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to try the famous Perkins & Baldwin breach of promise case, in which a verdict of $75,000 was obtained by the plaintiff, the largest amount of damage ever awarded in the history of the courts of California. While in the trial of this import- ant case, he decided to change his residence to Los Angeles. Resigning his honorable position in Santa Barbara he associated himself with Judge Julius Brosseau in the practice of law in Los Angeles, the firm being known as Brosseau & Hatch, and later another partner was added, the firm being Brosseau, Hatch & Thomas, located in the Baker block. The firm was dissolved by the death of Mr. Thomas and later followed the death of Judge Brosseau.
In 1900 Judge Hatch was obliged to relinquish the heavy burden of professional responsibilities as his health became impaired and warned him that a prolonged respite from the practice of law was necessary. In order that he might have every advantage to be derived from a complete change of climate and environment, he traveled to British Columbia, where he lived in the moun- tains for seven years. With renewed strength he returned to the city and opened offices in the Citizens National Bank building. Later he re- moved to the Central building and formed the firm of Hatch & Lloyd. One year before his death F. L. Hunt was added to the firm, which thereafter, until the death of Mr. Hatch, was known as Hatch, Lloyd & Hunt.
Judge Hatch gave much time to authorship and his works have received much commendation. Among the best-known of his books are Scientific Occultism, a text book of the Christian Hermit Philosophers, and the Blood of the Gods, a book on temperance. It was the testimony of all acquaintances that his was one of the keen- est legal minds in the west. Not only was he a deep thinker and a profound philosopher, but in addition he possessed a most remarkable memory and excited the admiration of mem- bers of the bench and bar by invariably naming the section and case in points disputed without reference to his books. Out of his busy years there was little leisure for fraternal or political enterprises, although he was a prominent Knight Templar Mason and a pronounced sup- porter of Republican principles. When after two years of ill health he answered the last call and crossed the last tide, February 21, 1912, it was realized throughout Los Angeles that the
character and services of the dead jurist merited the highest praise, and that the city of which his life had formed an honorable part was immeasurably the gainer by reason of his long identification and citizenship.
Like her husband Mrs. Ida (Stilphen) Hatch was born in the town of Dresden Mills, Lincoln county, Me., her birth occurring in the home of Francis and Betsy (Foster) Stilphen, on the Eastern river, July 30, 1852. When quite young her parents removed to Gardiner, that state, where she was reared and educated by her mother in the Gardiner and Augusta schools. Until her marriage, March 12, 1874, she taught school both in Maine and Massachusetts, im- parting to her pupils that splendid fund of knowledge which keen perception, industrious study and close attention alone can acquire. A devoted and conscientious wife and mother for a period of thirty-seven years, she yet found time to devote to the study of various sciences, law, medicine and the occult, broadening her vision and intellect with the deeper principles and ethics. From this has developed the beau- tiful and fascinating study of scientific char- acter reading, and she has established a school where she is teaching the science and is also engaged in writing a text-book on the subject. Her ambition is to have this science taught with other courses of this nature in the schools throughout the country, for she holds that only through a knowledge of scientific character reading can a child be properly educated. Her mother love and the influence she has wielded over her own children have been her practical experience as well as her teaching, and the ex- ceptional success with which she has met as the result of her efforts has been her beautiful reward.
AUSTIN S. CADWALLADER. As presi- dent of the Standard Screen and Manufacturing Company for a number of years past, Austin S. Cadwallader occupies a place of prominence in the commercial life of the city and has done his full share toward the development of the indus- trial life of Los Angeles. He organized the present company in 1907 under the name of the Standard Screen Company, as a co-partnership, and in 1910 incorporated under the firm name of the Standard Screen and Manufacturing Com-
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pany, of which he was immediately elected presi- dent, in which capacity he has since served. The business is a prosperous one, and is conducted on a strictly high grade basis, and its success is due almost entirely to the good judgment and business ability of the president. It employs about thirty- five people continually and manufactures a splen- did line of window screens, screen doors, win- dow shades, wall beds, etc., and also has the agency for the Watson metal screens and the Athey metal weather strips. The scope of its business is very wide and extends all over Cali- fornia and Arizona.
Mr. Cadwallader was born at Milton, Pa., October 8, 1871, the son of Albert and Annie F. Cadwallader. He attended the public and high schools of his native city until he was eighteen years of age, when he went to Philadelphia and engaged with the Title Insurance and Trust Com- pany as stenographer. Industrious and energetic, he worked his way upward with such rapidity that he soon became manager of the searching department. Here he remained until the fall of 1900, when he severed his connection with that company on account of ill health and moved to California. Coming direct to Los Angeles county, he soon was engaged in putting in the equipment of the Long Beach bath house and for a year resided at the beach city. He then came to Los Angeles and accepted a position as salesman with the Pacific Screen Company, remaining with them until 1907, when he resigned to organize the Stan- dard Screen Company, from which has grown his present splendid enterprise.
Mr. Cadwallader was married in Grand Rapids, Mich., December 7, 1897, to Miss Harriett M. Wheeler. They have one child, Wesley Wheeler, a high school student. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cad- wallader have many warm friends in Los Angeles, and are especially active in church and general religious work. They are members of the Chris- tian Church, and Mr. Cadwallader is one of the deacons of that denomination. In his political associations he is a Republican and takes a live interest in political questions, and especially in those that affect the welfare of the state and municipality. He is broad minded and progressive and stands squarely for all that is for the up- building and improvement of the city, such meas- ures receiving his unqualified support and co- operation.
ALEXIS HINCKLEY. When Mr. Hinckley first came to Southern California it was for a visit cluring the winter of 1888, and after returning to his home in Minneapolis, Minn., and remaining there four years, in the autumn of the year 1892 he came to Southern California to make his home here permanently. In South Pasadena he bought the home he now occupies on Meridian avenue, where he has continued to live for twenty-three years, and for ten years he held the position of city clerk.
The birth of Mr. Hinckley took place in Lewis, Essex county, N. Y., on September 4, 1835, and when he was eleven years old the family removed to North Elba, in the same county. He grew up on a farm, but when eighteen years of age became clerk in a store in Whitehall, N Y., returning thereafter to North Alba to complete his educa- tion at the Keeseville Academy, after which he taught school for three terms, spending the sum- mers in work upon the farm. His first marriage occurred in 1858, uniting him with Helen H. Holt, of Keene, N. Y., who died in 1868. In 1862 Mr. Hinckley went to Keene, N. Y., and enlisted in Company K, Ninety-sixth New York Infantry, and participated in the battle of Fair Oaks, or Seven Pines, and also several smaller engage- ments, but being taken sick with fever was sent to Washington and discharged. Thereafter he returned to Keene, N. Y., where for a year he continued in farm work, going thence to North Elba, where he bought the John Brown farm of two hundred and ninety-two acres, which prop- erty he continued to farm until 1874, when he sold the same to Henry Clews & Co., bankers, of New York, Kate Fields being also interested in the purchase. After selling the farm Mr. Hinck- ley soon returned to Essex county, N. Y., where in 1878 he was united in marriage with Addie A. Jones, of Chesterfield, N. Y., who since their removal to California has taken an active part in the affairs of South Pasadena, being a charter member and formerly treasurer of the Woman's Improvement Association, and is an active mem- ber of the Methodist Church. While in Essex county, N. Y., Mr. Hinckley served as deputy county clerk for three years, and was also keeper of the county farm for six years. Following this he removed to Minneapolis in 1888. His only surviving son, Harvey H., became known as a prominent business man of Minneapolis, besides which he had important zinc and lead mines at
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Joplin, Mo., being superintendent of the mines. At his death in July, 1914, he left a widow and two children.
Alexis Hinckley is a member of John F. God- frey Post, G. A. R., of Pasadena.
CHARLES B. ANDERSON. The scion of an old Southern family on his father's side, while his mother descended in a direct line from the same tree as did James Buchanan and Mark Hanna, Charles B. Anderson, general manager of the Rodeo Land & Water Company, is yet a self- made man, having won his way to the top of the ladder through careful attention to the details of business and through unfaltering honesty and in- tegrity of purpose and deed. He has been a resi- dent of Los Angeles and vicinity for more than twenty years, at present making his home in the beautiful little suburb of Beverly Hills, where he is active in public affairs in more ways than one, being general manager of the land company which owns much of the acreage and other property in that vicinity, and also a member of the board of city trustees, and trustee and clerk of the school board of Beverly.
Mr. Anderson is a native of Virginia, having been born at Lexington, August 30, 1869. His father, James D. Anderson, also a native of Vir- ginia, born at Cedar Grove, July 7, 1836, was educated in the common schools, and later was engaged as clerk in a general store until 1865, when he was elected treasurer of Rockbridge county, Va., which position he held for thirty consecutive years. At the end of that time he came to Los Angeles and lived in retirement until his death, August 8, 1913. The mother was Mar- garet Hanna Buchanan, a first cousin of Mark Hanna, and an own niece of James Buchanan, president of the United States. She was born August 23, 1838, and died April 25, 1895.
Charles B. Anderson attended Prof. Jacob Fuller's Classical school at Lexington, Va., until of the age of twelve, when he entered the Ann Smith Academy, from which he graduated at the age of fifteen. He then attended Washington and Lee University, graduating with honors at the age of twenty. While a student at Washing- ton and Lee University he was very prominent in athletics, having been a member of the baseball and football teams and the boat crew. After leav-
ing college he at once entered business life, taking charge of the sporting goods department of a large hardware company until 1894, when he came to Los Angeles and became associated with Haw- ley King & Co., dealers in agricultural implements and carriages, as their head bookkeeper, remain- ing in this connection for a year. He then en- gaged with H. Jevne, grocer, as confidential book- keeper for ten months, then accepted a position with the Union Oil Company as their treasurer, which position he occupied for eight years. He then accepted a position with the Amalgamated Oil Company as secretary and treasurer, remain- ing with this company until in 1910, when he was elected general manager of the Rodeo Land and Water Company, owners of the tract of land known as Beverly Hills. In addition to his con- nection with the Rodeo Land and Water Company he is secretary and treasurer of the San Francisco Osage Oil and Gas Company, and the Osage 58 Oil Company, both of Oklahoma. He is also interested in the Titicaca Oil Company of Peru, South America.
The marriage of Mr. Anderson took place in Columbus, Ohio, June 28, 1894, the bride of his choice being Miss Blanche B. Smith, of that city. Of their union have been born two sons, James Buchanan and Charles Smith, both of whom are students in the Beverly Hills public schools. Mr. Anderson and family are prominently associated with the religious work of the city, he being an elder in the Presbyterian church at Hollywood, and a teacher in the Sunday school.
HENRY F. WITHEY. Los Angeles and Southern California are noted throughout the world for the beauty of the architecture of their buildings, from the simplest cottage or bungalow to the most stately structure or towering office building, and for this distinction much credit is due the splendid corps of architects who have made such a careful study of conditions and environment and have thus been able to produce designs that are in keeping with the natural beauties of the landscape. Prominent among the younger members of this noble profession may be mentioned Henry F. Withey, now of the firm of Withey & Davis, the other partner in the com- bination being Francis Pierpont Davis, likewise well and favorably known throughout Southern
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California. Much creditable work has come from the offices of these capable young men, prominent among their achievements being the grammar schools of Santa Paula, Ventura county, 1910; Artesia school, in 1911; Malabar street school, Los Angeles, 1912; Santa Ana Polytechnic High School; M. McNaughton's residence, Los An- geles ; and the Chino grammar school.
Mr. Withey is a native of Massachusetts, born at Lynn, February 4, 1880, the son of John F. and Martha B. (Peckham) Withey, both natives of Lynn, Mass. He received his education in the public schools of Lynn and Danvers, Mass. After leaving high school he was employed by Little & Brown, architects of Boston, for five years, spend- ing one-half of his time in the Boston office and the other half in the company office at Washing- ton, D. C. It was in December, 1905, that Mr. Withey came to Los Angeles and for a time was employed by the Parkinson & Bergstrom firm of architects and later was with R. D. Farquhar, architect, being thus engaged for four years. In 1910 he was granted a state license, and formed his present partnership with Francis Pierpont Davis with offices in the Story building, at Sixth and Broadway. The firm has accomplished much in the five years of its existence. The ability and application of these young men give great promise of future accomplishment.
Mr. Withey is keenly interested in all that pertains to the architecture of the Southland, and was one of the organizers of the Los Angeles Architectural Club, of which he was president for a number of years. He is also a member of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, a member of the Los Angeles City Club, and of the Los Angeles Ath- letic Club. In his religious affiliations he is a member of the Mt. Hollywood Congregational Church, of Los Angeles.
WILLIS O. LEWIS. Another of the men who came to Los Angeles many years ago and purchased property within the present city limits for a nominal figure and are now reaping a splendid reward for their faith and foresight, is Willis O. Lewis. It was in 1894 that he first came to the Angel City, rented a small cot- tage in the then sparsely settled district at West Adams street and Western avenue, and
proceeded to make a careful survey of the sur- rounding country. He drove through Ventura county, Los Angeles county, which then in- cluded the present Orange county, visited An- telope valley, San Jacinto valley, and went al- most to San Diego on the south. Nowhere did he find conditions quite so much to his liking as in Los Angeles, and he returned to purchase twenty acres at the corner of what is now Tenth and Oxford streets. For this tract he paid only $200 an acre, but the price has in- creased considerably since the purchase, as the growth of the city is rapidly progressing in that section. Mr. Lewis has also made other in- vestments in city and country property, but this is the most profitable of them all. Some time ago (1906) he subdivided the property into sixty-four lots, platted and improved the tract, and built several houses. Much of the property has been sold at a splendid profit, but he has retained the greater portion, holding it for the greater advance in value which is sure to come. Mr. Lewis has great faith in that sec- tion of the city, declaring that within a very short time Western avenue will be the main thoroughfare of the west end of Los Angeles.
Mr. Lewis is a native of Pennsylvania, hav- ing been born in Lancaster county, September 3, 1855. He is descended from an old William Penn Quaker family, both his father, Andrew Lewis, and his mother, Sarah (Haines) Lewis, being natives of Pennsylvania. The boyhood of Mr. Lewis was spent in his native village, and his education was received in the public schools of Pennsylvania. After the close of his school days he worked for his father as a clerk in his store at Pleasant Grove, Lancaster county, but the indoor work did not agree with his health, nor did he like it, and accordingly, when he was seventeen years of age, he ran away from home to seek his fortune in the west. He went to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and there secured employment in a truck garden, learning here his first knowledge of the art of farming. The first year he was on the farm he gained twenty-five pounds, and the free life in the open also was much to his liking, and he determined to follow the occupation of the farmer thereafter. Later he engaged in farm- ing on his own account, remaining at Council Bluffs for twelve years, and meeting with much success in his endeavors. At this time he went
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to Sheridan county, Neb., where he and the members of his family took up government tim- ber claims to the extent of two thousand acres. There followed, however, a terrible period of drought lasting for three years, and they were compelled to sell their holdings. Following this he went to the Sand Hills, fifty miles back from the railroad, and engaged in stock-raising with great success, remaining here until in 1894, when he disposed of his holdings and came to Los Angeles. After his trip over the surrounding country had convinced him that the best location was near the city, and he had made the purchase of the Tenth and Oxford street tract, he engaged in buying and selling live stock, and in other phases of the cattle business. Later he leased an adjoining tract of eighty acres, at the rate of $1 per acre, and engaged in dairying. He purchased a string of cows, sometimes milking as many as fifty, and established a milk route in the city. One no- table feature of his dairy was its uniformly sanitary condition. The milk was tested regu- larly, and in all departments a high standard in every particular was maintained. In 1904 he disposed of his dairy interests. Two years later the encroachment of the city made it ad- visable to put his property in a more market- able condition, and he accordingly subdivided, platted and improved it. Although the prop- erty has found a ready sale, Mr. Lewis is hold- ing a large part of it for greater increase, and he is also holding much other property for similar reasons. He has the greatest faith in the future of the city and counts his real estate as good as gold. In addition to his city prop- erty he also owns a valuable tract of fruit land at Terra Bella, Tulare county, one hundred and forty acres in extent.
The first marriage of Mr. Lewis occurred in Iowa, uniting him with Miss Kate McCoubrey, a native of that state, though of Scotch de- scent. She had borne her husband four chil- dren, two sons and two daughters. Of these the sons, Willis E. and Dewitt Talmage, are engaged in mining business in Nevada, while of the daughters, Mabel is now the life of R. S. Moxley, of Salt Lake City, and the mother of two children ; while the youngest, Ida L. Lewis, is a teacher of art in the Vernon avenue school in this city.
Aside from his business interests Mr. Lewis is well known among a host of friends in the city where he has been actively associated with a multitude of affairs for more than twenty years. He is a member of the Fraternal Broth- erhood and of the Modern Woodmen. Mrs. Kate Lewis passed away March 23, 1902, in Los Angeles. On August 3, 1905, Mr. Lewis was united in marriage with Mabel A. Murphy, a native of Massachusetts and a daughter of Hector and Helen A. (Guillow) Murphy.
P. W. POWERS. For almost twenty-five years engaged in the real estate and investment business in Los Angeles, and during all that time taking an active part in the various municipal affairs of the city, and also branching out into many business enterprises connected with the development of both city and county, P. W. Powers is today known as one of the leading men of the city. He has builded his enterprises upon the firm foundation of integrity and fair dealing. In this way he has made many friends and estab- lished for himself personally a high place in the regard of his fellow citizens.
Mr. Powers is a native of New York state, having been born at Rushville, February 19, 1852, the son of Benjamin N. and Siniah Lydia Powers. When he was but four years of age his parents moved to Lyons, Clinton county, Iowa, where they remained for four years, and where the young son attended his first sessions of the public school. In 1860 they removed to Irving, Kan., which town the father platted and put on the market as one of a townsite company. He left there in 1861 for Manhattan, Kan., where he engaged in the contracting business. Here the boyhood days of young Powers were passed, his education being continued, first in the public and high schools, and later in Manhattan College, which he attended for a period of three years. After the completion of his education he went to Junction City, Kan., and engaged in the lumber business until 1892. Then going to Kansas City, Mo., he there continued his activities in the lum- ber business for the following nine years, and at the end of that time came to California and lo- cated in Los Angeles. Here he became interested in the real estate and investment business, and these interests have since claimed his attention.
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Mr. Powers has also been extensively interested in the mining business and has large interests in Arizona and elsewhere, being president of the Juanita Mining Company of Parker, Ariz. He is also vice-president of the Short Line Beach Company, at Venice, Cal., and takes an active in- terest in the affairs of that resort, while at the same time he is interested in various other devel- opment projects pertaining to the growth and prosperity of the county generally.
Municipal affairs have always enlisted the keen interest of Mr. Powers, and good government has been one of his hobbies. He is a stanch member of the Republican party and has taken a promi- nent part in its affairs for many years. He has rendered the city efficient service as a member of the council, and during the period from 1904 to 1906 was president of that body, making therein a splendid record for himself and his party.
The marriage of Mr. Powers took place in German, N. Y., in 1872, uniting him with Miss Ida Bowen, of that place. Of their union have been born seven sons and daughters, all of whom are residents of this state except the second son, Hale P., who is engaged in the cattle business in Kansas. Of the other members of the family, the eldest born, Benjamin N., is at present Los An- geles county game warden; Grace is now Mrs. Hannas, of Los Angeles; John R. is engaged in the real estate and investment business in Los Angeles ; Clifford is ranching in Kern county, as is also Earl D., while the youngest daughter, Gloria Mae, still resides at home. Mr. Powers and his family are members of the Christian Science Church.
J. C. PIKE. When a boy of sixteen years in New York state, Mr. Pike made his start in the poultry business, and since that time his chief interest has been in the raising of fowls, and although a carpenter by trade, which occupation he followed for some years in New York state and in Colorado, he started once more in the chicken business in 1904 when he came from Denver, Colo., to Los Angeles. Although at that time beginning in a small way, with one hen and a setting of eggs, with only a small lot of land, Mr. Pike gradually increased his flock, and in 1910 removed to his present ranch of three acres in Garvanza, Cal., where, on his finely equipped poultry ranch, with its thirty-six separate yards,
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