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At the end of that time, the war having closed, he returned to his home in Sycamore, Illionis, where he secured a position on the Sycamore True Republican as "printer's devil." He applied himself to the mastery of the business and later became a journeyman, so continuing until 1877. He next made his way to Salt Lake City, where he engaged as clerk in the general merchandising establish- ment of John W. Lowell until 1879. In that year he came to Oak- land and here engaged as traveling salesman for an Eastern text- book publishing house, with which he continued for a year. On the expiration of that period he returned to Salt Lake City, where he again became clerk in the general merchandise store in which he had formerly been employed. There he remained until 1884, when he came to Oakland and again was connected with the text-book house for a year. He afterward made his way to Los Angeles and became secretary and assistant manager of the Los Angeles Daily Tribune, with which he was associated until 1890. He then went upon the editorial staff of the Los Angeles Herald, with which he continued for a year, and was next appointed chief clerk of the United States weather bureau at Washington, D. C., acting in that capacity until 1894, when he was transferred to Oakland as inspector of the same department. Here he continued until 1895, when he went to Los Angeles and engaged on the editorial staff of the Los Angeles Herald until 1897. In that year he was appointed observer for the United States weather bureau at Los Angeles, where he continued for a year and was then transferred to San Francisco in the same capacity, so continuing until 1910, when he resigned and purchased a ranch near Martinez, California. A year later he disposed of that property and returned to Oakland, at which time he became secretary of the Oak- land Cremation Association, in which connection he still continues.
On the 30th of May, 1881, in Salt Lake City, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Kate Hobson, who passed away seventeen years later, on the 11th of March, 1898. Mr. Smith was again mar- ried on the 28th of November, 1906, in Oakland, at which time Miss Emma Nicholson became his wife. He has a son, Edwin Lowell Smith, thirty-two years of age, who attended the schools of Washing- ton, D. C., Los Angeles and Oakland, being graduated from the
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Oakland high school with the class of 1900. He then spent a year in dental college, and at this writing is president of Ye Liberty Candy Company of Oakland. Mr. Smith's business and official con- nections have made him widely known, as he has traveled from point to point, sojourning in various sections of the country. His many substantial qualities are widely recognized and have made him popu- lar wherever he has gone.
ROBERT DALZIEL, SR.
Robert Dalziel, Sr., a long-time resident of Oakland, whose busi- ness enterprise has constituted the foundation of his growing and substantial success, is one whose life record may well serve to inspire and encourage others, showing what may be accomplished when determination and energy lead the way. Starting out in life with no capital, he has gradually advanced to his present enviable position.
Mr. Dalziel was born in Paisley, Scotland, on November 8, 1836, and is a son of Andrew and Margaret ( Smith) Dalziel. He attended the public schools of his native land until fifteen years of age and then crossed the Atlantic to the new world, settling first at Brooklyn, New York, where he served his time as an apprentice to a plumber for three years. On the expiration of that period he went to San Fran- cisco and entered the employ of the San Francisco Water Company in the capacity of plumber. After filling that position for a year he went to Sacramento, where he embarked in the plumbing business on his own account. After six years spent in the capital city he sold out and came to Oakland, opening a plumbing shop on Broadway, between Fifth and Sixth streets. After six months he removed to Eighth and Broadway, where he conducted business for two years, and then located his establishment at Twelfth and Broadway, where he continued for three years. He was afterward at Thirteenth and Broadway, where he remained for six years, when he sold out, turn- ing over his business to his children. In the meantime his patronage had steadily increased. Each removal meant that he was seeking more commodious quarters and a more advantageous situation for the conduct of his trade. He built up a business of gratifying pro- portions, his success being attributable in large measure to his enter- prise and to the fairness and probity which characterized his deal- ings at all times.
ROBERT DALZIEL, SR.
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In his native city of Paisley Mr. Dalziel was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Smith, and they have become the parents of seven children: Andrew, who is now president of the Dalziel-Muller Company, wholesale dealers in plumbing supplies at San Francisco; Robert, who is engaged in the plumbing business at Oakland and San Francisco; Alexander, now living retired at Oakland; William, who is connected with the plumbing business in Oakland ; James. a mem- ber of the Dalziel-Muller Company of San Francisco; Anstruther Smith, living in Oakland, and Mrs. Margaret Smith Williams, of Oakland.
The religious faith of the family is that of the Presbyterian church, to which they loyally adhere, and Mr. Dalziel is a member of St. Andrew's Society. His political allegiance is given to the repub- lican party, and his fraternal relations are with the Masons and the Odd Fellows. He deserves much credit for what he has accom- plished, and he has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he has found the opportunities which he sought and in their improvement has made continuous advance- ment. Ambition has pointed out the way, and ability and energy have carried him forward to success.
TIMOTHY C. COUGHLIN.
Timothy C. Coughlin, newspaper writer and well known Ala- medan, took up his residence in that city with his parents in 1892, moving from Santa Cruz county. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, February 17, 1872, his parents being Michael C. and Margaret M. (O'Brien) Coughlin. His father, a native of Ireland, was brought to the United States as a child and was educated in the schools of the old Bay State. In 1868 he came to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama and assisted in the building of the first transcontinental railroad into Alameda county, via the Altamont pass. In 1874 he went to Santa Cruz, becoming one of the pioneer lumbermen of that section of the state. He later directed large lum- ber industries in Humboldt and Shasta counties. His death occurred in Alameda in 1903. His wife, a daughter of the late William and Margaret O'Brien, of Springfield, Massachusetts, followed him to the grave the same year.
Timothy C. Coughlin obtained his early education at Notre Dame Convent, San Jose, and in the public schools of Santa Cruz county. He continued his studies at St. Mary's College, Oakland,
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from which institution he was graduated with high honors in 1893, taking the degree of Bachelor of Science. Following two years' con- nection with the San Francisco commission house of Henry Doyle & Company, Mr. Coughlin took up news writing, joining the editorial staff of the Examiner. After two years with that paper he went to the Morning Call, with which he continued for nearly fourteen years, also doing work at various times during that period for the Oakland Herald, Tribune and Enquirer. He retired from the Call editorial staff April 19, 1913, and two days later was appointed city clerk of Alameda, the first political position he ever accepted and one to which he did not aspire. As city clerk he won an enviable name for himself by reason of his sterling, rugged honesty, fair dealing, all around competency and incorruptibility.
Mr. Coughlin was married in San Francisco, February 17, 1909, to Miss Mary C. O'Brien, daughter of the late John and Mary O'Brien of Altamont. Two children, a son and daughter, have blessed the union. Mr. Coughlin is affiliated with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, being a member of Oakland Lodge, No. 171. The high principles that have consistently actuated his life have been such as to win for him the respect and esteem of all who know him well.
B. B. MASTEN, M. D.
Dr. B. B. Masten, who since 1906 has been in active and suc- cessful practice of medicine and surgery in Oakland, where he is numbered among the foremost representatives of his profession, was born in Brazil, Indiana, in 1871, and acquired his early education in the public schools of Lafayette, in the same state. He afterward took a course in mechanical engineering at Purdue University and then entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he spent three years. At the end of that time he enrolled in Bennett Medical College of Chicago and in 1895 was graduated from that institution with the degree of M. D.
1le came to California in 1896 but remained only a short time, returning to Chicago and accepting a position as house physician at the Palmer House. He did creditable and able work in that capacity for a number of years, after which, in 1905, he returned west. locating in San Francisco. After one year's practice there he moved his office to Oakland and here he has since built up a large
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and representative patronage, accorded to him in recognition of his unusual proficiency in his chosen field of labor. Dr. Masten belongs to the National Medical Association and the state and county med- ical societies and keeps in touch with his profession in its most advanced phases. Everything pertaining to the medical science, every new experiment, every different field of investigation and research are of interest to him, and he himself has always remained a close and earnest student, his powers developing with the years. In Oakland he is regarded as an able, conscientious and reliable physician and has the respect of his associates in the medical frater- nity and the esteem and confidence of the local public.
FRED L. HANNA.
Fred L. Hanna, who has been in the service of the Santa Fe Railroad for almost a quarter of a century, has worked his way steadily upward from a clerical position to that of general freight and passenger agent in Oakland, winning the last promotion on the Ist of January, 1914. His birth occurred in Steubenville, Ohio, on the Ist of May, 1869, his parents being . D. W. and Ella Hanna. He attended public school in his native town until fourteen years of age and then came to Los Angeles, California, where he completed the high-school course by graduation in 1888.
Mr. Hanna afterward embarked in the stationery business, but sold out at the end of two years and secured a position as clerk with the Santa Fe Railroad Company, in the service of which he has remained continuously to the present time, winning gradual promo- tion as he has demonstrated his ability and faithfulness in the dis- charge of the duties entrusted to his care. Mr. Hanna served as traveling freight agent from 1901 until 1907 and subsequently acted as traveling freight and passenger agent until the ist of January, 1914, when he was made general agent of the freight and passenger department in Oakland. In this important position he has already ingratiated himself with the officers of the road, as well as shippers and the traveling public, by reason of the new ideas which he has advanced and the improvements he has promulgated.
On the 24th of December, 1896, in Los Angeles, Mr. Hanna was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary McAleer. He is a valued member of the Chamber of Commerce and also belongs to the Commercial Club and the Nile Club. In politics he is a republican, while his
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religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. In whatever rela- tion of life he has been found he has been true and loyal to the trust reposed in him and his career has been in conformity with a high standard of conduct.
WILLIAM A. POWELL.
William A. Powell, a well known young attorney of Oakland, was born in this city August 29, 1880. He is a son of Walter and Anne B. (Denny) Powell, natives of England, who came to Cali- fornia in 1865, the father going by way of the Isthmus of Panama and the mother around the Horn in a sailing vessel.
William A. Powell acquired his early education in the public schools of Berkeley and later attended the University of California, from which he was graduated in 1902. He is a prominent athlete, having been a member of the varsity track team in 1902 and from that year until 1907 holding the Pacific Coast championship for hurdling. He now engages in the general practice of law in Oak- land and controls an important and growing patronage. Mr. Powell is a member of the Athenian Club and is a democrat in his political views. He holds a high place in his party's councils, as is indicated by the fact that from 1910 to 1912 he was chairman of the democratic county central committee and is now a member of the democratic executive state central committee. Although still a young man, he has already gained an enviable place in the ranks of the legal frater- nity in this part of the state and will undoubtedly be carried forward into still more important relations with professional life.
EDWIN H. MAYON.
Edwin H. Mayon, a representative and esteemed citizen of Oak- land, has held the position of chief deputy county auditor for the past four years and has made a most creditable record in that connec- tion. His birth occurred in Pioche, Nevada, on the ist of Novem- ber, 1877, his parents being Thomas C. and Nellie C. (Reed) Mayon. The father, who was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. Octo- ber 14, 1843, acquired his education in the place of his nativity and there remained until 1862, when he came to California and turned
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his attention to mining, locating first in Marysville and subsequently in Amador county, where he continued until 1875. He then went to Central America and followed mining there until his removal to Alaska, where he served as superintendent of the Apollo until 1900. During the past fourteen years, however, he has lived retired in Oak- land, being widely recognized as one of its respected and substantial residents. It was here that he wedded Miss Nellie C. Reed, by whom he has two children: George C. and Edwin H., of this review.
The latter attended the graded and high schools of Oakland until seventeen years of age and subsequently spent eight months as a stu- dent in the Aydelotte Business College. He then went to Alaska and until 1897 was engaged as assayer in the mine of which his father acted as superintendent. Afterward he made his way to Dawson, Yukon Territory, and worked a claim until the spring of 1899, when he went to Nome, Alaska, being one of the first miners there. In the fall of 1899 he returned to Oakland, but in the spring of 1900 again made his way to Nome, where he was engaged in mining for six months. Subsequently he followed mining in the southeastern part of Alaska until 1901 and then sold out, returning to Oakland. From 1901 to 1904 he was engaged in mining in California, operating in Tuolumne, Amador, Butte, Trinity, Siskin, Eldorado and Caliveras. He was employed as bookkeeper in the office of the city treasurer at Oakland from 1904 until 1908 and in the latter year became chief deputy county auditor, in which capacity he has remained continu- ously since, discharging his duties in a highly satisfactory and com- mendable manner.
On the 4th of March, 1906, in Oakland, Mr. Mayon was united in marriage to Miss Ella McLaughlin, by whom he has one child, Elinor, now five years of age. He is a republican in politics and a Protestant in religious faith and is identified fraternally with the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Mayon is a wide-awake, energetic and alert young man, and both he and his wife are highly respected in the city where they make their home.
THE BOHANNON CANCER INSTITUTE.
The Bohannon Cancer Institute, under the management of G. C. Bohannon, is an institution established for the scientific treatment and cure of cancer and all forms of malignant and benign growths with- out the use of the knife, burning plaster or X-ray. It is a large and
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thoroughly equipped private sanitarium exclusively for the treat- ment of cancer and tumor sufferers, and the men in charge of the institution have been unusually successful along their special line. Their experience in the treatment of malignant growths extends over a period of many years, during which several thousand cases have come under their observation. With the idea in view that there was no reason why they, who have had experience in the treatment of cancer and have made a special study of it, should not specialize in this disease as others do in other branches of medicine, The Bohannon Cancer Institute was established. It is only necessary to consult per- sons who have been patients at the sanitarium to be convinced that the services there are real and efficient and that the institution is conducted in a manner which commands respect and approbation from all who have come to know about it.
The directors of The Bohannon Institute claim that cancer is a curable disease and base these claims upon the success which they have had in the treatment of it. Their scientific method utilizes many different medicines in such a manner as to completely revolutionize the treatment of all abnormal growths, either malignant or benign. There is no one medicine that can be successfully employed in the treatment of cancer, and this fact to a certain extent accounts for the failures that have been made in the past in this branch of practice. The Bohannon method is founded upon three facts, recognized today by all regular schools of practice. First: Cancer in its incipiency is always a local disease and not a disease of the blood. Second : Cancer is a vegetating cell growth and in every instance invades the tissues and glands by the process known as infiltration. Third : Can- cer, to be permanently cured, requires the removal of the remotest cell. Recognizing these facts, The Bohannon Institute employs anti- cancer toxin, with a strong affinity for malignant growths, which, being diseased and porous, offer it no response but absorb the medi- cine instantly, leaving the sound tissue in a perfectly healthy and normal condition. The advantages of this treatment are as follows:
(1) It is a very rapid method. The patient only need spend a short time away from home; in many cases can be treated and return home the same day; the busy man need not neglect his affairs; the workman loses but a little time; the housewife is gone from her family but a short time.
(2) It is a moderate priced treatment. Cost of treatment in every case depends entirely upon the extent of the growth and amount of tissue involved.
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(3) It is a bloodless treatment. There is no loss of blood and consequently no weakening of the system.
(4) It is a safe treatment.
(5) It does not produce violent inflammation, as usually accom- panies the application of escharotics in general, hence
(6) Pain is minimized.
(7) It does not undermine the constitution.
(8) It does not rack the nerves.
(9) Patients are not required to remain in bed.
(10) It does not affect the heart.
(11) The appetite is not impaired.
(12) It may be used inside the mouth and on other mucous surfaces.
This treatment, or anti-cancer toxin, is introduced into the affect- ed tissues by a hypodermic syringe and in this way the diseased tissue is reached immediately and effectively. The toxin attacks and kills only the diseased tissue, having no effect whatever on sound and healthy tissues. The Bohannon Institute is located at 1813 Univer- sity avenue in Berkeley and is thoroughly equipped and efficiently managed, being in the hands of a competent corps of directors, aided by a staff of hospital trained nurses, trained also in this particular line of nursing. The institution since its foundation in 1909 by G. C. Bohannon, its present manager, has had a very prosperous career and it treats an increasing number of patients year by year, its best advertisement being its satisfied clients.
LINCOLN S. CHURCH.
Lincoln S. Church, a member of the firm of Snook & Church, general legal practitioners in Oakland, was born in Alvarado, Ala- meda county, California, May 12, 1865, a son of Augustus M. and Ellen (Cronkhite) Church. He acquired his education in the public schools of Oakland, and after he was graduated from the high school studied law with J. C. Martin. In 1886 he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of his profession. He rose rapidly to a posi- tion of prominence and a short time after beginning his independent career, or in 1889, was appointed prosecuting attorney for the police court, serving for four years under District Attorney George W. Reed, and being assistant district attorney for two years, 1895-97, under District Attorney Charles E. Snook. He was afterward for
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four years chief deputy in the district attorney's office. In 1899 he formed a partnership with Mr. Snook under the name of Snook & Church, and this has since become one of the sound and reliable legal firms in the city, connected through an extensive clientage with a great deal of important litigation. Mr. Church handles all of the criminal cases and has made a wide reputation as a criminal lawyer.
Mr. Church married Miss Rosalia Clark, an accomplished mu- sician, a native of California and a daughter of Marion Clark, who came to this state in 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Church have a daughter, Esther. Mr. Church was for four years prior to January, 1903, attorney for the public administrator. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having taken the fourteenth degree according to the Scottish Rite, and he is identified also with the University Lodge of Odd Fellows and the Commercial Club. His record since starting upon the practice of law has been marked by consecutive progress, and his natural qualifications indicate that he will win still higher advancement in his chosen field.
CHARLES LUTHER TRABERT.
The rapid rise of Charles Luther Trabert in the lumber business is a splendid example of the value of specialization in the modern commercial world, and it demonstrates also the importance of well- directed energy, resolution and ambition as factors in the attainment of success. Mr. Trabert has devoted his entire active life to the lumber industry and has been associated with the various C. A. Smith companies longer than any of his business associates or em- ployes, rising from a humble position to be secretary of all of the great lumber corporations controlled by C. A. Smith. Mr. Trabert is not only a lumberman, but a forester also, having made a scien- tific study of forestry and having accomplished a great deal of con- structive and important work along this line.
He was born at Ephrata, Pennsylvania. April 30, 1871, and is a son of Rev. George H. Trabert, pastor of an English Lutheran con- gregation in that city. He is of Pennsylvania-Dutch stock and of a family descended from a line of German burgomasters which can be traced back to an ancestor who was a soldier under Gustavus Adolphus. The father of the subject of this review is still active in the ministry as pastor of the Salem English Lutheran church at Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has reached the age of seventy years.
CHARLES L. TRABERT
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For more than forty years he has been a great individual force in the advancement of the Lutheran religion in this country and has accomplished a great deal of important work during that time. In 1883 he went to Minnesota as missionary for the Lutheran synod and, with the exception of five years spent in Pennsylvania, has made Minneapolis his home since that time. He has established English Lutheran congregations in Duluth and Red Wing, Minnesota, Fargo, North Dakota, La Crosse, Wisconsin, and many other cities, and he was for years the only English Lutheran minister in the northwest. His wife, who was in her maidenhood Miss Mary Elizabeth Min- nigh, is of mixed Pennsylvania-Dutch and English stock, an ancestor of the family having come from Munich in 1622.
When Charles L. Trabert was still a child his parents moved to Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and in that city he began his education, later completing it at Minneapolis, where he attended the grade school and later the Central high school for three years. He was a member of the first manual training class in the Minneapolis schools and was for three years a student in Gustavus Adolphus College at St. Peter, Minnesota. Before he received his degree he was obliged to lay aside his books in order to earn his livelihood, and the summer after his last year at college he entered the employ of C. A. Smith, with whom he has remained connected since that time. His first position was in the office of C. A. Smith & Company in the Lumber Exchange and his work consisted of drawing maps and plans. In this way he became interested in the lumber business and gained his first knowledge of standing timber, along which line he directed his future interests and activities. Later Mr. Trabert was engaged by Mr. Smith as tutor for his eldest son, Oscar Smith, afterward killed in a street-car accident, and while holding this position he traveled with young Smith to Florida and spent the winter there, returning the next summer to Minnesota. They spent the season in the Pine River district, living at the summer farm camp for the logging crews, and Mr. Trabert went with the driving crews, thus becoming familiar through personal experience with the various details of practical lumbering. Mr. Trabert was afterward able to arrange his work so that he took his final year in college at New- berry College, North Carolina, from which institution he received his degree of B. A. in 1894.
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