by experience but he has 
 the native originality and ability that makes for 
 success in journalism. One of the secrets of genius 
 is painstaking effort, and judging from the make-up 
 of the Winchester Journal we hazard the prediction 
 that Mr. Kelley will not long remain a village editor 
 
 but soon will be found in a much more prominent 
 and responsible position in newspaper work. 
 
 Ralph H. Kelley was born in LeSueur county, 
 Minnesota, April 3, 1889, and grew up in that state, 
 receiving his education in its public schools. After 
 school days were over he began to learn the print- 
 ing business and has followed it practically ever 
 since. In 1909 he came west, spending the first 
 summer in California, where he was employed in 
 the lumber business, and from California he went 
 to Washington, where he followed the printing busi- 
 ness about a year. Following that he came to Win- 
 chester, Idaho, to take charge of the Winchester 
 Journal and under his energetic management it is 
 made a force in pointing out the resources and pos- 
 sibilities of this section of the state and in fostering 
 the spirit of development and progressiveness among 
 all who are located here. Mr. Kelley says that oi 
 the places he has visited he has seen none that will 
 compare with the Craig mountain district of Idaho, 
 amo_ng its many good features being its valuable and 
 fertile farm lands. In politics he is a Republican 
 and he is now vice-chairman of the Lewis County 
 Republican central committee. He is a member of 
 the Foresters of America and is now one of the 
 deputy grand chief rangers and organizers of the 
 order. His religious faith is expressed as a com- 
 municant of the Episcopal church. 
 
 Charles T. Kelley, the father of our subject, also 
 was born in LeSueur county, Minnesota, and has 
 spent his entire life there, being numbered among 
 the pioneer citizens of that locality. Until nineteen 
 years of age he followed farming; then he took up 
 newspaper work and has been identified with that 
 profession ever since, being now the publisher of the 
 Menahga Journal at Menahga, Minnesota. He is 
 prominent not only as an editor and publisher but 
 for his influence in Republican political affairs. He 
 has held many minor public offices and has been 
 spoken of for very high national political honors, 
 as many of the leading newspapers of Minnesota have 
 urgently requested him to become a candidate for 
 congress, but he has always refused on account of 
 business interests. Deeply interested in civic im- 
 provement, he never loses an opportunity to pro- 
 mote the interests of his town and community and 
 is an active member of the Northern Minnesota 
 Development League. In Minnesota he was joined 
 in marriage to Miss Minnie Barlow, a native of Ken- 
 tucky who was a devout communicant of the Epis- 
 copal church and who passed away in 1904, when 
 about forty years of age. She was laid to rest at 
 Cleveland, Minnesota. Of the seven children of 
 these parents, Ralph H. is the second in birth and 
 is the eldest son. His brother William H. Kelley 
 also has taken up newspaper work and is located 
 at Toucher., Washington, where he publishes The 
 Pioneer. 
 
 JOSEPH BELNAP. One of the oldest and most 
 prominent names in Utah and Idaho is borne by 
 Joseph Belnap, the manager of the Preston Lumber 
 Company, and one of the most active citizens of this 
 locality. The Belnap family was founded in the West, 
 at the very beginning of settlement and development 
 here, and though during most of the years it has 
 been identified with Utah, the father of the Preston 
 business man located in Idaho nearly sixty, years ago, 
 and was among the first of the prominent pioneers, 
 who contributed to the development of this country. 
 In 1855-56-57 he and fifty-five other men located at 
 Fort Lemhi, in Lemhi county, Idaho, but were driven 
 out by the Indians and returned to Utah. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1099 
 
 Joseph Belnap, who has been a resident of Preston 
 since 1905, was born at Ogden, January 26, 1853. 
 Though a part of his childhood was spent in Idaho, 
 he was reared and passed most of his business career 
 in Utah up to 1905. At that date he came to Preston, 
 and undertook the organization of the Preston Lum- 
 ber Company, of which he has been the active head and 
 manager ever since. This is one of the leading busi- 
 ness enterprises of its kind in southeastern Idaho, 
 and through the energies of Mr. Belnap was rapidly 
 promoted after its founding to a prosperous condi- 
 tion. The early education of Mr. Belnap was ac- 
 quired in the public schools of Ogden, later supple- 
 mented by a commercial course of two years in a 
 business college. He has never been a wage earner, 
 in the strict sense of the term, at any time of his 
 career. For a number of years, in the earlier part 
 of his life, he was engaged in farming, and was then 
 attracted into public affairs in the office of deputy 
 sheriff of Ogden, a position which he held for four- 
 teen years, up to the time he came to Idaho. In 
 1872 he helped to organize the Utah State Militia, 
 and was appointed second lieutenant under Captain 
 Joseph A. West, and served in that capacity until 
 that company was disbanded by Governor West in 
 1883. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war 
 he was offered the position of second lieutenant of 
 Company C, Utah Militia, to go to the Philippine 
 Islands, but could not go on account of financial 
 affairs. 
 
 In Salt Lake City on the twenty-sixth of April, 
 1875, Mr. Belnap married Miss Minerva P. Howard, 
 a daughter of William R. Howard, whose residence 
 was at Hooper, Utah. The marriage of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Belnap was blessed with a large family of chil- 
 dren, young people who, most of them, have already 
 taken worthy and respected positions in the world, 
 and in residence are divided between Utah and 
 Idaho. The eleven children, seven daughters and 
 four sons, are named as follows : Joseph H., who is 
 married and lives at Ogden; Augusta, the wife of 
 B. A. Johnson, of Preston; Lodasca, the wife of 
 Hiram Williams of Ogden; Tirza, who married 
 Aaron C. Ross, and lives in Ogden; Josie M., who 
 married John Payne, and resides at Reno, Nevada; 
 Florence, the wife of Alma A. Hale, of Preston; 
 Amos, who is now on a mission for the church in 
 England; Emery-, who is married and is associated 
 with hfs father in business at Preston; Blanche, who 
 is a graduate of the Preston high school, and a stu- 
 dent of the University at Salt Lake City; Ida and 
 Stanton, who are young people still at home. 
 
 Mr. Belnap and family are members of the church 
 of .the Latter Day Saints, and when he was twenty- 
 eig'ht years of age he was sent on a mission for his 
 church, and spent two years in North Carolina en- 
 gaged in that work. Mr. Belnap is one of the 
 original promoters and organizers of the Preston 
 Commercial Club, and it was largely through his 
 influence and personal efforts that this local organi- 
 zation was perfected, and it has been his pleasure 
 to assist in its efforts for a larger and better city in 
 every way possible. He has served as president and 
 also as director of the club. In politics he has always 
 been an active ^Republican, and has served one term 
 as a member of the Preston city council. Outdoor 
 amusements of all kinds, particularly baseball, are 
 the diversions of which he is most fond, and he is 
 particularly interested in a good lecture or public 
 speech. He is a broad minded business man. has 
 a wealth of experience in Western life and affairs, 
 and is a willing worker for every movement which 
 will promote the permanent upbuilding of Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Belnap's ancestry is authentically traced back 
 
 to the year 1636, at which time the family was estab- 
 lished in America. His father, Gilbert Belnap, was 
 the Idaho and Utah pioneer whose early settlement 
 has already been noted. Gilbert Belnap. born in 
 Canada, came to Utah in 1850, a year which was 
 almost the first in the settlement of that region, and 
 in 1855 moved up into Idaho. His settlement was 
 in the vicinity of Fort Lemhi, and his name belongs 
 in the permanent record of pioneers in this state, 
 since he was among the first who contributed any- 
 thing of permanence to the settlement and upbuilding 
 of this country. It was partly due to his suggestions 
 that the name was chosen for Fort Lemhi, and from 
 that old military fort has been derived the name of 
 the county. He also helped to erect some of the first 
 houses for the first settlers in this state. At that 
 time, as well as for many years later, he was promi- 
 nent in public affairs, and during his lifetime held 
 many important offices. In 1858 he returned to Utah, 
 which was his home until his death. He had given 
 service as the first prosecutor at Ogden. For six- 
 teen years he was sheriff, and served in the Utah 
 legislature several terms, was a member of the first 
 constitutional convention, which drafted a constitu- 
 tion under which Utah was denied admission, and 
 was honored with many other positions and commis- 
 sions of trust and responsibility by his fellow citi- 
 zens. His death occurred at the age of seventy- 
 eight years in 1899, and his remains now rest at 
 Ogden. His wife, whose maiden name was Adeline 
 Knight, was a native of New York state, and they 
 were married in Illinois. She is now living in Salt 
 Lake City. 
 
 ARTHUR PENCE. In the Bruneau valley of Idaho 
 during the past thirty-odd years no name has 
 been associated more closely with the agricultural 
 and stock raising activities than that of Arthur Pence. 
 Arthur Pence is truly a pioneer of Idaho, and it will 
 soon be half a century since he first came into this 
 country. He has known and been a participant in 
 every activity and experience since the establish- 
 ment of the territory, and is one of the exceedingly 
 successful and influential men, held in high esteem 
 not only for his pioneer character, but for his varied 
 accomplishments and his efficiency as a man and 
 citizen. 
 
 Arthur Pence came into Idaho in 1864, driving 
 an ox team from Agency City, Iowa, in Wapello 
 county, and on arriving in this northwest country 
 first settled near Caldwell. One of his first experi- 
 ences was driving a six-yoke team of oxen to Idaho 
 City, with a load of hay. Afterwards he came back 
 on foot, and with three other men engaged in haul- 
 ing freight for mining companies on hand-sleighs 
 one and one-half miles, to the Gombrinos quartz 
 mill, at ten cents a pound, that being during the two 
 months of a severe winter season, when they had to 
 transport their freight over ten foot of snow. They 
 made from ten to twenty dollars a day during this 
 brief enterprise. After that Mr. Pence went into 
 the mines and tried placer mining, but it was too ex- 
 pensive to get the water at that time, and he soon 
 gave it up. During that period in Idaho there were 
 hundreds of men who were working for their board. 
 In April, 1865, the town burned down, and after that 
 for three years Mr. Pence was engaged in freighting 
 among- the different settlements and mining camps 
 with his brother-in-law, Abram Robinson, their prin- 
 cipal route being from Umatilla to Boise. He then 
 settled on Dry creek near Boise and in 1869 moved 
 to Bruneau, trading his place at Caldwell for cattle. 
 Since then his ranch headquarters have been in the 
 Bruneau valley, and Hot Springs at the head of 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Bruneau valley, is on his place. At first Mr. Pence 
 and his brother, J. C. Pence, were engaged in the cat- 
 tle business, running the brand J. P., but finally sold 
 put in 1879, and was engaged in farming and garden- 
 ing for several years. He sold vegetables to the min- 
 ing camps, and did a very profitable business until 
 1885. Then he and his brother John bought a band of 
 sheep from their brother J. C., and worked them as 
 partners for four years, finally dividing up and each 
 keeping his separate flock. Mr. Pence continued in 
 the sheep business, and is still one of the large factors 
 in that industry in the southern half of the state. 
 Mr. Pence was one of the organizers of the Bruneau 
 State Bank in 1905, and has since been president of 
 that substantial institution. He is the owner of four 
 hundred acres in his home ranch, and his live stock 
 comprises two hundred head of cattle, and one hun- 
 dred and fifty head of horses. 
 
 In 1877, Arthur Pence married Mary S. Wells, who 
 was born in Missouri. Their four children have al- 
 ready grown up and taken their places in the world 
 of worthy activities. Maude, is the wife of J. M. 
 Waterhouse; Arthur, Jr., married Edith Harley; 
 Mattie is the wife of A. F. Trammell, on a ranch 
 in Bruneau, and they have one child ; Grover is un- 
 married and lives on the home ranch. 
 
 Mr. Pence is affiliated with the Elmore Lodge No. 
 30 of the Masons at Mountain- Home, and is a char- 
 ter member of the Odd Fellows No. 79, now located 
 at Bruneau. He is affiliated with the Knights of 
 Pythias at Mountain Home, and in politics has been 
 a Democratic voter all his life. He has taken a very 
 prominent part in public affairs, and was elected to 
 the lower house of the legislature in 1901, and to the 
 senate in 1903, and again in 1907. In 1872 Mr. Pence 
 organized the school district near his home ranch, 
 and has been a member of the school board ever 
 since. 
 
 JOEL W. CRAVEN. One of the men who have taken 
 the leading part in the material development of the 
 Twin Falls agricultural district is Joel W. Craven. 
 During his earlier career he was successful as a 
 banker and business man in the state of Missouri, 
 and came out to Idaho at the beginning of the settle- 
 ment and development about Twin Falls, and his 
 name is associated with a number of enterprises 
 which constitute the most important business inter- 
 ests of this section. 
 
 Joel W. Craven was born at Licking in Texas 
 county, Missouri, February 23, 1874, and was the 
 second in a family of eight children born to James 
 A. and Mary E. (Sherrill) Craven. His mother 
 died at the age of thirty-eight years. 
 
 The son grew up in Licking, attended the public 
 schools, and finished his education in the C. W. Rob- 
 bins business college of southern Missouri. At 
 the conclusion of his school days be became identi- 
 fied with a wholesale mercantile house in St. Louis, 
 where he had two years' experience. Returning to 
 his home town he then took the position of cashier 
 in his father's bank for two years, and at the end of 
 that time established the Iron County State Bank at 
 Ironton, Missouri. He was connected with that in- 
 stitution for two years, and then engaged in the real 
 estate brokerage business in St. Louis, and this ex- 
 perience with his varied operations in different fields 
 finally brought him out to Idaho. He established 
 his home and business headquarters at Twin Falls 
 in the spring of 1905, and at once began buying and 
 developing real estate property. His largest under- 
 taking in this state was the reclamation of the now 
 famous Deep Creek district, a tract comprising five 
 thousand acres. This is one of the largest projects 
 
 of its kind in Idaho. Twenty-seven hundred acres 
 of that land is planted to orchards, and that is the 
 largest orchard in one bodv in the entire state. Mr. 
 Craven is also identified with various other undertak- 
 ings, and is active in the business life of Twin Falls. 
 He is a stockholder in the Idaho department store 
 of that city, and a director in the Twin Falls Bank 
 & Trust Company. On January 6, 1909, in Twin 
 Falls, Mr. Craven married Miss Elva McCollum. of 
 the city. Their two children, are Alice E. and 
 Robert McCollum Craven. A Democrat in politics, 
 Mr. Craven served four years on the city council of 
 Twin Falls. Fraternally he is prominent in Masonry, 
 having taken both the York and Scottish Rite de- 
 grees, and having membership in the Ancient Arabic 
 Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also 
 belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of 
 Elks. 
 
 DAVID C. MACWATTERS. In every nook and cor- 
 ner of the wide world the traveler will find the 
 Scotchman. Everywhere plodding, patient, deter- 
 mined, steadfast, reliable, prosperous. To under- 
 stand his nature one must know Scotland. If he 
 appears crabbed, stern, unsocial, dour (as the Scotch 
 say) consider the barren land in which he has had 
 to fight nature for all the centuries in order to 
 wring from an unfertile soil and harsh climate a 
 subsistence for himself and family. But that is only 
 one side of him. Beneath the rugged and practical 
 exterior lies deep a softer stratum, and from this 
 stratum one can dig up the poet, the dreamer, the 
 idealist, the hero. The Scotchman, like his land, is 
 many-sided. A small country, a poor country, a 
 little nation, yet the doings of the Scotch fill a large 
 page in history, and one of which they need not be 
 ashamed when placed in comparison with any 
 other people. They gave to America a body of 
 citizens whose priceless value cannot be reckoned, 
 and who have made such an imprint upon our his- 
 tory that any of our citizens are proud to claim 
 Scotch .or Scotch-Irish blood. 
 
 Of Scotch parents, though himself a native of 
 Canada, David C. MacWatters as a factor in develop- 
 ment work in Idaho has exemplified the finest qual- 
 ities of his race. He is vice president and general 
 manager of all the J. S. and W. S. Kuhn irrigation, 
 power, railroad and townsite projects in the state, 
 and in addition is identified in an executive capacity 
 with many other equally important enterprises, so 
 that his name is a power in financial and industrial 
 circles in Idaho. 
 
 Born on August 23, 1864 in Newtonville, Canada, 
 David C. MacWatters is the son of John T. and 
 Jeannette (Copeland) MacWatters both of whom 
 were born and reared in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 
 which city they were married. The family moved 
 from Canada to the United States, and David C. 
 MacWatters attended the public schools of Cleve- 
 land, Ohio, finishing his schooling in the high school 
 in 1881. It is at this point that interest attaches 
 to the narrative of the progress of the young man. 
 His first position was that of a messenger in the 
 offices of the Pennsylvania lines in Cleveland. At 
 the end of three months he was promoted to the posi- 
 tion of clerk and stenographer to the assistant gen- 
 eral manager of the road. He held that office for 
 seven years when he became city passenger agent, 
 for the same company, at Cleveland. After another 
 four years he became secretary to the general pas- 
 senger agent of the Pennsylvania Lines at Pittsburgh, 
 a position he held for three years, then for a similar 
 period was district passenger agent at Pittsburgh, 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1101 
 
 thus rounding out a period of seventeen years with 
 one company. His next connection was with the 
 New York Central Lines. He was three years as- 
 sistant to the general passenger agent, after which 
 for several years he was general passenger agent for 
 a number of lines in Colorado, with headquarters 
 at Denver and Colorado Springs. 
 
 The railroad service trains men for the heaviest 
 tasks of modern industrialism, and from his long 
 apprenticeship in 1907 Mr. MacWatters was grad- 
 uated to the position of vice president and general 
 manager of the J. S. & W. S. Kuhn projects in 
 the state of Idaho. He is also officially connected 
 with various other industrial and financial enter- 
 prises; is vice president and director of the First 
 National Bank of Jerome, Idaho; president of the 
 Wendell State Bank of Wendell ; is vice president and 
 director of the Milner State Bank of Milner, Idaho, 
 and director of the Bankers' Trust Company of Salt 
 Lake, Utah. Representing the Kuhn Syndicate, he 
 is vice president and general manager of the Twin 
 Falls North Side Land & Water Company ; the Twin 
 Falls Salmon River Land & Water Company; the 
 Twin Falls Oakley Land & Water Company; the 
 Great Shoshone and Twin Falls Water Power Com- 
 pany; the Southern Idaho Water Power Company; 
 the Twins Falls North Side Investment Company, 
 Ltd.; the Idaho Southern Railroad Company; and 
 the Milner & North Side Railroad Company. 
 
 Mr. MacWatters took charge of the Kuhn inter- 
 ests in the development cf southern Idaho as vice 
 president and general manager on February 13, 1907. 
 What has been accomplished by the different com- 
 panies in the periods since that time is not only a 
 part of the personal history of Mr. MacWatters, 
 but is also a pertinent and valuable chapter on Idaho 
 development during this time. A brief outline of the 
 different projects in the past six years is given as 
 follows : 
 
 The syndicate has constructed for the irrigation 
 system of the north side project, over seven hundred 
 miles of canals, so that the company is now prepared 
 to irrigate on that project alone more than two 
 hundred thousand acres of land. That system in- 
 cludes two local reservoirs one near the town of 
 Jerome, with a capacity of one hundred and fifty-one 
 thousand acre- feet; the other at Wilson Lake with a 
 capacity of twenty thousand acre-feet, in addition to 
 which the company is now engaged in enlarging the 
 Jackson Lake reservoir in the upper Snake river 
 county, giving the Messrs. Kuhn an additional stor- 
 age supply of over three hundred thousand acre- 
 feet, the water from which will be used on the north 
 side tract and for some additional pumping land. 
 On the north side tract have also been completed 
 and are now in operation five pumping plants sup- 
 plying about fifteen thousand acres of land. Two 
 town sites have been established on the north side 
 tract, Jerome and Wendell, with modern hotels, 
 water-work system, telephone lines, electric lighting 
 systems, power, and other facilities. As part of 
 the development work on the north side tract, there 
 were constructed in 1909 the Idaho Southern Rail- 
 road, running from Gooding to Jerome through 
 Wendell. An Important feature of the company's 
 relations to the region which it is developing is its 
 large loans to the settlers, who are thus aided in the 
 buying and stocking of their farms, with dairy cows, 
 hogs and sheep, and it is now predicted that the 
 north side tract will be the finest dairy and stock 
 country in southern Idaho. 
 
 The Kuhn interests have also completed the irri- 
 gation for the Salmon river tract, located south of 
 the original Twin Falls tract, and containing one 
 
 hundred thousand acres of 'land. There has been 
 constructed a concrete dam, two hundred and twenty- 
 nine feet high, with a reservoir capacity of one hun- 
 dred and seventy-six thousand acre-feet On this 
 tract has been opened the town site of Hollister, 
 with electric light and power service, telephone ser- 
 vice, complete water works, and other facilities. 
 
 The Oakley project of fifty thousand acres was 
 opened and water deliveries begun on May 13, 1913. 
 This irrigation system is one of the most modern 
 and up-to-date in the world, including a reservoir 
 with a capacity of seventy-eight thousand acre-feet 
 of water, with an earth dam, concrete core wall, 
 one hundred and forty-three feet high. 
 
 The power development undertaken by the Kuhn 
 interests has been very extensive. It includes a 
 power plant at Shoshone Falls with two modern 
 units ; a power plant at lower Salmon Falls with two 
 large up-to-date units; and three power plants at 
 American Falls with four units, with contract for 
 the output of the Thousand Springs plant with two 
 units. There is now being installed an additional 
 or third unit at Shoshone Falls, and work is pro- 
 gressing to complete the hydraulic installation for 
 power at Upper Salmon Falls, where from forty 
 to fifty thousand horse-power will be developed. 
 The total power development of the Kuhns in Idaho 
 in a short time will aggregate between one hundred 
 and seventy-five and two hundred thousand horse- 
 power. 
 
 Among other accomplishments, the companies have 
 built the Milner and North Side Railroad from 
 Milner to Oakley, a distance of twenty-two miles, 
 for the purpose of developing the Oakley project 
 At Milner is a large dam for diverting water to 
 the north and south side canals. At Milner also 
 has been constructed a modern hotel known as 
 Riverside Inn. principally for the accommodation of 
 the office staff and employes of the c9mpany. Be- 
 sides the chief companies operating in the Kuhn 
 Syndicate, and already mentioned, there are sixteen 
 auxiliary or subsidiary companies, being chiefly the 
 operating companies for the canal, water-works, and 
 telephone system, etc., and through these various or- 
 ganizations, the duties and service conducted by the 
 Kuhn interests are probably more diversified than 
 any other 'organization in the country. During the 
 past six years the Kuhns have expended in the de- 
 velopment of southern Idaho more than fifteen million 
 dollars and are still spending their money in that 
 direction very lavishly. 
 
 It would seem that these manifold business as- 
 sociations might make such exorbitant demands upon 
 the time of Mr. MacWatters as to preclude the 
 possibility of his giving attention to other business 
 affairs, but he finds time for social and business 
 activities elsewhere. He owns considerable city prop- 
 erty, a number of farms and ranches, some of them 
 well stocked and in operation. 
 
 Mr. MacWatters was married on November 7, 
 1888, at Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss N. Mildred Hen- 
 ricle, the daughter of C. L. Henricle. One daughter 
 has been born to their marriage, Helen Jeanette, 
 now deceased. 
 
 REV. FATHER CYRIL VANDER DONCKT. The genera- 
 tion of the uplifting spiritual forces through society 
 is more important than the opening of a mine or the 
 establishment of a large industrial plant. In a new 
 country like Idaho, where almost perforce the ener- 
 gies of a people are concentrated upon the develop- 
 ment of the raw material of civilization, it is easy 
 to overlook the intangible but not less effective in- 
 fluences which work in the minds and hearts of 
 
1102 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 men. A peculiar emphasis should therefore be given 
 to the career of such a man as Father. Vander 
 Donckt, a pioneer of his church and faith in southern 
 Idaho and the revered spiritual director of the parish 
 of Pocatello. 
 
 A native of Belgium, where he was born January 
 2g, 1865, as the youngest of the family, he early dis- 
 played an aptitude for knowledge and other qualifi- 
 cations which confirmed his choice for the ministry 
 of his church. From the lower grades of the public 
 schools, at the age of eleven, he entered the Renaix 
 College, where he made such progress that his supe- 
 riors advanced him a class and he finished the six- 
 year course in five years. He spent the next three 
 years in the Seminary of St. Nicholas, studying the 
 higher branches and philosophy, and with a view 
 to work in the United States he then entered the 
 American college in Louvain, where he continued 
 his ecclesiastical studies for three years. In June, 
 1887, he was ordained priest at Louvain. He was 
 younger by twenty months than the regularly pre- 
 scribed age for this honor, but was admitted to 
 ordination by a special dispensation from Pope 
 Leo XIII. 
 
 Destined for work in the new fields of the west, 
 in 1887 he came direct to Idaho and began his mis- 
 sionary career among the scattered settlements that 
 then composed the population of the state. For a 
 time he was the only secular priest in Idaho. His 
 first location was in Boise, where he remained eight 
 months, and then took up the laborious duties of 
 supplying church ministrations to the people of 
 eleven counties, his parish covering practically the 
 whole of southern Idaho. For six years he per- 
 formed this missionary work of the hardest type. 
 While the people were nearly everywhere cordial and 
 welcomed his coming, the stress of constant travel 
 over a region with few railroads, many rough trails 
 and primitive accommodations was severe, and his 
 experience was only a few degrees removed from 
 those which have made notable the annals of Cathol- 
 icism in pioneer America. 
 
 Father Vander Donckt first came to Pocatello in 
 June, 1888, and this has remained his home and 
 headquarters throughout the subsequent quarter of 
 a century. That the church at Pocatello. is one of 
 the best in the state and its influences most benefi- 
 cent through a large territory is due to the long- 
 continued and faithful labors of this pioneer priest. 
 His salary has never been large, and he has devoted 
 it and a considerable part of his private funds to the 
 advancement of Christianity in this region. Though 
 always a representative of his faith, he has not con- 
 fined his ministry solely to the narrow channel of his 
 own denomination and has been a vigorous upholder 
 of morality and social and civic betterment in all 
 directions. The people of Pocatello have had par- 
 ticular reason to be grateful for the sincere work of 
 this priest and citizen. Men of every creed or of 
 none at all speak with respect and admiration of 
 the character and benevolence of Father Vander . 
 Donckt, and it is not beyond the mark to say that 
 his life and influence in this vicinity have been more 
 important than any other one institution or business 
 establishment. 
 
 The parents of Father Vander Donckt were Con- 
 stant and Mary Theresa (Martroye) Vander Donckt. 
 They spent all their lives in Belgium, where the 
 father was a farmer during most of his active career. 
 He died in 1895 at the age of eighty-one, and the 
 mother passed away at the age of sixty in 1885. 
 They were the parents of six children. 
 
 WARREN J. MALLORY. There are to be found in 
 this work many instances of men who started their 
 business careers in humble capacities and worked 
 their way into places of independence and promi- 
 nence in the world of business, finance and politics 
 through the sheer force of their own industry and 
 perseverance, but it is doubtful if any have been 
 the architect of their own fortunes in a greater 
 degree than Warren J. Mallory, proprietor of Mai- 
 lory's Cash Store, at Shelly. Starting his business 
 career when reaching manhood, satisfied to begin at 
 the bottom of the ladder and win prominence by dis- 
 playing his abilities, he has so well directed his 
 activities that today he is justly entitled to a position 
 among the men who are contributing to Idaho's 
 importance, not only as a commercial center, but as 
 the home of religion, education and good govern- 
 ment^ Mr. Mallory has the added distinction of being 
 a native son of Idaho, having been born at Mont- 
 pelier, in Bear Lake county, a son of Charles H. and 
 Caroline M. (LeSeuer) Mallory. His father, a na- 
 tive of Michigan, migrated to Idaho during the early 
 sixties, after a short stay in Utah, and for a number 
 of years was successfully engaged in farming and 
 stock raising. He is now retired from active pur- 
 suits, and is living quietly at Bedford, Wyoming, 
 in the -enjoyment of the' fruits of his early labors. 
 He is an active member of the Church of the Latter 
 Day Saints. Mr. Mallory married Caroline M. Le- 
 Seuer, a native of Guernsey, England, of French 
 parentage, and she died in 1878, having been the 
 mother of four sons and three daughters, of whom 
 Warren J. was next to the oldest. 
 
 Until he was seventeen years of age, Warren J. 
 Maljory attended the public schools of various places 
 in Idaho, Utah and Arizona, following which he be- 
 came associated with his father in conducting the 
 home farm. At twenty one years of age he started 
 on a career of his own, and when he was twenty-two 
 years of age accepted a position with a mercantile 
 concern of St. Johns, Arizona, at a salary of twenty- 
 five dollars per month. In 1907, when he withdrew 
 from the concern, so rapid had been his advance- 
 ment that he was half-owner of the establishment. 
 Disposing of his interests at that time, Mr. Mallory 
 came to Shelley, where, while he looked over the 
 ground, he was employed by the Shelley Mercantile 
 Company, but in October of the same year he bought 
 the established business of Johnson-Lundell Com- 
 pany, a general merchandise establishment, which he 
 is now conducting under the style of Mallory's Cash 
 Store. This enterprise has been successful from 
 its inception, and its proprietor is now numbered 
 among the foremost business men of this thriving 
 city. He has not "put all of his eggs in one basket," 
 however, as he is a stockholder in the Shelley Mer- 
 cantile Company and the Shelley Creamery Com- 
 pany, and is carrying on extensive and profitable 
 farming operations on a tract of eighty acres, located 
 four miles south of Shelley in Bingham county. 
 Known as a shrewd, far-sighted man of business, of 
 great capacity and strict integrity, he has the con- 
 fidence of his associates, who rely on his good judg- 
 ment in all important matters, and the patronage of 
 the people, who have appreciated his efforts to give 
 them honest goods in an honest manner. Politically 
 a Democrat, Mr. Mallory has been active in the in- 
 terests of his party, and has served as a member of 
 the town board for one term. He has shown an in- 
 telligent interest in all that affects the welfare of 
 his adopted place, and no movement that makes 
 for progress along right lines lacks his support and 
 co-operation. Mr. Mallory has been active in the 
 work of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, in 
 
HISTORY >F IDAHO 
 
 1103 
 
 which he has held a number of minor offices, and is 
 now bishop of the Second Ward of Shelley. Miss- 
 ing no chance to commend his native state to the 
 ambitious and enterprising, he is known as one of 
 Idaho's most enthusiastic "btwDsters," and as such 
 has done much to promote his section's growth and 
 development. 
 
 Mr. Mallory was married at St. Johns, Arizona, 
 February 15, 1893, to Miss Anna M. Freeman, a 
 native of Ogden, Utah, daughter of Elijah M. Free- 
 man, whose father was an old pioneer and member 
 of the Mormon Battalion. Mrs. Mallory is active 
 in the work of the Young Ladies' Association of the 
 Church of the Latter Day Saints, of which she is 
 president, and has many private charities. Eight 
 children have been born to Mr. a*nd Mrs. Mallory, 
 namely: VV. Freeman, born December II, 1893, who 
 is his father's associate in business ; and Anna Flor- 
 ence, Charles Guy. 'Alta L.. Theola and Beatrice, all 
 of whom reside with their parents, and two who died 
 in infancy. 
 
 EDWARD FANNING. As president of the Dunwoody 
 Furniture Company, Edward Fanning is chief execu- 
 tive of the largest retail furniture establishment in 
 the Snake river district. His various business rela- 
 tions, combined with this, make him one of the most 
 prominent men in Idaho Falls, or indeed, in Bonne- 
 ville county, witli which he has been identified con- 
 spicuously since 1895. His life has been a busy and 
 successful one, and today, though he has passed the 
 sixty-eighth anniversary of his birth, he is as busy 
 and energetic as in the days of his youth. 
 
 Edward Fanning is purely of Irish extraction and 
 birth. He was born in County Carlow, Ireland, on 
 the 23d of February. 1844. and is a son of Patrick 
 and Bridget (Murphy) Fanning, farming people 
 of that district. They were people of splendid char- 
 acter and esteemed above many of their community, 
 where they lived lives of a most worthy nature. 
 They were devout Roman Catholics and reared their 
 eight children in the same faith. Of their family, 
 but three survive today. 
 
 The situation of the family in a financial way per- 
 mitted Edward Fanning to secure an education in 
 advance of what the average youth of Ireland is 
 able to attain. He left school at the age of twenty 
 and entered a mercantile establishment as a salesman, 
 and after three years of excellent training in one 
 of the best establishments of its kind in Ireland, he 
 came to the United States, locating first in Omaha, 
 where he secured a position in the storeroom of one 
 of the big railroad companies which terminated at 
 that point. In 1869 he moved farther west, locating 
 in Evanston, Wyoming, and he advanced so rapidly 
 in railroad circles that he was placed in the posi- 
 tion of road-master at that place, later serving in 
 the same capacity at Pocatello and Idaho Falls, Idaho, 
 until 1895. It was in that year that Mr. Fanning gave 
 up railroad work, with a view to associating him- 
 self with some independent business venture, hav- 
 ing no mind for further service in the capacity of an 
 employe. With Nathan H. Clark he organized the 
 Clark & Fanning Company, dealers in merchandise, 
 and they continued successfully for two years, when 
 the store was destroyed by fire. Fortunately, they 
 were sufficiently insured to permit them to resume 
 business without undue embarrassment, and later 
 they purchased a mercantile establishment which had 
 been organized by John & Poulson, soon after which 
 Mr. Clark withdrew from the business and Messrs. 
 Johnson and Poulson bought an interest in the Clark 
 & Fanning Company, which was thereafter con- 
 tinued for a number of years under the name of 
 
 Clark & Fanning. This concern was one of the most 
 complete of its kind in this section of the state in 
 its day, and enjoyed a most liberal patronage through- 
 out the city and surrounding towns. Mr. Fanning 
 became associated with the Dunwoody Furniture 
 Company in the capacity of president of the concern, 
 and he is still thus associated. He has been con- 
 nected with mercantile enterprises practically all his 
 life from his boyhood, and it is not a matter of 
 wonderment that his association with any firm of 
 that nature is a sufficient guarantee of its fullest 
 success and prosperity. His identification with his 
 present company has been no exception to the rule, 
 33 the flourishing and ever expanding condition of 
 the firm amply testifies. 
 
 Mr. Fanning is a staunch Democrat, and has given 
 worthy and valued service to the party in various 
 capacities during his life time. He has been several 
 times a member of the board of trustees of Idaho 
 Falls, and is at present a member of the city council, 
 representing the Third ward. He is a member of 
 the board of commerce, and among other business 
 connections, is a vice president of the American Na- 
 tional Bank. 
 
 In 1879 Mr. Fanning married Miss Catherine 
 Coady. a native lowan. She died in 1891, leaving 
 six children, as follows : Margaret ; Ann ; John T. ; 
 Helen ; Edward and Mary. John T. is employed 
 in the business of his father, and Edward W. was 
 married in September, 1910, to Miss Ethel Robinson. 
 They live in Idaho Falls. On January *,, 1894. Mr. 
 Fanning was united in marriage with Mrs. Agnes 
 Furrey, of the state of Ohio. Sne, like her husband, 
 is an ardent Roman Catholic, and the family is one 
 which is especially popular and prominent in church 
 and social circles in Idaho Falls. 
 
 WILLIAM T. WA.E. In the successful conducting 
 of a mercantile business many things must l>e taken 
 into consideration. Strict attention to the details of 
 management, conscientious regard for the rights of 
 customers, strict integrity in dealing with business 
 associates, and constant alertness in keeping abreast 
 of the changes and fluctuations of trade all bear an 
 important part, and the difference between business 
 mediocrity and a full measure of success may be 
 readily traced to the regard of, or indifference to, 
 these factors. William T. Wade, proprietor of one 
 of the largest and most highly patronized exclusive 
 furnishing and clothing establishments in Bonneville 
 county, is an excellent type of the progressive and 
 enterprising business man who has won prestige 
 through the possession of the above-mentioned char- 
 acteristics. Although he has been located in Idaho 
 Falls only since 1908, he has spent his whole life in 
 mercantile lines, and has had a wide and varied ex- 
 perience. Mr. Wade was born in Crawford county, 
 Arkansas, January 5. 1872. and is a son of William 
 J. and Martha (Crowell) Wade. His father, a native 
 of Tennessee, moved to Arkansas about the year 
 1864, and about 1885 went to Oklahoma as a licensed 
 trader, following merchandising, banking and manu- 
 facturing very successfully, and retiring in 1902 with 
 a quarter million dollars. He is now a resident of 
 Riverside, California, as is also his wife, who, like 
 her husband, was born in Tennessee. They have 
 had four children, all of whom are living, and of 
 whom William T. is the oldest. 
 
 William T. Wade received his education in the 
 private schools of Arkansas and Oklahoma, which he 
 attended until he was sixteen years of age. and at 
 that time became associated with his father in mer- 
 i-;mtile pursuits. He remained with him at Vinita, 
 Oklahoma, for fifteen years, and on December 12, 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1908, arrived in Idaho Falls, where, in February, 
 1909, he established the firm of Wade Brothers, in 
 partnership with his younger brother, Ira D. This 
 association continued until the summer of 191 1, when 
 Ira D. Wade retired from the business, and since 
 that time William T. Wade has been sole proprietor. 
 This was the second exclusive furnishing and cloth- 
 ing store established in Idaho Falls, and is now 
 known as one of the largest in this part of the state. 
 A large and constantly-growing trade has been at- 
 tracted by the excellence of the stock, by fair and 
 courteous treatment, and by the pleasant personality 
 of the proprietor, whose business policy has always 
 been to give his customers the benefit of fair deal- 
 ing. Mr. Wade has been the architect of his own 
 fortunes, his present success having been built upon 
 a small borrowed capital. Essentially a business 
 man, he is possessed of high ideals, and is not in- 
 different to the amenities of life. He is a member 
 of the Club of Commerce, a stalwart supporter of 
 the Democratic party, and active in the work of the 
 First Methodist church, where he acts as treasurer 
 and secretary of the Sunday school. Since coming 
 to Idaho, Mr. Wade has not been backward in exr 
 tolling its many opportunities and advantages, and 
 is known as one of Idaho Falls' most enthusiastic 
 boosters. 
 
 On May 7, 1895, Mr. Wade was married to Miss 
 Ida M. Bluejacket, daughter of Thomas Bluejacket, 
 a native of Oklahoma, and they have three children: 
 Preston, Pratt, Emily Dean and Churchill. 
 
 WATKIN LEWIS ROE. The Franklin County Citi- 
 zen, as its name implies, is a publication of Preston, 
 Idaho, that with energy and enthusiasm seeks to ad- 
 vance the interests of Preston, of Oneida county and 
 of the state of Idaho and to assist in laying fast and 
 sure the foundations of an enlightened common- 
 wealth. The man behind the columns is Watkin L. 
 Roe, one of the best known journalists of southern 
 Idaho, and associated with him in the management 
 of the paper is his son, Watkin L. Roe. 
 
 Watkin Lewis Roe was born August i, 1866, at 
 Derby, Derbyshire, England, and springs from one 
 of the oldand prominent families of that city. His 
 father was Rev. John Roe a native of England and 
 a Congregational minister of note, who was well 
 known both for his work in the pulpit and as a writer 
 of sermons. He passed away in Derby in 1870. 
 Thomas W. Roe, a brother of Rev. John Roe, was 
 at one time a member of Parliament and is now 
 mayor of Derby, a city of 150,000 inhabitants. The 
 mother of Mr. Roe was Miss Catherine Byatt, prior 
 to her marriage to Reverend Roe, and was a native 
 of Ireland. She emigrated to the United States and 
 became a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, where 
 her demise occurred in 1904. 
 
 Watkin L. was reared in England and there re- 
 ceived his education. His preparation for his pro- 
 fession was made as an employe in the largest news- 
 paper establishments of the cities of Derby and Man- 
 chester, England. In 1888 he came to the United 
 States and located at Salt Lake City, Utah, where 
 he became foreman of the advertising department 
 of the Salt Lake Herald. He left Salt Lake in 1894 
 and for three years thereafter was editor and pro- 
 prietor of the Nephi Republic, published at Nephi, 
 Utah. In 1897 he sold his interests in that paper 
 and returned to Salt Lake City, where he accepted 
 the position of foreman of the Salt Lake Herald, 
 continuing thus identified until February, 1907. At 
 that time he first came to Preston, Idaho, where with 
 J. David Larsen he purchased and became editor of 
 the Cache Valley News. In 1909 a reorganization 
 
 was effected and the paper became placed in charge 
 of an incorporated company, of which Mr. Roe was 
 business manager and was one of the largest stock- 
 holders. At that time the name of the paper became 
 the Preston News. In the fall of 1910 he severed his 
 connections with the paper and accepted the position 
 of editor of the Logan Republican at Logan, Utah, 
 where he continued in that capacity until February, 
 1912, when at the request of prominent business 
 men of Preston, Idaho, he returned there and with 
 Thomas G. Carter bought out the News, changing 
 its name to that of the Preston Booster. Mr. Roe 
 bought out the interest of Mr. Carter in November, 
 1912, and on the formation of Franklin county by 
 the state legislature changed the name of the paper 
 to the Franklin County Citizen. True to its name 
 it gives lively encouragement to every project that 
 means the upbuilding of Preston and its vicinity. 
 Mr. Roe is energetic and forceful both as a business 
 man and as an editor and under his able management 
 the paper has enjoyed a steady growth and an in- 
 creasing circulation. In political sentiment he is a 
 Republican and is well known in Idaho for his 
 ability as an editorial writer and as a campaign ora- 
 tor, both his editorial work and his utterances upon 
 the platform being concise, forcible 'and entertaining 
 in expression and sound in reasoning. He is active 
 in Republican party work because he believes in it 
 and enjoys it. In religious faith he is identified with 
 the Mormon church, and has been prominent in local 
 missionary work. He owns a pleasant home and 
 valuable business realty in Preston. 
 
 In March, 1888, Mr. Roe wedded Miss Ellen 
 Lomax, daughter of John and Ellen (Green) 
 Lomax. Mrs. Roe also is a native of Derby, 
 England, and in 1887 came to the United States with 
 her parents, who settled in Salt Lake City, Utah. 
 Prior to his coming to the United States Mr. Lomax 
 was a prominent manufacturer in Derby, England. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Roe are the parents of five children, 
 narrfely: Catherine Zelia, deceased; Watkin Lomax 
 Roe, an assistant in the Franklin County Citizen 
 office; and John Lewis, Lonsdale Byatt and Gladys 
 Ellen. 
 
 HON. GEORGE CHAPIN. At a time whe'n the wealth 
 of Idaho was as yet unguessed, or at best only half 
 suspected, and the wonderful development of the state 
 was scarce beginning to take shape in the mines of 
 the men who afterwards did so much along those 
 lines, George Chapin came to Idaho in 1870, en 
 route to Puget Sound. It is not in accordance with 
 our purpose to go into details at this point, but let 
 it be said here that so deeply was he impressed with 
 the glimpse he had into the future of the state that 
 he gave over his purpose for the time and located in 
 Idaho, convinced that opportunity had rapped sharply 
 upon his door, and determined to heed the warning of 
 fortune. His present high standing in his adopted 
 state offers the most unquestionable testimony as to 
 the correctness of his decision. 
 
 George Chapin was born in Rochester, New York, 
 on the 3d day of April, 1839, and is the son of Or- 
 lando and Maria (Dickenson) Chapin, both natives 
 of the state of Massachusetts. The father moved 
 to New York state in the late twenties, and was for 
 many years successfully engaged in manufacturing 
 in that state. He was born in 1800 and died on July 
 16, 1857, in Brooklyn, New York, and is interred in 
 Rochester, the old home of the family. The mother 
 and father are descendants of Puritan stock, of 
 English ancestry, her early American ancestors hav- 
 ing been among the first settlers of this country, 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1105 
 
 coming from England shortly after the landing of 
 the Pilgrims. In Springfield, Massachusetts, may be 
 seen a statute of one of her early ancestors. The 
 family was closely related to General Putnam. The 
 mother died in 1881. at Goose Creek valley, Idaho, 
 when she was seventy-seven years of age, having 
 come to Idaho in 1875. She was the mother of 
 seven children, George of this review being the 
 sixth born of that number and the only son of his 
 parents. 
 
 Until he was sixteen years of age George Chapin 
 attended the public schools of Brooklyn, graduating 
 from the Marcellus Institute in that city, after which 
 he removed to New York City. His first employ- 
 ment in the city was in a clerical capacity in a steam- 
 ship office, and at the outbreak of the war he was 
 engaged in the delivering of seven vessels to the U. 
 S. government at southern ports, he being in the 
 capacity of supercargo. He was occupied in this line 
 of service throughout the war, being exempt from 
 drafting on that account, his activities being con- 
 sidered as government service. His company was 
 engaged in the manufacturing and chartering of ves- 
 sels for the government after the close of the war, 
 and he continued with them. He remained in the 
 steamboat business for ten years and in the spring 
 of 1870 he started west, intending to make for Puget 
 Sound. He never got farther than Idaho, however, 
 for the attractions of the state, in that early, un- 
 developed time, proved strong enough to hold him, 
 and Idaho has been the center of his varied activities 
 from then until now. 
 
 He settled at Boise, Idaho, and remained there 
 some four or five years, during that time carrying 
 on certain mining enterprises and a freighting busi- 
 ness, conducting a freight line from Kelton, Idaho, 
 to Boise and surrounding towns, these being the days 
 prior to the building of railroads in Idaho. The 
 entire state was in a most primitive state, and he 
 had many experiences and hair-breadth escapes at 
 the hands of the redmen, who were able to make 
 things interesting for the encroaching whites in those 
 arly days. While engaged in cattle-raising in Goose 
 Creek valley in 1877-78 Indians broke out, and Mr. 
 Chapin organized a company of scouts, consisting 
 of forty-five men, he being appointed captain by 
 Governor Brayman, and they were successful in driv- 
 ing the Indians out of that section of the country ; 
 but not, however, without loss of life, some four 
 or five of this little company giving up their lives 
 during the campaign. After relinquishing his freight- 
 ing interests, Mr. Chapin turned his attention more 
 largely to cattle and sheep raising in the Goose 
 Creek valley, and there he was extensively occupied 
 for seventeen years, enjoying a pleasurable measure 
 of success in his operations. In 1892 he removed to 
 Bingham, now Bonneville, county, and settled at 
 Idaho Falls, there establishing the Idaho Falls Times, 
 the second paper to be published in the county. He 
 continued in newspaper work for about nine years, 
 when he sold the paper and gave his attention to 
 the promotion of power plants, and he and his son, 
 Charles D. Chapin, now deceased, and a civil engi- 
 neer by profession, projected the Idaho Power & 
 Transportation Company plant, also the municipal 
 
 flant of Idaho Falls, now the property of the city, 
 n February, 1911, Mr. Chapin was appointed by 
 Governor James H. Hawley to the office of judge 
 of probate of Bingham county, which office he 
 held two years. He was a member of the state legis- 
 lature during the tenth assembly, and served as 
 mayor of Idaho Falls in the years from 1802 to 1895, 
 inclusive. He has also served in the city council 
 during four terms, two of which he served as mayor. 
 
 He is Democrat, and has always taken an active 
 share in the political movements of his party in the 
 county and district. His churchly relations are rep- 
 resented by his membership in the Episcopal church. 
 
 Mr. Chapin has never been a man who found pleas- 
 ure in clubs or society life, but has been a typical 
 "home" man. He is known for a man of nigh 
 ideals, affable and courteous, and one who has made 
 and kept a wide circle of friends about him all his 
 life. 
 
 On February 28, 1861, Mr. Chapin was married at 
 Brooklyn, New York, to Miss Delphine Henion, a 
 native daughter of New York City, and the child of 
 Jacob Henion, the representative of one of the old 
 Dutch families of that state. Three children were 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Chapin: Cornelia H., the wife 
 of Adolph Hutton, a resident of Brooklyn, New 
 York; Charles D. f who is deceased. He was born 
 July 6, 1864, and died on January 8, 1912. Charles 
 Chapin was one of the best known hydraulic engi- 
 neers in the state of Idaho, and during his active 
 career laid out more canals than any other man in 
 the state. He was in the employ of the Idaho state 
 government when he died. Clarence J. f the one re- 
 maining son, is a resident of Idaho Falls, and is 
 actively engaged in farming. 
 
 JAMES C. McMuLLEN has been a resident of Idaho 
 Falls since 1891, although his identification with the 
 west dates back to 1877, when he settled in Deer 
 Lodge, Montana. He is a native product of the 
 state of Wisconsin, born at Mineral Point, in Iowa 
 county, that state, on the 8th day of December, 
 1864. He is a son of James C. and Anna (O'Neil) 
 McMullen natives of Ireland and Scotland, respec- 
 tively. The father came to America in 1842 and 
 settled in Wisconsin in the early pioneer days, there 
 engaging in farming, a business in which he was 
 more than ordinarily successful. He died in 1898 
 at Mineral Point on the old homestead, at the age 
 of sixty-eight years. In 1848 he made one of the 
 vast number who went to California to look for 
 gold, but after a two years stay there, he made his 
 way back to the peace and quiet of home life once 
 more. Though the trip going and coming was made 
 without untoward circumstances or happenings, his 
 experience in the wilds of California were none too 
 pleasing, and when he had, at the end of two years, 
 cleaned up a few thousands of dollars in gold dust, 
 he beat a retreat for his home. The mother came to 
 America from Scotland as a young girl with her 
 mother, who was a widow, coming in about 1848, 
 and they settled in Wisconsin, where she met and 
 married her husband. She died in 1900 on the old 
 home place at the age of sixty-four. Nine children 
 were born to these parents, of which number the 
 subject was the sixth in order of birth. 
 
 Until he was eighteen years of age James C. Mc- 
 Mullen, Jr., attended the public schools of Mineral 
 Point, after which he was apprenticed to learn the 
 limner's trade. He served a three years' apprentice- 
 ship and followed the trade for fourteen years, going 
 west in 1887 and settling at Deer Lodge, Montana. 
 There he remained for four years, two years of 
 which time he was associated in a partnership with 
 William H. O'Neil, a cousin, in the hardware, plumb- 
 ing and heating business, the firm being known as the 
 O'Neil Hardware Company. In 1891 he sold his in- 
 terest in the business and removed to Idaho Falls, 
 establishing his present business, which is known as 
 the McMullen Heating & Plumbing Company. He 
 has enjoyed a most agreeable patronage, his being 
 the first business of its kind to be established in the 
 county, and while he began in a small way, content 
 
1106 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 to experiment a little at the outset, the business has 
 grown apace with each succeeding year, soon grow- 
 ing out of all proportion to the. original enter- 
 prise, and being known today for the largest exclu- 
 sive business of its kind in the county. 
 
 Mr. McMullen is a Democrat, but not a politician, 
 nor even active in the political life of the county, 
 although he was at one time forced to accept the 
 nomination for county commissioner. Fraternally he 
 is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of 
 Elks, and is now serving as lecturing knight of that 
 order ; he is also a member of the Modern Woodmen 
 of America and the Knights of Columbus. He has 
 passed all chairs in the Woodmen up to the national 
 meeting, and served as a delegate to the head camp 
 meeting held in Milwaukee in 1895. He is a member 
 ' of the Roman Catholic church, as are also, other 
 members of his family. 
 
 Mr. McMullen was married on June I, 1899, at 
 Deer Lodge, Montana, to Miss Marie Pittz, the 
 daughter of John Pittz, a native of Mineral Point, 
 Wisconsin. Two children have been born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. McMullen: Marjorie, born March 27, 1900, 
 at Deer Lodge, and William Wallace, born April n, 
 1905, at Freeport, Illinois. 
 
 In the years of his residence in this city, Mr. 
 McMullen has acquired a considerable property which 
 is not only valuable today, but is steadily appreciat- 
 ing in the market. He owns his fine home at No. 
 408 Ash street, as well as the property at No. 242 
 Broadway, where his business is located, and, in ad- 
 dition, holds a tract of land which he purchased 
 as farm lands, but which is today the townsite of 
 Firth, some sixteen miles south of Idaho Falls. He 
 is supremely confident in his expectations for the 
 future of the state, and demonstrates his faith by 
 investing heavily in various properties in and about 
 the city. The splendid success which Mr. McMullen 
 has achieved is all the more surprising when it is 
 known that he was penniless, practically speaking, 
 when he first came to the west, 'but the spirit which 
 makes for superlative success is found as oft in the 
 man whose advantages and opportunities have been 
 conspicuously minus as in men who have found 
 themselves more advantageously placed in early life. 
 
 RALPH EVERET BRAUSA. As an example of youth- 
 ful industry and determination, unceasing persever- 
 ance, courageous and independent spirit and never 
 failing integrity, _the career of Ralph Everet Brausa, 
 of Idaho Falls, is worthy of consideration in a work 
 dealing with the achievements and accomplishments 
 of progressive men. From boyhood, Mr. Brausa's 
 life has been one of constant endeavor, as he became 
 self-supporting at the early age of nine years, and 
 his position today as one of the substantial business 
 men of his adopted city has been gained entirely 
 through the medium of his own efforts and abilities. 
 He was born January 14, 1885, at Olney, Illinois, and 
 is a son of August and Electa (Geisler) Brausa, 
 farming people of Olney. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of Mr. Brausa came from 
 the town of Sipperfelt, in the kingdom of Bavaria, 
 Germany, and emigrated to the United States during 
 the early twenties, subsequently settling in Illinois, 
 where he spent the remainder of his life in agricul- 
 tural pursuits. He was an earnest member of the 
 Evangelical church, and was the father of seven 
 daughters and two sons. On the maternal side Mr. 
 Brausa is descended from Nicholas Geisler, who 
 came to the United States in 1829 and settled for 
 one year in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, subsequently 
 moving to Evansville, Indiana, where he spent about 
 one year, then to Mount Carmel, Illinois, for several 
 
 years, and finally to Lukin, Lawrence county, Illi- 
 nois, where he purchased a tract of land and spent 
 the remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits. 
 He and his wife were the parents of four sons and 
 three daughters. In addition to being a farmer, he 
 was also engaged in the cooper business, and was 
 a minister of the Evangelical Lutheran church. In 
 political matters he was first an Abolitionist and sub- 
 sequently became a Republican. The parents of Mr. 
 Brausa were born in Illinois, and have had two 
 children : Ralph Everet and W. E. 
 
 Ralph Everet Brausa attended the public schools 
 of Olney, and at the age of nine years began learning 
 the trade of harnessmaker, being for thirteen years 
 in the employ of H. B. Wright, a business man of his 
 native place. For some time he had been anxious to 
 test the accuracy of the reports pertaining to the 
 opportunities offered to ambitious youths in the 
 west, and, accordingly, when the opportunity offered 
 in 1898, made his way to Livingston, Montana, leav- 
 ing Olney with the best wishes of his employer and 
 his many friends. Mr. Brausa remained in Montana 
 for only six months, however, at the end of that time 
 coming to St. Anthony, Idaho. Being a skilled work- 
 man in his line, he had no difficulty in securing em- 
 ployment, and during the next year he was steadily 
 engaged at wages far in excess of anything he had 
 ever received in his native state. During this time 
 he had carefully saved his wages, and, having accu- 
 mulated the sum of two hundred and fifteen dollars, 
 concluded he would seek a location where conditions 
 might warrant him to enter business as the proprietor 
 of his own establishment. Accordingly, he came to 
 Idaho Falls, and on October 10, 1910, opened his 
 present place of business. This was directly against 
 the advice of many of his acquaintances, including 
 several who were engaged in similar lines, the gen- 
 eral prediction being that his venture would result 
 disastrously, some wiseacres even going so far 
 as to prophesy that sixty days would see the doors 
 of his establishment closed in failure. Undaunted, 
 with a spirit of determination to succeed, Mr. Brausa 
 set aside all feeling of antagonism or resentment 
 against those who had shown such little faith in his 
 ability, and resolved that if hard work, honesty of 
 policy, and a conscientious adherence to the Golden 
 Rule" would work out his salvation, he had nothing 
 to fear as to the future of his new enterprise. His 
 faith has been amply justified. The little stock pur- 
 chased with his meager capital has grown into one 
 worth today something more than three thousand 
 dollars, and his trade, at first of an uncertain and 
 transitory nature, has become steady and healthy 
 and has outgrown the expectations of its proprietor 
 by far. This success, however, has not been attained 
 without much sacrifice and discomfort, but Mr. 
 Brausa has had at all times the assistance and en- 
 couragement of his faithful wife, who has always 
 maintained her faith in her husband's ultimate suc- 
 cess, and to whose sound advice and able co-operation 
 he attributed a great deal of his success. During 
 their early days in Idaho Falls, in order to curtail 
 expenses, the family home was situated in the rear 
 of the little store, where it was cozily and taste- 
 fully furnished by Mrs. Brausa, but now, that they 
 are in independent circumstances, they own their 
 own comfortable and modern home. Mr. Brausa 
 is a Democrat in politics, but takes only a good 
 citizen's interest in public matters. He is grateful 
 to the state of his adoption for the opportunities 
 it has given him to "make good," and does not hesi- 
 tate to recommend others to do as he has done, 
 being known as one of his section's enthusiastic 
 boosters. Mr. and Mrs. Brausa are faithful mem- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1107 
 
 bers of the Baptist church, in the congregation of 
 which they have numerous warm friends and well- 
 wishers. 
 
 Mr. Brausa was married in 1904, at Bardwell, 
 Carlisle county, Kentucky, to Miss Jane Cunningham, 
 who was born in the Blue Grass state, daughter of 
 Joel Jerome and Nettye (Gibbs) Cunningham, the 
 former a veteran of the Civil war, in which he fought 
 as a Confederate soldier. Two children were born 
 to this union, namely: Mary Elizabeth, born Decem- 
 ber 29, 1911; and Earl Everet, who is deceased. 
 
 MALCOLM CAMPBELL MACKINNON. Among the 
 men whom the residents of the southeastern portion 
 of Bingham county would point out as the most im- 
 portant men in that section one would certainly find 
 Malcolm Campbell MacKinnon, M. D. Not that Dr. 
 MacKinnon has brought a large amount of capital 
 into the section or is engaged in any large scheme 
 for aiding in its rapid development, but for the fact 
 that he is the one man upon whom they all depend 
 in case of illness. It is not only in this wise that 
 the doctor is well known and liked, for in addition 
 to being a fine physician he is a man who uncon- 
 sciously inspires liking and respect, and he is a prac- 
 tical business man, who firmly believes in the future 
 of this newly settled region of Idaho, and who is 
 <lciing everything in his power to further its progress 
 along the road of civilization. 
 
 Malcolm Campbell MacKinnon was born on the 
 3 ist of October, 1881, on Prince Edward Island, 
 Canada. His father was John MacKinnon, who was 
 born in 1841. His mother, whose maiden name was 
 Katherine Campbell, was born in 1848, in the Isle 
 of Skye, Scotland. She was yet a little girl when 
 her parents emigrated to Canada, where she was 
 married. She died in 1905, the mother of four chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Of these children of his parents Dr. MacKinnon 
 was the eldest, the three younger being girls. He 
 received his early education in the schools of Prince 
 Edward Island and after finishing the course in the 
 public schools, he entered the Prince of Wales Col- 
 lege at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He 
 later matriculated at Queen's University, as the 
 holder of the Chancellor's scholarship. He was 
 graduated from this institution in 1909, with the de- 
 gree of M. D., C. M. During his university course 
 he paid all of his own expenses, working his way 
 through by his own labors, and no one who has not 
 tried this can know how difficult it is to carry the 
 heavy work that is required of a medical student 
 and at the same time earn enough money to pay ex- 
 penses. He thus showed his ability to persevere, 
 and the fighting qualities that have won many a 
 battle for him since that time. Part of the money 
 for his professional education he earned by teaching 
 school. For six years, from 1899 till 1905, he was 
 engaged as a teacher in the schools of Prince Ed- 
 ward Island. In 1909 he came to Aberdeen, Idaho, 
 and there began the practice of his profession. He 
 was the first medical practitioner to come into the 
 southeastern part of Bingham county and up until 
 the present time he has been the only physician in 
 this section. 
 
 In the fraternal world Dr. MacKinnon is a mem- 
 ber of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and 
 he also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows. He is an active member of the Aberdeen 
 Commercial Club, having been president of this 
 wide-awake body of business men from 1910 till 
 1912. In his church affiliations the doctor is a Pres- 
 byterian. 
 
 Dr. MacKinnon married Christine MacLeod, at 
 
 Pocatello, Idaho, on the 26th of January, 1911. Mrs. 
 MacKinnon is a daughter of Roderick MacLeod, 
 who is a resident of Prince Edward Island, Canada. 
 During the three years that the doctor has lived 
 in this section of the country he has seen it develop 
 from a sage brush waste to its present thriving state, 
 with several towns, a line of railway and several 
 thousand settlers. He is a strong believer in the fu- 
 ture of this portion of Idaho and no one is more 
 active in making this future as certain as possible. 
 
 WILLIAM P. HANSON. Iowa, like practically every 
 state in the Union, has contributed of her native 
 sons to the development and upbuilding of the great 
 state of Idaho, and William P. Hanson is not the 
 least of these worthy men. Born in Williamsburg, 
 Iowa, on the eleventh day of May, 1876, Mr. Han- 
 son is the son of Hugh D. and Bridget (Rock) 
 Hanson, both born and reared in that state. The 
 father was born in 1846. and was the son of Thomas 
 Hanson, a native of Ireland, who settled in Iowa 
 in 1845, and who was a pioneer farmer of the state. 
 The mother, likewise of Irish parentage, pioneers 
 of Iowa, was born in 1848, and died in 1884 when 
 she was thirty-six years old. Five of the children 
 of Hugh and Bridget Hanson are yet living. 
 
 William P. Hanson was the third child of his 
 parents. He was educated in the district schools 
 of his native community und in the high school of 
 Williamsburg, graduating with the class of 1898, 
 and thereafter taking a course in the collegiate de- 
 partment of the University of Iowa, covering two 
 years, followed by three years in the law depart- 
 ment. He was graduated in June, 1903, with the 
 degree of LL. B., and in September of the same 
 year removed to Idaho and located at Idaho Falls, 
 there establishing himself in the practice of his pro- 
 fession. He has remained in continuous practice 
 since that time and has enjoyed a most pleasing 
 success. From January, 1905, to May, 1911, he was 
 associated with H. K. Linger, under the firm name 
 of Linger & Hanson, since which time he has been 
 in independent practice. In February, 1911, Mr. 
 Hanson was appointed by Governor Hawley to the 
 office of prosecuting attorney of Bonneville county. 
 Mr. Hanson is a Democrat and has always taken 
 an active part in governmental and general civic 
 affairs in the city. He served as secretary of the 
 Commercial Club in 1907 and 1908 and is a mem- 
 ber of the club as yet. He is also a member of the 
 County Bar Association, and he was admitted to 
 practice in the supreme court of the state of Idaho 
 and the United States district court for the northern 
 district of Iowa in 1903, and has since been ad- 
 mitted to practice in the supreme court of the state 
 of Idaho and the United States circuit court. Fra- 
 ternally Mr. Hanson is a member of the Benevolent 
 and Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen of 
 the World, in which latter society he is consul com- 
 mander of the Idaho Falls lodge. He is a com- 
 municant of the Roman Catholic church. 
 
 On October 14, 1908. Mr. Hanson was married 
 at Pocatello, Idaho, to Miss Jessie M. McCune, the 
 daughter of W. J. McCune of Minneapolis, Minne- 
 sota. Two children have been born to them: Fea 
 Delphine, born October i, 1909, at Idaho Falls, and 
 Berneice Ellen, born May 18. 1913. 
 
 Mr. Hanson is a typical "home" man, not given 
 to seeking outside diversions. Before he was mar- 
 ried he was a member of the Idaho National Guards 
 and filled all offices from the ranks to the office of 
 captain. In addition to his home in Idaho Falls 
 Mr. Hanson owns a fine farm of 160 acres of land 
 near to the city. It is such men as he who make 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 up the spine of the state and the nation, and ad- 
 verse circumstances will never be sufficient to keep 
 them from the winning of success and position in 
 life. 
 
 ALMA MARKER. Probably no better example of 
 the success that may be gained through a life of 
 industry, energy and persistent effort may be found 
 than, the career of Alma Marker of Idaho Falls, 
 proprietor of Marker's Music Store, a man known 
 and respected throughout the valley, whose activi- 
 ties have added materially to the commercial im- 
 portance of the city. Coming here some thirty 
 years ago, with no capital save brains, ambition and 
 his well-beloved violin, the "fiddler" (as he is affec- 
 tionately known) so well directed his efforts that 
 he not only succeeded in accomplishing his original 
 object of clearing off a debt caused by his father's 
 failure, but also built up a business which now 
 ranks as one of the state's largest music and sport- 
 ing goods establishments. His career should hold 
 something of an encouraging nature to the youth 
 of any section, who feel that they are handicapped 
 by the lack of financial aid or influential friends. 
 
 Alma Marker was born at Spanish Fork, Utah, 
 October 20, 1859, and received a common school 
 education. He first came to what was then the 
 little "jerkwater" village of Eagle Rock (now Idaho 
 Falls), on the little narrow-gauge train, in 1883, 
 with the determination to clear off the mortgage on 
 his father's farm and other debts amounting to some 
 $1,300. The only thing of value he had in the world 
 was a rare old violin, his skill in the handling of 
 which soon gained him a reputation all over the 
 countryside, and as his fame spread the demand 
 for his services grew and his emoluments increased 
 for his performances at every event of any impor- 
 tance in Eagle Rock and the surrounding county. 
 Of a thrifty and industrious nature, he carefully 
 saved his earnings, and in less than two years was 
 able to clear off the incumbrance on his father's 
 land, as well as the aforementioned debts, and was 
 in a position to embark upon a business career of 
 his own. The nucleus of his present large business 
 was founded in the front rooms of his home on Cliff 
 street, where he started out with a small stock of 
 musical instruments, music, jewelry, etc., and under 
 the stimulus of his push and wide popularity his 
 business grew to such an extent that he was soon 
 compelled to seek larger quarters, and he accordingly 
 built the building now occupied by the McMullen 
 Hardware Company, where he continued in business 
 until 1899. In that year he was again forced to 
 look for more commodious rooms on account of the 
 growth of trade, and moved to his present store 
 near the Porter Hotel, where he carries everything 
 in the way of musical instruments, strings and trim- 
 mings, instrumental and vocal music, books, blank- 
 books, stationery, school supplies, notions and fancy 
 goods, guns, ammunition, fishing tackle, cutlery, 
 smokers' supplies and hundreds of other articles not 
 to be found in other stores. Marker's Music Store 
 is now one of the leading business houses of its 
 kind in the state, and is situated in a handsome 
 two-story brick building. Through fair dealing and 
 honest business methods he has built up a prosper- 
 ous and growing trade, and his genial, courteous 
 and obliging nature has gained him widespread 
 popularity. As a citizen his support has always 
 been given to those movements which are calculated 
 to most greatly benefit his community, and Idaho 
 and Idaho Falls have no more enthusiastic "booster." 
 
 Mr. Marker married Miss Elizabeth Larsen of 
 Monti, Utah, in 1881, and five children have been 
 
 born, of whom four are living: Milroy R, Eddie,. 
 Minnie and Elva; Earl died, aged about' twelve- 
 years. 
 
 ALVIN T. SHANE. The efficient and popular post- 
 master of the thriving little city of Idaho Falls, 
 Mr. Shane stands prominent as one of the loyal and 
 progressive citizens of Bonneville county, of which 
 his home city is the judicial center, and no man- 
 has greater confidence in the still more splendid 
 development and prosperity of this favored section 
 of the state. To the fullest extent of his powers- 
 and with, all of enthusiasm has he given his influ- 
 ence in support of measures and enterprises tend- 
 ing to benefit his county along industrial lines, and 
 his personality and unwavering integrity as a citizen 
 have gained him not only esteem and confidence 
 but also a position of leadership in connection with 
 affairs of local importance. 
 
 Mr. Shane claims the Badger State of the Union 
 as the place of his nativity and is a representative 
 of one of its pioneer families. He was born on the 
 homestead farm of his parents in Buffalo county, 
 Wisconsin, and the date of his nativity was October 
 17, 1864. He is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth 
 (McEldowney) Shane, whose marriage was solem- 
 nized at La Crosse, that state, the father having been 
 a native of Pennsylvania and the mother also of 
 the same state. They became the parents of four 
 children, of whom the present postmaster of Idaho 
 Falls was the second in order of birth, and of the 
 others, one son and one daughter are living. The 
 devoted wife and mother was summoned to eternal 
 rest in 1877, at the age of thirty-eight years, and 
 the father continued to reside in Wisconsin until 
 he too passed away, in 1891, at the age of fifty-eight 
 years. In his native state he was reared to ma- 
 turity and there he served an apprenticeship to the 
 carriagemaker's trade. As a young man he num- 
 bered himself among the pioneer settlers of Wis- 
 consin, and there he developed and improved an 
 excellent farm, the residue of his active career hav- 
 ing been devoted to agricultural pursuits and the 
 raising of live stock. He was a stanch Republican 
 in his political proclivities. 
 
 The public schools of his native state afforded 
 excellent educational advantages to Alvin T. Shane 
 during the days of his boyhood and early youth, 
 and this discipline was supplemented by a course 
 of study in Galesbiirg University, at Galesburg, Wis- 
 consin, as well as a thorough training in a business 
 college at La Crosse, that state. At the age of 
 twenty years, after an experience of practical order 
 in connection with the work of the home farm, he 
 went to the city of Chicago, where he was employed 
 in the great wholesale grocery house of Sprague, 
 Warner & Company for eight years. He then went 
 to South Dakota, where he maintained his home for 
 three years, during the major portion of which period 
 he was engaged in the general merchandise business 
 at Leola, the capital of ^McPherson county. After 
 selling his stock and business at that place he came 
 to Idaho and established himself in the same line 
 of enterprise at Montpelier, Bear Lake county, 
 where he built up a prosperous trade and where he 
 remained three years. He then disposed of his 
 business, in 1894, and in seeking a new location he 
 selected Idaho Falls as his permanent home. Here 
 he established his residence in 1894, and here he was 
 associated with F. H. Turner in the conducting of a 
 dry goods business until 1907, when he sold his 
 interest, the enterprise having been conducted under 
 the firm name of Shane & Turner. In the mean- 
 while his business policies and courtesy have won 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 for him the regard of the pepple of this section, and 
 thus it was a matter of satisfaction to the citizens 
 of Idaho Falls when he received the appointment to 
 the office of postmaster of the town in 1908. He 
 assumed the duties of this position in that year, 
 and has since continued in service, his administra- 
 tion having been careful, conscientious and effective, 
 so that he has received popular commendation. He 
 is one of the progressive citizens of Bonneville 
 county and further evidence of his popularity, as 
 well as of appreciation of his civic attitude, was 
 given by his election to the office of mayor of Idaho 
 Falls in 1904. He served one term and his course 
 as executive head of the municipal government was 
 marked by wise expenditure of the public funds 
 and by well-ordered policies of city improvements 
 along legitimate lines. He is a stockholder and 
 director of the Farmers' & Merchants' Bank of 
 Idaho Falls and is the owner of valuable real estate 
 here, including his attractive residence property. 
 
 In politics, as may naturally be inferred, Mr. 
 Shane is a stanch advocate of the principles and 
 policies for which the Republican party stands 
 sponsor, and he has been one of the leaders in the 
 councils of its contingent in Bonneville county. He 
 is affiliated with the local lodge of Ancient Free and 
 Accepted Masons, served one term as chancellor of 
 the Idaho Falls lodge of Knights of Pythias, and 
 is also identified with the Woodmen of the World. 
 Both he and his wife are Christian Scientists in 
 their religious faith. Mr. Shane finds pleasure in 
 hunting and fishing trips in the mountains and val- 
 leys of the beautiful state in which he has estab- 
 lished his home, and his chief diversion is gained 
 along these wholesome lines of sport. 
 
 On the 3ist of October, 1888, was solemnized the 
 marriage of Mr. Shane to Miss Belle M. Turner, 
 daughter of John and Mary Turner, of Janesville, 
 Wisconsin, and the one child of this union is Ray- 
 mond, who was born at Salt Lake City, Utah, in 
 1901, and who is now a student in the public schools 
 of Idaho Falls. 
 
 JOHN B. COOPER, M. D. The enterprising and 
 progressive little city of Blackfoot, Bingham county, 
 has drawn within its borders a due contingent of 
 able physicians and surgeons', and Dr. Cooper has 
 the distinction of being the oldest practitioner in 
 this community, where he has followed the work of 
 his profession since 1897, with all of zeal and ability, 
 and where he has won for himself a large place in 
 the affectionate regard of those to whom he has 
 ministered. He is one of the leading physicians of 
 Bingham county, is a citizen of distinctive public 
 spirit, and is a man in every way deserving of the 
 high esteem so uniformly accorded to him. 
 
 Dr. John Bell Cooper was born near New Castle, 
 England, on the 24th of March, 1839, and is a son 
 of Thomas and Ann (Bell) Cooper. The father 
 was a successful boat-builder at Blythe, Northum- 
 berland county, England, and there he continued to 
 reside until his death, at the age of seventy-four 
 years and nine months. He was a man of steadfast 
 and sincere nature and his life was marked by ear- 
 nest and honest endeavor. He passed to eternal rest 
 on the 7th of Nbyember, 1888, and his cherished and 
 devoted wife died in 1903, at a venerable age. Of the 
 eight children, of whom Dr. .Cooper was the firstborn, 
 five sons and three daughters, two sisters, three broth- 
 ers are living. In excellent private schools in his 
 native land Dr. Cooper continued his studies until 
 he had attained to the age of sixteen years, and 
 when nineteen years of age he was matriculated in 
 the Newcastle Medical College, at Newcastle-upon- 
 
 Tyne, in his native county, in which admirable in- 
 stitution he was graduated as a member of the class 
 of 1860, with the well earned degree of doctor of 
 medicine. For twelve years after his graduation 
 the doctor was engaged in the practice of his pro- 
 fession in the historic old city of Newcastle, and 
 he then came to the United States. For five years 
 he was engaged in practice in the state of Pennsyl- 
 vania and he then removed to Virginia, where he 
 remained three years. The West then became the 
 stage of his professional endeavors, and for eight 
 years he was engaged in practice at Weir City, 
 Cherokee county, Kansas. He then removed to 
 Ogden, Utah, but he soon afterward transferred his 
 residence to American Fork, that state, where he fol- 
 lowed the work of his profession for the ensuing 
 eight years. The new state of Idaho then attracted 
 his favorable consideration, and in August, 1896, he 
 established his home at Rexburg, Fremont county. 
 Shortly afterward he removed to Pocatello, and in 
 February, 1897, he located at Blackfoot, where he 
 has since maintained his home and where he has 
 found a most attractive field for his labors in his 
 profession. He has long controlled a large and 
 representative practice in Bingham county and he 
 has been signally earnest and self -abnegating in his 
 work, in connection with which he encountered many 
 arduous and fatiguing labors in the ' earlier years 
 of his practice. He has held his ambition to the 
 close line of doing all in his power to alleviate suf- 
 fering and distress, and in summer's heat and win- 
 ter's storms he has faithfully devoted himself to his 
 humane calling, so that he well merits the high re- 
 gard of the community in which he is a pioneer of 
 his profession, even as he is one of its able and 
 honored representatives. 
 
 Dr. Cooper is a man of well fortified opinions and 
 broad economic views, and he is a firm believer in 
 the tenets of true socialism, as represented in a co- 
 operative commonwealth. He has been most suc- 
 cessful in his professional work in Idaho, from a 
 technical and also a financial standpoint, and no citi- 
 zen is more loyal and appreciative than he. 
 
 On the 3d of May, 1877, was solemnized the mar- 
 riage of Dr. Cooper to Miss Elizabeth Mary Rich- 
 ards, of Hazleton, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. 
 She was born in Cornwall, England, on the nth of 
 January, 1839, and is a daughter of William and 
 Phyllis Richards, members of stanch old English 
 families. Mrs. Cooper has proved a devoted wife 
 and helpmeet and she is loved by all who have come 
 within the compass of her gentle and kindly in- 
 fluence. Dr. and Mrs. Cooper have one son, Dr. 
 George Cooper, who was born at Meyersdale, Som- 
 erset county, Pennsylvania, on the zoth of August, 
 1880, and who is now engaged in the practice of his 
 profession at McCammon, Bannock county, Idaho, 
 his technical education having been received in the 
 Central Medical College, at St. Joseph, Missouri. 
 
 DAVID F. DOWD. A resident of Idaho Falls since 
 1904, Mr. Dowd has been prominently identified with 
 the material progress and substantial upbuilding of 
 this fine little city, the capital of Bonneville county, 
 and is known as one of its liberal and public- 
 spirited citizens and as a business man of distinctive 
 ability and initiative power. As an architect and 
 builder he has designed and erected many of the 
 finest buildings in this section of the state, and in 
 addition to his large and substantial business along 
 this line, he has also built up a successful enterprise 
 in the handling of automobile supplies, a business 
 that was established by him in February, 1912. As 
 one of the loyal and progressive citizens and repre- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 sentative business men of Bonneville county he is 
 well entitled to recognition in this history of his 
 adopted state. 
 
 Air. Dowd was born at Owen Sound, province of 
 Ontario, Canada, on the I5th of September, 1863, 
 and is a son of Jarvis and Elise (Atchison) Dowd, 
 both of whom were born in Ireland and both of 
 whom were young at the time of the emigration of 
 the respective families to the Dominion of Canada. 
 Jarvis Dowd, a man of enterprise and sterling char- 
 acter, became one of the prosperous agriculturists 
 of Sullivan county, Ontario, and there he continued 
 to maintain his home until his death, in 1894, at the 
 age of sixty-seven years, his devoted wife having 
 been summoned to eternal rest in 1887, at the age 
 of forty-eight years. Of the fourteen children, 
 David F., of this review, was the seventh in order 
 of birth, and, besides him, six sons and five daugh- 
 ters are now living. 
 
 In the public schools of his native province Mr. 
 Dowd gained his early educational training, and as 
 a youth he became identified with lumbering opera- 
 tions in the province of Ontario. He was con- 
 cerned with this line of industry for ten years, and 
 in 1889 he came to the West in search for a more 
 attractive field of individual enterprise. He estab- 
 lished his home in the city of Butte, Montana, where 
 he engaged In contracting and building, as he had 
 gained practical experience at the carpenter's trade 
 prior to his removal to the West. In the autumn of 
 1890 Mr. Dowd removed to the little city of Nephi, 
 Juab county, Utah, where he continued a success- 
 ful representative of the same line of enterprise 
 until 1904, when he came to Idaho and established 
 his home at Idaho Falls. Here he followed general 
 contracting and buijding until 1910, and since that 
 time he has confined his attention almost entirely 
 to architectural work and the supervising of the 
 erection of buildings designed by him. He has had 
 and filled the contracts for the erection of some 
 of the finest buildings in his home city, as well as 
 in Sugar City and other points in Bonneville county. 
 In addition to many fine residences in Idaho Falls, 
 Mr. Dowd was the 'builder of the postoffice building 
 and the Denver block. As already stated in this 
 context, Mr. Dowd is also engaged in the automo- 
 bile-supply business, and this new enterprise, under 
 his aggressive and capable management, is proving 
 most successful. He is a director of the Birch Creek 
 Mining Company, which is developing valuable min- 
 ing properties in Fremont county, this state, and 
 is president of the South End Mining Company, 
 the properties of which are located in Fremont 
 county. He has won advancement through his own 
 energy and ability, as he has been dependent upon 
 his own resources from his early youth, and even 
 this brief review of his career indicates that he has 
 achieved much as one, of the world's productive 
 workers, the while he has so ordered his course as 
 to merit and receive the confidence and high regard 
 of his fellow men. Mr. Dowd looks upon Idaho as 
 a state whose attractions and advantages are not 
 excelled by any other in the Union, and his enthu- 
 siastic loyalty to this commonwealth is contagious. 
 
 In politics, though never a seeker of official prefer- 
 ment, Mr. Dowd is aligned as a stanch supporter of 
 the cause of the Progressive party, and in local 
 affairs he is essentially liberal and public-spirited 
 one who is ever ready to contribute of influence 
 and tangible co-operation in the furtherance of meas- 
 ures tending to advance the general welfare of the 
 community. He is affiliated with the local organiza- 
 tions of the Benevolent and Protective Order of 
 
 Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Royal 
 Neighbors. 
 
 In November, 1886, was solemnized the marriage 
 of Mr. Dowd to Miss Mary B. Lawler, who like 
 himself is a native of the province of Ontario, Can- 
 ada, where her father, the late James Lawler, was 
 engaged in farming during the major part of his 
 active career and where his death occurred, his 
 home having been at Belleville, where his widow 
 still resides. In conclusion of this sketch is entered 
 brief record concerning the children of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Dowd : David G., who was born in La Froey 
 county, province of Ontario, Canada, in 1887, is now 
 successfully engaged in farming in Bonneville county, 
 Idaho; Mary Gertrude, who was born in the province 
 of Ontaria, in 1889, still resides in her native prov- 
 ince and is the wife of C. W. Bartlett, their children 
 being three in number : George, who was born in 
 the state of Utah, in 1893, is identified with ranch- 
 ing operations in Bonneville county, Idaho ; Charles 
 A., likewise a native of Utah, where he was born 
 in the year 1895, is attending the public schools of 
 Idaho Falls, as is also Jennie K., who was born 
 in Utah in 1902 ; Thomas, who was born in Canada, 
 died at the age of one year and eight months ; and 
 Josephine, who was born in Butte, Montana, died 
 in Utah, at the age of twenty months. 
 
 FREDERICK W. REDFIELD. One of the important 
 enterprises contributing to the commercial vigor 
 of Idaho Falls, Bonneville county, is that conducted 
 under the title of the Superior Honey Company, 
 and the business at this place is run in conjunction 
 with that maintained under the same title at Ogden, 
 Utah. He whose name initiates this paragraph 
 was the founder of the business at Idaho Falls and 
 in the ownership of the same he is associated with 
 his brother Jay, as is he also in that at Ogden. He 
 is known as one of the straightforward, reliable 
 and progressive young business men of the city of 
 Idaho Falls and as such is well entitled to specific 
 mention in this publication. 
 
 Mr. Redfield was born at Shenandoah, Page 
 county, Iowa, on the 9th of December, 1881, and is 
 a son of William and Ella (Browning) Redfield, the 
 former of whom was born in one of the Eastern 
 states, whence he removed to Utah in the pioneer 
 days, and the latter of whom was born at Salt Lake 
 City, a member of one of the prominent pioneer 
 families of Utah. William Redfield was identified 
 with business interests in Utah and Iowa for many 
 years, and was a resident of Ogden, Utah, at the 
 time of his death, in 1899, at the a S e * fifty-six 
 years. His widow, who is now fifty-four years of 
 age, still resides at Ogden, and of the seven chil- 
 dren all survive the father. Both Frederick W. and 
 Jay Redfield gained their early education in the 
 public schools of Iowa and Utah, and both were 
 graduated in the high school at Ogden. Shortly 
 after attaining to his legal majority, Frederick W. 
 Redfield obtained employment in the car depart- 
 ment of the Oregon Short Line railroad, at Ogden, 
 and after being thus engaged for two years, in a 
 clerical capacity, he devoted his attention, for a. 
 similar period, to teaching in the Ogden public 
 schools. In 1905 he established in that city the 
 Superior Honey Company, and the enterprise proved 
 successful from the beginning. In 1911 he estab- 
 lished the branch house at Idaho Falls, and of the 
 same his brother Jay had charge for a considerable 
 time. On January i, 1913, M. Spencer Stone of 
 Idaho Falls became' a member of the firm. This also 
 was the time when Jay Redfield became a member 
 of the firm. The Superior Honey Company is the 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1111 
 
 largest concern of the kind in Idaho and its func- 
 tions are the handling of the best grades of honey, 
 at wholesale and retail. Mr. Redfield is alert and 
 enterprising and both he and his brother have won 
 distinctive success through their own well directed 
 efforts, in connection with which they have shown 
 admirable initiative and constructive ability. Mr. 
 Redfield is a practical apiarist and finds great pleas- 
 ure in the industrial enterprise with which ne is 
 prominently identified. Ever ready to lend his sup- 
 port to measures and enterprises tending to ad- 
 vance the material and civic welfare of the com- 
 munity, he is not constrained by strict partisan lines 
 in his political allegiance, his independence being 
 shown in his support of candidates and measures 
 meeting the approval of his judgment 
 
 On the 8th of February, 1906, Mr. Redfield was 
 united in marriage to Miss Charlotte Stone, daugh- 
 ter of Barona Stone, a representative citizen of 
 Ogden, Utah, and the four children of this union 
 are : Gerald. Verna, Spencer and Hazel, all of whom 
 were born in Ogden. 
 
 JAMES P. KIHOLM. There are certain trades and 
 occupations that from earliest times have been fol- 
 lowed by representative men in every community, 
 time-honored vocations the very nature of which 
 has commended them to men of all nationalities. 
 Among these the business of harness making holds 
 a prominent place, and in this connection it is not 
 inappropriate to sketch the career of James P. 
 Kiholm, harness-maker of Shelley, Idaho, and a man 
 who has worked his way from the. bottom of the 
 ladder to the top through the medium of his own 
 skill, energy and perseverance. Mr. Kiholm is a 
 native of Denmark, and was born on November 25, 
 1862, a son of Herman and Gateroot (Nelson) 
 Kiholm. His father, who was well known in the 
 district wherein he lived in his native land, passed 
 away in 1872, at the age of fifty years, the widow 
 surviving until 1907, when she died at the advanced 
 age of eighty-nine years. They were the parents 
 of six children, James P. being the fifth in order of 
 birth. 
 
 James P. Kiholm was granted the advantages to 
 be gained by attendance in the public schools of 
 Denmark, and as a lad of thirteen years began to 
 server an apprenticeship to the trade that he had de- 
 cided to make his life work. Sober, industrious and 
 energetic, he thoroughly mastered the details of the 
 vocation, and continued to be employed in Denmark 
 until 1891. In that year his long wished-for oppor- 
 tunity came to visit the United States and, coming 
 to this country, he journeyed to the Salt Lake dis- 
 trict, where he was connected with harness making 
 for approximately twenty years, the last twelve years 
 of this time being in business on his own account. * 
 In FQI i he came to Shelley and opened a small estab- 
 lishment, which has rapidly grown to be one of the 
 prosperous business enterprises of the town, his 
 trade being drawn from all over the surrounding 
 territory. From youth, Mr. Kiholm's life has been 
 one of earnest endeavor and well-directed energy, 
 and his success proves that neither the possession 
 of large capital or the help of influential friends 
 at the outset of his career are at all necessary to the 
 young' man of enterprise and ambition. He has 
 never had reason to regret coming to this country, 
 as here he has won prominence in business and the 
 respect and esteem of his fellow citizens. In po- 
 litical matters Mr. Kiholm is a Republican, but 
 business duties have so engrossed his time that he 
 has had little leisure to devote to public matters, 
 although he supports movements tending to ad- 
 
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 vance progress, public welfare and good government. 
 Fraternally he holds membership in the Odd Fel- 
 lows and the Danish Brotherhood, in both of which 
 he has numerous friends. 
 
 On November 26, 1887, Mr. Kiholm was married 
 in Holfens, Denmark, to Christina Knudsen, a native 
 of that country, who died in 1902 in Salt Lake 
 City, Utah. They had three children: Ina, born in 
 1889, in Denmark ; Annie, born in 1892 in Salt Lake 
 City, Utah; and James, born in 1898, in Salt Lake 
 City, and now attending school in Shelley. On June 
 8, 1903, at Salt Lake City, Mr. Kiholm was mar- 
 ried to Miss Eleanor Hanscn, and they have had 
 four children: Lila, born in 1904; Leonore, born 
 in 1906- Viola, born in 1907; and Ellen, born in 
 1909, all born in Salt Lake City, the first two of 
 whom are attending school in Shelley. 
 
 H. W. KIEFKR, register of the United States Land 
 Office at Blackfoot, Idaho, since 1907, has had a 
 varied and interesting career since leaving his home 
 in the East in young manhood. He has traveled 
 extensively through the Western States and to 
 Alaska, has interested himself in farming, mining, 
 real estate and irrigation, and for a long period of 
 years has been prominently identified with the polit- 
 ical activities of his adopted state. Mr. Kiefer came 
 to Idaho at a time when the best interests of the 
 locality were in the early stages of their development 
 and shared in the rise in values, being quick to grasp 
 opportunities and having the ability to carry his opera- 
 tions to a successful conclusion, and his rise from 
 a humble position in a Colorado lumber camp to a 
 place among the most influential men of his com- 
 munity has been as rapid as it has been well de- 
 served. H. W. Kiefer was born in Allegheny county, 
 Pennsylvania, March 18, 1851 and is a son of Charles 
 F. and Eles (Lappe) Kiefer. His father, a native 
 of Germany, came to the United States at the age of 
 twenty-two years, settling at Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- 
 vania, where he engaged in the tanning business. 
 He died in 1865, at the age of fifty-four years. Mr. 
 Kiefer married Eles Lappe, also a native of the 
 Fatherland, who came to this country in young 
 womanhood, and she followed her husband to the 
 grave in 1867, being forty-seven years of age. They 
 were the parents of twelve children, eight sons and 
 four daughters, and H. W. wa the sixth in order 
 of birth. 
 
 H. W. Kiefer was given such advantages as are 
 to be obtained from a common school education, and 
 as a youth was apprenticed by his father to learn the 
 trade of machinist, in the meantime devoting his 
 spare time to work in his father's tannery. In June. 
 1869, however, he decided to try his fortunes in the 
 West, and this was the real beginning of his career. 
 In 1870 he became employed in a lumber and tie 
 camp near Denver, Colorado, and in the following 
 year went to Laramie, Wyoming, where he entered 
 the employ of Cpe & Carter, who had the tie con- 
 tract for the Union Pacific Railroad. He remained 
 in the employ of this concern for some time, being 
 variously employed in Utah, Wyoming and Montana, 
 but in 1883 came to Idaho and settled in Oneida 
 county, on a farm on Willmow Creek, where he 
 engaged in cattle raising for nearly ten years. 
 
 Mr. Kiefer's connection with political activities 
 began in 1892, when he was elected assessor and col- 
 lector of Bingham county, serving as such until 1894, 
 when he became sheriff, an office he also held two 
 years. At that time he returned to his farm, but 
 was not allowed to retire thus easily from the public 
 arena, as in 1898 he was again elected assessor and 
 held that office until 1900. In 1901, Mr. Kiefer joined 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 other venturesome spirits in a trip to Nome, Alaska, 
 where he remained one summer, and then disposed 
 of his mining interests and returned to Idaho, in 
 1902 being elected state senator from Bingham 
 county. Following an active and efficient service of 
 two years, in 1904 he became presidential elector, 
 taking the returns to Washington, D. C., and being 
 the first Republican to cast an electoral vote for 
 Idaho in a presidential campaign. In January, 1907, 
 Mr. Kiefer was first appointed register of the land 
 office at Blackfoot, and in 1912 received a reappoint- 
 ment to the same office, which he still holds. His 
 entire public service has been one which has re- 
 flected the highest credit upon him and his com- 
 munity, and Idaho has no more popular or efficient 
 public official. Mr. Kiefer is a member of the Wood- 
 men of the World. He has expressed his faith in 
 the future of Idaho by his investments in various 
 enterprises, and is a director in the lona Mercan- 
 tile Company, and president of the Farmers Canal 
 Company. In this latter enterprise, Mr. Kiefer was 
 the original locator of the water right, in 1884, 
 and operated this until 1910, when it was organized 
 into an irrigation district and the district purchased 
 the canal property. 
 
 On March 9, 1880, Mr. Kiefer was married at 
 Glendale, Montana, to Malissa A. White, who was 
 born in Arkansas, daughter of William M. and Mar- 
 tha J. White, natives of Georgia. They came over- 
 land to California in 1857, and later located in Utah, 
 where Mr. White died in 1910, while his widow still 
 survives and makes her home in Idaho Falls, being 
 eighty-two years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Kiefer have 
 had eight children, of whom three died in infancy, 
 the others being as follows : Mrs. F. L. Bradley, 
 born at Glendale, Montana, in 1881, who has one 
 child; Fred W., born at Oakley, Utah, in 1883, and 
 now a civil engineer of Blackfoot; Miss Anna M., 
 born in Bingham county, Idaho, in 1887, a graduate 
 of the public schools and of Moscow University; 
 Miss Minnie A., born in Bingham county, Idaho, in 
 1888, a graduate of the Idaho Falls schools and of 
 Moscow University, and now teacher of the eighth 
 grade of the Burley, Idaho, school ; and Charles "H., 
 born in Bingham county, Idaho, in 1891, a graduate 
 of the Blackfoot public schools, now living with his 
 parents. 
 
 JAMES S. BYERS. Offering an attractive field, the 
 city of Idaho Falls, judicial center of Bonneville 
 county, has gained its due quota of able and suc- 
 cessful members of the legal profession, and of the 
 number a representative position is held by Mr. 
 Byers, who has here been engaged in successful 
 practice since 1909, and whose popularity is of un- 
 equivocal order a fact that shows that in char- 
 acter and services he has measured up to the de- 
 mands of public approbation. 
 
 Mr. Byers was born at Dysart, Tama county, Iowa, 
 on the 6th of September, 1884, and is a son of 
 James L. and Charlotte (Hathaway) Byers, whose 
 marriage was solemnized in that state in 1878. James 
 L. Byers was born in the state of Pennsylvania and 
 is a scion of one of the old and representative fami- 
 lies of that commonwealth, the lineage being traced 
 back to stanch German origin. As a young man 
 James L. Byers settled in Iowa, and he became one 
 of the successful pioneer merchants of Dysart, Tama 
 county. Later he followed the vocation of commer- 
 cial traveling salesman for a number of years, and 
 since 1900 he and his wife have maintained their 
 home at Santa Rosa and San Jose, California, Mrs. 
 Byers having been born in Illinois and having been 
 a girl at the time of her parents' removal to Iowa; 
 
 she is fifty-four years of age at the time of thi 
 writing and her husband is sixty years old. O. C. 
 Hathaway, maternal grandfather of him whose name 
 initiates this review, is a resident of San Jose and 
 is ninety-four years of age, his devoted wife, whose 
 maiden name was Caroline Churchill, being ninety- 
 two years of age. The paternal grandparents con- 
 tinued to reside in Pennsylvania until their death, 
 and Grandfather Byers at one time owned the land 
 on which the Revolutionary battle of Valley Forge 
 was fought. Of the nine children of James L. and 
 Charlotte (Hathaway) Byers five sons and four 
 daughters are now living, the subject of this review 
 having been the fourth in order of birth. 
 
 James S. Byers attended the public schools of his 
 native village until he had completed the curriculum 
 of the high school, and thereafter continued his 
 studies in a commercial college at Cedar Rapids, 
 Iowa. .In preparation for the work of his chosen 
 profession he next entered the law department of 
 the University of California, at Berkeley, completing 
 the law course here. In September of the same 
 year he established his home at Idaho Falls, where 
 he has built up a most substantial practice and 
 gained prestige as one of the zealous and well- 
 fortified members of the bar of Bonneville county. 
 He is a stalwart in the local camp of the Republican 
 party and is secretary of its central committee in 
 his county. In 1912 he was the candidate of the 
 party for the office of county attorney, but the pre- 
 ponderance of the opposition brought about his de- 
 feat. He is now serving in the office of United 
 States referee in bankruptcy for this district and is 
 city attorney of Idaho Falls. 
 
 Essentially progressive and public spirited as a 
 citizen, Mr. Byers is deeply appreciative of the ad- 
 vantages and manifold attractions of the state of 
 his adoption, and takes a lively interest in all that 
 concerns the welfare of Idaho Falls. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Club of Commerce at this place, is ac- 
 tively identified with the local bar association and 
 is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order 
 of Elks and the Loyal Order of Moose. 
 
 On the 30th of June, 1912, was solemnized the 
 marriage of Mr. Byers to Miss Anna Katherine Kern, 
 daughter of Frank M. and Helen (Gross) Kern, who 
 are now well-known citizens of Boise, the fair 
 capital city of Idaho. 
 
 PAUL R. KARTZKE. In Southern Idaho, on the 
 Great North Side Tract (one of the largest irri- 
 gated sections of Idaho), the town of Jerome has 
 the most prominent place. Its growth, it being only 
 five years old, has been phenomenal, so that it now 
 takes rank with the leaders. Closely associated 
 with the upbuilding of the North Side Tract, Jerome, 
 as well as south of the Snake river, has been Paul 
 R. Kartzke, general contractor and builder, and in 
 a public way a leader in helping to build a com- 
 munity on a substantial far-seeing basis. 
 
 Paul R. Kartzke was born in Berlin, Germany,. 
 May 8, 1874, son of Louis C. and Marie (Dederer) 
 Kartzke, coming of an old German family which 
 settled in the far past near Frankfort on the Oder. 
 The old estate was broken up and divided, about 
 1860, between the eight brothers and sisters, of 
 which Louis C. Kartzke was one. Ernest Kartzke, 
 an uncle, is still living on some of the ancestral 
 acres to which the deeds were dated in the sixteenth 
 century. Louis C. Kartzke, when a young man, 
 moved to Berlin shortly after his marriage, engaged 
 in business as contractor and was very successful ; 
 he became independently wealthy, owning factories 
 in Berlin, Stettin at* 1 ! Magdeburg. During the finan- 
 
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 cial depression in the late seventies he met with 
 heavy losses and with the remainder decided to 
 emigrate to America in January, 1884. After look- 
 ing over the country he located in Chicago, Illinois, 
 and sent for the family, who arrived in Chicago on 
 May 24, 1884, consisting of the mother and six chil- 
 dren, Clara, Richard, Paul R., Max C, Margaret 
 and Frank G. Kartzke. They have been successful 
 in seeking to establish a home in this country, all 
 being married and in comfortable circumstances. 
 
 When fourteen years of age, Paul R. Kartzke, after 
 one year in high school, was apprenticed to the 
 cabinet-maker's trade with the Pullman Palace Car 
 Company, attending night school, however, for five 
 years. Continuing in the employ of the Pullman Car 
 Company for ten years he advanced to various 
 positions of responsibility in the different depart- 
 ments and laying the foundation for his understand- 
 ing of detail work and < harmony of design which 
 has been of great help in later years. 
 
 In 1899, while taking a pleasure trip through Colo- 
 rado, he was so favorably impressed with the West 
 he decided to make his home there, and after living 
 some time in Denver, engaged in contracting and 
 house-building, where he remained until he removed 
 to Southern Idaho, on May n, 1005, settling in Bur- 
 ley, Idaho. Forming a partnership with Mr. Ernest 
 White, under the firm name of Kartzke & White, 
 contractors and builders. They were successful in 
 their work in this new country, building a large 
 part of the new town. Becoming interested in other 
 lines, he was one of the organizers and a director 
 of the Burley State Bank, also president of the Mil- 
 ner, Rosston Navigation Company, operating on 
 the Snake river for some years. 
 
 Paul R. Kartzke came to Lincoln county on July 
 6, 1907, under contract with The Twin Falls North 
 Side Land & Water Company, to erect all their 
 buildings at Jerome preparatory to the opening of 
 the North Side Tract, erecting the first house for 
 his home on a desert comprising fifteen townships 
 which afterwards became the North Side Tract, and 
 with his family has been a resident of Jerome since 
 that time. During the upbuilding of this new town 
 and country he invested heavily and became in- 
 terested in various business ventures, being one of 
 the organizers of the Farmers & Merchants State 
 Bank, of which he is vice-president, and with Mr. 
 O. ^ R. Peterson organizing the Jerome Concrete & 
 Brick _ Company, one of the largest plants of its 
 kind in Southern Idaho, of which he is president. 
 With his progressiveness he has been especially 
 active in the building of public highways in that 
 section, devoting much of his time and energy to- 
 wards their improvement. 
 
 In politics he has been prominent in the ranks 
 of the Republican party, serving the party as state 
 central committeeman of Lincoln county and the 
 public as chairman of the board of county commis- 
 sioners, appraiser of Lincoln county and other posi- 
 tions of responsibility and trust. He has been a 
 Mason since his twenty-first year and has reached 
 the thirty-second degree, having membership in 'El 
 Koran Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Boise. Mr. 
 Kartzke and his family are Protestants. 
 
 On January 2, 1907, Paul R. Kartzke was mar- 
 ried to Miss Jane Quackenbush of Albany, New 
 York, a descendant of an old New England family. 
 They have two children, Virginia Jane and Paul 
 Louis. Mrs. Kartzke followed her husband to 
 Jerome some days after his arrival and was the 
 first woman to make her home in Jerome and on the 
 North Side Tract. On July 3, 1912, the ladies of 
 the tract, who had arrived previous to 1909, met 
 
 at the Kartzke home on the fifth anniversary of this 
 event and organized a Pioneer Ladies' Society, elect- 
 ing Mrs. Kartzke the first president of the society. 
 Mrs. Kartzke is a woman of many social graces, 
 and she has also demonstrated her business ability 
 as well on a number of occasions, her husband freely 
 attributing much of his business success to her able 
 assistance. 
 
 They have both become thorough Idahoans, glad 
 that Providence led them to select Idaho for their 
 home, believing in its future and expecting to live 
 in the state which they are helping to make one of 
 the beauty spots of the Northwest 
 
 EZRA A. BURRELL. In 1890 there came to Idaho a 
 young Illinois school teacher who, jike the state to 
 which he had come, was but entering upon an in- 
 dependent career and had yet to prove his merit. 
 The young man was Ezra A. Burrell, now of Mont- 
 pelier. In the interim of twenty-two years since 
 then Idaho has changed from a domain of the sage- 
 brush, with her only boasts those of her mineral 
 wealth and her lumber resources, to one of the 
 leading agricultural and horticultural states of the 
 West. The young school teacher in that period has 
 served as lieutenant-governor of Idaho, is the present 
 grand master of the Idaho Masonic grand lodge, 
 and as a business man and in every aspect of his 
 citizenship has long been ranked with the strong 
 and forceful men of the state. He came here with 
 a good education and a large stock of energy and 
 pluck ; Idaho gave him the opportunity to turn them 
 to account. 
 
 Mr. Burrell, a native of Illinois, was born at 
 Carmi, White county, that state, on November 3, 
 1867, and is a son of Samuel and Mary A. (Staley) 
 Burrell. The father was born in New York, but at 
 the age of ten came West with his parents, who 
 located at Carmi, Illinois, and were among the 
 first settlers in White county. He grew up there 
 and has ever since made it his home, being well 
 known thereabout through a long identification with 
 flour milling. He has now reached the advanced 
 age of eighty years. In 1861, when the long sec- 
 tional quarrel flamed out into civil war, he, like the 
 great leader from his state, felt that the Union must 
 be preserved and to serve that cause he enlisted in 
 the Fifth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, which was or- 
 ganized at Carmi, Illinois, in 1861, for three years' 
 service and in which he was made a captain. He 
 was with Grant throughout that general's Missis- 
 sippi campaign. The mother of Mr. Burrell was 
 a native of Tennessee and came to Illinois in her 
 girlhood with her parents, who also were pioneers 
 in that state. She is deceased, having passed away 
 at the age of forty. To these parents were born 
 eight children, of which family Ezra A. was fourth 
 in birth and is one of four surviving. 
 
 The public schools of southern Illinois and the 
 Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute, Indi- 
 ana, provided Mr. Burrell his education, and for 
 about four years after his attendance at the normal 
 he taught school in Illinois. In 1890 he came to 
 Idaho, locating at Blackfoot, where he was principal 
 of the schools two years. Following that he was 
 in the service of Bunting & Company at Blackfoot 
 two years and for a similar period he was at St 
 Anthonyj Idaho, where he conducted a store. From 
 that time until the spring of 1903 he was in the em- 
 ploy of the Consolidated Implement Company and 
 the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company at 
 Idaho Falls and Salt Lake City, and from there he 
 went to Montpelier to take charge of similar in- 
 terests. In 1904, together with R. A. Sullivan, he 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 organized the First National Bank of Montpelier 
 and remained in control of it until 1911, when he 
 sold his banking interests. In February, 1912, he 
 organized the Burrell & Thiel Hardware and Imple- 
 ment Company, which prospered from the start and 
 they have one of the large hardware and implement 
 stocks of Montpelier. He has ever been a stanch 
 Republican and long an active and influential sup- 
 porter of Republican policies in this state, and in 1906 
 was called into public service as lieutenant-governor, 
 serving until 1908. He is now grand master of the 
 Masonic grand lodge of Idaho and thus has received 
 the highest honor which the Ancient Free and Ac- 
 cepted Masons of the state could confer. 
 
 On February 4, 1902, at Sale Lake City, Utah, Mr. 
 Burrell was married to Miss Edith F. Speck, who 
 was born at Grayville, Illinois. Her father, Mr. 
 Samuel Speck, is yet living and now resides at 
 Evansville, Indiana. Mrs. Speck died in Grayville, 
 Illinois, in 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Burrell have one 
 daughter, Emelie Burrell, born at Grayville, Illinois, 
 January 10, 1904, and now attending school at Mont- 
 pelier, Idaho. 
 
 From the foregoing review it will be seen that 
 Mr. Burrell has builded in life from his own energies 
 and resources and that his attainments are the re- 
 sults of his own force of character and of his abili- 
 ties put to good and worthy use. He holds his posi- 
 tion in society because he has earned and merits it. 
 He has seen Idaho develop from a lava waste to a 
 state of importance for its accomplishment in the 
 fields of agriculture and horticulture, and he be- 
 lieves such development to be but in its infancy 
 as compared to what is possible here. Like the 
 loyal citizen that he is, he asserts his belief that 
 the time is not far distant when Idaho will be the 
 foremost state of the Union. 
 
 JOHN W. CONDIE. A former mayor of the city of 
 Preston and now superintendent of the city schools, 
 John W. Condie is one of the most prominent edu- 
 cators of Idaho. In no field of public service is a 
 higher usefulness possible than in the works of edu- 
 cation and with the development in modern times of 
 the school system and its _ facilities and the raising 
 of standards in every depa'rtment, the educator has 
 become a wonderful factor for the welfare of the 
 future. Mr. Condie is a man of exceptional training 
 and ability for his work and has had a record of 
 fine success in Preston and vicinity. 
 
 John W. Condie is a native of Croydon, Morgan 
 county, Utah, where he was born September 23, 1879. 
 His parents were Gibson and Elizabeth (Robinson) 
 Condie. The father, who was born at Clackmannan, 
 Scotland, was twenty-three years of age when he 
 came to America in 1850. Journeying westward he 
 crossed the plains and settled in Salt Lake City, in 
 1852, soon after establishing a home on a farm at 
 Croydon, where he was an honored and prosperous 
 resident until a few years ago when he moved to 
 Preston, which is his present home. The mother 
 was born in Darlington, England, and came to Amer- 
 ica in the same year with her husband, but they 
 were not acquainted at that time, nor were they in 
 the same party. It was her experience to have 
 assisted in pushing a hand car between Omaha and 
 Salt Lake City, and by that unique method, she 
 crossed the plains and after arriving at Salt Lake 
 she met and married Mr. Condie. Her death oc- 
 curred at Croydon in 1892, when she was fifty years 
 of age. There were twelve children in the family 
 of the parents and Professor Condie was the tenth 
 in order of birth. 
 
 In the district schools of Croydon he was educated 
 
 to the age of sixteen, when he entered the Lowell 
 school in Salt Lake City, where he was graduated 
 in 1897, His studies were then continued in the Uni- 
 versity of Utah, where he was graduated from the 
 Normal department in 1900. His training had been 
 carried on with a view to educational work and after 
 his graduation from the Normal he taught for one 
 year at Wanship, Utah. To better prepare himself for 
 a higher degree of usefulness, he took two years of 
 college work in the Arts and Sciences and was then 
 appointed principal of the Malad schools in Idaho. 
 Two years later in 1905 he located in Preston, where 
 he was appointed superintendent of the Central 
 school. The Central school building had just been 
 completed so that he was its first superintendent and 
 the three years of work gave him an enviable repu- 
 tation as an educator and made him so popular that 
 he was then appointed professor of English and 
 History in the Oneida State Academy. After three 
 years with the academy he was induced to return to 
 the city schools as superintendent and since the fall 
 of 1912 has had charge of the local system of edu- 
 cation. 
 
 In national politics Mr. Condie is a Democrat and 
 has always taken an active part in local affairs. 
 From 1907 to 1910 he served as mayor of Preston. A 
 member of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, 
 he was superintendent of the First Ward Sunday 
 School, and is now bishop of the Fourth ward. Pro- 
 fessor Condie was married at Wanship, Utah, De- 
 cember 30, 1903, to Miss Rilla Pendleton, .a daughter 
 of Joshua and Delpha (Stewart) Pendleton. Her 
 parents are still residents of Wanship. The four 
 who were born to Mr. and Mrs. Condie are as fol- 
 lows : Melvin, born in 1905, now in school in Pres- 
 ton ; Evelyn, born in 1907 ; Lucile, born in 1908, and 
 Vera, born in 1910. The first child was born at Salt 
 Lake City, while the remaining three were born in 
 Preston. 
 
 It was as a poor boy that Professor Condie began 
 his career, and he worked and paid his own way 
 through the higher departments of school. Among 
 people who are in a position to judge, he is con- 
 sidered one . of the most successful educators _ in 
 Idaho. He is particularly interested as a diversion 
 or avocation in amateur dramatics, and has no small 
 ability in that line himself. He was a leading mem- 
 ber of the Utah Dramatic Club of Salt Lake City. 
 
 The opinion of Professor C9ndie with regard to the 
 present and future of Idaho is well worth recording. 
 It is his judgment that the state is still in its infancy 
 and that in the next ten years will be improvements 
 aggregating a hundred per cent over present condi- 
 tions. Especially in agriculture, cattle raising and 
 dairying. Of the industries of cattle and dairying he 
 speaks most highly, because he believes this country 
 to be particularly adapted to stock raising and the 
 production of milk products. 
 
 As for education, he holds that the state has ad- 
 vanced with other states in the Union in the educa- 
 tional field, and with the climate and all the resources 
 and opportunities of Idaho, he is sure there is no 
 better place in the country for family life and the 
 rearing of children. 
 
 R. N. SNEDDON. It was because he held Idaho to 
 be the coming state of the great West that R. N. 
 Sneddon identified himself as one of its citizens and 
 business men in 1910. He chose Montpelier, Bear 
 Lake county, as his home and place of business and 
 already is well known and esteemed as one of the 
 alert and progressive business men of that section. 
 The West is not new to him, however, for he was 
 reared in the adjoining state of Wyoming and up 
 

 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1115 
 
 to the time of his removal to Idaho had spent the 
 nx'St of his life in that state. 
 
 Born in Lochgelly, County of Fife, Scotland, near 
 the city of Edinburgh, November 16, 1879, he is the 
 second of the eleven children of Thomas and Chris- 
 tina (Newton) Sneddon. Both parents are natives 
 of Scotland, the father born October 19, 1855, and 
 the mother in March, 1857. and they were married 
 in their native land in 1877. Thomas Sneddon 
 brought his family to America in 1881 and settled 
 in I'inta county, Wyoming, where he and his wife 
 yet reside. He is interested in mining and is well 
 known in that connection in his state. 
 
 R. N. Sneddon received his earlier educational 
 discipline in the public schools of Wyoming, subse- 
 quently attending the All Hallows College, Salt Lake 
 City, and the Agricultural College at Logan, Utah. 
 After his student days were over he took up busi- 
 ness employment as a timekeeper for the Diamond 
 Coal & Coke Company at Diamondville, Wyoming, 
 remaining with that company from 1900 to 1904. 
 Following that he spent six years in Washington, 
 IX C, in the government service, at the conclusion 
 c.f which, or on July 25, 1910, he came to Montpelier, 
 Idaho, and purchased the business of the Montpelier 
 Coal & Lumber Company, to which he has since 
 given his attention. Mr. Sneddon also has valuable 
 real estate holdings in Montpelier, property that 
 he bought several years ago, and in every respect he 
 is well satisfied with his Idaho home and the present 
 and future prospects for prosperity here. His capi- 
 tal with which to begin business life was a good 
 education, an industrious nature, that discernment 
 that recognizes opportunity and that courage that 
 turns it to good account, and with these assets he 
 has attained a definite business success. 
 
 On November 20, 1907, Mr. Sneddon was united 
 in marriage to Miss- Flora Taylor of Cheyenne, 
 Wyoming. Mrs. Sneddon is the daughter of Jona- 
 than and Florence Taylor, the former of whom was 
 a Kentuckian by birth but became an early pioneer 
 settler in Missouri and passed away in that state. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Sneddon have one son, Thomas Tay- 
 lor Sneddon, born at Montpelier, Idaho, on March 
 21, 1912. 
 
 Mr. Sneddon is a member of the Ancient Free 
 and Accepted Masons and of the Knights of Pythias 
 and has filled all the offices in the local lodge of the 
 latter. In political views he is a Republican and 
 of the conservative type. His favorite recreation is 
 the sport of fishing. 
 
 JOSEPH B. BISTLINE, one-time mayor of Pocatello 
 and a partner in the Bistline Lumber Company, has 
 wandered far afield and has lived in several states 
 <>f the Union. In none of them did he find anything 
 approaching his ideal until he came to Pocatello in 
 1891 ; but he soon found conditions in this thriving 
 little city wholly suited to his ambitious and pro- 
 gressive spirit, and he felt warranted in carrying 
 nut business plans which seem likely to anchor him 
 here permanently. 
 
 Mr. Bistline is an American in the truest aand best 
 sense of the word, having been born of lifelong 
 residents of the* good old state of Pennsylvania. His 
 father. Benjamin Bistline, a highly respected citizen 
 of near Harrisburg, died in 1909, at the age of 
 seventy-six. His mother, Jane E. (Nesbit) Bistline, 
 passed away at the age of forty-seven, and it was 
 shortly thereafter that her son, Joseph B., second 
 of the five children who survived her, struck out 
 for the West to make his way unaided among 
 strangers. 
 
 1 he young man, then in his twentieth year, had 
 little of this world's goods; but he had even a 
 better equipment for success a good common school 
 education, strict moral training, perfect physical 
 health and the experience of three years' teaching. 
 From the time he was old enough to be of use on the 
 farm, he had worked for his father during his 
 summer vacations. The first experience of this 
 courageous young man so far from home, was in 
 Illinois, where he did farmwork and taught school 
 for three years. Believing that better opportunities 
 lay before him in the less developed states of the 
 West, he went to Nebraska, where he taught school 
 for one term, continuing his plan of farming each 
 season until 1885, when he bought a farm near 
 Grand Island. Kansas was then in the most active 
 period of its development and Mr. Bistline was 
 tempted to test the opportunities of the new terri- 
 tory. He remained three years, after which he spent 
 six months as a laborer in North Platte, Nebraska. 
 
 During his stay in Grand Island Mr. Bistline met 
 the lady of his choice, Miss Grade Gross, to whom 
 he was married in 1887. Mrs. Bistline is the daugh- 
 ter of Phillip and Clara Gross, who reside in Grand 
 Island, Nebraska. Claude B. Bistline was born in 
 1889, and the parents felt that the time had come 
 to establish a permanent home. They had heard 
 much of the enterprising spirit of Pocatello and, 
 finally, in 1891, they removed to this city, where Mr. 
 Bistline turned his attention to railroading, holding 
 his position with the company eight years. 
 
 In 1893 Mr. Bistline was elected to the city council 
 for one term and, later, he was elected mayor and 
 served a term most creditably. Returning to pri- 
 vate life, he became associated with Mr. Weeter in 
 the lumber business under the firm name of the 
 Weeter-Bistline Lumber Company. One year later 
 his brother, John N., took one-half interest in the 
 concern, which has steadily prospered from its in- 
 ception until it has become one of the largest enter- 
 prises in this section of the state. Besides owning 
 the land and buildings in which the business is con- 
 ducted, the concern owns other valuable property. 
 
 Claude B. Bistline, only son of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Joseph Bistline, is asspciated with his father in the 
 lumber business. The eldest daughter, Ida N., grad- 
 uated from the Pocatello Academy and has been 
 honored with the appointment of deputy county as- 
 sessor of Bornock county. The youngest son, Jean,. 
 born in 1898, is attending school. 
 
 MILES FRANK REED. For more than twenty years 
 an educator and school executive in Idaho, Miles F. 
 Reed is one of the most influential and best known- 
 of educational leaders in this state, and for the past 
 five years has been president of the Academy of 
 Idaho at Pocatello. During his early years he pre- 
 pared himself for a career as educator, and with 
 him education and practical school management have 
 been the objects of his serious and constant atten- 
 tion throughout his active life. His experience has 
 been one of varied and important nature, and besides 
 his present office he has taught in the country schools, 
 as incumbent of a chair in the Lewiston Normal and 
 was also a member of the State University faculty 
 for a number of years. 
 
 Miles Frank Reed was born at Jackson, Iowa. 
 November 26, 1872. His parents were Thomas and 
 Emma Reed. His father was a railroad engineer 
 and farmer, was four years a soldier of the Gvil 
 war. in the Second Iowa Volunteers. A native of 
 Indiana, he lived in Iowa, Nebraska and Oregon for 
 many years, and in 1889 settled in Idaho, where he 
 was among the early settlers. 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Professor Reed received his early education in the 
 C. R. C. Academy at Grangeville, Idaho, where he 
 was graduated in 1892. During subsequent years 
 at intervals in his educational work he pursued the 
 higher courses and received the degree of bachelor 
 of science in 1901 from the University of Idaho, and 
 was given the degree of master of arts at Columbia 
 University, New York, in 1907. From 1892 to 1895 
 he was a teacher in the country schools of this 
 state. During 1901 and 1902 he held the chair of 
 science in Lewiston State Normal School, and from 
 1902 to 1907 was principal of the preparatory school 
 and instructor in education at the University of 
 Idaho. His successful experience made him the 
 logical choice for the office of president of the Acad- 
 emy of Idaho, and in 1907 he was appointed to that 
 office and has given his time and attention to the 
 affairs of this institution at Pocatello to the present 
 time. 
 
 Professor Reed in 1904 was president of the 
 Idaho State Teachers' Association, in 1908 was 
 chairman of the Educational Council of Idaho, and 
 in numerous ways has been influential and prominent 
 in the educational services of this state. He took 
 an active part in the state National Guards from 
 1891 to 1897 and during this time was a member of 
 Company C, serving with the ranks of private, cor- 
 poral, sergeant and first lieutenant. One of the 
 active and public-spirited citizens of Pocatello, he 
 served in 1911 as vice-president of the Commercial 
 Club. His only fraternity is his college society, 
 Phi Delta Theta, and he has held office of president 
 and other places in his chapter. He is a member 
 of the board of trustees of the Methodist church. 
 
 Professor Reed at Grangeville, Idaho, on June 24, 
 1901, married Miss Maude O. Kinkaid, a daughter 
 of John S. Kinkaid. The four children in their 
 home circle are Miles Frank, Jr., Thomas K., Alice 
 M. and Willard W. Reed. 
 
 GEORGE T. HYDE. A successful man in a most 
 comprehensive sense of the term is George T. Hyde, 
 of Downey, one of the foremost citizens of Bannock 
 county, who as postmaster of Downey, president of 
 the Downey State Bank and of the W. A. Hyde Mer- 
 cantile Company and the owner of extensive agri- 
 cultural interests thereabout holds a place of marked 
 usefulness in his community. Able, upright in char- 
 acter and the possessor of keen acumen in business, 
 he is well fitted for the prominent and responsible 
 position he holds in society. To recognize oppor- 
 tunity when it presents itself is a gift not enjoyed 
 by every one but it is one with which Mr. Hyde 
 is favored and which he has employed to good ad- 
 vantage, not alone for his own benefit but for the 
 development and progress of Idaho. In fact, in the 
 ranks of Idaho's citizens can scarcely be found a. 
 more loyal or energetic promoter of the state's 
 interests. 
 
 George T. Hyde was born in Kaysville, Utah, 
 November 26, 1866, and there received a public 
 school education. After leaving school he remained 
 at the parental home and assisted in farm duties 
 until he had attained his majority, when he accepted 
 a position in a store and began an identification 
 with mercantile pursuits that he has continued to the 
 present. In 1895 he came from Utah to Downey, 
 Idaho, where he joined his brother, W. A. Hyde, 
 who previously had become established in business 
 here. George T. is now president and general man- 
 ager of the W. A. Hyde Company, which conducts 
 one of the largest and busiest department stores in 
 this section of Idaho. The business is housed in a 
 modern brick building and includes a full line of 
 
 everything appurtenant to a well-stocked, first class 
 establishment of its kind. Mr. Hyde is a gentleman 
 of quick discernment, alert and persevering, and 
 to his sapient business abilities has been largely due 
 the building up of this thriving concern. In manner 
 he is affable and genial, and unfailing courtesy ren- 
 ders him popular with all with whom he has bus- 
 iness or social relations. He is president of the 
 Downey State Bank and is extensively interested in 
 agriculture, being the owner of several large farms 
 near the town, which he has in charge of foremen. 
 He keeps abreast with the most advanced ideas as 
 to the conduct of this pursuit under Idaho conditions 
 and as a reward of that thoughtful attention he har- 
 vested in 1912 a crop of barley averaging forty-five 
 bushels to the acre. He was one of the original pro- 
 moters of the Portneuf & Marsh Valley Irrigation 
 Company, of which he was formerly treasurer and 
 is yet identified as a director. Believing Idaho 
 wealthy in resources, he is one of the men of brains 
 and push that is seeking to develop them, and as a 
 member and one of the board of governors of the 
 Downey commercial club he never passes by an 
 opportunity to call attention to the commercial and 
 industrial advantages of his section. In the phrase 
 of the day, he has made good, and is a wealthy 
 man. All that he has he accredits to Idaho and 
 in his opinion it yields precedence to no other state 
 of the Union for its possibilities that is, for men 
 of pluck and determination and not afraid of hard 
 work. 
 
 At Salt Lake City, Utah, occurred the marriage of 
 Mr. Hyde on November 18, 1897, to Emma Nibley, 
 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Nibley, of Wells- 
 ville, Utah. To their union have been born five sons 
 and two daughters, named : Osmond, Rosel, Emma 
 and Erma (twins), Charles, Donald and Reed. 
 
 Mr. Hyde is a Republican in political adherency, 
 keeps alive and in close touch with the interests and 
 work of his party, and has been postmaster of 
 Downey since 1899. He was county commissioner 
 three terms and thus far in the history of Bannock 
 county he is the only man that has ever been honored 
 with three successive elections to the same office. 
 He is a very prominent Bishop in the Church of 
 the Latter Day Saints. 
 
 E. W. MOONEY. Nearly a quarter of a century 
 of life in Idaho has been experienced by E. W. 
 Mooney, who came to this state in his early twenties. 
 His vocational life has been extensively varied, his 
 chief interests at the present time being in connec- 
 tion with the Mooney & Huff Garage Company, of 
 which he is very well known as president. 
 
 Illinois is the native state of Mr. Mooney, who 
 was born at Aledo in that state on September 20, 
 1865. His father, William Mooney, was a well- 
 known physician of that community, to which he 
 had come, at a very early period, from Pennsyl- 
 vania. He is now living in Toronto, Canada, at the 
 age of about sixty-nine. Mrs. William Mooney, a 
 native of Maine, was in her girlhood Miss Perthnia 
 Acid Downs. She is also now living at Aledo, Illi- 
 nois, at the age of seventy-five. To Dr. and Mrs. 
 Mooney two children were born during the early 
 period of their married life in Illinois. Of these 
 the younger was E. W. Mooney, the special subject 
 of this review. 
 
 In the district schools of the rural vicinity and 
 the public schools of the town of Aledo, E. W. 
 Mooney obtained his general education, which he 
 supplemented with specialized commercial training 
 at Professor Wiley's Business College at the same 
 place. His first youthful endeavors toward self- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1117 
 
 support were in the useful vocation of a barber. 
 Mr. Mooney did not find that work congenial, how- 
 ever, and after a short time he made a change both 
 of occupation and of location. Moving westward, 
 he established himself at Gibbon, Nebraska, where 
 he was very successful in the implement business. 
 He acquired considerable property in Gibbon, where 
 he owned both a hotel and a meat market. After 
 seven years in the Nebraska town, he again made 
 a change farther to the west. Reaching Wyoming, 
 he located at Wendover, in that state, and was there 
 for some time occupied in contract work for the 
 railroad, then being built. From Wendover he came 
 to Pocatello, Idaho, on well-digging business, and 
 it was he who made the first well in Pocatello. 
 
 Haying taken up his residence in this young and 
 growing city of the "Gem of the Mountains" state. 
 Mr. Mooney devoted the next five years to car- 
 penter work, which was at that time greatly in de- 
 mand. He then engaged in the liquor business, so 
 continuing until 1910, when he became interested in 
 automobile enterprises. Since that year he has con- 
 tinuously been active in this important and popular 
 line, both dealing in motor cars and maintaining his 
 Veil-known garage in Pocatello. He has been in- 
 terested in various movements and enterprises in 
 this city, having been one of the organizers of the 
 Power & Street Railway Company, whose plant is 
 one of the substantial adjuncts of Pocatello business. 
 
 The marriage of E. W. Mooney occurred on 
 March 3, 1886, at Kearney, Nebraska. Mrs. Mooney 
 was formerly Miss Nola Bryan. She and Mr. 
 Mooney have in subsequent years become the par- 
 ents of three children. The eldest, now Mrs. Thena 
 Hyacinth Connerty, was born at Gibbon, Nebraska, 
 on July 11, 1887; her present residence is at Prine- 
 ville, Oregon. The second child and only son of 
 E. W. and Mrs. Mooney was also born at Gibbon, 
 the date of his birth being August 30, 1889; as 
 Jesse R. Mooney of Pocatello, he is well known in 
 that community, where he resides. Miss Mabel 
 Mooney, born at Pocatello on December 23, 1891, is 
 a member of the parental household. 
 
 E. W. Mooney is a member of the Fraternal Order 
 of Eagles, of the Loyal Order of Moose and of the 
 Sons of Hermann. Of the first two orders named 
 above, he has passed all chairs and has served as 
 deputy grand president of both. Mr. Mooney is a 
 baseball enthusiast, having been manager of the Poca- 
 tello club of players; during his incumbency not a 
 single game was lost by the Pocatello team. He has 
 seen much of the growth of this section of Idaho 
 and still has unbounded faith in its future. 
 
 EDWIN D. HARRISON. In southeastern Idaho there 
 is no more complete and better stocked jewelry es- 
 tablishment than that of E. D. Harrison at Pocatello. 
 Even with sufficient capital it is no small accomplish- 
 ment to build up and maintain a first-class business 
 of its kind. But to start it with practically nothing, 
 and to make the increases and improvements grad- 
 ually from month to month until reaching the present 
 proportions, is an achievement of which anyone might 
 reasonably be proud. 
 
 When Mr. Harrison came into Pocatello in- 1898, 
 he was an expert jeweler and watchmaker with a 
 long experience, but in setting up his bench and a 
 small shop he had only seven dollars capital, and that 
 was spent for carpenter work on his bench. He did 
 repairing almost altogether at first, for he had no 
 stock for the trade. As business increased he put 
 in a small stock of goods, and from that as a be- 
 ginning developed his trade rapidly. His quarters 
 
 are now handsomely fitted, and his stock is sufficient 
 to satisfy the most exacting of custom. 
 
 Edwin D. Harrison was born in the city of Lon- 
 don, England, January 21, 1860. He was the young- 
 est of the ten children of J. H. and Angelina (Parry) 
 Harrison, both of whom were natives of England. 
 The family emigrated to America in 1862, crossed 
 the western plains in a wagon train, and from their 
 first settlement at Salt Lake City removed to Logan, 
 UtaH. In 1868 they came up into Idaho, and joined 
 the very first settlers about the town of Malad. 
 Thus there are comparatively few families of Idaho 
 whose residence antedates the Harrisons. At Malad 
 the father became a school teacher and followed 
 farming. He died in Salt Lake City in 1901 at the 
 age of eighty-six, 4nd his wife died in 1897 at the 
 age of eighty-two. 
 
 Mr. Harrison received most of his early education 
 in the schools of Salt Lake City. At the age of 
 sixteen he began learning the jeweler and watch- 
 maker's trade, and when proficient entered the em- 
 ploy of Mr. Cardon at Logan, Utah, remaining with 
 him fifteen years, or until he moved to Pocatello 
 and went into business for himself. Mr. Harrison 
 belongs to the Commercial Club, and is a member of 
 the high council stake of the Latter Day Saints. His 
 politics is Republican. 
 
 In July, 1880, he was married at Salt Lake City 
 to Miss Ellen Simmons, daughter of George and 
 Charity Simmons, who were pioneers of Charleston, 
 Utah. Mrs. Harrison died at Pocatello in January, 
 1905. She was the mother of nine children, and 
 the eight now living are as follows: Miss Edith, 
 born at Salt Lake City in 1881 ; LeRoy, born at 
 Logan in 1882, has made a success as an optician 
 in Pocatello and is married and the father of three 
 children; Mrs. Ethel Edgley, born at Logan in 
 1884, has three children; J. Eugene, born at Logan 
 in 1887, has one child; Miss Eva, born at Logan in 
 1889, is an assistant in her father's store; Parry S., 
 born at Logan in 1892, is watchmaker for his father; 
 Miss Preil, born at Pocatello in 1894, is a high 
 school student; Le Rene, born at Pocatello in 1903, 
 is a school girl. 
 
 Mr. Harrison in August, 1905, at Salt Lake City, 
 married for his second wife Mrs. Eliza R. Birch. 
 They have two children: Marva, born at Pocatello 
 in September, 1906; and Milo, born at Pocatello in 
 1908. 
 
 CHARLIE E. WRIGHT. One of the progressive, in- 
 fluential citizens and prominent Republican political 
 leaders of southeastern Idaho is Charles E. Wright, 
 of Montpelier, Bear Lake county, editor of the 
 Montpelier Examiner and a representavtive in the 
 present Idaho legislature. He has resided in Idaho 
 nearly a score of years, has been identified with news- 
 paper work during the whole of that period and is 
 one of the best known men in this profession in the 
 eastern part of the state. 
 
 Mr. Wright was born at DCS Moines, Iowa, Janu- 
 ary 15, 1864. His father was Dr. James Wright, 
 a native of Kentucky, born in 1818, who came to 
 Iowa in the early fifties and became one of the 
 prominent men of that state. He settled in Delaware 
 county and was a leading physician there for many 
 years. His adaptability for public service soon be- 
 came known and shortly after locating there he was 
 elected county clerk, in which office he served 1 
 years. In 1863 he was elected state secretary, 
 serving for four years, after which he filled sev- 
 eral government positions. He was Indian a 
 at Ross Fork, Idaho, for eight months in 1874-5, 
 but on account of ill health he returned to Iowa and 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 retired. He passed away at Bloomfield, 'Iowa, in 
 1883. In Indiana he was joined in marriage to 
 Caroline Johnson, a native of that state, and to their 
 union were born nine children, of which family 
 Charles E. was fifth in birth and is one . of two 
 that yet survive. The mother is still living and has 
 now reached the age of seventy-nine years, her pres- 
 ent home being with the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Charlie E. Wright received his education in the 
 public schools of Des Moines. After completing two 
 years of the high school course in that city he began 
 to learn the printer's trade at Bloomfield, Iowa, and 
 later had charge of a paper there for four years. 
 From Bloomfield he went to Wahoo, Nebraska, 
 where he managed a paper three years, and from 
 there he came to Idaho in May, 1894, locating at 
 Mountain Home, where he published the Mountain 
 Home Republican three years. His next location 
 was Pocatello, where for seven years he was con- 
 nected with the publishing of the Pocatello Advance. 
 He came from there to Montpelier in 1904 to take 
 charge of the Montpelier Examiner, which he since 
 has built up into a very fine paper. As an active 
 and zealous Republican he has entered prominently 
 into the political life of eastern Idaho and in 1912 
 was elected to the lower house of the state legisla- 
 ture. He has been a member of the Montpelier. 
 board of education since 1906. Fraternally he is a 
 Free and Accepted Mason and a past master of his 
 blue lodge and he is also a member of the Knights 
 of Pythias. In religious creed and church member- 
 ship he is identified with the Methodist Episcopal 
 church. 
 
 At Bloomfield, Iowa, on June i, 1887, Mr. Wright 
 was joined in marriage to Miss Susan Horn, daugh- 
 ter of H. B. and Virginia Horn, of Bloomfield, the 
 former of whom is now deceased. 
 
 Mr. Wright is valued as one of the most progres- 
 sive men of this section of Idaho and he never 
 fails to lend encouragement, personally and through 
 his paper, to any movement that means the develop- 
 ment of its natural resources and its general growth. 
 He believes that dairying will eventually lead in the 
 industries here because of the natural adaptation of 
 this section to that pursuit. Mr. Wright _ is a self- 
 made man and those same energies and abilities which 
 have been his means of personal accomplishment 
 have made him always a leader and forceful factor 
 in society. 
 
 THOMAS C. STANFORD. Probably no part of the 
 state of Idaho has a higher average of development 
 in economic and civic activity than the Little Wood 
 river valley. It has great wealth of irrigated ranches, 
 and farms, productive of all kinds of live stock, 
 grain crops and fruits ; has thriving towns and in- 
 creasing industry, schools and other organized instir 
 tutions and hundreds of homes indicating thrift, 
 prosperity and comfort. All this state of affairs is 
 of course the result of a great aggregate of indi- 
 vidual work and co-operating enterprise. A little 
 quiet inquiry as to the personal factors who have 
 been most active in bringing out this happy condition 
 soon leads to Tom Stanford, who, one is informed, 
 has had a hand in about every noteworthy under- 
 taking during the development of the valley within 
 the last quarter of a century. Mr. Stanford's name is 
 so closely associated with business and civic enter- 
 prise in and about Gary that he is easily the leading 
 citizen, a man whose initiative and energy has not 
 only brought fortune to himself, but has increased 
 the resources and well-being of his entire com- 
 munity. 
 
 In Logan, Utah, Thomas C. Stanford w'as born 
 
 September 30, 1865, a son of Stephen and Louisa 
 (Forman) Stanford. His father, a native of Eng- 
 land, came to Utah in 1861. Of the ten children 
 Thomas C. was the fifth, and was four years old 
 when the family moved to Salt Lake City, where he 
 grew up and received a common school education. 
 He also attended the Brigham Young Academy. 
 When nineteen years old he came to Idaho, and since 
 that time his industry and work have been co-oper- 
 ating factors in practically every important under- 
 taking in his part of the state. In 1884 he located 
 a homestead in the Little Wood river valley, which 
 has since been the center of his important operations 
 as a rancher and stockman. In 1895 he bought large 
 tracts of land and engaged in the sheep industry, 
 and since that time practically all his attention has 
 been devoted to sheep, horses and cows. He is re- 
 garded as one of the most successful producers of 
 live stock in Idaho, and in recent years has also taken 
 up the hog business on an extensive scale. All his 
 ranching interests are in Elaine county. His home 
 place comprises one hundred and sixty acres near 
 Cary in the Little Wood river valley, and further 
 down the valley he has two hundred and forty acres 
 of land, and all the land of both these places is under* 
 irrigation and capable of producing the finest crops 
 of any farm in the state. His home ranch is excel- 
 lently improved with fine buildings, and every thing 
 is well arranged and equipped for stock raising. 
 
 Mr. Stanford has been an important factor in 
 the organized activities of Idaho stock growers, and 
 in 1908-9-10 served as president of the Idaho Wool 
 Growers' Association. He made a record during 
 that time of which he may well be proud, and really 
 gave the association its efficiency as an organization 
 capable of protecting and improving the welfare of 
 its members. He was instrumental in getting much 
 legislation passed beneficial to the wool growers, 
 and as president of the association called the first 
 meeting that led to the organization of the National 
 Wool Warehouse. 
 
 In politics a Republican, since casting his first 
 vote, Mr. Stanford was a member of the Ninth 
 State Legislature in the lower house, and Governor 
 Hanley appointed him a member of the live 
 stock board of the state. During the last campaign 
 he was urged by many friends all over the state 
 to enter the field as candidate for governor, but de- 
 clined to take part in this fashion. At the state con- 
 vention of his party Mr. Stanford has been an in- 
 fluential factor for sixteen consecutive years. 
 
 In June, 1900, he married Miss Ida Ivie, daughter 
 of John Ivie, an old Indian scout, who served during 
 the early Indian wars in Utah. The four children of 
 their marriage are : Raka, Esther, Charles and 
 Frank. All the members of the family are communi- 
 cants of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, except 
 Mr. Stanford, and he was for a number of years 
 actively connected with the church and served as a 
 representative of the church for three years on a 
 mission in New Zealand and for two years in this 
 country. Mr. Stanford assisted in the organization 
 of the Cary bank, in the Cooperative Stores, in 
 one of the large irrigation projects in this part of 
 the state, and there has not been any important 
 undertaking benefitting any considerable number of 
 people in the Little Wood river valley during the 
 last twenty years, with which Mr. Stanford's name 
 has not been associated both as a worker and liberal 
 contributor. He was also organizer of the local 
 telephone company at Cary, and served as vice pres- 
 ident of the company, and was afterward elected its 
 president. He was also one of the organizers of 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1119 
 
 the Can- State Bank, and at one time was president 
 of the Cooperative Stores. 
 
 THOMAS MELANCTHON EDWARDS. Few, if any, of 
 the commercial, financial and industrial enterprises 
 that have had their inception in McCammon, Idaho, 
 within the past ten years, have lacked the touch of 
 Thomas Melancthpn Edwards, or failed to profit 
 by his business ability and foresight. And not only 
 has he borne a worthy part in activities along those 
 lines, but he has represented his district in the legis- 
 lature of the state and served in other important 
 capacities in a political way. His record is one of 
 pronounced merit, and his career is a creditable one 
 in the annals of a family which has contributed many 
 individuals to the best activities of its country. 
 
 Thomas Melancthen Edwards was born at Elk 
 Point, South Dakota, on November 27, 1864. and is 
 the son of Abraham Lawrence and Mary T. (Hoyt) 
 Edwards. The father was one of the early pioneers 
 of the Dakotas, going there in territorial days, and 
 was the son of Thomas H. Edwards, who was a 
 colonel in the War of the Rebellion. He enlisted 
 from Wisconsin in a regiment of that state, and 
 gave valiant service throughout the conflict, rising 
 to the rank of colonel. He was the son of Jonathan 
 Edwards, who was a colonel in the Mexican war. 
 .Mary T. Hoyt was a daughter of Melancthon Hoyt 
 an Episcopal minister, who built practically all the 
 Episcopal churches in South Dakota, among those 
 which he was most active in bringing into existence 
 being the churches at Elk Point, Yankton, Hurley, 
 Parker, Sioux Falls, Scotland and Huron. He was 
 a prominent Mason, also, and had the distinction 
 of having organized the first Masonic lodge west 
 of Iowa. 
 
 In the ftublic schools of Yankton Thomas M. 
 l.dwards received his primary education, and there 
 he attended the high school also, from which he 
 was duly graduated in 1882. In the year of his grad- 
 uation he started to work in a clothing store in his 
 home city, and continued in that work until 1895, 
 when he went into business at Rock Springs, Wyo- 
 ming, in company with one J. P. McDermott. In 
 1900 he established the Edwards- Jacob Company at 
 McCammon. Idaho, a place which he chose for its 
 coming qualities, and the events of the passing years 
 have proved his judgment to have been of the most 
 praiseworthy order. In 1906 Mr. Edwards bought 
 out the store of H. O. Harkness, also his flouring 
 mill, thereupon organizing the McCammon Invest- 
 ment Company, of which he is president. He also 
 organized the McCammon State Bank, becoming pres- 
 ident of the bank, an office which he yet holds, and 
 he was instrumental in bringing about the organi- 
 zation of the McCammon Telephone Company, of 
 which he became the chief executive. In 1907 he 
 organized the Portneuf Marsh Valley Irrigation 
 Company, a concern that played a greater part in 
 the development of the southern part of the state 
 than any other combination, and of which he was 
 the secretary. The Downey Townsite & Develop- 
 ment Company also had its inception in his mind, 
 and he was treasurer and a director of that com- 
 pany during its 4ife. He became interested in the 
 Ferguson-Jenkins Drug Company, with stores at 
 Pocatello, McCammon and Downey, and was vice- 
 president of that flourishing company for some time. 
 All of these various enterprises played an important 
 part in the growth and development of the town of 
 McCammon in the last decade, and his work in his 
 connection with each of these concerns was of an 
 order calculated to advance the best interests of the 
 town and develop the surrounding territory in pro- 
 
 portion to the growth of the city which was the 
 center of their activities. 
 
 A Republican, Mr. Edwards was elected a member 
 of the tenth session of the legislature, serving during 
 1908-10, and was a member of the state central com- 
 mittee for Bannock county in 1910 and 1911. His 
 fraternal relations are with the Benevolent and Pro- 
 tective Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of 
 America. In the former order he was treasurer of 
 Rock Springs Lodge No. 624 for six years. He is 
 a member of the Episcopal church, the faith of his 
 fathers. 
 
 Mr. Edwards was married in Pocatello, Idaho, 
 on June 2, 1897, to Margaret M. Jenkins, the daugh- 
 ter of Thomas and Sarah Jenkins, early pioneers of 
 the state of Idaho. Mr. Jenkins is one of the better 
 known cattle men of the state, and was president 
 of the Ferguson-Jenkins Drug Company at one time, 
 and is now a director and treasurer of the McCam- 
 mon Investment Company and of the McCammon 
 State Bank, of which Mr. Edwards, his son-in-law, 
 is a director and president. Four children have 
 been born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Edwards, 
 named as follows : Lucille Elizabeth, who is now 
 fifteen years old; Thomas Walter, aged twelve; 
 Melancthon Jenkins, nine years of age ; and Mar- 
 garet Ruth, two years old. 
 
 The Edwards family occupy a promjnent place in 
 the social life of McCammon, where they are held in 
 high esteem, and enjoy the friendship of a large 
 circle of the people of the community. 
 
 A. B. STEVENSON. Starting when a boy in the 
 minor grades of railway service, and some twenty 
 years ago a clerk in the dispatcher's office at Poca- 
 tello, Mr. Stevenson has been promoted from one 
 responsibility to another until he is now superin- 
 tendent of the Idaho division in the maintenance 
 and operating departments of the Oregon Short Line 
 Railroad. Like knights of old, railroad men as a 
 rule have to win their spurs on the merits of their 
 performance, and Mr. Stevenson is a veteran rail- 
 roader who was faithful and efficient in many capa- 
 cities before he arrived at his present distinction in 
 the official directory of the Short Line. 
 
 A. B. Stevenson was born at Warsaw, Indiana, 
 April 15, 1865, and was a son of N. N. and Amanda 
 (Burtner) Stevenson. His father, who was born in 
 Pennsylvania and early moved to Indiana, locating 
 near Warsaw, served as a soldier in a Pennsylvania 
 regiment during the Civil war and in later life became 
 a plaster contractor. He died January 12, 1888, at 
 the age of fifty-two. The mother, also a native of 
 Pennsylvania, where she was married, died in In- 
 diana in 1870. 
 
 An only child, Mr. Stevenson was reared in 
 Indiana, attending the common and high school at 
 Warsaw, and at the age of seventeen began the 
 serious business of life as an employe of the Penn- 
 sylvania Railroad. After two years he entered the 
 service of the Baltimore & Ohio, remaining with 
 that road a similar length of time, and then, about 
 1886. came to Pocatello. He is one of the oldest 
 employes of the Oregon Short Line, having given 
 more than a quarter century of uninterrupted service 
 to this company. He was clerk in the dispatchers 
 office, telegraph operator five years, and from one 
 grade to another was advanced until reaching his 
 present office. 
 
 As a Republican Mr. Stevenson has also taken 
 considerable part in public and political affairs. He 
 served as state senator from Bannock county, and 
 was a member of the seventh session of the legisla- 
 ture, which chose W. B. Heyburn to the United 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 States senate. Fraternally he is a Knight Templar 
 Mason and Shriner. He enjoys hunting and fishing 
 and all manner of outdoor life. 
 
 Mr. Stevenson was married at Pocatello, July, 
 1905, to Miss Jennie Dolly, whose parents were from 
 Rock Island, Illinois. They have one son, Edward 
 M., born at Pocatello, May 13, 1906. It is the opinion 
 of Mr. Stevenson that Idaho has only begun the de- 
 velopment which is possible from its wealth of 
 natural resources, and he takes satisfaction from 
 his long service with a transportation system which 
 has done much to bring Idaho to the attention of the 
 world. 
 
 ALBERT E. HAINES. Successful journalism in a 
 young and growing state requires much more than 
 merely the ability to manage editing, proof-reading 
 and printing. The western editor, particularly, needs 
 a thorough understanding of the local conditions 
 which give character to his paper and profit to his 
 readers as well as to himself.^ One of the able news- 
 paper proprietors of this region is Albert E. Haines, 
 who now conducts the McCammon News. 
 
 Born in a neighboring state and a resident, since 
 boyhood, of southern Idaho, no one has a more prac- 
 tical familiarity with Idaho life in its different phases 
 than has A. E. Haines. Mr. Haines' father was 
 Edwin Haines, who had come at an early date from 
 his native home of Pennsylvania to the state of 
 Utah, where he settled in Ophir and became a pros- 
 pector and miner. In 1880 he came to Idaho, locat- 
 ing on property near Goose creek, where he became 
 one of the agriculturalists of the vicinity of Oakley. 
 Edwin Haines was one of the first ranchers of Clear 
 Lake, Lincoln county. He passed away in 1885, at 
 the age of fifty years and five months, he_ having met 
 death by drowning at Salmon Falls. His wife was 
 Elizabeth Wilson, a native of Park county, Indiana. 
 Her marriage to Edwin Haines took place at Mount 
 Pleasant, Iowa, and in subsequent years they be- 
 came the parents of five children. Mrs. Haines sur- 
 vived her husband for ten years, her life closing 
 in July of 1895, at Clear Lake, Idaho. 
 
 Albert E. Haines was the youngest member of the 
 paternal household and his birth occurred in May, 
 I 873, while the family yet lived in Ophir, Utah. 
 He was seven years of age at the time when his 
 father settled in Idaho. He was given the best edu- 
 cation procurable along general lines. He attended 
 the public schools and later took advantage of high 
 school opportunities. When his educational period 
 was ended, he served an apprenticeship in Idaho 
 Falls, then known as Eagle Rock, one year, was 
 then on the ranch and for two years on the Ketchum 
 Keystone at Ketchum, Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Haines' first independent activity was along 
 lines of stockraising and fruit-growing, two most 
 attractive enterprises in Idaho. This work he con- 
 ducted on land situated near Clear Lake, where he 
 continued until 1900. Since that time he has followed 
 his natural bent, which is of a literary nature. 
 
 The first newspaper which Mr. Haines conducted, 
 was the Oakley Sun, of which he had charge for 
 one year. At the end of that time he went to 
 Shosnone in order to obtain a broader experience in 
 his line. There he acted for two years as foreman 
 of the Shoshone Independent, a position of import- 
 ance and responsibility. He remained at the Inde- 
 pendent plant for two years, after which he founded 
 at Glenns Ferry a news sheet he christened The 
 Signal. In 1906 Mr. Haines was attracted to Mc- 
 Cammon, where he proceeded to establish his home 
 and business. Here he began the publication of the 
 McCammon Banner, which he continued for five 
 
 years. In 1911 he removed to Meridian, where he 
 remained for six months. At the end of that time 
 he returned to McCammon where his journalistic 
 interest was transferred to the McCammon News. 
 This paper is now his property and is conducted un- 
 der his able management, with results particularly 
 satisfactory to both himself and his extensive circle 
 of subscribers and patrons. It is a full, attractive 
 sheet, both pleasing to the eye and stimulating to 
 local and general interest in things that count, as 
 well as in the events of the passing hour. 
 
 Mr. Haines' home is presided over by Parmelia 
 Briggs Haines, his wife. Their marriage was sol- 
 emnized in November of 1892, at Clear Lake, Idaho. 
 They are the parents of one son, J. McKinley Haines, 
 born at Clear Lake in June, 1894; he is now a stu- 
 dent at All Hallows College in Salt Lake City, Utah. 
 
 The fraternal affiliation of Mr. Haines is with the 
 Modern Woodmen of America and an Odd Fellow. 
 His political theories coincide in general with those 
 of the historic Republican party. 
 
 DR. DUNCAN L. ALEXANDER but recently became a 
 citizen of Idaho when in 1910 he selected the city of 
 Twin Falls as the field of his professional activities. 
 He is convinced that he made a wise and advanta- 
 geous choice of location and his fellow citizens in 
 the very short period that has intervened since his 
 coming have become aware ^that a young man of 
 ability and character has joined them to labor in 
 one of the noblest of professions and to be affiliated 
 with them in all that stands for good and useful 
 citizenship. 
 
 Dr. Alexander was born in Canada, September 15, 
 1881, and when three years of age crossed the border 
 into the United States with his parents, who settled 
 in Michigan. His common school education was 
 obtained in the public schools of Ontario, Canada, 
 whither he returned for that purpose, and later he 
 completed a high school course at Lexington, Mich- 
 igan. Following that he became a student in the 
 University of Michigan, where he was graduated 
 from the medical department in 1903, with the degree 
 of M. D. After leaving the university he served 
 some time an as interne in the university hospital 
 at Ann Arbor, following that excellent practical 
 experience with two years of independent and active 
 practice of medicine in Michigan. Deciding that the 
 West offered better possibilities for a more rapid rise 
 in his profession, he located at Tonopah, Nevada, 
 where he remained until his removal to Twin Falls, 
 Idaho, in 1910. Here he at once opened an office, 
 and in the brief period of two years has acquired 
 a large and growing practice. Merit and ability 
 have been the foundation for this very gratifying 
 success. Dr. Alexander is a member and secretary 
 of the Twin Falls Medical Society, a member of the 
 Idaho State Medical Society and the American Med- 
 ical Association. He is now serving by appointment 
 as city health officer at Twin Falls. Fraternally he 
 is associated with the Masonic order, the Benevo- 
 lent Protective Order of Elks, the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and 
 his interest in the advancement of the community 
 is evinced by his membership in the Twin Falls Com- 
 mercial Club. In religion Dr. Alexander is inclined 
 to the Presbyterian faith, and his diversions are now 
 found chiefly in hunting and fishing, although in 
 his college days he joined actively in the more stren- 
 uous sports of baseball and football. 
 
 Dr. Alexander sees none but a bright future for 
 Idaho and has a firm faith that in due time it will 
 take high rank among the commonwealths of the 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1121 
 
 Union, not alone as a mining state, but as an agricul- 
 tural, fruit and lumbering state. 
 
 Concerning the parentage of Dr. Alexander, it 
 may be stated that Joseph C. Alexander, his father, 
 was born in Scotland and came to Canada as a 
 young man. There he met and married Isabelle 
 Campbell, who is also a native daughter of Scotland. 
 It was in about 1884 that they crossed over to the 
 United States and located in Michigan, where they 
 have since resided, a/id where Mr. Alexander is 
 engaged in the real estate and investment business. 
 He and his wife are the parents of five children, Dr. 
 Alexander being the eldest but one. 
 
 G. H. COOPER, M. D. One of the most efficient 
 and progressive young physicians and surgeons in 
 the eastern section of Idaho is Dr. G. H. Cooper of 
 McCammon, the son of Dr. John Bell Cooper and his 
 wife, of Blackfoot, Idaho. Of the elder physician 
 an extended account is given elsewhere in these 
 volumes, with details of his English nativity, of his 
 immigration as a young man to America, of his 
 settlement in Pennsylvania, his study of medicine in 
 that state and his removal to Idaho in 1895. In the 
 above-mentioned article will also be found an esti- 
 mate of the high prestige he has gained and which 
 he still holds, at the age of seventy-two, as one of 
 the oldest and most distinguished physicians in the 
 state. There also are given fuller details of Mrs. 
 John Bell Cooper, nee Mary Richmond, a native of 
 Pensance, Land's End, England, in which locality 
 she was reared and was married ; she also has reached 
 the age of seventy-two and is held in especial regard 
 at her home in Blackfoot. In Myersdale, Pennsyl- 
 vania, when his parents were residents of that place, 
 G. H. Cooper was born on August 22, 1880, being 
 the younger of the two children born to John B. and 
 Mary Cooper. 
 
 In early life the usual public school experience 
 was accorded to G. H. Cooper, a part of whose 
 education was pursued in Idaho. The educational 
 systems of both Blackfoot and Pocatello contributed 
 to his intellectual development, until his graduation 
 from the high school at the latter place. For his 
 professional training, G. H. Cooper became a stu- 
 dent in the Central Medical College at St. Joseph, 
 Missouri, where in 1905 he was graduated with 
 honors, receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine. 
 Returning to Idaho, Dr. Cooper established himself 
 for his initial practice at American Falls. There he 
 remained for one year, during which time occurred 
 his marriage. His next location was McCammon, 
 where he settled in 1906 and in a very shore time 
 had built up a lucrative practice, which is con- 
 sidered one of the largest in the county. 
 
 In November, 1912, Dr. Cooper conceived the idea 
 of establishing a private general hospital at Mc- 
 Cammon. He immediately leased large apartments 
 over the McCammon Investment Company's store, 
 and in these he proceeded to install all the modern 
 appliances for the relief of those suffering from phy- 
 sical ills; he also furnished the rooms throughout, 
 in a manner as homelike as possible, for the care 
 and attention of patients. So great has been his suc- 
 cess in his hospital enterprise that Dr. Cooper is 
 now making arrangements for the building of a hos- 
 pital structure of his own, for private hospital pur- 
 poses. The present institution receives among other 
 patients, all the cases of which he has charge for the 
 1. L. Railway. Aside from his outside private 
 practice and his hospital responsibilities, Dr. Cooper's 
 professional duties are further increased by his office 
 as county physician of Bannock county. 
 
 Dr. Cooper's time is almost wholly given to his 
 medical work. He holds one fraternal connection 
 
 with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. 
 He is a Republican in politics and his church con- 
 nection is with the Episcopal church, as is that of-his 
 family. Mrs. Cooper was formerly Miss Ilene Cot- 
 trel, of American Falls, Idaho. She is a daughter of 
 Samuel and Harriet (Lish) Cottrel, of that place 
 and left their home to preside over that of the 
 Doctor, on February 17, 1906. Dr. and Mrs. Cooper 
 are now the parents of two beautiful children: 
 Caroline, born at McCammon, on November 30, 
 1907 ; and John Howcll Cooper, born in this city, on 
 June 12, 1909. 
 
 The residents of McCammon count Dr. Cooper 
 and his family as one of the most valued acquisi- 
 tions of her population. Not only the elements of 
 culture and talent, but of vigorous loyal, enthusiastic 
 citizenship are implied by his personality and his 
 important share in the activities of McCammon. 
 
 JOSEPH E. WHITEHEAD. Worthy of note among 
 Bancroft's successful business men is Joseph E. 
 \Vhitehead, who has during the past three years 
 established himself firmly and creditably in the lum- 
 ber business in this place. Mr. Whitehead is one 
 of our youngest business men, but one who knows 
 how to devote his attention positively to his affairs. 
 
 A native of this western region, Joseph Whitehead 
 is a son of Frank Whitehead and Annie Monson 
 Whitehead, of Richmond, Utah. Frank Whitehead 
 was one of the earlier settlers of that region, where 
 he is well known as a harness manufacturer, and also 
 an agriculturalist, the last being his present occupa- 
 tion. Annie Monson Whitehead is a native of Rich- 
 mond, where she married and where she and her 
 husband still live, now at the respective ages of forty- 
 nine and fifty-eight. Three children have been born 
 and reared by them: Annie, the oldest, Preston, 
 Idaho; the second is our subject, Joseph E. White- 
 head; and the third is Clarence Whitehead, also 
 of Bancroft. 
 
 Born in Richmond, Utah, on May 20, 1884, Joseph 
 E. Whitehead spent his youthful years in the usual 
 pursuits of an educational nature. His earlier studies 
 were those of the public schools of Richmond^ and his 
 collegiate education was gained in an agricultural 
 college at Utah. His school quests were completed 
 at an early age and the young man lost no time 
 in entering a vocation of usefulness and profit. 
 
 At Preston, Idaho, Mr. Whitehead was employed 
 in the lumber business, in which he continued to be 
 active at that place for eight years, learning every 
 important phase of that industry. In 1910 he re- 
 moved from Preston to Bancroft, where he became 
 manager for the Anderson and Sons Company lum- 
 ber plant, which he has since continued to manage. 
 He also deals in real estate. 
 
 Mr. Whitehead is one of those who consider south- 
 ern Idaho a most desirable location for a young man 
 and he is proving the soundness of that conviction. 
 Seriously inclined, almost all of his attention is given 
 to the interests of his business and his home. On 
 October 9, 1912. he was married to Miss Caroline 
 Rigouts, a daughter of Charles and Annie Rigouts, 
 the family being residents of Australia, The Rigouts- 
 Whitehead marriage took place in Salt Lake City, 
 Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Whitehead are connected with 
 the Church of Latter Day Saints. 
 
 JAMES S. POULSEN. In 1860, James and Christina 
 Poulgen, a young Danish couple, crossed the seas 
 from their native Denmark to America, the land 
 famed for freedom and opportunity. Their destina- 
 tion was Utah, and after reaching the American 
 shore their journey thence across the plains was made 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 with an ox team. Settling in the Cache valley of 
 Utah they remained there three years and then 
 removed to Bear Lake county, Idaho and settled 
 on farm and grazing lands near Paris. That was just 
 fifty years ago. Bold in spirit and young in years 
 were most of the men who came to Idaho in those 
 early days and formed the foundation of a com- 
 monwealth that long has held precedence as a mining 
 state and is rapidly coming to the fore in the develop- 
 ment of other even more important resources. James 
 Poulsen, then in the very flush of his manhood and 
 now eighty-three years of age, yet resides where he 
 settled a half-century ago and there is probably no 
 one within the borders of Bear Lake county more 
 familiar with the different phases of pioneer Western 
 life or of the development that has taken place there 
 in that period than Mr. Poulsen. His wife, who was 
 Miss Christina Orph prior to her marriage, had then 
 the vigor of young years, was brave of heart, and un- 
 falteringly shared with her husband the dangers, the 
 toil and the discouragements of those earlier years. 
 She now has passed to rest, having departed life at 
 Paris, Idaho in 1908. She was the mother of eight 
 children. 
 
 James S. Poulsen, whose name introduces this 
 review, is the oldest of the eight children of these 
 honored parents and worthy pioneers. He was born 
 at Paris, Idaho, May 8, 1864, grew up there and 
 attended the Paris public schools, and until twenty- 
 four years of age he worked on his father's ranch. 
 He then settled on land of his own and since then 
 has been extensively engaged in farming and stock- 
 raising. His ranch and home is near Paris and he 
 is numbered among the most successful and sub- 
 stantial agriculturists of Bear Lake county, which 
 standing he has attained through his own energies 
 and efforts. This section he considers as one of the 
 best in Idaho for cattle-raising and dairying. In re- 
 ligious affairs he is a prominent member and a valued 
 worker of the Latter Day Saints church, and for a 
 number of years he represented his church as high 
 counselor of Idaho and in 1909 was elected bishop 
 of the second ward in the Bear Lake stake, which 
 position he now occupies. He is a stanch Republi- 
 can in belief and adherency but takes no active part 
 in political affairs, and in an official way he served 
 as city marshall of Paris from 1902 to 1904. He 
 cares little for outdoor sports and finds his greatest 
 enjoyment in his home circle. 
 
 Mr. Poulsen has been twice married. His first 
 wife was Miss Grace Price, whom he wedded Octo- 
 ber 15, 1887 at Logan, Utah and who died March 13, 
 1905 at Paris, Idaho. She was a daughter of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Robert Price. Three children came to this 
 union, namely : Ezra James Poulsen, born at Paris, 
 Idaho in 1889; Henry Benjamin Poulsen, who was 
 born at Liberty, Idaho in 1891 and died in 1894; 
 and Grace Ellen Poulsen, born at Paris, Idaho, No- 
 vember 15, 1901, who is now attending school. On 
 July 5, 1905, at Logan, Utah, Mr. Poulsen was joined 
 in marriage to Miss Harriet Humphreys, daughter 
 of Mr. and Mrs. George Humphreys, well known resi- 
 dents of Paris,- Idaho. The issue of this marriage 
 have been four children, all born at Paris, Idaho; 
 Ruth Poulsen, whose birth occurred in 1907; George 
 Louis Poulsen, born in 1910; and Vera Poulsen, 
 born in April, 1912. One other child, Lorrain, died 
 in infancy. 
 
 EDWIN M. CROCKETT. Few of the old-timers of the 
 West have had more varied experiences in the -past 
 half century than Edwin M. Crockett, now a pros- 
 perous rancher and cattleman of Rock Creek, Idaho. 
 Since 1880, Mr. Crockett's interests and activities 
 
 have been identified with Idaho, but previous to that 
 for many years he was in different states and terri- 
 tories of the West, and has known every hardship 
 and almost every phase of life in the West since the 
 early days. He was a miner, freighter, merchant, 
 farmer and stockman, and along with great experi- 
 ence has also enjoyed the successes and many of 
 the satisfying things of the world. 
 
 Edwin M. Crockett was born in the state of Maine, 
 June 14, 1839, the fifth in a family of six sons and 
 six daughters born to David and Lydia (Young) 
 Crockett, both parents having been born in Maine. 
 Reared on a New England farm at Fox Island, 
 Maine, Edwin M. Crockett had the advantages of 
 the common schools during his youth, and was 
 trained in the thrifty manner of New England 
 people. 
 
 He came out West in the days of adventure, at a 
 time when the western prairies were almost covered 
 with the moving wagons of pioneers and immigrants. 
 However, it is noteworthy, that he and his younger 
 brother, Wilford W., accomplished a journey which 
 probably has few parallels in the history of that time. 
 They drove a wagon and two teams the entire dis- 
 tance from Maine to San Francisco, more than 
 double the distance usually covered by those migra- 
 tions. His younger brother who accompanied him on 
 this long trek later died in Arizona. It required 
 three years for them to make this pilgrimage, since 
 they halted for some time in Illinois, and again in 
 Iowa. After five years of mining experience in 
 California, Edwin M. Crockett went to Montana in 
 1863, and spent five years as a miner in that territory. 
 In 1868 he took a contract for building a portion of 
 the last link in the construction of the Union Pacific 
 railroad, and when that was done, he went into the 
 Tintic mining district of Utah and spent three years 
 in mining. In the meantime his brother, David W. 
 Crockett, a merchant, had been murdered, and the 
 conduct of the business then developed upon him and 
 he managed the store for three years. The murderer 
 of his brother was hanged at Logan by the Vigilance 
 Committee. From Utah he went into Wyoming, 
 and in that territory discovered a big deposit of coal, 
 which he opened and proceeded to develop. He 
 might have made a great success of this enterprise, 
 but the high freight rates imposed by the railroad 
 companies obliged him to give it up. His next expe- 
 rience was in Nevada at Tacoma, where he was 
 engaged in mining and prospecting for three years, 
 and the latter part of that tirrie was also employed 
 in ranching and stock raising. 
 
 After this varied experience in different territories 
 in the West, Mr. Crockett came to Idaho in 1880, and 
 settled in the Rock Creek district, where he still 
 lives. He was driving forty-three head of dairy 
 cattle with him, and his destination was the Wood 
 river country in the mines, but the sickness of his 
 child caused him to halt at Rock Creek, and he sub- 
 sequently, took up a homestead and has made this 
 his permanent home. In his home ranch Mr. 
 Crockett has one hundred and sixty acres of land, 
 has another place of eighty acres, and in his cattle 
 business has come to be one of the largest and most 
 successful operators in southern Idaho. He and his 
 son own an irrigated ranch of one hundred and sixty 
 acres on the Cottonwood creek. Altogether they 
 run about four hundred and fifty head of cattle, and 
 a few horses. . 
 
 In 1875 Mr. Crockett married Phoebe A. Davis, 
 a native of New York. The four children who 
 have blessed their marriage are as follows: Edwin 
 M. Jr., who died at the age of thirty-two; George 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1123 
 
 D., who is a forester in the government employ; 
 Melvin D., in partnership with his father in the stock 
 business ; and Permelia L., the wife of Tames Dunks 
 of Montana. The mother of these children died in 
 1908. Mr. Crockett is a Republican. andsince casting 
 his first vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1860 has 
 never wavered in his support of the principles and 
 policies of the Grand Old Party. 
 
 F. H. MILLIARD. The largest lumber company of 
 Idaho is the Gem State Lumber Company, with gen- 
 eral offices at Pocatello. The resident general man- 
 ager and vice president of the company is Mr. F. H. 
 Hilliard, and the other officers are: G. L. Curtis, 
 of Clinton. Iowa, president ; H. R. McMillan, of Salt 
 Lake City, secretary; and George Ridgeway, of 
 Pocatello, treasurer. 
 
 Though Mr. Hilliard has only within the last three 
 or four years become actively identified by business 
 and residence with Pocatello and Idaho, by virtue 
 of experiences now nearly thirty-five years back he 
 can properly claim a pioneer acquaintance with the 
 old territorial times. He knew and was a laborer in 
 the lumber industry of the northwest at almost its 
 beginning, and has been connected with lumber 
 business most of his career. 
 
 Mr. Hilliard was born at Lafayette, Illinois, July 
 26, 1856, and was the youngest of five children born 
 to -Benjamin L. and Sabrina (Chatfield) Hilliard. 
 His parents were both early residents of Illinois and 
 came from good old New England stock. His father, 
 who was born in Vermont in 1810 and died in 
 Warren county. Iowa, in 1892, came out to Illinois 
 in the early thirties, first locating at Chicago when 
 that was still a village, and from there moving to a 
 farm at Lafayette in Stark qounty. His later years 
 were spent in Iowa. The mother, who was bom and 
 reared in Connecticut, came to Illinois with her 
 parents, and died in 1887 at the age of seventy-two. 
 
 After graduating from the Lafayette high school at 
 the age of eighteen, F. H. Hilliard found his first 
 regular work in teaching, and for several years was a 
 schoolmaster in Clark county, Iowa. In 1877 he 
 ventured into the far northwest, and his first job 
 was clerking in a store at Salem, Oregon. A year 
 later he crossed the mountains in Walla Walla, 
 Washington. While crossing in eastern Oregon, July 
 6. 1878, the party was surrounded by the hostile 
 Bannock Indians, overpowered, and one of its mem- 
 bers was killed. 
 
 Following this experience as an Indian fighter he 
 began working in the lumber camps and sawmills, so 
 that while now and for many years a lumber, mer- 
 chant he can claim a somewhat intimate acquaintance 
 with the actual operations of lumber production. In 
 December, 1879, he set out to walk to Lewiston, 
 Idaho. He stopped to rest at Pomeroy, a town which 
 had just been started, and at that time there was 
 not another house between that point and Lewiston. 
 He soon went back to Walla Walla, and from there 
 returned to Iowa, which state remained his home 
 until 1902, and for twenty years or more he was 
 actively connected with the lumber trade in that 
 state. 
 
 On leaving lewa Mr. Hilliard engaged in the lum- 
 ber business at Ephrata, Quincy and Tekoa, Wash- 
 ington. In 1908 he moved to Valley county, Mon- 
 tana, where he became a homesteader, and from there 
 on June I, 1909, transferred his residence and busi- 
 ness to Pocatello. Here he took the management of 
 the Weeter Lumber Company, and with the reorgani- 
 zation as the Gem State Lumber Company he took 
 the official position which has been mentioned. Mr. 
 Hilliard is a director in the Idaho Loan & Investment 
 
 Company, and president of the Lumbermen's Mutual 
 Society. 
 
 He has always taken an active part in public affairs 
 and commercial organizations at the different places 
 of his residence, and has been president of the Com- 
 mercial Club of Pocatello during 1912. He served 
 as clerk of court in Ida county, Iowa, as assessor 
 in Warren county of the same state, and held the 
 office of mayor in Tekoa, Washington. Fraternally 
 he is prominent in Masonry, having filled chairs in 
 the blue lodge, chapter and commandery, is affiliated 
 with the Mystic Shrine, and also belongs to the 
 Modern Woodmen of America. 
 
 Mr. Hilliard was married in Warren county, Iowa, 
 July 3, 1880, to Miss Nettie J. Martin. Her father, 
 John Martin, was a native of Indiana. Mr. Hilliard 
 takes his pleasures in the out of doors, usually on 
 hunting and fishing excursions. He has had an 
 unusually active career, and from the time he left 
 school has depended on his own resources and ability 
 to gain the position of influence and prosperity which 
 he now enjoys. 
 
 JOHN F. MURRAY. So far as the material form of 
 a town or city could be said to be the creation of 
 one man that could be said as truthfully of Mr. John 
 F. Murray's relationship to Pocatello as in any 
 similar case on record. Mr. Murray is a pioneer of 
 Pocatello, and was here when the sage-brush plain 
 had only two or three rude houses upon it. For 
 thirty years he has followed the business of builder 
 and contractor, and he not only put up many of the 
 first homes and store buildings, but nearly nine-tenths 
 of the business houses and blocks now standing in 
 the city were erected by him. He is still one of the 
 busiest men in town, and has a record which iden- 
 tifies him very closely with the history of Pocatello, 
 a record of which he may well be proud. 
 
 Mr. Murray was born at Elgin, Scotland, Febru- 
 ary 7, 1858. John and Christina (Frazer) Murray, 
 his parents, had five children, of whom he was the 
 third. His father was a substantial farmer in his 
 native country, where he died in 1910 at the good 
 old age of eighty-two. The mother passed away in 
 1911, aged eighty-one. The Murrays have existed 
 as a family in Scotland for generations, and in his 
 home at Pocatello Mr. Murray has some heirlooms 
 belonging to earlier generations, chief in interest 
 being an ancient watch, handed down from father 
 to son until reaching him. The inscription on this 
 curious old time-piece includes a date in the year 
 1680. 
 
 After getting the fundamentals of education in the 
 Scotch schools, Mr. Murray received his practical 
 training while in the employ of a building contractor, 
 and followed his trade in Scotland for some years. 
 In 1882 he emigrated to America and in the same 
 year came out to Idaho territory, spending a short 
 time in Idaho Falls and in Blackfoot, and thence to 
 Pocatello, where he at once set up in business and 
 began taking contracts for the building which was 
 then transforming the prairie into a thriving little 
 village. His first piece of work in Idaho was the 
 erection of the Anderson Bros. Bank at Idaho Falls. 
 He then built the Hopkins mill at Blackfoot, and on 
 his arrival in . Pocatello began building up Center 
 street. A list of his various contracts would read 
 like a building directory. Among the more conspicu- 
 ous contracts, he constructed the Franklin- Hayes 
 bottling plant, and also most of the buildings in the 
 Academy of Idaho. He is the owner of much valu- 
 able property in the city, where he has long been 
 accounted one of the most successful and progressive 
 citizens. 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Politically he is a Republican. He is a Royal Arch 
 Mason and member of the Elks, and his church is the 
 Congregational. He is considered one of the most 
 expert fly fishers in this part of Idaho, and his 
 most enjoyable forms of recreation are in hunting 
 and fishing. Mr. Murray was married at Pocatello, 
 March, 1900, to Miss Ida Schut, daughter of James 
 Schut. They reside in one of the attractive homes 
 of Pocatello. 
 
 CHARLES G. MORRIS. Among the valued citizens of 
 every community are constructive men, men who 
 have genius and the ability to apply it in material 
 development; but when good business discernment, 
 moral stamina and the most worthy ideals of what 
 constitutes good citizenship are added to their assets 
 for usefulness in society, they become true factors 
 of development and progress, not only in a material 
 way but along all lines. This is a brief epitome of 
 the character of Charles G. Morris, now a hardware 
 merchant at Elk River, Clearwater county, and for 
 years a successful carpenter and builder. His resi- 
 dence in Idaho dates back to 1906 and six years have 
 made him one of the most loyal citizens of the state. 
 
 Charles G. Morris was born in England in Septem- 
 ber, 1850, and up to the age of fourteen he attended 
 the public schools of his native country. At this 
 point in his life he left school and began to learn 
 the carpenter and building trade, which he has fol- 
 lowed almost continuously ever since. He was about 
 twenty years of age when he emigrated to the United 
 States and on his arrival here he located at Chicago, 
 Illinois, where he followed his trade three years. 
 Going from Chicago to Van Buren county, Iowa, he 
 made the latter location his home and the field of his 
 industrial activity for a period of thirty years, follow- 
 ing his trade there with much success, and for fifteen 
 years of that time he also conducted a furniture and 
 undertaking establishment. The year of 1906 marked 
 his advent to Idaho and the six years of his residence 
 in this state have so convinced him of its superiority 
 over other locations in so many important respects 
 that he expects to make it his home for the remainder 
 of his days. On coming to this state he located first 
 at Potlatch, where he remained five years and during 
 the greater part of that period worked for the 
 Potlatch Mercantile Company. In 1910 he removed 
 to Elk River and there opened his present hardware 
 establishment, the stock of which is complete in all 
 of its departments. Meanwhile Mr. Morris has con- 
 tinued to operate as a carpenter and builder and in 
 that capacity has been identified with the erection of 
 a number of fine houses in Elk River that have done 
 much to enhance the prosperity of the community. 
 A thoroughly practical business man, all of his busi- 
 ness undertakings have been well rewarded by suc- 
 cess, and he is not of the standstill class of men, but 
 possesses energy and that push which places him 
 among the most enterprising men of that section. As 
 a citizen progressiveness has ever characterized his 
 course. He believes thoroughly in the possibilities 
 of Elk River and consistent with that belief he en- 
 courages every movement that has the development 
 of the town and its community in view, leading out 
 in this encouragement by his own personal efforts 
 in that direction. Such are the men that are accom- 
 plishing Idaho's remarkably rapid development. 
 
 In October, 1871, in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Morris 
 was united in marriage to Miss Eliza A. Lucas, a 
 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lucas, who also 
 was of English birth and from London. A family 
 of eight children, four sons and four daughters, have 
 blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Morris, as follows : 
 Henry, a successful contractor at Hammond, IndT- 
 
 ana, who is married and resides in that city; Jessie, 
 who married G. Noske and resides at Farmington, 
 Iowa; William G., who also is married and is a 
 druggist at Elk River, Idaho; Carrie S., Mrs. F. A. 
 Modine, whose home is at St. Charles, Illinois; 
 Frank C, who is associated with his brother Henry 
 in the contracting business at Hammond, Indiana, 
 and also married; Anna G., who is now Mrs. James 
 L. McKercher, of Elk River, Idaho; R. Harrison, 
 who remains at the parental home and is associated 
 with his father in business; and Lillian, deceased. 
 
 Mr. Morris favors all churches but affiliates with 
 no particular denomination. Mrs. Morris, however, 
 is an earnest church member and is a very active 
 church and Sunday school worker. It was largely 
 through her efforts that a Sunday school was or- 
 ganized at Elk River. She is a well-informed bible 
 student. Mr. Morris affiliates fraternally with the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern 
 Woodmen of America and the Court of Honor, and 
 has held the highest office in the local lodge of each 
 order. His political tendencies are those of the 
 Republican party but he is independent in the exercise 
 of his franchise, supporting the men and measures 
 that meet the approval of his own convictions. He 
 is now serving as a justice of the peace at Elk River. 
 
 F. M. CUMMINS. At Oakley in Cassia county, 
 where Mr. Cummins now resides with his fanjily, 
 and where he is one of the largest and most pros- 
 perous ranchmen in this section of the state, there 
 were only four log cabins standing when he first 
 settled here more than thirty years ago. He is there- 
 fore one of the pioneers, has borne his share of the 
 work and the hardships in developing the material 
 resources of the state, and both himself and family 
 have proved valuable factors in the social life of 
 the community. 
 
 F. M. Cummins was born in Indiana, December 
 16, 1847, a son of Daniel and Ruth (Vanderver) 
 Cummins, the father a native of Kentucky, and 
 the mother of Indiana. Grandfather Cummins was 
 the first white male child born in Indiana, and the 
 territory gave him a deed for one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land in recognition of that fact. He 
 later moved from Indiana to Kentucky. Mr. Cum- 
 mins' father was a doctor and farmer, had a long 
 and active career and after twenty years of residence 
 in the West died in the state of Washington in 1884. 
 The mother died in 1901 on the ranch of her son 
 at Oakley, he having brought her to his home to 
 spend her declining years. The Cummins family is 
 a large one and has been identified with American 
 history for many generations. The original Amer- 
 ican ancestors were William and Mary Cummins, of 
 Fairfax and Loudon county of Virginia, and from 
 that locality these descendants became scattered over 
 various portions of the country and are still very 
 numerous. The family history has been traced 
 authentically back for one thousand years. The 
 name originated in the castle and city of Comines 
 on the border between France and Belgium. One 
 branch of the family followed William the Con- 
 queror into England during the eleventh century. 
 Robert became Duke of Northumberland in 1068; 
 William became Earl of Bustans in Scotland, and 
 Walter became Earl of Monteith in Scotland. One 
 of the family was one of the three wardens of Scot- 
 land, another was high sheriff during the minority 
 of the King Alexander III., who ascended the throne 
 at eight years of age. John Comyn (Cummins) 
 known as the Red Comyn would have been king 
 had he not been stabbed to death by Robert Bruce 
 before the high altar of the Franciscan Friars at 
 Dumphries on February 10, 1306. About this time 
 
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HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 there were four earls, one lord and thirty-two belted 
 knights, and the family were the most influential in 
 all Scotland. During the war and assassinations that 
 followed the coronation of Robert Bruce, this great 
 family was almost destroyed, and what remained 
 removed to England, and their estates were con- 
 fiscated in Scotland. 
 
 Daniel Cummins, the father, brought his family 
 across the plains in wagons and ox teams in 1864. 
 It was a long and perilous journey. Among the 
 stock which they brought along were two dapple 
 
 frey mares, and these provoked the cupidity of the 
 ndians to such an extent that the latter followed 
 the party for four days, trying to buy the horses and 
 when that request was refused they, ran them away 
 from camp in br6ad light. That happened while 
 the family were along the course of the Platte river, 
 and there was trouble and almost constant skirmish- 
 ing with the Indians for a distance of nearly three 
 hundred miles in crossing the plains. The first stop 
 was made at Stockton, Utah, in the spring of 1864, 
 where the family remained until 1865. At Stockton 
 the father and other members of the family built 
 half a dozen houses, which were among the first 
 to be constructed in that place. On leaving Stockton 
 they moved to California, in the Sacramento Valley, 
 and finally located in Los Angeles, where the family 
 had its home for six years. After that they went 
 up into Oregon. 
 
 Mr. F. M. Cummins accompanied the family on 
 its migration across the plains, he being about seven- 
 teen years of age at the time. From Los Angeles, 
 California, in 1870, he returned to Utah, and after 
 his marriage spent some seven or eight years in that 
 state, engaged in the live stock business. He then 
 in 1880 moved to Idaho arriving at the present site 
 of Oakley on April 14, 1880. Here he paid six hun- 
 dred dollars for his squatter's right, and soon had 
 his claim proved up. He built a modern home and 
 barns and buildings in recent years, and now has 
 one of the best improved properties in this locality. 
 Farming and stock raising have been his most profit- 
 able pursuits, and at the present time he has about 
 seventy-five head of horses on the range. He is also 
 owner of three business lots on Overland Avenue in 
 Burley, Idaho. Since 1900 Mr. Cummins has lived 
 retired from active work, and now enjoys his win- 
 ters in California. The four log cabins which stood 
 on the site of Oakley when he first arrived have 
 already been mentioned, and another interesting fact 
 about his settlement is that Mrs. Cummins was the 
 first woman in all this section. 
 
 At Grantville, Utah, on March 14, 1872, Mr. Cum- 
 mins married Deseret Severe, a daughter of Harrison 
 and Dorcas (McBride) Severe. Her father was 
 a native of Ohio, and her mother was born in the 
 same state. Mrs. Cummins died January 4, 1911, 
 leaving a family of five sons and six daughters, all 
 of whom are living and who are giving creditable 
 accounts of themselves, most of them having homes 
 of their own. Mr. Cummins is a believer in educa- 
 tion, and has supplied his means liberally to pre- 
 paring his children for life's duties. He is a Re- 
 publican in politics and all the family are active 
 members of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. 
 
 The children are named as follows : Josephine is 
 the wife of B. P. Howells, a lawyer at Oakley; 
 Edith married Robert McBride, and lives in Burley; 
 Goldie is the wife of J. J. Gray, and their home is 
 in Bellevue, Idaho ; Frank, who lives in Burley, mar- 
 ried Lee Bruce; Daniel H. is a resident in Burley 
 and married May Gee; Nellie, is the wife of Oscar 
 Briggs of Burley; Hazel, of Oakley, is the wife of 
 W. S. Gray; Qifton is unmarried, lives at home, and 
 
 assists in caring for the home ranch; Lowell, who 
 also liy* on .the home place, married Sadie Knight; 
 Irene is unmarried and lives at home; Philip is the 
 youngest of the family and is still attending school 
 at Oakley. 
 
 RUSSELL A. McKiNLEV. There is to be found in 
 the life and achievements of Russell A. McKinley 
 of Boise, Idaho, a lesson for the youth of any land. 
 A lesson first of patriotism, of indomitable courage, 
 of never-despairing perseverance in the face of most 
 disheartening obstacles ; a lesson of bravery and per- 
 sistence winning over apparently insurmountable ob- 
 stacles, and of final attainment of a cherished goal. 
 That he stands today among the leading younger 
 members of the Idaho bar may be considered a won- 
 derful accomplishment when the circumstances of 
 his life are reviewed. Mr. McKinley comes of Rev- 
 olutionary ancestors on both his father's and mother's 
 sides, and belongs to a family which gave to this 
 country the late martyred President McKinley, whose 
 grandfather was a brother of Russell A. McKinley's 
 great-gra*dfather. He was born December 7, 1881, 
 at Bedford, Iowa, and is a son of Rev. Russell A. 
 McKinley, D. D., Ph. D., who was moderator of 
 the senate of Iowa, Ohio, Utah and Idaho, and one 
 of the leading Presbyterian ministers of his day, 
 pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Idaho 
 from 1903 to 1907, who died June 2, 1912, at Reyn- 
 oldsville, Pennsylvania. Reverend McKinley married 
 Miss May McDonald. 
 
 Russell A. McKinley commenced his education in 
 the common schools of Bedford, and then entered 
 Wooster University, where he was a student at the 
 outbreak of the Spanish- American war. With other 
 patriotic youths he enlisted for service in the volun- 
 teers, becoming a member of Troop C, Second 
 United States Cavalry, with which he served in Cuba 
 from 1898 until 1900, and in the latter year had 
 the misfortune to lose the sight of both eyes. Re- 
 turning to Idaho, he became the owner and manager 
 of a cigar store in Boise, from the profits of which 
 he secured funds with which to prosecute his law 
 studies, taking a course in the Chicago Correspond- 
 ence School of Law, and so seduously did he apply 
 himself to his studies that May 7, 1900, he was ad- 
 mitted to practice before the Idaho bar. He has 
 since been engaged in practice, with offices at No. 
 402 Overland building, Boise, and has attained an 
 enviable position among Idaho's younger generation 
 of practitioners. Mr. McKinley is a progressive 
 Republican in his political views, but not a supporter 
 of the so-called Bull Moose movement. His religious 
 belief is that of the Presbyterian church, and his 
 fraternal connection with the Modern Woodmen of 
 America, with the members of which he is very 
 popular. 
 
 On April 10, 1906, Mr. McKinley was married at 
 Boise to Miss Pearl Hawse, daughter of Benjamin 
 F. Hawse, one of the early pioneers of Idaho, whose 
 advent occurred here in 1863. Mrs. McKinley, when 
 a child of five years, lost the sight of both eyes 
 after running a penknife into one of them. She 
 subsequently graduated with honors from the Colo- 
 rado School for the Blind, at Colorado Springs, and 
 from Lewiston Normal School, Lewiston, Idaho, and 
 is an exceptionally gifted musician. Mr. and Mrs. 
 McKinley have three children: Russell B., aged 
 five years; Donald J., aged three years; and Robert 
 H., who is one year of age. 
 
 JOHN NELSON BURNS. One of the old settlers of 
 Nez Perce county, where his wife was the first 
 white woman to make her home, the late John Nel- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 son Burns went through a career of varied experi- 
 ence, and left an honored name in the city of Lewis- 
 ton, where he spent his final years. 
 
 John Nelson Burns was born in the maritime 
 province of Prince Edward Island, Canada, May 28, 
 1837. He was educated at Freetown, in that prov- 
 ince, and there learned the cabinetmaker's and car- 
 riage builder's trade. In Prince Edward Island he 
 was married March 25, 1866, to Miss Catherine Kirk. 
 In October, 1862, John Nelson Burns started west, 
 finally arriving in San Francisco, and after a short 
 time went to the capital city of Sacramento, where 
 for five years he was employed in the Southern 
 Pacific Railroad shops. Returning to Prince Edward 
 Island, he remained only six weeks, and then went 
 back to the railroad shops in Sacramento. His 
 wife remained behind in their native province for 
 five years, and during this time Mr. Burns estab- 
 lished himself at Dayton, Washington, where he be- 
 came connected with the lumbering industry. From 
 there he moved to Lewiston, Idaho, and there his 
 wife and three children joined him on July 13, 1879. 
 This was a pioneer year in this section $>f Idaho, 
 and Mr. Burns took up a pre-emption right and a 
 homestead, and at Lewiston and vicinity followed 
 his trade until he had proved up on his land. 
 He next moved to Potlatch, Idaho, where he bought 
 160 acres and built a saw and grist mill. He was 
 known as a miller from that time until his death, 
 which occurred March 25, 1893. 
 
 The nine children of Mr. and Mrs. Burns were 
 as follows : Mary E., wife of A. G. Willson of Ken- 
 drick, Idaho ; Robert of Pullman, Washington ; Annie 
 J., wife of John McCloud of Victoria, British Co- 
 lumbia ; Walter J. of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho ; Bruce 
 M. of Lewiston ; Ida A., wife of Harry F. Bateman 
 of Pardee, Idaho ; Otto D. of Lewiston ; Rev. John 
 S. of South Bend, Indiana; Edith M., wife of Frank 
 Comstock of Lewiston. 
 
 After the death of Mr. Burns, Mrs. Burns mar- 
 ried Laughlin Metcalf of Lewiston. Mr. Metcalf 
 was born in Canada, and has been engaged for a 
 number of years in milling work. He had two 
 sons by a former marriage, the maiden name of his 
 first wife being Annie Went. Their sons were 
 Samuel C. T. and Grover F. H., both of whom 
 reside at Victoria, British Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Metcalf have their home in Lewiston. As already 
 stated Mrs. Metcalf was the first white woman to 
 settle in Nez Perce county, and located on a lob- 
 acre tract of land in this county. 
 
 THOMAS P. JONES. What Idaho affords in the 
 way of opportunity for live, energetic and capable 
 men, men of stamina and perseverance, is illustrated 
 in the brief career in this state of Thomas P. Jones 
 of Bovill, a citizen of Latah county. Idaho has had 
 the services of an earnest, energetic promoter and a 
 discerning business man, one who holds high ideals 
 of what constitutes useful citizenship. Such men 
 are the supporting pillars of a state. 
 
 Mr. Jones is a native of Ohio, born in the city 
 of Cleveland, January 3, 1866. That commonwealth 
 remained his home but a brief period, however, as 
 he was but an infant when his parents moved to 
 Wisconsin, where he continued his residence until 
 1887. In the meantime he acquired a public school 
 education and considerable experience in an indus- 
 trial way, for he started out at the age of thirteen 
 to battle with the world, beginning by working in 
 the woods of Wisconsin. In 1887 he went to north- 
 ern Minnesota and until 1903 followed lumbering 
 there and also railroad work. Spokane, Washing- 
 ton, was his next location and from there he came 
 to Idaho, locating in Latah county, where he took 
 
 up a homestead and where he has since resided. 
 While proving up his claim he became connected 
 with the Potlatch Lumber Company and continues 
 that identification as superintendent of their woods 
 department, his services in that capacity being of a 
 high order, as he thoroughly understands lumbering 
 and has good executive ability. Since taking up his 
 residence in Bovill he has entered actively into its 
 business and public life, assuming whole-hearted 
 citizenship. He was the first mayor chosen for the 
 town, in which capacity he is yet serving, and he is 
 also president of the school board. In a business 
 way and outside of his connection with the lumber 
 company, as mentioned above, he is identified with 
 the First State Bank of Bovill as its vice-president, 
 and in every sense he is a progressive citizen, in- 
 terested in every movement promising the uplifting 
 of the community and the development of its indus- 
 trial resources. Independent in his views, he takes 
 a keen interest in the political problems of the day 
 and in placing the best men in office regardless of 
 their political faith. In a fraternal way he is identi- 
 fied with the Masonic order and its auxiliary branch, 
 the Order of the Eastern Star, with the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows and its branch, the Daughters 
 of Rebekah, and with the Knights of Pythias, and 
 he has filled the highest office in the subordinate 
 lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
 In Canada, on October 2, 1901, Mr. Jones was 
 united in marriage to Miss Marjorie Campbell of 
 Dorwich, Ontario, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dun- 
 can F. Campbell. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones are 
 communicants of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Jones 
 is a son of Jacob J. Jones, who was born in Indi- 
 ana, and was successively a resident of Ohio and 
 Wisconsin, continuing his abode in the latter state 
 nearly half a century, or from the latter sixties until 
 his death in 1903 at the age of seventy-six years. 
 His active years were spent in machine work, engi- 
 neering and farming. In Indiana he was wedded to 
 Mary Pursell, who also was born in that state and 
 is yet living, her present home being in Eau Claire, 
 Wisconsin. To these honored parents were born 
 thirteen children, of which family Thomas P. Jones 
 was sixth in order of birth. 
 
 HERMAN STRICKER. One of the honored veterans 
 of the Civil war living in Idaho, Herman Strieker 
 has been identified with this state for more than 
 forty years, and has a variety of experiences which 
 gives exceptional interest to his career. He is one 
 of the pioneers, and the community of Rock Creek 
 in southern Idaho is largely the outgrowth of his 
 enterprise. 
 
 Herman Strieker is a German by birth, but has 
 lived in America since he was a boy, and by his 
 record as a soldier and private citizen there is no 
 more loyal and valuable American in both practice 
 and sentiment. He was born in the Kingdom of 
 Hanover, Germany, March 12, 1841, a son of Frank 
 and Elizabeth Strieker, both natives of Germany, 
 where they lived and died. The youngest of their 
 family of nine children, Herman, was fifteen years 
 old when he left his native land and crossed the 
 ocean to America. He had only the advantages of 
 a common school education, and when he arrived 
 in this country in 1856 he first located in Cincinnati, 
 Ohio. His first work there was as clerk in a grocery 
 store, and he was making his living in that way 
 when the war came on. On April, 1861, only a few 
 days after Fort Sumter was fired upon, he enlisted 
 in Company C of the Fifth Ohio infantry, and as 
 a soldier saw service until July, 1865, more than four 
 years. He was first a member of Shields Division, 
 a division of the Union army, which gained special 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1127 
 
 distinction by putting Stonewall Jackson and his 
 army to flight in the first and last battle in which 
 that noted Confederate was ever whipped. The regi- 
 ment was afterwards attached to the Twelfth Army 
 Corps, and still later to the Twentieth. In the battle 
 of New Hope Church, during the Atlanta campaign, 
 he was wounded three times, three bullets striking 
 him in the course of that one day's fight. After 
 that he was confined in the hospital for five months. 
 He was on his way home from the hospital when he 
 received news of his promotion to first lieutenant 
 of his company, and he at once returned to the regi- 
 ment and continued with it until the close of the 
 war. 
 
 Mustered out with the stripes of a lieutenant and 
 one of the honored veterans, he returned to Cin- 
 cinnati and engaged in the grocery business for him- 
 self. Selling out in 1867, he then went to Omaha, 
 where for some time he was a hotel clerk. He then 
 continued on his westward journeyings as far as 
 Cheyenne, Wyoming, where at that time the Union 
 Pacific Construction camps were located. With a 
 small capital of forty-three dollars he bought a pack 
 outfit of goods and followed along the route of the 
 railway construction, peddling his stock to the labor- 
 ers and others along the line. He thus continued as 
 far as South Pass, Wyoming, and then went on to 
 Salt Lake City, and from there into southern Idaho. 
 His ventures had changed from peddling from a 
 pack outfit to the buying of eggs and other local 
 produce, which he took to White Pine, Nevada, and 
 made several trips of this kind. In the spring of 
 1870 he got together a load of emigrants for Mon- 
 tana, and delivered them at Gold Creek, after which 
 he returned to Utah. He then bought a stock of 
 goods and freighted to Idaho, opening a store on 
 Snake river. His prospects were not altogether flat- 
 tering, since by these various ventures he had at one 
 time made money and then again lost it all, but he 
 possessed the ambition, energy and persistence which 
 could not fail of eventual success. 
 
 In 1877 Mr. Strieker bought a store and stock of 
 goods on the old stage line between Kelton, Utah, 
 and Boise, Idaho, two miles northwest of the present 
 town of Rock Creek, and his establishment was the 
 pioneer enterprise there. The place is now known 
 as Strieker. He continued to operate there as a 
 merchant until 1897, since which time he has devoted 
 his attention largely to ranching. He had home- 
 steaded the one hundred and sixty acres on which 
 the store was located, and still owns a considerable 
 part of that land. At the present time his holdings 
 in real estate comprise nine hundred and sixty acres, 
 and all of it is under irrigation and is regarded as 
 one of the very finest ranches in the entire section 
 of southern Idaho. It is located where formerly 
 stood the old overland stage station. He owns his 
 own water right on Rock creek, is a large producer 
 of the regular crops of this section and raises large 
 numbers of cattle and horses. In 1893 he drove a 
 bunch of horses to Dakota. 
 
 On October i, 1882. Mr. Strieker married Miss 
 Lucy Walgamott, a native of Iowa and a daughter of 
 Jacob and Elizabeth Walgamott. Their ^ seven chil- 
 dren are named Bernard, Clyde, Mavis, wife of 
 V. E. Hall, art Idaho stockman; Roland, Blythe, 
 and Gladys. All of the sons live at home and assist 
 in the operation of the ranch. There is also one 
 son deceased, Pro Strieker. Mr. Strieker is a 
 Republican, and for twenty-two years served as 
 postmaster of the Rock Creek postoffice. During a 
 long career he has won the best things of life a 
 comfortable material prosperity, a fine family of 
 children and the thorough esteem of a large com- 
 Toi.ni IB 
 
 munity in which he has worked as a public spirited 
 citizen. 
 
 ERNEST DUERSELEN. The printing and newspaper 
 business is a line of endeavor which Ernest Duer- 
 selen has followed for nearly half a century and in 
 which he is now engaged as the editor and publisher 
 of the Elk River Sentinel at Elk River, Idaho. He 
 is a German by birth and represents a nationality 
 that is one of the most valued and important of all 
 that have mingled in the shaping of American life 
 along all lines of activity. The Germans were the 
 first to introduce printing in America and they have 
 also been first in other directions too numerous to 
 take note of here, but whatever makes for the ad- 
 vancement of mankind in general they have ever 
 supported with ceaseless energy and the most intelli- 
 gent effort. 
 
 Born in Germany in 1851, Ernest Duerselen was 
 about twelve years of age when he emigrated to 
 the United States. The first ten years of his life 
 in this country were spent in Ohio, where he learned 
 and followed the printing trade. From Ohio he went 
 to Detroit, Michigan, but after a few years there he 
 changed his location to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 
 where he established The Times and was engaged in 
 its publication a number of years. Disposing of his 
 interests there he turned westward to Illinois and 
 at first followed printing there, but later he accepted 
 a position in the Joliet penitentiary. After about ten 
 years in Joliet he became a traveling salesman, con- 
 tinuing this employment four years. He then came 
 west and, after visiting several states, he finally 
 settled in Idaho, locating at Coeur d'Alene, where 
 he purchased a half interest in a newspaper at that 
 place in 1800. In the following year he became the 
 owner of the entire plant and continued the manage- 
 ment of that paper and also of another that he estab- 
 lished at Rathdrum for about six years. He then 
 sold those interests and moved to Wallowa county, 
 Oregon, where he published the Chieftain a few 
 years, and from there he went to Spokane, Wash- 
 ington, where he opened a job printing establish- 
 ment. In 1901 he returned to Idaho and established 
 the Courier at St. Maries, also establishing the Santa 
 Times at Santa, in the same county, a few years 
 later, and for a period he conducted both papers. 
 Ten years after his return to Idaho, or in 1911. he 
 came to Elk River, now a terminus of the Wyoming, 
 Idaho & Montana Railroad, and established the Elk 
 River Sentinel, with a plant second to none in sire 
 in the state of Idaho and modern in every way. 
 
 He is a member of the Elk River Commercial 
 Club and gives effective help in encouraging the de- 
 velopment of that section. A Republican in his 
 political adherency, he is actively interested in ^ the 
 work of his party, and in a fraternal way he is a 
 member of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of 
 United Workmen. While Mr. Duerselen affiliates 
 'with no particular religious denomination he values 
 the work and influence of all such organizations and 
 supports his sentiment with substantial help. 
 
 MICHAEL F. ZEIGLER. Prominent among Idaho's 
 contractors and builders is Michael F. Zeigler of 
 Moscow, who during a residence of nearly a quar- 
 ter of a century spent in this city has contributed 
 materially to the growth and development of the 
 section, and whose activities have extended through- 
 out this state and that of Washington. A firmly 
 established reputation for absolute integrity in all 
 business transactions has made his name well known 
 in commercial circles, and he enjoys the full confi- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 dence of his fellow townspeople of all classes. Mr. 
 Zeigler was born in York county, Pennsylvania, Au- 
 gust 18, 1848, and his education was secured in the 
 public schools of the Keystone State. He was reared 
 on his father's farm with the intention of becoming 
 an agriculturist, but left home when about twenty 
 years of age and went to Cambridge City, Indiana, 
 where he learned the trade of carpenter. After 
 spending two years in that city, he went to Indianap- 
 olis, Indiana, as a full-fledged carpenter, but after 
 spending six years in the Hoosier metropolis came 
 west and located at Pendleton, Oregon. He resided 
 in that city for twelve years, and while there turned 
 his attention to contracting, a business which he has 
 followed with gratifying success to the present time. 
 He operates all over Latah county and other parts 
 of Idaho, and many structures of his construction 
 are to be found in Oregon and Washington. 
 
 On July 19, 1881, Mr. Zeigler was united in mar- 
 riage with Carrie E. Wells, daughter of Mr. and 
 Mrs. William Wells, of Pendleton, of an old pioneer 
 family of Oregon, and nine children have been born 
 to this union: Leroy E., Annie H., Floyd E., Glen 
 R, William L., Walter M., deceased; Claire E., 
 Myrtle M. and Marjorie E. Three of these chil- 
 dren are university graduates and all have been 
 given the benefit of excellent educations, Mr. Zeigler 
 believing thoroughly in school and church training. 
 Various members of the family belong to different 
 religious organizations, but all have been active in 
 church work. Fraternally, Mr. Zeigler is affiliated 
 with the Royal Arcanum, and has filled nearly every 
 office in the lodge, where he has numerous friends. 
 In politics he is a Democrat, but exercises his pre- 
 rogative of voting for the candidate he deems best 
 fitted for the office, irrespective of party lines. He 
 takes but little interest in politics outside that shown 
 by every good citizen in matters pertaining to the 
 welfare of his community, although he believes it 
 the duty of every individual to cast a vote. An 
 omnivorous reader, Mr. Zeigler spends much of his 
 spare time at his home, although he also enjoys a 
 good speech or lecture. He is a thorough-going 
 American citizen, of the type that is known as self- 
 made, his success in life having come to him through 
 the medium of his own efforts. Alert to the live 
 topics of the day, he is loyal to the state of his 
 adoption, expressing it as his opinion that from 
 any point of view Idaho is a state hard to beat. 
 He has a wide acquaintance, and has drawn about 
 him and retained a* large number of warm personal 
 friends. 
 
 ERNEST L. PARKER. One of the prominent com- 
 mercial men of Northern Idaho is Ernest L. Parker, 
 a prosperous merchant at Cottonwood and at present 
 a representative of the Idaho state legislature, whose 
 citizenship has been of such a character as to make 
 him one of the representative men of the state for 
 business ability, for his able services in public behalf 
 and for his personal worth and integrity. A promi- 
 nent factor in the political affairs of this state, Mr. 
 Parker was the Democratic candidate for lieutenant- 
 governor of Idaho in 1912 and made a most credit- 
 able race, but shared the common defeat of his state 
 ticket, as Idaho once more gave her favors to the 
 opposite party. 
 
 Born November 29, 1864, at Sigourney, Iowa, Mr. 
 Parker grew up in his native state and there re- 
 ceived a common and high school education. While 
 yet a boy he took up the carpenter trade and at the 
 age of eighteen was drawing a full salary. He con- 
 tinued this line of empjoyment until about 1887, 
 when he came west, locating first at Spokane, Wash- 
 
 ington, where he was engaged in the sash and door 
 manufacturing business about' two years. In 1890 he 
 came to Idaho, with which commonwealth he has 
 now been identified nearly twenty-five years, con- 
 tributing of his energies, ability and endeavors to its 
 upbuilding and progress. After about two years at 
 Moscow, Idaho, where he followed the lumber busi- 
 ness, he located at Denver, Idaho, where a similar 
 period was spent in the same line of activity. He 
 next located at Nez Perce, Lewis county, where until 
 1908 he was engaged in banking and in the lumber 
 and mercantile business, and from there he came 
 to Cottonwood, Idaho county, where he established 
 his present business, that of a general mercantile 
 store with a full line of all kinds of general mer- 
 chandise. With splendid business ability and dis- 
 cernment he has made each location an advantageous 
 one and has steadily prospered in his business activi- 
 ties, being today one of the leading and most sub- 
 stantial business men of his section. He is a member 
 of the Cottonwood Commercial Club and is now its 
 president. 
 
 In politics there is always a large amount of hard 
 and prosaic work which entails loss of time, the 
 expenditure of money and distraction from business 
 pursuits, and such work is, as a rule, energetically 
 avoided by prominent business men. Those, how- 
 ever, who from genuine public spirit accept the 
 responsibility of such work perform a service which 
 merits recognition. Although a busy man, Mr. 
 Parker has not shirked this part of his citizenship, 
 and with zeal and loyalty to the principles of the 
 Democratic party he has labored with energy to 
 promote its practical work. While a resident of 
 Nez Perce he served as mayor of the town, served 
 as a member of the city council, and for two terms 
 was a commissioner of Lewis county. He also 
 served as a representative in the Idaho state legis- 
 lature and in 1912 was the Democratic candidate 
 for lieutenant-governor of Idaho, though, as pre- 
 viously stated, he shared the common defeat of his 
 party in state affairs. In fraternal associations he is 
 identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows and the Woodmen of the World. 
 
 Mr. Parker is a son of Capt. John T. Parker, a 
 veteran of the Civil war and now a retired resident 
 of Sigourney, Iowa. The latter is a native of the 
 old commonwealth of Ohio and became one of the 
 early settlers in Iowa, where his active business 
 career was spent as a contractor and builder. At 
 the opening of the Civil war he espoused the Union 
 cause and in the fall of 1861 enlisted in Company 
 D of the Thirteenth Iowa Infantry as a private, 
 closing his service in 1865 with the rank of captain. 
 This regiment spent the winter of 1861-62 at Benton 
 barracks and at Jefferson City, Missouri ; then in 
 March, 1862, it left for Pittsburg Landing, where 
 it was assigned to General McClernand's command 
 and began its fighting career. At the Battle of 
 Shiloh it was under fire for ten hours the first day, 
 and after this engagement it became a part of ^the 
 First Iowa Brigade, Colonel Crocker commanding. 
 For its daring services in the maneuvers during the 
 siege of yicksburg this brigade earned and received 
 the sobriquet of "Crocker's Greyhounds." The Thir- 
 teenth iowa was with Sherman during his Atlanta 
 campaign and famous march to the sea and at Atlanta 
 its brigade made a charge to within fifty paces of 
 the fort, being compelled to lie down and fire. On 
 July 22, during this siege, the most of Company A, 
 part of G, and all of D and K were captured while 
 re-enforcing the Eleventh and Sixteenth Iowa. It 
 was while Captain Parker was being held as one 
 of these prisoners of war that his son Ernest L. 
 
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HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1129 
 
 was born. The Thirteenth Iowa was a fighting regi- 
 ment and Captain Parker gallantly bore his part as 
 one of its members. He has always taken an active 
 interest in politics and in an official way has served 
 as mayor of his city, as a justice of the peace, county 
 commissioner, sheriff and in other like official sta- 
 tions. He is a prominent member of both the Ma- 
 sonic order and the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows in his state and commemorates the days of 
 1861-65 as a member of the G. A. R. His wife was 
 Miss Albina S. McCauley as a maiden, a native of 
 Indiana. They were married in Iowa and traveled 
 life's journey together for more than half a century, 
 or until 1907, when death called her to rest at the age 
 of seventy-three, her interment being made at Sigour- 
 ney, Iowa, where so long had been their home. She 
 was a devout and consistent Christian worker and 
 was a member of the Presbyterian church. Eleven 
 children were born to their union and of these Ernest 
 L. was sixth in order of birth. 
 
 With Captain Parker officiating in his right as a 
 justice of the peace, Mr. Parker was joined in mar- 
 riage at Sigourney, Iowa, on November 13, 19x53, to 
 Miss Carrie B. Watson of West Liberty, Iowa. They 
 have three children, two daughters and a son, named : 
 Phila Evelyn, John T. and Marylis. Mr. Parker has 
 now been identified with Idaho nearly twenty-five 
 years and each year has but made him a more loyal 
 citizen and a firmer believer that Idaho is eventually 
 to take a foremost place among the commonwealths 
 of the Union. He gives this faith practical support 
 by the highest order of worthy and useful citizen- 
 ship. 
 
 FELIX BURGESS. Distinguished for his services as 
 a brave Indian fighter, scout and guide, Felix Bur- 
 gess, postmaster at Ashton, is a splendid represen- 
 tative of the fast-disappearing western plainsman 
 who contributed so largely towards the upbuilding 
 of the great and mighty West, and is eminently de- 
 serving of more than passing -mention in a work 
 of this character. He is a persistent and consistent 
 booster of Idaho, and speaks with authority when 
 he says it is one of the best states in the Union. The 
 descendant of an excellent French family, he was 
 born, on January 6, 1847, in Reading, Pennsylvania. 
 
 His father, James J. Burgess, was born at Lorraine, 
 France, in 1800, and after coming to America lived 
 for a time in New Jersey, from there going to Read- 
 ing, Pennsylvania, where he worked at his trade of 
 a millwright. Another westward migration, in 1856, 
 took him to St. Paul, Minnesota, but his residence 
 in that city was of a comparatively short duration. 
 From there he proceeded with his family to Sauk 
 Rapids. Minnesota, where he built up a successful 
 business as a millwright, remaining there a valued 
 and respected citizen until his death, which took 
 place in 1889. when he 'was at the venerable age 
 of eighty-nine years. His wife, whose maiden name 
 was Marv Louise Bartholomew, was born, reared 
 and married in Lorraine, France, and she died in 
 1880. in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, aged sixty-six years. 
 Eight children were born of their union, Felix being 
 the fourth child in succession of birth. 
 
 Brought up principally in Minnesota, Felix Bur- 
 gess attended *he St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids schools 
 until he was ten years of age, when he conceived 
 the idea, not entirely original with him, of running 
 away from home. Going to Fort Ripley, Minnesota, 
 he was there taken into the home of Captain Ire, 
 with whom he remained until 1862. During, the In- 
 dian uprising and massacre of that year a company, 
 known as the Black Horse Cavalry, was formed, 
 with Oscar Taylor as its captain, to proceed against 
 
 the red skins. Young; Burgess was sent on scout 
 duty to the Alexandria woods, in Minnesota, and 
 on one occasion, while alone and taking observa- 
 tions, he was surprised by a band of savages and 
 taken prisoner. He was subsequently tied to a stake 
 preparatory to being burned, and while resisting with 
 all his might, he was tomahawked and had several 
 of his toes taken off. Just then, when the Indians 
 were about to further torture their victim, Mr. Bur- 
 gess' command appeared, and taking in the situation 
 at a glance, made haste to release the lad from his 
 perilous and unhappy predicament. Recovering from 
 his wounds, he again became a scout for the BlacK 
 Horse Cavalry, which was a private company, and 
 with his command went to Port Abercrombie, on 
 the Red river, to the relief of the garrison stationed 
 there, it having been surrounded by a hostile band 
 of red devils. Meeting at the fort the command of 
 General Sjbley, which was there on the same mis- 
 sion, they drove the savages from the place and 
 crossed the Red river. At the second crossing of 
 Cheyenne river the soldiers again attacked the In- 
 dians, driving them before them, and at the end of 
 three days captured the entire band of three thou- 
 sand braves. They took their prisoners back to 
 Fort Snelling, Minnesota, where thirty-three of the 
 leading tribesmen were executed, the chiefs son, Lit- 
 tle Crow, being one of that number. 
 
 After this exciting experience, Felix Burgess de- 
 cided to return to his home, where he remained 
 contented for a few months, and in 1863 he joined 
 General Sulley's command as an army scout, one 
 of the most hazardous positions ever undertaken by 
 man. He went up to Devil's Lake, in what is now 
 North Dakota, and from there went to Fort Snelling, 
 Minnesota, thence on to Fort -Van Couver, in Wash- 
 ington, and in 1869 went with General Crook to Ari- 
 zona, campaigning against Chief Cutchies and his 
 tribe. In 1874 he joined Lieutenant George M. 
 Wheeler in a geographical survey west of the one 
 hundredth meridian, and two years later joined Gen- 
 eral Crook against the Sioux Indians in Wyoming 
 and Montana. In 1879 he was transferred from the 
 Department of the Platte to the Department of the 
 Missouri, under General Hatch, and while acting as 
 a courier under that general in New Mexico in 1881, 
 was surprised by a party of sixty Apaches. Mr. Bur- 
 gess had his horse shot from under him and he 
 received a rifle ball in his hip, but he succeeded in 
 standing off the enemy, screened by his dead horse, 
 until relief came. As soon as he had recovered from 
 his ugly wound, he returned to the command, and 
 from then until 1888 acted as a scout and guide 
 through all the succeeding Indian troubles in New 
 Mexico and Arizona. He took an active part in the 
 Rose Bud and Slim Butte fights, in the latter being 
 once more severely wounded. He was a participant 
 in the Meeker massacre on the White river reser- 
 vation, Colorado, where his commander, Major 
 Thornburg, lost his life, and in practically all the 
 memorable Indian troubles of that period he was 
 active and prominent in his capacity. After his 
 transfer to General McKenzie's forces in 1882, he 
 took an active part in all the Indian wars of New 
 Mexico and Colorado, prior to 1888, when he was 
 ordered to Fort Kehoe, Montana, and thence to 
 Camp Sheridan. He remained in the service under 
 Captain George S. Anderson until 1809, having ren- 
 dered his country brave and efficient service. 
 
 In the year last named Mr. Burgess decided that 
 he had accomplished his share in army work, and 
 concluded to try the quiet and peaceful life of a 
 householder, and with that object in view located 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 on a farm in Fremont county, Idaho, near Ashton. 
 He found out in a very short space of time that 
 he was illy qualified for the life of a farmer, and he 
 accordingly located in the village of Ashton, here 
 opening the first public inn the place claimed, and 
 the same pow being conducted under the name of 
 Hotel Ashton. After a trial of two years as pro- 
 prietor of a hotel business, he gave up the berth, 
 and was subsequently appointed postmaster of 
 Ashton, an office which he has since filled most ably 
 and satisfactorily, the office under his management 
 having been elevated from the status of fourth to 
 a third class. In 1893 he was deputy United States 
 marshal for the district of Wyoming, serving under 
 U. S. Marshal Rankin, and serving in the same post 
 under U. S. Marshal McDermott in 1894. He is 
 a Republican in his political faith, but never an 
 office seeker, and always a citizen of a high type. 
 
 Mr. Burgess was married in Livingston, .Montana, 
 on October 27, 1892, to Miss Florence Warner, who 
 was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and who is a 
 daughter of Daniel and Louise (Bowers) Warner, 
 and a second cousin of that noted Indian fighter, 
 General W'illiam Henry Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Burgess have no children. Both are members of 
 the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 WILLIAM SEARING WHITEHEAD. For a quarter of 
 a century Mr. Whitehead has been in business as a 
 druggist in one location at Boise, and is one of the 
 oldest business men of the city. Successful in busi- 
 ness, he has often applied his public spirit to help- 
 ing forward movements and enterprises for the bet- 
 terment and advancement of his home city and 
 state. 
 
 William Searing Whitehead was born at Boonton, 
 New Jersey, September 10, 1866. His grandfather 
 and the founder of the family in the United States 
 was David Whitehead, a son of John and Susanna 
 Whitehead. He was born in Manchester, England, in 
 1799, came to America and settled at Dover, New 
 Jersey, followed for many years the occupation of 
 gardener, and died in very advanced years on January 
 30, 1888. He married Mary King, a daughter of 
 Adam and Margaret (Grant) King. She was born 
 in Morris county, New Jersey. William King White- 
 head, son of David, and father of the Boise business 
 man, was born in Succasunna Plains, New Jersey, 
 October 12, 1829, and died in Michigan, April 8, 
 1908. He followed the occupation of merchant, and 
 was a California forty-niner, having spent about two 
 years, from 1849 to 1851, on the gold coast. He 
 married Mary Alice Searing, who was born at 
 Millbrook, New Jersey, February i, 1837. She was 
 a daughter of Jacob and Phoebe (Martin) Searing, 
 and a granddaughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Sear- 
 ing) Searing (cousins) and of Isaac and Alice 
 (Adams) Martin. The Searings were of French 
 descent (formerly spelled Sayring) and have a large 
 number of descendants in New Jersey. Alice Adams 
 was a daughter of Matthew Adams, a Revolutionary 
 soldier. 
 
 William Searing Whitehead was reared chiefly in 
 Michigan, where his father was in business and ob- 
 tained a common school education. He spent six 
 years with ^a drug firm in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and 
 became a licensed drug clerk in 1885. From Michi- 
 gan he came to Boise, establishing himself in the 
 drug business and his store for a quarter of a cen- 
 tury has been regarded as one of the landmarks in 
 the retail trade districts and is one of the most 
 prosperous concerns of its kind in the capital city. 
 
 Mr. Whitehead was one of the first commissioned 
 officers of the first company of the Idaho state 
 
 militia. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Benevo- 
 lent and Protective Order of Elks, having held office 
 as past exalted ruler, and has been chancellor com- 
 mander of the Knights of Pythias. 
 
 On September 22, 1886, at Three Oaks, Michigan, 
 he married Miss Louise M. Strehle, who was a 
 daughter of Peter and Harriet (Alexander) Strehle, 
 her father having been a merchant. Mrs. Whitehead 
 was educated in the common schools of Michigan. 
 Their children are : Donald Strehle Whitehead, born 
 at Three Oaks, Michigan, October 10, 1888, and a 
 graduate of the University of Idaho in 1907, now a 
 druggist in Boise. He married Muriel G. Shaw at 
 Boise on November 17, 1909. The daughter is Alice 
 R. Whitehead, born at Boise, December 24, 1890, and 
 a graduate of the Boise high school in 1909. 
 
 CHARLES E. HARRIS of Montpelier, Idaho, a lawyer 
 by profession and by character, acquirements and 
 abilities one of Bear Lake county's most capable and 
 prominent men, claims the old commonwealth of 
 West Virginia as his birthplace but is a true west- 
 erner in spirit, by rearing and by years of association. 
 He has lived and labored in four of the states of 
 this great section and has been identified as a citizen 
 of Idaho and of the city of Montpelier since 1895. 
 
 Mr. Harris was born near Parkersburg, West Vir- 
 ginia, December 24, 1866, a son of T. D. and Ellen 
 Elizabeth Harris, both of whom were natives of West 
 Virginia and representatives of families that had 
 been established there for many generations. Charles 
 E. was but two and a half years old when his parents 
 migrated west, settling first at Virginia City, Nevada, 
 but later removing from thence to Lakeview, south- 
 ern Oregon, where twelve years of his youth were 
 spent. The father is yet living, now sixty-seven 
 years of age, and resides at Caldwell, Idaho. The 
 mother died at Caldwell, Idaho, in April, 1902, when 
 fifty-five years of age. To these parents were born 
 seven children, of which family Charles E. is the 
 eldest. His schooling was obtained in Nevada and 
 he was yet a youth when he took up the printing 
 business, following it thereafter in various places in 
 the west until 1904. After leaving the parental home 
 in Oregon he went to Billings, Montana, then a wild 
 border town, and worked on a newspaper there. 
 From there he went to Red Lodge, Montana, where 
 he began publishing the Red Lodge Pickett, but after 
 four years he sold his interests there and next lo- 
 cated at Lander, Wyoming, where he established the 
 Lander Examiner, which he sold a year later. In 
 1893 he started the Green River Star at Green River, 
 Wyoming, but shortly disposed of that and took 
 over the Rock Springs Independent at Rock Springs, 
 the same state. A number of these various publi- 
 cations that owe their origin to him are yet being 
 published. His advent to Idaho was in 1895, when 
 he located at Montpelier, Bear Lake county, and 
 there began the publishing of the Montpelier Ex- 
 aminer, which he continued to operate successfully 
 for nine years and then sold. During these years 
 Mr. Harris had been studying law at such times 
 as opportunity permitted and it was when he had 
 reached that point in his study where he was able 
 to take the state examination that he gave up news- 
 paper work to enter law. Successfully meeting the 
 state's test and requirements he was admitted to the 
 bar in 1004 and at once began legal practice at Mont- 
 pelier. He has met gratifying success in this line 
 of endeavor and is recognized as among the lead- 
 ing lawyers of Bear Lake county. He is attorney 
 for the First National Bank at Montpelier. Mr. 
 Harris has a strong political influence in Bear Lake 
 county, being one of the -leaders of the Democratic 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 party, in promoting the interests of which he has 
 served eight years as chairman of the county Demo- 
 cratic central committee. He was county attorney of 
 Bear Lake county in 1909 and 1910 and has served 
 four years as a city councilman and three terms as 
 city clerk. In the midst of his busy practice and 
 his official duties he does not ignore nor neglect the 
 material, social, intellectual and moral improvement 
 of the community in which he has cast his lot, but 
 takes an active concern in this direction. He is 
 secretary of the Montpelier Commercial Club, and 
 was a member of the board of regents of Idaho 
 University. Fraternally he holds membership with 
 the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and has filled 
 all the offices of his lodge, and is also a member of 
 the Knights of Pythias, the I. O. O. F. and the 
 Woodmen of the World. 
 
 On September 10, 1895, Mr. Harris was married to 
 Miss Mary Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
 George B. Robinson, well known and prominent citi- 
 zens of Park City, Utah. Mr. Harris has invested 
 in property at Montpelier, has become one of the 
 citizens of that community and with them in all 
 that makes for its advancement, and expects to make 
 it his permanent home. 
 
 ARNOLD S. HIKES. It is not often in the busy 
 world of today that men take the time from the 
 earning of money to enjoy the things of life that 
 money cannot buy, friends and family, and the simple 
 pleasures that the possession of great wealth often 
 denies to the owner. It is therefore a delight to 
 find one man who puts his friends above his business 
 and would rather spend an evening with his music 
 than in the excitement of the race for money. Ar- 
 nold S. Hines, of Gooding, Idaho, is such a man. 
 The pioneer druggist of Gooding, the owner of a 
 prosperous and growing business, and an eminently 
 practical man of affairs, he yet has the time to devote 
 to higher things than money making, and no man 
 in Gooding has more friends nor warmer ones than 
 Mr. Hines. 
 
 Arnold S. 'Hines was born in Provo, Utah, on 
 the 26th of February, 1879. His father was Russell 
 Spencer Hines, and his mother was Kitty A. (Lee- 
 tham) Hines. Russell Spencer Hines was a pioneer 
 druggist of Provo, Nevada, and for thirty-five years 
 carried on a very successful business in that place. 
 He was one of the leading citizens and his death 
 in November, 1898, was a great loss to Provo. His 
 widow now resides in San Diego, California. Five 
 children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hines, two of 
 whom are dead. Hattie is the wife of John Hurry 
 Slater, of Los Angeles, California ; Anna married 
 Charles A. Headquist, who is a druggist in Provo, 
 Utah ; William, the youngest, lives with his mother 
 in San Diego, and Arnold S. resides in Gooding. 
 
 Arnold S. Hines was first sent to the public 
 schools of Provo, where he made such a good record 
 for scholarship that his father determined that he 
 should have the very best education that he could 
 give him. He was therefore sent to the Brigham 
 Young University at Provo, Utah, where he special- 
 ized in chemistry, and later to the George Wash- 
 ington Univejsty, in Washington, District of Colum- 
 bia. He here also devoted himself largely to chem- 
 istry, and completed his studies in Creighton Univer- 
 sity, in Omaha, Nebraska, receiving from this insti- 
 tution in 1908, the degree of doctor of philosphy in 
 chemistry. 
 
 Upon the completion of his education he came at 
 once to Gooding, Idaho, being at this time twenty- 
 nine years of age, and here he opened up a drug 
 business. He now has a very fine establishment, 
 
 which is equal to any of the first class drug stores 
 in much larger cities than Gooding. With his thor- 
 ough and unusual scientific training, and his broad 
 general education, his success as a druggist is not to 
 be wondered at. In addition to his knowledge of 
 drugs, he is also a practical business man, in these 
 days when druggists are supposed to handle every- 
 thing that is not to be found in dry goods stores or 
 hardware stores or grocery stores, and when he more 
 than any other kind of merchant must run the risk 
 of loss from over stocking and perishable goods, 
 this business faculty is very necessary to his success. 
 
 Mr. Hines has a happy disposition that wins for 
 him many friends. He is generous to a fault, and 
 always has time to give to the interests and affairs 
 of others, consequently his drug store is as popular 
 as a city club, and is a center for the discussion of 
 politics and civic reforms and all those questions 
 that men refuse to bother their wives about. 
 
 Mr. Hines is a fine musician, as is his wife also, 
 they being excellent performers of eleven different 
 instruments. Mr. Hines is a member of the Good- 
 ing Band and is one of the leading spirits in that 
 organization. The leisure time of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Hines is largely given to their music, either in the 
 entertainment of their friends, or in public entertain- 
 ments, and when not thus engaged many hours are 
 given by them to practice. 
 
 Mr. Hines was married to Katherine B. Johnson 
 in April, 1905, in Provo, Utah. Her father was Don 
 C. Johnson, a prominent attorney and politician of 
 Utah. He held various public offices at Springsville, 
 Utah, among them being city attorney and mayor. 
 Mrs. Hines' mother was Lydia Boyer. before her 
 marriage. Both of her parents are living, being 
 residents of Springsville, Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Hines 
 are the parents of one daughter, Theresa, who was 
 born in Provo, Utah, while her husband was a 
 student in Washington, District of Columbia. 
 
 Mr. Hines has great faith in the future of Gooding 
 and in the surrounding country, and he has invested 
 money in a desirable piece of ranch property, adjoin- 
 ing the town, where he has built a beautiful home. 
 He is 7 a member of the Knights of Pythias, having 
 been through all the chairs and he is also a member 
 of the Modern Woodmen of America. 
 
 J. E. BOWER. Forty years of residence have con- 
 stituted Mr. Bower a pioneer of Idaho. Nearly all 
 this time has been spent in Twin Falls county, and 
 he is not only one of the oldest residents, but has 
 been one of the most prominent factors in the devel- 
 opment and improvement of this region. It was 
 Mr. Bower who nearly twenty years ago discovered 
 and made the first practical application of artesian 
 water for irrigation purposes. His home is at Ar- 
 tesian City, and this community has a great deal 
 to be grateful for as a result of Mr. Bower's activ- 
 ities. 
 
 James E. Bower was born in Allen county, Ohio, 
 February I, 1854. When he was an infant, his 
 parents, Calvin and Anna Bower, both of whom were 
 natives of Ohio, moved to Chillicothe, Missouri. 
 The father was a farmer, and the son grew up on 
 a farm, and thus was given a very practical training 
 for life. In the common schools of Missouri he 
 acquired most of his early education. 
 
 In 1869, at the age of fifteen, he went across the 
 plains to Wyoming with a bunch of cattle, and from 
 that time forward was on the range as a cowboy 
 for many years. He also spent a short time in the 
 mines of Colorado. In this way he drifted into 
 Idaho arriving in the territory in 1873, "> company 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 with a bunch of cattle which he was bringing into 
 the Shoshone basin for Mr. A. J. Herald of Califor- 
 nia. Since his introduction to Idaho forty years ago, 
 Mr. Bower has never left the limits of the territory 
 and state for any length of time. In 1876 he got 
 his first start as an independent cattleman, and grad- 
 ually improved and increased the number of his 
 stock until by 1899 he had accumulated fifteen hun- 
 dred head of cattle. The memorable winter of 1889 
 and 1890, with its terrific cold and blizzards nearly 
 wiped out the entire herd, which starved or froze to 
 death. Despite this and other reverses Mr. Bower 
 has contrived to prosper from year to year, and at 
 the present time is regarded as one of the most 
 substantial men of Twin Falls county. 
 
 His home has been at Artesian City, as it is now 
 called, since 1876, and there he has developed the 
 large Bower ranch which has a reputation among 
 ranchers all over southern Idaho. He is the owner 
 of about eight hundred acres at the present time and 
 a few years ago sold two hundred acres. This land 
 is partly a homestead and desert claim which he 
 took up many years ago, and he also acquired more 
 land by purchase. Nineteen years ago Mr. Bower 
 sunk a well which brought to the surface an abun- 
 dant supply of artesian water and from this source 
 has irrigated until he now has four hundred acres, 
 cultivated and growing wonderful crops as a result 
 of the water supplied from subterranean sources. 
 The artesian water produced in this vicinity is warm, 
 as it comes from the ground and is also what is 
 known as "soft water," and these qualities both have 
 their advantages to the agriculturists of this section. 
 During the early spring when the ground and air 
 are still chill, the warm artesian water is turned on 
 and serves to advance the alfalfa and fruit and all 
 other vegetation two weeks before similar crops get 
 started in less favored sections. Then instead of 
 smudging to prevent frost killing the fruit in the 
 late fall, the Artesian farmers merely turn on the 
 warm water which effectually prevent a lowering of 
 temperature beyond the danger mark. As a result 
 of many years of industry and good management, 
 Mr. Bower now possesses a splendid home and farm, 
 and his land, which originally was worth perhaps a 
 dollar an acre is now valued at from one hundred 
 and twenty-five to one hundred and fifty dollars per 
 acre. 
 
 On December 25, 1879, he married Miss Sarah 
 Land, daughter of S. L. and Susan (Ryan) Land, 
 and a native of Red River county, Texas. The Land 
 family came to Idaho in September, 1873, and Mrs. 
 Bower's father was a cattleman and settled in Cassia 
 county. Her mother died in Idaho thirty-five years 
 ago and the father now has his home at Hollister, 
 California. Three children have been born to Mr. 
 Bower and wife : Eva, wife of Fred Keller of Twin 
 Falls ; Stella, who died at the age of eleven years 
 and six months ; and James, a resident of Texas. 
 
 Mr. Bower became affiliated with the Masonic 
 Order of Albion about sixteen years ago. His polit- 
 ical affiliations have always been with the Demo- 
 cratic party, and for one term he served as county 
 commissioner at Cassia county. He has been too 
 busy with other interests to give much time to office 
 seeking, and his work has been more valuable to 
 the community in other ways than it could have pos- 
 sibly been through the medium of an office. Since 
 the beginning of the little community at Artesian 
 City, he has been the foremost man in every under- 
 taking for development and the increase of those 
 facilities and advantages which increase the com- 
 forts of living. He built the first school house and 
 the first teacher in the community boarded at his 
 
 home. He organized the first Sunday school in 
 his vicinity and gave the land for the local cemetery. 
 Mr. Bower has a medal commemorating the fact 
 of his membership at the first convention of cattle- 
 men held at Denver, Colorado, November 17, 1884, 
 He and his family spent a considerable part of their 
 time in Denver, in California, at Ogden, Utah, and in 
 travel through other places, but they always retain 
 their affection for Idaho and the state has no more 
 loyal citizens than the Bower family. 
 
 WILLIAM T. RILEY. A little more than thirty- 
 years ago Mr. . Riley was a partner and active asso- 
 ciate with John Hailey, founding the town of Hailey, 
 now one of the most flourishing little cities of Idaho. 
 In addition to his successful work as a town builder, 
 Mr. Riley's citizenship has been valuable in many 
 ways in this state. He has always felt the pride and 
 responsibility of proprietorship in his own community 
 at Hailey, and has probably done as much effective 
 work in developing the resources and increasing the 
 facilities of that town as any other man. His career 
 both before and since coming to Idaho has been one 
 of notable experience and eventfulness. He is a 
 veteran of the war between the states, and for forty- 
 five years has been closely identified with the life 
 of the great West. For many years he lived prac- 
 tically on the frontier, and the peace and prosperity 
 which he now enjoys are the deserved rewards of 
 a long and worthy lifetime. 
 
 William T. Riley was born in Allegany county, 
 New York, March 31, 1843. He was the youngest 
 of the children of John B. and Mary (Bowles) Riley, 
 his father a native of Ireland. The parents spent 
 many years in western New York as farmers, where 
 the father died at the age of forty-four and the 
 mother at the age of seventy. The father was a 
 Catholic, and the mother a communicant of the Epis- 
 copal church. 
 
 In Allegany county, New York, William T. Riley 
 grew up in the two decades before the war, obtained 
 an education in the common schools, and was 
 eighteen years old when the Rebellion broke out. 
 In September, 1861, on the call for three hundred 
 thousand troops, he enlisted in company D of the 
 Eighty-sixth New York Infantry, and was in serv- 
 ice until the close of the great struggle. He first 
 enlisted for three years, and then re-enlisted until 
 the close of the war. He was in many of the notable 
 battles of the army of the Potomac, and at Locust 
 Grove, a battle which was one of the concluding 
 engagements of the great conflict at Gettysburg, he 
 received a gunshot wound in his right resection 
 elbow joint which made necessary the shortening 
 of the elbow-joint, and which has rendered his arm 
 almost useless for practical effort. 
 
 After the war Mr. Riley returned home, and in 
 1868 came to the "West, at the time the Union Pacific 
 railroad was being constructed from Omaha to Og- 
 den. He conducted stores along the route, and in 
 this way finally reached Kelton, Utah, where he 
 became agent for the Wells Fargo & Company's 
 Express, the stage line and the agent for the local 
 mail. It was while he was at Kelton, and discharg- 
 ing the various duties of the positions named that 
 he first met John Hailey, who was one of the stage 
 line contractors. This acquaintance ripened into the 
 partnership which brought both of them to Idaho 
 and to Blaine county. Back in 1880 Mr. Riley took 
 an active part in surveying and laying out the town 
 which took the name of Hailey. From that initial 
 enterprise Mr. Riley has continued to be closely 
 identified with the town and country ever since, and 
 
HIS TORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1133 
 
 most of the time he has been in the real estate busi- 
 ness. He still owns portions of the original town- 
 site. He was for many years a merchant and also 
 was engaged in the stock business and mining in this 
 vicinity. His name has been associated with prob- 
 ably every project undertaken for the improvement 
 and advancement of this locality. 
 
 A Republican in politics since the time of casting 
 his first vote, Mr. Riley has served in the office of, 
 County Treasurer, and in 1890 was appointed regis- 
 ter of the land office, a place which he filled four 
 years. He was also agent for the Wells Fargo & 
 Company Express at Hailey. Among the various 
 enterprises in which he has taken an active part, 
 special mention should be made of his prominent 
 work in connection with the organization of the 
 water company, a company which laid mains from 
 a mountain reservoir and brought a fine supply of 
 pure water under pressure to Hailey, supplying the 
 town with water both for fire and domestic pur- 
 poses. For a number of years he was superintend- 
 ent of the company after its organization. Frater- 
 nally he is a Chapter Mason, with membership in 
 the Hailey Lodge, and is well known in Masonic 
 circles. As an old soldie-, he has been prominent 
 in the Grand Army of the Republic, and at one time 
 served as commander of the department of the state 
 of Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Riley in 1870 married Miss Frances Heckman, 
 of Angelica, New York. They have become the 
 parents of four sons and six daughters. The living 
 children are : Jessie M., Esther A., Bertha A., John 
 H., Harriet M., Weston L. Since the winter of 1908, 
 Mr. Riley and wife have had their winter home 
 at San Diego, California, and that place is now in 
 fact their permanent home. However, Mr. Riley, 
 is still identified with many business interests in 
 Hailey and vicinity, and spends his summers in 
 Idaho looking after his affairs. 
 
 ROBERT E. HAYNES. About 17 years in railroad 
 service in its various departments without even being 
 reprimanded or discharged is the unusual record of 
 Robert E. Haynes. Later on, engaged in the real 
 estate business in Idaho that he might regain his 
 lost health. During the last years of his railroad 
 work, he spent his spare moments in reading law 
 and was admitted to practice in Idaho in the year 
 1908. Has been a resident of the state since 1903. 
 In the year 1906, was elected mayor of Payette, 
 which is the only office of a public nature he ever 
 held, though he has been solicited on many occasions 
 to permit his name to be used in that way. 
 
 His record as a resident of the state is a most 
 admirable one and it is said to his credit that, in his 
 <juiet way, he has been instrumental in bringing 
 about many of the conditions in his county that are 
 being enjoyed by its citizens. 
 
 Robert E. Haynes was born near Dayton, Ohio, 
 on the sixth day of November, 1859. He is the 
 youngest son of Robert P. and Elizabeth (Darst) 
 Haynes. His father was a native of the state of Vir- 
 ginia, born at Harper's Ferry, moved to Ohio about 
 the year 1841. Subsequently moved to Indiana, 
 where he became active in politics and was instru- 
 mental in exposing and cleaning up a corrupt con- 
 dition that existed in that state at that time. He was 
 for years one of the trustees of Purdue University 
 and held various places of trust and honor in that 
 state. Later on, he moved to Kansas and located 
 near Topeka. He did much for that; state, being 
 active in politics and in all matters pertaining to the 
 good and welfare of the people. He was a son of 
 
 Jacob Haynes, who before the war was in charge 
 of and foreman in the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry. 
 Robert P. Haynes died in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 
 1901, his death being the result of an injury received 
 in a railroad accident. 
 
 Elizabeth Haynes, the mother of Robert E, Haynes 
 of this review, was of Pennsylvania origin, a fine 
 type of the old Puritans, commanding in appear- 
 ance and lovable in disposition. She died in To- 
 peka, Kansas, in the year 1903 at the age of 82 years. 
 
 Robert E. Haynes secured his education largely by 
 his own efforts, from the Log School House in In- 
 diana into the High School at Washington, Indiana. 
 He later entered Purdue University at LaFayette, 
 Indiana, after leaving that school, he entered the 
 railroad service, in which he held many responsible 
 positions and sustained a reputation of being one 
 of the most courteous and capable of employes. 
 He spent two years in Utah before coming to Idaho. 
 
 He came to Idaho in the year 1903 and located 
 near New Plymouth in Canyon county. Soon after, 
 moved to Payette. In 1906, he was elected mayor 
 of Payette, which office he filled most acceptably, 
 and in a manner demonstrating his fitness for any 
 public honor he might be inclined to accept 
 
 Politically, Mr. Haynes has always been a Repub- 
 lican, very alert and active in the interest of the 
 party, insofar as it served the best interests of the 
 people. 
 
 His influences upon the civic life of his community 
 has been of the highest order. He is a lover of 
 boys and young men and reckons them as a great 
 asset of our nation. He has been identified with 
 some, in fact much of the greatest development work 
 of the Payette valley. He is one of the directors 
 in and owners of the Payette Valley Land & Orchard 
 Company which has a 720 acre orchard near 
 Payette, which is one of the finest in the entire 
 Northwest. He is the president of the board of 
 directors of the Young Men's Christian Association 
 of Payette, a most magnificent and well equipped 
 institution. The secretary of three of the large irri- 
 gation systems of the valley. President of the board 
 of the directors of the Independent Printing Com- 
 pany of Payette. A member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal church and a member of its board of trustees. 
 A member of the Modern Woodman of America. 
 
 On the 28th day of June, 1888, he married Lida 
 A. Stark, a daughter of Gilbert F. Stark, a native 
 of Ohio and a loyal veteran of the Civil war having 
 served the full time and suffered the hardships of 
 the Southern prisons. Mrs. Haynes comes from an 
 ancestry noted for a great and noble record in the 
 defense of our nation in war. 
 
 Three daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Haynes: Edna, the oldest, who married Mr. Frank 
 E. Kilbourne, now a resident of South Bend, Wash- 
 ington; Leah, now sixteen and shares the parental 
 home, and Rachel Elizabeth, the youngest. 
 
 Mr. Haynes and family reside in their elegant 
 residence at number 16 North Ninth street in 
 Payette. 
 
 DR. AXEL F. O. NIELSON. The little kingdom of 
 Denmark little in size and population, but great in 
 history, her sailors and soldiers having a record 
 second to none in the world for courage, chivalry 
 and prowess has sent to the United States a race 
 of men who have become among the most learned 
 in the various professions. One of the leading 
 physicians and surgeons of Idaho, Dr. Axel Nielspn, 
 of Oakley, claims Denmark as his birthplace, having 
 been born in the city of Copenhagen, October 25, 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1868, a son of Hacon and Sophia (Johansen) Niel- 
 son. He received his early education in the city of 
 his birth, graduating from the high school at the 
 age of sixteen years, and at that time came to the 
 United States with his brother, Dr. Alexander Niel- 
 son, now a prominent practitioner of Ephraim, Utah. 
 
 Dr. Nielson knew but a few words of the English 
 language, but with commendable ambition he entered 
 the Brigham Young Academy at Provo, Utah, and 
 so assiduously did he prosecute his studies that he 
 graduated with the degree of D. B., and shortly 
 thereafter became a teacher in the schools of Ogden. 
 For five years he was principal of the Cassia State 
 Academy, and at the end of that time was elected 
 superintendent of public schools of Cassia county, 
 Idaho. In the meantime, the Doctor carefully saved 
 his earnings, and two years after his own arrival con- 
 trived to send for his parents and two sisters, the 
 latter being Amanda, who is now the wife of Joseph 
 Kjar, of Salt Lake; and Abelina, who married 
 Huga Peterson, also of that city. Dr. Nielsen's 
 father was a shoemaker by trade, and continued to 
 follow that occupation in Provo, Utah, until his 
 death. 
 
 In 1900 Dr. Nielson commenced the study of med- 
 icine, attending the Illinois Medical College of Chi- 
 cago, where he was graduated in 1905. Returning 
 to Oakley, Idaho, he was successfully engaged in 
 the practice of his profession until 1908, when, being 
 desirous of further advancement in surgical know- 
 ledge, he took a trip to Europe to do post-graduate 
 work, and spent several months in London and in 
 Vienna. Since his return to Oakley he has enjoyed 
 a large and representative practice, and is now 
 justly regarded as one of the leading practitioners 
 of his part of the state. He is examiner for all 
 the old-line insurance companies, acts in the capacity 
 of county physician of Cassia county. A Republi- 
 can in his political views, he is at this time acting 
 in the capacity of chairman of the school board 
 of Oakley, and in his official position is doing much 
 to advance the cause of education. In addition to 
 his pleasant home in Oakley, he is the owner of 
 two valuable ranches in Cassia county, which are 
 being developed into a profitable investment. 
 
 In 1897, Dr. Nielson was married to Ettie Hunter, 
 who died in 1899, after having been the mother of 
 one son, Elmo, whose death occurred one year 
 prior. In October, 1900, the Doctor took for his 
 second wife Miss Louisa Haight, daughter of the 
 Hon. Horton D. Haight, and to this union there 
 have been born five sons: Adonis, Horton, Byron, 
 Lola and Oscar. All the members of this family 
 are active in the work of the Church of the Latter 
 Day Saints. 
 
 Probably no better example of the success to be 
 attained through perseverance, determination and 
 ambition could be found than the career of Dr. Niel- 
 son. Coming to this country as an emigrant lad, 
 with no knowledge of the language, and with but 
 limited means, his sudden rise to a position among 
 the leaders of a skilled profession is remarkable. 
 At all times the Doctor has so conducted his activ- 
 ities as to win the highest esteem of the citizens 
 in whatever community he has found himself and 
 it is safe to say that few men in this section have 
 more sincere friends and well wishers. 
 
 MARY ELIZABETH DONALDSON, M. D. In the 
 splendid work of the modern medical profession 
 which aims at the higher welfare of society through 
 a combination of the individual efficiency and skill 
 of the medical practitioner with the organized co 
 operation of the larger public agencies, and in that 
 
 equally important field of constructive charity, Idaho 
 possesses no single factor whose services have been 
 more beneficient nor more kindly and effectively 
 directed than its first and chief woman physician. 
 The state has reason to be proud of its statesmen, 
 its business builders, its scholars and men of affairs, 
 and with equal right must take pride in its women 
 of learning and accomplishment. 
 
 A history of Idaho to fulfill its true purposes 
 must write in conspicuous character the names and 
 achievements, the sufferings and hardships endured 
 by the pioneer women. With the passing of the 
 pioneer epoch, the scope and nature of services ren- 
 dered by women as well as by men have changed, 
 but the same spirit of womanly courage and devo- 
 tion is as necessary in the modern life of the state, 
 though exercised in different directions as it was 
 fifty years ago. In this modern sphere of woman's 
 higher activities, the foremost, certainly one of the 
 foremost, figures, is that of Dr. Mary Elizabeth 
 Donaldson, physician, lecturer, journalist, reformer, 
 temperance advocate and philanthropist, who is 
 crowning a busy and helpful life by unselfishly pro- 
 moting an enterprise designed to spread abroad hap- 
 piness among those who need charity and com- 
 passion. 
 
 Doctor Donaldson, whose maiden name was Mary 
 Elizabeth Craker, was born at Reedsburg, Wiscon- 
 sin, January 12, 1851, a daughter of Zachariah and 
 Elizabeth Delia Craker, and a cousin on her 
 father's side, one removed, of the world's greatest 
 novelists, Charles Dickens. Her father was born 
 at Wadsdam, Buckinghamshire, England, February 
 22, 1811. He came to the United States in the 
 early forties, for the first twelve years was a 
 farmer in Erie county, New York, and then brought 
 his family to what was then the new west, locating 
 at Spring Prairie in Walworth county, Wisconsin. 
 After the death of his first wife he married 
 Mrs. Elizabeth D. Brown, a widow, whose maiden 
 name was Elizabeth Delia Marcher, and whose 
 father was an Englishman, and by profession a 
 Baptist clergyman, while her mother, whose maiden 
 name was Delia Wilson, was a lady of southern 
 birth and deep religious convictions, and her only 
 daughter, Elizabeth, adhered closely to the teaching 
 and example of her devoted mother, and naturally 
 enough Mrs. Craker was a- homekeeper, an ideal 
 wife, mother and friend, whose ever present and 
 all abounding love has bequeathed to those who 
 knew her a memory whose symbol is love. 
 
 Zachariah Craker was a man of sterling character 
 and high ideals, a zealous bible student and a strong 
 believer in the Baptist faith. His death occurred 
 March 13, 1881. Of the nine children bom to his 
 second marriage, Doctor Donaldson was the eldest. 
 And the very sweetest recollection of her child- 
 hood days is that of the early morning worship, 
 when her saintly father led the way to the drawing- 
 room, and in clear and distinct tones would say, 
 "Come, children, let us worship God," and long did 
 that ' "hallowed alter burn with faith's undying 
 flame." 
 
 Reared in a home of intellectual and moral cul- 
 ture, Mary Elizabeth Craker was given every 
 encouragement for self-advancement. After gradu- 
 ating from the high school at Reedsburg, she taught 
 in the graded schools of that vicinity for a period 
 of four years, and highly does she cherish the 
 most pleasant memories of the cool springs, the 
 green fields and the giant oaks of her native state. 
 In the year 1871, the subject of our sketch was 
 married at the home of her parents to a Mr. Hes- 
 

 
THE DONALDSON HOME EOR THE AGED 
 
 Let the whisper of love and plenty, in the ears of loneliness and want, dry 
 the tears in eyes bedimmed with age, and the sweet fragrance from these flow- 
 ers of love, will perfume all the air of Boise, and every county in the state, catch- 
 ing the sweet incense thereof, will bring their offerings for this "Home for the 
 Aged" their gold and their silver, and lay them upon Boise's altar of love. 
 
 M. E. D. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1135 
 
 ford, and in 1873 she became the mother of a most 
 marvelous and precocious child, the "Little Zella," 
 whom every one loved, and of whom it was said by 
 a grave and reverend senior that "she was an angel 
 sent to earth for only a brief visit." She was the 
 very incarnation of unselfishness, gentleness and 
 filial devotion. The marriage to Mr. Hesford proved 
 an unhappy one and a decree of separation was 
 granted by the courts. 
 
 At this time the health of her brother, James, 
 failed, and she bravely accompanied him to Idaho 
 in the hope of its restoration. Thus husbandless 
 and childless, her home desolate, her heart empty, 
 and while her grief was well-nigh unbearable, she 
 devoted herself to the welfare of this brother. Her 
 great energy and the enthusiasm she throws into all 
 of her undertakings stood her well at this period, 
 and she at once qualified as a teacher in this terri- 
 tory, and her services were unusually acceptable and 
 valuable in the comparatively new community in 
 which she taught. Her daytime was thus occupied 
 and she spent many nights and all her spare time in 
 nursing her brother back to health, watching him 
 through an attack of diphtheria, which came in his 
 already weakened condition. Thanks to her tireless 
 efforts and to the invigorating climate, she had the 
 pleasure of seeing her brother recover and develop 
 from a slim, slender and sickly boy into a full- 
 chested man, tipping the scales at two hundred and 
 eleven pounds and standing six feet two in the clear, 
 as fine a specimen of manhood as the mountain 
 breezes of Idaho ever helped to make. 
 
 During this period of her life she met and married 
 Thomas L. Johnston, who was one of the prominent 
 men of early Idaho. Thomas L. Johnston was born 
 at Millersburg, Ohio, in 183.3, and was one of the 
 early settlers of Idaho, coming to the territory in 
 1862. He was a man of large accomplishments and 
 sterling qualities of character, charitable and benev- 
 olent by nature and generous to all who needed 
 help ; For a number of years while interested in his 
 mining properties in the vicinity, he served as post- 
 master at Bellevue, Idaho. His death occurred at 
 Boise in 1898. 
 
 From her earliest recollections Doctor Donaldson 
 possessed vague desires and inclinations for the 
 medical profession. As a young woman her busy 
 life, absorbed as it was with other responsibilities, 
 offe'red no opportunity for satisfying these aspira- 
 tions. After her marriage, having lost her only child 
 in 1877, and owing to the appreciative sympathies 
 of Mr. Johnston with her ideals she was enabled to 
 devote herself to professional life. At that time the 
 medical profession was almost closed to women, and 
 it was only after much hesitation that she finally 
 determined to put her long considered plans into 
 execution. In 1889 she entered the medical depart- 
 ment of Wooster University at Cleveland, Ohio, 
 and was the only woman to graduate and receive 
 the degree of doctor of medicine in the class of 1892. 
 
 Her career as a physician began at Boise, where 
 she opened a sanitarium, employed two nurses and 
 did a lucrative business. Milton, Oregon, was her 
 next field, where she opened an office and where in 
 addition to a laflre private practice she contributed 
 an important service to the community by founding 
 the first sanitarium in that part of the state. She 
 retained the active direction of this instituion until 
 it was fairly established and then moved to Port- 
 land. Oregon, where she found a wider field and 
 whore she established thf first sanitarium in the 
 metropolis of Oregon. She conducted it for four 
 years, at the end of which time she returned to 
 
 Boise, which has ever since been her home. In the 
 spring of 1898 she, with her husband, erected and 
 established the Idaho Sanitarium Institute, an insti- 
 tution with which her name has ever since been 
 successfully identified, and here she has nursed 
 many patients each year without charge, simply out 
 of her great love for humanity. As a private prac- 
 titioner her patronage has been second to none in 
 Boise. To assuage the mother longings of her own 
 heart over the loss of her only child and in addition 
 to the many cares and large responsibilities con- 
 nected with her professional and benevolent work. 
 Doctor Donaldson in her own home has been a 
 mother to five orphaned children, and has surrounded 
 them with the comforts and influence which would 
 help them well upon careers of future usefulness 
 and service. 
 
 Doctor Donaldson was one of the charter mem- 
 bers of the American Woman's League, and she has 
 been a constant contributor to its literature. In 
 December, 1903, she assisted in the founding and 
 helped to conduct the Idaho Magazine, the first jour- 
 nal of such pretension in the state. She also edited 
 and published the Reform Appeal, a journal called 
 into existence on account of existing public condi- 
 tions, and to its clear presentation of affairs was 
 largely credited the election of a Democratic mayor 
 at Boise, although the normal Republican majority 
 was fifteen hundred. It was Doctor Donaldson who 
 also organized and superintended the Prohibition 
 Alliance and did noble service in the cause through- 
 out the state. 
 
 In 1881 Doctor Donaldson visited at Philadelphia 
 an institution for the care of aged men and women. 
 During that inspection of this noble charity were 
 planted in her mind the idea and plans wnich in 
 recent years she has labored so earnestly to bring to 
 actual fruition as one of the noblest and best insti- 
 tutions of Idaho's capital city. In her endeavors 
 she has found sympathy and encouragement from 
 almost every walk of life in Idaho, for her name 
 inspires trust and confidence and her former achieve- 
 ments give assurance that any enterprise with which 
 her name is identified will not only succeed but will 
 prove of lasting benefit. As a result of her unceas- 
 ing efforts and of the liberal cooperation of her 
 friends, the charitably inclined business men of 
 Boise, the plans for the establishment of what is to 
 be known as the Donaldson Home for the Aged, are 
 now happily progressing towards fulfillment. It 
 is proposed that this shelter for the aged and feeble 
 shall be located on Donaldson Heights at Boise, 
 and when it is completed it will be a monument to 
 one of Idaho's queenly women, and through its serv- 
 ices to humanity will exemplify the ideals for which 
 her own merit has always stood. 
 
 On January 9, 1912, at a ceremony honored by 
 the presence of some of the most notable men and 
 women of the state and many others whose names 
 are household words in Idaho, was celebrated the 
 marriage of Dr. Mary E. Johnston to Capt. Gilbert 
 Donaldson. This marriage followed after months 
 of close friendship and the interests of Captain 
 Donaldson and wife are as one in the philanthropies 
 and larger social service which have been both the 
 practice and idealism of Doctor Donaldson for so 
 many years. Thus this union of ideals renders the 
 late marriage of the doctor's an unusually happy 
 and harmonious one, and thus is the prediction of 
 her friends fulfilled that "at evening time it shall be 
 light," and it is so, as both the captain and his 
 beloved wife aver that the delightsome afterglow of 
 
1136 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 the rays of their sun is as fully enjoyable as were 
 the stronger rays which shown at noonday. 
 
 CAPT. GILBERT DONALDSON. An old land beyond 
 the sea, endeared to thousands and thousands of 
 American people, the beautiful Emerald Isle, was 
 Capt. Gilbert Donaldson's original home. He boasts 
 of Scotch-Irish parentage, his father a customs 
 officer in the employ of the British government, 
 having been stationed at Londonderry, where the 
 captain was born in 1849. His mother was a grand- 
 niece of L(5rd Keith of Scotland, and she was of 
 most exemplary Christian character. She and her 
 son Gilbert were very close confidants, and highly 
 does he honor, and fondly does he cherish, her 
 sacred memory. His parents came to America while 
 he was very young, and his career was typical of 
 the hard-working young foreigner who has made 
 his way through difficulties- and by the hardships of 
 experience, to positions of responsibility and influ- 
 ence in this new world. 
 
 During his earlier years he was engaged in the 
 wholesale white goods business in the city of New 
 York. At the age of thirty he entered the electrical 
 business in the same city, being employed by the 
 United States Electric Lighting Company, where 
 by diligent and efficient service he rose rapidly to 
 a position of importance. In 1880 he was sent to 
 Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis to install 
 plants, putting in the first electric lighting plant in 
 those cities. At the earnest solicitation of the St. 
 Paul Gas & Electric Lighting Company, he resigned 
 his position with the U. S. Electric Lighting Com- 
 pany and became the general manager and electri- 
 cian of the St. Paul Gas & Electric Lighting Com- 
 .pany. That position he held for a number of years 
 until he entered the manufacturing field on his own 
 account. He engaged in manufacturing electrical 
 generators, dynamos, motors and electrical apparatus, 
 a business which he conducted for a period of fif- 
 teen years. Among his close personal friends in 
 Minnesota was the Hon. Henry A. Sibley, one of 
 the most eminent men in that state, who was chosen 
 mayor of St. Paul, governor of the state, United 
 State senator, and was appointed a general of the 
 Federal army during the War of the Rebellion. 
 Finding the duties of the manufacturing business 
 wearing on him, owing to the competition of east- 
 ern companies, Captain Donaldson found it desir- 
 able to dispose of his business in Minneapolis. His 
 next purchase was the electric lightiner plant at 
 McGregor, Iowa, where, in connection with a saw- 
 mill which he installed, he built, owned, and operated 
 a number of boats and barges in connection with his 
 sawmill business. In 1900 he sold out his light and 
 lumber business, with his boats and barges and 
 came to Idaho, investing largely in real estate. 
 
 Capt. Gilbert Donaldson is a gentleman of dis- 
 tinguished excellence. Amicus humani generis truth- 
 fully portrays his individuality, and he is in fact a 
 friend of the race and a prince among men. Cap- 
 tain Donaldson is the father of six children by a 
 previous marriage, five of whom are now living. 
 One, little Annie, passed away in infancy, only a 
 few months after the death of the lamented wife and 
 mother. Thus was the Captain bereaved of his 
 loved and lovely companion and helpmeet, and left 
 with children, the eldest of whom was but ten and 
 a half years old. With the noble manhood charac- 
 teristic of him, he shouldered this heavy responsi- 
 bility, kept the children together, and discharged 
 the double duties of both father and mother to 
 
 them, continuing his care and supervision of their 
 
 welfare, until he had seen them through college 
 and university. A strong, self-reliant man, Captain 
 Donaldson bore in silence and without complaint 
 the ills andithe disappointments of life. Along with 
 this fortitude and an inherent nobility of character, 
 the Captain is generously endowed with other gifts 
 and graces which render him a most charming and 
 a most delightful companion. Both the grace of 
 tenderness, and the sweet flower of courtesy, he 
 wears so tactfully that his manner wins, and charms, 
 and finds its way to the heart. A new joy has 
 come to the Captain of late, and one of which he 
 speaks as the crowning blessing of his life. This 
 was his marriage to Dr. Mary E. Johnston, which 
 occurred in Boise on the ninth of January, 1912. 
 This union has made him a permanent resident of 
 Idaho. 
 
 THOMAS L. JOHNSTON. When time shall have 
 granted the proper perspective the figure of the 
 American pioneer will loom on the historical hori- 
 zon, which is now filled with many figures less 
 worthy. But it is important to remember that among 
 the pioneers, as in a given group of modern citizens, 
 were many levels and grades of characters, ability 
 and influence. The careers of some pioneers have 
 interest solely because they were in at the era of 
 beginnings, but were more or less passive actors in 
 the scenes with which they were environed. In 
 those men of old-time who cloud the canvas of 
 early history are others who stand out in relief, not 
 so much for their experiences, the dangers they 
 shared and the fortitude in presence of hardship 
 which was to a large degree common to most pio- 
 neers but because of the possession of a certain 
 nobility of character, an inward strength, an equi- 
 librium of heart and mind never disturbed by the 
 pressure of outside confusion and the testings of 
 the frontier qualities that are great alike in all 
 epochs, in war or peace, in the mart or at the 
 hearthstone. It was the possession of these latter 
 faculties, in a peculiar union, which made the late 
 Thomas L. Johnston one of many in that band of 
 worthies who were the pathfinders, the "sappers 
 and miners," and foundation builders in the pioneer 
 army of Idaho. 
 
 The eventfulness of his career as measured in the 
 terms of former biography may be briefly stated in 
 a few lines. His real life, and the value of his 
 influence, can only be suggested. To those who know 
 or study the early history of Idaho, perhaps a bet- 
 ter appreciation of his individuality may be derived 
 by conceiving of his helpful support as given to 
 every movement that eventually brought system out 
 of disorganization in civil and social life and to 
 every worthy cause which was established or was 
 kept forward as a civic ideal within his time and 
 generation. He was a mighty factor in the early 
 days for law and order, for the suppression of vice 
 and helped to bring about the civilization which 
 the people of Idaho enjoy today. To a greater 
 degree than almost any of his contemporaries the 
 late Thomas L. Johnston was what has been called 
 "a forward-looking man." 
 
 Thomas L. Johnston was born in Millersburg, 
 Ohio, in 1833. In 1853 when he was twenty years 
 old and after he had acquired the training and edu- 
 cation given to most young men who grew up in 
 Ohio during the thirties and forties he set out for 
 California, and followed mining as a business until 
 the spring of 1862. In that year, twelve months 
 before Idaho became separately organized as a ter- 
 ritory, he moved to this part of the northwest and 
 
JAMES BROWNE 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1137 
 
 was engaged in prospecting in different mining 
 camps during the following summer. In the fall of 
 the same year he set out with a company for the 
 Boise diggings, arriving in Boise Basin on October 
 18, 1862, and thus establishing the home which con- 
 tinued to be his headquarters until his death. Dur- 
 ing the following years he was engaged in quartz 
 mining at Rocky Bar with good success and else- 
 where, and as a business man he was for many 
 years considered one of the more fortunate in this 
 state. During the earlier years he had his share of 
 hardship and was also one of the old-time Indian 
 fighters. He was one of a company of settlers 
 headed by Captain Bledsoe who engaged with the 
 Indians on several occasions. 
 
 The late Mr. Johnston was a gentleman of 
 sterling worth, a man of upright character, 
 whose word was as good as his bond. He 
 was a kind-hearted, generous man, enterprising 
 and public spirited. Of Scotch-Irish parentage, he 
 was a most avowed Protestant. He made and 
 lost a number of fortunes while following quartz 
 mining at Rocky Bar. Dishonest partners were the 
 bane of his life, but he bore these misfortunes with 
 the spirit of the martyr, and with the courage which 
 comes only to the honest-hearted sons of toil. He 
 never was known to fail or falter in defense of right 
 and justice. He was a man of pronounced ideas, 
 outspoken and fearless, brave and courageous in 
 danger, calm and deliberate in business, gentle and 
 patient and kind at the fireside. In short, it has 
 been said of him that "man more kind was never 
 born." 
 
 And this man's nature and temperament were of 
 the quality required for the early pioneers of Idaho. 
 The truest pioneers, those names most fitly deserve 
 to be remembered, were men whose word could be 
 trusted implicitly, who were brave enough to blaze 
 the way through forests, fight the merciless Redmen, 
 and to undergo all manner of toil and hardship in 
 digging the precious metal from its hiding place. 
 Brave and stalwart, strong and true, firm and reso- 
 lute, were these early pioneers, but none were more 
 so than Thomas L. Johnston. His voice was always 
 raised in behalf of the weak, the defenseless and the 
 helpless, and'all the hundreds and thousands of his 
 old associates and friends, most of whom are now 
 deceased would have gladly exclaimed, all honor to 
 his memory. 
 
 Reference has already been made to his part in 
 the Indian struggles of early Idaho, and a pictur- 
 esque scene as described in one of Boise's daily 
 papers and oublished during the summer of 1897 is 
 quoted in conclusion of this all-too-brief sketch : 
 
 "Captain Bledsoe and T. L. Johnston came in on 
 Monday from a short prospecting trip. Each was 
 riding an animal, and they had another packed with 
 tools and camping outfit. Across Captain Bledsoe's 
 saddle in front, rested a Winchester. To the gen- 
 eral observer the appearance of these two men, thus 
 equipped, awakened no more interest than would 
 have any other two men. But to the writer, who 
 saw them riding slowly down Ninth and turn into 
 State street, these ^wo bronzed and grizzled men 
 were objects of the most intense interest; for he 
 knew that just thirty-three years ago they had in 
 company with a handful of other brave spirits pros- 
 pected and fought Indians together all over this 
 country. In referring to the matter Mr. Johnston 
 said that on this last little trip. he and Captain Bled- 
 soe went over some of the ground and visited some 
 of the scenes of their former bloody conflicts with 
 the treacherous and merciless Redmen. In those 
 
 days when they stopped an Indian at two hundred 
 yards or so, with the longest shooters then in use, 
 they were doing well. Now these same two men, 
 though their eyesight is somewhat dimmed by the 
 flight of years, with their Winchesters could turn a 
 moccasin to the sun at a distance of a mile. Of the 
 forty daring men who fought Indians under Captain 
 Bledsoe, a third of a century ago, there were but 
 two left in the state of whom he has any knowledge. 
 One is Thomas L. Johnston of this city, and the 
 other is Hon. A. C. Callaway of Caldwell. The 
 great majority of all the rest have no doubt fol- 
 lowed the trail over the great range and camped 
 on the plains of Paradise peace to their ashes." 
 
 JAMES BROWNE, M. A., M. D., LL. D. On August 
 24, 1907, there passed away at Boise Dr. James 
 Browne. For twelve years he had been medical di- 
 rector of the Idaho Sanitarium. His great dis- 
 tinction, however, was as a medical teacher, and in 
 that capacity his influence will not soon die among 
 the thousands in the northwest, with whom he was 
 at some time or other associated. The fact that he 
 was identified with the medical fraternity of Idaho 
 was a source of inspiration and uplift to that body 
 of great and perhaps greater import than was sup- 
 plied by any other individual. 
 
 Dr. James Browne was a typical English gentle- 
 man, and possessed that courtesy of the heart which 
 is always the distinction of a gentleman to the man- 
 ner born. Of a kindly heart,, a genial fellowship, 
 that made him a coveted guest in any society, he 
 was always certain to command the attention and 
 respect due to wisdom, experience and keen intelli- 
 gence. He had a magnificent physique, tall and 
 stately, was of imposing presence, and Chester- 
 fieldian manner, and to a certain reserve and dignity 
 were united those social qualities and generous 
 impulses which created the warmest friendships. 
 True and loyal, a brave man, a bright scholar and 
 a writer of varied charms. 
 
 For many years the late Doctor Browne held a 
 prominent place as one of the medical men of 
 the Pacific Coast. His high professional attain- 
 ments were marked by a life of conspicuous recti- 
 tude and public usefulness. He was a leader of men, 
 was looked up to and respected and followed. The 
 doctor had a noble heritage of Scotch-English blood. 
 His grandfather on his maternal side, John McWil- 
 lie. was a member of the Scottish nobility, a high- 
 land chieftain, whose name adorns the pages of his 
 country's history, and another distinguished descend- 
 ant of whom was Hon, James McWillie, who was 
 governor of the state of Mississippi during the 
 early fifties. 
 
 County Armagh, Ireland, was the doctor's place 
 of nativity, where he was born August 3, 1829. He 
 often spoke with great fondness and affection of 
 the dear old land beyond the sea. His educational 
 advantages were of the best. A lad of twelve he 
 entered a classical and mathematical school at Drum- 
 hillery, and two years later was taking daily delight 
 in the Odes of Horace and the Iliad of Homer. He 
 lived through the most tempestuous times on the 
 Emerald Isle, and often and vividly recalled inci- 
 dents of those days, especially that in connection 
 with the repeal of the Act of Union and the monster 
 mass meeting addressed by Daniel O'Connell on the 
 Hill of Tara in 1843, the largest political gathering 
 known in the history of the world. After a four 
 years' course at Drumhillery he matriculated at the 
 Royal College at Belfast, Ireland, from which noted 
 
1138 
 
 institution he graduated both in classics and medi- 
 cine before his twenty-first year. 
 
 In 1850 Doctor Browne sailed for America. His 
 ship was partly wrecked, and he and other passen- 
 gers took frequent turns at the pumps which worked 
 constantly for ten days, until the boat was finally 
 beached on one of the islands of the West Indies. 
 Landing at New Orleans, he spent a brief while 
 there, then went to Texas, where he took possession 
 as professor of Latin and Greek at Austin College. 
 His next move was to Jackson, Mississippi, where 
 he met and married a delicate southern maiden, and 
 one child, a son, was born to this happy but all too 
 brief union. Some years later a friend inquired by 
 letter of the doctor if he had children and received 
 this reply: "Now, you ask if I have children? 
 No, kind friend, no but through the mist that sad 
 memory brings to the eye, I see in a land far away, 
 an unpretentious tomb, the mocking bird sings near 
 it, the magnolia perfumes it, the angels, perhaps, 
 hover over it in that tomb on the bosom of his 
 mother sleeps my boy, my only child." Though his 
 early life was not without its pathetic side, the doc- 
 tor kept his cheerful and sunny disposition unim- 
 paired, to which fact his mother bore eloquent testi- 
 mony in a letter dated January 26, 1878, referring 
 to his visit in 1870, after a separation from him for 
 twenty years. She writes : "When you returned to 
 me, bearded and bronzed, and no longer a boy, I 
 could not see that you had changed much in nature 
 or disposition. The same affectionate manner, the 
 same gentle language, and the same merry and 
 infectious laugh as in the happy days of boyhood, 
 characterized you. You were always kind and 
 gentle to me, you never caused a pang to your 
 mother's heart, and I had the vanity to think, as 
 many others thought, that I was the mother of an 
 almost faultless boy." And Doctor Browne always 
 carried the merriment and charm of youth into the 
 evening of life. After his visit to the old home he 
 spent several years in travel, visiting China and 
 Japan, British Columbia, Mexico, and other por- 
 tions of both east and west. 
 
 In 1880 Doctor Browne was called to Portland, 
 Oregon, to accept the chair of physiology, physio- 
 logical anatomy and materia medica in the Willa- 
 mette University. He filled those chairs most ac- 
 ceptably for nine years and until he resigned to 
 accept a place on the state medical board, tendered 
 him unsought by the governor, which position he 
 held for six years. He also served the A. O. U. W. 
 Lodge at Portland as Grand Medical Director for 
 ten years. He was the first grand medical exam- 
 iner of the order in the state of Oregon, and he 
 did yeoman service throughout the state, traveling 
 and lecturing and organizing lodges. He attained 
 the rank of past grand master in recognition of his 
 long and faithful services to the order. 
 
 Doctor Browne was an evangel of education in 
 the grand empire enfolding the Pacific Coast states. 
 His life work was that of an instructor. His was 
 a happy faculty of imparting knowledge, as illus- 
 trations for any point came readily to him. With 
 heart and soul aglow he toiled for others, and while 
 he gained little financially thereby he gained what 
 is infinitely better, a consciousness that his unselfish 
 labor had left its permanent impress upon the soul 
 and character of the hundreds with whom he came 
 in contact. He was a Greek, Hebrew and Latin 
 scholar, and also spoke French fluently. The late 
 Doctor Browne never engaged in private practice 
 to any extent, and his reason for teaching instead 
 of practice was that his work as a teacher allowed 
 
 him more time for private study. He was a deeply 
 religious man, and largely lived in the intellectual 
 and spiritual world. He enjoyed many strong 
 friendships with the notable men of his time, and 
 among the earlier intimate acquaintances were Gen. 
 Sam Houston of Texas, Gen. James Longstreet, 
 and Gen. Joseph Lane, conspicuous figures in the 
 Mexican and Civil war periods. 
 
 In 1896 Doctor Browne removed to Boise to 
 accept the medical directorship of the Idaho Sani- 
 tarium, which position he held for twelve years, 
 and until a few months prior to his death. For four 
 months he was confined much of the time to his 
 bed and room, suffering from a malignant afflic- 
 tion, but he was too great to murmur, too strong 
 to repine. The days of his last illness he often was 
 heard to say "Mihi Cur a Futuri" (My care is for 
 the future life). His death was that of the righteous 
 and upright man, whose end is peace, and of him it 
 was truthfully said, 
 
 "Sweet is the scene, when virtue dies; 
 
 When sinks a righteous soul to rest, 
 How mildly beam the closing eyes, 
 
 How gently heaves the expiring chest." 
 
 To those who knew him intimately, and appre- 
 ciated his various gifts and charms, the world since 
 his death has been a lonesome place, and all those 
 will join as they did at the time of his death in call- 
 ing to him "Hail and Farewell." 
 
 THE IDAHO SANITARIUM was founded in 1897. 
 The institution represents the idea that the 
 natural diet of primitive man did not in- 
 clude the taking of life. In the beginning the 
 great Creator told Adam what he might eat, and his 
 diet was composed of fruits and grains. It was a 
 long time after the Edenic state of the human race 
 before the taking of life to support life came about. 
 The founders of the Roman Empire are said to 
 have lived entirely upon fruits, grains and vegeta- 
 bles. The early Greeks were not flesh-eaters, and 
 never were there finer specimens of humanity than 
 was produced by those early Mediterranean 
 countries. 
 
 And, since a correct method of cliet must be 
 adopted prior to the eradication of diseased condi- 
 tions which afflict large numbers of the human fam- 
 ily, the management of the Idaho Sanitarium took 
 the high ground that the prevention of disease was 
 of far greater importance than the cure of it, there- 
 fore, "back to Nature and first principles" has been 
 the motto of this institution, and the secret of its 
 success. 
 
 Its equipment for effective treatment and efficient 
 service are most complete and are the outgrowth of 
 the most advanced science of medicine and the heal- 
 ing art. The drugless method of healing is in vogue 
 at the sanitarium. No copying of the errors of the 
 predecessors of medicine dispensers has ever been 
 practiced here. The cause of disease, or sickness of 
 any source is carefully sought out and that cause 
 removed, when possible, by natural, common-sense 
 methods. 
 
 The trained nurses, competent and efficient indi- 
 viduals, themselves possess the health and strength 
 which bear eloquent testimony to the correctness 
 of the principles advocated and carried out at the 
 Idaho Sanitarium. When the sanitarium idea and 
 the work was first launched in Boise, in 1892, it met 
 its full share of criticism and opposition from non- 
 progressives, both in the profession and among the 
 laity. This opposition has been met by heroic and 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1139 
 
 daring pioneer effort, and the way blazed to pre- 
 pare the people for this great and greatly needed 
 reform, and today many who were once skeptical 
 and unconvinced are voicing their praise of the 
 "simple life," as the result of a few weeks' stay at 
 this institution, and are rejoicing in their freedom 
 from the use of pills and powders, of bottle and 
 spoon medication ; are reaping the benefits and the 
 blessings which are the sure reward for walking in 
 the straight path of obedience and truth. 
 
 Sanitary science is the outgrowth of the most ad- 
 vanced medical science, and dictated by the highest 
 intelligence, and it has been most refreshing and en- 
 couraging to the managers of the sanitarium, as it 
 has been to all others who have endured the fire of 
 persecution to call to mind the opposition to pro- 
 gressive benefactors of the race, and remember that 
 all forerunners of truth, such as Harvey, Galileo 
 and Kepler, were all ridiculed for their knowledge, 
 and persecuted for their advance thoughts. The 
 famous Dr. J. G. Holland in commenting on the 
 progress of last century says: "Medical learning 
 has absolutely fought against every great medical 
 discovery, and not infrequently against important 
 discoveries in constituent sciences." For the right 
 attitude toward these matters Jasting gratitude 
 should be paid to the American Medical Association, 
 which, as a body, and through a great number of its 
 individuals, has for years been striking sledge- 
 hammer blows in behalf of the emancipation of the 
 people from the curse of drug medication. This 
 association has sent out its men to all parts of the 
 country to lecture on these topics, and has prose- 
 cuted its campaign regardless of "whose craft is in 
 danger." 
 
 The location of the Idaho Sanitarium is ideal, 
 elevated and picturesque, and the quiet restfulness 
 of the place appeals to every visitor. Its spacious 
 rooms, its broad veranda, and lovely lawns, over- 
 looking the beautiful Boise valley, are themselves 
 promotive of health and life, a boon and blessing to 
 the sick and the suffering. The water supply of the 
 institution is pure soft artesian, ana well adapted to 
 the needs and requirements of the system. Various 
 water treatments are given here as indicated by the 
 condition of the patients, and scientific massage is 
 given by properly trained manipulators. 
 
 In a quiet and unobtrusive manner, the work of 
 practical reform has been carried on in the Idaho 
 Sanitarium. Those in charge have carefully investi- 
 gated the source and cause of disease in patients, 
 have endeavored to educate the afflicted and increase 
 their powers of resistance by instructing them to 
 walk in harmony with the laws of nature, which are 
 the laws of God and are as binding as the deca- 
 logue. 
 
 Dr. Mary E. Donaldson, who is the head and heart 
 of this notable institution, aptly speaks of the sys- 
 tem here in vogue with such excellent results, in the 
 following terms : "Since sickness is the sure result 
 of the transgression of God's natural laws, how 
 vastly important it is that the great problem of how 
 to properly carry on life should be constantly and 
 enthusiastically considered and taught. It is a well 
 known scientific fact that one of the chief causes of 
 that hydra-headed disease, dyspepsia, which baffles 
 the skill of so many physicians, is indirectly due to 
 the use of condiments ; and it is also a well known 
 fact that condiments possess no food value what- 
 ever. On the contrary, they are irritants, and posi- 
 tively injurious to health. Chief among these irri- 
 tants are Cayenne, or red pepper, horse-radish and 
 mustard, all of which sting and bite as they pass 
 
 downward. The diet at the sanitarium eschews all 
 these unnatural and artificial stomach whips, believ- 
 ing and teaching that if the moderate use of right 
 foods and healthful drinks, were taught and used 
 in the nursery, and at the home board, the parents 
 and guardians who are entrusted with the sacred 
 responsibilities of rearing the young, would not be 
 called upon to regret the implanting of false appe- 
 tites in their children, which logically leads to dis- 
 sipation in the saloon and the brothel, and thence, 
 perhaps, to an untimely and dishonored grave, or 
 to the ignominy of the penitentiary or the gallows. 
 
 "The prevention of these deplorable conditions 
 are of priceless value, and are of far greater mo- 
 ment than the cure of them. 
 
 "In Brillat-Savarin's great work, entitled "The 
 Physiology of Taste," are to be found axioms as 
 profound as ever Plato or Epictetus set down. For 
 example: The education of the tastes and the 
 appetite should be an index to the degree of civili- 
 zation.' The fate of Nations depends upon how 
 they are fed.' 'A man of sense and culture alone 
 understands eating.' 
 
 "The Sanitarium diet prevents the formation of 
 false appetites, abnormal, unnatural preventing 
 those thus taught and reared from falling a natural 
 prey to the universal curse of drunkenness, by thus 
 cutting off the demand for intoxicants; and when 
 this demand is cut off, the vexed and pathetic ques- 
 tion of the ages, the abolition of drunkenness, will 
 be forever solved, and a most glorious heritage will 
 be left to posterity in wide-spread sobriety. And 
 may God hasten that day!" 
 
 Too much could not be said in praise of the life 
 work of the woman who has thus devoted herself 
 to the uplifting and cleansing of the race, and it 
 is gratifying to note that sne has won, through 
 years of pinchbeck criticism and annoying atten- 
 tions on the part of unsympathetic rivals to her 
 present high place in the minds and hearts of the 
 public, who have come to realize and understand 
 something of the intent and purpose of her work, 
 and its underlying principles of right living. 
 
 GEORGE F. ASHLEY. At the head of the medical 
 profession in Montpelier stands Dr. George F. Ash- 
 ley, who as a physician and surgeon has been active 
 here since 1912. He is of English birth and parent- 
 age, his father and mother, George and Sarah Jane 
 (Nate) Ashley, having lived in their British home 
 until 1879. The father has for many years been a 
 contractor and builder and has to his credit many 
 fine buildings constructed in this Western country, 
 chiefly in Montpelier and in Paris, which has long 
 been his home and where the notable structures he 
 has erected include the county court house. The 
 family of George and Sarah Ashley consisted of 
 four children, the eldest of whom was named George 
 F. The date of his birth was December 17, 1875. 
 
 As the parents of George F. Ashley came with 
 their children from England to America when he 
 was a boy of four years, his education has been pro- 
 cured in this country. The family settled at once in 
 Paris, Idaho, and its members have ever since re- 
 sided in that place and others of the surrounding 
 county. After his course in the public schools o'f 
 Paris, George F. Ashley entered Fielding Academy 
 at Paris and in 1898 was graduated from that insti- 
 tution where he had pursued the prescribed course 
 of four years. His interest in the land of his birth 
 led him to return to that great country and to con- 
 tinue his studies there. At the Abbey Institute at 
 Tewkesbury he spent seventeen months in pursuit 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 of higher education. He then returned to the United 
 States and to Paris, Idaho, where he accepted a 
 position in the employ of the Utah Sugar Company. 
 He continued this engagement until 1903, at which 
 time he signed an order to take up the study of 
 medicine. He had selected as his professional alma 
 mater, the National University at St. Louis, Mis- 
 souri. In 1907 he completed his medical course and 
 received his degree of doctor of medicine. After 
 spending one year as an interne in the L. D. S. 
 Hospital in Salt Lake City, he returned to Paris. 
 There he entered independently upon his career as 
 a physician and in his home town he practiced 
 with signal success for a period of about four and 
 one-half years. At the end of that time he came 
 to Montpelier, where he has established himself 
 firmly in the confidence and respect of all citizens. 
 In 1911 he was joined by Dr. A. D. Cooley as a 
 professional partner. Since that time they have 
 shared offices and conduct their medical business 
 under the firm name of Ashley and Cooley. In 1912 
 these two up-to-date and enterprising physicians con- 
 structed a hospital of thirty rooms, equipped with 
 all modern appliances for medical attention and 
 treatment and for the comfort of patients. 
 
 Dr. Ashley has served as a county officer in his 
 professional capacity and was city physician of Paris. 
 He was formerly a member of the city council of 
 Paris and has always been a citizen snowing keen 
 interest in civic and political affairs. He is in sym- 
 pathy with the theories and aims of the Republican 
 party. 
 
 In Logan, Utah, Dr. Ashley was married on Sep- 
 tember 16, 1903, to Miss Mary J. Kearl, a daughter 
 of James and Fannie Kearl of Laketown, Utah. Dr. 
 and Mrs. Ashley are the parents of one child, a 
 daughter named Wanda Florence. 
 
 In religious affiliation, Dr. Ashley is a member of 
 the church of Latter Day Saints. He is further- 
 more connected with numerous professional organ- 
 izations, including the American Medical Associ- 
 ation and the State Medical Society of Idaho. 
 
 A man of firm patriotism, Dr. Ashley considers 
 Idaho a home state "second to none," believing 
 that for investments no other locality can equal it. 
 Dr. Ashley is interested in every movement that 
 adds to the life and vigor, the improvement and 
 broader welfare of Montpelier and the county as 
 well. All athletic and cultural movements appeal 
 to his interest, as secondary to the work of the 
 great and important profession to which he devotes 
 his deepest thought and his best care and skill. His 
 work as a physician and surgeon means much to his 
 community. 
 
 JOHN S. HYDE. A citizen who stands high in the 
 confidence and esteem of his fellowmen in Bannock 
 county, Idaho, is John S. Hyde, of Downey, a former 
 member of the Idaho state legislature who is identi- 
 fied with one of the most prominent business con- 
 cerns of that community, that of the W. A. Hyde 
 Mercantile Company, and who is numbered among 
 the wide-awake, capable and efficient promoters of 
 this section. In numerous other relations he is a 
 valued factor of society there and is an enterprising 
 and energetic worker for progress. 
 
 Born at Kaysville, Utah, December 18, 1870, he 
 grew up there and received a public school education. 
 Until twenty-nine years of age he followed the pur- 
 suit of farming in Utah; then about 1899 he joined 
 his brothers in Downey, Idaho, and entered the 
 service of the W. A. Hyde Company, of which he 
 is a stockholder and now is assistant manager. The 
 concern is a large department store, modern in every 
 
 respect and commanding an extensive trade in this 
 section of the county. As a member of the Downey 
 Commercial Club he lends his influence and energies 
 to stimulate settlement and development in this sec- 
 tion and the impress of his personality is felt in 
 almost every phase of civic interest. It was through 
 the efforts of Mr. Hyde that the town of Downey 
 was incorporated. He thoroughly believes in the 
 efficacy of a good education in fitting men and women 
 for the worthiest citizenship and is a warm advocate 
 of providing the youth of his community and of 
 the state with the best educational advantages pos- 
 sible. In this direction he has served as a member 
 and secretary of the Downey board of education 
 and now is serving for the second term as president 
 of the School Trustees Association of Bannock 
 county. He is also assistant superintendent of the 
 Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association of 
 the Pocatello Stake, an organization for the improve- 
 ment of young men, and conducted as an auxiliary 
 department of the Latter Day Saints church, of which 
 Mr. Hyde is a member and to which he gave two 
 years of missionary service in New Jersey and 
 Pennsylvania. Politically he is a Democrat and is 
 an ardent worker in promoting the interests of his 
 party. He was ^ member of the Idaho legislature 
 during the eleventh session and the special session 
 following and discharged his duties in that body with 
 fidelity and ability, exhibiting a zealous and watchful 
 regard of public rights. 
 
 Each day with Mr. Hyde is a day of activity and 
 some useful service, though business and other cares 
 are sometimes laid aside to enjoy a good game of 
 baseball or a season of hunting; while in the way 
 of quieter diversions he gets pleasure from music 
 and reading. 
 
 On April 25, 1900, he was married at Salt Lake 
 City to Josephine Kinnett, daughter of Mrs. N. J. 
 Kinnett, of Kaysville, Utah. Mrs. Hyde died April 
 16, 1912, and was interred at Downey. Besides her 
 husband, five children were left to mourn her demise, 
 namely: Alda, John Milton, Verna M., Keith W., 
 and Norma. 
 
 EARLE C. WHITE. Establishing his home in the 
 little village of Pocatello, Bannock county, Idaho, 
 nearly a quarter of a century ago, Mr. White has 
 been most prominently and worthily identified with 
 the development and upbuilding of the now thriving 
 and attractive city, which is the metropolis of south- 
 eastern Idaho and one of the most important railroad 
 centers in the state. As one of the leading real-estate 
 dealers of Idaho it may readily be understood that 
 he has contributed much also to the general develop- 
 ment of the state along civic and industrial lines, 
 for his operations have been of wide extent and have 
 brought to this commonwealth many desirable citi- 
 zens. Mr. White is also a member of the bar of 
 the state but has withdrawn entirely from the prac- 
 tice of his profession to give his attention to his im- 
 portant real-estate interests. He is one of the most 
 enthusiastic of Idaho exploiters, is energetic, enter- 
 prising and progressive and has inviolable place in 
 popular confidence and esteem. As one of the repre- 
 sentative citizens of the state he is fully entitled to 
 special recognition in this publication. 
 
 Mr. White was born at Salt Lake City, Utah, on 
 the isth of January, 1867, and is a son of Charles 
 M. and Evelyn M. (Cobbe) White, the former of 
 whom was born in Syracuse. New Yjork, on the 28th 
 of December, 1813, and the latter of whom was born 
 in Vermont, on the I3th of January, 1843, their mar- 
 riage having been solemnized at Coldwater, Branch 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1141 
 
 county, Michigan. Charles M. White removed from 
 the old Empire state to Michigan as a youth, and 
 in the early '505 he crossed the plains to Wyoming, 
 having later made several other trips of this order 
 and having gained broad experience in connection 
 with pioneer life on the frontier. From Wyoming he 
 finally went to Salt Lake City, Utah, but after about 
 two years there he returned to Wyoming and estab- 
 lished his residence at Evanston, Uinta county, where 
 he was engaged in the practice of law for a term 
 of years. He then came to Idaho and located at 
 Paris, Bannock county, where he was associated in 
 practice with Judge Alfred Budge until 1891, and in 
 1902 he removed to Pocatello, the judicial center of 
 the same county, where he has since continued in 
 the active practice of his profession, in which he 
 is undoubtedly the oldest representative in the state, 
 as he has attained to the venerable age of eighty-nine 
 years. He is a man of fine legal talent, has been 
 engaged in practice for nearly seventy years, and 
 is still alert of mind and physique, one of the 
 remarkable pioneers of the West and one whose life 
 has been ordered upon the highest plane of integrity 
 and honor. He is a revered patriarch of the Idaho 
 bar, a counselor of broad circumspection and still a 
 formidable opponent in legal contests. He is a stal- 
 wart Republican in his political allegiance and the 
 family hold membership in the Presbyterian church. 
 Of the seven children, four sons and two daughters 
 are now living, and the subject of this review was 
 the second in order of birth. He has a half brother 
 and half sister older then himself. 
 
 Earle C. White gained his early education in 
 the public schools of Evanston, Wyoming, and then 
 began reading law under the effective preceptorship 
 of his honored father. He was admitted to the bar 
 of Wyoming in 1890 and there was associated with 
 his father in practice until September, 1891, of the 
 following year, when he came to Idaho and estab- 
 lished his home in Pocatello, which then had a 
 population of about 2,500. Here he opened an 
 office and engaged in the practice of his profession, 
 in which he was distinctively successful, but his 
 deep appreciation of the great resources and ad- 
 vantages of this section of the state finally led 
 him to abandon active practice in 1894 to become 
 a potent figure in exploiting real estate. He has 
 since continued to be actively identified with this 
 line of enterprise, in which his operations have 
 been of broad scope and importance and of great 
 value as an adjunct to social and industrial progress. 
 He is an authority in regard to the resources and 
 land value of southeastern Idaho and also controls 
 a large business in the handling of city and village 
 realty as well as farming, horticultural and grazing 
 lands. He is a stockholder in the Bannock National 
 Bank. He is a member of the Idaho State Bar 
 Association and the American Bar Association, and 
 in his several years of active practice in Idaho 
 he proved himself a resourceful advocate and able 
 counselor, well fortified in the science of juris- 
 prudence. Mr. White is affiliated with the York 
 Rite bodies of the Masonic fraternity, including 
 Pocatello Commandery of Knights Templars, and 
 also with the local organizations of the Benevolent 
 and Protective Oreder of Elks, and the Woodmen of 
 the World. Both he and his wife are zealous mem- 
 bers of the Pocatello Presbyterian church, of which 
 he is a trustee. Mrs. White is a leader in the 
 social activities of the community and is a gracious 
 chatelaine of the beautiful family home, on Seventh 
 avenue. 
 
 At Chariton, Iowa, in April, 1890, was solemnized 
 the marriage of Mr. White to Miss Annette Fickel, 
 
 daughter of George W. and Elizabeth J. Fickel, 
 the former of whom is deceased and the latter of 
 whom now resides in Pocatello, Idaho. Mr. and 
 Mrs. White have four children: Earle C., Jr., who 
 was born at Evanston, Wyoming, in June, 1891, is 
 engaged in the hardware business in Pocatello, as 
 one of the representative voune business men of 
 the city; Edward O., who, like each of the younger 
 two children, is a native of Pocatello, was born 
 in June, 1893, and is now a member of the Uni- 
 versity of Wisconsin, at Madison, Wis. ; Leslie, 
 who was born in October, 1897, is a student in the 
 Academy of Idaho, at Pocatello; and Louise ., who 
 was born in February, 1905, is attending the public 
 schools. 
 
 GEORGE V. LEIGHTON & SON. Idaho has an 
 established reputation as a stock country, and since 
 early settlement has produced and sent to market 
 a great annual volume of wealth in cattle, horses 
 and sheep. The livestock industry usually brings 
 up the familiar western picture of the range and 
 the ranch, the cowboy, sheepherder and the regular 
 type of stockmen. The modern highly developed 
 stock farm with its fenced fields, its great barns 
 and feeding lots, its equipment resembling that of 
 a well regulated factory, and its business system 
 belongs to the new era. It required pioneer enter- 
 prise of as high an order to undertake modern 
 stock farming as was necessary half a century ago 
 to bring a nerd of long-horns into these valleys 
 and establish a ranch under the threatenings of 
 Indian foes. 
 
 Thanks to the initiative of some Idaho men, pos- 
 sessed of modern business talents, the way has 
 already been broken out towards this new phase 
 of agricultural enterprise, and in the next quarter 
 century the state will be known as much for its 
 fine livestock products as for its fruit and min- 
 erals. For its value as a teacher of Idaho history, 
 the following paragraphs will describe briefly one 
 of the finest enterprises in modern stock farming 
 to be found in the entire state, with something 
 about the career of a man whose work has not 
 only brought himself a high degree of prosperity, 
 but is proving a stimulating example V> the agricul- 
 ture development of all the Boise Valley. 
 
 Eight miles out from the city on the line of the 
 Idaho Traction Company Railroad, the visitor who 
 is seeking the highest standard of Idaho stock farm 
 enterprise will be gratified with a view of the 
 George V. Leighton & Son stock farm. The farm 
 comprises three hundred and twentv acres ^ of the 
 best land to be found in the state. Substantial well 
 built barns, equipped with all the modern conven- 
 iences and facilities for stock comfort and man- 
 agement, are the conspicuous features of this farm. 
 The barns have a complete water plant, water being 
 supplied through every needed point, they are elec- 
 tric lighted, and there are a number of other facili- 
 ties such as feed cutters and mixers, conveyors, and 
 everything to lighten labor and increase the power 
 of managing and caring for the stock. The Leigh- 
 ton ranch is stocked with thoroughbred horses, 
 cattle, sheep and hogs. In the horse stable are 
 found the beautiful dapple-gray sire of many of 
 the best horses in Idaho. This is "Charlemagne," 
 to whose credit are first prizes in both America and 
 in France, from which latter country he was im- 
 norted. Charlemagne is of the Percheron breed. 
 The swine on the Leightori farm are from several 
 prize-winning Duroc boars and sows, and one 
 of these was the first winner at the International 
 Stock Show at Chicago in. 1911. Mr. Leighton's 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Hampshire sheep, thoroughbred, were the first of 
 the kind to be brought into the Boise Valley, and 
 the increase of this flock are sold three years in 
 advance. The cattle are all thoroughbred Holsteins, 
 and without doubt the finest herds in Idaho, as well 
 as one of the finest in America. Several of the 
 cows in this herd cost one thousand dollars apiece 
 at the age of four months, and a number of them 
 have won prizes in the foremost shows in America, 
 and several blue-ribbon animals stand in the Leigh- 
 ton stalls. 
 
 The most important contribution of the Leighton 
 enterprise is in laying a firm foundation and making 
 a substantial beginning in the dairy business. Dairy- 
 ing is a comparatively new industry on a modern 
 business scale, and Mr. Leighton and son are really 
 pioneers in the business. Eventually Idaho will 
 become one of the great dairy states of the Union, 
 since there is no other state better equipped with 
 natural resources, good water, good natural gas, 
 and abundant alfalfa. The dairy barn on the Leigh- 
 ton place is equipped with all the facilities for large 
 production, and for sanitary handling of the prod- 
 ucts. A record is kept of all the milk produced by 
 each cow, and an analysis is made in the barn of 
 the constituent elements of the milk, especially 
 as to its amount of butter-fat. 
 
 George V. Leighton, the founder and developer 
 of this monumental industry in the Boise Valley, 
 was born in the far east at the town of Cumber- 
 land, Maryland, February 2,2, 1856. His parents, 
 Isaac and Elizabeth Leighton, were both born in 
 England, where they were married, and then came 
 to America. While their eight children were grow- 
 ing up they moved from place to place in the states 
 of Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and 
 Ohio, finally settling in Pennsylvania, where both 
 parents died in December, 1911. 
 
 George V. Leighton received a common school 
 education, and when about twenty-two years of 
 age, in 1877, came out to the northwest, locating 
 at Pendleton, Oregon. In the subsequent thirty-five 
 years he has been essentially a stock man, and has 
 never enjoyed any particular success in any other 
 line. At Pendleton he developed a large horse 
 ranch, and th^re made a reputation for producing 
 high grade horses. His home was at Pendleton for 
 nine years, until 1886, at which time he came to 
 Idaho, locating in Washington county, near Weiser. 
 He continued there in the stock business until 1908, 
 in which year he moved into the city of Boise. Like 
 many others, he had the delusion that the city was 
 a fine place to spend the latter years of his life, and 
 in Boise at the present time he owns at the corner 
 of Maine and First streets one 'of the beautiful resi- 
 dences of that city. In a short time, however, Mr. 
 Leighton discovered that the city had no attractions 
 that were permanent and satisfying, and he regards 
 those few years spent in Boise as the only part of 
 his life that he cannot look back upon with satis- 
 faction. Having returned to the farm, he has now 
 perfected plans for the erection of a beautiful 
 country home with all the material facilities and 
 conveniences which his city home had, and with 
 the delightful surroundings which the country alone 
 makes possible. The street car of the Idaho Trac- 
 tion Company runs close by his door, and in addi- 
 tion to this means of transportation he has a large 
 touring car in his garage. And back of all these 
 creature comforts are his thoroughbred stock, his 
 valuable orchards and beautiful meadows, where 
 the sun shines and the birds sing, and with his 
 children about him it would be difficult to conceive 
 of a happier man in Idaho than George V. Leighton. 
 
 To those who believe and there are many who do 
 that life has its highest possibilities and opportuni- 
 ties in the free and open country, the position of 
 George V. Leighton seems ideal. He has built his 
 success upon permanent foundation of the oldest 
 and most honorable vocation in the world, and his 
 career has been productive of those essential ma- 
 terial goods without which humanity would quickly 
 come to want. 
 
 In 1885 Mr. Leighton married Miss Martha Kern, 
 a native of Oregon. Their four children are : Daisy, 
 wife of William Abbott of Boise; Willie, who is 
 associated with his father and a partner in the 
 business ; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas White of Idaho 
 City, and Georgia, wife of Claude Roberts, who 
 has charge of the dairy and cattle of the Leighton 
 Ranch. Politically Mr. Leighton is a Republican. 
 He was county commissioner for Washington 
 county, Idaho, for the years 1890 and 1891, was a 
 director of the First National Bank of Weiser, 
 Idaho, for the years 1900, 1901, 1902; president of 
 Payette Valley Bank, and was also president of the 
 First National Bank of Payette, Idaho, from 1900 
 to 1905. 
 
 WINFORD CONDIT. Among the successful ranchers 
 and business men of Lincoln county, Idaho, is Win- 
 ford Condit. Born and bred in the West the love 
 for his native land is very strong indeed, and he 
 is proud of his own success as much because it is 
 an example of what can be accomplished in this 
 great western land, as for the reason that it is a 
 success for which he has only himself to thank. 
 Mr. Condit is as yet a young man, not being in his 
 thirties, and it is scarcely fair to judge him by 
 the record he has made, but if he continues to climb 
 the ladder of success as rapidly in the future as he 
 has in the past, his future is surely a brilliant one. 
 
 Born on the shores of Puget Sound, Washington, 
 on the I7th of April, 1884, Winford Condit grew 
 up to know the men and the ways of the West as 
 can no one who was not born in the country. His 
 father, John H. Condit, and his mother, Frances 
 (Parks) Condit, were pioneers of Washington and 
 Idaho. John H. Condit was born in River Sioux, 
 Iowa, and as a young man became a druggist in 
 River Sioux, Iowa. He was also a lawyer, by profes- 
 sion, though he never practiced a great deal. He 
 was a druggist in Iowa for many years, and here 
 he was married to Miss Frances Parks and de- 
 cided to try his fortune in the West. They left 
 Iowa in 1881, traveling overland to the state of 
 Washington. Here the father took up land in 
 Kents Prairie, where he remained for three years. 
 At the end of this period he sold the land and 
 came to Idaho, locating in Cassia county, where 
 he bought the lands of which he is still the owner. 
 At first he had a rather hard time, owing to his 
 troubles with lack of water. In this region the 
 wholesale cutting of timber dried up all the creeks, 
 and made the raising of crops impossible and it was 
 not until the government took the matter in hand, 
 and the forest reserves were established that Mr. 
 Condit began to succeed as a rancher. After a time 
 water was again plentiful and his lands became 
 very productive. He is now counted one of the most 
 successful ranchers and stockmen in that section 
 of the country. He is also the owner of valuable 
 ranch lands in Lincoln county, where the family 
 now reside. He is very active in political circles 
 being an ardent and life-long Democrat. 
 
 Eight children were born to John H. Condit and 
 his wife. Ervin J. Condit is the owner of a valuable 
 ranch which he at present operates, and previous 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1143 
 
 to this he was a merchant. He makes his home 
 in Hagerman valley. Elbert Condit is also a rancher 
 in Hagerman valley. Milla married H. Gilmore, 
 who owns and operates a ranch in this same fertile 
 valley. Guy Condit is a rancher in Gooding county, 
 Idaho. Silas Condit is in business with his father. 
 Nettie is the wife of Arthur J. Dennis, of Hager- 
 man, and Sadie lives with her parents. 
 
 Winford Condit, after his elementary education 
 was completed entered the Pocatello Academy, at 
 Pocatello, Idaho, and here he was graduated at the 
 age of twenty-three. After leaving school his first 
 venture was in partnership with his brother Ervin 
 and a Mr. Dennis. They organized a company and 
 opened a general store at Hagerman, the firm being 
 known as the Condit Dennis Mercantile Company. 
 They continued in this business for three and a half 
 years and made such a success that they were able 
 to sell out at the end of this time at a good profit. 
 The purchasers were R. M. Shurtcliff and Sons, and 
 Mr. Condit has taken an active part in managing 
 the business for the new firm. He is also a ranch 
 owner, managing his large property in Lincoln county 
 with considerable success. He has also invested 
 some money in city realty, believing most firmly 
 in the future of the town of Hagerman. 
 
 Mr. Condit was married on the 26th of June, 1912, 
 to Miss Delia Parks. All of the Condit family 
 are members of the Church of the Reorganized 
 Latter Day Saints. 
 
 WILLIAM F. KETTENBACH, SR. Success is the 
 natural prerogative of such valiant souls as the 
 late William Franz Kettenbach, Sr., who was one 
 of the sterling pioneers of Idaho and who wielded 
 great influence in connection with the initial stages 
 of development and progress in the northern part 
 of this favored commonwealth. He was compara- 
 tively a young man at the time of his death, and 
 no other one person has contributed so much to 
 the advancement of Lewiston and surrounding coun- 
 try as did this broadminded, aggressive and pro- 
 gressive pioneer. His energy was on a parity with 
 his constructive powers and it can not be doubted 
 that had his life been. spared his labors and policies 
 would have brought to northern Idaho far greater 
 civic and material development than can be noted 
 today, prosperous and attractive as this section 
 of the state is under conditions that prevail. Mr. 
 Kettenbach was a natural leader in thought and 
 action, his very personality was inspiration to pro- 
 gress, and his course was guided upon the loftiest 
 plane of integrity and honor, so that he merited and 
 received the unqualified confidence and esteem of 
 his fellow men. He did much for Idaho and ac- 
 counted well for himself in all the relations of life, 
 so that there is all of consistency in according in 
 this history a tribute to his memory and a brief 
 review of his signally active and productive career. 
 His name merits enduring place on the roster of the 
 honored pioneers of the state which profited by his 
 civic loyalty and splendid initiative energy. 
 
 William Franz Kettenbach, Sr., was born at Port 
 Chester, Westchester county, New York, on the 
 i6th of May, 1849, and was a son of Henry and 
 Elizabeth Kettenbach, who immigrated to America 
 in 1849, only a few months before the birth of the 
 subject of this memoir. For many generations the 
 Kettenbach family has been established in the little 
 town of Kettenbach, which was named in its honor, 
 and which is situated in the fine old province 
 of Hessen-Nassau, in southern Germany, the family 
 
 name having been worthily and prominently identi- 
 voi. ir-i6 
 
 fied with the history of that section of the great 
 empire. The wife of Henry Kettenbach was like- 
 wise a member of one of the old and representative 
 families of the same province. Henry Kettenbach 
 and his devoted wife landed in the port of New 
 York city in the spring of 1849, and after a com- 
 paratively brief residence in the Empire state they 
 established their permanent home in Indianapolis, 
 Indiana, where Mr. Kettenbach became foreman in 
 one of the pioneer iron founderies of the capital of 
 the Hoosier state. He had received the advantages 
 of the excellent rural schools of his native place 
 and there also had learned the trade of moulder. 
 He eventually became one of the leading business 
 men of Indianapolis and was a citizen whose sterling 
 character gave to him secure place in popular con- 
 fidence and esteem. At the time of his death he 
 was engaged in the wholesale and retail grocery 
 business in Indianapolis, with a well equipped estab- 
 lishment at 279 Massachusetts avenue, his wife like- 
 wise continuing to reside in the Indiana capital 
 until her death and both having been devout com- 
 municants of the German Lutheran church. They 
 were representatives of that fine type of German- 
 American citizens that has been potent in the social 
 and business development of Indianapolis. 
 
 William F. Kettenbach, Sr., gained his early edu- 
 cational discipline in well ordered German schools 
 and the English public schools of Indianapolis, where 
 also he availed himself of the advantages of a bus- 
 iness college. At the age of seventeen years his 
 adventurous spirit led him to the Kansas frontier, 
 where he joined the body of scouts operating under 
 the direction of the famous plainsman, Kit Carson, 
 and he served with these gallant fellows in their 
 operations on the frontier in the closing period 
 of the Civil war. . He also worked under Buffalo 
 Bill and Wild Bill, two other well known characters 
 of the pioneer days on the frontier, and later he 
 became associated with his brother, Henry C, in 
 
 ? aiding immigrant trains across the plains from 
 t. Joseph, Missouri, to California. Thus he gained 
 wide and varied experience of frontier life and lived 
 up to the full tension of the hardships and perils 
 of the day. The two brothers finally returned to the 
 old home in Indianapolis, and there they became as- 
 sociated in the wholesale and retail hardware busi- 
 ness, in which they continued until the fall of 1877. 
 That autumn stands as the time of the arrival 
 of William F. Kettenbach, Sr., in Lewiston, Idaho, 
 the town at the time having been a mere frontier 
 village, though it was one of the most important 
 distributing points and business centers of the ter- 
 ritory, even at that time. He was accompanied by 
 his wife and their two children, and he provided 
 a comfortable home of the pioneer order. Finally 
 he became bookkeeper in the private bank of John 
 Breareley. From that time on his advancement was 
 sure and substantial and he rose to a position of dis- 
 tinctive prominence and influence in the state. He 
 became the organizer of the Lewiston National Bank, 
 and was president of this institution at the time 
 of his death, on the 9th of September, 1891. During 
 his residence in Idaho he did more to promote the 
 growth and development of the northern part of 
 the state, especially the town of Lewiston, than did 
 any other one man during the same period. He 
 was only forty-two years of age when he was sum- 
 moned from the stage of life's mortal endeavors, and 
 thus was in the very plenitude of his fine powers and 
 constructive activities. He acquired a substantial 
 competency and was not only held in unqualified 
 esteem in the state of his adoption but was also well 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 known in he financial circles of Portland, Oregon; 
 San Francisco, Chicago, and New York city. 
 
 Mr. Kettenbach was a man of broad views and 
 well fortified opinions, and was essentially liberal 
 and public-spirited in his civic attitude. Though 
 he never consented to become a candidate for politi- 
 cal office he was a staunch supporter of the prin- 
 ciples of the Democratic party as exemplified by 
 President Cleveland, and he was active and influ- 
 ential in public affairs of local order. He installed 
 the first water-works and electric light systems in 
 Lewiston, and planned and initiated the eerction of 
 the present Lewiston National Bank building, which 
 was completed within a short time after his death. 
 He was a charter member of the first lodge of 
 Knights of Pythias organized in the city of Indian- 
 apolis, Indiana, and his religious views were in har- 
 mony with the tenets of the German-Lutheran 
 church, in whose faith he was reared and in which 
 he was baptized. 
 
 In 1873 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Ket- 
 tenbach to Miss Sallie Benton, who was born in 
 Monrovia, Morgan county, Indiana, on the 26th of 
 October, 1853, and she was summoned to the life 
 eternal, at Lewiston, Idaho, on the 4th of March, 
 1897, secure in the affectionate record of all who had 
 come within the compass of her gentle and gracious 
 influence. Mrs. Kettenbach was of Scotch-Irish 
 lineage and was a daughter of Rev. Maurice Benton, 
 a pioneer clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal 
 church in Indiana. Her father was a kinsman of 
 Hon. Thomas Benton, one of the early American 
 statesmen, and thus also of Mrs. Jessie (Benton) 
 Fremont, wife of Gen. John C. Fremont, the 
 great "pathfinder" of the WeSt and the first pres- 
 idential nominee of the Republican party. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Kettenbach became the par.ents of four chil- 
 dren, two of whom, Maurice and Elizabeth, died in 
 infancy. William F., the elder of the two surviving 
 children, is one of the representative citizens of 
 Lewiston, where he is well upholding the prestige 
 of the honored name which he bears, and concern- 
 ing him specific mention, is made on other pages 
 of this volume. Grace, who was born in Indianapolis, 
 on the 28th of October, 1877, and who was thus 
 an infant at the time of the family removal to 
 Idaho, is now the wife of Dr. Charles A. Pfafflin, a 
 representative physician and surgeon of Indianapolis, 
 Indiana, where their pleasant home is located at 
 1844 North Pennsylvania street. 
 
 He to whom this memoir is dedicated arrived 
 in Idaho just at the close of the Nez Perces Indian 
 war, and he forthwith identified himself closely 
 with the development of the northern part of the 
 state, along both civic and industrial lines. He 
 was magnetic, resourceful and progressive and was 
 possessed of splendid ability as a financier, with a 
 capacity for the effective handling of affairs of the 
 broadest scope and importance. He was one of 
 the builders of the city of Lewiston as it stands 
 today and was essentially one of the honored and 
 representative citizens of the state at the time of his 
 demise, his particular friends and associates during 
 the closing years of his life having been such well 
 known and influential citizens as Hon. Fred T. 
 DuBois, Hon. James H. Hawley, Hon. James H. 
 Forney, Dr. John B. Morris, all still residents of 
 the state, and the late Patrick Henry Winston, who 
 recently died in the city of Spokane, Washington. 
 
 WILLIAM F. KETTENBACH. On other pages of this 
 work is entered a brief memoir to the late William 
 Franz Kettenbach, Sr., one of the honored pioneers 
 
 and especially influential citizens of Idaho, and the 
 data there given are adequate to outline the family 
 history and render unnecessary further considera- 
 tion of the same in the sketch of the career of the 
 son, who has in every way proved a worthy suc- 
 cessor of his father and who is one of the representa- 
 tive business men and popular citizens of Lewiston, 
 the judicial center of Nez Perce county, which 
 thriving and attractive little city has been his home 
 since his childhood days, as his parents here estab- 
 lished their residence in 1877. 
 
 William Franz Kettenbach II, to whom this re- 
 view is dedicated, was born at Indianapolis, the 
 beautiful capital city of Indiana, on the ist day 
 of November, 1874, an d is the elder of the two 
 surviving children of William F. and Sallie (Benton) 
 Kettenbach, for information concerning whom ref- 
 erence may readily be made to the previously men- 
 tioned memoir. Mr. Kettenbach passed his child- 
 hood and early youth in Lewiston, Idaho, and his 
 recollections of the conditions and influences of the 
 pioneer days are vivid, for the impressions of child- 
 hood are ever strongly limned. After duly availing 
 himself of the advantages of the public school he 
 returned to his native state and entered Butler 
 University, situated at Irvington, a suburb of In- 
 dianapolis. In this excellent institution he prose- 
 cuted higher studies for two years (1892-3) and 
 while at the university he became affiliated with and 
 was a popular member of the Rho chapter of the 
 Sigma Chi fraternity. After leaving college, Mr. 
 Kettenbach returned to Lewiston and assumed a 
 clerical position. At the time of his father's death 
 he succeeded to the control and management of 
 extensive interests developed by his father and 
 through his own ability and well directed endeavors 
 has greatly extended the scope of the same, besides 
 identifying himself with various other lines of en- 
 terprise that have aided in conserving the general 
 advancement and prosperity of his home city and 
 state. He has served ten years as president of the 
 Lewiston National Bank, of which his father was 
 the founder and the president until his death. He 
 is a large holder of real estate in and about Lewiston, 
 and is also the owner of timber lands in Clearwater 
 county, this state, the same being principally white 
 pine stumpage lands. He is a member of the di- 
 rectorate of the Bank of Camas Prairie, at Grange- 
 ville, Idaho county, and his loyalty to the state that 
 has been his home from his infancy is of the most 
 insistent type, marked by high civic ideals and dis- 
 tinctive liberality and public spirit. 
 
 In politics, especially in the recent period of 
 chaotic conditions in the manoeuvering of political 
 forces, Mr. Kettenbach was not restrained by partisan 
 dictates, esteeming the principles above the candi- 
 date and giving his support to men and measures 
 meeting the approval of his judgment. He con- 
 siders Hon. William E. Borah, late United States 
 Senator, and Governor James H. Hawley as having 
 been the two foremost men in Idaho in recent years. 
 Mr. Kettenbach enjoys unequivocal popularity in his 
 home city and in other parts of the state, within 
 whose borders he is well known, and he is affiliated 
 with Lewiston Lodge No. 896, Benevolent and Pro- 
 tective Order of Elks, besides which he is also a 
 valued member of the Elks Club, the Lewiston Com- 
 mercial Club, the Idaho- Washington Development 
 League, the Lewiston Athletic Club, and the Multna- 
 nomah Athletic Club in the city of Portland, Oregon. 
 Both he and his wife are communicants of the Prot- 
 estant Episcopal church and are zealous in the affairs 
 of the local parish of the Church of the Nativity. 
 

 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1145 
 
 Mr. Kettenbach is one who has always taken a 
 most lively interest in athletics and out-of-door 
 sports in general. He was identified in an active 
 way with the althletic affairs of Butler University 
 while a student therein, and was found arrayed on 
 its football and baseball teams, as well as one of 
 its representatives in track work. At the present 
 time he enjoys tennis and baseball and as an active 
 participant is usually to be found in "good form," 
 though the exactions of his many business interests 
 do not permit him to go in extensively for athletics. 
 He is fond of horses and indulges in equestrian ex- 
 ercise and driving, the while he is not unappre- 
 ciative of the advantages of the automobile, one 
 of which he keeps in commission. He also finds 
 diversion in occasional hunting and fishing trips 
 in the majestic mountains and beautiful valleys and 
 streams of Idaho and adjoining states, and his deep 
 interest in his home commonwealth is indicated by 
 his membership in the North Idaho Pioneer Asso- 
 ciation. 
 
 At Lewiston, on the I7th of October, 1895, was 
 solemnized the marriage of Mr. Kettenbach and Miss 
 Mary Jane White, who was born at Silcott Ferry, six 
 miles down the Snake river from Lewiston, in the 
 state o*f Washington, and who is a daughter of 
 Daniel M. and Elizabeth (Ruddy) White, who were 
 numbered among the earliest pioneers of Idaho. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Kettenbach are most prominent and pop- 
 ular factors in the leading social activities of Lewis- 
 ton, and their beautiful home is brightened by the 
 presence of three children, Elizabeth Leroy, aged 
 sixteen years ; Sallie Mary, thirteen years old, and 
 Wilhelmine Dudie, aged five years. 
 
 HON. DREW W. STANDROD. As one of the leading 
 figures in fiscal circles of the state and a lawyer 
 who has long enjoyed a wide prominence in his 
 legal capacity, Hon. Drew W. Standrod, is espe- 
 cially deserving of mention in a work partaking of 
 the nature and purpose of this historical and 
 biographical publication. 
 
 Drew W. Standrod was born in Rock Castle, 
 Kentucky, on the rath day of August, 1859, and is 
 a son of Dr. Samuel and Elvira (Campbell) Stand- 
 rod, both natives of the same state. Dr. Samuel 
 Standrod was for years a physician and surgeon 
 at Rock Castle, and a man of many worthy traits 
 of heart and mind. He was a son of Basil and 
 Rebecca (Rogers) Standrod, and the family is one 
 of German extraction, and of old Colonial stock. 
 Elvira Standrod, the mother of the subject, died 
 as a victim of the cholera scourge in 1873, when she 
 was in the height of her young womanhood, being 
 but thirty-three years of age when death claimed 
 her. After the breaking up of the home by the 
 death of the mother, Dr. Standrod moved to 
 the western states and for some years made his 
 home in Malad, Idaho, where he died in the six- 
 tieth year of his life, in 1885. Three of the seven 
 children born to Dr. and Mrs. Standrod reached 
 years of maturity, and only two of the three are 
 now jiving: Drew W. and Mrs. Frances Nicholas, 
 a resident of Ogden City, Utah. 
 
 The public schools of his native county supplied 
 the preliminary mining of Mr. Standrod, after 
 which he was a student at Cadiz Institute, Kentucky, 
 and he was graduated therefrom with the class of 
 1880. He had been there preparing himself for the 
 legal profession, and when he was graduated was 
 straightway admitted to the bar. He came to Idaho 
 soon after and took up the practice of law in Malad 
 City, then the county seat of a large section of the 
 state. 
 
 From the beginning Mr. Standrod's work at- 
 tracted favorable notice, and as early as 1886 his 
 ability was recognized in a public manner in his 
 election to the office of district attorney, in which 
 he succeeded himself two years later. So well did 
 he acquit himself in his performance of duty in 
 that office that in 1890 he was elected district judge 
 for the Fifth Judicial District of the state. In that 
 office so apt were his decisions and so apparent his 
 insight into questions of jurisprudence that he was 
 continued on the bench until 1899. 
 
 In 1895 Judge Standrod established a residence 
 in Pocatello, and when his services upon the judicial 
 bench were terminated, he opened an office in the 
 city and once more engaged in legal practice, and 
 here he has since continued. Judge Standrod has 
 evinced an especial versatility in his talents, and has 
 proven himself no less a financier than a legist and 
 jurist. 
 
 When he was first elected to the bench, Judge 
 Standrod's district, it should be stated, included all 
 the territory in Southern Idaho now embraced with- 
 in the counties of Oneida, Bingham, Bannock, Fre- 
 mont, Lemhi, Custer and Bear Lake, and it was 
 for his greater convenience in reaching all portions 
 of his district that he moved his residence from 
 Malad City to Pocatello. 
 
 Among numerous other things of which the Judge 
 has every reason to manifest a pride is the fact that 
 he was a member of Idaho's Constitutional Conven- 
 tion bearing upon statehood. After he left the bench 
 of the Fifth Judicial District and turned his atten- 
 tion to practice, he formed a partnership with his 
 present associate, Mr. Terrell, and they practice 
 today under the firm name of Standrod & Terrell. 
 Judge Standrod is an ambitious student, and keeps 
 pace with the most progressive men in his profes- 
 sion, the firm enjoying a clientege of more than 
 ordinary character. 
 
 Judge Standrod has manifested extraordinary 
 enterprise and ability in financial circles of the 
 Northwest, and especially so in the section known 
 as the inter-mountain country, while his services in 
 Southern Idaho financial activities have also been 
 in demand. He is interested with his partners in 
 that enterprise, J. N. Ireland, W. G. Jenkins and 
 D. L. and L. L. Evans, in eleven banking institutions 
 in the inter-mountain country. Nine of these banks 
 are rated among the strongest national and private 
 financial institutions in the state of Idaho, and re- 
 flect the high standing and general integrity of the 
 men who have their affairs in charge. 
 
 In 1897 the five partners bought the First National 
 Bank of Pocatello, and Judge Standrod was elected 
 vice-president, to the presidency of which he has 
 since succeeded. Later he became president of the 
 D. W. Standrod & Company's Bank of Blackfoot, 
 and he is also a director of the private bank of J. N. 
 Ireland & Company at Malad City, the D. L. Evans 
 & Co. Private Bank of Albion, the W. G. Jenkins 
 & Company bank at Mackay, the Evans State Bank 
 at American Falls, the Bank of Commerce at Arco. 
 The Judge also has a liberal block of stock in the 
 State Bank of Downey and he is the executive head 
 of the First Savings Bank of Pocatello. In Utah 
 he is. with his banking associates, interested in the 
 Commercial National Bank of Ogden and the Na- 
 tional City Bank of Salt Lake City. 
 
 Like many another of the men of affairs in 
 professional and business circles of the west, Judge 
 Standrod has been the encourager and promoter of 
 nmver and water projects In southern Idaho he 
 has aided such public utilities at American Falls. 
 Montpelier and Downey. More recently his excep- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 tional legal abilities and his keen financial and busi- 
 ness judgment were again levied upon by the state, 
 when at the urgent request of Gov. John M. Haines, 
 Judge Standrod accepted an appointment as a mem- 
 ber of Idaho's first Public Utilities Commission, his 
 appointment being for the long term of six years. 
 
 Judge Standrod stands upon the topmost round 
 of the ladder in the matter of his political standing 
 with the Republican party. In 1896 and in 1898 he 
 was a candidate for supreme judge and he made 
 an excellent showing. In 1900, a year when the 
 party in Idaho was beaten before the contest began, 
 lie was the standard bearer of his party in the 
 gubernatorial race. He has never failed to consist- 
 ently support the Republican party in all its cam- 
 paigns, both on the stump and with his pen, which 
 is an admittedly facile one, and there is no more 
 dignified or able campaigner in Idaho than he. 
 
 On September 24, 1888, Judge Standrod was 
 united in marriage with Miss Emma Van Wormer, 
 a native New Yorker and a daughter of John and 
 Nancy (Van Patten) Van Wormer, likewise natives 
 of that state, and representatives of the old Knicker- 
 bocker stock from which so many famous families 
 have sprung. Two children have been born to Judge 
 and Mrs. Standrod : Elvira Campbell and Drew 
 W., Jr. In 1906 their first born child, Cammie, was 
 suddenly stricken with a fatal disease, and she died 
 after a brief illness. 
 
 It is worthy of mention that Mrs. Standrod is 
 the descendant of one of the oldest families that 
 was established on the American continent prior to 
 the early days of the British Colonies, and to give 
 anything like a complete history of her family would 
 involve a history of the State of New York from the 
 early settlement of the Island of Manhattan down 
 to the time of British occupancy and past the Revo- 
 lutionary war period. 
 
 It is of record that Dominie Everhardus Bogardus, 
 the first settled minister of the New Netherlands, 
 came to America from Holland in 1633, together 
 with his friend, Governor Wouter Van T wilier, and 
 they arrived in New Amsterdam, founded the first 
 Dutch Reformed Church of the New World, and 
 of that church he remained the honored pastor until 
 lie met his death by accidental drowning on Sep- 
 tember 27, 1647. His American residence and stables 
 were located on what is now Broad street, in New 
 York city. Out of this family in a later generation 
 came Rev. Cornelius Bogardus, founder and pastor 
 of the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady, 
 New York, and from that worthy gentleman the 
 line of descent is directly and readily traced to 
 Mrs. Standrod. 
 
 The first American ancestor of Mrs. Standrod on 
 the paternal side was Casper Van Wormer, also 
 one of the earliest Hollanders to settle in the Hud- 
 son River valley. He married Eva Van Dyke, 
 whose parents came from Holland, and were of 
 the same family as was Fiscal Van Dyke, who was 
 the Colonial treasurer of the New Netherlands and 
 one of the two associates of Governor Peter 
 Stuyvesant. 
 
 Captain John Van Patten, who was the maternal 
 grandfather of Mrs. Standrod, was an honored 
 officer in the Revolutionary war, and through inter- 
 marriage with the famous Conde family, of Hugue- 
 not blood, was united with the house of Van Patten, 
 and the great-grandmother of Mrs. Standrod was 
 Catalina Bogardus, who married Adam Conde. Thus 
 is established the ancestry of Mrs. Standrod and 
 the descendant of one of the oldest families extant 
 in America today. 
 
 HARLEY O. MILNER. The town and the district 
 of Twin Falls are comparatively new in their develop- 
 ment, and hardly ten years have passed since all 
 that section of the state was nothing more than 
 grazing land. It is now regarded as a center of 
 the finest industrial possibilities in Idaho, or any- 
 where in the West, and is rapidly growing both 
 in population and wealth. The leading spirit in 
 bringing about this development at Twin Falls is 
 Harley O. Milner, who deserves to be called a pi- 
 oneer, and was the first man in several important 
 local positions of service and responsibility, and 
 has had a large part in transforming this once sage- 
 brush area into a flourishing agricultural and com- 
 mercial district. 
 
 Harley O. Milner was born in Grant county, Wis- 
 consin, March 29, 1866, one of the five sons and 
 four daughters born to John and Salinas Bark 
 Milner. His father was a farmer, but for the last 
 ten years of his active career was engaged in the 
 lumber business in Cass county, Iowa. Three of the 
 children are still living. 
 
 Mr. Milner spent most of his boyhood at Atlantic, 
 Iowa, where he attended school, and at the age of 
 sixteen went out to northwest Iowa, and engaged 
 in ranching there and in Montana, and also spent 
 about eighteen months in buying cattle. Then at 
 the age of twenty, he went to Davenport, Iowa, 
 where * he completed his education. After leaving 
 school he formed a partnership and opened a bank 
 at Marne, Iowa, known as the Bank of Marne. 
 Eight months later he sold his interests to his 
 partner, and at Omaha, Nebraska, engaged in the 
 grocery business. That enterprise flourished for 
 eighteen months, and then in 1888 he went west to 
 Salt Lake City. For about two years he was clerk in 
 the old White House, at the end of which time he 
 opened an office and established himself in the 
 real-estate business. After two years he became 
 identified with the produce and commission trade, 
 with headquarters at 221 South Main street in Salt 
 Lake ^ City. After three years of experience in that 
 line, in 1894, ne moved to Mercur, Utah, and con- 
 ducted the Mercur Hotel for three years, finally sell- 
 ing out and going to Tuscarora, Nevada. There he 
 bought stock in the Dexter Mine, and had charge 
 of the Dexter Mill for four years. 
 
 From Nevada, Mr. Milner came to Milner, Idaho, 
 in November, 1902. At that time he built the 
 suspension bridge over the Snake river for his 
 brother, S. B. Milner. On June 17, 1904, he trans- 
 ferred his home to Twin Falls, and since that time 
 his name has been increasingly prominent in this 
 section. At Twin Falls he established the first 
 lumber yards, known as the Twin Falls Lumber 
 Company. On the opening of the town site he bought 
 the first real estate, lots one to sixteen in block 
 one hundred and thirty-one. He has the distinction 
 of having been the first postmaster appointed to the 
 Twin Falls office and kept the mail in his lumber 
 office and residence, which were adjoining buildings. 
 After five years in the lumber business he sold out, 
 in 1909, all his mercantile interests, and since that 
 time has devoted himself to his private affairs. In 
 1909 Mr. Milner built his present residence which 
 was one of the first modern homes to be con- 
 structed in Twins Falls. At Atlantic, Iowa, in Octo- 
 ber, 1890, he married Miss Lula Childs, a native of 
 Iowa, and a daughter of S. M. ( Childs, who was a 
 pioneer settler of Atlantic. Five children have been 
 born to their union, namely: Max B., Mary G, 
 Ruth A., John G. and one that died in infancy. 
 Mr. Milner is a stockholder and director in the 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1147 
 
 Twin Falls Bank and Trust Company, and a stock- 
 holder in the Twin Falls Land & Water Company. 
 In politics he is a Democrat, but has never held office 
 and has been too busy a man with his practical 
 affairs to seek place or popularity through politics. 
 
 HARRY WHITTIER. Although a resident of Moscow 
 for only a comparatively few years, Harry Whittier, 
 cashier of the Moscow State Bank, has already be- 
 come well and favorably known to the people of this 
 city through his connection with the bank. As the 
 practical head oi one of Latah county's strongest 
 banking institutions, he holds a prominent position 
 among the men who control the state's leading in- 
 dustries, and his reputation in the world of business 
 and finance is not confined to the limits of this local- 
 ity. Mr. Whittier was the first boy born in Whiting, 
 Iowa, his birth occurring on March 10, 1875, an< ^ 
 he is a son of Lyman and Jennie (McComb) 
 Whittier. His father, a native of Massachusetts, 
 removed to Iowa in 1873, and still resides at Whiting, 
 a town he himself founded. He served in the Union 
 army during the Civil war, was for thirty years 
 engaged in the general merchandise business, and 
 was recognized as a power in Republican politics, 
 serving in the Twenty-fifth General Assembly of 
 the Iowa state legislature, but at the present time is 
 living retired. He married Jennie McComb, a na- 
 tive of the Prairie state, who is an active church and 
 charitable worker. They had a family of seven 
 children, the two sons living in the West being 
 Harry, of Moscow, and Robert, vice president of 
 the Moscow State Bank, now of Spokane, but who 
 intends to make Moscow his home at a later date. 
 
 Harry Whittier received his education in the pub- 
 lic schools of Whiting, Iowa, following which he 
 took a course in a business college at Des Moines. 
 At the age of twenty years he began his business 
 career as a clerk in his father's store, soon there- 
 after assuming the management of the establish- 
 ment. After seven years of successful management 
 of the business, the store was disposed of and Mr. 
 Whittier associated" himself with the Castana Sav- 
 ings Bank, at Castana, Iowa, continuing his rela- 
 tions with this bank until 1911, at which time he 
 came West and assumed the management of the 
 Moscow State Bank, in the capacity of cashier. 
 
 Mr. Whittier is an able banker shrewd, alert, 
 resourceful yet at all times careful and cautious 
 in conserving his depositor's interests. Years of ex- 
 perience have caused him to rely on his own judg- 
 ment in matters of business, but propositions tend- 
 ing to safeguard the institution's moneys find in 
 him a ready listener. Essentially a business mart, 
 he devotes the greater part of his attention to the 
 manifold and arduous duties of his position, but he 
 will always be found willing to give time or means 
 to movements calculated to enhance the welfare of 
 his adopted city or its people. In his politics Mr. 
 Whittier is a Republican, and takes a good citizen's 
 interest in public affairs, believing that all men and 
 women should exercise their prerogative as voters. 
 A man who has traveled quite extensively, Mr. 
 Whittier is firm in his belief that Idaho has the 
 choicest land in* the Northwest, and he has not 
 been backward in expressing his opinion in this 
 respect. 
 
 In 1900 Mr. Whittier was married to Margaret 
 Elma Kenyon, of Onawa, Iowa. They have two 
 childrena boy, Lyman Kenyon, aged twelve years, 
 and a girl, Florence Virginia, now eight years of 
 age. Mrs. Whittier is the daughter of Dudley 
 Kenyon and his wife, of Onawa, Iowa, where she 
 was born and where she lived until her marriage. 
 
 CHARLES F. BORDEN. Born to parents who were 
 in moderate circumstances, and belonging to that 
 class of young Americans whose every faculty must 
 be excited to achieve distinction throughout the 
 stimulating friction of battling with difficulties, 
 Charles F. Borden, ex-mayor of Shoshone, Idaho, 
 and proprietor of the leading business of its kind 
 in Lincoln county, has from earliest boyhood given 
 evidence of the possession of those sterling traits 
 of industry and perseverance which, in the long run, 
 spell success. Like most successful men in the busi- 
 ness world, he has risen to the top through hard 
 work and conscientious application to the duties 
 given him to perform, coupled with the ability 
 to rise, meet and master situations. Mr. Borden 
 is a native of Nova Scotia, and was born December 
 19, 1865, a son of Charles H. and Charlotte Mary 
 (Wood worth) Borden, who were born in the Cana- 
 dian province. The father, up to his death on 
 May 4, 1913, lived retired in Nova Scotia, where 
 he- was for many years engaged in the carriage 
 building business there, and he was ever an active 
 church worker and a devout Christian, while the 
 mother, a woman of many virtues, died in 1902, at 
 the age of sixty-five. There were thirteen children 
 in their family, of whom Charles F. was the seventh 
 in order of birth. . 
 
 Charles F. Borden received his education in the 
 public schools of Nova Scotia, and as a boy worked 
 in his father's carriage building establishment, con- 
 tinuing to follow in that line until he left home at 
 the age of twenty years to come to the United States. 
 For two years he was engaged in the building 
 trade in Boston, Massachusetts, and spent one year 
 in the same line in New York City, then going to 
 Victoria, British Columbia, where he remained for 
 two years. During the fifteen years that followed 
 Mr. Borden was engaged in a carriage building 
 business in Salt Lake City, Utah, but in 1904 dis- 
 posed of his interests there and came to Shoshone, 
 where he established his present business, one which 
 has branched out to include operations in lumber, 
 implements and building materials, and which is the 
 largest concern of its kind in the county of Lin- 
 coln. He is widely known in business circles of 
 this part of the state, where he has a firmly estab- 
 lished reputation for upright business methods and 
 strict integrity. The high esteem in which he is 
 held by his fellow townsmen has been demonstrated 
 by his election to the office of mayor of Shoshone 
 for five years, and he is Republican state senator 
 at this time for the counties of Lincoln, Gooding 
 and Madoka. He is a member of the local Masonic 
 lodge, and his religious belief is that of the Metho- 
 dist church, of which his wife is also a member, 
 she likewise holding membership in the Ladies' 
 Aid Society of the church. Mr. Borden is a man 
 of the most worthy and admirable characteristics, 
 honor and integrity being the keynote of his makeup. 
 He is a great lover of horses, and he is also well 
 known in musical circles, having charge of the music 
 in the Methodist church here, while in Salt Lake 
 City he was leader of the church choir. Reading 
 is another of Mr. Borden's favorite pastimes, and 
 his private library is one of the finest in the city. 
 Mr. Borden states it as his firm belief that the 
 most important feature to be considered in Idaho- 
 is the extent of its resources. He believes that 
 they are unequalled, and that when they are fully 
 developed will surprise the entire country, it be- 
 ing his opinion that the electrice power alone in Lin- 
 coln county is a feature worthy of consideration by- 
 prospective investors. He has backed up his belief 
 in the future of the state by investing in realty, 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 while in all matters pertaining to the welfare of 
 the community he takes a prominent and influential 
 part. 
 
 On January i, 1900, Mr. Borden was married at 
 Salt Lake City, Utah, to Miss Lenora A. Parker, 
 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Parker, formerly 
 of Nova Scotia, but now resident of Salt Lake City. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Borden have seven children, of whom 
 five survive : Ross P ; Lois A. ; Leah M. ; Alice A. ; 
 and Charles F., Jr. Those now attending school are 
 Ross P., at Moscow, Idaho, in the State Unversity; 
 Lois A., about to gradaute from the Shoshone high 
 school ; and Leah M., attending the public schools of 
 Shoshone. 
 
 EVERETT P. SWANK. In every branch of industry 
 the growth and development of Buhl has been 
 phenomenal during the past several years, and the 
 present prosperity of the section is well represented 
 by the E. P. Swank Company, hardware and furni- 
 ture dealers, who conduct the largest business estab- 
 lishment in the city. The greater part of the credit 
 for the success of this company and its development 
 from a mediocre business into an enterprise of large 
 proportions is due to the able secretary, treasurer 
 and general manager, Everett P. Swank, a man who 
 has been the architect of his own fortunes in a 
 marked degree, and whose career has been one of 
 industry, perseverence and well-directed effort from 
 boyhood. 
 
 Mr. Swank was born at Pomeroy, Garfield county, 
 Washington, January 28, 1882, and when about six 
 years of age was taken to Seattle, in the same state. 
 There he continued the 'public school studies that 
 he had commenced in his native place, but when 
 he was eleven years of age his mother died and he 
 began to make his own way in the world. During 
 the next four years he wandered from place to 
 place, turning his hand to whatever occupation pre- 
 sented itself to a lad of his years, but when about 
 fifteen years of age he entered the employ of a 
 plumber, with whom he began to learn the plumbing 
 and heating business, and, being bright and am- 
 bitious, soon had mastered the trade. He then re- 
 sumed his travels, visiting various towns in the 
 West and Northwest working as a journeyman, but 
 in 1906 settled in Twin Falls, where he formed a 
 partnership with J. W. Beery, and under the firm 
 style of Beery & Swank opened a plumbing establish- 
 ment in that city. Mr. Swank continued in business 
 with Mr. Beery at Twin Falls until December, 1911, 
 at which time he came to Buhl to take over the 
 managament of the Parker Marshall Company, the 
 style of which has since been changed to the E. 
 P. Swank Company, with Mr. Swank as secretary, 
 treasurer and active directing head of the business. 
 Starting in a humble way, this establishment has 
 rapidly grown to be the largest and most important 
 industry in Buhl, handling a full line of hardware, 
 furniture and house furnishings, and maintaining 
 two stores. In the management of its affairs, Mr. 
 Swank has displayed business abilities of a high or- 
 der, and his associates have the utmost confidence 
 in his judgment and foresight. Enterprising and 
 progressive in his ideas on all subjects, he has been 
 ready at all times to support those movements pro- 
 moted to benefit Buhl or its people, his public spirit 
 causing him to liberally contribute of his time 
 and means to enterprises advancing the causes of 
 education, morality and good citizenship. He is a 
 valued member of the Buhl Commercial Club, and is 
 popular with the members of the Knights of Pythias, 
 being affiliated with the local lodge. Mr. Swank 
 
 takes no active part in political matters, but in the 
 past has supported the policies and candidates of 
 the Republican party. His religion is that of the 
 Congregational church, which his wife also attends. 
 On March 16, 1910, Mr. Swank was married at 
 Albion, Idaho, to Miss Charlotte Guiles, daughter of 
 Mr. and Mrs. George Guiles, of Albion, and to this 
 union there has been born one daughter : Delia 
 Fay. Like others who have met with success in 
 their ventures in this state, Mr. Swank waxes en- 
 thusiastic when discussing the future of Idaho. He 
 is one of his section's "boosters," believing that the 
 great advance during the past few years is indica- 
 tive of still further progress in the future and that 
 as the years pass by Idaho will take its rightful place 
 among the leading mineral and agricultural states of 
 the Union. 
 
 HARRY BECHTOLD, manager and proprietor of the 
 Troy Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company of Twin 
 Falls, is one of the foremost business men of the 
 city. He has been engaged in the laundry business 
 in one capacity or another during practically all his 
 business life, and he is perhaps the most practical and 
 competent laundryman doing business in the state 
 today. He enjoys a large and extensive patronage 
 and is firmly established financially and otherwise, 
 while he has one of the most up-to-date and complete 
 plants in the West. 
 
 A native of New York City, Harry Bechtold was 
 born on April 19, 1880, and in the great Eastern 
 metropolis lived until he was about twenty years 
 old. He was educated in the public schools of that 
 city, and when he was about fourteen years old 
 he earned his first money, and also gained his initial 
 laundry experience, while working in a laundry in a 
 minor capacity. His salary at that time was $3.50 
 a week, but he was ambitious and an apt pupil, 
 so that he steadily advanced and was soon able 
 to command a fair salary. He was with one firm in 
 that city, the Nonpareil Laundry, one of the largest 
 in the city, for more than five years. He began 
 at the bottom and when he severed his connection 
 with that firm to come West he was assistant man- 
 ager of the concern. After leaving New York 
 city the young man located in California, remaining 
 there for about five years, but traveling in many 
 of the Western states before he settled down to 
 work in California. While in that state, about five 
 years in all, he was employed in the capacity of 
 of manager in some of the largest establishments in 
 the West. In 1908 he came to Idaho, locating in 
 Twin Falls, and soon thereafter he established his 
 pVesent business. He has a fully equipped place, 
 recognized as one of the most modern plants in 
 the West, and he conducts one of the growing 
 concerns of the district. The establishment through- 
 out is one that would do honor to many a larger 
 city, and a more definite idea of the splendid equip- 
 ment of the plant may be had if some of its ap- 
 paratus be mentioned here. Among a great variety 
 of new and modern labor-saving machines may be 
 named the large new steam press machines, which do 
 away entirely with all friction and tearing of gar- 
 ments, unavoidable with the old-fashioned machines ; 
 a collar machine that will turn out twelve hundred 
 collars hourly ; a mangle that has a capacity of four 
 sheets per minute. The plant also is equipped with 
 a hurricane dry room as well as a conveyor dry room, 
 both of which work automatically, and it has a 
 new five-hundred-gallon hot-water heater, doing 
 away with all waste of water. It has five of the 
 latest model washers. It has an automatic feed 
 pump to keep water in boilers, etc. They own and 
 
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 operate their own soap making plant, and at present 
 a new building is in course of construction, 50 by 
 125 feet in size, and a carload of new machinery for 
 the plant has been ordered. In the new building, 
 there will be various improvements, and all depart- 
 ments will be enlarged to greater capacity. The 
 cleaning department especially will be developed 
 along broader lines, and will include vacuum clean- 
 ing of rugs, carpets, etc. Thirty people are em- 
 ployed in their present establishment, and when 
 they take possession of their new quarters, it is 
 estimated that at least forty people will be required 
 to handle the business of the plant. Mr. Bechtold 
 personally superintends the work of the establish- 
 ment, and is thoroughly conversant with every aspect 
 ind detail of the business, so that unsatisfactory 
 
 ct- or displeased patrons are out of the possi- 
 bilities. He is energetic, ambitious, and a man of 
 splendid character, who has in his brwf period 
 of residence in Twin Falls won to himself an enviable 
 
 :on ; n the business and social life of the cily 
 Mr. Bechtold is a member of the Presbyterian 
 church as is also his wife, and he is a member of 
 the Loyal Order of Moose, being secretary of the 
 lodge at present. He is independent in his political 
 views, taking no active part in the politics of his 
 district. 
 
 On January 6, 1906, Mr. Bechtold was united in 
 marriage at Riverside, California, to Sadie Brackett, 
 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Brackett, formerly 
 from Boston, Massachusetts. Two children have 
 been born to them : Ira C. and Ethel A. 
 
 FRED E. WONNACOTT. Both in his own person and 
 as a son of a noted pioneer, Fred E. Wonnacott, 
 whose name initiates this brief review, is a man of 
 importance among the citizens of Kootenai county. 
 Merchant, real-estate dealer and one-time public offi- 
 cial, in all these lines has he distinguished himself 
 for clear-headed intelligence and a fine sense of 
 equality and justice. 
 
 Although Idaho has been Mr. Wonnacott's home 
 since his attainment of his legal majority, he is a 
 native of Belleville, Ontario, Canada, where he was 
 born on November I, 1861. His parents were George 
 B. Wonnacott and Augustine Janey (Myers) Won- 
 nacott, the latter of whom lived m Belleville until 
 her death, which occurred when Frederick was but 
 a child. George Wonnacott, however, though a na- 
 tive son of Belleville, was sent on business for the 
 Hudson Bay Company across the border into Wash- 
 ington. In 1878 he came to Idaho. That was a very 
 early period in the settlement of this region, the 
 national military forces having just established a fort 
 at Coeur d'Alene. George Wonnacott, however, 
 found the place a desirable one for the establishment 
 of a mercantile business, which he conducted both 
 at Coeur d'Alene and Rathdrum, also engaging at 
 times in insurance soliciting and in work as an agent 
 for the Wells-Fargo Express Company. He is well 
 remembered as joint founder, with Marcus D. 
 Wright, of Kootenai county, which was organized 
 through their united efforts. George Wonnacott was 
 an official of great importance in the newly created 
 county. He serVed as county clerk, as clerk of the 
 district court and for many years as county com- 
 missioner. He was also one of Rathdrum's early 
 postmasters. His death occurred in 1894, his inter- 
 ests passing over into the hands of his widow, who 
 had been his second wife, and his son, Frederick B. 
 Wonnacott, the especial subject of this brief bio- 
 graphical review. 
 
 In 1882 Frederick E. Wonnacott had come to 
 
 Idaho to join his father and had entered the stores 
 of the latter as his father's assistant, gaining his 
 mercantile experience in the stores of both Coeur 
 d'Alene and Rathdrum. Having been thoroughly 
 initiated into the business, he was well prepared, 
 after his father's death in 1894, to take a leading 
 part in its conduct. With Mrs. Wonnacott, his step- 
 mother, and with James Roche and V. W. Sanders, 
 he proceeded to organize the Idaho Mercantile Com- 
 pany of Coeur d'Alene. Four years later he sold 
 out his interests in this nourishing concern and 
 established a mercantile business of a general nature 
 at the newly opened settlement of the Colville reser- 
 vation. After five years here he returned to Coeur 
 d'Alene, where he has continued to reside and to 
 conduct affairs of wide scope in real estate. These 
 activities are vested in a close corporation called the 
 Sherman Land Company, which he organized for the 
 special purpose of handling his personal holdings. 
 He has been very successful, being nevertheless dis- 
 tinguished for energy and fairness rather than for 
 the self-centered purpose that characterizes many 
 financially successful men. He has been fortunate in 
 the splendid openings that presented themselves to 
 him as a result of his father's early achievements, 
 and has been wise enough to make the most of 
 these. 
 
 Mr. Wonnacott is one of the leading Democrats 
 of this section, and has many earnest supporters 
 among the Democrats of Kootenai county. He be- 
 lieves that a public official should be a partisan before 
 election, but that after assuming the duties of his 
 office he should be impartial as a servant of the 
 public. He has been honored with the office of 
 county assessor, a civic position which he filled with 
 singular ability and a rare perception of the due 
 issues of taxation in all its differentiated phases. It 
 is said that during his incumbency the assessor's 
 office saw unexampled progress. He saw to it that 
 equitable assessment be made; he considered the 
 new cleared lands at an agricultural value; he had 
 expert valuation of timber lands made by deputies 
 who were timber specialists; he collected more than 
 enough taxes on formerly overlooked property to 
 pay the expenses of his administration ; he filed care- 
 ful records of all the new taxable property added 
 by the accession of the reservation ; he had placed 
 on record new tracings, from authorized surveyors, 
 of all county lands, with every portion of taxable 
 property marked, so that the public may at any time 
 have an accurate idea of the same; he also arranged, 
 by securing surety bonds from all county banks, to 
 permit the residents of the county to pay their taxes 
 locally instead of traveling to the county seat ; he 
 brought the school warrants up to par and brought 
 about a considerable reduction in the county's 
 indebtedness. Mr. Wonnacott modestly disclaims 
 more than a share in all this progress, but those 
 who are in a position to know say that it is a very 
 large share. Whether he continue to accept such 
 responsible office as this, or whether he give it into 
 another's hands, he will be given credit for having 
 maintained the true balance in this difficult and deli- 
 cate task during the time of his administration of 
 its duties. 
 
 Busy as he is, Mr. Wonnacott finds time for social 
 relaxation .in Kootenai Lodge No. 7, of the Knights 
 of Pythias, in which organization he has passed all 
 chairs. His religious interests attract his attention 
 to the Christian Science church, of which he is a 
 member, as is also his wife. Mrs. Wonnacott was 
 formerly Miss Martha Price, of St. Louis, Missouri, 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 and her marriage to Fred E. Wonnacott was solem- 
 nized on September 17, 1904. 
 
 Mr. Wonnacott is one of the most loyal citizens 
 of the state of Idaho. His faith in her material 
 future is largely based upon his recognition of her 
 great variety of natural resources. Having been a 
 resident here for more than thirty years, he has seen 
 small villages grow rapidly into mining and lumber 
 towns second to none in the West. Realizing that 
 these facilities may at some time fail the eager 
 settler, he sees in the varied opportunities for agri-= 
 culture, fruit growing and stock ranching, unlimited 
 and unceasing means of livelihood and wealth. 
 
 Mr. Wonnacott is much interested in the educa- 
 tional system of the state and looks to a high devel- 
 opment along that line. Few residents of the county 
 and state are more deeply interested in all that con- 
 cerns the welfare of the commonwealth and com- 
 munity than is Frederick E. Wonnacott. 
 
 FRANCIS MARION SCOTT. Scott's Ranch, a post- 
 office on the Idaho City stage route, is the home of 
 one of Idaho's oldest and most interesting pioneers 
 a genial, whole-souled bachelor and good citizen. 
 From the early sixties until he retired to the peace- 
 ful joys of his ranch, he was mixed up in trading, 
 mining, fighting Indians, and proving himself under 
 every and all circumstances a responsible, strong 
 and fearless frontiersman of the type so much 
 admired in the life of the old west. 
 
 Francis Marion Scott was born in Hardin county, 
 Kentucky, January 6, 1840. His parents were Wil- 
 liam H. and Mary Ann (Nafus) Scott, the father 
 a native of Tennessee, and the mother of Ken- 
 tucky. The father was a wheelwright by trade. 
 Among six children, the second, Francis Marion, 
 when three years old, went with his parents to 
 western Missouri, where they died, and then at the 
 age of fifteen years began his experience in the far 
 west. His first adventures were in New Mexico, 
 where for two years he was at work on the stock 
 range, and in freighting. Going back to Kansas, he 
 spent one winter there, and in 1858 crossed the 
 plains to Salt Lake. In 1860 he was in Colorado, and 
 during the greater part of this time was engaged 
 in freighting supplies to and from the large mining 
 camps and other settlements. When not engaged 
 in transportation work, he was on the stock range. 
 In 1862 Mr. Scott crossed the Idaho country 
 before the first discoveries of gold had attracted 
 settlement there, and continued on to Baker county, 
 .Oregon, where on his arrival he learned of the 
 recent discovery of gold in the Idaho Basin. That 
 brought him quickly back into the Idaho country, 
 and he settled near Emmett, where he established 
 a ferry-boat for the crossing of the Payette River, 
 and thus prepared to serve the great influx of set- 
 tlers who were streaming into the new gold area. 
 During the following winter he went out with 
 Captain Jesse Stanafer in fighting Indians. He con- 
 tinued as a freighter until 1867, making trips from 
 Umatilla to Idaho City, a distance of three hundred 
 miles. Since 1867 Mr. Scott's home has been in 
 the Boise Valley and in Boise county, and the greater 
 part of this forty-five years was spent in mining 
 and in teaming. In 1895 he moved to his present 
 place, which was the government homestead, and 
 has there developed a nice little ranch home, raising 
 alfalfa, and running a good bunch of cattle and 
 sheep. Mr. Scott has never married, and his life 
 has been so much one of action and adventure that 
 he has had little time to devote to domestic joys. 
 In politics he has been a staunch Democrat, and 
 has served his local community in the office of school 
 
 director. During the sixties and seventies he was 
 through all the Indian trouble, and there is prob- 
 ably not a phase of pioneer hardship described in 
 this history of Idaho with which Mr. Scott has not 
 been familiar by personal experience. His home is 
 a picturesque little country seat on the Idaho City 
 stage route, and in its development and comfort 
 represents the great advance made in half a cen- 
 tury since he first knew the Idaho country. 
 
 JAMES A. WAYNE, of Wallace, Idaho, countv at- 
 torney of Shoshone county, and prominent among 
 the representatives of his profession in this section, 
 is a native son of Michigan, born in Houghton, 
 Houghton county, on December 5, 1880. He is the 
 son of Benjamin Franklin and Mary (Quirk) 
 Wayne. The father was born in Pennsylvania, and 
 came west in early life, settling in Houghton, Michi- 
 gan. He was connected with the public schools of 
 the city in an early day. He was a veteran of the 
 Civil war, having served with the Twenty-fifth Wis- 
 consin Infantry, taking part in many important en- 
 gagements. He died in the town which had repre- 
 sented his home for many years, in 1887, and is there 
 buried. His wife was a native of the Isle of Man, 
 born in Douglas, and she met and married her hus- 
 band in Wisconsin. Her present home is in Spo- 
 kane, Washington. Nine children were born to 
 Benjamin F. Wayne and his good wife. Of that 
 number, James A. of this review is the youngest 
 born. 
 
 When James A. Wayne was eight years of age 
 he accompanied his parents to Alta, Iowa, living 
 there until 1889, then removing with them to Minne- 
 apolis, Minnesota, where they remained until 1904, 
 During that time Mr. Wayne attended the State 
 University and was graduated in law in 1903. In 
 the following year he came to Idaho, locating almost 
 immediately in Wallace, which place has ever since 
 represented the scene of his professional activities. 
 His professional labors have been crowned with 
 a more than ordinary degree of success, and his 
 ability has been recognized by his fellow citizens in 
 his election to the office of county attorney, as well 
 as in the generous practice which they have accorded 
 to him. His first election to that office came in 1908 
 and he is now serving his second term. He is a 
 member of the Shoshone County Bar Association, 
 and is popular among the legal fraternity. Mr. 
 Wayne is a Republican and takes an active part in 
 that party's affairs in the county. Fraternally, he is 
 a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order 
 of Elks, the Redmen and the Knights of Pythias, 
 and has filled all chairs in the latter society. 
 
 On September i, 1910, Mr. Wayne was united in 
 marriage at Mullan, Idaho, to Miss Alice M. Wade, 
 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Wade, resi- 
 dents of Mullan, Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Wayne may safely claim much of the credit 
 for his success thus far, for his education came to 
 him as the result of his own efforts, he, for the most 
 part, earning his way through school and college. 
 He was a stenographer before entering upon his col- 
 lege career, and in his work in that capacity earned 
 the money which made possible his higher educa- 
 tion. His life has not been all smooth sailing, but 
 his natural energy, his quickness of intellect and his 
 many fine inherent traits of character have con- 
 tributed largely to his worthy success. In speaking 
 of his professional labors, Mr. Wayne characterized 
 as the most pleasing incident in his legal career thus 
 far his decision from the Canadian court on the' 
 extradition of Bernard F. Oriel, in the famous bank 
 wrecking case, one which will go down in the legal 
 

HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 history of this part of the country as one of the most 
 important and hardest fought legal battles in the 
 state of Idaho. 
 
 ELTON BANE ROGERS, M. D., a young physician and 
 surgeon who has but recently located at Winchester, 
 Idaho, for the practice of his profession, has made 
 a thorough preparation for his life work by a full 
 collegiate education and a complete medical training, 
 including a year of practical preparation as a hos- 
 pital interne. Idaho is exceptionally favored in the 
 number of men of attainments that are to be found 
 in its professional ranks, and the state ever extends 
 a hearty welcome to the young man of ambition 
 and character, and such a one Dr. Rogers has proved 
 to be. 
 
 He was born May 27, 1877, at Bloomington, Illi- 
 nois, and lived in that city until about fourteen years 
 of age, when he accompanied his parents to Bag- 
 ley, Iowa, where he continued on the parental farm 
 until about 1897, acquiring in the meantime a high 
 school education at Bagley. In 1898 he enlisted at 
 DCS Moines, Iowa, in Company U of the Forty-ninth 
 Iowa Volunteer Infantry, for service in the Spanish- 
 American war, and participated with his regiment 
 in the Cuban campaign. His twin brother became a 
 member of the Fifty-first Iowa Infantry and served 
 in the Philippine Islands. At the conclusion of his 
 military service Dr. Rogers returned to Iowa and 
 became a student in the liberal arts department of 
 Simpson College at Inclianola, Iowa, from which in- 
 stitution he was graduated as a bachelor of arts. 
 He then matriculated in the medical department of 
 Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, where 
 he was graduated in 1907. He earned his own way 
 through the medical school and did so by employ- 
 ment in the circulation department of various of the 
 large newspapers of Chicago. After his graduation 
 as a medical student he spent about a year and a half 
 as an interne in the Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 
 to add practical experience to his preparation, and 
 also served in a similar capacity at McKeesport, 
 Pennsylvania, where he was connected professionally 
 with the United States Steel Company. From Penn- 
 sylvania he went to Deer Lodge, Montana, where 
 he was physician at the penitentiary one year, and 
 from there he came to Winchester, Idaho. Here he 
 is surgeon for the Craig Mountain Lumber Com- 
 pany and has charge of the Winchester hospital, and 
 he also is engaged in a general practice. He has 
 large natural abilities and these with the thorough 
 preparation he has made make his professional serv- 
 ices those of the most efficient order. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Knights of Pythias, the Phi Beta Pi col- 
 lege fraternity and the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary 
 medical fraternity. In politics he is independent and 
 beyond voting in accord with his convictions he 
 takes no other part in political affairs. Born and 
 reared in the rich Mississippi valley, where develop- 
 ment has long been on its way, and with experience 
 still farther east, he has had full opportunity to com- 
 pare locations and by choice Idaho will remain his 
 future home. Since he has been located here he has 
 returned twice to his old Iowa home and while each 
 visit has given him pleasure in renewing old friend- 
 ships, he has come back to Idaho each time feeling 
 that it is the better place. Among its attractions to 
 him are its fine climate, its treasures in the way of 
 resources and opportunities, and its certain future 
 as a prosperous commonwealth. 
 
 Dr. Rogers springs from noted ancestry, being a 
 descendant of John Rogers, who was born in 1500 
 and died in London in 1555 as a Christian martyr, 
 
 and being also a descendant of George Rogers Clark, 
 the American general and frontiersman who made 
 the conquest of the territory of the Northwest for 
 the colonies. His parents are Lucius and Eunice 
 (Freeman) Rogers, who were married in Blooming- 
 ton, Illinois, and are respectively natives of Michi- 
 gan and Illinois. The elder Mr. Rogers spent his 
 whole active career as a farmer but is now retired. 
 He has always taken much interest in politics and 
 has held various public offices in his county. 
 
 At Gap, Pennsylvania, on November 7, 1911, was 
 solemnized the marriage of Dr. Rogers and Mist 
 Catherine M. Shertz, daughter of Cyrus and Mary 
 Shertz, of Gap, Pennsylvania. 
 
 CHARLES L. SMITH. Civil engineering is a pro- 
 fession of peculiar significance in the West and one 
 of great importance through its bearing on the de- 
 velopment of the country. The natural features of 
 this great section, together with the insatiable de- 
 mand of western energy and genius for large ac- 
 complishments and those of the most advanced type, 
 such as in irrigation, requires the civil engineer to 
 be a man of foresight, keen judgment, with an ade- 
 quate technical knowledge and a large capacity for 
 absolute accuracy. One of the young and able rep- 
 resentatives of this profession in Twin Falls county, 
 Idaho, is Charles L. Smith, of Hollister. 
 
 Born on a farm near St. Peter, Minnesota, August 
 26, 1881, Mr. Smith was seventh in a family of eight 
 children that came to his parents, Dr. Johi\ W. Smith 
 and Cathryne Plant Smith. The father, a native of 
 Ireland, came to the United States when but a boy. 
 He traveled much during his earlier career and 
 finally settled in Spokane, Washington, where he now 
 resides and is a prominent physician. Cathryne 
 Plant was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and be- 
 came the wife of Dr. Smith in Minnesota. Reared 
 on the farm, Charles L. received his earlier educa- 
 tion in the public schools of St. Peter, Minnesota, 
 and was still a youth when he began to study along 
 the line of his chosen profession. When about 
 twenty-two years of age he came West, locating first 
 in Washington, where for about two years he fol- 
 lowed engineering in connection with railroad work. 
 Following that one year was spent in California in 
 the same line of work, and from there he came to 
 Idaho. That was in 1907 and he has since remained 
 a resident of this state. Locating first at Twin Falls, 
 he remained there but a short time, however, and 
 then went to Wendell, Idaho, where another year 
 was spent in railroad work. From Wendell he re- 
 turned to Hollister, Twin Falls county, where for 
 two years he was employed in engineering work for 
 the Twin Falls Salmon River Land and Water Com- 
 pany. At the end of that period he resigned this 
 position to take up the private practice of civil 
 egineering and has become recognized as one of 
 the strong men in this profession in Twin Falls 
 county, being frequently called into professional con- 
 sultations there. The gratifying professional stand- 
 ing Mr. Smith has acquired is wholly the premium 
 of his own attainment and merit. While in Wash- 
 ington he had the advantages of a course at the 
 Washington Agricultural College, Pullman, Wash- 
 ington, but aside from this he has climbed steadily 
 upward toward efficiency by dint of his own perse- 
 vering effort, availing himself of every opportunity 
 that presented itself for self-study and advancement. 
 He gives recreation a due place in his life and enjoys 
 the different forms of healthful outdoor sports, espe- 
 cially hunting and riding, and takes no less pleasure 
 in the different social and cultural diversions. To 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 him Idaho, in all general respects, is the best state 
 in the Union, and he feels certain that it has a great 
 future before it. Politically Mr. Smith is independ- 
 ent in his views and in the exercise of his voting 
 power is guided by his own convictions. Fraternally 
 he is associated with the Modern Woodmen of 
 America and the Knights of Columbus. 
 
 GRANT W. PENDLETON, M. D. It is gratifying to 
 be able to present within the pages of this work 
 specific mention of so large a quota of the repre- 
 sentative physicians and surgeons of Idaho, and well 
 entitled to such consideration is Dr. Pendleton, who 
 is engaged in the successful practice of his profes- 
 sion at Idaho Falls, the judicial center of Bonneville 
 county, and who is also the owner of an excellent 
 ranch property in this county. The attractions and 
 advantages of Idaho are fully and appreciatingly 
 estimated by him and no citizen is more loyal or 
 public-spirited. 
 
 Dr. Pendleton was born at Blackhawk, Gilpin 
 county, Colorado, on the 3d of June, 1864, and this 
 date shows most emphatically that he is a repre- 
 sentative of one of the pioneer families of that state, 
 even as it gives reason for his possessing in a full 
 measure the progressive spirit that commonly marks 
 the native sons of the great West. He is a scion 
 of a family whose name has been identified with 
 American annals since the early colonial era, and 
 the lineage is traced back authoritatively to the year 
 1566. James Howard Pendleton, father of the doc- 
 tor, was born at Eastport, Maine, on the i6th of 
 June, 1834, and died at Boulder, Colorado, on the 
 I7th of December, 1911. He was a pioneer settler 
 in Iowa, as was he also in Colorado, and he had 
 his full quota of experiences in connection with 
 frontier life. In 1860 he crossed the plains from 
 Iowa to Denver, Colorado, with an ox team, and 
 was accompanied by his entire family. He became 
 one of the well known and highly honored citizens 
 of Colorado, where he was for many years engaged 
 in business as a contractor and builder. At West 
 Union, Union county, Iowa, in April, 1856, was sol- 
 emnized his marriage to Miss Susan E. Eggleston, 
 who was born at Simcoe, province of Ontario, Can- 
 ada, on the 3Oth of December, 1839, and who was 
 a girl at the time of her parents' immigration to 
 Iowa, in the early pioneer days. She passed the 
 closing years of her life at Idaho Falls, Idaho, where 
 she died on the 3ist of August, 1898. Of the chil- 
 dren one son and three daughters are now living. 
 Dr. Pendleton received his preliminary education 
 in the public schools of Boulder, Denver and Idaho 
 Springs, Colorado, and supplemented this by a full 
 course in the medical department of the University 
 of Denver, in which he was graduated on the 3d of 
 April, 1888, with the well earned degree of doctor 
 of medicine. His professional novitiate was served 
 at Leadville, in his native state, but after the lapse 
 of two months he decided to identify himself with 
 the embryonic state of Idaho, which was not ad- 
 mitted to the Union until about two years after he 
 had established his home at Idaho Falls, which little 
 village was then known as Eagle Rock. Here he 
 located on the 3d of June, 1888, and it must be con- 
 fessed that the village, which was scattered over 
 the prairie and which could claim not more than 
 two hundred inhabitants, gave but little evidence of 
 becoming the thriving and attractive little city which 
 it stands today. Dr. Pendleton thus became one 
 of the pioneer physicians of this section of the state, 
 and is today, in point of practice in a continuous 
 way, the oldest representative of his profession in 
 
 this thriving and progressive district. In the early 
 days his work was most arduous, as he ministered 
 to the settlers on the distant ranches, traversing the 
 country during the storms of winter and the heat 
 of summer and showing the deepest solicitude for 
 those in affliction and distress. His fidelity and 
 able service gave him secure place in the confidence 
 and affectionate regard of the people of this new 
 country, and thus it is not strange that he is a 
 valued guide, counselor and friend to many of the 
 old and representative families of Bonneville and 
 adjoining counties. With the passing of years Idaho 
 Falls became a thriving business center and the prac- 
 tice of Dr. Pendleton has continued to be of the 
 most substantial and representative order, the while 
 no citizen is better known or held in higher esteem 
 in this part of the state. He became a member of 
 the county board of pharmacy of Bingham county 
 on the loth of May, 1893, before the admission of 
 the state to the Union, and was city physician of 
 Eagle Rock (Idaho Falls) in 1889-90. It may be 
 noted that the city that has long been his home is 
 the present capital of Bonneville county, which was 
 constituted in its present form in 1910. 
 
 Taking a lively interest in all that touches the 
 progress and prosperity of his home city, county 
 and state, Dr. Pendleton is independent of strict 
 partisan lines in local affairs of a public order, but 
 in a generic way is a supporter of the cause of the 
 Democratic party, whose present ascendancy he 
 views with satisfaction. He is affiliated with the 
 Woodmen of the World, the Modern Woodmen of 
 America, as well as the adjunct organizations, the 
 Women of Woodcraft and the Royal Neighbors, and 
 also holds membership in the United Artisans. He 
 and his wife hold membership in the Seventh Day 
 Adventist church. 
 
 The family home is one of 'the attractive and 
 hospitable domiciles of Idaho Falls, and in Bonne- 
 ville county the doctor also owns a valuable ranch 
 of 320 acres, which he is developing and upon which 
 he is making the best of permanent improvements. 
 He has been an earnest and faithful worker in his 
 profession and has kept in touch with the advances 
 made in both medicine and surgery. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Bonneville County Medical Society. 
 
 Reverting to the ancestry of Dr. Pendleton, it may 
 be stated that he is a grandson of Isaac Gilkey 
 Pendleton and Mary (Jameson) Pendleton, the for- 
 mer of whom was born at Islesboro, Waldo county, 
 Maine, in November, 1794, and the latter of whom 
 was born in West Isles parish, New Brunswick, 
 Canada, on the 4th of June, 1793. Isaac G. Pendle-- 
 ton followed the trade of ship carpenter at Eastport, 
 Maine, and finally removed to the city of Cleveland, 
 Ohio, where he died on the I5th of September, 1855. 
 Mrs. Mary (Jameson) Pendleton, who was a daugh- 
 ter of John Alexander and Elizabeth (Bonney) 
 Jameson, died on the 3d of March, 1816, in the state 
 of Maine. 
 
 At Pocatello, Idaho, on the i8th of December, 
 1896, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Pendleton 
 to Miss Olive Eldora Johnson, who was born at Mt. 
 demons, Iowa, and who is a daughter of William 
 A. and Jane Elizabeth (Morrison) Johnson. Mrs. 
 Johnson resides in Seattle, Washington, and Mr. 
 Johnson lives in Santa Monica, California. In con- 
 clusion are entered the names of the children of Dr. 
 and Mrs. Pendleton, with respective dates of birth : 
 Francis Wallene, February 23, 1898; Emerald Grant- 
 zena, March 8, 1900; Oliver Howard Wallace, March 
 21, 1901 ; Harlan Douglass, June 28, 1902 ; Favorite, 
 December 2, 1903 ; Forrest Luther, December 24, 
 1904; Garold Warren, May 14, 1906, and Horace Jay 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1153 
 
 Wesley, February i, 1909. The doctor and his wife 
 are also rearing in their ideal home an adopted son, 
 Alton Ross, who was born October 27, 1905. 
 
 JOHN W. SEE. Possessing varied and thorough 
 accomplishments and ability to perform valuable 
 service to his community, Mr. John W. See, now 
 in business at Burley, has been identified with south- 
 ern Idaho since 1904- At the present time he has a 
 large practice as architect, and with the rapid de- 
 velopment of this section of country his services are 
 coming more and more into demand. 
 
 Mr. See is a Nebraskan by birth and early rear- 
 ing. He was born at Pleasant Hill in that state on 
 October 28, 1882, and at the age of twenty-two, hav- 
 ing fitted himself by thorough training, he came to 
 Idaho. His first enterprise in this state was the tak- 
 ing up of a homestead near Heyburn, and that is still 
 his family residence, though Burley is his office and 
 business address. For six years he was also in the 
 employ of the government as an irrigation engineer 
 in this district, and on leaving that service estab- 
 lished his office as architect. He is the leader in his 
 line of work and has the choice of the business over 
 the large area comprised in Cassia and Lincoln 
 counties. 
 
 A boyhood of self-reliant effort was the excep- 
 tional training which Mr. See had for a career. 
 When he was eleven years old his father died, and 
 as his two older brothers were married it devolved 
 on him to take charge of the farm, which he success- 
 fully managed until he was sixteen. In the mean- 
 time he had attended the local public schools and 
 also high school in Lincoln, and then entered the 
 Nebraska State University, where he pursued the 
 technical studies required in his prospective line of 
 work. 
 
 On Christmas day of 1907, at Rupert, Idaho, Mr. 
 See married Miss Emma Wilhelm, whose parents, 
 Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wilhelm, were formerly of Ore- 
 gon. Mr. and Mrs. See are the parents of two 
 daughters, named Kathryn W. and Robinette. 
 
 Mr. See was reared in a good Methodist family, 
 but is not active in this church. He is a prominent 
 member of the local Masonic lodge and has filled all 
 the chairs of the Modern Woodmen of America. He 
 is a worker for Republican party success, and his 
 list of friends includes all the prominent political 
 leaders of Idaho. 
 
 During his college career he was known for his 
 skill in football and tennis, and is still fond of those 
 sports, as indeed of all outdoor recreations. At his 
 home he has a good private library, and finds both 
 profit and entertainment in reading along technical 
 and political lines. Of his home state he has seen a 
 good deal, and whether considered from its political, 
 social, educational or agricultural aspects, Idaho is, 
 in his judgment, the equal of any state in the Union. 
 
 WILLIAM B. KELLY. Untiring industry and a de- 
 termination to succeed were the chief elements in 
 the success of William B. Kelly. He was a resident 
 of Lincoln county before the town of Gooding, 
 where he now lives, was founded, and he was among 
 the first to secdre property rights in the town. Mr. 
 Kelly has had a hard struggle with every sort of 
 misfortune, and in spite of it all his cheery optimism 
 has remained with him. He can look back on the 
 days when he scarcely knew where his next meal 
 was coming from, sometimes because he had no 
 money to pay for it, and again because he was so 
 far from civilization that such a thing as a civilized 
 meal was undreamed of. The blood of pioneers runs 
 
 in his veins, for his father and mother were pioneers 
 before him, and he inherited from them the charac- 
 teristics which make the pioneer the conquerer not 
 only of the soil but of all obstacles in the way of 
 success. 
 
 William B. Kelly was born in Union, in Salt Lake 
 county, Utah, on the 2jrd of December, 1865. His 
 father was William B. Kelly, and his mother was 
 Jane (Turpin) Kelly. Both of his parents crossed 
 the plains in the covered wagons of the early settlers 
 and settled in Utah when the country was wild in- 
 deed. His father was a native of Illinois and his 
 mother was born in Virginia, their marriage taking 
 place in Utah. Mr. Kelly, Sr., was a prominent 
 farmer in Utah, having specialized in the raising of 
 fruits and owning one of the finest orchards in the 
 section. He died at the age of sixty-eight, and his 
 wife has also passed away. Four children were 
 born to this couple, one of whom is dead. William 
 B. Kelly is the eldest; George Melton Kelly is a 
 prosperous contractor of Salt Lake City, Utah ; 
 James Curtis Kelly, who died in California, was a 
 successful merchant in Pocatello; Clarence Kelly, 
 the youngest, is a railroad man, in the employ of the 
 Oregon Short Line Railroad Company. 
 
 Times were hard and it was difficult to make a 
 living, much less to give children an education, dur- 
 ing those early days in Utah, when William B. Kelly 
 was growing up, so he received very little schooling, 
 a fact he has always regretted, but which he has 
 atoned for, by his own study and reading, till today 
 he is better informed than many men with twice his 
 advantages. He left his home at the age of eleven, 
 and after a time began to mine and prospect about 
 on his own account, and for eleven years he led this 
 wandering life, sometimes successful, more often 
 not, but always the life was hard, and he ever felt 
 the strongest desire to settle down somewhere. His 
 wanderings took him over Montana, Idaho and 
 Utah, but he finally in 1887 found an opportunity to 
 locate permanently. He took up a relmquishment 
 on a ranch in Lincoln county, Idaho, on the Little 
 Wood river, and here he set to work to make a home 
 and a comfortable living at least. The enterprise 
 fortunately required little capital, but it did require 
 hard work and courage and determination to suc- 
 ceed. In his struggle to make a success of his ranch, 
 he laid the foundations for that strong character 
 which later enabled him to take his place beside the 
 leaders of the town of Gooding. He became in time 
 a very successful rancher and stockman, and upon 
 the opening up of Gooding, he had become so suc- 
 cessful that he had plenty of money to invest in the 
 enterprise. He therefore bought an excellent site 
 for a hotel and another for a livery stable. He built 
 both of these structures and conducts both busi- 
 nesses, prosperity in both lines having been his well 
 deserved fortune. In addition he also operates his 
 ranch, which is constantly becoming of more value, 
 both on account of its location and on account of 
 the increasing land values of the whole county. 
 
 Mr. Kelly's popularity in the county is unbounded, 
 and knowing him so well the people have the greatest 
 confidence in his judgment and also in his desire for 
 the prosperity of the whole county. They showed 
 this when they elected him county commissioner. 
 He has always been a staunch Republican and has 
 been a valuable aid to his party on many occasions. 
 
 Mr. Kelly was married to Miss Nina Severe, a 
 native of Utah, on the i7th of April, 1892. Mrs 
 Kelly is a daughter of Lyman Severe and Malinda 
 (McKintosh) Severe. They are the parents of four 
 children: Ralph, Bertha, Emmett and Florence. 
 
 Knowing the hampering effects of being without 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 a thorough education, one of Mr. Kelly's greatest 
 desires is to give his children the best education that 
 is possible. His eldest son, Ralph, is a graduate of 
 the University of Idaho, located at Pocatello, and he 
 will continue his education at another university, 
 probably in the East, which has not as yet been de- 
 cided upon. 
 
 HARRY E. BARRETT. Holding prominent position 
 among the leading men of Wendell, Idaho, as well 
 as of the country round about, is Harry E. Barrett, 
 president of the First National Bank, of Wendell. 
 The success of this bank, now well assured, is due 
 in large measure to the foresight of Mr. Barrett, 
 who was quick to realize the need of some sort of 
 financial institution in the new town, and he delayed 
 but little in establishing the First National Bank. 
 He has since then engineered the destinies of the 
 concern in a manner to win him not only the admi- 
 ration of his associates, but to bring prosperity to 
 the bank as well. It is regarded today as one of the 
 most reliable and substantial institutions in the 
 county, and under the guidance of Mr. Barrett, who 
 is manifestly progressive in his ideas and methods, 
 is fast forging to the front. Mr. Barrett's well 
 known devotion to modern methods is everywhere 
 evident in his other business interests, even more 
 than in his financial activities, a certain well planned 
 conservatism marking his conduct of the bank, which 
 is entirely as it should be. 
 
 Harry E. Barrett was born on August 28, 1869, in 
 Indiana county, Pennsylvania, and is the son of 
 Spencer P. and Anna (Elkins) Barrett. The father 
 was born in Pennsylvania, and there grew to man- 
 hood, becoming a farmer and spending some years 
 of early manhood in his native state. In 1874 he 
 sold his farm and came West, settling in Potta- 
 watomie county, Kansas, where he became a pros- 
 perous ranch and stock man, and living there for 
 many years. He also purchased farm lands in other 
 sections of the state and became a property owner 
 in Lawrence, Kansas. These latter properties he 
 retained when he decided to go West, but he sold 
 all his Ppttawatomie county holdings. This move 
 he made in 1909, locating in Lincoln county, Idaho, 
 where he purchased a ranch. His property has 
 since then increased very materially through his wise 
 and efficient management, and he himself has be- 
 come a widely known and highly respected citizen 
 of Lincoln county, where he now lives with his fam- 
 ily. The mother was born in Ireland, and came to 
 America with her parents at the age of seven years. 
 They became the parents of eight children, six of 
 whom are living. Of these Harry E. Barrett is the 
 second eldest. William Barrett was for six years a 
 missionary to Korea, being a minister of the Presby- 
 terian church. He now resides in South Dakota. 
 Arthur P. Barrett is also a minister of the Presby- 
 terian faith, and was for five years a missionary in 
 Siam, but is now residing in Pratt, Kansas. Both 
 brothers were forced to resign from the foreign field 
 service because of their loss of health. Frank P. 
 Barrett is a practicing physician. Elsie Barrett is a 
 teacher in the public schools of Wendell. George 
 Barrett is professor of chemistry and physics at the 
 Lewiston high school, at Lewiston, Idaho. 
 
 The early education of Harry E. Barrett was ob- 
 tained in the schools of Kansas, where his parents 
 took up their abode when he was practically a babe. 
 He attended the Wamego high school, from which 
 he was graduated, and whence he went to Campbell 
 University, at Holton, Kansas. He later attended 
 Washburn College at Topeka, Kansas, and so at 
 the age of twenty-three he found himself equipped 
 
 with an excellent education. The first use he made 
 of his training was as a teacher in the public schools 
 of Pottawatomie county, where he remained for five 
 years. Although he was entirely successful in the 
 work, the life of a pedagog did not make a suffi- 
 ciently strong appeal to hold him to it indefinitely, 
 and when he was elected to the position of county 
 engineer, he willingly gave up his educational work. 
 He filled the position of county engineer for nine 
 years, then went to Seattle, Washington, where he 
 engaged in civil engineering for a year. Receiving 
 an offer as assistant cashier of the Payette National 
 Bank, Mr. Barrett accepted it, and here found the 
 work for which he was clearly adapted. He re- 
 mained in Payette until November 21, 1908, when he 
 came to Wendell at the opening of the town site, 
 and here became one of the organizers of the First 
 State Bank of Wendell. In 1909 this became the 
 First National Bank of Wendell, the name by which 
 it is now known. Mr. Barrett was cashier of the 
 First State Bank, and is president of its successor,, 
 as well as being the largest stockholder in the con- 
 cern. 
 
 In addition to his banking interests, Mr. Barrett 
 is a large land owner, possessing two fine ranches, 
 a considerable amount of city realty and a fine home 
 in Wendell. In Westmoreland, Kansas, Mr. Barrett 
 was for eight years a member of the directorate of 
 the Farmers' State Bank, and his experience there 
 has been invaluable in the years of his later identi- 
 fication with banks and banking. In politics Mr. 
 Barrett is a Republican, but not active in the party 
 ranks. He is a member of the Masonic order, of 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the 
 Modern Woodmen of America. 
 
 On June 28, 1898, Mr. Barrett was married to Miss 
 Bessie Leland, who was born in Kansas. They have 
 one daughter, Helen lone, born in May, 1910. 
 
 H. A. WITTHOFT & THEO. H. GATHE. These 
 capable gentleman are Teutonic Americans whose 
 thrift and good management might well be emulated 
 by many youths of our land. Their enterprises have 
 meant much and will continue to be of increasing 
 importance to citizens both of Pocatello and of the 
 new townsite of Inkom. Not only an outline of their 
 business careers, but also a brief view of their re- 
 spective biographical histories will be of interest to- 
 all who know them and to others who seek informa- 
 tion regarding Pocatello's influential men. 
 
 H. A. Witthoft, the senior member of this happy 
 partnership, was born on November 12, 1868, to A. M. 
 and Elisabeth Witthoft, of Kiel, Holstein, Germany. 
 The father was a successful merchant tailor of that 
 place, and he died when his son, the youngest of 
 a family of six children, was but three years of age. 
 His widow, however, still lives, and is a resident 
 of Kiel, Holstein. 
 
 At the age of eleven the lad emigrated with rela- 
 tives to this country and with them became a mem- 
 ber of the community of Clinton, Iowa. He was a 
 pupil in the Clinton schools until he reached the age 
 of seventeen, at which time he left school and at 
 once became interested in self-supporting industry. 
 He learned the meat-marketing business, which he 
 followed with encouraging success until the year 
 1000, and it was in that year that he joined forces 
 with Theo H. Gathe, concerning whose early life 
 and ancestry brief statements are recorded as 
 follows : 
 
 Theo H. Gathe is also a son of the German 
 Fatherland. He too was born in the famous Hol- 
 stein country, in the village of Krempel. near 
 
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HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1155 
 
 Lunden, the date of his birth being July 23, 1871. 
 His parents were of the agricultural population, the 
 father being Christian Henry Gathe, who was born 
 in 1832 and died in 1911, and the mother Dorothea 
 Caroline Hille, born in 1828 and died in 1892. Of 
 their fourteen children the eleventh was the son they 
 named Theo H., and who was destined to a life 
 -of commercial success in America. His early educa- 
 tion was pursued in the German schools, for he was 
 fifteen years of age when he took passage for the 
 United States. His later years of youth were spent 
 in Clinton, Iowa, where for a time he attended the 
 public schools. He then mastered the necessary 
 knowledge for the conduct of a meat business, and 
 at the age of twenty-three he went further west- 
 ward. San Francisco was at that time his chosen 
 location and in that great coast city he gained his 
 first experience as an independent business man. 
 For six years he conducted the Golden Gate Park 
 markets in the California metropolis, and it was at 
 the close of that period, when after a visit east, 
 he traveled in his own arranged overland car from 
 Chicago to Pocatello with two assistants on the 
 trip, stopping for fishing and hunting. It took five 
 months to make the trip. It was then that he made 
 arrangements with Mr. Witthoft, then in Pocatello, 
 to enter into a partnership in* that thriving town. 
 Thus was established the business tnat later devel- 
 oped into the Idaho Packing Company. This be- 
 came one of the substantial business institutions 
 of the city and it continued to flourish under the 
 management of Witthoft & Gathe, who sold the 
 retail markets after a dozen years of able manipu- 
 lation, but still continued the wholesale slaughtering 
 business. 
 
 In 1906 another enterprise was founded by the 
 firm of Witthoft & Gathe, that year marking their 
 building of the Commercial block of Pocatello, a 
 structure that is one of the most important hotel 
 and business blocks in the place. In 1911 the owners 
 extended and enlarged this group of buildings, which 
 now covers the entire ground space of the block, 
 partly shown in' this cut. 
 
 During their years of successful activity, Messrs. 
 "Witthoft and Gathe have conducted yet another en- 
 terprise which is proving to be the most significant 
 -of all. They had purchased for ranching purposes 
 a large tract of land on which grazed the large herds 
 of cattle which they used for their meat markets 
 and for the packing plant they then conducted. This 
 land was found to have every desirable facility for 
 settlement as a townsite, and to that purpose the 
 owners have subsequently devoted it. The future 
 town has been named Inkom, and its many attrac- 
 tions are leading numerous buyers to invest in lots 
 on the site. The nearness of the O. S. L. Railroad 
 station, with its ticket and freight office, and express 
 office besides; the general merchandise store and 
 postoffice; the school of already three rooms and 
 120 pupils, and the agricultural adaptability of the 
 region are among the many valuable features of 
 Inkom. The streets have been laid out with thought- 
 ful care, Main street being eightv feet wide and 
 all alleys twenty feet in width. Inkom is located 
 twelve miles southeast of Pocatello, and its sur- 
 rounding valleys are made yet more fertile by the 
 numerous intersecting creeks. Rapid Creek flows 
 through a lower corner of the townsite, as does also 
 an irrigation ditch well supplied with water. Very 
 productive is the soil of this bench land. It is 
 worthy of mention that 25,000 bushels of grain were 
 raised in this locality last season and that more than 
 1,000 cases of strawberries have been shipped from 
 here in a single summer. A wealth of apples reward 
 
 the horticulturist of Inkom's vicinity, where it is 
 no unusual sight to behold trees breaking under their 
 weight of fruit In these orchards as many as forty- 
 five apples on a single branch twenty-four inches 
 long have been observed, with other rich results no 
 less inviting to the homeseeker. Yet another 
 element of future commercial value is the fact that 
 mining is here in its infancy; within one mile of 
 the townsite large deposits of limestone and other 
 cement properties have been noted by those inter- 
 ested in the future of this region. Surveys have 
 already been made for the erection of a large 
 cement plant in Inkom. In a recent sale several 
 hundred lots were purchased by those who are of 
 Inkom's future citizenship, and both Mr. Witthoft 
 and Mr. Gathe have unlimited faith in the future 
 of this portion of Idaho. 
 
 Other interests of these gentlemen are repre- 
 sented by their realty holdings in Pocatello, in the 
 east part of which they own seven modern and 
 handsome residences, which are rented. This is one 
 of the finest residence districts* in the citv, and their 
 property is among the most attractive to be found. 
 Several ranches also have been added to their various 
 holdings two of them in a high state of cultivation 
 and another just being developed. 
 
 Both Mr. Witthoft and Mr. Gathe are stock- 
 holders in the Citizens' Bank of Pocatello. Mr. 
 Witthoft has no home ties, but he is something of 
 a fraternalist, with membership in the Sons of Her- 
 mann and the Knights of Pythias, while he further 
 shows forth his civic interest by his membership 
 in the Commercial Club of Pocatello. Mr. Gathe also 
 has membership in that organization, and is a mem- 
 ber of the Board of Governors of the club and of the 
 fraternal orders of Masons, Knights of Pythias and 
 Sons of Hermann. 
 
 Mr. Gathe was married on October 21, 1907, to 
 Miss Martha Kummer, of Logan, Utah. She is a 
 daughter of Albert and Elizabeth Kummer of that 
 city, and to them has been born a son, Theo H. 
 Gathe, Jr., who is now four years of age. The 
 family occupies one of the attractive homes of the 
 citv, and moves in the representative society of 
 the community. 
 
 Both gentlemen have wide circles of loyal friends, 
 all of whom accord to them high credit for their 
 achievements and wish them a further increase of 
 their 'well-merited success. The citizens of Poca- 
 tello view with especial interest the growth and 
 progress of Inkom, which it is believed will stand 
 as a worthy memorial of the enterprise of the pro- 
 prietors of that very promising townsite. 
 
 HENRY W. CLOUCHEK, M. D. Man's greatest prize 
 on earth is physical health and vigor; nothing de- 
 teriorates mental activity so quickly as prolonged 
 sickness, hence the broad field for human helpfulness 
 afforded in the medical profession. The successful 
 doctor requires something more than mere technical 
 training he must be a man of broad human sym- 
 pathy and genial kindliness, capable of inspiring hope 
 and faith in the heart of his patient. Such a man is 
 he whose name initiates this article. 
 
 Henry W. Clouchek was born in Michigan City, 
 Indiana, the date of his nativity being April 7, 1877. 
 He is a son of Joseph and Augusta Clouchek, both 
 of whom were born in Germany, whence they were 
 brought to America as infants by their respective 
 parents. Joseph Clouchek served in some of the 
 early Indian wars and was wounded in one. He is 
 a Civil war veteran, having been a member of the 
 Twenty-first Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He is now 
 
1156 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 a resident of Twin Falls, Idaho, where he is living in 
 virtual retirement. 
 
 Dr. Clouchek received his preliminary educational 
 training in the public schools of Michigan City. In 
 1896 he was matriculated as a student in the Uni- 
 versity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in which excel- 
 lent institution he was graduated, in 1900, with the 
 degree of doctor of medicine. For the two ensuing 
 years he was resident physician to the University of 
 Michigan Hospital, at Ann Arbor. In 1904 he came 
 West and located in Twin Falls, Idaho, where he 
 rapidly built up a large and lucrative patronage and 
 where he conducted an individual practice until 1909. 
 In the latter year he was joined by his old friend, 
 Dr. H. W. Wilson, who had come to Idaho in order 
 to recuperate his health. A sketch of Dr. Wilson 
 appears on other pages of this work. The firm of 
 Wilson & Cloucheck are recognized as the leading 
 physicians and surgeons in this part of the state. 
 
 In connection with the work of his profession Dr. 
 Clouchek is a valued and appreciative member of the 
 Twin Falls County Medical Society, the Southern 
 Idaho Medical Society, the Idaho State Medical So- 
 ciety, and the American Medical Association. In a 
 fraternal way he is affiliated with the blue lodge, of 
 Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons ; with the chap- 
 ter, Royal Arch Masons, and the commandery, 
 Knights Templar. His political allegiance is given 
 to the Republican party. 
 
 June 13, 1904, in Oregon, was solemnized the mar- 
 riage of Dr. Clouchek to Miss Emma Olds, a daugh- 
 ter of Nathan Olds. They have no children. Dr. 
 and Mrs. Clouchek are popular in connection with 
 the best social affairs of Twin Falls and their home 
 is renowned as a center of most genial hospitality. 
 Dr. Clouchek's success is due entirely to his own 
 well directed efforts and therefore is the more grati- 
 fying to contemplate. 
 
 JOSEPH L. HAIGHT. Residing in an attractive 
 home in the village of Oakley, Mr. Haight is the 
 owner of a well improved ranch property in Cassia 
 county and has been most closely and worthily iden- 
 tified with the civic and industrial development of 
 this favored section of Idaho. He has served in 
 offices of distinctive public trust, has been liberal and 
 progressive as a citizen and he commands secure 
 place in the confidence and regard of the community 
 in which his interests are centered and in which his 
 influence has under all conditions been exerted to 
 goodly ends. 
 
 Mr. Haight was born on the 9th of October, 1865, 
 and is a son of Horton and Louisa (Leavitt) Haight, 
 who were sterling pioneers of Utah and zealous 
 members of the Church of Latter Day Saints. He 
 whose name initiates this article received excellent 
 educational advantages, including those of the Brig- 
 ham Young University, in Utah. In this admirable 
 institution he was graduated as a member of the 
 class of 1890. In 1887 Mr. Haight was elected cap- 
 tain of the colony of the Mormon church stake estab- 
 lished in Cassia county, Idaho, and he retained this 
 office until 1898, in the meanwhile having done much 
 to further the development and substantial upbuild- 
 ing of the colony. In the spring of 1899 he was sent 
 by his church as a missionary to the Society Islands, 
 in the south Pacific ocean, and he maintained his 
 headquarters on the beautiful isle of Tahiti, where 
 he continued to reside until the autumn of 1902 and 
 where he did most zealous and effective work in be- 
 half of the church in whose faith he was reared. 
 Upon his return to the United States Mr. Haight re- 
 sumed his residence in Cassia county, and he has 
 
 continued to be one of the influential and representa- 
 tive citizens of the thriving little city of Oakley. 
 Within a few weeks after his return he was nom- 
 inated and elected auditor and recorder of Cassia 
 county, and of this dual office he continued the able 
 and popular incumbent for the ensuing eight years, 
 during which he maintained his residence in Albion, 
 the judicial center of the county. In 1903 he was 
 elected a member of the board of trustees of the 
 Idaho State Normal School at Albion, and in this 
 position he served until 1910, earnestly supporting 
 progressive policies for bringing the institution up to 
 the highest possible standard. He is a staunch Re- 
 publican in politics and is a most zealous and influen- 
 tial worker in the Church of the Latter Day Saints, 
 in which he is at the present time president of the 
 seventy-eighth quorum of the council of the seven- 
 ties. Mr. Haight is the owner of a fine landed estate 
 in Cassia county, and gives to the same a general 
 supervision, the ranch being devoted to diversified 
 agriculture and the raising of high-grade live stock. 
 He has achieved definite success and prosperity 
 through his own well directed efforts and is num- 
 bered among the substantial citizens of Cassia 
 county. He is a director of the Oakley Cooperative 
 Mercantile Company and also of that of the Albion 
 Mercantile Company,, at the county seat. 
 
 Mr. Haight was married to Miss Mary J. Stod- 
 dard, who was born and reared in Utah and who is. 
 a daughter of James Stoddard, an honored pioneer 
 of that state and a zealous adherent of the Mormon 
 church. Mr. and Mrs. Haight have seven children, 
 namely: Joseph Arthur, Maude, Elmer, May, Leone, 
 lone and Tukua. The youngest daughter was named 
 in honor of a native princess of the Society Islands 
 and was born during the residence of her parents at 
 Tahiti. 
 
 A. F. ANDERSON. Among the experienced busi- 
 ness men who in recent years have .contributed their 
 ability and enterprise to the growing little city of 
 Mountain Home is Mr. A. F. Anderson, a well 
 known real-estate and insurance man, who has been 
 identified with this locality of Idaho since Novem- 
 ber, 1911. 
 
 Mr. Anderson has spent nearly all his life in the 
 great Northwest, and has an interesting career in 
 mercantile and official affairs. He began without 
 special capital, relying on his own work and ability 
 to push him ahead, and at everv staere of his career 
 has been a little better off than before. 
 
 Axel Frederick Anderson was born at Chillicothe, 
 Iowa, August i, 1868. His parents, John F. and 
 Anna L. Anderson, are pioneers of the state of 
 Washington, having moved from the Mississippi val- 
 ley to the Puget Sound region in 1873 and made 
 their home there ever since. 
 
 By his graduation from the high school at Seattle, 
 June 4, 1886, Mr. Anderson was equipped so far as 
 schools go for all the requirements of a successful 
 business career, and the rest of his education has 
 been the result of practical application in actual busi- 
 ness. On leaving school his first employment was 
 as clerk and bookkeeper in a grocery store, and in 
 that way he laid the foundation of a sound business 
 practice. From 1891 to 1895 or 1896 he was honored 
 with the federal office of postmaster at Fir, in Skagit 
 county, Washington, and in connection with his office 
 he had a confectionery and cigar store. On leaving 
 that locality he became bookkeeper for the Poison 
 Implement Company at LaConner, Washington, and 
 from there moved to Wenatchee, where he was man- 
 ager and secretary of the Wenatchee Hardware 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1157 
 
 Company from 1899 to 1909. During the following 
 three years Mr. Anderson diversified his business 
 career by engaging in farm activities, and then in 
 November, 1911, located at Mountain Home and be- 
 came associated with Albert Johnson in the real- 
 estate and insurance business. 
 
 In politics Mr. Anderson has been a Republican all 
 his life. Fraternally he was master of the LaConner 
 M.-i^onic lodge in 1910-11; about 1894 was noble 
 grand of the Odd Fellows subordinate lodge at Kir, 
 chief patriarch of the encampment at LaConner in 
 1895 and at Wenatchee about 1906, and was com- 
 mandant of the Patriarchs' Militant branch of Odd- 
 fellowship at Wenatchee in 1908. 
 
 He was married at LaConner, Washington. May i. 
 1901, to Miss Clara N. Moore. Her parents, Charles 
 and N'dlie Moore, were pioneer settlers in Skagit 
 county, Washington. Two children have been born 
 into their home, named Ivan Axel and Clarence 
 Philip, aged respectively nine and seven years. Mr. 
 Anderson and family occupy an attractive home and 
 enjoy high esteem in the social circles of Mountain 
 Home. 
 
 HIGHLAND C. GRAVKS. Xo other commonwealth 
 of this Union has gained from the older states a 
 more loyal and appreciative element of citizenship 
 than Idaho, and among those who have effectually 
 proved such loyalty is Captain Graves, who has, 
 through his operations in the handling of real estate, 
 brought to Idaho many sterling settlers, virtually 
 all of whom have been successful in connection 
 with industrial and business enterprises. He main- 
 tains his home in the thriving town of Ashton. Fre- 
 mont county, and in addition to his substantial real 
 estate business he is the owner of a large landed 
 estate and is an effective exponent of agricultural 
 and stock-growing industry. Captain Graves served 
 with marked gallantry as a soldier of the Union 
 in the Civil war, and in the "piping times of peace" 
 he has proved equally loyal and has marked the 
 passing years with definite and worthy achievement. 
 
 Captain Graves claims the fine old Bluegrass State 
 as the place of his nativity and he is of stanch 
 English and Scotch lineage, the original American 
 progenitor of the Graves family having immigrated 
 from England in the colonial era of our national 
 history and having established his home in Virginia, 
 the name has been honorably linked with the 
 history of the historic Old Dominion as well as 
 with other states of the federal Union. The Cap- 
 tain was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, on the 
 5th of October, 1842, and is a son of Charles W. and 
 Anna (Fitzgerald) Graves, the former a native of 
 Virginia and the latter of Kentucky, in which state 
 their marriage was solemnized, the parents of Mrs. 
 Graves having been reared in Scotland and having 
 established their home in Kentucky in an early day. 
 Charles W. Graves was reared to adult age in his 
 native state, and as a young man he removed to 
 Kentucky, where he became a successful contractor. 
 He later removed to Tazewell county, Illinois, where 
 he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He finally num- 
 bered himself among the pioneer farmers of 
 Nebraska, and he passed the closing period of his 
 life on his farm near Lincoln, the capital city of 
 the st.ite. at the age of sixty-eight years, a man 
 whose life was ordered upon the highest plane of 
 integrity and honor and filled with honest and 
 earnest industry. His wife died in 1861 and of their 
 ten children, of whom Captain Graves of this review 
 WPS the fifth in order of birth, only three are now 
 living. Charles W. Graves was marrie-I to his 
 second wife in 1863. 
 
 Captain Graves was about nine years of age at 
 the time of the family removal from Kentucky to 
 Tazewell county, Illinois, where he duly availed 
 himself of the advantages of the common schools, 
 wlmh he continued to attend until he reached the 
 age of sixteen years, and in which he laid the foun- 
 dation for the broad superstructure of knowledge 
 which he has since erected through his association 
 with men and affairs and through wide and appreci- 
 ative reading. He continued to be identified with 
 the work and management of the home farm until 
 there came to him the call to higher duty, when the 
 integrity of the nation was thrown into jeopardy 
 through the secession of the southern states and the 
 consequent projection of civil war. Early in 1862, 
 at the age of nineteen years, he enlisted in Com- 
 pany D, Sixty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and 
 he proved an ardent and valiant soldier of the 
 Union, his ability and gallantry winning to him pro- 
 motion from the ranks, with the result that he was 
 mustered out as sergeant-major of his original regi- 
 ment. He did not take his commission as captain 
 on account of the close of the war. His service 
 covered a period of three years and two and one 
 half months, and closed only when victory had finally 
 crowned the Union arms. He participated in many 
 of the important engagements marking the progress 
 of the long and weary conflict between the states of 
 the north and south. He took part in the battle at 
 Harper's Ferry in September, 1862, and was there 
 taken captive by the enemy, his parole having been 
 received in the following spring. In the ensuing 
 summer he was with his regiment in the command 
 of General Burnside, and took part in the various 
 Tennessee engagements under that gallant com- 
 mander, besides which he served under General 
 Thomas at Knoxville, and was with General Sher- 
 man in the important Atlanta campaign. He was 
 fortunate in never having been wounded, and the 
 last engagement in which he took part was that at 
 Wilmington, North Carolina, in February, 1865. He 
 was mustered out in the city of Chicago, at the 
 close of the war, with about two hundred other 
 members of his regiment, and he duly received his 
 honorable discharge, with a record that redounds to 
 his lasting credit and distinction. 
 
 After the termination of his military career, Cap- 
 tain Graves continued to be identified" actively with 
 agricultural pursuits in Tazewell county, Illinois, 
 until 1869, when he migrated to Nebraska and estab- 
 lished his home in Omaha, then little more than a 
 frontier village. He there engaged in the buying 
 and shipping of grain and he continued his residence 
 in that city until 1877, when he removed to Blair, 
 Nebraska, there engaging in the grain and stock 
 business and continuing for a period of four years. 
 In 1881 he moved to York county, Nebraska, where 
 he identified himself with farming for another four 
 year period, when he moved to the town of York 
 and made that his place of residence for a similar 
 space, after which he moved back to his farm and 
 there resided until 1895. In that year he moved to 
 Stromberg, Nebraska, where he engaged in the drug 
 business, and for three years was thus active, then 
 moving his drug stock to Central City, and making 
 that place his headquarters until he removed to 
 Idaho. 
 
 The first advent of Captain Graves into the state 
 of Idaho was in 1901, when he came here for the 
 express purpose of making a thorough investigation 
 of the resources and advantages of the state. That 
 his impression was a favorable one is evident from 
 the fact that in the following spring he established 
 
1158 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 his permanent home in Fremont county, where he 
 secured a tract of land and instituted its develop- 
 ment. He has been distinctly successful in his agri- 
 cultural operations and is now the owner of a well 
 improved landed estate of 420 acres in Fremont 
 county, as well as 160 acres in the Alberta district 
 of Canada. His family joined him in the new home 
 in November, 1905, and he now resides in the village 
 of Ashton, where he is successfully engaged in the 
 real estate business, besides giving a general super- 
 vision to his farm property. He has done much to 
 exploit the resources of this part of the state and 
 has sold a large amount of farm property in Fre- 
 mont and adjacent counties, his efforts having been 
 prolific in gaining a desirable element of permanent 
 settlers and thus insuring the industrial and civic 
 advancement of the community at large. 
 
 Captain Graves has gained a secure place in the 
 confidence and high esteem of the people of his 
 adopted state and is known as a broad minded and 
 public spirited citizen. In politics he is a stanch 
 adherent of the now dominant Democratic party, 
 and during his residence in Nebraska he was an 
 influential worker in its behalf. He is affiliated with 
 the Grand Army of the Republic and the Independ- 
 ent Order of Odd Fellows, and is one of the most 
 zealous workers in the Ashton Commercial Club, 
 of which he is a charter member, as well as its vice 
 president. Both he and his wife are earnest mem- 
 bers of the Presbyterian church, with which he has 
 been identified for years. 
 
 In Tazewell county, Illinois, on the 22nd day of 
 February, 1866, was solemnized the marriage of Cap- 
 tain Graves and Miss Matilda K. Parker, who was 
 born and reared in that state and who was a daugh- 
 ter of Joseph and Sarah Parker, who there settled 
 in the pioneer days. Mrs. Graves died December 28, 
 1912, at Ashton, but was buried at Omaha, Neb. 
 Captain and Mrs. Graves had four children, con- 
 cerning whom the following brief data are entered : 
 Louis A. is a resident of Ashton, where he is en- 
 gaged in farming and stock-raising; Mabel is the 
 wife of . F. L. Koon of Fremont county, Idaho ; 
 Laura E. married John L. Stalnaker of Omaha, 
 Nebraska ; and Gilbert L. Graves is married and is 
 a resident of San Francisco, California. 
 
 GEORGE W. WEDGWOOD. The organization and de- 
 velopment of a bank in a new and untried locality 
 is a feat that requires not only keen financial and 
 business ability, but also a large amount of courage 
 and determination to win, against whatever odds. 
 George W. Wedgwood, the president of the Lincoln 
 County State Bank, had the requisite qualities to 
 succeed in the task above mentioned. Coming to the 
 young town of Gooding, he, together with a few 
 other associates, launched the Lincoln County State 
 Bank, now the Citizens State Bank, and the success 
 of their undertaking has amply verified their judg- 
 ment. Mr. Wedgwood has been since the time of 
 his arrival an active and energetic member of the 
 business world, and he has also found the time to 
 interest himself in affairs of general moment to 
 the town, and has become a valuable aid to those 
 citizens who are working for the civic betterment 
 of Gooding. 
 
 George W. Wedgwood was born in McHenry 
 county, Illinois, on the 26th of July, 1872. His 
 parents, both natives of New York, are W. W. 
 Wedgwood and Helen (Easton) Wedgwood. The 
 father lived in Illinois until 1880, when he came to 
 Iowa and settled near Storm Lake, in Buena Vista 
 county. Here he engaged in farming, becoming in 
 time a large land owner and a prosperous farmer. 
 
 After a time he moved to the Storm Lake town, and 
 here his wife died. In 1890 he sold his holdings in 
 Buena Vista county, which had by that time in- 
 creased to large proportions, and moved to Madison, 
 South Dakota, where he has since lived quietly, en- 
 joying his retirement from active life as much as 
 he enjoyed his working years. He belongs to that 
 group of men whom we shall revere as long as 
 they remain upon earth and in pur memories, the 
 veterans of the Civil war, he having served as lieu- 
 tenant in the Ninety-fifth Illinois Infantry. Five 
 children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wedgwood, 
 all of whom are alive save one daughter Jessie 
 Frances, who died in Leadville, Colorado, in 1890. 
 Of the others, Albert Wedgwood is cashier of the 
 American Savings Bank of Sioux City, Iowa; Julia 
 D. is the wife of William H. Montgomery, and 
 lives in Sioux City, Iowa, her husband having at 
 one time been a minister in the Methodist church; 
 George W. is next in order of birth, and Eugene 
 Howard, the youngest, is a farmer in Trent, South 
 Dakota. 
 
 George W. Wedgwood was educated in the schools 
 of Storm Lake, Iowa, graduating from the high 
 school at the age of eighteen. He then became a 
 bookkeeper in a law office, and for two years was 
 thus engaged as an abstractor. He later entered 
 the grain and implement business at Storm Lake, 
 Iowa, and this business proved to be a very lucrative 
 one. His real estate business also brought him pros- 
 perity, and he began to look about him for a larger 
 field and a better manner of investing the money 
 that was beginning to accumulate. He decided that 
 the West must offer some of the opportunities for 
 which he was looking, and he sold out his interests 
 in Storm Lake, came west and arrived in Spokane, 
 Washington, in October, 1907. He remained in that 
 city until October, 1908, without finding any opening 
 that made a strong appeal to him. In 1908 came 
 the opening of the new town of Gooding, and here 
 it was that Mr. Wedgwood saw his opportunity. He 
 came to Gooding and here became one of the organ- 
 izers of the Lincoln County State Bank. He was 
 one of the principal stockholders, and was elected 
 president of the bank, a position he has continued 
 to hold since tha.t time. So it was that Mr. Wedg- 
 wood found the true field for his endeavors, and his 
 success as a financier has more than proved that 
 he has made no mistake. He has also invested in 
 ranch lands in Lincoln county, and is the owner of 
 property in the city. 
 
 In politics Mr. Wedgwood is an Independent Re- 
 publican, and in the fraternal field he is a member 
 of the Masonic order and the Indeoendent Order of 
 Odd Fellows. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Wedgwood to Miss Bertha 
 M. Russell took place in 1893. She is a daughter 
 of Ira W. Russell and his wife, Loretta (Schofield) 
 Russell, and her father is an extensive farmer in 
 Alberta, Canada. Two chilren have been born to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wedgwood: Loretta J., who is a stu- 
 dent in the high school of Gooding, and George 
 W. Jr. 
 
 Mr. Wedgwood has always manifested a genuine 
 interest in the educational facilities of Gooding, and 
 is now acting as chairman of the school board. He 
 has little time for recreation, for his banking and 
 real-estate interests have grown constantly and make 
 heavy demands upon his time and attention. 
 
 WILLIAM A. BRODHEAD. Years of experience, con- 
 stant reading and natural inclination are combined 
 with a careful training in the case of William A. 
 Brodhead, of Hailey. Idaho, junior partner of the 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1159 
 
 firm of McFadden & Brodhead, whose career as an 
 attorney-at-law has been marked with many success- 
 ful outcomes for his clients. His heart is in his work 
 and he brings to his activities an enthusiasm and 
 belief in its importance that makes it possible for 
 him to keep up with the spirit of the age, with all 
 its complexities. Modern jurisprudence has become 
 more and more intricate because of new conditions, 
 and laws and the interpretation of them are left to 
 the attorneys, who, if they be not men of liberal 
 education and stern training, combined with a keen 
 insight of human nature, may not hope for a full 
 measure of success. That Mr. Brodhead possesses 
 these qualities has been forcibly demonstrated by 
 the success which has met his effort. He is a West- 
 erner by birth, having been born August 19, 1872, in 
 San Francisco, California, a son of William H. and 
 Eliza (Avery) Brodhead, natives of Pennsylvania. 
 ^Villiam H. Brodhead left his home in the Keystone 
 state at an early date and became a pioneer on the 
 frontier in Nevada, moving from the latter state to 
 California in 1860 and subsequently settling in San 
 Francisco, where he became a prominent miner and 
 lawyer. He was also one of the leading Democrats 
 of his locality, and was appointed by President 
 Cleveland register of United States government 
 lands, a position he held some years. His death 
 occurred October 21, 1898, while his widow still sur- 
 vives and makes her home in Phoenix, Arizona. 
 
 The early education of William A. Brodhead was 
 secured in the public schools of the little town of 
 Henry, and in Blaine county, and later he read law in 
 the office of R. Z. Johnson. He was admitted to the 
 bar in 1898, and in that year commenced practice 
 in Hailey as a partner of Mr. McFadden, under the 
 firm style of McFadden & Brodhead, a connection 
 that has continued very successfully to the present 
 time. This firm holds a promine'nt position among 
 legists of Idaho, and its members are known as 
 men of ability, who respect the unwritten ethics of 
 the profession. Mr. Brodhead has not entered public 
 life as a candidate for official position, but can at 
 all times be relied upon to assist in conserving the 
 best interests of his adopted city and its people. 
 Fraternally, Mr. Brodhead is a member of the local 
 lodge of the Odd Fellows and the Knights of 
 Pythias, in both of which he has numerous friends. 
 He takes an enthusiastic interest in the work of 
 the Hailey Commercial Club, and having a firm 
 belief in this section's continued growth and develop- 
 ment, has invested extensively in real estate, in addi- 
 tion to which he is the owner of a pleasant home 
 in Hailey and some valuable mining property. 
 During his vacation periods he devotes himself to 
 hunting and fishing, sports of which he is not only 
 fond, but at which he has shown considerable skill. 
 
 On March 24, 1901, Mr. Brodhead was united in 
 marriage with Miss Jane Roberts. They have no 
 children. Mr. and Mrs. Brodhead are consistent 
 members of the Hailey Episcopal Church, and are 
 well known in religious and social circles. 
 
 BENTLY L. KERR. Nearly, if not all of the older 
 commonwealths of the Union have contributed re- 
 spective quotas to the personnel of Idaho's represen- 
 tative citizenship, and among those who have here 
 attained to prominence in connection with business 
 interests of wide scope and importance and who 
 claim the fine old Buckeye state as the place of their 
 nativity is Bently L. Kerr, who is a director and 
 active principal in the Kerr Brothers Hardware & 
 Implement Company, of Boise, one of the largest 
 and most important concerns of the order in the 
 entire state. Mr. Kerr is one of the sterling business 
 vol. ra IT 
 
 men of the capital city and in all that makes for 
 loyal and progressive citizenship he is an effective 
 exponent, the while he has the high regard of the 
 community in which he has established his home and 
 in which he has contributed to civic and material 
 development and progress. 
 
 Mr. Kerr was born at Cadiz, Harrison county, 
 Ohio, on the i6th of April, 1858, and is a son of John 
 C. and Martha (Newell) Kerr, the former of whom 
 was born in Pennsylvania, of Scotch parentage, and 
 the latter of whom was a native of Ohio. John C. 
 Kerr accompanied his parents to Ohio in the pioneer 
 epoch of the history of that commonwealth, and 
 there he passed the residue of his long, honorable 
 and useful life, secure in the unequivocal esteem of 
 all who knew him. He became the owner of an 
 extensive landed estate and his energy and progres- 
 siveness were manifested in divers other directions, 
 as he identified himself with various other lines of 
 enterprise, including the ownership and operation of 
 a grist mill. He was one of the prominent and 
 influential citizens of Harrison county and was active 
 in political affairs, as a stalwart advocate of the 
 principles of the Republican party. He represented 
 his county in the state legislature and was otherwise 
 influential in public affairs in his section of the state. 
 He attained to the venerable age of eighty-seven 
 years, and his entire life was ordered upon a high 
 plane of rectitude and honor. 
 
 The maiden name of the first wife of John C. Kerr 
 was Henderson, and she was born and reared in 
 Ohio. She died when comparatively a young woman 
 and both of the children of this union are still living 
 Amanda, who is the widow of Albert Clark and 
 who now maintains her home in Boise, Idaho, at 
 the age of seventy-six years, and with her resides 
 her sister, Martha, who is the widow of A. H. Eagle- 
 son and who is now seventy-four years of age, in 
 1912. The second marriage of John C. Kerr was 
 to Miss Martha Newell, who likewise was a native 
 of Ohio and a representative of one of the honored 
 pioneer families of that state, where she was reared 
 and educated. She was summoned to the life eternal, 
 and of her children those now living are: Vance 
 C., who is a member of the Kerr Brothers Hardware 
 & Implement Company, of Boise; Daniel C., Bently 
 L., whose name initiates this review; and Oliver 
 G., who is a successful contractor and builder in 
 California. For his third wife John C. Kerr wedded 
 Grisell Taggert, likewise born and reared in Ohio, 
 and she likewise is deceased, the only child of this 
 union being William T. Kerr, who is associated with 
 his brothers in the hardware and implement business 
 in Idaho's capital city. 
 
 In the public schools of his native county Bently 
 L. Kerr gained his early educational training, which 
 included the curriculum of the Cadiz high school, 
 in which he was graduated as a member of the class 
 of 1878. At the age of twenty years he severed the 
 gracious home ties and set forth for the West, where 
 he believed he would find better opportunities for 
 successful individual enterprise. He established his 
 home at Craig, Burt county, Nebraska, and in this 
 village he was successfully engaged in the general 
 merchandise business for a quarter of a century. 
 He became one of the prominent and influential 
 citizens and representative business men of Burt 
 county, where he remained until 1903, when he dis- 
 posed of his numerous interests in Nebraska and 
 came to Boise, Idaho, to join his brothers in the 
 hardware and implement business. The Kerr 
 brothers built and own the Empire building, one of 
 the finest and most modern office buildings in the 
 state and one that adds materially to the facilities 
 
1160 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 and attractions of the capital city. The building was 
 completed at a cost of two hundred thousand dollars, 
 and the entire ground floor of this splendid structure 
 is utilized for the accommodation of the Kerr 
 Brothers Hardware & Implement Company. The 
 offices of the company are handsomely appointed and 
 the great store room is supplied with a most com- 
 prehensive stock of heavy and shelf hardware, stoves, 
 ranges, etc., besides which the company has an exten- 
 sive department devoted to the handling of agricul- 
 tural implements and machinery of all kinds. Pro- 
 gressive policies and fair and honorable dealing 
 characterize the business enterprise of the Kerr 
 brothers, and their establishment is thoroughly metro- 
 politan in equipment and facilities. Bently L. Kerr 
 takes an active part in the administration of the busi- 
 ness and is also the owner of large and valuable tracts 
 of agricultural and timber lands in the state, so 
 that he has identified himself most closely and effec- 
 tively with the civic and industrial interests of Idaho 
 and is doing much to further its development 
 and progress. Of his fine ranch properties one is 
 located near Middkton, Canyon county, another in 
 the beautiful Payette valley; and he also has timber 
 lands. He also owns a beautiful residence property 
 in Boise, and this attractive home is situated at 1116 
 Hays street, one of the finest residence thoroughfares 
 of the capital city. 
 
 Mr. Kerr has shown the deepest interest in all 
 that concerns the welfare of his home city, and was 
 elected a representative in the city council. With 
 marked zeal and ability he continued the incumbent 
 of this office until the commission form of municipal 
 government was adopted by the city, in April, 1912. 
 Both he and his wife are zealous members of the 
 Presbyterian church in Boise, of which he is a 
 trustee. He has been an appreciative student of 
 the history and teachings of the time-honored Ma- 
 sonic fraternity, in which his maximum York Rite 
 affiliation is with Idaho Commandery, No. I, Knights 
 Templar, in which he has passed the various official 
 chairs, as has he also those in the lodge and chapter. 
 He is eminent commander of his commandery in 
 1912, and illustrious potentate of the Temple of 
 the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the 
 Mystic Shrine, which he had the distinction of repre- 
 senting in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1910. He is also 
 a member of the Boise lodge of the Benevolent & 
 Protective Order of Elks. 
 
 In Ohio was solemnized the marriage of Mr. 
 Kerr to Miss Elizabeth V. Jamison, who likewise 
 was born and reared in Harrison county, Ohio, and 
 whose father, James Jamison, was a prominent agri- 
 culturist and representative citizen of that county. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Kerr have four children, all of whom 
 remain at the parental home, Wiley J., John C, 
 and Misses Dale and Agnes Elizabeth. The family 
 is prominent in the best social life of the capital 
 city, and the beautiful home is known for its gracious 
 and unostentatious hospitality. 
 
 FRANK J. TERRILL. From the time he was old 
 enough to climb onto the back of a pony, Frank J. 
 Terrill has been through all the experiences and 
 activities of a western cowboy and cattle rancher, 
 was trained in the practical school which develops 
 aggressive and self-reliant manhood and all the 
 hardy virtue which were so necessary to success 
 in the west up until recent times. Since 1879 his 
 career has been identified with Idaho, and he is 
 now one of the most prosperous residents of Twin 
 Falls county, residing near Murtaugh postoffice. 
 
 Frank J. Terrill was born in Tennessee, August 
 17, 1848, a son of Killis and Elizabeth Terrill, who 
 
 were worthy and substantial farming people. The 
 family moved out to Arkansas when Frank was a 
 child, and the father died in that state, leaving 
 twelve young children. Frank received only a com- 
 mon school education and left school before he had 
 completed that limited course of study. The mother 
 and children after the death of the father moved 
 to Missouri, having spent three years in Arkansas, 
 and after one winter in Missouri they put their pos- 
 sessions into a wagon drawn by ox teams and joined 
 an outfit of wagon trains consisting of about thirty 
 teams bound for California. They went out to that 
 state in 1859, when Frank J. Terrill was eleven 
 years old, and lived there for twelve years, the 
 mother and her older children conducting a cattle 
 ranch. Later the mother and three of her sons- 
 moved to Nevada, where they continued cattle rais- 
 ing for five or six years. The mother with two of 
 her daughters then went to Texas, where she spent 
 the balance of her days. 
 
 The younger of the children, Frank J. Terrill,. 
 participated in the various moves and experiences 
 of the family, until he was grown, and spent a large 
 part of his youth in the saddle as cowboy. In 1879 
 he came to Idaho, and for ten years was engaged 
 in riding range as foreman for the firm of Russell 
 and Bradley, his duties taking him over the ranch 
 which he now owns. In 1891 he bought his first 
 herd of cattle and since that time has been steadily 
 prospering as an independent cattle man. He is 
 the owner of six hundred acres of land in the Sho- 
 shone Valley, all of which ranch is under irrigation, 
 and improved with the best of fencing and buildings 
 and all facilities necessary for modern stock 
 farming. 
 
 On January n, 1885, Mr. Terrill married Miss 
 Anna M. Adamson, a native of Utah, and a daugh- 
 ter of Allen and Esther E. Oglesby Adamson. Three 
 children have been born to their union. Frank A. 
 is on the home ranch; Ila Annie is the widow of 
 D. N. Collier, who was a native of Kentucky; Alice 
 Irene lives at home. The children received their 
 education at the Sacred Heart Academy. Mr. Ter- 
 rill is a Democrat, but has never had time for par- 
 ticipation in party politics. He is a friend of educa- 
 tion, has given his children the best of advantages 
 and lends his cordial support to every movement 
 and effort for the improvement of his section of the 
 state. 
 
 JOSEPH SCHLOESSER. Successful newspaper pub- 
 lishers are not so numerous that their existence may 
 be regarded as commonplace. An exceptional degree 
 of enterprise is required to conduct a journal, give 
 the news, afford the best facilities of the press 
 medium, and make it. all pay. The Way Weekly 
 News, under the management of its owner and 
 editor, Mr. 'Joseph Schloesser, is really successful 
 both as a newspaper and a business. 
 
 Mr. Schloesser is one of the men to whom Idaho 
 gave the field of opportunity in which they could 
 best develop their abilities. Born in Washington, 
 Iowa, August 12, 1880, he lived in his native state 
 until about twenty-five years old, when he came west, 
 first settling in Montana. During the few months 
 he spent there he followed various occupations, was 
 then in Spokane for six months, after which he came 
 to Way. A printer and newspaper man from prac- 
 tically his boyhood, he became identified with the 
 News and after three years bought out the paper 
 and has since been its sole owner. Extensive im- 
 provements in a mechanical way have been intro- 
 duced under his management, and along with first 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 class equipment he produces a paper that has few 
 equals among the weekly journals of the state. 
 
 Mr. Schloesser was reared and received his early 
 education at Washington, Iowa. His school days 
 ended when he was about fifteen, when he started 
 to learn the printers' trade, and with the exception 
 of about one year has followed printing or general 
 newspaper work ever since. 
 
 He was married at Des Moines, Iowa, November 
 14, 1904, to Miss Jennie McGaughey, daughter of 
 R. B. McGaughey, of Washington, Iowa. Two sons 
 and a daughter have blessed their marriage, namely, 
 Eva, deceased, Louis and Elbert. 
 
 Mr. Schloesser was reared in the Catholic faith. 
 He is affiliated with the Odd Fellows and Knights 
 of Pythias, is an active member of the Way Com- 
 mercial Club, and as a Democrat has lent his influ- 
 ence and effort to the success of the party cause. 
 . His outdoor recreations are in hunting, fishing and 
 baseball. He is specially fond of music, is an ama- 
 teur himself and a member of the Way band. Hav- 
 ing been successful in Idaho to a greater degree than 
 in any other state, he has a well grounded enthu- 
 siasm for the state and its resources and oppor- 
 tunities. 
 
 JAMES E. BAKU. Specially prominent among those 
 who have done much to uphold the high prestige of 
 the bar of Idaho is this honored citizen of Lewiston, 
 a lawyer of notable intellectual and professional 
 attainments, who. has been engaged in the practice 
 of his profession in this state since 1892. Few, if 
 any, members of the bar of Idaho have been con- 
 cerned with a larger amount of litigation of broad 
 scope and importance. His practice has ranged over 
 practically all fields of law, and his success has been 
 almost uniform in all departments. Well versed in 
 the body of general law, Mr. Babb probably has 
 no superior in his knowledge of the organic and 
 statutory laws of Idaho. He is essentially a student. 
 From his researches and ^investigations have resulted 
 many addresses and published articles touching legal 
 affairs, economic problems and questions, govern- 
 mental policies and civic responsibilities, as well as 
 the exploitations of the great natural resources of 
 the state in which he has maintained his home during 
 virtually, the entire period since it was admitted to 
 the Union. A man of sterling integrity and steadfast 
 purpose, he has accounted well to himself and the 
 work, has dignified the profession of his choice and 
 served well the state of his adoption. It was a 
 recognition of his standing as a lawyer and citizen, 
 when twenty-two members of the legislature of 1913 
 at different times voted for him for United States 
 Senator. 
 
 James E. Babb was born in Champaign county, 
 Illinois, on the nth of January, 1864, and is a son 
 of Milton and Elizabeth (Littler) Babb. His parents 
 were natives of Virginia and Ohio respectively, the 
 father having come to Illinois in the early fifties and 
 engaged in farming. Both parents are now de- 
 ceased. James E. Babb while a boy attended the 
 public schools of his native county, being a pupil 
 of the village schools at Homer until he was thirteen, 
 at which time he entered Whipple Academy at Jack- 
 sonville, Illinois, where he took a preparatory course. 
 He next became a student in the Illinois College at 
 Jacksonville, and after completing the course of four 
 years was graduated in the class of 1882 with the 
 degree of bachelor of science. Mr. Babb in the 
 meantime had determined definitely to take up the 
 law as his career, and in harmony with that resolu- 
 tion he matriculated in the joint law department at 
 that time maintained by the Northwestern University 
 
 and the University of Chicago. In 1884 he was 
 graduated LL. B. and divided the prize for highest 
 scholarship in his class with Cyrus Bentley, Jr. That 
 he had made excellent use of his early years is 
 evidenced by the fact that he had taken his degree 
 from law school before reaching his twenty-first 
 birthday, and was admitted to the bar of his native 
 state as soon as he became of age. He was in the 
 law offices of George C. Fry of Chicago, where he 
 got his first professional experience, and eventually 
 became a partner with Mr. Fry, with whom he con- 
 tinued to be associated until 1892. In that year Mr, 
 Babb came to Idaho, and brought to his professional 
 activity in this state a wide experience in metropol- 
 itan practice. 
 
 In June, 1892, Mr. Babb established his permanent 
 home at Lewiston, where he opened his office and 
 engaged in general practice as an attorney and coun- 
 selor at law. Since that time by his professional 
 achievement he has well justified the promise indi- 
 cated of his career at the time of his graduation front 
 law school, and for a number of years has been rated 
 as one of the leading attorneys of this state. He- 
 has finely appointed offices in the Lewiston National 
 Bank Building. It is probable that no lawyer in 
 the state has a larger or more representative 
 clientage, or has been retained in a greater number 
 of important cases in the state and federal courts 
 than Mr. Babb. 
 
 As representative of the State Bar Association of 
 Idaho Mr. Babb delivered in the Columbia theater 
 at Boise, February, 1901, an oration on John Mar- 
 shall. The occasion was the centennial anniversary 
 of the day on which this great jurist assumed his 
 seat as chief justice of the supreme court of the 
 United States, a day which had been declared a 
 public holiday in Idaho, by special proclamation of 
 Governor Hunt. In 1908 Mr. Babb, before the Ore- 
 gon State Bar Association, delivered an address on 
 "Some features of Idaho law on irrigation and water 
 rights." Mr. Babb has also appeared before one of 
 the most important national organizations of lawyers 
 and publicists, reading a paper for an annual meet- 
 ing of the American Political Science Association. In 
 1909 he addressed the Washington State Bar Associ- 
 ation on "Rights Acquired on Decisions Subsequently 
 Overruled." In 1904 Mr. Babb introduced and 
 secured by the World's Congress of Lawyers and 
 Jurists at Washington, D. C., a resolution favoring, 
 better interchange by governments of their law pub- 
 lications. To the Green Bag, the leading law period- 
 ical of the country, Mr. Babb contributed an illus- 
 trated article on the history of the supreme court 
 of Illinois, this being one of a series of similar 
 articles describing the supreme courts of the various 
 states of the Union. Mr. Babb is a member of the 
 American Bar Association, and at one time served 
 as a member of its general council for the state of 
 Idaho. He has also been for several years past one 
 of the three Idaho members of the Uniform Law 
 Commissioner of America. 
 
 Not only in matters directly relating to his pro- 
 fession has the influence of Mr. Babb been exerted 
 to an important degree, but he has identified himself 
 with various national and local organizations whose 
 activities tend to disseminate the new discoveries and 
 developments of science and scholarship, and to pro- 
 mote practical reform and advancement in civic and 
 material affairs. Mr. Babb has membership in the 
 American Historical Association, the American Po- 
 jitical Science Association, the American Geograph- 
 ical Society, and the American National Municipal 
 League. As a public speaker he has gained a pleas- 
 ing reputation, and his services have been sought 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 on many occasions, including much work in political 
 campaigns. He has given effective and timely service 
 in support of the principles and policies oi the Repub- 
 lican party during a number of campaigns since he 
 came to Idaho. 
 
 In 1902 Mr. Babb delivered the baccalaureate ad- 
 dress before the graduating class of the University 
 of Idaho at Moscow. He served as permanent chair- 
 man of the Republican State Convention in 1896. 
 His official services include administration of the 
 office of city attorney of Lewiston, and at one time 
 .he was president of the Supreme Court Library, 
 and Building Commission of Idaho. He is a member 
 of the Outlook Club and other representative civic 
 organizations in his home city. He is a member of 
 the board of overseers of Whitman College at Walla 
 Walla, Washington. He is also actively identified 
 with the Lewiston Commercial Club, and was for 
 ten years a member of its governing board. 
 
 In the practice of his profession Mr. Babb has 
 been retained as attorney and counsel for many 
 'large corporations and private individuals. He has 
 -allowed no interest or consideration to come between 
 : him and the welfare of his clients, and his devotion 
 -.to the work in hand, together with his exceptional 
 ; ability in the technical phases of the law, has been 
 -the chief factor in his success. 
 
 At Homer, in Champaign county, Illinois, on No- 
 -vember 5, 1888, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. 
 Babb to Miss Daisy Tirjkham, who was born and 
 : reared in Illinois, and whose father, the late Col. 
 (.Charles J. Tanidiam, was a distinguished citizen of 
 Champaign county, and had a been a gallant officer 
 of the Union in the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Babb 
 are popular factors in the social life of their home 
 city. Their only child is James T. Babb. 
 
 GEORGE W. STEDMAN. Idaho is a splendid field 
 for youth and enterprise, and a majority of the 
 places of responsibility are filled by young men who 
 iiave already made a good record for themselves 
 .and before whom there yet remains almost the full 
 .allotted time for a business career. 
 
 The present city clerk of Burley is one of this 
 class of citizens. George W. Stedman was born on 
 the 6th of April, 1881, at Healdsburg, California, and 
 his thirty-odd years of life have been passed in 
 various states of the Union. Losing his mother 
 when he was two years old, his father took him 
 to Denver for a year and then to Iowa, where he 
 grew up in the home of his grandparents. In 1905 
 he returned to the state of his birth, and for a year 
 was employed in clerical capacity at Los Angeles. 
 The following year was spent as assistant cashier of 
 a bank in Iowa, and finally he moved out to Idaho 
 .and identified himself with the growing center of 
 Burley. On the incorporation of the town he became 
 city clerk, and he has been one of the live and public- 
 spirited citizens. 
 
 Mr. Stedman's early education was obtained in the 
 schools of Iowa, where he attended the grade and 
 high schools, and later was a student of Epworth 
 Seminary at Epworth, that state. He has been an 
 independent, self-supporting individual practically 
 since childhood. When he was fifteen years old he 
 secured his first regular job as janitor for a church 
 and school, and largely by manual labor he paid his 
 way through school and college. When school days 
 were over he went to work for a bank, and continued 
 in similar employment until he came out West. 
 
 At Burley, Idaho, on February 16, 1910, Mr. Sted- 
 man married Miss Florence I. Davis. Mr. Henry 
 ; G. Davis, .her father, was formerly a resident of 
 
 Wyoming. Mr. and Mrs. Stedman have one child, 
 named Clara I. 
 
 Among the churches Mr. Stedman prefers the 
 Episcopal, of which his wife is an active member. 
 He has held several chairs in the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows. As a Republican he is one of the 
 influential men in public affairs of his section of the 
 state. Outside of duties and business Mr. Stedman 
 finds pleasure and health in occasional hunting or 
 fishing trips, and enjoys the musical and dramatic 
 and also the books in his home library. The mag- 
 nificent undeveloped resources of Idaho are the fact 
 that impresses him most about the state. 
 
 JOHN W. CHAPMAN. Now presiding on the bench 
 of the municipal court of Blackfoot, Bingham 
 county, Judge Chapman is one of the honored pio- 
 neers who knew Idaho in the early territorial epoch 
 of its history, and who has had broad and varied 
 experience in connection with life on the frontier, 
 as well as in the latter days of opulent progress 
 and prosperity. He first came to Idaho. in 1864, at 
 which time the territory included the present state 
 of Montana and a considerable portion of Wyoming, 
 and he finally removed to Montana, where he main- 
 tained his home for many years. In 1899 he re- 
 turned to Idaho, and here he is well known and 
 highly esteemed as a man of sterling integrity, fine 
 intellectuality and high civic ideals. 
 
 Judge Chapman was born in Henry county, Ken- 
 tucky, on the 29th of August 1840, and in the fol- 
 lowing year his parents numbered themselves among 
 the pioneers of Missouri, in which state he was 
 reared and educated. His father, William Chap- 
 man, was likewise born in Kentucky, where the 
 family was founded in the early days, he having 
 "been of the eighth generation in descent from one 
 of three brothers who immigrated from England 
 and established in Virginia prior to the war of the 
 Revolution. The family has been represented in 
 the wars of the country. The grandfather of the 
 Judge served in the war of 1812 and more distant 
 relatives took part in the Revolutionary struggle. 
 William Chapman devoted the major, part of his 
 career to the great basic industry of agriculture, was 
 comparatively well versed in common law proced- 
 ures and practiced to a considerable extent in the 
 minor courts, especially after his removal to Mis- 
 souri, At the inception of the Civil war he gave 
 prompt evidence of his loyalty to the Confederacy, 
 his first service having been rendered as a recruiting 
 officer. He soon entered the active ranks of the 
 Confederate army, as a member of a Missouri regi- 
 ment, and he continued in active service until the 
 close of the war, when he surrendered, as captain 
 of his company, at Jacksonport, Arkansas. In an 
 engagement at Wilson's Creek, Missouri, he re- 
 ceived a saber wound, but he was not severely 
 injured in any of the numerous engagements _ in 
 which he participated. He passed the closing period 
 of his long and useful life at Bloomfield, Misssouri, 
 where he died on the i8th day of May, 1901, his 
 birth having occurred on the nth of May, 1819. 
 He was a pioneer in both Morgan and Moniteau 
 counties, Missouri, and was a citizen of influence 
 in his community. His cherished and devoted wife, 
 who was born at Shelbyville, Kentucky, in 1824, bore 
 the maiden name of Mary Jane Owen, and she was 
 of Welsh and German lineage. She died in St. 
 Clair county, Missouri, on the 24th of December, 
 1889, and of the eleven children, of whom the sub- 
 ject of this review was the first born, three sons 
 and five daughters are now living. 
 
 To the common schools of Moniteau county. Mis- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1163 
 
 souri, ^ Judge Chapman is indebted for his early 
 educational training, which was effectively supple- 
 mented by a course in a well ordered institution 
 known as Robideaux Allison's Academy, a private 
 school sited near the boundary line between Morgan 
 and Cooper counties, Missouri. He continued his 
 studies until the outbreak of the Civil war, at which 
 time he was twenty years of age. He promptly 
 enlisted as a member of Company C, of the First 
 Missouri State Guards, an organization in the Con- 
 federate service. Illness compelled him to retire 
 from active service at the expiration of five months, 
 and, as the eldest son of the family, he assumed the 
 duty of providing for his mother and the younger 
 children, while the father was absent as a soldier 
 of the Confederacy. During three years he gave 
 his attention to teaching in the schools of Morgan 
 county, and during the progress of the war he also 
 attempted to maintain the home farm in cultivation, 
 while his brother, who was old enough to have 
 helped in the support of the family was away at 
 the war. The results of his farming enterprise, 
 however, were not what might be termed successful, 
 as the Federal soldiers appropriated everything that 
 he succeeded in raising on the place. 
 
 In 1864 Judge Chapman left the parental home 
 and came to the territory of Idaho, making the 
 journey across the plains with a wagon train, which 
 had about forty men, besides women and children. 
 J. R. Walters of Boise being the head man or cap- 
 tain of the train. The company had no encounters 
 with Indians while en route, and arrived safely at 
 their destination. Judge Chapman reached Boise 
 on the ipth of August, 1864, and thence he went to 
 Idaho City, where he was engaged in mining, and 
 also operated a blacksmith shop for a year. He 
 passed two years in the Boise Valley, and in the 
 winter of 1866-7 he taught the first school in what 
 is now the village of Middleton, Canyon county. In 
 the spring of 1867 he went to Salmon City and Lees- 
 burg, where he continued only a few days, not being 
 impressed with conditions or the outlook at those 
 points. He accordingly went to Helena, Montana, 
 in which vicinity he was engaged in the dairy and 
 stock growing business for ten years, also doing 
 a considerable freighting business. He then re- 
 moved to Butte, Montana, where he for ten years 
 conducted an express and transfer business. He 
 then turned his attention once more to stock-raising, 
 this time in Madison county, but the enterprise did 
 not prove successful in its final results. He con- 
 tinued his residence in Montana until the spring of 
 1899, when he returned to Idaho and located on a 
 ranch on the Wolverine river, twenty miles north- 
 east of Blackfoot. At the expiration of five years 
 he sold this property, which he had devoted to gen- 
 eral agriculture and stock-growing, and removed to 
 Blackfoot, where he has since maintained his home, 
 and where he is known as a broad-minded and 
 progressive citizen. 
 
 Judge Chapman has ever shown a lively interest 
 in civic affairs and has been a zealous advocate of 
 the principles and policies for which the Democratic 
 party has stood sponsor in a general way. During 
 his residence in Madison county. Montana, he served 
 for a number of years _ as justice of the peace, and 
 under the administration of Governor Toole he 
 served four years as state stock commissioner of 
 Montana. In the spring of IQTI he was elected to 
 his present office, that of municipal iudee of Black- 
 foot, and he has given most able and discriminating 
 service in this positfc>n, the while he has the unquali- 
 fied confidence and esteem of the community. 
 
 Judge Chapman is affiliated with the Knights of 
 
 P.ythias, and for forty-three years he was a most 
 zealous member of the Independent Order of Good 
 Templars, in which he served two years as grand 
 chief templar of the grand lodge ol Montana and 
 two years as grand secretary. He and his wife were 
 charter members of the Christian church in the city 
 of Butte, Montana, but as there is no organization of 
 this denomination at Blackfoot, they now maintain 
 membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 At Helena, Montana, in the year 1877, was solem- 
 nized the marriage of Judge Chapman to Miss Katie 
 Orr, who was born at Springfield, Missouri, and 
 whose father, Judge Sample Orr, was an honored 
 and influential pioneer of Montana. Judge and Mrs. 
 Chapman have three children, concerning whom the 
 following brief data are given : William Orr Chap- 
 man, who was born in St. Clair county, Missouri, on 
 the nth of March, 1890, is a lawyer bv profession 
 and resides at Blackfoot. In the autumn of ,1912 he 
 was appointed clerk or private secretary to Judge K. 
 I. Perky, the recently elected state senator from this 
 district of Idaho, and he is also serving as a member 
 of the military staff of Governor Haw ley, being the 
 youngest member ever appointed to this position in 
 the state; Mary Olivia, the only daughter, was born 
 at Butte, Montana, on the 27th of September, 1807, 
 and is now a student in the Blackfoot high school; 
 and Marshall Byron, born at Blackfoot on the I2th 
 of March, 1900. 
 
 CHARLES W. DILL, M. D. The entire professional 
 life of Dr. Charles W. Dill has been passed in Sho- 
 shone, where for more than fifteen years he has 
 ministered to the sick, given instruction to young 
 men in preparation for the practice of medicine and 
 surgery, opened a. well equipped hospital, enjoyed 
 great popularity as a practitioner and been loaded 
 with the honors of a professional career. Bringing 
 to his practice thorough scholastic training, innate 
 soundness and accurate judgment, and a cheerful 
 disposition, he has long maintained a leading place 
 among the progressive disciples of -^Ssculapius. Dr. 
 Dill was born August 15, 1877, at Mount Meadows, 
 Idaho, and is a son of William and Anna (Walgo- 
 mott) Dill, natives of Iowa. Dr. Dill's parents 
 came to Idaho shortly after their marriage, and Wil- 
 liam Dill was for a number of years the driver of 
 the stage over the old overland route. He died in 
 1907, at the age of fifty-five years, his wife having 
 passed away in 1901, and they were buried side by 
 side in the family cemetery on the old home ranch 
 near Shoshone. They were the parents of two 
 children: Charles W.; and Mrs. E. W. Orr, a 
 resident of Wyoming. 
 
 The early education of Dr. Dill was secured in the 
 public schools of Shoshone, following which he 
 started to work on the range, where for riding after 
 cattle he received one dollar per day, this being con- 
 sidered a good salary for a lad of fifteen years. Am- 
 bitious and industrious, he saved enough out of 
 his earnings to establish a meat market when he 
 was only seventeen, and when he sold out a short 
 time later found himself possessed of enough money 
 to further prosecute his studies. Accordingly, he 
 entered the State Normal School at Albion, and on 
 completing his course there began teaching school 
 in the winter and working on a ranch in the summer, 
 thus earning enough to enter the Utah University 
 at Salt Lake. Of a studious disposition, he next 
 took a course in Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri, 
 and after graduating spent two years in practice at 
 Shoshone. His further study was as a student in 
 Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, where hi 
 accomplishments in the fields of medicine and sur- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 gery won him high honors, as described in a local 
 paper, which at that time said in part as follows: 
 "Charles W. Dill, who has been attending Creighton 
 Medical College, Omaha, for the past two years, 
 graduated from that institution on the I5th inst. 
 Out of a class of thirty-nine, Mr. Dill received the 
 highest honors, and was awarded the medal." The 
 Omaha Bee also gave a short notice of the class: 
 "Thirty-nine graduates of the Creighton Medical Col- 
 lege will leave that institution Tuesday evening for 
 the practice of medicine and surgery. Many have 
 applied for interneship in local hospitals, and of these 
 applicants Charles W. Dill ranks highest. Dr. Dill 
 has been offered many tempting positions in Omaha, 
 but has seen fit to decline them all and return to 
 Shoshone." Dr. Dill returned to this city in 1896, 
 and his thorough training, winning personal qual- 
 ities, careful attention and evident skill soon brought 
 increasing business and widening reputation. In the 
 field of surgery he is now known throughout his 
 part of the state, and not only is he popular as a 
 practitioner, but he has the respect and confidence 
 of the faculty all over Idaho. Dr. Dill, though a 
 thorough doctor, is much more than a professional 
 drudge. His thorough education, his wide acquaint- 
 ance with literature and his social qualities have 
 made him a favorite socially, but his greatest pleasure, 
 perhaps, lies in visiting the old home ranch, which 
 he owns, and on which he breeds thoroughbred 
 horses and cattle. He built and equipped a private 
 hospital which he has fitted with all the comforts 
 and conveniences known to the profession. Dr. Dill 
 is an enthusiastic Idaho "booster," which is but nat- 
 ural, for besides being the state of his birth it is 
 the field in which he has won high honors. He has 
 seen the section grow from a waste of sand and 
 sagebrush into a veritable flower garden, and has 
 shared the labor which has brought about this won- 
 derful transformation. The sesthetic qualities which 
 Dr. Dill possesses have made him sought after in 
 social organizations, and he is a popular member of 
 the Modern Woodmen of America, the Royal High- 
 landers and the Fraternal Brotherhood. In politics 
 a Democrat, he takes an active interest in the success 
 of his party, but his work has always been done for 
 others, having had no ambition for personal prefer- 
 ment. He leans towards the faith of the Episcopal 
 church, his wife being a member thereof and a 
 prominent worker in the Ladies' Guild. 
 
 Dr. Dill was married at Albion, Idaho, October 
 22, 1898, to Elloy Boulware, who was born in this 
 state, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Boulware, an 
 old pioneer family of this section. Dr. and Mrs. 
 Dill have had one son : Charles W. Jr. 
 
 FRED J. HILL. Losing his parents when he was an 
 infant, the boyhood of Fred J. Hill was anything 
 but one of ease and comfort. At all times, every- 
 where, he remembers having to work early and late, 
 to secure his education during time snatched from 
 his labor for his daily bread, and to satisfy himself 
 with the bare necessities of life. Happily, his tire- 
 less industry, perseverance and determination have 
 been rewarded by the gaining of a flourishing bus- 
 iness, and he may now look back over the years that 
 have passed and realize that the training and experi- 
 ence gained gave him an education that could have 
 been acquired in no school, the training that only 
 comes through the necessity to make one's way 
 in the world. Fred J. Hill was born in McCook, 
 Nebraska, August 22, 1888, and as soon as he was 
 able was sent to work. Naturally this somewhat 
 curtailed his educational advantages, but the youth 
 was ambitious, and whenever he could spare time he 
 
 spent it in study and reading. When he was six 
 years of age he was sent to Florida, but in 1895 
 returned to Nebraska, and there every odd job that 
 offered itself was grist for his mill, he even for a time 
 working as a section hand. With rare foresight, the 
 youth realized the advantages to be gained by the 
 knowledge of a trade, and at the age of sixteen years 
 he began to learn the butchering business. In 1905 
 he went to Colorado, where he remained but a few 
 months, working at his trade, and then came to 
 Blackfoot, Idaho, where he spent the next two years 
 following the same line. His next location was in 
 California, where he remained until 1910, being in 
 partnership with his brother, but in that year dis- 
 posed of his interests and returned to Idaho. Set- 
 tling in Shoshone, he worked on a salary for about 
 two years, and in March, 1912, established himself 
 in business as proprietor of his present store, where 
 he has built up a large and flourishing business. 
 
 Mr. Hill was married at Modesto, California, in 
 October, 1908, to Kathryn McPherson. daughter of 
 Mr. and Mrs. John McPherson, of Idaho, and one 
 child, Margaret M., has been born to this union. 
 Mr. Hill leans towards the faith of the Baptist 
 church of which his wife is an active member. He 
 is independent in his political belief, exercising his 
 right to vote for the man he deems best fitted for 
 the office, irrespective of partv lines. His fraternal 
 connections are with the Odd Fellows and the 
 Modern Woodmen of America, in both of which he 
 has numerous warm friends. Mr. Hill takes an 
 intelligent interest in theatricals, and is fond of all 
 kinds of athletic sports, being an ardent baseball 
 fan. Speaking from his own experience, he states 
 it as his belief that Idaho is the land of opportunity 
 for the young man of ambition and perseverance. 
 Too much cannot be said in praise of the successful 
 fight Mr. Hill has waged against adverse circum- 
 stances. The friendless orphan lad, handicapped by 
 the lack of opportunities which are the birthright of 
 young Americans, fighting- the world bravely and 
 alone, has developed into the prosperous man of 
 business, with influential friends gained through his 
 constant integrity and honorable methods. He has 
 earned the right to the respect and esteem of his 
 fellow-citizen, and to the honorable title of "Self- 
 made man." 
 
 DR. CHARLES F. ZELLER. Among the members of 
 the medical profession in Idaho whose abilities in 
 their chosen field of endeavor have raised them to 
 positions of eminence, none have gained a greater 
 degree of well-deserved success than Dr. Charles 
 F. Zeller, leading physician of Shoshone, and a man 
 whose position has been attained by constant per- 
 severance and application to his profession from 
 boyhood. Handicapped by the lack of capital with 
 which to pursue his studies, Dr. Zeller worked his 
 own way through college, and today stands as a 
 striking example of the worth of industry and deter- 
 mination. Charles F. Zeller was born at Waterville, 
 Kansas, November 17, 1880, and is a son of Henry 
 E. and Julia (Rainbow) Zeller. His father, a native 
 of Germany, came to the United States as a boy, 
 and for many years was engaged in the cattle bus- 
 iness. He was a pioneer settler of his section of 
 Kansas, was engaged actively in politics, and become 
 one of his community's foremost citizens. He was 
 married in Kansas to Julia Rainbow, a native of 
 Pennsylvania, and they had a family of eleven chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Charles F. Zeller was the youngest of his parents' 
 children, and his early education was secured in the 
 public schools and high school at Waterville, Kan- 
 
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 sas. As a lad he earned his first money working 
 on a transfer wagon, and subsequently secured em- 
 ployment as a farm hand, in this way earning the 
 money to continue his studies. Whatever honorable 
 occupation come to hand found him a ready and will- 
 ing worker, and eventually he accumulated means 
 enough to enter the medical department of the Uni- 
 versity of Kansas, at.Lawrenceville, where he was 
 subsequently graduated in 1903. For one year there- 
 after he acted in the capacity of house surgeon in 
 the University Hospital, then going to Old Mexico 
 as surgeon for the M. C. M. & O. R. R.. remaining in 
 the employ of that company until 1908, which year 
 saw his advent in Shoshone. Here he opened offices, 
 and as his ability was recognized his practice grew, 
 until now he is known as the leading physician and 
 surgeon of his adopted city. Dr. Zeller's early years 
 of practice were a constant struggle against hand- 
 icaps that would have discouraged one not made of 
 such stern stuff, but at this time he is in a position 
 to look back over that period and to realize that 
 there he gained experience that could have come to 
 him in no other manner. A deep insight into human 
 nature, gained through mingling with all manners 
 and conditions of men, has given him a kindly, sym- 
 pathetic nature that is one of the physicians chief 
 assets in the sick room. Among his associates, the 
 Doctor is known as a man who lives up to the un- 
 written ethics of the profession, while the general 
 confidence in which he is held in his community 
 testifies eloquently to his skill. In political matters 
 the Doctor is a Republican, and takes an active in- 
 tcrot in public matters. He has been county phy- 
 sician since 1909, belongs to the Lincoln County 
 Board of Health, of which he is secretary, and also 
 holds the position of coroner. An out-of-door man, 
 he is fond of hunting and fishing, and takes great 
 interest in baseball and football games, while theat- 
 ricals also claim a part of his attention, but his pro- 
 fession has always been foremost in his thoughts 
 and the greater part of his time when not engaged 
 in his official duties or those of his large private prac- 
 tice is spent in reading and study. He is demon- 
 strating his faith in the future of his adopted state 
 by building a beautiful home in Shoshone and in- 
 vesting heavily in realty. 
 
 In October, 1906, Dr. Zeller was married at El 
 Paso, Texas, to Anna T. Bphon, formerly of Kan- 
 sas City, Missouri, and to this union there have been 
 born two children : Winifred G. and Charles W. Dr. 
 Zeller is a member of the Odd Fellows, the Knights 
 of Pythias, of which he is chancellor commander, 
 and the Modern Woodmen of America, and in all 
 of these orders he has numerous friends, as he has, 
 indeed, in all business, professional and social circles 
 in the city. 
 
 CHARLES ALGERNON SUNDERLIN. In making choice 
 of the profession of law as a life career, a young 
 man of natural gifts and if liberal education can 
 make no mistake, for, despite many able practi- 
 tioners, it is not crowded as is that of medicine, nor 
 dominating as is the church, while its emoluments 
 may be large and it frequently opens up pathways 
 that lead to 'other fields of usefulness and possibly 
 to high public office. Hence, the leading and repre- 
 sentative men in a community usually belong to the 
 law. and the bar of Idaho, is made tip of a particu- 
 larly able body of men. Among the younger mem- 
 lers of this representative body is Charles Algernon 
 Sunderlin, who is one of the vice-presidents of the 
 Idaho State Bar Association. 
 
 In the family home at Chase, Michigan, Mr. Sun- 
 derlin was bom on December i, 1883, and he is a 
 
 son of Arthur V. and Jennie E. Sunderlin. He had 
 the advantage of educated parentage, his father being 
 a graduate of the Edinboro Normal School, at Erie, 
 Pennsylvania, and a student of Oberlin College, 
 Ohio, while his mother was graduated at Beaver 
 College, Pennsylvania. The removal of the family 
 to Clinton, Iowa, gave Mr. Sunderlin an opportunity 
 to attend the excellent public schools of that city, 
 and in 1902 he was graduated from the Clinton high 
 school. His education was further extended, in 
 another state, and in 1907 he was graduated from 
 the Nebraska State University, with his degree of 
 A. B., and in the following year, after completing his 
 law course at the George Washington University 
 Law School, he received his degree of LL. B., and 
 shortly afterward entered upon the practice of his 
 profession, making something of a specialty of land 
 cases, and was appointed special agent, general land 
 office, department of the interior. During the years 
 1908-1911 inclusive, he prosecuted land hearing cases 
 in Idaho and Oregon. 
 
 Mr. Sunderlin was married June 21, 1911, to Pearl 
 Irene Bragunier Nusbaum. Mr. and Mrs. Sunderlin 
 attend the Presbyterian church. He retains mem- 
 bership with the university organizations : the Phi 
 Gamma Delta, the Phi Alpha Tau, and the Delta 
 Sigma Rho. In politics he is a Republican and he 
 has a clear mental outlook on passing events that are 
 history-making. 
 
 MARSHALL LEWIS. The permanent residence of 
 Marshall Lewis in Idaho began in the year 1902, the 
 month of December marking his advent into the 
 state. For five years thereafter he maintained his 
 residence in Boise City, where he was connected 
 with the Boise Creamery Company in the capacity 
 of butter maker. He resigned his position there at 
 the end of the period named and going to Richfield, 
 established a livery business, remaining something 
 less than a year in that place. After disposing of 
 his business he went to Meridian and with J. E, 
 Post, his brother-in-law, entered the hay and grain 
 business. For a year he continued to be thus occu- 
 pied, his next move taking him to Nampa, there 
 engaging in the grain business and continuing for 
 some eight months. In February, 1910, he removed 
 to Cambridge where he became manager of the Cam- 
 bridge Mill & Elevator Company, in which position 
 he has continued ever since. This concern is by far 
 the largest of its kind in Washington county, the 
 volume of business which passed through its hands 
 between July, 1911, and the same month in 1912 
 aggregating more than $244,000; and the records 
 showing an increase in business each year since its 
 organization of better than one hundred per cent; 
 facts which serve to indicate something of the im- 
 portance and weight of the position which Mr. 
 Lewis is the incumbent of in Cambridge. 
 
 Marshall Lewis is a native son of Indiana, born 
 in the Hoosier state on August 24, 1881, in Danville. 
 He is the son of Robert C. and Lottie (Thomas) 
 Lewis, natives of Kentucky and North Carolina, re- 
 spectively. The elder Lewis removed from his home 
 state to Indiana in about 1864 and engaged in farm- 
 ing until the later years of his life, when he retired 
 from active business life, although he was for a 
 time engaged in business as a dealer in implements. 
 In 1881 he removed to Nebraska with his family, 
 and there makes his home today, in Tekonah. 
 Twelve children were born to these parents, seven 
 sons and five daughters. 
 
 Marshall Lewis was the fourth born child of his 
 parents. He received the usual advantages of the 
 country youth and after finishing the graded schools 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 of his district attended Tekonah high school for 
 one year, but when he was seventeen years of age 
 he quitted school entirely. Soon after leaving school 
 he launched out into business on his own initiative, 
 and his first venture was in the sale of coal oil. He 
 began by purchasing a horse, wagon and tank, and 
 for more than three years he was occupied in the 
 sale of oil in Tekonah. He then disposed of his 
 business there and for a year and a half gave himself 
 to the pleasures of independent travel and sight see- 
 ing, in that time becoming familiar with a large 
 portion of our great country. He occupied himself 
 variously in the intervals between moves, paying his 
 expenses by his labors, and it mattered not what 
 work he found to do, either carpenter work, driving 
 teams or working in a restaurant, it was all "grist 
 for his mill" and made possible his ambition to see 
 the country independently. It was in December, 
 1902, that his inspection of the West brought him to 
 a realization that Idaho was the ideal country of 
 his dreams, and he settled forthwith, that state hav- 
 ing represented the center of his business activities 
 and his home from then until now, and his present 
 connections in a business way are so pleasing to 
 him that it is safe to assume that Cambridge will 
 continue to claim him as a citizen for many years 
 to come. A complete outline of his peregrinations 
 through Idaho and his ultimate settlement in Cam- 
 bridge being given in the opening section of this 
 brief review, further detail in that respect is un- 
 necessary at this point. Suffice it to say that Mr. 
 Lewis has to all intents and purposes found himself 
 in his present industrial capacity, and has amply 
 demonstrated his fitness for the position he occupies 
 in the two and a half years he has already given to it. 
 
 Mr. Lewis is a Democrat, but is not actively inter- 
 ested in the labors of the party. He is a member of 
 the Cambridge Commercial Club, and takes an abid- 
 ing interest in the social, industrial and commercial 
 advancement of th^e community. 
 
 On August 23, 1902, Mr. Lewis was united in 
 marriage, in Idaho, to Miss Julia T. Anderson, the 
 daughter of J. M. Anderson, who was an old pioneer 
 settler of the state of Idaho, having crossed the 
 plains by ox team in the early days of Idaho settle- 
 ment. The daughter, Mrs. Lewis, was born in the 
 Boise valley. Two children have been born to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, Eva, born December i, 1905, 
 at Meridian, Idaho, and Athel Lewis, born October 
 4, 1907, also at Meridian. 
 
 NICHOLAS J. THOMSEN. Among the citizens of 
 German nationality and birth who have found busi- 
 ness opportunity in Idaho and have improved it is 
 Nicholas J. Thomsen, 3 popular and successful drug- 
 gist at McCammon, Bannock county. He was born 
 in Germany, September 24, 1877, and was about five 
 years of age when his parents left the fatherland 
 and emigrated to the United States. They settled 
 in Iowa and that state remained the home of Nich- 
 olas J. until he was twenty-three years of age. His 
 education was obtained in the public schools near his 
 Iowa home. He was about sixteen years of age 
 when he left school and began to learn the drug 
 business, which line of business he has followed 
 almost continuously since. The first seven years he 
 was employed in his chosen occupation in Iowa, 
 and then he came to Pocatello, Idaho, but after a 
 year there occupied in various occupations he went 
 to Chicago, Illinois, where for a similar period he 
 worked in a drug store. Subsequently he was 
 employed in the same line at Des Moines, Iowa, six 
 months, and then at Omaha, Nebraska, for one year, 
 after which he gave the West another trial, locating 
 
 this time at Salt Lake City, Utah, where he became 
 foreman for the Smith Bailey Drug Company. He 
 continued with this firm eight years. Following that 
 he managed a drug store at Downey, Idaho, twa 
 years and then returned to Salt Lake City and 
 resumed his former position with the Smith Bailey 
 Drug Company, this time at an advanced salary. He 
 left there in May, 1912, to take charge of the drug 
 store he had purchased at M*cCammon, Idaho, and 
 has since been engaged in its conduct. He carries a 
 full line of drugs, cigars, stationery and such other 
 sundries as are usually found in such establishments 
 and from the first he has enjoyed a fine and thriving 
 trade. Mr. Thomsen understands this line of busi- 
 ness thoroughly, and with pleasant personal ways 
 he is appreciated as an agreeable associate, whether 
 in business or social relations. 
 
 In 1905 Mr. Thomsen was married at Salt Lake 
 City, Utah, to Miss Jessie Lillian Gray, formerly of 
 New York City, and to this happy union has been 
 born a son, Arthur Clark Thomsen, and a daughter, 
 Dorothy Gray Thomsen. 
 
 As a Republican Mr. Thomsen is interested in 
 political affairs to the extent that every good citizen 
 should be, and while he does not actively participate 
 in party affairs he believes voting a duty that should 
 be omitted by no citizen. He is a member of the 
 McCammon commercial club, and in the way of 
 outdoor sports he is fond of hunting and fishing. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Thomsen are members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 FRED SCHWENDIMAN. The business interests of 
 Sugar City, Idaho, are heavy and varied, offering 
 opportunities for development and advancement, as 
 the city is the natural center for a rapidly-growing 
 farming community that looks to this point as a 
 source of supplies. Competition in the various lines- 
 of business, however, is exceedingly keen, and only 
 those possessed of more than ordinary ability have 
 won a full measure of success. In this connection it 
 will not be inappropriate to briefly sketch the career 
 of Fred Schwendiman, a man who has risen to a rec- 
 ognized position among the successful men of his sec- 
 tion. Mr. Schwendiman was born at Neiderstocken, 
 Canton Berne, Switzerland, July 28, 1872, and is a 
 son of Samuel and Magdalena (Straubhaar) Schwen- 
 diman. The family emigrated to the United States 
 in 1886, settling in Paris, Idaho, where the father, a 
 wagon and carriage manufacturer, farmer and cattle 
 raiser, died in 1894, at the age of fifty-five years. The 
 mother now makes her home at Sugar City, and is 
 sixty-seven years of age. 
 
 Fred Schwendiman was the oldest of his parents^ 
 six children, and secured his education in the schools 
 of Paris, Idaho, and Ricks Academy at Rexburg. 
 On completing his studies, he entered the Hardware 
 business at Teton City, Idaho, where he remained 
 until 1904, and at that time disnosed of his interests 
 and came to Sugar City, where he assisted in organ- 
 izing the Sugar City Hardware & Lumber Company, 
 a concern which has grown from a small beginning 
 into one of the largest in this section of the state. 
 Mr. Schwendiman is the heaviest stockholder and is 
 manager and secretary-treasurer of the firm, with; 
 Mark Austin as president. By his careful attention 
 to and thorough knowledge of his business, and his 
 comprehensions of the needs of his patrons, he has 
 built up a splendid trade, and among his associates 
 he is known as a man of the highest integrity. In 
 political matters a Republican, he has since coming 
 to this city served acceptably as a member of the 
 town board. Mr. Schwendiman is also a director,, 
 and was one of the organizers of the Canyon Creek 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1167 
 
 Irrigation and Canal Company, and he is also widely 
 known as an extensive farmer, raising annually as 
 high as 20,000 bushels of grain. 
 
 Another laudable enterprise with which Mr. 
 Schwendiman has been identified is the Bowerman 
 Townsite. This community, lying ten miles east of 
 Sugar City and twelve miles southeast of St. Anthony 
 in Fremont county is located in the center of four 
 townships, where four townships corner together. 
 Fere is one of the richest and most productive sec- 
 ions of the state of Idaho. This section of the 
 country is comparatively new, having been used as 
 a sheep range for many years. Wonderful develop- 
 ments have been made in this section in the last 
 few years. Thousands of acres of sage brush lands 
 have been and are still being transformed into wav- 
 ing grain fields. The soil and climate here are also 
 especially adapted to fruit raising, and many young 
 orchards are being set out. This townsite is located 
 on a bench overlooking the upper Snake River Val- 
 ley. It was named after G. E. Bowerman of St. An- 
 thony, who in connection with C. C. Moore and Fred 
 Schwendiman have been very energetic in the de- 
 velopment of this section of the country. These 
 enterprising men sank a well at a great expense, 
 which is the only one for miles around, and which 
 is supplying a great many people with water for 
 domestic use. A large portion of the land is being 
 irrigated from what is known as the Canyon Creek 
 Canal, of which company Mr. Schwendiman is one 
 of the principals, and it is expected that this moun- 
 tain stream will be reservoired in the near future 
 and will supply water for many thousand acres of 
 land, upon which will spring up hundreds of thrifty 
 homes. 
 
 On January 7, 1897, Mr. Schwendiman was mar- 
 ried at Salt Lake City, Utah, to Miss Ethel A. Wil- 
 liams, daughter of John G. and Lavina A. (Pendle- 
 ton) Williams, now residents of Sugar City, and four 
 children have been born to this union, concerning 
 whom brief mention is made as follows : Fred W., 
 born in Teton City, Idaho, in 1898; Rulqn J'., born in 
 1899, and Viola, born in 1902, all attending school at 
 Sugar City; and Lynn A., the youngest, born in 
 Sugar City in 1908. The family is prominently con- 
 nected with the Church of the Latter Day Saints, 
 in which Mr. Schwendiman is second Councillor of 
 the Sugar City Ward. 
 
 Mr. Schwendiman has won success through con- 
 stant application to business, but in the meantime 
 has found time to do his full part in the upbuilding 
 of the community, and all movements tending to 
 enhance and stimulate progress find in him a stanch 
 supporter. In a wide acquaintance, he has drawn 
 to himself many -friends, and he finds no difficulty in 
 retaining them. 
 
 RICHARD THOMAS OWENS. Prominent among the 
 men who have been commercial builders in southern 
 Idaho is Richard Thomas Owens, of Malad City, 
 Oneida county, who has not only been a forceful 
 factor of progress in that direction, but in official 
 capacities and in other relations to society has accom- 
 plished highly commendable and serviceable achieve- 
 ments. He is awesterner by birth and represents 
 a family that has been identified with the life of 
 Oneida county, Idaho, nearly half a century. There 
 are few who know more of the development that 
 has taken place in this state in that period than does 
 Mr. Owens. 
 
 He was born April 21, 1854, at Ogden, Utah, to 
 John and Mary (Thomas) Owens, both of whom 
 were natives of Wales. They were married on board 
 ship while bound for America and spent nine months 
 
 on the voyage and in making their way to their 
 destination in Salt Lake City, Utah, having come 
 by sailing vessel around by the gulf and up the 
 Mississippi to Keokuk, Iowa, from whence they 
 crossed the plains to Utah with an ox team, arriving 
 there October 10, 1853. John Owens, the father, 
 engaged as a farmer and stock-raiser in Utah, but 
 in 1866 he sold his interests there and removed to 
 Oneida county, Idaho, becoming a resident of Malad 
 City. He resumed his former line of industrial 
 and business activity and became one of the most 
 prominent farmers and stock men of this section. 
 He passed away in November, 1895, at the age of 
 sixty-two, a member of the Mormon church. His 
 wife had preceded him in death, her demise having 
 occurred. m March, 1887, when fifty-two years of 
 age. Both are interred at Malad City. Seven chil- 
 dren were born to their union, namely : Richard 
 Thomas, of this review ; Sarah, now Mrs. John R. 
 Thomas, of Malad City; John T. and Edward T., 
 both farmers and stockmen at Malad City; Blanch, 
 now Mrs. Llewelyn Thomas, whose husband is no 
 blood relative of the family though bearing the same 
 name; Katharine, whose husband, Daniel M. Daniels, 
 is a grandson of Bishop Daniels, a pioneer of Utah 
 in 1848 and of Idaho in 1865; Charlotte, now Mrs. 
 David S. Jones, of Malad City, Idaho. 
 
 Richard Thomas Owens received his education 
 in Idaho, first in the public schools and then later 
 in the University of Utah. At the age of twenty- 
 four he entered into business activity as the pro- 
 prietor of a general store at Malad City and this 
 was the beginning of the mercantile business of the 
 R. T. Owens Company that is today the leading 
 enterprise of its kind in Malad City and in Oneida 
 county. Mr. Owens is the president and the largest 
 stockholder in this company. He is also a director 
 in the First National Bank of Malad City, is inter- 
 ested in the harness manufacturing plant located 
 there and in different other ways has taken a prom- 
 inent part in the upbuilding of his community. 
 Besides different valuable holdings in business prop- 
 erties there, he has the distinction of owning the 
 finest home in Malad City. As assets in beginning 
 his business career he had but little in a financial 
 way but he had good business acumen, perseverance 
 and a large capacity for industrious effort and by 
 these abilities he has achieved a definite and en- 
 viable success. The high regard in which he is 
 held in the county that has so long been his home 
 is shown by his having been called upon to serve 
 in different city and county offices, in each of 
 which his services were governed by the same ster- 
 ling traits that have made him a successful business 
 man. As a Republican he was elected a commis- 
 sioner of Oneida county in 1905, serving one term, 
 and he has also served four terms as a member 
 of the city council and twice as mayor of Malad 
 City. In 1890 he was one of thirteen Republicans 
 in Oneida county at that time, and as an active 
 worker in behalf of his party he has been a strong 
 factor in making Oneida a strong Republican 
 county ever since. He is a member of the Mormon 
 church and served as its missionary to Wales in 
 1885-86. Fraternally he became identified with the 
 Independent Order of Foresters in 1888 as a charter 
 member of Gem Valley Lodge No. 28. 
 
 Mr. Owens has been twice married. His first 
 wife was Miss Susan Thomas, daughter of Thomas 
 W. and Ruth (Morgan) Thomas, whom he wedded 
 in April, 1878, and who died in 1890. Two children 
 came to their union : Ruth, now Mrs. Henry McGee, 
 of Salt Lake City. Utah, and Dr. Richard E. Owens, 
 a dentist at Malad City, Idaho. In September, 1891, 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Mr. Owens took as his second wife, Miss Isabella 
 Regan, a native of Hamilton, Ohio. 
 
 GEORGE T. PARKINSON, M. D. A young physician 
 whose attainment and service have already marked 
 him for a high place in his profession, Dr. George 
 T. Parkinson has been in practice at Preston since 
 1910 and is county physician of Franklin county. 
 Dr. Parkinson represents one of the pioneer fam- 
 ilies and is the son of one of the best known phy- 
 sicians of Utah, where his family has been located 
 since pioneer days. 
 
 George T. Parkinson was born at Coalville, Utah, 
 December 27, 1883. His parents were Dr. W. B. 
 and Clari (Clarissa) Parkinson. His father, a native 
 of England, came to America when four years old, 
 and with his parents rode behind an ox team over 
 the plains until they came to the vicinity of Cald- 
 well, Utah, where they were among the first settlers. 
 In that vicinity he spent his early years, attending 
 school there and later graduated from the medical 
 department of Utah University. He has long since 
 ranked among the noted physicians of the state and 
 has practiced at Coalville, Farmington and Salt 
 Lake, and for the past twenty-eight years at Logan, 
 where he now resides at the age of sixty years. 
 The mother was born in Utah, her parents being 
 still earlier pioneers of that state. Her death 
 occurred in Logan in 1902 when she was forty-three 
 years of age. 
 
 The second in a family of five children, Dr. George 
 T., while attending the public schools of Utah and 
 partly through the example of his honest father, 
 determined to make medicine his profession. He is 
 a graduate of the Medico-Chirurgical College of 
 Philadelphia, and after obtaining his degree in med- 
 icine he first located for practice at St. Anthony, 
 Idaho, but after a short time he moved to McCam- 
 mqn and finally came to Preston, where he has 
 built up a very large practice. 
 
 In politics he is an independent. His religious 
 relations are with the Church of the Latter Day 
 Saints. All kinds of outdoor snorts, hunting and 
 fishing, make a strong appeal to him, and when he 
 is able to get away from business he enjoys nothing 
 better than an outing into the beautiful country 
 surrounding his home town. 
 
 Dr. Parkinson is a member of the Cache Valley 
 Medical Society. 
 
 At Salt Lake City, August 19, 1902, he married 
 Miss Florence Wilson, a daughter of Joseph Wil- 
 son of Logan, where he still resides. The four chil- 
 dren of their marriage are as follows : Rata, born 
 at Logan, Utah, in 1903, and now attending school 
 in Preston; George Theodore, born at Logan in 
 1905, is also a school boy; James Charles was born 
 at Philadelphia in 1907; Clarissa was born at Pres- 
 ton in February, 1912. 
 
 J. G. SMITH. One of the business men who some 
 years ago with complete faith in the future develop- 
 ment of Idaho, settled in the vicinity of Preston to 
 add his own enterprise to the business of that 
 locality, Mr. Smith has for fifteen years been one 
 of the progressive and prospering merchants of 
 Preston. His start in life was without capital and 
 from the resources of his own ability and industry 
 he rapidly advanced in experience and knowledge 
 of business and now for a number of years has 
 been considered one of the foremost merchants and 
 citizens of Preston. 
 
 J. G. Smith, who is a son of two of Utah's 
 pioneers, was born at Brigham City, Utah, in 
 November, 1865, a son of Samuel and Maria 
 
 (Smith) Smith. The father, a native of England, 
 came to America, and from New York state, where 
 he first settled, came across the plains to Utah 
 during the early days of colonization in that state. 
 His career was a prominent one. After a number 
 of years in contracting on the Oregon Short Line 
 Railroad, he located at Brigham City, where he was 
 mayor and also had a position on the local bench. 
 His death occurred at Brigham City in October, 
 1895, when he was seventy-seven years of age. The 
 mother, who was also from England, is now living 
 at Smithfield, Utah, aged seventy-two. 
 
 The fifth of the nine children in his family, J. G. 
 Smith attended the schools of Brigham City and on 
 leaving school began to learn the shoe manufactur- 
 ing business. It was with considerable knowledge 
 of that trade that he came to Preston in 1888, 
 twenty-five years ago, and for the first ten years 
 was engaged in the shoe business in this city. He 
 then established himself independently in the gen- 
 eral mercantile business, which from a very small 
 beginning, with a small stock, and with only his 
 acquaintance throughout the country to draw trade, 
 it has developed into one of the best stores in this 
 section of Oneida county. 
 
 Mr. Smith is a member of the Stake High Council 
 of the Church of the Latter Day Saints and during 
 1899 and 1901 was on a mission in England. He has 
 served as a member of the village board of Preston 
 for one term and in politics is independent. At the 
 Logan Temple, in Logan, Utah, in November, 1885, 
 he was united in marriage with Miss Louise Gilbert, 
 a daughter of George and Henrietta Gilbert, who 
 are still living in Brigham City, Utah, where they 
 were pioneer settlers. The eleven children of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Smith are named as follows : Mrs. Hen- 
 rietta L. Hobbs, who was born in Brigham City in 
 1886, and is now a resident of Downey, Idaho, and 
 the mother of three children ; Mrs. Jennett M. Bar- 
 ton, born at Brigham City in 1888, is a resident of 
 Preston and the mother of three children; James 
 G. Junior, was born at Preston in 1890, and now 
 resides at Downey; Mabel L., born in 1892, lives 
 at home ; Kenneth G., born in 1894, and Hazel, born 
 in 1895, both attending the Oneida Stake Academy; 
 Arnold, born May I, 1897, died November 3, 1898; 
 Alta, born November 3, 1898, Earl Gilbert, born in 
 1902, Lowell C., born in 1904, are all at school ; Grace, 
 born in July, 1907, is the youngest. All the children 
 except the two oldest were born in Preston. 
 
 HEBER H. HARTVIGSEN. In 1906 Heber H. Hartvig- 
 sen established the Ashton Enterprise in Ashton, 
 Idaho, which has the distinction of being the first and 
 only paper in this city. Mr. Hartvigsen has been 
 identified with newspaper work since his boyhood, 
 and when he had completed his school work served 
 a four-year apprenticeship to the printer's trade, 
 after which he was employed as a journeyman printer 
 for seven years, thus gaining a wide knowledge of 
 the business which has stood him in excellent stead 
 in recent years as an independent editor and news- 
 paper man. Mr. Hartvigsen was born in Sandy, 
 Utah, on July 20, 1886, and is the son of Emil and 
 Mina (Sorenson) Hartvigsen. The mother was 
 born at Moss, Norway, on the 3rd of August, 1852, 
 and is still living. 
 
 Emil Hartvigsen, born in Christiana, Norway, 
 May 20, 1852, came to America in 1870. He settled 
 in Salt Lake, Utah, in 1874, afterwards removing to 
 Sandy. He was a painter and paper hanger by trade 
 and in the later years of his life was occupied in the 
 mercantile business, enjoying a considerable busi- 
 ness success. He was a Republican and filled sev- 
 
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 ral public offices in his time, being always active 
 in political and civic affairs. He was a member of 
 the church of the Latter Day Saints and very active 
 in religious work at all times. He was noted as a 
 choir singer, both in Scandanavian and English 
 circles, and led a choir for more than thirty years of 
 his life. He died in Sandy January 22, 1907, when 
 he was fifty-five years old. The wife and mother 
 came to America in 1871, coming direct to Utah, 
 where she arrived on the 2Oth day of July and there 
 marrying her husband. She is the mother of six sons 
 and two daughters, and of this goodly family. Heber 
 1 1. was the fifth born. 
 
 Heber H. Hartvigsen was educated in the public 
 schools of Sandy, Utah, until he reached the age of 
 twelve years, after which he served his printer's 
 apprenticeship, following the trade of a printer for 
 seven years thereafter. His subsequent business ex- 
 perience is simply set forth in an opening para- 
 graph, so that further comment on his newspaper 
 career is here unnecessary. Suffice it to say that he 
 had established the Ashton Enterprise on a sojid 
 basis, and is giving to the people of his community 
 as clean and newsy a sheet as is ever seen in a 
 town the size of Ashton, the paper having a bona 
 fide paid circulation of six hundred subscribers. 
 
 Mr. Hartvigsen is a Republican, and although his 
 paper is not the political mouthpiece of his party in 
 this section of the country, it has decided leanings 
 toward that party. Personally, its editor is an active 
 worker in the interests of the cause and has served 
 his city well as city clerk from April, 19x19, to April, 
 191 r. He has given military service, having been 
 for three years a member of Company D of the 
 Idaho National Guards, and quitting the service 
 with the rank of first sergeant. Fraternally he is 
 a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
 and the Modern Woodmen of America, and he is 
 also a member of the Commercial Club of this city. 
 
 On June 16, 1910, Mr. Hartvigsen was married 
 at St. Anthony to Miss Lillian F. Fryer, the daugh- 
 ter of James A. Fryer of St. Anthony. She was 
 born in Utah but reared in Idaho. One daughter 
 has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hartvigsen Frances 
 Fdith, born May 19, 1911, in Ashton, Idaho. 
 
 JAMES E. GOOD. It can be said of the county attor- 
 ney of Bingham county, in the retrospect of his ca- 
 reer, that he has impressed himself upon the life and 
 institutions of Blackfoot, no less than upon his 
 profession, in a manner alike creditable to himself 
 and productive of lasting benefit to the city. A 
 thorough master of the law, he has attained a high 
 place in the ranks of Idaho's legists, and in his 
 official capacity has shown himself a faithful and 
 conscientious public servant. Mr. Good is a native 
 of London, Canada, and was born November 28, 
 1874, a son of James M. and Jane (McEwin) Good, 
 both natives of Scotland. 
 
 James M. Good emigrated to Canada in young 
 manhood, and was there engaged in farming until 
 coining to the United States, at which time he 
 settled on land in Iowa and continued to till the 
 oil during the remainder of his life, his death 
 occurring in 1*99. when he was sixty-eight years 
 of age. He was married in Canada to Jane McEwin, 
 who still survives him and makes her home in St. 
 Paul, Minnesota, having reached the advanced age 
 of seventy-nine years. Of their nine children, James 
 E. was the next to the youngest. 
 
 The early education of James E. Good was secured 
 in the public schools of Le Mars, Iowa, and later 
 he took a commercial course covering three winters 
 in Xorthwestern University. Al that time he began 
 
 the study of law at Lawrence, Kansas, and sub- 
 sequently went to California, where he continued 
 to assiduously prosecute his studies. Passing his 
 examination in that state, he began the practice 
 of his profession at San Diego, but one year later 
 came to Idaho Falls, in 1908, continuing to handle 
 a large and representative professional business until 
 1909, and in the meantime serving two years as 
 city attorney. When he came to Blackfoot, in 1910, 
 he was elected county attorney of Bingham county, 
 and in 1912 he was re-elected to fill that office, and 
 the voters have had no reason to regret of their 
 choice, for he has proved himself a painstaking and 
 capable public officer, with a high regard for the 
 duties and responsibilities of his office. Mr. Good is 
 thoroughly grounded in elementary knowledge, indus- 
 trious, patient in research and of sound and stable 
 judgment. He is powerful in forensic contests both 
 before juries and in the more formal argument 
 before the court. Among his professional brethren 
 he is recognized as a lawyer of high attainments, 
 and as one who respects the unwritten ethics of the 
 profession. He convicted the first banker in the 
 state who was charged with embezzlement and has 
 since convicted three others. In political matters 
 he is a Republican, while his fraternal connections 
 are with the B. P. O. E., the I. O. O. F., and the 
 M. W. A. He was one of the organizers and is 
 a director of the Idaho Fair Association. With 
 his family, he attends the Episcopal Church, where 
 he and his wife have many warm friends, as they 
 have also in social circles of the city. 
 
 In October, 1897, Mr. Good was married to Miss 
 Minnie Erb, of Le Mars, Iowa, daughter of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Fred Erb, who make their home in Ottawa, 
 Illinois. To this union there have been born two chil- 
 dren : Donald R., born in 1898, and Irene Gertrude, 
 born in 1901, both in Le Mars, Iowa, now attending 
 school in Blackfoot. 
 
 PAUL THOMAS. Three decades ago, among the 
 newcomers to Blaine county, Idaho, was a man of 
 sterling pioneer qualities, who brought with him 
 his herd of cattle. He saw the opportunities for 
 future development, and he remained to take 
 advantage of them. Today he is rated as one of 
 the wealthy stockmen and ranchers of the locality 
 in which he lives. This is Paul Thomas. His 500- 
 acre ranch, adjoining the town of Arco, is one of 
 the finest ranches in this section of the country. 
 
 Mr. Thomas is a native of France. He was born 
 at Lyons. May 19, 1858, son of Francois and Katie 
 (Fink) Thomas, both natives of France, where they 
 passed their lives and died. His father was born 
 in 1817 and died in 1864; his mother, born in 1817, 
 died in 1866. The former was for a number of 
 years, and up to the time of his death, engaged in 
 government work, furnishing feed and grain to the 
 army. In the Thomas family were four children, 
 Paul being the eldest. As a boy Paul was sent 
 to school in France. The death of his parents left 
 him an orphan at a tender age and he was early 
 thrown upon his own responsibility. He was 
 variously employed in France until he was twenty- 
 two years of age. when he decided to emigrate to 
 America. Accordingly he embarked for this coun- 
 try, and on his arrival at New York he was told 
 that in Texas there was plenty of work at good 
 wages for any one who was willing to put forth 
 the right kind of effort. So he went to San Antonio, 
 Texas, where, however, he remained only a short 
 time. Next we find him at New Orleans. There 
 he accepted a position on one of the steamers of 
 the Anchor line, running between New Orleans and 
 
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 St. Louis, Missouri. He followed "the river" for 
 a time, until the winter of 1881. During the next 
 year he was engaged in different kinds of work, 
 whatever he could find to do, at St. Louis, Missouri, 
 and East St. Louis, Illinois. In 1882 he went to 
 California. There he had his first experience as a 
 cowboy, and in a short time he became a cattle 
 owner. He made some money and saved it, and 
 when he left California a short time afterward 
 and came to Idaho he made some investments which 
 proved the wisdom of his judgment. At Muldoon 
 he erected a hotel, the first one in the town, and 
 soon afterward he was made postmaster. He kept 
 a little store, too, and owned a part of the town- 
 site. Here he lived for eight years. Then selling 
 all his possessions he came to where he now lives, 
 and which was his first stopping place when he 
 landed in the county, and here at Arco and vicinity 
 he has since made his home. At that time the only 
 hotel at Arco was a part tent and part frame shack. 
 This he bought, and soon he replaced it with a sub- 
 stantial building. And when the short line railroad 
 was built he established a general store and a feed 
 and livery barn. These he still conducts, and he also 
 personally superintends the operation of his large 
 ranch adjoining the town. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Thomas is a Republican. He has 
 never sought or held office. His religious faith is 
 that of the Roman Catholic church. 
 
 January 3, 1912, Mr. Thomas took to himself a 
 wife, Miss Mable Hurst, their marriage being 
 solemnized at Arco. Mrs. Thomas is a daughter 
 of Winfield S. and Emma Hurst of Pawnee, Okla- 
 homa. 
 
 JESSE L. MOLEN, implement and hardware dealer 
 of Arco, Idaho, is one of the enterprising young 
 men of the town who have made rapid strides in 
 the work of building up a successful business. 
 
 Jesse L. Molen received his early education in 
 the public schools of Utah. Later he attended the 
 Brigham Young University. At the time of the con- 
 struction of the Northwestern railroad through 
 Oregon, he was interested in contract work along 
 the line and followed it though that state and from 
 Oregon to Idaho. In Idaho he took contracts for 
 ditch work in connection with the Lost River Irri- 
 gation, a project not yet completed in 1913. Mean- 
 while he had taken up his residence at Arco, Idaho, 
 and had acquired homestead rights to a beautiful 
 quarter section of land which he proceeded to cul- 
 tivate. In 1910 in connection with K. L. Molen, 
 he established the Molen Hardware Business. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Molen is an Independent. His 
 religion is that of the Latter Day Saints. 
 
 WOOD D. PARKER. Editor and publisher of the 
 Teton Peake Chronicle, at St. Anthony, the judicial 
 center of Fremont county, Mr. Parker is distinctively 
 one of the representative newspaper men of Idaho, 
 even as he is also a most liberal, loyal and pro- 
 gressive citizen. He has wielded much influence in 
 furthering the civic and industrial advancement of 
 his home city and county and his appreciation of the 
 advantages and attractions of the state of his adop- 
 tion is of the most insistent order. His success in 
 the field of newspaper enterprise has been unequiv- 
 ocal and he stands as the concrete result of his 
 own ability and efforts. He now has a fine mod- 
 ern plant and his paper is one of marked influence 
 throughout the fine territory which it represents and 
 in which it has a wide circulation. 
 
 Mr. Parker is essentially a westerner in spirit and 
 allegiance, and his entire life has been passed in the 
 
 great domain west of the Mississippi river, the 
 while he is a scion of the stanchest of pioneer stock. 
 He was born at Boonesborough, now known as 
 Boone, the county seat of the Iowa county of the 
 same name, and the date of his nativity was Septem- 
 ber 17, 1867. He is a son of Jonathan T. and Marie 
 Parker, and his mother died the month after his 
 birth; 'she was a representative of a well known 
 southern family but her parents removed to the 
 north prior to the Civil war. Jonathan Theodore 
 Parker was born at Parkersburg, Richland county, 
 Illinois, a place named in honor of his grandfather, 
 Woodson B. Parker, who was one of the very early 
 settlers of that section of the state, whither he re- 
 moved from Kentucky, the lineage of the family 
 being of stanch English and Irish derivation. 
 Woodson D. Parker, the great-grandfather of him 
 whose name initiates this review and in whose honor 
 the subject was named, was a man of fine mentality 
 and marked ability. He was a soldier in both the 
 War of 1812 and the Mexican war, as was he also 
 in the Black Hawk war, and he had the strength and 
 hardihood, the ambition and industry, that make the 
 true type of pioneer. Jonathan T. Parker became 
 one of the pioneers of Iowa, to which state he re- 
 moved with his father in an early day and in which 
 he was for many years a prosperous farmer, having: 
 been actively concerned in the development and up- 
 building of Boone and Story counties in that state. 
 In 1878 he went to Kansas and in 1886 to Colorado, 
 locating in the city of Denver, where he engaged in 
 the hotel business and became especially successful. 
 He is still engaged in business at 1348 Cherokee 
 street. 
 
 Wood D. Parker, to whom this sketch is dedi- 
 cated, gained his rudimentary education in the com- 
 mon schools of his native state and Kansas, and 
 he was six months old, it should be stated, when he 
 was taken into the home of his grandfather as an 
 adopted son, who had removed to Kansas in 1879, 
 and who was one of the prominent and influential 
 farmers of the Sunflower State. The town of Moline 
 was later located on his "preemption" ranch, and 
 Mr. Parker was president of the first town board. 
 He was identified with agricultural enter-prise and 
 became an extensive dealer in real estate, residing 
 for a number of years at Howard, the judicial 
 center of Elk county, after the founding of the vil- 
 lage of Moline, in that county. He attained to a 
 venerable age and was a resident of St. Anthony at 
 the time of his death, his remains being laid to 
 rest "in the Ottawa cemetery. 
 
 In the public schools of Howard the future rep- 
 resentative newspaper man of Idaho continued his 
 educational discipline, and this was supplemented by 
 a course in a business college at Ottawa, that state. 
 Before he left school he had entered upon a prac- 
 tical apprenticeship to the printer's trade, in the 
 office of the Howard Courant, and in due time he 
 became a skilled artisan and one eligible for mem- 
 bership in the typographical union, to which he was 
 admitted in 1885. In the meanwhile, his health had 
 become much impaired, and when, in 1887, at the 
 age of twenty years, he left Kansas and made hi 
 way to Colorado, he weighed only seventy-six 
 pounds. Depending upon his own resources he 
 could not live in idleness and he had no desire for 
 a life of inactivity. The change of climate at once 
 proved most effective in restoring his health, and 
 in the same year he found employment in the office 
 of the Canyon City Record, later entering the office 
 of the Pueblo Journal at Pueblo. Colorado. He con- 
 tinued to be identified with the work of his trade 
 in that state until April, 1899, when he established 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1171 
 
 his residence at St. Anthony, Idaho. He had gained 
 thorough experience in all details of country news- 
 paper work, and upon his arrival in St. Anthony he 
 became the founder of the paper known as the Teton 
 Peak. The title was later changed to its present 
 form, the Teton Peak-Chronicle, and under the 
 regime of the founder the paper has become a veri- 
 table model in its class, with a circulation extending 
 throughout the fine agricultural section normally 
 tributary to St. Anthony. Most progressive policies 
 have characterized the independent journalistic and 
 business activities of Mr. Parker and his success 
 has been most worthily won, the while his labors 
 have been potent in furthering the growth and 
 prosperity of the city and county with which he 
 has closely identified himself and in which his 
 circle of friends is coincident with that of his 
 acquaintances. The valuation of the present mod- 
 ern plant of the Teton Peak-Chronicle is fully 
 twenty thousand dollars. When Mr. Parker here 
 began his operations his paper was issued from an 
 old time Washington hand press, and he now has 
 an office equipped with fine cylinder and job presses, 
 a Monotype machine of the latest type and all other 
 accessories of a high grade newspaper and job office. 
 The policy of the Teton Peak-Chronicle as touch- 
 ing political affairs was essentially that of support- 
 ing the cause of the Republican party until the na- 
 tional campaign of 1912, when its support was given 
 to the Progressive movement, as represented by 
 Colonel Roosevelt. 
 
 Mr. Parker has not only, been especially success- 
 ful in the development of a fine newspaper and job 
 printing business, but he has also identified himself 
 with other lines of enterprise, especially that of 
 mining in the Spring Mountain district of Idaho. He 
 is a secretary-treasurer of the Silver Reef Mining 
 Company, which is incorporated with a capital stock 
 of five hundred thousand dollars, and a rrttember of 
 the board of directors of the Red Bird Mine Com- 
 pany, incorporated for $100,000. The first mentioned 
 corporation has six claims in the Spring Mountain 
 district, in Lemhi county, and its prospects in the 
 developing of gold, silver, lead and copper prop- 
 erties are most flattering. The ore which they are 
 preparing to ship to the smelters at Salt Lake City 
 will average from thirteen hundred to eighteen 
 hundred dollars per carload in returns, and the 
 mines controlled by the company give every evidence 
 of becoming great producers under continued de- 
 velopment work. Mr. Parker js proving a most ag- 
 gressive and energetic executive in exploiting the 
 development of the properties, and he is also the 
 owner of valuable realty in his home city. 
 
 In politics Mr. Parker, as already intimated, is 
 now a stanch Progressive, and while he has been a 
 zealous worker in connection with political affairs 
 in his county, he has manifested no desire for pub- 
 lic offices. His paper is a most potent exponent of 
 local interests and is an agency of influence in 
 furtherance of civic and industrial advancement 
 along all normal lines. He is affiliated with the In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent 
 Protective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the 
 World, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the 
 Knights of Pythias. He was reared in the faith of 
 the Methodist Episcopal church but is not formally 
 identified with any religious organization, being lib- 
 eraj in his views and giving support to all denomi- 
 nations. 
 
 In June, 1881, Mr. Parker was married to Miss 
 Eva C. Patton. who died in 1899, and who is sur- 
 vived by two daughters Eva L., who is the wife of 
 Chester Hutchins, a representative figure in bank- 
 
 ing operations in the city of Denver, Colorado; and 
 Emma L., .who is married to Richard Graham, em- 
 ployed in connection with the postorfice service in 
 the city of Seattle, Washington, and two sons 
 Woodson John and Harry C., aged fifteen and eight- 
 een years, respectively. On June 30, 1909, Mr. 
 Parker was married to Miss Margaret McKee, the 
 daughter of William McKee, a native of Maryland, 
 Missouri. Three daughters have been born to the 
 second marriage and they lend brightness to an ideal 
 family home. They are Lucinda Woodsena, born 
 April 26, 1910; Margaret Louise, born July 25, 1911; 
 and Katherine Maurine, born on September 29, 1912. 
 Mrs. Parker is a popular factor in the social activi- 
 ties of her home city and is a member of the Chris- 
 tian church. 
 
 W. H. CLEARE. One of the leading mercantile 
 establishments of Pocatello and a large surrounding 
 territory is The People's Store. This is a business 
 of high standing, which has been developed apace 
 with the progress of the community, and has a 
 patronage which in large part has placed its trade 
 through this medium for years. 
 
 In 1892 W. H. Cleare came to Pocatello, then a 
 small town, and with Mr. George Gasser as an asso- 
 ciate, established the nucleus of the present busi- 
 ness. It was with a small stock and in narrow 
 quarters that these two men started, and for a time 
 their own services were amply sufficient to attend 
 to the trade in all departments. The growth since 
 that time has been steady and always on a solid 
 basis. Besides Mr. Cleare and his partner as active 
 managers, there are now employed twelve clerks and 
 other assistants, and the fine store quarters have 
 a floor space of seven thousand square feet. These 
 figures indicate better than anything else the history 
 of this enterprise from its inception to the present 
 time. 
 
 Mr. Cleare, who both as a merchant and in other 
 ways has identified himself prominently with the city 
 of Pocatello, is a native of the city of London, Eng- 
 land, where he was born May 29, 1867. He was 
 the youngest of five children, and his parents were 
 Henry and Emma (Fowler) Cleare, both of whom 
 spent their lives in England. The father, who was 
 a shoe manufacturer in London, died in 1883, at the 
 age of fifty-eight, and the mother passed away in 
 1880 at the age of fifty-seven. 
 
 W. H. Cleare enjoyed school advantages only until 
 he was thirteen years old, and was then apprenticed 
 to a linen draper. After serving the three years 
 required for mastery of the business, he continued 
 at work in the same line until his departure for 
 America. In 1886 he emigrated to America and 
 located at San Jose, California, where for three 
 years he was a clerk in a dry goods house. The 
 next year was spent in similar work at Evanston, 
 Wyoming, he was with a dry goods firm in Salt 
 Lake City two years, and from there came to Poca- 
 tello in 1892, and made the beginning of independent 
 business, whose subsequent prosperity has been out- 
 lined. 
 
 Mr. Cleare was one of the organizers of the 
 Farmers & Traders Bank in Pocatello, and has had 
 a very active part in the civic life of the community. 
 He was one of the organizers of the Railroad Y. M. 
 C. A., and was president of the association for ten 
 years, up to January, 1912. In 1900-02 he was in 
 the city council, and in 1904 and 1906 was elected 
 to the chief municipal office, that of mayor. He was 
 a member of the board of trustees of the Idaho 
 Academy in 1902. Fraternally he takes special in- 
 terest in the Woodmen of the World, having served 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 as banker of the local lodge fourteen years and in 
 other offices for three years; he is also a blue lodge' 
 Mason, and a member of the Modern Woodmen 
 of America. His church is the Methodist. He is 
 a follower of athletic sports, and takes great pleasure 
 in the society of his large circle of friends and 
 in the associations of his own home. 
 
 .He was married at San Jose, California, in 1889, 
 to Miss Carrie E. Lang. After a happy married life 
 of more than twenty years Mrs. Cleare passed away 
 in 1910. Their two sons, Stanley, born at Salt Lake 
 City in 1891, and Reginald, born at Pocatello in 
 1893, are both laying a solid basis for mercantile 
 careers in positions with the Marshall Field Com- 
 pany of Chicago. At Salt Lake City in August, 
 1912, Mr. Cleare married his present wife, Miss 
 Fannie R. Walters, daughter of Alfred N. Walters, 
 of Salt Lake City. 
 
 W. H. STUFFLEBEAM. The life of W. H. Stuffle- 
 beam in Idaho, one of the pioneer cattlemen and 
 hotel keepers of the state, embraces a period of 
 nearly thirty years, and covers the most phenomenal 
 era in the growth of the state from infancy to its 
 present maturity. During this period Mr. Stuffie- 
 beam has been identified with various large under- 
 takings, acting in several official capacities with sig- 
 nal ability, and at the present time he is president 
 and manager of the Bingham Abstract Company, one 
 of Blackfoot's leading enterprises. He comes from 
 a state that has given Idaho some of its best citizen- 
 ship, being a native of Whitehall, New York, where 
 he was born June 23, 1862, a son of William G. and 
 Olive A. (Moser) Stufflebeam, both of the Empire 
 state. 
 
 William G. Stufflebeam was a well known trans- 
 portation man in the East, where he served as 
 superintendent of the Lake Champlain Transporta- 
 tion Company, from Whitehall to Albany, and at 
 the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted in the One 
 Hundred and Twenty-second Regiment, New York 
 Volunteer Infantry. With that organization he 
 served bravely throughout the war between the 
 states, and when hostilities had ceased, he returned 
 to the duties and pursuits of peace with an excellent 
 military record. In 1884 he came to Idaho, where 
 for some years he was engaged in the cattle business, 
 but in 1911 retired from activities and went to 
 California, subsequently removing to Colfax, Wash- 
 ington, where he is now living quietly, being eighty- 
 two years of age. He was married in New York 
 to Olive A. Moser, who is now seventy-five years 
 old, and they had four children, of whom W. H. is 
 the oldest. 
 
 W. H. Stufflebam attended the graded and high 
 schools of Whitehall, the Military Academy at Gran- 
 ville, New York, and Poughkeepsie Business College, 
 following his graduation from which he took charge 
 of the Troy end of the Lake Champlain Transporta- 
 tion Company's business. In May, 1884, he accom- 
 panied his father to Blackfoot, Idaho, and for six 
 years was associated with him in the cattle business. 
 He then built the Blackfoot Hotel, which he con- 
 ducted successfully for three years, but leased it at 
 the end of that time to go to Washington, D. C, 
 and take charge of the department of receivers of the 
 failed banks in the United States, a department 
 of the office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 
 under the Hon. James H. Eckels. Four years later 
 he became receiver for the Moscow National Bank, 
 at Moscow, Idaho, and in 1900 closed its affairs and 
 returned to Blackfoot, where he again took charge 
 of his hotel for two years. Mr. Stufflebeam entered 
 the abstract business in 1902, becoming president and 
 
 manager of the Bingham Abstract Company, a posi- 
 tion he has continued to hold to the present time. 
 He is essentially a business man and his duties and 
 responsibilities .are large, but he has found time 
 to give to the obligations of citizenship, and at this 
 time is chairman of the board of county commis- 
 sioners of Bingham county. His political views are 
 those of the Democratic party, and his fraternal 
 connection with the B. P. O. E. He has always 
 been an Idaho "booster," and as a man who has 
 traveled extensively and has seen much of the coun- 
 try, his opinions carry weight. He believes that soil, 
 water and climate make Idaho the coming agricul- 
 tural state of the Union, the best potato center, and 
 an excellent region for alfalfa, grain and all hardy 
 fruits. He takes great pleasure in hunting and 
 fishing, and has a number of trophies which testify 
 to his skill with rod and gun. 
 
 On July 28, 1892, Mr. Stufflebeam was married at 
 Whitehall, New York, to Miss Carrie M. Keith, 
 daughter of William Keith, who resides at Black- 
 foot, Mrs. Keith having died in 1902. They have 
 no children. 
 
 WILLIAM H. BOHLSCHEID. The spirit of enter- 
 prise which has set Pocatello so prominently to the 
 front among Idaho cities within the last decade is 
 well represented in William H. Bohlscheid, the 
 merchant and banker and man of affairs. Mr. Bohl- 
 scheid began life a poor boy, with only the resources 
 of his own character and industry to push him 
 ahead, and with such capital he has acquired a place 
 of distinctive influence in his home city of Pocatello. 
 
 Born at Council Bluffs, Iowa, June 20, 1869, he was 
 the oldest of the seven children of Anthony and Zervia 
 (Baldwin) Bohlscheid. His father came from 
 Germany in young manhood, locating near Council 
 Bluffs, and subsequently moving to Denver, where 
 he became one of the successful contractors and 
 builders, a business which he followed up to the 
 time of his death in 1900 at the age of sixty-eight. 
 The mother, a native of Kentucky, whence she went 
 to Iowa during girlhood, was educated and married 
 in the latter state, and after her husband's death, 
 removed to Idaho, buying property at Nampa, where 
 she now lives at the age of seventy years. 
 
 Spending most of his youth in Denver, William H. 
 Bohlscheid attended the public schools there, but at 
 an early age applied himself to practical vocation. He 
 learned the printer's trade, which he followed in 
 all of its departments four years, and then gave it 
 up to seek his fortune in the more fascinating but 
 more hazardous role of prospector and miner. He 
 was in the rush to Cripple Creek and also carried 
 his pick into the Gunnison valley. Moderate suc- 
 cess rewarded these ventures, and he finally turned 
 his energies into other directions. In 1901 he took 
 up his residence at Pocatello, where for the first 
 year he was in the employ of the Oregon Short 
 Line. He next established what is still known 
 as the Book Store Pharmacy. With a small stock 
 of drugs and accessories and books and stationery 
 he began a business which under his management 
 was developed into one of the most popular and best 
 stores in Pocatello. On the first of January, 1912,. 
 he sold to Mr. Bailey, who now runs the business. 
 Since then Mr. Bohlscheid has acquired a half in- 
 terest in The Toggery, a men's furnishing goods 
 store long conducted by Mr. Harry Peterson. This 
 is the store patronized by the discriminating buyers 
 in Pocatello, and has a splendid trade. Mr. Bohl- 
 scheid owns much valuable real estate in the city, is 
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 Traders Bank, and has varied interests in the sub- 
 stantial prosperity of Pocatello. 
 
 In 1909 Mr. Bohlscheid was elected on the Re- 
 publican ticket to membership in the city council, 
 and took a public-spirited part in the management 
 of the municipal affairs. Fraternally he is affiliated 
 with the Woodmen of the World, the Order of Elks, 
 and is treasurer in the Fraternal Order of Eagles. 
 Hunting and fishing offer him the most attractive 
 diversions from business. 
 
 At Gunnison, Colorado, November 17, 1894, he 
 married Miss Leona V. Long, a daughter of John 
 Long. Her father is deceased and her mother resides 
 in Pocatello. Mrs. Bohlscheid passed away January 
 31, 1910. She was the mother of. three children, 
 the first of whom was born in Colorado and the 
 others in Pocatello. They are: Miss Gertrude, born 
 in 1895 and now a student in the Idaho Academy; 
 Harold, born in 1902 and a high school student ; and 
 Curtis, born in 1904 and in the grade school. 
 
 CARL BARNARD. A young attorney of marked 
 ability and of signal success in Pocatello is Carl 
 Barnard, who has been practicing the legal profes- 
 sion in this city since 1910. Both superior training 
 and an inherited talent for the law have contributed 
 to his qualifications for his profession. 
 
 His father, N. P. Barnard, is one of Illinois' lead- 
 ing lawyers. He is a native of the Prairie State, 
 from which he went to war at the age of seventeen 
 with the Twentieth Illinois Regiment, serving during 
 the latter part of the war. He has since been active 
 as a banker and attorney near Chicago, and for the 
 past twelve years has been Master of Chancery in 
 Kendall county, Illinois. At the age of sixty-two, he 
 is still in active practice. Mrs. N. P. Barnard, nee 
 Jennie Williams, is also a native of Illinois, where 
 she was married and where she has lived during all 
 the fifty-seven years of her life. Of the four chil- 
 dren born to N. P. and Jennie Barnard, the second 
 was the son whom they named Carl, and who has 
 become prominent in the legal affairs of Pocatello. 
 
 Carl Barnard was born in Kendall county, Illinois, 
 on October 24, 1877. His youthful years were spent 
 in the educational quests made possible by the public 
 schools of Kendall county. Ever ambitious, the 
 young man early began to study with his father and 
 at the age of eighteen he matriculated in the Chi- 
 cago College of Law affiliated with Lake Forest, 
 Illinois. In 1901 he was graduated from that insti- 
 tution of Chicago's fairest suburb and immediately 
 began his legal practice, choosing his native com- 
 munity as the field of his work. For nine years he 
 continued his residence and work in that place, at the 
 end of that time coming to Pocatello. 
 
 It was in 1910 that Attorney Barnard settled here. 
 He was at once admitted to the bar and began prac- 
 tice in the city of Pocatello. From the first he was 
 successful and his work has rapidly grown in extent 
 and prestige. His practice is now one of the best 
 in this Idaho city. As time goes on, his attention 
 is more and more devoted to corporation work. 
 Among the corporate institutions which he legally 
 represents are the following: The Farmers and 
 Traders' Bank; The McCannon State Bank; the 
 Bancroft State Bank; and The Gem Valley Bank, 
 which he helped fo organize. 
 
 Mr. Barnard is a member of the Bannock County 
 Bar Association. He served in Kendall county, 
 Illinois, as secretary of the County Central Com- 
 mittee. Always a loyal Republican he has been active 
 in the cause of that party in national, state and 
 county affairs. 
 
 The home interests of Mr. Barnard began during 
 
 his life in Illinois. Mrs. Barnard, nee Sophia Tuttle, 
 was a daughter of Benjamin and Theresa Tuttle of 
 New York state. The only child of the Tuttle- 
 Barnard marriage is Helen Maurine Barnard, born 
 in Chicago in 1900. She is now a student of the 
 Pocatello high school. 
 
 Numerous fraternal associations include Mr. 
 Barnard among their popular members. In Masonic 
 orders he holds the rank of master mason ; in the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows he passed all 
 chairs while in Illinois and his rank in this society 
 is that of past master; in the Loyal Order of Moost 
 he is past dictator at Pocatello. 
 
 Not only is Mr. Barnard valued by the citizen- 
 ship of this part of Idaho as one of the coming 
 attorneys of the state, but his loyalty to the com- 
 monwealth is of a high and enthusiastic order. To 
 him it is the best state in the Union and he would 
 not return to his native state, he says, under a 
 guarantee. 
 
 R. H. GREEX. A man who for the past ten years 
 has been one of Pocatello's useful and influential 
 citizens is R. H. Green, whose work as a con- 
 tractor and builder has added much to the material 
 aspect of the city. He is a man of long and interest- 
 ing experience in the West, having traversed numer- 
 ous states since he came in 1876 when he had just 
 attained his majority to the trans-mountain country. 
 His native state is Ohio, to which commonwealth 
 his father, William R. Green, had come at an early 
 period and where he had enlisted for service in 
 the Civil war, in which conflict he lost his life from 
 fever at the age of thirty-five. Mary Norris Green, 
 the wife of William Green, was a native of Ohio, 
 where she died in 1905 at the age of eighty-three. 
 Of their ten children the sixth was R. H. Green, the 
 subject of this sketch. He was born in Powhatan, 
 Ohio, April 18, 1855. 
 
 The schools of Ohio contributed to the early de- 
 velopment of R. H. Green, who at the close of his 
 educational period proceeded to learn the carpenter's 
 trade. With this experience and ability as his stock 
 in trade, he went at the age of twenty-one to 
 Fresno, California. From there he passed on to 
 Portland, Oregon, where he was for some time 
 engaged at his occupation. In the following year 
 he removed to Montana and in that state ne re- 
 mained for twenty-five years, the demand for his 
 work keeping him in the cities of Butte, Helena 
 and Marysville. At one period he attempted pros- 
 pecting and mining, but his lack of success convinced 
 him that his destined vocation lay in his own ex- 
 perienced line. 
 
 In 1902 Mr. Green came to Pocatello. Here he 
 began job work. By the year 1905 he had well 
 established himself as a contractor and builder. 
 Among the structures which he has erected here are 
 the Bistline store; the Y. M. C. A. building; the 
 Citizens Bank; several fine warehouses and a num- 
 ber of splendid residences, including the handsome 
 home of Mayor Bistline. Aside from his contract 
 work, Mr. Green has established on Third avenue 
 a commodious and up-to-date saw-mill. 
 
 Mr. Green is politically allied with the dominant 
 party of the greatest era of American life. Hit 
 church affiliation is with the local church of the 
 Presbyterian denomination, in which congregation 
 he and his family are among the most substantial 
 members. Mrs. Green, who was formerly Miss 
 Sarah Davis, lived before her marriage at Wicks, 
 Montana. The Davis-Green marriage took place in 
 1882 and in the ensuing years four children have 
 been born and reared in this home. The eldest, Wil- 
 
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 Ham R. Green, was born in Marysville, Montana, 
 on June 14, 1883; since reaching the years of ma- 
 turity he has married one of Pocatello' s young ladies 
 and has established himself in this city in the gro- 
 cery business. The only daughter of R. H. and Mrs. 
 Green was born at Marysville on March 5, 1885, and 
 was named May. She is now Mrs. Rosevear, of 
 Butte, Montana, and is the mother of one son, named 
 Russell. Burt R. D. Green was born on August 12, 
 
 1887, and is now in Pocatello, where he is in the 
 employ of his father. Frank Green, the youngest 
 member of the family, was born on September 8, 
 
 1888, at Wicks, Montana; he is connected with the 
 Green Brothers Grocery Company of Pocatello. 
 
 All of the interests of R. H. Green are closely 
 identified with his chosen home. He has seen 
 enough of the West to select a permanent locality 
 with more than the usual intelligence. The growth 
 of Pocatello has been a matter in which he has 
 taken much personal pride, for in the ten years 
 of his residence here he has seen it grow from 
 inconsiderable proportions to its present flourish- 
 ing condition. 
 
 FRED C. CHRIST. While aspiring to no leadership 
 of prominence, Fred C. Christ, by reason of his 
 long identification with Blackfoot, as well as by his 
 connection with the city's enterprises of a public 
 and business nature, no less than by his upright 
 character and sterling integrity, is entitled to be 
 ranked among those who have contributed to the 
 civic welfare. Like many of his associates in the 
 commercial field, Mr. Christ came to this city a 
 poor man, with but little capital other than that 
 endowed by nature, a native intelligence, courageous 
 spirit and willing hands, founding a small business 
 and developing it into large proportions, and at this 
 time he is proprietor of one of the leading jewelry 
 establishments of Bingham county, and holds a prom- 
 inent place in the political life of the place, being 
 one of the city fathers. 
 
 Fred C. Christ was born at Pine Grove, Pennsyl- 
 vania, and is a son of E. M. and Sarah (Smetzer) 
 Christ, natives of the Keystone state, where they still 
 reside. E. M. Christ, who has been identified with 
 the coal industry throughout his active business life, 
 is now fifty-five years of age, as is also his wife, 
 and both reside at the old home in Pine Grove. The 
 oldest of a family of eight children, Fred C. Christ 
 received the advantages to be obtained by attendance 
 in the public schools of his locality, and, being an 
 energetic and industrious youth, devoted his attention 
 to learning the jeweler's vocation. He was thor- 
 oughly trained in all the details of the business, 
 and when he had mastered his chosen line of en- 
 deavor engaged in business for himself in his native 
 state. Ambitious and enterprising, he succeeded in 
 building up a fair trade, but was not satisfied to 
 remain in the ranks of mediocre business men, and 
 accordingly cast about him for a field where he 
 could better himself. Eventually, he decided upon 
 Idaho, and in 1902 came to this state and located 
 first in Salmon City, where he remained for three 
 years. His advent in Blackfoot occurred in 1905, 
 when he opened a modest establishment, and here 
 he met with almost instant favor. Recognizing that 
 he had at last found his proper field, he redoubled 
 his energies, and has since had the satisfaction 
 of seeing his labors produce fruit, his store now 
 holding prestige as one of the leading jewelry 
 stands in this section of the state. He carries a full 
 line of first-class goods, and with excellent work- 
 manship and honorable dealing has combined a 
 pleasant and courteous personality that has gone 
 
 far in winning him friends and patronage. In 
 politics a Republican, Mr. Christ has taken an in- 
 telligent interest in public matters, and in 1909 was 
 elected a member of the city council, a position 
 which he still holds. His fraternal affiliations are 
 with the Blue Lodge and Chapter of Masonry, the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights 
 of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of 
 Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America. With 
 his family, he attends the Episcopal church. 
 
 In June, 1906, Mr. Christ was married at Black- 
 foot, to Miss Etta Morrison, daughter of T. S. 
 Morrison, of this city, and to them there have 
 been born two children : Virginia, born in June, 
 1908; and Elizabeth, born in July, 1910, both in 
 Blackfoot. 
 
 JOSEPH T. CARRUTH. The life of Joseph T. Car- 
 ruth, the efficient and popular county clerk and re- 
 corder of Bingham county, presents a well-defined 
 example of enterprise, industry and integrity, con- 
 ducting to eminent success, and of political con- 
 sistencies based on moderate and enlightened views, 
 views at all times compatible with a generous tol- 
 eration of the sentiments entertained by others, and 
 commanding general confidence and esteem. As 
 one who has been connected with realty affairs for 
 a number of years, Mr. Carruth is widely known 
 in the business world, and in his official capacity he 
 has extended his acquaintance, while in the prosecu- 
 tion of both his private interests and those of his 
 county he has gained a reputation for high integrity 
 and sincerity of purpose. He was born September 
 24, 1874, in Summit county, Utah, and is a son of 
 William and Emma (Wilde) Carruth. 
 
 William Carruth was born in Utah, his parents, 
 natives of Scotland, having journeyed across the 
 plains with the early pioneers of that state. He 
 became a timber man, connected with the building 
 of the Union Pacific Railroad through Utah, as a 
 contractor, and is still a resident of Summit county, 
 being about sixty-eight years of age. His wife was 
 a native of England, and was brought to the United 
 States in girlhood by her parents, who crossed the 
 country to Utah, where she met and married Mr. 
 Carruth. She also survives, being sixty-nine years of 
 age, and has been the mother of eleven children, of 
 whom Joseph T. was the third in order of birth. 
 
 The education of Joseph T. Carruth was secured 
 in the public and high schools of Summit county, 
 from the latter of which he was graduated, and he 
 then took a course in Brigham Young University, 
 where he was graduated in 1897. Following this he 
 spent one year in teaching the schools of Washington 
 county, southern Utah, but the profession of edu- 
 cator did not appeal to him and he subsequently 
 became connected with a lumber company, continuing 
 with it in the capacity of bookkeeper until the spring 
 of 1901. At that time Mr. Carruth came to Idaho 
 Falls, Idaho, in the employ of the C. M. & W. 
 Company, as cashier, and in 1902 came to Black- 
 foot for the same company in a like capacity. In 
 1905 Mr. Carruth embarked in the real estate busi- 
 ness and later handled produce as well, but a few 
 years later the business was dissolved at the time 
 that Mr. Carruth was appointed to the offices of 
 clerk, recorder and auditor of Bingham county. He 
 continues to act in these capacities, and has proved 
 one of the most faithful, efficient and popular officials 
 the county has known. He has been an active worker 
 in the ranks of the Democratic party, and in 1910 
 was candidate on that ticket for the office of state 
 treasurer, but owing to political conditions at that 
 time, met with defeat. Mr. Carruth is a member of 
 
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 the Church of the Latter Day Saints. His success 
 in business has been due to his own efforts, as he 
 never received any outside help after embarking 
 upon his career. It is his emphatic opinion, often 
 expressed, that Idaho is still in its infancy as 
 far as development of its resources is concerned, and 
 that the future will bring further advancement com- 
 mensurate with that of the past. He has backed 
 this assertion with investments in property, and owns 
 a handsome home in Blackfoot and lands in the 
 valley. 
 
 In June, 1900, Mr. Carruth was married at Salt 
 Lake City, Utah, to Miss Sara Hodson, daughter 
 6f William and Isabella Hodson. of Summit county, 
 Utah, the latter deceased and the former still living 
 there, and four sons have been born to this union : 
 Theron, born in July, 1902, in Summit county, and 
 now attending school in Blackfoot ; Paul, born 
 August 10, 1904, in Blackfoot, and a school student 
 here; Lowell, born in 1910, in Blackfoot, and Wen- 
 dell, born in December, 1912, in Blackfoot. 
 
 JAMES A. MARTIN came to Blackfoot, Idaho, in the 
 spring of 1904. Before that time he had engaged in 
 different enterprises in various sections, being iden- 
 tified with activities of some magnitude, and had 
 accumulated a fund of practical experience, particu- 
 larly in the line of machinery, which pointed the 
 \vay for his subsequent energies. During the past 
 seven years he has been manager of the Blackfoot 
 plant of the Consolidated Wagon Manufacturing 
 Company, and as a side line is extensively engaged 
 in the livestock business. Mr. Martin is a native of 
 the East, born at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, De- 
 cember 14, 1876, a son of Oscar C. and Margaret 
 A. (Hartman) Martin. 
 
 Oscar C. Martin was born in Pennsylvania, and 
 although little more than a lad enlisted in the 
 Union army at the outbreak of the Civil war. He 
 became a member of the Second Pennsylvania Vol- 
 unteers, in which he rose to the rank of second 
 lieutenant, and served bravely with that organiza- 
 tion until the battle of Gettysburg; in which he was 
 Avounded in the hip by an exploding shell, an injury 
 which partly incapacitated him for the rest of his life 
 and which, no doubt, hastened his death, which 
 occurred in 1890, when he was but fifty-four years 
 of age. He was married in Pennsylvania, and in 
 1878 took his family to Tabor, Iowa, where he 
 established himself in the hardware, grain and stock 
 business, with which he was connected during the 
 rest of his active years. His wife passed away in 
 Iowa in 1892, when sixty-six years of age, having 
 been the mother of two sons : Oscar C, who is 
 captain of the Fourteenth Regiment, United States 
 Regulars, stationed in the Philippine Islands; and 
 James A. 
 
 James A. Martin received his preliminary educa- 
 tional training in the graded schools of Tabor. Iowa, 
 and graduated from the high school there in 1894. 
 Subsequently, he became a student in Tabor Col- 
 lege, where he took a course of six years in the 
 commercial department, and his first business experi- 
 ence was the settlement of his father's estate at 
 Tabor. This work accomplished, he went to Ne- 
 braska and entered the employ of the Champipn 
 Machine Company, where he spent three years, and 
 in the spring of 1904 came to Blackfoot." where in 
 the fall of 1905 he became connected with the Con- 
 solidated Wagon Manufacturing Company. He was 
 made general manager of the plant of this concern 
 in March, 1906, and has continued to ably direct 
 its affairs to the present time. A shrewd, capable 
 and far-sighted business man, he has the full con- 
 
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 fidence of his associates and the respect of his 
 employes, and holds prestige because his rise in the 
 business world has been a direct result of his own 
 efforts, unaided by influential friends or outside 
 sources. Mr. Martin owns a valuable cattle ranch 
 in the country and devotes a part of his time to rais- 
 ing well-bred livestock. In political matters he is a 
 Republican, but he is essentially a business man, 
 and has not allowed himself to neglect commercial 
 affairs for the uncertain rewards of the public arena. 
 He is somewhat interested in fraternal matters, being 
 a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, of 
 the Knights of Pythias, in which he is vice chan- 
 cellor, and in the Royal Highlanders, where he has 
 passed all the chairs. With his family, he attends 
 the Episcopal church. 
 
 On September 26, 1900, Mr. Martin was married in 
 Gottenburg, Nebraska, to Miss Gertrude Shirey, 
 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Shirey, well- 
 known residents of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Martin 
 have two children: Loa, born in 1901, in Gottenburg, 
 Nebraska; and Harry Alfred, born in 1905, in Black- 
 foot, Idaho; bright and interesting children who 
 are students in the Blackfoot graded schools. 
 
 NELSON D. JACKSON. Possessing an excellent 
 knowledge of the law and its application, Nelson 
 D. Jackson, a successful attorney of St. Anthony, 
 has won noteworthy success by a systematic appli- 
 cation of his abilities to the profession of his choice. 
 A New England man by birth and ancestry, he was 
 born May 18, 1854, ia Woodstock, Maine, of hon- 
 ored stock. 
 
 His father, D. F. Jackson, was born and bred in 
 Maine. Following the tide of emigration westward 
 when yet a comparatively young man, he located 
 first in Sparta, Wisconsin, where he was engaged for 
 several years in the nursery business, an occupation 
 which he subsequently carried on successfully in 
 Minnesota. Now a venerable man of eighty-five 
 years, he is living in St. Anthony, Idaho, with his 
 son Nelson. He married, in Maine, Rebecca Bill- 
 ings, a native of that state. She passed to the 
 higher life in 1880, in Dillon, Montana, at the age 
 of forty-eight years. Four children were born of 
 th'eir union, Nelson D. being the second child. 
 
 As a boy and youth Nelson D. Jackson attended 
 the public schools of Wisconsin and Minnesota, 
 and the seminary at Osage, Iowa, from which he 
 received his diploma in 1877. In 1879 he was 
 graduated from the Law Department of the Uni- 
 versity of Iowa, and immediately located at Neligh, 
 Nebraska, where he was prosperously engaged in 
 the practice of law for thirty years, meeting with 
 eminent success. Moving in that year to St. An- 
 thony, Idaho, Mr. Jackson has here continued the 
 practice of his profession, in the meantime having 
 acquired a place of prominence in legal circles. 
 
 Politically Mr. Jackson is a stanch Republican, 
 and has long been influential in public affairs. In 
 1884, he was elected district attorney at Neligh, 
 Nebraska, and served in that capacity two years. 
 There, from 1893 until 1896, he served as district 
 judge. He was appointed a commissioner of the 
 supreme court of Nebraska in 1905, and at the 
 expiration of his term, in 1907, he was reappointed 
 to the same position, but resigned in October of that 
 year to attend to his professional duties. Fraternally 
 Mr. Jackson is a member of Trowel Lodge, No. 
 71, Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons, 
 at Neligh, Nebraska, of which he is oast master; 
 of Damascus Commandery, No. 40, Knights Temp- 
 lar; of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of 
 the Mystic Shrine; of the Independent Order of 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Odd Fellows; of the Knights of Pythias; of the 
 Woodmen of the World; of the Royal Highlanders; 
 and of the Knights of the Maccabees. Religiously 
 he is a member of the Baptist church. He also 
 belongs to the Nebraska Bar Association. 
 
 Mr. Jackson has been twice married. He mar- 
 ried first, in Neligh, Nebraska, October, 1883, Miss 
 Hattie Bissell. The maiden name of his second 
 wife, to whom he was married at Dillon, Montana, 
 August 2, 1910, was Cora Morsch. Mr. Jackson 
 has five children, namely: Harry D. Jackson, born 
 September 23, 1884, is inspector of surveys for the 
 government in Nebraska; Lyle Jackson, born in 
 June, 1886, is county attorney of Antelope county, 
 Neligh, Nebraska; Elta Jackson, born in July, 1888, 
 is a school teacher in Neligh, Nebraska; Mrs. Grace 
 Jackson Tufts, born in October, 1890, in Neligh, 
 resides in Denver, where her husband is inspector 
 of surveys for the government; and Dorothy Jack- 
 son, born in July, 1892, is a teacher in the Neligh 
 schools. 
 
 ALFONZO M. CARTER. Throughout Fremont county 
 there is no better known or more highly respected 
 citizen than Alfonzo M. Carter, of St. Anthony, 
 a pioneer of Idaho, and one of the few remaining 
 large cattle raisers of the West. A son of Charles 
 Carter, he was born in Quebec, Canada, August 
 2, 1854, of English and French ancestry. 
 
 Charles Carter was born in Massachusetts, near 
 Boston, where his parents first settled on coming 
 from England to this country, although they after- 
 wards removed to Canada, spending their last days 
 in Quebec. A young boy when his parents re- 
 moved to Quebec, Charles Carter there completed 
 his studies, and afterwards embarked in the hotel 
 business. Accumulating considerable money, he 
 invested it in land, and was engaged in tilling the 
 soil in Quebec until his death, in 1866, at the early 
 age of fifty-eight years. He married in Quebec, 
 Sophia Pomerleau, who was born in Canada of 
 French parentage. She passed away in 1879. 
 
 The youngest of a family of seven children, Al- 
 fonzo M. Carter obtained his rudimentary educa- 
 tion in the district schools, and afterwards attended 
 the College of Quebec for nine years. Going to 
 Maine in 1872, he secured a position as clerk in 
 a store at Lewiston, where he remained four years. 
 In July, 1876, he visited the Centennial Exposition 
 in Philadelphia, from there continuing his way west- 
 ward. At Omaha, Nebraska, Mr. Carter became as- 
 sociated with the Republican Valley Railway Com- 
 pany as a civil engineer, and assisted in making 
 surveys for the U. P. R. R. Arriving with a 
 party in Franklin, Idaho, in 1877, he made surveys 
 to Montana, continuing with the surveying party that 
 constructed the narrow gauge railroad to Blackfoot, 
 Idaho, completing the work in 1879. From there 
 the party kept on to Beaver Canyon, he subsequently 
 making surveys from Pocatello to Hailey, and thence 
 to the Columbia river, the proposed terminus of 
 the railroad being then at The Dalles, Washington. 
 Continuing with the company until 1882, Mr. -Carter 
 assisted ^ in surveying the road for the Oregon 
 Short Line to Baker City, Oregon. Returning then 
 to Utah, he bought a large ranch on the banks of 
 the Snake river, and took up stock-raising, a profit- 
 able business which he has since followed on a large 
 scale, his home being in Idaho, near Rexburg. 
 
 In 1877 Mr. Carter took part in Bannock Indian 
 war, camping with a party of thirteen men on the 
 present site of the city of Pocatello. He assisted 
 in subduing the savages, who had killed many set- 
 tlers and freighters. Mr. Carter had many interest- 
 
 ing experiences during his early life on the frontier, 
 one of which is well worth repeating in this volume. 
 An Indian princess, belonging to a tribe that was 
 camping near William Shilling's trading post, at 
 Ross Fork, died, and he decided to attend the funeral 
 services. When Mr. Carter arrived, the Indians 
 were all seated in a circle, the chief in the very 
 center, with the body of his dead daughter in his 
 arms. The members of the circle were wailing, and 
 slashing themselves with sharp knives as a sacrifice 
 to the dead, a performance that lasted through the 
 entire day. Just as the sun was slowly sinking in 
 the west, six horses and as many dogs were killed, 
 to keep the princess' soul company to the happy 
 hunting grounds beyond. Blankets were then torn 
 in strips, and wound tightly round the dead body, 
 and at dark the entire tribe accompanied the remains 
 to the burial ground in the mountains. 
 
 Mr. Carter is a stanch supporter of the principles 
 of the Democratic party, and has ever been active 
 in public affairs. From 1880 until 1887 he served 
 as justice of the peace, being the only justice at 
 that time in Bingham county, or what is now Fre- 
 mont county, and during the period of his incumbency 
 he married about seventy-five couples. In 1888 he 
 was elected county commissioner of Bingham county, 
 and in 1897 was again elected to the same office in 
 Fremont county. In 1898 he was elected county 
 clerk of Fremont county for a term of four years, 
 and in 1910 was chosen county clerk and recorder of 
 Fremont county, an office which he still holds, hav- 
 ing been honored with a re-election in 1912. Re- 
 ligiously Mr. Carter is a member of the Roman 
 Catholic church. 
 
 In Quebec, Canada, January 13, 1886, Mr. Carter 
 was united in marriage with Miss Emma Barbeau, 
 who was born in Canada, and died March 3, 1895, 
 in Rexburg, Idaho. Mr. Carter has one daughter, 
 Marietta Carter, born in Rexburg, Idaho, December 
 29, 1887, who resides with him. 
 
 COLONEL THOMAS R. HAMER. Belonging to a fam- 
 ily distinguished alike for its patriotic ardor and for 
 its able service in public affairs, Colonel Thomas R. 
 Hamer was for many years one of the leading at- 
 torneys of St. Anthony, Fremont county, and is 
 now a citizen of prominence and influence. A son 
 of the late Thomas Hamer, he was born May 4, 
 1864, in Vermont, Fulton county, Illinois. He is 
 of Revolutionary stock, his great-grandfather, 
 Thomas Hamer, having served as lieutenant of a 
 company of Pennsylvania Continentals in the Revo- 
 lutionary war, while his paternal grandfather, James 
 Hamer, was captain of the Pennsylvania Bucktails 
 in the War of 1812. Another near kinsman, Thomas 
 L. Hamer, of Ohio, a close personal friend of 
 Andrew Jackson, was a representative in congress 
 from Ohio for a number of years, and subsequently 
 enlisted for service in the Mexican war, entering 
 as major of his company, and being promoted to- 
 the rank of brigadier general. He died at the close 
 of the conflict at Fort Brown, Texas. 
 
 Thomas Hamer, the colonel's father, was a native 
 of the Keystone state. In early manhood he migrated 
 to Illinois, settling near Vermont, where he acquired 
 prominence as an attorney, and for twenty years 
 represented Jiis district in the Illinois House of 
 Representatives. During the progress of the Civil 
 war he enlisted as captain of Company H, Twenty- 
 eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was after- 
 wards made major of the Tenth Illinois Cavalry. 
 Still later he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of 
 the Eighty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, a rank 
 which he held until the close of the war. At the 
 
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 engagement at Stone River, Tennessee, he was badly 
 wounded, having two horses shot from under him, 
 and at the close of the conflict was given honorable 
 mention for gallantry in the War Department. He 
 lived to a ripe old age, passing away in St. Anthony, 
 Idaho, at the age of ninety years. He married in 
 Vermont, Illinois, Harriet E. Johnston, who died in 
 Illinois. 
 
 The sixth child in a family consisting of five sons 
 and two daughters, Thomas R. Hamer acquired his 
 elementary education in his native town, and sub- 
 sequently continued his studies first at Hedding 
 College, in Abingdon, Illinois, and later at the Law 
 School in Bloommgton, Illinois, where he was grad- 
 uated with the class of 1891. Beginning the practice 
 of his profession in Vermont, Illinois, Mr. Hamer 
 remained there two years, when, in 1893, he came to 
 St. Anthony, Idaho, where he met with eminent 
 success as a lawyer, building up a very large and 
 highly remunerative law practice. He became active 
 in public affairs, in 1897 serving as a member of 
 the Lower House in the State Legislature. 
 
 At the breaking out of the Spanish-American 
 war in 1898, Mr. Hamer enlisted as a private in 
 Company A, Second Provisional Battalion, First 
 Idaho Volunteer Infantry. He was afterwards com- 
 missioned captain by Governor Stunenburg, of Com- 
 pany E, First Idaho Volunteer Infantry, and or- 
 dered to San Francisco, where, with his regiment, 
 he embarked for the Philippine Islands. There he 
 served with his command in and about Manila until 
 the surrender, on July 14, 1898. He was then de- 
 tailed as provost judge at Manila, where he served 
 on the staff of General R. P. Hughes. He was 
 provost judge of Manila until February 10, 1899, 
 when he joined his company, which he commanded 
 at the Battle of Caloocan, Philippine Islands. On 
 the morning of February 11, 1899. he was there 
 severely wounded in the right thigh, and lay on 
 the field of battle four hours before he was removed 
 to the hospital at Manila. For gallantry in that 
 engagement Generals Otis, McArthur and Hughes 
 recommended him to the Governor of Idaho for 
 promotion, and while lying in the hospital he was 
 made lieutenant colonel of his regiment. 
 
 Colonel Hamer, on leaving the hospital, was as- 
 signed by General Otis to the command of the 
 Military District of Cebu, which carried with it 
 the Military Governorship of that island. The col- 
 onel's command at that time consisted of parts of 
 the Twenty-third and Ninth regiments of the Reg- 
 ular Infantry; a battery of the Sixth Regular United 
 States Artillery; and one battalion of the First Ten- 
 nessee Volunteer Infantry, He served in that ca- 
 pacity until the spring of 1900, when he was as- 
 signed to duty as justice of the supreme court of 
 the Philippine Islands, being one of the two mili- 
 tary members of that court. 
 
 While the colonel was on duty as governor of 
 Cebu, the Idaho State Regiment, with all the other 
 state regiments, was ordered home, and its men 
 were honorably discharged from the service. At 
 the earnest request of General Otis, Colonel Hamer 
 accepted a commission from President McKinley 
 as lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-seventh United 
 States Volunteer" Infantry which was one of three 
 regiments being then recruited from veterans in the 
 several state regiments in the Philippines. After 
 that the colonel was made a justice in the supreme 
 court of Manila, and continued there until civil 
 government was established on the islands, when 
 he was ordered to San Francisco, where, in May, 
 1901, he was honorably discharged from the service 
 by the Secretary of War, Elihu Root. 
 
 Returning to St. Anthony, Colonel Hamer re- 
 sumed the practice of his profession, although of 
 late years he has devoted his attention almost en- 
 tirely to his personal interests. In the political 
 arena he has been very active, having presided 
 over every 'Republican State Convention in Idaho, 
 either as temporary or permanent chairman since 
 1902. In 1908 he was appointed by President Roose- 
 velt as receiver of the Blackfoot, Idaho, land office, 
 and held that position until nominated for Con- 
 gress at the State Convention held in Boise that 
 same year. At the election held in November, 
 he was elected to Congress, leading the entire Re- 
 publican ticket at the polls, and served one term. 
 While serving as representative, Colonel Hamer 
 introduced the enlarged Homestead Bill, under 
 power of which one is permitted to acquire title 
 to three hundred and twenty acres of arid land in- 
 stead of one hundred and sixty acres, as formerly, 
 and also secured passage through the lower house 
 of a bill giving to the state of Idaho lands for the 
 benefit of the school fund equal in value to the lands 
 wrongfully taken from the school fund for the For- 
 est Reservation, which bill passed the House of 
 Representatives, but failed to pass the Senate. Gov- 
 ernor Hawley and others subsequently went to Wash- 
 ington, and there obtained an order from Presi- 
 dent Taft for eighty thousand acres of land to 
 be turned into the school fund. 
 
 Since his return from Congress the colonel has 
 been engaged in private enterprises. He is a farmer 
 and real estate owner, and is vice president and prin- 
 cipal stockholder of the St. Anthony Bank and Trust 
 Company, which has recently been reorganized. He 
 has erected some of the more substantial buildings 
 of St. Anthony, including the Ross Hamer Block, 
 and several other large business houses in the place, 
 lie has met with success in law and in business, and 
 is widely known as an interesting and entertain- 
 ing public speaker. 
 
 Fraternally Colonel Hamer is a member of the 
 Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons, in 
 which he has taken the thirty-second degree; of the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the 
 Knights of Pythias. He is also a hereditary mem- 
 ber of the Washington, District of Columbia, Mili- 
 tary Order of the Loyal Legion, inheriting member- 
 ship from his father. The Military Order of the 
 Loyal Legion of the United States was organized 
 by officers of the army, navy and marine corps of 
 the United States who took part in the Civil war, 
 membership in the same descending to the direct 
 male lineal descendants, according to the rules of 
 primogeniture. 
 
 Colonel Hamer married in 1890 in Vermont, Ill- 
 inois, one of his early schoolmates, Miss Blanche 
 Kirkbride, and they have two daughters, namely: 
 Elizabeth M., born March 4. 1892, in Vermont. Ill- 
 inois; and Consuelo B.. born February 14, 1905, in 
 Vermont, Illinois. Both are talented and cultured, 
 having taken courses in music and French at Geneva, 
 Switzerland, and have traveled extensively both 
 abroad and in our own country. 
 
 PROFESSOR DAVID C. NEIFERT. Prominent among: 
 the successful educators of Fremont county is Prof. 
 David C. Neifert, of St. Anthony, city superintendent 
 of schools, which stand high among similar institu- 
 tions in the state, ihcir satisfactory condition being 
 largely due to his untiring efforts and good executive 
 ability. He was born, September 15, 1871, in Knox- 
 ville. Iowa, and was there brought up and educated. 
 
 His father, D. B. Neifert, was born and reared 
 in Pennsylvania, but as a young man migrated to 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Iowa, settling in 1849 in Marion county, near Knox- 
 ville, where he was for a few years engaged in mer- 
 cantile business. He subsequently turned his atten- 
 tion to agriculture, and cleared and improved a 
 farm, on which he is still living, being now a hale 
 and hearty man of seventy-six years. He married 
 in Iowa, Eliza J. Kestler, who spent her entire life 
 in that state, dying in 1875. Six children blessed 
 their union, David C., the subject of this sketch, 
 being the fifth child in succession of birth. 
 
 Obtaining his elementary education in the rural 
 schools, David C. Neifert subsequently continued 
 his studies in the Knoxville public schools, and 
 afterwards entered Drake University, in Des Moines, 
 where he was graduated with the class of 1896. 
 Desirous of still further advancing his knowledge, 
 Professor Neifert took up the study of history and 
 political economy at the State University of Iowa. 
 In 1897 he began his career as an educator, for a 
 year teaching school most successfully. Enlisting 
 for general service in 1898, he served in the Reg- 
 ular army for eight months, after which he resumed 
 teaching in Iowa, and continued there thus em- 
 ployed for seven years. In 1905 the professor ac- 
 cepted his present position as superintendent of the 
 schools of Fremont county, and assumed the re- 
 sponsible duties of his office in September of that 
 year. Energetic and progressive, he has worked 
 diligently and intelligently in his efforts to raise 
 the standard of the schools under his charge, and 
 has the distinction of having organized the first 
 high school in this section of the state. At the 
 present writing, in the later months of 1912, there 
 is under process of construction a modernly equipped 
 high school building, which when completed will 
 stand second to none in the West, providing ample 
 space and equipment to the fast increasing student 
 body. The educational work of Professor Neifert 
 is highly appreciated throughout the state, his ability 
 arid efficiency being unquestioned, and he is now 
 rendering excellent service as a member of the 
 Idaho Board of Text Book Commissioners. He 
 is prominent in local affairs, being an active mem- 
 ber of the Young Men's Christian Association, in 
 the work of which he takes much interest. 
 
 Professor Neifert married, December 24, 1899, Miss 
 Bessie J. Jefferson, of Casey, Iowa, where her par- 
 ents, W. M. and Sarah Jefferson, still reside. Three 
 children have been born of their union, namely: 
 Lucile, born July n, 1900, in Elliott, Iowa; Harold, 
 born in the same place, July 2, 1902 ; and Helen, born, 
 in St. Anthony, Idaho, July 26, 1906. 
 
 Politically the professor is a straightforward Re- 
 publican. Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient 
 Free and Accepted Order of Masons, in which he 
 has passed all the chairs. He is fond of outdoor 
 sports, his favorite pastimes being hunting and fish- 
 ing. 
 
 KARL R. MALOTTE, M. D. A rising young physi- 
 cian of St. Anthony, Karl R. Malotte, M. D., has 
 an extensive practice, and is fast winning for him- 
 self a prominent and honorable name in the medical 
 profession of Fremont county. A native of Graham 
 county, Kansas, he was born April I, 1887, of hon- 
 ored ancestry. 
 
 The doctor's father, Rev. James Malotte, was born 
 and educated in Missouri. Entering the ministry, 
 he was for several years located in Kansas, where 
 he had charge of a Baptist church, his last pastorate 
 having been in Missouri, however, in Maryville, 
 where his death occurred October 16, 1900, at the 
 comparatively early age of fifty-nine years. Dur- 
 ing the Civil war he enlisted in the Southern army 
 
 as a private, and fought gallantly at the Battle of 
 New Orleans. He married Mary Eddy, who was 
 born in Missouri, in 1856, and is now a resident of 
 Maryville, that state. 
 
 The youngest child in a family of four children, 
 Karl R. Malotte obtained his first knowledge of 
 books in the public schools of Graham, Missouri, 
 after which he was graduated from the Northwestern 
 University, at Evanston, Illinois, with the degree of 
 Bachelor of Arts. In 1910 he received the degree 
 of Doctor of Medicine, after which he served as 
 an interne at a Chicago Hospital for a year, gain- 
 ing both professional knowledge and experience of 
 value. Starting westward on a vacation trip in 
 the spring of 1911, Dr. Malotte was so favorably 
 impressed with the future possibilities of Idaho that 
 he at once decided to locate in this state. He 
 opened an office in St. Anthony on May 2, 1911, 
 and has since built up a large and lucrative patron- 
 age, his professional skill and ability having won 
 for him the confidence and respect of the entire com- 
 munity. 
 
 Dr. Malotte married, September 6, 1906, Isora 
 Graham, who was born in Nodaway county, Mis- 
 souri, and was married in Maryville, Missouri, where 
 her mother, Donna Graham, still resides. Her 
 grandfather, Colonel Graham, was a man of prom- 
 inence in Missouri, the town of Maryville, of which 
 he still owns a part, was built on his farm. Dr. 
 and Mrs. Malotte are the parents of two children, 
 namely : Karl Graham Malotte. born in Chicago, 
 Illinois, November 14, 1908; and Mary Donna 
 Malotte, born July 24, 1910, in Maryville, Missouri. 
 
 The doctor is a member of the State Medical 
 Society and of the American Medical Association. 
 Socially he belongs to the Copus Club, and to the 
 St. Anthony Gun Club. He is fond of hunting 
 and fishing, never missing an opportunity to enjoy 
 these sports whenever he can find leisure to do so. 
 
 RAY HOMER FISHER, M. D. The professional ca- 
 reer in Rigby of Dr. Ray Homer Fisher embraces a 
 period of only three years, but during this time 
 he has become known as one of the most capable 
 young physicians in Fremont county and has risen 
 to a high position in the esteem of his professional 
 brethren. A native son of Idaho, with the true 
 Westerner's love for his own country, he has added 
 materially to its prestige in the field of medical 
 science, and in his official capacity of county physi- 
 cian of Fremont county is rendering his fellow-citi- 
 zens signal service. Dr. Fisher belongs to a family 
 that has long been connected with Idaho's history. 
 His brother, the Hon. George Fisher, state senator, 
 is known as the most eloquent speaker in southern 
 Idaho, where he is prominent in Democratic poli- 
 tics, and his father, William F. Fisher, may lay 
 claim to being one of those who blazed the trails 
 for the pioneers to this state. In official, profes- 
 sional, business and social life, men bearing this 
 name have been intimately associated with the growth 
 and development of the Commonwealth. 
 
 Ray Homer Fisher was born March 9, 1883, at 
 Oxford, Bannock county, Idaho, and is a son of 
 William F. and Millenium (Andrus) Fisher. Wil- 
 liam F. Fisher was born in England, and at the age 
 of fourteen years came to the United States, taking 
 up the trail to Utah in 1854 and settling at Salt Lake 
 City, where he was married in 1861. Mr. Fisher 
 became a rider for the famous pony express, riding 
 from April, 1860, to July, 1861, from Salt Lake 
 to Ruby Valley, Nevada, and to California. Many 
 of these courageous men were killed, either by the 
 hardships they were compelled to face during their 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 travels, or by the hostile Indians who infested the 
 country, but Mr. Fisher managed to come through 
 unscathed, partly because of his knowledge of the 
 Bannock and Shoshone Indian languages, both of 
 which he spoke fluently. He was one of the hardiest 
 and speediest riders in the service, and his record 
 of thirty-four hours and twenty minutes continu- 
 ously in the saddle, during which he made three 
 hundred miles, still stands. He became the first 
 assessor of Oneida county, when it embraced the 
 territory from Utah to Montana, and is still living, 
 at the age of seventy-three years, at Oxford, his 
 wife being sixty-seven years old. They had eleven 
 children, of whom Dr. Fisher was the next to the 
 youngest. 
 
 Ray Homer Fisher attended the public school in 
 Utah and the Utah Agricultural College, from which 
 institution he received the degree of Bachelor of 
 Science in 1904. Subsequently he entered the Uni- 
 versity of Colorado, graduating therefrom in 1909 
 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, and at that 
 time entered practice at Helper, where he was sub- 
 stitute division surgeon for the Denver & Rio 
 Grande Railroad. Later, Dr. Fisher spent one year 
 in practice at Oxford, but July i, 1910, came to 
 Rigby, and on opening his office was appointed as- 
 sistant surgeon for the Short Line Railroad. He 
 has built up an excellent practice, of a representative 
 character, and his remarkable success in a number 
 of .complicated cases has served to make his name 
 widely known in medical circles throughout the 
 state. He was appointed county physician by the 
 Democratic commissioners ticket in 1911, and con- 
 tinues to fill that office with high ability. Dr. Fisher 
 takes great interest in the work of the various med- 
 ical organizations, being a member of the American 
 Medical Association, the Idaho State Medical So- 
 ciety, the Southern Idaho District Medical Society, 
 the Pocatello Medical Society, the Cache Valley 
 Medical Association, the National Medical Fra- 
 ternity, and the Omega Upsilon Phi. He has 
 confidence in the future of his native state, and has 
 expressed this confidence by investing in various 
 enterprises, and has an interest in the State Bank 
 and the City Pharmacy. His religious belief is that 
 of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. 
 
 On June 8, 1909, Dr. Fisher was married at Louis- 
 ville, Colorado, to Miss Blanch Dierden. daughter of 
 Jabez and Mary Dierden, the former still residing 
 in Colorado, and the latter deceased. One child was 
 born to this union : Fred Dierden. born May 25, 1910, 
 at Lewisville, Idaho. 
 
 ALFRED M. PALMER, M. D. Prominent among 
 Idaho's medical men of the younger generation 
 stands Dr. Alfred M. Palmer, of Rigby. whose title 
 to eminence in his profession lies not so much in the 
 length of time he has been engaged in practice, for 
 he is as yet a young man. as in what he has already 
 accomplished in his chosen field. In these modern 
 days, when the course of medical training is long 
 and strict, the practitioner newly-graduated is often 
 better prepared than the physician of half a century 
 ago was after years of practice. Dr. Palmer enjoyed 
 the benefits of a thorough preparatory training, and 
 has subsequently kept fully abreast of the advances 
 and discoveries in his profession, and as a result has 
 been able to win public confidence and approval and 
 to build up a large and representative professional 
 business. Alfred M. Palmer was born March 31, 
 
 85, at Logan, Cache county, Utah, and is a son of 
 William and Linnie May (Fisher) Palmer, natives 
 of Utah. His father, a well-known civil engineer 
 and bridge constructor, met an accidental death on 
 
 the Short Line Railroad, at old Kansas Station, 
 Idaho, during the same year that Dr. Palmer was 
 born, and Mrs. Palmer was married ten years later 
 to J. H. Carlson, of Oxford, where she still makes 
 her home. 
 
 Alfred M. Palmer was the only child born to his 
 parents, and his early education was secured in the 
 public schools of Oxford. He later became a student 
 in the Utah Agricultural College, where he took a 
 five-year course, then entering the University of 
 Colorado to enter upon his medical studies. Follow- 
 ing this, he attended the Denver-Gross College of 
 Medicine, and in 1911 he was given his degree of 
 doctor of medicine by the University of Colorado. 
 At that time Dr. Palmer became house surgeon at 
 the Latter Day Saints Hospital, at Salt Lake City, 
 where he spent one year, then choosing for his field 
 of practice the town of Rigby, which he rightly 
 judged was to become a flourishing center of com- 
 mercial and industrial activity. A further induce- 
 ment for his coming here was the fact 'that it was 
 the location of his uncle, Dr. Ray Homer Fisher, 
 with whom he formed a partnership on his arrival, 
 an association that has continued to the present time 
 with mutual benefit. Dr. Palmer is favorably known 
 by his confreres as a thoroughly capable physician, 
 and one who observes and respects the unwritten 
 ethics of the profession. He belongs to the Amer- 
 ican Medical Association and the Idaho State Med- 
 ical Society, and is also a member of the Omega 
 Upsilon Phi medical fraternity, in which he has a 
 number of friends. Politically a Democrat, at this 
 time he is serving as city physician of Rigby. His 
 religious belief is that of tne Church of the Latter 
 Day Saints, in which his family has always been 
 prominent. He is fond of fishing and hunting, and 
 it is his custom to take a vacation each year and 
 devote himself to the sports of the field and forest, 
 thus finding restoration and diversion in luring the 
 wary trout from their lurking places or in tracking 
 the bear and deer in the mountain fastnesses. Alto- 
 gether, the doctor is a typical Westerner, virile, alert, 
 proud of his native state, an honor to his profession 
 and a representative public-spirited citizen. 
 
 On June 12, 1912, he was married in Salt Lake 
 City, Utah, to Miss Bertha Wells, the daughter of 
 John Wells and Almena Thorpe, who both reside 
 in Salt Lake, Mr. Wells being superintendent of the 
 L. D. S. hospital. On May 25, 1913, at Rigby, a 
 son, William Wells, was born to Dr. and Mrs. 
 Palmer. 
 
 ALBERT HEATH. For more than sixteen years a 
 resident of Fremont county, where he has been iden- 
 tified with educational, agricultural and commercial 
 activities, Albert Heath, field superintendent of the 
 Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, at Rexburg, has won 
 the title to a place among the substantial men of 
 his section. He was born May 8, 1863, at Dinas 
 Powis, South Wales, and has fully exemplified the 
 hardy, enterprising character for which tne people 
 of that region have always been famous. His father, 
 George Heath, was born in Wiltshire, England, Jan- 
 uary 21, 1832, and in his native land was engaged 
 in farming until his emigration to America, July 3, 
 1877, and two years later he came to Idaho and took 
 up farming lands in the vicinity of Oxford, where 
 he carried on agricultural pursuits until his death, 
 in December. 1907. He married Hannah Gleed, who 
 was born May 4, 1835, and died April 7, 1895, and 
 they became the parents of three children, Albert 
 being the oldest. 
 
 The early education of Albert Heath was secured 
 in Cardiff, Wales, and after coming to the United 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 States he completed his studies in the schools of Ox- 
 ford, Utah, and New West Academy, from which 
 he was graduated in 1885. At that time Mr. Heath 
 took up school teaching, which he followed in con- 
 nection with farming in Utah and Idaho for the next 
 :fifteen years, coming to Fremont county in 1896. 
 .Here he continued to be engaged in tilling the soil 
 until 1907, when he was made field superintendent 
 of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, at Rexberg, and 
 .this position he has continued to fill in an able man- 
 ner to the present. An excellent business man, 
 while promoting the best interests of the company 
 he has also firmly established himself in the confi- 
 dence of his associates, and. every where he is known 
 as a man of sound principles, good judgment and 
 the strictest integrity. He is a director in the First 
 National Bank of Rexburg, and he makes his home 
 in Rexburg. In addition to his activities in the field 
 -of business, he has had a predilection for politics, 
 .and served as state senator during the seventh ses- 
 sion, and as county treasurer of Fremont county for 
 two terms, from 1904 to 1910. As an official he 
 "brought to his duties the same conscientious atten- 
 tion to detail that has made him successful in his 
 private affairs and his administrations were marked 
 -by services of an excellent character. He has always 
 supported Republican principles. Mr. Heath is a 
 member of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, in 
 the work of which he has been quite active, and at 
 ? this time is first councilor in the presidency of the 
 Fremont Stake. 
 
 On March 17, 1897, Mr. Heath was married at 
 Logan, Utah, to Miss Martha J. Davenport, daugh- 
 ter of James N. and Margaret (Pettis) Davenport, 
 -the former now deceased, and formerly a farmer of 
 ; Richmond, Cache Valley, Utah, and the latter still 
 surviving and a resident of Marysville. Mr. Heath 
 : .is fond of all out-door exercises. It is his belief that 
 the state of Idaho has a great future before it, bas- 
 ing his confidence on the assertion that this section 
 has more natural resources and less waste land than 
 any other state in the Union. His activities in 
 ''boosting" his adopted section have aided materially 
 in its growth and development and he is justly re- 
 garded as one of his community's foremost men. 
 
 HEBER C. AUSTIN. Not only as president of the 
 "Bingham Stake of the Mormon church does Heber 
 'C. Austin occupy a foremost place among the able 
 :and influential citizens of this state, but along other 
 "lines that interest men of foresight and enlightened 
 mind he may be numbered with Idaho's most pro- 
 gressive. Not every youth dependent upon his own 
 resources from school days has been able to approach 
 so near the summit of his laudable ambition while 
 yet in middle life, but not everv one. perhaps, so 
 early set his face toward this goal, and through un- 
 tiring industry, self denial and personal rectitude 
 advanced steadily onward. The honors of the 
 church are not lightly bestowed, and those who bear 
 them have won them. The first twelve years of his 
 life President Austin spent in England, where he 
 was born December 20, 1855, the fourth child in a 
 family of seven sons and four daughters. His father, 
 John Austin, died in Utah, in February, 1905, at the 
 age of eighty-three years, and his mother, Emma 
 (Grace) Austin, also passed away in Utah county 
 in December, 1894, when sixty-seven years old. 
 
 Heber C. Austin was twelve years of age when 
 the family emigrated to the United States, and he 
 accompanied his parents in the long trip across the 
 plains to Utah county, Utah. There he secured a 
 somewhat limited education in the district schools, 
 in the meantime working on his father's farm and 
 
 in the Utah mining camps. On acquiring his ma- 
 jority, he took up a homestead, where he followed 
 farming and sheep raising for some years, but in 
 1891 became interested in the beet sugar business 
 and assisted in building the first factory for the man- 
 ufacture of beet sugar in the West, at Lemhi, Utah. 
 This has become one of the leading industries of the 
 West, and its growth and development is due in no 
 small way to the efforts of Mr. Austin, who for 
 years was active in its advancement as assistant 
 superintendent of the agricultural department of the 
 Lemhi mill in Utah. He was selected to act as agri- 
 cultural superintendent of the Idaho Falls factory 
 and later held the same position with the Blackfoot 
 factory in connection with the Idaho Falls factory. 
 
 On December 31, 1878, Mr. Austin was married in 
 Utah county, Utah, to Desetet Taylor, daughter of 
 Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor, natives of England and 
 early settlers of Utah. Eight children have been 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Austin, namely: Daisy May, 
 born May n, 1879, in Utah county, Utah, married 
 in 1900 to Mr. Webb, and has three children; Ray- 
 mond, born May 9, 1882, in Utah county, died in 
 1890, and was there buried; Mrs. Margaret Rabb, 
 born in 1885 in Utah county, residing in Lincoln 
 county, the mother of two children; Victor, born 
 October 31, 1889, in Utah county, now a resident of 
 Lincoln, Utah; Bernice, born in 1890, residing in 
 Lincoln; Myrtle, born in 1896, and now a student in 
 the Idaho Falls high school; Edith, born in 1899, i" 
 Utah county, and now attending school in Lincoln; 
 and Bessie, born in 1904, at Lincoln, Idaho, a school 
 student. 
 
 Mr. Austin is known to his business associates as 
 a man of the strictest integrity and probity of char- 
 acter. His success in life has been due to his own 
 efforts, as he was thrown upon his own resources 
 at a tender age, the family being large and the home 
 finances inadequate. However, while he has achieved 
 a notable success in the world of business, it is prob- 
 ably as a worker in the Church of Latter Day Saints 
 that Mr. Austin has attained what he considers his 
 greatest triumph. In 1900 he was first sent on a mis- 
 sion to England, where he spent two long and fruit- 
 ful years, and in 1904 was selected bishop of Lincoln. 
 He held that office until 1908, when he was selected 
 president of the Bingham Stake of Idaho, and still 
 continues to act in that exalted office. 
 
 HERMAN SCHWARZ. There are many instances of 
 men who by reason of the early possession of con- 
 siderable tracts of land in or near the large cities 
 have found themselves rich by the mere advance of 
 the value of their property. There are others who, 
 in speculative times, have boldly seized the oppor- 
 tunity, and in a few fortunate speculations achieved 
 sudden and substantial wealth. But the real-estate 
 man who, without the possession of low-priced lands, 
 demanded by the advancing limits of population, 
 without loading himself with obligations, which with 
 a change of the conditions of the market may crush 
 him, and sharing in no sudden and ephemeral specu- 
 lation, in a long course of dealing reaps the legiti- 
 mate profits which come from prudence, good judg- 
 ment and a wise consideration of the elements of 
 value, is rarely to be met with in the throng of 
 dealers who crowd the market. In the last-named 
 class, however, is found Herman Schwarz, of Idaho 
 Falls, who since 1909 has carried on a successful 
 real estate and insurance business here, and whose 
 success in the commercial world is all the more 
 creditable in that it has come through the medium 
 of his own persistent efforts. 
 
 Mr. Schwarz is a native of Germany, born in the 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1181 
 
 province of Saxony, November 6, 1857. His parents, 
 Frederick and Louise (Fredrich) Schwarz, were 
 farming people of the Fatherland, where they passed 
 their entire lives. Herman was the only child of his 
 parents, and until fourteen years of age attended the 
 public schools of his native country, after leaving 
 which he became self-supporting. Like thousands 
 of others of his countrymen, he decided that his 
 future outlook in Germany was only to always work 
 hard and never achieve an independent position, and 
 accordingly, in 1882, embarked for the United 
 States, confident that here he could better his for- 
 tunes. He almost immediately made his way to Chi- 
 cago, Illinois, where he connected himself with a 
 florist, and in several years was the proprietor of an 
 establishment of his own, but in 1894 made removal 
 to Salt Lake, and for twelve years was occupied as 
 a florist. In 1906 Mr. Schwarz came to Idaho Falls 
 and connected himself with a local brewing company, 
 but three years later entered the real estate and loan 
 business, an enterprise that has met with more than 
 ordinary success. One who should meet Mr. Schwarz 
 in his business office, the walls adorned with plats 
 of city lots and suburban tracts, farm lands and 
 orchard property, and listen to the persuasive speech 
 of the real estate dealer, would realize that the pro- 
 prietor was a leading one of the class of acute and 
 fluent dealers, and an earnest student of realty 
 values. He has accumulated a competence out of 
 prudent and judicious dealing, and his activities have 
 been so directed along legitimate lines that he has 
 retained the unqualified respect and esteem of his 
 felloyv-deajers and the public at large. A Democrat 
 in his political views, in 1910 Mr. Schwarz served 
 as a member of the city council of Idaho Falls, and 
 at this time he is the Democratic candidate for jus- 
 tice of his district. He is a valued member of the 
 Commercial Club, and his fraternal connections are 
 with the Sons of Hermann and the Fraternal Order 
 of Eagles. 
 
 JAMES E. FOGG. The prominent and prosperous 
 business men of Fremont county have no more able 
 or worthy representative than James E. Fogg, of 
 Saint Anthony, president of the J. E. Fogg Lumber 
 Company, and also of the Fogg-Jacobs Mercantile 
 Company. Coming from substantial New England 
 stock, he was born, October 8, 1868, in Salt Lake 
 City, Utah, a son of James E. Fogg, Sr. 
 
 A native of Maine, James E. Fogg, Sr., was there 
 reared and educated. Leaving the parental roof- 
 tree in early manhood, he followed the emigrant's 
 trail westward, and having enlisted as a soldier in 
 the Army was stationed at a Western fort, where 
 he assisted in quelling the Indian troubles. On 
 retiring from the Government service, he worked 
 for awhile at the cooper's trade, but later estab- 
 lished himself in the milling business at Salt Lake 
 City. In 1884 he came as a pioneer to Idaho, locat- 
 ing on the^ Snake river, where he bought an inter- 
 est, with his son James, in a saw mill and a grist 
 mill. Succeeding in his operations, he continued 
 a resident of Rexburg until his death, in 1891, at the 
 age of fifty-one years. He married, in Salt Lake 
 City, Utah, Ann Woodward, whose death occurred 
 in Logan, Utah, at the age of forty-six years. Of 
 the four children born of their union, James E., the 
 subject of this brief sketch, was the eldest. 
 
 Obtaining the rudiments of his education in the 
 public schools of Logan, Utah. James E. Fogg sub- 
 sequently attended the Brigham Young Colfege, in 
 that place. A youth of energy and ambition, he 
 came with his father to Idaho in 1884, then a lad 
 of sixteen years, and immediately began his active 
 
 career, assisting his father in the saw mill and grist 
 mill, becoming familiar with the management of 
 each. Soon after attaining his majority he was ad- 
 mitted to partnership with his father, becoming junior 
 member of the firm of Fogg, Fames & Co., his father 
 having been at the head of the concern. Soon after 
 the death of the senior member of the firm, 
 Mr. Fames disposed of his interests in the firm to 
 Mr. Jacobs, and the business was conducted under 
 the firm name of Fogg & Jacobs Lumber Company 
 until Mr. Fogg purchased the interest of Mr. Jacobs 
 and organized the J. E. Fogg Lumber Company, of 
 which he is president, the other officers being I. N. 
 Darling and J. L. Jacobs. 
 
 In February, 1901, Mr. Fogg organized the Saint 
 Anthony Building and Manufacturing Company, with 
 a paid-up capital of $1,500. On January i> 1902, the 
 company was reorganized, capitalized at $10400, and 
 was incorporated as the Saint Anthony Building and 
 Manufacturing Company, with J. E. Fogg as presi- 
 dent, the other officers being J. L. Jacobs, I. N. 
 Darling, E. N. Warren and Pred Simmons. Under 
 the wise management the business of this enterpris- 
 ing firm has rapidly increased, being now one of the 
 largest of its kind in Idaho, its yards being located 
 at Saint Anthony, Ashton, Driggs. Rexburg, and 
 Rigby. The firm has nqw a paid up capital of $200.- 
 ooo, and is doing an immense business in each of its 
 yards. A natural outgrowth of the lumber business 
 incorporated by Mr. Fogg is the Fogg-Jacobs Mer- 
 cantile Company of Saint Anthony, which has a 
 paid-up capital of $400,000, and of which Mr. Fogg 
 is president, and which he is managing with char- 
 acteristic success, it being one of the most prosper- 
 ous firms of the county. 
 
 A stanch Republican in politics, Mr. Fogg repre- 
 sented his district in the ninth session of the Idaho 
 Legislature, where he was ever mindful of the high- 
 est interests of his constituents. He was for a num- 
 ber of years active in the Latter Day Saints, and 
 when the county was divided was called into the pres- 
 idency, and now occupies the position of second coun- 
 cilor of the state presidency. 
 
 On January 2, 1889, in Logan, Utah, Mr. Fogg 
 was united in marriage with Miss Rose Hibbard, 
 a daughter of George and Hannah Hibbard, neither 
 of whom are now living. Into their pleasant house- 
 hold ten children have been born, namely: George 
 . E., born in 1891, died in 1911, while a student in 
 the Logan schools; Luella, born in 1893, is attend- 
 ing Ricks Academy, in Rexburg; Leslie J. born in 
 Rexburg, in 1895, died there in 1897; Alice, born 
 in 1897, died the same year; Admiral Dewey, born 
 in Rexburg, Idaho, July 4, 1898, attends the Saint 
 Anthony schools ; Lucille, born in 1900, is also a 
 pupil in the Saint Anthony schools ; Thomas Vcrnon, 
 born in 1902, is a school girl ; Martelle Hibbard, 
 born in 1904, is attending school ; Franklin, born in 
 
 1906, died in infancy; and! Leila, born in 1910. 
 
 Mr. Fogg is earnest and progressive in his work, 
 and from first to last is an Idaho booster, having the 
 utmost confidence in the future of the state, which 
 he declares to be the best in the Union, its pros- 
 pects so bright that he would live in no other. 
 
 PETER W. WARNOCK. One who gave the best 
 years of his life to the service of the telegraph was 
 the late Peter W. Warnock, who was known to 
 "knights of the key" all over the western part of 
 the country. Reared on an Illinois farm, as a youth 
 he took up telegraphy as a profession, became known 
 as a careful, reliable operator, and died August 8, 
 
 1907, at Snohomish. Washington. Mr. Warnock was 
 born August 20, 1858, in Rock Island county, Illinois, 
 
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 and was a son of Peter and Ellis (Castle) Warnock. 
 His father, a native of Belfast, Ireland, emigrated 
 from that country to the United States, and settled 
 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the age of sixteen 
 years, but subsequently became a pioneer of Rock 
 Island county, Illinois, where the remainder of his 
 life was spent in farming. He was married in Phila- 
 delphia, to Miss Elizabeth Castle, who was born in 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, and her death also occurred in 
 Illinois. 
 
 Peter W. Warnock received a common school edu- 
 cation in the institutions of his native state, and his 
 early youth was passed in working on his father's 
 farm. In early manhood he came west as far as 
 Nebraska for a short time, but eventually returned 
 to Illinois, abandoned farming, and took up the trade 
 of telegrapher, being connected with various com- 
 panies and in numerous capacities. He was a Repub- 
 lican in his political views, was connected with the 
 Methodist Episcopal church, and was popular fra- 
 ternally with the members of the Woodmen of the 
 World and the Odd Fellows. 
 
 On December 13, 1885, Mr. Warnock was united 
 in marriage at Atkinson, Illinois, to Miss Edna 
 Brainard, who was born December 6, 1858, in Buda, 
 Illinois, daughter of Marinus and Augusta (Quimby) 
 Brainard, the latter of whom is now deceased. Mrs. 
 Warnock's father is still living, making his home 
 at Idaho Falls, and was born November 13, 1832. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Warnock were the parents of three 
 children, namely: Mabel, born in 1886, at Alexan- 
 dria, Nebraska, now Mrs. Clough; Earl, born in 
 1890, at Amherst, Colorado, and now engaged suc- 
 cessfully in the meat business at Idaho Falls; and 
 Ruth, born in 1892, at Amherst, Colorado, who is 
 now Mrs. Spotts, of Idaho Falls, and has one child, 
 Darken Spotts, who was born in Idaho Falls, June 
 29, 1912. 
 
 Mrs. Warnock, who survives her husband and re- 
 sides in Idaho Falls, has been before the public for 
 some years. In 1908 she allied herself with the new 
 Progressive movement and became a candidate for 
 the office of city treasurer, to which she was elected. 
 The efficient manner in which she discharged the 
 business of that office, and the high and conscientious 
 regard she showed for its duties caused the voters 
 of the city to re-elect her to the same office in 1910, 
 and this position she still fills to the satisfaction 
 of everyone concerned. Mrs. Warnock has numer- 
 ous interests in Idaho Falls, and also owns city prop- 
 erty in Everett, Washington. A woman of much 
 business and executive ability, as well as of culture 
 and refinement, she moves in the leading social 
 circles of the city and the number of her friends 
 is only limited to the number of her acquaintances. 
 
 C. M. CLINE, M. D. Numbered among the well 
 fortified and successful physicians and surgeons of 
 Idaho Falls, the thriving and progressive judicial 
 center of Bonneville county, Dr. Cline here has an 
 excellent practice and is also a factor and influence 
 in general community activities. 
 
 Dr. Cline claims the fine old Hawkeye state as 
 the place of his nativity. He was born in the city 
 of Fort Dodge, Webster county, Iowa, on the loth 
 of August, 1883, and is a son of William and Anna 
 (Sheley) Cline, both of whom were likewise born 
 and reared in Iowa, where the respective families 
 were founded in the pioneer era of its history. Wil- 
 liam Cline became one of the representative busi- 
 ness men of Fort Dodge, where he was engaged 
 in the retail drug trade and whence he later removed 
 to Omaha, Nebraska, where he passed the residue 
 
 of his life and where he died in 1889, at the early 
 age of thirty-seven years. 
 
 The public schools of his native state afforded Dr. 
 Cline his early educational advantages, and his tech- 
 nical training for his chosen profession was gained 
 in the medical department of the Northwestern Uni- 
 versity, in the city of Chicago, in which admirable 
 institution he was graduated as a member of the 
 class of 1905 and from which he received his well 
 earned degree of doctor of medicine. He thereafter 
 gained valuable clinical experience through a period 
 of 18 months of service as hospital interne in the 
 great western metropolis and in the spring of 1907 
 he came to Idaho and engaged in the practice of 
 his profession at Idaho Falls. He also did collegiate 
 work at the University of Iowa. His ability soon 
 gained to him confidence in this community, with 
 the result that his professional business grew apace 
 and finally assumed large proportions. Dr. Cline 
 is a member of the state board of medical examiners 
 and is also actively identified with Bonneville County 
 Medical Society, the Idaho State Medical Society, 
 .the American Medical Association, and is president 
 of the Eastern Idaho Medical Society. He has 
 unlimited faith in the great future of his home city 
 and state and has made judicious investments in 
 real estate in Idaho Falls. He is affiliated with 
 the local lodge of the Benevolent & Protective 
 Order of Elks. 
 
 In December, 1906, Dr. Cline wedded Miss Emma 
 Ludwig, daughter of John Ludwig, of Winona, Min- 
 nesota, of which state he was a pioneer, both he 
 and his wife being now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. 
 Cline have one child, Gretchen, who was born in 
 the city of Boise, this state. 
 
 THOMAS T. McCoMB, M. D. An able and popular 
 representative of the medical profession who has 
 been given to Idaho by the stanch old Hawkeye 
 state is Dr. McComb, who is engaged in successful 
 general practice at Idaho Falls, the attractive little 
 capital city of Bonnevile county, and who is recog- 
 nized as one of the leading physicians and surgeons 
 of this section of the state, where in a personal and 
 professional way he has admirably measured up to 
 the demands of the metewand of popular confidence 
 and approbation. 
 
 Dr. McComb was born in the city of Pittsburgh, 
 Pennsylvania, on the I9th of November, 1878, and 
 is a son of John S. and Elizabeth (McCauley) Mc- 
 Comb, the former of whom was born in Scotland, 
 and the latter near Belfast, Ireland, though the 
 lineage of her family traces back to the staunchest 
 of Scottish origin. John S. McComb was reared 
 and educated in his native land and at the age of 
 twenty-two years he came to America, to seek a 
 better field for the achieving of independence and 
 definite prosperity through individual effort. He 
 was not denied tangible results of his ambition, and 
 has accounted well to himself and the country of 
 his adoption as a loyal citizen and successful man 
 of affairs. He settled at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 
 soon after coming to the United States, and he finally 
 removed to Iowa, where he turned his attention 
 to agricultural pursuits and where he gained sub- 
 stantial status as a steadfast and industrious citizen 
 and as one whose temporal success was on a parity 
 with his energy and close application. In 1892 he 
 established his residence in the village of Paulina, 
 O'Brien county, that state, and there he is now living 
 in retirement from active labor, at the age of sixty- 
 four years and secure in the high regard of all who 
 know him. His marriage to Miss Elizabeth Mc- 
 Cauley was solemnized prior to his immigration to 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1183 
 
 America and his young wife accompanied him, ready 
 to share his fortunes and aid him in every possible 
 way to establish himself in independent circum- 
 stances. Mrs. McComb is sixty-eight years of age, 
 in 1912, and the loving companionship of this worthy 
 couple makes the gracious evening of their lives 
 one of ideal order. They became the parents of 
 six children, all of whom are living, namely: 
 John, Mrs. Margaret McKinney. Dr. Thomas T. of 
 this review, Miss Ida, William and Ralph Lee. 
 
 Dr. McComb was a lad of about two years at the 
 time of the family removal to Iowa, where he was 
 reared to maturity and where he gained his early 
 education in the public schools of Benton and 
 O'Brien counties. Thereafter he completed a col- 
 legiate preparatory course in an academy in the 
 city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and upon leaving 
 this institution he became a student in the Iowa 
 State College, at Ames, where he remained about 
 one year. In preparation for his chosen profession 
 he entered the medical department of the University 
 of Iowa at Iowa City, in which he was graduated 
 with his class, on the i/th of June, 1905, and from 
 which he received his degree of doctor of medicine. 
 His professional novitiate, which was of brief dura- 
 tion, was served at Onawa, the judicial center of 
 Monona county, Iowa, where he continued in prac- 
 tice for two years and where he effectually won his 
 professional spurs. During the ensuing year he was 
 engaged in practice at Wendell, Lincoln county, 
 Idaho, where he served as physician and surgeon 
 for the Lost River Irrigation Company. At the 
 expiration of the year, in 1911, the Doctor removed 
 to Idaho Falls, where he became associated in prac- 
 tice with Dr. G. H. Coulthard, and this professional 
 alliance continued for one year, since which time 
 Dr. McComb has conducted an individual practice. 
 He is also one of the owners of the Idaho Falls 
 general hospital and gives close attention to its 
 affairs and effective service, in connection with his 
 private practice. He is a member of the Bonneville 
 County Medical Society and also of the Idaho State 
 Medical Society. 
 
 In his political proclivities the Doctor is strongly 
 entrenched in his convictions and opinions, and is 
 not constrained by strict partisanship. He is affiliated 
 with the Idaho Falls lodge of Ancient Free and 
 Accepted Masons, the Fraternal Order of Eagles 
 and the Iowa Good Templars. 
 
 Dr. McComb is appreciative of the attractions and 
 resources of the state of his adoption. 
 
 On the I9th of June, 1907, was solemnized the 
 marriage of Dr. McComb to Miss Olive Massie 
 who was born and reared in Iowa and who is a 
 daughter of Thomas Massie, a representative citizen 
 of Logan, that state. 
 
 JOHNATHAN COLBY CLAY. This popular and pro- 
 gressive business man of Idaho Falls is a represen- 
 tative of one of the old and distinguished families 
 of America, as he is a kinsman of the great Henry 
 Clay and of Hon. Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky, 
 a lineage of which any loyal American may well be 
 proud. He erected and conducts in Idaho Falls 
 one of the finest automobile garages in the state, 
 and as a citizen* he is most public-spirited, taking 
 a lively interest in all that tends to advance the 
 prosperity of his home city and state. 
 
 Jonathan Colby Clay was born in Dodge county, 
 Minnesota, on the 3oth day of May, 1856, and is a son 
 of Rev. Daniel ami Mary (Eles) Clay, both of 
 whom were born and reared in Maine. They were 
 numbered among the pioneer settlers in Dodge 
 county, Minnesota, and the father was one of the 
 
 early clergymen of the Freewill Baptist church in 
 that section of the state. He passed the closing years 
 of his long and useful life in the city of Los Angeles. 
 California, where he died in 1905, at the patriarchal 
 age of ninety-one years, his loved and devoted wife 
 having been summoned to eternal rest in the same 
 city in 1903, at the age of eiehtv-six years. Of 
 the children Jonathan C, of this review, was the fifth 
 in order of birth ; Cyrus Hamblin Clay, was one 
 of the prominent business men at Hailey, Idaho, and 
 was the editor and publisher of the first newspaper 
 at Wood River, this state. He died at Hailey, Idaho, 
 in 1886 or 1887. Elizabeth Freeman Clay resides 
 in Los Angeles ; and there occurred the death of 
 Daniel Randall Clay; Mrs. Mary Evelyn Davis, the 
 next in order of birth maintains her home in the 
 same city; Freeman Clay died in Minnesota; and 
 Cassius Marcellus Clay is a resident of Ogden, t'tah. 
 
 Jonathan C. Clay gained his early education in the 
 public schools of Dodge county, Minnesota, and 
 McDonough county, Illinois, and at the age of thir- 
 teen years he came West and located at Laramie 
 City, Wyoming. In the winter of 1869 he there 
 secured employment as a cowboy, and he continued 
 to follow this vocation and telegraphing until 1880, 
 after which he was identified with railroad work in 
 Utah and Nevada. Later he operated a freighting 
 business in the Wood River district, and after dis- 
 posing of this business he resumed railroad work, 
 to which he continued to devote his attention until 
 1900. He then engaged in the real estate business 
 at Idaho Falls, and this line of enterprise he fol- 
 lowed until 1909, when he erected in this city 
 one of the largest and best equipped automobile 
 garages in the state. He has made the automobile 
 business a distinct success and is one of the popular 
 and influential business men of the fine little capital 
 city of Bonneville county, where his circle of friends 
 is coincident with that of his acquaintances. Mr. 
 Clay is a stanch Democrat in his political allegiance 
 and views with satisfaction the ascendancy of the 
 party since the general election of November, 1912. 
 He is a member of the Idaho Automobile Association 
 and is a member and trustee of the lodge of Benevo- 
 lent and Protective Order of Elks in his home city. 
 
 In Decernber, 1879, Mr. Clay wedded Miss Hen- 
 rietta Klippel, of Laramie, Wyoming. She is a 
 daughter of Philip Klippel, who was one of the 
 pioneer miners in California and other parts of the 
 west and who crossed the plains many years prior 
 to the construction of railroads. His wife died at 
 Tracy, Kansas, and he passed the closing period of 
 his life at Idaho Falls, where he died in 1909, at the 
 age of eighty-seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Clay have 
 no children. 
 
 SQUIRE G. CROMLEY. A resident of Idaho for 
 more than a quarter of a century, this well known 
 and highly honored citizen of Idaho Falls has been 
 concerned closely with the civic and industrial devel- 
 opment of the state, and has been called upon to 
 serve in various offices of distinctive public trust, 
 including those of county assessor and collector, 
 police judge and justice of the peace, and now county 
 probate judge. He is a man of strong intellectuality 
 and as a successful teacher in the nuhlir schools he 
 gained marked popularity. His career has been one 
 of consecutive endeavor as well as one marked by 
 impregnable integrity, so that he well merits the 
 high esteem in which he is held in the state that 
 has long been his home. He is familiarly and affec- 
 tionately known as Judge Crowley, owing to his 
 having served in judicial office, and as one of the 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 representative citizens of Bonneville county he is 
 consistently given recognition in this publication. 
 
 Mr. Crowley was born in Webster county, Ken- 
 tucky, on the 20th of February, 1852, and is a scion 
 of one of the sterling old families of the Blue Grass 
 state. He is a son of Benjamin and Henrietta (Mc- 
 Clendon) Crowley, both of whom were likewise 
 born in Kentucky, where they passed their entire 
 lives. Benjamin Crowley became a prosperous 
 farmer in Webster county, and he died in 1873, at 
 the age of sixty years, his birth having occurred on 
 the ist of March, 1813, and his loved and devoted 
 wife having been born in 1816. She survived him 
 by many years, and was summoned to the life eternal 
 in 1903. Of the family of seven sons and seven 
 daughters the subject of this review was the twelfth 
 in order of birth, and of the number one of his 
 brothers and one of his sisters are now living. 
 
 Mr. Crowley duly availed himself of the advan- 
 tages of the public schools of his native state and 
 his alert mentality and ambition caused him to seek 
 liberal education through self-discipline and broad 
 and well ordered reading. 
 
 In 1874, at the age of twenty-two years, Mr. 
 Crowley set forth to seek his fortunes in the west, 
 and he has had no reason to regret his choice, for 
 he has won definite prosperity through his own well 
 directed endeavors. For a time he remained in Mon- 
 tana and he then removed to Utah, where he was 
 engaged in teaching in the public schools of the 
 .city of Ogden for eleven years. In 1886 he came to 
 Idaho and obtained a tract of land on Sand creek, 
 Bingham county, where he developed a good ranch 
 x>f 200 acres. He devoted his attention to diversified 
 continued to reside on his ranch until 1902, the 
 property being still in his possession. In the year 
 agriculture and the raising of live stock and he 
 last mentioned he removed to Idaho Falls, the judi- 
 cial center of Bingham, now Bonneville county, and 
 shortly afterward he was selected police judge, an 
 office of which he continued the able and popular 
 incumbent for the ensuing five years. He has also 
 served continuously as justice of the peace since 
 1902. In 1894 he had been elected assessor and col- 
 lector of Bingham county, and he held the position 
 two years, with marked acceptability. He was made 
 the candidate of his party for the office of judge 
 of the probate court of Bonneville county in the 
 autumn of 1912, and in the election of November 
 of that year he was elected. He is a stalwart advo- 
 cate of the principles of the Republican party and 
 both he and his wife hold membership in the Church 
 of Tesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 
 
 On the i8th of October, 1875, was solemnized the 
 marriage of Mr. Crowley to Miss Harriet A. Hutch- 
 ens, of Ogden. But they were married in Salt 
 Lake City, and of their twelve children all are living 
 except two, who died when quite young; Clarence 
 E., who was born at Ogden, Utah, on the I3th of 
 February, 1881, obtained his education in the com- 
 mon schools of Bingham county, Idaho, and the High 
 School of Ogden, Utah, and then began the study 
 of law under effective private preceptorship. He 
 was admitted to the bar in 1911. From 1901 to 
 1908 he was principal of the public schools of lona, 
 Bingham county, and in 1909-10 he served as 
 assessor and collector of that county. He is now 
 engaged in the practice of law at Idaho Falls. In 
 August, 1901, he wedded Miss Mary Olmstead, of 
 Idaho Falls, and they have seven children : C. E. 
 Jr., Victor, Ariel, Byron, Newell, Madge and Oliver. 
 Mary H., the next of the children of Judge Crowley, 
 is the wife of L. R. Tolley, of Emmett, Canyon 
 county, Idaho, and they have three children : Gladys, 
 
 Dora and Blanche. Jesse J. Crowley, who is now 
 serving as deputy assessor of Bonneville county, 
 wedded Miss Laura Marian, of Blackfoot, this state, 
 and they have one child, Laura. Ethel A., who was 
 for five years carrier on a rural mail .delivery route 
 from Idaho Falls, is the wife of Frank Newman, 
 who is a successful farmer in Bonneville county; 
 Charles R., who is a popular teacher in the public 
 schools of Bonneville county, married Miss Wanda 
 Czapiewsky, of Berlin, Germany ; Stanley, the next 
 in order of birth, is a student in Leland Stanford 
 University, in California ; Burt is attending the 
 Idaho Falls high school, as is also Blanche; and 
 Olive and Leslie are pupils in the public schools of 
 their home city. 
 
 ELWOOD GRAVES. In the different industries which 
 add to the comfort and pleasure of a modern city's 
 residents, that of painting and paper-hanging occu- 
 pies an important place, having educational value 
 in no small degree, and publicly and privately the 
 artistic sense of a community may be recognized by 
 noting the taste manifested by its use. A large estab- 
 lishment devoted entirely to painting and paper- 
 hanging is one of the leading business houses of 
 Idaho Falls, and its owner and proprietor, Elwood 
 Graves, is a practical and experienced man in this 
 line. Born on the far eastern seaboard, he was 
 reared in the West, and in his school days imbibed 
 those ideas of personal independence for which the 
 western man is everywhere noted. Qualified through 
 collegiate training for almost any career, he chose 
 the line in which he has remained continuously and 
 in which he has been exceedingly successful. Mr. 
 Graves was born March 23, 1878, at Portland, Maine, 
 and is a son of Salmon W. and Kathrine S. (Pierce) 
 Graves. 
 
 Salmon Graves was born August 19, 1846, in the 
 Pine Tree state, and as a young man migrated 
 west to Wyoming, and then on to Idaho, then but 
 a sage brush desert. Subsequently, he removed to 
 Montana, where he prospected in the hills for two 
 years, and later went to Butte, then but a struggling 
 mining camp. Finally he established himself in a 
 mercantile business near the present site of McCon- 
 nell's store in that city, and for twenty years was 
 an honored and respected citizen of the Montana 
 metropolis. He was one of Butte's first volunteer 
 firemen, and in this, as in other connections, was 
 the first to aid in the line of duty. In political 
 affairs he also took an active part, being the first 
 clerk of the city of Butte, and many of the records 
 which he prepared in the Butte office are still being 
 kept in the same manner. In 1903, Mr. Graves again 
 came to Idaho Falls, where he found that many 
 of his comrades in the journey across the plains had 
 grown wealthy on the land which in the early days 
 he had considered worthless. He still resides in 
 Idaho 'Falls, where he is widely known and highly 
 respected. Mr. Graves was married in New Jersey, 
 to Kathrine S. Pierce, a native of that state., born 
 March 9, 1850, and she also survives and lives in 
 Idaho Falls. They were the parents of four children : 
 Elwood; Mrs. Edith Frances Kitto, of Spokane, 
 Washington, and two children who passed away in 
 infancy. 
 
 Elwood Graves secured his early education in 
 the public schools of Butte, following which he 
 attended the Butte Business College and the college 
 at Deer Lodge, Montana. From the latter institution 
 he went to the Military College at Ogden, Utah, 
 and on graduaing therefrom decided to learn a trade, 
 eventually becoming a painter and paper-hanger. 
 He served his full apprenticeship, and for a short 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 time worked by the day in Butte, then establishing 
 himself in business there and successfully conducting 
 it until 1903, in October of which year he came to 
 Idaho Falls with his father. Here they embarked in 
 the wall paper and painting business and the associ- 
 ation continued to their mutual advantage until the 
 retirement of the elder man in March, 1910, since 
 which time the son has been the sole proprietor of 
 the business. This has grown to be the largest 
 business of its kind in the city, employing on an 
 average of eight skilled painters and paper hangers, 
 and has enjoyed a steady and increasing volume of 
 business. 
 
 On August 14, 1900, at Butte, Montana, Mr. 
 Oaves was married to Eliza Weinstock, daughter of 
 Philip and Bertha (Freid) Weinstock, natives of 
 Germany, who came first to New York, and later 
 to Montana, settling in Butte, where Mr. Weinstock 
 still resides, his wife being deceased. Mr. and Mrs. 
 >Grayes have had two children: Harold C, born in 
 April, 1904, in Idaho Falls, and now attending public 
 school ; and Violet W., born in February, 1906^ at 
 Idaho Falls. Mr. Graves is a member of the Fra- 
 ternal Order of Eagles, the Modern Woodmen of 
 America and the Idaho Falls Commercial Club. In 
 his political views he is independent, and has never 
 cared for public life, preferring to devote his whole 
 time and attention to his business and his home. He 
 is a stockholder in the Idaho Fair Association and 
 the Idaho Falls Interurban Railroad, and is the owner 
 of two fine ranches in this county, on one of which 
 he lives with his family. He is alert, progressive 
 and enterprising, and is regarded as one of his 
 .adopted city's best citizens, not alone as the propri- 
 etor of a business which adds materially to the com- 
 mercial importance of the community, but as a 
 citizen who at all times "boosts" his city and its 
 people and as an Idaho enthusiast who has stated 
 that he shall never live in any other state. 
 
 DWIGHT G. PLATT is a member of the leading real 
 estate, insurance and loan business firm in Bonne- 
 ville county, being associated in the business with one 
 H. S. Knowles, who with him engaged in the present 
 business in March, 1907. Although Mr. Platt's previ- 
 ous business experience had been along entirely dif- 
 ferent lines, he has shown unusual ability and wisdom 
 in the affairs of the firm and is enjoying a most 
 pleasurable degree of success in the venture, which 
 is no longer in its try-out stage, but is well estab- 
 lished among the most solid and substantial concerns 
 of the city or county. 
 
 Born in the Keystone state, in Erie county, on 
 July 30, 1862, Dwight G. Platt is the son of James 
 O. and Cordelia (Van Curen) Platt, natives of Con- 
 necticut and Pennsylvania, respectively. The father, 
 who was born in Saybrook, Connecticut, was a prom- 
 inent live stock dealer of Sac City, Iowa, for many 
 years, but is now retired from active business. He 
 was a very successful man in business, and is now 
 enjoying the fruits of labors of earlier years. He 
 removed to Iowa in February, 1867, from his home 
 state, and was a pioneer in the truest acceptance of 
 the term. There were but forty two persons in his 
 county when he located in Iowa. The mother, who 
 on the paternal side was of Dutch ancestry and 
 on the maternal side of Scotch-Irish blood, died 
 in July, 1808, at Sac City, at the age of fifty-eight 
 years. Two sons and two daughters were born 
 to these parents, and of that number Dwight G. was 
 the second born. 
 
 But five years old when his parents removed to 
 Iowa, Dwight G. Platt thus received all his schooling 
 in the Sac City schools. His high school training 
 
 was followed by a course of study at Valparaiso, 
 Indiana, in the Northern Normal of that state, and 
 he was graduated with the class of 1883. He was 
 thereafter associated with his father in the live stock 
 business for a matter of six years, or until he was 
 twenty-six years of age, after which he left home 
 and for a number of years was traveling through 
 the west and northwest, engaged in various occu- 
 pations and seeking for a place which seemed suf- 
 ficiently pleasing to him to warrant his permanent 
 location. In those years he was for a time occupied 
 in the boot and shoe business in Sac City, but sold 
 his interest in the business and removed to Des 
 Moines, there becoming the manager of a proprietary 
 medicine company known as the E. B. Tainter 
 Remedy Company. He was thus occupied for two 
 years. It was in 1897 that he located in Idaho Falls, 
 and for three years thereafter he was associated 
 in mercantile lines with Anderson Brothers, also 
 with the State Bank. He was for a time connected 
 with Clark & Fanning Company, dealers in general 
 merchandise, and in 1907 he withdrew from all other 
 interests to engage in the real estate, insurance and 
 loan business with H. S. Knowles, under the firm 
 name of Knowles & Platt. As has been previously 
 stated, this concern has developed into the leading 
 firm of its kind in the county, and has been especially 
 effective in bringing about the location of new set- 
 tlers in and about the county. The firm has its 
 insurance and loan departments, and is now devoted 
 to real estate activities. They have large holdings 
 in city property, as well as throughout the county, 
 and are continually adding to their already extensive 
 properties in the state. 
 
 Mr. Platt is a Progressive Republican, and has 
 always taken an active and intelligent interest in 
 civic and political affairs. He was chairman of the 
 executive committee on local option and is the 
 present chairman of the Betterment League, oper- 
 ating in Fremont, Bonneville and Bingham counties. 
 He was elected to the office of city clerk of Idaho 
 Falls and served continuously for. five years, during 
 which time he was in charge of the business of pur- 
 chasing of all materials for the municipal plants. 
 At the close of his service as city clerk, Mr. Platt 
 was elected to the office of mayor on the closed 
 town ticket, and served a two-year term in that office. 
 He was active as a member of the city council in 
 Sac City, Iowa, for five years, during which time 
 he had a hand and voice in much of the work of 
 an improving and uplifting nature that was carried 
 on in that city. He is a member of the Commercial 
 Club and occupies a place on its present directorate. 
 He is a strong temperance advocate, and is a member 
 of the Methodist church, of which -he is a trustee 
 and a member of the committee on temperance 
 affairs. 
 
 On March 26, 1889, Mr. Platt was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Ettie R. Lane, at Sac Falls, Iowa. 
 She is the daughter of Charles E. Lane, a native 
 of New York state, born in St. Lawrence, and 
 of Scotch-Irish parents, who were early settlers in 
 Vermont. The great-grandfather of Mrs. Platt was 
 a veteran of the Revolutionary war. In this connec- 
 tion, further mention of the ancestry of Mr. Platt 
 may be of interest, when it is known that his paternal 
 ancestors were members of the Plymouth colony. 
 They left the colony because of religious differences 
 and removed to Saybrook, Connecticut, where for 
 several generations the family was represented, that 
 being the birthplace of the father of the subject 
 Senator Platt is a member of this old and wide- 
 spread family. The paternal great-great-grandfather 
 of the subject was with General Israel Putnam 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 during the Revolutionary war. The maternal ances- 
 tors of the subject originally settled in New York 
 in colonial days, later moving into Pennsylvania. 
 They also, were identified prominently with Revo- 
 lutionary affairs, so that on all sides of the house, 
 Mr. Platt is fortified by a staunch colonial ancestry, 
 which gives him and his family the entree into prac- 
 tically every patriotic society in existence, along the 
 lines of early American citizenship. 
 
 Mrs. Platt was reared and educated in Sac City, 
 Iowa, completing her -schooling at Cornell College, 
 in Mount Vernon, Iowa. She is a member of the 
 Idaho Falls school board and of the leading women's 
 clubs of the city, and takes an active and prominent 
 part in church work of every variety. 
 
 Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Platt: Beryl is the wife of Carl Roberts, and they 
 make their home in Idaho Falls, where Mr. Roberts 
 is engaged in the contracting business; Dwight B. 
 Jr., is a student in the agriculture department of 
 the State Agricultural College of Oregon, and is also 
 making a special study of forestry ; Gladys and Char- 
 lotte are still at home, the last named being the 
 only one of the four who is a native of Idaho. 
 
 OLIVER C. DALBY The honored and efficient judge 
 of the probate court of Fremont county is known 
 as a man of high intellectual attainments and dis- 
 tinctive executive ability, and no further evidence 
 of his popularity is demanded than that afforded in 
 his having been called to his present important offi- 
 cial post. He is one of the progressive and influen- 
 tial citizens of Fremont county, is a representative 
 member of the bar of this section of the state, and 
 is one of the leaders in the local ranks of the Demo- 
 cratic party, in which connection he is serving as 
 chairman of the Democratic county committee of 
 Fremont county. He had previously made a most 
 enviable record in the pedagogic profession, as a 
 successful and popular teacher in the schools of 
 Idaho and Utah, and his entire career has been 
 marked by earnest and fruitful endeavor. Under 
 these conditions ft may readily be understood that 
 Judge Dalby is specially entitled to specific recog- 
 nition in this history of his adopted state. 
 
 Judge Oliver C. Dalby was born at Levan, Juab 
 county, Utah, on the nth of November, 1871, and 
 is a son of Christian C. and Anna M. (Jensen) 
 Dalby, both of whom were born in Denmark, their 
 marriage having been solemnized at Salt Lake City, 
 Utah, where the father settled upon his immigration 
 to America, in 1851, his wife having come to the 
 United States as a young girl, in 1865, and haying 
 come without the companionship of any of her kins- 
 folk. Christian C. Dalby was one of the pioneers of 
 Utah and became early an influential figure in the 
 affairs of the Church of Latter Day Saints. He 
 resided in Salt Lake City for a number of years 
 and then turned his attention to agricultural pur- 
 suits, in connection with which he gained large and 
 worthy success. He was a staunch Republican in 
 his political proclivities and was influential in public 
 affairs of a local order, as well as in the activities 
 of the church with which he was long identified. 
 He served as a bishop of one of the Utah stakes 
 of the church for a number of years and was known 
 as an earnest and effective preacher, as well as a 
 man of exalted integrity of purpose, so that he 
 ever maintained a secure place in the confidence 
 and esteem of his fellow men. He passed the closing 
 period of his life at Manti, Sanpete county, Utah, 
 where he died in iQpo, at the age of seventy-seven 
 years, his name meriting enduring place on the roll 
 of the honored pioneers of that state. His widow 
 
 now resides in Salt Lake City, and of the two chil- 
 dren Judge Dalby, of this review, is the younger. 
 The elder son, Ezra C., is president of Ricks Acad- 
 emy, an excellent educational institution at RexDurg, 
 Idaho. 
 
 Judge Dalby gained his early education in the 
 public schools of his native state, where he also 
 availed himself of the advantages of Brigham Young 
 University and the University of Utah. After 
 leaving the State University of Utah Judge Dalby 
 devoted fifteen years to successful work as a teacher 
 in the schools of Utah and Idaho, and during the 
 last six years of his pedagogic career he was in- 
 structor in history and civic in Ricks Academy, at 
 Rexburg, Fremont county, Idaho, which attractive 
 little city he still considers his home, though his 
 official duties now require his residence in St. An- 
 thony, the judicial center of the county. He finally 
 determined to fit himself for the legal profession, 
 and after careful preliminary study he entered the 
 law department of the great University of Chicago, 
 in which he continued his technical studies for one 
 year. He was admitted to the bar of Idaho in April, 
 1911. On December u, 1911, he resigned his position 
 in Rick's Academy to enter upon the discharge of 
 his duties as judge of probate of Fremont county, 
 a post to which he was appointed as successor of 
 Judge James G. Gwinn, who is now serving on 
 the bench of the district court. He has shown great 
 discrimination and efficiency in handling the impor- 
 tant affairs of the probate court, and his record in 
 this office has amply justified his selection for the 
 post. 
 
 In politics Judge Dalby has ever given unfaltering 
 allegiance to the Democratic party and, as an effec- 
 tive exponent of its principles and policies, he has 
 given yeoman service in behalf of its cause. He 
 has served since 1911 as chairman of the central com- 
 mittee of his party in Fremont county and has shown 
 much finesse and discrimination in the maneuvering 
 of the political forces at his command. Judge Dalby 
 has been most zealous in various departments of 
 the work of the Church of Latter Day Saints and 
 is an earnest exemplar of its faith, being at the 
 present time bishop of the church at Rexburg, which 
 continues to be his permanent place of abode, as 
 previously stated in this context. 
 
 At Manti, Utah, on the 1st of January, 1896, was 
 solemnized the marriage of Judge Dalby to Miss 
 Frances Francom, who was born and reared in that 
 state, where her parents, Joseph and Martha Fran- 
 com, established their home upon their immigration 
 from England. Judge and Mrs. Dalby have five 
 children, whose names, with respective dates and 
 places of birth, are here noted : Clifton F., Levan, 
 Utah, October 10, 1896; Ada Fern, Levan, Utah, 
 January i, 1900; Merlin F., Nephi, Utah, April 16, 
 1903 ; Olive, Nephi, Utah, June 20, 1905 ; and Dent 
 D., Rexburg, Idaho, October 10, 1911. 
 
 CLARENCE E. KINNEY. Something more than a 
 simple announcement and a passing remark is due 
 to the memory of one who was not only the founder 
 of one of the largest mercantile establishments in 
 the state, but for more than thirty years had his 
 residence here, and was one of the best known 
 figures in the business world. As much as any other 
 man he was, in the early part of his career, ardently 
 and actively engaged in developing the resources 
 of the then wilderness of the Northwest and in 
 building up the city of Blackfoot. As one of the 
 first settlers and cattlemen of the Lost River Valley, 
 there is due to his memory a place on the record 
 of his adopted home. In the prosecution of his 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 early explorations, no one labored harder than he, 
 and in doing so, no man suffered more hardships, 
 or exposure, or ran more desperate risks. Coming 
 to a strange country, without capital or friends, he 
 so directed his activities as to gain an undisputed 
 position among the commercial geniuses of the West, 
 and his standing in social and home life reflected 
 his conscientious, upright manner of living. 
 
 Clarence E. Kinney was born April 25, 1857, at 
 North Manchester, Indiana, of poor but honorable 
 parents. In carry life he attended the grammar 
 schools of his native place, and as a young man 
 migrated to Iowa, where he took up farm lands. 
 That location, however, did not suit the ambitious 
 young man, and, although he possessed only twenty- 
 five dollars in cash capital courageously set out for 
 Idaho, arriving in the Lost River Valley country in 
 1882. The trials and hardships undergone by this 
 sturdy pioneer could not be enumerated within the 
 confines of this biography. Suffice it to say that his 
 was no existence of comfort and ease, and that only 
 those possessing the highest degree of courage, moral 
 and physical, were able to pass through the early 
 days of that wild region. Starting to raise stock 
 in a humble way, after seven years Mr. Kinney 
 turned his attention to sheep, the growing of which 
 occupied his time until 1896, his rise being rapid and 
 continuous. In the year mentioned, he sold his 
 interests in his herd and removed to Blackfoot, here 
 opening what is now known as the Palace Drug 
 Store, which he conducted for four years, in the 
 meantime buying an interest in the firm of Hart & 
 Rowles. which then became Hart, Rowles & Kinney. 
 In 1906 Mr. Kinney bought his partners' interests, 
 continuing the business under the firm style of 
 C. E. Kinney & Sons Co., in the store on Main 
 street. Soon, however, the business had grown to 
 such proportions that the concern was compelled 
 to seek larger quarters, and- accordingly, in January, 
 1912. moved to the new I. O. O. F. building on West 
 Bridge street, where may be found as fine a line of 
 merchandise as is handled anywhere in the state. 
 Mr. Kinney continued to be the active directing 
 head of this enterprise until his death. May 22, 1912. 
 Under efficient management the business has con- 
 tinued to prosper. Mr. Kinney was never a poli- 
 tician and cared little for public life, his business 
 and his home thoroughly satisfying his ambitions. 
 Honest and upright in all his dealings, he always 
 possessed the confidence of his employes and de- 
 pendents, and all who had any business transactions 
 with him. 
 
 Mr. Kinney was married in Indiana to Anna Eliza- 
 beth Hood, who was born in the Hoosier state, and 
 she survives him and makes her home in Blackfoot, 
 where she may be near her children. 
 
 JOHN L. BALLIF, SR., senior member of Ballif & 
 Sons, of Rexburg, Idaho, the largest exclusive 
 clothing, and ladies and men's furnishings establish- 
 ment in Fremont county, is one of those successful 
 merchants who early in life acquired a knowledge 
 of time and money, and who had been early trained 
 to possess patience, qualified with perseverance; to 
 remember that time is money, and that there are 
 just sixty minutes in one hour; and to never forget 
 that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well. 
 As a result, the poor boy who started his business 
 career totally without outside help, stands at the 
 head of a large and growing enterprise, and occupies 
 a position among the foremost of his adopted city's 
 business men. Mr. Ballif was horn at Logan, Cache 
 county. Utah. December 23. 1864. and he is a son 
 of Serge F. and Eleise (La Coultre) Ballif. 
 
 Serge F. Ballif was born in Switzerland, and came 
 to the United States in 1854, making his way over- 
 land to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he became a 
 leading successful farmer and a nrominent politician, 
 serving three terms as city treasurer of Logan and 
 always identifying himself actively in the interests 
 of the Democratic party. He was no less promi- 
 nent in the work of the Church of the Latter Day 
 Saints, filling three missions to Europe and doing 
 effective work in the Swiss and German missions, 
 of which he was president. He was a man of ex- 
 cellent education, speaking a number of languages 
 fluently, and in his death, which occurred in January, 
 1901, at the age of eighty years, Logan lost one of 
 its foremost citizens. Mr. Ballif married Eleise La 
 Coultre, of French parentage. Reared and married 
 in Switzerland, she accompanied her husband to 
 America and passed away at Logan, Utah, at the age 
 of forty years, having been the mother of ten 
 children, of whom John L. was the sixth in order 
 of birth. 
 
 John L. Ballif was educated in the public schools 
 of Logan, Utah, and at the age of fourteen years 
 began his business career as a delivery boy for the 
 Z. C. M. T. Company, with which he was connected 
 for three years. He next entered the employ of 
 the Consolidated Implement Company, at Logan, 
 where he remained as a clerk for two years, then 
 becoming identified with Campbell & Morrell, 
 clothing dealers at Logan. After eight years with 
 this concern, Mr. Ballif engaged in religious work 
 for two and one-half years, making a successful 
 mission to Switzerland as a missionary for the Church 
 of Jesus Christ. On his return, he re-engaged with 
 Campbell & Morrell for two and one-half years, 
 and then came to Rexburg, where he arrived Sep- 
 tember 15, 1903. Here his wide experience and 
 thorough knowledge of the business secured for him 
 the managership of the clothing department of the 
 firm of Flamm & Company, and on February 2, 
 1907, the nucleus of his present business was estab- 
 lished, under the original firm style of Ballif & 
 Thatcher, which in 1910 became Ballif & Sons, Mr. 
 Thatcher retiring, and Mr. Ballif's sons being ad- 
 mitted to partnership. Mr. Ballif is a representative 
 self-made man, having bv his own industry and 
 sound judgment, commencing on a small capital, 
 risen to his present commercial standing, doing the 
 largest business in dry goods, clothing and ladies' 
 and men's furnishings in the county, and outside 
 of the members of his own family, employing a 
 large force of clerks. He was a member and first 
 lieutenant of the Logan National Guards during 
 his residence in that city. Politically a Democrat, 
 he takes little interest in public matters outside that 
 shown by every man who has the advancement of 
 his community at heart, although he has served as 
 a member of the town board of Rexburg for one 
 term. Like his father, he has been active in the 
 work of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, of 
 which he was presiding elder for one year, and first 
 counsellor to the bishop two years. He is more 
 than satisfied with the opportunities which his 
 adopted state has given him to succeed, and allows 
 no chance to pass to encourage others to locate here. 
 On October 19, 1887, Mr. Ballif was married to 
 Miss Emma Smith, who was born in Logan, Utah, 
 daughter of Bishop Thomas X. Smith, and seven 
 children have been born to this union, namely: 
 John L. Jr., Eleise M., Claramond, George S., Flor- 
 ence, Ariel S. and Harriett. 
 
 CHRISTIAN WOIDEMANN. Presenting as it does a 
 worthy example to the rising generation, the life of 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Christian Woidemann, which from early boyhood has 
 been one of assiduous industry, untiring energy and 
 unquestioned integrity, is well deserving of being 
 sketched, however briefly, in a work of this nature. 
 Coming to this country a poor youth, but possessed 
 of excellent business ability and commendable ambi- 
 tion, he has so governed his activities as to win for 
 himself a place among the leading business men of 
 Fremont county, and he now finds himself at the 
 head of the largest dry goods store in Northeastern 
 Idaho, the "Golden Rule" store, at Rexburg. Mr. 
 Woidemann was born April 8, 1881, in Denmark, 
 and is a son of Martin and Karen (Sorenson) 
 Woidemann. His father, a machinist by trade, has 
 never left his native land, and is now a resident of 
 Veile, while his mother passed away .there at the 
 age of seventy-three years, December 22, 1911. She 
 was the mother of five sons and three daughters, 
 Christian being the sixth in order of birth. 
 
 Educated in the common schools of Veile until 
 he was fourteen years of age, at that time Christian 
 Woidemann began to learn the dry goods business, 
 receiving his introduction thereto in his native land. 
 When he was nineteen years of age he went to 
 Germany, continuing in the same business at Lubeck, 
 where he remained three years, and then decided 
 to try his fortunes in the United States. Accord- 
 ingly, he set sail for this country, and in the spring 
 of 1902 arrived at New Orleans, Louisiana, near 
 which city he was engaged for one year in rice 
 farming. Climatic conditions, however, did not 
 agree with his health, and he subsequently removed 
 to Chicago, Illinois, where for three years he was 
 connected as a clerk with the great Fair store. He 
 was next located at Beloit, Kansas, where for nine 
 months he was a clerk, and during the next year 
 he acted in a like capacity in a store at Pres- 
 ton, Idaho. At Malad, Idaho, which was his 
 next field of operation, he became connected 
 with the firm of Penney & Neighbors, proprie- 
 tors of the "Golden Rule" at that place, and 
 one year later Mr. Woidemann was admitted to 
 partnership in the firm and opened to the public 
 the establishment of which he is the present directing 
 head, the "Golden Rule," at Rexburg, the largest 
 department store in the northeastern part of the 
 state. From the start this enterprise has succeeded 
 in a remarkable degree, and now nine persons are 
 employed and an annual business of $100,000 done. 
 Mr. Woidemann has various other interests, among 
 which is the "Golden Rule" store at Mackay, Idaho. 
 Having attained the greater part of his success here, 
 it is but natural that Mr. Woidemann should feel 
 grateful to his adopted state, and to it he gives the 
 credit for the high position he has secured. How- 
 ever, his many friends are positive that he would 
 have succeeded in any locality in which he found 
 himself, and this assertion probably bears much 
 truth, for he has ever shown himself an industrious, 
 capable and willing worker, a business man of great 
 foresight, judgment and shrewdness, and a man of 
 progressive ideas and methods. He is a Republican 
 in his political views, but is essentially a business 
 man, and has never cared for public honors, nor 
 allowed his name to be used as candidate. He takes 
 some interest in fraternal work, belonging to St. 
 Anthony Blue Lodge of the Masonic fraternity, and 
 the Woodmen of the World, and also holds mem- 
 bership in the Commercial Club. He is a Lutheran 
 in his religious belief. Mr. Woidemann was mar- 
 ried to Delpha Whitney, December 26, 1912. She is 
 a daughter of J. K. Whitney of Rexburg, Idaho. 
 
 Ross J. COM STOCK. Few men have been more in- 
 timately connected with the monetary affairs of Fre- 
 mont county than Ross J. Comstock, president of 
 the First National Bank of Rexburg. During the 
 twelve years of his residence here there have been 
 fourteen banks established in the county, and the 
 present stability of financial affairs in this part of 
 the state can be directly traced to the earnest, con- 
 scientious efforts of such able bankers as he has 
 proved himself to be. Mr. Comstock is a native 
 of Missouri, and was born in Sullivan county, July 
 22, 1875, a son of Charles B. and Flora (Ross) Com- 
 stock. His father, who was born in New York 
 state, removed to Missouri in 1856, where he was 
 residing at the outbreak of the Civil war. Three 
 months prior to the close of that struggle, although 
 but eighteen years of age, he enlisted for service, 
 continuing with his regiment until peace was de- 
 clared, when he took up a business career, and for 
 many years was a successful banker of Green City 
 and Greencastle, Missouri. He is now retired from 
 active affairs and makes his home in California. Mr, 
 Comstock married Flora Ross, a native of Indiana, 
 who also survives, and they had a family of nine 
 children, Ross J. being the third in order of birth, 
 and the oldest of the surviving children, of whom 
 there are six. 
 
 After completing his preliminary studies in the 
 public and high schools of his native state, Ross J. 
 Comstock became a student in a business college at 
 Oberlin, Ohio, from which he was graduated at 
 the age of seventeen years. Having inherited some 
 of his father's inclination for and ability in the bank- 
 ing business, he was associated with the elder man 
 for eight years, but on January i, 1901, decided to 
 strike out for himself, and chose Rexburg as his field 
 of endeavor. At that time there was only one bank 
 within the limits of Fremont county, and Mr. Corn- 
 stock, with his valuable experience secured by asso- 
 ciation with his father, and possessed of unlimited 
 backing, started the first two institutions at Rex- 
 burg. He first organized the Rexburer Banking Com- 
 pany, of which he continued as cashier until 1904, 
 when the bank became nationalized, and reorganized 
 under the name of the First National Bank of Rex- 
 burg, and as such it has since done business. Mr. 
 Comstock was cashier of this institution until 1910, 
 when he became its president, and in this capacity 
 he has wisely and ably directed its policies and 
 made it known as one of the solid, substantial bank- 
 ing houses in the eastern part of the state. Among 
 his associates Mr. Comstock is known as a man 
 of shrewd judgment, and one who conserves the 
 best interests of the depositors. He also holds a 
 directorship in the Fremont County Bank, at Sugar 
 City, Idaho. Mr. Comstock is a Republican in his 
 political views, but public office has never held out 
 any inducements to him, and he has been satisfied 
 with his success in the field of finance. He is en- 
 thusiastic in his praise of the opportunities and 
 advantages of his adopted state, and is known as 
 an Idaho "booster" of the first quality. Fraternally, 
 he is connected with the Masonic order, having 
 attained to the Shriner degree, at Boise, and also 
 belongs to the Odd Fellows at Rexburg, and the 
 Elks at Idaho Falls. For some years he has been 
 a member of the Commercial Club, and at one time 
 was its president. With his family he attends the 
 Presbyterian Church, in which he acts as elder. 
 
 On April 12, 1893, in Sullivan county, Missouri, 
 Mr. Comstock was united in marriage with Miss 
 Jennie Davis, daughter of John E. and Fannie Davis, 
 natives of Sullivan county, and members of an old 
 and honored Missouri family. Mrs. Comstock is 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 essentially a lover of home, and outside of her 
 church has no connection with organizations of any 
 kind. Four children have been born to her and 
 her husband: Ross J. Jr., Marguerite, Adah and 
 Elma. 
 
 COL, WILLIAM H. DEWEY. In the pioneer age of 
 any country, the great dynamic force which has re- 
 sulted in the conquest and civilization and develop- 
 ment of that country, has been the strength of char- 
 acter and will power of her men. This was strikingly 
 true in Idaho. The leaders of her formative period, 
 when order was being evolved out of chaos, were 
 men cast in an elemental mold. Not masters of 
 diplomacy, nor of paper finance, they accomplished 
 great results through an ability to foresee results, to 
 
 'urstund men, to think clearly and to act quickly. 
 .Men of force, not shrewdness,-^-of action, not of 
 schemes, they grounded the civilization of Idaho on 
 the basis of substantial industries and honest enter- 
 prises, where the profits accrued not only to the 
 masters of industry, but to the people as a whole. 
 The very prince of these big men was Colonel Wil- 
 jiam H. Dewey. Born to look the world straight 
 in the eye, unafraid of men or of conditions, he never 
 failed to see the opportunity for the founding of an 
 enterprise that might mean life to thousands of people, 
 or to take advantage of a turn of the wheel of fortune 
 that might mean the changing of the future of the 
 state. He handled big affairs with the ease that men 
 of smaller mentality handle little ones, for he had 
 a mind that conceived along grand proportions and 
 executed as readily as he conceived. He was a dom- 
 inant force in all the affairs with which he was con- 
 nected during his life, and when he died it seemed 
 as though it were impossible that his interests could 
 be carried on without the dominance of the master 
 mind. He had, however, brought them through the 
 critical period and moreover the men who had lived 
 and worked with him had absorbed both wisdom and 
 energy from him. He left a magnificent heritage to 
 the people of Idaho and the loving memory in which 
 they hold him is his reward. 
 
 William H. Dewey was born in Massachusetts on 
 the ist day of August, 1823. He was a son of Alex- 
 ander and Catherine (Hall) Dewey, both of whom 
 were natives of New England. His father was born 
 on the boundary line between Connecticut and Massa- 
 chusetts, and his mother was a native of Vermont. 
 Alexander Dewey was a prosperous farmer, devoting 
 all his life to agricultural pursuits. The Dewey farm 
 was located in Hampden county, Massachusetts, ad- 
 joining the historic Bacon farm, and here Mr. Dewey 
 died in 1831, while still a comparatively young man. 
 He was buried near Grantville, in Connecticut, a town 
 which he had aided in founding. Some time after his 
 death his widow married Lorenzo Huntley of New 
 York state, and moved with him to Ohio, where she 
 lived until 1895, dying at the great age of one hundred 
 and six years. Three children were born to Alex- 
 ander Dewey and his wife, and she had five by her 
 second marriage. The Colonel was the youngest of 
 his family, and he was reared and educated in his 
 native state. When he was yet a boy he began to earn 
 his own living, and for many years he lived quietly in 
 the old Massachusetts home, yet all the while the call 
 of the West was upon him, and at last, in 1863, he 
 set out for the country of the open spaces. He went 
 first to California, there remaining for some time, and 
 then came to Silver City It was in the Fall of the 
 year that Colonel Dewey arrived in Idaho and pitched 
 his tent where the town of Dewey is now located. 
 Looking about him he was not slow to see the ad- 
 vantages which that section of the country now 
 
 known as Silver City offered as a town site, so in 
 March, 1864, he with others laid out this town, now 
 well known as one of the most important mining 
 towns in the state. Here in the mining regions of the 
 state, the Colonel came into his own. A miner by 
 nature, he became from the first intimately connected 
 with the most important mining industries in the 
 state. With the courage to risk failure, and with a 
 head for organization, he owned at different times, 
 many of the leading mines of the state, and his influ- 
 ence was felt throughout the state, giving a tremen- 
 dous impetus to the development of the mining 
 industry. He was one of the three men who discov- 
 ered the great South Mountain deposits and at the 
 time when this property was most productive he 
 owned nearly one half of it. In 1889 he bought the 
 Trade Dollar mine and made many expensive 
 improvements, making the plant one of the most 
 complete in the west, after which he sold to the 
 present owners one hundred and thirty-four thousand 
 shares of the five hundred thousand shares com- 
 prising the capital stock. The richness of this deposit 
 may be estimated from the fact that in 1897 tn ' s mine 
 paid larger dividends than any mine on Cripple Creek. 
 Colonel Dewey from time to time bought the con- 
 trolling interests in various members of the Florida 
 Mountain group of mines, and eventually became the 
 owner of over one-half of the mines in this vicinity. 
 A few years before his death he accomplished the 
 consolidation of these mines, holding the reins of 
 power firmly grasped in his own hands. The suc- 
 cessful planning and carrying out of this consolidation 
 required a master mind and the tact and skill which 
 Colonel Dewey displayed in effecting the deal showed 
 him to be the possessor of such a mentality. 
 
 Not alone as a miner and developer of mining prop- 
 erties did Colonel Dewey become known throughout 
 the state of Idaho, but as the owner and projector of 
 the Boise, Nampa and Owyhec Railway, in which 
 capacity he performed a service to the mining dis- 
 trict of this section that was of inestimable value, 
 for the road opened up a very valuable country. On 
 this road is a splendid steel bridge, the finest in the 
 state at the time of its erection, and located at Guffey. 
 where the road crosses the Snake river. Colonel 
 Dewey built this bridge at his own expense, and also 
 the Idaho Northern Railway from Nampa to F.mmctt. 
 
 At the village of Dewey, which was named for him 
 and in which the Colonel always took the greatest 
 pride and interest, he built one of the finest stamp 
 mills in the Northwest, as well as the Dewey hotel, 
 one of the best hostelries in the state. His ambition 
 for that town is shown by the fact that he built a 
 beautiful residence there for his own occupancy, and* 
 also erected other residences and business houses as 
 well. 
 
 Although never losing an opportunity to give his 
 services for his state and her people, and although 
 each hour of his working day was given over to the 
 management and planning of enterprises that meant 
 growth and development to Idaho, yet Colonel Dewey 
 always refused to accept any public office or political 
 preferment of any order, believing that his world 
 was properly the world of business, and that in tin's 
 field he would be able to accomplish more towards 
 advancing the welfare of his state than in a chair in 
 the United States senate, had that honor been prof- 
 fered him. One of the acts of his later life that shows 
 his skill in judging a situation and demonstrates his 
 readiness to give of his time and his money towards 
 the development of the country, was that in which 
 he built the Dewey Palace Hotel at Nampa, the finest 
 hotel in the state. At the time of its erection it seemed 
 to be a structure all out of proportion to the size of 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 the town, for it was a magnificent building, costing 
 $250,000, and was designed to be conducted on a scale 
 altogether befitting its size and beauty. Now it seems 
 that once more the Colonel's judgment was correct, 
 for the town has grown to the proportions justifying 
 the size of the hotel. 
 
 Absorbed in these varied mining, mercantile and 
 commercial interests, the Colonel yet had time for 
 his friends, and found much of his pleasures in their 
 companionship. Simple and unostentatious in his 
 tastes, as is usually the case with the truly great 
 minded men, he was a plain living man and one who 
 ever manifested a wholesome interesL in the affairs 
 of the section in which he made his home. He lived 
 a long and useful life, the greater part of which was 
 spent in Idaho, and he left behind him an imperish- 
 able monument of splendid dreams realized, and a 
 country that prior to his advent had been a barren 
 waste, is now one of the most valuable producing 
 regions in the world. His death occurred on the 8th 
 day of May, 1903, at Nampa, Idaho, when he was 
 almost eighty years of age, and he was buried in the 
 Kohlerlawn cemetery of that place. 
 
 JOSEPH MORLEY was born at Ogden, Utah, on Feb- 
 ruary 2, 1880. He is the son of William and Isabelle 
 (Pardoe) Morley, both natives of England. The 
 father was born in Nottingham, England, and came 
 to America as a small boy with his parents during the 
 early sixties. They settled in Ogden, Utah, and there 
 William Morley was reared and educated. He learned 
 the trade of a barber and followed that occupation 
 during his lifetime. He always took an active part in 
 the civic affairs of his city, and was prominent in 
 Ogden in many ways. He was a lieutenant in the 
 local militia and a veteran member of the Volunteer 
 Fire Department. He died on August u, 1910, at Salt 
 Lake City, at the age of fifty-three, and though 
 he was yet in the prime of life, he had achieved 
 a pleasing success in his business. The mother of 
 Joseph Morley was born at Stratford-on-Avon, 
 famed as the birthplace and home of Shakespeare, 
 immediately across the street from the home of 
 the Bard of Avon. She came to America early in 
 life, and is yet a resident of Salt Lake City. She 
 became the mother of ten children, seven of whom 
 are living. 
 
 Joseph Morley was the second born child of his 
 parents. He was educated in the public schools 
 of Salt Lake City, completing his high school studies 
 at the age of sixteen. His first position as a boy 
 out of school was with the Bradstreet Mercantile 
 Agency, and he was in their employ for four years. 
 The characteristic of energy which has ever marked 
 his life was dormant in him in those early days, 
 and he was ambitious to learn something of the 
 business, as well as to earn his daily wage, so 
 that the four years he passed with the Bradstreet 
 Mercantile Agency served to amply fit him for 
 higher duties. He resigned his position at the end 
 of that time and removed to Idaho Falls, there 
 taking an office position with the C. W. & M. Co., 
 and remaining associated with that firm for three 
 years, after which he became bookkeeper and sales- 
 man for the Wright Mercantile Company in this city. 
 After three years of service in that capacity he 
 became manager for the Dunwoodie Furniture Com- 
 pany, and has remained the incumbent of that posi- 
 tion up to the present time. This is the largest 
 exclusive furniture house in the Snake River Valley, 
 and the success which Mr. Morley has enjoyed in 
 his duties as manager is eloquent of his capacity 
 for such service. 
 
 Mr. Morley is a Republican, and has always been 
 active in political and purely civic affairs in his 
 city. He has served for six years as county coroner 
 and then he was re-elected, serving eight years in all. 
 In addition to his home in Idaho Falls, he owns 
 some valuable land some two and a half miles dis- 
 tant from the city, and is in a fair way to financial 
 independence. 
 
 Mr. Morley married Miss Astrid Johanensen, the 
 daughter of J. J. Johanensen, a native of Norway, 
 and three children have been born to them : Joseph 
 Maurise, Louise and Dorothy. The family are mem- 
 bers of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, and 
 Mr. Morley is an active worker and superintendent 
 of the Sunday-school. He is also conductor of the 
 Idaho Falls Choral Society, the leading society of 
 its kind in this section of the state. It recently 
 carried off the highest honors at a state contest, 
 winning a silver cup as a trophy of the event. 
 
 JOHN HOLSTE. In February, 1909, John Holste 
 came to Idaho Falls, Idaho, and organized what is 
 known as the Western Land Company. That venture 
 proved a wise one, and from the first he has made 
 steady progress in the business life of the city and 
 county. Real estate and insurance constitute the 
 lines of activity embraced by his firm, and in the 
 three years of his association with the business in- 
 terests of this section, Mr. Holste has been the direct 
 means of bringing in a great many new and valuable 
 settlers. 
 
 John Holste was born in Cook county, Illinois, on 
 the loth of November, 1866. and is the son of Wil- 
 liam Holste and his wife, Charlotte (Lotge) Holste. 
 both native born Germans. William Holste came to 
 America in 1840 and settled in Cook county. Illi- 
 nois, where he took uo the life of a farmer and con- 
 tinued in that activity throughout his remaining 
 days, although his later years, from 1882 until his 
 death, were passed in the state of Iowa, in Cass 
 county. He was seventy years of age when he died. 
 His wife came' to America in 1842 as a young girl, 
 and settling in Cook county, there met and married 
 her husband. She died in Cass countv, Iowa, in 
 1004, at the advanced age of seventy. She was the 
 mother of nine children, of which number John, of 
 this review, was the fifth born, six of the nine being 
 alive today. 
 
 John Holste was educated in the public schools 
 of Cass county to the age of fourteen. Until he was 
 twenty-one he remained on the home farm, later 
 engaged on his own responsibility in farming and 
 raising thoroughbred cattle, horses and hogs. He 
 was also occupied in conducting a hardware and 
 implement business, and enjoyed a fair degree of 
 success in both lines of enterprise. It was in Feb- 
 ruary, 1909. as mentioned previously, that he came 
 to Idaho Falls and became a permanent resident of 
 the city. He opened up a real estate and insurance 
 office, but soon saw the possibilities that lay in larger 
 activities in real estate and organized what is called 
 the Western Land Company. This is one of the 
 leading concerns of its kind in the county, and its 
 operations are far reaching and effective. A vast 
 amount of publicity is given the district through his 
 advertising mediums, and he has been successful 
 in bringing many valuable settlers into the county 
 since he began his work here. In addition to his 
 real estate operations, Mr. Holste is the owner of 
 a seven acre orchard adjacent to the city, and he 
 is the owner of a handsome home in Idaho Falls. In 
 1911 Mr. Holste served as president of the Bonne- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1191 
 
 ville County Fair Association, and has in many 
 ways displayed his willingness to take up the burden 
 of civic responsibility and perform his full share 
 in the work of advancing the city and county to 
 the best advantage. He is a Democrat, and has 
 taken an active part in local politics. Fraternally, 
 he is identified with the Benevolent and Protective 
 Order of Elks. He is a member of the local Com- 
 mercial Club and his churchly affiliations are with 
 the Lutheran denomination. 
 
 In 1887 Mr. Holste was married in Cass county, 
 Iowa, to Miss Paulina Reicher, the daughter of Her- 
 mann Reicher, of Chicago, Illinois. Five children 
 have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Holste, three 
 sons and two daughters, as follows : Charlotte, Ray- 
 mond, Leopold, Olga, and Ernest. 
 
 WILLIAM LEE MCCONNELL. Among the well estab- 
 lished professional men of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Wil- 
 liam Lee McConnell, attorney, must be reckoned, in 
 writing of the leading men of the state. Mr. McCon- 
 nell has been Jocated in the city since 1904, and has 
 been engaged in practice continuously since that time. 
 He is a native son of Pennsylvania, born in Hickory, 
 that state, on the 2nd day of September, 1871, his 
 parents being William A. and Agnes (McKitrick) 
 McConnell. The father was born in Ohio and it 
 was in about 1862 that he went to Pennsylvania. 
 He was a minister of the United Presbyterian faith, 
 and now makes his home at Hickey, Pennsylvania, 
 where he is living in practical retirement from min- 
 isterial duties, after having served some forty-six 
 years in the church. He is a man of Scotch-Irish 
 descent, the first of the name to locate in America 
 having been William McConnell, who located in 
 Virginia in about 1760. The mother was born in 
 Ohio, and like her husband is of Scotch-Irish 
 parentage. She is the mother of two children, 
 Clara, the wife of Dr. A. H. Elliott, of Allegheny, 
 Pennsylvania, and William Lee, of this review, he 
 being the younger. 
 
 William Lee McConnell was educated in a pre- 
 paratory school and in Westminster College in Penn- 
 sylvania, receiving from the latter institution the 
 degree of B. S. in 1896. In 1899 he was graduated 
 from the law department of the University of Mis- 
 souri, following which he engaged in practice in 
 Defiance county, Ohio, continuing there for four and 
 a half years. It was in October, 1904, that Mr. Mc- 
 Connell came to Idaho, and he settled without 
 further ado in Idaho Falls, the city which has since 
 continued to be his home and the scene of his pro- 
 fessional activities. He has been successful in the 
 best acceptance of the term, and has never found 
 cause to regret his choice of a location. 
 
 Mr. McConnell is a Republican and has always 
 taken an active and intelligent interest in the politics 
 of his district. He served as county prosecuting 
 attorney during two terms. His sole fraternal rela- 
 tions are represented in his membership in the 
 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he 
 and his wife are members of the Presbyterian 
 church. 
 
 In. January, 1910, Mr. McConnell was married to 
 Miss Gertrude E. White, the daughter of Michael 
 White, who wa* a native of Wales, in the United 
 Kingdom. Mr. and Mrs. McConnell have no chil- 
 dren. 
 
 NELEUS D. MCCUTCHEON came to Idaho Falls, 
 Idaho, in 1905 and one year later established the 
 present hardware business, under the name of N. 
 D. McCutcheon & Company, Incorporated. O. E. 
 McCutcheon, the father of the subject, is president 
 vol. ni 10 
 
 of the firm, while Neleus D. is secretary and treas- 
 urer. Theirs is the only exclusive hardware busi- 
 ness in this city, and the years that have passed 
 since their establishment here has seen large and 
 worthy improvements in the place of business along 
 every line. Mr. McCutcheon was born in Oscoda, 
 Michigan, on the I9th day of December, 1876, and is 
 the son of O. E. and Mary (Goff) McCutcheon, 
 natives of New York and Massachusetts, respectively. 
 
 Q. E. McCutcheon moved to Michigan from his 
 native state in the year 1848, or thereabouts, and was 
 an early settler of the Michigan commonwealth. 
 He is now dean of the Law Department of the 
 State of Idaho. He came to Idaho first in 1897, and 
 from 1903 up to 1910 was a regular resident of 
 Idaho Falls, but since the latter named year has 
 made his home in Moscow, the home of the State 
 University. Prior to his connection with the Uni- 
 versity Mr. McCutcheon was engaged in the practice 
 of law at Idaho Falls. He is a graduate of Albion 
 College, Michigan, and has served in the Idaho 
 state legislature and the senate from old Bingham 
 county, Idaho. His life in Idaho has in all been 
 one of great activity and no little prominence, his 
 interest in political and civic affairs in particular 
 bringing him into the limelight to a considerable 
 extent. Four children were born to these parents, 
 Neleus D. being the firstborn. 
 
 In the public and high schools of Oscoda, Michi- 
 gan, Neleus D. McCutcheon received his early edu- 
 cational training. Upon his high school graduation 
 in* 1892 he entered a military preparatory school at 
 Aurora, New York, after which he carried out a 
 two-year course at Albion College, in Albion, Mich- 
 igan. Soon after leaving college he moved to Sag- 
 inaw, Michigan, and there entered mercantile lines 
 for a time, later taking a clerkship in an insurance 
 office. In 1899 he went to Detroit, remaining in that 
 city for a year, and then went to New Orleans in 
 the employ of the Parke-Davis Company of Detroit, 
 perhaps the largest wholesale drug house in the 
 world. He remained there until 1905, part of the 
 time being associated in an important capacity with 
 the Fairbanks Company branch of that city. In 
 1905 he came to Idaho, settling at Idaho Falls, and 
 for a year being associated with the Consolidated 
 Wagon and Machine Company in that city. In 
 1906, as previously mentioned, he established the 
 business which claims his attention today, and N. 
 D. McCutcheon & Company, Incorporated, is con- 
 ducting a thriving and prosperous business in Idaho 
 Falls. The steady growth of the house has veri- 
 fied the judgment of Mr. McCutcheon that the 
 city needed an exclusive hardware house, and he is 
 steadily advancing to the front in the ranks of lead- 
 ing business men of the city. 
 
 Since coming to Idaho and Idaho Falls, Mr. Mc- 
 Cutcheon has not shirked any of his civic re- 
 sponsibilities, but rather has shown himself to be 
 up and doing at all times along lines of progress. 
 For the past three years he has been a member 
 and president of the school board. He is a Pro- 
 gressive Republican and for some years has been 
 treasurer of the county central committee. He is 
 fraternally associated with the Benevolent and Pro- 
 tective Order of Elks, and the Woodmen of the 
 World, having passed all chairs of the latter named 
 order. He is also a member of the Moose, and 
 is treasurer of the local lodge. His religious affilia- 
 tions are with Trinity Methodist church, of which 
 he is a trustee. 
 
 On October 19, 1908, Mr. McCutcheon was married 
 to Miss Ida M. Dawe, the daughter of Rev. William 
 Dawe, of Saginaw. Michigan. Two children have 
 
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 been born to Mr. and Mrs. McCutcheon : Kimball, 
 born May 27, 1900, in Detroit, Michigan, and Els- 
 beth, born December 22, 1907, in Idaho Falls. 
 
 WILLIAM IRVING. One of the old-timers of Idaho 
 is William Irving, now residing on a farm at Mont- 
 pelier. Mr. Irving has been a resident of Idaho for 
 the greater part of half a century. He was one 
 of the homesteaders at a time when little agricultural 
 development had been done, and through his own 
 industry and management has transformed a great 
 many acres from the wilderness into fruitful and 
 productive land. While he has encountered and 
 overcome many of the hardships and obstacles of 
 pioneer life, he has had his share of the satisfac- 
 tion and reward of a long and honorable career, 
 and stands high in the esteem and respect of his 
 fellow citizens. 
 
 William Irving is a native of Scotland, where he 
 was born June 22, 1845. His parents were John 
 and Elizabeth (Herron) Irving, both of whom were 
 native Scotch people. The father, who was a mill 
 worker, died when his son William was young. 
 Then in 1863, after William had received a sub- 
 stantial training in the local schools of his native 
 country, he and his mother set out for the United 
 States and first located in Salt Lake City, Utah. 
 Three years later they moved to Montpelier, Idaho, 
 where the mother lived until her death in 1875. 
 
 The early practical experiences of William Irving 
 in his native land were as a mill worker, and _he 
 also was employed on farms, so that he was well 
 equipped for the work which awaited him in the 
 world. On locating at Montpelier, in Idaho, he 
 bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, and 
 from that time to the present has been actively en- 
 gaged in the development of his country estate with 
 good success. He is also the owner of considerable 
 town property at Montpelier, and has improved this 
 as he has his farm. During the early days his 
 dwelling was in the midst of a new and sparsely 
 settled district, and for many years the Indians were 
 familiar visitors at his place. For the most part he 
 lived in peace with these redmen, and they were sel- 
 dom offensive in their relations with him or with 
 other settlers in that section. 
 
 Mr. Irving was first married in 1879 to Miss 
 Rebecca Williams, a native of Wales. Her death 
 occurred January 5, 1882, and she left two sons, 
 William T., who married Mary Lindsay April, 1901, 
 and they have two children, Vida and Ferris ; and 
 Samuel J., who married Minnie Hunter in Septem- 
 ber, 1910, and they have one child, Beatrice. In 
 1887 Mr. Irving married for his second wife Miss 
 Christina Larsen, a native of Hiram, Utah. They 
 have five children, named as follows : John Leo, who 
 married Estella Miles in June, 1913; George Wash- 
 ington ; Alonzo Chester ; Beatrice Sophia, and Vivian 
 Izora. Beatrice married Albert Bowcutt of Honey- 
 ville, Utah, July 19, 1911, and has one child, Irving, 
 a grandson of Mr. William Irving. The family 
 are all members of the Church of the Latter Day 
 Saints. 
 
 DR. SILVIES S. FULLER, active and prominent in 
 the work of his profession in Idaho Falls, Idaho, 
 since 1905, in which year he made his advent into 
 the state, is a native son of the Keystone state, 
 born in Harrisburg on the 27th of February, 1875. 
 He is the son of Daniel E. and Amy (Lynch) Fuller, 
 the father a Pennsylvanian by birth, but of English 
 ancestry, and the mother a daughter of Erin. 
 
 Daniel E. Fuller was a successful butcher in his 
 native state for years. He was a veteran of the 
 
 Civil war, having enlisted in a Pennsylvania regi- 
 ment and serving three years, being mustered out 
 of the service as a non-commissioned officer. He 
 was born in 1844 and died in 1892. The mother, 
 who survived him, is now a resident of Hutchinson, 
 Kansas. She had eleven children, of which goodly 
 number the subject was the fifth born. 
 
 Silvies S. Fuller attended the public schools of 
 Hutchinson, Kansas, where his mother moved in 
 1892 following the death of the husband and father. 
 He was graduated with the high school, and follow- 
 ing his graduation taught in the public schools of 
 Kansas for some five years, after which he entered 
 the Kansas City Medical College. In 1903 he was 
 graduated from that institution with the degree of 
 Doctor of Medicine, immediately thereafter beginning 
 practice in Hutchinson, Kansas. He remained there 
 for two years, but desirous of locating in a new 
 country came to Idaho, locating in Idaho Falls, as 
 already mentioned in a previous paragraph. Since 
 his arrival here Dr. Fuller has established what is 
 known as the Fuller Hospital, one pf the leading 
 hospitals in the city. It has been in operation since 
 1909 and is located at 113 Placer avenue. 
 
 Dr. Fuller is a Democrat, politically speaking, and 
 his fraternal relations are represented by his mem- 
 bership in the Masonic order, the Independent Or- 
 der of Odd Fellows, and the Modern Woodmen of 
 America. He is a Methodist in his religious faith. 
 
 Dr. Fuller speaks in the highest terms of praise 
 with reference to the attractions offered by the 
 state of Idaho. He stoutly affirms that he would 
 not exchange his present place of residence for 
 any other state in the Union, and emphatically 
 asserts that no man need fail in Idaho, for any 
 reason. The' native energy of Dr. Fuller has doubt- 
 less added much to his personal success, for he has 
 ever been a worker. While studying medicine the 
 young student taught a class in chemistry to defray 
 his college expenses, and from his earliest youth 
 has been more or less dependent upon his own re- 
 sources. 
 
 DON MACKAY. A resident of southern Idaho for 
 more than thirty years, Don Mackay was one of the 
 pioneer merchants at Hailey, and after a long and 
 varied career of effort in the West is now living 
 retired at Twin Falls. 
 
 Don Mackay was born in Boston, Massachusetts, 
 May 31, 1845, a son of John and Margaret (Le Valley) 
 Mackay. When he was one year old his father 
 died, and the mother then took her family out 
 to Oswego, New York, where the son grew up and 
 received a common school education. He learned the 
 trade of blacksmith at Watertown, followed that 
 trade for some years in New York, and on August 
 I, 1869, started westward, journeying to many differ- 
 ent states and territories, until eleven years later 
 he reached Idaho. His first stop was at Kalamazoo, 
 Michigan, then on to Chicago, after that located 
 a short time in Kansas, and in 1870 reached Denver, 
 and prospected the mountains of Colorado for sev- 
 eral months. In 1871 he went farther west and at 
 Pioche, Nevada, continued his prospecting, and did 
 similar work in Arizona and Utah. In 1872 he 
 outfitted in Salt Lake City for Canyon City, Oregon. 
 His residence in Oregon was brief and he then 
 returned to Salt Lake, and from there to Pioche, 
 Nevada. In 1873 he was at Fillmore, in Millard 
 county, Utah, where he spent several years as 
 government timber agent, finally resigning that 
 post. At Frisco, Utah, he became identified with the 
 hardware business and sold out in 1881. In that 
 year he moved to the new town of Hailey, Idaho, and 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 11 !U 
 
 was one of the first hardware merchants of that now 
 flourishing city. He continued in business there for 
 eight years, and after selling out was connected with 
 mining and also traveled considerabjy in the British 
 Columbia country. At the present time Mr. Mackay 
 is living retired and has his home with his daughter 
 Mrs. I. B. Perrine at Twin Falls. 
 
 In 1874 he married Miss Mary M. Bartholomew, 
 of Cooperstown, New York, a daughter of Dr. 
 Bartholomew. The two children born to their union 
 were Mrs. I. B. Perrine and Mrs. Stella Eveleth, 
 the latter a resident of Buhl, Idaho. Mrs. Mackay 
 died in 1887. Mr. Mackay is a Republican in poli- 
 tics, and is affiliated with the Masonic Order, in- 
 cluding membership in the Mystic Shrine. 
 
 JOHN A. ELISON is editor of the Oakley Herald, 
 a lively, newsy paper published at Oakley, Idaho, 
 devoted to the best interests of the locality and wield- 
 ing a distinct influence in shaping public opinion. 
 A native of the West, with the true western spirit 
 of self-reliance, he has worked his own way in 
 the world, gaining prominence in the business world 
 and in political and social life, and in every relation 
 has shown himself worthy of the trust and respon- 
 sibility placed in him. Mr. Elison was born June 
 14, 1880, at Grantsville, Tooele county, Utah, and 
 is a son of Alfred and Sophia (Anderson) Elison, 
 natives of Sweden, who accompanied their parents 
 to the United States as children, and settled in 
 Utah in the early 'sixties. Alfred Elison was a 
 farmer and stock raiser in Utah until 1880, in which 
 year he brought his family to Idaho and settled in 
 what was then Goose Creek, now Oakley, and 
 here he has continued successfully the cultivation 
 of the soil. There were four children born to Alfred 
 and Sophia Elison, namely : Amanda, who married 
 William C. Tolman, a ranchman of Burley, Idaho; 
 Geneva, who married J. Fred Adams, of Oakley; 
 Ella, the wife of Louis A. Ward, of Burley; and 
 John A. 
 
 Like all of his parents' children, John A. Elison 
 was given good educational advantages, attending 
 the Oakley public schools and the Stake Academy, 
 after which he took a special business course. He 
 then entered the Latter Day Saints College, at Salt 
 Lake, and after one year there accepted a mission 
 and traveled for two and one-half years in the 
 interests of that denomination throughout Missouri 
 and Texas. On returning to Oakley, he became a 
 bookkeeper in the store of the Peoples' Union Mer- 
 cantile Company, a position which he held for three 
 years, and at the end of that time, by reason of his 
 demonstrated ability, faithfulness to duty and con- 
 scientious application to the business, was made 
 manager of the concern. Mr. Elison continued to 
 hold that responsible office for three and one-half 
 years, but resigned it to become editor of the Herald, 
 with which he has since been identified. At the time 
 Mr. Elison took charge of this sheet it was "run 
 down," through mismanagement and slack methods, 
 but he has greatly increased its circulation, stocked 
 his office with an ample supply of material, enlarged 
 his equipment, and now has one of the neatest pa- 
 pers to be found in Cassia county. He embarked in 
 this enterprise without any experience in the business, 
 but .by enterprise and good management has won 
 a well-deserved success. Mr. Elison is a stock- 
 holder in the Farmers Commercial Saving Bank, 
 and a director of the Burley Townsite Company. He 
 has invested his means in ranches and city realty, 
 and owns a pleasant modern home in Oakley. His 
 success has come as a result of his own untiring 
 energy, and no man in this section is held in higher 
 
 esteem. In his political views, Mr. Elison has been 
 identified with the Republican party, and he has 
 served as a member of the city council for two 
 terms, and is now acting for the second time in 
 the capacity of member of the school board. He is 
 active in the work of the Church of the Latter 
 Day Saints, and February 20, 1910, was placed in 
 the position of bishop in the Second Ward of 
 Oakley. 
 
 On October 4, 1904, Mr. Elison was united in 
 marriage with Miss Mary E. Adams, daughter of 
 John and Annabel (Warburton) Adams, pioneers 
 of Idaho and now residents of Oakley, and three chil- 
 dren have been born to this union: Thera, Lorad? 
 and Lano. 
 
 JUDGE JAMES G. GWINN. Among the able and 
 influential members of the Idaho bar Judge James 
 G. Gwinn has won unmistakable prestige, his schol- 
 arly attainments and comprehensive knowledge of 
 law gaining him success in his profession. A son 
 of the late B. Gwinn, he was born July 16, 1868, 
 at Sweet Springs, Saline county, Missouri. 
 
 Born and reared in Missouri, B. Gwinn spent his 
 active life as an agriculturist, passing away oa his 
 farm at Sweet Springs, September 14, 1912, at the 
 venerable age of four score years. He served as a 
 member of the Home Guard during the Civil war, 
 rendering good service. He married Margaret Car- 
 mack, who was born in Tennessee and belonged to 
 the Carmack family of that state, but as a child 
 of eight years accompanied her parents to Missouri, 
 where she spent the remainder of her seventy-four 
 years of earthly life, dying March 14, 1912. 
 
 The youngest of the four children born to his 
 parents, James G. Gwinn received his preliminary 
 educational training in the public schools, of his native 
 county, after which he entered the University of 
 Missouri and later the law department thereof, 
 from which he was graduated in 1891. Going then 
 to New Mexico, he was there for three years em- 
 ployed in a law office, each year adding substantially 
 to his professional knowledge and experience. In 
 1809 Judge Gwinn came to Idaho, and began the 
 practice of law on his own account in St. Anthony. 
 Brainy, energetic and tactful, he met with success 
 from the start, acquiring popularity not only in 
 legal circles, but in the management of city and 
 county affairs, being frequently chosen to offices of 
 importance. 
 
 In 1905 Judge Gwinn was elected mayor of St 
 Anthony, winning the distinction of being the first 
 man to fill that chair, and served so satisfactorily 
 that he was honored with a re-election to the same 
 office in 1907. In 1910, though he had decided to quit 
 the law business, he was chosen judge of probate. 
 In the spring of 1911 he was appointed district 
 judge by Governor Hawley, and in the discharge of 
 his duties in this capacity has won the approval 
 of all concerned his decisions being uniformly just 
 and wise. The judge is held in high esteem through- 
 out the community as a man and a citizen, and 
 is well liked by his fellow-attorneys. 
 
 Judge Gwinn is a self-made man in every sense 
 implied by the term, having through his own unaided 
 efforts steadily climbed the ladder of success, bravely 
 surmounting all obstacles. He is skilful with the 
 rod and gun, enjoying all outdoor sports, and being 
 an ardent huntsman. The judge has great faith in 
 Idaho's future, believing that in a comparatively 
 short time this resourceful state will double it 
 population, and that these fertile valleys will be 
 traversed by electric railways. Fremont county espe- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 cially becoming one of the richest communities on 
 earth. 
 
 WILLIAM L. ROBINSON. Firmly convinced that 
 Idaho's prospects for a brilliant future are of the 
 brightest, William L. Robinson is one of the state's 
 most loyal adopted sons, and as cashier of the 
 Security State Bank of Ashton is actively identified 
 with its financial development and advancement. 
 A son of H. J. Robinson, he was born August 29, 
 1875, in Highland, Doniphan county, Kansas. 
 
 H. J. Robinson was born in 1850, in Arkansas, and 
 as a lad of ten years removed with his parents to 
 Kansas, where his earlier years were spent, being 
 engaged principally in tilling the soil. In 1890 he 
 migrated to Nebraska, where he continued his agri- 
 cultural labors for a time, when he removed to 
 South Dakota, where he is now living. He married 
 in Kansas Sarah Laningham, who was born in Vir- 
 ginia fifty-four years ago, and later removed with 
 her parents to Missouri, and subsequently to Kansas, 
 in 1890 going with her husband and family to her 
 present home in South Dakota. 
 
 The eldest of a family of eight children, William 
 L. Robinson began his educational studies in Kansas, 
 later continuing them in the Stella, Nebraska, high 
 school, from which he was graduated in 1895. He 
 subsequently received a training in a Nebraska nor- 
 mal school, and completed a course of study in a 
 business and commercial college in that state. Thus 
 equipped, he taught school a few years with much 
 success, and then engaged in farming for a while. 
 Mr. Robinson was afterwards engaged in the real 
 estate and insurance business in Nebraska, being 
 quite prosperous in that line. In January, 1909, 
 he came to Idaho in search of a favorable business 
 opening. Locating in Ashton, he organized the Se- 
 curity State Bank, with which he has since been 
 officially connected. This institution, which is known 
 as the bank of confidential service, has for its officers 
 men of good financial ability and unquestioned in- 
 tegrity, as follows : President, Henry Petersen ; 
 vice president, J. Harshbarger ; cashier, William L, 
 Robinson; directors, Henry Petersen," J. Harsh- 
 barger, W. L. Robinson, R. D. Merrill, and J. E. 
 Winfrey. In addition to attending faithfully to 
 his duties as cashier of the bank, Mr. Robinson is 
 also engaged in the fire insurance and farm loaning 
 business, and is one of the directors of the St. 
 Anthony Abstract Company. 
 
 Mr. Robinson married in November, 1901, Miss 
 Lucy M. Winfrey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James 
 E. Winfrey, of Stella, Nebraska, and they are the 
 parents of two children, namely: Wilma, born in 
 Nebraska, April 6th, 1904; and Salome, born in 
 Nebraska, November 22nd, 1905. Politically Mr. 
 Robinson is a Republican. Fraternally he belongs 
 to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and to 
 the Modern Brotherhood of America. Religiously 
 he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 J. FRANK HOBART. Worthy of special mention in 
 this volurne is J. Frank Hobart, who, although a 
 comparatively newcomer in Fremont, county, has 
 acquired a fine reputation as an able and efficient 
 business man. He was born April 27, 1875, in 
 Henry county, Iowa, of pioneer stock, his Grand- 
 father Hobart having been one of the very early 
 settlers of that part of the state. 
 
 His father, a native of New York state, was Joseph 
 Hobart. When but five years old he accompanied 
 his parents to the Middle West, living first in 
 McDonough county, Illinois, and later going with 
 them to Henry county, Idwa. Succeeding to the oc- 
 
 cupation to which he was reared, he bought land in 
 Henry county, Iowa, and was there engaged in till- 
 ing the soil until 1890. Retiring then from active 
 pursuits, he removed to the near-by town of Win- 
 field, where he has since resided, an honored and 
 respected man of sixty-eight years. During the 
 progress of the Civil war on March 6, 1861, he 
 enlisted in Company F, Seventeenth Iowa Volunteer 
 Infantry, and with his command took part in several 
 battles of importance. On October 4, 1864, he was 
 captured by the enemy, and held as a prisoner until 
 the cessation of hostilities, when he returned to his 
 Iowa home. He married Anna Wilson, who was 
 born in Ohio, and as a young girl removed with her 
 parents to Henry county, Iowa, where her death 
 occurred in 1892, at the age of forty-two years. 
 Seven children were born of their union, J. Frank 
 being the fourth child in order of birth. 
 
 Obtaining his elementary education in the rural 
 schools of his native county, J. Frank Hobart in 
 1890 entered the Winfield high school, from which 
 he was graduated with the class of 1894. Subse- 
 quently learning the printer's trade, he worked at that 
 during the summer seasons until 1907, in the 
 meantime teaching school during the winter terms. 
 Appointed assistant postmaster at Winfield, Iowa, 
 in 1907, Mr. Hobart served in that capacity two years 
 or more. Resigning the position in 1910, he came 
 to Ashton, Idaho, to assume the management of 
 the Keller Implement Company's business at this 
 point, a position for which he was amply qualified, 
 and which he filled in a most efficient and satisfactory 
 manner. On February 8, 1913, Mr. Hobart purchased 
 Mr. Keller's interest in the business and it is now 
 conducted under the firm name of Hobart & Upham. 
 Politically Mr. Hobart is a firm supporter of the 
 principles of the Republican party. Fraternally he 
 is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted 
 Order of Masons, which he has served as master; 
 of Ashton Lodge, No. 88, Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows; of Yellowstone Encampment; and of 
 the Modern Woodmen of America. 
 
 Mr. Hobart married September 4, 1891, in Win- 
 field, Iowa, Luella Barnett, daughter of Milton and 
 Caroline (Brickett) Barnett, neither of whom is 
 now living. Mr. and Mrs. Hobart have no children 
 
 RUDOLPH MARQUARDT. An active, enterprising 
 and progressive business man of Ashton, Rudolph 
 Marquardt is widely known as one of the leading 
 jewelers of Fremont county, and as one of its most 
 highly esteemed and valued citizens. A native- of 
 Nebraska, he was born September 22, 1881, in Nor- 
 folk, Madison county, of thrifty German ancestry. 
 
 His father, C. F. W. Marquardt was born in Ger- 
 many, near Berlin, in 1844, and there acquired his 
 early education. At the age of eighteen years he 
 emigrated to the United States, a land rich in hope 
 and promise, and for a number of years resided 
 either in Michigan or Wisconsin. Going still further 
 west, he settled in Nebraska, where for a time he 
 was employed in farming, but has since been actively 
 engaged in the jewelry business, which he is con- 
 ducting with highly satisfactory pecuniary results. 
 He married in Nebraska Regna Slock, who came 
 from Germany, her native country, when a child. 
 She passed to the life beyond in 1883, at the. age 
 of thirty-eight years. 
 
 The youngest of five children, Rudolph Marquardt 
 was educated in the public schools of his native 
 town, and he completed the studies of the eighth 
 grade at Winona, Minnesota, and he also learned the 
 watchmaker's trade there. Under his father's train- 
 ing, he became an expert watchmaker, a trade which 
 
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 he afterwards followed at Grand Island, Nebraska, 
 for sixteen months, and in St. Joseph. Missouri, for 
 six and one-half years. Coming from there to Idaho, 
 he established at Ashton the R. Marquardt jewelry 
 business, beginning operations on a modest scale, and 
 gradually enlarging his transactions until having 
 at the present time the largest and most successful 
 jewelry trade in Fremont county. 
 
 A Democrat in politics, Mr. Marquardt takes an 
 intelligent interest in everything pertaining to the 
 best interests of his adopted town and county, since 
 1907 having served, by election and re-electioji, 
 as city treasurer of Ashton. Fraternally he is a 
 member of Ashton Lodge, No. 88, Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed all 
 the chairs, and has also served as Deputy District 
 Grand Master. Religiously he is a Presbyterian. 
 
 At. St. Joseph, Missouri', October 14, 1902, Mr. 
 Marquardt married Rosa Reutter, daughter of Louis 
 and Louise (Stebe) Reutter, of that city, and into 
 their pleasant household two children have made 
 their advent, namely : Mildred, born August 24, 
 1903, in Halstead, Kansas; and Dorothy, born Feb- 
 ruary 22, 1905, in St. Joseph, Missouri. 
 
 JAMES G. WOOD. Noteworthy among the highly 
 esteemed and respected citizens of Marysville is 
 James G. Wood, a pioneer settler of Fremont 
 county, and a true type of the energetic, hardy and 
 enterprising men who have actively assisted in the 
 development of the agricultural resources of this 
 section of Idaho. An Englishman by birth and 
 breeding, he was born in August, 1856, in Cambridge, 
 the youngest of the nine children born to George and 
 Sarah (Baron) Wood. His father, who was a 
 skilful landscape gardener, spent his fifty-eight years 
 of earthly life in England, passing away in 1876. 
 His wife preceded him to the world beyond, dying 
 in 1874, at the age of fifty-six years. 
 
 Having acquired a practical education in the schools 
 of Cambridge, James G. Wood learned the trade 
 of a paper maker, which he subsequently followed 
 in Lancashire, England, until 1878. Seeing but little 
 opportunity to accumulate very much money in his 
 native land, Mr. Wood then emigrated to the United 
 States, and the following year, in 1879, located 
 at Egin, near St. Anthony, journeying by rail 
 to Ross Fork, and by trail the remainder of the 
 way. Taking up a homestead claim, he cleared 
 the land of its dense growth of sage brush, and 
 for twenty years was engaged in improving his 
 property. Selling out in 1899 Mr. Wood bought 
 a tract of unimproved land on which the present 
 town of Marysville now stands, and there embarked 
 in a new branch of agriculture, setting out, against 
 the advice of his friends, an orchard, introducing 
 into Fremont county the first pear and apple trees 
 ever brought here. He met with encouraging suc- 
 cess in his venture, and still owns the farm upon 
 which he settled in 1901. and around which the 
 town has grown. Mr. Wood is also interested in 
 dairying, and is one of the directors of the Ashton 
 and Marysville Creamery, a prosperous and sub- 
 stantial industry. He has done much to advance 
 the educational "and moral standard of the com- 
 munity, having taught, in 1883, the first district 
 school established in Fremont county, at Egin, and 
 was also the first Sunday school teacher of that 
 vicinity. 
 
 Politically Mr. Wood is one of the leading mem- 
 bers of the Democratic ranks, and since 1886 has 
 served faithfully and ably as justice of the peace, 
 having continued in office for upwards of a quarter 
 
 of a century. Religiously he belongs to the Church 
 of the Latter Day Saints. 
 
 In Tottington, England, November 25, 1875, Mr. 
 Wood was united in marriage with Miss Anna 
 Baron, a daughter of Thomas and Anna (Brooks) 
 Baron, life-long residents of England. Eight chil- 
 dren have blessed their union, namely: James, born 
 in Tottington, England, February 2, 1878, died in 
 November, 1879, > n Brigham City, Utah ; Rhoda. 
 born in Franklin, Idaho, June 9, 1881, is married 
 and has six children; Alice, of Marysville, born in 
 Egin, Idaho, July 5, 1883, has one chijd; Nephis, 
 born in Egin, Idaho, August 22, 1885, died January 
 i, 1902; Moroni, born October 8, 1887, >n Egic, 
 died there January 29, 1888; Alma, born in Egin, 
 October 14, 1889, lives in Marysville; Mary ElTen, 
 born in Egin, January 13, 1891, lives in Sugar City; 
 and C. Ethel, born in Egin, December 13, 1893, was 
 graduated from the Marysville high school with 
 the class of 1910. 
 
 JOHN E. RULE. Occupying a noteworthy position 
 among the prosperous business men of Fremont 
 county is John E. Rule, the leading harness manu- 
 facturer of St. Anthony. He is a man of broad 
 experience, having lived in many different places, 
 and having been variously employed, in each place 
 where he has resided having been highly regarded 
 as a man of integrity and honor, well deserving the 
 respect and confidence of his fellow-men. He was 
 born January 31, 1854, in Clinton county, Iowa, 
 coming on the paternal side of thrifty Scotch an- 
 cestry. 
 
 His father, George Rule, was born and bred in 
 Scotland, where he served an apprenticeship at 
 the miller's trade. In early manhood, desirous of 
 bettering his financial condition, he emigrated to 
 America, locating first in Coldwater, Michigan, where 
 he followed his trade for a time. From there he 
 moved to Iowa, becoming a pioneer settler of Clin- 
 ton county, where he built up an excellent business 
 as a miller, living there until his death, September 
 20, 1892, at the age of sixty-seven years. He married 
 in Michigan Helen Columbus, who was born in 
 Canada, June loth, 1825, and is now a resident 
 of Daw City, Iowa. 
 
 The third child in a family of nine children, John 
 E. Rule received his early education in Iowa, at- 
 tending school regularly until twelve years old. The 
 following three years he worked in a grocery, and at 
 the age of fifteen years began learning the harness 
 maker's trade. Becoming proficient in that line, 
 Mr. Rule followed his trade in Iowa until May, 
 1891, when he went to Arizona, where he remained 
 two and one-half years, his -home being in Tucson. 
 Again seized with the wanderlust, he migrated to 
 Salt Lake City, and for three and one-half years 
 was there employed by W. S. Henderson. The 
 ensuing two and one-half years Mr. Rule worked 
 at Gallup, New Mexico, for W. A. Clark. Returning 
 then to Salt Lake City, he was for four years en- 
 gaged in contract work for Studebaker Brothers, 
 the next two years being associated with the Singer 
 Sewing Machine Company in that city, and for two 
 years in the hardware business. Coming from there 
 to St. Anthony, Idaho, in 1906, Mr. Rule worked 
 for two and one-half years for the St. Anthony 
 Harness Company, and one year for the Jamison 
 Harness Company. In 1909 he purchased the busi- 
 ness of his employers, and has since been pros- 
 perously and profitably engaged in the manufacture 
 of harness on his own account. Mr. Rule has here 
 built up an extensive patronage, his established 
 sales during the past year having been upwards of 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 two hundred and fifty sets of high grade harnesses, 
 his four expert harness makers which he employs 
 having been kept busy all of the time. 
 
 Politically Mr. Rule invariably supports the prin- 
 ciples of the Republican party. Fraternally he be- 
 longs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; 
 to the Woodmen of the World ; and to the Fraternal 
 Union. Religiously he is Christian Scientist. 
 
 Mr. Rule married October 25, 1878, Miss Emma 
 Kinney, who died March 8th, 1889, in Crawford 
 county, Iowa. Five children blessed their union, 
 namely: Edwin K., deceased; J. Arthur, born in 
 Crawford county, Iowa, January 4th, 1880, resides 
 in old Mexico, superintendent of smelter; Blanche, 
 born May I2th, 1882, in Crawford county, Iowa, 
 married Herbert E. Chase, of St. Anthony, Idaho, 
 and has one child ; Charles, born in Crawford county, 
 Iowa, August 9th, 1884, and now engaged in the 
 electric business at St. Anthony, is married, and 
 has one child; and Louis M., born in Crawford 
 county, Iowa, January 4, 1887, resides with his 
 father. Mr. Rule married second, December I2th, 
 1891, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Miss Winifred Breth- 
 erton, and they have one child, Sidney Rule, born 
 December loth, 1892, in Crawford county, Iowa, and 
 now working for William Adams, sporting goods, 
 St. Anthony. 
 
 BERT H. MILLER. Possessing great tact and good 
 judgment, coupled with a comprehensive knowledge 
 of the law, Bert H. Miller, of St. Anthony, county 
 attorney of Fremont county, is ably meeting every 
 requirement of the responsible office which he is 
 filling. A native of Utah, he was born December 
 15, 1876, in St. George, Washington county 
 
 A. D. Miller, Mr. Miller's father, was born at 
 Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1850. When a small child 
 he was taken by his parents across the plains to 
 Utah, and was brought up and educated in St. 
 George. A strong, sturdy lad, he began life for 
 himself when but sixteen years old as a freighter. 
 He became thoroughly acquainted with that section 
 of the country, and later in life, as a railroad con- 
 tractor, built some of the first railways of Utah, and 
 of Idaho. Locating with his family in Idaho in 
 1884, he took up a homestead claim near St. Anthony, 
 the present site of which was then covered with 
 sage brush. He cleared the land from its original 
 wildness and was for many years successfully em- 
 ployed in agricultural pursuits, but is now living 
 retired from active business in St. Anthony. He 
 married Mary J. Laub, who was born in Salt Lake 
 City, Utah, in 1854, but was brought up in the 
 southern part of that state, where her parents moved 
 when she was a child, and where she was married. 
 
 The second in succession of birth of a family 
 of nine children, Bert H. Miller acquired his rudi- 
 mentary education in the public schools of Utah, 
 afterwards further advancing his studies at the 
 Brigham Young College in that state, and in 1902 
 being graduated from the law department of Cum- 
 berland University, at Lebanon, Tennessee. He was 
 admitted to the Idaho bar immediately after his 
 graduation, but instead of opening a law office 
 Mr. Miller became associated that year with the 
 Fremont Abstract Company of St. Anthony, and 
 was active in its affairs for five years, and at the 
 present time, in 1912, is serving as president of that 
 concern. Turning his attention to law in 1907 
 Mr. Miller was in partnership with J. D. Millsaps 
 until the latter part of 1910, during which time he 
 built up a fine law practice, and gained a fine reputa- 
 tion for legal skill and ability. In November, 1910, 
 Mr. Miller was elected county attorney of Fremont 
 
 county, and has since served in that capacity with 
 great success, as a skilful and able attorney being 
 feared by all law-breakers. He is also a director 
 of the St. Anthony Building and Manufacturing 
 Company, one of the substantial business firms of 
 the city. 
 
 Mr. Miller married in St. Anthony in July, 1904, 
 Miss Rose E. Davis, daughter of Mrs. Christina 
 (Carhart) Davis, of St. Anthony. Mrs. Miller is a 
 woman of culture and refinement, and a member of 
 the Presbyterian church. In his political affiliations 
 Mr. Miller is a Democrat. He is fond of out- 
 door life, and is especially fond of automobiling, tak- 
 ing long rides throughout the surrounding country. 
 
 GEORGE GITTINS. "A man who cannot do well in 
 this locality is beyond redemption," says Mr. George 
 Gittins of Pocatello, Idaho. He is one who can 
 speak with authority; for he has for several years 
 been a citizen of Pocatello and for no fewer than 
 thirty years a resident of Idaho. He was but 
 twenty years of age when he first became an Idahoan, 
 having been but eleven when he came with his father 
 to Utah. 
 
 Wrexham, England, was the birthplace of this 
 successful man. He was the son of George and 
 Margaret (Roberts) Gittins of that place. The 
 mother died in England at the age of thirty-eight, 
 but the father came to America, where his fortunes 
 have been largely shared by the son whose life is 
 the subject of this biographical article. George 
 Gittins, the fourth of thirteen children, was born 
 in the English home of the above-named parents on 
 March loth, 1863. His education was begun in the 
 British schools and there continued until 1874, the 
 year in which his father brought him to the United 
 States and settled at Mendon, Utah. Although the 
 elder Gittins had been a shoe manufacturer in 
 Wrexham, the rich agricultural possibilities of Utah 
 led him to locate on a farm which he cultivated for 
 a half dozen years. It was in 1880 that he removed 
 to Teton, Idaho, where George Gittins, who had 
 become a strong and capable young man, erected 
 the first house built in that town. In that com- 
 munity he later acquired a fine and extensive cat- 
 tle ranch, which he still owns. He became, in- 
 deed, in the course of years one of the most prom- 
 inent stock growers and agriculturists of this sec- 
 tion of Idaho. For the past several years he has 
 been a resident of Pocatello, where he has built 
 one of the most beautiful homes in the city. Since 
 he has become a part of this community he has 
 been honored by his fellow-citizens of Bannock 
 county, who have elected him a county commis- 
 sioner. 
 
 Mr. Gittins is a member of the Fraternal Order 
 of Eagles and of the Woodmen of the World. 
 Mrs. Gittins was formerly Miss Annie Jensen, 
 daughter of Hans and Christina Jensen of Mendon, 
 Utah, and her marriage to Mr. Gittins took place 
 on January 20, 1891. Five children have in the 
 succeeding years come to complete this household. 
 Miss Effie Gittins was born in 1892 at Mendon, 
 Utah, and is now a student at the academy in 
 Logan Utah. Leslie Gittins, born at Mendon in 
 1895, died March 17, 1913; Howard Gittins, who 
 was born in Mendon in 1900, is a pupil of the 
 Pocatello public schools; Annie, born in McCammon 
 in 1902, is also in the Pocatello schools; and Lee, 
 the youngest, was born in 1907, in Pocatello. 
 
 The handsome residence of the Gittins' family 
 is at 488 South Seventh street. The personal in- 
 terests of Mr. Gittins are included in his extensive 
 ranching properties, while careful attention is given 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 to the public office which he fills with efficiency no 
 less than that which has brought him such notable 
 success in business. 
 
 CHARLES A. LARSON. About fifteen years ago 
 Charles A. Larson established at Preston a small 
 shop for the manufacture of harness and leather 
 supplies and a general stock of that material. It 
 was a very modest beginning by a young business 
 man, just starting on his independent career. Since 
 then he has succeeded by his business enterprise 
 and energy in building up one of the best estab- 
 lishments of its kind in this part of Idaho, and 
 Mr. Larson now ranks among the leading business 
 men and citizens of Preston. 
 
 Charles A. Larson was born in Sweden, March 
 20, 1871. His parents, Lars and Louise (Lind) 
 Larson, were substantial farming people of Sweden, 
 where the father now lives at the age sixty-five. The 
 mother passed away in 1902 at the age of sixty- 
 seven. Of their two children, Charles is the older. 
 
 In the public schools of Sweden he acquired the 
 fundamentals of a practical education and after 
 leaving school worked at farming in his native 
 country. Then in 1893 he emigrated to America. 
 Providence, Utah, was his destination and it was 
 there that while working in a harness making estab- 
 lishment he learned his present business. From 
 Providence he went to Logan, Utah, where he was 
 for about nine months engaged in the harness busi- 
 ness, but then sought a better field, and in January, 
 1896, moved to Preston. Mr. Larson owns the 
 building and grounds where his business is con- 
 ducted and has a large stock, and with' his own 
 and other competent services connected with the 
 business has a patronage second to none in this 
 line in Franklin county. 
 
 Mr. Larson is a member of the Church of the 
 Latter Day Saints and was clerk in the Fourth 
 Ward Church and president of the elders. He 
 was married at Logan, Utah, February 9, 1898, to 
 Miss Addie Lundegren, a daughter of Martin Lunde- 
 gren and wife, both of whom are now deceased. 
 The six children in the home circle of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Larson are named as follows : Carl, born at Preston, 
 March 24, 1899, and now attending school; Raymond, 
 born at Preston, July I, 1901, also in school ; Harold, 
 born in Preston, May 2, 1903, in school ; Stanley, 
 born at Preston, April 15, 1905, in school; Afton, 
 born July 13, 1907, and Leslie, born October 18, 
 1910. 
 
 Mr. Larson, like many of his countrymen, came 
 to America a poor boy, and has succeeded in estab- 
 lishing himself firmly in business and in the esteem 
 of the local citizenship entirely through the in- 
 tegrity and the industry of his character. 
 
 JOHN NUFFER. A quarter century's residence at 
 Preston constitutes Mr. John Nuffer one of the old 
 timers of this vicinity. The mere fact of long 
 residence, however, is somewhat of an empty dis- 
 tinction without works accompanying such residence. 
 In the case of Mr. Nuffer there can be found ample 
 evidence both of long residence and accomplish- 
 ments in the realm of practical affairs and in good 
 citizenship. Mr. Nuffer in early life was a graduate 
 of one of Germany's foremost schools of architec- 
 ture. All his life he has been a builder and con- 
 tractor and in Preston in particular probably much 
 the greater part of the higher class public and resi- 
 dential buildings has been done under his supervision, 
 or through his business organization. 
 
 Mr. Nuffer was born in Wuertemberg, Germany, 
 December 4, 1862. He is a son of Christopher and 
 
 Agnes Barbara (Spring) Nuffer. The father, who 
 was a wine grower in the old country, came to 
 America in 1882, first settling at Logan, Utah, but 
 a year later came to Oneida county, Idaho, where 
 as one of the early settlers he took up land and 
 was a homesteader and fanner until his death in 
 1908. He was born in 1835. The mother, who was 
 born in Germany in 1838, died there in 1865. Of 
 two children, John is the older, while his brother 
 Fred is also a resident of Preston. 
 
 The grade schools of Germany were the source 
 of Mr. Nuffer's education up to his fourteenth year. 
 At that customary age, when the German youths 
 take up an education for practical life, he entered 
 the Royal Architectural College at Stuttgart, where 
 he was a student for four terms, and on leaving 
 school as a budding young architect, he followed 
 his profession in his native country for four years, 
 up to the time of the removal of his father to 
 America, when he became a resident of the western 
 country. Mr. Nuffer has been largely engaged in 
 contract work since coming to Idaho, and during 
 the past ten years has had a large business of his 
 own as an architect and builder. A complete list 
 of his work at Preston and vicinity would be too 
 long, but some of the more prominent structures 
 should be mentioned. They include the Oneida 
 Stake Academy, consisting of two buildings; the 
 Western Tabernacle; the Preston Opera House; the 
 McCammon public school; the grade public school; 
 Fairview, Mapleton and Whitney public schools; 
 the Tabernacle at Grace; the high school at Grace; 
 the Latter Day Saints church in the First Ward; 
 and most of the business blocks as well as many 
 of the larger and more attractive residence structures 
 in Preston. Mr. Nuffer is a director and secretary- 
 treasurer of the Cub River and Worm Creek Canal 
 Company. 
 
 His part in civic affairs has been hardly less 
 important than in business. For four years, or 
 two terms, he served as justice of the peace of 
 Preston ; one term as village trustee, and was clerk 
 of the village board for one term. His politics is 
 Democratic. He is a high priest in the Church 
 of the Latter Day Saints, and served a two years' 
 mission for the church in Germany. 
 
 In November, 1885, at Logan, Utah, Mr. Nuffer 
 married Miss Louise Zollinger, a daughter of Ferd 
 and Louise (Meyer) Zollinger. Her father died 
 December 16, 1912, and her mother is living in 
 Providence, Utah. Her parents were pioneers of 
 Utah in 1862, having crossed the plains to the then 
 territory. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Nuffer has -been 
 blessed with a large family of eleven children, who 
 are named as follows: Luther Jacob, born at Provi- 
 dence in 1886, is a resident of Preston and is 
 married and has two children ; Willard John, born 
 at Preston in 1888, is a graduate of the Idaho State 
 University in the law department and is a young 
 lawyer at Downey, Idaho ; Louis Ferd, born at 
 Preston in 1889, is a school teacher in Preston; 
 Herman Christ, born at Preston in 1891, is a student 
 of civil engineering in the University of Moscow; 
 Austin Eckart, born at Preston in 1893, is a high 
 school student; Carl Joseph, born in 1895, died 
 in 1904; Agnes Louise, born at Preston in 1898, 
 is a schoolgirl ; Myron David,, born in 1900; Florence 
 Myrtel, born in 1902, and Edwin Joseph, born in 
 1904, are all attending school; and Athene Barbara, 
 born in 1907. 
 
 As a successful man and long a business builder 
 in this section of Idaho, Mr. Nuffer has a very 
 high opinion of the state and forecasts its taking 
 
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 place among the first of American states. He has 
 had a career of substantial self-advancement and 
 practically all the prosperity he has won has been 
 due to his own labor. 
 
 His fondness for home life has precluded any, 
 association with outside organizations except the 
 church in which he has had a prominent part. 
 
 WILLARD A. MANNING. One of the old families 
 of Oneida county and eastern Idaho is represented 
 by Willard A. Manning, one of the young but 
 prospering business men of Preston. The family 
 has been identified with this section since the early 
 days of development and its members have always 
 been noted for integrity, character and solid in- 
 dustry and prosperity. 
 
 Willard A. Manning has the somewhat unique 
 distinction among Preston citizens of being a native 
 of this city, where he was born on the 2gth of 
 October, 1889. His parents are Frank and Alice 
 (Winn) Manning. The father was born in Utah, 
 whence he came to Idaho at a very early date, and 
 took up farm land near Preston. He is still a resi- 
 dent here at the age of forty-six. The mother 
 was also a native of Utah, but married in Idaho, 
 and is now forty-six years of age. There were 
 twelve children born to their union, four of whom 
 are deceased. Willard was the second of the chil- 
 dren and his sisters and brothers now living are 
 named as follows : Mrs. Viola Davis, a resident of 
 Clifton, Idaho; Vilate, of Preston; Roy, of Preston; 
 Frank, Virgil, Harold and Lyle, all at home. 
 
 Willard A. Manning was reared and educated at 
 Preston and on leaving the grammar schools at- 
 tended the Oneida Stake Academy. His experience 
 in practical affairs was gained in the employ of 
 Mr. Curtis, in the canning business. He spent four 
 years in learning that trade and becoming familiar 
 with the details of that business and then estab- 
 lished a shop by himself in September, 1910. Since 
 that time he has developed a large patronage and 
 has one of the best establishments of the kind in 
 Preston or Oneida county. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Manning votes with the Republican 
 party. He is a member of the Church of the Latter 
 Day Saints and has always interested himself in the 
 church and civic affairs of his locality. He was 
 married at Logan, Utah, May 29, 1912, to Miss 
 Annie Wheeler, daughter of George and Norses 
 Wheeler, who were residents of Glendale, Idaho, 
 where they are well known and prominent citizens. 
 Mr. Manning is the owner of a farm in the vicinity 
 of Preston. He is fond of the diversion of hunt- 
 ing and fishing and has the thorough esteem of a 
 large circle of friends among the younger genera- 
 tion of Preston. 
 
 S. S. FERGUSON. Now one of the leading business 
 men of Pocatello, Mr. Ferguson came to this city 
 in 1898, then a young man not long out of college, 
 and took a position with one of the drug firms here. 
 For the past ten years he has been in business on 
 an independent footing, and has made the Ferguson- 
 Jenkins Drug Company the largest of the kind in 
 this part of Idaho. Mr. Ferguson is an Idaho 
 "booster," believing that no other state quite equals 
 this, and is one of the progressive young business 
 men who will control the destinies of this country 
 during the next two or three decades of its de- 
 velopment. 
 
 Mr. Ferguson was born at Mansfield, Ohio, Octo- 
 ber 30, 1875, the second in a family of six children 
 whose parents were L. A. and Margaret (Stewart) 
 Ferguson. The mother, who was born, reared and 
 
 married in Ohio, died at Hiawatha, Kansas, in 1902. 
 The father, now sixty-two years of age and a fruit- 
 grower at Canyon City, Colorado, was born in 
 Ohio, whence he moved to Kansas, and has fol- 
 lowed farming during most of his active career. 
 
 Samuel S. Ferguson received his education in an 
 academy at Hiawatha, Kansas, and then entered 
 Washburn College at Topeka, where he was grad- 
 uated with the class of '95. He studied pharmacy 
 and was connected with a drug business at Hiawatha 
 for one year. In 1898 he moved out to Pocatello, 
 where he was in the employ of Sprague Brothers 
 from 1899 to 1901. In the latter year was estab- 
 lish the Ferguson-Jenkins Drug Company, and he 
 has been the active head of this firm ever since. 
 
 In 1911 Mr. Ferguson was one of the board of 
 governors of the Pocatello Commercial Club, and 
 his active support is always ready for any concerted 
 movement to advance the welfare and further im- 
 provement of this city. He is prominent in the or- 
 der of Elks, being past exalted ruler, was delegate 
 to the Los Angeles convention of 1909 and to that 
 at Portland, Oregon, in 1912. His politics is Repub- 
 lican, and his church the Presbyterian. He likes the 
 life of out of doors, and when business permits 
 enjoys nothing better than a hunting trip. 
 
 Mr. Ferguson was married at Pocatello, June 18, 
 1902, to Miss Pearl Jenkins, daughter of Thomas 
 Jenkins, of Oneida, Idaho. They have three children, 
 the oldest being now in school, as follows : Maurine, 
 born October, 1903 ; Samuel Jr., born March, 1907 ; 
 and Elizabeth, born in 1910, Pocatello being the 
 birthplace of all three. 
 
 PAUL A. FUGATE, cashier of the Bank of Aber- 
 deen, Aberdeen, Idaho, is one of the enterprising, 
 up-to-date young men of the town, and hails from 
 Hastings, Nebraska, where he was born December 
 18, 1884. 
 
 Mr. Fugate's father, Marion A. Fugate, is a 
 native of Illinois, from whence he went to Nebraska 
 at an early period in the history of that state and 
 made settlement on the frontier at a point near where 
 now stands the town of Hastings. He was a 
 cattle man and farmer in Nebraska for many years, 
 until 1910, when he moved to Aberdeen, Idaho, his 
 present residence. He had married in Illinois Miss 
 Isabell Dallas, a native of Ohio. To them were 
 given three sons, of whom Paul A. is the second. 
 The eldest son, M. Dallas Fugate, died in Aberdeen 
 in 1909, at the age of thirty years. M. Dallas and 
 Paul A. came to Aberdeen in 1907 and together 
 organized the Bank of Aberdeen, of which the elder 
 was cashier until his death. He was married and 
 his widow is now a resident of Nebraska. Glenn 
 N. Fugate, the other brother, is identified with the 
 Bank of Commerce of Hastings, Nebraska. 
 
 Paul A. Fugate received his education in the 
 schools of Hastings and Elba, Nebraska, and on 
 leaving school and starting out in life for him- 
 self he sought an opening in the far West in 
 Oregon where he engaged in the life insurance 
 business. Returning to Hastings a few years later, 
 he handled collections for a time and subsequently 
 worked for his father. In 1907 he and his brother, 
 as above stated, came to Idaho and at Aberdeen 
 organized the Bank of Aberdeen, of which his 
 brother was cashier and he is a director ; and he 
 also engaged in the real estate business. Since his 
 brother's death he has been cashier. 
 
 Personally, Mr. Fugate is a genial, sociable man. 
 fond of hunting and fishing and other out-door 
 sports He has worked his way to financial sue- 
 
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 cess, and he has great faith in the future of Aber- 
 deen and the surrounding country. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Fugate is a Republican of the 
 independent stamp, and fraternally he is a Mason 
 and an Odd Fellow. He is unmarried. 
 
 JACOB P. WEDEL, merchant, land owner and capi- 
 talist of Aberdeen, Idaho, is an adopted American 
 whose experience in this country has been such 
 that it has given him a bright outlook on life and 
 made him a firm believer in American laws and 
 institutions. It is his opinion that Idaho has a bright 
 future and that Aberdeen is one of its favored 
 spots. 
 
 Mr. Wedel was born at Ostray, Russia, January 
 15, 1849, son of David and Elizabeth Wedel, both 
 natives of Russia. 
 
 David Wedel wa a carpenter and farmer. He 
 emigrated with his family to America in 187.1 and 
 first settled in Kansas. Later he moved to Texas, 
 where he spent the closing years of his life and 
 died. His wife had died in Marion county, Kansas, 
 at the age of forty years. 
 
 Jacob P. Wedel attended school in Russia and 
 also for a short time went to school in Kansas. 
 The greater part of his education, however, has 
 been received in the broad and practical school of 
 experience. His first work in this country was as a 
 farm hand. Later he bought lands in Marion county, 
 Kansas, and by dint of hard work and good man- 
 agement brought them up to a high state of 
 cultivation. For thirty-one years he remained in 
 that county, at the end of which time he was the 
 owner of nearly a thousand acres, a considerable 
 portion of which he still owns. From Kansas he 
 came to Idaho. That was in the fall of 1906. On 
 the 2ist of November that year he located a half- 
 section of land, half a mile west of Aberdeen. In 
 1900 he established the Valley Supply Company, 
 which in the past four years has grown to large pro- 
 portions, and which, with the assistance of his sons, 
 he still conducts. 
 
 May 3, 1884, in Barton county. Kansas. Jacob P. 
 Wedel and Miss Lizzie Unruh were united in mar- 
 riage, and the children born to them are seven, all 
 in Barton county. Kansas, as follows : Tobias, in 
 1885, is now engaged in the hardware business at 
 Aberdeen ; Alfred, born in 1889, is in business with 
 his father; Miss May. born in 1887, is in business 
 in Aberdeen; Lincoln, in 1891; Frank, in 1894; Delia, 
 in 1895. and Nettie, in 1897. The last four named 
 are at this writing attending school. 
 
 Mr. Wedel is interested in other enterprises be- 
 sides those mentioned, and is at the present time a 
 director of the Aberdeen Springfield Canal Com- 
 pany. His success in life has been clearly due to his 
 own personal efforts, for he started out in the world 
 a poor boy without any financial backing. In poli- 
 tics he has always maintained the position of an in- 
 dependent. His religious creed is that of the Men- 
 nonite church, of which he is a worthy member. 
 
 ARTHUR E. SPEER. The residence of Arthur E. 
 Speer in St. Anthony has been a brief one. dating 
 only from February i, 1912, but time will remedy 
 that condition, it is hoped by those who have come 
 to know him since his arrival here. ' Mr. Speer came 
 to St. Anthony following the death of his father, 
 assuming at that time the charge and control of his 
 father's business interests, and he has continued with 
 success in the work, also becoming identified with 
 other interests in the community. 
 
 Mr. Speer was born on the gth of July, 1885, in 
 Wausau, Wisconsin, and he is the son of Emil V. 
 
 and Amanda (Puls) Speer. Th'e father was born in 
 Watertown, Wisconsin, of German parentage, and 
 made his home in his native state, there engaged in 
 the jewelry business until 1904, when he located in 
 Boise. He came to St. Anthony in 1906 and estab- 
 lished the business which his son is now conducting. 
 He died in Salt Lake on February I. 1912. The 
 mother was born in Mayville, Wisconsin, also, of 
 German parents, and was educated in the public 
 schools of her native community. She was the 
 mother of two sons, Arthur Speer of this review, 
 and Zeno, the younger, who is now a resident of 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 Arthur E. Speer was graduated from the high 
 school of Wausau with the class of 1904, after which 
 he was apprenticed to learn the trade of a drafts- 
 man. He continued in that work in Milwaukee. Wis- 
 consin, after serving his full term as an apprentice, 
 until the death of his father called him to St. An- 
 thony in February. 1912. As already noted, he then 
 assumed charge of his father's well established busi- 
 ness in this city, and he has continued since success- 
 fully and in a manner that justifies his continued 
 identification with the place. In the brief time that 
 he has been established here he has identified him- 
 self with other local enterprises, and has a healthy 
 interest in the welfare of the town, from the view- 
 point of a business man and a citizen. 
 
 Mr. Speer is a Republican, but not active in the 
 work of the party. He is a member of the Masonic 
 fraternity, and affiliates with the blue lodge of Mil- 
 waukee. He also has membership in the Copus Club 
 and the Commercial Club of St. Anthony. He is a 
 member of the Presbyterian church of this city and 
 sings in its choir. He is unmarried. 
 
 The year that Mr. Speer has passed in St. Anthony 
 has been sufficient to convince him of the desirability 
 of Idaho as a place of residence, and as a state where 
 success is the natural complement of ambition and 
 energy. He regards Idaho as being one of the rich- 
 est in opportunity of all the states with which he is 
 familiar, and expresses himself as being well content 
 as a resident of St. Anthony. 
 
 WOODS L. MILLER. Until 1900 the active business 
 life of Woods L. Miller had been identified with the 
 various harvesting concerns of the country, in im- 
 portant capacities, but in the year mentioned, he sev- 
 ered his connection with the Deering Harvester 
 Comnany. which he was then representing, and he 
 and his brother engaged in their present business as 
 grain dealers. Their venture has proved a most 
 happy one from a business and financial standpoint, 
 and the grain and elevator concern of which they 
 are the proprietors is the largest independent estab- 
 lishment of its kind in this section of the state. Mr. 
 Miller was born in Gallatin. Tennessee, on October 
 19, 1866. and is the son of Robert C. and Etta 
 (Head) Miller, both natives of the state of Ten- 
 nessee. 
 
 Robert C. Miller was a farmer and a Confederate 
 veteran of the Civil war. having served as a captain 
 in Company E of the Seventh Tennessee Regiment 
 during the greater part of that conflict. He received 
 injuries in the service which resulted in his early 
 death, which occurred in 1874 when he was but 
 thirty-five years of age The mother, who is now 
 a resident of St. Anthony, had three children, of 
 which number Woods L. was the first horn. Robert, 
 born October n. 1868. died on the 2Oth of August, 
 1899. in Gallatin. Tennessee, and John W. Miller, 
 the youngest of the three, who was born on March 
 II. 1871, died on March 27. 1912. He was a member 
 of the firm of Miller Brothers, of St. Anthony, of 
 
1200 
 
 which the subject was also a partner and still con- 
 trols the business. 
 
 Woods L. Miller received his early education in 
 private schools in Gallatin, Tennessee, as is the cus- 
 tom in the Southern states, and following that train- 
 ing was a student in the University of Tennessee at 
 Knoxville to the age of eighteen. Upon leaving 
 school his first work was with the Deering Harvester 
 Company in the capacity of a traveling representa- 
 tive, and he was associated with this firm for three 
 years. He was next employed by the Walter A. 
 Wood Harvester Company as an office man, and he 
 continued thus for some eight years, when he re- 
 moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to become the rep- 
 resentative at that place of the Milwaukee Harvester 
 Company. He was there for three years, successful 
 and prosperous, when he removed to Des Moines, 
 Iowa, and occupied a similar position with the Deer- 
 ing Harvester Company, with whom he had been 
 first employed upon leaving school. For three years 
 he remained there, when he resigned his position 
 and came to St. Anthony, Idaho, in 1900, and with 
 his brother, John W., now deceased, engaged in the 
 grain and elevator business at this point. As pre- 
 viously stated, the business has been one of the most 
 successful of its kind in the state, and Mr. Miller 
 has enjoyed a pleasing degree of prosperity in his 
 independent operations. 
 
 Mr. Miller is an Independent in his political faith, 
 but takes no particularly active part in the affairs of 
 the -party in this district. He is up and doing in 
 his home town, however, and is one of the most 
 active civic workers in the community. He is the 
 present mayor of St. Anthony, to which office he 
 was elected in April, 1909, and he was for some 
 eight years a member of the school board of the city. 
 
 Fraternally, Mr. Miller is a Mason of the Scottish 
 Rite branch and is a member of the Shrine at Salt 
 Lake and the Consistory of Des Moines, Iowa. He 
 is a member of the Commercial Club of this city and 
 his churchly relations are represented by his mem- 
 bership in the Baptist church. 
 
 On August 19, 1888, Mr. Miller was united in mar- 
 riage at Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Miss Maymie 
 Barclay, daughter of Samuel Barclay of that state. 
 Three children have been born to them, as follows : 
 Bessie, born in Louisville, Kentucky; Nellie, also 
 born in Louisville, and Woodie, born in St. Anthony. 
 
 Mr. Miller lays great stress upon the many ad- 
 mirable qualities of the state of Idaho, and betrays 
 a pride in her achievements thus far which is worthy 
 of a native of the state. It is safe to say, however, 
 that none realize better than he what are the won- 
 derful possibilities of the state and the opportunities 
 she holds out to homeseekers, although his identifi- 
 cation 'with the commonwealth dates back but little 
 more than a decade. 
 
 WALTER H. PECK. The owner and manager of the 
 Mail Printing Company of Pocatello, one of the best 
 known newspaper men of southern Idaho, is a native 
 son of this state and represents a family of pioneers 
 that has been identified with territory and state af- 
 fairs since the beginning of what might be called 
 real civilization in this part of the Northwest. 
 
 Mr. Peck was born at Oxford, Idaho, on October 
 3, 1876. His parents were Dwight and Martha (Bid- 
 dlecome) Peck. The father, from his native New 
 York state, accompanied his parents when he was a 
 small boy on the long emigration across the Western 
 plain until the destination was reached in the terri- 
 tory of Idaho. Here Dwight Peck's father put up the 
 very first house in the present town of , Malad. 
 Dwight Peck became a prosperous cattleman near 
 
 Oxford, also became known as a merchant, and for 
 some years past has been a resident of Malad, where 
 he conducts a hotel. He is sixty-four years of age. 
 He and his wife were married in this state, but she 
 was born at Grantsville, Utah, fifty-two years ago. 
 Their three children are Walter H. ; Edwin, a 
 rancher of Montana, and Vera, who resides at 
 Malad. 
 
 Walter H. Peck had his early schooling at Oxford, 
 Challis and Malad, and at the age of seventeen got 
 his practical introduction to the work which has been 
 his chief vocation. He learned the printing busi- 
 ness, and in 1898, at the age of twenty-two, with 
 Nat Davis as associate, conducted the Caldivell 
 Tribune. A year later he established the Oneida 
 County* Republican at Preston. After two years, in 
 1902, he sold that paper, and at Malad started the 
 Malad Advocate. Under his management this be- 
 came a first-class property, and at the end of five 
 years he sold it to the Idaho Enterprise. He bought 
 and managed for six months the Black foot Mail, 
 and then in August, 1907, located at Pocatello and 
 established the Mail Printing Company. Mr. Peck 
 has led a very actiye life and one that has brought 
 him into contact with many hundreds of influential 
 people both of Idaho and elsewhere. He has many 
 loyal friends, especially in southern Idaho, and there 
 is no more loyal booster of the resources and attain- 
 ments of the Snake River valley than Mr. Peck. 
 
 He is a member of the Typographical Union, is 
 affiliated with the Woodmen of the World, and in 
 politics is a Democrat. He was married at Malad, 
 June 16, 1900, to Miss Margaret Jones, whose par- 
 ents still reside in Malad. The two children, both 
 born in Malad, are Thelma, born in 1902 and now a 
 student in the Pocatello schools, and Martha, born 
 in 1908. For recreation Mr. Peck most enjoys the 
 sports afield, either with rod or gun. 
 
 OSCAR SONNENKALB. In the general election of 
 1912 the citizens of Bannock county chose fof the 
 office of county surveyor not only one of the most 
 eminent members of the civil engineering profession 
 in Idaho but also one of the oldest residents of the 
 state. Mr. Sonnenkalb is no stranger to the official 
 position he now holds, having been similarly honored 
 by several counties of southeastern Idaho. More 
 than thirty years of his career have been spent in 
 this state, and his service has been of peculiar value 
 to the material development which has characterized 
 this period of Idaho's history. 
 
 Mr. Sonnenkalb is a veteran of the Franco-Prus- 
 sian war and gained distinction in the German mili- 
 tary before he came to America. At Saxe-Alten- 
 burg, Germany, he was born on February 23, 1847, 
 and was a son of Karl Victor and Wilhelmina The- 
 resa (Ruehle) Sonnenkalb. His father occupied a 
 place in official circles and was state secretary to 
 the Duke of Altenburg. He died in Germany in 1869 
 at the age of fifty-two. The mother died in 1898 at 
 the age of seventy-seven. Two of the four children 
 are living, Oscar being the youngest. 
 
 A private school was the source of his first instruc- 
 tion after leaving his mother's knee, and he then 
 entered the real gymnasium, or scientific high school, 
 at Plauen in Saxony, where he was graduated at the 
 age of seventeen. His further professional training 
 was continued in the Dresden Polytechnic, where he 
 specialized in chemistry. In 1867, a year before 
 graduation, he left to become avantageur in the 
 Prussian service, and in 1869 was commissioned a 
 second lieutenant. With that rank he served 
 throughout the war with France, 1870-71, and was 
 rewarded with the Iron Cross for valor manifested 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1201 
 
 at the crucial battle of Beaumont. In 1874 he was 
 promoted to first lieutenant of infantry in the iO7th 
 Regiment. On his own application in 1877 he was 
 granted an honorable discharge, aften ten years of 
 service for his kingdom and empire. 
 
 The chief reason for seeking a release from the 
 military was his desire to come to America. Soon 
 after reaching these shores he became a mechanical 
 draftsman in the United States patent office at 
 Washington. From there in 1881 he came out to 
 Idaho, and has been identified by residence and pro- 
 fession with this territory and state ever since. His 
 first location was at Oxford, where he began his 
 practice as civil engineer and surveyor. He was 
 appointed a deputy mineral surveyor, and undertook 
 and completed twenty land survey contracts for the 
 federal government 
 
 Up to 1908 he had served seven terms as county 
 surveyor in the counties of Bingham, Bannock and 
 Oneida, and by another election in 1912 has re- 
 cently entered upon his duties as county surveyor 
 for Bannock county. In addition he has a large 
 private practice, and has done a large amount of 
 irrigation surveying. Mr. Sonnenkalb is a member 
 of the Idaho Society of Engineers ; is affiliated with 
 the order of Elks, and the Royal Highlanders, and 
 is also a member of the Corps Teutonia in Dresden, 
 the latter an association dating from his student 
 days in Dresden, and belongs to the Ex-Officers 
 Union of the iO7th Regiment of Leipzig. His poli- 
 tics is Republican and his church is the Lutheran. 
 
 Mr. Sonnenkalb was married at Little York, Illi- 
 nois, in April, 1883, to Miss Jennie Caldwell, and 
 their home in Pocatello is a center of the cultivated 
 society of the city. Mr. Sonnenkalb has a very opti- 
 mistic view of the present and future for Idaho, 
 based largely on his professional experience. The 
 great water power, the proper natural apportion- 
 ment of land for agricultural and grazing purposes, 
 the mountains, the timber and mining resources, all 
 combine to make a great harmony of wealth for the 
 use of mankind, and its proper development will 
 place the state among the greatest in the Union. 
 
 ROBERT O. LYON of the Mackay Lumber Company, 
 Mackay, Idaho, is a man well known and highly 
 respected in this part of the state. 
 
 Mr. Lyon is a native of Missouri. He was born 
 at Versailles, that state, January 12, 1874, son of 
 Harvey R. and Ella (Short) Lyon, the former a 
 native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Virginia. 
 Harvey R. Lyon moved to Missouri shortly after the 
 close of the Civil war, in which he had participated 
 as a Union soldier. He had served as a private in 
 the Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry for two and a 
 half years, and had been in the midst of many a 
 battle, including Gettysburg, where he was wounded. 
 Soon after receiving his honorable discharge in 
 Pennsylvania, he emigrated to the Southwest and 
 took up his residence at Versailles, Missouri, where 
 for several years he ran a livery and sales stable. 
 Subsequently he moved to the western part of Kan- 
 sas, near Garden City, and later went from there 
 to Texas to engage in the stock business. He is still 
 a resident of T^jcas and at this writing is about 
 sixty-nine years of age. His wife, who was born 
 at Norfolk, Virginia, and whom he married in Mis- 
 souri, is still living, a few years his junior. Ten 
 children were given to them, of whom nine are liv- 
 ing, Robert O. being next to the eldest. The others 
 are : Mrs. Jessie M. McClusky, Dalhart, Texas ; Mrs. 
 Gertrude Barclay, Texas; Mrs. Kate Sugart, Van- 
 couver, Washington; Mrs. Laura Cherry, Shreve- 
 port, La.; Miss Bessie, of Texas; Franklin M., in 
 
 business with his brother at Mackay; and H. R., Jr., 
 and Perrin, both of Texas. 
 
 Robert O. Lyon, the direct subject of this review, 
 received his early training in the public schools of 
 Texas. His first venture into business life was as 
 a bookkeeper at Dallas, Texas. From that place he 
 went to Burlington, Iowa, and engaged in the lum- 
 ber business in connection with the Burlington Lum- 
 ber Company, with which he was identified for two 
 years and a half. Next we find him at Portland, 
 Oregon. There for eleven months he worked for 
 the Northern Pacific Mail Company. The next two 
 years and a half he was with the Wind River Lum- 
 ber Company at Cascade Locks, Oregon. At the end 
 of that time the company sent him to Moro, Oregon, 
 where he operated a yard under the name of the 
 Wind River Lumber Company for about two years. 
 His next move was to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. There 
 he entered the employ of the Coeur d'Alene Lumber 
 Company, with which he remained five months. Re- 
 turning then to Washington, he went to work for 
 the Washington Mill Company, of Spokane, with 
 which he remained eleven months, and the next five 
 months he was with the Fidelity Lumber Company. 
 In November, 1909, he came to Mackay, Idaho, and 
 took over the Mackay Lumber Company, which, 
 with H. W. Naylor, he conducted two years. Then 
 his brother Franklin was admitted to the partner- 
 ship, and together they have since successfully con- 
 ducted the business. 
 
 Fraternally, Mr. Lyon is identified with the I. O. 
 O. F. His religious creed is that of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church, of which he is a worthy member. 
 
 In December, 1900, Robert O. Lyon and Miss Cora 
 E. Naylor were united in marriage, and to them 
 have been given one child, Virginia, born May 14, 
 1905. Mrs. Lyon is a native of Marshalltown, Iowa, 
 and a daughter of S. T. and Mrs. E. V. Naylor, now 
 residents of North Carolina. 
 
 DAYTON V. ARCHBOLD. One of the best known 
 business men and financial men in the central part 
 of Idaho is Dayton V. Archbold, of Mackay. He 
 has only resided in the latter place for three years, 
 but he has made a record here for keen business judg- 
 ment, and as the cashier of the W. G. Jenkins & Co. 
 bank, he is in a position of great importance to the 
 community. Previous to coming to Mackay he had 
 become well known through his connection with vari- 
 ous important financial institutions in other parts of 
 the state, and wherever he has been he has always 
 had numbers of friends, won to him by his sincerity 
 and unfailing friendship toward all with whom he is 
 thrown in contact. 
 
 Dayton V. Archbold was born in Adams county, 
 Indiana, on July 22, 1879, the son of E. B. and 
 Frances A. (Leibse) Archbold. E. B. Archbold was 
 born in Indiana and has spent his entire life in that 
 state, now residing in Fort Wayne, where he is a 
 well known merchant. His wife is also a native of 
 Indiana and is yet living, having reached the age of 
 fifty-three while her husband is fifty-five years old. 
 Five children have been born to E. B. Archbold and 
 his wife and of these children Dayton V. Archbold 
 occupies the unenviable position of being the middle 
 one. As a child he attended the schools of Fort 
 Wayne, but being eager to go to work, his father 
 permitted him to leave school while he was yet in 
 the graded school and the lad went to work in his 
 father's store. 
 
 He was thus occupied until 1901 and while thus 
 engaged, gained a knowledge of business which was 
 to stand him in good stead in his later career. He 
 came West at this time and first located in Ogden, 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Utah, but he remained there only a short time, re- 
 moving in June of the same year to Blackfoot, 
 Idaho. Here he first went to work for the Green 
 Fordwing Company, and then entered the employ of 
 the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company. He was 
 so successful in these two positions that he attracted 
 the attention of some of the business men of the 
 town with the result that he was offered the position 
 of assistant cashier of the First National Bank. He 
 was very successful in this position and his ability 
 in a financial way was recognized by his election as 
 county treasurer. He held this office from 1906 until 
 1907, carrying out his duties to the satisfaction of 
 the citizens of the county, and adding to his reputa- 
 tion for honesty and straightforward methods. In 
 1909 he left Blackfoot to come to Mackay and take 
 the cashiership of the W. G. Jenkins & Co. Bank, a 
 position which he has held up to this time. He is 
 a man of whom the West may well be proud, even 
 though he is not a native son, for he has shown 
 those characteristics which she claims as peculiarly 
 her own, and has won his success by his own efforts, 
 unaided by anyone. 
 
 Quite in keeping with his character is his political 
 creed, for he is an Independent Republican, pre- 
 ferring to use his own judgment as to the qualifica- 
 tions of any candidate for office. As a member of 
 the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Mr. Arch- 
 bold is an important member of the fraternal world 
 of Mackay. He is a member of the blue lodge and 
 was one of the charter members of the lodge in 
 Mackay. 
 
 Mr. Archbold married Miss Florence Maud 
 Cherry, of Blackfoot, Idaho, on the i$th of Septem- 
 ber, 1904. Mrs. Archbold is a daughter of Hiram 
 and Maude Cherry, who are both residents of Black- 
 foot, and the marriage ceremony was performed in 
 her home town. One child has been born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Archbold. This son, Kenneth Archbold, 
 was born in Blackfoot, in November, 1906. 
 
 Mr. Archbold would be pointed out to visitors in 
 Mackay as one of the leading men of the town, for 
 he is not only ambitious for his personal success but 
 also for the prosperity and success of the town and 
 he is always ready to do anything in his power that 
 may aid in this purpose. He has the energy and 
 fearless spirit of his pioneer ancestors, for his grand- 
 father, John Archbold, was one of the original set- 
 tlers of Indiana, having come thence from New 
 York state. He has gained some fame as a hunter 
 of big game, and is quite familiar with the moun- 
 tains around Mackay through having hunted them 
 over in the search of targets for his rifle. 
 
 Lucius B. CASE became a citizen of Pocatello, 
 Idaho, a little more than twenty years ago. He was 
 then a youth of twenty and the town likewise was 
 but beginning its career. As the years have passed 
 Pocatello has become the second city of Idaho and 
 Mr. Case has become one of the best known and 
 most highly esteemed of its citizens. He is now 
 assessor of Bannock county and is valued as one of 
 its most capable and popular officials. 
 
 His native state is Nebraska, where he was born 
 December n, 1872, in the city of Lincoln. In the 
 public schools of Lincoln he acquired both a com- 
 mon and high school education, attending until 
 eighteen years of age ; then he began his battle with 
 the world. His first position was in a clerical capac- 
 ity for the Union Pacific Railway Company at 
 Omaha, Nebraska, where he remained two years, 
 then in March, 1892, he was transferred to Poca- 
 tello, Idaho, where has since remained his home. 
 For fifteen years, or until 1907, he continued in the 
 
 service of the railway company, which long employ- 
 ment was of itself a credential of merit, for it is well 
 known that such companies will retain in their em- 
 ploy only men of efficiency and the strictest integ- 
 rity. On the date above mentioned he gave up this- 
 position to assume the duties of assessor of Bannock 
 county, to which office he had been elected for a. 
 term of two years. At the conclusion of that official 
 service he reentered the employ of the railway com- 
 pany, continuing about two years, when he was ap- 
 pointed county assessor to fill out an unexpired 
 term. In the fall of 1912 he was again elected to- 
 that office, which was, a convincing and befitting 
 method of expressing the public approval of his pre- 
 vious capable services as assessor and his upright 
 course as a citizen. In political sentiment he is a 
 Republican and is a party worker. His official serv- 
 ice has also included a term as city clerk of Poca- 
 tello. He is appreciative of Idaho's facilities for the 
 sports of hunting and fishing and frequently avails 
 himself of those advantages, while in the way of 
 games baseball is his preference and he gets real 
 pleasure in watching a good contest. Benefits and 
 pleasures through fraternal associations he obtains- 
 as a member of the Woodmen of the World, and 
 his religious belief is that of the Roman Catholic 
 church, in which faith he was reared. 
 
 In Pocatello, Idaho, Mr. Case was married in 1894 
 to Miss Nellie Jackson, daughter of Mrs. Mary 
 Jackson, who was formerly a resident of Kansas. 
 The family circle of Mr. and Mrs. Case has been 
 broadened and brightened by the advent of two chil- 
 dren, Helen and Charles B. 
 
 HYRUM RICKS. The career of Hyrum Ricks 
 stands forth conspicuously in the past three decades 
 of Idaho's development, and, like many another of 
 his name, his life thus far justly entitles him to de- 
 tailed mention in a historical and biographical work 
 of the nature of which this publication partakes. 
 The house of Ricks, or "Rex," as it was formerly- 
 rendered in the German, has contributed innumer- 
 able men to Idaho and Utah who have borne welt 
 their parts in the gigantic work of settling and de- 
 veloping the barren sections of those states, and of 
 those worthy men, Hon. Hyrum Ricks is not the 
 least, nor, we have reason to believe, is he the last. 
 
 Hyrum Ricks was born in Farmington, Utah, on 
 July 24, 1858, and he is the son of the late President 
 Thomas E. Ricks and his good wife. Tabitha (Hen- 
 dricks) Ricks. Concerning the father, more detailed 
 mention is to be found in this publication in the 
 sketch of Alfred Ricks, of Sugar City, Idaho, so 
 that further mention of the ancestry of the subject 
 is not essential at this point. Suffice it to say that 
 it was he who settled Rexburg in the interests of 
 the Mormon or Latter Day Saints church, and he it 
 was for whom the place was named. 
 
 The excellent schools of Logan, Utah, afforded 
 valuable educational opportunities to Hyrum Ricks 
 as a boy, and he was graduated from the Logan 
 high school at the age of eighteen, for two years 
 after which he gave his attention to teaching, a work 
 in which he was successful then and would no doubt 
 have acquired distinction, had his inclinations held 
 him in that field of activity. As it was, he was 
 twenty years old when he gave up teaching and en- 
 gaged in the merchandise business in Logan. He 
 experienced an almost phenomenal success in his 
 commercial enterprise, and between the years of 
 1879 and 1884 the greatest of prosperity attended 
 his operations. The ensuing financial panic practic- 
 ally ruined him. for his native honesty would not 
 permit him to withhold a dollar of his private re- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 sources in the liquidation of his obligations. Thus 
 it was that in the latter eighties he found himself 
 at the bottom of the ladder once more. In 1896 Mr. 
 Ricks engaged in the real-estate business in Rex- 
 burg, and it is conceded that he has done more to 
 settle the Snake River valley than any other man 
 in Fremont county, as a result of his persistent ad- 
 vertising of the splendid resources of the district. 
 In the same year in which he engaged in business 
 there, Mr. Ricks permitted himself to be drawn into 
 politics, and he gave unceasingly of his strength 
 and energies in the organization of the Democratic 
 party in Fremont county, whereupon he was chosen 
 as one of the Democratic central committee. At the 
 outset of the 1897 term of the Idaho legislature Mr. 
 Ricks was chosen as engrossing clerk of the senate, 
 and he filled that position in a highly creditable 
 manner. It was in the following year that he was 
 persuaded to accept the office of probate judge of 
 Fremont county, and in that position he rendered a 
 service of the highest order, more than fulfilling the 
 anticipations and expectations of his friends. Pre- 
 vious to his incumbency of the office of probate 
 judge, Mr. Ricks had been devoting himself to the 
 study of law, and in 1900 he was admitted to the 
 bar. During his two terms as probate judge of 
 Fremont county, Mr. Ricks continued with his law 
 studies, and when his second term expired he opened 
 offices at Rexburg, and here he has since been en- 
 gaged in the practice of his profession, enjoying the 
 favor of a constantly growing clientele. 
 
 Since his boyhood, Mr. Ricks has been an ardent 
 member of the church of the Latter Day Saints, and 
 in 1888 he was sent by the church on a mission to 
 Great Britain, where his efforts were well rewarded. 
 He was at one time bishop of the Third Mormon 
 church. 
 
 On April i, 1880, Mr. Ricks was married to Miss 
 Martha Bitter of Logan City, the daughter of Trogat 
 and Wilhelmina .Bitter, of German descent, still liv- 
 ing at Logan, Utah. Nine children have been born 
 to Mr. and Mrs. Ricks : Mrs. May Grover, the eldest 
 of the number, is a resident of Sugar City, Idaho; 
 Hyrum Ricks, Jr., is engaged in business with his 
 father; Daniel is a resident of Rexburg, where he 
 is a member of the town council, and Wilford, each 
 attending to some branch of their father's business, 
 real-estate, loans and insurance, in connection with' 
 the practice of law; Pearl is attending college at 
 Logan, Utah ; Ruby, Wilhelmina and Constance are 
 attending school in Rexburg, where the family home 
 is maintained ; and Leland, who is taking a course 
 in the American Correspondence School, and will 
 engage in his father's law business when graduated. 
 
 ALFRED RICKS has from his earliest manhood been 
 conspicuously identified with the business activities 
 of Sugar City and the surrounding community, and 
 a history of this state would be manifestly incom- 
 plete without specific mention of the family which 
 has borne a significant part in the development of 
 this section of the country. Today, as vice-president 
 of the Sugar City Mercantile Company, organized 
 and incorporated in 1905, the position which Mr. 
 Ricks maintains in his community is one of no slight 
 importance, and his prosperity and popularity are 
 justified most pronouncedly by his many excellent 
 traits of mind and character. Born in Logan, Utah, 
 on November 28, 1868, he is the son of Thomas E. 
 and Ellen M. (Gallup) Ricks, and concerning his 
 parentage it is fitting that a somewhat extended 
 mention be made at this juncture. 
 
 Thomas E. Ricks was a leader in religious thought 
 in southeastern Idaho for many years, and his life 
 
 was one that left an undeniable impress for good 
 upon the communities which knew him from time 
 to time in his life. He was ever a leader, and from 
 his boyhood to the close of his life was to be found 
 at the head of plans and movements calculated to 
 enhance the welfare of his people. He was a native 
 of the state of Kentucky, born in what is now Chris- 
 tian county of that state, on July 21, 1828, and was 
 the son of Joel and Elinor (Martin) Ricks, of Ger- 
 man ancestry. In 1830 he accompanied his parents 
 to Illinois, where they became interested in farm- 
 ing on an extensive scale and continued to live until 
 1845. The family became converts to the church of 
 the Latter Day Saints in 1841, and in 1845 Thomas 
 Ricks became a member of the church. A few 
 months later he was ordained as an elder in the 
 church and the next year he started for the West 
 as one of the early pioneers in the westward move- 
 ment of the church. From then until the time of 
 his passing Thomas Ricks bore an important part 
 in the labors of the church, and was ever a strong 
 factor in its growth and development in old and 
 new communities alike. In 1882 he was called to act 
 as bishop of the Bannock ward of the Cache Valley 
 stake, embracing a mammoth territory, and in Jan- 
 uary, 1883, he set out for Elgin, Idaho, eventually 
 locating on the present site of Rexburg, where they 
 decided to establish the center of a new colony of 
 the church. The first company of Mormon emi- 
 grants arrived at Eagle Rock on January 25, 1883, 
 and on March 11, the site of Rexburg was visited 
 and made definitely the nucleus of the new move- 
 ment, receiving its name in honor of the bishop, 
 whose family name had formerly been "Rex" be- 
 fore being anglicized into the form it bears at pres- 
 ent. Here Bishop Ricks was most active in the 
 establishment of industries suited to the. place and 
 the people, and it is not too much to say that his 
 indomitable spirit and unceasing efforts brought into 
 existence the thriving little city which stands to- 
 day as a monument to his continued activity along 
 the lines of development and growth in this section. 
 He was generous to a fault, and his declining years 
 were hampered by financial straits resultant from 
 his open-handedness and benevolence. He died on 
 September 25, 1901, when he was seventy-three years 
 old. His wife was born in Manchester, England. 
 
 Alfred Ricks was as a boy one who reflected the 
 splendid spirit of his honored father in many worthy 
 ways. Active and vigorous, he began early in life 
 to make his own way in the world, and he was but 
 nineteen years of age when he set out upon his own 
 responsibility to compete for success in the business 
 of life. He began as a farmer and for a number of 
 years carried on an active business in the buying and 
 selling of live stock. He next engaged in sheep rais- 
 ing, and it was in 1892 that he secured a govern- 
 ment homestead of one hundred and sixty acres. 
 With his brother, Ephraim, who has been associated 
 with him in many of his business ventures, he be- 
 came the joint owner of about five hundred acres of 
 land which they utilized in stock-raising and general 
 farming. Their operations in an agricultural way 
 have in past years assumed large proportions, their 
 place producing annually between 20.000 and 30.000 
 bushels of gram and something like three hundred 
 tons of hay. It may be mentioned here that he intro- 
 duced the first threshing machine outfit into the 
 county, and for years plied a busy trade in the 
 threshing business. In 1905 Mr. Ricks saw splendid 
 possibilities for the organization of a mercantile cor- 
 poration, and he was instrumental in bringing about 
 the Sugar City Mercantile Company in that year. 
 This concern, started in a small way, has progressed 
 
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 by leaps and bounds, and is today one of the flourish- 
 ing mercantile establishments in the county. Mark 
 Austin is president of the company and Mr. Ricks 
 is vice-president, with Walter Hyde as secretary. 
 Mr. Ricks is also a member of the directorate of the 
 Fremont County Bank, and is identified with other 
 business houses of equal importance in the com- 
 munity. 
 
 The business of irrigating and ditch-building has 
 occupied a goodly share of Mr. Ricks' attention, and 
 he has been a factor in the building of the pioneer 
 irrigating canals, as well as those of more recent 
 date. He was a director of the Teton Island Irriga- 
 tion Canal Company from its inception and was its 
 president for a number of years. The Rexburg 
 Milling Company practically owed its organization 
 and existence to him and he was its president for a 
 number of years, and a stockholder for some time 
 as well. 
 
 Mr. Ritks has always been a Republican in his 
 political faith, and although not an active politician 
 is chairman of the board of county commissioners 
 of Fremont county. He has adhered to the religious 
 belief of his father and the church of the Latter Day 
 Saints finds in him an able ally. He has held a num- 
 ber of official positions, including those from deacon 
 to high priest. 
 
 The first wife of Mr. Ricks, who was Mary Rob- 
 erts, died in January, 1892, at the early age of 
 twenty-one years. She died without issue. On Jan- 
 uary 18, 1894, Mr. Ricks married Miss Winifred L. 
 Roberts, daughter of John L. and Mary A. (En- 
 sign) Roberts, both natives of Wales. The parents 
 of John Roberts came to America when he was but 
 an infant, and he was reared to manhood in Utah, 
 where the family settled. Six children have been 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Ricks, as follows : Mary, born 
 in 1895, n w attending high school; Ellen, born in 
 1897, now deceased; Alfred, born in 1899; Georg- 
 iana, born in 1902; Lorin, born in 1904; Fontella, 
 born in 1908, and Marjorie, born in 1910. All six 
 were born in Sugar City, and the four eldest are 
 attending school in their native town. 
 
 ARTHUR W. OSTROM. Among the members of the 
 Idaho bar who have won professional success and 
 public preferment through their own efforts and 
 the recognition of their abilities, Arthur W. Ostrom, 
 city attorney of Buhl, Idaho, takes prominent rank. 
 A shrewd and able lawyer and earnest and public- 
 spirited citizen, he has proven the right man for the 
 position to which he was appointed, and his faithful 
 discharge of the duties of his office has gained him 
 the confidence and regard of his fellow-townsmen. 
 Mr. Ostrom is a native of Warren, Minnesota, and 
 there his education was secured in the public schools. 
 Subsequently he attended the high school, and 
 worked on his father's farm and in his store, but 
 in 1905 removed to Seattle. While a student in the 
 University of Washington, at Seattle, Mr. Ostrom 
 worked during his spare time in various law offices, 
 thus earning enough money to carry him partly 
 through his college term, and also being the medium 
 through which he gained much valuable knowledge 
 and experience. 
 
 On graduating from college, in 1909, Mr. Ostrom 
 came to Buhl, and here has since been his field of 
 practice. He is a Democrat in his political views, 
 and has been an active worker in behalf of his party, 
 being a member of the executive committee of the 
 county central organization, and in 1909 he was ap- 
 pointed city attorney of Buhl. During his first year 
 in Buhl, Mr. Ostrom handled real estate in connec- 
 tion with taking care of his law practice, but increas- 
 
 ing professional business made it necessary that he 
 give up his real-estate transactions. He has, how- 
 ever, never lost faith in Idaho as a field for invest- 
 ment, believing that there is no section of the coun- 
 try that offers greater opportunities or a better mar- 
 ket for honest effort. An excellent horseman, Mr. 
 Ostrom is fond of riding and driving, and, being 
 himself conversant with all live topics of the day, 
 greatly enjoys good speaking and first-class litera- 
 ture. Although a resident of Buhl for only a com- 
 paratively short time, he has made a wide acquainr 
 tance, in which he numbers many warm friends. 
 
 H. M. YAGER. The late H. M. Yager saw much 
 of life in the West before death called him to his 
 long home, and he was known for years among the 
 prosperous business men of St. Anthony, Idaho, 
 after he gave up army life and settled down to the 
 quiet of civil pursuits. He engaged in the livery 
 business in St. Anthony as soon as the place was 
 sufficiently well defined to warrant such an enter- 
 prise, and he saw the place grow from its earliest 
 beginning to the thriving state of business activity. 
 
 Born in Ontario, Canada, in 1843, H. M. Yager 
 was engaged in the hotel business in Michigan, in 
 the city of Flint, until the inception of the Civil war. 
 After the close of hostilities he enlisted, in 1869, in 
 the United States regular army, entering the service 
 at Buffalo, New York, and continuing in service in 
 varied parts of the country for the ensuing ten years. 
 He was transferred from the East to Fort Cameron, 
 Utah, thence to Fort Douglass, and from there to 
 Fort Hall, and there, in 1879, he was finally dis- 
 charged from the service. He then took up post 
 trading on the Moody creek, in Idaho, and continued 
 there until 1895, when he came to St. Anthony, 
 Idaho, and it is worthy of note at this juncture that 
 he was the first settler of that place. Here he built 
 his home in the midst of the sage brush, and con- 
 tinued to live here until he saw an opportunity to 
 establish himself in the livery business. That little 
 business, established during the first struggles of a 
 new town, has thriven through the passing years, 
 and today the son of that worthy pioneer continues 
 to operate the business, which has grown into one 
 of the most pleasing proportions, and one of the best 
 known establishments in the state. 
 
 The life of H. M. Yager during his military career 
 was typical of army service in those days, and he 
 passed through a long siege of Indian troubles that 
 afflicted the nation in the seventies and eighties. He 
 was in the command of Gen. Miles, and it was this 
 command that was sent to the relief of Gen. Custer 
 at the time of the trouble with the Sioux Indians, 
 when Custer and his little band were massacred by 
 the Indians. 
 
 In 1900 Mr. Yager's failing health caused him to 
 withdraw from active business and go to Salt Lake 
 City, in the hope of recovering his former strength, 
 but he continued to decline and he died on May 5, 
 1905, in that city. His widow, who was a native of 
 Scotland, the city of Glasgow, born there in 1862, is 
 still living at St. Anthony, Idaho. 
 
 Six children were born to these parents, of whom 
 three are still living. William D. Yager, who con- 
 tinued in the business which his father established 
 in years gone by, was born September 16, 1879, at 
 Fort Hall. He attended the district schools in his 
 boyhood, after which he went to work for his father 
 in the livery stable and on his ranch. He gradually 
 came to be a close second to his father in the livery 
 business, and when the declining health of the elder 
 gentleman made it necessary for him to withdraw 
 from the business, his son continued in it until the 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1205 
 
 death of the father, when he purchased the business 
 from the heirs and has continued to be thus occu- 
 pied. 
 
 On March 30, 1808, Mr. Yager was united in 
 marriage with Miss Loretta Bigler, of St. Anthony, 
 the daughter of Andrew Bigler, of Ogden, Utah. 
 Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Yager: Harry, born in July, 1903, and now attend- 
 ing school in St. Anthony; Sidney, born in Septem- 
 ber, 1905, and Mackenzie, born in October, 1906, and 
 both, like the eldest, attending the schools of St. 
 Anthony. Mr. Yager is a member of the Masonic 
 fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent 
 Protective Order of Elks and 'the Modern Wood- 
 men of America. He is an adherent of the Repub- 
 lican party, and gives his support to the interests 
 of that party. He is a member of the Presbyterian 
 church, as is his wife, and the family is one of the 
 best known and most popular in the town of St 
 Anthony. 
 
 The next surviving member of the family of H. 
 M. Yager is L. R. Yager, born in October, 1883, 
 at Moody Creek, where the father was engaged in 
 trading. He attended the Salt Lake College and 
 there was trained in the drug business, which he has 
 continued in at various places until 1910, when he 
 bought out the Curran drug store in St. Anthony. 
 Since that time he has been conducting that store, 
 and has enjoyed a pleasing success in the business. 
 He married Miss Elda Changnon, of Idaho Falls, in 
 July, 1906, and they have two children, Louis, born 
 at St. Anthony in 1907, and Theodore, born in 1911. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Yager are members of the Pres- 
 byterian church, and Mr. Yager is a member of the 
 Masons, the Modern Woodmen of America and the 
 Commercial Club of St. Anthony, in which he is an 
 active and valued member. He is a Republican and 
 takes an appreciative and intelligent interest in the 
 activities of the party. 
 
 The third of the family is Charles Yager, born 
 at St. Anthony in 1890. He was educated in the 
 schools of Pocatello and St. Anthony, and in his 
 teens left school and went to work for the St. An- 
 thony Hardware Company, with which he is still 
 connected in an important capacity. He is a Re- 
 publican like his brothers, a member of the Pres- 
 byterian church, also like them, and is a member of 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is active 
 in the Republican politics of the state, and is a man 
 of considerable influence in political circles in his 
 district. 
 
 In 1910 Mr. Yager was united in marriage with 
 Miss Gladys Carroll of Los Angeles, and they have 
 one child, Hope Yager, born in St. Anthony in 1911. 
 
 RICHARD J. MAGUIRE. Among the progressive and 
 enterprising young business citizens of southeastern 
 Idaho, none have been more fortunate in securing 
 a full measure of success in so short a period than 
 has Richard T. Maguire, proprietor of the oldest 
 pharmacy in Shelley. Possessed of a thorough train- 
 ing in his chosen line of endeavor, he brought to his 
 occupation an enthusiasm that assured its success 
 from the start, and his trade has continued to grow 
 and prosper, until today he has an independent posi- 
 tion among the business men of his adopted place. 
 Mr. Maguire was born at Plattsmputh, Cass county, 
 Nebraska, November 4, 1883, and is a son of Martin 
 and Mary (McVey) Maguire. His father, a native 
 of New York, moved to Nebraska in 1870, being 
 there engaged in railroad work for a number of 
 years, and also identifying himself prominently with 
 Democratic politics, and serving as county auditor 
 of Cass county. He is now retired from the activi- 
 
 ties of life, and is living quietly at his home- at Elva, 
 Idaho. His wife, also a native of the Empire State, 
 was born in 1853, and passed away at the age of 
 thirty-five years, having been the mother of three 
 children, of whom one was older and one younger 
 than Richard J. 
 
 Richard J. Maguire received his primary educa- 
 tional training in the public schools of Nebraska and 
 Idaho, whence he had been brought by his father 
 as a lad, and completed his literary education in the 
 Idaho Falls public schools at the age of eighteen 
 years. Given his choice of occupations, he decided 
 upon that of pharmacist, and accordingly took up 
 the study of that science, devoting himself assid- 
 uously thereto, and in the meantime working for 
 others. He was employed both in Idaho Falls and 
 Salt Lake City, Utah, and, being of a thrifty and 
 industrious nature, carefully saved his earnings, so 
 that by 1905 he had the necessary experience and 
 capital wherewith to enter business on his own ac- 
 count. After casting about for some time for a 
 suitable location, Mr. Maguire came to Shelley, and 
 here established himself in business as the first drug- 
 gist of the place. Although he started in a small 
 way, he has constantly added to his stock and im- 
 proved his fixtures, and he now has one of the hand- 
 somest stores in the town. He carries a full line of 
 reliable drugs and medicines, toilet articles, candies 
 and cigars, and other articles usual to a first-class 
 establishment, and has succeeded in building up a 
 large and profitable trade. In political matters, he 
 is- a Republican, but he has been so engrossed in, 
 business that he has been able to take no more than 
 a good citizen's interest in matters of a public nature. 
 Fraternally, he is a popular member of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent Pro- 
 tective Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of 
 America, and he also has numerous friends in the 
 Shelley Mercantile Club. 
 
 On June 29, 1909. Mr. Maguire was united in mar- 
 riage at Idaho Falls to Miss Lula Carrier, daughter 
 of J. H. Carrier, a native of Rockwell City, Iowa. 
 They have no children. Mr. Maguire's success has 
 been due to his own efforts and not to any outside 
 aid or influence. Of a progressive nature, he has 
 been able to take legitimate advantage of the oppor- 
 tunities which have presented themselves, and that 
 he has been absolutely fair and above-board in his 
 dealings is evidenced by his high standing in busi- 
 ness circles of the city. 
 
 WILLARD J. NUFFER. A well-known and progres- 
 sive young attorney of Downey is Willard J. Nuffer, 
 who represents one of the oldest families of this 
 young civilization. His paternal grandfather, Chris- 
 topher Nuffer, was a native of Germany, who came 
 to America with other members of his family and 
 became one of the early settlers of the locality of 
 Preston, Idaho. The maternal grandfather, Ferdi- 
 nand Zollinger, came to Cache valley, Utah, at the 
 age of twenty-seven, became a pioneer of Bannock 
 county, and lived to the age of ninety-three years, 
 his life closing at Preston, Idaho, on December 22, 
 1912. Christopher Nuffer's son, John Nuffer born 
 in Stuttgart, Germany, and a young man of nineteen 
 at the time of the family's immigration to western 
 America here met and married Louise Zollinger, 
 daughter of Ferdinand Zollinger. John Nuffer was 
 one of Preston's early citizens and was active in both 
 agricultural pursuits and the profession of archi- 
 tecture. To the latter, he has more recently devoted 
 almost his entire attention, and as an architect he. 
 is still engaged, residing at Preston and now in the 
 later forties. Providence, Utah, was the birthplace 
 
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 of Louise Zollinger Nuffer his wife, and their mar- 
 riage took place at Logan, Utah. Mrs. Nuffer is still 
 living, now forty-four years of age. The eleven chil- 
 dren who were born in this family are as follows: 
 Luther J., Louis F., Willard J., Herman C, Austin 
 A., Carl A. (deceased), Miss Agnes M., Myron, Miss 
 Florence M., Edwin J. and Athen. 
 
 Of the family enumerated above, the second, Wil- 
 lard J. Nuffer, is the Downey citizen whose career 
 forms the subject of this account. His birth oc- 
 curred at Preston, Idaho, on January 19, 1888. The 
 schools of Preston and the academy at the same 
 place supplied his elementary and secondary educa- 
 tion. He then entered the University of Idaho for 
 his professional course, for he had elected to follow 
 the legal vocation. His university graduation took 
 place in 1912 and immediately after securing his de- 
 gree, he settled at this place to begin his practice of 
 law. He has already established a practice of grati- 
 fying extent, and one which is speedily increasing 
 in amount and in prestige. Mr. Nuffer in many ways 
 indicates the judicial mind, for even in politics he 
 does not ally himself with any one party, but weighs 
 constantly the relative merits of measures and men 
 in the different political schools. In religious theory 
 he gives allegiance to the teachings of the church 
 of the Latter Day Saints. His domestic history is 
 yet to be written, for this young citizen and lawyer 
 of Downey is unmarried. He is one of the most 
 appreciative residents of this prosperous valley, 
 which he believes to have a most promising future. 
 
 WILLIAM SMUIN. Fremoat county has its full 
 quota of enterprising and substantial young business 
 men who are effectively identified with industrial 
 and commercial activities, and among the number is 
 William Smuin, who is local manager of the busi- 
 ness of the Consolidated Wagon and Machine Com- 
 pany at Ashton, where he is well known and held 
 in unqualified public esteem. 
 
 Like many other representative citizens of Fre- 
 mont county, Mr. Smuin claims the state of Utah as 
 the place of his nativity. He was born in the city 
 of Ogden, on the I2th of January, 1883, and is the 
 son of John and Harriet (Barker) Smuin, the for- 
 mer of whom was born and reared in England and 
 the latter in Utah, in which state her parents estab- 
 lished their residence in the early pioneer days. 
 John Smuin came to America in 1870 and settled at 
 Ogden, Utah, where he became a prosperous mer- 
 chant and where he continued to reside until 1901, 
 when he came to Fremont county, Idaho, and located 
 in the thriving little town of Rexburg, where he has 
 since been successfully engaged in the mercantile 
 business, as a dealer in groceries, crockery and 
 enameled ware. The enterprise is conducted under 
 the firm name of Smuin & Son, and William Smuin, 
 subject of this sketch, is a partner in the business, 
 which is one of substantial order. John Smuin and 
 his wife are zealous adherents of the Church of Lat- 
 ter Day Saints, which has a large representation in 
 Fremont county, and their eleven children, seven 
 sons and four daughters are now living. 
 
 William Smuin is indebted to the public schools 
 of his native city for his early educational discipline, 
 which included the curriculum of the high school, 
 and he was graduated in the Inter-Mountain Busi- 
 ness College, at Ogden, as a member of the class of 
 1900. After leaving this institution he held for 
 eighteen months the position of bookkeeper in the 
 mercantile establishment of Smuin & Thomas, of 
 Ogden, his father having been senior member of the 
 firm. In 1902 he established his home at Rexburg, 
 Idaho, where he assumed the position of bookkeeper 
 
 in the offices of the Consolidated Wagon & Machine 
 Company, with which important concern he has con- 
 tinued to be identified during the intervening years, 
 excepting an interim in 1904-6. In 1909 he was made 
 manager of the company's branch establishment at 
 Ashton, and here he has proved a most efficient and 
 valued executive, the business of the company hav- 
 ing been signally prospered under his administra- 
 tion. In addition to his interest in the mercantile 
 business conducted by his father, Mr. Smuin is a 
 partner with T. J. and P. C. Winter, who own and 
 operate a flour mill the Rexburg Milling Company. 
 
 Liberal and public-spirited in his civic attitude, Mr. 
 Smuin became identified with the progressive wing 
 of the Republican party and in the national election 
 of 1912 he gave his support to the cause of the Pro- 
 gressive party and its standard-bearer, Theodore 
 Roosevelt. He is one of the most enterprising and 
 progressive business men of Ashton. He and his 
 wife are most zealous members of the Church of 
 Latter Day Saints, and from 1904 to 1906, an inter- 
 val to which reference has been made in the pre- 
 ceding paragraph, . he was an earnest and successful 
 missionary of the church in the eastern states. 
 
 At Salt Lake City, on the i8th of September, 1907, 
 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Smuin to Miss 
 Jessie Ann Winter, who was born and reared in 
 that city and who is a daughter of Thomas J. Winter, 
 now a representative citizen of Rexburg, Idaho. 
 
 FRANCIS EMERSON BOUCHER, M. D., prominent as a 
 physician and surgeon in St. Anthony, Idaho, where 
 he has recently located, was born on April 19, 1885, 
 in Marshalltown, Iowa. He is the son of Francis 
 Henry and Susan Marion (Judd) Boucher, of Mar- 
 shalltown, Iowa, where the father was engaged as a 
 practicing physician for thirty-six years. Dr. Boucher, 
 of this review, represents the third successive genera- 
 tion which has given at least one member to the 
 medical profession. His paternal grandfather was a 
 surgeon on the staff of General Grant throughout the 
 Civil war and later became first professor of anatomy 
 in the State University of Iowa, and both father and 
 grandfather were graduates of Jefferson Medical 
 College, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On both 
 the paternal and maternal sides, Dr. Boucher's family 
 has been well represented in the professions, among 
 them being numerous doctors, lawyers and ministers. 
 
 Francis Emerson Boucher was educated primarily 
 in the schools of Marshalltown, Iowa. He finished 
 his high school course in 1904 and began the study 
 of medicine in 1905, being graduated from the Uni- 
 versity of St. Louis in 1909. During his last half 
 year in college was resident physician of the German 
 Evangelical Deaconess*! Hospital of St. Louis, and 
 after his graduation became resident staff physician 
 and assistant surgeon of St. Mary's Hospital for 
 about one year. After the death of his mother in 
 Marshalltown in 1910, Dr. Boucher engaged in prac- 
 tice at home with his father, who is yet located there, 
 and after a year he came to Utah where he was 
 employed by the Utah Copper Company as surgeon 
 at Bingham Canyon. Here he remained for almost 
 two years, and in October, 1912, came to St. Anthony, 
 Idaho, where he is already regarded as one of the 
 able, and efficient physicians and surgeons of the 
 district 
 
 Dr. Boucher is a Republican, and has voted that 
 ticket regularly, but has taken no active part in poli- 
 tics at any time thus far. He was a member of the 
 Modern Woodmen of America, the Mystic Workers 
 and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, at Mar- 
 shalltown, Iowa, and in local I. O. O F., in all of 
 which he was local examining surgeon. He is a 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 member of the Bingham Commercial Club and is an 
 Episcopalian in his churchly relations. He is a 
 member of the State National Guards of Missouri, 
 and is a stockholder in the Yerington Malachite 
 Mine. Dr. Boucher is yet unmarried. 
 
 GEORGE A. FERNEY. Since 1907 George A. Ferney 
 has been the local representative of the Studebaker 
 corporation of South Bend, Indiana, and Detroit, 
 Michigan, and has in that connection enjoyed a liberal 
 success in a business way. Previous to that he had 
 devoted his time to the real estate business and was 
 fairly successful in that business, but his present bus- 
 iness associations have proved to be more to his 
 liking and on the whole more satisfactory. Mr. 
 Ferney was born in Buchanan county, Iowa, on the 
 I7th of August, 1872, and is the son of Francis Peter 
 and Anna (O'Brien) Ferney. The father was a 
 native of France, who came to America in the early 
 SQ'S, settling in Dubuque, Iowa, and sharing in the 
 pioneer life of that city. He was a printer and 
 engraver by trade, and worked at that business more 
 or less throughout his life. He located in Indepen- 
 dence, Iowa, after his removal from Dubuque, an.d 
 was there very prominent in the political affairs of 
 the town, filling various offices from time to time. 
 He died in 1895 ' n Lawler, Idaho, when he was sixty- 
 three years of age. The mother was a native of 
 England. She came to America in company with a 
 brother and settled in Iowa, where she met and mar 
 ried her husband. She died in Alpha, North Dakota, 
 in 1897, at the a ge of sixty-six. Seven children 
 were born to these parents, and of the five who are 
 living today, the subject is the youngest. 
 
 George A. Ferney was educated in the public high 
 schools of Lawler, Iowa, and following that schooling 
 he took a complete course in business, being nineteen 
 years old when he finished his education. His first 
 position was with the General Electric Company of 
 Des Moines, Iowa, and he assisted in the construc- 
 tion work there for five years. He resigned at the 
 end of that time to go to Sioux City, there engaging 
 in the live stock business, buying and selling, and 
 thus continuing for five years, after which he moved 
 to Madison county and farmed a year. He also gave 
 some attention to the buying and selling of farm 
 lands, and thus gained his first real estate experience. 
 After a year in this work he moved to St. Anthony, 
 Idaho, in the autumn of 1901, and purchased land 
 in Fremont county, where he carried on a prosperous 
 farming business for three years. Thereafter until 
 1907 he was occupied in the real estate business, 
 when he gave up that work and accepted the position 
 as manager and representative of the Studebaker 
 Brothers Company of Utah, dealing in automobiles, 
 vehicles, wagons, etc., as previously mentioned. 
 
 Mr. Ferney has large real estate holdings in farm 
 and city lands, and has come to be regarded as one 
 of the representative business men of the city, inde- 
 pendent in a financial way and prosperous in all his 
 undertakings. He is a Republican, but has never 
 taken a more active part than is demanded by the ex- 
 ercise of his qualities of good citizenships. He has 
 served his city well in the past four years as a mem- 
 ber of the city council, and is up and doing in all 
 affairs which have any bearing upon the civic lift 
 of the community. * 
 
 Mr. Ferney's fraternal relations are represented 
 by his membership in the Masonic order and the 
 Modern Woodmen of America, both of St. Anthony, 
 and the Copus and Commercial clubs. 
 
 On April 8, 1895, Mr. Ferney married Miss Lillian 
 Gullifore, a native of Iowa and a daughter of S. K. 
 Gullifore. Her death occurred on April 12, 1908, 
 
 Vol. Ill 20 
 
 at St. Anthony. Five children have been born to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Ferney, Merline, Clifford, Lyle, 
 Leland and Opal Lillian. 
 
 Idaho has dealt kindly with Mr. Ferney, ami he 
 is heartily in accord with all who endorse her many 
 ideal qualities as the land of opportunity. He does 
 not hesitate to say that he regards the state as being 
 the greatest of the Union in natural resources and 
 in unlimited possibilities for the ambitious and ener- 
 getic, and is well content to pass his days in this 
 region. 
 
 WILLARD W. SPIERS occupies the prominent position 
 in St. Anthony of general manager of the Chase Fur- 
 niture Company, one of the largest concerns of its 
 kind in this section of the state. He is, in addition to 
 being one of its chief officials, a principal stockholder 
 in the concern, which is incorporated under the laws 
 of the state. They also conduct a branch store at 
 Ashton, Idaho, their combined interests in this enter- 
 prise making him the owner of the largest furniture 
 business in eastern Idaho, their annual sales aggregat- 
 ing $40,000. Mr. Spiers is a native of the state of 
 Utah, born there in Plain City on the 29th day of 
 July in 1878, and he is a son of John Marriott and 
 Alberta Blanche Spiers, both natives of Utah. 
 
 John Spiers is the descendant of a pioneer family 
 of Utah. He was a gardener by occupation, and 
 served his community in various important capacities, 
 as probate judge, county commissioner and county 
 attorney. He was a Democrat in politics and was 
 for many years mayor of Plain City and an acknow- 
 ledged leader in public and civic affairs. He was 
 a veteran of Indian wars and was promoted to 
 Brevet General. He was one of the four men who 
 founded Plain City, and was a successful, prosperous 
 and influential man. He was an expert in horticul- 
 ure, and had the distinction of keeping the finest 
 garden in the state. He was a member of the Church 
 of the Latter Day Saints, and was ever an active 
 man in church work, serving as bishop for years, and 
 being at one time one of the body-guards of Joseph 
 Smith. He died when he was sixty-five years of 
 age. The mother, who also came of a pioneer Utah 
 family, died in 1879, when Willard W. was nine 
 months old. He was the youngest of the four chil- 
 dren born to his parents, of which number three 
 are living today. 
 
 Willard W. Spiers was graduated from Weber 
 College in Ogden, Utah, in 1897, when he was seven- 
 teen years of age, graduating at the head of a large 
 class and being valedictorian. Following his grad- 
 uation he went back to the farm of his maternal 
 grandmother, who practically raised the boy after 
 the untimely death of his young mother, and after 
 spending a period of nine months on the old place 
 with his grandmother, he was appointed by the 
 church to fill a post in the foreign mission in Ger- 
 many. Thus he spent three years in various parts 
 of Germany, as well as passing some time on the 
 Continent, and he proved most successful in his 
 mission for the church, though young in years and 
 wholly inexperienced as he was. 
 
 When he returned to America Mr. Spiers engaged 
 in the knitting business and established a concern 
 known as the Ogden Knitting Factory, and for two 
 years thereafter was engaged in the manufacturing 
 business. He was fairly successful in that time, 
 After selling his interests in the knitting business 
 he learned the grocery business with a view of enter- 
 ing into that business with an uncle, but was offered 
 a position in Idaho in the meantime. Mr. Spier's 
 faith in Idaho caused him to leave for his new field, 
 St. Anthony, in April, 1905, there accepting a der- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 ical position with the Chase Furniture Company, and 
 he was associated with the concern in the capacity 
 of an employe for a period of three years, when 
 he became one of the heaviest stockholders in the 
 concern, and was tendered the general managership 
 of the establishment, a position which he has since 
 retained. He, with three other parties, conducts a 
 branch store at Ashton, Idaho, as previously men- 
 tioned, and is prospering in his business relations 
 at every point. He is a stockholder in & coal mining 
 venture in the Teton Basin, and is interested as well 
 in numerous minor enterprises of various natures. 
 
 Mr. Spiers is a Democrat and an active worker 
 in the ranks of the party, but has never been an 
 office holder or seeker. As a matter of fact, he 
 has been importuned on many occasions to permit 
 his name to be used in connection with certain 
 important official positions, but he has always de- 
 clined, having no penchant for office holding, and 
 not wishing to spare time from his many business 
 interests. He is, however, one of the solid and 
 dependable citizens of the city and district, and bears 
 his full share of the civic burden at all times. He 
 is a meniber of the Commercial Club, was its first 
 president in St. Anthony and is now vice-president 
 of the Copus Club. He is also a member of a num- 
 ber of social organizations in St. Anthony. He is 
 a member of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, 
 and has served St. Anthony Wards and Yellowstone 
 Stake as Sunday school superintendent, president of 
 Young Men's Association and is now a member 
 of the Bishopric, being very active in the work of 
 the church. 
 
 On November n, 1903, Mr. Spiers was married 
 to Miss Juliette Chase at Salt Lake City. She is 
 a daughter of Dudley and Samantha Chase, and 
 the mother was one of the original forty-six who 
 came to Salt Lake City from Nauvoo, Illinois. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Spiers have two children, Donald M., 
 born October 23, 1904 at Ogden and Phyllis, born 
 March 23, 1906', at St. Anthony. 
 
 ARTHUR H. MCCONNELL. A resident of Idaho 
 since 1896, Mr. McConnell, who is now serving as 
 county attorney of Fremont county, has gained pres- 
 tige as one of the representative members of the 
 bar of the state and is one of the most progressive 
 and public-spirited citizens of St. Anthony, the fine 
 little capital city of Fremont county. In Idaho he 
 has found opportunities for the winning of large 
 and definite success through his own efforts and 
 no citizen is more appreciative and loyal. He con- 
 siders Idaho a state of unrivaled advantages and 
 attractions and has abiding faith in its great future, 
 so that his allegiance is one of insistent order, as 
 shown in his earnest exploiting of the state under 
 all conditions and circumstances. 
 
 Mr. McConnell claims the fine old Hawkeye com- 
 monwealth as the place of his nativity and is a scion 
 of one of its sterling pioneer families. He was born 
 at Iowa City, the judicial center of Johnson county, 
 Iowa, on the 25th of June, 1872, and is a son of 
 William C. and Samantha (Kennedy) McConnell, 
 both of whom were born and reared in Pennsylvania, 
 where their marriage was solemnized. The parents 
 established their home in Iowa in the early '50*5 and 
 the father was one of the pioneer architects of that 
 state, where he built up a substantial business in 
 his profession and as a contractor and builder. He 
 was a man of fine character and ability and contrib- 
 uted his quota to the development and upbuilding of 
 Iowa, where he ever commanded inviolable place 
 in popular confidence and esteem. He continued his 
 residence at Iowa City until his death, which oc- 
 
 curred in December, 1901, and was long one of the 
 prominent and influential citizens of that section of 
 the state. He was a valiant soldier of the Union in 
 the Civil war, in which he served as a member of 
 Company G, Twenty-second Iowa Volunteer Infan- 
 try. He was with his command during four years 
 of the long and sanguinary conflict through which 
 the nation's integrity was perpetuated, and served as 
 wagon-master during a considerable part of his term. 
 He was corporal of his company when he received 
 his honorable discharge, at the close of the war. 
 Both he and his wife were birthright members of 
 the Society of Friends and in their daily lives they 
 exemplified the high ideals and the simple and noble 
 faith of this religious body. Mrs. McConnell passed 
 the closing period of her life in the city of Denver, 
 Colorado, where she died in May, 1907, at the age 
 of seventy-eight years, her husband having been 
 seventy-two years of age when he was summoned 
 to eternal rest: he was a Republican in politics and 
 was actively affiliated with the Grand Army of the 
 Republic. Of the eight children three died in infancy 
 and the others, three sons and two daughters, at- 
 ta.ined to years of maturity, the subject of this 
 review being the youngest of the number. 
 
 Arthur H. McConnell is indebted to the public 
 schools of his native city for his early educational 
 training and was there graduated in the high school, 
 as a member of the class of 1890. After completing 
 a course in a business college in Iowa City, which 
 is likewise the seat of the University of Iowa, he 
 found himself well fortified for service in connection 
 with practical business affairs. In February, 1896, 
 Mr. McConnell came to Idaho and settled at St. 
 Anthony, where he assumed the position . of book- 
 keeper in the first bank established in Fremont 
 county, besides which he was employed for some 
 time in the office of the county assessor and was 
 in service in the state capitol, in Boise, where he 
 did effective clerical work for the commission which 
 had in charge the codifying of the laws of the state. 
 His work in this connection had influence in leading 
 Aim to take up the study of law, and through his 
 own efforts he provided the funds which enabled 
 him to complete the prescribed course in the law 
 department of the University of Iowa, in his native 
 city. In this institution he was graduated as a mem- 
 ber of the class of 1903 and from the same he 
 received his well earned degree of bachelor of laws. 
 He forthwith returned to St. Anthony and was 
 admitted to the Idaho bar. During the first five 
 years of his active practice he was associated with 
 Colonel Thomas R. Haner, under the firm name of 
 Haner & McConnell, and since that time he has 
 conducted an individual practice, in which he has 
 a most substantial and representative clientage. He 
 has gained reputation as a strong and resourceful 
 advocate and well fortified counsellor, and has at 
 all times exemplified the highest ideals of the un- 
 , written ethical code of his profession, so that his 
 success has been well merited. 
 
 Mr. McConnell has been a most zealous worker in 
 behalf of the principles and policies for which the 
 Republican party has ever stood sponsor, and he 
 has been one of its wheel-horses in Fremont county. 
 In 1009-10 he served as county attorney, and in 
 the election of November, 1912; he was again chosen 
 the incumbent of this office, a fact indicative of his 
 personal popularity and also of the estimate placed 
 upon him as a. lawyer and public official. Mr. McCon- 
 nell is the worshipful master of the Benevolent 
 Lodge, No. 38, Free and Accepted Masons, in his 
 home city, at the time of this writing, and is also 
 affiliated with the lodge of the Benevolent and Pro- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1-J09 
 
 tective Order of Elks at Idaho Falls. He takes the 
 most vital interest in all that touches the progress 
 and prosperity of his home city, county and state 
 and is an Idaho "booster" of the first rank. He is 
 an active and valued member of the St. Anthony 
 Commercial Club, and both he and his wife are 
 zealous communicants of the Protestant Episcopal 
 church, in which he is serving as a member of the 
 vestry. 
 
 At Gallatin, Sumner county, Tennessee, on the I2th 
 of April, 1911, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. 
 McConnell to Miss Martha E. Martin, who 
 was born and reared in that state and who is a 
 daughter of Joseph D. and Nancy Martin, representa- 
 tives of old and honored families of Tennessee. Mrs. 
 McConnell vies with her husband in loyalty to and 
 appreciation of their home city and state, and she is 
 a most popular factor in the representative social 
 activities of St. Anthony, as well as in the affairs of 
 the church with which she is identified. She is a 
 talented musician and has charge of the musical 
 department of the St. Anthony Women's Literary 
 club, besides being especially zealous in connection 
 with the work of St. Mary's Guild, an effective or- 
 ganization maintained as an adjunct to the work 
 of the local parish of the Protestant Episcopal 
 church. Mr. and Mrs. McConnell have an attractive 
 modern home and the same is known for its gracious 
 hospitality. In the same is a finely selected library 
 of more than one thousand volumes, indicating the 
 literary taste and appreciation of the owners, and 
 Mr. McConnell has further identified himself with 
 Idaho by the accumulation of a valuable landed 
 estate of five hundred and sixty acres, situated near 
 Drummond, Fremont county, and devoted to diver- 
 sified agriculture and stock growing. 
 
 JAMES D. MILLSAPS. Engaged in the active prac- 
 tice of law at St. Anthony, the judicial center of 
 Fremont county, Mr. Millsaps holds distinct prece- 
 dence as one of the state, is one of the oldest prac- 
 titioners in years of consecutive professional work 
 in eastern Idaho, and is an honored and influential 
 citizen whose loyalty to the commonwealth of his 
 adoption is of the most insistent type, as vitalized 
 by deep and abiding appreciation of the manifold 
 attractions of the state whose name is consistently 
 interpreted as signifying "Gem of the mountains." 
 Mr. Millsaps is a scion of one of the patrician and 
 distinguished old families of the South and the 
 lineage is traced back to staunch Scottish origin. 
 The name has been most conspicuously identified 
 with the history of the state of Mississippi, and 
 Millsaps College, a leading educational institution 
 in that state, was named in honor of a cousin of 
 Mr. Millsaps' father. 
 
 James D. Millsaps was born in Copiah county, 
 Mississippi, on the 3ist of August, 1863, and thus 
 was ushered on to the stage of life at a time when 
 his native state was suffering the ravages incidental 
 to the Civil war. He is a son of Thomas E. and 
 Susan D. (Cranberry) Millsaps, both of whom were 
 likewise natives of Mississippi, where the respective 
 families were founded in the pioneer epoch of its 
 history, the Cranberry family having been first estab- 
 lished in North> Carolina, in the colonial days and 
 its original progenitors in America having emi- 
 grated from Ireland. William W. Millsaps, grand- 
 father of him whose name initiates this review, was 
 born and reared in North Carolina, whence he went 
 to Mississippi in the latter '20*8, becoming one of 
 the pioneer planters in the latter state and develop- 
 ing a large and valuable plantation, upon which he 
 passed the residue of his life. He was a citizen of 
 
 prominence and influence and aided materially in 
 furthering the civic and industrial development of 
 his state. 
 
 Thomas E. Millsaps was afforded excellent educa- 
 tional advantages and prior to the Civil war he was 
 the owner of an extensive and valuable landed estate, 
 as well as many slaves. He exemplified the best 
 of the fine old southern regime and was a man of 
 fine character and of distinctive ability, one who 
 ever commanded the unqualified esteem of his fel- 
 low men and who wielded much influence in con- 
 nection with public affairs in his native state. His 
 fortune was large until he encountered serious re- 
 verses at the time of the Civil war, and in addition 
 to his extensive plantation interests he was engaged 
 in mercantile pursuits. He was influential in the 
 councils of the Democratic party, though never a 
 seeker of public office, and was especially active in 
 political affairs in his state in the era following the 
 so-called reconstruction period, after the close of the 
 war between the North and South. His loyalty to 
 the Confederacy was of the most unequivocal order f 
 as signified by his prompt enlistment in a Mississippi 
 regiment when the war was initiated. He served 
 in the Confederate ranks from 1861 ufitil he was 
 captured by the enemy, in 1865, at Mobile Bay. At 
 the time when he and a number of his comrades 
 were thus taken prisoners General Lee had surren- 
 dered, but the news had not yet penetrated to the 
 front. He ever retained a deep interest in his old 
 comrades in arms and was a valued member of the 
 United Confederate Veterans' Association. He con- 
 tinued to reside in his native state until his death, 
 which occurred at Hazlehurst, the capital of Copiah 
 county, in 1900, and he was sixty-eight years of age 
 when he was thus summoned to eternal rest, after 
 a life of signal honor and usefulness. Both he and 
 his wife were zealous members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church South. Mrs. Susan D. (Gran- 
 berry) Millsaps passed to the life eternal in 1866, 
 and of the six children the subject of this sketch 
 was the fourth in order of birth, he having been 
 a child of about three years at the time of his 
 mother's death. He has two brothers and three sis- 
 ters still living. 
 
 James D. Millsaps gained his early education in 
 public and private schools in his native state and 
 supplemented this by a course in the University 
 of Mississippi, at Oxford, in which he was gradu- 
 ated as a member of the class of 1886 and from 
 which he received the degree of bachelor of arts. 
 After leaving the university Mr. Millsaps turned his 
 attention to the pedagogic profession, and he was 
 a successful and popular teacher in the schools of 
 his native state for a period of about one year. He 
 then began reading law in the office of James S. Sex- 
 ton, a representative member of the bar of Hazle- 
 hurst, Mississippi, and under such effective preceptor- 
 ship he made substantial progress in his absorption 
 of the science of jurisprudence. 
 
 In the autumn of 1888 Mr. Millsaps came to Idaho 
 and here he devoted his attention to teaching in 
 the public schools until 1894, in the meanwhile hav- 
 ing continued his study of law. In the year last 
 mentioned he was admitted to practice in the dis- 
 trict courts and since that time he has given close 
 attention to the general practice of law, in which 
 he has built up a large and representative business 
 based upon his recognized ability and upon the uni- 
 form confidence and esteem accorded him. In the 
 fall of 1004 he was admitted to practice before the 
 supreme court of the state and he has been eligible 
 for practice before the federal courts of Idaho since 
 1905. His practice has been of extensive and repre- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 sentative order and he is known and honored as 
 one of the leading members of the bar of Fremont 
 county, his home having been maintained at St. 
 Anthony since 1900. His success in the work of 
 his profession has been pronounced and his advance- 
 ment has but vitalized and emphasized his loyalty 
 to Idaho, in which state he has found ample oppor- 
 tunity for productive endeavor, his financial re- 
 sources having been notable for their absence at 
 the time when he cast in his lot with the progressive 
 state in which he has since lived and labored. 
 
 In politics Mr. Millsaps maintains an independent 
 attitude and gives his support to men and measures 
 meeting the approval of his judgment. He served 
 as county attorney of Fremont county from Jan- 
 uary, 1901, until May, 1903, and made a most ad- 
 mirable record as a public prosecutor. For several 
 years he held the office of city attorney of St. 
 Anthony, and for four years he was a member of 
 the board of education, for which he is now attorney. 
 In 1910 Mr. Millsaps was nominee on the Democratic 
 ticket for the office of Judge of the Sixth judicial 
 circuit and was defeated by a small majority and as 
 the result of normal political exigencies. In his 
 home city he is affiliated with the lodge and chapter 
 of the Masonic fraternity, and of the former he is 
 past master. He also holds membership in the com- 
 mandery of Knights Templar at Idaho Falls, and the 
 temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles 
 of the Mystic Shrine at Boise, the capital of the 
 state. He is also identified with the local organ- 
 ization of the Modern Woodmen of America and 
 is a valued and active member of the St. Anthony 
 Commercial Club. 
 
 On the I3th of January, 1892, was solemnized the 
 marriage of Mr.. Millsaps to Miss Sadie Wright, 
 who was born in the state of New Jersey and who 
 was a resident of Idaho at the time of her mar- 
 riage. She is a daughter of Rensselaer Wright. JVfr. 
 and Mrs. Millsaps have four children, whose names 
 and respective dates of birth are here noted : Grover, 
 September 20, 1892; Susan, October 30, 1893; Robert, 
 June 15, 1897; and Dora, July 20, 1905. 
 
 FREDERICK C. HANSEN. Although a successful 
 farmer and stockman, Frederick C. Hansen did not 
 hesitate to withdraw from that business in 1902 
 and engage in the livery business in Idaho Falls, 
 believing that there were unbounded possibilities of 
 success and prosperity in that branch. His success 
 in the past twelve years has been ample verification 
 of his judgment of earlier years, and he has in- 
 creased his operations in every way, extending his 
 interests to embrace the feed, grain and coal busi- 
 ness, as well as the livery and sales line. He still 
 retains his ranch property, however, and gives some 
 attention to that as well. 
 
 Mr. Hansen is a native of Denmark, born in that 
 country on the 5th of April, 1865. He is the son 
 of Christopher Hansen, and his wife, Mary (Hansen) 
 Hansen, both born and reared in Denmark. The 
 father came to America in 1872, bringing his family, 
 and they settled in Weber county, Utah, where he 
 engaged in farming and conducted a blacksmith 
 trade as well. He was fairly prosperous, but died 
 in 1892 when he was but fifty years of age. He came 
 to Idaho in 1887, and settled in Bingham county. 
 The mother is still a resident of Weber county, Utah. 
 She was the mother of but one child, Frederick C. 
 of this review. 
 
 Frederick C. Hansen attended the public schools 
 of Ogden, Utah, up to the age of eighteen. He was 
 reared to farm life, and when he was eighteen so 
 familiar did he feel himself to be with farming and 
 
 all its branches, that he rented land and set about 
 the business on his own responsibility. He gave his 
 attention to stock-raising and diversified farming 
 and was successful from the beginning. In 1887 he 
 became a resident of Lewisville, Idaho, and there 
 took up government land in the vicinity of the city, 
 upon which he conducted a thriving business in his 
 line. He continued until 1902, in which year he 
 rented his place, came to Idaho Falls and purchased 
 the livery and sales stables of D. H. Clyne. He 
 has since greatly increased the establishment, and 
 has branched out into other lines, as mentioned in 
 a previous paragraph, so that it is unnecessary to 
 go further into his present operations at this junc- 
 ture. Suffice it to say that he is well established 
 in the business life of Idaho Falls and is known 
 for one of the financially responsible men of the 
 district. He still rents his ranching property, in 
 which he retains a hearty interest 
 
 Mr. Hansen has served his city as postmaster 
 for twelve years and also filled that position when 
 a resident of Grant, Idaho, where he conducted a 
 general merchandise store in addition to his farming 
 interests. He has proven himself a capable and 
 efficient official in that position in Idaho Falls, as 
 his long tenure of office amply testifies. He is a 
 Republican in his political faith, though not active 
 to any degree. He is a member of the Commercial 
 Club of Idaho Falls, and his churchly affiliations are 
 with the Church of the Latter Day Saints. 
 
 On February 26, 1884, Mr. Hansen was married 
 in Logan, Utah, to Miss Henriette Sorensen, the 
 daughter of Jens Sorensen, a native of that state. 
 Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Han- 
 sen, as follows : Lillian, the wife of T. D. Kelly, 
 a resident of Tonopah, Nevada ; Carrie, married 
 J. R. Clawson, of Salt Lake, Utah; Normen E. 
 Hansen; Lulu; Manilla; Viola; Frederick Carrol; 
 and Bertha Hansen. 
 
 The family home is maintained at No. 472 C 
 street and is one of the representative homes of 
 Idaho Falls, in addition to which Mr. Hansen is the 
 owner of considerable other city and farming realty, 
 his holding in this line making him well-to-do, aside 
 from his business interests. 
 
 Mr. Hansen has been the architect of his fortunes 
 in the truest sense of the term, for he left home 
 utterly without resources, beyond his natural facul- 
 ties, and has reached a position of large prominence 
 in this community, while he has accumulated a prop- 
 erty which places him in the ranks of the independent 
 men of the district. He is enthusiastic in his regard 
 for the state of Idaho, and is unsparing in the 
 warmest expressions of faith in her future. 
 
 JAMES H. STEELE, cashier of the Anderson Brothers 
 Bank, at Rigby, Idaho, is an exemplification of the 
 predominance of the self-made man and of the truth 
 of the aphorism that it is not those who have, but 
 those who gain a competence who gain distinction 
 in the world of business and finance. Early in life 
 he started upon a career of his own, independent of 
 outside affairs, supremely confident in his own ability 
 to fight the battles of life, with the ambition always 
 before him of doing better things and of establishing 
 a position in life for himself among those who have 
 only their own determination, industry and persever- 
 ance to thank for their success. It is needless to say 
 that Mr. Steele has succeeded in his laudable purpose, 
 for his standing among bankers and business men, as 
 well as in social circles, is unquestioned, and while 
 winning material success, he has gained also the 
 friendship and esteem of a wide circle of admiring 
 fellow-citizens. Mr. Steele was born June 8, 1882, 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1211 
 
 at American Fork, Utah, and is a son of James E. 
 Steele. 
 
 James H. Steele received his early education in 
 the public schools of his native vicinity, and in 1903 
 was graduated from Brigham Young University, 
 following which he took a course in bookkeeping, 
 stenography and telegraphy. During the next two 
 years he was engaged in bookkeeping for his father, 
 at Idaho Falls, in the lona Mercantile Company, 
 then coming to Rigby to assist in the organization 
 of Anderson Brothers Bank, of which he has since 
 been cashier. Organized in May, 1903, the institu- 
 tion threw open its doors to the public in October 
 of that year, and since that time the volume of 
 business has greatly increased, as is evidenced by 
 the statement issued at the close of business, April 
 18, 1912, when Mr. Steele issued the following 
 figures : Resources, Loans and Discounts, $108,- 
 404.37; Overdrafts, secured and unsecured, $5,521.62; 
 Bonds, Warrants and other securities, $5,210.42; 
 Banking house, furniture and fixtures, $2,500.00; 
 Other real estate owned, $1,000.00; Due from banks, 
 $58,774.79; Checks and other cash items, $1,302.87; 
 Exchange for Gearing House, $172.08; Cash on hand 
 (Jawful money of the United States) $8,246.73. 
 Total, $191,133.78. Liabilities, Capital stock paid 
 in, $10,000.00; Surplus fund, $10,000.00; Undivided 
 profits, less expenses and taxes paid, $7,738.83; Divi- 
 dends unpaid, $1,625.00; Individual deposits subject 
 to check, $126,215.29; Time certificate of deposits, 
 $35.554-66. As cashier of this institution, which is 
 known as one of the solid and substantial banks 
 of eastern Idaho, Mr. Steele has done much to 
 increase the deposits. Of a genial and affable nature, 
 he is popular with those who have occasion to visit 
 the bank, and among his associates he is known as 
 a man of the highest probity and business capacity. 
 Politically a Republican, at this time he takes no 
 active part in public affairs, although in 1907 and 
 1908 he served as a member of the city council, 
 and in 1909 and 1910 was mayor of the city. He 
 is president of the Rigby Commercial Club, and as 
 such has been foremost among the men who are 
 aiding the growth and development of this section. 
 He has always been enthusiastic in stating his 
 opinions as to the opportunities offered in his adopted 
 state to the men of ambition and ability. With his 
 family, he attends the Church of the Latter Day 
 Saints. 
 
 On September 14, 1905, Mr. Steele was united in 
 marriage at Provo, Utah, with Miss Elizabeth Sum- 
 ner, daughter of John and Elizabeth Sumner, natives 
 of England, and to this union there were born two 
 children: Truxton, born February 21, 1907; and 
 Harold, born December 23, 1911, both at Rigby. 
 
 GEORGE D. HOGGAN. The residence in Rigby of 
 George D. Hoggan has been nearly commensurate 
 with the existence of the city, he having taken up 
 his abode and commenced business here in 1902. 
 From that time to the present he has been engaged 
 in a variety of pursuits, all connected with the rising 
 mercantile and commercial interests of the city, with 
 whose growth he has been intimately identified, ^and 
 with whose phenomenal prosperity he has prospered. 
 At this time he is the senior member of the firm 
 of George D. Hoggan & Sons, proprietors of the 
 only exclusive harness shop and store in Rigby, in 
 addition to which he is carrying on extensive agri- 
 cultural pursuits on a farm of 320 acres in Bonne- 
 ville county. Mr. Hoggan was born in Wapello 
 county, Iowa, April 4, 1856, and is a son of George 
 and Margaret (Drummond) Hoggan. 
 
 George Hoggan was born in Scotland, and when 
 
 still a young man emigrated to the United States, 
 in 1844, settling first in Wapello county, Iowa, where 
 for some years he was engaged in farming. In 1859, 
 Mr. Hoggan and his family made an uneventful trip 
 across the plains in ox-teams to Salt Lake City, 
 where Mr. Hoggan took up his trade of weaving, 
 but in his latter years turned his attention to farm, 
 ing, which occupied his time until his death, at the 
 age of sixty-one years. He was a Republican in 
 politics, but took no active part in public matters 
 and neither sought nor desired public preferment 
 He was a member of the Church of the Latter Day 
 Saints, serving as bishop's counsellor of the Eleventh 
 ward of Salt Lake for a number of years. He passed 
 away in comfortable circumstances, with the respect 
 and esteem of all who had known him. - Mr. Hoggan 
 was married in Scotland to Margaret Drummond, 
 also a native of that country, who died in Salt 
 Lake City when sixty-one years of age. Of their 
 eight children, George D. Hoggan was the sixth in 
 order of birth. 
 
 After securing a public school education, George 
 D. Hoggan was apprenticed at the age of sixteen 
 years to learn the trade of harness maker, his first 
 employer being C. H. Crow, of Salt Lake, with 
 whom he remained for twelve years. Following this 
 he worked at various shops in the West until his 
 advent in Rigby in 1904. Here he became the first 
 to engage in the harness makers' business in the city, 
 beginning in a small room 16 x 16 feet, on a capital 
 of less than $500.00. ' That the business has enjoyed 
 a rapid growth will be seen from the fact that today 
 the stock alone would invoice over $6,000. and the 
 establishment is one of the most modern of its kind 
 in the state. The firm consists of Mr. Hoggan and 
 his two sons, George R. and James D. Hoggan, all 
 of its members being known as business men of 
 marked ability, strict integrity and great capacity. 
 In addition to this valuable farm, already mentioned, 
 Mr. Hoggan is the owner of a large amount of 
 city realty, including a comfortable residence. Like 
 his father he is a Republican, and also like him 
 he has never cared for the activities of the political 
 arena, preferring to devote himself to the interests 
 pertaining to his business affairs. He holds member- 
 ship in the Church of the Latter Day Saints, in the 
 work of which he is active, and in social circles he 
 and the members of his family are well and favor- 
 ably known. Whenever occasion presents itself, Mr. 
 Hoggan is loud in his praise of the opportunities and 
 advantages offered by his adopted state, his con- 
 fidence in the future of which has been expressed 
 in many ways. 
 
 In November, 1877, Mr. Hoggan was married at 
 Salt Lake City, Utah, to Miss Edith F. Harrison, 
 who was born in England, daughter of Ralph Harri- 
 son. Eleven children have been born to this union, 
 of whom eight are living: George R. ; Walter 
 Thomas ; Wilfred W. ; James D. ; Edith F. ; Ivy and 
 Ivin, twins ; Milton. 
 
 ALLEN G. MARLER. The life of this typical western 
 man of business, born to the plains and reared to 
 their cultivation, has been one of assiduous industry 
 from earliest youth, and furnishes an example of 
 self-made manhood that will commend itself to all 
 thinking men. Beginning his career on a government 
 claim, he gradually drifted into mercantile lines, with 
 the result that today he is secretary and manager of 
 the Rigby Furniture Company, Inc., one of the 
 largest establishments of its kind in Fremont county. 
 Mr. Marler was born at Harrisville, Utah, October 
 28, 1872, and is a son of Allen and Amanda M. 
 (Taylor) Marler. 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Allen Marler was born in the state of Missouri, 
 and during the early fifties moved to Ogden, Utah, 
 there becoming engaged in farming, and also actively 
 identifying himself with the work of the Church of 
 the Latter Day Saints, in the faith of which he died 
 April 2, 1906, at the age of fifty-four years, in Lewis- 
 ton, Utah. He married Amanda M. Taylor, who 
 was born at Harrisville, Utah, daughter of P. G. 
 Taylor, one of the first settlers of that state, who 
 is now a resident of the northern part of Utah. 
 Nine children were born to this union, Allen G. 
 being the first in order of birth. 
 
 The early education of Allen G. Marler was se- 
 cured in the public schools of Harrisville, following 
 which he became a student in Brigham Young Col- 
 lege at Logan, and was graduated from the normal 
 course in 1894. This was supplemented by two years 
 of attendance at the Preston Academy, Mr. Marler 
 in the meantime being engaged in working on his 
 father's farm. On completing his business course 
 he embarked upon an agricultural career on his own 
 account, taking up a government claim in Oneida 
 county, Idaho, which he relinquished and filed on 
 another claim at Teton City, Fremont county, in 
 1899, and after seven years of successful farming, 
 engaged in a general hardware and implement busi- 
 ness at the same place. There he resided until 1906, 
 and in that year disposed of his business and came 
 to Rigby, whete he assisted in establishing the Rigby 
 Furniture Company, the first establishment of its kind 
 in Rigby. This enterprise has been a success from 
 its inception, and at this time is doing an annual 
 business of $35,000, its trade coming from all over 
 Fremont county. In the capacity of secretary and 
 manager, Mr. Marler looks after all the details of 
 the business, and his management pf the _ firm's 
 affairs has resulted in a material increase in the 
 trade. A complete stock of first-class modern fur- 
 niture is carried, and honorable methods of doing 
 business have gained the confidence of the buying 
 public. E. S. Mathias is president of this c"oncern. 
 Mr. Marler has interested himself in various invest- 
 ments, and has a number of realty holdings, including 
 a handsome, modern home and well-cultivated farm- 
 ing lands. He is a Republican politically, but has 
 taken little interest in public matters, never having 
 sought nor held office, as he has preferred to give 
 his entire attention to his business, which has sat- 
 isfied his ambitions. He is a member of the Com- 
 mercial Club, and his religious connection is with 
 the Church of the Latter Day Saints, in which he 
 acts as elder. 
 
 On November 28, 1895, Mr. Marler was married 
 at Logan, Utah, to Miss Mahala Allen, born at 
 Lewiston, Utah, August 6, 1876, a daughter of John 
 R. Allen, a pioneer of Utah who came from Ken- 
 tucky. Nine children were born to this union: Fen- 
 don, Cecil, Martel, Lathan J., Otis E., Artie, Celis,ta, 
 Delia and Lowell. Mr. Marler has won his way 
 to the front through his own ability and tireless per- 
 severance. He received no assistance from home 
 when he started his career ; indeed, after his father's 
 death he helped his mother support his younger 
 brothers and sisters. He has made a wide acquain- 
 tance during his residence in Idaho, and maintains 
 his home in Rigby, which is a center of culture, 
 refinement and hospitality. 
 
 FRED J. HEATH. Among the men of Fremont 
 county whose success in life has come as a result 
 of individual effort, Fred J. Heath, of the firm of 
 Heath & Kartchner, of Sugar City, holds prominent 
 position. From his sixteenth year he has followed 
 a career of industrious endeavor, directing his ener- 
 
 gies along well-defined lines, and at all times his 
 operations have been marked with the strictest in- 
 tegrity and honorable methods. Mr. Heath was born 
 at Salt Lake City, Utah, September i, 1883, and is 
 a son of Fred G. and Henrietta (Haigh) Heath. 
 
 Fred G. Heath was born on the deserts of Nevada, 
 a member of an old pioneer family of the state, 
 the paternal grandfather having come overland in 
 {847. Mr. Heath has been engaged in the real estate 
 business for many years, and is still active in busi- 
 ness life, and is interested in Renublican politics. 
 His wife was born in England, and was eight years 
 of age when brought to the United States by her 
 parents in 1867, the family settling in Utah. 
 
 The third in order of birth of his parents' twelve 
 children, Fred J. Heath was educated in the public 
 and high schools and completed his studies in the 
 Latter Day Saints University when he was sixteen 
 years of age. His initiation into business life oc- 
 curred in the general offices of the Oregon Short 
 Line Railroad, where he remained six years, but in 
 October, 1905, he resigned his position and became 
 a resident of Sugar City. For one year following, 
 he was employed as bookeeper in the Utah-Idaho 
 Sugar Company's offices, and he then became secre- 
 tary and treasurer of the Sugar City Mercantile 
 Company, in which he was a stockholder. Mr. 
 Heath's connection with this concern continued for 
 three years, and in February, 1910, he formed a 
 partnership with J. H. West, and under the firm 
 style of West & Heath opened a retail general store 
 in Sugar City. This partnership continued only until 
 August, 1910, at which time Mr. A. W. Kartchner 
 bought Mr. West's interest, and since that time the 
 concern has done business under the style of Heath 
 & Kartchner. The business proved a success from 
 the start, and now does a constantly increasing trade 
 in Sugar City and a wide contiguous territory. 
 Possessed of modern ideas and methods, Mr. Heath 
 has succeeded in popularizing his firm's goods, and 
 honorable dealing has brought its full measure of 
 prosperity to the _ establishment. A complete line 
 of goods are carried and a thorough knowledge of 
 the details of his business has allowed Mr. Heath 
 to correctly judge the needs of his customers, and 
 to cater thereto. Among his associates he is known 
 as a man of the highest integrity, whose judgment 
 may be safely relied upon in matters of importance. 
 Like all virile western men, he is fond of out-door 
 life, and has been very active in athletics. Politically 
 a Republican, he is serving his second term as 
 justice of the peace, having been elected November 
 5, 1912, and is city clerk and active in all civic mat- 
 ters. He has found time to devote himself to the 
 work of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, and 
 has been ward clerk and stake president of the 
 religious classes. 
 
 On December 19, 1906, Mr. Heath was married 
 to Miss Emma Cahoon, born at Rexburg, Idaho, 
 daughter of John Cahoon, and a member of an old 
 and honored pioneer family of Utah. Mrs. Heath is 
 well known socially, and has been very active in 
 young women's work in the Church of the Latter 
 Day* Saints. Four children have been born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Heath, namely: John F., born September 
 IS, 1907; Donald R., born April 8, 1909; Leon C, 
 born October 2, 1910; and Harold R., born May 
 17, 1912, all in Sugar City. 
 
 HON. CHARLES W. POOLE. The distinguished law- 
 yer and legislator whose career is briefly outlined 
 here, is a native son of the West, having been born 
 in the city of Ogden, Utah, April 12, 1870. He is a 
 son of John R. and Jane (Bitton) Poole, and a 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1213 
 
 grandson of McCager and Adeline (Rawlston) 
 Poole, and a member of a family which settled in 
 Pennsylvania at an early date and took part in the 
 American war for independence. John R. Poole 
 was born in Indiana, in May, 1829, and when about 
 seven years of age was taken by his parents to South- 
 eastern Iowa, then a forest region. Numerous mem- 
 bers of the family are still to be found in that state. 
 About the year 1849, John R. Poole moved to 
 Utah, and in 1853 was married there to Jane Bit- 
 ton, who had come from England the year previous. 
 She was born in London, in September, 1836, the 
 daughter of William and Jane (Evington) pitton, 
 the latter's father having been born in Virginia. 
 Prior to the Revolutionary war, he enlisted as a boy 
 in the British navy, and never returned to America 
 to live. In 1878, having met with severe financial 
 losses in Utah, John R. Poole commenced operating 
 a grading outfit on the Utah & Northern Railroad, 
 which was building through eastern Idaho. During 
 the winter of 1878-79, the outfit wintered on the 
 Snake river, a short distance south of Market lake. 
 Much game abounded in the country and Mr. Poole 
 was attracted to that part of the valley where the 
 present village of Menan is, and decided to locate 
 there. Accordingly, claims were located in the spring 
 and the oldest sons, William and Hyrum, with some 
 hired help, were placed upon them to build cabins 
 and do some plowing, and planted a few acres of 
 wheat, believed to be the first experiment in the 
 upper Snake river valley. The grain matured per- 
 fectly where it received moisture, but was never 
 harvested. On the first day of June, that year, the 
 mother of Charles W. Poole arrived at Eagle Rock, 
 where the terminus of the railroad was then located, 
 and the family has made its home in the Menan dis- 
 trict ever since. 
 
 During the winter of 1879-80, John R. Poole and 
 a few other settlers who had come into the valley 
 during the summer and fall, organized the Long 
 Island Canal Company, so called because the settlers 
 had located on a long strip of land lying between 
 what is known as the Dry Bed branch of the Snake 
 river and the main channel, it being called at that 
 time and years after "Poole's Island." They com- 
 menced the construction of head-gates, which were 
 built of hewn cottonwood timbers, during that win- 
 ter and in early spring the digging of the canal 
 began and was pushed to completion, as to its length, 
 or nearly so. It was but a small ditch, but it con- 
 veyed water to nearly all the settlers, and the present 
 large canal of the same name follows the channel 
 dug by these pioneers. 
 
 In 1881, John R. Poole brought the first threshing 
 machine into the upper Snake river valley and 
 threshed all the grain grown in the valley that year, 
 from, the farms on Willow Creek to Egin Bench. 
 The following year he brought a self binder, which 
 was the first in the valley. Mr. Poole spent the 
 greater part of his time in the interest of the few 
 people who had settled with him and who looked 
 upon him as their leader in all enterprises. He 
 opened the first school in the valley, which was 
 taught by his daughter, Susie, who later became 
 Mrs. B. G. Lawson. He also organized the first 
 Sunday school, in 1881, and conducted religious 
 services during the same year. Mr. Poole never 
 recovered from his financial losses, and died at 
 Menan, in September, 1894. 
 
 Charles W. Poole had but few opportunities to 
 secure an education. He attended children's classes 
 in Ogden before the family left that place, and during 
 the winter after the family settled in Idaho he went 
 to school a few weeks each year. He also spent two 
 winters at the Ricks Academy, during the first two 
 
 years of its existence, this being then nothing more 
 than a common school. The school at Menan was 
 held in a little rude log hut, without desks, its 
 benches being planks hewn from coonwood logs 
 with large pegs stuck into auger holes for legs. 
 The little boys were compelled to hold their slates 
 on their knees. In November, 1890, Mr. Poole went 
 to the Samoan Islands as a missionary for the 
 Church of the Latter Day Saints, and after spending 
 three years there returned in November, 1893, and 
 during the succeeding several years worked for wages 
 as a stationary engineer and fireman. In 1900, he 
 began farming near Rigby, in Fremont county, but 
 followed this vocation only three years, having had 
 the misfortune, on the 3Oth day of September, 1903, 
 to lose his right hand, while operating a traction 
 engine. 
 
 Soon after this accident, at the instance of friends, 
 Mr. Poole took up the study of law, reading at home 
 and supporting his family at the same time. He was 
 admitted to practice in the -district courts of the 
 state in June, 1908, and was later admitted to the 
 supreme court, and since taking up practice has se- 
 cured a large and representative clientele. He is a 
 Democrat in politics, and has been active in the 
 ranks of his party for years, being a candidate for 
 the legislature twice and twice a candidate for probate 
 judge. In 1910 he became his party's nominee for 
 state senator from Fremont county, was elected, and 
 served in the Eleventh session of 1911 and the ex- 
 tra session of 1912. He was soon recognized as one 
 of the aggressive men of the Senate, taking an active 
 part in nearly all of the important debates. 
 
 In October, 1894, Mr. Poole was married to Miss 
 Elizabeth Bybee, daughter of Robert L. Bybee, of 
 Leorin, Bonneville county. She was born June 17, 
 1870, in Smithfield, Utah. Her father removed with 
 his family to Menan ward in 1883. He was promi- 
 nent in public affairs, was bishop of Menan ward 
 and was acting president of the old Bannock Stake 
 in the absence of President Ricks. He later moved 
 to Idaho Falls, and then to Leorin, where he engaged 
 in farming. Mr. Bybee was first counsellor to James 
 E. Steele, president of Bingham Stake, while the 
 latter occupied that position ; was elected state sen- 
 ator from Bingham county in 1900, and when Bonne- 
 ville county was created, Governor James H. Haw- 
 ley appointed him county commissioner for the new 
 county. Mr. and Mrs. Poole have five children: 
 Jane B., born July 16, 1896; Leslie Ewart, born 
 August 22, 1898; Leona H., born March 23, 1901; 
 Robert R., born July 21, 1903; and Alice B., born 
 September 21, 1905. 
 
 HEZEKIAH C. DUFFIN, manager of the Rexburg 
 establishment of the Consolidated Implement Com- 
 pany, is a native son of Idaho, where he has spent 
 nearly his entire business career. Since his sixteenth 
 year his life has been one of constant industry and 
 perseverance, and the greater part of his business 
 activities has been spent in the service of the com- 
 pany which he now represents, one of the largest 
 establishments of its kind in the world. Mr. Duffin 
 was born January 15, 1872, at Paris, Idaho, and is 
 a son of Hezekiah and Lou Anna (Brewer) Duffin. 
 His father, a native of England, came to the United 
 States in 1853, and made the journey across the 
 plains to Utah, during which he buried his mother 
 and sister. He originally settled in Salt Lake City, 
 where he remained until 1860, then making removal 
 to Wellsville, Utah, where he spent four years, and 
 in 1864 became a resident of Idaho. In 1908 he 
 retired from active life and settled in Ogden, Utah, 
 where he still resides. Mr. Duffin became engaged 
 in agricultural pursuits, and was more than ordi- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 narily successful in his operations. For a number 
 of years he was actiye in the work of the Church 
 of the Latter Day Saints, acting as High Councillor 
 and High Priest, and took an important part in civic 
 affairs in the various localities in which he lived. 
 His wife, Lou Anna Brewer, was also a native of 
 England, and accompanied her parents to the United 
 States in young womanhood, about 1868, coming 
 direct to Bear Lake county, Idaho, where her 
 parents were thrifty farming people and prominent 
 in the Church of the Latter Day Saints. She died 
 in 1886, at the age of thirty-three years, having been 
 the mother of six children, Hezekiah C. being the 
 oldest. 
 
 Hezekiah C. Diiffin attended the public schools of 
 Paris, Idaho, until reaching the age of sixteen years, 
 at which time he secured employment with the im- 
 plement firm of Beeman & Cashin Mercantile Com- 
 pany, at Evanston, Wyoming. After one year he left 
 their employ to learn the milling business, but this 
 did not prove congenial, and he next entered the 
 employ of the Consolidated Implement Company at 
 Montpelier, Idaho. His industry, natural ability and 
 attention to business won him rapid promotion in 
 this firm, with which he has been connected since 
 1902, and he eventually became the manager of the 
 company at Montpelier, later went to Twin Falls, 
 and finally came to Rexburg, where he now has 
 entire charge of the company's interests. During the 
 seven years that Mr. Duffin has been located at 
 Rexburg, he has greatly increased the volume of 
 the company's business. He takes a keen and intelli- 
 gent interest in political matters, but has never cared 
 for public preferment, although he is an active party 
 worker. His fraternal connection is with lodge No. 
 566, Woodmen of the World, and socially, he is a 
 member of the Commercial Club. Mr. Duffin's relig- 
 ious belief is that of the Church of the Latter Day 
 Saints, although he has not been especially active 
 in its work. 
 
 Mr. Duffin was married August 14, 1895, in Salt 
 Lake City, Utah, in Salt Lake Temple, to Miss Fran- 
 ces Budge, daughter of William and Eliza Budge, 
 and sister of the Hon. Judge Alfred Budge, of Poca- 
 tello, Idaho. Six children have been born to this 
 union : Phyllis Eliza, Hezekiah Budge, Elma, Wil- 
 fred Ray, William P., deceased, and Eila May, all 
 born in Idaho. Mr. Duffin has won success through 
 the medium of his own efforts, and is respected and 
 esteemed by his fellow-citizens as a man who has the 
 best interests of his community at heart. 
 
 CHARLES O. PIERCE. A young and prominent 
 member of the Idaho bar is Charles O. Pierce, of 
 Pocatello, a southerner by birth but a Westerner by 
 rearing and spirit, who has found health and pros- 
 perity in Idaho and is firmly of the opinion that the 
 Gem state offers unexcelled opportunities for young 
 men of the right stamp to begin and to carve out 
 successful careers. 
 
 Born at McMinnville, Tennessee, September 22, 
 1875, he was but an infant when his parents removed 
 to Minnesota, where he spent his youth to the age 
 of sixteen and obtained both a common and high 
 school education. He began early to value life in 
 terms of his own industry. As a boy he worked on 
 ranches during the summers and in that way earned 
 money enough to permit him to attend school in 
 the winter. He was sixteen when he came to Butte, 
 Montana, and he claimed that city as his home until 
 1902. During this time he was employed for a 
 period in a furniture house in Butte and then later 
 was engaged independently in the bicycle business 
 there. In 1899 he enlisted in Company I of the 
 
 Thirty-fourth U. S. Volunteer Infantry and accom- 
 panied his regiment to the Philippines, where he 
 participated in a number of engagements of the 
 Spanish-American war and saw a lot of hard service. 
 On his return to the United States and to Butte 
 he became connected in a clerical capacity with a 
 real estate and insurance company of that city and 
 remained there about two years. He then went east 
 in search of health and subsequently became a law 
 student at Central University, Danville, Kentucky, 
 where he was graduated in 1907 as first honor man 
 of his class. Here also he worked his own way. He 
 then returned to the West and located at Pocatello, 
 Idaho, where five years of practice have established 
 for him the reputation of a very capable, earnest 
 and skilled lawyer. Here also he regained his health, 
 and when asked what was the most pleasant inci- 
 dent in nis career he replied that it was his locating 
 in Idaho, for here he has found the most valuable 
 asset of life, health, and has also enjoyed prosperous 
 rewards for his business and professional endeavors. 
 He takes much interest in athletics and outdoor 
 sports in general, is fond of bicycle riding and was 
 a bicycle racer at one time. Music and reading, 
 especially the latter, are also favorite diversions of 
 his. In line with his professional interests he is 
 identified with the Bannock County Bar Association, 
 and in politics he is a straight Progressive and ac- 
 tively interested in political affairs. He served as 
 city attorney under the Mayor Church administra- 
 tion. In religious views he is inclined toward the 
 teachings of the Christian Science church, and fra- 
 ternally he is affiliated with the Loyal Order of 
 Moose, of the Pocatello lodge, of which order he 
 served as prelate when it was first organized. 
 
 WILLIAM H. WITTY. A strong and leading law 
 firm of Pocatello, Idaho, is that of Witty & Terrell, 
 the senior member of which is William H. Witty, a 
 gentleman of excellent educational attainments and 
 possessing that strong character, mental alertness 
 and keen discriminative ability so essential for suc- 
 cess in the profession he is following. He has 
 been identified with the Pocatello bar nine years 
 and from the first took a place among its ablest 
 members. 
 
 Mr. Witty is a Kentuckian by birth, rearing and 
 life-time associations up to 1904, though he took his 
 view of Pocatello as early as 1896. Born February 
 3, 1872, in McCracken county, Kentucky, he grew 
 up there and received his earlier scholastic training 
 in its public schools. This discipline was followed 
 by a normal and then a collegiate course, but prior 
 to entering college he taught in the grades three 
 years, and, in fact, paid for all of his higher edu- 
 cation from his own earnings. He was graduated 
 from the Blandville Baptist College, Blandville, Ken- 
 tucky, in 1895 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, 
 and immediately after graduating was elected presi- 
 dent of that college, in which capacity he served 
 one year. He then came to Pocatello, Idaho, but 
 after remaining a few months he returned to Ken- 
 tucky and became a teacher in Clinton College, con- 
 tinuing there three years. The following two years 
 were spent as an instructor in the Ohio Valley 
 College, and for a similar period he again taught in 
 the Blandville College. It was at the conclusion of 
 that service, or in 1904, that he came to Pocatello, 
 this time to remain and to practice law. He is 
 now associated with Robert M. Terrell under the 
 firm name of Witty & Terrell and is the present 
 deputy county attorney of Bannock county. He has 
 also served as city attorney of Pocatello four years. 
 In political views he is aligned with the Republican 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO' 
 
 1215 
 
 party and as one of the active workers in its be- 
 half he served as chairman of the Bannock County 
 Republican Central Committee in 1910 and again in 
 1912. In the direction of his professional interests 
 he sustains membership in the Fifth Judicial Bar 
 Association and he lends his influence and assistance 
 to local civic development and progress as a member 
 of the Pocatello Commercial Club and as one of its 
 board of governors. In a fraternal way he is asso- 
 ciated with the Woodmen of the World; in church 
 membership he is identified with the Baptist de- 
 nomination and is a member of the Pocatello Bap- 
 tist church choir. A good speech or lecture al- 
 ways finds him an attentive and appreciative listener, 
 and in the way of outdoor recreation he enjoys play- 
 ing tennis or witnessing a spirited game of base- 
 ball. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Witty took place at Cairo, 
 Illinois, on June 9, 1895, and united him to Annie 
 Christian Terrell, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James 
 D. Terrell, the former of whom is a prominent phy- 
 sician of Blandville, Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Witty 
 have one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Witty. 
 
 PARLEY M. CONDIE. Though a member of the bar 
 of Idaho for only a few years, Mr. Condie.has risen 
 rapidly in the distinction of able and progressive 
 young lawyers. He has identified himself with a 
 part of Idaho which he believes will in the future 
 be the section of the state most enviable in its 
 fortunes and development, and as a public-spirited 
 citizen he is using his efforts to promote all progress 
 and to give his influence in the public welfare, as 
 well as towards his individual success. He is a 
 young man whose attainments are the result of his 
 own efforts and his career at the bar will be watched 
 with interest by his many friends. 
 
 Parley M. Condie was born in Croydon, Utah, 
 on June 9, 1889; his parents were Thomas and 
 Hannah (Swann) Condie. His father was born in 
 Scotland and accompanied his parents to America 
 while a young boy and he has for many years been 
 farming in the vicinity of Croydon, Utah, where 
 he still resides, being now at the age of seventy- 
 two. He was married in Utah to Miss Hannah 
 Swann, who was born in England, and whose death 
 occurred November u, 1910, at the age of sixty- 
 two. They were the parents of fourteen children, 
 three of whom are now deceased, and the Preston 
 lawyer is the thirteenth of this large family. 
 
 The public schools of Utah gave Mr. Condie his 
 early training in the fundamentals of education, after 
 which he attended the Summitt Stake Academy at 
 Coalville, Utah. On leaving school he taught for 
 iwo years and then he entered the law offices of 
 Evans & Evans at Salt Lake City, where he read 
 arfd prepared for his profession. His admission 
 to the bar of Utah occurred May 8, 1911, and for 
 a short time he tried his ability in actual practice 
 at Salt Lake. On coming to Preston he formed 
 a partnership with Mr. A. C. Smith in July, 1911 
 and since his admission to the bar of Idaho, which 
 followed on December 5, 1911, ha has been in active 
 practice and has already acquired a substantial pat- 
 ronage of the better class. 
 
 In politics Mr. Condie is an Independent. He is 
 a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter 
 Day Saints, being connected with the auxiliary asso- 
 ciations thereof and holding some minor offices 
 in the church. On April 30, 1913, Mr. Condie was 
 married to Miss Mary Wilson of Salt Lake City, 
 Utah. 
 
 CHABLES L. HAIGHT. In a sketch of the career 
 of Hon. Hector C. Haight, on other pages of this 
 volume, is given adequate detail concerning the 
 family history, and thus it is not necessary to re- 
 peat the data in this review of the career of the 
 younger brother. It may be said in an initial way that 
 Charles L. Haight has been a resident of Idaho 
 since he was about nine years of age, and that he 
 is now the superintendent of the extensive business 
 of the Cooperative Mercantile Company, at Oakley, 
 Cassia county, in which responsible office he suc- 
 ceeded his brother Hector C. in January, 1911. Un- 
 der his management the enterprise has continued to 
 prosper and in this and other connections he is 
 well upholding the high prestige of the family name, 
 which has been closely identified with the history of 
 this section of the state for more than thirty years. 
 
 Charles Leavitt Haight was born at Farmington, 
 Davis county, Utah, on the 24th of November, 1873, 
 and is a son of Horton D. and Louisa (Leavitt) 
 Haight, who were numbered among the honored 
 pioneers of that commonwealth, whence they came to 
 Cassia county, Idaho, in 1882. He whose name 
 initiates this review, attended the public schools 
 of his native place until he was about nine years 
 old, when he accompanied his parents on their 
 removal to Idaho. At Oakley, this state, he con- 
 tinued his studies in the public schools and at the 
 Cassia Stake Academy, and after leaving this latter 
 institution, at the age of twenty-one years, he was 
 sent forth on a mission for the Church of Jesus 
 Christ of Latter Day Saints, of which his parents 
 became members in the pioneer days in Utah. His 
 missionary tour covered a period of three years, 
 and he did successful work during this period prin- 
 cipally in Alabama and Mississippi. 
 
 In 1898 Mr. Haight returned to Oakley and be- 
 came a clerk in the store of the Cooperative Mer- 
 cantile Company, of which establishment his brother 
 Hector then had general supervision. He thus 
 continued in service until 1905, when he was placed 
 in charge of a branch store established by the 
 company at Burley, Cassia county, where he re- 
 mained five years and where he served as post- 
 master during the major portion of this interval. 
 The company disposed of this branch store in 1910, 
 and Mr. Haight then returned to the main store 
 at Oakley. Upon the resignation of his brother 
 Hector he ^ was given the general management of 
 this extensive business, of which he has been the 
 superintendent since January, 1911. Mr. Haight has 
 exemplified in a most emphatic way the progressive 
 spirit of the West and has achieved success of 
 high order. He is the owner of a landed estate of 
 about 320 acres, including a dry-farming ranch on 
 Birch creek. Cassia county, and two irrigated farms 
 in the Minidoka district in Lincoln county. He 
 is a member of the directorate of the Burley State 
 Bank, is a staunch Republican in his political pro- 
 clivities and both he and his wife are devout and 
 zealous members of the Church of Jesus Christ 
 of Latter Day Saints, in whose faith they were 
 reared. 
 
 On the 4th of October. 1899. Mr. Haight was 
 united in marriage to Miss Estella Elison, who was 
 born in Grantsville, Utah, and who is a daughter of 
 Charles G. and Mary (Worthington) Elison, pioneers 
 of the state and now residents of Oakley. Mr. Elison 
 is one of the prominent and extensive livestock 
 growers of Idaho, and on his large landed estate 
 he raises hiph-grade cattle, horses and sheep. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Haipht have five children, namely: Mary 
 Zina, Mabelle Louisa, Charles Elmo, Harlox Elison, 
 and Oleen. 
 
1216 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 FRANK S. HARDING. In no avenue of business do 
 men become so widely known as in journalism, not 
 always as personalities, but as influences, their printed 
 thoughts reaching thousands, where their spoken 
 words could be heard, perhaps, by only a score. 
 Hence the responsibility of a journalist is of 
 exceeding weight, and there have been times when 
 a newspaper has forced reformatory legislation and 
 had much to do in changing public policies. As 
 a youth, Frank S. Harding, one of Weiser's fore- 
 most business men, entered newspaper life, and has 
 continued to be prominently identified with the same 
 to the present time, when, as editor and publisher 
 of the American, he is known as a molder of public 
 opinion in Weiser and the surrounding country. Mr. 
 Harding was born March 10, 1856 at Three Rivers, 
 Michigan, and is a son of Sterling F. and Abigail 
 (Whitman) Harding. 
 
 Sterling S. Harding was born in Pennsylvania, 
 and as a young man migrated to Michigan, where 
 he became an early settler and pioneer shoemaker. 
 During his later years he turned his attention to 
 the law, and served as justice of the peace during 
 the greater portion of his life. From 1870 to 1877 
 he resided at LaGrange, Indiana, and in the latter 
 year removed to Yamhill county, Oregon, where 
 his death occurred when he was seventy-five years 
 of age. Mr. Harding was married in New York 
 state to Abigail Whitman, who also passed away 
 in Yamhill county, in 1889. Of their seven chil- 
 dren, of whom Frank S. was the sixth in order 
 of birth, three grew to maturity. 
 
 Frank S. Harding secured his education in the 
 district schools of southern Michigan and the 
 LaGrange, Indiana, high school, and on complet- 
 ing his studies secured a position in a printing 
 establishment, where he served a full apprentice- 
 ship to the trade. Following this, he worked as a 
 journeyman in Indiana and Oregon for twelve 
 years, and in the latter state, in 1887, ne made his 
 first business venture. The Oregon Register, which 
 he purchased, had been established about the year 
 1882, but was in none too healthy circumstances when 
 Mr. Harding took hold. However, the people of 
 LaFayette, where it was published, soon saw that 
 the new proprietor intended to give them a live, 
 clean sheet, and as a result he secured their sup- 
 port and patronage, and for several years the paper 
 was conducted successfully. It was then consolidated 
 with a publication known as the Telephone, a co- 
 partnership was formed with Capt. H. L. Heath, 
 which lasted for five years. Mr. Harding continued 
 to publish the paper at McMinnville, Oregon, until 
 November, 1902. At that time Mr. Harding dis- 
 posed of his interests in Oregon and made his 
 advent in Weiser, where he purchased a one-half 
 interest in the Weiser Signal, with R. E. Lockwood, 
 a partnership which continued for four years, 
 when Mr. Harding sold his stock and engaged in 
 the wholesale paper business in Boise, Idaho. In 
 1910 he purchased a controlling interest in the 
 Weiser American, which was established in January, 
 1907. This is considered one of the best general 
 newspapers published in southwestern Idaho, and has 
 a circulation of 1,100 weekly. It is an outspoken, 
 fair-play exponent of the best elements of the 
 Democratic party, and is in all respects well worthy 
 of the care and sound judgment displayed in its 
 columns, and reflects credit on editor and publisher. 
 The office is well-fitted with all modern appliances 
 to be found in first-class establishments, and the job 
 department is equally well-equipped, turning out 
 all kinds of job printing in first-class style. As will 
 
 be seen, Mr. Harding is a typical self-made man, 
 one who by his own ability, perseverance and 
 acumen has risen from a comparatively obscure and 
 poor boyhood to his present condition of independ- 
 ence, being now apart from his business, the owner 
 of a comfortable modern home on the corner of 
 West Idaho and First streets. For years he has 
 been active in the ranks of the Democratic party, 
 and while a resident of McMinnville served for 
 upwards of four years as postmaster under Presi- 
 dent Cleveland's second administration. He is a 
 member of the Weiser Commercial -Club, and an 
 enthusiastic booster of Weiser and its interests. 
 With his wife, he attends the Methodist Episcopal 
 church, where at this time he is acting as a mem- 
 ber of the board of trustees. 
 
 On April 10, 1882, Mr. Harding was united 
 in marriage at McMinnville, Oregon, with Miss 
 Lillie Agnes Grubb, who was born in that state, 
 daughter of John Grubb. Mr. and Mrs. Harding 
 have had no children. 
 
 HAROLD F. BARKER. One of the younger business 
 men of Blackfoot, whom everyone is beginning to 
 look upon as one of the coming men of the city, is 
 Harold F. Barker, who although he has not yet 
 rounded out a quarter of a century has yet through 
 the aid of a wise father succeeded in winning for 
 himself a reputation for reliability and competency 
 that betokens well for the future. 
 
 The father of Harold F. Barker is Frank C. 
 Barker, his mother being Nora Barker, both of whom 
 are residents of Blackfoot. His parents are them- 
 selves young people, his father being only forty-eight 
 years of age and his mother forty-six. Both of 
 them are natives of Minnesota, but came to Idaho 
 and settled in Blackfoot during the early days of the 
 community. Here Mr. Barker established himself 
 in the business of a painter and was thus engaged 
 for a number of years, until in 1897 ne opened up 
 a grocery business in which he has since been suc- 
 cessfully engaged. Four children have been born 
 to Frank C. Barker and his wife and of these Harold 
 F. is the eldest child. 
 
 Harold F. Barker was born at Parker's Ferry, 
 Minnesota, on the ist of May, 1888. His education 
 was received in the schools of Blackfoot, Idaho, 
 where his parents moved while he was yet a child. 
 Upon finishing school he went into business with his 
 father; that is, he learned the trade and after his 
 father pronounced him competent he took charge of 
 his father's business and is now recognized as one 
 of the most successful painters, paper hangers and 
 decorators in Blackfoot. He took charge of his 
 father's business in May, 1912, and has carried it 
 on to the entire satisfaction of the latter and of his 
 customers. Mr. Barker modestly attributes a large 
 share of his success to his father's aid, but his friends 
 and acquaintances know that he would never have 
 accomplished what he has had it not been for his 
 own industry and painstaking work. 
 
 In politics Mr. Barker is a member of the Repub- 
 lican party, and his sole fraternal affiliations are 
 with the Royal Highlanders. On the 2nd of June, 
 1910, he was married to Miss Ida Blair, at Pocatello, 
 Idaho. Mrs. Barker is a daughter of Albert Blair 
 and his wife, who are residents of Blackfoot. One 
 child, Roy Barker, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Barker, his birth occurring at Blackfoot, June 25, 
 1912. 
 
 Mr. Barker is an ardent devotee of the out doors 
 life and is an enthusiast over all forms of sport, 
 although hunting is his favorite diversion. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1217 
 
 LUTHER MARTIN CAPPS. For more than a quarter 
 of a century Luther M. Capps has maintained a 
 position of much importance in the state of Idaho, 
 and he is today at the zenith of his successful 
 and prosperous career. Much of the real and telling 
 development of the varied resources of the great 
 state of Idaho has been brought about as the result 
 of his guiding finger, and he has instigated more 
 movements for the ultimate good of the state than 
 perhaps any other one man who might be men- 
 tioned. Many of the leading financial and industri- 
 trial enterprises of this section of the state have 
 known his influence and support in their early days 
 of establishment, and many of them yet feel his 
 connection with them in the official positions which 
 he is wont to occupy. A native of Alabama, Mr. 
 Capps was born in Abbeville on January 12, 1863, 
 and is the son of Martin V. and Sara E. (Box) 
 Capps, both native Georgians, where the father 
 was born in 1839. 
 
 Martin V. Capps settled in southern Alabama in 
 1855, and there conducted extensive plantation in- 
 terests, as well as occupying a high place in the 
 public life of the county. He served the Democratic 
 party for a number of terms in the state legislature, 
 and was especially prominent in the Masonic frater- 
 nity. For several years he has been president of 
 the First National Bank of Abbeville. The mother 
 died in 1902 at the family home leaving eight chil- 
 dren : Daniel W., Luther M., of this review ; John 
 T. ; William J. ; Beaulah, Cordelia, James W. and 
 Addie. The father still makes his home at Abbe- 
 ville, Alabama, and is in the seventy- fourth year 
 of his life. He was a soldier of the Civil war period, 
 and gave valiant service to the Southern cause, 
 serving as assistant surgeon. 
 
 Luther M. Capps was the second born of the 
 eight children of his parents. He attended the schools 
 of Abbeville and the college at Auburn, Alabama, 
 finishing a four-year course in the latter named in- 
 stitution when he was twenty-three.; years of age. 
 He taught school for two years after his gradua- 
 tion and in 1886 received an appointment to a posi- 
 tion in the Indian department of the United States 
 Government. The duties of his new position brought 
 him to Idaho, Fort Hall being his location, and 
 he continued for three years in the Indian service 
 as superintendent of the industrial and agricultural 
 department of the Indian schools. It was during 
 his government service in Idaho that the young man 
 secured his first tract of land, through purchase, 
 and this tract of one hundred and seventy acres was 
 the beginning of a magnificent estate which he 
 eventuajly came to be the owner of and upon which 
 he carried on extensive stock raising and farming. 
 He experienced a pleasing degree of success in that 
 business, and still operates near Blackfoot, Idaho, 
 where his fine ranch is located. Mr. Capps has 
 made a close and careful study of the business of 
 ranching in Idaho, and land that once lay waste 
 now yields bountifully under his fostering care. He 
 has treated his subject in a scientific manner, and 
 the results have been most gratifying to contemplate, 
 and his methods have been recognized by the United 
 States Government in his appointment to the post 
 of correspondent from Idaho to the United States 
 agricultural department, a service which he has 
 performed for a number of years. 
 
 In addition to his ranching and farming activities, 
 Mr. Capps is prominently connected with many other 
 enterprises, as has been previously mentioned. He 
 is vice president and general manager of the Black- 
 foot Farmers' Mutual Milling Company; secretary 
 and manager of the Blackfoot Irrigation & Ditch 
 
 Company; and a stockholder and a director in the 
 Gem State Light and Power Company. He does 
 an annual business of large proportions in the buy- 
 ing of potatoes and grain at Blackfoot an enter- 
 prise of his own. 
 
 A Democrat, and an active and prominent one, 
 Mr. Capps holds a high place in the councils of 
 his party. He was the representative of his party 
 for his district to the state legislature in 1898, and 
 on April 4, 1910, was elected mayor of Blackfoot 
 His fraternal relations are with the Modern Wood- 
 men of America and the Commercial Club of Black- 
 foot also claims him as a member. He is a member 
 of the Baptist church. 
 
 At Blackfoot, Idaho, on March 21. 1890, Mr. Capps 
 was united in marriage with Elizabeth E. McMillan 
 She is the daughter of Robert E. and Mary E. 
 (Conner) McMillan, both natives of Scotland, but 
 herself born in the state of Minnesota. They passed 
 the closing years of their life in Blackfoot and 
 were among its most highly honored and esteemed 
 citizens. Death claimed them some years ago. 
 
 Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Capps, of 
 whom brief mention is made as follows: Van Buren 
 Clapp, born in Blackfoot in 1891 ; Robert Oscar, 
 born in 1893 ; Mary, born in 1895 ; and Edna and 
 Edgar, twins, born in 1898. The three last named 
 are attending school in Blackfoot, and all five were 
 born in the city which is their present home. 
 
 ALEXANDER BURNETT is one of the most prominent 
 and successful business men of Mackay, Idaho, 
 combining with his undoubted business ability a 
 forceful character and executive ability. He has 
 not only made a success in the business world, 
 but he has played a leading part in politics from 
 the time when he cast his first vote, and has proved 
 one of the most able men in political affairs in this 
 section of the state. Broad minded, progressive he 
 has had a most important influence towards the 
 betterment of conditions in the town, both econom- 
 ically and socially. His position in various public 
 offices has given him an opportunity to accomplish 
 much good in civic affairs. 
 
 Alexander Burnett was born in Tuella county, 
 Utah, on the I4th of November, 1862. The father 
 of Alexander Burnett is David Burnett and the 
 native home of the latter was Scotland. He came 
 to America in the later fifties and was among the 
 pioneers of Utah. He was a carpenter by trade 
 but on coming to this country he took up farm- 
 ing and later on became a merchant. He was 
 moderately successful. In 1872 he removed to Idaho, 
 settling in Mackay when there were not many set- 
 tlers in southern Idaho. He has always taken a 
 keen interest in political affairs, being a member of 
 the Republican party. He served at one time as 
 county commissioner. Civic affairs have always 
 found him playing an active part and in his younger 
 days he took an active part in church affairs. David 
 Burnett married Jean Buist, who like her husband, 
 was born in Scotland. The ceremony took place in 
 their native land and she crossed the ocean and 
 later the plains with the man of her choice. She 
 died in Mackay, Idaho, in 1905, at the age of sev- 
 enty-four. Eight children were born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Burnett, and of these three now make their 
 homes in Idaho. Daniel M. is a resident of Mackay 
 and Isabelle is the wife of Thomas Coffin, their 
 home being in Oneida county. 
 
 Alexander Burnett is the next to the youngest 
 of the children of his parents and received his edu- 
 cation in the schools of Idaho, securing, however, 
 only a common school education. He left school 
 
1218 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 at the age of sixteen and pre-empted a claim of 
 one hundred and sixty acres of land on Lost river. 
 Here he engaged in stock raising as his own master. 
 For a number of years he was thus engaged, at- 
 taining considerable prosperity. After selling his 
 stock and giving up the business he came to Mackay 
 and engaged in the meat business, which he fol- 
 lowed successfully for seven years, and in 1910 he 
 purchased the hardware business of Brennan Broth- 
 ers. This hardware business was the first to be 
 established in Custer county, and the Brennan 
 brothers had established the business and had made 
 it a prosperous concern before Mr. Burnett bought 
 it. He, however, greatly increased the business and 
 it is now the largest in the county, being the only 
 exclusive hardware store in Mackay. As a merchant 
 he has been an undoubted success, but he has not 
 given his entire time to his mercantile business. He 
 is interested in farming lands and also owns city 
 realty, and his business ability has been recognized 
 by his being made a member of the board of di- 
 rectors of the Bank of Mackay. 
 
 In politics Mr. Burnett is a member of the Repub- 
 lican party, and is recognized as an important factor 
 in the councils of that party. He served as coun- 
 cilman for two years in Mackay and in 1904 was 
 elected mayor of the city. He held this post for 
 one term or two years, and was also a member 
 of the city council for four years. For one term 
 he was assessor of the county and he also held 
 the position of collector of this county for one 
 term. He also served as county commissioner for 
 two years and this long list of public offices proves 
 more than words could what an active and able 
 part has been Mr. Burnett's in civic and political 
 affairs. 
 
 Mr. Burnett has always taken considerable in- 
 terest in fraternal matters, and is a member of the 
 Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of Pocatello, 
 No. 674, and he is also a member of the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, Mackay Lodge, No. 82. 
 
 He has been twice married, his first marriage 
 occurring in Oneida county, Idaho, when he married 
 Miss Jane Jones, who was a native of Utah, and 
 a member of a well known old pioneer family of 
 that state. Five children were born to this union, 
 and the mother has been dead for many years. These 
 children are all living save Isabelle, the others being 
 Alexander, Jean, Mabel and David M. Mr. Burnett 
 married Miss Emma Smyers as his second wife. 
 Mrs. Burnett was born in Missouri, and she and 
 her husband have become the parents of one child, 
 a daughter, Beulah, who was born on the loth 
 of May, 1905. 
 
 KARL P. BROWN. The career of Karl P. Brown, 
 editor and publisher of the Blackfoot Optimist, of 
 Blackfoot, Idaho, which, as it name suggests is a 
 journalistic disciple of the creed that all things 
 are ordered for the best, has been one of enterprising 
 industry from earliest youth, crowded with experi- 
 ences of every kind, in various communities, and 
 finally crowned with undisputed success. The spirit 
 of self-reliance and independence that led the lad 
 of fourteen years to leave his comfortable home in 
 the East and fare forth to battle with the world in 
 strange communities, has enabled Mr. Brown to build 
 up a profitable enterprise where one of less courage 
 and faith in his own convictions might have failed, 
 and at this time he is recognized as an important 
 factor in influencing public opinion and in promoting 
 the civic welfare of his adopted place. Mr. Brown 
 was born at Findlay, Hancock county, Ohio, April 
 
 18, 1872, and is a son of Henry and Hannah (Newell) 
 Brown. 
 
 Henry Brown was a native of New York state, 
 and in young manhood took up the study of law. He 
 became a resident of Findlay, Ohio, in 1856, and 
 there formed a partnership with Col. James A. Bope, 
 "this association continuing until the outbreak of 
 the Civil war. Both partners at that time desired to 
 aid the Union cause, but realized that one should re- 
 main and fight the battles of peace to care for the 
 families, and, accordingly, the two young lawyers 
 drew lots to see who should go to the front. As 
 events occurred, it was Colonel Bope who drew 
 the right to wear the uniform, and he fought gal- 
 lantly throughout the struggle between the states, 
 while Mr. Brown was no less active in keeping the 
 loved ones at home in comfortable circumstances. 
 After the war the partnership was resumed, and 
 continued uninterruptedly until the death of Mr. 
 Brown, in 1893, when he was sixty-seven years of 
 age. He rose to a high place in his profession, and 
 was very active in the ranks of the Democratic party, 
 filling numerous offices and eventually being sent 
 as representative to the Ohio State Legislature. Mrs. 
 Brown, a native of Virginia, still survives her hus- 
 band and resides at the old home in Findlay, which 
 remains in the family possession. 
 
 The youngest of the four children of his parents, 
 Karl P. Brown received his education in the public 
 and high schools of Findlay, in the meantime learn- 
 ing the trade of printer. Having heard glowing 
 reports of the opportunities to be found in the great 
 West, at the age of fourteen years he ran away from 
 home and made his way to the vicinity of Livingston, 
 Montana, where he secured employment as a cow- 
 boy, riding the . range for the next fifteen years. 
 During this time he also engaged in buying and 
 selling cattle and horses on his own account, but in 
 this he met with only ordinary success, and Novem- 
 ber 21, 1907, he located permanently at Blackfoot, 
 Idaho, where he took a position on the Southeastern 
 Idaho Mail. He remained with that newspaper but 
 a short time, however, soon establishing the Black- 
 foot Optimist, which now has a circulation of more 
 than 1,000 readers. Devoted to the support of 
 Republican policies and candidates, it was the only 
 paper to uphold that party's principles in the county 
 during the campaign of 1912. Mr. Brown has met 
 with encouraging support, both from subscribers 
 and advertisers, and is endeavoring to give to the 
 reading public a clean, wholesome sheet, embody- 
 ing the best characteristics of journalism, telling the 
 news and all the news, and containing timely and 
 significant editorials. He has the respect of men of 
 all parties for the courage with which he defends 
 his convictions and the honorable manner in which 
 he does so, and has succeeded in making himself 
 popular with all classes Mr. Brown's assertion that 
 Idaho is to become the "Garden Spot of America," 
 is worthy of some consideration when it is remem- 
 bered that he has traveled all over the West and 
 visited some of the finest agricultural communities 
 in the country. He misses no opportunity to "boost" 
 his adopted section, and by word and pen has been 
 influential in advancing his community's develop- 
 ment. 
 
 On October 6, 1907, Mr. Brown was married at 
 Pocatello, Idaho, to Miss Blanche Laughran, a na- 
 tive of Iowa, and daughter of Joshua Laughran. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Brown have one daughter : "Billie" Louise, 
 born at Blackfoot, October 7, 1911. The family is 
 connected with the Methodist church. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1219 
 
 DR. WILLIAM H. ANDERSON. Since 1897 Dr. Wil- 
 liam H. Anderson has been a resident of Soda 
 Springs, Bannock county, Idaho, and his life has 
 been a busy and profitable one here, as it was in 
 those communities that knew his ministering ways 
 before he cast in his lot with Soda Springs and her 
 people. Well advanced in years, Dr. Anderson has 
 of late practically abandoned his medical practice, 
 his work being confined to consultations and emer- 
 gency calls, rather than to a regular practice, such 
 as he maintained for more than a half century. His 
 profession has honored him within the past two 
 years, first electing him to the office of second vice 
 president of the Idaho State Pharmaceutical Asso- 
 ciation, and later electing him first vice president. 
 The doctor still keeps up his drug store, however, 
 which he established when he first located in Soda 
 Springs, and which has long been one of the busiest 
 spots in the city. 
 
 William H. Anderson, M. D., was born at Flor- 
 ence, Pennsylvania, on the I4th day of February, 
 1835, and is the son of Robert S. and Dorcas A. S. 
 (Hopkins) Anderson, natives of Pennsylvania and 
 Ohio, respectively. The father was for many years 
 engaged in the mercantile business in his native 
 state, and in later years in Iowa, to which state 
 he migrated, and he lived to reach the patriarchal 
 age of eighty-five years. 
 
 The Anderson family is of record one of the 
 oldest American families, and the paternal grand- 
 parents of the genial doctor were Maj. Robert and 
 Betsy Agnes Anderson, both Pennsylvanians. Major 
 Anderson was born just prior to the Revolutionary 
 war period, and he was all his life a leader in 
 public affairs. It is noteworthy that he was the 
 major of a Pennsylvania regiment sent to Fort 
 Dearborn, now Chicago, in 1812, when invasion 
 from British forces was feared. He was the son 
 of Robert and Margaret Anderson, the former of 
 whom was born on March 16, 1734. The maternal 
 ancestors of the doctor as well as those on the 
 paternal side were notable in many ways. Dr. 
 Anderson's mother was the daughter of William 
 and Mary (Pumphery) Hopkins, the Pumpherys 
 being closely related to John Hancock and Stephen 
 Hopkins, both of whom signed the Declaration of 
 Independence, and her father was a son of James 
 Hopkins, whose family name is perpetuated in the 
 famous Johns Hopkins University. 
 
 Dr. Anderson received his early educational train- 
 ing in the schools of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and 
 followed his public school education with a course 
 of study at the Eclectic College of Medicine and 
 Surgery at Cincinnati. He was graduated with the 
 class of 1855, when he was twenty years of age, 
 and very soon thereafter began the practice of his 
 profession in Newark, Iowa. Four years later he 
 moved to the West, settling in Utah, and there he 
 enjoyed a liberal practice in" Cache and Malad 
 counties, that state, as well as in Oneida county, 
 Idaho. It was not until 1897 that Dr. Anderson 
 severed his congection entirely with the state of 
 Utah and confined himself exclusively to his Idaho 
 practice. He located in that year at Soda Springs, 
 in Bannock county, and here he has since been 
 engaged in a general practice, until advancing age 
 and an inclination to retire from active service in 
 recent years led him to practically withdraw from 
 general medical and surgical practice. It is true, the 
 doctor will come if he is called in an emergency 
 
 case, or in a consultation, and his skill today is 
 unabated, but he teels himself entitled to a season 
 of rest after a half century of strenuous practice 
 in the wilds of a new western country. 
 
 1 >r. Anderson is a man who has ever kept abreast 
 with the tide of developments in the scientific world, 
 and has been a close and able student of his pro- 
 fession. He has not withdrawn himself trom other 
 interests, however, hut has always been found an 
 interested factor in every forward movement that 
 was promulgated for the ultimate good of his com- 
 munity. His drug store, which he established when 
 he came to Soda Springs, has taken a goodly bit 
 of his attention, and he still retains that business. 
 
 Public service has not been outside the field of 
 Dr. Anderson's activity, and for twenty-five years 
 he was justice of the peace in Utah, and he was 
 at one time regimental surgeon in the Nauvoo 
 Legion of Cache county, Utah, while he was post- 
 master of Portage, in Utah, for thirty years. He 
 is a member of the church of the Latter Day Saints, 
 and in that church has served as counsellor to the 
 bishop. 
 
 On September 8, 1861, Dr. Anderson was mar- 
 ried at Wellsville, Utah, to Miss Mary Allen, of 
 English birth, and the daughter of Isaac and Eliza- 
 beth (Siddall) Allen, of Derbyshire, England. The 
 children of Dr. and' Mrs. Anderson are three in 
 number, as follows: William A., who was born 
 in Wellsville, Utah, on the 26th of September, 1862; 
 Dorcas E., born on February 16, 1865, and died on 
 August 2, 1876; and Mary E., born on March 19, 
 1867. She was thrice married. Her first husband, 
 Charles A. Heaston, died, leaving one child, and she 
 later married John Kelley, of Soda Springs, Idaho. 
 He died, leaving one child, William Kelley. She 
 married, third, Thomas J. Corrigan, of Soda Springs. 
 Dr. Anderson has long been a stanch supporter 
 of the Democratic party and takes an active interest 
 in the movements of that body. He was at one 
 time a member of the Democratic central committee 
 for this district, and has served in various capaci- 
 ties in the interests of the party. It would be diffi- 
 cult indeed to find a man who could speak more 
 warmly of Idaho than does "Dr. Anderson, and, in- 
 deed, it would be difficult to find one who is more 
 qualified to speak than he. He has traveled exten- 
 sively through the western states, studied them and 
 lived in them, and it is his outspoken belief that 
 Idaho leads the West in the richness of her resources 
 and in her splendid advantages of climate, water 
 and general healthfulness. He is especially happy 
 in his life in Soda Springs, and is one of the hap- 
 piest and most genial men one might ever expect 
 to find a part of the credit for which may be 
 accredited to his pleasing and wholesome life in the 
 state of his adoption, but the greater share of 
 which, it is safe to say, springs from the kindly 
 and generous nature which are the distinctive char- 
 acteristics of this fine old western gentleman. 
 
 FRANCES IDA ROBERTS. An elastic phrase is "the 
 sphere of woman." It is measured only by the 
 prejudices and mental limitations of the user. In 
 the homely, honest, actual life of the world women's 
 accomplishments have ranged everywhere. To the 
 independent, courageous members of the sex, the 
 arbitrary distinctions maintained in the drawing- 
 room and academic circles are as paper. Women 
 like Frances Ida Roberts are doers of the word, and 
 their quality of social service and individual achieve- 
 ments suffer nothing by comparison with the work 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 performed by ablest men. Her career has inspira- 
 tion, not only for her own sex, but for all who 
 aspire to that level of accomplishment which counts 
 for good in behalf of humanity. 
 
 Miss Roberts is a successful newspaper woman in 
 Idaho, proprietor and editor of the Star Courier at 
 Star. She is active in politics in the sense that she 
 is an energetic advocate and worker for good gov- 
 ernment and social justice. She lives a sane and 
 busy life, and is not so immersed in practical duties 
 that she has no time for the finer things and the cul- 
 tural side of life. A number of years ago she took 
 up a claim in Oregon, lived the typical life of a 
 homesteader, and not only performed all the duties 
 and underwent all the hardships connected with such 
 an experience, but thoroughly enjoyed the doing of 
 it. She has devoted many years to teaching, and in 
 that and other ways has come close to the vital needs 
 of that portion of humanity which her own career 
 has touched. To her credit is much of the hard 
 solid work of the world, and at the same time she 
 has maintained the "sweetness and light" which 
 increase the durable satisfaction of life. 
 
 Frances Ida Roberts was born on Friday, Febru- 
 ary 17, 1860, at the corner of Fourteenth and Clark 
 Avenue, in St. Louis, Missouri. Hers is an interest- 
 ing family record. The founder of her family in 
 America was a soldier who came with wife and one 
 child from Ireland, and was among the early set- 
 tlers of Baltimore, Maryland. There is little infor- 
 mation at hand concerning the founder of the 
 family, but it is known that he gave his services to 
 the colony during the Claiborne disturbances and 
 he was spoken of as Col. Roberts. The great-grand- 
 father, grandfather and father of Miss Roberts were 
 all born in the old Baltimore homestead. The first 
 of the family in America was a Roman Catholic in 
 religion. 
 
 Great-grandfather Patrick Roberts was born in 
 Baltimore, was educated there, took up the law, and 
 served as a private during the Revolutionary war. 
 He cast his vote for Washington, then for Jefferson 
 and in religion was a Protestant, probably the first 
 in the family, and also belonged to the Masonic 
 Order. He came across the Alleganies to Kentucky 
 about 1811, and laid his land warrant on about one 
 thousand acres of land along the Big Benson River 
 near Frankfort. He engaged in the practice of his 
 profession at Lexington, where he was known as 
 the "Cobbler of Benson" because of his pride and 
 the autocratic bearing which characterized his per- 
 sonal action. In addressing the jury, he "marked 
 time" all over the court room. He won his last case 
 at the age of ninety-five, and fell dead in the arms of 
 his son from the saddle of his old pony "Silver 
 Heels" at his home gate. He was the father of 
 twenty-three children. One son, Edmund A. W. 
 Roberts, still lives at the age of ninety-eight on the 
 old Benson homestead. Patrick Roberts was twice 
 married. His first wife was Margaret Mastin, of 
 Holland Dutch stock and a woman of noted cour- 
 age. The second wife was Mary Austin, whom he 
 married in Kentucky. 
 
 Thomas Henry Roberts, son of Patrick and Mar- 
 garet Roberts, was born in Baltimore about 1793. 
 He married in Pennsylvania about 1810 Miss Jane 
 Campbell, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Campbell, 
 who had come from Scotland. Thomas H. Roberts, 
 who was a printer by trade, moved to Kentucky about 
 1817, and at Louisville started a paper called "The 
 Microscope" about 1823. Through his newspaper he 
 boldly attacked the evils of Louisville, and its lax 
 
 officials. He paid particular attention to the out- 
 rages committed by the keel boatmen, and gave 
 much space in his columns to the slum section called 
 the "Swamp." As a result of his fiery denunciation 
 of one Captain Russell, of the boat "Huntress," whom 
 he represented as taking the hand of a girl passen- 
 ger and saying, "Let me lead you into Swampta- 
 tion, my dear," the boatmen attacked his office under 
 the leadership of this Captain Russell and threw his 
 machinery and .other equipment into the Ohio River. 
 On the invitation of a Frenchman who owned a 
 sheepyard, Mr. Roberts crossed the river to New 
 Albany, Indiana, and established there the Indiana 
 Recorder, which he published until his death about 
 1828. His political faith during his latter years was 
 that of .a Whig. 
 
 In religion Thomas H. Roberts was a Sweden- 
 borgian. He had a brother named for Emanuel 
 Swedenborg. He was given to preaching those 
 doctrines and to fiery arguments in support of 
 them. One occasion remembered and given place irt 
 the family traditions is connected with an incident 
 when Lorenzo Dow came to fulfill an appointment 
 made a year before and preached from a stump to 
 hundreds of people in a grove between the old or 
 Riverside Park and the new part of New Albany. 
 At the close of the address Grandfather Roberts 
 challenged the preacher and a bitter debate followed 
 for a good part of the afternoon, until as the speak- 
 ers approached from stump to stump, Grandfather 
 Roberts finally grasped and shook the Great Irregu- 
 lar by a long thin white chin-beard. Thomas H. 
 Roberts was a man of exceptional education and 
 mentality. He was educated in Baltimore, had a 
 fine classical training, and possessed one of the best 
 libraries in Kentucky, its volumes having filled 
 two great covered wagons when brought over the 
 Alleghanies. He wielded a trenchant, sarcastic edi- 
 torial pen, wrote good lyric poetry, and in his news- 
 papers and his speaking worked with broad liberal 
 sweep to build up the town and the schools, 
 churches and commercial concerns. His wife, Jane 
 Campbell, was a good, intelligent woman. Her 
 brother John was a member of Congress from his 
 district in Pennsylvania for a number of terms. Her 
 people were farmers, Whigs and Quakers, and her 
 parents and brothers, excepting John, moved to 
 Kentucky about 1820. Her mother, Sarah Sinclair 
 Campbell, was born in England, a very stately, stern 
 Quakeress. Her father talked a broad Scotch dia- 
 lect. Jane Roberts remained a Quaker despite her 
 husband's Swedenborgian doctrine. 
 
 The father of Miss Roberts was Thomas Henry 
 Roberts, Jr., born in Baltimore, August 7, 1815, and 
 brought to Kentucky in 1817 at the age of two years- 
 When nine years old in 1824 he began to check type 
 in his father's office, and in 1830 was apprenticed to 
 Shadrach Penn, printer. June 20, 1842, he married 
 at Frankfort, Kentucky, Miss Martha Duncan 
 Thompson. In 1851 he moved to St. Louis, where 
 he was foreman or proofreader on the Missouri Re- 
 publican, and on the Missouri Democrat for over 
 twenty years. In 1860 he bought a farm ninety miles 
 southeast of St. Louis, and gradually increased its 
 acreage to more than nine hundred. This old farm 
 had a fine old oak log house built in 1830, and an 
 oak-timbered barn with a double threshing floor. 
 This threshing floor was used for threshing after 
 the old manner of beating out grain with flails by 
 the entire settlement. The farm was four miles 
 from Steeleville in Crawford county, and the forest 
 closed all around it. In 1872 Mr. Roberts started a 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1221 
 
 paper, the Crawford Mirror, which is still in exist- 
 ence, its plant being installed in the remodeled barn. 
 In 1888 he came out to Oregon, started a paper called 
 the Harney Times, served as treasurer of Harney 
 county and of Harney City, was notary public, was 
 postmaster at Ironside, Oregon, at the age of eighty- 
 four and died at Cove, Oregon, January 20, 1903. 
 Until 1828 he had been a student in school, but after 
 that educated himself like Lincoln, and taught him- 
 self the Latin, Greek and German languages for the 
 sake of their literature. In politics he was a Demo- 
 crat, was a member of the Missionary Baptist 
 Church, and from 1861 to 1865 served in the* Mis- 
 souri State Militia. His wife was a daughter of 
 John Bennett Thompson and Ellen Jane (Kelly) 
 Thompson. She was bom in Mercer county, Ken- 
 tucky, May 24, 1824, and was reared after the death 
 of her mother by Nathan Scarce, a planter near 
 Franklin. Her father had served in the Black Hawk 
 war, and her grandfather, Captain Evans Thompson, 
 was a soldier of the Revolution. The Thompson 
 family was English in its ancestry. Mrs. Roberts 
 treasures many memories of her grandfather, Cap- 
 tain Thompson, having seen him and heard many of 
 his army stories and songs. She was named for his 
 mother, Martha Duncan. Captain Thompson came 
 to Kentucky from Virginia, after the Revolution, and 
 his wife, Chloe Bennett, was noted for her fear- 
 lessness in riding any distance to help sick women 
 or children in the wilderness. With forebears whose 
 characters and careers were notable for such attain- 
 ments and accomplishments as have been described it 
 is not surprising that Miss Roberts herself has led a 
 useful life. She was educated in the public schools 
 and the Steeleville Academy. In 1872, when twelve 
 years old, she began to set type in the Mirror office. 
 During the summer the family lived on the farm, 
 Oak Lawn, and in the winfer lived in St. Louis with 
 the father. In 1877-78 she took a course in piano 
 music under Professor Louis Lybeeker in the Or- 
 chard Musical Institute at Salem, Missouri. She 
 took up teaching as an assistant, and in 1887 moved 
 out to Oregon and taught in both that state and 
 Idaho until 1906. For a change during vacation she 
 worked in printing offices. In 1906 Miss Roberts 
 bought the North Powder News in North Powder, 
 Oregon, handled it successfully until October, 1909, 
 when she sold, and then moved to Boise, where she 
 bought an interest in the Idaho Unionist. Her in- 
 terest in that paper was sold in 1910, in which year 
 she established the Star Courier at Star, and has 
 since been identified with journalism and public af- 
 fairs at that place. 
 
 Miss Roberts is a Republican of the Progressive 
 type, and was unable to reconcile herself to the 
 Hilles-Channon minority. During the national cam- 
 paign of 1912 she served as county organizer and 
 chairman of the state publicity committee for south- 
 ern Idaho. She is now permanent committeeman 
 and member of the county executive committee, also 
 president of the local progressive club. She has 
 held no political office, and to use her own words, 
 not being a suffrlfeette, has no military record. 
 
 At a camp meeting held by Bishop Marvin of St. 
 Louis at Walton Springs in Crawford county, Mis- 
 souri, in September, 1874, Miss Roberts was con- 
 verted to the Methodist church, and was baptized 
 January 21, 1876. She has served as church trustee 
 and as an active worker in both church and Sun- 
 day school. Fraternally she has affiliated since 1895 
 
 with the Rebekah Lodge of the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows and has held offices as noble grand 
 and D. D. P. She organized the Rebekah Lodge at 
 North Powder, Oregon, Golden Rod Lodge No. 165, 
 and also organized and instituted Haines Lodge No. 
 170 at Dean, Oregon. She is affiliated with the 
 Woodmen of the World auxiliary, Women of Wood- 
 craft, is clerk of her lodge and an organizer for 
 Boise. She also belongs to the Women's Relief 
 Corps, and to the Boise Typographical Union. 
 
 A busy and contented career has never allowed 
 Miss Roberts to consider matrimony seriously. Her 
 home life has been ideal in its relations and her 
 outside interests, especially those which have 
 brought her into serviceable touch with children as 
 teacher, have supplied most of the things which are 
 the rewards of married life. Her mother, who was 
 a woman of fine and strong character, was an invalid 
 for nineteen years, and to her the daughter gave a 
 long and devoted service. Her father was her 
 teacher, critic, and intimate companion. None of 
 the family has cared for money, and she and the 
 others have lived the simple life from day to day 
 with plenty of books and those surroundings of 
 birds, flowers and sunshine and laughter and music 
 which afford the perfect environment for the whole- 
 some and high-minded. Miss Roberts and her wid- 
 owed elder sister continue the home life which pre- 
 vailed during the presence of their parents, but now 
 more than ever give their time to literary work. 
 There are children, since Miss Roberts' brother has 
 three fine boys, and her sister has three lovely chil- 
 dren. Miss Roberts herself has school children liv- 
 ing on a thousand hills in east Oregon and Idaho, 
 and that she has performed a useful and conscientious 
 service to these affords a satisfaction which is a fair 
 substitute for children of her own. Through her 
 paper and through her part in public life, she takes 
 a keen interest in child welfare work, and in fight- 
 ing the menace of child slavery. 
 
 In 1889 Miss Roberts pre-empted one hundred 
 and sixty acres of government land in Harney county, 
 Oregon, and lived on it until she had proved up the 
 claim. She relates that every minute of that experi- 
 ence was enjoyable from jumping the claim, getting 
 the cabin, ten by twelve feet, set up, and fencing the 
 grounds, to all the work of looking after the stock 
 and other duties connected with homesteading. While 
 living on that claim she walked to and from a little 
 school a mile and a half below her home, also made 
 printer's proof, and occasionally entertained her 
 friends with a dinner at the Frenchwoman's Hotel in 
 Burns. As a newspaper woman she maintains an 
 ideal for a clean local paper, lends her encouragement 
 to all good, assists in fighting the bad, and throughout 
 keeps a cheerful outlook and a steady uplift. She and 
 her sister, Mrs. D. L. Grace, do all their own work at 
 home, and it is a cheerful philosophy which she has 
 evolved from her experience in the world. She says : 
 "We find life easy for folks who work steadily and 
 intelligently, a good living for folk of simple taste 
 and contented mind, who spend no energy in hustling 
 for mere fine clothes and victuals." While always 
 busy Miss Roberts has traveled some, has read much, 
 and has always entered actively into the large, club, 
 home, church, and street concerns about her. And 
 all right thinking people would agree and rejoice with 
 her in her belief that she has been very happily 
 placed in life. 
 
1222 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 CHARLES V. FISHER. The financial interests of 
 southeastern Idaho are in the hands of capable and 
 conservative bankers, men whose lives have been 
 devoted to the handling of public and private moneys, 
 whose whole training has been along lines calculated 
 to safeguard the interests of investors and depositors. 
 Among these, one who has qualified as an able 
 banker is Charles V. Fisher, cashier of the D. W. 
 Standrod & Company private bank, of Blackfoot. 
 Starting with this firm something more than eleven 
 years ago, in a humble capacity, he has steadily 
 worked his way up the ladder, promotion succeed- 
 ing promotion, until today he is known as one of 
 the leading financiers of the city. Although shrewd- 
 ness has been a notable factor of his character, in all 
 of his dealings Mr. Fisher has maintained strictness, 
 fairness and integrity, and his opinion has always 
 carried weight with his associates in financial matters 
 of any nature. A short sketch of his career will 
 be interesting as ^showing how he has advanced 
 from the school room to the practical directing 
 head of a large and responsible business. 
 
 Mr. Fisher was born April 25, 1884, at Marys- 
 ville, Kansas, and is a son of James C. and Melvina 
 (Moore) Fisher. His father, a native of New York 
 state, moved to Kansas in 1880, and was there en- 
 gaged in fruit growing until 1889, that year seeing 
 his advent in Blackfoot, Idaho. He is now living 
 retired after a long and successful career. Mr. 
 Fisher has been a lifelong Republican, and has al- 
 ways been more or less active in civic affairs. Dur- 
 ing the Civil war, he enlisted in the Sixteenth Regi- 
 ment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, of which he 
 was a non-commissioned officer, and took part in 
 nineteen major battles during his five years of serv- 
 ice, including Vicksburg and Shiloh, in the latter of 
 which he was wounded. He also participated in 
 Sherman's famous march to the sea, and his entire 
 service was marked by the greatest bravery and 
 faithful attention to duty. On April 16, 1848, he was 
 married to Melvina Moore, a native of Wisconsin, 
 and they became the parents of four sons, of whom 
 Charles V. was the youngest. 
 
 Charles V. Fisher received his education in the 
 public schools of Blackfoot, Idaho, and Ogden, Utah, 
 which he attended until he was seventeen years of 
 age, at which time he was offered his first position, 
 a clerkship in the private bank of D. W. Standrod 
 & Company, at Blackfoot. That was something 
 more than eleven years ago, and today Mr. Fisher 
 has full charge of the cashier's desk, a position 
 which he has held for six years. He is a Republican 
 in his political views, and for the past four years 
 has been deputy county treasurer. Fraternally, he 
 is a member of the Masons and the Odd Fellows, 
 and as a member of the Commercial Club he has been 
 active in advancing Blackfoot's best interests. 
 
 In December, 1903, Mr. Fisher was married at 
 Blackfoot, to Miss Maude Sample, daughter of 
 William A. Sample, a native of Oregon, and they 
 have had two children: Charles D., born November 
 16, 1905; and Maxine, born July n, 1910. 
 
 FRANK W. MITCHELL, M. D, As one of the rep- 
 resentative physicians and surgeons of Bingham 
 county and as a vital and public-spirited citizen who 
 commands unqualified esteem in the state of his 
 adoption, Dr. Mitchell is entitled to specific recog- 
 nition in this publication. He is engaged in the suc- 
 cessful practice of his profession in the thriving 
 little city of Blackfoot and is known as a most 
 zealous student of the sciences of medicine and 
 surgery, with the advances in which he keeps in 
 the closest touch. 
 
 Dr. Mitchell is a native son of the golden West, 
 as he was born at Adin, Modoc county, California, 
 on the 6th of June, 1872. He is a son of Judge Mar- 
 tin W. and Antoinette (Curry) Mitchell, both of 
 whom were born at Crawfordsville, Indiana, in which 
 state the respective families were founded in the 
 early pioneer days. Judge Mitchell was born in 
 the year 1825 and has long been numbered among 
 the distinguished representatives of the legal profes- 
 sion in the West. He crossed the plains to Cali- 
 fornia in 1847, about two years prior to the his- 
 toric gold stampede to that state, and for sixty- 
 seven years he was engaged in the practice of his 
 profession in California and Oregon, besides which 
 he served six years on the bench of the supreme 
 court of California. He long wielded great influence 
 in public affairs and has been closely identified with 
 the development and upbuilding of our great western 
 empire. A man of the highest intellectual and pro- 
 fessional attainments, he has ordered his course on 
 a lofty plane of integrity and honor, and now 
 venerable in years he is living virtually retired at 
 Weiser, Idaho, to which state he came in 1884, about 
 six years prior to the admission of the territory to 
 the Union. His loved and devoted wife, who shared 
 with him the vicissitudes of pioneer life in the West, 
 was summoned to eternal rest, at Weiser, Idaho, on 
 the 9th of November, 1911. Of the five children 
 Dr. Mitchell is the youngest of the number. Judge 
 Mitchell has long been a leading exponent of the 
 principles and policies of the Democrat party and 
 he is a zealous member of the Presbyterian church, 
 as was also his wife. 
 
 Dr. Mitchell was a lad of about twelve years at 
 the time of the family removal to Idaho and after 
 completing the curriculum of the high school at 
 Weiser, the judicial center of Washington county 
 he availed himself of the advantages of a business 
 college in the city of Portland, Oregon. In 1893 
 he received the degree of Graduate in Pharmacy 
 from Willamette University, at Salem, Oregon, and 
 he then entered the celebrated Rush Medical Col- 
 lege, in the city of Chicago, in which he was grad- 
 uated as a member of the class of 1894 a d from 
 which he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine. 
 After his graduation he was engaged in the St. 
 Louis Hospital, at St. Louis, Missouri, until he 
 entered the Barnes Medical College in the city 
 of St. Louis, for the purpose of still further fortify- 
 ing himself for the work of his profession. From this 
 institution he received the supplemental degree of 
 Doctor of Medicine in 1903, and in 1901-2 he gained 
 most valuable clinical experience by serving as in- 
 terne in the St. Louis City Hospital, under the dis- 
 tinguished Dr. John Young Brown. Later he served 
 as interne in the general hospital at Rock Springs, 
 Wyoming; in 1907 he completed an effective post- 
 graduate course in the Chicago Polytechnic, and in 
 1910 he again availed himself of the advantages 
 of leading medical schools and hospitals in Chi- 
 cago, his professional ambition having permitted 
 him to spare no pains in keeping himself up to 
 the highest standard of efficiency in practice and 
 making use of the most approved modern methods 
 and remedial agents. 
 
 On the loth of October, 1903, Dr. Mitchell estab- 
 lished his residence and professional headquarters 
 at Blackfoot, and within the intervening period of 
 nearly a decade he has admirably proved his ability, 
 has built up a large and representative general prac- 
 tice and has gained an inviolable place in popular con- 
 fidence and esteem. He is at the present time vice 
 president of the Idaho State Medical Society, in 
 the affairs of which he takes the deepest interest, 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1223 
 
 and is also identified with the American Medical 
 Association. He is local medical examiner for fifty- 
 two, life insurance companies which control busi- 
 ness in Idaho, and he is affiliated with the Masonic 
 fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 and the Modern Woodmen of America. 
 
 In his civic attitude Dr. Mitchell is altogether 
 liberal and progressive, and he takes a lively interest 
 in all that touches the welfare of his home town, 
 county and state, with an abiding appreciation of 
 the manifold advantages and attractions of Idaho. 
 He is a Democrat in his political allegiance, and 
 both he and his wife are zealous communicants of 
 the Protestant Episcopal church. He is president 
 of the Parker Mountain Mining Company and has 
 also identified himself with other industrial and 
 commercial enterprises. He has achieved success 
 in a professional way and also has been able to gain 
 definite financial prosperity, his advancement rep- 
 resenting the concrete results of his own ability and 
 well directed endeavors. He earned the funds 
 which enabled him to complete his professional 
 education and his cash capital when he engaged 
 in practice at Blackfoot was limited to eighty dollars. 
 In his graduation in Barnes Medical College, St. 
 Louis, he received a gold medal for excellence in 
 deportment and in general average in examinations, 
 this being a trophy in which he may justly take 
 exceptional pride. 
 
 On the 1st of December, 1897, was solemnized 
 the marriage of Dr. Mitchell to Miss Winifred 
 Hopkins, of Weiser, this state. She was born in 
 Ohio and is a daughter of Andrew J. Hopkins, 
 who removed to Idaho when she was a girl. Mrs. 
 Mitchell is a most popular factor in connection 
 with the representative social activities of Blackfoot, 
 is president of the Ladies' Guild of the Protestant 
 Episcopal church, and is past worthy matron of the 
 Blackfoot chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. 
 Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell have no children. 
 
 LEO HENESH. Among the enterprising and sub- 
 stantial young business men given to Idaho by the 
 great empire of Austria-Hungary is the well-known 
 citizen of Blackfoot to whom this sketch is dedicated. 
 Coming to America as a youth of about eleven years, 
 he has won prosperity and independence through 
 his own efforts, and his sterling character has gained 
 him unequivocal esteem in the community in which 
 he has established his permanent home. He came 
 to America with virtually no capital save energy, 
 ambition, integrity and a thorough knowledge of his 
 trade, and his industry and judgment have enabled 
 him to make rapid and substantial advancement, so 
 that he is now one of the representative business 
 men of Bingham county. He is the owner of a 
 well improved farm property and a fine modern resi- 
 dence and conducts a most flourishing harness and 
 saddlery business at Blackfoot. His pronounced 
 success since coming to Idaho has made him the 
 more fully appreciative of the advantages and at- 
 tractions of the state, and he has fully identified 
 himself with local interests, as a progressive and 
 public-spirited citizen. 
 
 Mr. Henesh was born at Jaromeritz, province of 
 Moravia, Austria, on the i8th of September, 1877, 
 and is the youngest of the seven surviving children 
 of John and Josephine Henesh, both of wnom were 
 born and reared in Moravia, where the father be- 
 came a successful contractor and builder, besides 
 owning and operating a farm. He died in his na- 
 tive land, on the i6th bf January, 1879, at the age 
 of sixty-two years, and his widow still resides at 
 vol. ra 21 
 
 Jaromeritz, the subject of this review being the only 
 representative of the immediate family in America. 
 Mr. Henesh attended the schools of his home place 
 until he was thirteen years of age and he had a 
 short term of service in the Austrian army. At 
 the age noted he entered upon an apprenticeship to 
 the trade of harnessmaker, and in his service of four 
 years he became a skilled workman. After complet- 
 ing his apprenticeship he followed his trade as a 
 journeyman in his native land for seven years, and 
 he then determined to seek his fortunes in the United 
 States, where he believed he could find better op- 
 portunities for the winning of success through in- 
 dividual effort. He left Austria on the i6th of Feb- 
 ruary, 1902, and arrived in the port of New York 
 city on the 8th of the following month. Soon after- 
 ward he made his way to Chicago, where he was 
 employed at his trade for a short interval, as was 
 he later at Omaha, Nebraska. He next proceeded 
 to Montana, and there he found employment at his 
 trade in Billings and other towns, and on the i6th 
 of September, 1904, he came to Blackfoot, Idaho, his 
 intention being to take up a homestead claim in 
 this vicinity and to turn his attention to agricultural 
 pursuits. He could not obtain a tract of land such 
 as he desired, and under these conditions he pur- 
 chased the established harness business of Benjamin 
 Blarick, of Blackfoot. His skill as a workman fitted 
 him fully for the carrying forward of the enter- 
 prise and he soon gained secure hold upon the con- 
 fidence and esteem of the community, with the re- 
 sult that his business has been signally prospered. 
 His original capital did not exceed twelve hundred 
 dollars, and he now controls a business aggregating 
 about seven thousand dollars per annum. Energy 
 and good judgment have marked his course and also 
 an integrity of purpose that has not failed of pop- 
 ular appreciation. Mr. Henesh also owns and op- 
 erates a fine farm of forty acres, eligibly located one 
 and one-half miles distant from Blackfoot, and in 
 Blackfoot he has a most attractive modern residence, 
 which represents another evidence of the success 
 which he has achieved. 
 
 In politics Mr. Henesh is a staunch Democrat and 
 he takes a lively interest in all that concerns the 
 progress and prosperity of his home city and county, 
 though he has had no desire to enter public office. 
 He is a valued member of the Blackfoot Commercial 
 Club, has been affiliated with the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows for ten years, and both he and his 
 wife are popular in the social activities of their home 
 community. 
 
 At Blackfoot, on the 4th of June, 1906, was 
 solemnized the marriage of Mr. Henesh to Miss Mary 
 Burnett, daughter of John Burnett, and the one 
 child of this union is Mary, who was born on the 
 i6th of August, 1910. 
 
 JOSEPH B. DAVIS, M. D. The medical profession 
 has its full quota of able and honored representa- 
 tives in -Idaho, and worthy of special consideration 
 in this publication is Dr. Davis, of Blackfoot, Bing- 
 ham county, and who stands exponent of the highest 
 ethics of his exacting vocation, which he has digni- 
 fied and honored by his character and services, the 
 while his success and popularity afford the most 
 effective voucher for his ability and his hold upon 
 the confidence and esteem of the community in which 
 he finds a grateful stage for his professional activ- 
 ities. In point of years of active practice at Black- 
 foot he now has the distinction of priority over all 
 other representatives of his profession in this thriv- 
 ing little city, and he is essentially vital and loyal 
 
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 in his civic attitude, with a full appreciation of 
 the manifold attractions and advantages of the state 
 of his adoption. 
 
 Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, in one of his inimitable 
 post-prandial addresses, made the following humor- 
 ous metaphrase of a well known quotation: "Some 
 men are born great, some achieve greatness and 
 some are born in Ohio." In the final designation 
 of claim for greatness Dr. Davis finds place, as 
 he was born at Lancaster, the judicial center of 
 Fairfield county, Ohio, on the 4th of November, 
 1869. He is a son of Joseph K. and Hannah E, 
 (Hubbell) Davis, the former of whom died m 
 1911, in the city of Chicago, where he had been 
 for thirty years a prominent and honored member 
 of the Board of Trade and where his widow still 
 resides. Dr. Davis was a child at the time of the 
 family removal from Ohio to Illinois and the home 
 was established at Evanston, one of the most beauti- 
 ful of the suburbs of Chicago. There he availed 
 himself of the advantages of the public schools and 
 also of Northwestern University, and in preparation 
 for the work of his chosen profession he was matri- 
 culated in the Chicago Homoepathic Medical Col- 
 lege, in which he was graduated as a member of 
 the class of 1894 and from which he received his 
 degree of Doctor of Medicine. Dr. Davis initiated 
 the practice of his profession at Oregon, Illinois, 
 and continued his earnest and effective labors in that 
 state until his removal to Idaho in 1902. In 1899 
 he served as first lieutenant and assistant surgeon 
 of the Third Infantry Regiment of the Illinois Na- 
 tional Guard. In 1902 he established his home at 
 Blackfoot, Idaho, and as previously intimated, he is 
 now the oldest practitioner of this place in years of 
 consecutive professional work. He is also a regis- 
 tered pharmacist in Idaho, is a close and appreciative 
 student and keeps in touch with the advances made 
 in medical and surgical science, the while he is a 
 most effective exponent of the benignant school of 
 homoeopathy. His practice is of essentially rep- 
 resentative order and extends throughout the dis- 
 trict normally tributary to his home town. The 
 doctor served as county coroner in 1903-4, and simul- 
 taneously held the office of county physician of Bing- 
 ham county. Since 1903 he has been assistant sur- 
 geon for the Oregon Short Line Railroad, and he 
 is medical examiner for each of the following 
 named organizations : Woodmen of the World, Royal 
 Neighbors, Women of Woodcraft, Provident In- 
 surance Company, the Fraternal Aid Association, 
 Royal Highlanders, and the New York Mutual Life, 
 the Prudential Life and the Germania Life Insur- 
 ance companies. 
 
 Dr. Davis has the firmest hold on the confidence 
 and esteem of the people of his home county, not 
 only in matters pertaining to his profession but also 
 as a citizen of high ideals and progressive ideas. 
 He is deeply appreciative of the responsibility of 
 his chosen profession and no matter of expediency 
 can deflect him from his devotion to its ethics, as 
 represente'd in exalted principle and practice. The 
 doctor is a stalwart Republican in his political al- 
 legiance, and he has been a zealous member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal church for the past thirty years. 
 He is a talented musician and during virtually his 
 entire period of residence in Blackfoot he has been 
 organist of the local Methodist church. 
 
 On the I4th of November, 1894, was solemnized 
 the marriage of Dr. Davis to Miss Lora E. McCaleb, 
 daughter of Colonel Hubert A. and Sarah E. Mc- 
 Caleb, of Ottawa, Illinois, her father having been 
 colonel of a regiment of heavy artillery in the Civil 
 war and having been one of the youngest officers of 
 
 this rank in that great conflict. Mrs. Davis was 
 summoned to the life eternal on the i8th of April, 
 1910, secure in the high regard of all who had come 
 within the sphere of her gracious influence, and she 
 is survived by two children, Lucille B. and Joseph 
 Cowell, aged respectively, fifteen and ten years. On 
 February 27, 1913, Dr. Davis married Miss Evadale 
 Hubbell, of Harlan, Iowa. 
 
 THOMAS C. SALT. One of the most prominent and 
 influential residents of the town of Arco, is Thomas 
 C. Salt, who since coming here to reside in 1907, has. 
 been a leader in many phases of the life of the town. 
 In addition to a natural business ability he has the 
 advantages of a good education and years of experi- 
 ence in dealing with men. He is a firm believer in all 
 progressive measures and has been an active factor 
 in promoting the growth of the town. 
 
 Born in Washington, D. C. on the I5th of Jan- 
 uary, 1856, Thomas C. Salt is the son of Thomas 
 John Salt. The latter was born in London, England, 
 and came to America in the early fifties. When his 
 son was two years old he and his wife, Katherine 
 Salt, removed from Washington to New York city 
 and until his death he resided there, as manager 
 for E. V. Houghett and Company, a well known 
 firm of cutlery dealers. His death occurred in 1865, 
 and two years later, his wife, who was a native of 
 Maryland, passed away. 
 
 The first schooling which Thomas C. Salt received 
 was in the public schools of New York city. He 
 was only twelve years of age when his mother's 
 death left him all alone in the world, and he then 
 came West, going to work on a farm near West 
 Salem, Wisconsin. He remained here for four years, 
 making his home with Joshua Howe, an old Baptist 
 deacon, who was very kind to the little orphaned 
 lad. He saw to it that the boy received further 
 education and the boy had a happy home with him 
 until his death. At the age of seventeen Mr. Salt 
 began teaching and until 1892 he was thus engaged 
 in various sections of the state of Wisconsin. In 
 
 1893 he was elected county superintendent of schools 
 of Trempeleau county, and so satisfactory was his 
 service in this position that he was re-elected in 
 
 1894 and again in 1896. He served thus for three 
 terms and it was with regret that the people of 
 the county saw him leave in 1898 to take up his resi- 
 dence in the West. He came to Milton, Oregon, 
 and for four years was the efficient principal of 
 schools in that city. 
 
 He decided at the expiration of this time to enter 
 the business world, and coming to Arco, Idaho, in 
 1907, he became one of the organizers and stock 
 holders of the Bank of Commerce of Arco. From 
 June, 1907, until September, 1909, he served as 
 cashier of this bank, and after resigning this posi- 
 tion he established his present business. He is now 
 engaged in the real estate, loan and insurance 
 business, and has met with much success along 
 these lines. In addition to his business cares he 
 is also notary public, justice of the peace and police 
 court judge. A day with Mr. Salt is therefore, 
 likely to be crammed to the brim with all kinds 
 of matters. He is the owner of three hundred 
 and twenty acres of land not far from Arco, and 
 owns his own home, "as well as other pieces of 
 valuable city property. * 
 
 In politics Mr. Salt is a member of the Re- 
 publican party, and on January 6, 1913, he was ap- 
 pointed United States Commissioner for the district 
 of Idaho. He is a member of the Ancient Free 
 and Accepted Masons and of the Eastern Star, and 
 he also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1225 
 
 Fellows and to the Modern Woodmen of America. 
 He takes a prominent part in religious affairs and 
 is a staunch supporter of the Baptist church. 
 
 Mr. Salt was married at LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 
 to Miss Emma Bell, on the 1st of November, 1878. 
 She was a native of Pennsylvania and died in Feb- 
 ruary, 1896. On the ijth of September, 1908, Mr. 
 Salt was married to Miss Agnes Robertson, a native 
 of Wisconsin. This marriage took place in Arcadon, 
 Wisconsin, and no children have been born of this 
 marriage. Mr. Salt is the father of three children 
 by his first marriage. Lillian, the eldest of these, is 
 the wife of Dr. J. A. Best, of Pendleton, Oregon; 
 Harry lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Mertie is 
 the wife of J. Grant and lives in the state of Wash- 
 ington. 
 
 WILLARD G. SWEET. After traveling over a large 
 part of the country and living in various sections, 
 Willard G. Sweet has come to the conclusion that 
 Idaho and especially that section of it in which 
 Arco is located is the finest country in the world. 
 He has strong personal reasons for so thinking 
 for it is here that his greatest success has been 
 made. He started here with a small mercantile bus- 
 iness and has developed it into one of the most 
 valuable businesses in the town. He has had a 
 wide experience as a merchant and has put this ex- 
 perience to use in the most practical way. He is 
 active in civic affairs and his sound judgment of 
 men and conditions has made him very influential 
 in political affairs and a prominent factor in party 
 matters. He is, in short, one of those men whom 
 the rapidly growing towns of the far West have 
 developed, a man who can handle many interests 
 with the ease with which his eastern brother man- 
 ages one. 
 
 Willard G. Sweet was born in Mattawan, Van- 
 Buren county, Michigan, on the 22nd of December, 
 1858. His father was Aaron Sweet, who was born 
 in Canada, but whose parents were from the state 
 of Pennsylvania. He was born in 1819 and came 
 to Michigan during the pioneer days of that state 
 in 1837. Here he followed the vocation of the day, 
 and as a farmer became fairly successful. Not con- 
 tent to be a farmer alone, he established a mer- 
 cantile business and was successful in this also. 
 Like his son he took a keen interest in the wel- 
 fare of the country, and was prominent in local 
 political affairs, filling a number of offices in the 
 town of Decatur, and taking active part in civic 
 matters. He died in 1896 at Decatur, Michigan. 
 Aaron Sweet married Orpha White, a native of 
 Rochester, New York, where she was born in 1829. 
 She is yet living and makes her home in Decatur, 
 Michigan, where she has resided for the past fifty 
 years. Aaron Sweet and his wife became the parents 
 of five children and of these Willard Sweet is the 
 youngest but one. 
 
 Until he was seventeen years of age Willard Sweet 
 attended the public schools of Decatur. He was 
 thus early taught how to work, and upon leaving 
 school he took a position as clerk in the store of 
 Joseph Cohen. In this store he learned the clothing 
 business, and until 1889 he followed clerical work 
 of various kinds. In 1889, however, he had saved 
 enough money to go into business for himself and 
 coming west to King, Colorado, he established him- 
 self in the mercantile business and became quite 
 successful. He remained thus engaged for two years, 
 and during his residence in this town served as its 
 postmaster, and was a prominent member of the life 
 of the place. From Colorado he removed to Evans- 
 ton, Wyoming, and here became manager for the 
 
 Beckwith Commercial Company. In this capacity 
 he was sent to Carbon, Wyoming, and there remained 
 for a year and a half, removing thence to Bay Horse, 
 Idaho, where he took charge of the store and mines 
 of O. G. Salisbury. This was in 1892 and he re- 
 mained here as the manager of the Salisbury in- 
 terests until 1894 when the mines closed down and he 
 then went to Custer, Idaho. He remained in busi- 
 ness here but a short time, however, becoming 
 assayer and bookkeeper for the Lucky Boy mine. 
 He now went into mining on his own account and 
 for the next fifteen years was engaged in mining in 
 various sections. 
 
 It was in 1909 that Mr. Sweet came to Arco, 
 Idaho, and purchased the small mercantile business 
 of Otto Fleischer. In the three years that have 
 elapsed since that time, Mr. Sweet has developed 
 his present large general merchandise business, and 
 has become a successful man. He is also the op- 
 erator of a three hundred and twenty acre dry 
 farm near Arco, and has been quite as success- 
 ful a farmer as a merchant. 
 
 A Republican in politics, Mr. Sweet has always 
 been active in behalf of his party, and is almost 
 always to be found at the state conventions. He is 
 a member of several fraternal societies, being a 
 Mason and member of the chapter. He is also a 
 member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
 and belongs to the Knights of Pythias. 
 
 Mr. Sweet married Miss Ivy Morgan, at Watseka, 
 Illinois, on the igth of December, 1909. Mrs. Sweet 
 is a daughter of Decatur and Elizabeth Morgan, and 
 a niece of Judge Morgan. She is a native of Illinois, 
 having been born in Watseka. One son, Willard 
 Morgan Sweet, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Sweet; his birth occurring on the 2nd of Novem- 
 ber, 1910, at Pocatello, Idaho. 
 
 OTTO B. FLEISCHER. One of the prominent and 
 successful business men of Arco, Idaho, is Otto B. 
 Fleischer, who has resided for many years in or near 
 this city. He has been engaged in ranching and 
 farming and through hard work and wise manage- 
 ment has become a prosperous man. As a citizen of 
 this community no one is more highly respected, for 
 while winning wealth for himself he has also found 
 the time to take a useful and leading part in the 
 public affairs of the town, and has held a number 
 of important positions of public trust. 
 
 Otto B. Fleischer is a native of Germany, as some 
 of his strongest characteristics plainly indicate. He 
 was born on the I7th of December, 1861, at Tilsit, 
 in East Prussia, the son of Frederick. The latter 
 was a prominent man in Germany, being well known 
 throughout the empire as an able educator. He was 
 a German by birth and for thirty years was dean of 
 the Imperial School at Tilsit. He lived and died in 
 Germany, his death occurring in 1882, at the age of 
 sixty-nine, in his home at Tilsit. He married Emma 
 Danielis, who was also German born, and whose 
 death occurred in 1902 at the age of eighty-four. 
 Eight children were bom of this union and of these 
 Otto Fleischer was the sixth in order of birth. 
 
 Young Otto received his education in the schools 
 of Germany, but at the age of sixteen he put aside 
 his school books and was apprenticed to a brewer. 
 He remained with this brewer for three years and 
 at the end of this time he determined to try his for- 
 tune in America. Upon reaching the shores of his 
 future homeland he came directly to Salt Lake City, 
 Utah, and the day after his arrival in the western 
 city found him in possession of a position in the 
 brewery of Henry Wagener. Here he remained for 
 three years, at the end of which time he gave up his 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 trade never to return to it. He removed to Idaho, 
 settling near Arco, where he became in time a pros- 
 perous rancher and farmer. He has been a rancher 
 for twenty-four years and is now the owner of two 
 hundred and forty acres of the finest land in this sec- 
 tion. He also has valuable holdings in city realty. 
 
 In politics Mr. Fleischer is a member of the Re- 
 publican party and one of the most active workers 
 in the county. For the past fpurteen years he has 
 served as United States commissioner, having been 
 appointed by Judge Beaty, and reappointed by Judge 
 Dietrich, his last term expiring on October 25, 1912. 
 He served for fifteen years as justice of the peace, 
 and has also been notary public for a number of 
 years. He was appointed postmaster of Arco in 
 1902 and served until 1909. He has filled each one 
 of these offices in a way that was an honor to him- 
 self and to the community. 
 
 In the fraternal world Mr. Fleischer is a member 
 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and also 
 belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
 and to the Modern Woodmen of America. 
 
 Having spent practically a quarter of a century in 
 this section of Idaho, Mr. Fleischer should be con- 
 sidered well qualified to speak of its advantages and 
 disadvantages, and he says that he would live no- 
 where else, being more than satisfied with conditions 
 as they are now. 
 
 DAVID H. BIETHAN. One of the honored pioneers 
 and representative business men of southeastern 
 Idaho is he whose name initiates this review. He 
 conducts a large and well equipped general mer- 
 chandise establishment in the thriving little city of 
 Blackfoot, Bingham county, and as a merchant he 
 holds precedence over all others save two in this 
 section of the state in point of years of consecutive 
 identification with this line of enterprise. Mr. Bie- 
 than has had the judgment to avail himself fully of 
 the advantages offered in the state, which has been 
 his home since the territorial days, and has achieved 
 large and worthy success through his own ability 
 and well-ordered endeavors. No citizen of Bingham 
 county is held in higher confidence and esteem, and 
 this has been shown by his being called upon to serve 
 in various offices of distinctive public trust. His 
 character is the positive expression of a strong and 
 loyal nature, and as a representative citizen of Idaho 
 he is eminently entitled to recognition in this his- 
 torical publication. 
 
 David H. Bietham was born in Lee county, Iowa, 
 on the loth of September, 1856, and is a scion of one 
 of the sterling pioneer families of the fine old Hawk- 
 eye state. He is a son of Frederick and Dora Bie- 
 than, both of whom were born and reared in Ger- 
 many and the marriage of whom was solemnized in 
 Iowa, in which state the father established his home 
 in 1847, two years after his emigration to America, 
 his wife having come to America with her parents 
 in 1853 and the family home having soon afterward 
 been established in Iowa. Frederick Biethan was 
 one of the pioneer merchants of Iowa, and was a 
 man whose uprightness and industry gave him secure 
 place in the confidence of his fellow men. He died 
 at Fort Madison, Iowa, in 1896, at the age of seventy- 
 nine years, and David Biethan's mother died in 1862, 
 at the age of forty-two years, he being the eldest of 
 their three children. His father was three times 
 married. 
 
 In the public schools of his native state David H. 
 Biethan pursued his studies until he had attained to 
 the age of fifteen years and he then entered upon an 
 apprenticeship to the trade of harness maker. He 
 served three years and became a skilled workman. 
 
 After working one year as a journeyman at his trade 
 he removed, in 1877, to Pawnee county, Kansas, 
 where he secured land and turned his attention to 
 agricultural pursuits. Two years later he removed 
 to Georgetown, Colorado, where he remained two 
 years, during which he followed his trade and was 
 also identified with mining enterprises, besides which 
 he served as a member of the Colorado National 
 Guard. 
 
 In 1882 Mr. Biethan came to Idaho and established 
 his home in the little frontier village of Blackfoot, 
 where he engaged in the harness business, beginning 
 operations upon a most modest scale. Ambitious, 
 indefatigable and enterprising, he made advancement 
 of substantial order, and he has been most closely 
 identified with the civic and material development 
 and upbuilding of Blackfoot and Bingham county. 
 He finally engaged in the general merchandise busi- 
 ness in 1884, and with the growth and upbuilding 
 of the country about Blackfoot his -enterprise has 
 constantly expanded in scope and importance, until 
 the average annual business is now fully one hun- 
 dred and twenty thousand dollars. The Biethan 
 establishment is the largest department store in this 
 section of the state and in equipment and stock is 
 maintained at the highest standard, the while fair 
 and honorable dealings have given it enviable reputa- 
 tion and secured to it a large and appreciative sup- 
 port. Several clerical employes are retained and the 
 proprietor is known and honored throughout the 
 district from which this trade is derived. He has 
 made large and judicious investments in farm lands 
 in Bingham county and is one of the principal stock- 
 holders of the Blackfoot Waterworks Company. He 
 has shown his appreciation of the conditions which 
 have made possible his personal success and has 
 given earnest cooperation in the furtherance of 
 measures and enterprises through which the best in- 
 terests of the community have been conserved. 
 
 Mr. Biethan has been a zealous worker in local 
 political ranks and has been influential in public af- 
 fairs. He served two terms of two years each as 
 treasurer of Bingham county and gave a most care- 
 ful and able administration of the fiscal affairs of the 
 county. He was city treasurer of Blackfoot for six 
 years, and was treasurer of the board of education 
 for ten years, besides which he was a member of 
 the city council for two terms. These preferments 
 emphatically indicate the high standing which he has 
 ever maintained in his home county, and no citizen 
 has a more generous share of popular confidence 
 and esteem. Mr. Biethan is a charter member of 
 the Blackfoot Commercial Club and is in full accord 
 with its enterprising policies and high civic ideals. 
 He is affiliated with the Blackfoot lodge of Free and 
 Accepted Masons and with the local camp of the 
 Woodmen of the World. 
 
 In the attractive little city that has long been his 
 home and the stage of his well ordered endeavors, 
 Mr. Biethan was united in marriage, on the 5th of 
 November, 1885, to Miss Susan E. Holbrook, who 
 was born in Indiana and reared to maturity in Illi- 
 nois. In 1883, when seventeen years of age, she 
 accompanied her parents on their removal to Bing- 
 ham county, Idaho, where she has since maintained 
 her home. She is a daughter of B. S. Holbrook, an 
 honored pioneer of Bingham county, and here he 
 died, the mother still residing in Bingham county. 
 Mrs. Biethan is a woman of distinctive culture and 
 is a prominent and popular figure in church, literary 
 and social circles. She is at the present time treas- 
 urer of the Idaho State Federation of Women's 
 Clubs, and formerly served as president of the third 
 district organization of this federation. Mr. and 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1221 
 
 Mrs. Biethan have four children, all of whom were 
 born at Blackfoot Susan, Leonore, Frederick How- 
 ard, and Winifred. 
 
 ALFRED M. HOOVER, the energetic and successful 
 proprietor of Blackfoot's leading pharmacy, is en- 
 titled to a place among the well-known business men 
 of his section, not because of long residence, for he 
 came here only in 1907, but by reason of what he has 
 been able to accomplish in his chosen vocation and 
 as a citizen interested in the public welfare. Mr. 
 Hoover is a native son of Idaho, having been born 
 at Montpelier, April 2, 1884, a, son of Dr. C. A. and 
 Johanna (Claxton) Hoover. 
 
 The first of the Hoover name to settle in the 
 United States were three brothers, who emigrated 
 from Germany, and from one of these descended 
 the great-grandfather of Alfred M. Hoover, who 
 was a resident of Maryland. Michael Hoover, the 
 
 S'andfather, was an early settler of Washington, 
 . C., and there his son, Dr. C. A. Hoover, was 
 born. The paternal grandmother bore the maiden 
 name of Barbara Zell. On the maternal side, Mr. 
 Hoover is also of German descent, his ancestors 
 being of the Quaker religion, and early settlers of 
 Virginia, where his great-grand father, Jacob Hough, 
 settled in Colonial times. Dr. C. A. Hoover spent 
 his early years in Washington, D. C., where he was 
 educated for and entered the medical profession. In 
 1880 he came West and settled in Montpelier, Idaho, 
 being engaged in practice in that city until 1904, 
 when he came to Blackfoot to fill the appointment 
 of superintendent of the Idaho State Insane Asylum. 
 After six years, he returned to private practice, and 
 is now the oldest practicing physician in the state. 
 His wife, Johanna (Claxton) Hoover, also a native 
 of Washington, D. C, died in February, 1886, at 
 Montpelier, Idaho, having been the mother of two 
 children, Edward and Alfred M. 
 
 Alfred M. Hoover received his education in the 
 public schools of Washington, D. C., and Mont- 
 pelier, Idaho, and the University of Utah, from 
 which latter institution he was graduated at the age 
 of eighteen years. At that time he left home and 
 took up the study of pharmacy, following that voca- 
 tion in the employ of others for five years. In 1907 
 he came to Blackfoot and established himself in busi- 
 ness, and his drug store is now the leading one of 
 the city, retaining a large and representative busi- 
 ness. The growth and development of this business 
 from an establishment of modest proportions into 
 one of the leading enterprises of the city has been 
 brought about by Mr. Hoover's constant attention to 
 business, his thorough knowledge of his profession, 
 the excellence and reliability of his stock, and his 
 infinite care in compounding prescriptions. He car- 
 ries a complete line of first-class goods, comparing 
 favorably with those to be found in the leading 
 pharmacies of the state, and has attracted customers 
 by a genial and pleasant personality. His political 
 belief is that of the Republican party, but his private 
 interests have engrossed his attention to such an ex- 
 tent that he has not thought of public life. He is 
 interested in fraternal work, belonging to the 
 Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Royal High- 
 landers. 
 
 On September 20, 1909, at Blackfoot, Mr. Hoover 
 was united in marriage with Miss Maude Smyers, 
 a member of an old and prominent pioneer family, 
 and to this union there have come two children: 
 Elizabeth Martha, born at Blackfoot, December 29, 
 1910, and Margarette, born January 11, 1913. 
 
 J. E. AND H. C TOEVS. As the proprietors and 
 operators of_one of the largest and most successful 
 mercantile establishments in Aberdeen, Idaho, J. E. 
 and H. C. Toevs are accounted two of the most im- 
 portant representatives of the business world. These 
 two brothers having taken charge of the business 
 established by their father, have proved that they 
 inherited his ability and also the sturdy virtues of 
 their German ancestry. They are not only prominent 
 in the business world, but are active in other ways 
 and have shown their energy and level-headedness 
 in various matters of public interest with which they 
 have been connected. 
 
 The father of these two young men is Henry 
 Toevs, who is a native of Germany, having come to 
 this country about 1882. He first settled in Newton, 
 Kansas, where he opened a mercantile establishment 
 and by thrift and industry became very successful. 
 He removed to Idaho in 1008, settling in Aberdeen 
 when there were very few residents of the then new 
 town. He came here in October and in December 
 of the same year he opened the doors of his mer- 
 cantile establishment for the trade of the people. 
 This new store, which was called the People's Store, 
 became popular immediately and has since that time 
 become one of the leading business houses of Aber- 
 deen. When Mr. Toevs came to Aberdeen he 
 brought his entire family, which consisted of his wife 
 and seven children, and by this addition the popula- 
 tion of the town was advanced to nineteen people. 
 His wife was Ann Wiebe, also a native of Germany, 
 who came to America about 1882 or 1883. After re- 
 tiring from active business Henry Toevs took up his 
 residence on a farm about four miles from Aberdeen 
 and there he has since made his home. 
 
 The Toevs brothers were born in Newton, Kan- 
 sas, and both received their early education in the 
 public schools of that place. J. E. then attended a 
 business college in Newton, and after completing the 
 course here offered he spent two years in Newton 
 learning the clothing business. Henry, after leaving 
 school, also determined that he would go into the 
 mercantile business, so he went to St. Louis, Mis- 
 souri, and there learned the wholesale shoe business. 
 He remained in this business for two years, at the 
 end of this time coming out to Idaho. Upon the 
 retirement of their father from the active manage- 
 ment of the People's Store in Aberdeen, John E. 
 and Henry C. assumed charge. The success with 
 which they have met may be realized by the fact that 
 the sales during the past year have amounted to 
 approximately thirty-five thousand dollars. 
 
 In politics, both of the young merchants prefer 
 to vote independently. They are enthusiastic and 
 active members of the Aberdeen Commercial Club, 
 and John E. is now serving as one of the governors 
 of this club. In religious matters both are members 
 of the Mennonite church. Both men have always 
 taken an active part in the upbuilding of the town 
 and in all civic matters. John E. is at present chair- 
 man of the finance committee of the Aberdeen Com- 
 pany Operative Experiment Station, and has been a 
 prominent factor in the success of this enterprise. 
 The confidence which these two merchants feel in 
 the bright future which awaits Aberdeen and the 
 surrounding country is best evinced by their invest- 
 ments of their money in land. They have taken up 
 homesteads not far from the town and are the 
 owners of considerable city realty. Their enthusiasm 
 over the prospects for the future and the practical 
 manner in which they are showing their confidence 
 in the growth of the town during the coming years 
 makes them valuable members of the community, 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 for their example cannot but inspire others with the 
 same beliefs. 
 
 On June 20, 1912, John E. Toevs was married m 
 Pocatello, Idaho, to Miss Nellie Lichtenheld, a native 
 of the state of Iowa and a daughter of John Lichten- 
 held. The marriage of Henry C. occurred on the 
 30th of November, 1910, 'at Salt Lake City, Utah, 
 when he was married to Miss Louie Hardy. The 
 latter was born in Utah and is the daughter of E. V. 
 Hardy, and they have one child, Helen. 
 
 MAHLON L. HAINES. One of the prominent mem- 
 bers of the business world of the thriving little city 
 of Aberdeen, Idaho, is Mahlon L. Haines, who was 
 the very first man to locate on the townsite of this 
 new town when it was opened up. He is now one 
 of the leading merchants in the town and has served 
 as postmaster ever since a postoffice has been here 
 located. Having a firm belief in the future of the 
 state and especially of the section surrounding Aber- 
 deen, he has always been active in all matters that 
 tend to improve conditions or add to the attractive- 
 ness and advantages of the town. He is one of that 
 class of men who naturally take the lead in public 
 matters and the people of this section have grown to 
 depend upon him to take an active part in all matters 
 of public interest. 
 
 Mahlon L. Haines was born in Hamilton county, 
 Indiana, on the 4th of September, 1864. His father 
 wa's Mahlon Haines, who was a native of the state 
 of Ohio. In the early days of the Middle West he 
 moved into Indiana and settled near Indianapolis. 
 This was in 1825 and at this time the city of Indian- 
 apolis consisted of one house. He entered land there 
 and for many years followed farming and merchan- 
 dising with a fair amount of success. He was a 
 stanch Quaker, and descended from an old English 
 family. He lived to be eighty-six years of age, dying 
 in 1902 on the old home place near Indianapolis. He 
 married Mary Phelps, a native of Ohio, where she 
 was born in Hamilton county, in 1825. As a young 
 girl she removed to Indiana with her parents and 
 there she met and married Mahlon Haines. Her 
 death occurred on the 4th of July, 1911, at the old 
 homestead, at the age of eighty-six years. Seven 
 daughters and five sons were born to this union and 
 of these children Mahlon L. Haines was the ninth 
 in order of birth. 
 
 Mahlon L. Haines first attended the schools of 
 Carmel, Indiana. He later entered an academy .at 
 Westfield, Indiana, which was under the auspices of 
 the Quakers. Here he remained until he was 
 twenty-one years of age. He was reared on his 
 father's farm and remained there until he began 
 teaching. He really began this work before he was 
 himself through school, having charge of his first 
 school at the age of nineteen. For a period of fifteen 
 years he followed the profession of his choice, teach- 
 ing in schools throughout the state of Indiana. He 
 was then elected principal of the Gray schools of 
 Hamilton county, Indiana, and for ten years held 
 this position, doing much during this period to in- 
 crease the efficiency of the school system of that 
 county. 
 
 It was in the spring of 1906 that he determined to 
 come West. He came directly to the town of Aber- 
 deen and he and his wife were the first people to 
 locate on the townsite, as has been previously men- 
 tioned. He took up one hundred and sixty acres 
 and proved up on this land, which he still owns and 
 which is now all in a fine state of cultivation. In 
 the fall of 1906 Mr. Haines entered into a partner- 
 ship with E. W. Harold and together they established 
 the first mercantile concern in the town. They did 
 
 a flourishing business from the first, and the partner- 
 ship continued until 1909, at which time Mr. Harold 
 withdrew and Mr. Haines has since continued the 
 business alone. He has been very successful as a 
 merchant and in spite of the fact that he had the 
 advantage of being the first on the ground he could 
 not have held his trade against the competition of 
 rival merchants had he not had a large amount of 
 business ability and had he not offered a fine class 
 of goods to his patrons. 
 
 In politics Mr. Haines is a member of the Repub- 
 lican party and is an active factor in the affairs of 
 this party in Bingha/n county.' In April, 1907, he 
 was appointed postmaster of Aberdeen and has 
 served in this office ever since, to the satisfaction of 
 everyone, no matter what his political persuasion. 
 As a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows he has always taken an active part in the fra- 
 ternal affairs of the town. The family of Mr. Haines 
 having been Quakers, he was raised in this belief, 
 but later in life became a member of the Presby- 
 terian church. In Aberdeen he is well known as a 
 worker in that church and is an elder in that denom- 
 ination, having been sent as a delegate to the national 
 convention at Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1910. 
 
 Mr. Haines was married in 1894, on the 22nd of 
 August, to Miss Rate S. Stephenson, the ceremony 
 taking place at Jolietteville, Hamilton county, In- 
 diana. Mrs. Haines is a native of the state of 
 Indiana, and is of English parentage, her father and 
 mother being Joseph and Jane Stephenson. One 
 daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Haines. 
 This daughter, Florence, who was born in Hamilton 
 county, Indiana, May 28, 1895, is an accomplished 
 musician, being gifted not only with a beautiful voice 
 but also with ability as an instrumentalist. She is 
 now attending an Eastern school, where she is com- 
 pleting her musical and literary education. 
 
 Although Mr. Haines has lived in Idaho for a 
 comparatively short time, yet the love for the state 
 which all residents of this favored land appear to feel 
 is thoroughly ingrained in him. He declares that he 
 has no desire whatever to return to the East, and 
 believes that no state in the Union offers the oppor- 
 tunities that Idaho and particularly the section in 
 which he resides give to a man. 
 
 JONOTHAN E. RAWSON. Long and continued asso- 
 ciation with the lumber business in all its varied 
 forms gave to Jonothan E. Rawson a familiarity 
 and acquaintance with that industry sufficient to en- 
 title him to consideration in any gathering of lum- 
 bermen, but in 1911 Mr. Rawson saw fit to withdraw 
 himself from that business and he became associated 
 with E. C. White, Jr., under the firm name of Raw- 
 son & White, for the purpose of engaging in the 
 hardware business. He has thus been identified with 
 the business interests and activities of Pocatello since 
 1908, and his progress has been of the most rapid 
 and insistent order. 
 
 Born in Dallas county, Iowa, on the 9th of Novem- 
 ber, 1873, Jonothan E. Rawson is the son of Dr. 
 Edmond A. Rawson, a native of New Hampshire, 
 who settled in Iowa soon after the close of the Civil 
 war. He served in the Union army during that bit- 
 ter and protracted conflict, and since that time has 
 been engaged in the practice of medicine, his present 
 home being at Madrid, Iowa. His wife, and the 
 mother of the Pocatello merchant, was Sarah Bur- 
 ton, a native lowan, and they were married in that 
 state after the doctor located there. She died at the 
 old home in 1876, and is there buried. 
 
 The early education of Mr. Rawson came to him 
 through the avenues of the public schools of his 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1229 
 
 native town and the high school of Slater. He later 
 pursued a preparatory course at Ames College, in 
 Jowa. While attending college Mr. Rawson was 
 seized violently with an attack of Western fever, and 
 he accordingly set out for the West, being about 
 twenty-one years old at that time. He located in 
 the Indian Valley in Idaho in 1894 and worked on a 
 stock farm for about a year, then went to Portland, 
 Oregon, where he spent two years in an architect's 
 office and gave a year to the lumber business. His 
 next move took him to Berkeley, California, where 
 he was occupied in the lumber business for two years 
 for the Pocatello Lumber Company, and then re- 
 turned to his native state, and in Cambridge he was 
 busily occupied in lumber activities for a period of 
 six years. The call of the West again' brought him 
 to Idaho, and for four years he was identified with 
 the J. C. Weeter Lumber Company in Pocatello, 
 after which he went into the real-estate business for 
 a year, in the service of E. C. White & Co. At the 
 end of that time Mr. Rawson became the partner of 
 E. C. White, Jr., under the firm name of Rawson & 
 White, and the new firm established itself in the 
 hardware business in Pocatello, with what success 
 has already been noted in a previous paragraph. A 
 full line of general hardware comprises the stock 
 of the Rawson & White Hardware Company, and 
 they are rapidly f6rging to the forefront in the 
 business activities of the city and county. 
 
 Mr. Rawson is a member of the Congregational 
 church and of the Commercial Club of Pocatello, in 
 both of which he takes an active interest. He is a 
 Republican, but not more than ordinarily active in 
 political affairs, his interest not being beyond that 
 of a conscientious voter. 
 
 Mr. Rawson is a devoted student of the violin, 
 and that might be said to be his sole hobby. Cer- 
 tain it is that he derives his chief pleasure from the 
 time he spends in its study, but he takes an unmis- 
 takable interest in horses and dogs, and is devoted 
 to the best in literature. Mr. Rawson is unmarried. 
 
 WALTER TAYLOR OLIVER. Noteworthy among the 
 pioneers of Idaho is Walter Taylor Oliver, one of 
 the leading business men and a highly esteemed citi- 
 zen of American Falls, who in his young manhood 
 cast his fortunes with this commonwealth in its terri 
 torial days and for thirty-five years has been a resi- 
 dent of Oneida county. Together with all the fear- 
 lessness, determination and preseverance required by 
 the pioneer, he brought business ability and through- 
 out his long identification with Idaho he has been 
 an earnest and zealous worker in its upbuilding. 
 While due recognition is given to the splendid pro- 
 fessional, business and industrial talent of the state 
 today, yet it has been the pioneer of the trying-out 
 period who revealed the possibilities of the common- 
 wealth and has blazed the way for others. It is with 
 pleasure that we preserve in this enduring form a 
 brief record of one of these worthy workers. 
 
 Judge Oliver, as he is familiarly known to his 
 many friends and acquaintances, was born in Hali- 
 fax county, Virginia, September 25. 1850,. a son of 
 Isaac and Fannie E. (Wade) Oliver. Both parents 
 were native Virginians and migrated to Callaway 
 county, Missouri, with their family in 1857. There 
 Isaac Oliver became a prominent farmer and en- 
 gaged extensively in the raising of mules, being one 
 of the men that has made Callaway county famous 
 in the latter direction. He also entered promi- 
 nently into the political life of his community as a 
 staunch Democrat. Isaac Oliver passed away in 1879 
 and was survived by his wife until 1906. 
 
 Walter T. was reared on the farm and received 
 his schooling in Callaway county. At the age of 
 twenty-three he left home and went to Denver, Colo- 
 rado, where he was employed four years with a 
 large contracting firm, the last three years as man- 
 ager and superintendent. On August 10, 1877, he 
 was united in marriage to Miss Mattie West, a native 
 of Colorado, and on the day following, or August 
 ii, he and his bride started across the plains on their 
 wedding journey with a wagon and two horses, their 
 destination being Oneida county, Idaho. That was 
 thirty-five years ago, before a railroad had entered 
 the country, and Oneida county has remained their 
 home from that time to the present. Here in the 
 earlier days they were surrounded by Indians, and 
 at first their nearest white neighbors were at Ross 
 Fork, twenty-five miles away, and at Albion, Idaho, 
 seventy-five miles distant. Their material resources 
 were their team and wagon, but they were young, 
 courageous and hopeful, and they set about with 
 vigor and intrepid endeavor to win success. Mr. 
 Oliver took up a preemption on one hundred and 
 sixty acres and began farming arid the raising of 
 horses and cattle, going into partnership with W. N. 
 Shilling. This association was dissolved in 1885, 
 when Mr. Oliver sold out and moved to American 
 Falls. Here he built the first hotel in the town, 
 which was also the second one in Oneida county, 
 and has remained its proprietor from 1885 to the 
 present time. Since then it has been enlarged a num- 
 ber of times and is well known as the Oliver House. 
 In 1905 Mr. Oliver organized the Oliver & McKown 
 Hardware and Implement Company, of which he 
 owns the controlling interest and of which he has 
 been president from the start. From a modest be- 
 ginning this store has been developed under the 
 sagacious business management of Mr. Oliver until 
 today it is the largest and most progressive business 
 concern of its kind in Oneida county and carries a 
 $25,000 stock of high class goods. Enterprise and 
 progressiveness has characterized all of his business 
 relations in Oneida county and no one has labored 
 more energetically 'or effectively in the upbuilding of 
 this section than has Mr. Oliver. He has always 
 been a staunch Democrat and in 1912 he and his wife 
 and their eight children of voting age all contributed 
 to the remarkably overwhelming Democratic victory 
 of that campaign. They are all ardent admirers 
 and friends of Ex-Governor James Hawley. In an 
 official way Mr. Oliver has served as county com- 
 missioner and for many- years as a justice of the 
 peace. 
 
 To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver have been 
 born nine children, who in order of birth are as fol- 
 lows : Sidney, a resident of American Falls ; Wil- 
 liam, located at Bonanza Bar, Idaho ; Vera, at Amer- 
 ican Falls; Alice, now Mrs. Arthur Sullivan, of Salt 
 Lake City, Utah; Guy, Irene and Wiley, all of 
 American Falls; Ollie, now Mrs. Jesse Hays, of 
 American Falls; and Frank, the youngest, the only 
 one not yet of voting age. AH of the children were 
 born in Oneida county. Idaho, and the daughters 
 were educated in the high schools and colleges of 
 Salt Lake City, Utah, while the sons acquired their 
 education in the schools of Logan, Utah. 
 
 A genial disposition, with the capacity of viewing 
 life on the pleasant side, and the amenities of Idaho's 
 climate, have contributed to Mr. Oliver's good health, 
 and today finds him strong physically and strong in 
 business efficiency. He believes thoroughly in Idaho 
 and will gladly correspond with any one who desires 
 to learn of what it has to offer in the way of homes 
 and opportunity. 
 
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 F A STACY, an important factor in the business 
 activities of Mackay, Idaho, where he has been a 
 resident for more than ten years, looks back to the 
 state of Ohio as the place of his birth. It was in 
 Lake county, that state, September 2, 1862, that he 
 was born, son of By rum and Puah (Stevens) Stacy. 
 
 Byrum Stacy, a native of New York state, went in 
 early life to Ohio and pioneered in Lake county 
 wnen that section of tne country was thinly settled. 
 And there for a number of years he was engaged in 
 farming and also kept a livery. When well along in 
 years he moved to Nebraska. There he spent the 
 last two decades of his life, and there he died in 
 1906, at the age of ninety-one years, his death being 
 the result of an accident. Mr. Stacy's mother, Puah 
 (Stevens) Stacy, was born in Vermont and married 
 in Ohio. She died in Jefferson county, Nebraska, 
 at the age of sixty-four years. Of her five children, 
 F. A., the subject of this sketch, is the youngest. 
 
 F. A. Stacy finished his schooling in Nebraska. 
 Then for a time he worked on his father's farm and 
 subsequently he farmed for himself. Before leaving 
 Nebraska, he turned his attention to work at the 
 carpenter's trade, and later he worked at that trade 
 in Kansas and in Colorado. He spent seven years 
 in Colorado, contracting and building, for the most 
 part at Colorado Springs. From there he came to 
 Mackay, Idaho, landing here in March, 1901. For 
 five years he divided his time between carpenter 
 work and mining. May 10, 1906, he launched out in 
 commercial lines, under the name of the F. A. Stacy 
 Mercantile Company. This business was started in 
 a small way, but under his careful management it 
 developed into one of the largest establishments of 
 its kind in Custer county. Also Mr. Stacy has be- 
 come identified with other enterprises of importance 
 here. He is general manager and a director of the 
 Mackay Telephone Company and owns a one-half 
 interest in the Mackay Coal Company. 
 
 Mr. Stacy married, in Kansas, in the autumn of 
 1892, Miss Maude Morris, daughter of B. W. and 
 Eliza M. Morris. Her father is still a resident of 
 Kansas. To Mr. and Mrs. Stacy has been given one 
 child, Clifford Morris Stacy, born in Salida, Chaffey 
 county, Colorado, October 2, 1898. 
 
 Fraternally, Mr. Stacy is identified with the A. O. 
 U. W., the M. W. A. and the F. O. E. Politically, 
 he is a Democrat. He is fond of out-door sports, 
 especially hunting and fishing. He has a wide ac- 
 quaintance throughout the county and state, his 
 circle of friends including many prominent and in- 
 fluential men.- 
 
 LESLIE E. DILLINGHAM. It is in the newer com- 
 munities of this country that the power of the 
 Fourth Estate is felt to be the strongest. The edi- 
 tor of a newspaper in a western town has an even 
 greater sphere of influence than has his eastern 
 brother, because, although the number of his readers 
 may be smaller, they are more likely to be influenced 
 by his words. In no profession is there greater 
 responsibility than in that of the newspaper editor, 
 for no matter how strong are the convictions of a 
 man he is bound to be influenced by a powerful edi- 
 torial. Therefore Leslie E. Dillingham, editor of 
 the Mackay Miner, of Mackay, Idaho, holds an im- 
 portant position in the business life of the com- 
 munity. 
 
 The ancestors of this progressive young man on 
 his father's side were of Irish descent, came to this 
 country from England and were among the early 
 settlers of the state of New York. On the maternal 
 side his ancestors were French Huguenots, who, 
 
 driven from their home by religious oppression, came 
 to America and settled in Tennessee. His father 
 was John D. Dillingham, who was born in the state 
 of New York, and at an early age removed to Illi- 
 nois. When the Civil war broke out he enlisted in 
 the Forty-ninth Illinois Infantry and served through- 
 out the four years of the struggle. He was an engi- 
 neer by profession, and during the later years of his 
 life he came west, and in 1909, at Santa Monica, 
 California, he died at the age of sixty-seven. He 
 married Mary L. Jordan, a native of the state of 
 Illinois. She died in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1910, 
 at the age of fifty-seven. Nine children were born 
 of their union, five sons and four daughters, and of 
 this number three are at present residents of the 
 state of Idaho, Frances C. having married Clyde E. 
 Fisbel, who is engaged in mining at Alto, Idaho. 
 
 Leslie E. Dillingham was born on the 8th of Feb- 
 ruary, 1878, at Chenoa, McLean county, Illinois. _ He 
 received his education in the state of his birth, 
 though his training was rather meager, for he only 
 attended school until he was eight years of age. He 
 learned the printer's trade, and for a number of 
 years followed this in Chicago, becoming an expert 
 in the line and acquiring through his own efforts a 
 considerable amount of education. In September, 
 1909, he removed to Mackay, Idaho, and found em- 
 ployment with the Mackay Telegraph, which was the 
 pioneer paper and at that time the only paper pub- 
 lished at this point. He remained with the Tele- 
 graph for two years, and at the end of that time 
 determined to found a paper of his own, the Tele- 
 graph having suspended publication. 
 
 The Miner was established in 1905, and since that 
 time Mr. Dillingham has been the publisher and edi- 
 tor of this very creditable paper. A glimpse at the 
 length of the subscription list is evidence enough of 
 the popularity of the paper and of the success which 
 has greeted the hard work and conscientious efforts 
 of the editor. In addition to the newspaper he has 
 invested money in other enterprises. 
 
 The policy of the paper is independent and the 
 politics of the owner is also independent. Mr. Dil- 
 lingham has taken an active part in the politics of 
 the state and has held a number of public offices. 
 He served as city clerk for three terms, and in 1906 
 was the Republican candidate for the state legisla- 
 ture. For six years he was county chairman of the 
 Republican Central Committee, and should he care 
 to continue his activity along political lines it is evi- 
 dent that he would make an honest and able servant 
 of the people. 
 
 In fraternal affairs Mr. Dillingham is a member 
 of the Masonic fraternity, being one of the charter 
 members of Mount McCaleb Lodge, No. 64. This 
 lodge was named for Jesse McCaleb, an old pioneer 
 frontiersman who was killed fighting the Indians, 
 and as one of its organizers Mr. Dillingham has al- 
 ways been active in its affairs and has taken inter- 
 est in the order. 
 
 Mr. Dillingham was married in Paxton, Illinois, 
 on the I4th of September, 1904, to Miss Pearl Diers. 
 Mrs. Dillingham was born in Illinois, the daughter 
 of Henry and Susan Diers. One child has been born 
 of this union, and this young man, Dudley Prentice 
 Dillingham, was born at Mackay, Idaho, on the I2th 
 of December, 1909. 
 
 Mr. Dillingham is an Idaho booster, and believes 
 in the untold opportunities of the state. Personally 
 he would not care to live anywhere else, and being 
 as closely in touch with the pulse of the public as he 
 is, and observing how this section is rapidly settling, 
 he feels that the opportunities here for success are 
 limitless. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1231 
 
 ORLA RAY BAUM is a fine example of the rising 
 young attorneys of Idaho and holds the leading place 
 in the ranks of the legal talent of American Falls, 
 Power county. He is a young man well qualified in 
 native talent and in technical training to enter into 
 .competitive effort with others of his chosen profes- 
 sion, and though he has been before the bar but a 
 few years he has shown that he not only has abilities 
 but knows how to use them. 
 
 Born May I, 1886, in I'hillipsburg, Kansas, he is 
 a son of George and Lavina (Hill) Baum, respec- 
 tively natives of Tennessee and Pennsylvania. The 
 elder Mr. Baum is a prominent cattleman of Phillips 
 county, Kansas, and with his wife continues to re- 
 side in Phillipsburg. Orla Ray Baum did the usual 
 preparatory work in the public schools of Phillips- 
 burg, Kansas, following that course with high school 
 work at Phillipsburg, Kansas, where he was grad- 
 uated at the age of fifteen. He next became a stu- 
 dent at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, for two 
 years, and for one year in the University of Kan- 
 sas, where he completed a course in law and from 
 which institution he was graduated in 1909 as an 
 LL. B. He was admitted to the bar of Kansas in 
 June, 1909, to the bar of Missouri in the same month, 
 and then in 1910 he was admitted to practice in 
 Idaho. Locating at Gooding, Idaho, he became an 
 associate of W. G. Bissell, one of the prominent law- 
 yers of southern Idaho, who is mentioned individ- 
 ually on other pages of this work. He continued to 
 practice at Gooding until February, 1912, when he 
 located at American Falls, Power county, though 
 continuing his former association with Mr. Bissell. 
 The most of his practice is in Power county and he 
 is now county and city attorney at American Falls. 
 Though he has been here but a very short period 
 his substantial attainments and demonstrated merit 
 have made him the leading lawyer of American Falls 
 and have won him high rank among the best legal 
 talent of this section of Idaho. He remains the stu- 
 dent, keen and alert for that knowledge which will 
 strengthen him in professional efficiency and broaden 
 his whole outlook on life, and in the very creditable 
 work that he has done it has been evident that he 
 recognizes that painstaking effort is the larger part 
 of genius in law as in everything else. A Repub- 
 lican in politics, he is now secretary of the Oneida, 
 now Power, County Republican central committee 
 and is active in the interests of his party. Fra- 
 ternally he is affiliated with the Masonic order and 
 the Phi Alpha Delta legal college fraternity. He is 
 also interested in Idaho opportunities in other than 
 along professional lines, and believing firmly in its 
 future as a successful agricultural commonwealth, he 
 has invested in irrigated farm lands in Lincoln 
 county and in dry farm lands in Elmore county. On 
 the ground and having seen for himself what Idaho 
 has to offer to the homeseeker, the business man and 
 to him ambitious for a professional career, he will 
 gladly and without price correspond with any one 
 who desires information in this direction. Well edu- 
 cated, of pleasing personality and cordial disposition, 
 he easily makes friends and retains them, and in 
 every aspect of his character he is broad, liberal, en- 
 lightened and closely in touch with the high and bet- 
 ter development of society. Idaho needs and wel- 
 comes such young men. 
 
 ABSALOM C. SMITH. Among the men of large 
 ability and splendid professional and intellectual 
 attainments who have selected southern Idaho as 
 the field of their activities, a prominent place is held 
 by Absalom C. Smith, of Preston, Franklin county, 
 one of the leading lawyers of this section. His value 
 
 to his community, however, is not limited to that of 
 his professional ability, for he is also actively iden- 
 tified with the business life of Preston and Franklin 
 county as one of its most energetic and wide-awake 
 real-estate men. He is a Westerner by birth and 
 rearing and is fully imbued with the Western spirit 
 of progressiveness and accomplishment. 
 
 Absalom C. Smith was born March n, 1871, at 
 Draper, Utah, a son of Asa D. and Amanda 
 (Draper) Smith, the latter of whom was deceased 
 in 1906. His parents, both natives of Illinois, were 
 among the pioneer settlers of Utah in 1849 and the 
 father has long been one of the most prominent 
 farmers and stockmen of Cache county, Utah, as 
 well as a prominent worker in the interests of the 
 Mormon church. William Draper, the grandfather 
 of Absalom C., was the first bishop of the Mormon 
 church at Draper, Utah, which town was named in 
 his honor. Nine children were born to Asa D. and 
 Amanda (Draper) Smith, two of whom are de- 
 ceased, Asa D. and Mozelle. The others are Roxey 
 Ann, now the wife of Alfred W. Webster, a promi- 
 nent ranchman of Franklin, Idaho ; Absalom C. of 
 this review ; Marie, whose husband, Morris J. Swin- 
 yard, is a merchant at Lewiston, Utah; Willis A., 
 professor in the Oneida Stake Academy; Dr. Parley 
 F. Smith and Dr. Guy M. Smith, both located at 
 Rexburg, Idaho; and Elva, now Mrs. Daniel StowaL, 
 of Pocatello, Idaho. 
 
 Absalom C. Smth grew up in Utah, was educated 
 in the public schools of that state, in the Brigham 
 Young College, the Utah Agricultural College, and 
 took his final course in law at the University of 
 Michigan, Ann Arbor. From 1896 to 1906 he fol- 
 lowed the profession of an educator and was suc- 
 cessively employed as a teacher at Cove, Utah, and 
 at Franklin and Oxford, Idaho, serving as principal 
 of the schools at the last named olace. In the mean- 
 time he continued delving into Blackstone, acquiring 
 broadej ideas, a finer perception and a still more 
 active public spirit as a result of his deepening ac- 
 quaintance with those pages. In 1905 he was ad- 
 mitted to the bar by the supreme court of Idaho and 
 soon thereafter began the active practice of his pro- 
 fession at Preston, Oneida county, now Franklin 
 county, where he has risen rapidly in ability and 
 reputation and has built up a very successful prac- 
 tice, being now recognized as one of the leading law- 
 yers of southern Idaho. He is now city attorney of 
 Preston and county attorney of Franklin county. 
 Besides his legal work he is very actively engaged 
 in the real-estate business and has probably built 
 more houses in Oneida county than any other three 
 men engaged in this line. He has numerous personal 
 holdings, among them being a fine ranch at Rexburg, 
 Idaho, and an attractive residence and other city 
 realty at Preston. He started with but his own 
 native resources, but by intelligent effort, shrewd 
 business ability and self-confidence he has achieved 
 that success that places him among the resourceful 
 and forceful men of the state. Mr. Smith is also one 
 of the leading Republican politicians of Oneida 
 county and at present is secretary of the Oneida 
 County Republican central committee. 
 
 On November 25, 1800, Mr. Smith was united in 
 marriage to Miss Melissa Hobbs, a daughter of 
 Charles W. and Mary Ann (Emms) Hobbs, pioneers 
 of Idaho, the former of whom is now deceased. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Smith have four children ; LeGrande G, 
 Leora, Kenneth and Gwen H. 
 
 ARTHUR WILLIAM HART. A prominent lawyer of 
 Preston, Idaho, is Arthur William Hart, whose 
 identification with the legal profession began about 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 the time Idaho was admitted to statehood, or in 
 1800, and who springs from one of the prominent 
 and pioneer families of this state, a family whose 
 name has long held prestige for worth and attain- 
 ment. He was born at Bloomington, Bear Lake 
 county, Idaho, October 16, 1869, and is a son of 
 James H. and Sebina (Scheib) Hart, both natives 
 of England and pioneer settlers in Idaho in 1863. 
 James H. Hart, now deceased, was a prominent law- 
 yer and legislator during the territorial days of 
 Idaho and served eight years as a member of the 
 Idaho territorial legislature. He was a Mormon in 
 religious faith and was prominent in church affairs, 
 having served as first counsellor to President Budge 
 and having filled the position of emigrant agent for 
 Utah at New York City for twelve years. He passed 
 away in 1900 and is interred at Bloomington, Idaho, 
 where his wife continues to reside. He was the 
 father of nine children, three of whom are deceased. 
 All were well educated and have taken prominent 
 and worthy places in society. Those living are 
 Alice, now Mrs. Anson Osmond, of Logan, Utah ; 
 Charles Hart, for thirteen years a district judge of 
 the first district of Salt Lake City, Utah, and now a 
 prominent lawyer of Salt Lake City ; Eugene S. 
 Hart, a resident of Ogden, Utah, who was formerly 
 professor of mathematics in the University 'of Ogden 
 and now a professor of Weber Stake Academy in 
 Utah ; Arthur William Hart, of this review ; Alfred 
 A. Hart, now superintendent of public instruction 
 in Bear Lake county, Idaho; and Rose H., now Mrs. 
 Ivan Woodward, of Franklin, Idaho. 
 
 Arthur William Hart was educated in the public 
 schools of Bear Lake county, Idaho, and in the Uni- 
 versity of Utah, Salt Lake City, of which latter insti- 
 tution he is a graduate. He was admitted to the bar 
 by the district court of the fifth judicial district of 
 Oneida county in 1899 an d located at Preston, Idaho, 
 where he soon became established in a successful 
 practice and where he has continued to the present 
 time, alone except for a short time in 1911 when he 
 was associated with Thomas W. Smith. He was 
 elected prosecuting attorney of Oneida county, Idaho, 
 in 1902, and served two years. In political views 
 he is a Democrat and in religious faith he is a Mor- 
 mon. He owns a fine ranch near Preston and is 
 much interested in the breeding of fine Holstein 
 cattle, his hobby being the raising of fine Holstein 
 cows. Excellency is his aim along other lines of 
 agricultural activity as well, for in 1912 he took five 
 first premiums at the Oneida county fair on potatoes, 
 apples, pears, squash and corn. Mr. Hart has trav- 
 eled extensively in both the United States and in 
 Europe. 
 
 He was married in August, 1902, to Miss Ada D. 
 Lowe, of Franklin,, Idaho. She is a daughter of 
 James G. and Eliza (Doney) Lowe, pioneers of 
 Idaho, the former of whom is now deceased and the 
 latter of whom now resides at Franklin. They have 
 four children, named Arthur J., Halo M., Marcus F. 
 and Reed L. 
 
 GEORGE H. BLOOD, cashier of the Idaho Savings 
 Bank at Preston, Idaho, and a prominent promoter 
 of horticultural interests in northern Utah and 
 southern Idaho, is a citizen of worth and of sound 
 business principles who has been and continues a 
 leading spirit in fostering progress and prosperity 
 in this immediate section of the West. This enter- 
 prising spirit is a part of his parental endowment, 
 for both his father and mother were early pioneers 
 of Utah and were numbered among those who 
 labored unwearyingly and with commendable in- 
 
 dustry and thrift to transform the deserts of that 
 section into fertile land. 
 
 George H. Blood was born in Kaysville, Utah, 
 June 21, 1879, a son of William and Jane (Hooper) 
 Blood, natives respectively of England and Scotland. 
 Both were among the settlers in Utah in 1849, at 
 which time the mother was but a child. She held 
 the plow handles for the first furrow made between 
 the city of Ogden and Salt Lake. She is now de- 
 ceased but is survived by her husband, who is now 
 the oldest citizen of Kaysville, Utah, in point of resi- 
 dence. He is a very successful and prominent 
 farmer in that community and is a member of the 
 Mormon church. Of the ten children in this family, 
 George H. is seventh in order of birth. He was 
 educated in the district schools of Kaysville, Utah, 
 and spent one year as a student in Brigham Young 
 College. At the age of fifteen he became appren- 
 ticed to learn the trade of a blacksmith and horse- 
 shoer and spent four years in this line of work. He 
 was then sent to the Samoan Islands as a missionary 
 for the Mormon church and remained there in that 
 service three years. After his return to his Utah 
 home he was elected treasurer of Davis county 
 and was reelected to a second term, serving four 
 years in all. At that time he was aligned with the 
 regular 'Republican party, but now he is identified 
 with the Progressive party. In 1909 he accepted the 
 position of cashier of the Idaho State Savings Bank 
 of Preston, Idaho, and has filled that responsible 
 position to the present time, being also a stockholder 
 and a director of the institution. He is also heavily 
 interested in orcharding and has six hundred and 
 forty acres devoted to orchard cultivation, one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres in the Curlew valley of Cache 
 county, Utah, one hundred and sixty acres in Bonne- 
 ville county, Idaho, and three hundred and twenty 
 acres in Oneida county, Idaho. Besides these in- 
 terests he is also the owner of business and residence 
 property in Preston, Idaho, and has a fine home in 
 that thriving little city. He is very public-spirited 
 and not only advocates development and progressive- 
 ness but is a pronounced leader in setting an ex- 
 ample in these directions. In religious faith and 
 membership he is identified with the Mormon church. 
 
 On June 24, 1903, was solemnized his marriage to 
 Miss Edith Larkins, who was born in Nevada but 
 was brought up at Kaysville, Utah. She is a daugh- 
 ter of James and Eliza (Seal) Larkins, the former 
 of whom was but a boy when he came to Salt Lake, 
 Utah, in company with Brigham Young, and who 
 for many years has been one of the most prominent 
 ranchers and stockmen of Utah. Both the Blood 
 and Larkins families are very prominent in northern 
 Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Blood has three children : Vai- 
 ola, Erma and Mildred. 
 
 CARL A. VALENTINE. Of Idaho's men of promi- 
 nence and influence who now direct and control the 
 business welfare of the state, none has had a career 
 more noteworthy in its rise from moneyless youth 
 and the obstacles of fortune than Carl A. Valentine, 
 now president of the Farmers & Traders Bank of 
 Pocatello and an officer and director in half a dozen 
 well known business and financial enterprises of 
 southern Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Valentine was born on the I5th of July, 1875, 
 and is still a young man even if he has attained much 
 that would be considered an achievement for a full- 
 rounded lifetime. The name of his birthplace is 
 Ronne Bornhalm, an island belonging to Denmark. 
 A private tutor in his boyhood gave him his early 
 instruction, but when he was ten years old he ven- 
 tured, alone, to cross the ocean to America and 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1233 
 
 nearly across the continent to Utah. There his first 
 job as a wage-earner was on a sheep ranch, where 
 he spent two years as a herder and at other work, 
 and at the same time managed to attend school and 
 fit himself for superior activity in this new land. 
 
 He was about twelve years old when, in 1887, he 
 came into Idaho, the state which has been his home 
 now for a quarter of a century, long enough to en- 
 title him to distinction as a pioneer. His first ex- 
 perience on a sheep ranch was further continued in 
 Idaho, where he was employed by different firms in 
 the handling of sheep, and he followed that line of 
 work until he was nineteen. He had been trained 
 in the hard school of practical effort, and for that 
 reason was ready to embark in independent enter- 
 prise before the majority of young men. On leaving 
 the sheep ranches he established himself in the pro- 
 duce business at Pocatcllo, and after two years sold 
 out. bought sheep and tried the old industry for him- 
 self. Things went fairly well for. two years, but then 
 he suffered one of the reverses which are not un- 
 common in stock raising and lost nearly all he had. 
 To get back to the point where he started his labor 
 was accepted in the Oregon Short Line shops at 
 Pocatello, in the car department, and a little later 
 he was sent out as locomotive fireman. Wherever 
 he has worked he has shown ability, but the varied 
 ventures of his earlier days were all but stages to 
 the bigger accomplishment which he always had in 
 view. 
 
 After two years as locomotive fireman he again 
 resumed the sheep business, which he followed this 
 time with fairly even success for ten years, varied 
 at times by work as a traveling salesman. From 
 sheep rancher he became banker, and for about a 
 year was vice-president of the Farmers & Traders 
 Bank. He was then elected president, and has been 
 the active head of this flourishing banking house 
 ever since. 
 
 Mr. Valentine is also president of the Gem Valley 
 State Bank at Grace, Idaho; is director in the Ban- 
 croft State Bank; is president of the Idaho Pressed 
 Brick Company; has recently organized a bank at 
 McCammon, of which he is president, and is owner 
 of much valuable real estate in and about Pocatello. 
 
 At Pocatcllo on June 25, 1905, he married Miss 
 Alvira Nielson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. 
 Nielson, of this city. They have two sons, Carl Dale 
 and Richard Douglas. Mr. Valentine has no regular 
 church membership, but favors and contributes to 
 all denominations. Still a member of the United 
 Commercial Travelers, though it has been some 
 years since he sold goods on the road, he has filled 
 all the chairs in the organization and is now past 
 senior councillor. He also affiliates with the Elks, 
 the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the 
 World. He belongs to the Pocatello Commercial 
 Club, and while never looking for office for him- 
 self has long been active in promoting the success 
 of the Republican party. He has given service as a 
 member of the city council, and his public spirit leads 
 him to the support of everything for the upbuilding 
 of Pocatello and the state. Aside from business he 
 enjoys a hunting trip occasionally, and is fond of the 
 instructive recreations of social life. 
 
 WILLIAM H. JACKSON, JR. One of the busiest of 
 Pocatello's young business men is William H. Jack- 
 son, Jr., a real-estate dealer who is a comparatively 
 recent addition to the business ranks of that city but 
 who has very amply demonstrated that he is by no 
 means the least resourceful, energetic and capable of 
 those there waging a contest for business success. 
 
 Born at Richmond, Utah, August 14, 1884, he 
 
 made excellent educational preparation for an active 
 and accomplishing business career by completing 
 the common school course at Lewiston, Utah, 
 and then later pursuing a course of collegiate train- 
 ing at Brigham Young College, Logan, Utah. These 
 studies he completed at the age of twenty-two and 
 shortly after graduating from college, or in 1906, he 
 came to Rexburg, Idaho, to take up the duties of his 
 first position, which was that of principal of the com- 
 mercial department of Ricks Academy. After two 
 years there he came to Pocatello as an employe of 
 the Bannock Abstract, Deposit and Trust Company, 
 with which firm he had been identified about two 
 years when he accepted a position as assistant cashier 
 in the Farmers and Traders Bank at Pocatello. Six 
 months later he established his present business, that 
 of a general real estate, loan and insurance business, 
 with large operations in public lands, and he also 
 practices as a land attorney before the Public Land 
 Office and the U. S. Department of the Interior. Be- 
 lieving that honesty is a paying principle in business 
 he has put his theory to the test and, if results are 
 evidence, he has proved his contention, for his office 
 is always full of eager and satisfied customers and 
 clients and he is one of Pocatello's busiest of busi- 
 ness men. As he derives benefit from this wide- 
 awake and progressive community he contributes in 
 return his influence and the best of his energies 
 toward its further development and upbuilding and 
 for this purpose is identified with the Pocatello Com- 
 mercial Club as a member and chairman of the good 
 roads committee of the club, and is vice-president 
 of the Bannock County Betterment League. Polit- 
 ically he is actively interested in the public problems 
 of the day and in their solution, but while his views 
 are largely those of the Republican party he reserves 
 the right to think and vote independent of partisan 
 ties. His religious faith is that of the Latter Day 
 Saints church, of which he is a member. 
 
 Mr. Jackson was married December 23, 1009, at 
 Logan, Utah, to Miss Lillie Spillman, daughter of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum Spillman, of Pocatello, Idaho. 
 To their union has been born a son, Dee William 
 Jackson. 
 
 CHARLES W. GRAY. One of the successful men of 
 Pocatello, head of the real estate, loan and insurance 
 firm of Gray & Gray Company, speaks with an en- 
 thusiasm born of his own experience concerning the 
 resources and the certain future greatness of Idaho. 
 It is his opinion that, if the people of the United 
 States should realize the ideal conditions of climate, 
 natural wealth and unlimited opportunities in Idaho, 
 all would want to move into this state in preference 
 to any other region. Mr. Gray has not only found 
 mater'al prosperity in the West, but also what is 
 vastly more essential, health. When, in his young 
 manhood, he left Cleveland, Ohio, a prominent phy- 
 sician gave him just three months to live. He 
 asserts, and his acquaintances would probably agree, 
 that he can now hold his own with any healthy man 
 fifteen years his junior. It is not surprising that 
 he should be one of the most ardent boosters of his 
 home state. 
 
 Charles W. Gray was born at Chicago, Illinois, 
 January 17, 1858, and when he was about three years 
 old his parents moved to Ohio, where he lived until 
 he came of age. He attended the common schools 
 and high school and remained at home until he was 
 twenty-one, when he started West in search of health 
 and a career. In Kansas, where he spent four years, 
 he taught school and followed farming. The next 
 ten years were passed in Colorado, most of the time 
 at Gunnison, where he engaged in mining and rail- 
 
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 reading. From Colorado he came still further into 
 the West to Montana, where he railroaded for a time 
 and also was engaged for some years in raising 
 horses at Dillon. During this period he was also 
 drawn into public affairs, and served one term as 
 county administrator. 
 
 Since 1902 Mr. Gray has been permanently identi- 
 fied with Pocatello. His first enterprise in this city 
 was Gray's Book Store, which he conducted four 
 years and then sold out. The Gray & Gray Com- 
 pany was then established, and it is now one of the 
 leading firms in southern Idaho for handling general 
 real estate, loans and insurance. The members of 
 the firm are C. W. Gray and C. M. Gray. 
 
 Mr. Gray was married at Gunnison, Colorado, in 
 June, 1885, to Miss Lulu M. Long, daughter of Cap- 
 tain and Mrs. J. W. Long, who were formerly resi- 
 dents of Ohio. The two children of their marriage 
 are: Clyde M., who is the junior member of the 
 firm above mentioned ; and Carrie G., the wife of 
 Donald D. Burnside, of Pocatello. Mr. Gray fra- 
 ternally is affiliated with the Odd Fellows, the Wood- 
 men of the World and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. 
 He is a member of the Commercial Club, and as 
 an independent Republican takes an active interest 
 in politics. His recreations are in hunting and fish- 
 ing and baseball, and he enjoys a good speech or 
 lecture. 
 
 Louis RUEBELMANN. One of Idaho's worthy pio- 
 neers is Louis Ruebelmann, of Pocatello, who cast 
 his lot with this commonwealth in 1884, saw it 
 attain statehood and has remained for nearly thirty 
 years one of its most loyal and progressive citizens. 
 Since 1887 his home has been at Pocatello, of which 
 city also he is a pioneer and where he enjoys an 
 enviable standing as a citizen and as a keen and 
 substantial business man. 
 
 Mr. Ruebelmann was born in Herman, Missouri, 
 November 16, 1853, and was but an infant when his 
 parents removed to Illinois, in which state he grew 
 to manhood and obtained his education, first as a 
 student in the public schools and then later in a 
 night school in Chicago, where he pursued a com- 
 mercial course. His home in that city was with 
 an uncle, who was a manufacturer of billiard tables 
 and in whose office he first began to acquire prac- 
 tical business knowledge. Later he became an em- 
 ploye in a large hardware store there, which was 
 destroyed in the great Chicago fire of 1871 and was 
 not re-established. After that he followed various 
 occupations in that city until 1877, when he decided 
 to try out his fortunes in the West. His first loca- 
 tion in this great section was at Laramie, Wyoming, 
 where he remained three years and was employed 
 in various ways, part of the time assisting a post 
 trader at the old fort there. The next three years 
 were spent at Denver, Colorado, and from there he 
 came to Idaho in February, 1884. His first winter 
 in this state was passed at Shoshone, where he helped 
 to build the shops of the Oregon Short Line rail- 
 road, and from there he went to Caldwell, where 
 he was employed in similar work and also had a 
 fishing outfit. In 1887 he came to Pocatello, which 
 then gave little promise of outstripping scores of 
 towns of equal and of greater size and of becoming 
 the second city of Idaho, but this it has accomplished 
 and that by the means of such keen, alert and re- 
 sourceful business men and sterling citizens as Mr. 
 Ruebelmann. For some years after locating at Poca- 
 tello he continued to be employed in railroad work. 
 In 1894 he ventured into independent business activ- 
 ity by opening a small fuel store, where he handled 
 coal only ; then gradually he began to branch out and 
 
 to include in his stock feed, hay, grain, poultry sup- 
 plies and other such commodities until today he oper- 
 ates a very extensive and thriving business along this 
 line and one that from its beginning has been a 
 money maker. To begin with, he had shrewd busi- 
 ness discernment, ability and practical experience 
 and these assets applied as the city has grown have 
 resulted in an establishment that is not only a profit- 
 able one to-Mr. Ruebelmann but one that by its enter- 
 prise and volume of business both reflects the pro- 
 gressive business spirit of the city and adds to its 
 prestige. Mr. Ruebelmann's son, Harold B., is now 
 associated with him, the firm style being L. Ruebel- 
 mann & Son. In political views Mr. Ruebelmann 
 is inclined toward the tenets of the Democratic party 
 but he is an independent thinker and voter and 
 takes no active part in political affairs. In the way 
 of recreation he is fond of hunting and of camp life. 
 In 1881, at Denver, Colorado, Mr. Ruebelmann was 
 joined in marriage- to Miss Mary Ellen Traynor, 
 formerly from Missouri. To their union came two 
 sons : Charles, now deceased, and Harold B., who 
 is married and is associated with his father in busi- 
 
 ALFRED MOYES. It was a little more than three 
 centuries ago that England first contributed settlers 
 for the upbuilding of the American commonwealth 
 and many have been the sons and daughters of 
 English soil that since have become of us. One 
 of these is Judge Alfred Moyes, of Pocatello, an 
 Idaho pioneer, not only in point of time but in 
 service also. He has spent half a century in the 
 West and no one knows better than he of the order 
 of life that obtained in this great section in that 
 earlier day or of the transformation that has taken 
 place here since then. He knows of Indian warfare 
 by actual experience ; he saw those industrious and 
 thrifty earliest of Utah settlers battling with the 
 discouragements of the desert and transforming it, 
 by irrigation, into fertile land; he was in California 
 in its earlier and exciting days ; and since 1881, or 
 for more than thirty years, he has been a worthy 
 and loyal citizen of Idaho. For twenty-five years 
 he has been a resident of Pocatello, has lived there, 
 as always, an industrious, upright and honorable life, 
 and no man of that city stands higher in public con- 
 fidence, esteem and love than Judge Moyes. Now 
 seventy-eight years of age, the gloom of his life's 
 twilight shadows is dispelled by the warmth of the 
 many and sincere friendships which are his. 
 
 Alfred Moyes was born in England May 12, 1835. 
 He grew up there to the age of fourteen and at a 
 very early point in his life began to learn that great 
 industrial lesson that the world pays only for what 
 it receives. His father was in the bus and hack 
 business in London and at the age of thirteen Alfred 
 was driving a three-horse delivery van in the streets 
 of that city. His earlier education, obtained in the 
 public schools of London, was somewhat limited, but 
 in subsequent years, by self-instruction, he mastered 
 different of the higher branches and by remaining 
 always a student, whether of books or in the practical 
 schools of experience and hard knocks, he has ac- 
 quired a truly broad education. In 1849 his parents 
 emigrated to the United States and after about four 
 years of residence in New Orleans removed to Utah. 
 Here Alfred spent five years, farming when he was 
 not fighting the Indians, then so troublesome that 
 the settlers had to band together for protection. In 
 1858 he went to California and remained in that 
 state until 1870, at which time he returned to his 
 father and mother in Utah at the request and on 
 account of the serious illness of the latter, who 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1235 
 
 later passed away. While he was in California he 
 followed various occupations. For a time he was a 
 stage driver for the Wells Fargo Express Company, 
 then did farming and general hauling, and finally 
 engaged for himself in the hay and grain business, 
 which interests he subsequently closed up to return 
 to Utah. After his return he remained in the latter 
 state about eleven years and during that time was 
 engaged in the wholesale fruit and vegetable busi- 
 ness. In 1881 he sold his business interests in Utah 
 and removed to Idaho, locating at what is now Idaho 
 Falls, where he remained six years and was in the 
 employ of the Oregon Short Line Railway Com- 
 pany. When the railroad shops were removed from 
 there to Pocatello in 1887 he changed his residence 
 to the latter town, where he continued in the employ 
 of this railway company until 1908, closing at that 
 time a continuous service of about twenty-eight years. 
 It is only metal that rings pure that stands such tests 
 and this long period of service speaks most elo- 
 quently of the character of the man and of the work- 
 man. Shortly after discontinuing this employment 
 he was elected police judge of Pocatello, being later 
 also elected a justice of the peace, and he is now 
 filling both of these offices, having been re-elected 
 in the fall of 1912. He has also been a United States 
 commissioner for Idaho, was once deputy assessor 
 and collector for Pocatello, and was one of the first 
 county commissioners of Bingham county and served 
 in the same capacity again in Bannock county after 
 its organization. In political views he is a Repub- 
 lican and he has always been actively interested in 
 Republican political affairs. At North Ogden, Utah, 
 in 1871, Judge Moyes was joined in marriage to 
 Louisa Hopkins, formerly from New York. To their 
 union came seven sons and two daughters, of which 
 family but two sons survive: Oscar L., who is a 
 conductor on the Oregon Short Line Railroad, is 
 married and resides at Pocatello; and Walter A., 
 a machinist, who is single and also resides at Poca- 
 tello. In religion Judge Moyes was reared in the 
 faith of the Episcopal church but he recognizes the 
 good work which all denominations do. 
 
 Judge Moyes is an ardent and prominent member 
 of the Masonic fraternity and has devoted much of 
 his time and talents to that eminent order, the foun- 
 dation of which goes back to the dawn of authentic 
 history. He has filled all the offices of the blue lodge 
 and some of them two or three times, and he is a 
 Past Grand Junior Warden of the Masonic Grand 
 Lodge of Idaho. He is so well posted on the teach- 
 ings and work of this order that for a time he served 
 as its grand lecturer in Nevada and California, for 
 which work he was additionally well qualified as 
 the possessor of considerable ability as a public 
 speaker. He is at the present a prominent member 
 of the Grand Lodge of Idaho. This, in brief, is the 
 life history of one of Idaho's honored pioneers. Al- 
 ways loyal to truth, honor and right, he has justly 
 regarded his self-respect and the deserved esteem 
 of his fellow men as of infinitely more value than 
 wealth, fame or position, and his name will go down 
 in the annals of this state supported by all the 
 attributes of a well spent life. 
 
 CHRISTOPHER E. LAYTON, of Downey, is one of the 
 prosperous business men of Bannock county, Idaho, 
 whose citizenship has been of such a character as to 
 make him one of the representative men of his com- 
 munity, both for his business talent and for his per- 
 sonal worth and integrity. 
 
 He was born at Kaysville, Utah, September 6, 
 1867, and remained a resident of that state until 
 thirty years of age. The public schools of his native 
 
 locality provided him his educational discipline, and 
 as he grew up on a farm he very naturally turned 
 to agricultural pursuits when taking up life for him- 
 self. At fourteen years of age he earned his first 
 money working on a farm ; then a few years later 
 he rented this same place and continued engaged 
 in its conduct for five or six years. In 1887 he 
 become owner of a farm of 640 acres in Alberta 
 county, Canada, which he sold in 1900. Subsequently 
 he purchased a farm in Davis county, Utah, which 
 he operated until 1893, when he was detailed for 
 missionary service for his church, that of the Latter 
 Day Saints. After about two and a half years spent 
 in* that service he returned to Kaysville, Utah and 
 resumed farming, this time building himself a beau- 
 tiful home there. These interests were disposed of, 
 however, in 1900, when he changed his location to 
 Hunter, near Salt Lake City, where he engaged 
 again in farming and also served his church three 
 years as a bishop. At the end of that period he 
 returned to Kaysville to settle up his father's estate 
 and at the conclusion of those matters he removed 
 to Downey, Idaho. That was in 1907. For the 
 first few years he worked with the W. A. Hyde Com- 
 pany, in which company he became a stockholder 
 and is now a director and which operates the leading 
 mercantile establishment in this section of Bannock 
 county. -In July, 1911, Mr. Layton established the 
 Downey Furniture Company, and on January 2oth, 
 he consolidated with Mr. Evan Morgan and son J. D. 
 and the firm is known as Downey Hardware & 
 Furniture Co. Mr. E. Morgan is the president; Mr. 
 C. E. Layton is vice-president and secretary and 
 J. D. Morgan is treasurer, and the above are also 
 the directors of the firm. Besides carrying a full 
 line of furniture the company also conducts an under- 
 taking establishment. A man of strong common 
 sense, capable and foreseeing, Mr. Layton has proved 
 a competent business man in his each and every 
 position and is of the very first rank of the influ- . 
 ential men of this section. He is a member of the 
 Downey Commercial Club, and in political views is 
 aligned with the Democratic party and is active in 
 its behalf. He is appreciative of music, reading, a 
 good speech or lecture, and in the way of outdoor 
 recreation his preference is for hunting and fishing. 
 As previously mentioned, he is a member of the 
 Latter Day Saints church and is a member of the 
 High Council of the Pocatello Stake. 
 
 On November 27, 1895, at Salt Lake City, Utah, 
 Mr. Layton was joined in marriage to Miss Clara 
 M. Hyde, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rosel Hyde, of 
 Kaysville, Utah. To this marriage have been born 
 three sons and four daughters, as follows : Corydon, 
 now deceased; Gladys, Mabel, Lena, Willis, Charles 
 and Alice. 
 
 WILLIAM H. COFFIN, of Downey, is the representa- 
 tive of a family that has been favorably known in 
 Bannock county, Idaho, since pioneer days and who 
 himself is vice-president of the Downey State Bank, 
 and as a large land owner and extensive agricul- 
 turist of that county has been a potential factor in 
 stimulating commercial activity thereabout and in 
 promoting the development of the natural resources 
 of that section. A further distinction is his, that of 
 being a native of this very locality, and here where 
 he has been known from childhood he is recognized 
 as a successful farmer and business man. just in 
 his dealings with his fellow men, fixed in his prin- 
 ciples and tenacious in his adherence to them, hon- 
 est and sincere, one whose career has been hon- 
 orable and useful. Whether we consider the virtues 
 that adorn character, of the benefits which a use- 
 
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 ful and successful man confers on his community, 
 the subject of this sketch is equally deserving of men- 
 tion in this work. 
 
 William H. Coffin was born in the Marsh valley of 
 Idaho, near the present town of Downey, Bannock 
 county, November 10, 1867. His educational advan- 
 tages were first those of the public schools of Idaho 
 and then later a course in Brigham Young college, 
 Logan, Utah. The father of Mr. Coffin was a 
 pioneer stockman in Marsh valley who knew well the 
 hard conditions of the frontier life. William spent 
 his youth on his father's ranch and experienced con- 
 siderable of the adventurous toil and danger of 
 stockmen in the earlier day. He was about twenty 
 years of age when he began following the stock 
 business for himself and continued to do so for some 
 seven or eight years. He then took up ranching 
 near Downey and has continued it to the present 
 time, his ranch and home being about two miles from 
 the town. It has been his to witness the evolution 
 that has taken place in Idaho as regards farming, 
 the entrance of King Irrigation and the making of 
 gardens out of lava dust ; to see a desert land peopled 
 only by the coyote and jack-rabbit, and producing 
 only sagebrush, becoming smiling fields of grain and 
 heavily laden orchards, with villages springing up 
 here and there. This transformation has come about 
 through the faith and energy of strong men, and 
 one of these is Mr. Coffin. What has been accom- 
 plished in Idaho up to this time he considers but 
 a beginning of what is possible in this state and he 
 has the faith that eventually the possibilities will 
 become realities. Besides his extensive farm inter- 
 ests his attention is also given to banking as the vice- 
 president of the Downey State Bank, which he 
 assisted in organizing in 1910 and in which he has 
 since held his present position. He is president of 
 the Downey Commercial Club. Politically an active 
 Republican, he has served his party as a member of 
 the Bannock county Republican central committee 
 many years and is now a member of its executive 
 board. His official service has included a term as 
 assessor and collector of Bannock county and two 
 terms as a school trustee. In religious belief he 
 leans toward the Latter Day Saints church. 
 
 ADELBERT O. MERRILL. For more than forty years 
 a resident of Idaho, Mr. Merrill was reared and edu- 
 cated partly in this state, and since taking up active 
 life, has become a prominent business man of Pres- 
 ton. In association with his brother, he is one of 
 the members of the firm of Merrill Brothers, gen- 
 eral dealers in coal and produce, and they have built 
 up a very gratifying prosperity and a business which 
 ranks second to none in its class in Oneida county. 
 
 Adelbert O. Merrill was born at Smithfield, Utah, 
 on the fourth of September, 1871. The Merrill family 
 were pioneers in the West, and have lived in Idaho 
 since the territorial period, Mr. Merrill lived in Utah 
 until he was about ten years of age, at which time 
 the family moved to Idaho. From the public schools 
 of Smithfield, his native town, he continued his edu- 
 cation to some extent after coming to Idaho, and 
 as soon as he was ready for independent venture, 
 he took up farming, an occupation which he followed 
 up to 1904. In that year he and his brother Samuel 
 T. established the present business under the firm 
 name of Merrill Brothers. 
 
 At Ogden, Utah, March, 1901, Mr. Merrill married 
 Miss Mary Biard, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert 
 Biard, of Ogden. The home circle consists of five 
 children, four sons and one daughter, whose names 
 are Stella, Roland, Eugene, Leroy and Elaine. Mr. 
 Merrill and family are members of the Church of the 
 
 Latter Day Saints. In politics he is a Democrat, al- 
 though he is not an aspirant for public office nor does 
 he take much part beyond voting. His brother Sam- 
 uel T., however, is the present sheriff of Oneida 
 county, and one of the most influential men in public 
 affairs. Outside of business, Mr. Merrill finds his 
 chief enjoyment in his home and family, but he is also 
 a reader of good literature and enjoys the outdoor 
 sports of basball and horses. His family having been 
 long identified with the West, both he and his brother 
 are among the most enthusiastic boosters for Idaho, 
 and this enthusiasm is based upon an affection for 
 the state, on account of its intrinsic resources and 
 opportunities. Mr. Merrill confidently looks for- 
 ward to the time in the near future when Idaho 
 will have rank among the greatest of American 
 states. 
 
 SWEN F. JOHNSON. Among the men who are live 
 factors in the business and public life of Downey 
 and of that community must be mentioned Swen 
 F. Johnson, whose standing in the community is such 
 that he was the choice of his fellow citizens to be- 
 come the first mayor of Downey, in which executive 
 position he is now serving. He is also identified 
 with the leading business concern of that place, the 
 W. A. Hyde mercantile establishment, as head clerk, 
 and he holds valuable farming interests in that vicin- 
 ity. 
 
 Born in Sweden on December 6, 1869, he grew to 
 man's estate in his native land and there acquired 
 a good, practical education, first attending the public 
 schools and then later completing a course in the 
 College of Latin at Gothenberg, Sweden. When 
 about twelve years of age he began to learn the print- 
 ing trade and served an apprenticeship of seven 
 years, mastering thoroughly every detail of that 
 trade and following it continuously for about twenty 
 years, or until he came to Downey, Idaho, in 1899. 
 His wages at first were about one dollar a week, 
 his earlier earnings being given to his parents. He 
 emigrated to the United States about the time of 
 attaining his majority and located at Salt Lake City, 
 Utah, where for nine years he followed the printing 
 business, four years of that time as manager of the 
 Norwegian-Danish weekly called the Bikuben and 
 published in that city. He came to Downey in 1899 
 to accept his present position as head clerk in the 
 mercantile establishment of the W. A. Hyde Com- 
 pany, of which he is also a stockholder. He also 
 gives a portion of his attention to a two-hundred 
 acre farm near Downey that he owns and has oper- 
 ated with much success. Believing intensively in a 
 most prosperous future for Idaho he supports that 
 sentiment by consistent activity in contributing to 
 the commonwealth's upbuilding and is a member 
 and a former vice-president of the Downey Com- 
 mercial Club. Politically Mr. Johnson is a staunch 
 adherent of the tenets of the Republican party and 
 actively participates in local political affairs. Besides 
 being honored by being chosen the first mayor of 
 Downey he has given other able official service as 
 a justice of the peace for four years and is now land 
 commissioner for this district under the Carey act. 
 He also was a school trustee for a number of years. 
 Whether as a printer, a business man or an official, 
 he has always given to the duty at hand his highest 
 order of service and thus has earned his enviable 
 reputation for integrity and worth. 
 
 He is a member of the Latter Day Saints church, 
 is stake superintendent of the Pocatello Stake Sun- 
 day Schools and takes an active and leading part in 
 local church matters. Recreation must have a due 
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 Mr. Johnson gets pleasure out of almost all of the 
 outdoor sports and especially out of a good, spirited 
 game of baseball, while of the gentler diversions his 
 preference is for reading and music and he is choir 
 leader of his church. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Johnson took place at Logan, 
 Utah, March n, 1891, when he was united to Mar- 
 thine Petersen, formerly from Norway. To their 
 union have been born nine children, five sons and 
 four daughters, namely: Henry J., John F., Ejnar 
 V., Viggo A., Alida J., Florence E., Sigrid V., Arley 
 W. and Nina L. 
 
 JACOB N. LARSEN, the present mayor of Preston, 
 Oneida county, is an energetic young business man, 
 identified with many of the most important enter- 
 prises of the valley of Idaho, who has brought to 
 public office the same efficiency and devotion to the 
 public interests which for many years he has dis- 
 played in the promotion of private business enter- 
 prise. Mr. Larsen is now in his second term as 
 mayor, and was elected to that office, not in the 
 ordinary routine of politics or as a mere figurehead, 
 by the community, but on a definite platform de- 
 manding certain things which he has worked with 
 all his energy and influence to see carried out. Mr. 
 Larsen has spent all his life in Utah and Idaho, and 
 is one of the best representatives of this western 
 country. 
 
 Jacob N. Larsen was born at Paradise, Utah, on 
 the eleventh of March, 1871. He graduated in the 
 public schools of Paradise and then entered the 
 Brigham Young College at Logan, where he was 
 graduated in 1892. During his school days, when a 
 boy, he worked on his father's farm, but early had 
 ambitions for more pretentious and important _en- 
 deavors. After leaving college he took up teaching, 
 and for about nine years was engaged in that work 
 in Utah. For two and a half years he was employed 
 in a mission by his church in the states of Nebraska 
 and Missouri, where he maintained himself at his 
 own expense. On his return to Utah he was elected 
 county clerk of Cache county, and gave four years 
 of service to that office. 
 
 After his term of county clerk at Paradise was 
 concluded, Mr. Larsen took up his residence at 
 Preston, where he at once became an important factor 
 in business affairs. In this little city of southeastern 
 Idaho, he established the Idaho State & Savings 
 Bank, of which he was cashier for three years. 
 Resigning that position, he established his present 
 office in real estate, loans, insurance, and related 
 business. In addition he is connected with other 
 important business affairs, and is one of the leaders 
 in the enterprise and public spirit which are making 
 a flourishing center of business at Preston. 
 
 At Logan, Utah, in May, 1895, Mr. Larsen mar- 
 ried Miss Ella Bickmore, a daughter of Isaac D. 
 Bickmore of Paradise. There are five children in the 
 family, three sons and two daughters, whose names 
 are Vincent, Nelsen, Thelma, Paul and Ellen. Mr. 
 Larsen and family are communicants of the Church 
 of the Latter Day Saints, he being a member of the 
 Bishopric for the Fourth ward. In national politics, 
 he is a Republican, and gives active support to his 
 party. Mr. Larsen was formerly a member of the 
 Preston City Council and is now a member of the 
 school board. During his residence in Paradise, 
 he served as the last justice of the peace under the 
 old territorial government, and was the first at that 
 place under the new state government. Mr. Larsen, 
 who is now serving his second term as mayor of 
 Preston, was first elected to this office on a platform 
 declaring for municipal ownership of the water- 
 
 works. His campaign for election was based upon 
 a vigorous advocacy of this proposition, and since 
 his election decried popular support for the enter- 
 prise, he at once set to work vigorously to carry it 
 out. At the present time the plant has been installed, 
 and is in operation to the entire satisfaction of all 
 residents of this locality. There are twenty-seven 
 miles of water mains and service pipes laid through 
 the streets of the corporation, and water has been 
 placed in available positions in front of every resi- 
 dence in town. The corporation of Preston includes 
 an area of two and a half square miles, so that it 
 can be readily seen that the enterprise is a large one, 
 and also one effecting widely the welfare of every 
 citizen of this town. 
 
 Mr. Larsen is vice-president of the First National 
 Bank of Preston. He is a director in the Lundstrom 
 Furniture & Carpet Company, a corporation which 
 operates two stores, one at Preston, and the other 
 at Logan, Utah. The recreations of this business citi- 
 zen of Preston are largely in the outdoor sports of 
 hunting and fishing and baseball. He is also fond of 
 horses, and the quieter recreations of music and 
 good hooks and good speaking. He has done much as 
 a public speaker himself, and in a number of cam- 
 paigns has assisted his friends and fellow-candidates 
 on the ticket. As a young man whose enterprise 
 has given him an enviable position in business and 
 civic life, Mr. Larsen is an ardent supporter of all 
 movements for the benefit and upbuilding of this 
 section of Idaho, as well as for the whole state. He 
 is well informed on the possibilities of the country, 
 and has cheerfully answered and continues to answer 
 all letters of inquiry directed to him concerning this 
 country. 
 
 EARL A. RAYMOND. The active head of the Pres- 
 ton Plumbing & Heating Company, which is easily 
 the leading concern of its kind in the city, and one 
 of the largest in southeastern Idaho, is a young 
 man of active enterprise and modern ideas who has 
 been a resident of this state since he was seventeen 
 years of age, and has made practically all of his suc- 
 cessful career during this period in Idaho. At th< 
 age of fourteen, he was thrown upon his own re- 
 sources, and from that time on had to be self-sup- 
 porting and at the same time to procure ihe means 
 for the advancement in the larger spheres in activity 
 and responsibility. Under these conditions his suc- 
 cess is the more notable. 
 
 Earl A. Raymond was born in Montgomery, Mich- 
 igan, November 24, 1886. When he was four years 
 of age hi parents moved to the state of Oregon, 
 which was his home until he was seventeen years 
 of age. As a boy he secured a fair education in 
 the public schools of Oregon, followed by a course 
 in a high school and subsequently took studies in 
 a commercial college, but part of his schooling was 
 obtained after he had begun life for himself. When 
 he was seventeen years of age, he located at Cald- 
 well, Idaho, which was his home for about nine 
 years, and on locating there he had begun to learn 
 the trade of plumber and stationery engineer. From 
 working at his trade he in time was able to turn 
 his skill to the benefit of his independent enterprise, 
 and in partnership with Mr. Hiram S. Geddes, he 
 established the Preston Plumbing and Heating Com- 
 pany, which does a general plumbing and steamfitting 
 business, and carries a complete stock of equip- 
 ment in these lines. Mr. Raymond is a member of 
 no special church, though he favors and supports 
 all denominations. He is affiliated with the Odd Fel- 
 lows through the highest branch of the order, and 
 also with the Woodmen of the World. A Repub- 
 
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 lican voter, Mr. Raymond takes no active part in 
 politics beyond casting his vote as a good and intelli- 
 gent citizen. His recreations are chiefly hunting 
 and fishing, and he enjoys books and music, and the 
 other diversions of social life. 
 
 COLUMBUS J. HUDDLE has been a resident of the 
 state of Idaho since 1903, and the years in passing 
 have found him identified with various branches of 
 industrial life, but principally with stock-raising 
 and ranching. It was not until 1907 that he entered 
 the United States Forestry Service, and from the 
 humble position of forest guard, he has advanced 
 by a series of successive promotions from one step 
 to another until today he holds the responsible posi- 
 tion of supervisor of the Lemhi forest, which he has 
 held since 1909. Especially fitted by inclination 
 and nature for the work of his office, it required 
 only that he come into touch with the forestry serv- 
 ice in the least important capacity to bring out the 
 latent possibilities for the service which he pos- 
 sessed. His success has been of a high order and is 
 particularly pleasing to contemplate, in view of the 
 fact that he has made his way alone in the world 
 from earliest boyhood, depending upon none for 
 guidance or aid. 
 
 Born in Madison county, Ohio, on October 21, 
 1875, Columbus J. Huddle is the son of Columbus 
 and Kathryn (Brown) Huddle. The father was a 
 farmer, born and reared in Ohio and still a resident 
 of that state, living on the old homstead where the 
 subject was born. He was a participant in the 
 activities of the Union army during the Civil war 
 and served in Company B, of the Forty-sixth Ohio 
 Volunteer Infantry, his service extending throughout 
 the entire war period. He fought in the battle of 
 Shiloh, and was with General Sherman on his 
 "March to the Sea." He is now in the seventy-third 
 year of his life. The mother, also a native of Ohio, 
 born in Franklin county, died in Madison county 
 in 1883, at the early age of thirty-six years. She 
 left a family of five young children, of which the 
 subject was the youngest and the only son. 
 
 Columbus Huddle was sent to the schools of West 
 Jefferson and later attended the State Normal at 
 Ada, Ohio, after which he engaged in school teach- 
 ing, his pedagogic work being confined to the district 
 schools of Madison county, and extending over a 
 period of about two years. He gave up that work 
 and came to the West in 1897, and for a time was 
 occupied with work in mercantile lines at Lima, Mon- 
 tana. He prospered there and in time came to be 
 the owner of a fine cattle ranch in that vicinity, and 
 after four years at that business he came to Idaho, 
 here settling on Lost River, where he owned and 
 operated a thriving ranch. It was in the year 1907 
 that he entered the United States forestry service 
 in the capacity of forest guard, and in October of 
 the same year he was promoted to the post of 
 assistant forest ranger. In June following he be- 
 came forest ranger and acting supervisor of Dixie 
 National Forest, and in 1909 was again promoted 
 to the position of supervisor of Lemhi forest, which 
 important post he now fills. 
 
 Mr. Huddle is a member of the Masonic fraternity 
 and has his local associations with the Blue Lodge 
 of McCaleb. In politics he is independent. On De- 
 cember 27, 1900, Mr. Huddle was united in marriage 
 with Miss Nellie S. Baily, the daughter of Eugene 
 and Clara A. Baily, both of whom are still living 
 and make their home in Mackay, Idaho. Two chil- 
 dren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Huddle : Ruth, 
 born on June 15, 1905, and attending school in 
 Mackay, and Clara Eugenia, born November 26, 1911, 
 
 at Mackay, Idaho, where the home of the family is 
 maintained. 
 
 CHARLES W. BERRYMAN, JR., is one of the most 
 successful merchants of Blackfoot, Idaho, and he 
 owes this success in a large part to his thorough 
 knowledge of his business, gained by years of ex- 
 perience as a salesman. In addition to this he 
 is possessed of the energy and ability to work and 
 work hard that must belong to any man who would 
 succeed in the wide awake state of Idaho. He has 
 been in business in Blackfoot for only three years, 
 but his grocery store is the largest of its kind in the 
 city and he has a large and growing trade. 
 
 The father of Charles W. Berryman, Jr., is Charles 
 W. Berryman, Sr., and the latter is one of the oldest 
 settlers in the state. He has grown in prosperity 
 as the state has been developed and is now known 
 as one of the most successful and prominent men 
 in Idaho, being president of one of the largest banks 
 in Blackfoot. The mother of Charles W. Berryman, 
 Jr., is Mary Ann (Loones) Berryman, who was born 
 in England, and she and her husband have become 
 the parents of six children, three sons and three 
 daughters. 
 
 Charles W. Berryman, Jr., the eldest of the chil- 
 dren of his parents, was born on the 21 st of Novem- 
 ber, 1875, at Corinne, Utah. He received his first 
 knowledge of books from the public schools of Black- 
 foot, Idaho, and as a young boy came east to Quincy, 
 Illinois, where he entered a business college, remain- 
 ing until he was nineteen years of age. He also spent 
 some time in a military college, at Logan, Utah, and 
 later in life served as first lieutenant in Company 
 "A." 
 
 Upon completing his education his first work was 
 in his father's general merchandise store, at Park 
 City, Utah, and during the two years that he spent 
 here he gained a valuable knowledge of the funda- 
 mental principles of the mercantile business. His 
 next position was as traveling representative for 
 the firm of F. J. Riesel and Company, a large whole- 
 sale grocery firm, of Ogden, Utah. His territory con- 
 sisted of the states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, 
 and he remained with this firm for fourteen years, 
 and after such experience no man could be better 
 fitted than he to open a grocery store of his own. 
 Before doing this, however, he spent one year in 
 the Klondike region, and in the Alaskan gold fields 
 managed to pick up a fair bit of gold. With this 
 and what he had been enabled to save during the 
 years in which he was on a salary, he came to Black- 
 foot, and there opened up a grocery store of his 
 own. It was on November 21, 1909, that the doors 
 of his store were opened for business and his trade 
 has grown steadily from that time. He believes 
 most heartily in giving measure for measure and 
 people have learned that they can be sure of getting 
 a fair value for their money if they trade with him, 
 and this explains in part his rapid strides forward. 
 
 In politics Mr. Berryman holds allegiance to no 
 party, preferring to vote independently. He is a 
 member of two fraternal societies, the Benevolent 
 Protective Order of Elks, holding his membership 
 in the lodge at Ogden, Utah, and the Odd Fellows 
 lodge No. 7, Park City. 
 
 Mr. Berryman was married at Ogden, Utah, on 
 the I2th of November, 1908, to Miss Hazel Martha 
 Burnett, who was born in the state of New York, 
 and is the daughter of James E. Burnett. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Berryman have no children. 
 
 One would have to go far to find a more enthusi- 
 astic champion of Idaho than Mr. Berryman. He is 
 one of the staunchest of the "Idaho Boosters," and 
 
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 says he would not leave Idaho under any conditions. 
 He can afford to speak with authority, for his travels 
 have made him rather intimately acquainted with the 
 western states, and in none of them was he able 
 to find conditions that suited him as well as did 
 those of Black foot. 
 
 CHRISTIAN JENSON. Among the progressive citi- 
 zens oi Rexburg who have seized the elements of 
 this city's prosperity and molded and directed them 
 into channels of the highest efficiency, few have 
 gained a greater measure of success than has come 
 to Christian Jenson, of the well-known Hegsted-Jen- 
 son Mercantile Company. His career since early 
 youth has been one of tireless industry, and his activ- 
 ities have served to place him in a position of prom- 
 inence not alone in the field of business, but also in 
 public and social life. Mr. Jenson is a. native of 
 Denmark, born May 14, 1866, a son of Jorgen and 
 Martha Jenson, who emigrated to the United States 
 in 1875 and located at Smithfield, Utah, where the 
 elder Jenson was successfully engaged in agricul- 
 tural pursuits. In 1892 the family moved to Mink 
 Creek, Idaho, and there the mother died in 1906, at 
 the age of sixty-nine years, the father surviving four 
 years and being eighty-four years old at the time 
 of his demise. 
 
 The sixth in order of birth of his parents' eleven 
 children, Christian Jenson began his education in his 
 native country and completed it in the public schools 
 of Smithfield, Utah. Thus prepared for a business 
 career, he became a freighter, a vocation which he 
 followed between DeLamar and Nampa, Idaho, and 
 into eastern Montana for seven years. Subsequently 
 he drifted into railroad work, as a contractor, but 
 in 1893 sold his interests and came to Fremont 
 county, here purchasing a farm of some 720 acres, 
 on which he carried on successful operations for a 
 number of years. He still is interested in this farm, 
 which is operated by hired help and which produces 
 large crops. Mr. Jensen's advent in Rexburg oc- 
 curred in 1899, after navm K teen engaged in the 
 mercantile business at Roberts and Lyman. Associat- 
 ing himself with Mr. Hegsted, he founded the Heg- 
 sted-Jenson Mercantile Company, a concern which 
 has grown from a small start into one of the largest 
 establishment of its kind in this section. A complete 
 stock of all kinds of general merchandise is carried, 
 and six clerks are regularly employed in handling the 
 large trade which has been attracted by the excel- 
 lent quality of the company's goods and the honor- 
 able methods used in conducting the business. Mr. 
 Jenson has not confined himself to this one enter- 
 prise, but is interested in other lines of business 
 activity, and is president of the Farmers Implement 
 Company of Rexburg. He has been prominent in 
 political matters, serving as a member of the Elev- 
 enth General Assembly, in 1910, and acting as chair- 
 man of the Fremont county central committee in 
 the same year. In 1912 he cast his fortunes with 
 the new Progressive party, of which he was chair- 
 man for Fremont county. He is popular with the 
 members of all parties, and it may truthfully be said 
 that he has never willingly made an enemy, and 
 that he has never lost a friend except through death. 
 In August, 1900, Mr. Jenson was married in Fre- 
 mont county to Miss Effie Robinson, and to this 
 union there have been born five children: Martha, 
 born in 1903, and Clarence, born in 1905, both attend- 
 ing school in Rexburg; and Beatrice, born in 1907, 
 Edgar, born in 1909, and Ralph, born in 1911, all 
 at. home. 
 
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 HENRY J. FLA MM. It is not possible for every son 
 of an illustrious father to attain success, but in the 
 case of Henry J. Flamm, of Rexburg, it appears as 
 though the mantle of his father's greatness had de- 
 scended upon his shoulders. As manager of the 
 Henry Flarrfm Mercantile Company, one of the 
 largest establishments of its kind in the West, he 
 occupies an acknowledged position of prestige in 
 the world of business, while in social, religious and 
 public circles he is also well known for the large 
 movements with which his name has been connected. 
 Mr. Flamm is a native-born Westerner, his birth 
 having occurred July 14, 1870, at Logan, Utah, and 
 is a son of Henry and Helen (Bock) Flamm, natives 
 of Germany. Mr. Flamm's parents emigrated to the 
 I'nited States as young people, and at an early date 
 came overland across the plains to Utah, from which 
 state they came to Idaho in 1883, settling in Rexburg 
 when this section was naught but an arid desert, 
 on which nothing but sage brush and grass grew. 
 Here Mr. Flamm organized in a humble way what 
 was the nucleus for one of the largest enterprises in 
 the West, the Henry Flamm Mercantile Company, 
 which grew by leaps and bounds. This did not en- 
 gross Mr. Flamm's entire attention, however, and 
 he interested himself in various movements of an 
 extensive nature, including farming, stock raising 
 and the manufacturing of underwear and knit goods, 
 such as sweaters, hosiery, etc. He also erected the 
 Rexburg Opera House, in a material manner ad- 
 vancing the development of the city of his adoption. 
 I le is now living a retired life, at the age of seventy- 
 five years, honored and respected by all who know 
 him. Mrs. Flamm passed away in 1883, when fifty- 
 five years of age. They had a family of nine chil- 
 dren, Henry J. being the sixth in order of birth. 
 
 Henry J. Flamm received the benefits of a careful 
 home training, being reared to habits of industry, 
 thrift and integrity. He attended the public schools 
 of Logan, Utah, after leaving which he entered his 
 father's employ, and with him came to Rexburg. 
 Here he has continued in the mercantile business, 
 and in 1900 took over the management of the store, 
 which he has continued to handle in the same able 
 manner that characterized his father's operations. 
 Like his father, also, he has branched out into other 
 lines, being interested as a director in the First 
 National Bank of Rexburg, and as vice-president 
 and one of the organizers ; manager of the Flamm 
 Opera House, and owning an interest in business 
 houses and holding a valuable realty in the city and 
 country. Politically a Democrat, in 1912 he was 
 his party's candidate for representative of his district 
 in the general assembly. His religious connection has 
 been with the Church of the Latter Day Saints, and 
 at this time he is bishop of the Second. Ward. 
 
 On December 16, 1902, Mr. Flamm was married 
 at Logan, Utah, to Miss Lorena Eckersell, daughter 
 of James and Henrietta (McFail) Eckersell, of 
 Wellsyille, Utah. They have had no children. Like 
 all virile western men, Mr. Flamm is fond of hunting 
 and kindred sports, and is known as an excellent 
 shot. He is enthusiastic as to the opportunities 
 offered in Idaho both for the sportsman and the man 
 who would succeed in business, and has stated it 
 as his decision to never live in any other state. Rex- 
 burg has no greater admirer, nor has the city a man 
 more greatly admired. 
 
 HARDER F. HARDER. After a long and successful 
 career as a merchant, Mr. Harder is now living re- 
 tired on a beautiful country estate just outside the 
 limits of Twin Falls. His business career has been 
 followed in a number of different localities in Amer- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 ica, and until his retirement he was proprietor of 
 one of the largest baking and grocery establishments 
 in this section of the state. Mr. Harder belongs to 
 that substantial class of men who are of foreign 
 birth, and despite the handicaps of a strange country 
 and a new language, reached a place of influence 
 and generous success in America. 
 
 Harder F. Harder was born in Copenhagen, Den- 
 mark, April 2, 1859, the second in a family of seven 
 children born to Harder and Dorothy (Witt) 
 Harder, the father having been a farmer by occu- 
 pation. The parents both died in Holstein, in which 
 province, at one time a portion of Denmark, and now 
 in the German empire, they had lived for many years, 
 and their forefathers before them. 
 
 Harder F. Harder was reared in Holstein, attended 
 the public schools, and with a practical education 
 applied himself to learning the milling and baking 
 trade in that country. When his apprenticeship was 
 completed he followed his trade as a journeyman 
 until he was twenty-one years of age, and then took 
 passage for America, in 1880, and transferred his 
 energy to the new world. In New York City, where 
 he first landed, he spent three years at his trade, and 
 then sought better fields in the West. At Grand 
 Island, Nebraska, he spent one year and for one year 
 was at Denver, Colorado. At Denver, after his first 
 year's experience in working for others, he engaged 
 in the bakery and grocery business on his own ac- 
 count, and continued there successfully until 1904. 
 The following months were spent in travel and look- 
 ing about for a location, and his quest was decided 
 in January, 1905, when he came to Twin Falls, and 
 opened up in business in bakery goods and groceries. 
 Curing the next four years Mr. Harder built up the 
 largest trade in this vicinity in his line, and finally 
 sold out at profitable advantage to the firm of Bain- 
 bridge & Shroeder, who now carry on the flourishing 
 concern, the foundation of which was laid by Mr. 
 Harder. On leaving business Mr. Harder retired to 
 a country place near Twin Falls. His rural home 
 is one of the show places of this vicinity, and has 
 been improved and developed from the standpoint 
 of attractiveness and beauty as well as comfort and 
 usefulness. 
 
 In Denver, Colorado, on May 25, 1885, Mr. Harder 
 married Miss Calonina Nyber, a native of Sweden 
 and a daughter of Peter Nyber, a former resident 
 of Prentice, Wisconsin. The two children of Mr. 
 Harder and wife are Fritz W. and Carl A., both at 
 home. In politics Mr. Harder is a Republican, is 
 affiliated with the Masonic Order and the Benevolent 
 Protective Order of Elks, and stands very high in 
 social and civic circles in Twin Falls. 
 
 DANIEL G. MARTIN. The life of Daniel G. Martin, 
 whose activities in the line of civil engineering have 
 made his name familiar throughout the Northwest, 
 began in the little town of Nairn, Scioto county, 
 Ohio, June 19, 1865. He was of good parentage, 
 his father, John Grant Martin, being a native of Scot- 
 land and an emigrant to America in 1836. There 
 he engaged in farming until the outbreak of the 
 Civil war, through which he served in the Union 
 army, and at its close returned to the occupations 
 of peace, continuing to till the soil until his death, 
 which occurred in Chetopa, Kansas, July 19, 1900, 
 when he was seventy-six years of age. Outside of 
 township affairs, he took little or no interest in public 
 matters, and was never a seeker for political prefer- 
 ment. He married Isabelle Mclntpsh, who was born 
 of Scotch parentage, near Wellsville, Ohio, and she 
 passed away at Chetopa, Kansas, in 1882, when fifty- 
 five years of age. 
 
 Daniel G. Martin was the youngest of his parents' 
 eight children. He was given excellent educational 
 advantages, attending the common and country 
 schools of Labette county, Kansas, and the public 
 schools and a private academy at Chetopa, Kansas. 
 At the age of eighteen years he entered the Kansas 
 Normal College, Fort Scott, Kansas, where he spent 
 the better part of four years completing his educa- 
 tion. While attending college, Mr. Martin spent his 
 spare time in teaching school, and this vocation he 
 took up after completing his education, following it 
 until the spring of 1890, at which time he was prin- 
 cipal of the schools of Mound City, Kansas. In 
 August of that year he turned his face toward the 
 setting sun, seeking a home in Idaho, which state 
 was attracting the attention of ambitious young men 
 of the country. Whether by the exercise of sagacious 
 judgment or affected by that tide which leads men 
 to fortune, he determined to settle in Idaho Falls. 
 There surely was little in the village at that time 
 which was calculated to strike the fancy of a young 
 man who had been reared among the smiling Kansas 
 prairies; the entire population did not much exceed 
 the rural village from which he had come. The 
 eye that looked upon the rugged mountains and arid 
 plains needed the keener vision of the seer to dis- 
 cern the gathering multitude, with the bewildering 
 hum of industries and trade that was soon to change 
 alike its character and its future. He joined his 
 fortunes to the rising town and lived, while helping 
 on its growth and sharing its busy life, to see it 
 become the center of a district which promises to- 
 be one of the most productive in the Northwest. 
 
 On settling in Idaho Falls, August 26, 1890, Mr. 
 Martin took up civil engineering as a profession,, 
 associating with the Idaho Falls Townsite Company 
 in the location of lands, canals, etc., and continued 
 with this company for about one and one-half years, 
 at that time forming a partnership with John M. 
 Taylor, now Dr. Taylor, of Boise, the firm being 
 known as Taylor & Martin. They continued a pri- 
 vate engineering practice until the fall of 1896, since 
 which time Mr. Martin has continued to practice 
 alone, being exceptionally successful, especially in 
 the line of irrigation work. The limits assigned to 
 this sketch do not allow of space for the enumer- 
 ation of the various great enterprises with which. 
 Mr. Martin has been connected, but a few of the 
 more important may be mentioned, among them the 
 Idaho Canal Company, the Butte and Market Lake 
 Canal, and the Fort Hall Reservation Canal, cover- 
 ing a tract of 50,000 acres, of which he had charge in 
 1896. In 1897 he located and built the Marysville 
 Canal, now in Fremont county, and the Independent 
 Canal, St. Anthony; in 1898-99 the Marysville and 
 Idaho Canal; in 1899 the Snake River Valley Canal; 
 and in 1900 made the survey for the new Sweden 
 Irrigation district. During 1901 he made the surveys 
 for the Twin Falls Canal System, which waters 
 200,000 acres in the southern part of the state; in 
 1903-04 was in charge of the construction of the 
 Milner Dam for the Twin Falls Canal Co ; in 1904- 
 05-06 was in the Reclamation Service, having charge 
 of the Minnidoka project; in 1906-07-08 was in 
 charge of Belle Fourche Dams, in South Dakota; 
 in 1909 was Carey Act inspector for the state of 
 Idaho, and from 1908 until 1912 (except during 
 1909), he had charge of the running and distributing 
 of the stored waters of Jackson Lake, Wyoming, to- 
 the Minnidoka and North Side Twin Falls projects 
 for the reclamation service. 
 
 In the fall of 1892 Mr. Martin was made surveyor 
 of Bingham county, in which office he served four 
 years, and at various times he has been the in-*- 
 
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 1241 
 
 cumbent of other offices of responsibility and trust. 
 In April, 1910, he was appointed state engineer to 
 fill out the unexpired term of James Stephenson, Jr., 
 acting in that capacity until March, 1911. He js a 
 Republican in his political views, but has taken little 
 interest in public matters. In February, 1912, Mr. 
 Martin was elected president of the Idaho Society of 
 Engineers for a term of one year. He is a director 
 of the Martin Canal Company, Incorporated, of 
 Bonneville county, and farms 320 acres of land six 
 miles west of Idaho Falls. His family resides on 
 this land, which is rapidly becoming one of the most 
 beautiful and valuable properties in that prosperous 
 part of the country. Fraternally, Mr. Martin is con- 
 nected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, 
 in South Dakota, and the Knights of Pythias, in 
 Idaho Falls, and his religious faith is that of the 
 United Presbyterian Church. He is a stalwart mem- 
 ber of the Idaho Falls Commercial Club and a great 
 Idaho booster, believing that this state is fast becom- 
 ing one of the richest in the Union. 
 
 On September 29, 1887, Mr. Martin was married 
 to Miss Luella M. Sanders, of Fort Scott, Kansas, 
 and they became the parents of five children : Gen- 
 evieve D., Carroll S., Mildred I., Avis M., Kieth A. 
 Mr. Martin's career illustrates most forcibly the 
 opportunities that are open to the man of ambition, 
 determination and ability in Idaho. The facility with 
 which the poor country school teacher rose to the 
 top in an honored profession should be inspiring 
 to the youths of today, who perchance like he, must 
 needs venture forth upon the battle of life equipped 
 only with sturdy heart, trained mind and willing 
 hands. 
 
 HOWARD L. HOPPES. No further evidence is needed 
 of a man's integrity or probity of character than 
 his appointment to the office of postmaster. The 
 responsibilities involved are of such a character 
 as to make it requisite that their past records bear 
 no stain or blemish, and that their present abilities 
 are such that they can capably handle the work of 
 the government. Thus it is that Howard L. Hoppes, 
 of Rigby, postmaster since 1910, bears such a high 
 reputation among his fellow-citizens. Mr. Hoppes 
 is a sane, level-headed man, who views things with 
 a clear and proper perspective; who attends to his 
 job, does his work, undertakes all his responsibilities 
 and meets all of his obligations, and withal proves 
 a popular and efficient postmaster. He bears the 
 added distinction of being a self-made man, and 
 his career from early youth has been one of constant 
 industry, and perseverance. He was born in Meigs 
 county, Ohio, July 27, 1871, and is a son of Alonzo 
 and Rhoda (Bailey) Hoppes, natives of the Buck- 
 eye state. At an early date the family came West, 
 settling at Sheridan, Wyoming, where the parents 
 still reside, each being sixty years old, Mr. Hoppes 
 being a retired railroad man. 
 
 The oldest of seven children, Howard L. Hoppes 
 attended the primary schools of Pomeroy, Ohio, 
 and graduated in his eighteenth year from the high 
 school at that place. In young manhood he engaged 
 in mercantile lines, but in 1894 left Pomeroy and 
 went to South Dakota, there taking up railroad 
 work, which he followed until coming to Idaho in 
 1904. Mr. Hoppes established himself in the furni- 
 ture business in Rigby, but this did not prove sat- 
 isfactory and after one year he sold out and went 
 to Kansas City, Missouri, where for two years he 
 was employed in a general store. Returning to 
 Idaho at that time, he secured employment as book- 
 keeper with the Falk Mercantile Company, at Nampa, 
 remaining thus employed until 1910, when he came 
 
 to Rigby and purchased property, and in December 
 of that year was appointed to the postmastership, 
 which he has continued to fill to the present time. 
 He has conscientiously discharged the duties of his 
 office, and his administration has proved very popu- 
 lar with the people of this place, among whom he has 
 made many friends, attracted to him by his genial 
 manner and evident sincerity. He has interested him- 
 self in various enterprises here, and at this time 
 is a director in the Rigby Hardware Company. 
 
 In December, 1904, Mr. Hoppes was married at 
 Rigby, to Miss Maude Hall, daughter of T. H. Hall, 
 a well-know farmer of this section of the state, and 
 they have had one daughter: Marcelline, born in 
 1905, and now attending school in Rigby. By a 
 former marriage, Mr. Hoppes had one son: Roland, 
 born in 1902, at Forsyth, Wyoming, and now attend- 
 ing school at Sheridan, Wyoming. Mr. Hoppes 
 is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, 
 and Secretary of the Rigby Commercial Club. Politi- 
 cally a Republican, he has ardently supported the 
 principles and policies of his party, but has never 
 held official position outside of that of postmaster. 
 Like all wide-awake and active men, he is very 
 fond of out-door life, and when he can spare the 
 time from his official duties delights in hunting and 
 fishing trips. His usefulness is not near its close, 
 and it would not be surprising if higher honors 
 awaited this progressive citizen, who personifies 
 what is best in Idaho's public men. 
 
 MATERNUS F. ALBERT. The present popular and 
 efficient incumbent of the office of cashier of the 
 First National Bank, at Payette, Idaho, Maternus 
 F. Albert, has here resided since 1892. His citizen- 
 ship has been characterized by intrinsic loyalty and 
 public spirit of the most insistent order, his aid 
 and influence being freely given in support of all 
 measures and enterprises tending to forward the best 
 interests of his home community. 
 
 la Pennsylvania occurred the birth of Mr. Albert, 
 the date of his nativity being July 18, 1859. He 
 is a son of George and Eliza Albert, who resided at 
 Dushone, Sullivan county, Pennsylvania, where the 
 former died in 1890, at the age of fifty-nine years. 
 George Albert was engaged in farming operations 
 during the greater part of his active career, and 
 his wife now survives him and maintains her home 
 in Payette. There were four children born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Albert, the subject of this review having 
 been the firstborn. 
 
 After completing the curriculm of the high school 
 at Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, M. F. Albert attended 
 the State Normal School, at Bloomsburg, Penn- 
 sylvania. . For the ensuing ten years he was engaged 
 in teaching school in his native state and in 1892 he 
 came to Payette, where he was superintendent of 
 the Payette school for another ten years. In 1902 
 he was elected cashier of the newly organized Bank 
 of Commerce, at Payette, and he retained that in- 
 cumbency for the following four years, when the 
 above institution'was absorbed by the First National 
 Bank of Payette. He is a member of the board of 
 directors in the Continental Life Insurance & In- 
 vestment Company, of Salt Lake City, and is like- 
 wise a director in the Payette Land and Orchard 
 Company and in the Payette Canning Company. He 
 is president of the Payette Commercial Club, and 
 is known for a shrewd financier and a business man 
 of unusual executive ability. 
 
 In politics Mr. Albert is a staunch supporter of 
 Republican principles, and he is a member of the 
 Payette board of education. In religious matters 
 he and his wife are zealous members of the Presby- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 terian church, in which he is an elder, and in a 
 fraternal way he is a thirty-second degree Mason. 
 He maintains that Idaho has one of the brightest 
 futures of any state in the Union on account of 
 her water power facilities, and her great agricultural 
 and horticultural possibilities. 
 
 In Pennsylvania, June 4, 1888, Mr. Albert was 
 united in marriage to Miss Minnie E. Troup, a 
 daughter of Theo. R. and Sarah Troup. There have 
 been four children born to this union, namely: 
 Lester Freeman, whose birth occurred in Pennsyl- 
 vania, July 5, 1889, was graduated from the Idaho 
 State University in June, 1912, and is now in the 
 employ of the Idaho-Oregon Light & Power Com- 
 pany; David W., born July 21, 1892, in Pennsyl- 
 vania, is a student in the University of Idaho; 
 Marvin D., born at Payette, Idaho, in 1896, is at- 
 tending high school in this city; and Marjorie, 
 born at Payette, in 1900, is a pupil in the graded 
 school. 
 
 WILLIAM P. HEM MINCER. Everywhere it is rec- 
 ognized and acknowledged that in the profession of 
 law there is no "royal road" to success. The law is 
 a jealous mistress, demanding of her devotees con- 
 stant attention, but her rewards are commensurate 
 with the services demanded, and those who devote 
 their lives to this calling are invariably found among 
 the leading men of any community. Long and faith- 
 ful training, assiduous study and inherent ability 
 have brought William P. Hemminger, of Rigby, Idaho, 
 to the forefront among the younger generation of Idaho 
 legists. Mr. Hemminger was born at Toledo, Ohio, 
 on February 5, 1883, and he was the youngest child 
 but one of Charles A. and Katherine (Gilscrist) 
 Hemminger, natives of the Buckeye state, where 
 they are now living. They have four children: 
 Mrs. Grace Webb, residing in Toledo; Mrs. Janet 
 Bartolette, of Shreve, Ohio ; William P., of this 
 brief review, and Roy S., who is a resident of 
 Toledo, Ohio. 
 
 William P. Hemminger was graduated from the 
 Illinois College of Law in 1908, being admitted to 
 practice before the Supreme Court of Idaho during 
 the same year. Mr. Hemminger located at Rigby 
 in the fall of 1909, and he soon came to be rec- 
 ognized as an attorney of rare promise and of un- 
 usual attainments for one of his experience and 
 years. This recognition has brought him a large 
 and constantly increasing professional business, to 
 which he has given the closest attention, bringing 
 to his work an enthusiasm that only has its birth 
 and origin in an inherent love for the profession. 
 He has never had reason thus far to regret his 
 choice of a locality for the exercise of his life work 
 for his practice is an assured one, and he realizes 
 that his adopted state has a very bright future. A 
 pleasant and courteous personality has drawn about 
 him a wide circle of warm and close friends, who 
 have been much gratified by his steady rise in his 
 profession, and who look to see him achieve greater 
 things in the coming years. 
 
 Mr. Hemminger is a Republican in his political 
 proclivities, but thus far has been too engrossed with 
 the duties of his calling to give much thought to 
 public matters. However, he is ever ready to con- 
 tribute of his time and labors to movements that 
 have a tendency to make for the betterment of his 
 community and its people, and as a member of the 
 Commercial Club of Rigby he has identified himself 
 with enterprises for the promotion of progress. 
 
 ROBERT A. SIDEBOTHAM. In the American state 
 the great and good lawyer must be always promi- 
 
 nent, for he is one of the forces that move and 
 control society. Few of the pioneer citizens of 
 Idaho exercised more beneficent influence over not 
 only the affairs of their immediate profession, but 
 also over the larger field of material development 
 and good government, than the late Robert A. Side- 
 botham. He was one of the earliest members of the 
 bar of Idaho, was given many official preferments 
 and throughout his long residence in this state his 
 career was marked by higher usefulness and service 
 to his community whether that community was his 
 home town or the larger area bounded by the state 
 lines. Few names are so deservedly included in the 
 list of Idaho's great men as that of Mr. Sidebotham. 
 Robert A. Sidebotham was born on the Ohio River 
 in the southeastern part of the state of Pennsylvania, 
 December 6, 1834. His father, Robert Sidebotham, 
 was a native of England, while his mother, whose 
 maiden name was Mehitable Wheeler, was a native 
 of Virginia, in which state the parents were married. 
 Robert A. was the second in a family of five children, 
 and all were reared in Virginia, which remained the 
 home of the parents for many years. The father 
 was engaged in manufacturing, and during his youth 
 Robert A. Sidebotham attained much experience in 
 practical affairs and was given liberal advantages in 
 school. He attended Oberlin College in Ohio, and 
 was graduated from the law department of that 
 institution. 
 
 At the beginning of his career he came west, 
 spending some time in California and Utah, and was 
 engaged in teaching school in Utah. In the very 
 early days of settlement and development in Idaho 
 territory he located at Rocky Bar, where he opened 
 an office and began the professional career which 
 was to mark him as one of the most eminent of 
 Idaho lawyers. He spent a great many years in 
 Rocky Bar, and it was while there that he rose to a 
 place of large influence in political affairs. He was 
 always an active Republican and while at Rocky Bar 
 was in the midst of a strongly Democratic com- 
 munity. Notwithstanding this fact he was sent to 
 the state legislature and also served a term in the 
 state senate as the representative of the people in 
 that vicinity. In his home county he held every 
 office that was in the gift of the people of that 
 locality, and though it was a Democratic county he 
 always carried his own election and never asked 
 for any honor which was refused. 
 
 In 1878 Mr. Sidebotham moved to Boise. This 
 removal to the capital was the result of his appoint- 
 ment by President Hayes as secretary Of the terri- 
 tory, a position now equivalent to that of lieutenant 
 governor. This office he held for two years, at the 
 end of which time he moved to the state of Colorado, 
 and from that time was actively identified with 
 mining interests, both in Colorado and in the Wood 
 River district of Idaho. His home, however, 
 throughout this period was in Boise. In Elmore 
 county in particular, during his years of residence 
 there, he took a very active part in the development 
 of material facilities and resources. He was instru- 
 mental in building a wagon road from Rocky Bar 
 to Mountain Home, an enterprise which did much to 
 open the country between these two localities. 
 
 An incident of his career is of interest as illus- 
 trating the personal dangers to which Idaho citizens 
 were subject as late as a single generation ago. 
 During the Indian war of 1878 he undertook at the 
 risk of his own life to deliver arms to the settlers 
 in the hostile country. At one time he went out 
 alone to save the life of a boy who was tending 
 stock at a stage station. He was surprised by the 
 Indians who fired on him, the bullets passing through 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1243 
 
 his hat and coat. After a breakneck ride of several 
 miles he met the soldiers and the oncoming savages 
 were repulsed. 
 
 Mr. Sidebotham was married in 1878 to Miss 
 Elizabeth Russell. Their marriage was celebrated in 
 the house at 1035 Warm Springs Avenue in Boise 
 where Mrs. Sidebotham still makes her home. That 
 residence was then a rural homestead, the family 
 seat of the Russell ranch situated on the Warm 
 Springs road. Mrs. Sidebotham is a native of Illi- 
 nois and a daughter of George W. and Mary L. 
 (Baird) Russell, her father being a native of Ohio, 
 and her mother of Pennsylvania. There were five 
 children in the Russell family, of which Mrs. Side- 
 botham was the third in order of birth. Her 
 father was a farmer and stock raiser and was 
 identified with Idaho for a number of years, his 
 death occurring in Boise in 1901. Her mother 
 died in this city in 1902. Mrs. Sidebotham has 
 two sisters: Mrs. G. W. Lewis, of Boise; and 
 Mrs. H. S. Dorman, of Spokane, Washington. The 
 three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Sidebotham 
 were: Mary; Lois, who is now the wife of H. 
 P. Umbsen of San Francisco; and Robert R., who 
 married Miss Blodwen Evans of England, and now 
 resides in Boise. Mr. Sidebotham was an active 
 member of the Methodist church, as is also Mrs. 
 Sidebotham. He became affiliated with the Odd 
 Fellows Lodge in Hailey, Idaho, and was always 
 faithful to the precepts and associations of that 
 craft. His death occurred December 27, 1904, while 
 he was on a train bound from Cripple Creek to 
 his Idaho home. Although seventy years of age, 
 his death came as a distinct loss to a large com- 
 munity of Idaho citizens, for few men have identi- 
 fied themselves to a greater degree as closely with 
 citizenship and with affairs in any community. 
 
 GEORGE WHITFIELD RUSSELL. The life of such a 
 pioneer as the late George Whitfield Russell is a 
 credit to any state or nation, and its record has a 
 value enlarging as the perspective of American his- 
 tory grows more perfect. 
 
 George Whitfield Russell was born January 21, 
 1830, in Gallia county, Ohio, and at the early age of 
 twelve years, in company with his parents, brothers 
 and sisters, removed to Knox county, Illinois, where 
 they located on a homestead near Knoxville, that 
 place being still in the Russell family. 
 
 On December 2, 1856, Mr. Russell and Mary L. 
 Baird were united in marriage at Peoria, in Knox 
 county, Illinois. To them were born five children: 
 James Harrison; William A.; Elizabeth Sidebotham; 
 Olive Lewis and May Dorman. The late Mr. Russell 
 was a California forty-niner. He went round Cape 
 Horn, as the expression then was, in the early gold 
 excitement of the Pacific coast, and returned home 
 by the way of the Isthmus of Panama via New York 
 City. After remaining a few years in the east, in 
 
 1862 he set out for Oregon, being a member of a 
 large train of immigrants. Mr. Russell had the 
 finest equipped outfit in the train, having four large 
 claybank horses, which he had formerly had the 
 honor of driving in a parade during Abraham Lin- 
 coln's presidential^ campaign in 1860. President 
 Lincoln honored him by riding behind these horses. 
 The immigrant train on its way to Oregon passed 
 down the Boise Valley and made one encampment 
 across the river from Boise on the south side. For 
 the succeeding winter they encamped in the Rogue 
 River Valley of Oregon. Then in the spring of 
 
 1863 they journeyed on to Salem. During the jour- 
 ney across the plains, the train was several times 
 disturbed by Indians, and the settlers had to form 
 their wagons in a circle for protection. After locat- 
 
 ing his family on the Stanton farm near Salem, Mr. 
 Russell came back to the Dalles, from which point 
 he was engaged in the operation of a pack train into 
 the Boise basin of Idaho, which was then a booming 
 mining camp. 
 
 On August 10, 1864, Mr. Russell brought his fam- 
 ily to Boise. Having become a partner with Captain 
 Griffin in the Idaho Hotel (where now a portion of 
 the Overland block stands) he took up his first 
 residence in that old hostelry. A little later he 
 bought the Half Way House between Boise and Idaho. 
 Still later he acquired a homestead and pre-emption 
 east of and adjoining Boise. This homestead is 
 notable history in the growth of Boise, and is 
 known as the East side. To that place he moved 
 his family in 1868. 
 
 The famous Warm Springs Avenue in the finest 
 resident section of the city runs through the old 
 Russell homestead, from the cottonwood flume on 
 the west to a point beyond the Natatorium. pie 
 farm extended from the river out onto the foothills. 
 This farm in itself was quite a source of revenue 
 but Mr. Russell did not confine himself to farming, 
 but entered quite extensively into the stock raising 
 and had large herds of both horses and cattle. He 
 also owned two or three threshing outfits, among 
 the first in that locality, and owned the first train 
 of wagons on which he transferred freight from 
 Kelton, Utah, to Boise, a distance of two hundred 
 and fifty milesT-one entire month being consumed in 
 making this trip. 
 
 Throughout these early years in Boise. Indian up- 
 risings were not uncommon and some of the freight- 
 ers and wagons were burned. Mr. Russell, how- 
 ever, was fortunate in escaping without loss of life 
 or property. During the Bannock war he accom- 
 panied the Volunteers on the Overland road to the 
 scene of the depredations of the Indians. 
 
 Although a quiet and unassuming citizen, his opin- 
 ions always carried great weight, and it was fre- 
 quently said "George Russell's word was just as good 
 as his note." Mr. Russell was a shareholder in the 
 Capital State Bank when it was organized, and that 
 old financial institution occupied the site where now 
 stands the Pacific National Bank. He was also 
 active in installing the first street car line ever 
 operated in Boise, the Rapid Transit Company, of 
 which he was secretary. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Russell had an ideal home life on 
 their homestead until the time of his death, which 
 occurred after an illness of four months on Decem- 
 ber 5, 1901. His wife survived him only seven weeks, 
 passing away on January 26, 1902. Their family 
 were all near them to the end of their lives, and 
 this fact was a source of great comfort in their 
 declining years. The Russell homestead was located 
 by G. W. Russell about the year 1868 and he moved 
 his family onto it from the Half Way House on the 
 Idaho City road and it was their home continuously 
 until their death, when it passed into the posses- 
 sion of their daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Sidebotham, 
 widow of the late Robert A. Sidebotham. The 
 famous Warm Springs Avenue runs through the 
 middle of the homestead, which is now known as 
 East Side Addition and was called Warm Springs 
 road because it led to the Kelley Hot Springs. It 
 is now the finest residence part of the city. Here 
 they reared all their children and a number of their 
 grandchildren were born here. Their hospitality 
 was widely extended and many friends and rela- 
 tives often gathered around their bountiful table and 
 enjoyed their hearthstone. A goodly portion of the 
 homestead and pre-emption remained in their pos- 
 session at the time of their death and was divided 
 among their children, all of whom survived them. 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 HON. ADDISON TAYLOR SMITH. In no field of 
 endeavor is there greater opportunity for advance- 
 ment than in that of law, a profession whose votaries 
 must, to be successful, be endowed with native talent, 
 sterling rectitude of character and singleness of 
 purpose, while equally important concomitants are 
 close study, careful application and a broad general 
 knowledge, in addition that of a purely technical 
 nature. It has been through the medium of these 
 characteristics that the Hon. Addison Taylor Smith, 
 member of Congress from Idaho, has reached his 
 present position as one of the foremost citizens 
 of the state. A farmer's son, in early life he set his 
 aspirations high, and his career has been distin- 
 guished by constant and steady advance along well- 
 defined lines. He was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, 
 and is a son of Isaac and Jane (Forsythe) Smith, 
 the former of whom served three years as a soldier 
 of the Union army during the Civil war. Both were 
 descended from Revolutionary patriots. 
 
 After completing the curriculum of the public 
 schools, Addison T. Smith entered the Cambridge 
 high school, where he was graduated in 1882. In 
 the meantime he had worked on his father's farm in 
 Guernsey county, but on completing a course in the 
 Iron City Commercial College, in Pittsburgh, Penn- 
 sylvania, he secured a position as bookkeeper for a 
 large business house, and was later advanced to the 
 position of salesman. In 1891 he became secretary 
 to Senator Shoup of Idaho, and he subsequently 
 served in a like capacity with Senator Heyburn until 
 1912, and in the meantime had also acted as com- 
 mittee clerk in the United States Senate, at Wash- 
 ington, D. C. During this time he had also taken 
 a course in the law department of George Washing- 
 ton University, from which he was graduated with 
 the degree of LL. B. in 1895, and in 1896 took a 
 post graduate course in the National Law School, 
 Washington, D. C, receiving the degree of LL. M. 
 In 1904 Mr. Smith became a homesteader on the 
 Twin Falls tract, where he is still the owner of 
 a valuable property. In 1907 he was made register 
 of the United States Land Office, at Boise. He has 
 always been an active worker in the ranks of the 
 Republican party, and served as secretary of the 
 Republican State Central Committee of Idaho, from 
 1904 to 1911. On November 5, 1912, he was elected 
 a member of Congress from Idaho, by a plurality 
 of 13,393. Mr. Smith's record in Congress has been 
 that of an active worker, and he is always alert to 
 advance the interests of his constituents. 
 
 On December 24, 1889, Mr. Smith was married 
 at Washington, D. C., to Miss Mary Adele Fairchild, 
 a daughter of Benjamin and Calista Fairchild of New 
 York, and a sister of Hon. B. L. Fairchild, a former 
 member of Congress from that state. Three chil- 
 dren have been born to this union : Hugh Fairchild, 
 Walter Shoup and Benjamin Taylor, the last named 
 of whom is now deceased. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their son Walter are 
 members of the First Methodist 'Episcopal church, 
 of Twin Falls. 
 
 WILLIAM WANKE was born in Austria, on the 
 I9th day of March, 1862, and is the son of Vincent 
 and Anna Wanke, both natives of that country. 
 The father, who was a tailor by trade, passed his 
 life in his native land, and died in 1886 when he 
 was sixty-two years old. The wife and mother came 
 to America in 1890 to join her son, William, of this 
 sketch, and is now a resident of the state of Ne- 
 braska. These parents had eleven children, and 
 William was the fifth born of that number. 
 
 William Wanke attended the schools of his native 
 land until he had reached the age of ten years, such 
 education as he acquired after that being entirely 
 due to his own efforts. Until he was twenty-two he 
 followed various kinds of work in Austria, and then 
 came to America, settling at first in Antelope county, 
 Nebraska, in the town of Tilden. For two years 
 he followed farm work there, and for five years 
 thereafter was engaged in railroad work. As the 
 result of the savings of seven years he was able 
 to enter into business on his own responsibility, and 
 at Foster, Nebraska, with a capital of $500 he 
 engaged in the general merchandise business. From 
 that small beginning, through the application of the 
 qualities of thrift and economy, with dogged per- 
 sistence and energy, his present success has been 
 evolved. In 1902 Mr. Wanke sold his business in 
 Nebraska and removed to Idaho, settling in Fremont 
 county. There he purchased land and for five 
 years was occupied with farming activities, after 
 which he sold the farm, removed to Ashton and 
 once more engaged in the mercantile business. On 
 May I, 1912, he formed a partnership with Joseph 
 Schroll, proprietor of one of the leading general 
 stores of Ashton, and the union of forces has re- 
 sulted in the establishment of the finest store in 
 the town, the firm being known as that of Wanke 
 & Schroll, dealers in dry goods, groceries, boots and 
 shoes, etc. Both are prominent and popular among 
 the business men of the city and are known for 
 sturdy, substantial representatives of the best com- 
 mercial interests in the place. 
 
 Mr. Wanke is a Republican, but not active in 
 politics. He holds membership in the Odd Fellows, 
 the Highlanders and the Modern Woodmen of 
 America. He is also a member of the Commercial 
 Club of Ashton, and affiliates with the Methodist 
 church. 
 
 He married Mrs. Laura L. Heath, the daughter 
 of Ezra Austin, a native of Illinois. They have 
 no children. 
 
 The splendid success which has been the for- 
 tune of Mr. Wanke is largely, or indeed, entirely, 
 due to his own unaided efforts in a business way, 
 as he was utterly without resources when he came 
 to America as a young man of twenty-two. That 
 he has forged to the front as he has done is evi- 
 dence of the many excellent qualities which char- 
 acterize the man. He is a splendid example of the 
 good citizenship that this countrv is rich in among 
 its many foreign born Americans, and he is especially 
 enthusiastic in his regard for the state of Idaho, 
 where he has met with so much of his success and 
 prosperity. 
 
 ORANGE M. DRAKE. Thoroughly abreast of a pro- 
 fession that in late years has accomplished marvels 
 in the alleviation of human ills, Dr. Orange M. Drake, 
 of Idaho Falls, secretary and treasurer of the Idaho 
 State Board of Examiners in Optometry, appointed 
 by Governor Hawley for four years, is recognized 
 as one of the leading optometrists of the Northwest, 
 and in a few short years has gained an enviable 
 position among his confreres. In the business world 
 he holds equally high prestige as the directing head 
 of the Drake-Simmons Optical Company, Boise, 
 and among his business associates, as in the com- 
 munity at large, he is noted for his uncompromising 
 integrity. His sympathies are keen and broad, lead- 
 ing him to cooperate in every scheme calculated to 
 advance the general good or to ameliorate the con- 
 dition of his fellow men. Orange M. Drake was born 
 at Brooklyn, Iowa, January 15, 1869, and is a son 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1245 
 
 of Isaac C. and Catherine C. Drake, natives of 
 Ohio, who migrated to Poweshiek county, Iowa, in 
 1854, by wagon, and there Isaac C. Drake spent the 
 rest of his life in farming. His death occurred in 
 1889, while his widow still survives and makes her 
 residence in Ohio, being sixty-six years of age. 
 They were the parents of six children, of whom 
 Orange M. was tne oldest. 
 
 After attending the public schools of Oskaloosa, 
 and Drake University, at Des Moines, Iowa, Orange 
 M. Drake came to Idaho, settling in Boise, October 
 li, 1902. Following this he removed to Caldwell, 
 where he established himself in the mercantile busi- 
 ness, but subsequently decided upon a professional 
 career, and sold his business interests to enter the 
 Jacksonian Optical College, at Jackson, Michigan. 
 On graduating therefrom in 1006 Dr. Drake spent 
 one year in practice in Portland. Oregon, and then 
 returned to Boise, where he opened an office and 
 became connected with various optical companies. 
 In 1911 he came to Idaho Falls and established the 
 Hawkeye Optical Company of which he is president 
 and manager. 
 
 On January 27, 1889, Dr. Drake was married at 
 Oskaloosa, Iowa, to Miss Nancy A. Suiter, daughter 
 of Mordecai and Ellen Suiter, well-known residents 
 of Oskaloosa. Seven children have been born to 
 this union, namely: Hazel, born October 28, 1889, 
 who married Dr. A. E. Von Harten. of Salt Lake, 
 Utah, and has had two children, Rush Minor, de- 
 ceased, and Anthony Earl; Alfred Earl, born Jan- 
 uary 2, 1891, at Newton, Iowa, a resident of Ore- 
 gon ; Verald Minor, born July 12, 1899, at Austin, 
 Minnesota, now attending school in Boise; Charles 
 Clyde, born October 22, 1901, living at Spirit Lake, 
 Iowa; Clarence Oliver, born May 28, 1903, at Boise, 
 Idaho, where he is attending school; Ruthelda Pearl, 
 born December 29, 1904, at Caldwell, Idaho, and also 
 a school student in Boise; and Muriel, born Septem- 
 ber 6, 1909, at Burley, Idaho. 
 
 Dr. Drake is a member of the National and State 
 Optical Association, is secretary and treasurer of 
 the State Board of Examiners in Optometry, and 
 president of the second district of the Idaho As- 
 sociation of Optometrists. He has devoted much time 
 to the study of his profession, being a graduate of 
 the Oregon College of Optometry, at Portland, 
 and of Needles Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, class 
 of 1911. He has succeeded in his chosen vocation 
 through the medium of his own efforts and is justly 
 worthy of the title of self-made man. Dr. Drake 
 also takes an interest in Idaho's horticulture, having 
 40 acres in orchard, three miles from Nampa, and 
 recently disposed of a five-acre orchard near Boise 
 at $1,500 per acre, one of the very best in the 
 state. 
 
 E. C. SMITH. As one of Downey's flourishing 
 business men, E. C. Smith occupies a place in the 
 front rank, which he has attained simply through 
 close and intelligent attention to business. A native 
 of Utah, he is a son of Samuel and Jeannette 
 (Smith) Smith, both of whom were natives of 
 England, coming in early life to America and cross- 
 ing the plains. They were married in Utah, where 
 they reared thejr children and where the mother 
 still lives, a resident of Smithfield, Utah. Samuel 
 Smith was a business man who was engaged in 
 mercantile lines, in railroad contracting and in other 
 commercial enterprises at Brigham City. Seventh 
 in order of birth of the eight children, was E. C. 
 Smith, the subject of this review. He was born at 
 Brigham City on August 18, 1876. 
 
 In his juvenile days E. C. Smith gathered the 
 usual intellectual material of youth from the schools 
 of Brigham City and from the Agricultural College 
 at Logan, later attending the Brigham Young College 
 at Logan, Utah. Before his graduation, Mr. Smith 
 left college in order to go on a mission to England 
 and on his return entered upon his business career. 
 
 Smithville, Utah, was Mr. Smith's first location 
 as an independent business man. There he worked 
 in a flour mill, continuing in that enterprise for 
 six years. On October 9th, 1906, he came to Downey, 
 where he established the Smith mercantile business, 
 in conjunction with his brother. They started in 
 a modest way, in a frame building, and from that 
 modest start the project has developed into one of 
 the largest and most substantial concerns of its 
 kind in the section. Such wonderful strides has 
 Mr. Smith made in his business that he has erected 
 a large two-story building in which the mercantile 
 affairs are carried on, which is owned by Mr. 
 Smith and his brother. At the present time the 
 Smith mercantile business is counted one of the 
 most substantial concerns of its kind in this sec- 
 tion. 
 
 In the year 1909 Mr. Smith founded his domestic 
 establishment. On April 12 of that year he was 
 united in marriage to Miss Lillie Laurenson, at 
 Pocatello. Mrs. Smith is a daughter of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Laurenson of Downey. In the years succeed- 
 ing the Laurenson-Smith marriage, one child has 
 been added to the home: Delia Smith was born 
 on August 14, 1911, at Downey, Idaho. 
 
 In political affiliation E. C. Smith is allied with 
 the Republican party. He has been honored by his 
 fellow-citizens of Downey, who have elected him 
 to the office of mayor, which civic position he now 
 holds. He is a member of the Church of the Latter 
 Day Saints. 
 
 JOHN MERRITT HALE. A business man of Jerome, 
 Idaho, Mr. Hale for the past six years has been 
 very closely identified with affairs in that little 
 city, having a successful record as a real estate man, 
 banker, civic leader and in Republican politics. 
 
 John Merritt Hale was born in Topeka, Kansas, 
 April 3, 1870, a son of Miles Miller and Elizabeth 
 (Merritt) Hale. Grandfather Eli Hale immigrated 
 to Ohio early in the nineteenth century, from North 
 Carolina, being a member of a large colony of 
 Friends (Quakers) to which faith the Hale family 
 had belonged for several generations. At the same 
 time came Ann Hadley, whom Eli Hale afterwards 
 married. Both were of old families, and numerous 
 representatives of both names are widely scattered 
 over the country. Miles M. Hale, who was born at 
 Richmond, Ohio, about eighty-three years ago, served 
 three years in the Civil war, going out from Waynes- 
 ville, Ohio. In 1869 he moved out to Topeka, 
 Kansas, where he was engaged in farming until 
 1882. Moving into town, he conducted a mer- 
 cantile business there until about 1887, and in 1890 
 was elected treasurer of the city, an office which 
 he filled with credit for twelve years, finally de- 
 clining to become a candidate again because of his 
 old age. 
 
 In 1859 Miles Miller Hale married Elizabeth 
 Merritt. Because she was not of the Friends' church, 
 and because he would express no regret at having 
 broken one of the church laws, he was excommuni- 
 cated and since that time neither he or any of his 
 family have had connection with the Friends. He 
 voted the Republican ticket from the first campaign 
 of that party in 1856, has always lived a clean upright 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 life, and is yet today a hearty old man, lovable in 
 disposition, honored and trusted by all who know 
 him. Elizabeth Merritt, his wife, was born and 
 reared at Waynesville, Ohio, was a graduate of 
 Knox College, and was married at the age of twenty 
 years. Her father, who, from his name, was of 
 Irish stock, was a carpenter by trade, while her 
 mother came from Mount Holly, New Jersey. Eliz- 
 abeth Hale was an ardent church worker, and 
 was identified with the Second Presbyterian church in 
 Topeka, from the establishment of that church, and 
 always a leader in its activities. Her death occurred 
 December 23, 1911. She was the mother of the 
 following children: Clara, who died in 1887; Mary, 
 wife of J. H. Stuart of Topeka; Emma, wife of J. A. 
 McLain of Topeka; Alberta of Topeka; John Mer- 
 ritt; and Fred, a commercial traveler, who lives 
 at Salina, Kansas. 
 
 John Merritt Hale was reared in Topeka, and at 
 the age of fifteen left school and went into a tin 
 shop, where he learned the tinner's trade. Leav- 
 ing Topeka, and his home in 1889, he has since 
 that year been on his own responsibility. His first 
 employment was in a wholesale hardware house at 
 Denver, where he worked as handy man for the 
 buyer, and was promoted to be price clerk and city 
 buyer. In 1892, during the boom at Creede, he 
 located there as buyer for a retail hardware store; 
 but was taken sick and went home. In 1894, having 
 a thorough experience in merchandising he went on 
 the road selling hardware, and traveled for two 
 years over Oklahoma, five years in New Mexico, 
 and two years in Kansas. After that his territory 
 was changed to Idaho, and after four and a half 
 years of travel, during which he "made" practically 
 every town of importance in the state he gave up the 
 business of traveling salesman, and established his 
 permanent home at Jerome on July 15, 1907. On 
 locating there he built an office which he is still 
 using for his real estate business. He was at the 
 beginning of things in this community, and among 
 other evidences of his public spirit was his estab- 
 lishment of the first school at Jerome, and he be- 
 came chairman of the school board. In 1909 Mr. 
 Hale organized the farmers and merchants bank, 
 was made vice president and was one of the execu- 
 tive managers of the institution until he sold his 
 interests in 1912. Mr. Hale has erected several 
 buildings in Jerome and has always been one to 
 help in any movement that would improve living 
 conditions and build up the community. 
 
 An active Republican, Mr. Hale was chairman of 
 the County Republican committee during the cam- 
 paign of 1910, and through his personal work car- 
 ried the county for his party at a time when the 
 state as a whole went largely Democratic. Mr. 
 Hale is still an active member of the United Com- 
 mercial Travelers, in which he is a past councillor, 
 a title which means that he has been elected to all 
 the offices in the gift of the council. He is also 
 affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order 
 of Elks, and served as the first chaplain of the 
 Jerome Lodge of Eagles. 
 
 At El Paso, Texas, October 5, 1898, occurred 
 the marriage of Mr. Hale to Miss Stella Isher- 
 wood. Mrs. Hale is a graduate of the Davenport 
 high school of Iowa. Her father, Thomas J. 
 Isherwood, was a steamboat builder, and a boat 
 captain at Davenport, and during the Civil war he 
 made a record on the river. Captain Isherwood 
 married Miss Ruby Polk, who was descended from 
 the same family to which President Polk belonged. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hale have no children. 
 
 There need be no apology spoken for Mr. Hale' s 
 success, as a business man and a citizen, but it is 
 worthy of note that after he left home and got out 
 into the world he found himself sadly in need of 
 more education than he had attained during his 
 limited school days. With his realization of that de- 
 ficiency, he attended night school for two terms. 
 During that period of study he discovered that his 
 eyesight was very defective and that, though not 
 understood in his boyhood days, was no doubt the 
 chief reason for his having failed to accept all 
 the opportunities for learning presented to him 
 before he left home. 
 
 JACOB C. JACOBSEN. A worthy representative of 
 that element of citizenship which has exerted most 
 potent influence in connection with the upbuilding 
 of our great empire of the West, Mr. Jacobsen is 
 "a scion of the staunchest of Danish stock and may 
 well take pride in claiming Denmark as the land 
 of his nativity. He was born in that fair part of the 
 Northland on the 3rd of August, 1869, and through 
 his own energy and ability he has gained distinctive 
 success in the land of his adoption, where he is 
 known as a man of sterling character and distinctive 
 business ability. That he merits designation as one 
 of the essentially representative business men of 
 the state of Idaho needs no further voucher than 
 the statement that with headquarters at Idaho Falls, 
 the judicial center of Elmore county, he controls, in 
 the handling of produce at wholesale, an enterprise 
 that is not exceeded in scope and importance by any 
 other similar order in the entire state. 
 
 Mr. Jacobsen is a son of Andrew and Karen 
 (Christensen) Jacobsen. The father, who was a 
 carpenter by trade, died in Denmark, at the age 
 of forty-eight years, and the widowed mother later 
 came with her children to America and settled at 
 Dillon, Montana, where she passed the residue of 
 her life and where she was summoned to eternal 
 rest in the year 1901. She is survived by five chil- 
 dren, of whom the subject of this review is the 
 eldest. 
 
 Jacob C. Jacobsen is indebted to the schools of his 
 native land, where every man has a trade or an 
 educational training and he was about nineteen years 
 of age at the time when he came to America. His 
 ambition and appreciation were shown by his avail- 
 ing himself of the educational advantages of the 
 United States, and he was graduated in the high 
 school at Dillon, Montana, as well as in the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal institution known as Montana Uni- 
 versity, in Helena, the capital of the state. He 
 then became identified with the sheep industry near 
 Dillon and with this line of enterprise, in con- 
 junction with that of dairying, he was there actively 
 concerned for eight years. In 1901 Mr. Jacobsen 
 came to Idaho and located on a ranch near Idaho 
 Falls. There he continued operations as a farmer 
 and stock-grower until 1906, when he signalized his 
 progressiveness and good judgment by engaging 
 in the wholesale produce business, with headquarters 
 at Idaho Falls. Energy and fair and honorable 
 dealings have made this venture an unqualified suc- 
 cess and the business now controlled by Mr. Jacob- 
 sen in the buying and shipping of produce is con- 
 cededly the largest in this section of the state and 
 undoubtedly is not excelled by any of the like 
 in the entire commonwealth of Idaho. This is 
 shown by the fact that in the year 1912 he shipped 
 more than six hundred and seventy carloads, con- 
 signed to Chicago and other eastern markets as 
 well as to those of Kansas and Texas. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 The civic loyalty of Mr. Jacobsen is of the most 
 insistent order and he is ever ready to do all in his 
 power to further those interests which tend to ad- 
 vance social and industrial prosperity. His political 
 allegiance is given to the Republican party and he 
 and his wife are members of the Lutheran church. 
 He is the owner of a considerable amount of valu- 
 able ranch land in Bonneville county 120 acres 
 and there are other concrete evidences of the 
 independence and success which he has gained 
 through his own well ordered endeavors. 
 
 In December, 1898, at Dillon, Montana, was sol- 
 emnized the marriage of Mr. Jacobsen to Miss Annie 
 Marie Wind, who was born in Schleswig, Germany, 
 and who was a girl* at the time of the family im- 
 migration to America. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobsen have 
 seven children, all of whom remain at the parental 
 home and the names of whom are here entered in 
 respective order of birth: Karen, Anna, Hans, Rolf, 
 Matilda, Agnes and Jacob C, Jr. The three first 
 mentioned were born in Montana and the other four 
 in Bonneville county, Idaho. 
 
 MATHEW J. KLINKHAMMER. The editor and pub- 
 lisher of the Stites Signal is one of the representa- 
 tive members of the newspaper fraternity in Idaho 
 county and is making his paper a most effective 
 exponent of local interests, the while he himself is 
 known as one of the progressive young business men 
 of Stites and as a citizen ready to dp all in his 
 power to further the civic and material advance- 
 ment of his home village and county, where he has 
 already gained secure vantage ground in popular 
 esteem. 
 
 Mr. Klinkhammer was born at Shakopee, the 
 judicial center of Scott county, Minnesota, on the 
 I4th of May, 1885, and is a son of John and Kath- 
 erine (Baumhoefer) Klinkhammer, both of whom 
 were born in Germany and the marriage of whom 
 was solemnized in Minnesota. The father was a 
 boy at the time of the family immigration to America 
 and he is one of the honored pioneer citizens of 
 Minnesota, where he followed the vocation of me- 
 chanic for many years and where he is now living 
 virtually retired. He is a staunch Democrat in 
 his political proclivities, and both he and his wife 
 are devout communicants of the Catholic church. 
 Of the seven children the youngest is he to whom 
 this sketch is dedicated. 
 
 Mathew J. Klinkhammer gained his early educa- 
 tion in the public schools of his native town and 
 at the age of fifteen years he entered upon an 
 apprenticeship to the printers' trade a discipline that 
 has been consistently pronounced equivalent to a 
 liberal education. He perfected himself in the 
 mysteries and details of the "art preservative of all 
 arts," and has been continuously identified with the 
 printing business. In 1912 he established his home 
 at Stites, Idaho, to which place he came direct from 
 his native place, and here he purchased an interest 
 in the Stites Signal, of which he is now the sole 
 owner and which he has made a model country 
 newspaper. The plant is well equipped in all de- 
 partments and has facilities for the turning out 
 of the best class of job work. Mr. Klinkhammer has 
 shown much abilrty in presenting the local news 
 and in fostering the best interests of the community, 
 the while he is deeply appreciative of the advantages 
 and attractions offered in the state of his adoption. 
 He is a stalwart and effective advocate of the 
 principles and policies of the Democratic party and 
 has made his paper a valuable exponent of the cause 
 of the now dominant political organization. He is 
 an active and valued member of the Stites Com- 
 
 mercial Club and is a communicant of the Catholic 
 church, in whose faith he was reared. His name is 
 still enrolled on the list of eligible bachelors and 
 he is one of the popular young business men of 
 the town in which he has established his permanent 
 home. 
 
 ROBERT BROSE. Twenty-seven years ago a young 
 German arrived in Idaho, after a long journey from 
 his native land. Half way across the continent, his 
 funds had become exhausted, and he had worked at 
 different places for the stake to carry him to his 
 destination. In Idaho he became a homesteader, 
 lived in a dugout, toiled early and late, allowed 
 nothing to discourage him, and in a few years was 
 on the high road to prosperity. Both as a rancher 
 and business man he is known as a successful man, 
 and has provided a fine home, reared a family of 
 children to do him credit, and succeed him in 
 usefulness to the state. 
 
 Born in Germany, April 4, 1856, Robert Brose 
 was a son of Robert and Albertina Brose, who 
 spent all their lives in Germany, where the mother 
 is still living. Robert Brose was reared in his na- 
 tive land, had the usual advantages of the public 
 schools of Germany, and lived there until he had 
 attained to manhood. He served for six years 
 in the German army, and finally determined to 
 seek the great opportunities of the western con- 
 tinent, where he might win a greater success, and 
 enjoy more of the good gifts of life than in his 
 home country. In this way he arrived in New York 
 in September, 1885, and by stages finally reached 
 the West. When he arrived at Milwaukee, he had 
 but one dollar and seventy-five cents, and he spent 
 days and weeks at different points earning enough 
 to get him a little further on his journey. Over 
 parts _pf his route to the West he beat his way 
 on trams, and by a variety of adventures and experi- 
 ences finally came to Kelton, Utah. Soon after- 
 wards he continued on to Idaho, and on reaching 
 Rock Creek built himself a dugout on the site 
 now occupied by his comfortable ranch home. He 
 homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, 
 one mile north of the Rock Creek postoffice, and at 
 the present time is the owner of two hundred and 
 eighty acres. This land is exceedingly valuable, 
 since he has put it under irrigation, and acre by 
 acre it is worth many times what he paid for it 
 years ago. For his home he has built a cement house 
 with all the modern conveniences, and none of his 
 neighbors live in more comfort and contentment 
 than Robert Brose. His home has been at Rock 
 Creek since April, 1886. He started out with one 
 cow, later bought two more, and from that nucleus 
 has extended his operations and enterprises until 
 for many years he has been called one of the big 
 cattlemen of South Idaho. For some time he was 
 engaged in raising horses on a large scale, and still 
 devotes his efforts to cattle, and by operating both 
 as a producer and in preparing his cattle for market 
 he conducts a very profitable enterprise. He opened 
 the Palace Meat Market at Twin Falls in 1906, the 
 year after the opening of the Oregon Short Line 
 to that point, and now has two first-class meat 
 markets in Twin Falls. In this way he sells direct 
 to the consumer, much of the meat produced on 
 his home ranch. Besides his market he owns a 
 lot and store building, on Main street in Twin Falls. 
 On October 10, 1891, Mr. Brose married Augusta 
 Domroes, a daughter of Ludwig and Johanna Dom- 
 roes, both of whom came from Germany and are 
 now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Brose have six children, 
 named as follows: Clara is engaged in teaching 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 school in Twin Falls; Walter is on the ranch, look- 
 ing after his father's cattle; Olga is a graduate 
 of the Twin Falls high school, with the class of 1913 ; 
 Robert, Jr., lives on the ranch; Wanda is a high 
 school student; and Helena is at home. Mr. Brose 
 is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Twin 
 Falls, and a Republican in politics, he votes usually 
 for the best man. During the early days of his 
 residence in Idaho, he participated in some of the 
 Indian troubles, and is a man of broad experience, 
 has seen this state develop from its pioneer period, 
 and is intensely loyal to the country which has 
 given him so generous a prosperity. 
 
 JOHN N. MEYER. From the beginning German 
 enterprise and influence have entered strongly into 
 every branch of industrial activity and every avenue 
 of commercialism in our country, and no nationality 
 finds a warmer welcome in any community than does 
 the German, for he is invariably a man of thrift 
 and of high standards of citizenship. John N. Meyer, 
 a prominent business man of Cottonwood, Idaho, 
 who as president and manager of the Cottonwood 
 Milling Company is at the head of one of the 
 most thriving business concerns of Idaho county, 
 is by birth and generations of ancestral inheritance 
 a German and by his energy and splendid business 
 ability is adding to the achievements of his country- 
 men in the United States. 
 
 Mr. Meyer was born in Germany, May 30, 1878, 
 and was educated in the splendid public schools 
 of the Fatherland and at Differt College. After 
 completing his studies he entered the milling busi- 
 ness and has been continuously identified with that 
 line of business activity since. In 1907 he immi- 
 grated to the United States and settled first at 
 Uniontown, Washington, where he was engaged in 
 the milling business two years. From there he came 
 to Cottonwood, Idaho, where he organized the Cot- 
 tonwood Milling Company, in which G. J. Ferhaar 
 and Frank Dreps are associated with him and of 
 which Mr. Meyer has been the active head from 
 the beginning. They have a modernly equipped mill 
 in every respect and draw trade from all over north- 
 ern Idaho and eastern Washington and even across 
 the waters, as products from their mills are also 
 shipped to the Orient. Mr. Meyer is a young man, 
 alert, energetic and resourceful, and of more than 
 ordinary business ability and he holds a prominent 
 place among the men who are advancing this com- 
 munity by developing the commercial interests of 
 the section. He deservedly stands high in the re- 
 spect and esteem of his fellow townsmen. Mr. 
 Meyer, who has traveled extensively in foreign 
 lands and in the United States, gives Cottonwood 
 and this section of Idaho precedence over any other 
 section that he has visited and is firmly convinced 
 that when the resources of this state are developed 
 that it will be one of the richest agricultural dis- 
 tricts of the world. In politics he has aligned with 
 the Democratic party and takes a lively interest 
 in its work, believing that it is a part of good citi- 
 zenship to keep posted on the issues of the day and 
 that it is the duty of every man to cast his vote. 
 He enjoys such outdoor sports as hunting and fish- 
 .ing and is highly appreciative of such entertainments 
 as make for intellectual and cultural improvement. 
 
 At Devil's Lake, North Dakota, Mr. Meyer was 
 married on August 12, 1908, to Miss Katie Fuchs, 
 whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Fuchs, are 
 residents of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer have 
 two children, named Agnes and Augustine. Both 
 he and his wife are devout communicants of the 
 Roman Catholic church and he is affiliated with 
 
 the Knights of Columbus, Catholic Foresters and 
 St. Joseph's Verein. 
 
 DANIEL W. GROVER, manager of the Sugar City 
 branch of the firm of Miller Brothers Company, 
 occupies a leading position among the foremost busi- 
 ness citizens of Fremont county, where he has not 
 only been successful in business pursuits, but has so 
 consistently performed the duties of citizenship as 
 to win the respect and esteem of those with whom 
 he has been associated. Like many of Idaho's best 
 citizens, he is widely traveled, having spent some 
 time in mission work of the Church of the Latter 
 Day Saints, while a genial, sociable nature has 
 gained him a wide circle of admiring friends. Mr. 
 Grover was born April 8, 1876, at Nephi, Juab 
 county, Utah, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth 
 (Heiner) Grover. 
 
 Thomas Grover was born in Illinois, and at the 
 age of six years, in 1847, accompanied his parents 
 overland to Utah, where he engaged in farming and 
 also followed his trade of stone mason for many 
 years. He is now a resident of Morgan, Utah, hav- 
 ing accumulated a competence. Mr. Grover has been 
 active in Democratic party work and in the activities 
 of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, and at this 
 time is president of the council of seventy. He mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Heiner, who was born in Berlin, Ger- 
 many, and accompanied her parents to the United 
 States in childhood, they being pioneers of Utah. 
 Mrs. Grover died in 1882, having been the mother 
 of seven children, of whom Daniel W. was the fifth 
 in order of birth. 
 
 Daniel W. Grover secured his early education in 
 the public schools of Morgan, Utah, following which 
 he attended Prove Academy and Brigham Young 
 College. At the age of twenty-one years he went 
 to the Southern states on a mission for two years. 
 Then returning to Idaho he began clerical work along 
 mercantile lines, in which he was engaged for eight 
 years, but in 1908 went to England, in the work of 
 the Church of the Latter Day Saints. On his return 
 to the United States, in 1910, he again took up cler- 
 ical work, and on September I, 1911, became branch 
 manager for the Miller Brothers Company, at Sugar 
 City, a position he has continued to hold to the 
 present time. Mr. Grover is possessed of much more 
 than ordinary business ability, and his management 
 of the affairs of the concern has been marked by a 
 great advance in the trade. He also owns and ope- 
 rates a farm of one hundred and ten acres in Fre- 
 mont county, but makes his home in Sugar City in 
 order to be near to his business. Politically a Re- 
 publican, Mr. Grover has been an active worker in 
 the ranks of his party, and has served his community 
 in public office, having been justice of the peace in 
 Salem precinct, Fremont county, for four years. Mr. 
 Grover has firm and unshaken confidence in the 
 future of Idaho, the climate, soil and resources of 
 which he speaks of in glowing terms. It is but 
 natural that he should feel an affection for the com- 
 munity in which he has gained his success, and 
 where he has been fortunate in making a wide circle 
 of friends. His religious affiliation is with the 
 Church of the Latter Day Saints. 
 
 On October 2, 1903, at Salt Lake City, Utah, Mr. 
 Grover was united in marriage with Miss Martha 
 May Ricks, daughter of Judge Hiram Ricks, of Rex- 
 burg, and four children have been born to this 
 union: Carl, born August 10, 1904, at Rexburg, 
 Idaho; Wells, born March 24, 1906, at Salem; Lu- 
 cille, born March 10, 1908, at Salem; and Don, born 
 August 3, 1911, also at Salem. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1249 
 
 WALTER HOCE. A pioneer of remarkable and varied 
 experience and accomplishment was the late Walter 
 Hoge, for so many years prominent in business and 
 public affairs in Bear Lake Valley, and one of the best 
 remembered of the old citizens of Paris. As a miner, 
 prospector, lumber operator, merchant, cattleman and 
 general business man, he devoted his energies at 
 different times and places and always with excep- 
 tional success. He became identified with the mining 
 districts of Idaho, during the sixties, and during that 
 same decade united with the Church of Jesus Christ 
 of Latter Day Saints. 
 
 The son of Walter and Elizabeth Hoge, Walter 
 Hoge was born in the Nag's Head Inn, New Castle 
 on Tyne, Northumberland, England, on the eighteenth 
 of November, 1842. During his infancy his parents 
 and their family, consisting of Mary, Ann, Robert, 
 John, George, and the child Walter, moved from 
 New Castle on Tyne to Carlisle, Cumberland. They 
 soon after moved to Nichol forest, in the county of 
 Cumberland and close to the border line between 
 Scotland and England. Here his youthful years were 
 spent, and he attended the local schools part of the 
 time until he attained his eleventh year, when he was 
 taken to Ettrick Vale, Selkirkshire, Scotland, by 
 James Haliburton, his half-brother, being the oldest 
 son of his mother by a former husband. In the 
 beautiful Ettrick Vale three years of his life were 
 spent. This vale is made famous by the writings, 
 songs and poems of James Hogg, the "Ettrick Shep- 
 herd." 
 
 At the age of fourteen Walter accompanied his 
 brother in his move to Kippelaw Maine, Roxburg- 
 shire, Scotland. Here two years more were spent and 
 he attended the school at Bowden, and the Sunday 
 school over which the Rev. Mr. Allerdyce presided. 
 He then was apprenticed to a butcher in Selkirk, with 
 whom he remained about two years. At the age 
 of eighteen he moved from Selkirk to Hawick, Rox- 
 burgshire, Scotland, and worked in a butcher shop 
 for a man named Adam Patterson. While there he 
 took his degrees in Freemasonry, as a son of the St. 
 John Lodge, Hawick. 
 
 Having heard and read the glowing accounts of the 
 rich Cariboo gold mines, at Vancouver's Island, he 
 resolved to go westward, and on the twentieth day 
 of September, 1862, sailed from the East India Docks, 
 London, on the sail and steamship Robert Lowe, 
 crossing the equator in the Atlantic, rounded Cape 
 Horn, again crossing the equator in the Pacific and 
 landed in the Esquimalt Harbor, Vancouver's Island, 
 on January 10, 1863, haying spent one hundred and 
 twelve days on board ship. 
 
 On the first day of June, 1863, he started for the 
 Cariboo mines by ocean steamer from Victoria to 
 New Westminster, thence by river boat to Fort Yale, 
 carrying his blankets and provisions from Fort Yale 
 to Williams Creek, a distance of about three hundred 
 miles, where he worked during the summer at float- 
 ing lumber from the saw mill to the mines and also 
 in mining. While here he had a very severe attack 
 of mountain fever, after which it was necessary to 
 find a lower altitude. He wended his way with a 
 pack train to the coast, to New Westminster, thence 
 to Victoria, and on to Portland, Oregon, and from 
 there to The Dattes, where he was employed on the 
 railway in building a portage on the Columbia River 
 till the spring of 1864. From there he went to Walla 
 Walla, Washington, and from there to the Kx>tenai 
 gold mines, where the summer of 1864 was spent, 
 also the winter and the summer of 1865. At Virginia 
 City, Montana, he passed the winter months of 
 1865-66. With the -pring of 1866, he moved to Deep 
 Creek, Montana, and engaged in mining and butcher- 
 ing until fall, when he returned to Virginia City. On 
 
 March i, 1867, he went with some others to Lemhi, 
 Idaho. On this journey they crossed the summit of 
 Rocky Mountains, camping out in a severe snow storm 
 with the thermometer ranging about thirty degrees 
 below zero. That summer was spent in the mines 
 about twenty miles from Lemhi City, Idaho, and in 
 the fall with two others he headed for Salt Lake City f 
 Utah, expecting to winter there and return to Lemhi 
 the following spring. While in Idaho his ventures 
 had proved disastrous, and all his savings accumulated 
 by mining and butchering were swept away in his 
 mining speculations there. During those early years 
 Walter Hoge was one of the venturesome and alert 
 spirits who were typical of the population of the 
 northwest, and he was always ready to join in any 
 new stampede to a newly discovered mining district. 
 
 On his way to Utah, while camping in the Black- 
 smith Fork River just south of the city of Logan, 
 Cache county, Utah, Mr. Hoge hired out to a man 
 named Frank Sadler, to run an upright saw mill for 
 the winter. It was here (according to his own his- 
 tory) that he found a friendly and God-fearing people 
 who treated him kindly and took great pleasure in 
 explaining the principles of the Gospel to him. Par- 
 ticularly did he remember the kind acts of' Father 
 George W. Pitkin and his estimable wife Sarah Ann, 
 who proved themselves a father and mother to him, 
 "A stranger in a strange land." 
 
 It was here that he joined the Church of Jesus 
 Christ of Latter Day Saints, and that conversion 
 gave an entirely new trend to his career and sub- 
 sequent fortunes. He taught school in Cache county, 
 Utah, until October 9f 1867, when he received a call 
 to go with others into the Bear Lake Valley of 
 Idaho, in order to settle that new country with a 
 colony of churchmen. With the first settlers of the 
 Bear Lake region he therefore entered upon the 
 various enterprises of pioneer life. Walter Hoge had 
 an important part as a leader and controlling hand in 
 the various interests of manufacturing and dealing 
 in lumber, in real estate transactions, in general mer- 
 chandising and the cattle business. He was, more- 
 over, very active in political affairs. For several 
 terms he filled the office of sheriff at Bear Lake 
 county. At one time he was deputy clerk of the U. S. 
 court, he was a member of the first city council of 
 Paris, and was serving in that official capacity at the 
 time of his death. In the community where he had 
 been so active and so useful his life closed at the age 
 of seventy years in 1911, and he was laid to rest m 
 Paris. He is survived by his widow and a number 
 of children, who themselves have taken honored 
 places in the world. 
 
 In Salt Lake City, December 6, 1869, Walter Hoge 
 married Amelia Smith, an English lady by birth, and 
 an emigrant in youth to the United States and to 
 Utah. He subsequently married Miss Sarah Beck, a 
 daughter of Andres Beck, a pioneer of Bear Lake 
 Valley. Mr. Hoge was the father of eight children : 
 Rhoda; Ella; Lizzie; Dr. W. S. Hoge; William B. 
 Ho"c; W. Smith Hoge; George A. Hoge; and Ezra 
 J. Hoge. 
 
 W. SMITH HOGE. The sixth of the eight children 
 of the late Walter Hoge and wife, W. Smith Hoge 
 has been a factor of importance in the business affairs 
 and public life of Paris, and in many ways has carried 
 forward successfully the influence and activities which 
 characterized his late father, so prominent as a pioneer 
 in this community of Idaho. 
 
 Mr. W. Smith Hoge was born in the town of Paris, 
 in Bear Lake county, on October 6, 1884. After his 
 preliminary education in the public schools, he spent 
 four school years in the Fielding Academy at Paris, 
 and continued his academic education with two years 
 
1250 
 
 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 of study in the commercial school known as the Lat- 
 ter Day Saints Business College at Salt Lake City. 
 The vocational education of Mr. Hoge began in his 
 boyhood days when he assisted with the work of his 
 father's lumber mills. He had charge of the shipping 
 and clerical department, and gained a thorough 
 knowledge of lumbering in all its details. It was 
 during that period that his father had the firm incor- 
 porated with the Montpelier Lumber Company. With 
 this concern, W. Smith Hoge continued for four 
 years. At the end of that time he took up the work 
 of a public stenographer in Bear Lake county, con- 
 tinuing in that way until required by church authori- 
 ties to go abroad on a mission. Being sent to England 
 Mr. Hoge remained there for about twenty-seven 
 months. When that term of service was fulfilled, he 
 returned to Paris, and entered the business in which 
 he is now successfully engaged, the Bear Lake County 
 Abstract Company. Mr. Hoge carries on business 
 in general real estate, loans, insurance and abstract 
 work. He is at present United States Commissioner 
 and a notary public and is also giving his service to 
 his home city in the office of city clerk. He is inter- 
 ested and active in political affairs, and is a stanch 
 Republican. 
 
 In 1909 Mr. Hoge founded his domestic establish- 
 ment in Paris. He was married in Salt Lake City 
 on September 22 of that year to Miss Bertha May 
 Grimmett, a daughter of Judge and Mrs. John H. 
 Grimmett of Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Hoge have become 
 the parents of two children : Smith Grimmett Hoge 
 and Miss Nadia Hoge. Mr. Hoge is a member of the 
 Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, 
 which he officially serves as ward clerk. He is a 
 member of the Commercial Club, and is socially pop- 
 ular. His tastes are of a scholarly nature, and he 
 possesses a decided talent for art. It is due to his 
 business ability, however, that he holds a position 
 of such distinction in Paris, where he ranks among 
 the foremost citizens. Mr. Hoge invites correspond- 
 ence from any persons interested in the material or 
 business prospects of Idaho. 
 
 E. H. DEWEY. One of the most difficult positions 
 in the world to fill is that of the son of a successful 
 man. If the father has been successful in gathering 
 together wealth, the son is hampered by this very 
 wealth from developing his own personality; if the 
 father has been a man of great intellect or splendid 
 attainments the son is either expected to live the pace 
 set by his father or else face the discouraging eyes 
 of the world that says, "He will never be such a 
 man as his father," when as a rule no one could be 
 more conscious of the fact than the son himself. All 
 of these things did E. H. Dewey, of Nampa, Idaho, 
 have to face, but backed by a character inherited from 
 a father who was a fighter, and with an education in 
 practical administration of affairs, although the son 
 could never usurp the position held by Colonel Wil- 
 liam Dewey, his father, yet he has carved his own 
 niche and ranks very high among the men of affairs 
 in the state of Idaho. 
 
 E. H. Dewey was born in Owyhee county, Idaho, 
 on the 23rd of October, 1869, so he is one of the few 
 native sons of the state to hold positions of influence, 
 for Idaho is still too young to pass much beyond 
 the first generation. Mr. Dewey received his early 
 education in the public schools of Idaho, and as soon 
 as he was old enough to derive any benefit from the 
 experience, his father plunged him into the practical 
 work of managing a mine. He first had to learn 
 the work from the ground up by mastering all the 
 details through experience and at the age of twenty 
 he was thoroughly competent to take the .position 
 of mine superintendent. His first position was with 
 
 the Black Jack, which he opened up, that is, the mine 
 had once been worked but had been abandoned, and 
 this was practically the same as opening up a new 
 mine. A tunnel was built to tap the ore-bearing ledge 
 five hundred and seventy feet below the deepest of 
 the old workings. In addition to this tunnel, Mr. 
 Dewey erected a ten-stamp mill and all the necessary 
 structures. He was two years at this work and then 
 went to the Trade Dollar mine as its superintendent. 
 He was succeeded by Frederic Irwin, who became 
 superintendent of the Black Jack mine in 1891. Mr. 
 Dewey remained for four years as superintendent of 
 the Trade Dollar mine, erecting the ten-stamp com- 
 bination mill and building the tunnels, the main one 
 of which, practically four thousand feet in length, 
 connects with the Black Jack tunnel, so that it is 
 possible to pass from one mill to the other by an 
 underground route, seven thousand feet in length. 
 These two mines are among the best known and 
 most profitable mines in the country, and to Mr. 
 Dewey belongs the honor of having actually opened 
 them up. 
 
 The first settlement in Owyhee county was Boone- 
 ville named for one of the first party of settlers to 
 come into the county. The town which was at first 
 prosperous fell into decay, and nothing much re- 
 mained but the old hotel. Colonel W. H. Dewey, 
 believing that this was a good location for a town 
 bought the hotel and the surrounding property, and 
 set to work to manufacture a town, his son E. H. 
 Dewey being in charge of the actual work. In addi- 
 tion to this town building Mr. Dewey also started 
 the Florida Mountain group of mines, building the 
 tunnel and erecting the big twenty-stamp mill which 
 is one of the largest and best equipped mills in the 
 west. It is undoubtedly the finest mill in the state 
 and has a capacity of seventy tons of high grade ore 
 a day. Mr. Dewey remained in charge of this work 
 until 1897 when he came to Nampa to take charge 
 of the railroad interests in which both he and his 
 father were deeply involved. This road, now known 
 as the Idaho Northern Railroad, has its offices in 
 the fine office building erected by the Dewey estate, 
 which estate also erected numerous other buildings 
 in Nampa. Since coming to Nampa, Mr. Dewey has 
 entered heart and soul into the development of the 
 city, and has never lost an opportunity to further its 
 interests. Since the death of his father Mr. Dewey 
 has been president of the Idaho and Northern Rail- 
 road, and has shown in a remarkable way his exec- 
 utive ability, which has been developed by his long 
 years of training in the hard school of experience. 
 
 The Palace Hotel of Nampa, which was planned 
 by Colonel Dewey and erected by his son is the 
 finest hotel in the state. It was opened with a grand 
 ball on the ist of January, 1902, and has continued 
 in prosperity, save for the season of 1910 when 
 through lack of patronage and general depression 
 which swept this section at that time it was closed. 
 Mr. Dewey is now the president of the Palace Hotel 
 Company. 
 
 The public-spiritedness and willingness to serve 
 of Mr. Dewey, as well as the confidence and trust 
 put in him by his fellow citizens, was shown in 1908 
 when he was elected to the mayorality of Nampa. 
 This honor was again given him in 1910 and he is 
 still serving in this capacity. Since he has been in 
 office he has engineered the erection on public prop- 
 erty of a fine city hall, fire stations and water works, 
 and in every way has made of Nampa a modern city. 
 He stands for progress and believes that Nampa has 
 a splendid future before her, therefore that no im- 
 provement is too far in advance or too good for her. 
 The citizens of the place are to be congratulated on 
 having so level headed and far-seeing a man at the 
 helm of the city's affairs. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1251 
 
 ALUSOK W. LAIRD. Of the first rank of influential 
 and energetic business men in Idaho is Allison W. 
 Laird, of Potlatch, an interested principal and gen- 
 eral manager of the well-known Potlatch Lumber 
 Company, one of the most important industrial con- 
 cerns of this state, who also has charge of important 
 commercial and financial interests in the northern 
 part of the state as president and active manager of 
 both the Potlatch State Bank and the Elk River 
 State Bank and who in different other ways is very 
 prominently identified with the industrial, business 
 and public affairs of that section. Sheer ability 
 brought Mr. Laird to the position he now holds. 
 From a modest beginning and by means of per- 
 sistent industry and determination he has risen step 
 by step to his present responsible duties, and it is 
 to men of such force that Idaho is indebted for the 
 great development that is taking place within her 
 borders. 
 
 Born in Winona. Minnesota, December 7, 1863, 
 Mr. Laird grew up in his native city, receiving there 
 a very practical educational discipline, as he is a 
 graduate of both the common and high schools of 
 Winona. After leaving school he accepted a posi- 
 tion in the Second National Bank of Winona, with 
 which institution he remained practically a quarter 
 of a century. Beginning as a messenger boy, he 
 soon gave promise of future usefulness in more im- 
 portant relations. He was honest, thorough, atten- 
 tive to details and obliging, concomitants of charac- 
 ter that permitted him to rise in the confidence of 
 his employers and won him successive promotions 
 until he became cashier and manager of the bank, 
 the position in which he was serving when in 1905 
 he was called to Idaho to take charge of similar but 
 still more extensive interests for which were needed 
 a wise directive head. He was assistant general 
 manager of the Potlatch Lumber Company, until he 
 succeeded as general manager of both the Potlatch 
 Lumber Company and the Washington, Idaho and 
 Montana Railway Company Mr. William Deary, who 
 died on May 7, 1913. The Potlatch Lumber Com- 
 pany has the distinction of operating at Potlatch the 
 largest lumber mill in the world, and of having at 
 Elk River the most modern electric lumber manu- 
 facturing plant to date. He is president and active 
 head and manager of the Potlatch State Bank and 
 is also president of the Elk River State Bank, and 
 besides these responsible duties he is as above stated 
 connected with the Washington. Idaho and Montana 
 Railway Company, which is closely identified with 
 the general interests of the Potlatch Lumber Com- 
 pany. He has a remarkable capacity for untiring 
 labor and his watchfulness, his genial manners, cool 
 judgment and thorough understanding of finance 
 make his services in these different capacities those 
 of the most efficient order. He thoroughly believes 
 in the efficiency of a good education for fitting men 
 and women for useful citizenship and in this respect 
 shares the views of the Potlatch Lumber Company 
 as a whole. This company very practically demon- 
 strated this sentiment by erecting at Potlatch a fine, 
 modern school building and it maintains a full corps 
 of well-trained instructors to give the youth of this 
 community excellent opportunities for a practical 
 education. Mr? Laird is chairman of the school 
 board and is deeply interested in promoting the best 
 interests of the school. 
 
 The old trite saying that "an ounce of prevention 
 is worth a pound of cure" has been applied in recent 
 years in repard to forest fires. Throughout most 
 of the great lumber sections of the West a system of 
 forest patroling has been established in an endeavor 
 to prevent the great losses hitherto so often sus- 
 tained through this great destroying agency. Mr. 
 
 Laird was a leading spirit in organizing the fire pro- 
 tection work in northern Idaho and is now president 
 of the Potlatch Timber Protective Association, 
 which association patrols and looks after a district 
 comprising approximately one million acres, and he 
 is also president of the North Idaho Forestry Asso- 
 ciation. In political affairs Mr. Laird is an Inde- 
 pendent Republican ; he takes no active part in polit- 
 ical work. Fraternally he is affiliated as a member 
 of Potlatch Lodge, No. 66, Free and Accepted 
 Masons, and both he and his wife are members of 
 the Union church at Potlatch, the edifice of which 
 also is the contribution of the lumber company. 
 
 Mrs. Laird was Miss Anna Van Blarcom Mc- 
 Cutchen before her marriage to Mr. Laird at Win- 
 ona, Minnesota, on October 7, 1891, a daughter of 
 Mr. and Mrs. William G. McCutchcn, of that city. 
 Two daughters, Elizabeth McCutchen and Charlotte, 
 have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Laird. 
 
 JOHN A. YOUNGKIN. The record of successful 
 business men needs no introductory preface among 
 the citizens of their community, and John A. Young- 
 kin, of Richfield, undoubtedly belongs to the class 
 just referred to. By his strict personal integrity 
 and honorable dealings, combined with brilliant busi- 
 ness qualifications, he has become not only one of 
 the leading men in industrial and commercial circle* 
 in Lincoln county, but also one of the most highly 
 respected citizens of his adopted locality. That the 
 life of such a person should have its public record is 
 peculiarly proper, because a knowledge of men whose 
 substantial fame rests upon their attainments, char- 
 acter and success must necessarily exert a whole- 
 some influence on the rising generation of American 
 people. Mr. Youngkin is a native of Pennsylvania, 
 a son of Joseph Youngkin, who came to Iowa June 
 9, 1864. He first worked by the day and then rented 
 a farm for six years. In 1871 he moved to Jasper 
 county and still resides on this homestead, being 
 eighty-five years old on January i, 1914. 
 
 John A. Youngkin was reared and educated in 
 Jasper county, Iowa, and there assisted his father in 
 the work of the home farm until removing to Craig, 
 Washington county, Nebraska, where he entered the 
 livery and hotel business. Subsequently he sold out 
 and went to the western part of the same state, 
 where he followed farming and engaged in govern- 
 ment contracts on an extensive scale, but in 1889 
 disposed of his interests and came overland by 
 wagon to Boise, Idaho. There he followed contract- 
 ing and building, some of the largest structures of 
 that city during his residence there being erected by 
 him. He accumulated considerable properties in 
 Boise that he still owns, and also had a fine home 
 there, which is still occupied by his family. He was 
 also engaged extensively in the timber business, as a 
 rafter, and identified himself with placer mining 
 operations on Moore's Creek, which proved decid- 
 edly successful. For some years he was engaged in 
 contracting with the Barber Asphalt Company, in 
 Boise, hauling the gravel and sand for the first pave- 
 ments in Boise, a large contract necessitating the use 
 of many teams. In 1008, when the town of Rich- 
 field was opened, Mr. Youngkin came to this place 
 and opened a blacksmith shop and farm implement 
 store, but the former was subsequently discontinued, 
 and to his implement stock he added wagons and 
 buggies, the wholesale hay and grain business fol- 
 lowing. He has already established a branch store 
 at Camas Prairie, and today is the leading business 
 man in his line in Lincoln county. He has the repu- 
 tation, and his record bears it out, of being one of 
 the men of Idaho who have done and are doing big 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 things and everywhere he is held in the highest con- 
 fidence and esteem. He is the owner of a number ot 
 fine ranches in Lincoln county and of valuable city 
 realty Mr. Youngkiivs success in Richfield is due 
 to the fact that he possessed the courage of his con- 
 victions, and when his opportunity came he did not 
 hesitate to grasp it. His confidence in the future ot 
 Richfield and its commercial interests was pro- 
 nounced, and this confidence has been vindicated by 
 the development of the prosperous and growing busi- 
 ness of which he is the active head. His success, 
 however, has not been a matter of chance, as he is 
 possessed of abilities that no doubt would have en- 
 abled him to succeed in whatever line or whatever 
 locality he found himself. In political matters he is 
 a Republican, while fraternally he and his sons are 
 connected with the I. O. O. F., in which he is a 
 trustee while his son Walter is secretary. He also 
 holds membership in the local lodge of the Wood- 
 men of the World. 
 
 Mr. Youngkin was united in marriage with Miss 
 Susie A. Warrick, also a native of Pennsylvania, 
 and they have two sons: Walter A. and Owen. 
 Walter A. was born November 14, 1882, at Craig, 
 Nebraska, and was educated in the schools of Boise. 
 At this time he is manager of the branch store at 
 Camas Prairie and is recognized as a young man of 
 more than ordinary business ability. Owen Young- 
 kin was born July 15, 1884, at Craig, Nebraska, and 
 was educated in the schools of Boise county and the 
 city schools of Boise. He has acquired valuable 
 ranch lands adjacent to Richfield, and like his 
 brother is associated with his father in business, the 
 firm being known as the Youngkin Implement Co. 
 
 JOHN S. HICKEY. On the twentieth of January, 
 1913, one of the Boise papers began one of its lead- 
 ing news articles with the following words : "By the 
 sudden death of John S. Hickey, at his home last 
 night in Nampa, this community suffers the loss of 
 one of its most respected and progressive citizens 
 and one who has taken an important part in the 
 development of the West, particularly of southern 
 Idaho, during the past forty years." 
 
 The late John S. Hickey did much during his long 
 lifetime to deserve such a tribute from the local 
 press of the state. He was one of the sturdy men 
 whose lives are associated with the things which will 
 long remain permanent in the business and the eco- 
 nomic life of the community. John S. Hickey was 
 born at Peekskill-on-the-Hudson, in New York, 
 April 8, 1845. The family moved West to Illinois 
 in 1854, and he attained a "common school education 
 in his native state and in Illinois and in 1868, when 
 twenty-three years of age, ventured out into the 
 great West. He located soon afterwards at Rawlins, 
 Wyoming, during the days when the Union Pacific 
 Railroad was being completed as the first trans- 
 continental line. From that time until 1890 he re- 
 mained in the employ of the Union Pacific in various 
 executive positions, being located at Pocatello from 
 1884 to 1890 as master mechanic of the Oregon Short 
 Line Railroad. In October, 1890, he accepted the 
 position of superintendent of the foundry depart- 
 ment of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, 
 Anaconda, Montana, remaining with them until the 
 fall of 1906, when he removed to Nampa. Mr. 
 Hickey located permanently in Idaho in 1884, his 
 first home being at Eagle Rock, and in 1887 he 
 located at Nampa on a homestead, the land of 
 which is now the center of that flourishing city. 
 Few other citizens did more for the material, the 
 financial and the moral and industrial upbuilding 
 of his home city than Mr. Hickey. He built the first 
 
 brick block in Nampa, and that building stood until 
 destroyed by fire in 1909. It has since been replaced 
 by a modern brick structure that is one of the con- 
 spicuous features of the business district. He was 
 also builder of the Commercial Building, in which 
 the Nampa postoffice is located. 
 
 In 1871 he married Miss Elizabeth Rockwell, and 
 three children were born to their union. C. R. 
 Hickey is now one of the leading real-estate and 
 insurance men of southern Idaho, with offices at 
 Nampa. The daughter Cora is deceased, and Juliet 
 is the wife of W. C. Dewey. The late Mr. Hickey 
 became a member of the Masonic order at Laramie, 
 Wyoming, during his early residence in that section 
 and never transferred his membership from the 
 lodge. Mr. Hickey, among his extensive real estate 
 possessions in Nampa, owned and constructed a 
 beautiful home, where his death occurred and where 
 his widow now resides. The late Mr. Hickey had 
 exceptional ability in the forming of close and inti- 
 mate friendships. He was a friend of every old- 
 timer in the southern part of the state, and every 
 one regarded with peculiar affection this prosperous 
 and able business man who knew so well how to 
 combine success and vigorous activities with a kindli- 
 ness and sincerity of personal relations which kept 
 his life and his activities completely free from envy 
 or malice. 
 
 FRANK MILTON LELAND. The name of Frank Mil- 
 ton Leland is one that is well known throughout the 
 West, especially in engineering circles, for he was 
 one of the pioneer engineers of the West, and has 
 accomplished some of the most important work that 
 has been done in the engineering line west of the 
 Mississippi river. He is not only an exceptionally 
 able man in his profession but he is also a good busi- 
 ness man, and above all, in spite of what he has 
 accomplished, he has remained unspoiled, a modest, 
 unassuming man, whose chief charm to Jiis many 
 friends is his unconsciousness of, anything in himself 
 of which to be vain. 
 
 Frank Milton Leland was born in Ontario county, 
 New York, on the 9th of March, 1858. He is the 
 son of Oscar Madison Leland, who was also born 
 in the state of New York and in Orleans county, the 
 date of his birth being 1829. The Leland family 
 trace their ancestry back through a long line of 
 sturdy pioneer folk to Henry Leland, who came to 
 this country from England in 1625. Oscar M. Le- 
 land was a farmer and was a battle scarred veteran 
 of the Civil war. He enlisted as a private in the 
 One Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York Infan- 
 try, serving for two years and nine months, during 
 which time he fought in a number of battles and 
 was wounded in the battle of Gettysburg. He never 
 recovered from the wounds he received during his 
 army service and died from the effects of these 
 wounds in 1868. He married Cynthia Woodin, a 
 native of Ontario county, New York, and a descen- 
 dent of Scotch ancestors. She is yet living and is a 
 resident of Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 Frank Milton Leland was the only child born to 
 his parents. He was educated in the schools of 
 Saint Joseph, Missouri, whither his parents moved 
 when he was nine years of age. He had to learn to 
 shift for himself early in life and his first experience 
 in taking care of himself was as a newsboy in the 
 streets of Omaha, Nebraska. Machinery always had 
 a fascination for him and in 1873 he received an 
 opportunity to follow his natural bent, and as an 
 apprentice in the shops of the Illinois Central Rail- 
 way at Chicago, spent three years, learning the trade 
 of machinist. At the end o"f this time, in 1876, he 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1253 
 
 removed to Austin, Nevada, and there was employed 
 in the mines as machinist and mechanical engineer. 
 He went from here to Virginia City, Nevada, and 
 thence to Lewis District, Nevada, where he was put 
 in charge of the Starr & Grove quartz mills as fore- 
 man. He here gained much valuable experience and 
 a wider knowledge than he had been able to gain 
 anywhere else. His experiences in mining engineer- 
 ing were to prove invaluable to him later in life. 
 His next position was in Tuscarora, Nevada, where 
 he was chief engineer of the Navajo and North Belle 
 Isle group of mines. He remained here for a num- 
 ber of years and during this time he accomplished 
 what was, perhaps, his first big piece of engineering. 
 This consisted of the erection of two hundred thou- 
 sand dollars worth of machinery, which he himself 
 designed. This machinery comprised compressed air 
 machinery, hoisting machinery and stamp mills. He 
 also erected many large plants in Nevada and Cali- 
 fornia. He built the first permanent electric railroad 
 in the state of California, this being one in San 
 Diego. He built other roads of this description, the 
 one at Los Angeles, which he built for Col. Howland, 
 being the first one in the city of Los Angeles. He 
 was also the constructor of the first electric railway 
 in San Jose, this being the San Jose & Santa Clara 
 electric road, also of the Oakland, San Leandro & 
 Haywards electric railway, which later became 
 known as the Haywards electric railway. After these 
 various enterprises had been carried to a successful 
 termination, Mr. Leland became manager of the min- 
 ing machinery department of the Risdon iron works, 
 at San Francisco, California, where he remained for 
 ten years. 
 
 In 1905 he resigned this position and removed to 
 Idaho, where he came direct to Mackay and took 
 charge of the old White Knob mine. At this time 
 the corporation which owned the mine was bankrupt 
 and that anything could be done with the old mine 
 seemed far from probable. Mr. Leland, however, 
 took hold of the business and in a short time the 
 Empire Copper Company, as the new concern was 
 known, was making the old mine pay dividends. 
 These holdings have developed into the largest cop- 
 per producer in the state of Idaho, and this success 
 is largely due to the ability and determination to 
 succeed of Mr. Leland. He is president of the Em- 
 pire Copper Company and also of the Green Back 
 Gold Mining Company of Oregon. He has other 
 mining interests elsewhere, among these being the 
 First National Copper Company, of Coram, Cali- 
 fornia, in which company he is a member of the 
 board of directors. 
 
 In politics Mr. Leland is a member of the Demo- 
 cratic party, but he has been forced to give his 
 entire time to business and has contented himself 
 with casting his. vote, not caring for the plums of 
 public office. In the fraternal world he is a member 
 of the Masons, being affiliated with Eden lodge. No. 
 113, of San Leandro, California, and with the Royal 
 Arch Masons in the chapter in Pocatello, Idaho. 
 
 In Tuscarora, California, on the I7th of June, 
 1884, Mr. Leland married Miss Mary Hart, who was 
 born in California, the daughter of Charles Hart. 
 Three children "have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Leland, two of whom are living: Stanford Leland. 
 who was horn on the 26th of March. 1885, and Earl 
 Leland. whose birth took place on August 16, 1888. 
 
 In this short sketch scant mention only can be 
 made of all the engineering work of importance 
 which Mr. Leland has accomplished, but one of 
 which Mr. Leland is proud and which sorely de- 
 serves mention, was accomplished in connection with 
 the Comstock mines. In competition with eighteen 
 
 other engineers, Mr. Leland made plans and draw- 
 ings for the draining of water from the great Com- 
 stock mines. His plans were accepted and when 
 put into service proved successful, and the draining 
 of this great mine was considered one of the big 
 engineering feats of the West, and did much toward 
 winning for Mr. Leland the reputation which he 
 now enjoys. 
 
 ELWIN E. WILLIAMS. Bellevtie, Idaho, includes 
 among its enterprising citizens the prosperous young 
 merchant whose name introduces this sketch Elwin 
 E. Williams, who was born and reared in the town, 
 who knows everybody here, and whose record is as 
 an open book. 
 
 Mr. Williams dates his birth January 14, 1887. His 
 father, Mathew Williams, a native of Vermont, came 
 out to Idaho when a young man and settled here 
 among its early pioneers. He followed farming and 
 mining, took an active part in politics, and rendered 
 valuable service in a number of local offices. He was 
 at one time a county commissioner and he also filled 
 the office of chairman of the Republican county cen- 
 tral committee. He was a man of high ideals and of 
 deep religious convictions, was prominent in the Ma- 
 sonic order, and was well known and highly re- 
 spected in Blaine county. He died in 1910, at the 
 age of seventy years, and his remains rest in the 
 Bellevue cemetery. The mother, I. ml la (Reed) 
 Williams, is still living in Bellevue. She was born 
 in Kentucky but came to Idaho previous to her mar- 
 riage. Of her five children, Elwin E. was the third 
 born. The others are: Edith, wife of Guy U. Le, 
 of Blaine county ; Elmer M., a graduate of the Idaho 
 State University, is married and a resident of Belle- 
 vue; Edna, wife of John L. Johnson, who is in busi- 
 ness at Marshfield, Oregon, and Raymond H., now a 
 student in Rosatella Academy. 
 
 Elwin E. Williams received his education in the 
 public and high schools of Bellevue. He earned his 
 first money when a boy of ten years, working on a 
 farm. Up to the time he was nineteen he worked in 
 the summer and attended school in winter. Then 
 he accepted a position in a hardware and grocery 
 store. As a clerk, he learned the details of the busi- 
 ness and in this way laid the foundation for a busi- 
 ness of which he should in time be 'the head. In 1908 
 he engaged in business for himself. He carries a 
 complete line of hardware and groceries, in connec- 
 tion with which he also conducts a meat market. 
 
 At Bellevue, June 22, 1911, Mr. Williams married 
 Miss Nounda E. Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Vaughn Clark of this place, they being originally 
 from Ohio. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and 
 she of the Rebekah Degree Lodge. Politically, he 
 is a Republican, but is not active in party affairs, his 
 time and attention being wholly taken up with his 
 business. He has served on the city council two 
 terms and is a member of the Bellevue Commercial 
 Club. 
 
 IRVING R. DARROW. president of the Darrow 
 Brothers Seed and Supply Company, of Twin Falls, 
 Idaho, was born in New York state, on the 28th 
 day of February, 1860, and was a resident of his 
 native state until he was about twenty years of age. 
 He received his early education in the public schools 
 of his home town and later pursued a course of study 
 at Cazenovia Seminary, in Cazenovia, New York. 
 
 After leaving the home of his boyhood, Mr. Dar- 
 row went to Michigan, remaining there about four 
 years, during which time he was connected with a 
 law office in a clerical capacity. He was not satisfied 
 
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 with either his location or his prospects, and his next 
 move found him in Pennsylvania, where he remained 
 for a year, engaged there in the same line of work. 
 At the end of a year he moved again, this time to 
 Colorado. For fifteen years Mr. Darrow was con- 
 nected actively with an irrigation project, with the 
 exception of intervals when he spent a year in Min- 
 nesota in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & 
 St. Paul Railroad, and a year in Montana with the 
 Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railroad. In 1904 he 
 came to Idaho, and since that time he has been a 
 continuous resident of this state. He settled first in 
 Twin Falls and during the first two years of his 
 residence here he was connected with the Twin 
 Falls Land & Water Company. It was in 1906 that 
 he organized, in connection with his brother, George 
 H. Darrow, the establishment known as the Darrow 
 Brothers Seed & Supply Company, and he has been 
 its active head and president up to the present day. 
 The firm handles a full line of seeds, supplies for 
 the bee industry, spraying materials, pumps, etc., and 
 is one of the thriving and prosperous concerns of 
 the city, being unique in the line of its operations 
 and the only firm in the city to engage in that busi- 
 ness. Excellent business methods have characterized 
 the administration of their affairs, and as president 
 of the company, Mr. Darrow has amply demon- 
 strated his business sagacity and acumen in the com- 
 munity. 
 
 Mr. Darrow is a Republican but not an active poli- 
 tician. He has, however, not held himself aloof from 
 the duties of public service, and he was the first city 
 clerk of Twin Falls, an office that he held for two 
 years and in his official capacity demonstrated an 
 especial fitness for public service. He is a member 
 of the Commercial Club of the city, and with his 
 wife attends the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. 
 Darrow has accumulated a considerable property in 
 and about Twin Falls, among which may be men- 
 tioned an item of three hundred and fifty acres of 
 farm land near the city, and the care of the place is 
 one of the greatest pleasures of his life. Dr. Dar- 
 row was secretary of the Twin Falls Canal Company 
 from the time of its organization until the canal was 
 turned over to the settlers, and did most excellent 
 work in that capacity. He has in manifold ways 
 proved himself a. worthy citizen, and he is especially 
 enthusiastic about the resources and possibilities of 
 his city and state. 
 
 On September 25, 1901, Mr. Darrow was married 
 to Miss Lula H. Felt, formerly of Idaho, the mar- 
 riage occurring at Twin Falls. 
 
 RICHARD M. STROBRIDGE, of the firm of Strobridge 
 & Smith, coal dealers of Twin Falls, Idaho, has been 
 a resident of this city since 1908, and since 1910 has 
 been associated in his present business. Previous to 
 entering the coal business he had spent several years 
 in Washington, D. C, in the government service, and 
 after quitting the capital city of the United States he 
 came to the West and was occupied in a govern- 
 ment survey in Idaho and Utah for something like 
 four years prior to entering the coal business in 
 1910. 
 
 Richard M. Strobridge was born in St. Louis, Mis- 
 souri, on January 31, 1880. When he was eleven 
 years of age he moved with his parents to Rochester, 
 New York, where he lived until he was about nine- 
 teen years of age. He was educated in the Broad- 
 street school of Rochester and in the Cascadillac 
 boarding school in Ithaca, New York, his schooling 
 continuing until he was nineteen years old. He left 
 for Washington, D. C., soon after quitting school, 
 and there, as previously mentioned, he entered the 
 
 government service, being established in the census 
 department for a time and later being located in the 
 department of Indian affairs. He continued in Wash- 
 ington until 1906, when he resigned his position and 
 came to Twin Falls, Idaho, and accepted a position 
 on a government survey. He remained in the neigh- 
 borhood of Twin Falls for some seven months, then 
 went to Provo, Utah, and for two years he was con- 
 nected with the Telluride Power Company in the 
 clerical department of the general offices of the com- 
 pany. In 1908 Mr. Strobridge returned to Twin 
 Falls, where he acted as secretary and treasurer of 
 the City Lumber Company, and in 1910 he severed 
 his connection with that concern and formed a part- 
 nership with A. D. Smith to engage in the coal busi- 
 ness. They have since continued in the industry 
 and are forging rapidly to the front ranks as dealers 
 in that commodity. Both are business men of good 
 judgment and splendid reputation in the city and 
 .a high degree of prosperity is assured them in their 
 chosen field. 
 
 Mr. Strobridge is an Independent Republican, but 
 takes no active part in the movements of the party, 
 beyond fulfilling the demands of good citizenship. 
 He was reared in the Presbyterian faith and attends 
 that church, but is not a member. 
 
 EUGENE O'NEILL. It is a most encouraging fact 
 that no insurmountable walls of fixed custom, no im- 
 possible barriers of caste or class, prevent the enter- 
 prising American youth from working his way up- 
 ward from lowly surroundings to positions of re- 
 sponsibility and prominence in the professional or 
 business world, and the career of Eugene O'Neill is 
 an exemplification of the opportunities here afforded 
 to those who have the wish and the will to do. Mr. 
 O'Neill started out in life on his own account at an 
 early age, with neither influential friends nor finan- 
 cial resources ; now he is possessed of both. A 
 humble schoolmaster, studying faithfully in his spare 
 hours in order that he might fit himself for his be- 
 loved profession, he has risen to be one of the lead- 
 ing legists of his state. As a type of self-made man- 
 hood, no better example could be found, and while 
 the limits assigned to this sketch forbid an adequate 
 description of his struggles to success, the steps by 
 which he rose from obscurity to affluence and in- 
 fluential position may be traced by those who admire 
 individuals who have been the architects of their 
 own fortunes. 
 
 Eugene O'Neill was born at Stockbridge, Massa- 
 chusetts, July I, 1850, and received his early educa- 
 tion in the public and high schools. As a lad he 
 earned his first money at pitching hay, for which he 
 received nine dollars per month, and out of this as- 
 sisted in supporting the family and managed to lay 
 enough aside to take a further course in the West- 
 field (Massachusetts) Normal school, his finances 
 also being enlarged by teaching two terms of high 
 school. Immediately after leaving college, he being 
 then about twenty-four years of age, he went to 
 Hanover, New Hampshire, where he attended Dart- 
 mouth College for four years, and graduated there- 
 from in 1878. At that time he migrated to the West, 
 settling first in Oakland, California, where he spent 
 about six months and taught school, and from that 
 city went to Nevada c'ounty, in the same state, that 
 being his home for nearly five years. While there 
 he began to study law in the evenings and on Satur- 
 days and during vacations, and eventually, on a Fri- 
 day evening, he closed his school, took the examina- 
 tion and on the following Tuesday was a full-fledged 
 lawyer, havine been admitted to the bar. His first 
 offices were opened at Dayton, Washington, where 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 he remained six months, and he then came to Lewis- 
 ton, Idaho, in 1883. During the thirty years that 
 have passed since that time his success has been of 
 an extensive nature, and he is held in confidence by 
 the public and in high regard and esteem by his pro- 
 fessional brethren. Since 1897 he has served in the 
 capacity of United States commissioner. 
 
 On November 15, 1883, Mr. O'Neill was married 
 at Dayton, Washington, to Miss Mary C. Toole, who 
 had been a classmate in the normal school in Massa- 
 chusetts, a daughter of James and Hannah Toole, 
 of Dalton, Massachusetts. Three children were 
 born to this union, namely : Alice Abigail, who is 
 deceased; Bernice, who married John W. Greb and 
 resides at Spokane ; and Lawrence 1C., a student in 
 the law department of the State University at Mos- 
 cow, Idaho. With his family, Mr. O'Neill attends 
 the Christian Science church. He is a Mason and 
 an Odd Fellow and in his political views is a Re- 
 publican, although he has been active in public mat- 
 ters rather in behalf of others than on his own ac- 
 count. His home and family are his principal in- 
 terests in life, although he also takes pleasure in 
 music and the drama and good literature. Asked 
 as to his views on the future of the state, he in- 
 variably replies enthusiastically that he has absolute 
 confidence in Idaho in every way, and has shown his 
 faith by making various investments in lands and 
 mining properties. He believes that northern Idaho 
 is one of the richest agricultural sections in the 
 world, and that the mining and timber resources are 
 the finest to be found. Another feature of life in 
 Idaho, according to Mr. O'Neill, is its citizenship, its 
 schools and universities turning out young men and 
 women who are fitted excellently for the coming 
 needs of the state, which under their care will flour- 
 ish proportionately. 
 
 MAHLON I. MEEKER, D. D. S., a prominent young 
 member of the dental profession in eastern Idaho, 
 who is a practitioner of dentistry at McCammon, 
 Idaho, and also conducts a drug store there, claims 
 Kentucky as the state of his birth and was born in 
 the city of Bowling Green, March 15, 1873. When 
 he was yet an infant his parents moved to Ohio, 
 where they resided some fifteen years before chang- 
 ing their residence to Missouri. Dr. Meeker received 
 his common school education in Ohio and after the 
 family's removal to Missouri he completed a high 
 school course and a special course, at Minnehaha In- 
 stitute, Noble, Missouri. His professional training 
 was obtained in the Kansas City College of Dental 
 Surgery at Kansas City, Missouri, from which he 
 was graduated in 1895. For about two years after 
 his graduation he remained in Missouri and then in 
 1897 he came West to seek business opportunity. 
 Locating at Soda Springs, Bannock county, Idaho, 
 he practiced dentistry there about twelve years, after 
 which followed an extended trip to the coast. On 
 his return to Idaho he located at McCammon, Ban- 
 nock county, and there established his present dental 
 office, in connection with which he also conducts 
 the Palace Drug Store. His interest and standing 
 in his profession in this section is indicated by his 
 position of president of the Eastern Idaho Dental 
 Society, and he'is no less energetic and capable as 
 a business man. Politically he is affiliated with the 
 Republican party and takes an active interest in its 
 work. In religious faith he leans toward the Con- 
 gregational church, and in a fraternal way he is 
 identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and 
 Protective Order of Elks. He has filled all the 
 executive offices of the subordinate lodge of the first 
 
 Vol. 11123 
 
 named order and is now a representative in the 
 Idaho Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows. As the owner of an automobile he 
 is enabled to enjoy many pleasures in visiting differ- 
 ent of Idaho's wealth of scenic spots, and in the way 
 of sport he is fond of hunting. 
 
 The marriage of Dr. Meeker took place at Noble, 
 Missouri, February 27, 1891, and united him to Miss 
 Nettie Ceilings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. 
 Collings, of Ozark county, Missouri. To Dr. and 
 Mrs. Meeker have been born three children, Bessie 
 B. and Agnes A., and a son, Ellis C., now deceased. 
 
 DR. JAMES W. HAYWARD, a successful physician 
 and a prominent and influential citizen of Bear Lake 
 county, Idaho, whose home and the center of his 
 practice is at Paris, the county seat, is a young man 
 of intrinsic merit as a man, a citizen and physician 
 and holds a most honorable standing in this his 
 native community. 
 
 He was born at Paris, Bear Lake county, Idaho, 
 March 30, 1879, a son of W. T. and Ellen (Neibaur) 
 Hayward. The elder Mr. Hayward is a native of 
 Salt Lake City, Utah, and a pioneer of Idaho, having 
 come in 1875 to Bear Lake county, where he has 
 since followed farming and where he yet resides, now 
 sixty years of age. The mother, now fifty-four 
 years old, came to Bear Lake county in her girl- 
 hood and is therefore also a pioneer of this section. 
 They were married in this county and to their union 
 have been born twelve children, of which family 
 James W. is the eldest. 
 
 Dr. Hayward's youth was without incident save 
 that he was busily engaged in securing a good edu- 
 cation, having pursued his studies first in the common 
 schools of Paris, then in Fields Academy located 
 there, and finally in the Paris high school. Mean- 
 while he was earning his own expenses and through 
 his own exertions he also provided for his subse- 
 quent professional training. He was ambitious and 
 of determined mind and early decided on leading a 
 professional life, his choice being medicine. To pre- 
 pare for such labors he attended Washington Uni- 
 versity, St. Louis, Missouri, from the medical de- 
 partment of which he was graduated in 1905. Return- 
 ing to Paris he entered at once into the practice of 
 his profession, rapidly demonstrated his merits as a 
 physician, and though but just in the flush of his 
 manhood he is already reckoned among the leading 
 practitioners of this section, with a large and stead- 
 ily increasing practice. He has been county phy- 
 sician of Bear Lake county six years and was re- 
 appointed to that office in 1912, and one of his means 
 of keeping closely in touch with the advances of his 
 profession in thought and methods is as a member 
 of the Southern Idaho Medical Society. He is also 
 a school trustee of Paris and is a member of the 
 Paris board of education, and of the city council. 
 His religious faith is that of the Latter Day Saints 
 church, of which he is a member, and in political 
 views he is identified with the Republican party. 
 
 On October n, 1905, at Salt Lake City, Utah," 
 was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Hayward and 
 Miss Lillias Budge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
 William Budge and a sister of Judge Alfred Budge, 
 a well known citizen and prominent jurist of this 
 state. Three children have entered the family circle 
 of Dr. and Mrs. Hayward: William and Willis 
 (twins), born July 22, 1906, and Clare, born March 
 13, 1910. 
 
 Dr. Hayward is very loyal to his native state, be- 
 lieves in it and has unbounded faith in what it will 
 become. He is optimistic also as to the future of 
 his own immediate section, where he considers stock 
 
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 farming and dairying as the most profitable industrial 
 vocations. 
 
 EDWIN F. GUYON, M. D. Among the professional 
 men of commanding eminence in eastern Idaho is 
 Dr. Edwin F. Guyon, of Montpelier, a gentleman 
 highly respected for talents, attainment and worth, 
 and a physician who has state-wide, even national, 
 reputation for his interest and his labors in the 
 direction of checking and stamping out tuberculosis. 
 The noblest end of biography is to stimulate by 
 example, to encourage by the picture of bravely 
 crown patient conflict with untoward conditions, and 
 Dr. Guyon's career has been of such a character that 
 a review of it will serve that purpose. 
 
 He was born at New Orleans, Louisiana, Novem- 
 ber 7, 1853, the son of Leon John and Emily Louise 
 (Shattuck) Guyon, the former of whom was a native 
 of Jersey City, New Jersey and the latter of St. 
 Louis, Missouri. The father had come from his 
 native city to New Orleans at an early day as a con- 
 tractor and bridge builder. He was of French 
 Huguenot ancestry and came of a -family that 
 originated in this country with Huguenot refugees 
 from France after the revocation of the edict of 
 Nantes. Edwin F. was but an infant when his 
 father disappeared and no trace of him was ever 
 found. In 1855 the mother, with her little son, then 
 but two and a half years old, removed to California, 
 where later she married again. Deciding to seek 
 his fortunes in the North, her husband left the family 
 at Sacramento, California, and went up into British 
 Columbia, where he secured a contract from the cap- 
 tain of a British ship to supply his vessel with a 
 cargo of mast poles. He proceeded to fulfill the 
 order, but just about the time he was ready for the 
 delivery of the products of his labor a heavy storm 
 set in, the ship was destroyed and the labor of a 
 year went for naught. In the meantime his family 
 had joined him in the North. After this disaster 
 they returned to Sacramento, but shortly afterward 
 removed to Portland, Oregon, which was then a 
 mere village and where Dr. Guyon attended school 
 to the age of twelve. His step-father then bought 
 some Indian cattle and began ranching at Pilot 
 Rock, Oregon, and Edwin was taken there to assist 
 in farm work. He knows well what cowboy life 
 meant according to the order of the old West, and 
 the remuda, the round-up, the chuck-wagon, brand- 
 ing, roping and cutting-out are all terms that are 
 familiar to him from his own experience. His life, 
 for the most part, passed in this manner until about 
 twenty-five years of age, when his mother died at 
 Pilot Rock, Oregon, on March 20, 1878, at the age 
 of forty-nine years. He then bought a few cattle, 
 going in debt for most of them, and took up ranch- 
 ing independently, following it for a short time and 
 succeeding so well that at the end of his first year 
 he was practically free of debt. In the meantime, 
 being of a studious nature and intent on securing a 
 good education, he had pursued studies at Walla 
 Walla College, Walla Walla, Washington, from 
 which he was graduated in 1875 with the degree of 
 bachelor of arts. In 1879, having decided' to follow 
 medicine as his life pursuit, he matriculated at the 
 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, to pre- 
 pare for this profession and remained a student there 
 until 1891, when he was graduated from the medical 
 department on March 5. To be more fully prepared 
 for the most efficient service he took a year of post- 
 graduate work in the same institution and then came, 
 to Pendleton, Oregon, to commence the practice of 
 his profession. He was very successful from the 
 start and continued at Pendleton until February 28, 
 
 1896, when he changed his location to Montpelier, 
 Idaho, beginning his professional services there on 
 March 3, 1896, and continuing thus engaged until 
 1900, when he received the appointment of assistant 
 surgeon for the Diamond Coal Company, Diamond- 
 ville, Wyoming, whence he removed and remained 
 three years. From 1897 to 1903 he was also assist- 
 ant surgeon for the Oregon Short Line Railroad. 
 Returning to Montpelier in 1903, he again soon com- 
 manded an extensive practice and has become well 
 known as one of the ablest physicians of eastern 
 Idaho. In 1907 he was appointed a member of the 
 state board of medical examiners by Governor Stu- 
 enenberg and was the author of the law passed at that 
 time by the Idaho legislature. In 1911 he was ap- 
 pointed the sole representative of Idaho to the con* 
 vention on tubercular diseases held at Denver by 
 the National Association of Physicians for the cure 
 and prevention of tuberculosis, and in 1912 was ap- 
 pointed again by the state as one of five representa- 
 tives to the International Convention on Hygiene and 
 Demography held at Washington, D. C, in Septem- 
 ber of that year. That same month and year he was 
 a representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows held at Win- 
 nipeg, Canada, which convention had for one of its 
 purposes the taking of steps to provide a hospital 
 where members of that order, of whatever national- 
 ity, suffering from tuberculosis, may be treated and 
 cared for. He is a man of enlarged sympathies, is a 
 prominent and highly valued member of this old and 
 honored fraternity and has sat in its Sovereign Grand 
 Lodge as Grand Patriarch representing the Idaho 
 Encampment of this order. His other fraternal asso- 
 ciations are as a member of the Woodmen of the 
 World.- Politically he is a Democrat and was chair- 
 man of the Montpelier city council in 1910 and 1911. 
 In his religious views he is broad and liberal and is a 
 conscientious member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 church. Dr. Guyon has been twice married. He 
 first wedded Miss Marguerite Jones, to whom he 
 was united July 6, 1879, at Pilot Rock, Oregon, and 
 who bore him two children : Maude, born at Pilot 
 Rock, March 27, 1880, who is now Mrs. D. F. Brown 
 and has three children ; and Lafayette M. Guyon, 
 born at Pendleton, Oregon, June 4, 1890, who resides 
 at Montpelier, Idaho, is married and has two chil- 
 dren. The second marriage of Dr. Guyon took place 
 at Montpelier, Idaho, in 1903, and united him to Miss 
 Effie M. Burke. To this union have been born three 
 children: Edwin Fenemore, born in January, 1905, 
 who is now attending school at Montpelier; Windle 
 Shattuck, born in 1907, and Royal C., born in 1909. 
 
 Possessed of a mind of rare strength and sym- 
 metry, well stored with the thrifty study of years, 
 Dr. Guyon has achieved much in his calling. He 
 started out in life a poor boy and by reason of his 
 own efforts, force of energy and predominating will- 
 power he has risen from an humble station in life 
 to one of competence, distinction and eminence. 
 When he came of responsible age he most com- 
 mendably assisted in providing for his mother, and 
 when older he secured a good education through his 
 own exertions, all portraying the moral heroism and 
 self-sacrifice that have made him a good physician 
 and an honor to the profession. In every aspect 
 of his character he is broad, liberal and enlightened 
 and closely in touch with the higher and better de- 
 velopment of society. He believes like many of his 
 fellow citizens that Idaho has the brightest future 
 of any state of the Union. He bases his belief on 
 the facts that there are vast mineral deposits here 
 yet undeveloped ; thousands of acres of arid land of 
 phenomenal fertility when water is provided; a 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 wealth of the most beautiful scetwry to be found in 
 the world; and those amenities of climate that make 
 it the most healthful spot to be found anywhere. 
 The last named asset, the health giving power, he 
 believes will in time give Idaho world-wide renown 
 when the state's great mineral springs, hot and cold, 
 are availed of and proper sanitariums have been 
 built. At Montpelier Dr. Guyon has erected a beau- 
 tiful home for his family and here he hopes to spend 
 his remaining years. 
 
 J. Lucius BUTTOLPH. One of the most successful 
 of the younger merchants of Idaho is J. Lucius But- 
 tolph of Twin Falls, where he conducts the only 
 exclusive shoe store in town. Mr. Buttolph is a 
 young citizen of Idaho, came here several years ago 
 from Vermont, fresh from college, and is one of 
 many college men now making success and exercising 
 a large influence in the affairs of the state. 
 
 J. Lucius Buttolph was born at Middlebury, Ver- 
 mont, March 2, 1888, a son of J. Edway and Fannie 
 (Smith) Buttolph. His father was also a native of 
 Vermont, where he still resides, and is one of the 
 largest stock farmers in Vermont. He has fifteen 
 hundred acres of land, and besides the large busi- 
 ness comprised in the conduct of this estate, he is 
 also an expert in highway construction, and has 
 done much important work in that line in Vermont. 
 There were four children in the family, two sons 
 and two daughters, and both the daughters were 
 also college graduates. 
 
 J. Lucius Buttolph attended the local public schools 
 as a boy, and in 1909 was graduated from Middle- 
 bury College, thus receiving the customary New Eng- 
 land training in school and being well equipped for 
 a successful career. In September, only a few 
 months after graduation from college, Mr. Buttolph 
 came out to Idaho, and located at Twin Falls. For 
 the first year he was employed in surveying in con- 
 nection with the North Side and the Salmon River 
 patch, portions of the large development projects 
 under the Kuhn interests. In the fall of 1910 Mr. 
 Buttolph found a place as clerk in the Bowman & 
 Monroe Shoe Store at Twin Falls. In three months' 
 time he was so satisfied with his experience in this 
 line of merchandising that he bought a third interest 
 in the partnership. Then in January, 1912, he bought 
 out Mr. Bowman, the firm thus becoming Buttolph 
 & Monroe, and in January, 1913, he became sole 
 owner, and now conducts by far the best shoe estab- 
 lishment in Twin Falls. 
 
 On July 31, 1912, Mr. Buttolph married Miss Mabel 
 Martin, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Martin, 
 of Middlebury, Vermont, where her father is one 
 of the leading physicians and surgeons. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Buttolph are members of the Congregational 
 church and are both college people, and cherish 
 many of the associations and ideals of their college 
 days. Mr. Buttolph is a member of the Delta Kappa 
 Epsilon College fraternity, while Mrs. Buttolph has 
 membership in the Alpha Chi Sorority. His other 
 fraternal associations are with the Benevolent and 
 Protective Order of Elks. 
 
 SAMUEL H. HAYS. A resident of Idaho for more 
 than a quarter of a century, Mr. Hays has not only 
 gained prestige as one of the leading members of the 
 bar of this state but has also been most prominently 
 identified with the civic, and material development 
 and progress of the commonwealth in which his 
 interests have been long centered. He served with 
 marked distinction as attorney general of Idaho and 
 has had much to do with the shaping of governmental 
 policies tn the state, the while his ability and sterling 
 
 attributes of character have made him one of the 
 essentially representative men of the fine common- 
 wealth to which this edition is devoted. He is well 
 known thioughout the northwest and he is entitled 
 to special consideration in this publication as one of 
 the broad-minded, liberal and progressive citizens 
 who have done much to further the advancement and 
 substantial upbuilding of Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Hays was born at Juneau, Dodge county, Wis- 
 consin, on the iSth of May, 1864, and is a son of 
 Judge James B. and Permelia (Hubbard) Hays, the 
 former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the 
 latter in the state of New York, their marriage having 
 been solemnized in VVisconsin. Judge Hays became 
 a resident of Wisconsin in 1845 an d attained to prom- 
 inence as one of the representative members of the 
 bar of that state. There he maintained his home 
 until 1885, when he came with his family to Idaho, 
 where he attained to special distinction as a legist 
 and jurist. He was chief justice of the supreme court 
 of the territory at the time of his death, in 1888, at 
 the age of forty-nine years, and his name merits an 
 enduring place on the roll of the influential and 
 honored pioneers of this commonwealth. His widow, 
 who is now nearly seventy years of age, returned to 
 Wisconsin and now resides at Grand Rapids, that 
 state. Of the three children the eldest is Samuel H., 
 to whom this sketch is dedicated ; James A. is a resi- 
 dent of Tacoma, Washington; and Elizabeth is the 
 wife of Fred Staff, of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin. 
 Judge Hays was a man of fine intellectual and pro- 
 fessional attainments and his character was the posi- 
 tive expression of a strong and noble nature. He was 
 an effective and ardent advocate of the principles of 
 the Democratic party and was a prominent figure in 
 its councils in Wisconsin and later in Idaho. He was 
 a member of the Presbyterian church, as is also his 
 widow, and the latter has long been zealous in church 
 work. 
 
 Samuel H. Hays gained his early education in the 
 public schools of his native state, and after attending 
 the high school at Horicon, Wisconsin, he entered the 
 Northwestern University at Watertown, Wisconsin, 
 in which he continued his studies for one year. 
 Thereafter he proved a successful representative of 
 the pedagogic profession, and was engaged in teach- 
 ing at Iron Ridge, Wisconsin. He began the study 
 of law under the able preceptorship of his honored 
 father, at Horicon, Wisconsin, and made rapid 
 progress in his absorption and assimilation of the 
 science of jurisprudence. He was twenty-one years 
 of age at the time of the family removal to Idaho, 
 in 1885, and shortly afterward he assumed the office 
 of deputy clerk of the district court in Bingham 
 county, with residence at Blackfoot, the judicial 
 center of the county. Later he became clerk of the 
 United States court of the Third district, comprising 
 the entire eastern portion of the territory, and in 
 1888 he assumed a similar office for the Second dis- 
 trict, comprising the entire southwestern part of the 
 territory. In this connection he established his home 
 in Boise and he has since continued his residence in 
 the beautiful capital city of Idaho. In 1889 he was 
 admitted to the bar of the territory, upon examination 
 before the Supreme court, of which he served as clerk 
 in that year. In 1890, the year in which Idaho was 
 admitted as one of the sovereign states of the Union, 
 Mr. Hays engaged in the practice of his profession in 
 Boise, and he has long held distinct precedence as one 
 of the able and influential members of the bar of the 
 state, the while his prominence in public affairs has 
 been an evidence of his capacity for leadership in 
 thought and action. 
 In politics Mr. Hays is a stalwart advocate of 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 the principles and policies for which the Demo- 
 cratic party stands sponsor and he has been one of 
 the most active and influential workers in behalf 
 of its cause in Idaho. He served as a member of 
 the city council oi Boise in 1894-5 and in 1898 there 
 came a distinctive recognition of his ability and 
 personal popularity in his election to the important 
 office of attorney general of the state. He served 
 during the term of 1889-90, under the second admin- 
 istration of Governor Steunenberg, and had charge 
 of and directed the legal affairs of the state under 
 the conditions of martial law adopted for the preser- 
 vation of order at the time of the memorable riots 
 in the Coeur d'Alene mining district, incidental to 
 which Governor Steunenberg was made the victim 
 oi a cowardly assassin. This was a deplorable 
 chapter in the history of Idaho, and to the earnest 
 and indefatigable efforts of Mr. Hays in his official 
 capacity was due in large measure the able handling 
 of the situation. He was the author of the so-called 
 permit proclamation of the martial-law measure, the 
 same having been made expedient in connection with 
 the tactics adopted by the rioting miners. While 
 serving as attorney general Mr. Hays made the 
 -original draft, in association with D. W. Ross, state 
 -engineer, of the form of state contract used in con- 
 nection with projects advanced under the provis- 
 ions of the Carey Act, which governs the method 
 -of operation of Carey Act irrigation projects under 
 which the great irrigation development of Idaho has 
 taken place. 
 
 Mr. Hays has been aggressive and prominent in 
 the promotion of measures and enterprises that 
 liave significantly conserved the industrial and civic 
 development and progress of the state, and a more 
 loyal and appreciative citizen can not be found within 
 its borders. After his retirement from the office of 
 attorney general he necame prominently concerned in 
 the organization of the Twin Falls Land & Water 
 Company, and later he became legal representative 
 of this important corporation, which has developed 
 .a splendid irrigation system, affording facilities for 
 a tract of two hundred and forty acres and with 
 a canal construction of nearly one thousand miles. 
 The progressive enterprise of this company has 
 made possible the development and upbuilding of 
 one of the most attractive and opulent sections of 
 the state. Mr. Hays also became attorney for the 
 Twin Falls North Side Land & Water Company, 
 which supplies irrigation facilities to a tract of fully 
 two hundred and thirty thousand acres, in Lincoln 
 and Elmore counties, and the main irrigation canal 
 constructed by this corporation is nearly one hun- 
 dred miles in length. Mr. Hays also was connected 
 with the organization of the Twin Falls & Salmon 
 River Land & Water Company, which has developed 
 what is commonly designated as the Salmon river 
 project. This project was one of most important 
 order and its splendid water supply, providing for 
 eighty thousand acres, is taken from fine modern 
 reservoirs which receive water from a dam on 
 the Salmon river. This dam is of concrete con- 
 struction and is two hundred and thirty feet in 
 "height. Mr. Hays is attorney for each of the corpo- 
 rations mentioned and his interposition in this im- 
 portant field of enterprise has also been potent 
 through his service as attorney for the Twin Falls 
 & Oakley Land & Water Company, which is de- 
 veloping the Oakley project, in Cassia county 
 covering a tract of fifty thousand acres. The aggre- 
 gate expenditure in effecting the improvements in- 
 stituted by the companies mentioned will approxi- 
 mate twelve million dollars. Mr. Hays is also attor- 
 ney for the Shoshone & Twin Falls Water Com- 
 
 pany, which has splendid power plants at Shoshone 
 Falls, on the Snake river, and also upon the upper 
 and lower falls of the Salmon river. This corpo- 
 ration and its allied interests has in commission four 
 hundred and fifty miles of power line and covers 
 the district from Blackfoot in Bingham county, to 
 Mountain Home, Elmore county. He is likewise 
 attorney for the Idaho Southern Railroad, the line 
 of which extends from Gooding to Jerome and from 
 Milner to Oakley, so that it traverses one of the best 
 districts in the state. Mr. Hays, as may be inferred 
 from the foregoing statements, is one of the most 
 prominent corporation lawyers in the state, and his 
 activities in connection with industrial and con- 
 structive enterprises of broad scope and importance 
 have been most prolific and effective. He was one 
 of the organizers of the Twin Falls Investment 
 Company, and in effecting this organization he was 
 associated with I. B. Ferine, Robert M. McCollum, 
 C. B. Hurtt, George F. Sprague and other repre- 
 sentative citizens. This company instituted the de- 
 velopment of colonization in connection with the 
 Twin Falls Water & Land Company and other cor- 
 porations previously mentioned, and during its 
 period of constructive activity it was one of the 
 most successful of its kind in the entire state, its 
 last work having been in conducting the sale of lands 
 in connection with the Salmon river project already 
 noted, the company having sold the water rights for 
 sixty-seven thousand acres of land within the phe- 
 nomenally brief period of sixty-seven hours, and 
 these rights having been sold at the rate of forty 
 dollars an acre. 
 
 Mr. Hays takes a vital interest in all that touches 
 the welfare and progress of his home city and state, 
 and this interest is shown through effective in- 
 fluence and tangible co-operation. He is one of the 
 leaders in the councils of the Democratic party in 
 Idaho and has given effective service in behalf of 
 the party cause. He is affiliated with the Knights of 
 Pythias, is one of the most prominent and popular 
 members of the Idaho State Bar Association, and 
 both he and his wife attend the Presbyterian church. 
 Mr. Hays finds recreation and pleasure in athletic 
 sports and in hunting and fishing trips through the 
 idyllic mountains and valleys of Idaho. He has a 
 beautiful modern residence in Boise and the same is 
 known as one of the most hospitable homes in the 
 capital city, as it is a center of much of the repre- 
 sentative social activities of the community. 
 
 On the ist of March, 1888, at Blockford, Idaho, 
 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Hays to Miss 
 Gertrude Lindsey, daughter of James C. Lindsey and 
 Samanthi Lindsey of Pittsfield, Illinois. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Hays became the parents of six children, and 
 one son died in infancy ; James B. is a, civil engineer 
 by profession and maintains his home in Boise; 
 Elizabeth is a member of the class of 1914 in the 
 University of Idaho ; Samuel D. is a student in the 
 Boise high school ; and Gertrude and Permelia, who 
 are twins, were born on the 6th of September, 1896. 
 
 CARLYLE HALL. The Jensen Creamery is fortunate 
 indeed in having at its head as manager, Carlyle Hall, 
 who has been connected, with business affairs in 
 Idaho since Jan. 7, 1909. By nativity he is a son 
 of Illinois, wihch state is still the home of his 
 parents, James and Emeline (Estel) Hall. Both 
 were born in the Prairie state, where also they were 
 married. At their home, twelve miles northwest of 
 Springfield, the Illinois capital, occurred the birth 
 of Carlyle Hall, the second of their seven children, 
 his natal day "being February n, 1875. 
 
 The public schools of the districts adjoining the 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1259 
 
 town of Athens, Illinois, were the educational insti- 
 tutions which contributed to Mr. Hall's youthful 
 development. At an early age he yielded to am- 
 bitious impulses toward self-support and accepted a 
 position as salesman with the farm implement firm 
 of Schermerhorn & Cook, at Springfield, Illinois, 
 with whom he remained for four years, between the 
 ages of twenty and twenty-four. 
 
 Being much interested in farming machinery, Mr. 
 Hall next entered the employ of the Vermont Farm 
 Machine Company, manufacturers of dairy machin- 
 ery, at Bellows Falls, Vermont, for whom he acted 
 as salesman, traveling through both the United 
 States and Canada, with special attention to the 
 business in Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin and Iowa, 
 and with his central location at Freeport, Illinois, 
 for three years; Later, at Peoria, Illinois, for five 
 years. As supervising salesman for the firm, he 
 had charge of the immense business above indicated 
 for a period of eight years, the same being confined 
 to the states mentioned, and he also had charge of 
 the salesmen employed in those states. In January, 
 1909, his firm moved him and family to Salt Lake 
 City, Utah, from which vantage point he was to 
 supervise the work of his company in Utah, Idaho, 
 Colorado, Nevada, and Wyoming. During that time 
 he had constant oversight of from five to seven sales- 
 men, and numerous local agents handling dairy 
 machinery, principally the United States Cream Sep- 
 arator. 
 
 In the autumn of 1909, Mr. Hall notified his firm 
 that it was his wish to resign from the service, but 
 they were exceedingly loath to release him. How- 
 ever, he resigned and on January i, 1910, became 
 sales manager for the Jensen Creamery Company, for 
 one year covering the western country from San 
 Francisco, California, to Portland, Oregon, in that 
 capacity, and in the year 1911, field superintendent for 
 Jensen Creamery Company of Salt Lake City. On 
 April 17, 1912, he was promoted to the position of 
 manager for the Jensen Creamery Company's plants 
 at Idaho Falls, Buhl, and Pocatello, Idaho, which 
 position he now occupies. 
 
 Aside from his regular employment, Mr. Hall has 
 other business interests in the way of investments, 
 notably in connection with the Reed Development 
 Company, whose land near Milford, in Millard 
 county, Utah, is one thousand acres in extent and 
 is devoted to the cultivation of rye and other grains. 
 
 Fraternal organizations have ever welcomed Mr. 
 Hall as a member, his associations with such 
 societies including his membership in the Wasatch 
 Blue Lodge Masonic order of Salt Lake City, Utah ; 
 the United States Association of Commercial Trav- 
 elers; the Iowa State Travelers' Association; and 
 the American Traveling Man's Health Association 
 of Indianapolis, Ind. His also a policy holder in the 
 Equitable Life Insurance Company of Des Moines, 
 Iowa. 
 
 Mr. Hall is independent in politics, and he, with 
 his family, is connected with the Church of the 
 Disciples. His home life as an benedict began when 
 on December 19, 1904, he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Estelle Potter, at St. Louis, Missouri. 
 Mrs. Hall's parents were Edward and Martha Mc- 
 Henry Potter, the former of whom is still living at 
 Petersburg, Illinois. Two little ones have come 
 to their home, The elder, Dorothy Isabel!, was born 
 in Peoria, Illinois, Cottage Hospital, on July 19, 
 1906, and is now one of the small students in the 
 Pocatello public schools ; the younger, Harold Potter 
 Hall, was born in Peoria Cottage Hospital, on No- 
 vember 22, 1907, and is yet in his mother's care at 
 their attractive home in Pocatello. 
 
 Mr. Hall is a citizen worth having in Pocatello, 
 for he is of the type to which success ever comes, 
 through innate vigor and enterprise and the appli- 
 cation of those qualities. He has, say his friends, 
 made good from the first. He believes that Idaho 
 has more for the man of small means than has- 
 any other state in the Union, particularly because 
 of the fact that all business here is in its early stages, 
 and is bound to develop with increasing financial 
 returns. "In Idaho," he asserts, "I find the -most 
 progressive spirit in the United States." Of such 
 spirit he is in himself an excellent example. 
 
 FRANCIS PALMER RICHARDS, M. I.)., who is identi- 
 fied with a private hospital at Mackay, Idaho, and 
 whose practice extends over a wide territory, is 
 one of the most popular young physicians of the 
 state. 
 
 Dr. Richards is a native of New Jersey. He was 
 born in the city of Newark, May 3, 1877, a son of 
 H. R. and Mary (Schultz) Richards, the former 
 a native of New Jersey and the latter, of New 
 York. H. R. Richards was born in 1857, spent 
 many years as a commission merchant in Newark,' 
 Jersey City and Paterson, and is now living retired 
 in Belvidere, New Jersey. Dr. Richards' mother 
 died in 1889, at the age of thirty-four years, leaving 
 two children : Francis P. and Gordon J., the latter 
 residing with his father. Francis P. Richards 
 attended high school at Newark and a preparatory 
 school at Hightstown, New Jersey, and was then 
 a student four years in the University of Pennsyl- 
 vania, two years in the college department and a 
 similar period in the medical department. He grad- 
 uated from the Medico-Chirurgical College, Phila- 
 delphia, in 1902. The following two years he spent 
 as resident physician at Blpckley Hospital, from 
 there he went to the Municipal Hospital for con- 
 tagious diseases at Philadelphia, where he remained 
 three months and at the end of that time he came 
 West. For five years he practiced his profession 
 at Salt Lake City, and in 1909 came from that place 
 to Mackay, Idaho, where he has since resided and 
 where he has already gained high standing in the 
 profession. The private hospital, of which he has 
 charge, is the only hospital in Custer county. It 
 has ten bed rooms, and is thoroughly equipped with 
 all modern conveniences and appliances. 
 
 Dr. Richards is a veteran of the Spanish-American 
 v.-ar. He enlisted at Philadelphia as a member of 
 the Fourth Army Corps, of which he was physician 
 and surgeon. His first duty was in the Post Hos- 
 pital at Washington, D. C. Afterward he was at 
 West Tampa Field Hospital, Tampa, Florida, and at 
 the Brigade Hospital at Huntsville, Ala. At the 
 lase named place he received an honorable discharge 
 in 1898. 
 
 Dr. Richards is a member of the Salt Lake County 
 Medical Society and of other organizations, includ- 
 ing athletic clubs, college fraternity, etc. Politically 
 he is a Republican. He is fond of fishing and hunt- 
 ing, in fact of all outdoor sports, and especially is 
 he a lover of the chase for big game. The success 
 he has attained here and elsewhere is due to his 
 own efforts as he had no financial backing when 
 he started out to make his own way in the world. 
 
 Dr. Richards is unmarried. 
 
 WILLIAM F. HOWARD, M. D. A physician and 
 surgeon at Pocatello since 1902, Dr. Howard, besides 
 his generous success in private practice has interested 
 himself in the organization and movement represent- 
 ing the influence and activities of Idaho's medical 
 profession as a whole. In 1912 he was president of 
 
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 the State Medical Society, and has been a member 
 of the state board of medical examiners, and it 
 is his distinction to have drafted the first state board 
 of health law for Idaho. 
 
 William F. Howard was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, 
 July 26, 1868. His father, Nelson Howard, who 
 was born at Batavia, New York, February r, 1843, 
 went West at an early age, and when still under 
 twenty enlisted in Company L of the First Ohio 
 Artillery, with which command he was in the battle 
 of Shiloh, where he was wounded. After rejoining 
 his regiment, he continued a Union soldier until the 
 end of the war. A farmer by occupation, he located 
 at Portsmouth, Ohio, and in that locality married 
 Frances Ellen Folin, who was born at Portsmouth, 
 March 5, 1845. They were the parents' of ten chil- 
 dren, eight sons and two daughters, the oldest of 
 whom is Dr. Howard. 
 
 In 1872 the family moyed to northern Kansas, 
 where the parents now reside at the town of Clyde. 
 Mr. Howard first attended school in that vicinity, 
 and from there entered the Central Normal College 
 at Great Bend, Kansas, where he was graduated 
 bachelor of science in 1892, and two years later 
 'bachelor of arts. Twelve years of his early career 
 was spent in school work. He taught both before, 
 during and after, his college course, and in that way 
 secured most of the means which enabled him to 
 get a literary and professional education. In 1892 
 he became superintendent of the Garden City Schools 
 of Kansas, and a year later was appointed superin- 
 tendent of a government Indian school at Santa Fe, 
 New Mexico, with which he was connected from 
 January to August of 1893. In the meantime he 
 took up the study of medicine and advanced his 
 preparation as his means and opportunity permitted. 
 From 1895 to 1897 he served as superintendent of 
 the Dighton city schools of Kansas. Dr. Howard 
 is an alumnus of the medical department of the Uni- 
 versity of Kansas, where he was graduated in 1899. 
 After receiving his medical degree Dr. Howard was 
 an interne in the St. George Hospital at Kansas 
 City, Missouri, for a year, and in 1900 opened office 
 as a physician at Cuba. Kansas, where he remained 
 until 1902. During that time he was instrumental in 
 the organization of the Republic County Medical 
 Society, which he served as president, and was also 
 elected coroner of Republic county. Elected for a 
 second term, he resigned the office in 1902, and in 
 April of that year arrived in Idaho and settled at 
 Pocatello. In the succeeding ten years Dr. Howard 
 has built up a large practice and enjoys a reputation 
 for success and skill second to none in his section 
 of the state. His equipment as a physician and 
 surgeon has not depended altogether on what he 
 learned as an undergraduate or by his own experi- 
 ence. During 1904-05, he pursued special studies 
 and research work in the New York Post Graduate 
 Medical College, and vhi!e there was an interne in 
 the Bellevue Hospital. In 1910 he went abroad, 
 spending a year in the Allgemeine Krankenhaus 
 of Vienna. His post graduate studies were directed 
 chiefly along the lines of diagnosis and surgery, 
 with especial attention to diseases of women. His 
 private practice largely followed these lines. 
 
 Some of the important facts concerning the service 
 of Dr. Howard in his relationship with the general 
 profession of Idaho have already been stated. He 
 was the chief organizer of the Pocatello Medical 
 Society, of which he is now president. At the 
 present time he is also president of the Tri- State 
 Medical Association, and is a member of the Ameri- 
 can Medical Association. His membership on the 
 Idaho State Board of Medical Examiners began in 
 
 1905, and from 1908 to 1911 he was secretary of 
 the board. For two terms from 1906 to 1910 he 
 served as coroner of Bannock county. 
 
 Dr. Howard is a Mason, being a past master of 
 Cuba Lodge in Kansas, is affiliated with the Wood- 
 men of the World, the Modern Woodmen of Amer- 
 ica, the Order of Yeomen of America, the Benevo- 
 lent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Fraternal 
 Order of Eagles. His politics is Republican. 
 
 On August 23, 1894, at Larned, Kansas, Dr. How- 
 ard married Miss Minnie Frances Hayden, a daugh- 
 ter of Jacob and Carrie (Wood) Hayden, both 
 parents being now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Howard 
 are the parents of three sons : Nelson Jacobs How- 
 ard, born in 1900 at Cuba, Kansas; Richard Phillip, 
 born in 1904 in Pocatello ; and Forrest Hayden, born 
 in Pocatello in 1908. Mrs. Howard is a well known 
 club woman in Pocatello, and a leader in social 
 circles of that city. 
 
 DR. MINNIE FRANCES HOWARD. Among the repre- . 
 sentative citizenship of Pocatello, few there are 
 among either sex who have had a greater or better 
 influence upon the public life of the community than 
 has Mrs. Dr. Minnie Frances Howard, the wife of 
 Dr. William F. Howard of this city. Dr. Howard 
 was at one time a teacher, and specialized in pri- 
 mary work in the Kansas schools. She later studied 
 medicine and took up medical practice continuing 
 therein for eight years, and discontinuing the work 
 in 1907, since which time she has been devoted to the 
 care of her home, and has at the same time given 
 a share of her attention to the civic and public life of 
 the city and county. She is a member of the art de- 
 partment of the General Federation of Women's 
 Clubs, is state chairman of art for Idaho ; also dis- 
 trict chairman of arts and crafts, and is president 
 of the Art Study Club of Pocatello. Her work has 
 extended into library circles of the city as well, and 
 her influence in all these lines has been fraught with 
 much of good to the general intellectual growth and 
 advancement of the community. 
 
 Dr. Howard is the daughter of Jacob J. and Carrie 
 Jane (Woods) Hayden, and she was born in Mem- 
 phis, Missouri. The father was born on January 7, 
 1826, in Kentucky, and the mother on November 8, 
 1839, in the state of Tennessee. Both families are 
 among the oldest in America, and theirs is an inter- 
 esting history, to which it is entirely fitting and 
 proper that space be afforded here for mention of 
 the early ancestry of both families. 
 
 The Haydens are of German origin and ancestry. 
 Two brothers Hayden came from their native 
 land prior to Revolutionary days, and settled in 
 New York state. John, the founder of this branch 
 of the family, served in the war of the Revolution, 
 and had many notable experiences during the period 
 of his service, one of them being his miraculous 
 escape from prison. Members of the Hayden family 
 served in the war of 1812, and fourteen of the name 
 volunteered for service in the Mexican war, and 
 seven of them were killed in battle. It may be fur- 
 ther recorded that the Hayden men were among 
 the first wherever they were found to volunteer for 
 service in the Civil war. The branch of the Hayden 
 family from which Dr. Howard springs is of 
 Protestant religion, the other brother having been 
 Catholic in his faith, founding the Roman Catholic 
 branch of the family on these shores. Concerning 
 the mother of Dr. Howard, it should be said that 
 the early American ancestors of Carrie Jane Wood 
 were John and Mary Wood, of Scotch-Irish parent- 
 age and descent. They embarked from England as 
 early as 1636 in the good ship "Speedwell" laden 
 
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 with Quakers who were bound for Massachusetts, 
 where they hoped to find religious freedom and 
 tolerance. On arriving at their destination, they 
 learned that the persecution of the Quakers had 
 extended to Massachusetts, and the ship continued 
 on its way, landing at Rhode Island, instead. The 
 family became allied with the well known Alexander 
 family of Virginia, one member of which, Dr. John 
 Alexander, wrote a noted work, entitled a "History 
 of Women from the Earliest Antiquity to the Present 
 Time," 1793. The grandfather of Dr. Howard, Uriah 
 Wood by name, invented the first automatic corn- 
 planter, built the first threshing machine used west 
 of the Alleghenies, and ante-dated McCormick in 
 the construction of the reaper; but being a Quaker, 
 would never consent to take out a patent, so that 
 others reaped the benefit of his mentality and labors. 
 Members of the Wood family, in its various branches, 
 have been prominent in American history, and in 
 many fields of enterprise, Thomas A. Hendrix, one 
 time vice-president of the United States, being a 
 cousin of the mother of Dr. Howard. 
 
 Jacob J. Hayden was a farming man, a soldier of 
 the Confederacy, giving four years of service to 
 the Southern ca/ise, and he was all his life a staunch 
 Democrat, and a member of the Presbyterian church. 
 The mother, Carrie Jane (Woods) Hayden, was edu- 
 cated in the best of Southern schools, and was espe- 
 cially talented in art. She was a life-long Methodist, 
 and a woman of the most estimable and unusual 
 character. 
 
 Minnie Frances (Hayden) Howard was educated 
 in the public schools of Missouri and Kansas, the 
 Central Normal College of Kansas also contributing 
 not a little to her training, and from which she was 
 graduated in 1800; she attended Cook County Nor- 
 mal school, Chicago, in 1893, and the Kansas Uni- 
 versity in 1896. From 1897-9 she attended the 
 Woman's Medical College, and in the year 1899 
 served as an interne in the Kansas City Hospital 
 for Women and Children. She took a post-graduate 
 medical course in the Post Graduate Medical School 
 and Hospital in New York city in 1904, finishing her 
 studies along that line in a course in child-study 
 in the University of Chicago in 1906-8. Her active 
 work has been devoted in part to work as a specialist 
 in the primary departments in Kansas schools, after 
 which she engaged in medical practice and continued 
 so with excellent success for eight years, since which 
 time her attention has been divided between the 
 cares of her home and the outside interests that 
 have claimed her notice and her activities. 
 
 Dr. Howard was in Kansas one of the first 
 founders of the Pawnee County Public Library in 
 1891, and she gave splendid service to the organ- 
 ization thus founded while she continued in residence 
 in that state. Her work in Pocatello has been tio 
 inconsiderable one, and places her well in the lead 
 in the ranks of the women of this city who have 
 labored for the best good of the community. 
 
 In 1904, with Mrs. George E. Smith, now of Boise, 
 Mrs. Howard organized the Civic club of Pocatello, 
 admitted to be the most potent organization that is 
 active in general affairs in this city. The club is 
 non-sectarian and is non-political any woman of 
 good character /nay become a member. She was 
 chairman of the library committee of the Civic club 
 which founded the Carnegie Public Library, and it 
 should be said to her credit that Dr. Minnie Howard 
 secured subscriptions for the site, conducted corre- 
 spondence with the Carnegie philanthropic head- 
 quarters, and managed the work of founding the 
 Carnegie public library of Pocatello, which has been 
 so valuable a factor in the development of the city. 
 
 Some time ago Dr. Howard spent a year in study 
 in Italy, and in Vienna, Austria, there specializing 
 in art as a civic force, and has since, through the 
 medium of the State Federation of Women's Clubs, 
 awakened a wide interest in art throughout the 
 state, bhe was the pioneer in the matter of bringing 
 art exhibits into the states of the west, with appro- 
 priate art lectures accompanying them. Three ex- 
 hibits have been held in twenty-six cities of the 
 state in the last two years, one of them being a 
 water color and etching exhibit by American artists, 
 and a large part of the expense of the lecture accom- 
 panying the exhibit being sustained by herself. 
 
 Dr. Howard is a member of the various art organ- 
 izations existing in the state, and it may be said 
 without fear of contradiction that she is one of the 
 most energetic, active and influential women in the 
 state, and without being in public life, for she is 
 essentially a homekeeper and maker, and her in- 
 fluence in all these varied departments is strong and 
 far-reaching. 
 
 On August 23, 1894, was solemnized the marriage 
 of Minnie Frances Hayden to Dr. William F. 
 Howard, a sketch of whom precedes this article, 
 the marriage taking place at Larned, Kansas. To 
 them have been born three sons, Nelson Jacob, 
 born in Cuba, Kansas, on March 6, looo; Richard 
 Philip, born in Pocatello, Idaho, on July 9, 1903; 
 and Forrest Hayden, born in Pocatello, Idaho, on 
 March 10, 1908. 
 
 HENRY C. BUCKLIN. The present able and popu- 
 lar sheriff of Bonneville county, Mr. Bucklin, has 
 been a resident of this section of the state since he 
 was a boy of nine years, and he has witnessed its 
 development from the status of a virtual desert into 
 one of the most attractive and opulent agricultural 
 districts of Idaho. He has personally done his share 
 in conserving this splendid result and has won suc- 
 cess and popular esteem of no equivocal order. He 
 has been largely dependent upon his own resources 
 from his boyhood days, and thus his advancement is 
 the more pleasing to contemplate. 
 
 Mr. Bucklin was born in the city of Sandusky, 
 Ohio, on the 2Qth of January, 1873, and is a scion 
 of stanch old New England stock. He is a son of 
 Hollis and Laura (Culver) Bucklin, both of whom 
 were born in Vermont, their marriage having been 
 solemnized in Ohio, where the father established hii 
 home when a young man. Hollis Bucklin finally 
 removed from the Buckeye State to Kansas, and in 
 the early days he was employed as an express 
 messenger on the line of the Missouri, Kansas & 
 Texas Railroad. He died in Kansas City, Missouri, 
 in 1879, at the age of forty-four years, and his 
 widow, now seventy-one years of age, maintains her 
 home in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Of the six children, two 
 sons and two daughters are living, and of the num- 
 ber the present sheriff of Bonneville county was the 
 third in order of birth. 
 
 Sheriff Bucklin was about six years old at the 
 time of his father's death and thereafter he con- 
 tinued to attend the public schools of Kansas City, 
 Missouri, until he had attained to the age of nine 
 years. He then came to Lemhi county, Idaho, where 
 he attended the country schools for a time, as did 
 he later Park College, at Parkville, Missouri. Upon 
 his return to Idaho he settled on Birch creek, in 
 Fremont county, where he continued to be engaged 
 in the raising of live stock for twenty years and 
 where his assiduous application and good manage- 
 ment brought to him a due measure of success. 
 In 1005 he disposed of his land and live stock and 
 established his home in Idaho Falls, where he be- 
 
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 came associated with W. A. Tyler in the retail 
 hardware business. Four years later he disposed 
 of his interest in this business and became under- 
 sheriff of Bingham county, at Blackfoot. He thus 
 served until 1910 when he was elected sheriff of the 
 county, and when the county was divided, in 1911, 
 he was appointed sheriff of Bonneville county, in 
 which office he has continued to serve with marked 
 discrimination and acceptability. He is one of the 
 valued officials of the county, and one of the best 
 known and most popular in this section of the state. 
 He is a stanch Republican in his political allegiance 
 and is affiliated with the lodge and encampment 
 bodies of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 
 
 On the 3d of November, 1897, Mr. Bucklin was 
 united in wedlock to Miss Matilda Bosen, of St. 
 Anthony, this state, and they have five children 
 Muriel, who is attending the Idaho Falls high 
 school; Thomas, Laura and Theodore, who are 
 pupils in the grade schools ; and Frieda, who is the 
 winsome little daughter in the ideal family circle. 
 
 BRIGHAM R. SMOOT. Although the beet sugar 
 industry was started more than a century and a half 
 ago, when the German, Marggraf, discovered that 
 sugar could be extracted from the common beet, 
 it has been only within comparatively recent years 
 that its full possibilities have been realized and its 
 full resources developed. At this time, however, 
 it forms one of the principal industries of Utah and 
 Idaho, adds materially to the income of these states, 
 and enlists the services of some of the leading men 
 of the section in its management. One of the lead- 
 ing concerns engaged in this business in Idaho is 
 the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, at Lincoln, the 
 superintendent of which, Brigham R. Smopt, is 
 known all over the state, not only in his own line of 
 business, but as a man who has always been identi- 
 fied with large affairs and important issues. He 
 belongs to one of the most prominent families of 
 Utah, his brother being United States senator from 
 that state and others of the name having been con- 
 nected with commanding positions in business and 
 official life and in the professions, as well as in the 
 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mr. 
 Smoot was born at Salt Lake City, Utah, June 15, 
 1869, and is a son of A. O. Smoot. His father, a 
 native of Kentucky, migrated to Utah at a very early 
 date, being one of the pioneers of Salt Lake City, 
 where he became a capitalist, and died in 1894, at 
 the age of seventy-nine years. He was successful 
 in all of his business undertakings, and owned a 
 considerable portion of the town of Provo, Utah. 
 A. O. Smoot married a native of Christiania, Nor- 
 way, who died in 1893, at the age of seventy years. 
 She came alone to this country when sixteen years 
 old. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 A. O. Smott, Brigham R. being the sixth in order 
 of birth. 
 
 Reed Smoot, brother of Brigham R. Smoot, 
 was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, January 10, 
 1862, and received his education in the Brigham 
 Young Academy! He engaged in the mining, man- 
 ufacturing and banking business, making his home 
 in Provo, Utah, and in 1900 was appointed an 
 Apostle of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. A 
 Republican in politics, he was first elected United 
 States Senatpr from Utah in 1903, and was re- 
 elected in 1909, his present term expiring in 1916. 
 
 Brigham R. Smoot received his education in the 
 schools of Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah, follow- 
 ing which he entered Lehigh (Penn.) University, 
 from which institution he was graduated in 1898 
 with the degree of Bachelor of Sciences and Chem- 
 
 istry, then returning to Salt Lake City. He subse- 
 quently entered the mining business in Eureka, 
 where he still has interests, but later turned his at- 
 tention to the beet sugar business, and after gain- 
 ing experience at different factories throughout the 
 country, became superintendent of the Utah-Idaho 
 Sugar Company, at Lincoln, a position which he 
 still retains. A man of consummate business abil- 
 ity, he has made place for himself among his com- 
 munity's foremost men, and his career has been 
 marked by successful ventures into various fields 
 of endeavor. He belongs to the Chi Psi inter-col- 
 legiate fraternity and the Elks, is independent in his 
 political views, and affiliates with the Church of 
 Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 
 
 On June 20, 1900, Mr. Smoot was married at 
 Provo, Utah, to Margaret N. Nesbit, and they have 
 two children, namely : Roland Nesbit born in 1901,. 
 at Provo, Utah; and Annella K., born in 1902, at 
 Waverly, Washington, bright and interesting chil- 
 dren who are attending school in Lincoln. 
 
 CLAUDE H. REED. A well-known and highly es- 
 teemed citizen of Rupert, Claude H. Reed holds a 
 place of note among the more energetic and suc- 
 cessful business men of this part of Minidoka 
 county, his dealings in realty being extensive and 
 important. A native of Iowa, he was born in 
 Guthrie county, May 29, 1886, where his childhood 
 days were passed. 
 
 His father, William B. Reed, was born seventy- 
 six years ago in Indiana and was there brought up 
 and educated. Migrating to Iowa soon after his 
 marriage, he made the overland journey with ox- 
 teams, taking with him his wife and all of their 
 worldly effects. Taking up wild land, he cleared 
 and improved a good homestead, and is still living 
 in that state, being now retired from active pur- 
 suits, his home being in Perry, Dallas county. He 
 married in Indiana Margaret Ami Hamilton, who 
 was born in Indiana April 6, 1856, and into their 
 household nine children have been born. 
 
 Claude H. Reed, the youngest member of the 
 parental family, began his early studies in the dis- 
 trict schools of Guthrie county, Iowa, and at the 
 age of nineteen years was graduated from the Perry 
 high school. He subsequently engaged in peda- 
 gogical work, teaching school two years in Iowa, 
 and one year in North Dakota. Going then to 
 Nebraska, Mr. Reed remained there six years, dur- 
 ing the first two years reading law and being man- 
 ager of the collection department of ex-United States 
 Senator Wm. V. Allen and Willis E. Reed in Madi- 
 son. Then, in company with his brother, Willis E. 
 Reed, he embarked in the real estate business in Mad- 
 ison, Nebraska, and then continued there four years 
 longer. In April, 1909, Mr. Reed moved to Saint 
 Anthony, Idaho, and there established the Idaho 
 Land & Loan Company, which was the Western 
 branch of the Madison, Nebraska, Real Estate Corn- 
 party. He met with success in his undertakings, deal- 
 ing in farm lands and loans, his business, which has 
 increased with surprising rapidity, being large and 
 lucrative. Mr. Reed closed out the business of the 
 Idaho Land & Loan Company during the year 1912 
 and being desirous of moving to a warmer country 
 moved to Rupert, Idaho, in April, 1913, where he 
 organized the . Security Investment Company, of 
 which he is president. Mr. Reed has acquired title 
 to much valuable property in Idaho, which he con- 
 siders one of the best states in .the Union, and 
 where he expects to spend the remainder of his life. 
 
 On June i6th, in Madison, Nebraska, Mr. Reed 
 married Florence E. McGehee, a daughter of E. T. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 and Bessie (Leach) McGehee, residents of Madison. 
 Two children have been born of their marriage, 
 namely: Claude McGehee Reed, born in Madison, 
 Nebraska, May 13, 1907; and Kenneth Wilson Reed, 
 born in Saint Anthony, Idaho, October 9. 1912. 
 Politically Mr. Reed is a Democrat, but is not active 
 in party ranks. Fraternally he is a member of 
 the Modern Woodmen of America, and of the 
 Royal Highlanders of Nebraska. Socially he was 
 the organizer of the Saint Anthony Commercial 
 Club, and served in the capacity of secretary of 
 that club from 1910 to 1912. Mr. Reed is at pres- 
 ent an active member of the Rupert Commercial 
 Club and a booster for Rupert. 
 
 ERIC A. KRUSSMAN. As associate secretary of 
 the Railroad Young Men's Christian Association at 
 Pocatello, Eric A. Krussman has important connec- 
 tion with the largest institution of its kind in the 
 northwest and with a service which is one of the 
 most valuable now performed by organized agencies 
 of the Christian religion. Mr. Krussman is an 
 active and enterprising citizen of Idaho, and since 
 taking up his residence at Pocatello has contributed 
 to the material development of this city and is the 
 owner of much property there. 
 
 Eric A. Krussman is a native of England, born 
 May 20, 1881, at Penshurst in Kent. His father was 
 Gustavus Adolph Krussman, who was born in Strass- 
 burg, Germany, moved to England in 1870, and was 
 by occupation a cigar dealer and prominent hotel 
 man. He owned and managed such well known 
 hpstelries in England as the "Star & Garter" at Box- 
 hill, Surrey; the "One Million" on Good street, next 
 to Middlesex Hospital, London ; the "Spread Eagle," 
 on Oxford street, London. His death occurred at 
 Wooking, England, in 1891. The mother's name 
 was Miss Mary Everest. She was born in Kent, 
 England, and died in Wales in 1896. 
 
 The oldest in a family of five children, Eric A. 
 Krussman received his early education in England, 
 in the Horsmonden school, the Polytechnic School 
 on Regent street, London, and Ardingly College in 
 Essex, England. After a short .business experience 
 of two years in England, Mr. Krussman determined 
 to found a home in America, and arrived in New 
 York January, 1899. For several years he worked 
 at different vocations, and lived tor a short period 
 of time in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and 
 San Francisco. In 1906 Mr. Krussman first be- 
 came associated with educational work at Chicago. 
 In 1911 he came to Pocatello, and here became 
 identified with the railroad association of the Y. M. 
 C. A. as associate secretary in the organization at 
 Pocatello. The Pocatello Association stands fourth 
 in numbers and strength of its organization among 
 the railroad Y. M. C. A. brotherhood of America. 
 
 Mr. Krussman has shown his faith in the west by 
 building a dozen or more modern bungalows, which 
 can be seen on some of the most important streets 
 in Pocatello. Mr. Krussman enjoys the life of the 
 northwest, is enthusiastic about the future as well as 
 the present, and is devoted to his work in the Y. 
 M. C. A. He served two years as superin- 
 tendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school 
 In politics he has never affiliated with any of the 
 American parties, casting his vote for the candidate 
 and principles he thinks most deserving. He is a 
 stanch admirer of Theodore Roosevelt. Fraternally 
 he has membership in the Woodmen of the World, 
 and is a member of the Secretaries' Alliance and 
 the Ministerial Union. He is an enthusiastic sports- 
 man, playing tennis as well as all gymnasium games 
 and is also a great admirer of Bernarr McFadden. 
 
 Mr. Krussman is a married man having two chil- 
 dren, Beatrice Marie, age ten years, and Harry, aged 
 six years. He married Miss Sagred Marie John- 
 son, of Sidney, Nebraska, a very accomplished 
 young lady who is well known to Pocatello people. 
 
 JESSE M. WISE, More than a decade of years 
 ago, at the inter-mountain fair held in the city of 
 Boise, there appeared a display of pianos and or- 
 gans entered by J. M. Wise, a stranger to the city 
 and to the business men. Although the excellent 
 qualities of the goods exhibited and the modern ideas 
 used in placing them before the public attracted 
 more than passing attention at the time, it could 
 not then be foreseen that the name of J. M. Wise 
 was to become one to conjure with in business 
 circles, or that his establishment was to develop into 
 the leading piano house in Idaho. The same pro- 
 gressive ideas, the same ability to place his instru- 
 ments before the people in an attractive manner, 
 and the courage of his convictions that has led him 
 to introduce innovations that have practically revo- 
 lutionized the piano industry in this section has 
 been the mediums through which Mr. .Wise has 
 steadily advanced in popular favor, and the*business 
 intrepidity which caused him to ship a carload of 
 his goods to Boise, even before he visited the city, 
 has been displayed in various ways ever since he 
 established his business here. 
 
 Jesse M. Wise was born near Knoxville, Illinois, 
 February 18, 1862, and is a son of Andrew J. and 
 Nancy M. (McGrew) Wise. His father, an Oregon 
 pioneer, crossed the plains, first in 1847 with an ox 
 team from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and located 
 near Salem on a donation land claim. Two years 
 after his migration to the northwest the California 
 gold fields attracted people from all over the world, 
 and he moved into California, and located and owned 
 mines near Eureka. He was one of the more suc- 
 cessful among the mining operators, and soon be- 
 came a man of considerable wealth. In 1855 he 
 returned to Illinois, where he engaged in farming 
 until 1863, in Warren county. The call of the west 
 was too strong, however, and in 1863 he sold his 
 land and spent one year in placer mining in the 
 Boise basin, thence becoming one of the early set- 
 tlers of Idaho, while sixteen years before he had 
 been a pioneer of Oregon, and later one of the first 
 settlers in California. From Idaho he went back 
 to Monmouth, Illinois, and until 1875 engaged in 
 merchandising in that state. In 1875. with his family, 
 Jesse M. Wise again started for the scene of his 
 first success at Salem, Oregon. The first stage of 
 the journey took them to Omaha, where, after wait- 
 ing three days for their turn to take the train for 
 San Francisco, they became passengers on a train 
 made up of six common day coaches and six freight 
 cars. Five days were required to cross from Omaha 
 to San .Francisco. At times, while the train was 
 crossing the Rockies, the grades were so steep and 
 the motor power so light that the son Jesse would 
 occasionally jump off the moving cars and run 
 alongside, easily keeping pace with the train. Arriv- 
 ing at San Francisco, they took the old boat known 
 as "the Idaho" to Portland, Oregon. That stage of 
 the journey also required five days. These facts 
 indicate what vast progress has been made in trans- 
 portation within less than forty years, and palatial 
 cars are now whirled across the continent in less 
 than three days. After arriving in Oregon the 
 father moved to Weston, in the eastern part of the 
 state, where he followed extensive ranching opera- 
 tions until 1885. 1 that year, having disposed of 
 his holdings to good advantage, he moved to Perry- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 dale, Oregon, where his death occurred in 1904 at 
 the age of seventy-six years. There were three chil- 
 dren, as follows: Mary, who married Alfred W. 
 Plankington, a rancher of Dallas, Oregon; Ella E., 
 who married D. L. Keyt, of Perrydale, and Jesse M. 
 The mother of these children of later years has made 
 her home with her daughters and sons. 
 
 Through some of the experiences already de- 
 scribed Jesse M. was reared and in the meanwhile 
 was educated in the public schools of Illinois and 
 of Salem, Oregon. At the age of twenty-one he 
 entered the University of Oregon, where he was 
 graduated three years later. Before his college 
 career was finished, he had become a land owner, 
 and on leaving the University traded his property 
 for a mercantile business at Perrydale, where he 
 was a local merchant until 1896. At that time he 
 disposed of his interests to enter the piano and 
 organ business, in which his success has been so 
 marked as to make his name known throughout the 
 Northwest. His first venture consisted in purchasing 
 a carload of pianos and organs, mostly organs. He 
 had already secured orders for ten instruments, but 
 at that early date displayed his confidence in his 
 ability by buying an entire carload, which were 
 eventually sold in the Willamette Valley. Later the 
 business spread over eastern Oregon and eastern 
 Washington. 
 
 When his father had crossed the plains in 1847 to 
 Oregon, one of his companions on the journey was 
 Jerome M. Walling. Walling drifted into the Boise 
 Valley and located just above Boise City. More 
 than thirty years ago Jasper Walling, a son of 
 Jerome, was visiting the Wise family near their 
 home in western Oregon. Nearly all his conversa- 
 tion related to the beauties and opportunities of the 
 Boise country, speaking with great enthusiasm of 
 the abundance of fruit, the climate, and other re- 
 sources. Jesse M. Wise was a boy at the time, but 
 the many facts and phrases recited by Walling in his 
 hearing never left his mind through all the inter- 
 vening years, and it was largely under the spell of 
 these stories that later he decided to make Boise 
 his home. In the meantime he had been steadily 
 prospering in the piano and organ business, and in 
 1902 had ordered a carload of pianos shipped to 
 Baker City, Oregon, and was in that city awaiting 
 the arrival of his goods. While there he read the 
 advertisements in the paper about the Inter- 
 Mountain State Fair at Boise. These advertisements 
 recalled and reinforced all the old stories and 
 opinions he had long held about Idaho. One of the 
 factors in Mr. Wise's success has been his ability 
 to form a resolution and carry it out with persistent 
 energy. Thus it came about that he determined to 
 re-route his pianos from Baker City to Boise, and 
 make his display during the fair. He at once 
 secured space from the managers of the fair to 
 exhibit his pianos, and for the first time visited the 
 city which had been in his dreams for years. The 
 enthusiastic reception accorded to him and his goods 
 at Boise caused him to transfer his headquarters 
 from Baker City, Oregon to Boise, and thereafter he 
 conducted only a branch in Baker City. 
 
 The Idaho Unionist on Febuary 14, 1908, con- 
 tained an article pertaining to Mr. Wise's phenome- 
 nal rise in the business world, and said in part as 
 follows: "The forerunner in any field of activity 
 who introduces a reform that makes for the improve- 
 ment and uplift of any business, becomes a benefactor 
 of that business and deserves a few words of com- 
 mendation; hence this glimpse at the character and 
 achievements of J. M. Wise, man and a piano 
 dealer whose personality well rewards acquaintance, 
 
 a bold, positive and aggressive leader in his line, a 
 figure indeed unique in the piano history of the 
 Pacific Northwest. While Mr. Wise has for at least 
 the past decade been a potent, successful and clari- 
 fying force in the piano world of three states, he 
 did not reach the height of his achievement until 
 he introduced a most welcome innovation into the 
 piano business, a radical change which augurs well 
 for the purchasing public, a change calculated to lift 
 the business above the sordid, jockeying methods 
 now all too common to the trade. This change con- 
 sists of the one-price system the same price to all 
 for the same instrument. This was a step which, 
 until taken by Mr. Wise, was unheard of in the 
 piano world, a change as refreshing as it was revo- 
 lutionary, and one which has firmly intrenched Mr. 
 Wise in the confidence and respect of the piano- 
 buying public, and won the unstinted admiration of 
 the public in general for the magnificent courage 
 which dared to rise superior to the old conventional 
 methods of piano dealers. By his resourcefulness, 
 his fairness, his liberality, dash and energy, Mr. 
 Wise's career has been one of uninterrupted success 
 since coming to Boise. He has advanced his house 
 in public favor most because he believes that no 
 money is worth making that unmakes the man, and 
 in pursuance of this policy he has piled up the big- 
 gest and most enviable asset that any business man 
 may acquire the unbounded confidence and esteem 
 of his patrons, and the patrons of Wise, the piano 
 man, are numbered by thousands, and are among the 
 flower of the citizenship of Idaho, Oregon and 
 Washington. 
 
 "The headquarters of the Wise Pi'ano House at 
 Boise is a superb and spacious piano palace, studded 
 with ten of the world's most celebrated makes of 
 pianos, and supplementing the piano stock is a splen- 
 did line -of organs. Eight traveling representatives, 
 whose continuance in the employ of the house is 
 contingent upon truthfully representing the quality, 
 worth and terms upon which their musical instru- 
 ments are sold, are rapidly extending the borders 
 of the house's trade. 
 
 "Anent his high and impregnable position in piano 
 circles today, it is pertinent to say that by his own 
 innate strength Mr. Wise climbed upon a pedestal 
 of his own and worked out his own splendid destiny 
 unaided save by Mrs. Wise, than whom a man never 
 had a more zealous and energetic helpmeet, a 
 sprightly little lady, who is the soul of accommoda- 
 tion, an authority on all musical instruments, and 
 one who makes a friend of all whom she meets, 
 and the littlest of Mr. Wise's interests is the chief 
 concern of his wife." 
 
 Mr. Wise has not been jealous of his methods, 
 but at all times has been active in attempting to bring 
 other dealers to his way of thinking. His pamphlet, 
 "Ethics and Honesty in Business," written for the 
 National Association of Piano Dealers of America 
 in convention assembled at New York, June 7, 1908, 
 not only caused a sensation in that convention, but 
 is considered a masterpiece of piano literature. In 
 addition to the seven hundred-acre farm at Perry- 
 dale, Mr. Wise owns more than one thousand acres 
 in Idaho, Washington and Oregon, but the tract in 
 which he takes the greatest pleasure is his model 
 farm, situated on the borders of Boise, which he is 
 improving regardless of expense. This is being de- 
 veloped into a fine variegated fruit orchard, with 
 ornamental and shade trees, hedges and lawns, and 
 here, in the near future, he intends to erect a hand- 
 some modern residence. 
 
 Mr. Wise was married to Miss Nellie M. Keyt. a 
 native of Oregon, and a daughter of E, C. Keyt, a 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 pioneer of that state, who for years was rated the 
 wealthiest ranchman in Polk county, Oregon. 
 Mrs. Wise is a talented performer on the piano, and 
 as a vocalist has also won more than local distinc- 
 tion. She and her husband are very fond of travel- 
 ing in the western coast country and when Mr. Wise 
 can spare the time from his arduous business duties, 
 they take frequent fishing and camping trips. Both 
 have numerous warm friends, whom they treasure 
 beyond any commercial success. 
 
 SAMUEL DEER DAVIS, a leading attorney of Malad 
 and of Southern Idaho, has had a notable career 
 thus far, and one which entitles him to specific 
 mention in this historical and biographical work. 
 Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 22, 1859, he 
 is the son of David Woodwell and Mary (Deer) 
 Davis, both natives of South Wales. The father, 
 who was the son of Doctor Davis, of Cowbridge, 
 South Wales, migrated to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 
 the year 1855. He was a plumber, painter and glazier 
 by trade, had received the advantages of a college 
 education and was a member of the Mormon church, 
 in which he was most zealous. For seven years he 
 traveled in England, Scotland and Wales as a mis- 
 sionary in the Mormon cause, and when he arrived 
 in Saft Lake City he set himself about the work 
 of building up the city, which was then not more 
 than a promise of its present existence. He died in 
 that city in 1863, leaving his widow with three young 
 children. The mother, Mary Deer Davis, was born 
 in Neath, South Wales, and married David Wood- 
 well Davis in Kansas City in 1855. She accompanied 
 him to Salt Lake City upon their marriage, and died 
 in Samaria, Idaho, in the year 1897. She had been 
 a school teacher in her native country, and before 
 she left Wales had assisted in the translation of 
 the Book of Mormon into the Welsh language. 
 Needless to say, she was a devout member of the 
 Mormon church, as was her husband, and con- 
 tinued so throughout her life. She was postmistress 
 of the town of Samaria, Idaho, for fourteen years, 
 and for thirteen years was president of the relief 
 society of that place. She came of a distinguished 
 Welsh family, and one of her cousins is serving 
 today as a member of the House of Lords in the 
 British Parliament. 
 
 Samuel Deer Davis received absolutely no educa- 
 tional advantages in his bovhood, and when he had 
 reached the age of twenty-four he was yet unable 
 to write his own name in a creditable manner. He 
 had, however, taken upon himself the duties and 
 responsibilities of a home and family, and his wife 
 suggested to him that he attend the district school 
 during the winter months in the town of Samaria, 
 where they were then living. He did so, and as 
 might be expected, made splendid progress. So well 
 did he succeed, and such encouragement did he 
 receive that in 1886 he attended the Brigham Young 
 College at Logan, Utah, and noon his return to 
 Samaria engaged in teaching school, together with 
 the study of law, in which he continued until 1899. 
 He was then appointed Probate Judge of Oneida 
 county, Idaho, and he was twice elected to the same 
 office to succeed himself a circumstance which 
 speaks most eloquently of the character of his serv- 
 ice. In 1901 Mr. Davis took the examination for 
 the bar, and was admitted to practice in all the 
 courts of the state of Idaho. He has since con- 
 tinued in practice, and is now located at Malad, 
 Oneida county, Idaho, where he enjoys one of the 
 most extensive practices of any attorney in Southern 
 Idaho. He is a Republican and has taken an active 
 
 and praiseworthy interest in the affairs of that 
 party in the years that have passed. 
 
 Mr. Davis is a devout member of the Mormon 
 church, as one might expect of one of his parentage. 
 He has held many prominent places in the church 
 and is one of the most valued among its members. 
 He has held the office of assistant Sunday school 
 superintendent and as superintendent of the Sumaris 
 Ward. He has also held the position of First 
 Counselor to the Bishop of that Ward, and has been 
 acting superintendent of the Young Men's Mutual 
 Improvement Association of the Malad Stake for 
 eleven years, and at the present time is a High 
 Councilor of the Malad Stake. 
 
 In October, 1882, Mr. Davis was united in mar- 
 riage with Mary J. Williams, the daughter of John 
 II. and Sarah Williams, the marriage being cele- 
 brated at Salt Lake City, Utah. She died at Sa- 
 maria, Idaho, in March, 1903, leaving seven sons. 
 Mr. Davis contracted a second marriage in October, 
 1905, when Alice Godwin became his wife. She is 
 a native of Clinton, Samson county, North Caro- 
 lina, and the daughter of Andy and Elizabeth A. 
 Godwin. Two daughters and a son have been 
 born to this latter union. 
 
 CLAY B. MOSHEK. Although born in the Empire 
 State, Clay B. Mosher considers himself a native 
 of Idaho, for his parents resided here from the time 
 of the gold excitement in the Boise Basin, and he 
 has lived here ever since infancy. Reared and edu- 
 cated in Idaho City, he early displayed a spirit of 
 independence and self-reliance that was evidently 
 inherited from his pioneer father, and that caused 
 him to embark upon a career of his own some years 
 before he reached his majority, and from that time 
 to the present his advance has been steady and con- 
 tinuous. As the incumbent of the office of deputy 
 assessor of Boise county, he is discharging his 
 duties in an able and faithful manner, and his in- 
 tegrity has never been questioned. Clay B. Mosher 
 was born in Ontario county, New York, January 
 4, 1873, his mother being on a visit to friends there 
 at the time of his birth. His father. Caleb B. 
 Mosher. migrated to the Boise Basin at the time of 
 the excitement over the discovery- of gold, and lo- 
 cated at Placerville, where he conducted a livery 
 and teaming business and also engaged in the 
 butcher trade. His wife, who bore the name of 
 Katherine Cobb, and who came to Idaho shortly 
 after his arrival here, died in January, 1904, and at 
 that time Mr. Mosher disposed of his interests and 
 returned to New York, where his death occurred in 
 1906. 
 
 Clay B. Mosher received his education in the pub- 
 lic schools of Idaho City, which he attended until he 
 was seventeen years of age, and at that time started 
 upon a business career as an employe of a dairy 
 ranch, on which he continued to be employed for 
 two years. Thrifty and industrious, he carefully 
 saved his earnings." which he invested in a saloon 
 business in Idaho City, and successfully conducted 
 an establishment for several years. While thus en- 
 gaged. Mr. Mosher became interested in politics, and 
 sold his interests to become deputy sheriff of Boise 
 county, an office in which he served eight years, 
 earning the commendation of the public by his 
 courage and strict attention to duty. His excellent 
 services in that position gained for him, in 1912, tf 
 appointment to the position of deputy assessor of 
 Boise county, an office in which he has continued 
 to maintain the same high reputation that his former 
 services had given him. 
 
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 Mr. Mosher was married in June, 1901, in Idaho 
 City, to Miss Mary Kennaly, daughter of Judge John 
 Kennaly, of this city, and to this union there have 
 been born three children: Marjorie, who is attend- 
 ing the public schools of Idaho City; Vivian; and 
 one who died in infancy. Mr. Mosher is the owner 
 of a pleasant and commodious home in Idaho City, 
 which he prefers to any club or lodge, although he 
 holds membership in the Woodmen of the World. 
 He has gained his success through application and 
 perseverance, and his numerous friends will testify 
 to the popularity that a pleasing personality has 
 gained for him. In a region like that surround- 
 ing the Boise Basin, and having so many natural 
 facilities for commercial advancement, the changes 
 in a few years will necessarily be many, and, al- 
 though yet a young man, Mr. Mosher has witnessed 
 a remarkable development in the surroundings of 
 his home. The future is full of promise :or this 
 locality, and such representative men will be at the 
 front in shaping its destiny alon<* the lines of pros- 
 perity and usefulness. 
 
 ERNEST PRICE OLDHAM, M. D. It invariably 
 occurs in the growth of all prosperous communities 
 that the first institutions or organizations of a med- 
 ical nature are the offspring ot necessity. The 
 occurrence of contagious diseases suggests the neces- 
 sity for some concerted action against the spreading 
 of epidemics, while the obvious reasons for an 
 institution in which cases of a serious surgical 
 nature may be treated need not be enumerated. The 
 first hospital in the city of Oaklev, Idaho, was 
 established in 1909, by Ernest Price Oldham, M. D., 
 a practitioner whose abilities in the sciences of medi- 
 cine and surgery have gained him widespread repu- 
 tation in his profession. This institution, being in 
 a pleasant residence part of the city, with good sani- 
 tary surroundings, and presenting accommodations 
 adapted to the wants of all classes of people when 
 sick, and free from either political or municipal 
 interference, combines in the highest degree the 
 qualities of an excellent asylum for the sick and a 
 permanent school of clinical medicine and surgery. 
 
 Dr. Ernest Price Oldham was born November 
 21, 1875, at Paradise, Cache county, Utah, and is a 
 son of Samuel and Mary Jane (Price) Oldham, 
 natives of England. The grandfather of Doctor 
 Oldham brought his family to Utah as a pioneer of 
 1863, and there followed his trade of weaver, and 
 reared his children in comfort, fitting them for their 
 positions in life and giving them excellent educa- 
 tional advantages. Samuel Oldham was a graduate 
 of the Utah State University, class of 1878, and for 
 many years taught schools in Salt Lake and Cache 
 counties. Eventually, he was ordained a bishop in 
 the Church of the Latter Day Saints, in which he 
 served for a quarter of a century, and the last two 
 years of his work as educator were spent in Brig- 
 ham Young College at Logan, Utah. His wife 
 passed away in 1892, having been the mother of ten 
 children, of whom two are now deceased. 
 
 Doctor Oldham was the next to the oldest of his 
 parents' children, and his education was secured in 
 the Cache county schools and Brigham Young Col- 
 lege. At the age of twenty-seven years he entered 
 Northwestern University, Chicago, where he was 
 graduated in the medical class of 1906. He spent 
 some time as interne in various Chicago hospitals, 
 but in January, 1907, came to Oakley, where he has 
 since been engaged in a general practice. For some 
 time the need of a hospital in this city had been 
 apparent, and with commendable enterprise and pub- 
 
 lic spirit, Doctor Oldham went about establishing 
 an institution of this kind, which threw open its 
 doors in 1909. Doctor Oldham is surgeon for the 
 Idaho Southern Railroad and the Paris Construc- 
 tion Company, and is the owner of a pleasant home 
 in Oakley and of valuable ranch lands. Doctor Old- 
 ham is known as a physician and surgeon of skill, 
 and his dignity, character and devotion to his pro- 
 fession have firmly established him in the confidence 
 of his patients and his professional colleagues. He 
 is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha fraternity, 
 and his religious connection is with the Church of 
 the Latter Day Saints. 
 
 In September, 1904, Doctor Oldham was united 
 in marriage with Miss Edmerisa Whitney, daughter 
 of John K. and Ann (Longstroth) Whitney, the 
 former a native of Ohio and the latter of Lanca- 
 shire, England. John K. Whitney was one of the 
 original forty-seven pioneers of Utah, a noted West- 
 ern explorer, famous Indian fighter and sheriff of 
 Salt Lake county, Utah, in 1860. He and his wife 
 now reside at Mendon, Utah, in quiet retirement. 
 A feat accomplished by Mr. Whitney during the 
 Black Hawk Indian war, which js still remembered 
 by the "old-timers," was that of carrying an order 
 from Colonel Conner to Colonel Alexander, a dis- 
 tance of 200 miles through a country infested by 
 Indians on the warpath. Doctor and Mrs. Oldham 
 have had three children : Ernest W., Amarilla and 
 Mary. 
 
 W. A. ANTHES. Until his death on April 2, 1913, 
 William A. Anthes was president of the Citizens 
 Bank of Pocatellp, and one of the ablest and most 
 thoroughly experienced bankers in Idaho. Banking 
 had been his vocation throughout his active career, 
 and his first regular position in the world of busi- 
 ness was with a bank. In his death Pocatello lost 
 one of its old residents, and a man who occupied 
 a foremost position, not only as a banker, but as 
 a broad-minded and public spirited citizen. He had 
 lived in the city for more than twenty vears, and 
 had been an active factor in the business life from 
 its village days. 
 
 William A. Anthes was born at Oshkosh, Wiscon- 
 sin, October 10, 1861. His education consisted in 
 the courses of the public school, and a subsequent 
 period of study in the commercial college at Osh- 
 kosh. On leaving school he was given employment 
 in a bank of his native city, and from that intro- 
 duction followed the business until the day of his 
 death. When he was about twenty years of age he 
 moved out to Nebraska, where for eight years he 
 was connected with the bank, and then in June, 
 1890, located at Pocatello. For fourteen years he 
 was connected with the First National Bank of that 
 city, until the fall of 1904, and about three months 
 later he took a prominent part in organizing the 
 Citizens Bank of Pocatello. When the organization 
 was completed, he was elected president, and di- 
 rected the affairs of this substantial institution in 
 such manner as to make it one of the strongest 
 factors in the financial resources of the city, and the 
 bank in its present condition is largely a monument 
 to his ability and energy. 
 
 At Schuyler, Nebraska, Mr. Anthes was mar- 
 ried to Miss Josephine Miller, whose parents were 
 Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, former residents of Wis- 
 consin. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Anthes, Arthur E., and Mildred L. 
 
 While not connected as a member with any re- 
 ligious organization, Mr. Anthes gave his preference 
 to the Christian Science Church. Fraternally he was 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 a popular member of the Modern Woodmen of 
 America, the Knights of Pythias, and the Sons of 
 Hermann. For a number of years he cast his vote 
 in support of the Democratic party, but was not 
 otherwise active in politics. However, he did much 
 in the way of public service, was a member of the 
 city school board, and his influence and encourage- 
 ment were always behind any movement for the 
 improvement of Pocatello. In his home circle he 
 found his greatest pleasure, was fond of good lit- 
 erature, and once or twice a year he took an excur- 
 sion for recreation in the open. Camp life, hunting 
 and fishing were always favorite diversions of his. 
 
 PERCY E. ELLIS. Numbered among the popular 
 and representative business men of Idaho county 
 is Mr. Ellis, who conducts a well equipped drug 
 store in the village of Stites and who is also post- 
 master of this thriving town. He is also owner of 
 the local telephone system, which is operated under 
 the title of the Stites Telephone Company, and he 
 has proved one of the liberal and progressive citi- 
 zens of the county of his adoption. 
 
 Mr. Ellis claims the "right little, tight little isle" 
 as the place of his nativity. He was born in London, 
 England, on the igth of November, 1868, and is a 
 son of F. W. and Mary D. Ellis, who are both now 
 residents in London, England. After duly availing 
 himself of the advantages of the public schools of 
 his native land, Mr. Ellis there served an apprentice- 
 ship to the carpenter's trade, to which he thereafter 
 devoted his attention until his immigration to Amer- 
 ica, when about seventeen years of age. He first 
 located in the province of Manitoba, Canada, where 
 he followed the work of his trade, as a contractor 
 and builder, until 1891, when he came to the west 
 and established his home in the city of Spokane, 
 Washington, where he continued in the same line 
 of enterprise about two years. He then removed 
 to Palouse, that state, where he was engaged with 
 the Palouse Lumber Company about three years, at 
 the expiration of which he was appointed assistant 
 postmaster of the town, a position of which he con- 
 tinued the incumbent until 1899, when he came to 
 the Coeur d'Alene district of Idaho and established 
 his residence at Wardner. There he was an assist- 
 ant in the postoffice about one year, and for the 
 ensuing two years he there conducted a confec- 
 tionery store. In 1902 he disposed of his interests 
 at Wardner and removed to Stites, where he con- 
 ducted a confectionery store until 1905, when he 
 purchased his present drug business, which he has 
 since conducted most successfully, the establishment 
 being well equipped in all departments and cater- 
 ing to an appreciative patronage. He has served as 
 postmaster at Stites since 1903 and has given a most 
 acceptable administration. He was also a member 
 of the first village council of Stites and has been 
 most zealous in supporting measures and enterprises 
 that have conserved the civic and material advance- 
 ment of the town. He is a stanch supporter of the 
 cause of the Republican party, is a zealous and 
 valued member of the Stites Commercial Club, and, 
 as previously stated, is the owner of the local 
 telephone system. He and his wife attend and sup- 
 port the local Methodist Episcopal church, and he 
 is affiliated with the Knights of the Modern Macca- 
 bees, in which he has passed the various official 
 chairs ; the Knights of Pythias, of which he is past 
 chancellor commander ; and the Fraternal Order of 
 Eagles. 
 
 At Palouse, Washington, on the 9th of August, 
 1893, Mr. Ellis wedded Miss Sarah E. Harris, daugh- 
 ter of Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, who removed from 
 
 Kansas to Washington. Mrs. Ellis was a popular 
 figure in the leading social activities of Stites. 
 Her death occurred December 27, 1912. 
 
 COMMODORE JACKSON. Some of the remarkable 
 experiences- and fortunes of an Idaho pioneer are 
 properly read out of the career of Commodore Jack- 
 son, Mountain Home's grand old veteran. His span 
 of nearly three-score and ten years include some 
 soldiering in the Confederate army ; steamboating on 
 the great rivers of the Mississippi Valley ; freighting 
 and stage and express driving over many parts of 
 the west; mining in Montana and Idaho; fighting 
 Indians, during the uprising of the seventies; and 
 for forty years the vigorous yet peaceful industry 
 of his ranch near Mountain Home. By many counts, 
 Commodore Jackson has been an efficient worker, 
 a valuable citizen, and has attained many of "the 
 durable satisfactions of life." 
 
 In West Virginia, when it was a part of old 
 Virginia, Commodore Jackson was born in 1844. 
 His parents were Samuel and Anna (Deems) Jack- 
 son, both natives of Western Virginia, where the 
 father was a farmer. The son passed his early 
 life until he was sixteen years old on his father's 
 place, and then the war broke out, and disturbed all 
 normal existence in those southern states. He went 
 into the Confederate army in the Third Virginia 
 Regiment, under General Floyd, and saw one year 
 of active fighting before he left the army. He then 
 began steamboating down the Ohio, and also on the 
 Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, and continued in 
 that line of work for two years. He finally left the 
 river at Leavenworth, Kansas, where he joined a 
 train under the command of John E. McQuirk in 
 1864 bound for Salt Lake City. This train arrived 
 across the plains at Fort Bridger in the winter and 
 was snowed in, until the Mormons came to their 
 rescue and pulled them into Salt Lake City on 
 sleighs. At Salt Lake a new train was organized 
 for Blackfoot, Montana, and from Blackfoot 
 Mr. Jackson and others proceeded to Virginia City, 
 Montana, at which point the train was broken up. 
 There Commodore Jackson began working for Ben 
 Hplliday in driving stage from Virginia City to Bear 
 River, and from Virginia City to Idaho City. He 
 then assisted in opening the first stage and freight 
 line from Bear River to Dalles River in Oregon, 
 and continued on that line until it was bought by the 
 Wells, Fargo & Company Express. Under the aus- 
 pices of the latter company, Mr. Jackson was with the 
 construction corps at Twin Falls when the Indians 
 made their night raid and stole twenty head of oxen 
 belonging to the Wells, Fargo & Company Express. 
 He and four other men on horseback pursued the 
 raiding Indians for several days into the mountains, 
 finally caught up with them and in this battle killed 
 several of the marauders, and succeeded in recov- 
 ering most of the stock. During his stage driving 
 career, Mr. Jackson worked under several different 
 contractors, including John Hailey, one of the most 
 notable of the old-time characters of the northwest. 
 The stage stations were then located twelve miles 
 apart, and there the horses were changed, and at 
 each fiftv miles was located what was known as 
 a home station. 
 
 In 1872 Mr. Jackson bought a part of the place 
 where he now resides and gives himself up definitely 
 to permanent agriculture and stock raising. He 
 bought a quarter section of land eight miles from 
 Mountain Home, and now has the original water- 
 right and a splendidly improved estate. Under the 
 desert-claim act, he also took up land where Moun- 
 tain Home now stands, and a part of which he sold 
 to the railroad, and another part to a land company. 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Since locating in this vicinity in 1872, Mr. Jackson 
 has intermittently carried on mining with considera- 
 ble success in the different placer districts of the 
 state. During 1871 he kept the stage station at 
 Rock Creek, and was also postmaster at that place. 
 At Boise, in 1868, Commodore Jackson was mar- 
 ried to Miss Sarah Bacon. Their three children are 
 as follows : Frank, who is a rancher ; Lena, now 
 Mrs. Bailey; and Nellie, who lives at Lagrande. 
 Mr. Jackson has also the pardonable pride of being 
 a great-grandfather; his son Frank has a son Fred, 
 who in turn was the father of Evelin Ruth, who 
 died at the age of two years. For many years 
 Mr. Jackson affiliated with the Democratic party, 
 but now favors and votes the Socialist ticket. Dur- 
 ing the Bannock Indian war Mr. Jackson was one of 
 the sufferers from the depredations of the hostile 
 Indians and was robbed of eleven head of horses, 
 which he never' recovered, and though he proved 
 the theft of the stock before a Government authority 
 he was never reimbursed for his loss. He has thus 
 lived and passed through the varied experiences of 
 Idaho life from the early years of the territory down 
 to the present and there is no more honored and es- 
 teemed citizen of the southern half of the state than 
 Commodore Jackson. 
 
 LIEUT.-COL. MARSHALL WILLIAM WOOD, U. S. 
 ARMY. Boise, Idaho, may claim among her resi- 
 dents a man whose name is not unknown in other 
 parts of the country, for although people's memories 
 are short, the American nation will not soon forget 
 the heroes of the Spanish-American war. Marshall 
 William Wood, the man in question, entered the 
 service of the United States Army many years ago 
 and served faithfully and well during the monoto- 
 nous days of peace in desolate army posts as well 
 as in the exciting, nerve racking days of battle and 
 sudden death, for he was an army surgeon. His 
 life has been wholly given to his work and his 
 interests had never been concerned in any other 
 line. He has always maintained in his own person 
 the traditions of the service, and his uprightness, 
 sincerity and fair dealing have won for him many 
 friends. 
 
 Marshall William Wood was born in Watertown, 
 New York, on the 3rd of June, 1846. He was the 
 son of Benjamin and Eunice Augusta (Greenleaf) 
 Wood. His father was born on the isth of June, 
 1807, and died April 3, 1893, while his mother, who 
 was born on November 26, 1811, died on the 6th 
 of October, 1900. Colonel Wood is descended from 
 some of the oldest families in the country and 
 among his ancestors who have left their names on 
 the records of Colonial days are. Henry Adams, of 
 Braintree, Massachusetts; Edward Bangs, of Plym- 
 outh, Massachusetts; John Bronson, of Hartford, 
 Connecticut; Tristram Coffin, of Nantucket, Massa- 
 chusetts; Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, Mas- 
 sachusetts, and John Dunham of the same place; 
 Jonathan Fairbanks, of Dedham, Massachusetts; 
 Captain William Gerrish, of Newbury, Massachu- 
 setts; Major General Goodkin, of Cambridge, Mas- 
 sachusetts; Edmund Greenleaf, of Newbury, 
 Massachusetts ; William Hickox, of Farmington, 
 Connecticut; John Hopkins, of Hartford, Connecti- 
 cut; Stephen Hopkins, who was one of the May- 
 flower passengers of 1620; John Jenney, of Ply- 
 mouth, Massachusetts ; Thomas Josselyn, of Hing- 
 ham, Massachusetts; Captain Nicholas Olmstead; 
 Thomas Paine, of Eastham, Massachusetts ; John 
 Prescott, of Lancaster, Massachusetts; Nicholas 
 Snow, of Plymouth, Massachusetts; Thomas Wilder, 
 of Lancaster, Massachusetts, and Henry Wood, of 
 Middleboro, Massachusetts. 
 
 Colonel Wood attended the common schools of 
 his native town, and was sent to the village high 
 school and later to Belleville Union Academy. Then 
 having decided that he desired to make medicine 
 his profession has been pronounced and his advance- 
 in Chicago, from which institution he was gradu- 
 ated in 1873, with the degree of M. D. In his later 
 years he was awarded the honorary degree of A. M. 
 by Bowdoin College, this honor coming to him in 
 1894. Not content with what he obtained in the 
 regular course at the medical schools, he has since 
 had five terms of post-graduate and research work. 
 
 Upon completing his education he began the prac- 
 tice of his profession in Chicago, and practiced there 
 with considerable success until 1875, when he be- 
 came assistant surgeon in the United States Army, 
 with the rank of first lieutenant. In 1880 he was 
 advanced to the rank of captain, and in 1804 re- 
 ceived further promotion to that of major, ft was 
 during the following year that he was director of 
 the bacteriolpgic laboratory at Boise, Idaho. Dur- 
 ing the Santiago campaign in the Spanish-American 
 war he saw active service as chief surgeon of the 
 First Division, Fifth Army Corps. He was three 
 times officially commended for "distinguished serv- 
 ices." In 1904 he was made lieutenant-colonel and 
 retired from the service, since which time he has 
 been quietly living in Boise. 
 
 Colonel Wood has never interested himself in 
 politics or in business matters, but he has been 
 prominent in matters pertaining to his own profes- 
 sion. He was made an honorary member of the 
 Chicago Society of Physicians and Surgeons upon 
 his leaving there in 1875. He is an honorary mem- 
 ber of the Hawaiian Medical Association, and is 
 an active member of other medical societies. Dur- 
 ing the year of 1896-7 he was president of the Idaho 
 State Medical Society, and he has always been much 
 interested in the reports and meetings of these vari- 
 ous organizations. Much of the Colonel's time has 
 of late years especially been given to the affairs of 
 the various patriotic societies of which he is a mem- 
 ber. He became a member ot the Society of 
 Colonial Wars in 1894, an d of the Sons of the Amer- 
 ican Revolution the same year. He has been presi- 
 dent of the Idaho society of the Sons of the American 
 Revolution since February, 1909; He is also a mem- 
 ber of the Society of the War of 1812, and has be- 
 longed to the Military Order of the Loyal Legion 
 since 1885. In I 9 I he became a member of the Mili- 
 tary Order of Foreign Wars, and since 1867 he has 
 been a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 He was made post commander of this organization 
 in 1867, and has since served twice in this capacity. 
 He has been department commander for the depart- 
 ment of Idaho for the year of 1911-12. 
 
 Colonel Wood is a strong believer in the principles 
 upheld by the Masonic order and has held many 
 offices in this fraternity. He was made a Master 
 Mason in 1873, and from 1891 to 1893 he was wor- 
 shipful master. He has held minor offices as a Royal 
 Arch Mason and minor offices as a Knight Templar. 
 He has passed from the fourth to the thirty-third 
 degree in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, 
 having been elected to the thirty-third degree in Octo- 
 ber, 1882. In 1880 he was made a member of the 
 Royal Order of Scotland, and in 1897 was admitted 
 to the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic 
 Shrine, being made Illustrious Potentate of El Korah 
 Temple in 1907. 
 
 Colonel Wood was married on the 7th of Decem- 
 ber, 1870, to Miss Helen J. Hawes, who died March 
 27th, 1911. The three eldest children of this mar- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1LV. 
 
 riage arc girls, namely Clara Louise, Mary Lunette 
 and Agnes Augusta. The youngest is a son, George 
 Benjamin Wood, who is married to Blanche Under- 
 wood. Mary Lunette, the second daughter, married 
 Elmer J. Smith, of Detroit, Michigan, where she 
 now resides. 
 
 HARRY J. PETERSEN. Six years ago Harry J. 
 Petersen believed that he saw an excellent opening 
 in Pocatello for a men's clothing and furnishing store 
 and acted upon the idea. The little shop that he 
 opened has since given place to a thriving establish- 
 ment, and Mr. Petersen, as the owner and proprietor 
 of the "Toggery Shop," is admittedly one of the 
 leading business men of the city. Born in Omaha 
 Nebraska, on the twenty-fifth day of February, 1876, 
 Mr. Petersen is the son of J. C. and Marion (Mad- 
 sen) Petersen. 
 
 Concerning his parentage, it may be said that J. C. 
 Petersen was born in Flensberg, Germany, and he 
 emigrated to the United States about 1860, making 
 his way directly to Omaha, Nebraska. He was a 
 machinist by trade, having learned the work in his 
 native land and of Germany for his rudimentary 
 education, if not both, and he immediately secured 
 a position with the Union Pacific Railway in their 
 shops in Omaha. For forty-eight years Mr. Petersen 
 continued in the service of that company, and when 
 he was finally retired and placed on the pension list 
 of the company, he was known for the oldest em- 
 ployee of the road, and one of the most highly 
 esteemed by his superiors. He was toolroom fore- 
 man of the road for several years, and was recog- 
 nized as one of the most capable men in his depart- 
 ment of service in the employ of the company. He 
 died at Omaha, Nebraska, on September i8th, 1912, 
 at the age of sixty-eight years, and the last five 
 years of his life he was on the retired list of the 
 company that he had served so long and so faithfully. 
 The mother of Harry Petersen was born in Copen- 
 hagen, Denmark, in 1850, and died on Sunday, De- 
 cember 22, 1912. She was married in Omaha, 
 Nebraska, and there lived until some years ago, when 
 she came to Pocatello to make her son, Harry J., a 
 visit. Her body was returned to her old Nebraska 
 home for interment. She left five children to mourn 
 her loss, besides a large circle of friends in Omaha 
 as well as those in Pocatello who came to know 
 and love her in the time she spent here with her son. 
 
 Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter- 
 sen : Arthur, a resident of Salt Lake City; William, 
 of Tucson, Arizona ; Harry J., of this review ; Mrs. 
 Anna C. Simpson, the wife of Dr. Simpson of Omaha, 
 Nebraska; and Mrs. Alice Dobson, the wife of a 
 well-known contractor of Lincoln, Nebraska. 
 
 Harry J. Petersen attended the schools of Omaha 
 to the age of fifteen, when he was graduated from 
 the high school of that city. He then entered the 
 railroad shops of the Union Pacific, with which his 
 father had long been employed, and there he learned 
 the trade of a machinist. He completed his full 
 apprenticeship, then worked at Rollins, Wyoming, 
 and Omaha for about a year, after which he came 
 to Pocatello, Idaho, his arrival here being in 1800. 
 He secured work^for the Oregon Short Line Rail- 
 road as a machinist and was employed for four 
 years in that capacity, after which he resigned and 
 engaged in the wholesale and retail candy business 
 in Pocatello. He remained thus occupied until 1906, 
 when he sold out and took a position as agent with 
 the National Cash Register Company, and for a year 
 he was employed in that capacity. It was then that 
 he saw his golden opportunity, and established the 
 
 "Toggery," which has proved such a pleasing suc- 
 cess. The little shop of five years ago has developed 
 into one of the largest and most metropolitan exclu- 
 sive men's furnishing stores in the state, and has a 
 reputation for up-to-the-minute accessories and all 
 around satisfying service that has made it the most 
 popular shop in Pocatello. Four clerks are employed 
 in the shop, a striking fact when it is considered 
 slaughter in Idaho. He is devoted to the state and 
 that in the beginning Mr. Petersen was able to care 
 for the place unassisted. 
 
 Mr. Petersen is a stockholder in the Farmers' and 
 Traders' Bank of Pocatello, and is a member of the 
 city council, and in the years of 1909 and 1910 held 
 the office of United States Storekeeper Gauger. 
 
 The fraternal relations of Mr. Petersen are main- 
 tained with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, 
 in which he is Past Exalted Ruler and a member of 
 the Grand Lodge ; the Woodmen of the World and 
 the Sons of Hermann. His politics are those of a 
 Republican, but he is not more than ordinarily active 
 in the field of politics. He is a member of the Pres- 
 byterian church, with others of his family. 
 
 On February 27, 1001, Mr. Petersen was united 
 in marriage with Miss Laura Elvira Christensen. of 
 Monmouth, Illinois. She is the daughter of Peter 
 and Dorothy (Smith) Christensen, residents of Mon- 
 mouth, who still make their home in that place. 
 
 Mr. Petersen is a man of considerable public spirit, 
 and has been one of the most active and prominent 
 in the movement to preserve the elk from ruthless 
 has unlimited faith in her future and in the promise 
 she holds out to all who have ambition and energy. 
 He has demonstrated his belief in the continued pros- 
 perity of the state by acquiring a generous quantity 
 of real estate in and about the county, and owns 
 a valuable ranch eight miles east of the town of Ash- 
 ton, all of which he has accumulated since he engaged 
 in business here a few years ago. He also owns his 
 own home and business property on Main street and 
 other vacant lots in Pocatello. 
 
 EDWARD G. GALLET, president of the Gate City Fur- 
 niture Company and county recorder of Bannock 
 county until he resigned that office recently and ac- 
 cepted the post of secretary of the Public Utilities 
 Commission of the State of Idaho, was a resident 
 of Pocatello for many years, his recent appointment 
 causing his removal to Boise. Idaho, where he has 
 taken up his permanent abode. For many years 
 Mr. Gallet was connected with the Oregon Short Line 
 Railroad, and when he discontinued that service he 
 identified himself conspicuously with the business 
 and public life of Pocatello, with which he first be- 
 came identified in the days when it was a mere vil- 
 lage. 
 
 Mr. Gallet was born near Galesburg, Illinois, on 
 May 5, 1866. and he was the eldest of ten children, 
 six of whom are still living. His parents were John 
 C. and Julia (Gittings) Gallet. the father a native 
 of Illinois and the mother of Kentucky. John G. 
 Gallet. who died in 1894 at the age of fifty-three, was 
 a lifelong resident of Illinois, and for years was 
 general agent for the Garr-Scort Agricultural Imple- 
 ment Company, of Richmond. Indiana. The mother 
 is now living in Pocatello at the advanced age of 
 seventy-six years. 
 
 The public schools of his native city gave to Ed- 
 ward Gallet his first educational advantages, and 
 he afterward attended St. Viator's College, near 
 Kankakee. Illinois, where he was graduated in 1884. 
 For about a year thereafter he was engaged in teach- 
 ing school in Chicago, but in 1885 he came west and 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 at Pocatello entered the service of the Oregon Short 
 Line. He was with that company until 1899, and 
 during those years occupied a number of positions 
 of responsibility from the freight department up. 
 
 After giving up railroading Mr. Gallet became 
 deputy county recorder, the duties of which position 
 occupied him until 1902, when he was elected to the 
 office of recorder. Then, in 1906 and 1910, he was 
 re-elected to the office, and he was serving in the 
 office when his appointment to the post of secretary 
 to the Public Utilities Commission of Idaho was 
 tendered him. His resignation went into effect soon 
 after, and his removal to Boise followed shortly, 
 when he assumed the duties of his new office on 
 June 5, 1913. 
 
 While in Pocatello, Mr. Gallet became identified in 
 a prominent manner with the Gate City Furniture 
 Company, becoming president of the concern, which 
 is one of the large and prosperous business houses 
 of the city, occupying commodious quarters on Main 
 street. 
 
 Politically Mr. Gallet was one of the local leaders 
 in the Republican party in Bannock county, and his 
 fraternal associations are with the Benevolent and 
 Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the 
 Woodmen of the World and the Brotherhood of 
 Railroad Trainmen. His church is the Roman Cath- 
 olic. Mr. Gallet enjoys outdoor pastimes, and is an 
 all around good citizen, whose position in the com- 
 munity is one of efficient service and in which he 
 enjoys the highest esteem. He worked his own way 
 to success, and has always been tfiad of the fact 
 that he chose Idaho as the scene of his career. 
 
 Mr. Gallet was married at Helena, Montana, on 
 February 3, 1890, to Miss Ella M. Case, the daughter 
 of Samuel C. and Mary A. Case, formerly of Illinois, 
 the mother being still alive. Three children have 
 been born to Mr. and Mrs. Gallet, all claiming 
 Pocatello as their birthplace. They are Grace, born 
 in 1893, and now a student in Pocatello Academy; 
 Louis, born in 1895, and Frances, born in 1907. 
 
 RODNEY H. MANNING, secretary and general man- 
 ager of the Manning-Cleveland Company, of Ash- 
 ton, Idaho, is one of the leading business men of 
 this town, with which he has been identified since 
 1910. He was born in Rock Island county, Illinois, 
 on August 14, 1868, and is the son of John R. Man- 
 ning and his wife, Mary T. (Hamor) Manning, na- 
 tives of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, respectively. 
 The father was a stock dealer in Illinois for many 
 years, but later moved to Nebraska, where he was 
 known as a very successful man in various ways. 
 He served one term in the state senate of Nebraska, 
 and was particularly active in state and national pol- 
 itics. He is now a resident of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 
 and is living a retired life in that place. He is a 
 Republican, and still takes an active interest in poli- 
 tics. The wife and mother died in 1903 at Carroll, 
 Nebraska, aged fifty-six. She was the mother of six 
 children four sons and two daughters three of 
 which number live in Idaho. 
 
 Rodney H. Manning became a resident of Ashton, 
 Idaho, in January, 1910, and since then has been 
 identified with the leading hardware business in 
 the city, as a member of the firm of Manning- 
 Cleveland Co. Charles C. Cleveland is president of 
 the firm, L. E. Manning is vice-president and Rodney 
 H. Manning is secretary and general manager. The 
 firm is the largest of its kind in this district and 
 deals exclusively in hardware, sporting and tourist 
 goods, and is incorporated at $25,000. 
 
 Mr. Manning is a Republican and an active and 
 
 enthusiastic worker in the ranks of the party, but 
 he has never sought or filled office. He is prominent 
 in fraternal societies and as a member of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows has filled all offices 
 in the encampment, subordinate lodge and canton. 
 He is a member of the Ashton Commercial Club, 
 and is an energetic worker in the best interests of 
 the community at all times. 
 
 Mr. Manning was married in Knox county, Ne- 
 braska, on September 27, 1900, to Miss Laura E. 
 Reynolds, a native of the state and a daughter of 
 Thomas Reynolds. Four children have been born 
 to Mr. and Mrs. Manning; Laurence, Laura, Hamor 
 and Nat. 
 
 PETER O. THOMPSON. Experience has taught most 
 convincingly that success is the result of persistent 
 application of intelligent methods that demand time 
 for their development ; consequently there is no such 
 word as luck in the lexicon of successful business 
 men. To executive ability must be added a thor- 
 ough knowledge of the field to be occupied, and this 
 can only be obtained by gradual approach. Sudden 
 acquisition of wealth is rare, and it is generally 
 found that the most substantial of our business men 
 are those who have gradually worked their way to 
 the front by perseverance and constant industry. In 
 any event, none would intimate that luck has played 
 any great part in the success of Peter O. Thompson, 
 proprietor of a plumbing and heating establishment 
 at Rexburg. Rather may it be said that his present 
 position is due to Danish thrift, tireless energy, and 
 an intimate acquaintance with all the details of his 
 business. His sole capital when he started out in 
 life was the heritage of a good name, supplemented 
 with courage to endure, strength to labor and 
 patience to wait. He was born at Oland, Denmark, 
 April n, 1866, and is a son of Ole and Mattie (Ber- 
 tleson) Thompson. His father died in Denmark at 
 the age of fifty-three years, in 1874, soon after which 
 the widow brought her children to the United States 
 and located at Hyrum, Utah, where she passed away 
 in 1908, aged eighty years. 
 
 Peter O. Thompson received his early education 
 in the public schools of Utah, and in 1884 gradu- 
 ated from Brigham Young College. On leaving 
 school he became connected with a mercantile estab- 
 lishment at Salt Lake City, Utah, where he re- 
 mained five years, and then came to Rexburg, but 
 subsequently returned to Utah to learn the plumb- 
 ing business. When he had mastered his trade Mr. 
 Thompson again came to Rexburg, established him- 
 self in business, and has continued to remain in the 
 enjoyment of a wide-spread patronage. With 
 supreme confidence in the future development of his 
 adopted community, he has invested in realty, being 
 the owner of much valuable farm land in Fremont 
 county, as well as a beautiful modern residence in 
 Rexburg. When he finds leisure from the duties 
 of business life, he sends his time in visiting his 
 land, or in taking hunting and fishing trips, of which 
 he is very fond. In political matters he is a Demo- 
 crat, but has paid but little attention to affairs of a 
 public nature. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, 
 and very prominent in the Woodmen of the World, 
 being a member of the executive board of the Build- 
 ing Committee, and through his untiring efforts they 
 have completed a magnificent structure, at a cost 
 of $35,000. He has also served as clerk of the Wood- 
 men of the World for a period of ten years. He is 
 at present holding the responsible position of super- 
 intendent of the waterworks in the city of Rexburg, 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 in which capacity he has served under the last three 
 administrations. 
 
 On November 20, 1900, Mr. Thompson was mar- 
 ried at Rexburg, Idaho, to Miss Ida B. Gerber, 
 daughter of Samuel and Mary Gerber, and five 
 children have been born to this unton, all in Rex- 
 burg: P. O. Thompson, Jr., born in 1901. Leland L., 
 born in 1905, both of whom are attending school; 
 and Erwin Lament, born in 1907, Frank F., born in 
 1909. Ralph Remington, born in 1912, at home. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are widely known in 
 Rexburg and vicinity, where they have a wide circle 
 of sincere friends. 
 
 NELS A. JUST. Few men in this section* of the 
 state are more properly entitled to the appellation 
 of pioneer, or are more justly deserving of mention 
 in a work of the nature and purpose of this publica- 
 tion than the late Nels A. Just. He came to Utah 
 as a mere lad, and from there came to Idaho, where 
 he passed his life, devoting himself to pioneer indus- 
 tries and living the open, wholesome and free life 
 of the new settler in a new land. Wherever he 
 identified himself with the life of the wilderness, 
 primitive conditions retreated and gave place to the 
 more civilized aspects of life, and he in the long 
 years of his active life here was identified with 
 varied forms of industrial activity, embracing mining, 
 farming and stockraising. When he died, in March, 
 1912, he and his wife, who yet survives him, were 
 the owners of some three hundred acres of fine 
 land, which they had acquired wholly through their 
 native thrift and industry. 
 
 Born in Denmark on April 17, 1847, Nels A. Just 
 was the son of Peter M. and Karen M. (Christen- 
 son) Just. Up to 1857 Nels A. Just continued in 
 his native land, and in that year when he was but 
 ten years of age, he came to the United States and 
 made his way direct to Utah. He crossed the plains 
 in company with a party of homeseekers and helped 
 to push a handcart from Iowa City, in Iowa, to 
 Utah. When he was sixteen years of age he went 
 to Camp Floyd, Utah, remaining there for the space 
 of a year, occupied in various employments, going 
 thence to Soda Springs, Idaho. He made a short 
 stay there, deciding to go to Montana, and there he 
 was engaged in mining activities for one season. He 
 returned to Utah from Montana then, and for a time 
 served as a messenger for the Wells- Fargo Com- 
 pany, after which he went to Rush Valley, and was 
 employed there and at different points as wood 
 contractor. Later he was night watchman between 
 Rollin and Corrine, in the service of a forwarding 
 company, when the Union Pacific Railroad was 
 being built, and continued until the completion of 
 the road. He then engaged in the freighting busi- 
 ness, and made two trips to the Salmon River coun- 
 try. On one of these trips he saw the valley which 
 subsequently became his home. 
 
 In the summer of 1870 Mr. Just was occupied in 
 the Snake River country, and it was in this year 
 that he was married at Malad City. Idaho, to Mrs. 
 Emma (Thompson) Bennett. After their marriage 
 they returned to a point on the Snake river, near to 
 Firth, and ther settled, only to move after a brief 
 period, and in 1872 they made another move, which 
 brought them to the place which long after repre- 
 sented their home and the center of their interests. 
 They became the owners of land there and, settling 
 down, devoted their energies to the making of a 
 home, and it is worthy of mention that their place 
 was one of the finest to be found in these parts. In 
 subsequent years a postoffice was established in 
 
 Vol. Ill 24 
 
 their home, the office being designated as Presto, sin- 
 gularly appropriate when it is considered that a vast 
 change was wrought in the community before the 
 establishment of a government postoffice was a pos- 
 sibility. Some three hundred acres of fine Idaho 
 land came to represent the possessions of Mr. Just, 
 a portion of which was acquired under the Timber 
 Culture Act, by patent number one, and despite the 
 primitive conditions that reigned when they settled 
 there, the , place came to assume a homelike and 
 comfortable air that was characteristic of the per- 
 sonalities of these worthy people. The place is 
 situated in the Blackfoot River Valley, some fifteen 
 miles east of Blackfoot, and is one of the fertile and 
 attractive farming districts of these parts. 
 
 Mr. Just, it should be said, was one of the few 
 men who owned and controlled what is known as 
 an independent ditch. He also dug with his spade 
 a ditch running from Willow Creek to the spot 
 where the city of Idaho Falls now stands, carrying 
 the first water to that point in the fall of 1871. 
 
 Nine children came to Mr. and Mrs. Just, three 
 of whom are yet living. They are James, Francis 
 and Agnes, the latter now the wife of Robert E. Reid. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Reid still reside on the home place 
 with the mother, and are carrying on the develop- 
 ment work which the father begun and carried on 
 so valiantly. 
 
 FRED A. PITTENGER, M. D. Among the members of 
 the medical fraternity in Idaho who have attained 
 something more than a local reputation in their pro- 
 fession is Dr. Fred A. Pittenger, of Boise, a citizen 
 whose general worth to his city is not limited to his 
 activities in the sciences of medicine and surgery. 
 Doctor Pittenger was born in Morrow county, Ohio. 
 October 15, 1876, and is a son of William W. and 
 Margaret (Kern) Pittenger. The family was founded 
 in this country by a native of Holland, who settled 
 in Pennsylvania during the early part of the seven- 
 teenth century. William W. Pittenger was born in 
 Ohio, and for a number of years was an engineer 
 in the United States Government service, but an 
 unusually promising career was cut short by his 
 early death, when he was but thirty-four years of 
 age. He married Margaret Kern, whose ancestors 
 also came from Holland and settled in Pennsylvania 
 at an early date, she being a native of Ohio, and 
 they had but one child, Fred A. She is now the 
 wife of Dr. H. B. Ustick, of Boise, to which city 
 she came in 1891. 
 
 Fred A. Pittenger received his early education in 
 the public and high schools of Morrow county. Ohio, 
 following which he spent two years at Washington 
 Court House. Fayette county, and then entered the 
 University of Iowa, where he took a collegiate 
 course of two years and a two-year medical course. 
 He then entered the Chicago Homeopathic Medical 
 College, fro'm which he was graduated in 1899. and 
 the next two years he spent as interne in the Chicago 
 Homeopathic Hospital. He then entered North- 
 western Medical College, Chicago, where he was 
 graduated in 1904, following which he was associated 
 with Dr. Adams, a well-known Chicago surgeon, for 
 five years. In 1906 Dr. Pittenger came to Boise and 
 has here built up a large medical and surgical prac- 
 tice. A close and careful student, he has interested 
 himself in the work of the various organizations 
 which are advancing the work of the medical pro- 
 fession, and is a member of the State and County 
 Societies and of the American Medical Association. 
 He is physician for the Idaho Soldiers' Home, city 
 physician of Boise and surgeon general of the state, 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 is captain in the Medical Corps and holds a com- 
 mission in the Medical Reserve Corps of U. S. A. 
 An enthusiastic Mason, he has reached the Shriner 
 degree. 
 
 On January 12, 1901, Dr. Pittenger was married 
 at Chicago, Illinois, to Miss Alice Butterworth, a 
 native of Illinois. Mrs. Pittenger, who is president 
 of the State Federation of Women's Clubs, is active 
 in the civic life of the state. Dr. and Mrs. Pittenger 
 have one daughter, Marion, and live at No. 148 East 
 Jefferson street, in a beautiful home. As a diversion 
 from the arduous duties of his profession, the Doctor 
 often visits his model farm of 1,800 acres, where 
 he raises pedigreed stock. Since his residence in 
 Chicago, where he lectured in various institutions 
 and held the chair of associate professor of surgery 
 in Hahnemann Medical College, he has done a great 
 deal of this work, and is recognized as an authority 
 on various diseases, being often called into consulta- 
 tion by his confreres. Alert to the -live issues of 
 the day, with a keen interest in all that affects his 
 community, he is one of his city's leading men, and 
 no movement of importance is considered complete 
 without his support. 
 
 ADDISON VINCENT SCOTT located in Idaho Falls, 
 Idaho, in 1890, and from then until now has been 
 busily and profitably engaged in the real estate busi- 
 ness. He has taken a leading part in many of the 
 important industrial and financial enterprises of the 
 district in the passing years and has made a name 
 and a position for himself in this city and in the 
 surrounding country. Born in Madison county, 
 Iowa, on January 14, 1858, Addison V. Scott is the 
 son of Joseph Cruson and Eliza Jane (Rawlings) 
 Scott, both natives of the Hoosier state. 
 
 Joseph Cruson Scott was born in Indiana in 1825. 
 He moved to Iowa about 1850, and was a pioneer 
 settler of the state. He was a cooper by trade, but 
 took up farming in Iowa and was more than ordi- 
 narily successful all his days. He moved into 
 Kansas about 1881, and there death came to him 
 at his home in Claflin, Great Bend county, in 1897, 
 when he was seventy-one years of age. The mother 
 died in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1910, at the age 
 of seventy-eight. They were the parents of eight 
 children three sons and five daughters of which 
 number Addison V. was the fourth born. 
 
 Up to the age of eighteen, Addison Vincent Scott 
 attended the public schools of his native community, 
 with a business college course terminating his school- 
 ing. He was reared to farm work, as might be 
 gathered from the fact that he was born to country 
 life, and his first independent work after leaving 
 school was in a dry goods and boot and shoe store 
 in his home town. His next position was with Harsh 
 & Perrin, who conducted a banking, real estate and 
 farm loan business at Creston, Iowa, and for ten 
 years he continued to be associated with them. It 
 was there he learned the details of the business to 
 which he later gave his undivided attention, and 
 in which he is still occupied. During his stay in 
 Creston for four years he served as cashier of the 
 Creston National Bank and four years as manager 
 of the Creston Trust & Loan Company, and in 1886 
 he severed all business connections there and made 
 his way to the west, settling at Idaho Falls in 1890, 
 from Denver, Colorado. Here he entered into the 
 real estate and insurance business, and the venture 
 proved a success from the start. He has built up a 
 large and thriving business in these lines, and is rec- 
 ognized for one of the big business men of the city. 
 He was president of the Idaho Power & Transporta- 
 
 tion Company at the time that company sold to the 
 Utah Power & Light Company, in 1912, and secre- 
 tary and treasurer for the Caribou Gold & Coppet 
 Company, as well as maintaining other official posi- 
 tions of similar nature. 
 
 Mr. Scott is a Republican, and while a resident 
 of Creston was at one time treasurer of the city. 
 He has been a member of the city council of Idaho 
 Falls, and has served on the school board of this 
 city. He has always borne an active part in the civic 
 movements that have been inaugurated in Idaho 
 Falls, proving himself at every turn to be a valuable 
 and reliable citizen, who is deeply concerned in the 
 welfare of the city which is his home and the center 
 of his business operations. Mr. Scott is the owner 
 of a considerable town property and has done some 
 farming as well. He is a member of the Benevolent 
 and Protective Order of Elks and the Club of Com- 
 merce of Idaho Falls and is a communicant of the 
 Roman Catholic church. He has not been slow to 
 recognize the wonderful opportunities proffered to 
 every live and progressive man, and does not hesi- 
 tate to say that the state of Idaho has been good to 
 him. 
 
 On May 3, 1883, Mr. Scott was married at Cres- 
 ton, Iowa, to Miss Adelia B. Duggan, the daughter 
 of James D. Duggan, a native of Illinois. They have 
 no children living. 
 
 FRANCIS D. HORMAN. Among the forceful and 
 able business men of lona, Idaho, whose activities 
 have contributed materially to the importance of 
 their section. Francis D. Herman holds a prominent 
 position. During the past five years he has been 
 identified with the coal and lumber business, having 
 previous to that time devoted his attention to farm- 
 ing, and his career is an excellent example of in- 
 dustry, perseverance and integrity, culminating in a 
 well-deserved success. Mr. Herman was born on 
 the Isle of Jersey, northwest of France, October 6. 
 1855, the second of the ten children of Charles and 
 Margaret (De la Haye) Horman. His father was a 
 native of England, where in early life he learned the 
 trade of shoemaker, also the baker's trade. On emi- 
 grating to this country he struck out across the 
 plains for Utah, being one of the last to come by 
 the old wagon route, as the railroads followed soon 
 after, and here he took up the trade of shoemaker, 
 which he continued to follow until his death, in 1880, 
 when he was fiity-five years of age. He was mar- 
 ried on the Isle of Jersey to Margaret De la Haye, 
 who was born on the Isle of Jersey, and she crossed 
 the plains with her husband, and died in 1909, at the 
 age of eighty years. They were well-known people 
 in their community, faithful members of the Church 
 of the Latter Day Saints, and had the entire respect 
 and esteem of the many who knew them. 
 
 Francis D. Horman acquired part of his educa- 
 tion in the schools of Tooele, Utah, supplemented 
 by home study and attendance at night school, thus 
 thoroughly preparing himself mentally for the battle 
 of life. As a young man he attended his father's 
 farm in Utah. In 1883 he purchased a farm, where 
 he continued to till the soil until coming to Idaho 
 in 1902, and at that time traded his farm in Utah 
 for one one mile northwest of lona, where he re- 
 mained for five years. In 1907 Mr. Horman came 
 to this city and purchased the stock, property and 
 good will of the Jeff Brothers Coal and Lumber 
 Company, which he has continued to conduct with 
 pleasing success to the present time. Thoroughly 
 conversant with all the details of the business,, the 
 trade has prospered through his personal attention, 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1273 
 
 and in business circles he is known as a man of 
 integrity and honorable dealing, whose career in 
 the commercial world will bear the closest scrutiny. 
 Mr. Herman was married at Logan, Utah, Novem- 
 ber 17, 1886, to Miss Thecla Lindholm. and to this 
 union there have been born thirteen children : Mrs. 
 Clara L. Moss, born in Utah, now living in Idaho, 
 who has two children, Rulon and Wardell; Joseph 
 FJwood, born in lona, who died at the age of 
 eighteen months; Lula L., Maude L., Ross L. and 
 Johanna L., all born in Utah; Martha L., Merrill 
 L. and LeRoy, born in Idaho; Francis L., born in 
 Utah, deceased ; Albert L., born in Utah, and also 
 deceased; a child who died in infancy, and Phyllis, 
 who was born and died in Idaho. In his political 
 affiliations Mr. Herman js a Democrat, and for some 
 years he has served as justice of the peace, a position 
 which he still retains. He is a member of the Church 
 of the Latter Day Saints, in the work of which he 
 has been active, and in every relation of life has so 
 conducted himself as to deserve the confidence and 
 regard in which he is universally held.. 1 
 
 WILLIAM DEARY. In the list of men who did 
 large and worthy things in Idaho, a name that stood 
 very high was that of the late William Deary, whose 
 death on May 7, 1913, closed a career of exceptional 
 ability in many lines. There were many things to 
 connect his name with Idaho, although he was a 
 business man whose interests went far outside the 
 limits of any one state. He was recognized at the 
 time of his death as the foremost figure in the lum- 
 ber business in this state, and gave Idaho the 
 distinction of having the largest lumber mill in 
 the world and also the most modern in its equip- 
 ment. As general manager of the Potlatch Lumber 
 Company he was at the head of a great industrial 
 concern, one of the largest of its kind in the world, 
 and in filling his position with credit and with value 
 to the company he brought to bear upon his work 
 the benefit of his experience for forty-five years or 
 more as a lumberman, and also an exceptional genius 
 and ability as a business man. He was of that class 
 of men who energize and give vitality to every under- 
 taking committed to their care. The town of Pot- 
 latch, with its flourishing enterprise and its many 
 business and municipal facilities, owes much to the 
 progressve citizenship of Mr. Deary, who gave much 
 time and energy to planning and executing his ideas 
 and ideals in town building. Another of the pros- 
 perous towns of Latah county, Deary, is named in 
 his honor. 
 
 The late William Deary was born in Canada, June 
 24, 1853, and was nearly sixty years of age at the 
 time of his death. His educational studies were 
 pursued in the public schools of Canada to the age 
 of fourteen, at which point in his life he began to 
 learn the value of industry by working in the lum- 
 ber woods of Canada. His wages to begin with were 
 eleven dollars a month, and with a most commend- 
 able filial regard he gave all of his first year's earn- 
 ings to his mother. That was the beginning of his 
 career in the lumber business. His second job was 
 at a salary of forty dollars a month, and from that 
 time forward he was more or less employed in 
 executive positions until he became active head of 
 one of the greatest lumber concerns of the world. 
 The first twenty-six years of his life were spent in 
 Canada, after which he came to the states, and was 
 employed in the lumber woods of Michigan for two 
 years, and about five years in similar work in Wis- 
 consin. From Wisconsin he went to Minnesota, 
 where for the first four years he worked in the 
 
 woods. After that until 1900 he was in the lumber 
 business on his own account. For two years he 
 traveled in the south, old Mexico and the west, and 
 visited the states of Oregon, Washington, California 
 and New Mexico, and the end of these travels 
 brought him to Idaho. As a result of this varied 
 experience he possessed and used an accurate knowl- 
 edge of the lumber resources and possibilities of many 
 different sections of America. When he determined 
 to settle in Idaho he located at Moscow, where he 
 opened his office, and afterwards began the opera- 
 tions at Potlatch which termintcd in tne organization 
 of the Potlatch Lumber Company. This company 
 now has at Potlatch the largest lumber mill in the 
 world, and at Elk River, in the adjoining county of 
 Clearwater, has a branch mill, also a modern plant, 
 and run entirely by electrical power. In an indus- 
 trial and commercial sense the value of Mr. Deary's 
 services for Idaho have been invaluable. He has 
 given employment .to thousands of men and has thus 
 brought wealth and prosperity to a large group of 
 population. 
 
 Mr. Deary will long be remembered as having 
 laid out and established the town of Potlatch. 
 Though unincorporated, the village has all such im- 
 provements as waterworks, sewerage system, fine 
 walks, electric lights, a telephone system, and other 
 conveniences only enjoyed by the most up-to-date 
 towns and cities. He not only gave his attention to 
 the development of the material tacilities of the 
 town, but also to the moral and social improvement, 
 and it was his ambition in which he largely succeeded 
 before his death in making Potlatch a model center 
 of industry and civic social welfare. He was always 
 ready to take the lead in expending his own time 
 and personal efforts for the accomplishment of the 
 desired end. The Potlatch Lumber Company built 
 a fine large modern school building and has since 
 maintained a full corps of competent teachers. It 
 also erected a handsome Union church, which would 
 be a credit to any city, and the large hotel was also 
 provided by the company. Mr. Deary established 
 the Potlatch State Bank, and was its vice-president 
 until his death, and he also had the controlling 
 interest in the bank at Elk River. Among other 
 business interests he was general manager of the 
 Washington, Idaho & Montana Railroad, a trans- 
 portation line operating chiefly for the lumber com- 
 pany's benefit. 
 
 That Mr. Deary was a busy man of affairs, the 
 different positions previously mentioned will prove, 
 and all who knew him recognized his splendid execu- 
 tive ability. He has a personality which gained him 
 many friends, and both by instinct and practice was 
 a gentleman of unassuming and genial disposition. 
 He had also the quiet determination that commands 
 men and directs human effort to the accomplish- 
 ment of big things. He possessed the gift of tact, 
 and as a director of industry had the confidence 
 of both those under him and of the stockholders of 
 the corporation with which he was connected. 
 
 By his superior business talent and management, 
 and his excellent traits of character. Mr. Deary be- 
 came one of the best known men of Idaho, and was 
 influential, honored and esteemed wherever he was 
 known. In politics he was a Republican, but with- 
 out activity in party affairs, although always giving 
 his energy to support and promote good govern- 
 ment and municipal wcllbeing. He believed that 
 amusement and diversion held a rightful plncr in 
 every community and exerted his influence to secure 
 the donation of the ball park at Potlatch for the 
 local club and during the season whenever business 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 could spare him he enjoyed nothing better than 
 witnessing a good game of the national pastime. 
 He was also fond of horses, and in every way was 
 a broadminded and liberal citizen and gentleman. 
 
 At Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, on July 6, 1892, 
 Mr. Deary married Miss Margaret Agnew, daughter 
 of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Agnew, of Chippewa Falls. 
 The two daughters and one son born to their mar- 
 riage are named: Marie, William, Jr., and Helen. 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Deary have been communicants 
 of the Catholic church, and he had affiliation with 
 the Knights of Columbus. Mrs. Deary since the 
 death of her husband has continued to make her 
 home at Potlatch, where she is held in high and 
 grateful esteem by the many former associates and 
 subordinates of her late husband. f 
 
 SAMUEL P. MORGAN. In the resident profession 
 of engineering in Idaho, one of the most active and 
 successful, both from the standpoint of technical 
 training and from that of practical accomplishments, 
 is Samuel P. Morgan of Preston. In the develop- 
 ment of the resources of this northwest country the 
 engineering profession has shared equally with 
 capital and labor in the credit for the planning and 
 execution of the vast enterprises which are so closely 
 and intimately related with the permanence and last- 
 ing welfare to the population of the state. 
 
 Mr. Morgan began his profession in southeastern 
 Idaho about ten years ago, and has been connected 
 with several of the larger constructive undertakings 
 and has had important commissions from municipal 
 and corporation organizations. 
 
 Samuel P. Morgan, who has spent all his life in 
 this state, was born at Franklin, Idaho, October 4, 
 1877, and belongs to a family of pioneers. His 
 father, also named Samuel Morgan, and his mother, 
 whose maiden name was Ellen Van Curen, came 
 into Idaho with the pioneers, and were long worthy 
 and substantial citizens of both the territory and the 
 state. The father passed away in 1908 at the age 
 of sixty-two, and is buried at Franklin. By occupa- 
 tion he was a wheelwright and wagonmaker. His 
 widow now resides at Franklin. 
 
 Samuel P. Morgan, who was the oldest of the 
 five children, during his boyhood attended the public 
 schools in Franklin, supplementing this with a high 
 school course, and later studied in the Agricultural 
 College at Logan, Utah, where he was graduated in 
 1904 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. From 
 an early age his attention and ambitions were 
 directed to civil engineering, and the first money he 
 earned, after leaving college, was as assistant civil 
 engineer for the Oneida Irrigation District Canal. 
 For five months he was connected with the Oneida 
 Irrigation District Canal, and after that was engaged 
 in private practice, until 1906, at which time he 
 returned to the service of the company just men- 
 tioned, with whom he remained thirteen months. 
 Since that time his private practice and public work 
 have absorbed all his energies, and his services have 
 been in demand to the limit of his time for several 
 years. 
 
 At Logan, Utah, on the twenty-third of Novem- 
 ber, 1898, Mr. Morgan married Miss Jane E. Elwell, 
 a daughter of Isaac Elwell of Logan. The six chil- 
 dren, three sons and three daughters born to their 
 marriage are named as follows : Samuel Leroy, 
 Edna Ellen, Nada Elwell, Bernice Elwell, Perry E. 
 and Keith. Mr. Morgan and familv are members 
 of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day 
 Saints. 
 
 In politics for a number -of years, he has been one" 
 
 of the party fighters for the Republican principles 
 and candidates. He has himself been honored with 
 various public offices, chiefly in the line of his pro- 
 fession. For six terms Oneida county has chosen 
 him for the important office of County Surveyor, and 
 he also served as city engineer at Franklin for several 
 years, and has supervised as engineer practically all 
 the public work at Preston. At Franklin Mr. Morgan 
 was the engineer in charge of the construction of 
 the water system, and he has been identified with 
 several irrigation projects in this .district. For two 
 terms he served on the Franklin School Board. A 
 busy man in his profession, still he has found time 
 for the wholesome advocations of life, and enjoys 
 hunting and fishing and the quieter amusements of 
 home life. During his residence at Franklin he was 
 a teacher of the parents' class of the Sunday School. 
 As a native son of Idaho, where he has spent prac- 
 tically all his life, Mr. Morgan has unshaken faith 
 in the continued development and prosperity of this 
 state, and is himself, through his profession and 
 through his influence as a citizen, an important con- 
 tributor to the welfare and growth of his state. 
 
 CHARLES S. CRABTREE. The career of Charles S. 
 Crabtree, furnishing as it does an example of stead- 
 fast perseverance, tireless industry and strict integ- 
 rity culminating in well-earned success, has been 
 one of faithful endeavor since earliest boyhood, and 
 places him in a leading position among those who 
 have been the architects of their own fortunes. 
 Favored neither with exceptional educational advan- 
 tages or financial assistance, he has, nevertheless, so 
 directed his operations that he today holds a com- 
 manding place among the contractors and builders 
 of his part of the state, and is known as one of 
 Idaho Falls' best and most substantial citizens. 
 
 Charles S. Crabtree was born July 7, 1857, at Salt 
 Lake City, Utah, and is a son of Charles and Eliza- 
 beth (Aston) Crabtree. His parents were natives 
 of England, were married in Birmingham, and came 
 to the United States in 1852, making their way direct 
 to Salt Lake City. Charles Crabtree had been a 
 steamship engineer in his native country, but on 
 locating in America took up agricultural pursuits, 
 which he followed until his death, September 6, 1907. 
 He was also active in the work of the Church of the 
 Latter Day Saints, and for thirty-seven years acted 
 in the capacity of High Priest. His political belief 
 was that of the Democratic party. He and his wife 
 had eleven children, of whom five sons and two 
 daughters are still living, Charles S. being the fourth 
 in order of birth. 
 
 The educational advantages of Charles S. Crabtree 
 were necessarily somewhat limited, as his services 
 were needed in assisting his father on the home farm, 
 where he continued to remain until he was twenty- 
 four years of age. At that time he was married to 
 Miss Elizabeth Blair, daughter of Seth N. Blair, a 
 pioneer settler of Utah, and after their marriage 
 they settled on a farm of their own in Utah, Mr. 
 Crabtree also cultivating a tract of land in Idaho 
 until 1890. In 1893 they became permanent resi- 
 dents of Idaho Falls, where many residences, public 
 buildings and business structures stand as monu- 
 ments to his work as a contractor and builder, and 
 where his standing in the business world is high. 
 It is not every man who is the possessor of such 
 versatility that he can change the occupation of a life- 
 time and achieve an equal success in an entirely 
 different line of endeavor, but Mr. Crabtree has 
 demonstrated that he is just as capable a contractor 
 
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 as he had been a farmer, and the quality of his work 
 and his manner of doing business stamp him as one 
 in whom not only his business associates, but the 
 public at large, may place the most implicit con- 
 fidence. Like his father, he has been active in the 
 work of the Latter Day Saints, and has been Bishop 
 of Idaho F"alls since 1906. He supports Democratic 
 candidates and principles, but takes little interest in 
 politics. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree have had a family of nine 
 children, as follows: Margaret M., who is the wife 
 of William J. Steele, and resides in Idaho Falls; 
 Cliff, who married Nathan A. Packer, and also lives 
 in this city; Charles S., who died in infancy; Ray- 
 mond, living in Idaho Falls; Elizabeth B., the wife 
 of Charles Shirley, of this city; Loretta, who is 
 single and lives with her parents; -ullen and Wil- 
 liam B., who are both deceased, and Glenn B., who 
 is single. The beautiful home of the Crabtree family 
 is situated at the corner of Lake and Idaho streets, 
 and is a center of social refinement and culture. The 
 members of this family are all widely known and 
 hold prominent positions in various walks of life, 
 the sons having inherited their father's sterling qual- 
 ities of character, and the daughters displaying the 
 results of excellent early training. While Mr. Crab- 
 tree is essentially a business man, and prefers his 
 home and business to clubs or fraternities, he is not 
 indifferent to the amenities of life, and is known as 
 one who takes pleasure in the companionship of his 
 fellow-men. He has great faith in the future of 
 this section of the country, as is shown by his vari- 
 ous investments, and by word, pen and example has 
 been active in encouraging others to settle in this 
 state. His entire career has been one to inspire con- 
 fidence in his acquaintances and his success is but 
 the natural result of a life of industry and probity. 
 
 NATHAN E. SNELL was born in Spanish Fork, 
 Utah, March 27, 1875. His father was Col. George 
 D. Snell, who was born in New Brunswick, Canada, 
 March 18, 1836, and in the year 1854 moved with his 
 parents to Great Salt Lake City, but, being a young 
 man, only remained for a short time and went to 
 seek his fortune in the gold fields of California, but 
 after being gone some two years, hearing of the 
 Indian uprisings, returned and took up arms in de- 
 fense of his people. He was made colonel of a regi- 
 ment by Governor Brigham Young. He married 
 Alexanderina McLean, who was born in Sunderland, 
 England, and who emigrated to America when she 
 was but a child, her father dying in Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 and she, when only eleven years of age, traveled 
 across the great American plains on foot to Salt 
 Lake City in the year 1857. There was born to 
 George D. Snell and Alexanderina Snell, six sons 
 and one daughter ; five of the sons and the daughter 
 are still living. Nathan E. Snell was the third child 
 and the third son. Colonel Snell made his home in 
 Spanish Fork, Utah, after his marriage and was one 
 of its founders. He was mayor for fourteen years in 
 succession and a member of the First State Constitu- 
 tional Convention, also a member of the Legislature. 
 He organized the First National Bank of Spanish 
 Fork, and was its president from the time of its or- 
 ganization until his death. May 18. 1911. His widow 
 still survives him and resides at Salt Lake City, Utah, 
 where Colonel Snell moved five years prior to his 
 death. 
 
 Nathan E. Snell received his education in the 
 public schools of Utah, but was a graduate of Pro- 
 fessor Rees, who taught a private school at Spanish 
 Fork. At the early age of fourteen years he left 
 
 school and began work for his father, who was the 
 owner of a flouring mill. Mr. Snell learned the mill- 
 ing trade, which he followed for twelve years, but 
 the instinct of his father was in him and the call 
 of the out-door life made him leave his trade and 
 take up farming and cattle raising, which he fol- 
 lowed for six years, and when the Forest Service 
 was organized by the United States Department of 
 Agriculture Mr. Snell entered the same by com- 
 petitive examination and was given the title of 
 forest ranger on the L'intah Forest Reserve, in which 
 capacity he served for the short period of five 
 months, when his excellent qualifications were noted 
 and he was promoted to suprn i^or of the Fish Lake 
 National Forest in Southern Utah, with his head- 
 quarters at Salina, Utah. 
 
 When the Glenwood National Forest was created 
 by proclamation Mr. Snell was made supervisor of 
 the same and held the two positions as supervisor 
 over the Fish Lake and Glenwood National Forest 
 and through his untiring efforts they were annexed 
 and made one forest, although in two different 
 ranges of mountains. Mr. Snell was very zealous 
 in his work and constructed a telephone line through 
 the forests and amalgamated it with a line that the 
 people of southern Utah constructed, thereby giving 
 all of the people in Wayne county, Utah, telephone 
 connection with the Rocky Mountain Bell system. 
 In doing this he was compelled to organize a tele- 
 phone company to take over their business and con- 
 struct an exchange. Mr. Snell organized the Salina 
 Telephone Company, and was its general manager 
 until his removal to Idaho. He also organized the 
 First State Bank of Salina, Utah, and was its first 
 president, which position he held with credit until 
 his removal to this state. 
 
 His popularity had become known to all the 
 sheep men of the state and also to the heads of 
 the Forest Department, and he was transferred to 
 Idaho Falls, Idaho, to take charge of the Caribou 
 National Forest, the largest grazing national f. 
 in the United States, owing to the chaotic conditions 
 that existed on this forest among the sheep grazers. 
 He was more than successful and administered the 
 Caribou National Forest with success and to the great 
 satisfaction of all its users. 
 
 Mr. Snell married Emily Hanson of Spanish Fork, 
 Utah, in the year 1895, and who died October 17, 
 1909, only six months after their arrival in the state. 
 There was born to them three sons and two daugh- 
 ters, George Emerson, October 31, 1896; Rhea 
 Dorothy, May 26, 1899; Max Whitman. August 31, 
 1903; Merle, October 12, 1905, all of whom were 
 born in Utah, and Nathan, born August 31, 1909. 
 In 1912 the Forest Department wanted Mr. Snell 
 to remove to Oregon and take charge of the Ochoko 
 National Forest, but, being a widower and having 
 five small children, he preferred to remain in the 
 great state of Idaho, and he resigned from the Forest 
 Service. In November, 1912, he was elected county 
 surveyor of Bonneville county with an overwhelm- 
 ing majority on the Republican ticket, the party of 
 which he is a strong advocate. In April, 1913, he en- 
 tered the employ of the most widelv known sheepman 
 and livestock dealer in the west, A. J. Knollin. of 
 Chicago, 111., who is the head of Knollin & Finch, 
 the breeders of thoroughbred Shropshire sheep; 
 Knollin & Mynip. the breeders of thoroughbred" 
 Rambouillets. and the Knollin Commission Company 
 of Chicago. St. Joseph, Missouri, Kansas City, South 
 Omaha and Denver. 
 
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 Mr. Snell professes no religion and is a member 
 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of 
 Idaho Falls, Idaho. 
 
 JOSEPH REUSS. Twenty-three years ago there 
 came to Pocatello, Idaho, a young German who 
 already had acquired a fair fund of western experi- 
 ence. He knew the game of making and losing, but 
 a part of his German inheritance was tenacity of 
 purpose, that persistence which seldom fails of its 
 desired end when backed by ability. The young man 
 was Joseph Reuss, today a well-to-do retired citizen 
 of Pocatello, who is numbered among the pioneer 
 business men of that city and as one of high standing 
 for personal worth. 
 
 Born in Germany, September 29, 1858, he was 
 thirteen years of age when he accompanied his par- 
 ents to the United States. Up to that time his edu- 
 cation had been pursued in private schools in the 
 Fatherland ; once in this country he set himself to 
 the , task of mastering the English language, and he 
 did so by his own efforts, applying himself dili- 
 gently to that purpose by self-study and reading. The 
 family remained in New York City for seven years. 
 By that time Joseph Reuss had reached young man- 
 hood and to his ears had come tales of the west 
 that excited a desire to avail himself of its reported 
 opportunities. Leadville, Colorado, was his first loca- 
 tion and he arrived there before it had a railroad. 
 He remained nearly seven years, and during that 
 time followed various occupations, worked on the 
 railroad for a while, prospected a little, and for a 
 time also operated a meat market. Those were ex- 
 citing times in Leadville and many and varied were 
 the experiences of Mr. Reuss while there. He put 
 his business abilities to the test meanwhile, and 
 made quite a sum of money there.. Disposing of his 
 interests there he returned to New York Citv, where 
 he established himself in the meat business, but the 
 venture turned out a failure, and the young man 
 found himself once more at the bottom of the ladder 
 in a financial way. Undaunted, he accepted a sal- 
 aried position and began to work upward again. 
 Ere long he was once more established in the meat 
 business in New York and he continued to be thus 
 engaged, this time successfully, for about two years. 
 The west still lured him, however, and the end of 
 the two years found him once more in Colorado, 
 though this time he remained only a short period, 
 and then ' pushed farther west to Salt Lake City, 
 where he was employed for several months. From 
 there Mr. Reuss went to Pocatello, Idaho, then a 
 struggling village. That was in 1889. Both his 
 father and grandfather had followed the meat busi- 
 ness as a trade, and his liking and knowledge of 
 this line of business came to him naturally. During 
 his first year in Pocatello he was in the meat business 
 as an employe, after which he engaged in the same 
 line independently and continued this business iden- 
 tification until his retirement in 1912. 
 
 During the earlier part of his career in Pocatello 
 Mr. Reuss shipped meat extensively to neighboring 
 towns, gradually building up an immense business 
 that brought him an exceptional prosperity. Idaho 
 has met all his. desires for a business and a home, 
 and his assertion that this state has the finest of 
 everything in the world is made with no narrow 
 experience and knowledge of locations and advan- 
 tages. This same broad experience has resulted in 
 Jiis holding original views on various subjects. True 
 to his ancestral German instincts, he recognizes the 
 value of thorough military training, not alone as 
 a preparation for war, but also for its valuable 
 
 influence in moulding character, and he believes that 
 the United States Government should make army 
 and navy enlistments cover six years instead of three 
 years, and that the government should then pro- 
 vide those men life employment along the line of 
 their training, such as policing, or other work of 
 similar character. He does his own thinking polit- 
 ically also, uses his franchise independently, and 
 while he does not participate in party work he be- 
 lieves it to be the duty of every citizen to vote. 
 
 Fraternally Mr. Reuss has attained the thirty- 
 second degree in Scottish Rite Masonry, and is a 
 member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of 
 Elks, while both he and his wife are members of the 
 auxiliary order of the Masons, the Eastern Star. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Reuss took place at Poca- 
 tello, Idaho, on November 30, 1899, when Miss 
 Emma Spannagel, the daughter of Doctor and 
 Mrs. Louis Spannagel, of Chicago, became his wife 
 Doctor Spannagel passed away in Chicago some 
 years ago. 
 
 FRANCIS HERBERT POOLE, M. D., of Blackfoot, Idaho, 
 is a man well known throughout the entire state, for 
 he has held numerous positions in a professional or 
 military way that have brought him before the pub- 
 lic eye. As to his success as a physician the size of 
 his practice is the best witness. He has only been 
 in practice in the state since 1905, but his ability as 
 a physician and surgeon and his genuine interest in 
 his work and in the affairs of the people of his 
 adopted state have gained for him a wide-spread and 
 merited popularity. 
 
 Dr. Poole has lineage that is of the greatest inter- 
 est, for he is a descendent of a family of Norman 
 origin, who in the days previous to the Conquest of 
 England spelled the family name De la Pole. The 
 family record can be distinctly traced back to the 
 year 1065, ar| d the original ancestor of the family in 
 England crossed the channel in 1066 with William 
 the Conqueror. Down through the ages the history 
 of the family tells of a race of soldiers, and it was 
 the boast of Dr. Ppole's grandfather that since 1635 
 a male representative of the family had been regu- 
 larly enlisted in every war against a foreign nation 
 or in putting down a domestic insurrection. Cap- 
 tain Edward Poole, who was born in England in 
 1609, was the founder of the family in this country, 
 coming over in 1635. He founded the town of Wey- 
 mouth, Massachusetts, and played an important part 
 in the early history of that colony. 
 
 Francis Herbert Poole was born in 1872, on the 
 i6th of October, at Northumberland, Pennsylvania. 
 His father was William Penn Poole, whose mother 
 was Melissa Knox, a granddaughter of General John 
 Washington and the first secretary of war. William 
 Penn Poole upheld the reputation of the family for 
 prowess in military affairs as a soldier of the Union 
 in the Civil war. He married Nellie Ferguson, of 
 Beaumont, Pennsylvania. One of his uncles, one 
 Leonard Poole, was one of the pioneer settlers of 
 Silver City, Idaho. He came out to California via 
 the Isthmus of Panama in 1849, an d later drifted to 
 Idaho, where he died in 1884. 
 
 The early education of Francis Herbert Poole was 
 had under difficulties, for he moved from Ohio to 
 Virginia and finally to the District ot Columbia, and 
 the public schools of these places furnished his early 
 schooling. He attended the Spencerian Business 
 College at Washington, D. C., graduating from that 
 institution in June, 1890. He then entered the med- 
 ical department of the Columbian University, Wash- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1277 
 
 ington, D. C, and was graduated from there with 
 the degree of M. D. in June, 1902. 
 
 During these years all of his time had not been 
 devoted to study, for he was a bookkeeper for a 
 time and later was interested with his father in the 
 'general contracting business. From December, 1895, 
 to September, 1898, he served in the Fifth United 
 States Cavalry and Hospital Corps, and upon the 
 expiration of his term of service he entered the 
 office of the adjutant-general of the United States 
 army at Washington, serving here as a clerk until 
 March, 1903. Meanwhile he had become a full- 
 fledged doctor and was made a resident physician in 
 the Columbian University Hospital at Washington. 
 He held this position from March, 1903, to June, 
 1903, and at this time entered the Indian service 
 in Oregon, Montana and Idaho as a physician, re- 
 maining thus engaged until February, 1905. Since 
 that date he has been engaged in private practice 
 in Idaho, making his home at present in Blackfoot. 
 On the isth of March, 1911, his ability was recog- 
 nized by the government in his appointment as 
 medical superintendent of the Idaho State Insane 
 Asylum, a position of great responsibility. 
 
 The doctor has always taken a keen interest in 
 military affairs, and in addition to his service in 
 the Fifth United States Cavalry he has held various 
 offices in the Idaho National Guard. He was ap- 
 pointed first-lieutenant in this body of troops in 
 October, 1908, and in February, 1912, was made 
 colonel and surgeon-general. 
 
 In politics Doctor Poole is a Democrat of the 
 Jeffersonian type, and he has always taken a keen 
 interest in public and political affairs. During his 
 residence in Mackay he was a member of the town 
 council for four years, but with this exception he 
 has never held a political office. 
 
 In the fraternal world the doctor is a member of 
 the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, having 
 become a member of this order in 1906. He has 
 also been a member of the Benevolent and Protective 
 Order of Elks since 1910. He is a member of the 
 Pocatello Commercial Club and in his profession 
 belongs to the Idaho State Medical Society and to 
 the American Medical Association. In religious mat- 
 ters the doctor is a communicant of the Protestant 
 Episcopal church and is an active member of St. 
 Paul's church in Blackfoot, being a vestryman of 
 the same. 
 
 Dr. Poole was married in Great Falls, Montana, 
 on the 27th of April, 1904, to Miss Hattie Bauer, 
 a daughter of John Bauer, of Bel Air, Maryland. 
 Mrs. Bauer was Sarah Jane Clayton before her 
 marriage, and a member of one of the oldest families 
 in Maryland, and in Baltimore county. Doctor and 
 Mrs. Poole have two sons, William Clayton Poole, 
 who is now eight years of age, and John Henry Knox 
 Poole, aged six. 
 
 Louis ELG. From Sweden have come many of the 
 substantial and representative men of Idaho, some 
 with poor equipments, according to the world's esti- 
 mation, and others, like Louis Elg, proprietor of the 
 largest drug business in the state and for eleven suc- 
 cessive years inayor of Idaho Falls, after they had 
 secured a fair education, the only capital which their 
 parents could afford them. Like many others from 
 North, South, East and West, Mr. Elg's entrance 
 into Idaho was in an humble capacity, a worker on 
 that greatest of civilizing factors, the railroad, and 
 with this as a stepping-stone he entered into other 
 opportunities, took advantage of them, and today is 
 a man of wealth and influence, both won entirely 
 
 by self-effort. Mr. Elg was born June 9, 1854, at 
 Dahlena, Sweden, and is a son of Louis and Chris- 
 tina (Peterson) Elg, the former of whom, an iron 
 manufacturer, died at the age of forty-eight years, 
 in 1869, while the latter, born October 20, 1820, still 
 resides in Sweden. There were ten children in the 
 family, of whom Louis was the sixth in order of 
 birth. 
 
 Louis Elg was given good educational advantages, 
 attending public school and college in his native 
 land, and graduating from the latter when be was 
 eighteen years of age. In 1873 he decided to try 
 his fortunes in the United States, and accordingly 
 came to this country and spent a short time in Chi- 
 cagb, Illinois, from whence he went to Boone county, 
 Iowa. He remained there but a short interval, how- 
 ever, moving to Omaha, Nebraska, where he worked 
 at various honorable occupations, as he did also at 
 Rollins, Wyoming, to which point he subsequently 
 removed. He was next sent by the Utah and Oregon 
 Railway to Utah, working from Harriet, Utah, up 
 to Montana, in the construction department, and 
 continuing in the employ of the railroad for one and 
 one-half years. At the end of that time Mr. Elg 
 came to Idaho, first settling at Eagle Rock, now 
 Idaho Falls, where he secured a position in the rail- 
 road shops, and later worked with a construction 
 gang. On leaving the employ of the railroad, he 
 accepted a position in a liquor business, in which 
 he purchased a one-half interest, and finally became 
 proprietor, continuing to conduct the establishment 
 for several years. On retiring from that line Mr. 
 Elg bought an interest in a drug business, with which 
 he was connected for seven years, then selling out 
 and going back to his native land on a business trip, 
 and after returning to Idaho Falls spent one year 
 in retirement. Having valuable realty interests here, 
 he erected what is known as the Elg Block, a part 
 of which he rented out, while the other part he de- 
 voted to a grocery business. Several months later, 
 the parties to whom he had sold his drug business 
 having failed to meet their obligations, he repur- 
 chased the business, sold his grocery, and moved 
 the drug stock to its present location, and it has 
 since developed into the largest business of this sec- 
 tion. A man of the highest business ability and in- 
 tegrity, each year has marked a decided advance in 
 the importance of his holdings, and he now has a 
 branch store at Gilmore and large mining interests 
 in Lemhi county, in addition to realty interests in 
 and about Idaho Falls. Mr. Elg's ample fortune 
 has been accumulated through the exercise of indus- 
 trious endeavor, backed by the ability to recognize 
 opportunities and further happy faculty ot being able 
 to carry his enterprises through to a successful con- 
 clusion. His integrity is unquestioned, and among 
 his associates his word of mouth is as valuable as 
 any legal script. In politics a Democrat, he was 
 first elected a councilman of Idaho Falls in 1898, 
 and became mayor when E. P. Colman died in office, 
 having been formerly chairman of the council. Dur- 
 ing his administration the first sewer system was 
 installed in the city, and his term was also marked 
 by the completion of the electric power plant. Mr. 
 Elg is a popular and valued member of the Com- 
 mercial Club, and his fraternal connections are with 
 the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Fraternal Order 
 of Eagles, the Order of the Eastern Star and the 
 Yeomen. During the thirty-three years that he has 
 made Idaho his home, he has had ample opportunity 
 to observe and take a part in its general develop- 
 ment and advance, and his confidence that the future 
 will bring about as great progress may be taken as 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 the opinion of one competent, to judge. He has a 
 wide acquaintance throughout the state, among which 
 he numbers numerous friends. 
 
 On June 8, 1878, at Idaho Falls, Mr. Elg was 
 united in marriage with Miss Charlotta Sellstrom, 
 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Sellstrom, of Idaho 
 Falls, and she died April 26, 1905, and is buried 
 in this city. To this union there was born one son : 
 Edward August, born November 30, 1892, in Idaho 
 Falls, a graduate of the Idaho Falls High School, 
 who is now in business with his father. 
 
 HON. LORENZO R. THOMAS. It is an undisputed 
 fact that nature, in the distribution of her personal 
 gifts seldom confers upon one individual superior 
 excellence in more than a single line. The qualities 
 that go to make up an eminent lawyer, the more 
 brilliant they are, tend the more to make him a 
 specialist; the endowment which constitutes a man 
 a successful manager of large mercantile enterprises 
 seldom qualifies him for excellence in other direc- 
 tions; the varied talents necessary to success in 
 the political arena usually unfit the individual for 
 the work of the church. The character which it is 
 now proposed to trace, the Hon. Lorenzo R. Thomas, 
 of Blackfoot, combines in rare proportions all of 
 these elements. During the course of his active and 
 diversified life, Mr. Thomas has proven himself a 
 legal practitioner of high attainments, a business man 
 who has been the victor in a number of stern con- 
 flicts, and a legislator whose influence has been 
 felt throughout his State, while in the work of the 
 Church of the Latter Day Saints few have been so 
 useful and conscientious. 
 
 Lorenzo R. Thomas was born May 31, 1870, in 
 Hanley, Staffordshire, England, and is a son of 
 James and Elizabeth (Richardson) Thomas. The 
 family came to the United States in 1873, settling 
 first at Salt Lake City, Utah, where the father fol- 
 lowed the trade of tailor. He subsequently engaged 
 in the clothing business at Idaho Falls, and is now 
 living in retirement, enjoying the fruits of his early 
 years of toil. He was for many years prominent 
 in civic affairs, being a member of the council of 
 Idaho Falls and chairman thereof, and for twenty 
 years was first bishop in the Church of the Latter 
 Day Saints, a position which he occupied at the 
 time of his removal to Blackfoot. During his active 
 years he also made three successful missionary trips 
 to England and Wales, and he has ever devoted him- 
 self to the work of the church. His wife, a native 
 of Wales, of English parentage, also survives, and 
 they have been the parents of two children : May 
 Emily, now the wife of Sven H. Jacob, of Blackfoot; 
 and Lorenzo R. 
 
 In 1882, when the family made removal to Idaho 
 Falls, schools had not yet been established in that 
 section, and as a result the education of Lorenzo 
 R. Thomas was necessarily somewhat limited. How- 
 ever, he made the most of his opportunities, and 
 as a lad displayed his industry and energy by work- 
 ing at mercantile pursuits. He was only seventeen 
 years of age when he was sent on a foreign mission 
 to England and Wales, in which country he spent 
 three years, being the successful manager of the 
 immigration department, and on his return to Idaho 
 Falls entered the employ of the C. M. & W. Co. as 
 a clerk. Rapid promotion followed, and when but 
 twenty-two years old he was made manager of the 
 Rexburg Mercantile Company, continuing with that 
 concern two years, but resigned his position in 1894 
 when he was elected the last representative of five 
 counties in the State Legislature, under the joint 
 
 membership of counties, an office ot which he was 
 the occupant one year. From 1895 to 1897 he was 
 deputy State treasurer, and was then appointed 
 United States Commissioner of Fremont county, re- 
 signing that office to accept the appointment of regis- 
 ter of the United States land omce at Blackfoot, 
 serving two appointments under President McKinley 
 and one under President Roosevelt, and was the 
 first to receive a second appointment in that district. 
 
 Mr. Thomas has served as president of the South- 
 eastern Idaho Fair Association and of the Blackfoot 
 Commercial Club, and has held a directorship in a 
 number of local corporations. As though these enter- 
 prises were not sufficient to satisfy his intense 
 energy, in 1907 he commenced the practice of law. 
 It is interesting to note that the self-educated lad 
 has become a learned man, a sound lawyer, well 
 versed in the fundamental principles of the law, prac- 
 ticing it upon that high plane which disregards 
 trivialities and seeks only to do justice between 
 man and man. A firm and wise counselor, he has 
 firmly maintained the rights of his clients, but has 
 done so with true courtesy and the utmost consider- 
 ation for those to whom he has been opposed. He 
 began his military career as one of the organizers 
 of Company F, Se'cond Regiment, Idaho National 
 Guard, but resigned the rank of first lieutenant of 
 that organization to accept that of captain in the 
 ordnance department. Former president of the 
 Blackfoot stake in the Church of the Latter Day 
 Saints, during the last three years he has been bishop 
 of the Second Ward of Blackfoot. He is devoted to 
 his adopted State, loses no chance to advance its 
 interests, and although he has traveled extensively 
 in this and other countries, has had no desire to 
 make his home elsewhere. 
 
 On January 6, 1892, Mr. Thomas was married at 
 Logan, Utah, to Miss Lillian Elliott, a native of 
 England, and a daughter of John Elliott. Six chil- 
 dren have been born to this union : Grace L., born 
 February 9, 1893, a t Rexburg ; Willis S., born Feb- 
 ruary 9, 1895, at Rexburg ; Lawrence M., born June 
 27, 1898, at Blackfoot; Glenona, born April 18, 1903, 
 at Blackfoot ; Linden Norman, born September 16, 
 1910, at Blackfoot ; and James Elliott, born Decem- 
 ber 29, 1907, at Blackfoot, who died April 30, 1909, 
 at Salt Lake City, Utah. 
 
 JASPER M. HAMMOND. A resident of Fremont 
 county, Idaho, since his boyhood days, Mr. Ham- 
 mond has here gained status as one of the sub- 
 stantial representatives of agricultural and live-stock 
 enterprise in the Marysville district and is at the 
 present time the incumbent of the office of the vil- 
 lage of Marysville. He is a young man of pro- 
 nounced energy and progressiveness and his faith 
 in the great future of Idaho is as unwavering as is 
 his appreciation unqualified. He takes a lively inter- 
 est in all that concerns the welfare of his home 
 county and is a citizen to whom is accorded the 
 highest of popular esteem. On other pages of this 
 publication is entered specific record concerning his 
 father, Milton M. Hammond, who is one of the 
 well known and influential citizens of Fremont 
 county, and thus further review of the family his- 
 tory is not demanded in the sketch here presented. 
 
 At Providence, Cache county, Utah, Jasper M. 
 Hammond was born, on the gth ot September, 1882, 
 and in the public schools of his native town he 
 gained his rudimentary education. He was a lad 
 of ten years at the time of the family removal to 
 Fremont county, Idaho, in 1892, and here he gained 
 practical experience in connection with the work of 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1279 
 
 his father's farm, and while he was afforded the fur- 
 ther education advantages offered by Ricks Academy 
 at Rexburg, this county, an institution which he con- 
 tinued to attend until he had attained to the age of 
 eighteen years. After leaving school he showed 
 his good judgment by continuing, in an independent 
 way, his allegiance to the great basic industries of 
 agriculture and stock-growing. He took up a home- 
 stead claim, of one hundred and sixty acres, in 
 section 22, township 8, range 42, Fremont county, 
 and here he has put forth most energetic and well 
 ordered efforts in the developing and improving of 
 the property, the value of which is constantly increas- 
 ing, with the general progress of this section of the 
 state and the effective labors he is putting forth. In 
 addition to giving close attention to the affairs of 
 his homestead place he is serving as postmaster of 
 the village of Marysville, where he has his resi- 
 dence. In 1911-12 he served as deputy assessor of 
 the county, under the administration of his father, 
 and he has also given most effective and progres- 
 sive service as a member of the township board, in 
 which position he is now in his second term, besides 
 which he is clerk of the school board of his district, 
 these preferments indicating not only his personal 
 popularity but also his decisive interest in public 
 affairs in his home county. Both he and his wife 
 are zealous adherents of the Church of Latter Day 
 Saints, and he formerly served as president of the 
 Third stake of the same, in Marysville. 
 
 On the i8th of December, 1907, Mr. Ha'mmond 
 wedded Miss Percynta Hale, the marriage ceremony 
 having been performed in the temple at Logan, Utah, 
 in which state Mrs. Hammond was born. She 
 is the daughter of Almon Hale, who settled in the 
 Swan lake district of Bannock county, Idaho, in the 
 pioneer era of the history of that section of the 
 state. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond have a winsome 
 little daughter, Zerah, who was born on the 3rd of 
 October, 1908. 
 
 CHARLES D. BAKER. One of the progressive and 
 popular young business men of the thriving town of 
 Ashton, Fremont county, Mr. Baker is consistently 
 accorded recognition in this history of his adopted 
 state. He has identified himself closely with the 
 civic and business interests of Ashton and is an 
 enthusiast in his appreciation of the manifold advan- 
 tages and attractions of Idaho, whose citizens in 
 general are known for their distinctive loyalty to 
 this favored commonwealth. 
 
 Mr. Baker claims the old Sunflower state as the 
 place of his nativity and is a representative of one 
 of its honored pioneer families. He was born at 
 Salina, the judicial center of Saline county, Kansas, 
 on the ist of July, 1882, and is a son of G. W. 
 and Susan C. (Clifford) Baker, the former a native 
 of Wisconsin and the latter of Illinois. The father 
 established his home in Kansas in 1878 and became 
 one of the leading merchants of Salina, as well as one 
 of the influential pioneers of that section of the state, 
 where he was prominently identified with the march 
 of development and progress and where he main- 
 tained his home for many years. He gained a com- 
 petency through his well directed endeavors and is 
 now living virtually retired, in the city of Houston, 
 Texas, his cherished and devoted wife having been 
 summoned to eternal rest, at Salina, Kansas, on the 
 3d of April, 1910, at the age of sixty years. Of 
 the three children Charles D., of this review, is the 
 eldest; Loren L. is a resident of Rawlings, Wyoming; 
 and George F. is engaged in the jewelry business at 
 Ashton, Idaho. 
 
 Charles D. Baker was afforded the advantages of 
 the public schools of his native city, where he was 
 graduated in the high school, as a member of the 
 class of 1898. He then entered the commercial or 
 business department of Wesleyan University, at 
 Salina, and in the same graduated in 1901. Imme- 
 diately afterward he engaged in the general merchan- 
 dise business at Tescott, giving special attention to the 
 turniture department, and after an interval of three 
 years he sold the business advantageously and came to 
 the progressive region further to the west. On the ist 
 of April, 1907, he established his home at Ashton, 
 Idaho, where he has since continued to be actively 
 and prominently identified with representative busi- 
 ness activities. He and J. Harshbarger purchased 
 the general store of M. Boylan. and one year later 
 purchased also the store of C. P. Bartlett, the two 
 enterprises being consolidated. At this time Mr. 
 Baker formed a partnership with J. Harshbarger and 
 J. Schroll, under the firm name of Harshbarger & 
 Company, and at the expiration of two years he 
 disposed of his interest in the business. In April, 
 1912, Mr. Baker purchased the men s clothing and 
 furnishing-goods department of the firm of Harsh- 
 barger & Company and in the conducting of the 
 flourishing enterprise he is now associated with 
 J. C. Shomeller, the finely equipped establishment 
 of the firm being known as "The Toggery," and 
 its trade being substantial and representative, owing 
 to the effective service and fair and honorable 
 dealings, this being the only exclusive store of the 
 kind in Ashton and the enterprise showing a con- 
 stantly expanding tendency tinder the able manage- 
 ment of its popular young proprietors. Mr. Baker 
 has also made judicious investments in real estate 
 in his home town and is the owner of valuable 
 ranch property, to the development and improving 
 of which he is giving personal attention. In poli- 
 tics he is staunch Democrat, but he has never mani- 
 fested any desire for the honors or emoluments of 
 public office. He is a zealous and valued member of 
 the Ashton Commercial Club, and is fully in. sympa- 
 thy with its high civic ideals and progressive policies. 
 He has passed the various official chairs in the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows and both he and his 
 wife are affiliated with its adjunct, the Daughters of 
 Rebekah, besides which he is a member of the Mod- 
 ern Woodmen of America. He and his wife are 
 numbered among the active and liberal members of 
 the Ashton Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 At Salina, Kansas, on the 4th of March. 1907, 
 Mr. Baker was united in marriage to Miss Mayni** 
 J. Harshbarger. daughter of J. Harshbarger, a 
 wealthy and influential citizen of that section of the 
 Sunflower commonwealth. The two children of this 
 union are George J. and Jack C. 
 
 S. DENNIS FARNSWORTH. Southern and eastern 
 Idaho owe much to the valuable element of citizen- 
 ship derived from the state of Utah, and these 
 citizens have, almost without exception, proved vigi- 
 lant, progressive and far-sighted in their labors and 
 enterprises, so that they have contributed in most 
 general degree to the civic and industrial develop- 
 ment and upbuilding of the communities in which 
 they have established their homes. One of the alert 
 and popular young business men of Fremont county 
 who claims Utah as the place ot his nativity and 
 who is now general manager for the Merrill Grain 
 Company, of Ashton, is he whose name initiates 
 this paragraph. 
 
 Mr. Farnsworth was born in Sevier county. Utah, 
 on the 24th of March, 1882, and is a son of Philo 
 
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 T. and Agnes (Patterson) Farnsworth, the former 
 of whom was born in the state of Vermont, a scion 
 of an old and honored colonial family in New Eng- 
 land, and the latter of whom was born in Scotland, 
 both having been early settlers in Utah, where their 
 marriage was solemnized, the subject of this sketch 
 being the youngest of their ten children. Philo T. 
 Farnsworth was reared and educated in his native 
 state and was one of the zealous adherents of the 
 Church of Latter Day Saints, he having established 
 his residence in Utah in the early SG'S and having 
 done well his part in fostering the development and 
 upbuilding of that commonwealth, in which he was 
 an honored pioneer and in which he became a proper- 
 ous agriculturist. He was summoned to the life 
 eternal in July, 1888, at the age of sixty-two years. 
 He was a Republican in his political allegiance and 
 was a zealous worker in the church with which he 
 was long and earnestly identified. He did effective 
 mission service for the church and served for many 
 years in the office of bishop of the stake at Beaver, 
 Utah. Mrs. Agnes (Patterson) Farnsworth survived 
 her husband by many years and passed the closing 
 period of her life at Rexburg, Fremont county, Idaho, 
 where he died at the age of sixty-five years and 
 seven years. 
 
 S. Dennis Farnsworth was reared to the sturdy 
 discipline of the home farm and after duly availing 
 himself of the advantages of the public schools he 
 attended the Utah State Agricultural College, at 
 Logan, until he had attained to the age of twenty- 
 three years. After leaving this institution he was 
 identified with mercantile enterprises in his native 
 state for a period of about two years, and in 1902 
 he came to Idaho and established his residence at 
 Rexburg, Fremont county, where he was employed 
 in a clerical capacity until 1907, when he assumed 
 a responsible position with the Ashton Milling & 
 Elevator Company, at Ashton, in which thriving town 
 he has since maintained his home. He held the 
 office of general buyer and local manager for this 
 company until 1911, when he resigned to accept his 
 present responsible position, that of general manager 
 for the Merrill Grain Company, which is one of the 
 most important industrial concerns of Ashton and 
 one that exercises functions of great value in fur- 
 thering the agricultural progress of this section of 
 the state, as well as the commercial prestige of 
 the town of Ashton. Mr. Farnsworth is known as 
 a reliable, energetic and enterprising young business 
 man and as a citizen of liberal and progressive ideas, 
 one who is zealous in giving support to projects and 
 measures advanced for the general good of the com- 
 munity. He is a staunch Republican in politics and 
 while not active in the arena of so-called practical 
 politics he served one term as a member of the vil- 
 lage board of trustees of Ashton. He is a valued 
 member of the Ashton Commercial Club and is 
 unwavering in his loyalty to the state of his adop- 
 tion. He is the owner of a well improved farm, 
 nine miles distant from Ashton, and gives to the same 
 his personal supervision in a general way, the place 
 being devoted to diversified agriculture and stock- 
 growing and his scientific knowledge of these indus- 
 tries giving him special facility in the carrying for- 
 ward of his operations. 
 
 At Rexburg, Idaho, on the 24th of June, 1907, 
 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Farnsworth to 
 Miss Elizabeth Watson, who was born and reared 
 in this state and who is a daughter of Hiram Wat- 
 son, an honored pioneer of Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Farnsworth have two children, Ross Dennis, who was 
 born at Rexburg on the 2Oth of March, 1908; and 
 
 Helen Agnes, who was born at Ashton on the I4th 
 of April, 1910. 
 
 JOHN T. FISHER. A resident of Fremont county 
 for more than a quarter of a century, Mr. Fisher has 
 been prominently identified with the civic and indus- 
 trial development of this favored section of the state 
 and is the owner of one of the fine farm properties 
 of the county. He has been most successful as a 
 representative of the agricultural and stock-grow- 
 ing industries in Fremont county, has been progres- 
 sive and liberal as a citizen and has ever held secure 
 place in the confidence and high regard of the com- 
 munity in which he has lived and labored to goodly 
 ends. He has held various positions of public trust 
 and on the 3ist of December, 1912, retired from the 
 office of county sheriff, in which he had given a 
 most effective and satisfactory administration. 
 
 Like many other of the representative citizens of 
 eastern Idaho, Mr. Fisher claims Utah as the place 
 of his nativity and is a scion of one of the sterling 
 pioneer families of that commonwealth. He was born 
 in Weber county, Utah, on the old homestead farm, 
 not far distant from the city of Ogden, and the date 
 of his birth was June 5, 1862. He was the third in 
 order of birth of the five sons and two daughters 
 of Robert and Elizabeth (Britton) Fisher, both 
 of whom were born and reared in England, where 
 their marriage was solemnized and whence they immi- 
 grated to America in the so's. They first settled at 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, and about 1861 they came to the 
 west and numbered themselves among the pioneers 
 of Utah, the father having secured a tract of land 
 near Ogden and having been moderately successful 
 in his operations as an agriculturist and stock-grower. 
 He was a man of sterling character and his life was 
 'marked by earnest and honest endeavor. He passed 
 the closing years of his life on his old home farm, 
 where she died in April, 1909, at the age of sixty- 
 where his widow still resides, one of the venerable 
 women of that section of the state. 
 
 John T. Fisher has had his full quota of experi- 
 ences in connection with life in the west and his 
 memory forms an indissoluble link between the pio- 
 neer epoch and the latter days of opulent prosperity 
 and progress. He attended the public schools at 
 Harrisville, Utah, until he had attained to the age 
 of fourteen years, and in the meanwhile he had con- 
 tributed his share to the work of the home farm, 
 where he effectually learned the lessons of practical 
 industry. At the age noted he valiantly set forth to 
 make his own way in the world, and his further 
 education has been gained by self-discipline under 
 the direction of the wise head-master, experience. 
 His first independent act was that made when he 
 secured the position of a driver of a team of five 
 horses on the overland freighting route from Utah 
 to various points in Montana, and he continued to 
 be actively identified with freighting operations until 
 the summer of 1887. In that year he made perma- 
 nent location in Fremont county, Idaho, where he 
 took up a homestead claim of one hundred and sixty 
 acres of government land, on what is known as the 
 Elgin Bench. Here he has developed and improved 
 a valuable farm property and he has been actively 
 engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock-growing 
 during the long intervening years, within which une- 
 quivocal success has attended his earnest and well 
 ordered endeavors. He still owns the original home- 
 stead and has there resided save during the period of 
 his incumbency of public office. He was one of the 
 promoters of Elgin irrigation project, one of the 
 first undertakings of the kind in Fremont county, 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 and for nearly a quarter of a century he has been 
 president and manager of the Elgin Irrigation Canal 
 Company, which has developed a most practical and 
 valuable system of irrigation. 
 
 In politics Mr. Fisher has ever been found aligned 
 as a stalwart advocate of the cause of the Demo- 
 cratic party, and he has been one of its active and 
 influential representatives in Fremont county. He 
 served as county commissioner at the time when 
 Hon. Frank Steunenberg was governor of the state, 
 and in 1910 he was elected sheriff of Fremont county, 
 an office in which he gave most able and discriminat- 
 ing service during his term, which expired at the 
 close of the year 1012. Fnr the past eight years he 
 has served as a member of the board of school trus- 
 tees of the Edmonds district, and he has given his 
 influence and co-operation in the furtherance of 
 measures and enterprises projected for the general 
 good of the community. He is a great believer in 
 the future of Idaho and his fealty and appreciation 
 are of the most consistent order, for he has personally 
 found how great are the resources and advantages 
 of the state in which he has maintained his home 
 since the territorial epoch in its history. At Rex- 
 burg he is affiliated with Camp No. 66 of the Wood- 
 men of the World. 
 
 December 27, 1887, recorded the marriage of Mr. 
 Fisher to Miss Elizabeth Compton, who likewise was 
 born and reared in Utah and who is a daughter of 
 John Compton, a sterling pioneer of that state. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Fisher have a fine family of ten children, 
 namely: Mary E., Ethel, Florence, Winnifred, 
 Gladys, Bernice, Bessie, Norva, Ralph and Virginia. 
 All of the children were born in Idaho and the two 
 eldest of the daughters are married, Mary E. being 
 the wife of Jesse H. Jacobs, of Piano, Fremont 
 county; and Ethel being the wife of Stanley Quayle, 
 of the same place. 
 
 SIGURD T. JOHANNESEN. Among the flourishing 
 business enterprises which contribute to the com- 
 mercial importance of Rexburg, Idaho, is the Rex- 
 burg Hardware Company, the largest establishment 
 of its kind ui the eastern part of the State. Although 
 it has been in existence only a comparatively short 
 time, its prestige in its field is recognized, and its 
 continued prosperity gives ample evidence of the 
 ability, shrewdness and good judgment of its mana- 
 ger, Sigurd T. Johannesen, who was the dominant 
 factor in its organization. Mr. Johannesen belongs 
 to that class of business men who have not waited 
 an opportunity to present itself, but have made their 
 own opportunities. The greater part of his business 
 career has been spent in his present line of endeavor, 
 and although he is still a young man he has had a 
 wide and thorough experience. He is a native of 
 Norway, born in the city of Christiania, May 28, 1882, 
 a son of Jurgen J. and Jensena (Jensen) Johan- 
 nesen. The family came to the United States in 
 1886, settling at Logan, Utah, but two years later 
 made removal to Idaho Falls, Idaho, where Jurgen 
 J. Johannesen follows clerical work. He has also 
 been prominent in civic affairs, and for two years 
 has been a member of the Idaho Falls school board. 
 He and his wife have been the parents of eight 
 children, Sigurd T. being the second in order of 
 birth. 
 
 Sigurd T. Johannesen was but four years of age 
 when the family came to America, and six when 
 taken to Idaho Falls. There he attended the public 
 schools until reaching the age of fifteen years, at 
 which time he became errand boy for the Consoli- 
 
 dated Implement Company. He continued with this 
 concern for six years, by constant fidelity to duty 
 and the exercise of native ability fairly earning pro- 
 motion from position to position, until he was even- 
 tually made head of the hardware department of that 
 great enterprise. At the time the Consolidated Im- 
 plement Company was combined with the Consoli- 
 dated Wagon and Machine Company, Mr. Johan- 
 nesen resigned his position and promoted the Rex- 
 burg Hardware Company, a corporation, of which he 
 has since been manager and active directing head. 
 During the past two years, this firm has made a 
 specialty of plumbing and heating supplies, and is 
 easily the largest concern of its kind in the eastern 
 part of the State, its trade extending over a large 
 contiguous territory. Mr. Johannesen is one of the 
 principal stockholders and has various other holdings, 
 evidencing his confidence in the future of Idaho 
 not only as a "booster," but as an investor as well. 
 In political matters a Republican, he served three 
 years as superintendent of the city water works, but 
 of late years has given little attention to public mat- 
 ters, his whole time and attention being taken up 
 by his business interests. He is a member of the Odd 
 Fellows and the Woodmen of the World, at Rex- 
 burg, of the Modern Woodmen of America, at St. 
 Anthony, and of the Commercial Club. His relig- 
 ious connection is with the Church of the Latter 
 Day Saints. 
 
 On September 28, 1905, Mr. Johannesen was mar- 
 ried at Salt Lake City, Utah, to Miss Gene Gram, 
 who was born in Idaho, her father being the oldest 
 engineer on the Oregon Short Line Railroad, and a 
 pioneer of Idaho, where he has been prominent in 
 the Mormon Church. Mrs. Johannesen died June 
 28, 1911, leaving two children: Helen, who was 
 born in Idaho Falls, November 21, 1906; and James 
 O., born December 24, 1910, in Rexburg. 
 
 ALLEN A. MCDONALD. The basis of a successful 
 business must be fair dealing and integrity of pur- 
 pose, which have been the principles adopted by 
 Allen A. McDonald, manager of the Potlatch Mer- 
 cantile Company at Potlatch, Idaho, who is a well 
 known figure in the commercial circles of northern 
 Idaho and to whose business acumen and untiring 
 energy has been due the development of a mercan- 
 tile establishment that is more than a credit to the 
 town in which it is located and that will compare 
 most favorably with any of its kind in the State. 
 Everywhere about it pervades that Western spirit 
 which is satisfied only with things intensely modern 
 and that demands large accomplishment. This is the 
 atmosphere of the town of Potlatch and it would 
 be hard to find one of its citizens more in sympathy 
 with all that makes for progress! veness than Mr. 
 McDonald. He is a worthy contribution from our 
 northern neighbor Canada, where he was born July 
 5, 1875. After completing a public school education 
 there 'he took a commercial course at the Ontario 
 Business College, Belleville, Ontario, and then in 
 1892, at the age of seventeen, he crossed over into the 
 States, locating first in Wisconsin, where for four- 
 teen years he was employed along mercantile lines, 
 ten years for one firm and four years for another. 
 From there he came to Potlatch, Idaho, to accept 
 his present position as manager of the Potlatch Mer- 
 cantile Company, which business enterprise he has 
 given the benefit of the best of his energies, his 
 native executive ability and large talents for organi- 
 zation and management and the result is apparent 
 in the prevailing . system, regularity and precision 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 about the affairs of the establishment and in its 
 prosperous business. He believes that honesty pays 
 in business and is proving it by actual results. This 
 is a large department store, complete in its every 
 line and detail, and commands a large trade, not 
 only from its immediate vicinity but also from sur- 
 rounding towns and counties. A system of special 
 sales which he inaugurated has become tamous in 
 that section and attracts thousands of buyers; in 
 short, Mr. McDonald has given Potlatch one of its 
 strongest business enterprises and one that is of ines- 
 timable value in its contribution to the town's devel- 
 opment. He is also largely interested in Idaho real 
 estate and is an enthusiastic believer in a great 
 future for the commonwealth. 
 
 On January 9, 1899, Mr. McDonald was married at 
 Apple Hill, Canada, to Mary Ellen McDonald, daugh- 
 ter of Mr. and Mrs. John D. McDonald, of Alex- 
 andria, Canada. Five of the six children born to 
 this union are living, namely : Flora May, Catha- 
 rine, Archie, Tena and Adeline. In political views 
 Mr. McDonald is a Republican. In religious faith 
 he is a communicant of the Roman Catholic church, 
 and is now secretary and treasurer 01 the church at 
 Potlatch. 
 
 ROBERT W. COLBURN. It was as recently as Octo- 
 ber 20, 1911, that Robert W. Colburn became one of 
 the citizens of Pocatello, Idaho, but already he is 
 one of the best known men of that city. This rapid 
 acquaintance has taken place largely through his 
 identification with the Bannock Cooperative Com- 
 pany as its secretary, treasurer and general manager, 
 in which relation he has put to use the strong exec- 
 utive and managerial ability he possesses. Coopera- 
 tion is a terrn 1 of rapidly growing significance in 
 this country in these days of public awakening and 
 interest in economic problems and their solution. 
 Mr. Colburn came to Pocatello from Minnesota, 
 which state has been one of the first to try out the 
 new economic order as a solution ot the high cost of 
 living and yet leads in the cooperative movement, 
 though that movement has now spread to different 
 states and is also being taken up in the large cities. 
 He assisted indirectly in the organization of the 
 Bannock Cooperative Company and after the business 
 was established he entered the company as secretary, 
 treasurer and general manager. The establishment 
 in his charge occupies two rooms, is one of the larg- 
 est of its kind in this section of the country, is mod- 
 ern to the minute and is made to fulfill that cardinal 
 principle of the cooperative movement of providing 
 a cleaner and better managed store and one better 
 stocked with better goods than has yet been seen 
 in its community. The store of the Bannock Co- 
 operative Company handles meats, groceries and pro- 
 visions and at every hour of the day is a veritable 
 beehive of business. Though this is written early 
 in its career, there is every reason to believe that 
 the company will prosper and will accomplish for 
 Pocatello and its community the worthy aim it has 
 in view. The other officers of the company are W. 
 A. Huff, president, and D. W. Carr, vice-president. 
 In June, 1911, Mr. Colburn assisted in organizing the 
 Idaho Retail Merchants' Association, the plan of 
 which originated with him, and he is now secretary 
 and treasurer of that association, as he is also of 
 the local council of the United Commercial Trav- 
 elers, of which order he is a member. For all this 
 he has the first essential, abilitv, and the other con- 
 comitants that enforce it are courage, resourceful- 
 ness and originality, and a large capacity for intrepid 
 
 endeavor. A very short residence in Idaho has 
 served to convert him into one of the state's staunch- 
 est admirers. When asked why he valued it over 
 localities, he said : "Glance over Idaho's resources, 
 mineral and agricultural ; note her healthful climatic 
 conditions and her ability to satisfy the esthetic 
 nature with her great and beautiful scenic views. 
 These resources, especially agricultural and horti- 
 cultural, are in but the beginning stage of develop- 
 ment. A man may be a man anywhere, but this 
 state's possibilities are such that the same brain and 
 energy applied in Idaho that he would apply else- 
 where will make him a better, bigger and happier 
 man. Idaho supplies the material, but what is needed 
 is settlers and workers and every new settler in the 
 state means an increase of prosperity and of benefit 
 to every one." Mr. Colburn is a pusher, always pro- 
 gressive, and is the happy possessor ,of originality in 
 evolving ideas for accomplishing ends. For several 
 months he was secretary of the Pocatello Commercial 
 Club and in that capacity did much valuable work 
 for this city. 
 
 Robert W. Colburn was born at Cedar Rapids, 
 Iowa, July 19, 1872. His parents were Asa W. and 
 Frances D. (Giles) Colburn, both natives of New 
 York and both now deceased. He grew to manhood 
 in his native city and there received his education, 
 which included a high school commercial course. 
 Later he removed from Cedar Rapids to St. Paul, 
 Minnesota, where he engaged in the grocery busi- 
 ness and for a number of years was a leading spirit 
 in the large and influential organization, the Retail 
 Grocery Clerks' Association, of which he was presi- 
 dent three years and of which he was the St. Paul 
 representative at the national convention of Retail 
 Grocery Clerks, at Buffalo, New York, in 1903. In 
 1906 he became a traveling salesman for the Minne- 
 sota fruit and commission house of the Gamble- 
 Robinson Company and in 1908 removed to Pipe- 
 stone, Minnesota, to take charge ol a branch house 
 this company established there. After a year's serv- 
 ice he resigned that position and again became a 
 commercial traveler, this time for C. Shenkberg & 
 Company, wholesale grocers of Sioux City, Iowa, 
 with whom he continued until October, 1910, when 
 he purchased a large grocery business in Pipestone, 
 Minnesota. He was a member and an active worker 
 in the Pipestone commercial club and was valued as 
 one of that town's most energetic and enterprising 
 business men. It was then that he came to Idaho in 
 1911. 
 
 Fraternally Mr. Colburn is affiliated with the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Brother- 
 hood, the United Commercial Travelers and the 
 Modern Woodmen of America. A Republican in 
 politics, he takes a keen interest in political affairs 
 as a voter but does not actively participate in party 
 work. His religious creed is that of the Congrega- 
 tional church, of which he is a member. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Colburn took place at St. 
 Paul, Minnesota^ on October 20, 1900, and united him 
 to Miss Emaline Snow, of Vinton, Iowa, but a native 
 of Ursa, Illinois. They are the parents of two chil- 
 dren : Francis and Robert. 
 
 CHRISTIAN J. JOHNSON. The life of Christian J. 
 Johnson is one that has been filled thus far with 
 experiences of a varied nature such as fall to the lot 
 of but few men. He settled in Idaho in 1891, after a 
 considerable roving through the United States, and 
 has since maintained his home in Pocatello, where 
 he has been engaged in an insurance business of wide 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 scope and importance in the community. A simple 
 straightforward relation of the salient facts of his 
 life and career can not fail to be of signal interest in 
 a work of this nature, and a record partaking of 
 those qualities is here given. 
 
 Mr. Johnson, it may be said in the beginning, is 
 not an American born citizen. Ho was born in Den- 
 mark, at Faaborg, on December 26, 1841, and up to 
 the age of fourteen years attended the excellent 
 schools of his native land, after which he spent 
 something like about two years in the famous Gym- 
 nasium at Hamburg, Germany. It was while he was 
 a student at Hamburg the youth became fired with 
 a desire to see something of the world, and as a 
 means to that end, he entered the merchant service 
 and set out on a trip to Australia, his first venture 
 into unknown lands. During the years of 1858 and 
 1859 he cruised in the waters of China, during the 
 Chinese-Teping war, and in 1862 he came to the 
 I'nited States, serving for two years in the Federal 
 Transport Service during the Civil war. He had by 
 this time acquired a goodly share of nautical experi- 
 ence and in the latter part of 1864 he became second 
 mate of a New Bedford ship, the St. George, by name, 
 and sailed with her on a trip to Buenos Ayres, after 
 which he was for more than a year engaged in the 
 ship rigging business in Maine and Philadelphia. 
 He then located at Weatherly, Pennsylvania, and for 
 four years held a number of positions of importance 
 with the Lehigh Valley Railroad. It was at Weath- 
 erly, also, that he was identified with his first pub- 
 lishing venture, there establishing the monthly jour- 
 nal known as the Lilliput, a magazine devoted to 
 home interests. _ This he conducted for two years, 
 and was subsequently connected in various capacities 
 with printing establishments in Philadelphia, Ogden 
 and Salt Lake, as well as beine; connected for some 
 years with the Religio-Philosophical Journal and the 
 Chicago Times. 
 
 In 1873 Mr. Johnson became one of a colonizing 
 party organized in Chicago under the name of the 
 Grand River Colony, for the purpose of establishing 
 a co-operative settlement in Colorado on the river 
 Grand. He was a leader in the organization and 
 the secretary of the company. The inexperience of 
 the promoters and their unfamiliarity with the west 
 got the company into difficulties which thev were 
 unable to extricate themselves from, and the com- 
 pany was disintegrated as a result and their mis- 
 sion abandoned. By no means discouraged, Mr. 
 Johnson determined to stay in the west, and in the 
 following fall he located in Rawlins, Wyoming, 
 where he became the manager of a railroad hotel. 
 Soon after he went to Evanston. and there became 
 the foreman of a newspaper called the Daily Age. 
 His next position was as superintendent of the 
 Vinta Coal mine at Alma, in which he continued 
 until a corporation was formed to work the mine. 
 In the fail of 1876 he became connected with the 
 office of the Ogden Freeman, a weekly newspaper, 
 and in the next year he went to Salt Lake City, 
 where he occupied editorial positions on the Tribune 
 and the Herald. He left Salt Lake in 1877 and 
 went to Trinity county, California, where for four- 
 teen years he was engaged in mining operations, 
 eleven years of that time being justice of the peace 
 for Trinity county. 
 
 From California Mr. Johnson returned to his early 
 home in Pennsylvania, and there on November 12. 
 1893, he married Miss Clara R. Cassler, a member 
 of a prominent family of that section and one of 
 the most talented women of the state. She is a 
 descendant of Baron Philip von Odenwalder, .-. native 
 
 of Holland, who became an early resident land holder 
 of Pennsylvania, where his estate covered the site of 
 the city of Easton and adjacent territory. 
 
 Since 1891 Mr. Johnson has maintained his resi- 
 dence in Pocatello, where he formed a partnership 
 with one E. S. Whitticr in a law, insurance, lumber 
 and real estate business. In 189^, when many of 
 the important business houses and buildings were 
 destroyed by fire in Pocatello, the offices of Johnson 
 & Whittier were burned, and Mr. Johnson suffered 
 neavy loss, not the least of which was his loss of 
 a splendid collection of valuable and unique curios 
 which he had acquired in his many years of world- 
 wide travel, many of which articles it would be 
 impossible to duplicate. In 1899 Mr. Johnson bought 
 out the interest of his partner and since that time he 
 has conducted the business alone. In 1901 he re- 
 moved to his present quarters, and he has since con- 
 ducted one of the most extensive insurance businesses 
 in the state, his being the pioneer agency in this 
 district, if not, indeed, in Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Johnson has ever been a faithful Republican, 
 but one who preferred to serve in the ranks rather 
 than in the high places in the party. Official posi- 
 tion he has never cared for and has declined many 
 an opportunity of that nature which other men might 
 find particularly gratifying. His fraternal relations 
 are with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 and he has been a member of that order since 1894. 
 Me has filled a prominent place in the ranks of the 
 order during the years of his membership, and was 
 at one time Grand Patriarch of the State of Idaho, 
 while he has represented his lodge in the Sovereign 
 Grand Lodge at Indianapolis. He has ever been an 
 interested and appreciative member of the order, and 
 his faithful service in the society has been fittingly 
 rewarded In hi> election to some of the highest 
 offices of the order, positions which he has always 
 filled with the utmost efficiency and ability. He is 
 also a member of Ivy Lodge of the Rebekahs, at 
 Pocatello. 
 
 Mr. Johnson has been for years a contributor to 
 some of the leading spiritualistic papers, among 
 them the Banner of Light, the Religio-Philosophical 
 Journal and the Progressive Thinker, and his arti- 
 cles have ever attracted a wide notice, possessing 
 as they do many scholarly qualities, and displaying 
 exceptional literary ability and acute reasoning 
 power. His contributions have not been confined 
 to that field of thought alone, but he has written 
 much of value in political, scientific and humani- 
 tarian fields. 
 
 Mrs. Johnson, like her husband, has led a life of 
 the utmost activity. She is an artist of no slight 
 ability and conducts an art shop in Pocatello which 
 draws its patronage from every part of the United 
 States, even claiming patrons in Honolulu, Alaska 
 and many other foreign countries. In 1905 the Lewis 
 and Clark Centennial awarded Mrs. Johnson a hand- 
 some medal in recognition of her exceptional ability 
 and the splendid work she has produced in her 
 school of art. She is a woman of many gracious 
 qualities of heart and mind and her social oosition 
 in this city is of the very highest, although her time 
 is practically absorbed in her devotion to her art 
 Idaho has no more enthusiastic citizen within her 
 borders than Mrs. Johnson, in which she has a wide 
 acquaintance, and is prepared to speak intelligently 
 of the many advantages and opportunities which 
 Idaho abounds in, as compared with other states with 
 which she is equally familiar. Mr. Johnson, in re- 
 counting many of the splendid qualities of the state. 
 
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 particularly mentions the flax that Idaho produces, 
 which, he avers, can't be beat in Ireland, surely a 
 most eloquent testimony to the agricultural possi- 
 bilities of the state. 
 
 LEVI J. AND D. T. HAWKLEY. One of the leading 
 business enterprises which give importance to the 
 city of Lincoln, Idaho, as a commercial center is the 
 lona Mercantile Company, a concern the growth of 
 which during the past several years has been rapid 
 and continuous. The success of this large estab- 
 lishment is due in great part to its efficient managers, 
 Levi J. and D. T. Hawkley, brothers, whose long 
 association with mercantile affairs gives them pres- 
 tige among the men whose activities are serving to 
 stimulate the growth of the State. Levi J. Hawkley 
 was born at West Portage, Utah, June 8, 1879, and 
 is a son of J. B. and Mary (John) Hawkley. 
 
 J. B. Hawkley was born in England, and came to 
 the United States as a lad of sixteen years, subse- 
 quently crossing the overland trail to Utah and set- 
 tling in the Malad Valley, where he became one of 
 the large stock growers of his section. At this time 
 .he is one of the highly honored residents of Poca- 
 tello, Idaho, and now lives a retired life, being sixty- 
 nine years of age. He married Mary John, a native 
 of Wales, who came to America with her parents 
 and crossed the plains by ox-team, being also an 
 early resident of Utah, where she met and married 
 Mr. Hawkley. She still survives and is sixty-one 
 years of age. Nine children were born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Hawkley: D. T., a sketch of whose career 
 appears later; Mrs. J. H. Cutler, a resident of Black- 
 foot ; William J., living at Pocatello, Idaho ; J. B. J., 
 of Alameda, California; Mrs. Sarah Edgely, of Deer 
 Lodge, Montana ; Mrs. Zina Roland, of Logan, Utah ; 
 Misses Mary R. and Myrtle, who live with their 
 parents at Pocatello; and Levi J. 
 
 Levi J. Hawkley received his education in the pub- 
 lic schools of West Portage and Pocatello, following 
 which he went to work in mercantile lines at the 
 latter place and Idaho Falls. He was an employe 
 of the Z. C. M. I. stores at various places, and thus 
 became associated with the lona stores, being given 
 full charge of the store at Lincoln in IQTO. He gives 
 his entire time to the management of this large enter- 
 prise, but has also invested heavily in valuable farm 
 lands in the vicinity of lona, and is justly considered 
 one of his section's most substantial men. In May, 
 1900, Mr. Hawkley was married at Salt Lake City, 
 Utah, to Miss Mary E. Stanger, daughter of Mr. and 
 Mrs. A. J. Stanger, who are engaged in ranching 
 at lona, and to this union there have been born 
 three children: Levi S., born February i, 1901, at 
 Pocatello, and now attending the Lincoln public 
 schools; Ireta, born February 25, 1903, at lona, 
 Idaho, and also a pupil in the public schools ; and 
 Delbert, born February 6, 1910, in Lincoln, Idaho. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hawkley are members of the Church 
 of the Latter Day Saints. He is independent in his 
 political views. 
 
 D. T. Hawkley was born at West Portage, Utah, 
 June 4, 1876, and received his early education in the 
 public schools of West Portage. Following this 
 he entered the Pocatello High School, which he left 
 to accept a position in the offices of the Oregon 
 Short Line Railway. He remained in the employ 
 of the railway company for nine years, hut gave up 
 a railroad career to become a clerk in the Z. C. M. I. 
 Mercantile Company, at Idaho Falls, and continued 
 a trusted employe of that concern for seven years. 
 
 severing his connections therewith to accept a bet- 
 ter position with the lona Mercantile Company, 
 where he now has entire charge of the outside de- 
 partment. Like his brother, he has invested wisely 
 in ranch lands, and has been uniformly successful in 
 all of his ventures. On September 30, 1900, he was 
 married at Salt Lake City, Utah, to Miss Mary E. 
 Perrett, and they have had three children, namely: 
 Raymond P., born June 6, 1902, at Pocatello, Idaho, 
 and now attending public schools ; Myrtle, born 
 October 30, 1905, at Idaho Falls, and also a public 
 school pupil ; and Arville, born August 20, 1907, 
 at Idaho Falls. Mr. Hawkley and his wife attend 
 the Church of the Latter Day Saints, and he is 
 independent in political matters. 
 
 The careers of the Hawkley brothers furnish ex- 
 cellent examples of youthful enterprise, industry and 
 perseverance. With years of experience in their 
 chosen field of endeavor, they are recognized by their 
 associates as men of ability, acuteness and good 
 judgment, while their reputation in the business 
 world stamps them as men of the highest integrity. 
 
 GEORGE E. HYDE, M. D. It would be hard to find 
 a more striking example of youthful industry, con- 
 stant perseverance and lofty ambition culminating 
 in well-deserved success than the career of George 
 E. Hyde, M. D., one of the leading physicians and 
 surgeons of Rexburg, Idaho, and a man whose 
 high professional attainments have brought him 
 prominently before the public in positions of emi- 
 nence. His career has been a remarkable one, and 
 is well deserving a record among the review of 
 the lives of those men who have really accomplished 
 something in the building of a State. 
 
 George E. Hyde was born April 23, 1864, in Man- 
 chester, England, and is a son of John and Mary 
 Jane (Whitehead) Hyde, his father being a shoe 
 merchant. Mrs. Hyde still survives at the age of 
 seventy-one years, having never left her native soil. 
 George E. Hyde was but three years of age when 
 his father died. His educational advantages were 
 necessarily somewhat limited, as he was early com- 
 pelled to leave the common schools and contribute 
 to the family support. In his native land, Mr. 
 Hyde could only see ahead of him long years of 
 hard work, with but little likelihood of ever attain- 
 ing a competency, and, accordingly, in his seventeenth 
 year, he decided to make his way to the great free 
 country across the ocean, of which he had heard so 
 much regarding the opportunities offered to ambi- 
 tious youth. The next problem was to secure funds 
 with which to make the journey, but eventually the 
 youth was able to secure employment on shipboard, 
 thus working his passage and having a few dollars 
 left with which to sustain life on reaching the United 
 States. On his arrival, he made his way from 
 New York City to Ogden, Utah, where he soon 
 became a convert to the faith of the Church of the 
 Latter Day Saints, and secured a position with the 
 Zions Co-Operative Mercantile Institution, as a 
 clerk. From that time his rise was rapid, until he 
 finally became manager of the departments and was 
 then made chief clerk, a position he continued to hold 
 until 1892. In the meantime, it had always been his 
 ambition to enter the medical profession, and by 
 1892 he decided that he was ready to enter upon 
 his studies. Accordingly he became a student in 
 the University of California, from the medical depart- 
 ment of which he was graduated July 15, 1895. He 
 
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 was then interne for one year in the County Hospital. 
 San Francisco, and spent one year in general prac- 
 tice in Ogden, Utah. His advent in Rexburg oc- 
 curred in 1897, when he opened offices in this city, 
 which has since been his field of endeavor. Not 
 only has he become one of the leading physicians of 
 Idaho, but his connections with various enterprises 
 and industries in his adopted city have made him 
 well known. He is a director in the Rexburg Drug 
 Company, and since 1902 has been president of the 
 school board, and holds membership in the Idaho 
 State Medical Society and the county and national 
 organizations. In 1911 he received an appointment 
 "rom Washington, D. C, to membership on the 
 committees on organization of the International 
 <> ngress of Hygiene and Demography, the only 
 member from this state. In 1897 he was appointed 
 to the State Board of Health bv Governor Good ing, 
 and subsequently reappointed by Governor Brady. 
 An Idaho "booster" of the most enthusiastic variety, 
 he is at all times ready to state his views with regard 
 to the future of his adopted Commonwealth, and 
 by precept and example has done much to advance 
 its numerous interests. 
 
 On October 7, 1886, Dr. Hyde was married at 
 Ogden, Utah, to Miss Rose Farr, daughter of Judge 
 and Mrs. Aaron Farr, an old pioneer family of Utah, 
 who crossed the plains in the early days and settled 
 at Salt Lake City, Judge Farr being a successful 
 agriculturist and well-known politician of his day. 
 Six children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Hyde, 
 namely: Vida, born in 1887, in Ogden, Utah, who 
 married Lee French, of Boise, Idaho, and has one 
 child; Myrtle, born at Ogden, Utah, in 1889, who 
 married Dr. Thatcher, a well-known dental practi- 
 tioner of Chicago, Illinois; George A., born at 
 Ogden, in 1891, now a high school student in Boise; 
 Afton, born at Ogden, Utah, in 1896 attending the 
 Rexburg high school ; Clarise, horn in Rexburg. in 
 1899, a d now attending the graded schools ; and 
 Melba, born in 1905, in Rexburg, the baby, a graded 
 school pupil. The family is connected with the 
 Church of the Latter Day Saints, in which all are 
 well known. 
 
 FRANK M. BYBEE. The name of Frank M. Bybee 
 has become as familiar to the present generation of 
 citizens of Idaho Falls as a household word, being 
 indissolubly associated in the mind of the public with 
 the development of a great business enterprise. His 
 biography is the record of a great achievement, 
 accomplished before its architect reached the age 
 when slower minds are beginning to comprehend 
 life's possibilities. Mr. Bybee was born October 2, 
 1862, at Farmington, Utah, and is a son of Sen. 
 Robert Lee and Jane (Miller) Bybee. 
 
 Robert Lee Bybee was born May 4, 1838. in the 
 then sparsely settled region of Clay county. Indiana, 
 and when he was five years of age was taken by his 
 parents to Kentucky, moving the next year to Illinois, 
 and from that state, one year later, to Missouri. 
 There the family continued to make their home until 
 1851, when they removed to Utah, which had been 
 settled only four years before by the pioneers at 
 Salt Lake. The Bybee family located seven miles 
 from Ogden. on the banks of the Weber river, the 
 land 'being wild, with bunch grass and willows 
 growing along the course of the streams. Farming 
 and stock-growing were the occupations of the early 
 pioneers, and Robert Lee Bybee was so engaged 
 until his marriage, in 1857, to Miss Jane Miller. At 
 the time he was marrie'd and went into business for 
 
 himself, the mail was carried by pack animals from 
 Salt Lake to Independence, Missouri, a regular mail 
 starting from either terminus once a month, and 
 the 1,200 miles usually being covered in about thirty 
 days. Senator Bybee made this trip, starting east 
 in April and returning in the month of August, the 
 eastern part of the journey consuming forty days on 
 account of snow in the mountains, and the return 
 trip being made in twenty days. All the freight for 
 Salt Lake was hauled from the Missouri river in 
 the vicinity of Omaha, by ox-teams, at the rate of 
 twenty-five cents per pound. From 1851 to 1858, 
 Salt Lake was the only place in Utah where liquor 
 could be obtained, and this only for medicinal pur- 
 poses and through a physician's prescription. A 
 drunken man was never seen in the State of Utah, 
 and its morals were beyond reproach until the John- 
 son army came from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 
 bringing the usual vices in its train. 
 
 In 1858 a party of settlers, who had intended to go 
 to the Snake River Valley, Idaho, lost their bear- 
 ings, when uo Malad Valley, over Bannock Moun- 
 tain, down Bannock Creek, across the Port Nuef 
 below the present site of Pocatello, and crossed the 
 Snake River below Fort Hall, going north to the 
 Salmon River, and locating near Salmon City, in 
 Lemhi county, Idaho. There they were attacked by 
 Indians and a large number of the party were killed 
 or wounded, but some time thereafter were rescued 
 by a party of 150 men from Ogden, including Senator 
 Bybee. This was prior to the building of a house 
 on Snake River Valley with the exception of Fort 
 Hall, near the present site of Pocatello. The first 
 wagon taken down the Port Neuf Canvon was in this 
 party, and sometimes the way was so rough that 
 the horses were unhitched and the wagons lowered 
 by ropes, but eventually the rescue party reached 
 the settlement, which was broken up, and the settlers 
 taken back to Ogden. In 1861 Senator Bybee made 
 the first trip to Carson City. Nevada, with an ox- 
 team, carrying eggs and salt, and following the trail 
 that had been made by the "forty-niners" to Cali- 
 fornia, and while there the first overland coach 
 started for the East from Carson City. Senator 
 Bybee continued to reside in Utah until 1883. and 
 during this time irrigation became general, Salt Lake, 
 Ogden, Provo, Logan and many other cities rising 
 out of the wild lands and the arid region being 
 transformed into cities, ranches, orchards and gar- 
 dens, where before was naught but desert waste. In 
 1883 he came to Idaho and settled at Menan. Fre- 
 mont county, where he rermined four years, after 
 which he went to Leorin, Bingham county, and ac- 
 cumulated a ranch of 640 acres, on which he carried 
 on the raising of fruit, grain, alfalfa, and the breed- 
 ing of stock. A dyed-in-the-wool Democrat. Sen- 
 ator Bybee was elected to the Idaho State Senate on 
 the Fusion ticket. He was known as a man true to 
 his friends, and whose chief aim in life was to so 
 live that in his declining years he could look back 
 over a career unmarked by stain or blemish. That 
 he succeeded in accomplishing his ambition is test:- 
 fied to by the universal respect and esteem in which 
 his memory is held. 
 
 Frank M. Bybee was one of the several children, 
 and as a youth secured his education in the schools 
 of Utah. In May, 1884, he accompanied his parent* 
 to Idaho, locating first at Menan. where he resided 
 until 1800. then coming to Idaho Falls. Here he 
 established himself in the transfer and drayage 
 business, and also assisted in building many of the 
 early canals here. He continued this busir?ss for 
 
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 two years, and then disposed thereof to go to work 
 for the Z. M. M. I. Company as a clerk, three years 
 later leaving their employ and returning to Menan, 
 where he took charge of the Menan Flour Mills, 
 with which he was connected for three years. Mr. 
 Bybee then returned to Idaho Falls to go into busi- 
 ness with Robert White, a well-known grocer of 
 this city, and soon purchased a half interest in the 
 business, which he acquired by purchase ten months 
 later from the heirs of the estate of Mr. White, who 
 had suddenly died. This business has since grown 
 to be one of the largest establishments of its kind 
 in the State, having developed from a one-man-man- 
 aged place to a business demanding the hiring of 
 seven clerks and the employment of an office force. 
 A man of progressive and enterprising ideas, Mr. 
 Bybee has introduced innovations in the business that 
 have been directly responsible for its phenomenal 
 growth, and in the business world he is regarded as 
 a man of the greatest foresight and the highest 
 ability. He is also secretary and treasurer of the 
 B. W. M. Company, and a member of its directing 
 board. Politically he is independent, and has never 
 sought public office. He is a thirty-second degree 
 Mason, in which order he has been Past Master, 
 Past Grand, Past High Priest and a member of the 
 Grand Lodge ; and also holds membership in the 
 Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the World, in which 
 he passed through all the chairs, and the Elks, being 
 a charter member of Lodge No. 1087. Mr. Bybee 
 is deeply attached to Idaho Falls, as the scene of 
 his own success, is proud of this section's marvelous 
 growth and great achievements, and will no doubt 
 remain with its people until the last. Certain it is 
 that he has abiding faith in its future and demon- 
 strates that faith by investments in various extensive 
 enterprises. 
 
 Mr. Bybee was married to Miss Anna Richie, at 
 Idaho Falls, November 30, 1890, she being a daugh- 
 ter of James and Hannah Richie, of Ogden, Utah, 
 and they have had four children, namely: Ruth, 
 born October 3, 1891, in business with her father; 
 Marion, born May 16, 1897; Wanda, born Novem- 
 ber 20, 1900; and Frank, born November 28, 1902, 
 all attending schools in Idaho Falls. 
 
 EVERETT HESEMAN. Among the enterprising and 
 self-reliant men who are so ably conducting the agri- 
 cultural interests of Fremont county is Everett Hese- 
 man, one of the leading farmers of Marysville. A 
 son of William F. Heseman, he was born in Rock 
 Island, Illinois, October 6. 1872, but was brought 
 no and educated in Nebraska. 
 
 Born in Illinois, William F. Heseman followed the 
 path of civilization westward in 1874, going to 
 Nebraska, and settling as a pioneer in the central part 
 of the state. Taking up land, he was there engaged 
 in farming and stock-raising until his death, in 1901, 
 when but fifty-eight years old. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Mary N. Morrow, was born in 
 Pennsylvania, and as a child was taken by her 
 parents to Illinois, where she grew to womanhood, 
 and was married. She is now living in Marysville, 
 Idaho, with her son Everett, her other child, L. L. 
 Heseman, being a resident of Hayden, Idaho. 
 
 Obtaining a limited education in the district schools 
 of Nebraska, Everett Heseman acquired a good 
 knowledge of the various branches of agriculture 
 while working on the home farm, remaining with 
 his parents until attaining his majority. Starting in 
 life for himself then, he went to Cripple Creek, Colo- 
 rado, where for eight years he followed his trade 
 of millwright. Going from there to Salt Lake City, 
 
 Mr. Heseman continued at his trade in that city for 
 a time, but not being at all satisfied with the finan- 
 cial results of his labors decided to try life in 
 Idaho. Looking about for a suitable location, Mr. 
 Heseman was much impressed with the possibilities 
 of Fremont county, and has since concluded that he 
 made no mistake in his choice, the land on which 
 he settled having since become a part of Marysville, 
 a thriving village lying two miles norm of Ashton, 
 on the Oregon Short Line Railroad, and which is 
 bound in course of time to become a city of consid- 
 erable size, owing to its close proximity to the best 
 farming region in the county. Mr. Heseman's farm 
 adjoins the village, and on account not only of its 
 favorable location, but of its rich and productive 
 soil, will in the near future be of great value, although 
 he does not care to give it up for many years to 
 come. His two hundred and forty acres of land 
 are all under cultivation, and the improvements are 
 of substantial character, the house and barn being 
 commodious and conveniently arranged. 
 
 In addition to farming, Mr. Heseman owns a steam 
 thresher, and when not working for himself takes 
 contracts to thresh the crops of his neighbors, being 
 kept very busy throughout the harvest season. He 
 also deals in farm machinery and windmills, having 
 built up a large and lucrative business in that line. 
 He is an active member of the Democratic party, 
 and belongs to the Independent Order o'f Odd Fel- 
 lows. 
 
 On June 6, 1909, Mr. Heseman married, in Marys- 
 ville, Mary Sturm, daughter of John Sturm, and 
 they have one child, Pearl Heseman, born June 3, 
 1911. 
 
 THOMAS ELLIOTT. Although beginning his profes- 
 sional career somewhat late in life, Thomas Elliott, 
 of Saint Anthony, has already gained a substantial 
 position among the successful attorneys of Fremont 
 county, having established a fair legal practice. A 
 son of John Elliott, he was born, December 21, 1856, 
 in Yorkshire, England, where he spent his earlier 
 years. 
 
 John Elliott was born and reared in England, and 
 there died at the age of fifty years. A miner by 
 occupation, he worked in various coal fields in 
 Europe, where he became well known as a faithful 
 and skilful worker. His wife, whose maiden name 
 was Elizabeth Matthewson, was born and bred in 
 England, her birth occurring seventy-three years ago, 
 in 1839. I n J 887 she crossed the ocean, coming 
 direct from New York to Idaho, and is now a resi- 
 dent of .Rexburg. 
 
 The first-born in a family of eight children, Thomas 
 Elliott was educated in England, attending the day 
 school until ten years old, and afterward continuing 
 his studies in the night schools. Subsequently taking 
 up the profession of an engineer, he worked in the 
 collieries of his native country until twenty-seven 
 years of age. Then, realizing the greater advantages 
 afforded a poor man in America than in England, he 
 emigrated to the United States in search of some 
 remunerative employment. He worked first on a 
 farm, later becoming section hand on a railroad, 
 his home being in Idaho. Having accumulated a 
 small sum of money, Mr. Elliott began dealing in 
 wheat and hogs, and had the distinction of shipping 
 to the market the first car-load of hogs sent from 
 Fremont county. He afterwards became prominent 
 in public affairs, and not only served as the first 
 clerk of the city of Rexburg, but for eight years was 
 United States Commissioner' for Fremont county. 
 He achieved much success as a business man, and 
 for awhile held title to the Upper Falls of Snake 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 river, which have passed into the possession of an 
 eastern company that is now actively engaged in the 
 erection of an immense power plant at that place. 
 
 At the age of fifty-three years, Mr. Elliott decided 
 to enter upon a professional career, and through 
 systematic and diligent study he was admitted, March 
 6, 1911, to the Idaho bar, and has since been actively 
 and successfully engaged in the practice of law, hav- 
 ing won a fair share of the local patronage. Mr. 
 Elliott has unquestioned faith in Idaho's future, her 
 natural resources, he thinks, being far superior to 
 those of any other state of the Union. He is a Mor- 
 mon in religion, and is fond of outdoor sports, espe- 
 cially of hunting and fishing. 
 
 In England, in November, 1883, Mr. Miller was 
 united in marriage with Agnes Burkinshaw, and to 
 them seven children have been born, the births of 
 the two older having occurred in Yorkshire, Engt 
 land, while the other children were all born in Rex- 
 burg, Idaho. The names of the children are as 
 follows : Charles, born in 1884, is married, and has 
 four children ; Lucy, born in 1886, married a Mr. 
 Jensen, has one child ; John, born in f888, resides in 
 Saint Anthony; Lillie, born in 1890, was married 
 on November 14, 1912; George, born in 1894, lives 
 in Saint Anthony; Howard, born in 1896; and Ada, 
 born in 1898. 
 
 JULIAN E. LANE, of Blackfqot, Idaho, combines 
 in his person the unusual qualities of the business 
 man and the talented artist. Far from being the 
 unpractical dreamer that an artist is usually sup- 
 posed to be, he is a man capable of handling large 
 affairs and some of the most important irrigation 
 projects in the state have been inaugurated and pro- 
 moted by Mr. Lane. He is still a comparatively 
 young man, but his reputation is one which a man 
 many years his senior would be proud to possess. Of 
 a genial disposition and wide sympathies he has won 
 many friends and is one of the most popular as 
 well as one of the most influential men in this section 
 of the state. 
 
 Fort Bridger, Wyoming, was the birthplace of Mr. 
 Lane, so he is a real westerner, and has a closer 
 claim on the bounty of this country than have many 
 of her successful sons. The date of his birth was the 
 6th of December, 1869, and his father was Julian 
 B. Lane. His father was a native of the old south, 
 having been born in Virginia. He early felt the 
 attraction of the great west and came to Wyoming 
 when that country was first brought to the atten- 
 tion of the adventurous pioneers. He was one of the 
 first settlers in that state, locating at Carter Station, 
 Wyoming. Here he engaged in the business that the 
 majority of the settlers of the state then carried on, 
 the cattle business. He carried on this business for 
 a number of years and then at the time that the fort 
 was erected at Fort Bridger he moved to the latter 
 place. After living here for a time he went out 
 with a prospecting party into the wilds of Arizona 
 and that is the last that was ever seen of him. 
 Whether he was accidentally killed or was drowned 
 or met a tragic fate at the hands of the Indians the 
 family has never known, and the scene and manner 
 of his death will probably never be discovered. Julian 
 B. Lane married Nora Daniels at Fort Bridger, 
 Wyoming, his wife having been born in Salt Lake 
 City, Utah, in 1850. She is still living in Seattle, 
 Washington, where she is the owner of considerable 
 property. Three children were born of this union, 
 of whom Julian E. Lane is the eldest. 
 
 Growing up in the early days of the frontier coun- 
 try of Wyoming, the opportunities allowed Julian 
 
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 Lane for an education were few and of little worth. 
 He attended the schools of Evanston, Wyoming, but 
 the training that he received from a cultured home 
 life was more valuable than that which he received 
 in the school room. When he became strong enough 
 to rope a steer he very naturally turned to the cattle 
 business, for after the disappearance of his father he 
 had gone to live in the home of an uncle, who was 
 a large cattleman. He lived with this uncle until 
 1896, devoting these years to cattle raising. At the 
 end of this time he came to Idaho, and having spent 
 much of his life in the open the beauties of this new 
 country inspired him to make some use of the im- 
 pressions which had been registering themselves on 
 his brain during these years. He had always been 
 talented with the brush and had an especially keen 
 eye for landscape work, so he opened a studio in 
 Boise, Idaho, and for a year was here engaged in 
 painting and doing decorative work. Concluding 
 that in Idaho as everywhere painting was about the 
 poorest paid of all professions he now went to Sho- 
 shone, Idaho, where he took up the study of law in 
 the offices of Hawlcy and Perkey, the former being 
 ex-governor of Idaho. He was admitted to practice 
 in the courts of Idaho in 1898, and opened up offices 
 in Shoshone. He practiced there for one year, but 
 in the meantime he had become interested in irriga- 
 tion and was able to see the enormous opportunities 
 that would be opened up if more land could be thus 
 made fertile. He therefore planned and executed 
 the irrigation project known as the Bruno Irriga- 
 tion project, which met with the plaudits of the pub- 
 lic. After this deed he promoted the Thousand 
 Springs Irrigation Company, which accomplished 
 one of the largest and best pieces of irrigation work 
 which has yet been done in the state. 
 
 It took a keen brain to conceive these vast projects 
 and a wise and practical hand to carry them out, 
 but as is often the case, the benefits derived from 
 these plans went into other pockets than those of the 
 man who originated them. He has received very 
 little for his hard work, but through the instrumental- 
 ity of his closest friend and adviser, William A. 
 Youmie, he is now beginning to realize something 
 from his projects. Mr. Youmie has left no stone 
 unturned and has been exceedingly active in his 
 efforts in Mr. Lane's behalf, and thanks to his friendly 
 offices in another year Mr. Lane will be a wealthy 
 man as a result of his irrigation projects. 
 
 It was in 1902 that Mr. Lane first came to Black- 
 foot, Idaho, to live. He bought land just outside of 
 the town and settled there, remaining for several 
 years. He also owned at this time property in 
 Boise and Bruno, and after living in Blackfoot for 
 a time his outside interests called him away from 
 the city, to which he did not return till 1909. Since 
 that time he has resided on his property near Black- 
 foot, and has been engaged in the nursery business 
 and also in real estate. He devotes a large share of 
 his time to the profession which he has never given up 
 during his years as a business man, and as an artist 
 is well known throughout all this section. He is 
 considered by competent critics to be one of the com- 
 ing artists of the state, and has executed many fine 
 landscapes, being particularly gifted as a colorist 
 In 1902 Mr. Lane was nominated and elected judge 
 of the fourth judicial district, but he resigned in 
 favor of Littleton Price. 
 
 In politics Mr. Lane is a member of the Republican 
 party, but he has never cared to take a prominent 
 part in this fascinating game. He married on the 
 25th of December, 1897, Miss Ollie Waters, of Cassa 
 
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 county, Colorado. She is the daughter of. Judge and 
 Mrs Julius S. Waters and is the mother of five chil- 
 dren. The eldest of these children, Archie Lane, 
 was born in 1898 in Utah. Lavern Lane was born in 
 Shoshone, Idaho, in 1900, and Harold Lane was born 
 in the same city in 1902. Vivian Lane was born in 
 Bruno, Idaho, in 1905 and Dorothy, the youngest, 
 was born in Blackfoot, in 1910. Of these children, all 
 are attending school in Blackfoot, save the youngest. 
 Mr. Lane is one of the men of whom Idaho may 
 well take note. He has shown what he can accom- 
 plish in the business world and as an artist he will 
 certainly bring credit upon his adopted state, 
 the stock which has made the western pioneer 
 famous for courage and self reliance and a firm 
 belief in one's fellow man, Mr. Lane has inherited the 
 big qualities of his father's time, and has always 
 fought for the welfare of the state along progressive 
 lines, being a staunch believer in the greatness of her 
 future. 
 
 D. L. BLEVINS, M. D. Among those who are 
 effectively aiding in upholding the orestige of the 
 medical profession in Idaho is Dr. Blevins, and he 
 merits special consideration in this publication as one 
 of the representative physicians and surgeons who 
 have found an inviting field for successful practice 
 in the thriving little city of Idaho Falls, Elmore 
 county. 
 
 Dr. Blevins was born in Atchison county, Mis- 
 souri, on the 26th of November, 1875, and is a son 
 of B. M. Blevins. His father was a native of Ken- 
 tucky and his mother of Virginia, in which historic 
 old commonwealth their marriage was solemnized. 
 The father removed to Missouri in an early day and 
 represented that state as a valiant soldier of the 
 Confederacy in the Civil war. He was long num- 
 bered among the prosperous farmers and stock- 
 growers of Missouri and is now living virtually re- 
 tired at Troy, Lincoln county, that state. He has 
 attained to the age of seventy-six years and his 
 devoted wife and helpmeet is seventy-four years of 
 age (1913). They have six children: John H. and 
 D. C, who are residents of St. Anthony; C. C., who 
 maintains his home in Des Moines, Iowa; Dr. D. L., 
 whose name initiates this review ; a daughter, the 
 wife of D. Bahlm, residing in the state of Nebraska ; 
 and Charles F., who is a resident of Kansas. 
 
 The preliminary education of Dr. Blevins was 
 obtained in the public schools of Mound City, Holt 
 county, Missouri, and after his graduation in the 
 high school at that place he went to the city of St. 
 Louis, where he was matriculated in the Missouri 
 Medical College. In this excellent ordered institu- 
 tion he was graduated as a member of the class of 
 1899 and duly received his degree of Doctor of Med- 
 icine. Thereafter he soon began work in the medical 
 laboratory and department of the Nelson Morris 
 Packing Company, at St. Joseph, Missouri, and at 
 the expiration of three months, in 1900, he came 
 to Idaho and opened an office at St. Anthony, Fre- 
 mont county. He built up a substantial practice at 
 that place and there continued his professional work 
 until 1909, when he went to New York city and did 
 effective post-graduate work for one year in the 
 Manhattan Eye, Ear and Nose Hospital. In 1910 
 the Doctor established his residence at Idaho Falls, 
 and here he has built up a specially large and im- 
 portant practice, in which he specializes in the 
 diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He is a 
 close and appreciative student and through recourse 
 to the best standard and periodical literature of his 
 profession he keeps in touch with the advances made 
 
 in the same. While a resident of St. Anthony, this 
 state, Dr. Blevins served continuously as city 
 physician and for some time as county physician. 
 He is a member of the Idaho State Medical Society 
 and the American Medical Association, and is held 
 in high esteem as a progressive and loyal citizen of 
 the state of his adoption. He finds his chief recre- 
 ation in occasional hunting and fishing trips and 
 has great appreciation of the manifold scenic attrac- 
 tions and splendid natural resources of Idaho. He 
 is affiliated with the Idaho Falls lodge of Free and 
 Accepted Masons and also with the Independenl 
 Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed the 
 various official chairs. He has had no predilection 
 for so-called practical politics, as he believes his 
 exacting profession worthy of his undivided time 
 and attention. 
 
 At St. Anthony, this state, in September, 1903, 
 was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Blevins to Miss 
 Daisy Cowan, daughter of the late John F. Cowan, 
 a representative citizen of Newpoint, Holt county, 
 Missouri. Mrs. Blevins is a popular factor in the 
 representative social activities of Idaho Falls, where 
 her circle of friends is co-extensive with that of her 
 acquaintances. Dr. and Mrs. Blevins have no chil- 
 dren. 
 
 ARTHUR M. TRUMAN. In all growing sections of 
 the West there are found men who, by reason of 
 their superior attainments or intellectual abilities, 
 stand out from their fellows. Upon such men many 
 cares devolve; they are the center of all activity; 
 it is their brains that are behind large movements; 
 enterprises of an extensive nature depend upon their 
 support and cooperation. Very often it is found that 
 these men belong to the learned professions, often 
 to medicine or theology, but more often to the law, 
 and in this latter class stands Arthur M. Truman, 
 of Rexburg, who has made a name for himself as 
 an attorney and as a public-spirited citizen of his 
 adopted community. Mr. Truman is a Westerner by 
 birth, having been born December 12, 1872, in Sum- 
 mit county, Utah. His father, Jacob M. Truman, 
 was born in Michigan, and as a young man crossed 
 the plains to the gold fields of California, subse- 
 quently remaining in the mining camps for some 
 years, and finally locating on a tract of land in Sum- 
 mit county, Utah, where he carried on agricultural 
 pursuits until his death, in 1881, at the age of fifty- 
 seven years. Mr. Truman married Katie Marwell, 
 who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and came 
 to the United States at the age of twenty-four years, 
 and she is still living and makes her home in Rex- 
 burg. They had a family of seven children, of whom 
 Arthur M. was the youngest. . 
 
 The early education of Arthur M. Truman was 
 secured in the schools of the Latter Day Saints at 
 Huntington and Provo, Utah, following his gradu- 
 ation from which he took up the study of law at 
 home. He subsequently was successful in passing 
 the examination, and in May, 1904, was admitted to 
 practice before the Supreme Court of the State of 
 Utah. For several years he was county attorney 
 for Emery county, Utah, but in December, 1906, 
 came to Idaho, and located at Rexburg, where he 
 was admitted to practice before the close of the year. 
 In a short time his abilities became recognized and 
 he soon succeeded in building up a large and repre- 
 sentative professional business. With excellent fore- 
 sight and good judgment, he has invested his earn- 
 ings in enterprises which have yielded him handsome 
 returns, and at this time he is looked upon as one 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 of Rexburg's substantial citizens, owning his own 
 home and other valuable realty. He was reared in 
 the faith of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, to 
 which he has always given his liberal support, and 
 his fraternal affiliation is with the Woodmen of the 
 World. Politically, he has been active in the work 
 of the Democratic party, and in the campaign that 
 resulted in a Democratic landslide in 1912, Mr. Tru- 
 man had the honor of being chairman of his party's 
 forces in Fremont county. Believing that Idaho 
 will prosper and thrive in the coming years, he has 
 invested his means and energies in its behalf, and 
 has had no hesitation in advising others to do like- 
 wise. Fond of out-door life, when he has had the 
 time he has traveled extensively in the state, form- 
 ing many acquaintances and winning numerous warm 
 friends. A thorough student, conscientious in his 
 efforts in behalf of his clients, among his confreres 
 Mr. Truman is known as a man who recognizes the 
 unwritten ethics of his profession and as a citizen 
 who has ever ranged himself on the side of educa- 
 tion, morality and good citizenship. 
 
 Mr. Truman was married at Salt Lake City, 
 Utah, October 8, 1003, to Miss Helen Eugenia Kil- 
 pack, daughter of J. D. and Ella Kilpack, early 
 settlers of Utah, who are still living and make their 
 home at Manty. One child has been born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Truman : Arthur E., born at Manty, Utah, 
 November i, 1904, and now attending school in 
 Rexburg. 
 
 ORRIN STRONG LEE, SR. The pioneer settlers of 
 the great West had many difficulties to encounter in 
 the early days, hardships which those of the present 
 generation find it hard to realize. Pioneer life no 
 longer exists, but in 1848 the people who left their 
 homes in the Middle West for the trontier of Utah 
 were looked upon as venturing into an unknown 
 region, and their future destiny was believed to be 
 uncertain. In those days the lazy, shiftless and weak- 
 souled remained at home, and thus the new com- 
 munities formed in the West were composed of 
 strong and resolute characters, and to know of a 
 man that he came West in the forties is to know 
 that he was a man of an earnest and positive charac- 
 ter. Among the earliest pioneers of Utah, Orrin 
 Strong Lee, Sr., now a retired citizen of Idaho Falls, 
 holds prominent place. He was born in the city of 
 Kalamazoo, Michigan, on December 7, 1835, being 
 a son of Dr. Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Strong) Lee. 
 
 Dr. Ezekiel Lee was born in Vermont on Novem- 
 ber 17, 1795, and as a young man removed to New 
 York state, from whence he enlisted tor service in 
 the American army during the War of 1812. Some 
 time after the close of that struggle he went as a 
 pioneer to Michigan, and later to Council Bluffs, 
 Iowa, or, more strictly speaking, to the present site 
 of that thriving city, which in 1847 was not yet in 
 existence. In the fall of 1848, Dr. Lee was called 
 with three others by the Mormon church of Council 
 Bluffs, Iowa, to deliver mail to the heads of the 
 church in Salt Lake City from Council Bluffs, and 
 the little party of four left the latter city October 15, 
 1848, and successfully reached their destination, after 
 many hardships, several months later. In the fall 
 of 1849 they returned to Iowa on the same mission, 
 and in the spring of 1850 Dr. Lee returned with 
 his family to Utah, and remained in Salt Lake City 
 until his death in 1877. His wife, who was born No- 
 vember 7, 1795, followed her husband to the grave 
 four years later, and she was the mother of four 
 children, of whom Orrin S. was the youngest. 
 
 Orrin Strong Lee was a lad of about fifteen years 
 when his parents made the long, perilous trip across 
 the plains, being employed during the trip in driving 
 two teams of oxen and several cows. Their des- 
 tination was reached October i, 1850, and, his father 
 having purchased a farm near Salt Lake City, the 
 youth was put to work planting apple and peach 
 trees, the seed for which had been brought from 
 Iowa, and which became the first orchards to bear 
 apples and peaches in Utah. Mr. Lee was thus 
 employed until 1860, in the meantime having been 
 married at Salt Lake City, October 31, 1859, to Miss 
 Sally Ann Miles, who was born in Adams county, 
 Illinois, on October 6, 1843, the daughter of Albert 
 and Mariah (Veits) Miles, natives of Ohio, who 
 crossed the plains to Salt Lake City in 1848. Her 
 father, born January 21, 1812, died at Salt Lake in 
 April, 1889, and her mother, who was born June 30, 
 1810, passed away in January, 1856, they having been 
 the parents of six children, of whom Mrs. Lee was 
 the fifth in order of birth. Mr. and Mrs. Lee 
 became the parents of the following children : Mrs. 
 Luella Mariah Pfeifer, born November 13, 1860, at 
 Salt Lake City, who had five children, and of which 
 number three are now deceased: Orrin Strong, Jr., 
 born April 13, 1862, in Salt Lake City, had eleven 
 children, of whom two are deceased; Joseph War- 
 ren, born December 17, 1863, at Peoa, Utah, father 
 of eleven children ; Mrs. Clara Jane Woolley, born 
 January 13, 1868, in Peoa, Utah, who died June 9, 
 1903, had eight children, of whom three are de- 
 ceased; Sally O., born November 14, 1870, at Salt 
 Lake City, Utah, who died June 14, 1871 ; Zella May, 
 born November 14, 1872, at Peoa, Utah, who died 
 October 26, 1881 ; Frank Albert, born August 28, 
 1874, at Peoa, Utah, had three children ; Edith Adelia 
 Roos, born July 27, 1877, at Peoa, Utah, had three 
 children; and Mrs. Lucy Irene Angel, born July 26, 
 1880, and married April 23, 1901. 
 
 After his marriage Mr. Lee began farming and 
 stock raising on his own account. During the early 
 days he was an active participant in many of the stir- 
 ring incidents which occurred to mar the peace and 
 quiet of farm life, in all of which he acquitted him- 
 self as a man of boundless courage and bravery. In 
 1852 he was one of a party sent out by Brigham 
 Young to Idaho to bring back some government 
 property which the head of the Mormon church had 
 purchased from the United States Government, and 
 which had been abandoned (presumably) by a large 
 company of troops. This company had gone to Idaho 
 to establish a fort, but, receiving an order to hasten 
 to Oregon, had left their property in the charge of 
 a few French trappers at a point about half way 
 between Pocatello and American Falls. Mr. Lee's 
 company, which consisted originally of about twenty- 
 five men, left Salt Lake City in September, 1853, 
 with a band of oxen, and during its journey its num- 
 bers were greatly -augmented by volunteers who 
 wished to visit the new country. There were no 
 trails to guide them, and accordingly they came to 
 the Bear River, which was forded, through the 
 Malad Valley, across the divide to the Portneuf 
 River, to old Fort Hall, and here discovered the 
 property for which they had come, and which in- 
 cluded some three hundred wagons, a large number 
 of blacksmith outfits and tons of horseshoes. Re- 
 turning the same way they had come, they succeeded 
 in turning the property over to the Mormon church. 
 No record can be found of this transaction, although 
 every effort has been made to establish the identity 
 of the officer who abandoned the outfit. A letter 
 
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 pertaining to this matter was written as late as 
 September 15, 1909, by Mr. Peck, a copy of which 
 follows : 
 
 "The Hon. Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. 
 Dear Sir: Mr. Orrin S. Lee, an old gentleman 
 living here, has told me that in the year 1853, he, 
 with others, was sent from Utah to a point near 
 the junction of the Portneuf and Snake Rivers, 
 about fifteen miles from the present site of Poca- 
 tello, Idaho, for the purpose of hauling back to the 
 Salt Lake Valley a part of the abandoned equipment 
 of an army train. Mr. Lee states that the purchase 
 from the United States Government of this aban- 
 doned stuff was made by Brigham Young, and con- 
 sisted of a large number of army wagons, perhaps 
 300, some tons of mule and horse shoes, portable 
 blacksmith shops and other materials. This material, 
 which was hauled in 1853, bore evidence of having 
 been abandoned two or more years previous to that 
 date. If possible, will you kindly give some informa- 
 tion about the expedition which left this equipment, 
 the officer commanding and the date of sale to Brig- 
 ham Young. A reply of that character would be a 
 favor to Mr. Lee and myself and doubtless to others 
 who are interested in the early history of this 
 region." 
 
 Mr. Lee also participated in the Chief Walker 
 Indian outbreak as a member of the Home Guards, 
 to protect the women settlers, and was a minute man 
 during the Blackfoot war, passing many anxious 
 days in the expectation of a call to instant duty. In 
 1887 he came to Idaho and settled on a fine ranch 
 in Bingham county, now Bonneville county, where 
 he was successfully engaged in stock raising until a 
 few years ago, when, feeling that he had earned the 
 right to enjoy the fruits of his arduous labors, he 
 leased his land and came to Idaho Falls, where 
 he has since lived a retired life. He is a member of 
 the Church of the Latter Day Saints. In his political 
 views he is independent, and now takes but little 
 interest in politics, although in his younger years he 
 held a number of important offices. For some time 
 he was a member of the Utah Legislature, was for 
 twelve years assessor and collector of Summitt 
 county, Utah, and also served as county commis- 
 sioner and superintendent of schools for a number 
 of years. His life has been a long and useful one, 
 and he is one of the survivors of a bygone day, 
 whose existence serves to link the present with the 
 past. Now, in the evening of his life, surrounded 
 by friends, and in the possession of comforts that 
 his years of industry have made available, he may 
 rest content in the knowledge that no stain or blem- 
 ish marks the record of his career. 
 
 J. PETER JENSEN. The business career of J. Peter 
 Jensen, of Malad City, Idaho, covers but a decade, 
 but is a fine example of what a young man may 
 accomplish if he has business ability, push and that 
 tenacity of purpose so essential to a successful grap- 
 ple with fortune. He is a college man, capable and 
 resourceful, and well represents the vigor of Western 
 energy and progressiveness. 
 
 J. Peter Jensen was born at Newton, Cache county, 
 Utah, on October 12, 1875, and is a son of James 
 Peter and Mary (Jensen) Jensen, both natives of 
 Denmark. These parents emigrated to the United 
 States in 1866 and crossed the plains with an ox 
 team on their way to Utah, sustaining the loss of 
 one child by death on the deserts. After a short 
 stay in Box Elder county. Utah, they settled in 
 Cache county, that state, and during their residence 
 there James P. Jensen served eight years as post- 
 
 master of the village of Newton, also holding other 
 public offices. He was successful and prominent as 
 a farmer and passed the remainder of his life in 
 that community. His death occurred in 1901, and 
 that of his wife in 1908, and both are interred in the 
 Newton cemetery, in Newton, Utah. Both were of 
 the Mormon faith. They reared seven children, 
 namely: Minnie, now Mrs. N. E. Mortensen, of 
 Brigham, Utah ; Eliza, the wife of Joseph Morten- 
 sen, of Brigham, Utah; J. Peter Jensen, of this 
 review; Joseph W. Jensen, a graduate of Harvard 
 University, class of 1901, who received the degree 
 of Civil Engineer and is now professor of that 
 subject in the agricultural college at Logan, Utah; 
 Sarah, now Mrs. John McMaster, of Brigham, Utah; 
 Bertha, who is the wife of Joseph Smith, of Fielding, 
 Utah; and Hiram Jensen. 
 
 J. Peter Jensen was educated in the public and 
 normal schools of Newton, Utah, and was graduated 
 with the teachers' class of 1898 from the Brigham 
 Young College, Logan, Utah. At the outbreak of 
 the Spanish-American war that year he was the only 
 one of his school to enlist for service, becoming a 
 member of Battery A, of the Utah Light Artillery, 
 which was sent to San Francisco, California, to em- 
 bark for the Philippines as a part of the second 
 expedition. He was given the rank of gunner's 
 corporal, and with his battery served in thirteen 
 engagements with the enemy in the Philippines. He 
 served until August, 1899, and was mustered out at 
 Presidio, California. The first year after his return 
 from the war Mr. Jensen spent as a teacher at 
 Cherry Creek, Idaho ; the next year he taught in 
 Cache county, Utah, and following that he spent an- 
 other year at Cherry Creek in the same capacity. In 
 1903 he decided to enter mercantile life as his 
 permanent line of endeavor. With this purpose in 
 view he returned to Utah and accepted a position 
 as clerk in the hardware store of Mortensen & Sons 
 at Brigham, where he remained three years and 
 applied himself diligently to acquiring a thorough 
 knowledge of the hardware business and the rules 
 governing its successful conduct. With the money 
 he had saved from his earnings, he, in association 
 with a partner, bought property on the main street 
 of Malad City, Idaho, erected a store building 
 thereon, and engaged in the lumber and hardware 
 business. This enterprise was launched prior to 
 the building of the railroad into Malad City. They 
 began in a modest enough way, with a $3,000 stock 
 of goods, and under the energetic and capable man- 
 agement of Mr. Jensen, who is its leading spirit, 
 the business has grown and prospered to a most 
 gratifying degree and is now among the leading and 
 representative concerns of its kind in Oneida county, 
 its present stock being more than ten times the value 
 of that with which the partners began. 
 
 Mr. Jensen, who is also interested in agriculture, 
 has a farm of 320 acres in Box Elder county, Utah, 
 and has other properties as well, including a pleasant 
 home in Malad City. Intelligent and energetic effort 
 has been the key to his success, for he has builded 
 wholly with his own resources. 
 
 Mr. Jensen is of the Mormon faith and is now 
 serving his church in the exalted position of bishop. 
 He is a member of the Malad City Board of Educa- 
 tion, and is active in the promoting of the best inter- 
 ests of education in his city. In 1908 he was the 
 Democratic candidate for representative in the State 
 Legislature and knowingly sacrificed himself in 
 behalf of his party, as Oneida county is overwhelm- 
 ingly Republican in political sentiment. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 In 1901 Mr. Jensen was joined in marriage to Miss 
 Laura Baker, of Cache countv, Utah. The parents 
 of Mrs. Jensen are Albert and Jane E. (Coon) 
 Baker, who became pioneers of Utah as early as 1847, 
 and they were long prominent in the work of their 
 church. Albert Baker served as a captain of the 
 local forces in Cache county, Utah, in protecting 
 the white settlers during the early Indian wars in 
 this section of the West, and otherwise became 
 prominently known in his day. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen 
 have six children : Mabel, LaRue, Royal, Edna, Rex 
 and Ralph. 
 
 CARL E. SANDSTROM, proprietor of the Snake River 
 Valley Planing Mill, extensive dry farmer, and one 
 of the leading contractors and builders of this part 
 of the State, belongs to that class of foreign-born 
 citizens who have come to this country in humble 
 circumstances, and through the force of sheer grit, 
 perseverance and ability have struggled over obstacles 
 to a well-earned success. A native of a country from 
 which have come some of Idaho's most sturdy and 
 reliable citizens, Mr. Sandstrom combines the hardy 
 traits of his forefathers and their sterling honesty, 
 with the push, enterprise and progressive spirit of 
 his adopted land, and his success in business has 
 been equaled by his' public-spirit as a citizen. He was 
 born June 22, 1867, in Sweden, a son of Eric and 
 Cajsa Christina (Bruce) Sandstrom, who spent their 
 lives in their native land, the mother dying in 1871 
 and the father in 1874, he having been engaged in the 
 lumbering business. 
 
 Carl E. Sandstrom was four years old when his 
 mother died, and he and his younger brother were 
 reared by their paternal grandparents, with whom 
 Carl E. remained until he was fourteen years of age. 
 In his youth he received but meagre educational ad- 
 vantages, at times had to walk twelve miles, morning 
 and night to school, often in snow and sleet, his 
 schooling all told amounting to something like one 
 year of attendance, and when he was fourteen years 
 old he secured a position in a sawmill, sorting and 
 grading lumber. While thus industriously employed 
 m the daytime, having ambitions to better his posi- 
 tion in the world, he attended night school in the 
 Manual Training school in the town of Avesta, 
 Sweden, there learning the trade of carpenter and 
 builder, at which he worked until coming to the 
 United States. In 1888 Mr. Sandstrom decided to try 
 his fortunes in America, and accordingly emigrated 
 to this country and made his way directly to Ogden, 
 Utah, in which city he arrived with a capital of 
 eleven dollars. This represented his cash resources, 
 but he also possessed what was much better, a stout 
 heart, willing hands and an ambitious nature, and he 
 immediately secured employment at his trade, con- 
 tinuing to be engaged in carpentering, contracting 
 and building during the next twelve years. In the 
 spring of 1900 he came to Idaho Falls, where he was 
 successful from the start, and residences, business 
 buildings, schools, railroad depots, churches and pub- 
 lic edifices testify to his skill and good workmanship. 
 Shortly after his arrival in Idaho Falls, Mr. Sand- 
 strom established the Snake River Valley Planing 
 Mill, where he makes a specialty of store, office and 
 church fixture's, does scroll sawing and turning, and 
 turns out all kinds of mouldings, brackets and doors 
 and window frames to order. He is as able a busi- 
 ness man as he is a mechanic, and his business associ- 
 ates know him as a man of the highest integrity, and 
 as one who, having risen from a humble position him- 
 self, is ever ready to give others a fair deal, and to 
 lend a hand to those less fortunate than he. With 
 implicit faith in the future of Idaho, Mr. Sandstrom 
 
 has invested in real estate here, and is one of the 
 pioneer dry farm promoters in this part of the State. 
 His political views are independent, it being his prac- 
 tice to vote for the man best fitted for the office, 
 irrespective of party ties. Fraternally, he is con- 
 nected with the Modern Woodmen of America, and 
 his religious faith is that of the Church of the Latter 
 Day Saints. 
 
 Mr. Sandstrom was married at Logan, Utah, Jan- 
 uary 25, 1893, to Mary C Gunnarson, daughter of 
 John P. Gunnarson, a native of Sweden, and to this 
 union there have been born six children: Carl Emil 
 and Raynold John, who are deceased; and Lewis 
 Erich, Joseph Rowland, George Marion arid Stanley 
 Burt, living with their parents. The family home, 
 which is owned by Mr. Sandstrom, is situated at No. 
 210 Elm street. 
 
 ARTHUR ELLIOTT. In no field of human activity, 
 perhaps, does one leave a more definite impress of 
 his own personality and character than in that of 
 architecture, and the importance of attractive, ser- 
 viceable and appropriately designed buildings in any 
 city can not be overestimated. They have a marked 
 effect upon the atmosphere of the community and in 
 no slight measure do they determine the quality of 
 its residents. It is in this field that the name and 
 work of Arthur Elliott have become so well known 
 in several states, including Idaho, where he now car- 
 ries on most of his professional operations, his home 
 and his offices being in Pocatello. Mr. Elliott's 
 father, William Elliott, was a contractor, and a native 
 of Scotland, who had come to this country at an 
 early date, settling in Wisconsin and there taking up 
 his useful vocation. He has been both well known 
 aid successful as a contractor and builder and is 
 now living retired at the patriarchal age of eighty- 
 eight years. He is one of the most prominent among 
 members of the Masonic order in America, having 
 achieved the rare distinction of reaching the thirty- 
 third degree in that time-honored order. Mrs. Wil- 
 liam Elliott, nee Anna Sterling, is a native of New 
 York State. In girlhood she came to Wisconsin, 
 where she married and there she still lives, at the 
 age of eighty years. The children born to William 
 and Anna Elliott, were three in number. The young- 
 est was Arthur Elliott, who is the special subject of 
 this review, and he was born at Baraboo, Wisconsin, 
 on May 12, 1864. 
 
 The very excellent advantages of the Madison 
 (Wis.) public schools gave Arthur Elliott his intel- 
 lectual start in life from the standpoint of training, 
 and from these he passed to the greater educational 
 heights so exceptionally well provided by the Uni- 
 versity of Wisconsin, at Madison. There he was 
 graduated from the department of architecture in 
 1892, and thereafter entered almost immediately 
 upon his professional career as an architect. 
 
 St. Paul, Minnesota, was Mr. Elliott's first loca- 
 tion for the pursuance of his life work. In the 
 capital city of Minnesota and also in Minneapolis 
 he designed a number of important buildings of 
 different kinds, including forty school buildings in 
 different sections of the state. For twelve years he 
 maintained his offices in St. Paul, and at the end of 
 that time he spent three years in travel and research, 
 with a view to furthering himself in the knowledge 
 and understanding of his subject, after which he 
 established himself for a time in St. Joseph's, Ore- 
 gon. In that locality, however, his stay was short, 
 but in the time that he was there he built the St. 
 Joseph's high school building. His next move took 
 him to Boise, Idaho, where he opened offices and 
 immediately began important contracting work. His 
 
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 first work carried on from this center was the erec- 
 tion of the high school building in Ontario, Oregon, 
 and his next was the hotel and school at Jordan 
 Valley, Oregon. That was followed by the con- 
 struction of the high school edifice at St. Anthony, 
 after his design, and it is worthy of mention that 
 this school is reputed to be one of the finest in the 
 entire state. A court house was his last work to 
 be completed across the border of Oregon, his work 
 since that time being confined exclusively to Idaho. 
 He recently drew plans for the new Pocatello Hotel, 
 now in course of construction, and he also has the 
 contract for the projected structure of the Benevo- 
 lent Protective Order of Elks in Pocatello. 
 
 Mr. Elliott is one of Idaho's self-made men, whose 
 own standards, habits and methods of work have 
 developed his well deserved meed of success. He is 
 a Roman Catholic in his religious affiliations and 
 faith, and fraternally he has membership in the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, beyond which 
 he owes fealty to no social or fraternal organiza- 
 tions, his interests being chiefly those of his work 
 and his home. He is not bound by the hard and 
 fast rules and beliefs of any single party, but main- 
 tains his right as a citizen to vote independently for 
 the worthiest men and the wisest measures, as he 
 is permitted to judge. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Elliott took place five years 
 ago. At St. Joseph, Missouri, he was united in mar- 
 riage to Miss Alice Larpenteur, in the month of 
 May, 1908. Mrs. Elliott is a daughter of Francis 
 and Althea (Smith) Larpenteur, who were early 
 settlers of St. Joe and who had come, respectively, 
 from New York state and from Boston. Both are 
 now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott have no 
 children. 
 
 WILLIAM PERCY HAVENOR. A western man by birth 
 and training, Mr. W. P. Havener has had his home 
 at Pocatello since 1902 and is vice president of the 
 Bannock Engineering Company. 
 
 William Percy Havener was born in Carson City, 
 Nevada, on August 9, 1877. His father, William M. 
 Havenor, was born in Ireland and when an infant 
 was brought to America, has lived the stirring life of 
 adventure and varying fortunes of the west. When 
 a boy he went by way of the Isthmus of Panama 
 from New York to the Pacific Coast, and was a pio- 
 neer miner and railroad man in California. As a 
 member of the mining exchange, and a representa- 
 tive in the Nevada legislature, he took a prominent 
 part in the most eventful days of Nevada's mining 
 district His ability was widely recognized in many 
 ways. Nevada honored him with appointment to 
 the position of state commissioner to the New Or- 
 leans Exposition in 1885. A short time ago, at the 
 age of sixty-eight years, Mr. Havenor retired from 
 active business life, and with his wife, who is now 
 fifty-five years of age, is living quietly in Salt Lake 
 3ity. William M. Havenor was married in Carson 
 City, Nevada, to Miss Alice Gordon, who was born 
 in the state of Maine. 
 
 The oldest of six children, William P. Havenor 
 attended the public schools of Salt Lake City, and in 
 1896 graduated from the University of Utah. The 
 first two years after leaving college were spent in 
 teaching, and he left that work to take a position 
 in a railroad office in Salt Lake City. In the mean- 
 time he had begun the study of engineering and 
 exchanged the accounting department for the en- 
 gineering staff, and his services were employed in 
 that way from 1901 to 1905. He had charge of a 
 large amount of construction work, and among other 
 
 things, superintended the erection of the shops at 
 Montpelier, and later those at Salt Lake City. 
 
 In the meantime the natural advantages of Poca- 
 tello had attracted his attention, and in 1905 Mr. 
 Havenor severed his connection with the railroad 
 company and organized in Pocatello the Bannock 
 Engineering Company. Mr. E. S. Anderson is presi- 
 dent of this company, Mr. Havenor vice president, 
 and C. W. Pomeroy is secretary-treasurer. A flour- 
 ishing business from its beginning, the company has 
 made a successful record in various branches of en- 
 gineering, and its officers are recognized as authori- 
 ties on bridge construction. 
 
 In 1907 Mr. Havenor was elected city engineer of 
 Pocatello, and at this writing is finishing an unex- 
 pired term in the same office, to which he was ap- 
 pointed in 1912. With his professional qualifications 
 for the office, he has manifested a fine sense of public 
 duty, and does a great deal for the municipal im- 
 provement of his home while in office. Mr. Havenor 
 is a Democrat, and is affiliated with the Masonic 
 Order. 
 
 In September, 1908, Mr. Havenor married Miss 
 Ada Shellenberger, daughter of E. M. Shellenberger, 
 of Freeport, Illinois. To their marriage have been 
 born two children: June G., born in June, 1910; and 
 Ruth C., born in March, 1912. While his career 
 has naturally been a very active one, taking him 
 among men and into practical affairs, Mr. Havener's 
 greatest interests and pleasures have always been 
 centered in. his home. He is very sanguine as to the 
 general business outlook and substantial future of his 
 section of Idaho, and in every way possible he uses 
 his individual influence to promote the continued 
 progress of his home city and state. 
 
 JOHN B. MORRIS, M. D. Within its gracious bor- 
 ders Idaho has attracted a due quota of admirably 
 equipped members of the medical profession, and in 
 character and achievement none has status more 
 eminently entitling him to consideration as one of 
 the representative physicians and surgeons of the 
 state than Dr. Morris, who is engaged in general 
 practice at Lewiston, the fine capital city of Nez 
 Perce county, and whose extensive and impor- 
 tant clientage gives him distinct priority and also 
 gives evidence of the unqualified confidence and 
 esteem in which he is held in the community. 
 
 Dr. John Baker Morris was born in Ray county, 
 Missouri, on the loth of January, 1850, and is a son 
 of Benjamin and Amanda J. (Hamilton) Morris, 
 both natives of Virginia and representative of old 
 and honored families of that historic common- 
 wealth, where both were founded in the colonial days. 
 Benjamin Morris became a pioneer of Ray county, 
 Missouri, and was there a prosperous farmer at 
 the time of his death. He succumbed to cholera 
 during the epidemic that prevailed in that section in 
 1851, and his remains were interred in that county, 
 as are also those of his wife, who was born on the 
 5th of October, 1812, and who survived him by nearly 
 forty years, her death occurring in 1889. Of the 
 eight children two are deceased, and of the number 
 Dr. Morris of this review is the youngest. Ben- 
 jamin Franklin Morris, a brother of the Doctor, was 
 one of the well known and influential pioneers of 
 Idaho and was a resident of Lewiston, this state, 
 at the time of his death. 
 
 The public schools of his native state afforded Dr. 
 Morris his early educational advantages, and after 
 formulating definite plans for his future career he 
 entered the St. Louis Medical College, at the age 
 of twenty years. In this admirable institution of 
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 with all of diligence and appreciation, and in the 
 same he was graduated as a member of the class of 
 1874, which year accordingly witnessed his reception 
 of his well earned degree of Doctor of Medicine. 
 For about a year after his graduation Dr. Morris 
 was engaged in the practice of his profession in 
 Caldwell county, Missouri, and his success in this 
 novitiate stage gave most effective augury of the 
 prestige which he was destined to attain in his 
 profession in later years, for during the long years 
 of his active work as a physician and surgeon his 
 ambition and enthusiasm have not waned and he 
 has subordinated all else to the demands of his 
 exacting vocation, in which he has kept in close 
 touch with the advances made in both medical and 
 surgical science. At the expiration of the period 
 mentioned Dr. Morris came to the territory of 
 Idaho and established his home at Mount Idaho, 
 Idaho county, as one of the pioneer representatives 
 of his profession in the central part of the territory, 
 the conditions and influences of which were at 
 that time those of the primitive frontier. His work 
 was arduous, as his services were in requisition 
 over a wide area of country, with no modern facili- 
 ties of transportation, but there he continued his 
 work, with all of devotion and self-abnegation, for 
 a period of nine years. He then removed, in 1883, 
 to Lewiston, and here he has since maintained his 
 home, the recognized leader of his profession in this 
 section of the state and one to whom is accorded the 
 fullest measure of popular confidence and esteem. 
 His professional reputation extends far beyond local 
 limitations and his genuine and kindly nature has 
 made him friends in all classes, the while he has 
 particularly strong hold upon the esteem of those 
 of his own profession. He is surgeon for the 
 Northern Pacific Railroad, the Oregon Railroad & 
 Navigation Company, and chief surgeon for the 
 Camas Prairie Railroad Company, as is he also of 
 Mercy hospital, in his home city. 
 
 Dr. Morris has been loyal and progressive in his 
 civic attitude and has done well his part in the fur- 
 therance of measures and enterprises that have 
 conserved the development and upbuilding of Idaho. 
 He served two terms as treasurer of Nez Perec 
 county, but other than this he has not deemed it 
 possible to reserve time from professional work and 
 other insistent interests to give service in public 
 office. He is a staunch Democrat in his political alle- 
 giance and it may naturally be inferred that he finds 
 pleasure in the brilliant ascendancy of the star of his 
 party in the national election of November, 1912. 
 The Doctor is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity 
 and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. 
 At the time of the Nez Perce Indian war Governor 
 Bryan appointed Dr.. Morris as captain of a militia 
 company, and in this office he served with distinction 
 in putting down the Indian uprising. 
 
 Dr. Morris has identified himself closely with the 
 varied interests of his home city and county, and 
 his co-operation in connection with business enter- 
 prises has been as effective as in connection with 
 public measures projected for the general good of 
 the community. He is president of the Temple The- 
 ater Company, of Lewiston; is a stockholder of 
 the Lewiston ^Mercantile Company, engaged in the 
 wholesale grocery trade; is a director of the R. C. 
 Beach Company, conducting the largest department 
 store in Lewiston; and is a director of the First 
 National Bank and the Idaho Trust Company, of 
 Lewiston. He erected his present modern and beau- 
 tiful residence a number of years ago and the same 
 is a center of much of the representative social life 
 of Lewiston, with Mrs. Morris as a gracious and 
 
 popular chatelaine. The Doctor also owns a consid- 
 erable amount of other valuable realty in his home 
 city and also in other parts of Nez Perce county. 
 
 Dr. Morris was married to Miss Laura B. Billings, 
 who was born in the city of Toronto, Canada, and 
 whose parents were numbered among the honored 
 pioneers of Idaho, where they continued to reside 
 until their death. Dr. and Mrs. Morris have two 
 children, Care E., who is the wife of Charles B. 
 Rhodes, of Kansas City, Missouri ; and Benjamin F., 
 who is associated with the extensive business of 
 the R. C. Beach Company, of Lewiston and Twin 
 Falls. 
 
 DANIEL C. MCDOUGALL. An admirable record has 
 been that made by the present attorney general of 
 Idaho, and he is now serving his second term in 
 this important office, to which he was re-elected in 
 November, 1910, for a second term of four years. 
 His preferment is justified alike by his sterling char- 
 acter and high professional ability, and he has digni- 
 fied and honored the state that has thus shown him 
 distinctive honor. General McDougall has been a 
 member of the Idaho bar for more than a score of 
 years, within which he has won distinctive prestige 
 and success, and in the history of the state govern- 
 ment there has been none who has given a more able 
 and discriminating administration of the office of 
 attorney general. 
 
 In the paternal line General McDougall traces his 
 ancestry back to staunch Scottish origin, and in the 
 maternal to Welsh extraction, both families having 
 been founded in America in an early day. He was 
 born at Delia, New York, on the 5th of June, 1864, 
 and is a son of Hon. Isaac and Hannah (Jones) 
 McDougall, both of whom were likewise natives 
 of the old Empire state of the Union and both of 
 whom passed the closing years of their lives in 
 Menard county, Illinois. Isaac McDougall was a 
 prominent figure in public affairs in his native state, 
 was a close personal friend of Roscoe Conkling and 
 was a member of the legislature which first elected 
 Conkling to the United States senate. He likewise 
 became influential in political affairs in Illinois, and 
 his vocation during the major part of his active 
 career was that of a farmer. 
 
 The present attorney general of Idaho was a lad 
 of eight "years at the time of the family removal to 
 Illinois, where he was reared to manhood and where 
 he was afforded the advantages of the public schools 
 and also the state normal school. At the age of 
 eighteen years he turned his attention to the peda- 
 gogic profession, in which he gained both success 
 and popularity. For five years he taught in the 
 public schools of Menard county, Illinois, and he 
 then entered the law department of Boston Univer- 
 sity, in which he was graduated as a member of the 
 class of 1889 and from which he received the degree 
 of Bachelor of Laws. He then returned to Illinois, 
 where he devoted another year to teaching in the 
 public schools, and in 1890 he was admitted to the 
 bar of the state, upon examination before its su- 
 preme c.ourt, at Springfield. In the autumn of the 
 same year he came to the new and promising state 
 of Idaho and established himself in the practice of 
 his profession at Malad City, the judicial center of 
 Oneida county. There he has maintained his home 
 save during the period of his service as attorney gen- 
 eral of the state, an office which has demanded his 
 presence in Boise, the capital city of the common- 
 wealth. He was admitted to practice before the 
 supreme court of the state and also the United States 
 district and circuit courts for Idaho in 1891. and he 
 has likewise been admitted to practice before the 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 supreme court of the United States. General Mc- 
 Dougall soon gained more than local reputation as a 
 versatile and resourceful trial lawyer and able coun- 
 selor, and at Malad City he built up a large and 
 important practice, besides which he served four 
 terms as county attorney. Concerning him the ^fol- 
 lowing pertinent statements have been made : "He 
 is a Republican of the stalwart brand and has at- 
 tended every Republican nominating convention in 
 Idaho with the exception of two since 1892, besides 
 which he represented Oneida county on the Repub- 
 lican state central committee from 1892 to 1896. Mr. 
 McDougall was elected attorney general in 1898, and 
 carried the state by more than thirteen thousand. 
 He carried his own county, Oneida, by a majority of 
 ten hundred and fifty, this being the largest majority 
 given to any candidate on the ticket." 
 
 In November, 1910, General McDougall was re- 
 elected attorney general, by a most gratifying ma- 
 jority, and thus was shown the estimate placed upon 
 his administration by the voters of the state. With- 
 in his first term he presented before the supreme 
 court of the state thirty-two cases, and out of this 
 number all except five were decided in favor of the 
 state. The work which he has accomplished since 
 his re-election has been of equally comprehensive and 
 important order, and has been marked by insistent 
 fidelity to the interests of the state at large, as well 
 as by close study and preparation of cases and by 
 broad economic views. Within his regime, with the 
 rapid growth and increasing prosperity of the state, 
 there have been numerous causes of great impor- 
 tance that have demanded his attention, and his 
 record is one that has been most creditable to him- 
 self and of great benefit to the great commonwealth 
 which he thus represents. His present term of 
 office will expire in Jan. 7, 1913. He is ex officio 
 Judge Advocate General of the Idaho National 
 Guard, and has shown a lively interest in the same. 
 
 General McDougall has been affiliated with the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1891 and 
 still holds membership in the lodge at Malad City. 
 He has represented the same in the grand lodge of 
 the state on several occasions and was a member of 
 the committee which had charge of locating the 
 Odd Fellows' home at Caldwell. In Boise he is a 
 member of the lodge of the Benevolent and Protec- 
 tive Order of Elks, and he is also identified with 
 the Ada County Bar Association, the Idaho State 
 Bar Association and the American Bar Associa- 
 tion. Of him it has been consistently said that "he is 
 a man of vigorous personality and no citizen of the 
 state commands greater confidence and esteem of 
 popular order." 
 
 On the 4th of February, 1892, was solemnized the 
 marriage of General McDougall to Miss Mary 
 Owens, who was born in Pike county, Illinois, and 
 who is a daughter of the late Robert Owens, a rep- 
 resentative citizen of that section of the state. They 
 have an attractive home at 716 Franklin street, 
 Boise, and the same is a center of cultured and gra- 
 cious hospitality. General and Mrs! McDougall have 
 four children, Isaac, Harry, Helen and D. C, Jr. 
 
 ELOF ANDERSON. In his inspiring drama, "Nathan, 
 the Wise," Lessing, the father of German literature, 
 makes Nathan say to the Dervish: "The fellow in 
 the state is but your gown." 
 
 Elof Anderson, one of the valuable contributions 
 Sweden has made to the argonauts of the west, can- 
 not be truly measured by the dry details of his birth, 
 his early education, his trade and the other items 
 that go to the making of perfunctory biography. 
 These things are but his gown ; the inner soul of him, 
 his splendid optimism, his views of life and men, his 
 
 ultimate aims, the eye with which he looks out upon 
 the universe, his humanitarianism, his broad and 
 comprehensive love for all mankind, his thrift and 
 industry used merely as a means to altruistic ends, 
 do not appear on the fringes of the gown of formal 
 biography. One must see the man at his work and 
 in his work, on his tailor's bench putting not only 
 his brain, but his conscience into garments that come 
 forth from his hand so many finished works of art 
 and usefulness, see him in social life where he meets 
 his fellows, in his home where he has crowned one 
 woman as queen, and who sways her gentle scepter 
 with dignity and honor, among his books and music, 
 to get the small arc by which to compute the circum- 
 ference of his solid worth as man, citizen, husband. 
 
 His parents, Anders Gummeson (1825-1905) and 
 Christina Fredericks (1827-1903) were natives of 
 Sweden. In the Gummeson home in Smaland, on 
 December n, 1859, there was born to the Gummesons 
 a son whom, after immemorial custom of the Scan- 
 dinavians, they named Elof Anderson. 
 
 Elof was launched early on the sea of practical 
 life. His education so far as technical book learning 
 is concerned was in the common schools of 
 Sweden, but in a wider sense he is still going to 
 school. He is realizing from year to year what 
 Thomas Carlyle observed in one of his illuminative 
 essays, that it depends on books what a man shall 
 become after all the professors have done with him. 
 The world of great books is the university in which 
 Mr. Anderson is still in training. It is a culture 
 worth while. 
 
 When quite young he learned his father's trade, 
 that of tailor, and he learned it so well that it has 
 not only given to him a competence, but a fair 
 modicum of fame. 
 
 After working as merchant tailor in the city of 
 Stockholm for a short time. Mr. Anderson came to 
 the United States in 1882. The lure of the great 
 west took fast hold of him and drew him to Lead- 
 ville, Colorado, from which mining town lie came 
 to another equally famous mining town, Hailey 
 Idaho, where he arrived July 20, 1884. 
 
 Here he engaged in merchant tailoring for TI 
 years and built up a splendid reputation as a business 
 man and all round good citizen. The magic of the 
 mountains and the streams and the electric air of the 
 beautiful Wood River country wrought its spell upon 
 him and clings to him still as a precious memory. 
 
 In 1895 Mr. Anderson came to Boise and here he 
 has lived ever since. His capacious and elegant 
 tailoring establishment in the Owyhee hotel building 
 is among the best in the entire Northwest. From the 
 products of his labor he has invested in real estate 
 here and near Boise, and he is now devoting much 
 of his spare time to developing a fine farm. 
 
 In politics Mr. Anderson is a Republican. Since 
 the organization in Idaho of the Church of Christ, 
 Scientist, he has been a devoted and enthusiastic 
 member of that practical religious organization. 
 
 His wife, formerly Miss Emma W. White, a native 
 of Cambridgeshire, England, to whom he was mar- 
 ried February 19, 1887, at Hailey, Idaho, is a woman 
 of solid worth, who. like the wise woman described 
 by Solomon, rules her house with diligence 
 
 But these things touch only the surface of Elof 
 Anderson. He has the soul of a poet, the heart of a 
 musician. 
 
 In his cozy home in Boise he has collected some 
 of the world's best literature. Few men are more 
 appreciative of the beautiful and inspiring strains of 
 the great poets than Mr. Anderson. He is passion- 
 ately fond of music; to him Chopin, Beethoven, 
 Mozart, Lizst and Wagner open the gates of heaven 
 and reveal the glory of the earth. No man in Boise 
 
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HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 is so well informed on the subject of music and its 
 masters as is Mr. Anderson. On his shelves are to be 
 found the American History and Biography of Music, 
 and he has pondered them until he knows them by 
 heart. To hear him talk for an hour upon the great 
 operas and oratorios and authors is an inspiration. 
 
 A few years ago he came across an old fashioned 
 Swiss cuckoo, wallsweeper clock in one of the local 
 shops. It struck his fancy and he bought it and n<>w 
 it is installed in his well-ordered home. It tells the 
 hours and half-hours in music. 
 
 Elof Anderson loves flowers and birds, the moun- 
 tains with their fragrant pines and cedars, the thun- 
 ders of Shoshone Falls and the white peaks of the 
 Sawtooth range. Fie is touched by the miracle of the 
 dew upon the grass, by the rising moon above the 
 mountain crest. To him life is a joy; he does not 
 merely exist, he lives. 
 
 WILLIAM HARVEY RF.DWAY. For a period of more 
 than twenty years the town of Caldwell, Idaho, and 
 vicinity, has known the influence and operations of 
 William Harvey Redway. although he retired from 
 active participation in the business life of the city 
 some three years ago. Born in the east, the best 
 years of his life have been passed in the west, par- 
 ticularly in Idaho, which has represented the center 
 of his activities for a long period of years. He is a 
 man who has given much to his community through 
 the very facts of his residence there and the shed- 
 ding abroad of the splendid influence that has ema- 
 nated from his life, although these intangible quali- 
 ties of good have been equaled in every way by his 
 active life as a business man and as a model citizen. 
 
 The early history of the Redway family is of the 
 most interesting character, but only the briefest 
 facts may be entered here in that connection because 
 of the lack of space. It may be said, however, that 
 the first of the name to establish himself on Ameri- 
 can shores was John Redway, who came to America 
 from England as a member of the Plymouth Colony 
 in 1626, of which colony Rehoboth was a part. The 
 son of John Redway was James, born in 1644, and 
 Tames Jr. was born in 1678. John Redway, the son 
 of James Redway Jr., was born on January 8, 1713, 
 and Preserved Redway, another son of James Jr., 
 was born in 1721. Preserved Redway was the great- 
 grandfather of the subject of this review, and, like 
 others of the name, he was a man of considerable 
 distinction in his day. He served in the Continental 
 army throughout the Revolution and was one of 
 General Washington's bodyguards for a time. He 
 had the honor of being Corporal-of-the-Guard at 
 the time of the surrender of General Burgoyne, and 
 he lived to reach the patriarchal age of ninety-six 
 years, being a witness to many changes in the Amer- 
 ican Republic from the time of its birth until he left 
 all earthly cares behind him. His son, Abel Redway, 
 was born in Jefferson county, New York, and was 
 there reared on a farm, and upon his marriage set- 
 tled down in the same home in which he had been 
 born, and there he reared his family. 
 
 In a family of six children born to Abel and 
 Charlotte Redway, Auren G. Redway, the father of 
 the subject, was one, and it is worthy of mention 
 here that he was, born under the self-same roof that 
 sheltered his father at birth. Auren G. Redway was 
 born on the 5th day of March, 1835, in Adams. 
 Jefferson county, and received the upbringing and 
 education common to the youth of his class in that 
 early period of American life. He was but twenty 
 years of age when he engaged in the mercantile 
 business in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and one year 
 later he married Miss Mary Outterson, in Pulaski, 
 
 Oswego county, New York. She was born in Dub- 
 lin, Ireland, and came to America as a child of three 
 years. Her father was Andrew Outterson, a Scot of 
 Edinburgh birth and training, born there in 1808, 
 who came to America in 1833, bringing his young 
 family with him. He was a paper maker by trade, 
 having learned the business in Scotland, and was a 
 large manufacturer, owning mills in a number of 
 states at one time in his life. He was a man of 
 considerable prominence in the business, and was 
 known as the inventor of the systejm of using silk 
 threads in United States currency. For many years 
 Mr. Outterson made the paper on which the currency 
 of the nation was printed, at his mills in Glen Mills, 
 Pennsylvania. 
 
 To Auren G. and Mary (Outterson) Redway three 
 children were born, namely: William Harvey, born 
 in December, 1858; George Francis and Efizabeth 
 Charlotte. In the spring of 1860 the family sailed 
 from New ^ York city, crossed the Isthmus of Pana- 
 ma, and sailed up the Pacific coast to San Francisco. 
 In 1862 they moved to Vancouver, in what was then 
 Washington Territory, in which place George Fran- 
 cis, the second child was born. In 1864 the family 
 made its way to Boise, Idaho, and there the third 
 child, Elizabeth Charlotte, was born. The father 
 was then employed as a government sutler in Boise, 
 having removed thence from Vancouver with the 
 first troops under Major Leugenbeil of the United 
 States Army. In later years Mr. Redway was con- 
 nected with Crawford-Slocum & Company, a mercan- 
 tile firm, and was afterwards associated with the 
 First National Bank of Idaho, serving that institu- 
 tion many years as cashier. He died in February, 
 1900, esteemed and respected of all who knew him. 
 He was a lifelong member of the Episcopal church 
 and served in that body for forty years as Senior 
 Warden. He was a Royal Arch Mason and a mem- 
 ber of the Knights Templar of Boise Lodge No. 2. 
 
 William Harvey Redway was a small boy when 
 the family home was established in Boise, and 
 there he attended school, chiefly at the Parish School 
 of the Episcopal church, up to the time when he was 
 seventeen years old. At that age he entered St. 
 Mark's Episcopal School at Salt Lake City, Utah, 
 and was an attendant for one year at that place, 
 making his home during the time with the family 
 of Rt. Rev. Bishop D. S. Tuttle, now presiding Epis- 
 copal Bishop of the United States. Upon his return 
 to Boise from Salt Lake City, Mr. Redway was 
 employed as the office agent of the Utah. Idaho & 
 Oregon Stage Company, of which the Hon. John 
 Hailey of Boise was superintendent and a partner in 
 the business. In 1881 Mr. Redway moved to the 
 Wood River country, a mining region, acting in the 
 same capacity of agent for the company at Bellevue, 
 Idaho. In the autumn of that year occurred his 
 marriage to Edith Jacobs, of Boise, after which he 
 returned to Bellevue with his bride and resumed his 
 work. Soon after, however, he bought a mercan- 
 tile establishment at that point, and in connection 
 with the store business he acted as agent for the 
 Pacific Express Company, a position fraught with 
 responsibility and the possibilities of danger at that 
 time. . He continued there in business until 1889, 
 then moved to Salt Lake City where he remained 
 until 1892, the year in which he came to Caldwell. 
 
 After three years he bought a prosperous mercan- 
 tile business at this place, and continued in the busi- 
 ness until 1909, when he felt himself sufficiently 
 advanced in material prosperity as to warrant his 
 retirement from the field of business, and accordingly 
 sold his commercial interests in the place and settled 
 down to a life of quiet. 
 
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 The wife of Mr. Redway is the daughter of Cyrus 
 and Mary E. Jacobs, the father being one of those 
 who was prominently concerned with the actual 
 work of laying out the city of Boise. He was a 
 prosperous merchant and manufacturer m that city 
 for many years, and was one of the incorporators of 
 the first street railway of the city of Boise, as well 
 as having a vital interest in many another enterprise 
 of equal import to the city and the entire district. 
 He died in 1900, and in 1906 his widow followed him, 
 death coming to her in Chicago. She is buried by 
 the side of her husband in Boise. Mrs. Jacobs was a 
 daughter of General Joel Palmer of Indiana, who 
 was appointed superintendent of Indian Affairs in 
 the Territory of Oregon in about 1846, and who 
 crossed the plains to and fro, before he decided to 
 take his family from their Indiana home to locate 
 in Oregon in 1848. The paternal grandfather of 
 the subject's mother was also a pioneer of Oregon in 
 its territorial days, and was a man well known in 
 the region in his time. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs were 
 married in 1858 and came to Boise in 1863, there 
 continuing to make their home. 
 
 Three daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Red- 
 way, Mary E. and Anne L. were born in Idaho, 
 and Helen E. was born in Salt Lake City. All three 
 have received the benefits of excellent college edu- 
 cations, and two of them are married while the third 
 is engaged in the study of vocal music. The eldest 
 daughter is married to John C. Flynn, of Caldwell, 
 Idaho, the marriage occurring in 1906, and the sec- 
 ond daughter is the wife of J. Frederic Jones, of 
 Chicago. They were married in September, 1912, 
 and have taken up their residence in that city. 
 
 Mr. Redway is a stanch Republican, but his activ- 
 ity in party affairs does not extend beyond the busi- 
 ness of voting at the proper intervals ; he, however, 
 organized a Republican club in 1912 and was elected 
 president of same. He has never been a seeker 
 after office positions of any kind. He is a member 
 of the Episcopal church, as was his father before 
 him, and he gave most worthy assistance in the 
 building of the present church at Caldwell, which 
 was erected in 1898. Fraternally he has member- 
 ship in the Knights of Pythias and the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, but he has never aspired to 
 official honors in either society. 
 
 Mr. Redway, wife and daughter moved to Chicago 
 in June, 1913, there to again enter business life, being 
 now engaged in the manufacturing business. He 
 still retains his large real estate holdings in Cald- 
 well, Idaho. 
 
 CYRUS JACOBS. Two of Idaho's finest pioneers 
 were the late Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Jacobs, the for- 
 mer of whom died in 1900, and the latter in 1906. 
 Cyrus Jacobs deserves the record in Idaho history 
 as one of the most prominent founders and business 
 builders in the city of Boise. He and his wife 
 established their home in the Boise Valley more than 
 fifty years ago, at the beginning of settlement and 
 improvement in that region, and many facts may be 
 adduced to prove their long continued prominence 
 in that city. 
 
 Cyrus Jacobs was born at Lancaster, Pennsyl- 
 vania, December 22, 1831, the second son of James 
 B. and Margaret (Grow) Jacobs. His parents were 
 married in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1824, in 1849 
 emigrated west to Iowa, and then in 1852 to Oregon. 
 Thus the family has for two generations always lived 
 on the frontier. The parents engaged in business in 
 Oregon and James B. Jacobs died in that state in 
 1871, while his wife attained the ripe age of ninety- 
 one years. 
 
 Cyrus Jacobs, who was eighteen years old when 
 the family moved to Iowa, and had reached his 
 majority when he came to Oregon, received his 
 early education in his native town of Lancaster. On 
 arriving in Portland, Oregon, he found employment 
 as a clerk in a store. From that city he moved to 
 Walla Walla, Washington, in 1858, and became one 
 of the leading merchants of Walla Walla. Then in 
 1862 he went with the very first prospectors and 
 first discoverers of gold to the rich gold field of 
 the Boise Basin in Idaho. By pack train he moved 
 a stock of goods into Idaho City, and continued to 
 transport merchandise by freight teams and pack 
 trains for a number of years during the early settle- 
 ment of Idaho. He was one of the founders of the 
 present city of Boise, and opened one of the first 
 stores there. For thirty years he was in active busi- 
 ness at Boise. He built the first flour mill in the 
 Boise Valley, established a packing plant, and be- 
 came one of the wealthiest and most influential citi- 
 zens of the state. He was an incorporator of the 
 first rapid transit company in Idaho. His was the 
 first brick dwelling house built in the present city of 
 Boise, and he also put up one of the very few brick 
 store buildings in the early day. Both those struc- 
 tures are still occupied, a fact which shows the 
 thoroughness with which Mr. Jacobs had them con- 
 structed. The prices for material and labor that 
 entered into the construction of those brick houses 
 would make the present "high cost of living prices" 
 look insignificant. 
 
 While he accumulated a generous share of mate- 
 rial prosperity through his exceptional business en- 
 terprise, Mr. Jacobs never neglected his duties as a 
 citizen. In 1880 he was elected mayor of Boise, and 
 both before and afterwards held office as a mem- 
 ber of the city council. In religion and benevolence 
 he was never behind hand. He was a liberal sup- 
 porter of the Episcopal church, and of all other 
 religious denominations, and always foremost in 
 practical charities. His store, packing plant and 
 flour mill almost daily contributed of their supplies 
 for the poor and needy, and such was the generosity 
 of Mr. Jacobs that it proved a severe burden and 
 drain upon his business prosperity. 
 
 In 1856, while still a resident of Oregon, Cyrus 
 Jacobs married Mary Ellen Palmer, a daughter of 
 General Joel Palmer, one of the pioneers of Oregon 
 and for many years superintendent of the Oregon 
 Indians. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs 
 were born six children, as follows : Ralph, who 
 died in infancy; Edith, now the wife of W. H. Red- 
 way, whose history is given in preceding para- 
 graphs; Fannie, who died in 1898; Carrie, now liv- 
 ing in Oregon; Mary, a resident of Chicago; and 
 Alex Palmer, living in Idaho. 
 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs are pioneers of Oregon 
 and Idaho, who had many thrilling adventures in the 
 early days. The Palmer family, owing to the prom- 
 inence of General Palmer, had a distinctive part in 
 the social life of Oregon. Mrs. Jacobs was a child 
 of nine years when she accompanied the family in 
 its removal by immigrant train across the plains 
 from the state of Indiana. That party was distant 
 only a three-days' journey from the historic Whit- 
 man massacre in the Blue Mountains, one of the 
 most appalling events in the early history of the 
 west. Mrs. Jacobs had an intimate friendship with 
 General Phil Sheridan, and General Ulysses S. Grant 
 while they were both young lieutenants stationed at 
 different posts in Oregon, engaged in protecting the 
 early pioneers from Indian depredations. Both the 
 
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 1297 
 
 officers were frequent guests in the home of General 
 Joel Palmer. 
 
 During his early years in the west the late Mr. 
 Jacobs was a brave, affectionate and unselfish par- 
 ticipant in the work and sacrifices of those early 
 times. On one occasion, he was a member of an 
 immigrant train which became entirely destitute of 
 the actual necessities of life. In that dire need he 
 ventured on a trip by canoe in company with In- 
 dians down the Columbia River and up the Willam- 
 ette to Portland, where he arranged for provisions to 
 be transported to the band of homeseekers in the 
 wilderness. He was always ready to take risks and 
 endure hardships during the pioneer epoch, and in 
 his later prosperity his liberality never suffered 
 decline. 
 
 GEORGE W. WOOD. Prominently identified with 
 the general business welfare and progress of Rigby 
 for many years, George W. Wood in 1913 severed 
 his connection with his business interests and activi- 
 ties in these parts and returned to San Francisco, 
 California, there to take up his residence in the city 
 of his birth. Though he is no longer a resident of 
 Rigby, it is scarcely possible to write of the men who 
 have stood for the more prominent and progressive 
 things in business here without including mention 
 of Mr. Wood, for though his stay here was brief, it 
 was effective, and he gained a leading place among 
 his fellows in the years of his residence here. He 
 was one of the most genial of citizens and a success- 
 ful merchant of the city, and he should be accorded 
 due praise for his accomplishment, for though he 
 was born to ample means, he worked assiduously 
 and made his own way in the world of business, 
 gaining success through the medium of his own 
 efforts alone. Mr. Wood is a native westerner, 
 born in San Francisco, California, on February 6, 
 1869, and is a son of Ben and Estella (Hursh) 
 Wood, natives of Germany. 
 
 During the early fifties the father of Mr. Wood 
 became one of a party of courageous men who emi- 
 grated to this country and crossed the plains to Cali- 
 fornia, braving the dangers and hardships of the 
 unknown trail to reach the gold fields, confident that 
 there they would find their fortunes. From 1852 
 Mr. Wood was engaged in prospecting and mining, 
 being successful in his operations, and at the time 
 of his death, which occurred in 1910, when he was 
 seventy-four years old, he was one of San Fran- 
 cisco's wealthy citizens. His wife came to Califor- 
 nia as a girl, and was married to him in San Fran- 
 cisco, in which city she died in 1908. She was 
 seventy years old when she died, and was the mother 
 of four children, of whom George W. was the 
 oldest. 
 
 After attending the public schools of San Fran- 
 cisco George W. Wood engaged in mining and 
 prospecting on his own account, travelling through 
 California, Nevada and Utah. From the latter 
 state he started on a pleasure trip to Idaho, but 
 traveled only as far as Rigby, where, becoming 
 fascinated with conditions there, and believing in 
 the opportunities of the place, he decided to engage 
 in business. Accordingly in 1910, he opened a store 
 which became in the short time he operated it one 
 of the most successful in this part of the state. He 
 continued to conduct the store up to the time of his 
 return to the great California metropolis, and 
 through his excellent business methods, honorable 
 dealings and general integrity, gained a most pleas- 
 ing reputation among his business associates, as well 
 as making many warm friendships among the people. 
 He was vice-president of the^ Rigby Commercial 
 Club, and his fraternal connections here were with 
 
 the Masons and the Odd Fellows. He is a Repub- 
 lican, but as a resident of Rigby he did not partici- 
 pate in politics, or take any part in public life. 
 
 On October 4, 1890, Mr. Wood was married to 
 Miss Rose Mitchell, a daughter of Samuel and 
 Hannah (Wright) Mitchell, of Portland, Oregon, 
 both of whom are now deceased. One son was born 
 to them: Harold, born September 27, 1892, at Port- 
 land, and he was manager of his father's store in 
 Rigby during the family residence here. 
 
 While a resident of Rigby and the state of Idaho 
 Mr. Wood was a most enthusiastic citizen of the 
 state and neglected no opportunity to spread abroad 
 the facts about the country to which he was so at- 
 tracted. He left it only to resume his residence in 
 the city of his birth in order that he might better 
 look after the estate which his father left when he 
 died in 1910. 
 
 His departure with his family from Rigby was a 
 distinct loss, felt no less in business than in social 
 circles, for they were people who added not a little 
 to the social atmosphere of the place, occupying a 
 foremost place in the community. 
 
 OLIVER M. ELLIOTT. Professor Oliver Morton El- 
 liott, superintendent of the public schools of Twin 
 Falls, Idaho, is a man of marked ability and pro- 
 gressiveness. Holding advanced ideas concerning 
 educational methods and teaching, during his in- 
 cumbency of the above position, he has introduced 
 many methods which are proving of the most prac- 
 tical value in making the school what it ever should 
 be a preparation for the responsible duties which 
 devolve upon every individual after reaching maturi- 
 ty. His course has received the approval of the 
 most enterprising citizens of Twin Falls and he has 
 enlisted the co-operation of his teachers to such an 
 extent that great harmony prevails and the con- 
 certed action is attended with excellent results. 
 
 A native of the fine old Hoosier state of the Union, 
 Professor Elliott was born at White Water, Indiana, 
 February u. 1867. He is a son of D. T. and Sara 
 (Moon)' Elliott, both deceased. D. T. Elliott was a 
 gallant soldier in the Civil war as a member of an 
 Indiana regiment and he took part in some of the 
 most important engagements marking the progress 
 of the war. At one time he was captured and for 
 six months was held in duress in the Andersonville 
 prison. He received his honorable discharge from 
 the army after the close of hostilities and for many 
 years prior to his death was a member of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic. 
 
 After completing the curriculum of the public 
 schools of his native place, Professor Elliott was 
 matriculated as a student in Marietta College, in 
 which excellent institution he was graduated as a 
 member of the class of 1800, with the degree of 
 Bachelor of Arts. Subsequently he took a post- 
 graduate course in the University of Iowa and that 
 institution conferred the degree of Master of Arts 
 upon him. From 1800 to 1893 Professor Elliott 
 was principal of a school at Center Point, Iowa; for 
 the next three years he held a principalship at Rein- 
 beck, Iowa; from 1896 to 1900 he was principal at 
 Traer, Iowa; from 1900 to 1003 he was superinten- 
 dent of schools at Corning, Iowa ; and from the latter 
 year until 1909 he was superintendent of schools at 
 Shejdon, Iowa. Summed up, the foregoing makes 
 nineteen years that Professor Elliott devoted to edu- 
 cational matters in Iowa. In the year 1909 he came 
 to Idaho and settled in Twin Falls, where he has 
 since been the popular and efficient incumbent of the 
 office of superintendent of the city schools. He is 
 well liked by teachers and pupils and has accomplished 
 wonders in the way of systematizing the school 
 
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 work. He is the owner of extensive ranching prop- 
 erty in Twin Falls county and has a comfortable 
 and pleasant home in the city. 
 
 At Eaton, Ohio, Professor Elliott was united in 
 marriage to Miss Frances Conner. This union has 
 been prolific of two children: Miss Enid and Dana 
 T In their religious faith the Elliott family are 
 devout members of the Presbyterian church and he 
 is an Independent Republican in his political pro- 
 clivities. 
 
 WILLIAM G. BISSELL. Foremost among the suc- 
 cessful men of Gooding and of Lincoln county, may 
 be mentioned William G. Bissell, identified with the 
 legal profession here since 1909. His career here, 
 though brief, has been marked by a degree of success 
 not always attained in so short a period, and his 
 standing with the profession and with the people is 
 alike excellent. 
 
 Born in Phillips county, Kansas, on June 6, 1876, 
 William G. Bissell is the son of William and Mary 
 (Calkins) Bissell, both of whom are now deceased. 
 The father was an early pioneer of Kansas. Arriv- 
 ing there when the state was sparsely settled, he 
 went into the stockraising and agriculture business, 
 and he became one of the most prominent men in 
 the state among those who devoted themselves to 
 the enterprise mentioned. His influence was a 
 widespread one, and when he died in November, 
 1896, he was deeply mourned, as one of the really 
 big men of the state. The mother was a native 
 daughter of Ohio. Two children were born to the 
 parents, Myrta, now Mrs. D. D. Haggard, of Phil- 
 lipsburg, Kansas, and William G. of this review. 
 
 On the farm home of his father, in Phillips county, 
 Kansas, William C. Bissell grew to manhood. He 
 received a splendid education, first attending the 
 grammar and high schools of Phillipsburg, and after 
 his graduation from the latter entering the Univer- 
 sity of South Dakota. After completing his work in 
 the latter school, he entered Kansas Wesleyan Acad- 
 emy, at Salina, Kansas. Taking up the study of law 
 he applied himself with such diligence that he was 
 ready to take his bar examinations by the time he 
 was twenty-one years old, and he was thereupon 
 admitted in 1897 to practice in the courts of Kansas. 
 His first law office was in Phillipsburg, among the 
 people with whom he had grown up, and were it 
 not for the fact that he has continued in the same 
 manner, one might have believed that his early suc- 
 cess was the result of his undeniable popularity with 
 the people in his native community. In 1908 Mr. 
 Bissell gave up his practice for a time in order that 
 he might go to Mexico, where he had extensive tim- 
 ber interests. At Guadalajara, Mexico, he under- 
 took a large contract of supplying ties to the South- 
 ern Pacific Railroad, and his work was being prose- 
 cuted very successfully, with much promise of a 
 favorable financial outcome, when a revolution in 
 Mexico necessitated the cancelling of the contract 
 and his return to the United States. Mr. Bissell 
 was unwilling to settle down to practice in his home 
 community again, and in 1909 he came to Gooding, 
 where he established himself in the practice of his 
 profession. His earlier legal success was here re- 
 peated, and after three years of activity here, he is 
 regarded as one of the best established men in the 
 community. 
 
 Politically, Mr. Bissell is a Republican, but he has 
 little time to devote to the subject of politics, so 
 heavy are the demands of his profession and other 
 interests. During his residence in Kansas, however, 
 he held various county offices, among them being 
 that of county attorney. Mr. Bissell is one who 
 
 believes in the future of his community, and has- 
 manifested his faith by becoming the owner of some 
 of the finest ranching property in the county. He 
 has long been prominent in fraternal affairs, and 
 has membership in the Independent Order of For- 
 esters and the Knights of Pythias, in both of which 
 he has filled all the chairs at various times. 
 
 Mr. Bissell was married to Miss Grace Huzumina^ 
 who is a native of Phillips county, Kansas. 
 
 An inveterate reader, Mr. Bissell is especially welt 
 versed on historical subjects. He is said to be one 
 of the best posted men on Mexican affairs to be 
 found in these parts, his year in Mexico having 
 sharpened his natural interest in the sorrows of that 
 people, and caused him to give an unusual amount 
 of attention to the situation there. 
 
 CARROLL MAYNE LUCAS. One of the younger busi- 
 ness men of Idaho, active in the business affairs of 
 the town of Meadows, and until recently postmaster 
 of that town, Carroll Mayne Lucas is the eldest son 
 of Mr. A. B. Lucas, for a number of years promi- 
 nent in this state as a banker, editor, in political 
 affairs. 
 
 Carroll Mayne Lucas was born in Iowa June I2 f 
 1884. He is a son of A. B. Lucas, who was born in 
 1861 in Bremer county, Iowa, near Waverly. William 
 B. V. Lucas, who was born in 1834 m Carroll county, 
 Indiana, is the grandfather of Carroll Mayne. He 
 made his immigration in 1856 by wagon and team 
 across country to Iowa, that journey being in the 
 nature of his wedding trip, since he had just been 
 married. He took up land, and not only farmed, 
 but taught school and performed duties as a min- 
 ister. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted 
 in Company B of the Fourteenth Iowa Regiment 
 with the rank of first lieutenant. He fought in 
 many battles, and for his bravery and meritorious 
 service was promoted to the rank of colonel. For 
 many years after the war he lived in Iowa, and was 
 very prominent in politics and business. He was 
 county treasurer of Bremer county for six years,, 
 after which he took up newspaper work and gained 
 prominence as an editor. He was elected to the 
 legislature, and in 1877 was one of the electors who 
 cast their votes for President Hayes. In 1880 he 
 was elected state auditor of Iowa, and held that 
 office until his removal from Iowa in 1883. Moving- 
 out to South Dakota, he lived there for a number of 
 years, and in 1890 was elected to congress from 
 South Dakota. In 1896 he was a delegate to the 
 Republican National Convention in St. Louis, which 
 nominated William McKinley. That was practically 
 his last appearance in politics, for in 1904 he moved" 
 to California, where he has since lived retired. Wil- 
 liam B. Lucas married Saphronia M. Lowe, who died 
 at the age of sixty-one in Iowa. There were seven 
 children in the family, and Aaron Briney was one of 
 these. 
 
 In 1881 Aaron Briney was married to Miss Ella 
 Mayne and soon after this event removed to the 
 territory of South Dakota. Here he was prominent 
 in banking and newspaper % business. He repre- 
 sented his county in the State legislature in term 
 with great credit and held other offices of respon- 
 sibility and honor. He left Dakota in 1896 and after 
 being located in California a time he came to Idaho 
 and has been in business at Meadows since 1906. 
 His son Mayne after graduation from the University 
 of California located at Meadows also and has been 
 in business with him since 1910. 
 
 Mr. Carroll Mayne Lucas grew up in South Dako- 
 ta, and finished his training in California, where he 
 was graduated from the College of Mechanics in- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1299 
 
 the University of that State in 1910. In that year he 
 joined his father at Meadows, Idaho, and has since 
 performed his capable duties as assistant cashier and 
 bookkeeper in the Meadows State Bank. In July, 
 1911, Mr. Lucas was appointed postmaster in Mead- 
 ows, and served over two years. In political faith, 
 Mr. Lucas is a Progressive. He is a member of the 
 First Congregational Church at Meadows. 
 \ At Salinas, California, on June 4, 1912, Mr. Lucas 
 married Miss Helen H. Scott, of National City, 
 California. Mrs. Lucas is a graduate of the state 
 normal at San Diego, California, and was a daugh- 
 ter of Loren and Fanny C. Scott. Mr. Scott was a 
 lawyer and died when quite young. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Lucas have one son, Willard Scott Lucas, born Feb- 
 ruary 19, 1913, at Weiser, Idaho. 
 
 DARWIN A. UTTER. As United States surveyor 
 general for the state of Idaho, General Utter has 
 accomplished a work of almost inestimable value. 
 He was virtually the author of the recent govern- 
 ment law under which public land surveys are now 
 made at far less expense and with much greater 
 accuracy than had been the case under the old 
 methods in vogue for more than a century, and 
 the entire nation has profited by that improvement 
 in the service. His career has also been noteworthy 
 in connection with his individual operations as a 
 civil engineer, especially in railway surveys and 
 construction. General Utter has contributed mate- 
 rially to the civic and industrial development and 
 upbuilding of Idaho, within whose borders he estab- 
 lished his home prior to the admission of the state 
 to the Union, and no citizen is more widely known 
 or held in more unequivocal confidence and esteem. 
 He maintains his home in Boise, and has extensive 
 interests in ranch lands and city realty in Idaho, 
 including valuable ranches in Elmore and Washing- 
 ton counties, and also in the state of Oregon. He 
 owns some improved and unimproved real estate 
 in Weiser. 
 
 Born at Erie, Pennsylvania. October 14, 1860, 
 Darwin A. Utter when a boy showed his tastes for 
 mathematics and kindred scientific lines, and was 
 fortunate in having an excellent instructor in math- 
 ematics. His early career was spent as a surveyor, 
 he was an inspector of timber and mineral lands in 
 several of the middle states, and came to the north- 
 west as superintendent of construction with the 
 Union Pacific Railroad. In the fall of 1899 General 
 Utter opened an office at Weiser, Idaho, where he 
 resumed private practice as a civil engineer, and was 
 there five years. In that time he constructed the 
 electric light and water plant in Weiser, installed 
 the sewerage system, and was chief engineer of the 
 Weiser Irrigation District No. i. He brought about 
 the expansion of canal-irrigation projects in va- 
 rious parts of the state, secured cooperation re- 
 quired in a financial way to effectuate important 
 improvements, and his work has been of enduring 
 value in the development of the agricultural re- 
 sources of the state. He was chief engineer of 
 the Dead Ox Flats District, and virtually perfected 
 the practical method of pumping water from the 
 Snake River for irrigation purposes. 
 
 As chief engineer for the Chicago and North- 
 western Railroad Company, General Utter surveyed 
 the route from Huntington. Oregon, to Homestead 
 in the same state and to Lewiston. Idaho, and this 
 line of railroad is under construction as a part of 
 the Oregon Short Line Railroad. He also examined 
 and reported upon the feasibility of the enlargement 
 of the Hood River extension irrigation system. 
 
 In the spring of 1908, General Utter was appointed 
 
 to his present office of United States surveyor general 
 of Idaho, and in 1912 was reappointed by President 
 Taft, He has always been a Republican, and in 
 1906 was made chairman of the central committee 
 in Washington county. While serving in his pres- 
 ent office he has subdivided several town sites for 
 the government, twelve million of square miles of 
 agricultural land, and also mineral lands for patents 
 in Idaho, which state constitutes his jurisdiction. 
 He was a member of the state examining board of 
 engineers for two years, and in that office gave 
 effective service. 
 
 Within his first term as surveyor general. Gen- 
 eral Utter perfected a method of survey which 
 has proved the old system, in vogue for one hun- 
 dred and six years, to have been in many respects 
 unnecessarily expensive and inadequate. Under 
 the old system ten or more years were required lie- 
 fore a man could file entry on his claim after the 
 instituting" of the government survey, and the cost 
 to the government was eighteen dollars an acre on 
 the average. General Utter's plan was properly 
 drafted and presented to congress by Hon. W. B. 
 Heyburn. United States senator for Idaho. It was 
 approved by congress and became a law in 1909. 
 Under its provision, three dollars an acre is saved 
 to the government in the cost of preparing public 
 lands for entry, and settlers can file their claim 
 within one year after the survey is made. In 
 place of the old corner stone formerly utilized for 
 marking surveys, the plan evolved by General Utter 
 provides for the use of brass-capped ste'el posts, 
 three feet in length, and on the brass tablets are 
 given the respective numbers of the different sec- 
 tions surveyed. The posts are driven into the ground 
 a sufficient depth to leave only six inches exposed, 
 and the law prescribes a penalty of two hundred 
 and fifty dollars for the removal or defacing of 
 these posts. Under his administration the contract 
 system of surveying has been abolished and thus 
 is avoided repetition of former incompetent service 
 and erroneous and valueless work. He employs, at 
 a stipulated salary, competent engineers, and by this 
 means all malfeasance and inefficiency are avoided, 
 thus making the service a real aid and advantage 
 in the development of the national domain. Many 
 compliments have been paid to General Utter for 
 his splendid record in his office, and. for the im- 
 provement of the service in general throughout the 
 western states. 
 
 Another valuable work performed by General 
 Utter was in effecting the organization of the Idaho 
 Society of Engineers in 1910. He served as first 
 president of this society, but has since declined any 
 office though he continues as one of the most active 
 members. The society roll now shows one hundred 
 and fifty members in active membership. In the 
 journal of the Idaho Society of Engineers, in 
 1911. General Utter's brief address as president of 
 the organization was reproduced and two paragraphs 
 from this address are pertinent and interesting in 
 this sketch: 
 
 "I want to say just a word or two to the members 
 present. There is none of us but what in life's 
 work has an ambition to become something more 
 than the ordinary or commonplace, and in our par- 
 ticular line of work we must be competent. Ambi- 
 tion is a stepping-stone to something better, some- 
 thing higher, and in our work every young assist- 
 ant has aspirations for that dignified position where 
 he can run a transit. This, you know, is absolutely 
 true and it is proper and right that we should have 
 ambition. The object of the Idaho Society of Engi- 
 
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 neers is to assist its members in becoming competent, 
 and it was this purpose the society had in mind when 
 it invited you to become a member with us. The 
 active work of life depends upon what you have 
 stored away in your gray matter, and what you 
 have there will be your stock in trade, will be 
 of value sometime. Of course there may be times 
 when a man is fortunate or lucky and does not 
 require much to draw upon, while another man 
 equally or more competent may have to strive and 
 struggle along in the face of many difficulties, but 
 I will say if you really have the worth, someone 
 is going to discover it and someone will want it. 
 
 "From these different papers you will derive 
 much valuable knowledge from men who have had 
 experience and are thoroughly competent in their 
 line. You have been instructed how to build con- 
 crete systems, how to lay out canals, how to divert 
 and distribute the ware, and listened to discussions 
 of many other topics of vital interest to the irriga- 
 tion engineer. In our last paper we learned that 
 aside from knowing these things an engineer must 
 be able to advise. So the technical engineer must 
 be attorney in his particular line of work. He must 
 be prepared in order to preserve the dignity of 
 his profession, to answer questions that may be 
 put to him at any time. Persons will come to 
 him and ask him about various subjects, and he must 
 be able to tell them in order to hold his position, 
 whether as state engineer or in private profes- 
 sional life. It is the purpose of this society to 
 aid you to become competent in your work, what- 
 ever it may be, and to give you a standing among 
 business men and professional men. See that you 
 perform no act that will bring discredit to yourself 
 or to the society, for you now have not only your 
 own good name to protect, but also the honor of 
 your fellows." 
 
 General Utter is affiliated with the Masonic fra- 
 ternity including Weiser Commandery of the Knights 
 Templar, and also with the Mystic Shrine. He 
 is a member of the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of 
 Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the 
 World and the Modern Woodmen of America. 
 
 On September 10, 1885, General Utter married 
 Miss Margaret Kimball, who was born at Corey, 
 Pennsylvania. Mrs. Utter has been a devoted wife, 
 and a splendid companion and comrade, and often 
 accompanies her husband on extended hunting and 
 fishing trips to the mountains and valleys of Idaho. 
 Each year the general makes extended expeditions, 
 and has won many splendid trophies in big game. 
 In his home are displayed finely mounted heads of 
 bear, deer, elk and mountain lions, all evidences 
 of his prowess as a Nimrod. In the spring of 1913 
 General Utter completed a seven-month tour of 
 the Orient, reaching home after travel of forty 
 thousand miles over remote portions of the globe. 
 To a large degree this was a business trip, since he 
 was sent out by a large syndicate of capitalists. He 
 spent five months in the Philippines, and traveled 
 fifteen thousand miles in and about those islands. 
 During his trip he gave particular attention to the 
 various trees found in the countries he visited, 
 especially those kinds which are commercially val- 
 uable for lumber. He brought back specimens of 
 some twenty different kinds of commercial lumber, 
 and is now compiling an extensive report with par- 
 ticular reference to the data which he obtained on 
 the lumber situation. During his sojourn in the 
 Philippines, General Utter made his home in the 
 Elks Qub at Manila. The Elks in that city have a 
 
 club house which is not surpassed by any other of 
 this order anywhere in the world. General and 
 Mrs. Utter have one daughter, Erma, born December 
 23, 1906. 
 
 ARTHUR PORTER, JR. In no avenue of business do 
 men become so widely known as in journalism; not 
 always as personalities, but as influences, their 
 printed thoughts speaking to thousands where their 
 spoken ones could reach, perhaps, but a score. Hence 
 the grave responsibility of the journalist; the power 
 of the press has many times brought reformatory 
 legislation, and more than once has changed public 
 policies. Naturally endowed with editorial ability, 
 Arthur Porter, Jr., editor and publisher of the Cur- 
 rent Journal, of Rexburg, Idaho, and one of that 
 city's leading business citizens, entered newspaper 
 life from college halls, where he had won recogni- 
 tion as an educator, and has made his publication an 
 active agent for public enlightenment. Mr. Porter 
 was born at Auckland, New Zealand, April 28, 1876, 
 and is a son of Arthur and Louise (Koebbel) Porter. 
 
 Arthur Porter, Sr., was born in England, and 
 from 1866 to 1876 was a resident of Australia and 
 New Zealand, following gold mining as an occupa- 
 tion. He came to the United States in 1876, and 
 first settled in Utah, where he was occupied in fann- 
 ing, but in 1896 came to Idaho, and located in Fre- 
 mont county, where he still resides. He was mar- 
 ried in Australia to Miss Louise Koebbel, a native 
 of that country, of German parentage, and they be- 
 came the parents of twelve children, of whom Arthur 
 was the oldest. 
 
 Arthur Porter, Jr., was still an infant when brought 
 to the United States, and his education was secured 
 in the public schools at Logan, Utah, where he also 
 attended Brigham Young College, from which he was 
 graduated in 1896 with the degree of Bachelor of 
 Sciences. He also spent one year in the study of 
 languages in the University of Switzerland, at 
 Geneva, and on his return to this country commenced 
 teaching in the public schools of Lewiston, Utah. 
 Later, he became an instructor in the academy at 
 Preston, Utah, and for the past eleven years has been 
 connected with Ricks Academy, at Rexburg, gaining 
 widespread reputation in his profession. In 1907 
 Mr. Porter purchased the Current Journal, a Demo- 
 cratic newspaper founded in 1884, and this he has 
 since conducted in an able manner, giving the read- 
 ing public a live, newsy sheet, filled with reliable 
 matter. Mr. Porter is also extensively engaged in 
 farming in Fremont county, where he owns 240 acres 
 of well-cultivated land, and has also invested in city 
 realty in Rexburg. He is known as an excellent 
 business man and a citizen whose public-spirit has 
 led him to identify himself with every movement for 
 the public welfare, and his many friends testify to 
 his personal popularity. He has been an active 
 worker in the ranks of the Democratic party, but has 
 never sought preferment on his own account. His 
 social connection is with the Commercial Club, and 
 his religious belief that of the Church of the Latter 
 Day Saints, where he has been superintendent of the 
 Sunday school for the past seven years. 
 
 Mr. Porter was married in November, 1901, at 
 Logan, Utah, to Miss Gertrude Paull, daughter of 
 Charles Paull, who died April 10, 1906, at Rexburg, 
 at the age of twenty-eight years, leaving three chil- 
 dren: Jessie, Virginia and Gertrude. On June 24, 
 1908, Mr. Porter was married at Salt Lake City, 
 Utah, to Miss Nell Childs, daughter of A. W. Childs, 
 born in Utah, and they have had two children: 
 Louise and John C. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1301 
 
 FRED R. REED. John Greenlcaf Whittier, in one 
 of his delightful poems, refers to Oliver Wendell 
 Holmes as "That delightful optimist." This strik- 
 ing characterization may very fittingly be applied 
 to Major Fred R. Reed, the present Commissioner of 
 Immigration, Labor and Statistics, and the Execu- 
 tive Commissioner for Idaho to the Panama-Pacific 
 International Exposition to be held at San Fran- 
 cisco in 1915. 1 here is no more genial, sunny, opti- 
 mistic and, altogether inspiring, personality in the 
 west than Major Reed. He unites with all this 
 sunniness a most solid and substantial character. 
 He has been one of the most potent factors of late 
 years in the upbuilding of Idaho. As the execu- 
 tive manager for the Kuhn interests, and in connec- 
 tion with their great irrigation enterprises he has 
 succeeded in bringing over 1500 families into this 
 state, and it is an open secret here that amid the 
 hard times that befell many of these families dur- 
 ing the last few years Major Reed has been the 
 guardian, protector, and helper to many, and his 
 name is cherished by them with tender affection. 
 
 Fred R. Reed was born in Jersey City, New Jer- 
 sey, August 9, 1858. His people were the old Blue 
 Stocking type of Massachusetts, among the very 
 best people in New England. Mr. Reed is one of 
 our self-educated men in the true sense of that 
 term; he began life as a sailor, and did not attend 
 school a single day after he was thirteen years old; 
 he has studied not so much in books, although he 
 is well-read in general literature, but he has made 
 a study of nature and of man. He came west in 
 1877, and to Idaho in 1888. He started in as a 
 cowboy and rode the range for three years ; he then 
 became interested in railroad building, starting in 
 as the foreman of a Chinese gang of construc- 
 tion of the Northern Pacific Railroad and ended 
 as the assistant of the manager of construction of 
 that road. 
 
 In military matters he was a member of the 
 Seventh Regiment of New York and when coming 
 west he enlisted as a private in the National Guard 
 of Washington, and when he resigned as Major 
 of the Cavalry Squadron, National Guard of the 
 State of Washington. 
 
 Mr. Reed is a member of the Sons of the Ameri- 
 can Revolution, a Knight Templar, and a member 
 of the B. P. O. E. 
 
 His work as Commissioner for Idaho of the 
 Panama-Pacific Exposition has been most satisfac- 
 tory. His rare executive ability and his enthusiasm 
 for the west make him a power in massing and 
 illustrating the vast resources of his adopted state. 
 
 In 1882 Mr. Reed married Miss Carrie M. Budd, 
 daughter of D. E. Budd and cousin of Governor 
 Budd of California. 
 
 EDWIN W. WING. That the splendid natural 
 resources of Idaho can hardly be overestimated is 
 shown in the position held today by this well known 
 and highly esteemed citizen of Lewiston. the judi- 
 cial center of Nez Perce county, where he is serv- 
 ing as county commissioner and also as clerk of the 
 Lewiston board of education. Mr. Wing came to 
 this section of the state in 1902, purchased land in 
 Nez Perce county and instituted the development 
 and general improvement of the property, and at the 
 present time he receives a handsome revenue from 
 the ranches in his possession, though he is living 
 virtually retired, save for giving a general super- 
 vision to their operation and to his official duties 
 in the positions just noted. Such a standing stands 
 in evidence of the productiveness of Idaho lands, 
 which render tribute of independence and pros- 
 perity to those who, like Mr. Wing, are willing 
 to put forth the proper effort in the developing of 
 
 the properties, the while the scenic attractions, cli- 
 matic conditions and social privileges of Idaho 
 leave little to be desired. 
 
 Mr. Wing was born at Brothertown, Calumet 
 county, Wisconsin, on the 4th of July, 1856, and in 
 his career he has manifested the independence, self- 
 reliance, and civic loyalty which his natal day sig- 
 nifies. He is a son of Ebenezer and Julia (Pease) 
 Wing, both of whom were born in the state of New 
 York and both of whom were numbered among the 
 honored pioneers of Wisconsin, besides which they 
 were representatives of families whose names have 
 been identified with American annals since the early 
 colonial days and whose members contributed valiant 
 service in the early Indian wars and in the Con- 
 tinental line in the war of the Revolution. Ebenezer 
 Wing established his home in the Badger state jn 
 the early pioneer days and was there engaged in 
 agricultural pursuits at the inception of the Civil 
 war. He tendered his services in defense of the 
 Union by his enlistment in Company D, Sixteenth 
 Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, with which com- 
 mand he participated in a number of minor engage- 
 ments marking the progress of the great conflict 
 through which the integrity *of the nation was 
 preserved, and who was wounded at the battle of 
 Nashville, shortly after victory had turned in favor 
 of the Union forces. He became a prominent farmer 
 and landholder of Wisconsin, was a man of influ- 
 ence in his community and ever commanded 
 unqualified popular esteem. His cherished and 
 devoted wife was summoned to eternal rest in 1909, 
 and he passed away in the following year, so that, 
 after a loving companionship of more than half a 
 century they were not long separated, the remains 
 of both being laid to rest in the beautiful cemetery 
 at Appleton, Wisconsin. 
 
 Edwin W. Wing was reared to the sturdy dis- 
 cipline of the pioneer farm and was afforded the 
 advantages of the excellent public schools of his 
 native state, as well as those of a commercial col- 
 lege at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He continued to 
 be identified with the agricultural industry in Wis- 
 consin until 1887, when he removed to what is now 
 North Dakota, prior to the admission of the state 
 to the Union. There he became superintendent of 
 a large body of land owned by eastern capitalists, 
 and he showed great discrimination and ability in 
 improving the property and administering its affairs. 
 He -continued his residence in North Dakota until 
 1894, when he resigned his position, much to the 
 regret of the owners of the property over which he 
 had had supervision, and removed to Breckenridge, 
 the judicial center of Wilkin county, Minnesota, 
 where he engaged in farming and became a promi- 
 nent and influential citizen. While there residing 
 he served six terms as chairman of the board of 
 supervisors of the town; resigning the position 
 when he moved to Idaho, and through the appoint 
 ment by the governor, who was a member of the 
 state board of prison managers at the time the 
 Younger Brothers were paroled. 
 
 Mr. Wing continued to reside at Breckenridge 
 until the autumn of 1902, when he came to Lewis- 
 ton, Idaho, and purchased an attractive home and 
 ranch lands in Nez Perce county. With character- 
 istic energy and ability he brought his land up to 
 a high state of productiveness, and he has since 
 added to his landed estate until he now owns an 
 aggregate of fully 7 acres, including valuable 
 property also in Clearwater and Lewis counties. 
 In 1904 he was elected to the city council of the city 
 of Lewiston, serving one term and refusing to be 
 a candidate for re-election. He was elected county 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 commissioner in 1908, and is now serving his third 
 term, and to the duties of this responsible office 
 he has since given his close attention, doing all in 
 his power to further progressive policies and wise 
 administration of the general governmental affairs 
 of the county. He has also served as clerk of the 
 Lewiston board of education since the spring of 
 1908, and he is a citizen whose judgment is authori- 
 tative and whose counsel is sought in connection 
 with matters of general importance to the city and 
 county. He is essentially one of the representative 
 citizens of Nez Perce county, even as he is one 
 of its most popular, and he and his family have been 
 prominent in the best social activities of their home 
 city. He is a Republican in politics and naught of 
 reversal in the party fortunes within recent times 
 has tended to dislodge his faith in its basic prin- 
 ciples and policies. 
 
 The year 1880 marked the marriage of Mr. Wing 
 to Miss Lulu Ryon, who, like himself, was born 
 and reared in Wisconsin, and they have three chil- 
 dren: Lillian, the eldest of the three, is the wife of 
 Carl O. Clark, a successful rancher at One Hundred 
 and Fifty Mile House, British Columbia; Madge is 
 the wife of Fred Brand, of Lewiston; and Miss 
 Edna is a student in the Lewiston high school, as 
 a member of the graduating class of 1913. 
 
 WALTER JAMES ABBS. The general manager and 
 secretary of the Boise Title and Trust Company is 
 a Canadian by birth, was for many years identified 
 with banking in the state of Michigan, and has had 
 his home in Boise for the past twelve years. Mr. 
 Abbs is known as a leader in business circles at 
 Boise, and has closely identified himself with the 
 substantial interests of the community. 
 
 The only representative of his family in the 
 United States, Walter James Abbs was born in Can- 
 ada. His father, died in the Dominion several years 
 ago, at the age of eighty-two, was Rev. George Abbs, 
 who was born in England, in 1824, came to Canada 
 when about nine years of age, was well educated 
 and was ordained into the ministry of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church at the age of about twenty-one. 
 His services as a minister left him little choice 
 of a permanent residence, and he continued his 
 vocation until placed on the superannuated list at 
 the age of seventy. For a few years he had been 
 editor of the "Canada Christian Advocate," the 
 organ of his church. His active work as a minister 
 covered a period of nearly half a century. Rev. 
 George Abbs had little to do with politics, was 
 never in any line of enterprise outside his church 
 work, but his life was one of high ideals and benefi- 
 cence. He married Susanna Inglehart, who was 
 born in Canada, of Pennsylvania Dutch parents, 
 who emigrated to Canada several years before her 
 birth, and were farmers. Mrs. George Abbs is 
 now living in Trenton, Canada, at the age of eighty. 
 
 Walter J. Abbs was educated in the public schools 
 of Canada, finishing with high school, but left before 
 he was sixteen to take a clerkship in a general store. 
 That provided the foundation of his business expe- 
 rience, and he stayed there about four years. From 
 Canada, Mr. Abbs went into one of the eastern 
 counties of Michigan, to take a position in a country 
 bank. During sixteen years of residence there he 
 was moderately prosperous, and was a mature busi- 
 ness man when he came to Boise, in April, 1901. 
 In the fall of that year he associated himself with 
 the late Benjamin H. McGrew in the insurance and 
 abstract business, and the negotiation of mortgage 
 loans. This partnership was continued until June. 
 1906, when Mr. Abbs bought his partner's interest. 
 In October, 1906, Mr. Abbs' business was absorbed 
 
 by the Boise Title and Trust Company, and he at 
 once assumed an important relation with that cor- 
 poration, of which he became general manager, and 
 later took the office of secretary, both positions 
 being filled by him at the present time. 
 
 In politics Mr. Abbs is a Republican. He has for 
 some years been one of the leading members of the 
 First Congregational church of Boise, has given 
 active service as a member of the board of trustees 
 for several years, and was secretary of the board 
 during the construction of the new church building. 
 The work of the Y. M. C. A. at Boise has also 
 enlisted his services, and for several years he has 
 been a member of the board of directors of the asso- 
 ciation. Outside of his business and his church in- 
 terests as stated, Mr. Abbs has joined no society 
 and his interests are divided between his business, 
 his church and his home. At Dryden, Michigan, 
 August 16, 1892, Mr. Abbs married Miss Mattie 
 H. Bartlett, a daughter of Elijah and Ellen L. 
 Bartlett, who were Michigan farmers, and are both 
 now deceased. Mrs. Abbs after graduating from 
 high school was engaged in teaching until her mar- 
 riage. They are the parents of one child, a daugh 
 ter, Helen Hope Abbs, who was born at Imlay City. 
 Michigan, June 5, 1895, and is now a .senior in the 
 high school at Boise. 
 
 JAMES SAWYER BOGART. The first abstract busi- 
 ness established in the city of Boise and Ada county 
 was the Bpgart Abstract Company, which has been 
 succeeded in recent years by the Boise Title, Abstract 
 & Trust Company, one of the most important enter- 
 prises of this city. The founder of the original 
 company has in recent years devoted himself to the 
 profession of law, and is one of the foremost 
 attorneys of the state of Idaho. 
 
 For thirty years Mr. Bogart has been identified 
 with the west as a lawyer and business man, and 
 among the citizens of Idaho who have achieved 
 noteworthy success during their careers probably 
 few have had lives of more varied experience and 
 more successful attainments than James Sawyer 
 Bogart. He was born in Ontario, Canada, October 
 9, 1864. His father, Irvin Dorland Bogart, a native 
 of Canada, of English and Scotch parentage and of 
 United Empire Loyalist stock, was a graduate of 
 the McGill College of Medicine at Montreal and 
 was a prominent physician and surgeon at Campbell- 
 ford for forty years. He died at the age of seventy 
 years. The maiden name of his wife was Rose M. 
 Rendle, a native of England, who came to Ontario 
 in infancy, and she still resides at Campbellford. 
 Of the five children in the family, James S. was the 
 only son. 
 
 His early education, begun in the Ontario public 
 schools, was completed by an academic course in 
 Albert College, after which he was apprenticed for 
 a five-year term to A. L. Colville, Barrister. After 
 serving the greater portion of his 'time and being 
 well versed in the fundamentals of the law, he was 
 seized with an impatience at the monotony of his 
 existence and a desire to be gone into the stir and 
 excitement of a distant country. It was the con- 
 fidence in his ability to make his way, displayed 
 at that time, which was the real secret of his success 
 through many subsequent enterprises and undertak- 
 ings. Against the advice of friends and relatives 
 and the positive injunction of his father, who 
 promised to disinherit him as soon as he crossed the 
 line into the States, a promise which was faithfully 
 carried out, the young barrister apprentice departed 
 from home, and even declined to accept a purse of 
 money offered him by his father. He had saved 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1303 
 
 something during his services in the law office, 
 and with this capital directed his journey into the 
 far southwest. His chosen destination was Socorro, 
 New Mexico, where he arrived in 1882, with a 
 balance in cash of twenty-five dollars. Socorro at 
 that time was one of the frontier settlements of the 
 southwest, and it happened that the tenderfoot young 
 Canadian was the first lawyer to identify himself 
 with the citizenship of the town. As soon as his 
 professional attainments were known, he quickly 
 gained a large following of clients and during his 
 several years' residence in New Mexico had all the 
 business he could attend to. He next removed to 
 Denver, Colorado, where he was engaged in the law 
 and the title and abstract business, and for two 
 years served in the county abstract department of 
 Arapahoe county. He then established the Salt 
 Lake Title & Guarantee Company in the Utah 
 Metropolis, and from there in 1890 he came to Boise, 
 with which city he has ever since been identified. 
 
 Mr. Bogart continued to conduct the abstract com- 
 pany, which he founded, for fifteen years, and after 
 it was merged into the Boise Title, Abstract & Trust 
 Company he turned his chief attention to his profes- 
 sion. In February, 1908, he began regular practice 
 in association with Milton G. Cage, the firm being 
 Cage & Bogart, which continued a year. Since then 
 Mr. Bogart has formed the firm of Bogart & Has- 
 brouck, his partner being V. W. Hasbrouck, former 
 United States assistant district attorney. They have 
 a large practice in the state and federal courts. 
 
 In Republican politics Mr. Bogart has taken an 
 active interest in national, state and local party 
 affairs since he came to the United States. He has 
 never filled any office, but was several times the 
 unsuccessful Republican candidate for .mayor of 
 Boise. He is an active member of the Boise Com- 
 mercial Club, and of the county, state and American 
 Bar Association. Fraternally he affiliates with the 
 Boise Camp No. 150, Woodmen of the World, with 
 Ada County Lodge No. 3, I. O. O. F., and with 
 Boise No. 310, Lodge of the Elks. His church is 
 the Presbyterian. 
 
 Mr. Bogart was married in Denver, Colorado, to 
 Miss Edith Foster, a native of Nebraska. Their 
 three sons, all born in Boise, are named Irvin Dor- 
 land, Newton I. and James S., Jr. The Bogart 
 home, at 323 Jefferson avenue, is one of the beau- 
 tiful residences of the city, and he is also owner of 
 considerable other property in the city. 
 
 DAN PUTNAM ALBEE, M. D. Among the pro- 
 ductive resources of Idaho, many would concede 
 that Dr. Albee of Rock Creek has chosen one of the 
 most interesting and most profitable. Dr. Albee is 
 one of the largest producers of honey in the state 
 of Idaho, and is helping to give fame to the state 
 for its variety and excellence of productions. On a 
 beautiful little ranch near Rock Creek, he has an 
 apiary where his bee colonies stand in order like the 
 arrangement of air insect city, and the industry of 
 his thousands of little workers has an annual fruit- 
 age more valuable than that obtained from many of 
 the large general stock ranches of the state. Dr. 
 Albee had a long and successful career as a prac- 
 titioner of medicine* having located in Idaho more 
 than twenty years ago, but since taking up the bee 
 industry has resigned his private practice. 
 
 Dan Putnam Albee was born in Humboldt county, 
 California, January 9, 1856. His father, Joseph P. 
 Albee, was a pioneer of California, in the year 1850, 
 and in 1862 lost his life during an Indian raid. The 
 maiden name of the mother was Calthia Putnam, 
 who died in California in 1905. Dr. Albee grew to 
 manhood in his native state, and qualified himself for 
 vol. in 20 
 
 teaching as his first occupation which he followed 
 for ten years in order to earn the money to pay his 
 way through medical college. He went east and 
 entered Columbia University of New York City, 
 where he was graduated M. D. in 1888. His first 
 practice was in his native county of California, and 
 in 1891 he came to Idaho, located at Oxford, later 
 at Oakley, where he was in practice until 1905. He 
 then moved to his present home at Rock Creek, and 
 has practiced very little since locating there. In 
 1910 his bees produced honey and other commodi- 
 ties valued at forty-three hundred dollars. He has 
 two hundred and fifty swarms, and he separates, 
 strains and packs his honey under his own brand, 
 shipping it to Chicago for market. His ranch at 
 Rock Creek comprises fifty acres, and he has a 
 very pleasant home. 
 
 On Christmas Day of 1894 Dr. Albee married Miss 
 Laura C. Hansen, a daughter of Lawrence Hansen, 
 a native of Denmark and one of the pioneer citizens 
 of Rock Creek district. The doctor and wife have 
 one child, Joseph P. Albee, thirteen years old, and 
 attending school. 
 
 Dr. Albee has been a Mason since 1899, when he 
 took his Blue Lodge degrees in Albion. He is also 
 affiliated with the Woodmen of the World, and the 
 Modern Woodmen of America. He and his wife 
 are both members of the Episcopal Church, and 
 during his early voting years he supported the Re- 
 publican party, but has been a Democrat since 1896. 
 
 WILLIAM BUDGE. Probably no other official of 
 the Mormon church in Idaho has held greater 
 prominence and more unequivocal esteem from all 
 classes of people, whether in or out of the church, 
 that William Budge, who for a period of thirty- 
 five years was a church executive in the district 
 of southeast Idaho, and who since 1906 has held 
 the office of president of the Logan Temple at 
 Logan, Utah. His career and a brief mention of 
 his family connections are proper subjects for an 
 article in this history of Idaho. 
 
 William Budge was born May i. 1828, at Lanark. 
 Lanarkshire, Scotland. As to his ancestry there 
 is authentic information extending only to his 
 grandparents, who were William Budge and Ellen 
 Micheljohn. These grandparents were married in 
 the month of November, 1770. and lived first in 
 Caithnesshire. and later in Edinburgh. Their family 
 comprised three girls and seven boys, and the father 
 of President Budge was William, the ninth of the 
 family. 
 
 William Budge, father of President Budge, was 
 born August i, 1791, at Edinburgh, Scotland. From 
 November 17, 1810, when he was less than twenty 
 years of age, until November 24, 1817, his occupa- 
 tion was that of a soldier in the British army, 
 and five and a half years of this total period were 
 spent in the West Indies. On the i$th of May, 
 1818, he married Mary Scott, who was a daughter 
 of John and Mary (Nelson) Scott. After his mar- 
 riage, William Budge resided in Lanark, was en- 
 gaged in the general merchandise business and later 
 became traveling salesman for Fullerton & Com- 
 pany of Glasgow, residing in turn at Wishaw, 
 Airdrie. Glasgow and Campbelltown. He was a man 
 of excellent reputation as is attested by several let- 
 ters of recommendation given to him by business 
 men of Lanark, Airdrie and Glasgow upon his re- 
 moval from each of these communities. These let- 
 ters were given in accordance with a custom of that 
 time prevailing in Scotland, and are now in posses- 
 sion of his son, President William Budge. He was 
 a devoted member of that branch of the Presby- 
 terian church known as the "United Secession 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Church," the prevailing faith in that section of 
 Scotland. He died December 29, 1852. 
 
 The early education and the boyhood experience 
 of President William Budge were of a character 
 which could hardly be considered an adequate 
 preparation for the large position in affairs which 
 he was destined later to assume. He attended the 
 common schools at Airdrie, where the teaching con- 
 sisted almost entirely of the Psalms of David and 
 the Shorter Catechism, and later attended school 
 at Glasgow and Campbelltown, where the school- 
 masters were lax in discipline and where very little 
 advancement was made by their pupils. His parents, 
 however, were very devout and obliged him to study 
 the Bible at home, and thus he became conversant 
 with the scriptures. While a boy he labored at such 
 employment as he was able to secure, and all his 
 earnings were turned over to his parents. 
 
 Since his work and his career have been largely 
 ecclesiastical, his church relations become the most 
 significant and the chief point in his biography. 
 William Budge was baptized a member of the Church 
 of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, December 31, 
 1848. From April 20, 1851, to May ip, 1860, he 
 labored "without purse or scrip" as a missionary of 
 his church in England, Switzerland and Germany. 
 During that time he gained much prominence as an 
 expounder of the faith, as a preacher and as a con- 
 tributor of doctrinal essays, and was the means of 
 converting many people to a belief and profession 
 of what is commonly known as "Mormonism." 
 
 In 1860 he emigrated to Utah and took up his resi- 
 dence in Farmington, Davis county. In 1864 oc- 
 curred his removal to Providence, Cache county, to 
 assume the office of Bishop of the Ward, an eccle- 
 siastical area comprising the town. In June, 1870, 
 President Brigham Young called him to act as 
 Presiding Bishop of the district embracing portions 
 of the northern part of Utah and southern Idaho, 
 with headquarters at Paris, Bear Lake county, Idaho. 
 His duties were mainly to supervise the collection 
 and handling of tithes for the church. In August, 
 1877, President Brigham Young chose Mr. Budge 
 as president of Bear Lake Stake, an ecclesiastical 
 division comprising portions of southern Idaho, 
 northern Utah and western Wyoming. This office 
 he held continuously until the summer of 1906. 
 In 1906 he was called to the office of president of 
 the Logan Temple at Logan, Utah, which office he 
 now holds. 
 
 From June, 1878, to November, 1880, Mr. Budge 
 was temporarily released as president of the Bear 
 Lake Stake to preside over the European Mission 
 of the Church with headquarters in Liverpool, suc- 
 ceeding President Joseph F. Smith in that office. 
 During this period he had charge of all church 
 work in Europe, including the business pertaining 
 to the important work of emigration, it being the 
 practice in those days for all converts whose cir- 
 cumstances permitted to join their fellow worship- 
 pers in the new world, the central gathering place 
 being: Utah. 
 
 While residing in Idaho, President Budge was 
 an earnest participant in public affairs affecting his 
 people, and became generally known as the most 
 prominent Mormon in the state, and as one of the 
 stalwarts of the church. 
 
 Since his admission to American citizenship. Pres- 
 ident Budge has been a voter, and oft times an active 
 participant in Republican party affairs. His record 
 of public offices held during his residence in the 
 state of Utah follows: August 4, 1862, elected 
 justice of the peace of Farmington precinct, Davis 
 county; March 22, 1865, appointed postmaster of 
 Providence, Cache county ; March 23, 1866, appointed 
 
 by secretary of the treasury as assistant assessor of 
 Division No. 9, a territorial collection district em- 
 bracing what is now Bear Lake county, Idaho, and 
 Rich and Cache counties, Utah; July 15, 1868, reap- 
 pointed assistant assessor, and again on July 3, 
 1869; May 14, 1868, commissioned by acting-gover- 
 nor HigginS of Utah as "Major Second Battalion 
 Infantry, Second Regiment, First Brigade Nauvoo 
 Legion," the militia of Utah Territory ; October 6, 
 1868, appointed special deputy clerk, third judicial 
 district court for Cache and Rich counties ; 1868 
 elected school superintendent of Cache county. Dur- 
 ing his residence in Idaho, though his time and 
 energies were well absorbed by his church work, 
 President Budge was several times honored with 
 election to local and state offices. In 1870 he was 
 deputy surveyor of Oneida county. In 1880 Bear 
 Lake county elected him a member of the territorial 
 council, that being the upper house of the terri- 
 torial legislative body. In 1898, he was elected 
 a member of the State Senate from Bear Lake 
 county. 
 
 The marriages of President Budge have been 
 thf ee in number and are as follows : November 24. 
 1856, at London, England, he married Julia Strat- 
 ford, a daughter of George and Eliza Stratford, of 
 Maiden, Essex. September 9, 1861, at Salt Lake 
 City, he married Eliza Pritchard, a daughter of 
 Joseph and Frances (Lane) Pritchard, who had 
 lately emigrated from Birmingham, England. At 
 Salt Lake City, on April 5, 1868, Mr. Budge mar- 
 ried Anna Hyer, whose parents were Christian and 
 Catherine Hyer of Richmond, Utah. The children 
 resulting from these marriages are : Julia, born 
 November n, 1861, at Farmington, Utah, married 
 C. W. Nibley, a capitalist, with home at Logan, 
 Utah. Arthur, born July 30, 1862, at Farmington, 
 Utah, is a farmer and dealer in thoroughbred live 
 stock at Paris, Idaho, and his first wife was Alice 
 Athay, who died, and his second wife is Fannie 
 Morgan. Annie, born November 6, 1864, at Provi- 
 dence, Utah, is an accountant, living in Logan. 
 Rose, born June 22, 1866, at Providence, married 
 J. R. Shepherd, a merchant of Paris, Idaho. Alfred, 
 born February 24, 1868, at Providence, is judge of 
 the Fifth Judicial District of the state of Idaho, 
 with residence at Pocatello., and he married Ella 
 Hoge. Isabella, born February 27, 1869, at Provi- 
 dence, married Edward F. Davis, a farmer of Paris, 
 Idaho. Lizzie, born February 26, 1870, at Provi- 
 dence, Utah, married William Pendrey, a plumber 
 of Montpelier, Idaho. Ezra T., born August 23. 
 1870, at Providence, is a cattle dealer at Paris, and 
 first married Lillian Spencer, who died, and later 
 Ada Passey. Oliver H., born April 3, 1872, at Paris, 
 Idaho, is a doctor of dentistry at Logan, Utah, and 
 married Margaret Sutton. David C., born Sep- 
 tember 27, 1873, at Paris, is a physician and surgeon 
 at Logan, and married Retta Bowen. Franklin, 
 born July 3, 1874, at Paris, is a doctor of dentistry 
 at Paris. Mary S., born January 27, 1875, at Paris, 
 married H. Smith Woolley, a physician and surgeon 
 of Pocatello. Frances J., born March 10, 1876. 
 at Paris, married H. C. Duffin, an implement dealer 
 of Rexbutg, Idaho. Edwin S., born April 4, 1876, 
 at Paris, a physician and surgeon at Logan, mar- 
 ried Winnifred Crouch. Thomas B., born January 
 23, 1878, at Paris, is a physician and surgeon of 
 Logan, and married Duella Alvord. Jesse R. S., 
 born September 14, 1878, at Paris, is a practicing 
 lawyer at Pocatello, and married Grace Hoff. Clara, 
 born August 21, 1881, at Paris, married Daniel S. 
 Price, a farmer of Paris. Lillian, born March 2, 
 1882, at Paris, is the wife of J. W. Hayward, a phy- 
 sician and surgeon at Logan. Effie, born May 26, 
 
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 1884, at Paris, Idaho, married Edward J. Passey, 
 a school teacher of Paris. Luella, born March 2, 
 
 1886, at Paris, is the wife of Andrew Wiser, a farmer 
 of Lewistown, Utah. Seth, born September 16, 
 
 1887, at Richmond, Utah, is a farmer at Paris and 
 married Mary Roberts. Hugh Wallace, born June 
 25, 1889, at Garden City, Utah, is a student at 
 Logan. Alta M., born April 30, 1892, at Paris, is a 
 student at Logan. Scott M. f born May 24, 1895, at 
 Paris, is attending school at Logan. Jean E., the 
 youngest, born October 14, 1898, at Paris, is attend- 
 ing school at Logan. 
 
 The character and career of President William 
 Budge would bear close scrutiny, and their study 
 would reveal many lessons and examples for the 
 inspiration of the younger generations. He is a 
 man of marked executive and administrative ability, 
 and these qualifications have brought him his posi- 
 tion in the church. With his family he is loving 
 and considerate, yet firm and consistent in disci- 
 pline, and he has been an exemplar of uprightness, 
 honesty and integrity. His sons and daughters have 
 have always sought his counsel in their personal and 
 business affairs, and unitedly extend to him their 
 love and gratitude. He has achieved renown among 
 the people of his church, and among his non-Mormon 
 acquaintances for his remarkable foresight and wis- 
 dom, and by an unselfish devotion to the upbuild- 
 ing of his state and the progress of his people has 
 won the love and respect of thousands, for in all 
 things with which he has had to do, he has been 
 trustworthy, efficient and honorable. No man 
 possessed to a greater degree the confidence and 
 love of his associates in whatever capacity he has 
 been called to labor. Physically strong, the hard- 
 ships of pioneer life were courageously encountered 
 and endured. He has always enjoyed excellent 
 health, due in large measure to the fact that he has 
 lived much out of doors and has maintained a simple 
 diet. Many would envy him his faculty, when re- 
 tiring to sleep, of entirely dismissing from his mind 
 all cares and worries. Indeed, it may be said that 
 President Budge cannot recall a time when he was 
 confined to the house by any sort of ailment, nor a 
 single night when he was troubled with sleepless- 
 ness. He may be classed as one mentally, physic- 
 ally and morally strong. He has been forceful, 
 energetic and diligent in the discharge of all the 
 duties of life. 
 
 THOMAS DANIELS JONES. Whatever the vocation 
 or calling, it is finally efficiency that determines tht 
 question of success. The profession of law requires 
 a strong mentality and a keen discriminative ability, 
 but it is only when such native talents are combined 
 with patient study, investigation and training in rea- 
 soning and with a large capacity for the most labori- 
 ous attention to detail that the lawyer attains a dis- 
 tinctive position iii his profession. Well qualified 
 in these different directions for the profession of his 
 choice, Thomas Daniels Jones, of Malad City, Idaho, 
 has won a creditable place for himself among the rep- 
 resentatives of the Oneida county bar. He is not only 
 an able lawyer but he is a representative of the native 
 talent of Idaho and of his own immediate section, for 
 he was born at Malad City, his birth having occurred 
 January 13, 1875. His father, W. H. Jones, is a 
 native of Wales, who on emigrating to this country, 
 became a pioneer settler at Brigham City, Utah. In 
 1863 he removed from Utah to Malad, Idaho, where 
 in 1871 he was married to Mary Jane Daniels of 
 Welsh descent and pioneer lineage. William 11. 
 Jones has given his whole attention to ranching and 
 stock-raising in a business way, and in an official 
 capacity he has served as deputy United States mar- 
 shal, as sheriff of Oneida county and in various other 
 
 of the county offices. To these parents were born 
 eight children, as follows: Hugh W., Thomas Dan- 
 iels and Eli B., all of Malad City; Mary, now the 
 wife of Dr. James M. Kerns, of Malad City; Rachel, 
 the wife of Dr. Fred M. Ray, of Pocatello, Idaho; 
 and Oscar D., Stella and Ralph H., all of Malad City. 
 Thomas Daniels Jones received the rudiments of 
 his education in private school at Malad City, later 
 attending the agricultural school at Logan, Utah, and 
 finally completing his professional training at the 
 University of Michigan, Ann ArboY, from which well 
 known institution he was graduated in 1905 as an 
 LL.B. He was admitted to practice in Michigan and 
 in Idaho by the supreme courts of each of these 
 states and then located at Malad City, Idaho, to take 
 up the active work of his profession. He was suc- 
 cessful from the start and in 1908 was elected prose- 
 cuting attorney of Oneida county, being reelected to 
 that office again in 1910, each time on the Republican 
 ticket. His talent for concise and tactful expression 
 makes him a valuable campaign worker and in both 
 1908 and 1910 he did effective work in behalf of his 
 party in connection with county and state affairs. 
 Fraternally he is identified with the time-honored 
 Masonic order. During his senior year at the Uni- 
 versity of Michigan he was elected managing editor 
 of the "Michiganensian" to prepare the university an- 
 nual for 1905. He is the owner of ranch lands in 
 Oneida county and also has holdings in city realty, 
 including a modern, brick opera house erected in 
 Malad City in 1907 and his own pleasant home in 
 that city. These material accomplishments are the 
 results of his well directed efforts and his merit as 
 a lawyer and as a good business man, for he has 
 builded largely upon his own resources. 
 
 On December 30. 1900, Mr. Jones was united in 
 marriage to Miss Annie Jardine, who died January 
 3, 1902, leaving a daughter. Anna. For his second 
 companion he took Miss Clara O'Connell, whom he 
 wedded September 25, 1912. Mrs. Jones is a grad- 
 uate of the Sacred Heart Academy of Ogden, and 
 was instructor in the Salt Lake City Conservatory of 
 Music, prior to her marriage. 
 
 GEORGE WILLIAM LEWIS. Though not yet an old 
 man, still active in affairs, and vigorous and public 
 spirited in his citizenship, George William Lewis 
 on many grounds may be regarded as one of Idaho's 
 pioneers, having lived in this territory and state since 
 the decade of the sixties. He is a veteran of the early 
 Indian war, has been identified with public affairs and 
 has long been known for his successful participation 
 in farming and stock raising and business at Boise 
 and vicinity. 
 
 George William Lewis, whose home is now at 929 
 Warm Springs avenue a part of the G. W. Russell 
 homestead in Boise, was born in Randolph county, 
 Missouri, September 2, 1852. Joseph Lewis, his 
 father, was a grandson of Captain John Lewis, among 
 whose children was the noted Merriwether Lewis, 
 whose name is found in every school text book on 
 United States History, as one of the leaders of the 
 Lewis & Clark Expedition into the northwest, early 
 in the nineteenth century. 
 
 When George William Lewis was seventeen years 
 old. he came out to Idaho, in company with his uncle, 
 William Gess, and made his home with the Gess 
 family until his marriage in 1881 to Miss Olive A. 
 Russell in Boise. Miss Russell was a daughter of 
 G. W. Russell. During the Indian War of 1878, Mr. 
 Lewis served as a volunteer and was chief scout un- 
 der Captain Burgh. He served as deputy sheriff 
 under Sheriff Tiner. during 1882-83. His chief occu- 
 pation for many years was farming and stock rais- 
 ing, and he shipped a large number of valuable 
 horses to eastern markets. Later in life he became 
 
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 interested in the Idaho Implement Company, whose 
 store and warehouses were at the corner of Eighth 
 and Grove Streets in Boise. After selling out his 
 interest in the implement company and serving the 
 city as street commissioner for 1902-4 and spending 
 some time in Seattle, Washington, Air. Lewis re- 
 turned to the capital of Idaho, and became propri- 
 etor of the Mitchell Hotel at Tenth and Front 
 Streets. 
 
 To his marriage seven children have been born, 
 named as follows r Mrs. Eva Wilson of Boise ; Mrs. 
 Frankie Bennett, of Nampa; William R.; Harry B.; 
 Marion O.; and Helen and Harold, twins, who were 
 prize winners at the Inter-Mountain Fair when they 
 were one year old. 
 
 FRANK BEACH. The profession of civil engineering 
 undoubtedly offers a great future to those equipped 
 by nature and study for this line of work. It demands, 
 however, perhaps a more thorough technical know- 
 ledge of more subjects than almost any other busi- 
 ness in which a man can engage, but its rewards are 
 commensurate with its difficulties and on the pages 
 of history are the names of civil engineers who have 
 seemingly accomplished the impossible with other 
 benefactors of mankind. The great western country, 
 especially Idaho, with its unsurpassed wealth in 
 water power, without these able, trained, accurate and 
 daring men, would today have been sleeping instead 
 of offering homes and riches untold to the world 
 at large. Among the galaxy of civil engineers of the 
 state who have reflected brilliance upon the profes- 
 sion, Frank Beach, city engineer of Idaho Falls, takes 
 a prominent place. A man whose success is entirely 
 due to his own efforts and ability, he has steadily 
 risen in his chosen vocation, and today holds an 
 enviable position among his confreres. Mr. Beach 
 was born in the city of Des Moines, Iowa, March 
 8, 1871, and is a son of David and Rosana (Munhall) 
 Beach, natives of Ohio. David Beach accompanied 
 his parents to Iowa as a lad, there received a pro- 
 fessional training, and for a number of years was 
 one of the well known physicians and surgeons of 
 Des Moines, where his death occurred in 1893, when 
 he was sixty-four years of age. His widow, who still 
 survives him, lives at Santa Barbara, California, and 
 is seventy-two years old. 
 
 The youngest of his parents' three children, Frank 
 Beach, received his early education in the public 
 schools of Des Moines, following which he entered 
 the agricultural college at Fort Collins, Colorado, 
 from which he was graduated in 1892, with the degree 
 of Civil Engineer. He immediately began the prac- 
 tice of his chosen profession in Colorado, but a few 
 years later removed to Bozeman, Montana, only to 
 return to Colorado a short time later. He subse- 
 quently spent several years in Texas and Wyoming, 
 and in 1910 came to Idaho and opened offices in 
 Idaho Falis, where _ he has been chiefly identified 
 with work in the irrigation district. He also erected 
 the Municipal Power Plant for Idaho Falls, the only 
 one of its kind in the state, and one of the finest 
 and most complete to be found anywhere in the 
 country. While a resident of Donley county, Texas, 
 he served as county surveyor, and also held a like 
 position in Bent county. Colorado. In the office of 
 city engineer to which he was elected on the inde- 
 pendent ticket, Mr. Beach is rendering his adopted 
 city signal service. He has been conscientious in 
 his efforts to advance the welfare of his community, 
 and his management of the affairs of his office has 
 been such as to eain for him the respect and con- 
 fidence of the people. Another public service that he 
 has rendered to Idaho Falls is that of city clerk, 
 from which office he retired in April, 1913. In that, 
 as in his present office, he has given evidence of a 
 
 splendid civic loyalty, consistent in every respect with 
 his character and personality. 
 
 Having lived for fully twenty years in western 
 states, variously, he is amply competent to judge of 
 the merits of this section of the country, and his 
 confidence in its future has been demonstrated by 
 investment in large tracts of property. Fraternally 
 he is identified by his membership in the Woodmen 
 of the W'orld and the Blue Lodge of the Masons, and 
 he is also a member of the Commercial Club of Idaho 
 Falls. In all these organizations he is popular, and 
 has many friends. 
 
 Mr. Beach was married in Denver, Colorado, Octo- 
 ber 16, 189";, to Miss Celia May Southworth, and 
 they have had three children: Esther R., born in 
 December, 1897, in Bozeman, Montana, and now 
 attending high school in Idaho Falls ; Gladys, born in 
 July, 1901, at Las Animas, Colorado, and now a 
 student in the graded schools of Idaho Falls ; and 
 Frank, Jr., born in this city, in June, 1911. 
 
 WILL H. YOUNG. Among the young business men 
 of Southeastern Idaho who have boldly entered the 
 lists in the contest for success in life is Will H. 
 Young, former cashier of the Bear Lake State Bank 
 at Paris. He comes immediately of German 
 parentage and ancestry, and has given unmistakable 
 evidence of the possession of those splendid charac- 
 teristics of industry, thrift, integrity and fixity of 
 purpose that have always distinguished this branch 
 of the human family. 
 
 Born in southeastern Kansas in November, 1875, 
 Will H. Young is a son of John and Louise (Miller) 
 Young, both natives of Germany. The father em- 
 grated to the United States along in the fifties and 
 settled in New York state. He was there a resident 
 when the Civil war came on, and as his sympathies 
 were with the Union cause, he early enlisted in the 
 Federal army as a member of a New York regiment 
 of infantry the same being assigned to the Army of 
 the Potomac and with which he served for four years 
 and three months. When the war was over, he set- 
 tled in Kansas, and there he continued to reside 
 until death claimed him in 1908, when he was seventy- 
 two years of age. His wife, who still survives 
 him, continues her home in Kansas and is now in 
 the sixty-seventh year of her age. 
 
 Will H. Young is the fourth of nine children that 
 came to these parents. His early educational dis- 
 cipline was received in the public schools of Kansas 
 and following that he received two years of academic 
 training, as a student for two years in the state 
 Agricultural College, and during a similar period 
 he devoted himself to commercial studies in a busi- 
 ness college at Sedalia, Missouri. He was then 
 twenty-two years of age, and for three years after 
 the completion of his studies, he devoted himself to 
 the profession of teaching, those activities being 
 carried on in the state of Colorado. He then went 
 to Eastern Oregon, where he became identified with 
 banking activities for two years, and thence he came 
 to Paris, Idaho, in company with A. K. Stuenenberg, 
 it being their purpose to open the Bear Lake State 
 Bank at that place. This was done in 1905. Mr. 
 Young was made cashier of the new financial in- 
 stitution, which position he filled with general satis- 
 faction to all and with a great deal of credit to 
 himself, until February, 1913, when he was appointed 
 Deputy State Bank Commissioner, by the Governor 
 of the state of Idaho. His appointment to this highly 
 responsible post came as a distinct surprise to him 
 and to his friends throughout the state, and is an 
 honor ^qf exceptional import, corning as an open 
 recognition of his exceptional ability and integrity 
 in financial matters. To one with his record for 
 hard work and general ability, the appointment can 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
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 be regarded in no other light, and his many friends 
 are keenly appreciative of such recognition. 
 
 In every respect a capable and keenly discerning 
 business man, Mr. Young has, during his eight years 
 as a business factor in this community, acquired a 
 high standing for efficiency and the strictest integrity. 
 All genuinely good business men are progressive, 
 and he is one of that stamp. For four years he was 
 president of the Bear Lake County Fair Association, 
 and he did much to make it the effective and force- 
 ful factor it is in stimulating interest in the agricul- 
 tural advancement of the county, and any way that 
 opens for progress in his community finds him at 
 the fore, pushing for its accomplishment. 
 
 Politically, he is an adherent of the Republican 
 party, and fraternally he is identified with the Mod- 
 ern Woodmen of America, at Montpelier, Idaho. 
 
 Mr. Young has succeeded in business, and perhaps 
 all the more certainly because he has also experi- 
 enced failure. He began his career with practically 
 no assets in a financial way, and after carefully sav- 
 ing his earnings for a time, he invested them. He 
 lost, but he set out even more energetically and reso- 
 lutely to win, and he has not been denied his merited 
 reward. 
 
 In November, 1901, at Baker City, Oregon, Mr. 
 Young married Miss Minnie Freeman, daughter of 
 E. Y. Freeman, of Guthrie, Oklahoma. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Young have one son, J. Freeman Young, who 
 was born at Paris, Idaho, on April 26, 1910. 
 
 PETER NYEGAARD. The constant demand for 
 wholesome food supplies, and recent national and 
 state pure food laws, have resulted in the placing 
 upon the market of a class of goods of a vastly 
 better quality than ever before given to the public. 
 For these and other equally cogent reasons the 
 business of catering to the consumers' demand and 
 giving out only first-class goods is proving one of 
 the most profitable and satisfactory in the various 
 lines of commercial endeavor, and Idaho Falls has 
 its own quota of responsible grocers. Among those 
 who have achieved success in their chosen line is 
 Peter Nyegaard, whose well-appointed establishment 
 is the reflection of all that is latest and best in all 
 staple, fancy and green groceries, tastefully dis- 
 played with due regard to sanitation. Combined with 
 his excellent stock of groceries, he carries a full 
 line of general merchandise, uses fair methods of 
 dealing and has good service, and as a result his 
 volume of business shows a healthy as well as rapid 
 increase. Mr. Nyegaard comes from a country that 
 has given Idaho some of its best citizenship, having 
 been born in Denmark, March 7, 1870. 
 
 Peter Nyegaard was educated in the public schools 
 of his native land, after leaving which he served 
 in the Danish army for a period of eighteen months. 
 During the four years that followed, he served an 
 apprenticeship to the grocery business, and in 1890 
 accompanied the family to the United States. He 
 spent one year in Connecticut, and then was associ- 
 ated with his father in Chicago for several years, 
 but in 1903 came to Idaho Falls and established his 
 present business, which almost immediately proved 
 a success. His stock is large, complete and well 
 selected, and modern ideas and methods have 
 served to make the store popular with the buying 
 public. Mr. Nyegaard's position as a substantial 
 man of business has been attained entirely through 
 the medium of his own efforts, ability and _persever- 
 ance, as he had no outside financial aid or influential 
 friends to help him. He is a Republican in his polit- 
 ical views, but has never paid any attention to public 
 matters except that taken by every public-spirited 
 citizen in the wants and welfare of his community. 
 
 He is interested in fraternal work to some extent, 
 holding membership in the Eagles, the Elks, the Odd 
 Fellows and the Club of Commerce, and is popular 
 with his fellow-members in these organizations. His 
 religious faith is that of the Lutheran church. 
 
 HARRY L. 1 IOLUSTER. Idaho recognizes and honors 
 its indebtedness to several classes of pioneers. There 
 were those men who fifty years ago first settled in 
 the country and proclaimed its resources to the 
 world, and who, while establishing homesteads and 
 mining precious metals, at the same time fought 
 countless battles with Indians and other formidable 
 enemies of the frontiersman in the shape of physical 
 hardships and privations. But after the Indians had 
 been compelled to adopt peaceful ways and after 
 life on the plains and in the vajleys had settled down 
 to a quiet and almost prosaic routine, there still 
 remained many opportunities for the pioneer. The 
 building of railways, the promotion of commerce 
 and the establishment of cities form another chapter 
 in Idaho pioneer annals. In every decade the men 
 of Idaho have extended the marvelous opportuni- 
 ties of the state with the same physical hardihood 
 and commercial daring which characterized the 
 first pathfinders and home makers in the wilder- 
 ness. It is in the group of modern pioneers that 
 Harry L. Hollister has a place. Probably no de- 
 velopment of the present century has attracted more 
 attention in the state or has been regarded as of 
 more potential benefit than the remarkable irriga- 
 tion projects in the Twin Falls country and the 
 water power development at Shoshone Falls. These 
 have been monumental enterprises and the credit 
 for their accomplishment is of course divided among 
 a number of men, but Mr. Hollister for many years 
 has been one of the chief leaders in the undertaking. 
 It is his important relation with that project and 
 the general development of Idaho's agricultural 
 and industrial resources that causes a record of his 
 personal career to have an appropriate position in 
 a history of Idaho. 
 
 The following brief sketch refers to Mr. Hollis- 
 ter's development work in the Twin Falls coun- 
 try, and also to some points of his personal and 
 private life. 
 
 His interest in Idaho dates from the year 1899, 
 when he became attracted by the business oppor- 
 tunities offered by the state. Here he took up what 
 is perhaps the most important work of his life, that 
 of developing the water power at Shoshone Falls. 
 It was Mr. Hollister's enterprise that drove the 
 tunnel through the flinty lava rock from the fore- 
 bay above the falls to the site of the power house 
 at the level of the lower river. It was an extensive 
 work, carried through in the face of great obstacles. 
 The chief obstruction was the litigation with United 
 States Senator W. A. Gark, many times a million- 
 aire, who brought to bear the power of his great 
 wealth to defeat the efforts of Mr. Hollister. Not- 
 withstanding the great odds against him, Mr. Hollis- 
 ter won. Enlisting additional capital in his work, 
 the power plant was finally put into operation, the 
 first important power development on Snake River. 
 Later the Lower and Upper Salmon Falls power 
 plants were built by the same organization in which 
 Mr. Hollister and his associate, Mr. I. B. Perrine, 
 had an important interest. 
 
 It is impossible to separate much of the work 
 done by Messrs. Hollister and Perrine in the Twin 
 Falls country, and an individual account of the 
 latter will be found elsewhere in this publication. 
 Idaho owes a debt of lasting gratitude to these two 
 men. Only those who have undertaken great enter- 
 prises and carried them through to their final de- 
 
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 velopment can understand the load of care and 
 anxiety which a leader in such work must assume. 
 Years of self-denial are a part of their experience. 
 Obstacles of every sort must be overcome. Legal 
 actions are instituted to defeat the enterprise on 
 the flimsiest pretexts. While Mr. Perrine looked 
 after the business in Idaho, Mr. Hollister maintained 
 an office in Chicago. Working thus together the 
 great power and irrigation projects of the Twin 
 Falls country were financed and the land colonized. 
 Large organizations were kept busy getting set- 
 tlers for the tract. Mr. Hollister devoted several 
 years personally to this work of colonization. 
 
 It is no mere accident that prepares men to under- 
 take such magnificent enterprises as those to the 
 credit of Harry L. Hollister. As a young man he 
 developed those qualities of perseverence and far 
 sightedness in business that qualified him finally to 
 identify himself with great power and irrigation 
 projects. He was born in Rockton, Illinois, Sep- 
 tember 2, 1859, and entered business life while still 
 a youth. At nineteen he went to Dakota, which 
 was still a territory and a wilderness, locating at 
 Sioux Falls, where at twenty-three he was engaged 
 in banking. He became the largest buyer of Sur- 
 veyor General's scrip, which was accepted by the 
 government from settlers desiring to commute 
 their homestead entries. At one time he held 
 half a million dollars' worth of this scrip. At 
 Sioux Falls he became one of the most important 
 factors in the settlement and development of the 
 Dakotas. Just prior to the World's Fair in 1893, 
 Mr. Hollister went to Chicago, where he had ac- 
 quired large real estate holdings. Later he moved 
 to Michigan where he was almost as well known 
 as in Idaho. After the Columbian Exposition he 
 built the Hollister Block in Lansing, one of the 
 most important buildings in that city. He also 
 built, equipped and owned the electric street rail- 
 way system at Lansing. He returned to Chicago in 
 1900. 
 
 It is with great satisfaction that Mr. Hollister 
 contemplates his work in the Twin Falls country, 
 after having given to it many of the best years of 
 his life. During all ihe period of development, 
 he has maintained in Chicago large and handsome 
 offices devoted to the interests of the Twin Falls 
 country. In his share of the work, which includes 
 not only responsibilities in the original promotion, 
 in financing and in safe-guarding the position which 
 he and his associates had won, but also in advertis- 
 ing and bringing to the attention of the public the 
 magnificent possibilities of the Twin Falls country, 
 Mr. Hollister has afforded opportunity for the 
 permanent prosperity and happiness of thousands of 
 people, many of whom have never known the source 
 from which these benefits have come. At times he 
 has large exhibits of Idaho fruits, grains and vege- 
 tables installed in the loop district of Chicago, and 
 thousands of visitors have been enabled to see the 
 superior products of the irrigated farms and or- 
 chards. 
 
 Mr. Hollister's family life is ideal. His home is 
 one of the notable ones in the North Shore Dis- 
 trict of Chicago. The spacious house of red brick 
 in the colonial style of architecture, stands in the 
 midst of a group of oaks and fronts upon Lake 
 Michigan. The large lawn is edged with flowering 
 shrubs and plants of many sorts, the whole making 
 a charming spot, restful and satisfying. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Hollister have one daughter, Frances, and the 
 family has constant pleasure in entertaining Idaho 
 
 guests. Their hospitality is well known to many 
 who have found a hearty welcome and rest and com- 
 fort within the doors of this attractive home. 
 
 ANDREW A. BROTHEN. The Red Cross Pharmacy, 
 of Idaho Falls, now the largest establishment of its 
 kind in Bonneville county, is conducted by Andrew 
 A. Brothen, a man whose career has been marked 
 by steady advancement along well-directed lines to 
 a definite goal. Coming to this country some twenty 
 years ago as an emigrant, he soon familiarized him- 
 self with the customs and usages of his new home, 
 established himself in business, and became one of 
 his adopted state's best citizens. He has been a 
 resident of Idaho Falls only since 1908, but during 
 this time he has firmly established himself in the 
 confidence of the people, who support his business 
 ventures and esteem him personally. Andrew A. 
 Brothen was born in Norway, July, 29, 1870, and is 
 a son of Andrew A. and Carrie (Handy) Brothen, 
 also natives of that country, who came to the United 
 States in 1892 and settled in the vicinity of Decorah, 
 Iowa, where the father was engaged in farming until 
 his death, in 1898, at the age of sixty-four years. 
 Mrs. Brothen still survives her husband and is a 
 resident of New England, North Dakota. There 
 were three sons and one daughter in the family, 
 Andrew A. being the oldest. 
 
 Andrew A. Brothen was given the advantages 
 of a good education, attending the public schools 
 and the State Pharmaceutical College of Norway, 
 from which latter institution he was graduated in 
 1891, with the degree of Ph. G. Irt January, 1892, 
 he accompanied his parents, brothers and sister to 
 the United States, and first settled at Park River, 
 North Dakota, where for a period of six years he 
 worked in the employ of others. At that time he 
 entered business on his own account, at Bottineau, 
 North Dakota, from whence he came to Idaho Falls 
 in 1908 and purchased the established business of the 
 Paine Pharmacy, which he re-named the Red 
 Cross Pharmacy, and which is now the leading busi- 
 ness of its kind in the county. This store is beau- 
 tifully decorated with handsome fixtures, is equipped 
 with the most modern appliances known to the 
 trade, and carries a full stock of drugs, medicines, 
 toilet articles, candies and sanitary goods. A steady, 
 well-balanced business man, Mr. Brothen has won 
 a large patronage through his evident efforts to 
 please his customers, and through the exercise of 
 native ability and good judgment, and a thorough 
 knowledge of every detail of his business. Although 
 the greater part of his time is devoted to his store, 
 he has not put "all of his eggs in one basket." but 
 has invested in other enterprises and is president 
 of the Brothen Automatic Level Company. Mr. 
 Brothen is politically independent, but, other things 
 being equal, usually favors Democratic candidates 
 and principles. He belongs to the Lodge and Chap- 
 ter of the Masonic fraternity, and to the Elks, in 
 which he has numerous friends, as he has also 
 in the Club of Commerce. With his wife, he attends 
 the Presbyterian Church. He has formed a close 
 attachment for his adopted state, the resources of 
 which he believes to be the best of any state that 
 he has yet visited, and has declared his intentions of 
 spending the rest of his life within its borders. 
 
 Mr. Brothen was married September 27, 1902, in 
 North Dakota, to Miss Ingeborg Dyro, a native of 
 Norway and daughter of Lars Dyro, and they have 
 had two children: Clara and Severina, both born 
 in North Dakota and now attending school in Idaho 
 Falls. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1309 
 
 BEN R. CRANDALL, S. B., A. M., Pa D. The limits 
 assigned for this sketch of the life of an active and 
 eminent member of the profession of educators are 
 wholly inadequate to give even a cursory notice of 
 his many brilliant accomplishments in leading out 
 and training the mental powers of youth, in inform- 
 ing and enlightening the understanding of those 
 placed in his care, and in preparing and fitting for 
 any calling or business his youthful charges. It must 
 suffice to make allusion to those incidents of an ac- 
 tive and useful career which has led him to the super- 
 intendency of one of the finest educational institu- 
 tions in the Northwest, the Idaho Falls graded and 
 high schools. Supt. Crandall was born December 31, 
 1874, at Andover, New York, and is a son of S. G. 
 and Lenora (Wood) Crandall, natives of the Empire 
 State, who are now living retired lives on a farm 
 near Andover. 
 
 The oldest of four children, Prof. Crandall came 
 by a natural inclination for his profession through 
 inheritance, his father being well known in educa- 
 tional circles of New York for a number of years. 
 His early education was secured in the public schools 
 of Andover, the Whitesville Union high school from 
 which he was graduated at the age of seventeen 
 years, and the Bryant & Stratton Business College, 
 Buffalo. In 1892 he entered Andover Academy, 
 where he took a classical course, and graduated in 
 1893. During the two years that followed, he taught 
 public schools in New York, and then entered Alfred 
 University, graduating from a scientific course in 
 1899, and also covering the pedagogic course. At 
 that time he went to Hammond, Louisiana, as prin- 
 cipal of schools, but after three years resigned his 
 position and came west to Rawlins, Wyoming, as city 
 superintendent of schools, doing much to perfect the 
 excellent system of public schools there during the 
 next five years. While there, he took work in the 
 University of Wyoming, which conferred upon him 
 the degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy and subsequently 
 he received the degree of master of arts from the 
 Denver University. In 1906 Professor Crandall came 
 to Idaho Falls, to become superintendent of schools, 
 a capacity in which he has continued to act to the 
 present time. In recognition of his untiring study 
 and broad experience he was granted the degree 
 of Doctor of Pedagogy by Alfred University. New 
 York, in 1911. Among the educational instiutions 
 of Idaho and of the Northwest, the Idaho Falls high 
 school takes front rank, its curriculum being com- 
 plete and comprehensive. The faculty includes Dr. 
 Crandall, who has personal charge of the Normal 
 department; J. S. Best, B. S., A. M., principal, 
 history; A. L. Van Buskirk, B. S., commercial; 
 Mrs. Van Buskirk, shorthand; Clifton T. Smith, 
 A. B., mathematics; Estelle R. Heller, A. B. Latin; 
 Mary R. Whitelaw, A. B., English and oratory; 
 Mac Hoke, B. S., science and agriculture; Eleanor 
 L. Hoierman, German, music; Frank Sprinsteen, 
 manual training ; Doii Elwell, domestic economy, 
 and Sylvia M. Sowers, art. 
 
 Supt. Crandall was married April 12, 1900, to Miss 
 Matilda Fogg, of Bridgeton, N. J. Supt. and Mrs. 
 Crandall have had one son, Burton Benjamin, now 
 seven years of age, a bright and interesting lad who 
 is now attendfhg school. In his political views. 
 Prof. Crandall is a Republican, but he has not cared 
 for public life, his whole time being devoted to his 
 profession and his home. He is a popular member 
 of the Commercial Club, and, with Mrs. Crandall, 
 attends the Methodist church. He is a progressive 
 spirit, as has been manifested by his steady advance- 
 ment in his profession. Pre-eminently an educator 
 
 of the most advanced type and best quality, under 
 the wisdom, insight and persistence of his adminis- 
 tration the schools of Idaho Falls have steadily 
 grown and developed from one building to a well- 
 organized system of five buildings. The high school 
 alone has grown from an enrollment of 70 to that 
 of 225 students. At present Dr. Crandall is work- 
 ing with the architects drawing plans for a $150,000 
 high school building which is to be built next year. 
 This building is to be modern in every sense, fully 
 equipped with apparatus for household science, agri- 
 culture, commercial and all other departments, recep- 
 tion rooms, gymnasium, reading rooms and library, 
 shower baths and swimming pool and many other 
 features that will make of it not only an educational 
 center but a social center as well, and it will be one 
 of the finest and best equipped buildings in the state 
 of Idaho. 
 
 While it would be invidious and inaccurate to 
 attribute leadership in the general advancement of 
 education to one or another of the schools of Idaho, 
 no exception will be taken to the assertion that great 
 credit is due to the popular and scholarly superin- 
 tendent of the Idaho Falls schools. 
 
 JAMES E. STF.FI.F Although James E. Steele has 
 been a resident of the state of Idaho since 1885, he 
 has been identified with the city of Idaho Falls only 
 since 1911. He has for years been prominently 
 identified with certain of the most extensive indus- 
 tries of the state, and is well known within its con- 
 fines for a man of splendid business capacity, who 
 operates along the lines of progressive ideas, in 
 whatever association he may find himself. 
 
 Mr. Steele comes of sturdy Scotch ancestry, his 
 parents both being native Scots, while he himself 
 was born in Manchester, England, on the 22nd of 
 June, 1852. James Steele, his father, came to 
 America in 1856. He was a civil engineer by pro- 
 fession, and he died at the early age of thirty while 
 crossing the desert plains of Wyoming with a hand 
 cart. The mother, who was Elizabeth Wylie in her 
 maiden days, accompanied her husband and two 
 children to America. She was with her husband 
 on the long trip through Wyoming which ended in 
 his death, and she herself died in American Fork, 
 Utah, when she was seventy-six years of age. She 
 was the mother of six children. 
 
 James E. Steele was the firstborn child of his 
 parents. He was reared for the most part in Utah, 
 where his mother settled after the death of the 
 young husband and father, and until he was twenty- 
 one years old the subject attended schools during 
 the winter months, while his summer seasons were 
 occupied in farm work. He early began the battle 
 of life as a worker in the ranks, being but seven 
 and a half years old when he was first employed. 
 He acquired a considerable experience in farming 
 lines as a boy and followed that work until he came 
 to Idaho in 1885, locating at lona, in what was then 
 Bannock county, but later was changed to Bingham 
 county, and is now Booneville county. After locating 
 there he gave his attention to farming by taking up 
 a homestead, which later he succeeded in proving 
 upon, and which was a source of considerable profit 
 to him. In 1892, very soon after the organization 
 of the lona Mercantile Company, which was origin- 
 ally established at lona, Mr. Steele became associated 
 with the company, and for twenty years he has 
 continued to be so connected. He is now president 
 and general manager of the establishment, which 
 is known to be one of the largest mercantile con- 
 cerns in this part of the state. Mr. Steele is con- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 nected with the sheep raising industry to a con- 
 siderable extent, and is president of the lonabneep 
 Company, incorporated, as well as being president of 
 the Progressive irrigation district of Bonneville 
 county, which was first called the Eagle Rock Canal 
 Company. It then took the name of Progressive 
 Canal Company, and is organized into an irrigation 
 district and is now known as the Progressive Irri- 
 gation District. This association he has maintained 
 for the past twenty-two years, most of the time in 
 his present capacity of president. The Canal Com- 
 pany is the largest in this district. Mr. Steele also 
 organized the irrigation district, which comprises 
 forty thousand acres, and has been a member of 
 the Progressive Irrigation District from the time 
 of its organization, many years ago. He is presi-. 
 dent of Anderson Brothers Bank at Rigby and vice- 
 president of Anderson Brothers Bank of Idaho Falls. 
 He has been prominent in affairs of state-wide im- 
 portance, and was appointed president of the World s 
 Fair Commissions at St. Louis and at Portland, 
 Oregon, by Governor Morrison, being reappointed by 
 Governor Gooding. Mr. Steele is a Republican, but 
 of late years has taken no active part in the political 
 life of the district. He was senator from his dis- 
 trict to the eighth assembly and representative in 
 the seventh assembly, and has the distinction of 
 having been the first mayor of lona. Mr. Steele is 
 a member of the Church of the Latter Day Saints 
 and was the first bishop of lona, and president of 
 the Bingham Stake for fifteen years. He also served 
 as secretary of the board of directors of the Idaho 
 State Insane Aslyum for four years, making a record 
 of which he is justly proud. 
 
 Mr. Steele was married at Salt Lake City, Utah, 
 on December 23, 1880, to Miss Elvira Crompton, the 
 daughter of John and Hannah Crompton, natives 
 of Utah. Nine children have been born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Steele, as follows: James H. ; William J. ; 
 Hannah E. ; Oscar W. ; Emma Merie; Robert Stan- 
 ley; Bruce B., and Laura E. The family home is 
 maintained on H street, and is owned by Mr. Steele, 
 being one of the finest in the city. 
 
 ELLA M. MILLER. The standard of excellence 
 among educators all over the country is constantly 
 being raised higher and higher, and especially is 
 this true in Idaho, where the people take a com- 
 mendable and justifiable pride in their public school 
 system. A comparatively young state, rapidly grow- 
 ing in industrial and commercial importance, its edu- 
 cational needs have not been neglected, and the state 
 has been fortunate in securing the services of men 
 and women of wide experience and deep knowledge, 
 who have enthusiastically labored to maintain its 
 reputation as an educational center. In this con- 
 nection it is not inappropriate to sketch briefly 
 the career of Miss Ella M. Miller, the efficient and 
 popular superintendent of schools of Bonneville 
 county, who has devoted part of her life to this voca- 
 tion. 
 
 Ella M. Miller was born June 27, 1881, at Kirks- 
 ville, Missouri, and is a daughter of Charles and 
 Lena Miller. Her father, a native of Germany, 
 emigrated to the United States in young manhood, 
 and at the outbreak of the Civil war enlisted in 
 the Union army as a bugler, serving as such for 
 three years, and participating with his command 
 in many hard fought engagements. On the close 
 of his military career he moved to Kirksville, Mis- 
 souri, where for several years he was connected 
 with the lumber business as a dealer, but eventually 
 moved to a farm in Missouri, where he devoted him- 
 self to agricultural activities. He moved to Idaho 
 
 Falls in 1903 and he and his wife are yet living. 
 Like many of his countrymen, Mr. Miller is a 
 great lover of music and has been a capable and 
 creditable performer of several instruments. 
 
 After attending the public and high school of 
 Missouri Miss Miller studied music at the Con- 
 servatory of Music, in Kirksville, Missouri, for two 
 years, and having inherited her father's predilection 
 and talent for music, started her independent career 
 as a music teacher. In 1900 she decided to become 
 an educator along general lines, and began teaching 
 a rural school, which subsequently came to be a 
 village school with four teachers, and where she 
 remained for five years, during the part of which 
 she served in the capacity of principal. At that 
 time she came to Idaho Falls, where for three 
 years she taught in the graded schools and was 
 then made principal of the East Side School, being 
 the incumbent of that position at the time of her 
 appointment, April 19, 1910, to the office of county 
 superintendent of schools for Bonneville county. 
 Miss Miller has been a deep and thorough student, 
 and since taking up the work of her profession 
 has studied at leading Normal schools of the West, 
 and the University of Chicago, although never re- 
 maining in any one long enough to graduate. Her 
 work in her chosen field of endeavor has been suc- 
 cessful in every way, and the signal services she 
 is rendering her adopted county can not be over- 
 estimated. She is popular alike with teachers and 
 pupils, and the people of Bonneville county have 
 expressed their confidence in her ability on a num- 
 ber of occasions. Miss Miller is a Republican in 
 her political views and takes an active and intelligent 
 interest in matters of a public nature. Her religious 
 faith is that of the Presbyterian church. 
 
 DANIEL C. THORP, manager of the Hailey Auto 
 Company, Hailey, Idaho, is one of the enterprising 
 young business men of the town who recently took 
 up his residence here. 
 
 Mr. Thorp was born in Delaware county, New 
 York, September 20, 1875, son of William A. and 
 Rosetta M. (Clark) Thorp, both natives of New 
 York and both still residents of that state. Both 
 have long been devout Christians and active church 
 workers. In their family are two sons and a daughter, 
 Daniel C. being the second born and second son. 
 
 In the public schools of his native county, Daniel 
 C. received his education. When a youth he learned 
 to handle the telegraph key, and his first job as 
 telegrapher was with the New York Central Rail- 
 road Company, with which he remained for seven 
 years. Next he was with the New York, New Haven 
 & Hartford Railroad Company, in the same capacity 
 for several years, after which he was employed in 
 the ticket office at the Grand Central Station in 
 New York City. Then he turned his attention to 
 the automobile business. In 1908 he came West, 
 Nebraska his objective point, and after two years 
 spent there in the automobile business he came to 
 Idaho. His first location in this state was Gooding. 
 From there, in February, 1912, he came to Hailey, 
 associated himself with Mr. Furcht, and in partner- 
 ship with him purchased the Hailey Auto Company. 
 His general business experience, and especially that 
 in the line of work in which he is now engaged, fits 
 him for his present undertaking and practically in- 
 sures success. 
 
 Mr. Thorp is fond of camp life, particularly in 
 the mountains, and enjoys travel. He has great faith 
 in the future development of Idaho. While he votes 
 the Republican ticket, he takes no active part in 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1311 
 
 politics, and, religiously, his inclinations are toward 
 the Baptist church. 
 
 JOSEPH N. IRELAND. With the exception of the 
 accounts of exploration and discovery, the opera- 
 tions of the old fur-trading companies and similar 
 activities, the history of Idaho's substantial and 
 real development might well be condensed in a 
 period of half a century. Fifty years ago there 
 were only a military and trading post and a few 
 mining camps and prospectors in all the territory 
 of Idaho. It is remarkable, however, that only a 
 very few living men have been personal witnesses 
 and actors in this half-century era of historical 
 progress. Those who sought fortune and adventure 
 in Idaho during the early sixties were the pioneers 
 of pioneers, and it is with more than ordinary 
 interest that the modern reader will peruse the 
 details of a career which has continued from that 
 time down to the present. One of these old set- 
 tlers whose contemporaries were the gold-hunters 
 who were first attracted into Idaho was Mr. Joseph 
 N. Ireland, now vice-president of the First National 
 Bank of Pocatello, but in the main living retired 
 after his long and active career. Mr. Ireland knew 
 practically all the early men of this country, and 
 there is no better informed man anywhere con- 
 cerning the history, the resources and the general 
 character of southern Idaho. He lived and had Ins 
 part in those stirring days, which were so remark- 
 able for their individualism and also for their help- 
 ful cooperation, and he not only witnessed but took 
 part in the formation of those agencies which were 
 preliminary to the establishment of formal Civil 
 government in the northwest country. 
 
 Mr. Ireland was born in Calvert county, Mary- 
 land, May 15, 1839, a son of Thomas and Rebecca 
 (Wilson) Ireland. The old homestead where both 
 father and grandfather were born was in Calvert 
 county, some sixty miles below Baltimore, and now 
 belongs to Philip Ireland, a nephew of Joseph N. 
 Ireland. The earlier members of the family gave 
 service during the Revolutionary war, so that the 
 stock is long established in America. The father 
 died in 1847 at the age of fifty and the mother also 
 a native of Maryland died in 1857. aged fifty-seven. 
 Joseph N. Ireland attended the district school near 
 his home, arrd at the age of fourteen was sent to 
 Baltimore to learn the saddlers' trade. Fight years 
 later he resolved that the West should furnish him 
 his opportunity and by a long trip across the Middle 
 West reached Omaha. Nebraska. That was then 
 the frontier outfitting point for travel into the North- 
 west. As soon as possible he joined an immigrant 
 train, which left June 14. 1862, and which was. three 
 months enronte. When it arrived in what is now 
 Bannack county, Idaho, the party split up and Mr. 
 Ireland, with II. Hendee and his wife, the latter 
 having been the first woman to go into the mines of 
 Montana proceeded to the new diggings. When Mr. 
 Ireland and his companions reached Beaver Head, 
 Montana, a man named William Gibson came to the 
 camp on trail to advise them of the discovery of 
 gold by himself and others in a creek they named 
 Grasshopper, which is now Bannack. Montana. His 
 object in coming to the trail was to induce immi- 
 grants to come To the camp, this he did by posting 
 a placard on the trail giving the direction to the 
 mines. The destination of immigrants was Oregon, 
 particularly Florence on Salmon River and Fra/ier 
 River, B. C. Buffalo Gulch in the Bannack region 
 was named by Mr. Ireland, and he and his com- 
 panions got some gold there. 
 
 It will be much more interesting to follow Mr. 
 
 Ireland's adventures in the new country through 
 the medium of his own reminiscences covering the 
 time he started West, until about 1874 or 1875. ' hse 
 recollections of an old pioneer present a very vivid 
 account of social conditions and law and order as 
 maintained in the early mining camps, and this his- 
 tory of Idaho contains no more illuminating factor 
 in those few years than the following account from 
 the words of Mr. Ireland. He says: 
 
 "I crossed the plains in 1862. left Omaho. Juno 
 14, and arrived at a place about twenty miK-s fr< m 
 where Bannack City, Montana, now is on the twenty- 
 ninth of August. They had just discovered gold 
 there. One of the discovers came out to the immi- 
 grant road and struck our camp telling us of the 
 find, and Mr. and Mrs. Hendee and myself left the 
 outfit and went to the camp. Montana did not exist, 
 and Washington territory at the time extended as 
 far east as the Nebraska line. The men who dis- 
 covered the gold on Grasshopper were Colonel Mc- 
 Clain, first delegate to congress from the territory 
 of Montana, Washington Stapleton, William Gib- 
 son, a man named Root and another called David, 
 and another whose name was Dance. Within the next 
 thirty days about thirty more men came in. About 
 that time the Bannack Indians came in on us. about 
 four or five hundred warriors, with Winnemutta as 
 their chief. He was the great Piute chief. The 
 most of the Indians wanted to drive us out of the 
 country or kill us, but Winnemutta prevailed on 
 them to let us go and told them if they killed us 
 more white men would come out to avenge -mr 
 deaths than there was grass on the meadow where 
 we were then. We parleyed with them about three 
 or four days, and they agreed to let us stay, provid- 
 ing we dig the gold and leave the country the next 
 year, and not raise any wheat which meant farm- 
 ing with the Indians. We had to give them the 
 larger portion of the supplies we had. We invited 
 them to come back that way in the spring, and trade 
 their furs with us. During the parley with the 
 Indians, the peace-pipe was smoked. Indians and 
 white men taking their turn at the pipe as it was 
 passed around the circle. There were two or more 
 circles smoking at the same time. The Indians were 
 then going on a buffalo hunt in the Yellowstone. 
 
 "Jn April or May of 1863 they came back, seem- 
 ing friendly, and camped about four or five miles 
 from Bannack. In the meantime Bannack had 
 grown to have a population of about five hundred, 
 principally men, among them many tough charac- 
 ters. Instead of leaving the country as we had 
 promised, a band principally of these toughs was 
 organized to attack the Indians in the night and kill 
 then all and capture their ponies and furs. The 
 attack was to be made between twelve o'clock and 
 daylight, while they were asleep in their wickiups. 
 A half-breed Indian and a Frenchman learned of 
 the plan and told the Indians, and they were lying 
 along the Creek waiting for the attack. The leader 
 of the attacking party and most of his men got drunk 
 before the hour set for the attack and the plan fell 
 through. The next day the Indians were a little 
 shy. but some of them came into town. Buck Simp- 
 son. Hayes T .yons. Skinner and others of the same 
 kind (these men were hung by the vigilant com- 
 mittee the next year) fired into the Indians on the 
 street and killed two or three of them, and the 
 Indians left the country, killing one man by the 
 name of Guy on their way out. 
 
 "The winter of 1862-63 was a very dreary one in 
 Bannack. One of the first men who came in after 
 the Indians had taken our supplies was Mr. Wood- 
 mansee of Salt Lake, with three or four wagon- 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 loads of provisions, principally bacon, beans, and 
 black flour. Although of poor quality, the people 
 bought all he had. We built a few log cabins and 
 fixed for the winter. We were snow-bound from 
 the last of November until about April. A man 
 named Hod Conover agreed to go to Salt Lake and 
 take the mail, if we could assure him of two hundred 
 and fifty letters, at two dollars and a half per letter. 
 This did not seem an exorbitant price. During the 
 winter a few stragglers came in. Poker playing 
 was the chief occupation. Beans were used for 
 chips, and gold dust was our money. The monotony 
 of the winter was broken by the killing of a man 
 name Cleveland, by Henry Plummer. It was re- 
 ported that Cleveland was a horse thief, so nothing 
 was done with Plummer. But only two or three 
 weeks later a man by the name of Kossuth was killed 
 and three wounded, John Burnett, Sam Ellis and 
 another. The trouble came over an 'Indian squaw 
 that a man named Moore had bought, making pay- 
 ment in a pair of blankets. The squaw went back to 
 her father, but the blankets were not returned. 
 Moore and Reeves went in the night to the Indian 
 camp and fired at the tent and killed a white man, 
 and wounded three others who had gone in to see 
 what the trouble was about. Before morning Moore 
 and Reeves found that it was best for them to leaVe 
 the country, and Plummer got alarmed and went 
 with them. Walker Lear and a man name Higgins 
 and one or two others followed them up. The snow 
 was so deep they could not get away and Lear and 
 Higgins with their companions arrested Moore, 
 Reeves and Plummer and brought them back. A 
 miners' meeting was called and a trial held and they 
 were acquitted. After the acquittal they spotted every 
 man who had had anything to do with their arrest. 
 There seemed to be a general understanding in the 
 country at that time when two people had had trou- 
 ble, and they parted, the next time they met one or 
 the other had to die, so Plummer and Crawford 
 got to carrying guns for each other. Crawford hap- 
 pened to get the first chance and shot Plummer in 
 the arm. After Plummer got well Crawford kept 
 himself concealed until he could get out of the 
 country, and never came back. 
 
 "There was no law in the country. If a man owed 
 you money and did not want to pay, you might have 
 to collect it at the muzzle of a gun, and it was often 
 done. In part, it was the only way to make a col- 
 lection. Highwaymen were numerous, even oper- 
 ating by day, and warned their victims that if they 
 'peached' they would meet death at the hands of 
 some of the band. Towards spring seven men 
 started out to prospect. Bill Fairweather, Barney 
 Hughes, Tom Coover, Edgar. Harry Rodgers, Bill 
 Sweeney and George Orr. George 'Orr was taken 
 sick and stopped at Deer Lodge with some half 
 breed. The others went out to the Yellowstone 
 country. The Indians took nearly everything they 
 had and drove them out of the country. On their 
 way back they discovered Alder Gulch, said to be 
 the richest gulch of placer mining that ever was 
 discovered in the world. They prospected the gulch 
 and each man. located a discovery claim of one hun- 
 dred feet up and down the creek both sides, and one 
 hundred feet of a preemption claim, thus giving each 
 man two hundred feet. These men came back to 
 Bannack and told what they had found and on the 
 seventh of June. 186.3, they went in with a stampede 
 about seventy-five men, I among them. We all 
 rushed up the creek to see who would get the next 
 claim. As soon as a claim was located the next 
 thing was to get sluice boxes to wash the gold. Lum- 
 
 ber had to be -sawed by hand, and cost fifty cents a 
 running foot. 
 
 "During the summer people came in from all di- 
 rections, attracted by the reports of the rich pros- 
 pects, and by fall there were at least five thousand 
 people living here. 
 
 "There was a band of road-agents organized in 
 1863 in Bannack. A man by the name of Dillingham 
 joined them for the purpose of betraying them. He 
 learned they were about to rob a -man by the name 
 of Todd, and informed the latter. Mr. Todd, who 
 knew some of the men belonging to this band fool- 
 ishly asked them if they intended to rob him. The 
 men, of course, denied it, and asked him where he 
 got his information, and he said Dillingham was 
 the source of it. Dillingham was in Alder Gulch at 
 the time. The men left Bannack and came to Alder 
 after him and found him sitting in a circle of men. 
 I was in that circle. They called him out, saying 
 they wanted to see him. He had hardly gone twenty 
 feet, when they shot him. Buck Stimpson, Charlie 
 Forbes, and Hayes Lyons were the men who called 
 Dillingnam out and shot him, Charlie Forbes being 
 the man who fired the fatal shot. The sheriff and 
 the deputies were themselves all highwaymen. The 
 killers of Dillingham were arrested, and a miners' 
 meeting called. An attorney by the name of A. P. 
 H. Smith defended and he got the miners to try 
 Forbes by himself. Forbes claiming to be a Southern 
 man from New Orleans asserted that Dillingnam 
 had charged the former with being a highwayman 
 which was more than this Southern gentleman would 
 stand. _ The camps being stocked with a good many 
 Secessionists who had left Missouri and other states, 
 the sentiment was in favor of Forbes, and they 
 cleared him. Then they tried the other two men 
 and convicted them, built the scaffold and dug the 
 grave. At that point the attorney got the miners 
 to take another vote. This you remember was right 
 in sight of the gallows and graves. In the first point 
 it was claimed a mistake had been made. When 
 about two-fhirds of the vote had been counted on 
 the second ballot there was a cry raised that the 
 prisoners were cleared, and in the excitement the 
 outlaws were put on horses and rode out of the 
 country. 
 
 I left Alder Gulch in the fall and came to Ban- 
 nack, and just after I reached there the" miners hung 
 a little Irishman for killing a man named Keeley. 
 The Irishman had committed the murder for money. 
 In Alder Gulch a man named George Ives killed a 
 young fellow for his money, and the miners' meeting 
 convened and hung Ives and on the strength of 
 this affair a vigilance committee was formed that 
 winter and twenty-five or thirty of these highwaymen 
 were hung. Among them was the sheriff, Henry 
 Plummer, Deputy Sheriff Jack Gallagher, Skinner, 
 Buck Stimpson, Hayes Lawrence, Ned Ray, Boone 
 Hellem, Bill Hunter. A Mexican was shot to death 
 by the vigilantes for killing one of their number. 
 After shooting the Mexican they pulled down his 
 cabin and put his body on the pile, set fire to them 
 all, and burned the whole thing. Slade was also 
 hung, but he was not a highwayman, but a danger- 
 ous man in the community." 
 
 In the meantime having accumulated a consider- 
 able fortune in nuggets and free gold, Mr. Ireland 
 in the fall of 1863 returned to Omaha, he and his 
 partners driving a wagon overland to Salt Lake 
 City, and thence east to Omaha, where the proceeds 
 of their ventures were carefully deposited. In the 
 spring of 1864, Mr. Ireland once more went into 
 the western country and located at Fort Hall, which 
 was the first military post in Idaho territory, having 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1313 
 
 been established in 1869. Here once more we take 
 up the persona! narrative and description of his own 
 adventures and conditions in Idaho territory for the 
 next year or so. 
 
 "The first government stage was put on in the 
 summer of 1864 to carry the mail from Salt Lake 
 to Montana, and from Fort Hall to Boise. It was 
 called the main line to Montana, and to Boise was 
 a branch line. There had been a private mail line 
 from Montana to Salt Lake owned by Oliver and 
 Conover, but when the government line was put on 
 they took their stages off and ran them to differmt 
 camps in Montana. The government contract was 
 let to Ben Holliday. The first stage robbery was 
 near Pocatello in 1863. The station was on Poca- 
 tello Creek and about two miles south of the creek 
 in a little hollow the robbery occurred. The robbers 
 were led by a man named Brocky Jack. They 
 got about six or seven thousand dollars from the 
 passengers. A man named Jack Hughes from Den- 
 ver had most of the money. Hughes complained 
 to Brocky Jack that not enough had been left him 
 to pay for his meals back to Denver, so Brocky Jack- 
 very liberally returned him twenty dollars in order 
 to get home. 
 
 "The first winter after the establishment of the 
 government stage line there was a great deal of 
 trouble in getting the mail through. The contract 
 for building the station on the Boise branch and put- 
 ting up tlft hay for the winter was left to James 
 Lockett for so many dollars per ton, and so many 
 dollars tor the building of each station. Lockett was 
 a hard-working industrious man. When the pay- 
 master from the East came along he paid Lockett 
 in greenback dollars, which at that time were worth 
 but forty-five cents on the dollar in New York, and 
 in this country they were used only as curiosities, 
 men lighting their cigars with them, and pasting 
 them up over the bars and similar facetious uses 
 of them were made. Getting paid in greenbacks 
 cut down Lockett's price more than half. The result 
 of that settlement was that Lockett and his friends 
 burned up the hay at the stations, so that there was 
 nothing for the stock to eat, and the carrying of 
 the mail to Boise failed on that account. Most of 
 the men remained on the road and took care of the 
 stock as best they could, but there was no provisions 
 for them and they had to live on the barley which 
 had been brought in for the mules. There were some 
 game that could have been gotten if the men had 
 been prepared to hunt, but most of them only had 
 six-shooters. On the main line to Montana they got 
 through a stage occasionally. The Indians were not 
 on the warpath, but they stole a good many mules 
 to kill and eat. The snow was not so deep but that 
 a mule or horse could pick his living, but the range 
 was so poor that the mules would not be strong 
 enough to pull a stage. There were two Indians who 
 pretended to be friendly, and said they would tell 
 the whites when the Indians were coming to steal, 
 but in reality they were spies. These Indians hung 
 around Kink Hill Station on Snake River, where 
 Tom Oakley stayed most of the winter. The Red- 
 men were about the station a good deal, and finally 
 one day while he still had some beans left, Tom was 
 boiling some for .dinner, and when they were about 
 half done they scorched. He was about to throw 
 them out when an Indian came and he gave them to 
 the latter. The Indian gorged himself, and in about 
 two hours died of indigestion. 
 
 "In the spring Pete McManis, the division agent, 
 came through from Boise, trying to get the mail 
 through. When he reached King Hill, he told the 
 assistant division agent Oakley to go along with 
 
 him. A man called Yank and myself were at King 
 Hill that winter, and we were to follow them, but 
 first Oakley told Yank to take the oxen and haul out 
 a wagon that had mired down near the camp the fall 
 before. Yank took the oxen and in trying to get 
 out the wagon they mired down. Oakley saw from 
 the road what had happened and came back to the 
 station. In the meantime the other Indian, of the 
 two spies, had come in with a prairie hen that he 
 wanted to trade for something. I told him t<> *e 
 Oakley, I was not the station agent. Oakley came 
 up just then vexed >at having to come back and 
 told the Indian to get out of the door. The latter 
 did not move, and Oakley took him by the lapel 
 of the coat and jerked him out. The men in the 
 stage called to him to shoot the Indian, and Oakley 
 pulled out his gun and was going to do s<>, but I 
 said 'don't kill him,' and he put up his gun and told 
 the Indian to get off the place. The Indian went 
 sulkily, and the witnesses once more called out, 'Why 
 don't you kill him?' and then Oakley pulled <>ut his 
 gun and shot the Indian dead. Just at that moment 
 the oxen came up with the log chain dragging behind 
 them, having extricated themselves out of tne mud- 
 hole. Oakley said, 'Here Yank put the log chain 
 around the Indian's neck, and drag him away from 
 the station.' Yank obeyed orders, and hitched on 
 the oxen and dragged the body off. It was all done 
 as if it was a matter of business. Oakley was n"t 
 a bad man, but he hated a thief, and he knew these 
 Indians were stealing the mules or helping other 
 Indians to steal them. OCBOoft L 
 
 "In 1865 the stage line was changed from 
 Bannack Mountain to Portneuf Canyon, and in the 
 fall a stage robbery occurred in Portneuf Canyon, 
 at which sixty thousand dollars was obtained by the 
 robbers and four men were killed and one wounded. 
 Lockett determined to get even with Holliday on 
 account of being paid in greenbacks instead of gold 
 for building the stage station, and providing the 
 hay for the. stage lines. Holliday had a partner 
 named William L. Halsey, a banker of Salt Lake. 
 Halsey was expected to go through on the stage from 
 Helena to Salt Lake, taking with him one hundred 
 and fifty thousand dollars in money. Lockett re- 
 solved to rob the stage the day Halsey was on. The 
 driver stood in with Lockett' and was to give the 
 information as to when Halsey would be through. 
 Halsey feared he would be robbed and hurried 
 through the stages he was on until he got twelve 
 hours ahead of schedule. The robbers not looking 
 for him so early, he and his treasure escaped with- 
 out danger. Lockett being disappointed in this ven- 
 ture, determined then to rob the stage when there 
 was another lot of money on board. There was a 
 St. Louis firm that had a branch business in Helena. 
 One of the partners had been killed by another man 
 named McCausland, and the other St. Louis partner. 
 David Dinan came out to settle up matters and bring 
 back the money. It was known that a large sum 
 was handled, and the stage driver notified Lockett 
 of the coming. When the stage reached a narrow 
 place in the canyon about twelve or fifteen miles 
 south of Pocatello, the robbers who were hidden 
 in the willows held up the stage. The passengers 
 were all sitting with their guns pointing out of the 
 stage, and as soon as they saw the robbers they shot 
 over them, and then the highwaymen began firing 
 and killed McCausland, Dinan and Lawrence Merse. 
 The fourth man I do not recall by name. The 
 driver, of course, was uninjured and none of the rob- 
 bers were hurt. There were five in the gang. Frank 
 Williams was the driver, and one of the passenger! 
 named Carpenter escaped without injury." 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 When Mr. Ireland returned to Idaho in the spring 
 of 1864, he became one of the contractors for Ben 
 Holliday, and helped to build the first stage station 
 along the Holliday line. The most noted of these 
 was Fort Hall, two miles from which site had prev- 
 iously stood the old Hudson's Bay Company's post. 
 He was engaged more or less in this building and 
 contracting from 1864 to 1870, and then got into 
 the cattle business, and he was one of the first cattle- 
 men in this section of Idaho. The first cattle that he 
 used in stocking the range were driven up from 
 Texas, and were the typical Texas longhqrn. Mr. 
 Ireland became successful as a cattle raiser, and 
 afterwards sold hundreds of head to Mr. Swift ol 
 the Swift Packing Company. 
 
 Probably no other living resident of Idaho has a 
 longer and broader view of the basic industrial 
 activity which have made the wealth of the Gem 
 State than Mr. Ireland. Fortunate in his early min- 
 ing adventures, and meeting with similar success in 
 ranching he continued to give his personal super- 
 intendence to his large interests in stock and lands 
 until 1905, when failing eyesight caused him to retire. 
 For thirty years the home and business headquarters 
 of Mr. Ireland were at Malad City, where all his 
 children were born. He sold his ranch there more 
 than twenty years ago, and about fifteen years ago 
 bought stock in the First National Bank of Poca- 
 tello. In 1905 he moved to the latter city, and took 
 the place of vice president in the list of officers of 
 the bank. Soon after moving to Pocatello he was 
 elected as vice president of the bank, became a di- 
 rector in the Standrod and Company State Bank of 
 Blackfoot, a director in the J. N. Ireland & Company 
 State Bank in Malad, is a director in the Commercial 
 National Bank at Ogden, Utah, and has stock in other 
 banks. Mr. Ireland's first marriage was celebrated in 
 1877 at Baltimore when Miss Virginia Yateman 
 became his wife. She died at Malad, Idaho, in 1888, 
 leaving two daughters, Mrs. John P. Congdon of 
 Boise, who was born in Malad in 1878 -and has two 
 children, John Ireland Congdon and Nathaniel Ward 
 Congdon ; and Ethelinda, now Mrs. Dr. Frank 
 Sprague, born at Malad in 1888, and a resident of 
 Bellingham, Washington. Mr. Ireland was married 
 the second time at Baltimore in October, 1905, to 
 Miss Phillipina Stansbury. His church is the Meth- 
 odist. He has always been a Republican in politics, 
 and during the territorial period served as a member 
 of the Idaho legislature. 
 
 DANIEL O. LONGENBERGER. Achieving an honor- 
 able success after years of industrious labor in various 
 localities and fields of endeavor, Daniel O. Longen- 
 berger, the leading merchant of Milner, Idaho, is 
 deserving of more than passing mention in a work 
 pertaining to the records of the representative men 
 of his state, not only for the position which he has 
 eventually gained, but because of the manner in 
 which he has attained it. Coming of an old and 
 honored family of the Keystone state, he early in 
 life exhibited a commendable ambition and stead- 
 fast determination that have enabled him to over- 
 come obstacles in his path and to rebuild his for- 
 tunes after discouragements that would have dis- 
 heartened men not made of such stern stuff. Today 
 he stands as a striking example of the worth of con- 
 stant application, incessant industry and unconquer- 
 able perseverance, and his career should furnish en- 
 couragement to those whom misfortune has tem- 
 porarily distressed. Mr. Longenberger is a product 
 of the farm, and was born in Columbia county, 
 Pennsylvania, February 5, 1855, a son of William 
 and Elizabeth E. (Nuss) Longenberger. The grand- 
 
 father and granduncle of Mr. Longenberger, George 
 and Peter Longenberger, came to Pennsylvania in 
 1800, from Germany, and on his father's property 
 William Longenberger continued to farm until his 
 death, February 5, 1912, when he was eighty-four 
 years of age. His widow, who is eighty-four years 
 old, lives at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 
 
 The third in order of birth of the five children of 
 his parents, Daniel O. Longenberger received his 
 education in the public schools of his native county 
 and the State Normal school at Bloomsburg, Penn- 
 sylvania, following which he was engaged in teach- 
 ing school for one winter. The vocation of educator, 
 however, did not appeal to the youth, who had always 
 cherished an ambition to engage in mercantile lines, 
 and when only seventeen years of age he opened a 
 small general store. He soon discovered that he 
 needed business experience, and to secure this neces- 
 sary knowledge in a larger field, disposed of his en- 
 terprise and went to Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county, 
 Pennsylvania, where he became a clerk. in the lead- 
 ing mercantile establishment. During the next 
 twelve years the young man continued to be employed 
 by this firm, and then again entered the field as 
 proprietor of a store. He was rapidly advancing 
 to a position of independence after four years of 
 business on his own account, when a serious and 
 protracted strike in the iron and coal industry, in 
 which the greater number of his customers were 
 participants, almost completely wiped out his little 
 capital and he was forced to dispose of his interests 
 to satisfy his creditors. Nothing daunted, Mr. Long- 
 enberger gathered together the remnant of his re- 
 sources, and in 1894 came West to Denver, Colo- 
 rado, commencing again at the bottom of the ladder 
 as a clerk in a Denver mercantile establishment. 
 One year later he resigned his position to engage 
 in mining and prospecting, and not long thereafter, 
 with two partners, discovered the valuable Lalla 
 Rookh mine, which was disposed of to good ad- 
 vantage one year later. Mr. Longenberger then 
 spent six years more in Colorado, and in 1901 came 
 to Idaho to engage in placer mining at what is now 
 Milner. In 1904, on account of the damming of the 
 Snake river, his operations in this line ceased, and 
 he again decided to enter the commercial field, ac- 
 cordingly purchasing the pioneer mercantile estab- 
 lishment of Milner from Messrs. Perine & Burton. 
 To this venture, Mr. Longenberger brought a deep 
 knowledge of mercantile affairs, a wide practical 
 experience as a man of affairs, and an insight into 
 human nature gained through his long career among 
 all manners and conditions of men. His business 
 has enjoyed a constant and rapid growth, and today 
 Mr. Longenberger has the leading establishment of 
 its kind in Milner, carrying a stock of from $12,000 
 to $15,000. He is the owner of a fine ranch ad- 
 jacent to Milner, where he indulges his hobbies of 
 swine-breeding and intensive farming, and in the 
 not far-distant future he hopes to be able to retire 
 from the turmoil of trade and settle down to the 
 quiet occupation of cultivating the soil. He is also 
 the owner of valuable residence and business property 
 in Milner, and by his activities has helped to ad- 
 vance the importance of his city in a material manner. 
 In political matters a Democrat, he has served as 
 trustee and school director, and for some time was 
 postmaster of Milner. He has been connected with 
 the Patriotic Order Sons of America for many 
 years. 
 
 Mr. Longenberger was married January I, 1882, 
 to Miss Emma Hendricks, whose father is deceased, 
 while her mother, Mrs. Sarah (Clemmens) 
 Hendricks, is a resident of Denver, Colorado. Mrs. 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1315 
 
 Longenberger's grandfather was closely related to 
 T. A. Hendricks, vice president of the United States 
 during the first administration of President Cleve- 
 land, and died in office in 1885. Two children have 
 been born to Mr. and Mrs. Longenberger : Bertha 
 and Lamar, who reside with their parents at Milner. 
 The qualities which have gone to make up Mr. 
 Longenberger's success have been determination of 
 purpose, strict integrity and alertness to recognize 
 and grasp opportunities. He has made the most 
 of whatever chance may have thrown in his way, 
 but at all times has recognized the rights of others, 
 and for this reason his standing is that of an hon- 
 orable man, following legitimate business methods 
 and at all times worthy of the respect that conies 
 only to those whose success has been fairly won. 
 
 MRS. CHARLOTTE REA, one of the pioneers of Mon- 
 tana and Idaho, and one of the most highly esteemed 
 and honored women of Blackfoot, Idaho, where she 
 has made her home since the town was a mere sage- 
 brush location, was born in Pennsylvania, Venango 
 county, on May 7, 1835. She is the daughter of 
 Jesse and Lydia (Tabor) Bailey, the former a native 
 of Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, and the mother 
 of Xant ticket Island. 
 
 Jesse Bailey was a well known and prosperous 
 farming man in his native community, and at the call 
 to arms in 1812 he was one of the first to respond. 
 He served through the latter part of that conflict, 
 and died in Menominee in 1875 when he was eighty- 
 four years old. The wife and mother was the daugh- 
 ter of a noted Colonial family. Her grandfather, 
 Abraham Bunker, a well known ship owner of Bos- 
 ton and a member of the famous "Boston Tea 
 Party," died in Rock Island, Illinois, October 3, 1843. 
 
 Mrs. Rea, in her girlhood, moved to Rock Island, 
 Illinois, in company with her parents, and there she 
 received her education. She has been twice married. 
 Her first husband, Rensler Cronk, was born at Rome, 
 New York, on July 12, 1830. He attended the 
 schools of his native city, later entering college and 
 graduating in civil engineering. He was for a num- 
 ber of years county surveyor of Columbia county, 
 Wis. When the Civil war broke out he promptly 
 enlisted with Company I of the Eighteenth Wis- 
 consin Volunteers and was orderly sergeant of the 
 Fifteenth Army Corps under General Logan. His 
 service in the army was but brief, for scarcely a 
 week after his regiment was ordered to the front it 
 participated in .the memorable battle of Pittsburg 
 Landing, and Sergeant Cronk was one of the first 
 to go down before the enemy. He was buried on 
 the field, and six weeks later the news of his heroic 
 but untimely death was carried to the widow, waiting 
 at home in far distant Wisconsin. .They were the 
 parents of one son, Rensler DeWitt Cronk, born 
 on July 16, 1861, at Kilbourn City, Wisconsin, and 
 died on February 12, 1887, in Blackfoot, Idaho. Mr. 
 Cronk, prior to his enlistment in the army, had for 
 some little time been devoting himself to the study 
 and practice of law. He read law in the offices of 
 Judge Larabee in Wisconsin and was admitted to 
 the bar of the state but a short time before he entered 
 the army. 
 
 Following Jhe death of Mr. Cronk, Mrs. Rea came 
 to the West, making the trip via the Missouri river, 
 to Fort Benton, Montana, staging it from there to 
 Butte, where she established a hotel for the accom- 
 modation of the traveling public. In June, 1879, she 
 was united in marriage in that city to Mr. George 
 W. Rea, who was born in Livingston county, New 
 York, on July 4, 1831. 
 
 George Rea, like her first husband, was a grad- 
 
 uate of Clinton College, and after his college career 
 had dosed he engaged in the lumber business, in 
 the interests of which he first came to the West 
 He arrived in Montana in 1863, coming across the 
 plains with a train of one hundred wagons, and 
 seeing many exciting experiences en route, many of 
 which are well worth relating, but lack of space 
 forbids the recounting of more than one of their 
 harrowing experiences. 
 
 It so chanced that the party found itself entirely 
 without fresh meat at a certain stage of their jour- 
 ney, and as they went on their way a band of ante- 
 lope was seen in the distance. Mr. Rea was known 
 to be an excellent shot, without doubt the best in 
 the company, and was also the owner of the finest 
 rifle in their number a magnificent 16-shot Hennr, 
 something entirely new at that period. He accord- 
 ingly started out after his quarry, and approaching 
 close was able to bring down a fine large buck. 
 After carefully skinning the hind quarters and tying 
 it to his saddle, he was surprised to find himself 
 surrounded by a band of Indians, who kept circling 
 about, drawing closer with each moment. It was 
 evident to Mr. Rea that they wre intent upon 
 hostilities, and wasting no parley with them, he drew 
 his rifle and opened fire on the group. The Indians 
 endeavored to frighten him into submission with a 
 war whoop and an attempted rush upon him, but he 
 was not intimidated and continued to fire into their 
 midst, each shot bringing down a painted warrior. 
 He killed seven of them before they retreated for a 
 council. In fifteen minutes they made their appear- 
 ance again, but Mr. Rea was ready for them, and 
 poured into their midst such a galling fire that nine 
 more gave up their lives. The remaining members 
 of the band took their departure at that juncture, 
 and Mr. Rea proceeded to camp, only to find to his 
 consternation that one of the parry had, against the 
 advice and counsel of the others, proceeded forward 
 three miles in advance of the party. It was soon 
 discovered that his mules had been stolen, his wagon 
 burned, his wife stripped and foully murdered, the 
 Indians filling her body full of arrows after they 
 had scalped her, his baby had been beaten to death, 
 and he himself was pierced by arrows in many places. 
 To conclude a chapter of horrors, his young daugh- 
 ter had been captured alive and carried off by the 
 Indians. Mr. Rea promptly called for volunteers to 
 follow and punish the lawless band, and they found 
 the charred remains of the wagon and the body of 
 the wife and infant, but no trace was to be seen 
 of the daughter of the unfortunate man. Two years 
 later the girl came to Fort Bridger as the wife of 
 an Indian chief, and she was taken care of by white 
 people and returned to the care of her father. 
 
 George Rea brought nhe first stamp mill to Vir- 
 ginia City, with this train, and then followed mining 
 and prospecting on a large scale in Confederate 
 Gulch and other locations. He continued in that 
 work until he went to Butte. He came to Idaho in 
 1882 and settled on the north fork of the Snake 
 river, where the Rea postoffice is now located. He 
 entered land from the government at Island Park 
 where he continued to live and be engaged in its 
 cultivation until he came to Blackfoot in 1882. The 
 house he settled down to live in there was not more 
 than a rude shack, but he remodeled it and bought 
 it, making it into a homelike habitation. He died 
 there in 1901, aged seventy years, and since that 
 time his widow, who is the immediate subject of 
 this review, has lived here also. 
 
 Mrs. Rea is undeniably one of the most interest- 
 ing women in this section of the country, and enjoys 
 a large popularity in the communities where she 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 is known. She is cordial and open hearted, possess- 
 ing a geniality that makes her one of the most delight- 
 ful people to meet, and is never too busy to enlighten 
 the traveler or visitor with regard to conditions in 
 the early days of pioneer life in Montana and Idaho, 
 in which she is all too well versed for the perfect 
 serenity of heart and mind which is the portion of 
 those who have lived in less exciting times. How- 
 ever, it is evident that Mrs. Rea has enjoyed to 
 the fullest the atmosphere which characterizes the 
 West, and which was so much more a tangible thing 
 in the days of her earliest acquaintance with the 
 country. Three times Mrs. Rea has been elected to 
 the office of county treasurer of Bingham county on 
 the Republican ticket, and has filled the office on 
 each occasion with all credit to herself and the entire 
 satisfaction of her constituents. She is a member 
 of the Episcopal church, and a devout Christian, in 
 the early days having taught the Sunday school 
 lesson to boys and girls who are now grown men 
 and women and filling worthy places in their various 
 niches in life. 
 
 JOHN I. DEAN, who ranks high among the success- 
 ful business men of the younger generation, and who 
 is now the proprietor of the Dean Drug & Jewelry 
 Co., at Sugar City, has been a resident of the city 
 only since 1909, but since that time has succeeded 
 in firmly establishing himself in the confidence of 
 the people of this place. Although born in England, 
 he is a typical Westerner, having been brought to 
 Utah when only three years of age, and his whole 
 training has been along lines that have made men of 
 this section of the country so successful in commer- 
 cial life. Mr. Dean was born in Lancashire, England, 
 December 4, 1889, and is a son of Joseph and Mary 
 Jane (Ingram) Dean. The family emigrated to the 
 United States in 1881, first locating in Garden City, 
 Rich county, Utah, where the father took up land 
 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. The elder 
 Dean is now a resident of Salt Lake City, as is 
 his wife, and both have reached their fifty-second 
 year. They have been the parents of ten children, 
 John I. being the third born. 
 
 After attending the public schools of Logan, Utah, 
 John I. Dean chose the vocation of druggist as his 
 life work, and accordingly, after some preliminary 
 study, entered the St. Louis (Missouri) College of 
 Pharmacy, from which he was graduated with the 
 class of 1907, fully prepared to enter upon the prac- 
 tice of his vocation. His first field of endeavor was 
 the town of Bountiful, Utah, but after eighteen 
 months there came to Sugar City, Idaho, where in 
 1909 he purchased the established business of the 
 Sugar City Pharmacy, which he has been conducting 
 with well-deserved success. *He carries a complete 
 and up-to-date line of drugs, medicines, toilet articles, 
 candies, and such other goods as are usual to a first- 
 class establishment, and his large and growing trade 
 is attracted from all over Sugar City and the sur- 
 rounding country. He has a thorough knowledge of 
 every detail of his business, and makes a specialty of 
 prescriptions, which are filled with the greatest care 
 and accuracy. Like other progressive young men 
 of this section, he takes a deep and intelligent interest 
 in all that affects the welfare of his city or its 
 people, and is at all times ready to give of his time 
 or means in supporting movements which he believes 
 will work out advantageously for all parties con- 
 cerned. Mr. Dean has been a supporter of Repub- 
 lican principles and policies, and, although not a 
 politician in the generally accepted meaning, has 
 done his duty as a citizen by rendering signal services 
 
 on the town board. His religious connection is with 
 the Church of the Latter Day Saints. 
 
 In August, 1907, at Salt Lake City, Utah, Mr. Dean 
 was united in marriage with Miss Anna Edwards, 
 the estimable daughter of John L. and Gwendolyn 
 Edwards, well-known residents of Willard, Utah. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Dean are the parents of three bright 
 and interesting children, namely: Helen D., born 
 in 1908, at Bountiful, Utah; Royal, born in 1909, at 
 Sugar City, Idaho; and Joseph Grant, born in 1912, 
 also at Sugar City. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dean are 
 general favorites with the members of the younger 
 social set, and have many warm friends throughout 
 the city. 
 
 S. W. GIBBS. As the popular proprietor of the 
 leading livery and feed business of Blackfoot, Idaho, 
 Samuel W. Gibbs is well known to the citizens of 
 his community, who have recognized and appreciated 
 the fact that he has endeavored to give them the 
 best of service. Mr. Gibbs is an Idaho pioneer and 
 veteran stockman, and for fifty years has been a 
 resident of the West, having contributed in no- 
 small way to the material growth ana development 
 of this section of the country. Now, at an age 
 when most men feel like retiring from the strife, 
 he is still among his section's active business men, 
 giving daily attention to the management of his 
 establishment. With intellect unclouded, and manly 
 strength but slightly abated, with an erect form, 
 firm step and clear vision, he goes about his daily 
 round of affairs as in the days when struggle 
 seemed to be a necessity. It is an inheritance from 
 a vigorous ancestry, strengthened by a life of ac- 
 tivity and healthful labor. 
 
 Samuel W. Gibbs was born in South Wales, April 
 r 1853, and is a son of John D. and Julia Ann 
 (Tompkins) Gibbs. His father was born in Wales, 
 and his mother in Bristol, England, and in 1863 
 the family emigrated to the United States, coming 
 across the plains in an ox-team in the train of which 
 Capt. Thomas E. Ricks, after whom Rexburg, Idaho, 
 was named, was the leader. Locating first at 
 Willard City, Utah, John D. Gibbs followed his 
 trade of shoemaker for several years, and later be- 
 came a clerk in a general store, subsequently mov- 
 ing to Portage, where he lived for thirty years, and 
 died at the advanced age of seventy-six years, his 
 wife surviving him some time and passing away 
 when seventy-eight years of age. 
 
 The seventh in order of birth *of his parents' 
 eleven children, Samuel W. Gibbs received his early 
 education in the district schools of Utah, and as a 
 youth took up freighting as an occupation, driving 
 a bull team and mule outfit between Utah and Mon- 
 tana, in the employ of F. M. Rogers, -a well-known 
 freighter of the early days. Gradually he accumu- 
 lated enough capital to invest in the stock business 
 in the Malad Valley, Box Elder county, Utah, which 
 occupation he followed for twenty years. The next 
 ten years were spent on a ranch in Bingham county, 
 and in 1906 he came to Blackfoot and established 
 himself in the livery and feed business, which he 
 has conducted to the present time. While other 
 pioneers of his day engaged, some in trade, some 
 in manufacture, others in speculation, and still 
 others in buying up lands and converting them into 
 city and town lots have outstripped Mr. Gibbs in 
 the accumulation of wealth, his enterprise has 
 brought him a fair competency, and, what is of far 
 greater value, has left him vigorous in advanced 
 age, with as great capacity for enjoyment as be- 
 longs to many younger men, and with the satisfac- 
 
HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 1317 
 
 tion of having wrought, with laborious hands and 
 to good purpose, in rearing to its great develop- 
 ment the commonwealth of Idaho. With a fault- 
 less memory, he recalls to ready listeners interest- 
 ing events in Idaho's early history. A Republican 
 in politics, he is committeeman ot his district, and 
 is serving his second term as member of the city 
 council, his present term expiring in April, 1913. 
 His religious connection is with the Church of the 
 Latter Day Saints. * It is his belief that the devel- 
 opment of Idaho during the next ten years will be 
 as great as that which has marked its advance in 
 the twenty years past, and it is his ambition to be 
 able to continue to assist in this growth. 
 
 On December 25, 1876, Mr. Gibb^ was married at 
 Portage, Utah, to Miss Sophrona Lort-tta McCrary, 
 daughter of John M. and Samantha (Wells) Mr 
 Crary, both deceased, who were well known pioneers 
 of Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs have had the fol- 
 lowing children: Samuel Willard, born October 15, 
 1877, at Portage, the father of three children; Mrs. 
 Loretta Payne, born April 21, 1879, at Portage, Utah, 
 a resident of Blackfoot, who has two children ; James 
 Memorial, born March 10, 1882, at Portage, who 
 has two children ; John Duggan, born December 28, 
 1884, at Portage ; George Francis, born November 
 15, 1887, at Portage; William F., born June 4, 1889, 
 who died September 17, 1889; Alice Matilda, born 
 December 10, 1890; Charles Ira, born September 24, 
 1894, who died October 10, 1894; Don Carlos, born 
 November 16, 1896, attending the schools of Black- 
 foot: Eberhart McCrary, born November 7, 1899, in 
 Bingham county, Idaho, who died in 1900, at Tilden, 
 Idaho. 
 
 JOSEPH W. GOLIGHTLY. Now. manager of the 
 Studebaker Brothers Company at Preston, Mr. Go- 
 lightly is a native son of Preston, of a pioneer family 
 in this region, and has grown up and advanced to 
 important responsibilities and influence in business 
 and civic affairs in the locality which has been his 
 home throughout his entire career. 
 
 Joseph W. Golightly was born at Preston on the 
 first of October, 1878. His parents were among the 
 early settlers of this locality, and were among the 
 earliest native born citizens of Utah. His father, 
 Joseph J. Golightly, was born in Salt Lake City, 
 whence he came to Idaho in 1874, and was one of 
 the prosperous residents of Preston up to his death 
 in June, 1898, at the age of forty. During his earlier 
 years he had been engaged in the candy and bakery 
 business but latterly was chiefly connected with 
 farming. He also took an active part in politics, 
 and held several offices and was one of the influential 
 men in his church in this section. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Millie Williams, was also a native 
 of Salt Lake City, where they were married, and she 
 now resides at the old home in Preston. 
 
 During his youth in Preston, Mr. Golightly at- 
 tended the public schools, and was subsequently edu- 
 cated by another course in the Oneida Stake Acad- 
 emy at Preston. While a boy he spent much of his 
 time on a farm, and learned all the varieties of farm 
 life. Remaining in the country until he was twenty- 
 two years of age, he then entered upon his active 
 business career n the employ of the Sidney Stevens 
 Implement Company at Preston, being connected 
 with that firm for about four years, at the end of 
 which time he took a place with the C. W. & M. 
 Company. About six months later he joined the 
 Cache Valley Implement & Produce Company, and 
 from there entered the service of the Studebaker 
 Brothers Company as floor salesman. He has been 
 connected with this well known concern since 1905, 
 
 and in 1908 was appointed local manager, since 
 which time he has been instrumental in building up 
 and extending the trade throughout the section, and 
 has made an excellent record as an aggressive young 
 business man. 
 
 At Logan, Utah, on December 15, 1002, Mr. Go- 
 lightly was married to Miss Mabel Chatterton, a 
 daughter of Wilford Chatterton of Preston. The 
 three children, two daughters and one son, in the 
 home circle, are named Emery, Virginia and LaRue. 
 Mr. Golightly and family are members of the church 
 of the Latter Day Saints, and for three years he 
 served on a church mission in Florida and Georgia. 
 He is a former secretary of the Preston Commercial 
 Club, and has been a worker in all cooperative efforts 
 for the advancement of his home town. As a Re- 
 publican he casts his vote regularly, but has no active 
 part in politics. Mr. Golightly is one of the enthu- 
 siastic automobilists of Preston, and is a well rounded 
 man who enjoys all the good things of life, not only 
 the wholesome outside amusements, but also the 
 quiet diversions of his home. He is an ardent be- 
 liever in the future of Idaho, and is always glad to 
 give information to prospective homeseekers con- 
 cerning his own part of the state. 
 
 EDWIN D. FOKD. The enterprise which, under the 
 form of irrigation, has applied water to the fertile 
 lands in Idaho, has opened a greater and more per- 
 manent store of wealth than the discovery of the 
 richest lode in gold or silver during earlier days. 
 The purpose of the following paragraphs is to 
 sketch briefly the value and power of individual 
 foresight and initiative in such undertakings as 
 exemplified in the career of Edwin D. Ford of 
 Weiser, and also the inception and successful estab- 
 lishment of the Crane Creek Irrigation Land & 
 Power Company, which is one of the best examples 
 of business organization applied to the practical prob- 
 lems of agriculture in this state. The responsible 
 man behind the Crane Creek project was Edwin D. 
 Ford, who had been identified with the west for 
 many years, and has attained his present position 
 of prominence by hard and conscientious endeavor, 
 and a keen insight into the possibilities which lie 
 in the plain view of all, but which only the excep- 
 tional few have the power to reap the fullest ad- 
 vantage. 
 
 Edwin D. Ford was born January I, 1863, at 
 Watertown, Wisconsin, and he himself a pioneer, is 
 a son of a pioneer family. Pioneers were his early 
 ancestors in this country, and patriots as well, giving 
 of their vigor to the revolutionary struggle and 
 later to the War of 1812. Pioneers to the middle 
 west were his grandfather and his father the latter 
 as a boy coming to settle in what was then the 
 Wisconsin wilderness. They made their way to that 
 region overland by ox-team, by way of Fort Dear- 
 born, where the city of Chicago now stands. The 
 father, E. W. Ford, grew up in the pioneer home, 
 and in his manhood enlisted in the Civil war. with 
 the Ninth Minnesota Regiment. A private when he 
 entered the army, he was discharged with the rank 
 of captain. His wife, the mother of Edwin D. Ford, 
 was a Pennsylvanian by birth, and was with her 
 parents among Wisconsin's early immigrants. They 
 were the parents of six children, among whom 
 Edwin D. was the third. 
 
 Edwin D. Ford was reared at La Crosse. where at 
 the age of sixteen years, after a substantial edu- 
 cation in local schools, he became a wage earner, 
 entering the office of the Chicago, Milwaukee & 
 St. Paul Railroad Company's freight department as 
 a messenger. During his five years' service there 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 he advanced to the office of assistant cashier. When 
 the cashier was appointed postmaster at La Crosse 
 he took Mr. Ford with him from the railroad, as 
 assistant postmaster, in which capacity he served 
 four years. 
 
 In 1890, following his inherited pioneer bent, Mr. 
 Ford came out to the northwest to investigate the 
 country, and its opportunities. Where the route of 
 the Great Northern Railroad was planned to cross 
 the Columbia River, he saw a great future for the 
 town that would spring up there, and thus he made 
 his first permanent location at Wenatchee. His fore- 
 sight with regard to that location has since been 
 justified, and Wenatchee is now one of the most 
 vigorous and prosperous of Washington's cities. In 
 this congenial location he established a general store, 
 and was soon awarded the contract from the Great 
 Northern Company to furnish surveying parties with 
 supplies. It required some exceptional business abil- 
 ity to fulfill this contract, but he did it admirably, 
 and delivered the supplies during a part of the con- 
 struction work and all of the survey. A great part 
 of the supplies were freighted sixty-five miles over 
 the mountains from Ellensburg. 
 
 In the same year of his location at Wenatchee, Mr. 
 Ford realized the great possibilities of land values 
 increasing through irrigation, and he consequently 
 bought as much land as he could near that town, 
 paying an average price of ten dollars an acre. This 
 land was not irrigated. As soon as the water for 
 irrigation reached it, he found that his poorest land 
 was worth three hundred dollars an acre, while 
 today developed orchard tracts on the same ground 
 that Mr. Ford bought at the time for ten dollars 
 an acre are held at two thousand dollars an acre, 
 and some of them are not for sale at any price. 
 This experience gave him his first clear insight into 
 the tremendous difference between the values of 
 western arid and western irrigated land. He also 
 saw the wonderful possibilities of the fruit industry 
 in this country, which was then in its infancy, and in 
 his mind he laid the foundation for the big under- 
 taking which was to come later. 
 
 In 1893 Mr. Ford was married at Denver, and 
 in the following year, since the climate at Wenatchee 
 did not agree with Mrs. Ford, he moved to the 
 Cripple Creek mining district of Colorado, where 
 he established a general store. While excavations 
 were being made for the store buildings in Cripple 
 Creek a vein of rich gold was struck on Mr. Ford's 
 lot. As his title to the property did not include a 
 mining claim, this lucky discovery brought good 
 fortune to the company holding the necessary title, 
 not to Mr. Ford, the real discoverer. The mine 
 afterward proved to be an immense producer, known 
 as the Gold Coin Mines. It brought a million and 
 five hundred thousand dollars worth of gold to its 
 owners. 
 
 After remaining in Colorado for five years, Mr. 
 Ford was attracted to Idaho by the activities in the 
 Seven Devils' Mininer District. To reach these 
 mines he was compelled to pass through the Weiser 
 Valley. There he was forcibly impressed with the 
 remarkable similarity between conditions here and 
 those he had found in Wenatchee. He found the 
 climate to be even better; the soil, on analysis, 
 proved almost the same, while the acreage was 
 greatly in excess of that in the Wenatchee section. 
 Continuing his investigations, he found that where 
 water had been delivered to land in the lower 
 Weiser Valley, phenomenal crop yields had been 
 the result. On the upper benches were great tracts 
 of unirrigated land, and in the following years, 
 after being fully convinced of its possibilities, he 
 began the purchase of this land. Analyses revealed 
 
 that it was just as fertile as that of the lower 
 valley, while drainage was better, and his Wenatchee 
 experience had taught him that the higher bench 
 farms were in greatest demand and had been most 
 successful. 
 
 In 1906 Mr. Ford conceived the idea of a storage 
 reservoir to water more than his own holdings, 
 which by that time amounted to six hundred acres. 
 It should be understood that these conclusions which 
 are so briefly set down were the* results of land and 
 patient and persevering investigation and study on. 
 the part of Mr. Ford and it required great judg- 
 ment to distinguish between what was feasible and 
 what was Utopian. Having satisfied himself and 
 made all the plans, he began attending auctions 
 on the site of Crane Creek. He employed survey- 
 ors and engineers, who after thorough and detailed 
 investigation declared the site to be ideal. After the 
 report of these experts Mr. Ford bought land then 
 occupied by fourteen families, needed for the site 
 of a reservoir. At this stage of the undertaking he 
 organized a holding company, and his associates 
 promptly elected him president and general man- 
 ager. With characteristic enthusiasm and energy, 
 he went into the work to perfect the water filings 
 and to attain right of way for the pipe lands and 
 laterals. 
 
 The settlers on land which would receive benefits 
 under the Crane Creek projects proceeded to organ- 
 ize the huge area into two big irrigation districts 
 under the friendly laws of the state of Idaho. 
 Meanwhile, Mr. Ford and associates went steadily 
 ahead with their work as far as it was possible to 
 progress at that time, expending two hundred and 
 fifty-seven thousand dollars in the building of a 
 storage dam, purchases of reservoir site, and land to 
 be irrigated, engineering, water investigation and 
 other work, all of which was done under Mr. Ford's 
 personal supervision. The reservoir that is to water 
 the district is six miles long by two miles wide, 
 there are seventy miles of main canals and laterals, 
 and the land which will be irrigated comprises a 
 total area of twenty-one thousand acres. Mr. Ford 
 is still giving his energetic management _to the work 
 which remains to be done in this project, and he 
 expects to make Weiser his permanent home. To 
 him the irrigation enterprise has for years been his 
 most ambitious hope, and with its realization he 
 intends to remain faithfully at what he considers a 
 post of duty, doing his part in the upbuilding and 
 development of the great Weiser empire. On a 
 portion of the site comprised in the Crane Creek 
 project is located the townsite of Appleton. located 
 on the railroad nine miles east of Weiser. Asso- 
 ciated with Mr. Ford as president of the Crane 
 Creek Company, are Mr. A. G. Butterfield. the well 
 known stockman of Weiser as vice president; and 
 Mr. E. P. Hall, as secretary. 
 
 In addition to the responsibilities and labors con- 
 nected with the irrigation project Mr. Ford has 
 filled his place as a director of the First National 
 Bank, the largest banking institution in Weiser, and 
 as a member of the firm of the Walker & Ford Drug 
 Company, one of the largest mercantile establish- 
 ments in Southern Idaho. He is also a practical 
 farmer, and has successfully cultivated on the Crane 
 Creek Reservoir site, one thousand acres without 
 irrigation, raising profitable crops of alfalfa and 
 grain. His own comfortable residence is located on 
 the Sunnyside plat. 
 
 In 1893, in Colorado, Mr. Ford married Miss 
 Hortense Ailing, of Denver. Colorado. Their son 
 Edwin was born in 1901, and three years later their 
 daughter Susan. Mr. and Mrs. Ford are both 
 sociallv active and popular in Weiser. The Com- 
 
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 mcrcial Club of the city is one of the organizations 
 with which he is connected, and he has passed all the 
 chairs in the Knights of Pythias Lodge. He is 
 interested in political affairs, both local and national, 
 although independent of party lines. The current 
 phrase, "pass prosperity around" would seem to have 
 been Edwin D. Ford's motto in his scheme for the 
 wide distribution of the benefits of Washington 
 county's desirable climate, made accessible through 
 wisely planned irrigation. His multitude of friends 
 and well-wishers look to the fullest expansion of the 
 enterprise, which will stand as a most worthy monu- 
 ment to the discrimination and judgment of Mr. 
 Ford. 
 
 GUY EMERSON BOWERMAN. A live, wide-a-wake 
 man, full of vim and energy, Guy E. Bowerman, 
 president of the First National Bank of Saint 
 Anthony, is a commanding figure in the financial 
 circles of southeastern Idaho, and has extensive busi- 
 ness interests throughout this section of the state. 
 He was born October 8, 1866, in Coldwater, Mich- 
 igan. 
 
 His father, Thomas Emery Bowerman, was born 
 and educated in Michigan, which has always been his 
 home. He is a carriage maker by trade, and for 
 many years carried on a substantial business in that 
 line, but now, at the age of seventy-one years, he 
 has retired from active pursuits. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Eliza M. Dakin, was born in 
 Michigan sixty-eight years ago, in 1844, and has 
 there spent her entire life. 
 
 The second child of the parental household of 
 four children, Guy E, Bowerman, obtained his edu- 
 cation in the schools of Michigan. On leaving 
 school he went to South Dakota in search of em- 
 ployment, locating in Dell Rapids, where for fifteen 
 years he was connected with a bank, serving first in 
 a very humble capacity, but being promoted from 
 time to time until he was made cashier. On October 
 2, 1899, Mr. Bowerman, foreseeing the great possi- 
 bilities awaiting Idaho, came to Saint Anthony, and, 
 with others, organized the Idaho State Bank, of 
 which he was made cashier. On March i, 1901, that 
 bank was converted into the First National Bank 
 of Saint Anthony, and Mr. Bowerman was continued 
 as its cashier until 1907, when he was elected presi- 
 dent of the institution, a position which he has since 
 held. He is likewise president of the First National 
 Bank of Ashton; vice president of the Fremont 
 County Bank of Sugar City, a director of the First 
 National Bank of Rexburg; and a stockholder in the 
 Rigby State Bank. 
 
 Since taking up his residence in Fremont county, 
 Mr. Bowerman has been untiring in his efforts to 
 promote its highest and best interests, doingmore, 
 mayhap, than any other man, unless it be Thomas 
 E. Ricks, who was one of the pioneer conquerors of 
 the wilderness. Unassuming in manner, and pecul- 
 iarly unpretentious, Mr. Bowerman has nevertheless 
 been especially prominent in developing the agricul- 
 tural prosperity of this part of the state. He is 
 very active in the tnatter of local improvements, 
 being a champion of the good roads, and good 
 bridges movement and of all enterprises conducive 
 to the benefit of the public. On. November 5, 1911. 
 Mr. Bowermsm, who is a warm personal friend of 
 Senator Borah, was elected as a representative to 
 the state legislature on the Republican ticket, and 
 is serving ably and to the satisfaction of his con- 
 stituents as well as to their honor and credit. 
 
 Fraternally Mr. Bowerman is a member of the 
 
 Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons, of the 
 
 Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic 
 
 Shrine: of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows: 
 
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 of the Knights of Pythias; of the Benevolent and 
 Protective Order of Elks; and of the Knights 
 Templar. 
 
 Mr. Bowerman married September 18, 1888, in 
 Mitchell, Ontario, Miss Susanna E. Wilson, and they 
 have one child, (iuy Kmerson Bowerman, Jr., born 
 August 29, 1896. 
 
 AKTIU R R. SMITH. As the head of the Boise 
 Development Company. Arthur R. Smith occupies 
 an important place in the business life of this city 
 He has been located in Boise but a short time, com- 
 ing here in 1910, but in the brief time he has been 
 thus established he has done much for the develop- 
 ment of Boise property, and is recognized for pne of 
 the progressive and up-to-date men of the city today 
 
 Born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1871, Arthur R. 
 Smith is the son of H. L. Smith and Henrietta K. 
 Smith, both Virginians by birth. The father is a well 
 known and highly respected citizen of Norfolk, where 
 he now lives a retired life, and he is now in his 
 seventy-first year, while his wife is still sharing 
 his joys and sorrows at the age of seventy. 
 
 As a boy at home, Arthur Smith attended the 
 local schools and later attended the Agricultural and 
 Mechanical College at Blacksburg, Va.. for a year. He 
 then entered the service of the Norfolk & Western 
 Railroad, in a clerical capacity, remaining thus 
 occupied for five years, at the termination of which 
 he engaged in the lumber business. This connection 
 proved to be a most fortunate one for him and for 
 twenty years Mr. Smith carried on a lumber and 
 general manufacturing business. He saw an excellent 
 opportunity to dispose of his large interests and 
 accordingly sold out and came to Boise in ipio, 
 where he immediately organized the Boise Develop- 
 ment Company. He is president of the concern and 
 his brother, H. L. Smith, is vice-president and 
 secretary. Since that time they have done much in 
 the way of developing Boise property, and have a 
 subdivision known as the Boise City Park which is a 
 most excellent tract, located within six blocks of the 
 heart of the city, and fully equipped in the way of 
 sidewalks, curbs, city water and electric lights, etc 
 
 Mr. Smith is president and a member of the di- 
 rectorate of the Home Building Company of Boise, 
 and has become one of the most enthusiastic pro- 
 moters of the city and state. He is a Democrat and 
 a member of the Episcopal church. 
 
 In 1899 Mr. Smith was united in marriage with 
 Miss Edna Robinson, of Baltimore, Maryland. She 
 is a daughter of Mrs. Mary Robinson, of that city, 
 where she was reared. 
 
 HIRAM T. FRENCH, M. S. It is the earnest 
 desire of the publishers of this historv to offer 
 within its pages a permanent mark of appreciation 
 due from them to Professor Hiram T. French, whose 
 able co-operation has made possible the compilation 
 of the subject matter incorporated in the work and 
 constituting, we are assured, a valuable contribu- 
 tion to the recorded history of Idaho. Prof< 
 French has been intimately identified with the devel- 
 opment of the great natural resources of Idaho, has 
 here attained to wide reputation in educational 
 circles, and his thorough familiarity with the state 
 gives authority and emphasis to his interposition in 
 the compilation and arrangement of the historical 
 material here presented. A man of high literary 
 and scientific knowledge and appreciation, of most 
 comprehensive reading and study and of distinc- 
 tive intellectual force, he has done much to exploit 
 the state of Idaho, within whose borders he long 
 maintained his home, and this publication exercises 
 but consistent functions when it offers a brief 
 review of his career. 
 
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 HISTORY OF IDAHO 
 
 Hiram Taylor French was born in Almena, Van 
 Buren county, Michigan, on the ist of October, 
 1861, and is a son of Warren F. and Sarah Ann 
 (Eager) French, both natives of St. Albans, 
 Vermont, and both young lolk at tiie time ot the 
 removal of the respective larmlies to franklin 
 county, New York. Warren F. French was a son 
 of Ezra French, who passed the closing years of 
 his lite in Malone, New York, and who attained to 
 the venerable age of ninety-four years, as did also 
 
 'wTrr^n F. French became one of the sturdy 
 nioneers of Michigan, to which state he removed m 
 K and he became one of the representative 
 
 Sners of Van Buren county. He also worked 
 more or less at the carpenter's trade, to which he 
 had served an apprenticeship m New York state, 
 and he was prompt and influential in connection 
 with public affairs of a local order. He .was a 
 man of strong mentality and impregnable integrity 
 and he ever commanded the confidence and esteem 
 of his fellow men. His political allegiance was 
 given to the Democratic party and he was always 
 active in political activities in his community. He 
 served many years as supervisor of Almena town- 
 ship, Van Buren county, Michigan and was also 
 the incumbent of other local offices of trust He 
 was captain of militia at the time of the Mexican 
 war but was not called to the front m that con- 
 flict Both he and his wife, the latter of whom 
 was' probably of remote Irish extraction, passed the 
 closing period of their long and useful lives on their 
 old homestead in Michigan, where both died m 
 1900, each being eighty-one years of age at the 
 time of demise and the death of the wife having 
 followed that of her husband by only five days. 
 Both were firm believers in the verities of the 
 Christian faith and were earnest in the support ot 
 religious activities. . 
 
 Hiram T. French was reared to the sturdy discip- 
 line of the farm and his preliminary educational 
 discipline was acquired in the district and graded 
 schools of his native county. In 1881 he was 
 matriculated in the Michigan Agricultural College, 
 at Lansing, the capital of the state, and in this 
 staunch institution he was graduated as a member 
 of the class of 1885, with the degree of Bachelor 
 of Science His standing in the college was shown 
 by the fact that a few weeks after his graduation 
 he became an assistant in the agricultural depart- 
 ment of the institution, a capacity m which he con- 
 tinued to serve for four years. In 1889 his alma 
 mater conferred upon him the title of Master of 
 Science. In the same year he went to Corvallis, 
 Oregon, to accept a position in the Oregon Agricul- 
 tural College. He infused into his work charac- 
 teristic errergy and devotion and held the chair of 
 agriculture in this institution until 1899 when he 
 resigned the position to accept one of similar order 
 in the University of Idaho. He exerted potent 
 influence in the development and 'upbuilding _ of the 
 agricultural department or school of the university 
 and made it a strong factor in connection with 
 the progress of agricultural, horticultural and stock- 
 prowing industry in the state. He served also as 
 director of the government agricultural experiment 
 station of Idaho, of which position he continued 
 the incumbent until 1910. For four years there- 
 after he gave special attention to editorial work for 
 agricultural papers, and then he was called once 
 more to the Oregon Agricultural College, at Cor- 
 vallis, where he has since continued his zealous and 
 indefatigable labors, in cooperation with the depart- 
 ment of agriculture at Washington, D. C. 
 
 In politics Professor French is found arrayed as 
 a supporter of the, cause of the Republican party, 
 and his first pesidential vote was cast in support 
 of James G. Blaine. He is a Presbyterian in his 
 religious faith and has served his church in various 
 official capacities, including that of teacher in the 
 Sunday school, a work to which he has given 
 earnest attention for twenty years. Professor 
 French has been a close student of the history and 
 teachings of the time-honored Masonic fraternity, 
 in which he 'has completed the circle of the York 
 Rite. He has served as master of the lodge of 
 Free & Accepted Masons, has held office in the 
 chapter of Royal Arch Masons and in the council 
 of Royal & Select Masters; and has the distinction 
 of being past eminent commander of his command- 
 ery of Knights Templars, as well as past grand 
 commander of the grand commandery of the state 
 of Idaho. At the present time he is correspondent 
 for the grand commandery of this state. 
 
 In November, 1886, Professor French wedded 
 Miss Carrie M. French, a member of a family of 
 the same name as his own but of no kinship. She 
 was a daughter of John M. and Esther French, of 
 Lansing, Michigan, and her father was one of the 
 representative members of the Michigan bar at the 
 time of his death, about 1880. Mrs. Carrie M. 
 French was graduated in the Michigan Agricultural 
 College as a member o'f the class of 1887, and she 
 passed the closing years of her life at Moscow, 
 Idaho, where she died on the 28th of April, 1900. 
 She is survived by one son, Ralph Warren French, 
 who was born March 3, 1891, and who is now in 
 charge of the United States army laboratory at 
 Fort Logan, Colorado. 
 
 The present wife of Professor French bore the 
 maiden name of Lura L. Cass, and she was born 
 at Mansfield, Pennsylvania. She came to Idaho as 
 a teacher of physical training and was most suc- 
 cessful in her work along this line, having been 
 graduated in the Possi Gymnasium, of Boston, 
 Massachusetts. Professor and Mrs. French have 
 three children, Carrie Cass French, Helen Francis 
 French, and Hiram Taylor French, Jr., whose 
 respective ages, in 1914, are thirteen, eleven and 
 eight years. 
 
 It may consistently be said that Professor French 
 has been the artificer of his own fortunes, as he 
 has been virtually dependent upon his own resources 
 since he was a lad of fifteen years. He defrayed the 
 expenses of his collegiate course by teaching school 
 and by applying himself to such other work as was 
 available. His mature life has been one of 
 constant and earnest application, and he has labored 
 with marked unselfishness and with high ideals. He 
 has been specially interested in helping worthy 
 young men and women to acquire educations and 
 to prove of value to themselves and to the world. 
 His scientific work has been varied, especially along 
 lines pertaining to agriculture and allied industries, 
 and his personal investigation and research have 
 been productive of valuable results. He has never 
 held or had ambition for political office, but keeps 
 in close touch with the questions and issues of the 
 hour, with the result that he is well fortified in his 
 convictions concerning matter of public polity. He 
 has passed a quarter of a century in Oregon and 
 Idaho and is deeply interested in the history^ and 
 development of the great Northwest, the while it 
 may be said that he has traveled extensively in the 
 United States, having visited every state in the 
 Union. He has a host of warm friends in Idaho 
 and Oregon and all will read with pleasure this 
 brief record of his honorable and useful career. ^ 
 
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