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Mr. Raynes is a most fascinating personality, and his stock of reminis- cences and pioneer experiences never fails to arouse interest when he recounts them to his friends. Among his Indian adventures he recalls one day in the fall of 1851, as he was coming up the south fork of the Salmon river with a pack mule, when three Indians stepped out on the trail. One took the mule by the head and motioned for its rider to go on after them. Mr. Raynes at once pulled his gun, and the red men, realizing that one of them must be sacrifice every time the trigger was pulled, desisted and retired. They soon returned, however, and the program was repeated to Mr. Raynes' great annoyance, but he was finally left with the path to himself. That night he went into camp all alone, fearing an attack at any moment. After cook- ing his supper he lay down by the fire for awhile, and then crawled out of his blankets and shivered in the brush near by until morning came and he could once more pursue his journey without fear.
During his expressing experiences Mr. Raynes once owned a mule that upon the breaking of a stick or the cocking of a revolver, would jump into a mad gallop. He was riding on this animal through the forest one night, and on coming to the top of a hill saw a gun protrude from behind a tree. His own revolver was out of his belt in a second, but the cocking of it set the mule at a headlong pace down the hill, and before the astonished high- wayman could realize what had happened his intended victim was far be- yond the reach of a bullet, and it was half a mile from the hill before Mr. Raynes could bring his long-eared steed to a halt.
ALBERT HUTCHINSON JARMAN.
Albert Hutchinson Jarman is one of the younger members of the San Jose bar, yet his years do not seem to limit his ability nor his progress, for he has already won a position in connection with the legal interests of his district that many an older practitioner might well envy. He is, moreover, a native son of San Jose, his birth having here occurred on the 27th of April, 1875. His parents are John Plaskett and Jane (Hutchinson) Jar- man. The father, a native of England, crossed the Atlantic to America in 1866 and in 1868 came to California, settling in San Jose, where he began business as a dealer in wall paper, paints, oils, etc. The business which he established at that time he has since carried on, and year by year has added somewhat to the competence that he has been steadily acquiring. It was
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in the west that he married Miss Hutchinson, who is a native of Oregon and was brought to California during her girlhood days by her parents, who were early settlers of San Jose. Her father was a prominent stock-man and raised many fine blooded horses. He was also the owner of an extensive ranch, and was well known as a capitalist and leading representative of busi- ness interests in his part of the state.
Reared in his native city Albert H. Jarman pursued his education in the public and high schools prior to entering upon a collegiate course in Stan- ford University. In 1892 he matriculated in that institution, where he con- tinued his studies for about three years, and in 1895 went to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he entered the Michigan University and was graduated in 1896 with the degree of Doctor of Laws. He then returned to San Jose and entered upon practice in which he has continued to the present time, cover- ing a period of about eight years. He served as deputy district attorney for four years, from 1898 until 1902, and during that time demonstrated his ability to ably cope with the intricate problems which continually confront the lawyer who controls important litigated interests. He devotes his ener- gies in zealous manner to the interests of his clients, preparing his cases with thoroughness before he enters the courtroom, and then presenting his cases with a clearness and force that never fails to make its impress upon court or jury and oftentimes wins for him and his clients the verdict desired.
In 1900 occurred the marriage of Mr. Jarman and Miss Eleanor North, a native of Kansas and a daughter of W. C. North, formerly of Atchison, Kansas, who settled in San Jose in 1887, and lived retired until called to his final rest. Mr. Jarman is a Republican in his political views and takes an active interest in local and state politics, putting forth an earnest and effective effort in behalf of the party. He has frequently been a delegate to county conventions, and his opinions carry weight in its councils. He is a valued member of the Masonic fraternity in San Jose, and at this writing is master of San Jose lodge No. 10, F. & A. M. His interests are thoroughly identified with those of the west and at all times he is ready to lend his aid and co-operation to any movement calculated to benefit this section of the country or to advance its wonderful development.
MORRIS BROOKE.
Morris Brooke, supervisor for the fourth district and engaged in the real estate and insurance business at Sacramento, is one of the most ener- getic, enterprising and successful young business men of this section of the state. He has been identified with the agricultural, commercial and politi- cal interests of the state since he was a boy of sixteen years, and it seems that he has always possessed an open sesame to unlock the doors of suc- cess in every enterprise that he has undertaken. As a legislator and a member of various important public bodies he has been a constant agitator and worker for the general welfare and reform both in administration and in state, county and municipal improvements. As an advocate ot good roads he has probably done as much as any other man in this state, and
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much work of development in this line will be the result of his generous efforts.
Mr. Brooke was born in Diamond Spring, Eldorado county, Califor- nia, March 16, 1872. Both sides of the family were represented in the Revolutionary war, as well as that of 1812. His paternal grandfather was a colonel in the Revolution. C. D. Brooke, the father of Morris Brooke, was one of the most progressive and intrepid of California pioneer agriculturists. He came to this state from Virginia in 1851, and for the first ten years followed mining. He then devoted himself to agriculture and horticulture for the remainder of his active life. He planted the first successful fruit farm in the foot-hills of Eldorado county, and, ignoring the ridicule of his neighbors and the disadvantages incident to his enter- prise at the start, demonstrated that this was a wonderful fruit section and made a success of his own ventures. He retired several years before his death, which occurred in 1901. He was supervisor for a number of years, and took a prominent part in politics. He was a Breckenridge Democrat, and he once ran for state senator, but was defeated with the rest of his party.
Mary E. (Smith) Brooke, the mother of Morris Brooke, was born in Ohio, and her family was originally from the state of Connecticut. She is a direct descendant of the Smith who came over in the Mayflower, and members of the family took a prominent part in the colonial wars. She is still living, and makes her home in Oak Park, Sacramento county. Five of her children are living: Morris; Dr. W. A., a physician of Alameda ; Roy L., at home; Lucy, the wife of William McGinn, of Sacramento, and Miss Clara.
Mr. Brooke was educated in the public schools of Diamond Spring and of Sacramento, graduating from the grammar schools of the latter place at the age of sixteen. He then began farming in Sacramento county with his father, and shortly afterward bought land of his own and raised berries. He continued in these pursuits five years. At the age of twenty- six, in 1898, he was elected to the legislature from the twenty-second assem- bly district on the Democratic ticket, being chosen from a Republican strong- hold. While in the legislature he was responsible for the introduction of a number of measures, several of which became good laws. He brought forward a constitutional amendment providing for free text books in the public schools, and, although he failed to secure its adoption, the agitation thus started has developed and become widespread throughout the state, so that there is every confidence in its promoters of the ultimate success of the movement. Mr. Brooke was in the county clerk's office as court deputy until the fall of 1901, and was then elected from the Republican stronghold of the fourth district as supervisor for a term of four years. In this office he has been the first one in this part of the state to advocate oil roads, and he has established quite a reputation as a promoter of this en- terprise. He has written a number of articles for the public press on the subject of good roads. and also went before the state convention of super- visors as an advocate of improved highways. The results of the adoption
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of some of his proposals concerning oil roads in this section of the state have fully justified his expectations, as Sacramento has some of the best roadways in the state. For the last two years he has represented Sacra- mento county in the Sacramento Valley Development Association, and was the originator of the project to get up a Sacramento exhibit for the St. Louis Exposition. Mr. Brooke had personal charge of the preparation of the exhibit.
Mr. Brooke represented Sacramento valley as one of the delegates to the national irrigation congress at Ogden. In the latter part of 1903 he went into the real estate and insurance business as manager of the country department of Curtis, Carmichael and Brand, and he is also interested in several other business enterprises of Sacramento. At the present time he has his own land leased.
Mr. Brooke affiliates with the Native Sons of the Golden West, and is past president of the Sacramento Parlor, and has several times repre- sented the local parlor at the grand parlor. He also belongs to the Masons, the Foresters of America, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Grange, and has been vice sachem of the state league of the Iroquois Clubs for the last five years. He is Democratic committeeman at large for the second congressional district.
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