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Politically Mr. Thursby is affiliated with the Republican party, but he has never aspired to any public office, as he gives all his time and attention to his ranch and private business. His thrift and industry have won for him success and prosperity and he is esteemed and held a worthy citizen. He is a careful, conservative business man, holding that standard of integrity which makes his word, once given, always hold good.
KARL S. CARLTON
As a public-spirited and progressive citizen, possessing in a marked degree the qualities of perseverance and courage, Mr. Carl- ton is especially adapted for his duties as supervisor of Riverside county, to which office he was elected in November, 1908, and re- elected in 1912. His father, David D. Carlton, a native of Portage county, Ohio, was born August 22, 1841, and upon the completion of his public school studies, entered Hiram College. In 1861 he enlisted in the Union army, Company A, Forty-second Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, serving faithfully until 1864, when he was honorably discharged. During the succeeding four years he carried on farm- ing in Portage county, removing in 1868 to Crown Point, Ind., where he engaged in railroad construction work. A year later he changed his residence to Will county, Ill., where for a time he per- formed similar duties, subsequently becoming a carpenter. He con- tinued the last-mentioned business until 1873, when he took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres near Wichita, Sedgwick county, Kan. In 1880, having successfully farmed his claim for seven years, he sold his property and removed to Durango, Colo., where he first worked at carpentering and later purchased a plan- ing mill. While residing there he was appointed to the office of deputy sheriff. In 1885 he went to Mantua, Ohio, there purchasing
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a large saw mill which he successfully operated until 1888. Upon disposing of this property he went to Chicago, where he engaged in construction work, including the installation of California exhibits for the approaching World's Fair, in 1893. Having been most favorably impressed by the showing of California and the enthu- siasm displayed by Californians visiting the Fair, he later removed to Riverside, where for a time he was employed as a carpenter. In 1909 he secured a position as an engineer on the public highways in Riverside county.
Karl S. Carlton was the eldest of two children, his mother hav- ing been before her marriage, in 1864, Miss Martha Sheldon, of Portage county, Ohio. He was born February 4, 1866, in Portage county, Ohio, and up to 1879 he accompanied his parents on their various removals. His early education was acquired in Will county, Ill., his studies being continued in Durango, Colo., and after the location of the family in Mantua, Ohio, he attended Hiram College. After his graduation from that institution he secured a position as teacher and continued in this vocation until resigning his position in 1888 to take a year's course in the state normal at Valparaiso, Ind. Upon his return to Portage county he resumed teaching, continuing this until resigning in order to accompany his father to Chicago, where he assisted in constructing a number of the World's Fair exhibits. Again taking up his profession in 1893 he served for two years, at the end of which time he removed to Hemet, Riverside county, Cal., in 1895, here purchasing a ten-acre tract. In addi- tion to successfully conducting this property he also acted as super- intendent of construction work in the interests of the Lake Hemet Water Company, until 1900, when he removed to Riverside. During the succeeding five years he was employed as a carpenter, assisting in superintending the erection of the Glenwood Hotel. From 1905 to 1907 he served as building inspector of the city of Riverside, re- linquishing his duties to take charge of the Glenwood garage, and in November, 1908, was elected supervisor of Riverside county, and for the last two years of this term he has served as chairman of the board.
In Mantua, Ohio, March 28, 1889, Mr. Carlton was married to Miss Cora E. Pierce, a native of Portage county, Ohio. The eldest of their three children, Dave P., born in 1890, entered Stanford University in 1910; Fanny S., born in 1892, is a Riverside high- school graduate; the youngest child, Walter L., was born in 1907. A member of Riverside Lodge No. 282, I. O. O. F., and all affiliated branches of the order, Mr. Carlton is also identified with Riverside Lodge No. 643, B. P. O. E .; Court California No. 451, I. O. F., and also holds membership in the Sons of Veterans No. 23. He has al- ways been a Republican, active in establishing fair and honorable 36
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political methods, and in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the city and county is prompt to lend his support. During his term of office he has taken an active part in the state highway commission and the ocean-to-ocean highway movements. In these interests he has traveled throughout the state of California, meeting the various bodies and committees on a campaign for a system of good roads throughout the entire state.
WILLIAM H. POLKINGHORN
Identification with civic affairs of Riverside through the effic- ient discharge of the duties connected with the office of public ad- ministrator, which he has held since New Year's of 1911 and to which he was elected November 8, 1910, has brought Mr. Polking- horn into considerable prominence among the citizens of the com- munity. This prominence has been enhanced through his previous association with the well-known firm of Backstrand & Grout and through his influential co-operation in the local work of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. In addition to serving as past noble grand of the subordinate lodge he is past chief patriarch of the Encampment and is clerk of the Canton, and has maintained a close association with the work of these various branches. His fraternal relations are further promoted by his membership in the local camp of Woodmen of the World and the Sons of St. George, of which he is secretary, and he served as grand president of the Pacific Coast jurisdiction in 1911-12. Enterprises for the develop- ment of the city have his quiet but earnest support and no citizen displays a loyalty deeper than his, for while he votes the Republican ticket in general elections he gives to his adopted country a pa- triotic allegiance rising above partisanship.
While making his home in Riverside since the year 1900, Mr. Polkinghorn is of English birth and ancestry and during early life spent a brief period in Canada. A son of William H. and Elizabeth Polkinghorn, he was born in Cornwall, England, September 10, 1870, and received the advantages of the Cornwall schools until he was eleven years of age. At that time he was taken in charge by an uncle, a veterinary surgeon, who taught him to break colts and handle horses until he had become an expert in the difficult and dan- gerous occupation. At the age of fifteen years he left his uncle's employ and crossed the ocean to Canada, where he secured employ- ment in the breaking of colts at Moncton. After eighteen months in that locality he came to the States and settled at Holbrook,
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Mass., where he served an appreniceship to the trade of shoe- cutter. On the expiration of his time he began to work as a jour- neyman and for a considerable period he remained in the east fol- lowing his trade, but in 1900 he removed to California and settled at Riverside.
A clerkship with the Boston Shoe Company was the stepping- stone from which Mr. Polkinghorn rose to be vice-president of the company, but after a time he disposed of his interest in the busi- ness in order to enter the dry-goods house of Backstrand & Grout. With this firm he remained as manager of the shoe department from May, 1907, until January, 1911, resigning at the latter date in order to take up the work of public administrator. Both in pri- vate life, in business connections and in public affairs he has won a large circle of warm friends through his adherence to the highest principles of honor and his unwavering integrity of character. As secretary and treasurer of the Brotherhood congregation he is identified with a movement for the moral upbuilding of the com- munity, while both by precept and example he always has given his support to endeavors for the good of the people. His comfort- able home, graciously presided over by Mrs. Polkinghorn, is bright- ened by the presence of bright and happy children. Mrs. Polking- horn, formerly Miss Amy F. Blanchard, became his wife at Hol- brook, Mass., February 22, 1892, and accompanied him upon his re- moval to the west, where she has won many intimate friends among the people of Riverside. The family comprises eight children: Har- old, Frank, Florence, Grace, Rhoda, Elizabeth, Fred, and Margaret.
JAMES GORDON BAIRD, M. D.
Foremost in his profession, as well as a leading citizen of Riverside, Dr. Baird has been a resident of this section of Cali- fornia since the spring of 1890. He was born October 20, 1846, in Carleton county, Ontario, Canada, where he was educated, later taking a thorough course in the McGill Medical College of Mon- treal. In 1870, in Carleton county, he entered upon the duties of his chosen calling, and after nineteen years of success, during which he maintained the respect and confidence of all with whom he became associated, he went to London, England, where he spe- cialized on diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Subsequently he located in Riverside, Cal., where, in partnership with Dr. Charlesworth, he opened medical offices in April, 1890. A year
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later he severed connections with his associate, since which time he has practiced alone.
For many years Dr. Baird has been interested in orange cul- ture, having since 1883 owned orange land upon which he has developed a fine grove of seventeen and one-half acres, now bear- ing, in which he takes just pride.
Dr. Baird was elected a member of the board of freeholders, which body in 1907 framed the new charter under which Riverside has since been conducted. At that time he was also appointed a member of the board of health, which position he still occupies. He is a member of the American Medical Association and of the State and County Medical Societies, and from 1898 to 1906 he served as city health officer. Fraternally he is associated with Court Cali- fornia No. 451, I. O. F., and Hiawatha Tribe No. 106, I. O. R. M.
Dr. Baird was married in 1872 to Miss Lila Lett, a daughter of Capt. A. J. Lett, of Huntley, Carleton county, Canada. Mrs. Lila Baird passed away in 1882, and ten years later Dr. Baird married Mrs. Marian Humphrey, who was also a daughter of Captain Lett. They have one daughter, Frances Agnes. Politi- cally Dr. Baird is a Republican and he is a member of the Cham- ber of Commerce of Riverside. He and his wife are active mem- bers of the Episcopal Church.
AUGUST H. SCHONEMAN
A typical westerner in every sense of the word, Mr. Schoneman was born and reared on western soil and has also spent all of his life west of the Rockies. He was born in San Francisco May 11, 1866, the son of Hermann and Katherine (Zimmer) Schoneman, both natives of Germany, who immigrated to the United States via the Horn in 1857, landing in San Francisco. After residing there for a number of years they went to Virginia City, Nev., and from there removed to Los Angeles. In the fall of 1891 they came to Corona, where Mr. Schoneman built and opened the Cot- tage, the first rooming house in Corona. This he sold to W. H. Frazier in 1910, and is now living retired in Los Angeles. He is seventy-four years old, while his wife is seventy-two.
August H. Schoneman was but one year old when his parents took up their residence in Virginia City, Nev., and he remained with them there until 1884. He received his education in the public schools of Nevada and later learned the trade of a lock- smith, working at this with his father for some time.
In December, 1885, Mr. Schoneman went to Los Angeles, and
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for the following seven years worked at his trade. In 1892 he removed to South Riverside, as Corona was then known, and this has been his home ever since. In the meantime he has had the pleasure of seeing much progress and development, in which, as a public spirited citizen, he has taken an active part.
On first coming to Corona Mr. Schoneman was employed as a clerk. In 1895 he was married to Miss Lizzie Nadin, a native of England, who had come to California seeking better conditions for her health. Her parents still live in England. No children have been born to this union. Mr. Schoneman is prominent in the fra- ternal organizations of the city, being a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Rebekahs, Fraternal Aid and Eagles.
JOSEPH W. CORNWELL
That thorough training in a chosen line of work is requisite to complete and conscientious success will scarcely be disputed, the confidence inspired by a knowledge of one's undertaking forming a foundation unequaled by bluff or similar qualities. In Mr. Cornwell, of Riverside, a man of convincing and kindly personality, we find an illustration of concentrated ambition united with abso- lute integrity. He was born April 18, 1860, in Randolph, N. Y., his parents being J. H. Cornwell, whose birth occurred in Kings county, N. Y., and Rebecca B. (Angus) Cornwell, a native of New York City. While their son was yet a child Mr. and Mrs. Corn- well moved to Corry, Pa., in which town he received both a gram- mar and high school education. In 1876 he went to Ottertail county, Minn., where, in New York Mills, he served as manager of a general merchandise store for five years. Later he went to Montana, thence to North Dakota, where he was employed in construction work on the Northern Pacific Railroad until 1881. He then engaged in the painting business with his father in Fargo, N. Dak., but gave this up in 1887 in order to come west. Coming directly to Los Angeles, he passed the winter in that city, after which for seven years he was engaged in the painting and decorating business in Tacoma, Wash. Following this he was manager for C. D. Elder & Co., one of the largest wallpaper houses in the west. In 1895, lured back to California by its unsurpassed climatic conditions, he began a general contracting business in Los Angeles which he continued for about three years, or until 1898, when he made his final move to Riverside. Establishing at once an up-to-date shop, secure in
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his knowledge and experience of his work, he steadily built up a business as painter and decorator which today ranks among the foremost of its character in the city.
Mr. Cornwell was united in marriage in Ottertail county, Minn., March 29, 1882, to Miss Dorcas A. Winslow, a native of Maine. Four children have been born to them: Frank J., born in 1883, a clerk in the office of the auditor of the Santa Fe Railroad Company at Prescott, Ariz .; John R., born in 1891; Rebecca B., born in 1892, and Julia E., born in 1894, all of whom except the eldest are students in the high school of Riverside.
Politically Mr. Cornwell is independent and maintains an ac- tive interest in both national and municipal developments. He is a member of Evergreen Lodge No. 252, F. & A. M .; Riverside Lodge No. 282, I. O. O. F., as well as of Hiawatha Tribe No. 106, I. O. R. M., and is conceded to be one of Riverside's most public spirited business men.
EDWARD BONFOEY.
The birth of Edward Bonfoey occurred April 12, 1870, in El- mira, Mich., the state in which both of his parents were born, and in which his grandparents had settled as pioneers. Here he lived until he was fifteen years of age, much of his time being passed in the public schools of that state. In 1885 he came with his parents to California, the family settling in Riverside county, where his father engaged in ranching. Being an enterprising young man and eager to make his own way in the world, Mr. Bonfoey engaged in the bee business, following it for eighteen years with splendid success. Subsequently he became the owner of two hundred acres of land which he devoted to raising alfalfa. Ile improved this property with several large pumping plants, which are among the finest in Southern California. After making other improvements of value he sold this valuable property and now resides at No. 200 E Boulevard.
November 9, 1889, Mr. Bonfoey was united in marriage with Miss Mattie A. Smith, a native of Richland Center, Wis. Three children have been born to this union, two of whom died in infancy. The remaining son, Albert, is a student in the Corona high school. Mrs. Bonfoev's mother lives in Auburndale district, Riverside county; her father lost his life during the Civil war.
Mr. Bonfoey's interests have been varied. In addition to
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raising alfalfa he also raised stock and thereby got his start in life. He is a public spirited man and takes a live interest in all the affairs of the community, being always ready to aid in any move- ment which he deems for the advancement of the county. With a fine loyalty to the educational welfare of the youth he has served as school trustee and clerk of Auburndale district several years. He is also prominent in fraternal organizations, being connected with Temescal Lodge No. 314, F. & A. M., of Corona; Circle Lodge No. 377, I. O. O. F., and the Red Men. Mrs. Bonfoey is a member of the Eastern Star, Rebekahs and Pocahontas.
DOCTORS HAZELTON E. AND ANNA W. DEPUTY
In the field of osteopathy, as well as in all other lines of labor, the demand for skill and the most modern methods known to the profession has steadily become more stringent. To meet this con- dition, which is only another expression of the progressive, exact- ing American spirit, satisfied with nothing less than the best, and which ere it has reached its goal has yet a higher, the physician must of necessity bend every effort to the task of keeping up with the times in his chosen work, or be defeated. Distinctively among the progressive and spirited members of the osteopathic faction are H. E. and Anna W. Deputy, of Riverside, who by their ability and good citizenship, have won the respect and confidence of the com- munity.
Hazelton E. Deputy was born in Harrison county, Mo., Feb- ruary 8, 1863, and received his early education in the schools of his home district. Three years after his marriage, June 13, 1888, to Miss Anna W. Watson, a native of Indiana, the husband and wife entered the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo. Upon their graduation in 1903 they journeyed to Riverside, where in February of that year they opened offices, building slowly, but surely, a practice which today demands their best attention.
H. F. Deputy is a member of the American Osteopathic Asso- ciation, and with his charming wife maintains an active interest in municipal as well as social developments of Riverside. In their ambitious and manly son, J. W. Deputy, whose career thus far has been most promising, the highest hopes of the parents are centered.
OSTEOPATHY
Definition: For a preliminary, working definition of Osteo- pathy we may employ the following: Osteopathy is a system of
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treating disease in which the curative agents employed are the nat- ural fluids and forces of the body, and in which the distribution and application of these agents are accomplished, chiefly, by external manipulation, based upon a thorough knowledge of anatomy. Let us note the word itself. It comes from two Greek words, osteon, meaning bone, and pathos, meaning to suffer, hence etomologically osteopathy equals bone suffering. Taking this literal translation as a definition some have the idea that Osteopathy simply treated bone disease. While this conception is possible, one could hardly expect to get much of an understanding of a science through the mere literal translation of the words which stand for it.
The first misconception of the science often arises here. It is an exceedingly difficult matter to find any one word that can fully explain a complete work or comprehensive science. It is not alone the treatment of "bone disease" nor the conception that diseases are so often due to the faulty adjustment of the bones of the body's framework that goes to make up the true conception of this science. The bones are to be used as landmarks to locate and define dis- orders in the body and they are used as levers in many movements to secure adjustment of body tissues. The science of Osteopathy includes all the fundamental facts and principles of anatomy, phys- iology, pathology and hygiene interpreted and applied in a new and practical way to explain and relieve diseases. It recognizes the existing diseased conditions, but differs in its theory as to the cause and methods of treatment. Osteopathy is a drugless method of healing disease. Its doctrine is that the human body is capable of producing the necessary fluids and forces which are essential for good health. It teaches that the body was perfected to produce its own essentials and takes this position as the basic ground of its doctrine. Adjustment is the keynote to the practice.
Dr. Still discovered among other things that disease and suffer- ing frequently resulted from slight displacements of the bones, especially those of the spine. In correcting these, in relaxing con- tracted muscles, and stretching thickened ligaments, the bones that form the body framework, with the tendons, muscles, etc., attached to them, furnished convenient levers and fulcrums for his manipula- tions. He named his science Osteopathy, having in mind the part the bones thus played in the relief of suffering.
As a basis for discussion, we may say that Osteopathy is a method of treating bodily ills in which the healing agents used are those prepared by and existing within the body itself, and in which the proper distribution of these agents, blood, lymph, nerve energy, etc., is accomplished by scientific external manipulations.
The Osteopathist has observed that when the muscles are ex- hausted they rebuild their cells from materials prepared for use in
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the body; when the skin or flesh is cut, the process of repair is im- mediately begun by forces acting from within; when the heart has been disturbed in its rhythm some mysterious regulating devise brings it back to its normal rate; when the composition of the blood has been altered, the lungs, kidneys and liver immediately set to work to restore; and when the temperature of the body becomes for a moment too high, millions of cells pause in their heat producing activity, and some millions of sweat glands pour water upon the surface to remove heat by evaporation.
With such a machine before him, the Osteopathist reasons that it ought to be able to restore its equilibrium in those more grave irregularities which we call disease, as well as in other minor ones which pass unnoticed. The two chief agents by which the body cares for and controls its various organs are the nerve impulses and the blood. In regard to the blood, it is known it possesses a certain uniform composition that, propelled by the heart, it travels through the body in well defined blood vessels and that it is necessary for the existence of every part of the body. The nerve impulses pass along the fixed paths furnished by the nerve fibers and they have their source of energy in the brain and the spinal cord, and that like the blood, they are essential to the healthful existence of every part of the body. Nerves cannot live or act without a proper blood sup- ply. The blood cannot be properly propelled or distributed without the influence of the nerves. If then we could insure to every organ of the body its proper supply of blood of normal quality, and its proper supply of nerve impulses of normal strength, the problem of health would be solved. Moreover, if the body is diseased and we can restore these essential conditions we have solved the problem of treatment.
But why should the body become diseased? In other words, what could interfere with the normal production and distribution of these vital agents? We say they pass in the normal body along the fixed paths furnished by the blood vessels and nerve trunks. These paths wind in and out among bones, muscles, and ligaments. These structures are frequently movable or variable in size and could hardly fail to cause more or less pressure upon the blood vessels or nerves about them. Under ordinary circumstances, any such pres- sure is of very short duration and the vessel or nerve very readily adapts itself to this interference. But in certain parts of the body such an interference may become more intense or prolonged and hence a much more serious affair.
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