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WINFIELD HOGABOOM.
In this age, when one of the potent agencies of success is advertising, men of marked enterprise are bending their energies to the business of bringing before the public such commodities and interests as should claim public attention in the extension of trade and commerce. It is in such connection that Winfield Hoga- boom is now known, having accepted the position of director of publicity for the San Diego Fair, to be held in 1915. To make known to the world the pur- pose, the extent and attractiveness of this project is the task which he has assumed. Years of experience in the newspaper field have well qualified him for the work. He was born May 1, 1866, in Elmira, New York, a son of Adam C. and Jennie A. (Northrup) Hogaboom, who were married in 1862. The father served throughout the Civil war and was mustered out as a captain of the Sev- enth New York Cavalry. Throughout his business career he was known as a manufacturer and inventor.
In his youthful days the family removed westward to Wisconsin and Winfield Hogaboom pursued his education in the schools of Milwaukee and Lake Geneva, and in early life he turned his attention to the journalistic field, wherein he labored for twelve years in connection with the Associated Press. At one time he was owner and editor of newspapers in South Dakota and afterward in Cali- fornia, and his editorship with the Associated Press made him well known in his professional capacity in various cities of this state. He also was editor of the Los Angeles Herald for four years. In 1904 he became manager of the Grand Theater in Los Angeles. He is widely known as a magazine writer, his stories being principally of a humorous nature, and he is also the author and publisher of two novels, which have had an extensive sale throughout the country, under the titles of "Tales for Thin People" and "The River of Lies."
When the plan for holding the exposition materialized in the organization of the Panama-California Exposition Company, Mr. Hogaboom accepted the posi- tion as director of publicity and today is active in promoting the project which San Diego citizens are confident will bring many visitors to this section of the state, who will become cognizant of its rich resources, leading, perhaps, to invest- ments that will materially promote the growth and development of southern Cali- fornia. The task is a gigantic one and to his work Mr. Hogaboom brings the most careful systemization and spirit of enterprise, combined with a thorough understanding and appreciation of the circumstances and what may be accom- plished through judicious advertising. Shortly after his connection with the project of the San Diego Exposition, Mr. Hogaboom was also elected general secretary of the exposition organization, doing efficient work in this important connection.
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On the 22d of December, 1888, Mr. Hogaboom was married to Miss Lena A. Rogers, a daughter of H. W. Rogers, of Norwich, Connecticut, and their children are Helen and Henry R. Mr. Hogaboom votes with the republican party. He keeps thoroughly conversant with the questions of the day, yet is not an active worker in party ranks. He belongs to the Elks lodge and to the Masonic fra- ternity, being identified with the local organizations of each in San Diego. He is also a member of the Cuyamaca Club, of San Diego, the Rubidoux Club, of Riverside, California, the Archæological Society of America, and the Order of Panama, of San Diego.
JAMES E. WADHAM.
James E. Wadham, mayor of San Diego, and one of the most prominent and most successful members of the bar of this city, was born in Macomb, McDon- ough county, Illinois, December 20, 1864, his parents being James Franklin and Martha (Ware) Wadham. The family came to San Diego in 1872 and for many years the father was identified with farming interests near this city.
After attending public schools, James E. Wadham, having determined upon the practice of law as a life work, began studying law in the office, and under the direction, of Major Levi Chase, and was admitted to practice at the Cali- fornia bar in December, 1886, on his birthday. He entered at once upon the active practice of his profession, and was so successful that after practicing the brief period of five months he accumulated sufficient funds to enable him to take a special course in the Law School of Harvard University, during the years 1887 and 1888. He returned to San Diego in the fall of 1888 and again took up his chosen profession, and remained actively engaged in the practice of the law until 1898. The preceding two years he was joined by Frederick W. Stearns under the firm name of Wadham & Stearns, and Mr. Stearns succeeded to the practice of the firm.
For the next three years Mr. Wadham owned and conducted a large cattle ranch of two thousand. eight hundred acres thirty miles northeast of San Diego, where he and his family resided for that period. Mr. Wadham then returned to the practice of the law.
As a practitioner he bears the reputation of being faithful to his client, fair to his adversary, and candid to the court. In many cases with which he was con- nected he exhibited the possession of every faculty of which a lawyer may be proud-skill in the presentation of his own evidence, marked ability in cross- examination, persuasiveness before the jury, strong grasp of every feature of the case, ability to secure favorable ruling from the judge, unusual familiarity with human nature and the springs of human conduct, and, last but not least, untiring industry.
Attractive home relations had their inception in his marriage in 1895 to Miss Nellie May Lockwood, a native of Pennsylvania, and to them have been born six children, Martha L., Helen, Dorothy, Amy, James E., Jr., and George.
Mr. Wadham is a thirty-second degree Mason, also a Knight Templar and a member of the Mystic Shrine. His political allegiance is, and always has been,
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given to the democratic party, and while not a politician in the usually accepted sense of the term, his fellow townsmen, desirous of a business-like and progressive administration, elected him to the office of mayor, in the spring of 1911, for a two- year term, and his administration of municipal affairs has justified the public faith. He enjoys the distinction of having risen from the position of a newsboy to that of chief executive of the city in which he lived, delivering at one time every news- paper that was published in the city of San Diego. He is known as the "Veto Mayor," never hesitating to go on record on any question in which the interests of the city are at stake, and enjoys the entire confidence of the taxpayers of the city.
THOMAS N. BOUTELLE.
Through the years of an active business career and throughout the period of his retired life in San Diego Thomas N. Boutelle commanded the respect, con- fidence and friendship of all with whom he came in contact. His life measured up to the full standard of honorable manhood in all things and his death was the occasion of deep sorrow and regret. Not only did his many friends in the city mourn his loss but also the Indians on the neighboring reservations, in whose welfare he had taken a deep interest and who regarded him always as a charitable and generous brother.
Mr. Boutelle was born in Woodstock, Connecticut, February 12, 1845, and was a son of Rev. Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Shepard) Boutelle. His father traveled about a great deal and consequently Thomas N. Boutelle attended public school in various places. After completing the usual course he studied civil engineering and in 1868 located in Clinton, Iowa, for the practice of his profes- sion. He became rapidly successful and made his ability effective in a public way by serving in the offices of city engineer and county surveyor. Later he was elected city clerk and served in a commendable and faithful manner until 1880, when he moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa, to take charge of the construction of the municipal waterworks. Having brought this project to successful completion, he determined to establish himself in business there and accordingly formed a company and built a gypsum mill, of which he was president until 1895, when he gave up his active interest on account of ill health and moved to San Diego. In his business affairs he displayed sound judgment and unfaltering industry and he became prominent and successful in his chosen line. His prosperity demonstrated his great executive force, his spirit of initiative and his resourceful business ability and enabled him to spend the later years of his life in ease and comfort. After Mr. Boutelle established his residence in San Diego he became interested in Indian affairs and every year made trips to the reservations in south- ern California, studying conditions and bringing to the Indians, who soon became his stanch friends, supplies and luxuries not furnished by the government. He accumulated a large and representative collection of Indian mission ware-one of the most valuable in this part of the state-and Mrs. Boutelle intends eventually to present this to the San Diego Museum.
Mr. Boutelle married, in Clinton, Massachusetts, on the 5th of March, 1868,
THOMAS N. BOUTELLE
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Miss Abbie Warren Goodale, a daughter of Edward Warren and Lucy S. (War- ren) Goodale, the former of whom died April 27, 1905. Mrs. Boutelle still retains her residence in San Diego and is well and favorably known socially, her circle of friends being coextensive with the circle of her acquaintances. Mr. Boutelle gave his allegiance to no particular political party but voted always for the men whom he considered most forceful, able and public-spirited. He was a lifelong member of the Congregational church, in which his father served as minister. He is well remembered in the city, for he was a man of high integrity and deep sincerity, who dealt honestly and honorably with all men and led a worthy, straight- forward and upright life.
MINARD J. PERRIN.
Among the men who are the most important factors in the growth and prog- ress of a community are those who found and develop the public service corpora- tions. They must be able men, for their interests are responsible ones and demand the energy, judgment and discrimination of a more than ordinarily efficient busi- ness man. The work is important also because more than any other it directly influences municipal expansion and dictates the rapidity of growth. Among the men in San Diego who have extensive connections with transportation interests is Minard J. Perrin, superintendent of the San Diego Electric Railway Company and of the San Diego & Coronado Ferry Company as well as the Point Loma Railroad, and by virtue of these affiliations prominent in business circles of the city. He was born in Grant county, Wisconsin, Janaury 20, 1862, and is a son of John D. and Katharine Perrin.
In the acquirement of an education M. J. Perrin attended the district schools of his native section until he was sixteen years of age and then laid aside his books to work upon his father's farm. He was also employed upon neighboring properties and he was active as a farm laborer until 1880. In that year he secured a position as stage driver between Bloomington, Wisconsin, and Bridgeport and in 1883 he went to Lancaster, as clerk of a hotel in that city. On January I, 1886, he left Wisconsin and went to Illinois, where until December, of the fol- lowing year, he clerked in a hotel. When he came to San Diego in 1887 he entered the employ of the San Diego Street Car Company, which at that time operated horse cars, and he has been identified with it through the various stages of its development into a metropolitan traction company. On September 22, 1892, the system was electrified and Mr. Perrin is serving as its superintendent and has gained just recognition among the able officials of the road. Naturally, in the course of years, he has been carried forward into important relations with similar enterprises, for he is a man whose ability commands opportunities. He is superintendent of the San Diego & Coronado Ferry Company and of the Point Loma Railroad and has various other important business interests in San Diego.
Mr. Perrin married in this city, on January 2, 1893, Miss Mary R. Douglas, and they have one son, Minard, Jr., who is thirteen years of age and a student in the San Diego public schools. The family is well known in social circles of the city and Mr. Perrin is prominent in the Cuyamaca Club and also in the Masonic
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order, being past master of San Diego Lodge, No. 35, F. & A. M. He is justly numbered among the important business men of the city, where his integrity and sagacity are well known. He gives his allegiance to the republican party and has been in the city council for five terms, serving as president for two terms. Public-spirited in a marked degree, he gives loyal support to every move- ment which tends to advance the best interests of this city and county.
MARTIN LUTHER WARD.
The legal profession and indeed everything connected with the political, social and educational interests of San Diego finds a worthy representative in Martin Luther Ward, attorney and man of affairs. His success, great in itself, is the more creditable to him since it has come as the result of his own efforts and has been accomplished in spite of obstacles and reverses. He was born in Athens county, Ohio, March 12, 1850, and is a son of Philip and Martha (Chanay) Ward, both of old New England stock. The mother of our subject is a lineal descend- ant of John and Priscilla Alden, who came from England on the Mayflower. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ward moved from Athens county, Ohio, to Green county, Wisconsin, where he enlisted in the Federal army as a volunteer and later died.
When Martin L. Ward was twelve years of age his father met with business reverses and the family fortunes were entirely swept away, so that he was obliged to earn his own livelihood and to contribute to the support of his younger broth- ers and sisters. His first position was that of a laborer upon a farm and the salary which he received was five dollars per month. He worked in this capacity for a number of years, winning slow advancement. His ambition, however, lay beyond the drudgery of farm life and he took up the surest means of bettering his condition in acquiring a liberal education. This was not easily done, how- ever, for the money had to be earned for tuition, but his resolute energy and well directed perseverance accomplished the task and in the fall of 1867 he entered Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa, and was graduated in 1873. Immedi- ately afterward he began teaching in the College for the Blind, at Vinton, Iowa, and there remained for four years. In the following year he began the practice of his profession at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and was so rapidly successful that in 1886 he was elected county attorney of Linn county. In the following year he resigned his office to come to San Diego county. He took up his residence at Chula Vista, near San Diego, and soon built up a profitable practice in San Diego. He gained recognition as a strong and able lawyer, well versed in the underly- ing principles of his profession and accurate in his application of them and he made rapid advancement to a high place in legal circles of the section. His office is in the Granger building and he is engaged in a private practice which has grown steadily as his ability and legal attainments have become more widely known. In addition to this he serves as attorney for three San Diego banks and has been unusually successful in caring for and conserving their interests.
Mr. Ward married in Vinton, Iowa, in 1881, Miss Ella B. McCartney, the eldest daughter of the Hon. John McCartney, of that city. They became the
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parents of five children : Anna Lita, who died at the age of nine months ; John, Martha C., Paul P., and Martin Luther, Jr. The family are well known in social circles of San Diego, and Mr. Ward holds membership in Southwest Lodge, No. 283, F. & A. M., of National City, California. He is interested in the cause of education and as president of the board of trustees of the State Normal School is doing all in his power to promote its spread. He is trustee of the First Congre- gational church of San Diego.
Legal success carries with it as a general thing prominence in politics and Mr. Ward has expanded his interests gradually to include activity in the public life of his section. His first office in San Diego was along the lines of his profession. In 1892 he was elected district attorney of the county and held that office for two years. From 1903 to 1907 he served as state senator from southern California, standing always for right, justice and progress and supporting many measures for the general welfare. His public life has been distinguished by the same shrewdness, ability and power of impartial judgment which have been important factors in his legal success and which as qualities in his character have made him respected and esteemed wherever he is known.
FRANK J. DINGEMAN, M. D.
Dr. Frank J. Dingeman is one of the most able and successful professional men in San Diego. He has won for himself a foremost place in the ranks of the medical fraternity of the city because he discharges his professional duties with a sense of conscientious obligation and a thorough understanding of the responsi- bility which devolves upon him as a physician and surgeon, devoting his practice to eye, ear, nose and throat treatment. While he is still a young man he has practiced successfully in San Diego and his many friends do not hesitate to predict for him continued advancement in his chosen field.
Dr. Dingeman was born in Detroit, Michigan, September 7, 1881, and is a son of Frank J. and Margaret M. Dingeman. He received his early education in the Catholic schools of his native city and later atttended the Jesuit College in Detroit. His medical course was received partly in St. Louis University and partly in the State University of Michigan. After he received his degree he practiced for a year in St. Louis and then went to Mexico, where he was successful as a physi- cian and surgeon for some time. Since opening his office in San Diego he has gained recognition as one of the able and successful physicians here and by his labors, his high professional attainments and his sterling characteristics has justi- fied the respect and confidence in which he is held by his fellow practitioners and the local public.
In 1907 Dr. Dingeman married Miss Florence E. Jordan and both are well known in social circles of the city. Dr. Dingeman belongs to the Roman Catholic church and is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Order of Foresters. His political support is given to the progressive party and he keeps well informed on all the questions and issues of the day. In his professional relations he is connected with the Medical Society of San Diego. He thus keeps abreast with the most advanced thought of the profession, constantly broadening
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his knowledge by research and investigation until his ability places him in the foremost ranks of the medical fraternity in the city. He has a large practice, is a progressive citizen and one whose position in the community is enviable, as the expression of public opinion regarding him is highly favorable.
CHARLES E. S. DIXON.
Since 1887, when Charles E. S. Dixon came to San Diego, he has been closely associated with lumber interests and has gained a high place in general business circles. As assistant manager of the San Diego Lumber Company he is con- nected with an important business house and has shown himself fully equal to his responsibilities in the able discharge of his duties. He was born in London, Ontario, March 30, 1860, and is a son of Edward W. and Elizabeth Dixon, natives of that section, who moved to Davenport, Iowa, in 1863.
Charles Dixon was only six years of age when he came to Iowa and his edu- cation was therefore received in the public schools of that state. He left the Davenport high school at the age of sixteen and worked at various occupations until 1887, when he came to San Diego and entered the employ of the West Coast Lumber Company as city collector. His ability made him rapidly successful and he was soon promoted to the position of manager, which he held until 1908, when he resigned to become assistant manager of the San Diego Lumber Company, in which capacity he is still serving. Shrewd and discriminating business ability and special training in the lumber business have been dominating elements in the suc- cess which places him among the most capable employes of a large business insti- tution as well as in the ranks of the representative men of San Diego.
On February 21, 1897, Mr. Dixon married Miss Mabel Kitto and their hos- pitable home is at 702 Laurel street. In politics Mr. Dixon is a consistent repub- lican but never seeks public office. He is a member of the Hoo Hoos but beyond this has no fraternal affiliations. During the twenty-five years of his connec- tion with the business interests of San Diego he has labored persistently and energetically, thus gaining the success which always comes as a direct result of earnest purpose and effort. He is widely known in the community and his many friends admire him for what he has accomplished as well as for his commendable personal characteristics.
WILLIAM HILTON.
William Hilton, a pioneer silk manufacturer in California, is one of the many men of modern times who have based their success upon special training and efficiency. His entire active life has been devoted to the silk business and identifi- cation with this line of work has become a tradition in his family. He has carried his study and research deep into the scientific phases of silk making, has learned modern methods and observed present day conditions and has given to San Diego
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the benefit of his proficiency by conducting here one of the best silk factories in America.
Mr. Hilton was born in Cheshire, England, in 1849, and is a son of William and Sarah Hilton. His education was received in his native section and when he laid aside his books he immediately learned the silk business, which had engaged the attention of members of his family for many generations. Mr. Hilton of this review studied under his father and was expert in various details of silk making when he came to America. Naturally he settled in Paterson, New Jer- sey, where were large silk mills, and he remained in that city as superintendent of the Pioneer Silk Mills, owned by John Ryle, from 1881 until the time he came to California. When he resigned his position the mill operators presented him with the most expensive gold watch that could be found in the city, as his retire- ment was considered a personal loss by everyone of the employes of the great establishment.
One of Mr. Hilton's earliest ambitions was to conduct a silk mill devoted to the manufacture of high-grade silk products. After much thought and study he decided that California offered the best opportunities for a new establishment and accordingly came to San Diego, where he was the pioneer silk manufacturer in the city and in the state of California. There is now no factory in Amer- ica which produces such fine grades of silk or such artistic designs. Mr. Hilton is giving much of his attention to making a silk handkerchief, which is to contain four thousand, five hundred and twelve silk threads, and this he intends exhibit- ing at the Panama Exposition. In his factory are made also neckties of the most artistic designs, silk mufflers and also plain and figured dress goods.
Mr. Hilton has been twice married. His present wife was in her maidenhood Amelia C. Rochford. He has five children by his former union and his grand- children number twenty. Mrs. Hilton is an enthusiast upon the subject of her husband's work and is thoroughly familiar with every detail of silk mill opera- tion. Both give their allegiance to the Presbyterian church and Mr. Hilton belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, his only fraternal affiliation. Some idea of the importance of the work he has done along his special line may be gained from the fact that since coming to the state of California he has received seven diplomas and three gold medals for excellent work. For many years the materials from his looms have been recognized as the finest grade of silk which can be produced, for Mr. Hilton is known to be a man with a standard, and that standard is excellence.
RICHARD S. REQUA.
Southern California is famed for its beautiful homes and its substantial busi- ness blocks. San Diego contributes in large measure to this reputation for in no city is there to be found a larger percentage of residences in which utility and beauty combine to make the ideal. Prominent among those who are closely identified with building operations here is Richard S. Requa, a young man whose work keeps abreast with the most advanced ideas of the day and whose progress- iveness has its root in the great scientific principles that have underlain building
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