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PERCY H. CLARK, LOS ANGELES
Born in Jefferson Co., Pa., Sept. 20, 1860; resided in Mich- igan from 1861 to 1886, where his father was engaged in the lumber business. Educated in public schools of that state, and Grand Rapids Business Coll .; in lumber business at Kansas City, 1887-1890. Came to Los Angeles, Apr., 1890; in 1891 established lumber business of the Stimson Mill Co., acting as manager of same until 1898; since then has been in the real estate business. Mem. and Director Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, member Municipal League and California Club, Director of Automobile Club of So. Cali- fornia and member Los Angeles Country Club. Married, Nov. 18, 1885, to Hattie Youngs, of Big Rapids, Mich .; one child, Florence E.
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JAMES DAVID McCOY, LOS ANGELES
Born in Orange Co., Cal .; moved to Los Angeles when a boy, Grad. from College of Dentistry, Univ. of Southern Califor- nia. Became interested in the study of Orthodontia (the correction of malocclusion of the teeth and maxillary deform- ities) and took post-graduate work at the Angle School of Orthodontia, St. Louis; since then has devoted his entire time to this important branch of Dental Surgery. Pro- fessor of Orthodontia College of Dentistry, Univ. of Southern California; member American Society of Orthodontists, Alumni Society of the Angle School of Orthodontia, Southern California Dental Assn. and Los Angeles County Dental Society.
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WALTER LINDLEY, LOS ANGELES
Born in Monrovia, Ind., Jan. 13, 1852. Educated at Minne- apolis High School and Keen's School of Anatomy; grad. Long Island College Hospital 1875; prac. in Los Angeles since. Degree LL. D. St. Vincent's College; ex-Pres. Cali- fornia State Medical Society; Founded "Southern Cali- fornia Practitioner" 1884; still editor and publisher; one of the founders, and sometime dean College of Medicine, Univ. Southern California; founder 1889, and now Pres. Board of Trustees Whittier State School; founder 1897, now Secretary and Medical Director California Hospital. Mem. State Board of Medical Examiners; also, California Club, Union League and University Club (ex-Pres.) Dir. Farmers' & Merchants' National Bank. Author "California of the South" (Appleton), and numerous professional and socio- logical articles.
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Pepper trees to the left, eucalyptus and palms to right; Sierra Madre Mountains in the distance. GLIMPSE OF CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL, LOS ANGELES
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M. EVANGELINE JORDON, LOS ANGELES
Born in Fulton Co., Ill., 1865. Educated in private school Rochester, Minn .; grad. Los Angeles State Normal School (came to Los Angeles 1887) in 1891, and dental department Univ. of California, 1898. Taught school five years; began prac. dentistry 1899; general prac. seven years, and since entire attention devoted to children's teeth; first dentist in the United States to adopt this specialty. Associate Pro- fessor of Operative and Clinical Dentistry (children's teeth), Univ. Southern California. Mem. all dental societies of Southern California and National Dental Association; writer on professional subjects. Also mem. Friday Morning Club, College Woman's Club and Woman's Press Club.
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MARY J. GREEN, LOS ANGELES
Born near Chillicothe, Mo., daughter of Preston Heming- way and Lydia (Pace) Minor. Educated in the public schools and Professor Long's Seminary. Married William A. Green. Grad. Kansas City (Mo.) Medical Coll., 1890 (M. D.); prac. Salt Lake City, Utah, one year; since 1893 in Los Angeles. Practice largely devoted to diseases of the nervous system and surgery of women and children. Mem. Southern California Homeopathic Medical Society and American Institute of Homeopathy; charter mem. Friday Morning Club.
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CHARLES L. HUBBARD, LOS ANGELES
Born Jan. 31, 1873, at Urbana, Ill. son of L. G. and Helen (Stan- nard) Hubbard. Grad. from the Urbana High School 1891, and im- mediately entered commercial life at Chicago, Ill., as stenographer and cashier. Came to Los Angeles in 1895; since 1896 general agent for Southern California for the Aetna Life Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn., in its accident and liability department; also Pres. Investors' Co. and Pres. Charles L. Hubbard Co., promi- nent in real estate, loans, investments and insurance. Member of Board of Directors of Los Angeles Young Men's Christian Associ- ation, this is a large Institution and the Board of Directors is made up largely of prominent business men of the city. Trustee of Temple Baptist church, and identified with other religions and benevolent institutions; also mem. Jonathan and various recreation clubs. Married Miss Grace Corwin of San Francisco, in 1898.
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DANIEL CAVE, LOS ANGELES
Born in France, and after studying dentistry came to this country to familiarize himself with the American system; located in New York in 1868, and after two years' practice became a resident of San Diego, where he followed profession nearly a quarter of a century; first Pres. of San Diego Dental Society. Elected one of the freeholders who framed San Diego city charter; also alder- man and for several years Pres. of Public Library; Pres. San Diego Chamber of Commerce. Came to Los Angeles in 1897, and since devoted entire time to dental prac. Life member California State Dental Assn; Pres. Southern California Dental Assn. (one of its nine councilors), and an active member Los Angeles County Dental Society. Active in Masonry (presiding officer in both San Diego and Los Angeles lodges) ; also B. P. O. E. and Supreme Pres. Knights of the Round Table.
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CHARLES R. DRAKE, LOS ANGELES
Born Clark Co., Ill., 1843. During Civil War was Acting Master's Mate under Admiral Porter. In 1871 went to Tucson, Ariz., where he was Assistant Postmaster; in 1881-5 was Recorder of Pima Co. During his thirty years' residence in Arizona took an active part in it 3 political, financial and general affairs. Delegate to the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia, 1900. Came to Los Angeles in fall of 1900; organized and is Pres. of the Seaside Water Co., which owns and operates the Hotel Virginia, Long Beach, Cal .; also of the San Pedro Water Co. and Long Beach Bath House Co. Mem. of I. O. O. F., K. of P. and B. P. O. E., as well as of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the California and Los Angeles Country Clubs.
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JOHN H. NORTON, LOS ANGELES
Born Milton, Mass., 1847; when seventeen years of age came West, first to Colorado and then to Arizona; in that state became connected with the interests of the U. S. Government and for several years handled a large volume of business. Came to Los Angeles in 1896, and there has since been engaged in active business life. Pres. of the John H. Norton Co .; Pres. of the Norton-Morgan Commercial Co. of South- ern Arizona, and dir. of the Citizens' National Bank of Los Angeles. Mr. Norton is the originator of the magnificent lighting system of the business section of Los Angeles. Delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1904 and 1908. Mem. California and Jonathan Clubs.
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ASHBY ALBERT SHAW, LOS ANGELES
Born at Port Burrell, Canada, 1870 Educated at Colle- giate Institute, Toronto, and Philadelphia Dental Coll. (grad. class 1890-1). Has been a close observer of dental abnormalities for twenty years, and is recognized as an authority in all difficult cases of surgical dentistry. Came to Los Angeles in 1904, and has continued practice as a sur- gical dental specialist. In 1897 his invention, the Shaw Alloy System, was indorsed and used by Harvard and Toronto Dental Colleges; latest invention, the antiseptic Inhaler for administering anaesthetics. Mem. Southern California Dental Assn. and Los Angeles Co. Dental Society; also identified with the College of Dentistry, Univ. of South- ern California.
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DR. E. A. LUNDY, LOS ANGELES
Born near Toronto, Canada; early education in the grammar and high schools of the Dominion and New York State. Commenced professional studies under preceptor at Brock- port, N. Y., in 1874; practiced several years and completed education at Dental School Northwestern University, Chi- cago. Has enjoyed seventeen years of foreign practice in Hawaii, India, Egypt, Ceylon and Australia; attended professionally the present King and Queen of England dur- ing their Australian visit, receiving from them a handsome presentation.
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ROBERT MARSH, LOS ANGELES
Born Charlestown, Ill., Jan. 20, 1874. Educated in public schools. Came to Los Angeles in 1890. For some time was engaged as a dealer in hats and furnishing goods. Since 1901 engaged in the real estate business, under firm name of Robert Marsh & Co., dealers in general and business prop- erty. Mem. Realty Board; office, ground floor Security building (140 W. Fifth St.), adjoining Security Savings Bank. Is Thirty-second degree Mason and Knight Templar. Mem. California, Jonathan and Los Angeles Country Clubs. Married 1897, Miss Ceceil Lothrop, of Alhambra, Cal.
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WILLIAM MEEK, LOS ANGELES
Born in London, Eng., Dec. 25, 1849; educated in schools of Metropolis. Came to the United States in 1871 and located at Topeka, Kans .; to Los Angeles in 1881. Has been engaged in the baking business for thirty-four years and since 1892 Pres. Meek Baking Co. Since 1900 mem. National Assn. Master Bakers (dir. three years) and in August, 1909, at Minneapolis, Minn., was elected Pres. National Assn. of Master Bakers of the United States and Canada. Fraternal relations: Thirty-second degree Mason; Shriner; Past Grand Pres. Sons of St. George. Married, 1874, Adeline E. Nichols, of Topeka, Kan .; four children. Eva I., Adeline Nichols, Blanch F. and Chester.
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RUFUS WILLIAM LANDON HORTON, LOS ANGELES
Born at Niles, Mich., Sept. 2, 1861, son of Richmond B. and Anna Mary (Smith) Horton; representative of old English (Leicester- shire) family. Early education in common and high schools of Wauseon (Ohio); studied law at Dallas (Tex.) Coll., and com- pleted studies with Judge Shaw of Supreme Court. Came to Los Angeles May 1, 1887; active in civic matters. Mem. Board of Education (1902); chairman of committee that introduced School Savings banks in Los Angeles; several years secretary of Citizens' League. Dir. and attorney for large corporation and property interests, and as attorney for the Westlake Improvement Assn. prepared ordinance that confined oil wells north of Ocean View Ave. Considered an authority on liens and real estate law. Mem. Los Angeles Bar Assn., University Club, California Club and Chamber of Commerce; Mason and Republican. Married, 1896, Miss Millie Kurtz; two children, Joseph Kurtz Horton, and Rufus William Landon Horton, Jr.
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GEORGE MAURICE CROW, D. D. S. LOS ANGELES
Born at Bloomington, Ill., Aug. 13, 1877, and came to Los Angeles, more than twenty-five years ago, with his parents Professor and Mrs. George R. Crow. Graduated from High School, in 1897, and from the dental department of Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, 1901. Since then has been engaged in practice and in furtherance of civic movements. He is Treasurer of California Board of Dental Examiners; also member of Los Angeles County Dental Society and Southern California Dental Assn., as well as of University Club. He resides with his family, in South Pasadena, where he is active in the First Methodist Episcopal Church.
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FRANK CHESTER COLLIER, LOS ANGELES
Born Central City, Colo., Sept. 14, 1878. Came to Califor- nia with parents in 1883, locating at San Diego. Early education in schools of that place; grad. law department, Univ. of Michigan, 1901. Prac. one year in San Diego, one year at Prescott (Ariz.), and in Los Angeles since August, 1903. Mem. firm Collier & Clark, general practitioners; admitted to practice in State, U. S. Circuit, U. S. District and Supreme Courts. Married. Dec. 11, 1905, Kate Pinker- ton, of Los Angeles. Mem. Jonathan Club. Thirty-second degree Mason. Republican in politics.
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HARRINGTON BROWN, LOS ANGELES
Born in Washington, D. C., Jan. 1, 1856, son of William Van Horn and Adelaide J. (Harrington) Brown. Early education at pre- paratory school of Columbian (now George Washington) Uni- versity, and at Emerson's Institute Washington; grad. Princeton Univ., 1876 (A. B.) and (in law) from George Washington Univ. (B. L.). Came to Los Angeles from Washington, July 7, 1878; has since built up two successful oil refineries (Pres. Southern Refining Co.), extensively cultivated vineyards and orange groves and made important city improvements. Perhaps his most strik- ing work in the latter field was begun twenty years ago, when he commenced to plant pepper trees along West Park tract, which has resulted in one of the most beautiful and majestic avenues in the West. Mem. Merchants' & Manufacturers' Assn., Muni- cipal League, etc .; Pres. Princeton Alumni Assn. Married, 1882, Minnie Toland Glassell; five children.
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MARK KEPPEL, LOS ANGELES
Born in Butte Co., Cal., Apr. 11, 1867; second in a family of eleven children; childhood spent upon the farm. Early education in public schools; at majority entered San Joaquin Valley Coll., paying his way by janitor service and labor as a harvest hand; grad. 1892 and began teaching in 1893. Served one year in alma mater, one year in Yolo Co. and seven years in Los Angeles city; elected County Superin- tendent of Schools in 1902 and 1906. Has an established reputation both as an educational authority and a public speaker. Married, 1894, Miss Mae Hubbard, representa- tive of a pioneer family of California. They have one daughter-Esther Mae, now a student at the Polytechnic High School.
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E. F. SCATTERGOOD, PASADENA
Born Burlington Co., N. J., Apr. 9, 1871. Grad. electrical department Rutger Coll., 1893 (B. S. and M. S., 1896); instructor in mathematics and electricity, Rutger Coll., 1895-8; Fellow in Electrical Engineering, Cornell Univ., 1898-9 (M. M. E. degree); in charge of electrical and experi- mental engineering, Georgia School of Technology (engineer- ing department, Univ. of Georgia), 1899-1901. Now con- sulting engineer, with offices in Los Angeles; consulting electrical engineer for the Bureau of the Los Angeles Aque- duct, and chief electrical engineer for the Bureau of Los Angeles Aqueduct Power. Mem. American Institute Electrical Engineers; Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Psi; En- gineers' and Architects' Assn. and Assn, of College Men of Southern California; Cornell and Rutger Clubs.
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WILL DANIEL GOULD, LOS ANGELES
Born at Cabot, Vt., Sept. 17, 1845, so of Daniel and Betsa (Smith) Gould. Received early education in common and high schools of native town; preparatory collegiate, at St. Johnsbury and Barre academies, Vermont; grad. Univ. Michigan, 1871 (LL. B.). Studied law in office of Hon. Charles H. Heath, Plainfield, Vt., both before and after graduation from Michigan University; admitted to the bar, Michigan Supreme Court Apr. 4, 1871, and later Vermont Supreme Court and all courts in California and the Supreme Court of the United States. Settled in Los Angeles February, 1872, and there continues in active practice. In his younger years teacher and superintendent of public schools in Vermont, Takes deep interest in public affairs: author of bill providing for uniform township government in California 1909; Mem. Archaeo- logical Institute of America; Mason and K. of P. Married, June 26, 1875, Mary Louise Hait.
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BEN S. JARRETT, LOS ANGELES
Born White Pigeon, Michigan, in 1867. Educated in common schools. Came to Los Angeles in 1898 and since 1899 has been engaged in cigar manufacturing; now, especially a manufacturer of Havana cigars from the imported tobacco. Pres. St. Elmo Cigar Co., the largest importer of Havana leaf tobacco in the Southwest; this company, incorporated March 4, 1903, was awarded the World's Grand Prize on clear Havana cigars at Alaska-Yukon- Pacific Exposition (1909) and the first prize at the California State Fair. The St. Elmo Cigar Co. employs 130 people, the growth of its business having been rapid. "St. Elmo" is its lead- ing brand, for which the prizes mentioned were awarded. Mr. Jarrett is a member of the Union League and a Mason (Knight Templar and Shriner). Married, 1888, Miss Mattie E. Smith, of Bloomfield, Ia.
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SAMUEL J. WHITMORE, LOS ANGELES
Born at Leesburg, Va., Oct. 29, 1865. Received his educa- tion in the public schools and academies of the Shenandoah Valley. Prepared himself for teaching and began an educa- tional career, but was diverted to business and commerce by the call of the West, where he entered the hotel business about twenty-five years ago, and has enjoyed success all along the line from the lowest clerical to the highest execu- tive positions. About five years ago he retired from the position of Vice President and Associate Manager of the Baltimore Hotel Company, Kansas City, Mo., to become Vice President and General Manager of the Alexandria Hotel Co., in Los Angeles. He is a man of gracious and charming personality and a recognized leader in his pro- fession.
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VERNON GOODWIN, LOS ANGELES
Born in Santa Rosa, Cal., Dec. 13, 1871. Chiefly educated in public and high schools (grad. from latter in 1889). Assist- ant postmaster of Santa Rosa for three years; resigned to take a law course, and admitted to practice in California Supreme Court, 1894. Principal of grammar school for three years, and later took a special English course at Stan- ford University. Served as Deputy County Auditor for four years and resigned to accept position with California Gas & Electric Corporation. Came to Los Angeles, 1895; now Secretary of the Bilicke-Rowan Fireproof Building Co., Bilicke-Rowan Annex Co., Alexandria Hotel Co. and Hollenbeck Hotel Co. Is Past Master of Masonic lodge, Knight Templar and Shriner. Mem. Jonathan and Annan- dale Country Clubs.
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ANDREW STEWART LOBINGIER, LOS ANGELES
Born at Laureiville, Pa., of French Huguenot and Scotch lineage; descendant of Christopher Lobingier, member of first state con- stitutional convention and close friend of Benjamin Franklin. Preparatory education at Mt. Pleasant (Pa.) Institute; grad. Univ. of Michigan, 1886, A. B., and medical department, 1889, M. D. Afterward Prof. Bacteriology and Pathology, Gross Med. College: Prof. Pathology and Surgical Pathology, Univ. of Colo- rado; Clinical Surgery and Chief of Surgical Clinic, 1893, Principles of Surgery and Clinical Surgery 1896; resigned April, 1902, and came to Los Angeles. In June went to Europe to attend meeting of British Med. Assn. and to study; also surgical studies and invest- igations abroad, 1906. Has been Sec. Colorado State Med. Socy; Arst Pres. Los Angeles Clinical and Pathological Socy. and Mem. of all state and national bodies. Well known author on surgical subjects and mem. various clubs. Married, 1889; one child.
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H. JEVNE, LOS ANGELES
Is a native of Norway. After an active business career of seventeen years in Chicago, came to Los Angeles in 1882. He started a small grocery store, and now has one of the most extensive houses of his line in the West. H. Jevne Co. now occupy a seven-story building at Broadway and Sixth street-perhaps the finest fitted and most "up-to-date" grocery store in the world, giving employment to nearly three hundred people. Dir. First Natl. Bank; also, identi- fied with several other corporations, the most important of which are engaged in the production of crude petroleum. Charter mem. Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Mer- chants' and Manufacturers' Assn. and the Municipal League, and mem. of all the leading clubs.
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EDWARD L. MAYBERRY, LOS ANGELES
Born in Sacramento, Cal., in 1871. Moved to Southern Cali- fornia in 1877. Educated in Los Angeles county schools, Los Angeles High School, Univ. of California (B. L., 1896), and Mass. Institute of Technology (S. B., 1906). Is a certified architect and practicing as an architectural engineer. Member of the firm of Mayberry & Parker, engineers for the following structures: Majestic Theater, Alhambra Hotel, Elks, Bryan, Luckenbach and other buildings in Los Angeles; Kern Co. Hall of Records; Long Beach Public Library; hotel and station buildings for the A., T. & S. F. R. R. in Syracuse, Kans., Williams, Ariz., and Need- les, Cal .; and (designing engineers) for the Linda Vista Bridge, Pasadena, Cal. (see illustration), and the 2150-foot re-inforced concrete bridge across Salt river at Phoenix, Ariz. Mem. Uni- versity, Sierra and San Gabriel Valley Country Clubs and Engineers & Architects' Assn.
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LINDA VISTA BRIDGE, PASADENA, CALIF. 400 feet long, 65 feet high, all reinforced concrete. MAYBERRY & PARKER, Architectural Engineers.
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DR. JOSIAH E. COWLES, LOS ANGELES
Born in Yadkin Co., N. C., May 14, 1855. Finished edu- cation at Finley High School (Lenoir, N. C.); medical depart- ment, Univ. of Maryland (M. D., 1880) and post-graduate course at the N. Y. City Polyclinic. Prac. eight years at Edgefield, S. C .; came to Los Angeles in 1889, and there since. Mem. Los Angeles County Medical Society, South- ern California District Medical Society, California State Medical Society and American Medical Assn .; also, Sons of the American Revolution. Senior Warden St. John's Epis- copal church. Married, 1890, Ione Virginia Hill, of Chicago. Mrs. Cowles is prominent in church work; Pres. Women's Auxiliary Diocese of Los Angeles; also mem. leading women's clubs of Los Angeles and First Vice Pres. General Federation of Women's Clubs.
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ISIDORE B. DOCKWEILER, LOS ANGELES
Born at Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 28, 1867, son of Henry and Marga- retha (Sugg) Dockweiler, natives respectively of Bavaria and Alsace-Lorraine. Educated at St. Vincent's Coll., Los Angeles (Commercial diploma, 1883; degree A. B., 1887; A. M., 1889; LL. M., 1905). Employed as bookkeeper in 1883-5 and surveyor, 1887-8. Admitted to California bar Oct. 14, 1889, and afterward to Federal courts of the state. Trustee St. Vincent's Coll. since Oct. 1, 1890; dir. Los Angeles Public Library, 1897-9 and from 1901 to date (term ends 1911); trustee of State Normal School, San Diego, Cal., from Dec., 1898, to date (term ends July, 1912). Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, 1902, and delegate to National convention, 1908. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Southwest Society Archaeological Institute of America, N. S. G. W., B. P. O. E., Knights of Columbus, Young Men's Institute, Royal Arcanum and California, Gamut and Newman clubs. Married June 30, 1891, Gertude Reeve; has ten children.
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DICK FERRIS, LOS ANGELES
Born Washington, D. C., in 1867. Active, practical life since boyhood, his last position before coming to California, in 1890, being rate clerk for the Wabash Railway in Chicago. For years been known as one of the leading amusement promoters in the West; has owned and operated ten plays and companies and three theaters, one for four years in Minneapolis; operated stock compa- nies in Chicago, Minneapolis, Duluth, Omaha, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. In 1908 purchased the balloons United States and America, the latter winning the international long distance trophy in France, and both winning second and third prizes in Chicago. Organized first aviation meet Los Angeles, 1909, varlous automobile shows and athletle events. Manager of widely known Ferris Stock Company and Graustark Company; is heavily interested in mining and oil lands. Mem. of social clubs. Mason (Shriner), Elk, K. of P. and T. M. A. Wife, the talented actress, Florence Stone.
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THEODORE WIESENDANGER, LOS ANGELES
Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, in 1851. Studied at the University of Geneva, that country, until 1874. Came to Los Angeles from London, England, in 1884; Professor at the University of Southern California until 1885; since that year has been engaged in the real estate business in Los Angeles, having built over thirty large apartment houses, and subdivided, improved and sold many tracts in the city. Mem. of the University Club of Los Angeles.
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