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HARRY R. CALLENDER. Among the men who possess a strong faith in the future of Los Angeles and who give evidence of that faith through their large business transactions and extensive investments, mention properly belongs to Harry R. Callender, of Wright & Callender Company, real-estate dealers, through whose office a large share of the business of this city and outlying territory passes. Mr. Callender is a native of Illinois, born in Chicago April 13, 1871. the son of William Henry and Martha (Clarke) Callender, the former born in Pitts- field, Mass., and the latter also a native of that state. Mr. Callender has no personal knowledge of his father, for when he was only a year and a half old his mother was left a widow, thus his training and care fell entirely to his mother. His earlier years were associated with the mid- dle west, and there also he received his initiatory school training. For some time he attended a private school in Dayton, Ohio, and about 1886 went east to complete his education, becoming a student in Chauncey Hall, in Boston, Mass. Later he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, becoming a member of the class of 1893, but ill-health interfered with his gradua- tion and in reality brought his school life to a close.
Believing that complete restoration to health awaited him in the west, he went to New Mex- ico and for eight months lived on the plains.
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This temporary isolation from friends and fa- miliar scenes was not without its compensation, for at the end of that time he was sufficiently recovered to consider returning home. How- ever, before returning to Boston he decided to visit California, and in October, 1892, came to Los Angeles as a tourist. Quick to see the pos- sibilities of the growing metropolis, he decided to remain and cast in his lot with the business interests of the town, a decision which has re- sulted in large financial returns to himself and has been of untold advantage to the city which he has since called home. In 1804 he engaged in the insurance and real-estate business with E. D. Silent, and during the following two years he was interested in the oil-producing business.
It was in 1897 that Mr. Callender turned his attention more exclusively to the real-estate busi- ness, associating himself at that time with Gil- bert S. Wright, under the name of Wright & Callender. In 1906 the business was incor- porated as the Wright & Callender Company, of which Mr. Wright is president and Mr. Callen- der secretary and treasurer. Numerous tracts have been laid out and sold by the company in home lots, besides which they do an extensive business in handling both residence and business property, making a specialty, however, of the latter. They now have in course of erection one of the finest office buildings in Los Angeles, known as the Wright & Callender building, lo- cated on the southwest corner of Hill and Fourth streets. This is what is known as the class A type of building, modern in construction and finish, ten stories in height, and is strictly fire- proof. The exterior finish is of Roman pressed brick and terra-cotta, the entrance lobby is walled with marble, with solid marble stairway to second story and basement, and the floors are of mosaic tiling. Special thought has been given to the artistic value of both construction and finish, so when completed the building will be pleasing and homelike as well as safe and com- fortable.
Mr. Callender was married in Los Angeles. January 11, 1900, to Miss Ada Patterson, a na- tive of Ohio, and two children have been born to them. Harry Rea, Jr., and Virginia Patterson. Mr. Callender finds needed relaxation from busi- ness responsibilities in the various fraternal and
social organizations which claim his membership, among the latter being the California Club, U'ni- versity Club. Los Angeles Athletic Club, Los Angeles Country Club and the Automobile Club of Southern California. He is a Mason of the thirty-second degree and also belongs to the Shrine. Politically he is a hearty supporter of Republican principles. As is natural for one as keenly in touch and sympathy with his home city as is Mr. Callender he is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, now serving as a direc- tor, and is also a director and the treasurer of the Municipal League. As a business man of Los Angeles Mr. Callender takes high rank, and if his success in the years which have passed can be taken as a criterion, a brilliant future lies be- fore him in the business world.
ROY STANLEY LANTERMAN, M. D. As a successful physician and county coroner, Dr. Roy Stanley Lanterman has risen to a high place in the esteem and respect of his fellow citizens of Los Angeles-city and county. A native of Lansing, Mich., he was born July 20, 1869: his father, J. L. Lanter- man, was born in Blairstown, N. J., thence re- moved in young manhood to Lansing, Mich., and there engaged as a dentist. In 1874 he gave up his practice and coming to California located his family in Oakland. Later he came to Southern California and purchased La Ca- nada rancho, which comprised six thousand acres, upon which at first he engaged in rais- ing cattle, but later engaged as a horticultur- ist, having seventy-five acres in fruit. He has sold a large part of the ranch and is now re- tired from the active cares of life, and is mak- ing his home in Los Angeles. His wife, Amoretta Chrisman, also a native of New Jersey, died in 1903, leaving three children : Stella, wife of L. N. La Fetra, of Glendora : F. D., of Los Angeles; and Roy S., of this review.
A child of five years, Roy Stanley Lanterman was brought to California and in the public schools of the state he received his first educa- tional training. Later he attended McPherron's Academy, still later was a student in the Uni- versity of Southern California, and graduated
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from the medical department of the University of Maryland in Baltimore in 1893. He then assisted in the Bayview Hospital for a time and gave his attention to nervous diseases, after which he took a special course in gyne- cology and general surgery with Drs. Kelley and Cameron. Returning to Los Angeles in 1895 he began the practice of his profession in Santa Monica and continued so occupied for four years. He then located on La Canada rancho and improved one hundred acres, put- ting it all under irrigation and raising fruits. Later he subdivided about sixty acres of the property. In 1903 he resumed the practice of medicine, locating in Los Angeles at the cor- ner of Fourth and Spring streets, and now has offices in the Grosse building. In 1906 he was nominated on the Republican ticket to the of- fice of county coroner, was elected, and in January, 1907, took the oath of office for a term of four years.
In Santa Monica Dr. Lanterman was united in marriage with Miss Emily C. Folsom, a native of Washington, D. C., and daughter of Dr. Edward C. Folsom, a practicing physician of Santa Monica, who served in the Civil war and was afterward an officer in one of the de- partments in Washington. Dr. Lanterman and his wife have two children, Lloyd and Frank. Mrs. Lanterman is a member of the Congregational Church. The doctor is asso- ciated fraternally with the Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the World, and the Eagles, is a member of the State Medical Association, and is also enrolled among the enterprising citi- zens who make up the Chamber of Commerce. The high position Dr. Lanterman holds among the citizens of Los Angeles has been won by personal effort and the demonstration of fear- less, upright characteristics. At the time of the great earthquake and fire of San Francisco he left on the first relief train from Los An- geles for that distressed city and established the relief hospital located in the Jefferson Square building at the corner of Octavia and Golden Gate avenue, and this he kept in opera- tion for nineteen days, treating about two thousand patients. So important was this work done by Dr. Lanterman when first estab- lished that Gencral Funston requested that. he
continue it as long as possible. This spirit of devotion to his profession and the cause of humanity has been evident in all that Dr. Lanterman has done since locating here, and it is through such demonstration that the pub- lic has come to regard him as one of the safe, conservative and yet progressive men among its citizens.
WILLIAM J. BRODRICK. With the pass- ing of William J. Brodrick, another pioneer of the state crossed the unknown desert separating the valley of toil and suffering from the land of gold by the side of the ocean of eternal peace. October 18, 1898, he laid aside the responsibilities of life. which, it is said by those who knew him best, were borne with the courage and fortitude which distinguished his entire career. Mr. Brod- rick was not an American by birth, having been born in Cambridge, England, January 2, 1847, but the loyalty with which he upheld the insti- tutions of his adopted country proved his title true to the best strains of English blood and American citizenship. As the son of an army officer he received a good education, and in 1865, then a youth of eighteen years, crossed the Atlan- tic to New York City, where he sought to obtain a livelihood. After a few years spent in that lo- cation he made a trip to South America, visiting Peru and Chili; returning to the United States, he came to California in the year 1869 and in the city of Los Angeles made his home for the re- mainder of his life. As soon as the laws permitted he became a naturalized citizen of the country he had learned to respect for its liberal institu- tions, his loyalty and support ever afterward be- ing given with his citizenship.
Mr. Brodrick entered into the insurance busi- ness as a local agent for old-line companies, estab- lishing his office in this city and proceeding to build up a liberal patronage. Through a pleas- ing personality he won friends before demon- strating his business ability ; he retained the es- teem thus won by an exercise of tact and the sagacious judgment with which nature had so liberally endowed him. His methods were laid strictly on business lines and could not but in- spire respect among his associates. He gradually assumed a place of importance in the public
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affairs of the city and up to the time of his death remained actively identified with many of the most important movements in its development. Upon the organization of the Main Street and Agricultural Park Railway . Company he became an officer and shortly afterward was chosen pres- ident, which position he retained to the time of bis demise ; he was also vice-president and audi- tor of the Los Angeles City Water Company, in which he had served as a member of the board of directors since its organization. For several years he was identified in like capacity with the Crystal Spring Land & Water Company; and as a director in the Metropolitan Building & Loan Association his ripened judgment meant valu- able assistance in the promotion of its interests, as it did also in the Puente Oil Company, in which he was very active.
Regardless of his engrossing personal affairs Mr. Brodrick was ever found ready to lend him- self heartily to all public enterprises of the city, county or state. As a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade he was active in his efforts to advance their interests, and was also prominent in various social clubs of the city, among them the California and Jonathan Clubs. For over four years he served on the board of fire commissioners of Los Angeles, being recom- mended to the position by the comptroller of currency, who had just had reason to compli- ment him upon the performance of his duties as receiver of the First National Bank of San Ber- nardino; properly estimating the executive quali- ties as demonstrated by Mr. Brodrick and realiz- ing the need of adequate protection from fire and the presence of such men on the board, he was generous in his praise and recommendation. That Mr. Brodrick fulfilled the high expectations of his friends was evidenced by the reforms which were instituted during his tenure of office.
On the 8th of May, 1877, Mr. Brodrick was united in marriage with Miss Laura E. Carlisle. She is a native of Los Angeles and a daughter of Robert S. and Francisca ( Williams) Carlisle, the former of whom was born in Kentucky, the repre- sentative of a Virginia family of English ancestry. As a boy he went to Mexico and later came to Los Angeles, where in 1857 he married Fran- cisca Williams. Later he became the owner of the Chino ranch of fifteen thousand acres, upon
which he engaged in stock-raising until his death, which occurred in 1865. He is survived by his widow, who now makes her home in Los Ange- les, at the corner of Flower and Washington streets. Mrs. Brodrick was educated at Laurel Hall, in San Mateo county. Of the seven chil- dren born to her four are living, namely: Fran- cisca, Anita, Lucy and Eugene Carlisle. Her home, located at 1936 South Figueroa street and numbered among the most beautiful residences of the city, is presided over with gracious dignity, the appointments without and within bespeaking the culture and refinement of its occupants. She enjoys the esteem of a large circle of friends who appreciate her womanly qualities and in social life she exercises a wide influence.
Mr. Brodrick was a member of St. Vincent's Church, of Los Angeles, and his interment is in Calvary Cemetery. With his death was lost to the city one of its best citizens, both in a personal and a wider sense, because he acquired not only a financial success, but enjoyed as well the un- bounded confidence of all who knew him. He was far-sighted and discriminating in judgment and unerringly invested his means in that which would bring him increased financial returns ; and in an unexcelled spirit of generosity this ability was freely used for the benefit of whoever sought his advice. Although of English birth he was American in the broad sense implied by that term, in life and character displaying the best traits of this citizenship; he was a typical Californian in his hospitality and a westerner when viewed in the light of his energy and en- terprise. His ideals were high and governed all his actions; his motives were never questioned hy those who knew him best and appreciated him most for the qualities of character so rarely met with, so steadfastly disciplined, so honestly mani- fested. It is enough to say that he was rep- resentative of the type of men who have made California what it is to-day.
REUBEN SHETTLER. In the making of his choice of a permanent location as well as in his identification with a grow- ing industry Mr. Shettler feels that he has been especially fortunate. His in- terest in Los Angeles dates from the year
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1895. when for the first time he came hither to spend a season where the climate was less trying than in the middle west, where the greater part of his life had been spent. After a number of seasons similarly spent he decided to take up his permanent residence here, a decision which has proven of mutual benefit to Mr. Shettler and to Los Angeles as well. Born in London, England, in 1853, he was a lad of seven years when with his parents he came to the United States and settled on a farm near Canandaigua, Ontario county, N. Y. He was educated principally in the public schools of that vicinity and at the age of twenty years he took up the burden of self- support. Of a mechanical turn of mind natur- ally he looked for employment in that line and was more than ordinarily successful in his ef- forts. Going to Battle Creek, Mich., in 1873 he took up mechanics, having a natural in- clination for that line of work, and in his ex- perience in running threshing machines made observations which led to the manufacture of the Shettler thresher. The machine was at first manufactured at Battle Creek by the Upton Manufacturing Company, but later the plant was moved to Port Huron, Mr. Shettler becoming largely interested in the company, and until 1885 was superintendent of the plant.
In the mean time Mr. Shettler invented the friction clutch for use in the mechanism of traction engines and threshers, a basic patent which marked the beginning of the great suc- cess in the running of rapid moving machinery. Prior to this the positive clutch had been the embodiment of the highest knowledge along this line. The friction clutch is now used uni- versally the world over and it can be safely said that automobiling would not be a success were it not for the basic principle which it in- volves. It was in 1886 that Mr. Shettler lo- cated in Lansing. Mich., and established him- self in the jobbing business, representing the Huber Manufacturing Company, manufactur- ers of threshers and heavy machinery. The business grew to large proportions and gave great promise of continued success, but not- withstanding this Mr. Shettler finally with- drew his interest in the business, having in the meantime become largely interested in the
manufacture of automobiles. Coexistent with his invention of the friction clutch was the pos- sibility of its application to the running gear of the automobile, and his interest in the manu- facture of this machine may be said to date from this time. In 1886 he rode in a steam automobile, made by R. E. Olds, a car which was afterwards sold in Australia. Two years afterwards, in 1888. Mr. Shettler became as- sociated with Mr. Olds in the manufacture of gas engines and gasoline automobiles, Mr. Shettler being the first person interested with Mr. Olds in what later became the Olds motor works. In 1903 Mr. Shettler organized the Reo Motor Car Company, of which he is still vice-president, and during that year the com- pany erected shops in Lansing and began the manufacture of the Reo automobile. The sale of the Reo in the United States has eclipsed that of any other automobile, a statement which is borne out by the fact that in 1907 they manufactured forty-two hundred and fifty cars, the business amounting to $4,500,- 000. As an index of the business which they expect to do during the year 1908 it may be said that they have increased the size of the plant to an extent that will enable them to turn out one-third more business than during the previous year, or over six thousand cars. As an indication of the appreciation in which the employes of the company are held it may not be out of place to here mention that dur- ing the year 1907 the company paid to them a dividend of five per cent on the amount of their yearly wages, this applying to each and every employe.
Mr. Shettler's marriage united him with Sarah B. Thorpe, who was born in Tecumseh, Mich., a descendant of Governor Winslow of Massachusetts. She is a woman of rare liter- ary qualities and is well known in club circles in Los Angeles, being a member of the Ebell, Friday Morning and Ruskin Art Clubs, as well as of the Young Woman's Christian Associa- tion. Both Mr. and Mrs. Shettler are mem- bers of the Episcopal Church, and politically Mr. Shettler is a Republican. Their only son, Leon T., is the Pacific coast agent for the Reo automobile. In addition to the business in- terests already mentioned Mr. Shettler was an
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important factor in financial circles in his for- mer home city, being one of the organizers of the Capitol National Bank of Lansing, and he is now a director of the American National Bank of Los Angeles. Personally no one is held in higher esteem than Mr. Shettler. Qualities of a high order endear him to a large circle of friends, both in business and social life. No worthy undertaking is carried for- ward without his support, in fact no one ap- peals to him in vain for sympathy and help, and much of his means is given for the uplift- ing of his fellowmen. Though at one time he was very actively identified with business af- fairs, he is now living practically retired.
MILTON D. PAINTER. To mention the name of Mr. Painter suggests at once one which is synonymous with it, La Pintoresca, the famous winter resort of which he is the proprietor. Its commanding position, being located between Pasadena and the base of the Sierra Madre mountains, on an elevation one thousand feet above sea level, gives an outlook over the San Gabriel valley, the ocean thirty miles distant, the lowlands and foothills and towering mount- ain peaks, to say nothing of the thriving orange and lemon groves, and fields and gardens irides- cent with Nature's handiwork in the many ex- quisite flowers which flourish in this climate. What was known as the Painter hotel was found- ed in 1887 by the father, John H. Painter, and his two sons, Alonzo J. and Milton D., the build- ing then having a capacity of sixty sleeping rooms, but in 1897 it was enlarged and re- furnished throughout, and from the latter date has been known by the euphonious name La Pintoresca. In connection with his hostelry Mr. Painter also carries on a livery business, chiefly for the accommodation of his guests, however, and not for financial gain.
The earliest ancestor of the Painter family of whom we have any authentic knowledge is the great-grandfather, Jacob, a son of John and Susanna Painter, who was born August 21, 1764. and died May 9, 1851. His marriage united him with Mary, daughter of Robert and Abigail Hunt, who was born July 25, 1768, and died September 7, 1818. The son of Jacob and Mary
Painter, David was born February 4, 1792, and on October 27, 1813, he married Ann Webb, who was born June 12, 1787, of Pennsylvania parentage. Some time after his marriage David Painter removed to Salem, Ohio, where he set- tled down to agricultural pursuits, and there he died in August, 1866, his wife following him one year later. On the old homestead in Col- umbiana county their son, John H., was born September 3. 1819. From Ohio he removed to what was considered the far west in 1844, taking up land in Cedar county, Iowa, where his fam- ily joined him the following year. With the growth and upbuilding of that commonwealth no name is perhaps any better known than that of Painter, and during the twenty-one years he made his home in Cedar county he entered into all phases of its life-political, social and com- mercial-and at one time served as justice of the peace. Subsequently he made his home in Mus- catine, Iowa, for fourteen years. His identifica- tion with California began in 1880, when he came to Pasadena, where he soon became as well known for business sagacity and judgment as he had been in the middle west. Besides buy- ing and selling land quite extensively he assisted in the building of the old original Painter house in 1887. His earth life came to a close April 9, 1891, eleven years after coming west, and his wife died July 20, 1899. She was formerly Edith Dean, born in Ohio August 5, 1821, a daughter of James H. Dean, who was born in New York state April 14, 1799. His marriage, September 27, 1820, united him with Eleanor M. Winder, who was born in Virginia March 17, 1799, and died in February, 1891, while he him- self passed away in Columbiana county, Ohio, March 28, 1885. Jonathan R. Dean, his father. was born May 26, 1776, and July 12, 1798, mar- ried Hannah Tuttle, who was born June 9, 1778, and died in October, 1851 ; his death occurred in September, 1840. Of the eight children born to John H. Painter and his wife six grew to years of maturity, as follows: Louis M., who served in the Civil war and died when in his twenty- fifth year; Ellen, Mrs. J. C. Michener : Esther, Mrs. L. H. Michener ; Milton D. : Alonzo J., deceased ; and Mrs. Imelda A. Tebbetts.
It was while the family was residing in Cedar county, Iowa, that Milton D. Painter was born
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in Springdale March 29, 1852. Until he was fourteen years old he attended the district schools near his home, and then entered the Muscatine schools, graduating from its high school five years later. His first work was as clerk with a lumber firm, then for five years he was in a wholesale grocery, and for the same length of time worked as a bookkeeper in Marshall county, Iowa. It was with this practical knowledge that he came to Pasadena in 1883, his father having located here three years previously. As has been previously stated he was associated with his father and brother in establishing the Painter hotel, a connection which existed until the death of the father and brother, when the management of the property fell into his hands. He is other- wise interested in real-estate, and is prominently connected with railroad interests in this city. In 1885 he organized the North Pasadena Water Company and at the time of its incorporation was chosen secretary, and is now also the presi- dent.
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