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It was in 1894 that Dr. Hayward came to Los Angeles to make his home, arriving in December of that year. Becoming interested in the oil business, he has been an important fac- tor in the development of this great industry in Southern California. He was secretary and treasurer of the Coalinga Oil Company, and one of the directors of the Reed Crude Oil Company and also of the Rice Ranch Oil Com- pany. In 1898 he became actively interested in
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real estate and has been interested in several large land transactions, involving both city property and acreage. In 1906 he retired from active business and has since that time enjoyed the fruits of his many years of constant endeavor, although he is still closely in touch with his many and varied interests.
In addition to his interests in the oil indus- try and in real estate, Dr. Hayward has also become associated with other enterprises of a wide scope. He is a stockholder and one of the directors of the Security Trust and Savings Bank, also of the Hellman Commercial Trust and Savings Bank.
Aside from his commercial interests Dr. Hay- ward has a wide circle of friends in the Angel City, among whom he is deservedly popular. He is a prominent Mason of the thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite, and a member of the University Club and of the Los Angeles Coun- try Club.
The marriage of Dr. Hayward took place in San Francisco, April 22, 1897, uniting him with Julia Dibble, daughter of Ames Dibble of Howell, Mich.
MRS. DIADAMA L. CRAIN. California is a land which calls people with a voice that cannot be withstood. Having once come under the spell of its much vaunted "climate" and realized the possibilities for advancement in the country, the visitor from a colder state is glad to return and even to make his permanent home here. Such a one is Mrs. Diadama L. Crain, who came to Cali- fornia in the spring of 1901. Like many others she became interested in Southern California and, returning East, sold out her holdings there and returned in 1902 to remain in "the golden West."
Mrs. Crain at once decided to make her home at California's seaside resort known as Hermosa Beach, a name which in the Spanish signifies "beautiful." The little town has lived up to its name. When Mrs. Crain came here there were but two residences in the place, occupied by Mr. Creighton and Mr. Wool respectively, and two stores, those of Mr. Clapp and Mr. Squires. How- ever, this woman with the pioneer spirit saw the possibilities of the place and as an investment she bought one hundred and sixty feet of frontage, erecting thereon a fine home, among the first modern houses at this beach, into which she
moved on June 8, 1902. Later she made other land investments here. Two lots on Ninth street she bought, to sell afterward at a good advance, and is also the owner of a valuable lot on Loma Drive. Becoming better acquainted with real estate valnes, she made other investments, all of which she later sold at good profit.
Mrs. Crain is very loyal to Hermosa Beach. Since she first settled here, when there were few buildings and no roads through the deep sand, she has seen many and great changes take place. The first school was held in a small building on Eleventh street; the first church built at this beach was the Episcopal church, the second being the Christian Science church, in which she is a most active and enthusiastic worker, having been one of its founders. She is a member of the Woman's City Club of Hermosa Beach and is much interested in its welfare.
New York is Mrs. Crain's home state. Her husband was Osro A. Crain, also a native of that state, and she has one daughter, Mrs. Arthur Rose, and one granddaughter. In early days Mr. Crain made three trips across the plains to Cali- fornia. Traveling across the continent in those days was not at all the thing it is at the present time, when handsome upholstered cars and comfortable sleeping arrangements make the journey westward one continued delight. Nowadays the traveler can stand upon the plat- form of his observation car and gaze indifferently at the queer Indian dwellings he passes ; at night he can look out upon the white desert sand over which the train is smoothly rolling and at all times he can be forgetful of the hostile Indian bands that once menaced the lives of early trav- elers in this region, and forgetful also of the dreadful desert journeys by ox-wagons when both men and beasts died from thirst and when to become separated from the party meant certain death in that trackless land. These were the con- ditions under which the pioneers came to Cali- fornia, and praise and admiration are due them for their courage and persistency which resulted in exploring and settling the then unknown West.
Mining near Marysville and in other parts of northern California occupied the twelve months of Mr. Crain's first visit to this state. His other trips were short and he never traveled further south in the state than San Francisco. After these early visits he did not return to California, but devoted his interest and energy to the build-
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ing up of the city of Evanston, Ill., where he be- came a member of the board of trustees and a land owner on a very extensive scale. The greater part of his life was spent in that city and there he died in 1896.
The same pioneer spirit which her husband exerted in behalf of the Illinois city in early days, Mrs. Crain has devoted to the welfare of one of Southern California's prettiest beach towns and summer resorts where she is a well-known and esteemed citizen.
MAURICE A. SCHOFIELD. As proprietor of the Gardena Chicken Hatchery and president of the Poultrymen's Co-operative Association of Los Angeles, and frequent contributor to leading poultry magazines throughout the country, Mau- rice A. Schofield is one of the best known poultry- men in the state, and the business of the hatchery extends over Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, western Texas, and parts of Oregon and Utah. They make a specialty of hatching a high grade of White Leghorn chicks, hatching more than twice as many of this variety as of any other. In ad- dition to the White Leghorns they also hatch Brown Leghorns, Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Black Minorcas, Rhode Island Reds, and a lim- ited number of White Orpingtons. The hatchery has a capacity of one hundred thousand eggs at one time and is the largest in Southern California.
Mr. Schofield is a native of Iowa, born in Marion county in 1873. When he was a child his parents removed to Crawford county, that state, and there he was reared and educated, the home place being a farm where livestock and poultry were raised extensively in addition to general farming. It was in 1898 that young Mr. Scho- field came to California, locating for a time at Corning, Tehama county, where he engaged in the raising of turkeys, chickens and geese on a small scale. Later he went to Santa Cruz, where he engaged in hatching and shipping baby chicks. In this enterprise he was associated with S. F. Bihn, and from this small beginning of ten years ago has resulted a string of hatcheries with a total output of a million and a half chicks per year,
among them being found some of the largest hatcheries in the United States. The question of incubation was studied from the ground up, and nothing in either time, effort or expense has been spared to make this enterprise a success along
safe and sane business lines. It is possible that there have been no more extensive experiments made anywhere in the United States than those in which Mr. Schofield has taken part. A special machine has been designed and since used for incubation, which has produced splendid results.
The conditions at Santa Cruz not being satisfac- tory, at the end of a year the partnership was dis- solved, and in 1906 Mr. Schofield came to Gar- dena and established his large hatchery there. The business was commenced with a capacity of six- teen thousand eggs, and has since been increased until it now has a capacity of one hundred thou- sand at one time. The Gardena hatchery puts out more than three hundred and fifty thousand chicks a year, and these are generally contracted for far in advance. There is also capacity for the brooding of five thousand chicks and a special brooder for testing chicks for infection. Year by year the management becomes more and more exacting in the selection of the stock for the pro- ducing of chicks. The White Leghorn is essen- tially the commercial chicken of California, and so especial stress is laid upon this breed; there is co-operation between the Gardena chicken raisers and the hatchery in the question of pro- ducing eggs for the hatchery, the hardiest stock and the most prolific breeders being selected. In this way the strain of White Leghorns in the vicinity has been materially raised. Practically all their eggs are purchased from the ranches in the vicinity, as Mr. Schofield declares that running a hatchery is a "full sized man's job" and it is therefore best to let others produce the stock.
Especial care is taken in the selection of the eggs for hatching and Mr. Schofield is so adept in this that he can tell from the feel of an egg what its hatching possibilities are. Another department in which special care is exercised and unusual suc- cess achieved is that of shipping the chicks. Only the strongest and best stock is shipped and care- fully prepared crates and boxes are used. That the Gardena Hatchery management is sincere in its effort to make these shipments successful is clearly attested by their guarantee of delivering the full number of chicks at the point of receipt, alive and able to stand. They have had almost phenomenal success with their shipments, having sent one lot of twenty-three thousand to Tucson, Ariz., with the loss of only eighteen chicks.
Mr. Schofield, needless to say, has made a care- ful and exhaustive study of the poultry business
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and is an acknowledged expert in this line. He is a frequent contributor to leading poultry jour- nals, and his advice is eagerly sought by those in- terested in this line. He has a flock of two thou- sand hens of his own on property that he possesses at Gardena, where he puts into effect the knowl- edge that he has acquired, with the result that in 1913 each of these hens netted him about $2.37. He has co-operated with the Agricultural High School at Gardena in experiments to see if the increase of green feed will increase the ash con- tents of the egg, and thus to determine if certain feeds will produce better hatching eggs.
Mr. Schofield is intensely interested in all that pertains to his chosen line of industry, and is taking an active part in many movements which tend toward the development of the poultry busi- ness. He was one of the organizers of the Poul- trymen's Co-operative Association of Los An- geles, and is president of the association. He also takes an active interest in municipal and commercial affairs in his home city, and is one of the most influential men in Gardena. He is a director of the Citizens State Savings Bank of Gardena, and also a director of the Spanish In- dustrial Institute of Gardena, and member of the local Chamber of Commerce.
It is a known fact that there is no other industry at Gardena which has attracted more widespread interest than has this hatchery, and much credit is due to Mr. Schofield for the manner in which it has been established and developed. In the beginning he gave many shipments of chicks to prominent concerns, or sent them on trial, as ad- vertisements, and in every instance so great was the satisfaction that the experiment was well worth while. Now the plant runs for ten months in the year, and is kept going at full capacity from February 1 to May 1. Mr. Schofield has many important devices and formulas to his credit, although it is not generally known that he is their author. The feed formula used by the Associa- tion was compiled by him, and contains but seven ingredients.
HANS VON HOFGAARDEN. Ever since his boyhood days at his father's home in Ham- burg, Germany, where he was born September 10, 1883, Mr. von Hofgaarden has taken a keen in- terest in horticultural pursuits. As a child he was interested in trees and flowers, and when
only a small boy worked in his father's fine garden and orchard, at the age of twelve years knowing all about the trimming of fruit trees. At fourteen he began to learn the trade of nurseryman and horticulturist, and attended the University of Koethen, Dukedom Anhalt, where he devoted himself for three years to manual labor, and spent a year in the Royal Horticultural School at Geisenheim, his college course costing him $1,000. His education has been so thorough and complete in all details that he is exceptionally competent along his chosen line, in which he has become an expert.
Although commencing in business life at the small salary of but seventy-five cents per day, Mr. von Hofgaarden advanced rapidly, follow- ing his chosen profession for six years in Austria and Italy, and in the cities of Berlin and Ham- burg in his native land. In August, 1905, he came to the United States, where he was employed for six months in San Francisco, Cal., and also at Charter Oak, Cal., removing in the autumn of the same year to Long Beach, Cal., where he has remained since that time and established for him- self the reputation of an expert nurseryman and horticulturist. On first coming to the last-named city he was for a time in the employ of the Long Beach Nursery Company, but soon decided to go into business for himself. Having cabled his father for the necessary means, $2,000, he was able to purchase two acres of land three miles east of Long Beach and to set himself up in his desired trade of raising flowers. He was joined by F. Falkenhayn as partner, and the two con- tinued in business together until 1911, when Mr. von Hofgaarden bought out the entire interest in the business and has become the leading nursery- man of Long Beach, with store and show gardens located at No. 322 American avenue, and green- houses covering five and one-half acres of ground, at the corner of East Tenth street and Terminal avenue. At this fine establishment, known as the Mira Mar Nursery (which signifies "facing the sea," since it is located not far from the beach), flowers of many rare varieties are grown, and in which Mr. von Hofgaarden specializes in roses and carnations, as well as ferns, palms, evergreens and other trees. Many lawns and gardens of the finest homes in the city were laid out by him, among which may be mentioned the lawns of the Robert Nelson and the Anderson estates, both show places of Long Beach, and the lawn of
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George Clark at Second street and Grand View avenue, which took the prize for the best clover lawn in the city.
Mr. von Hofgaarden is married and is the father of two children. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Long Beach, and the Merchants' Association. In the Seventh Day Adventists' church, established in 1905, he holds the office of elder. This church now numbers one hundred and fifty members, and a new edifice has been erected at the corner of Tenth and Linden streets, a church school being carried on in the former building at Anaheim and Dakota streets, where the members' children receive the usual school instruction as well as pursuing the study of the Bible.
CAPT. ALBERT H. JOHNSON. One of the prominent citizens of the beautiful little city of Monrovia is Capt. Albert H. Johnson, who has been a resident of that vicinity since 1887, and during all that time has been closely associated with the activities of the community and a prominent figure in the municipal life of the city. Progressive and wide awake to the best interests of the general public, he has served the people in various offices of responsibility and trust, and has always won the respect and confidence of his constituency by the character and quality of his service.
Captain Johnson is a native of New York state, having been born on a farm near Wethersfield, Wyoming county, April 23, 1836. When he was a lad of twelve years the family removed to Wisconsin, where they thereafter made their home. When he was still quite young Captain Johnson worked on the railroad in his home state, and also in Illinois and Iowa. Later, in Colorado, he was employed in the mines at Leadville, from 1860 to 1863. The call for vol- unteers in 1863 found him anxious to serve his country, and returning to Iowa he enlisted in the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, at Fort Dodge. He received several promotions within a short time for gallant service, being first made sergeant, in the spring of 1864 regimental commissary ser- geant, and a little later in the same spring he rose to the rank of captain. After the close of the war Captain Johnson returned to his former occupation in railroad work. He took an extensive contract for the supplying of ties
and lumber for the completion of the Union Pacific Railroad and also for the Northern Pa- cific at a later period.
It was in 1887 that Captain Johnson came to Monrovia to make his permanent home, and since that time he has resided there. He is a prominent factor in the life of the thriving lit- tle city, and is recognized as one of its leading citizens. He has for many years been a director of the First National Bank of Monrovia and also the Monrovia Savings Bank. He has served on the board of town trustees for a long pe- riod, and for one term was chairman (mayor) of the board.
Captain Johnson was one of the earliest orange growers of the section. Buying a tract of twenty-two acres and planting it to orange trees, he built a home and otherwise improved the property, this continuing to be the family home for many years until it was sold in 1910. At present he owns several valuable tracts of land near Monrovia which he purchased at an early date, paying a merely nominal price, and which are constantly increasing in value.
The marriage of Captain Johnson took place at Fort Dodge, Iowa, February 7, 1872, uniting him with Miss Lavina Dwelle. They became the parents of four daughters, all of whom are now deceased. Both Captain and Mrs. John- son are prominent members of society in Mon- rovia, where they have many warm friends. Mrs. Johnson is an active worker in the Epis- copal Church at Monrovia and is a member of several well-known societies and clubs, being president of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Saturday Afternoon Club. Captain Johnson is past commander of Stanton Post No. 55, G. A. R., and is a Royal Arch Mason, Knight Templar, a member of the Scottish Rite and of the Shrine. Mrs. Johnson is also a member of the Eastern Star and Stanton Post Relief Corps of Los Angeles. In politics Captain Johnson is a Republican, but is an independent thinker and a true progressive.
HENRY A. FRIEDRICKS. The manager of the Gardena branch of the Los Angeles Creamery Company and the owner of a fine herd of Jersey cows, is Henry A. Friedricks, who was born in Milwaukee, Wis., April 9, 1887, and came with his
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parents to Los Angeles at the age of nine years. After finishing his schooling Mr. Friedricks went into the farming district in the vicinity of Gar- dena, finding employment on a dairy farm known as the Rosecrans ranch, where he remained many years. He may be said to be one of the pioneers of Gardena, having gone to that district in 1899 and remained there ever since, and seeing the growth of the town take place in the years fol- lowing that date. In 1910 he decided to go into the dairy business independently, the many years of efficient service in this line having rendered him thoroughly capable of undertaking the manage- ment of a similar establishment of his own. He started in a small way, with only three cows, but he had business ability and a capacity for good management and is at present milking twenty-four cows, his stock including thirty-seven head of heifers and a full-blooded Jersey bull. He has rented a thirty-acre ranch near Gardena, where he steadily and untiringly continues in his chosen occupation of which he has made a great success.
Mr. Friedricks may be called a self-made man, for he has risen to his present circumstances through years of patient work followed by the carrying out of an independent venture by his own enterprise and business ability. He is now the owner of valuable house lots in Gardena and is fraternally connected with two organizations, the Fraternal Brotherhood and the Knights of Pythias. His wife is Emma ( Harris) Friedricks, a native of England, and by her he has two sons, Gordon and Jack. His years of experience in the dairy business have brought him the recogni- tion which he deserves, and Mr. Friedricks now acts as local manager for the Los Angeles Cream- ery Company, for which important position he is well and fully fitted.
D. CORNELIUS SMITH. As president of the Azusa Chamber of Commerce and a veteran groceryman of that thriving little city, D. Cor- nelius Smith has for many years been demon- strating the worthiness of his citizenship in the quality and quantity of his service for the general public good. His entire lifetime has been spent within the immediate vicinity of Azusa and his friends are the friends of his boyhood and youth.
His business interests have always centered in this vicinity and his success has been builded on the firm foundation of honesty and integrity, and of faithful service gladly rendered. He was born on a ranch near Azusa May 11, 1880, and his educa- tion was received in the grammar schools and the Citrus high school of Azusa. After his grad- uation he accepted a position as clerk in the gro- cery store of W. S. Bridges. One year later V. M. Greever bought out the store and a stock company was formed, Mr. Smith being one of the stockholders and secretary of the company. Later Mr. Greever retired from the business and S. J. Stuart became the partner of Mr. Smith, under the firm name of Smith & Stuart. This arrangement continued for three years, the firm meeting with much success, at the end of which time Mr. Smith retired from the business. Later Mr. Meier became a partner with Mr. Smith, under the firm name of Meier & Smith, which continued for a year and a half. On January 1, 1914, Mr. Smith purchased the interests of his partner and since that time has been the sole owner of the enter- prise, which he is conducting along the latest methods, carrying a strictly up-to-date line of goods and having a strictly first-class establish- ment. In addition to his Azusa business Mr. Smith conducted a similar store at Lankershim, in the San Fernando valley, for two years.
Aside from his business interests Mr. Smith has always participated actively in local municipal, social and fraternal affairs. As president of the local Chamber of Commerce he has his fingers on the commercial pulse of the community, and is ever on the alert for the promotion of any en- terprise that tends for the betterment or upbuild- ing of the city along broad lines of progression. For twelve years he has been a director of the Chamber of Commerce and one of its stanchest supporters. Educational affairs have also claimed his time and attention, and for some time he served as a clerk of the school board. In fra- ternal circles he is especially prominent among the Masons, being a member of the Blue Lodge and also of the Chapter of Azusa, being Senior Deacon of the Lodge.
The marriage of Mr. Smith occurred at Lan- kershim, October 29, 1912, uniting him with Miss Bertha Bocklet, a native of Ohio. Of this union has been born a daughter, Katherine R., also a native of Azusa, like her father.
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HABEN HOSPITAL. This modern and fully equipped hospital was established by the Haben sisters-three in number-at Monrovia in the fall of 1912. The sisters are all trained nurses and were well prepared for such an undertaking before they formed their plans. Miss Sophia Haben is a graduate of the Clara Barton Hospital of Los Angeles, class of 1909; Miss Mamie Haben is a graduate of the Los Angeles county hospital, class of 1912 ; and Miss Lillian Haben is a trained nurse, having received her instruction and train- ing in Los Angeles hospitals, but not completing her course for graduation.
The hospital, which is modern in every respect and fully equipped with the latest appliances of science in every department and detail, was started from a very modest beginning, and has grown to its present splendid proportions with almost phenomenal rapidity. It was first opened in a small five-room cottage on Olive street, and soon grew to such proportions that larger quar- ters were a necessity. A lot at the corner of Heliotrope drive and Lime street was purchased and a modern, fifteen-room hospital building was erected in May, 1913, less than a year after the opening of the first institution. Here may be found all the latest in surgical appliances, and the most sanitary conditions are maintained. There are high pressure sterilizing appliances for water, dressings and instruments, and the operating rooms are designed on the very latest lines and fitted with the newest products of science.
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