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Daniel Boone Northrup was reared among the refining influences of a cul- tured home and every opportunity for education was accorded him. Having received a preparatory education in the fundamental branches he attended Baker University in the pursuit of higher knowledge. The distinguished position which his father had attained in the world of medicine naturally influenced and prompted him to embrace the same calling as his life work and to this end he matriculated in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Kansas City and graduated from that institution with honor on March 2, 1880, with the M. D. degree. He practiced his profession in Valley Falls, Kansas, from 1880 until 1886. Subsequently he came to the city of San Diego where he has built up an extensive practice. He is careful in diagnosis and acts quickly upon his deci- sions in which he rarely if ever makes mistakes. Hundreds of cases stand to his credit and the reputation he has achieved is second to none in the city. Fore- most of all of his qualities, however, is his kindness of heart, his spirit of brotherly helpfulness which has made him one of the most popular physicians in San Diego among all classes. He is always ready to alleviate suffering with- out regard to compensation and he is greatly liked by rich and poor alike. His practice has assumed unusually large proportions and there are hundreds whom he has brought successfully through crises and whom he has restored to health and happiness.
Dr. Northrup was married in Kansas City, Missouri, October 7, 1885, to Miss Fannie R. Schaefer, a daughter of Philip and Rachel Schaefer, and unto this union two children have been born: Genevieve, who married Dr. Edwin
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Hodge Crabtree on the 15th of September, 1910; and Daniel Boone, Jr., who on the 12th of February, 1912, married Miss Lois Ammo Forester.
Dr. Northrup is a republican in his political views and takes that interest in public affairs every right-minded citizen should have in regard to political mat- ters and, although his extensive practice makes the heaviest of demands upon his time he has served in official capacities. For six years he served as surgeon for the Naval Reserves, while in 1894 he was appointed a member of the United States pension board and is still president of that body. From 1888 until 1894 he served as health officer of San Diego, and his services in this connection were beneficial in improving the sanitary conditions in the city and combating and stamping out disease. In 1908 he was elected county physician, serving until 1913, and in this capacity he had opportunity of coming in contact with many of those cases of illness aggravated by poverty, and exerted himself to the utmost to alleviate the conditions of the unfortunate poor. His work has been of the greatest benefit to the city and its people and the foremost position which he occupies among his colleagues and in the hearts of the people is well merited.
E. L. BULLEN.
Among the most prosperous and representative business men of National City may be mentioned E. L. Bullen, secretary of the Homeland Building Com- pany and one of the founders and organizers of this corporation, which since 1910 has operated one of the most important building enterprises in this part of San Diego county. Mr. Bullen was formerly prominent in the legal profes- sion and a short time ago completed a three-year term as city attorney. How- ever, he gives his entire attention to the conduct of his business affairs and has demonstrated by his success the wide range of his talents and ability.
A native of Michigan, Mr. Bullen was born in Ingham county and he grew up on his father's farm. His education was received in the district schools and at the age of eighteen he laid aside his books in order to engage in teaching, which he followed for some time. Being a firm believer in modern and progres- sive methods, he spent two years in the Michigan Agricultural College at Lan- sing in order to get the advantage of special training. In the meantime, how- ever, he determined to make the practice of law his life profession and entered the University of Michigan, graduating in the law department in 1896. For ten years afterward he practiced in Grand Rapids and during three years of this time served as assistant city attorney. In 1906 he came to California and opened an office in National City. His ability gained instant recognition and was rewarded by the office of city attorney, in which he served for three years, dis- charging his duties ably, conscientiously and impartially. On January 18, 1910, however, Mr. Bullen definitely abandoned the practice of law and became iden- tified with the business interests of National City. He incorporated on that date the Home Land Building Company and has since given his entire attention to the promotion of its interests. In three years this enterprise has grown to be one of the largest and most important of its kind in the city. The company has built some of the finest residences in the community and in the surrounding dis-
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tricts and these are considered fine examples of modern architecture. More- over, the construction work is excellent since the company furnishes all the material used in the buildings which it erects and gives special attention to its quality and durability. The officers are as follows: D. E. Loizer, president ; A. G. Williams, vice president ; and E. L. Bullen, secretary.
Mr. Bullen married in 1892 Miss Rena B. Van Wert, who was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and they have two children, Merrie and Lowell. Mr. Bullen is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and is a director in the National City State Bank. There are few men in San Diego county more widely and favorably known than he, for his business enterprise has in three years carried him into important commercial and financial relations, while his integrity and straight- forward methods have gained him the lasting regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact.
MAX WINTER.'
The name of Max Winter is widely known in connection with the building of bungalows, that style of architecture for which southern California is famous. Utility, beauty and improvement are characteristics of all that he does and while his operations have been most extensive, each year has shown marked advance over the work done the previous year. Mr. Winter is one of San Diego's native sons, born April 10, 1880, and is a product of its public-school system. In early life he assisted his father in the bakery business but later began learning the trade of a carpenter with the constructing firm of Neely & Willard. He began doing general contracting and building on his own account in 1908 and in the intervening period has made a specialty of high-class bungalows. His labors have embraced work of varied character in the building line for he is the builder of the reinforced concrete work on the bridge over the Switzer canyon on Thir- tieth street, the Pacific Beach reservoir and the Point Loma reservoir. In 1911 and 1912 he erected on an average of one cottage per week or fifty-two in the year. He was also the builder of the Old Town school and the eight open air schools of San Diego. Among the bungalows and beautiful homes that he has erected are the residences of D. Stewart, Irving Watson, J. W. Cash, Max Meyer and George W. Magby, together with four cottages for George Gerkins, seven for N. Steinmetz, one for Ike Walker, four for Mrs. P. F. W. Parker, three for J. H. Martin, one for Mrs. F. Muehleisen, four for Sinclair & Palmer and the handsome residence of Edgar Levi. He also had charge of the construction of the beautiful Page home at Point Loma and the Woods home in the San Pasqual valley, making his own plan for most of these buildings and also several apart- ments and flats. They embody all that is newest and most attractive in archi- tecture, and yet, utility and convenience are never sacrificed to mere architec- tural adornment; on the contrary, his sound judgment and discrimination enable him to combine all these qualities in a perfect whole.
In 1905 Mr. Winter was married to Miss Hilda E. Malmgren, a native of New York, and their children are Max Otto and Hilda Betty. Mr. Winter is an exemplary representative of the Masonic fraternity and he belongs also to the
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San Diego Turners and to the Master Builders and Builders Exchange. He is much interested in athletic sports and at the Turner meet he was the champion all-round athlete of southern California. He also stood fifth in a class of one hun- dred at the San Francisco meet and was captain of the San Diego Rowing Club for four years. He is likewise a prominent member of the Uniformed Rank of the Knights of Pythias and is serving as first lieutenant of his company. At the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis his company won the first prize for the best drilled organization, again won the first prize at Long Beach, California, and at Santa Cruz, California, won the first four prizes. Mr. Winter recognizes the fact that recreation and relaxation are as essential in maintaining an even balance as business diligence and enterprise. He neglects neither and has there- fore become a forceful factor in both business and athletic circles, his strength and enterprise being acknowledged in the former as are his skill and ability in ·the latter.
C. P. EVANS.
C. P. Evans, who for thirty-three years was a teacher in the public schools in different parts of California and who is at the present time owner of one of the finest lemon ranches near National City, was born in Cleburne county, now Calhoun county, Alabama, June 30, 1857. His father, W. H. Evans, was a Methodist minister and did able work in the spread of the doctrines which he professed for many years in Alabama. In the fall of 1871 he brought his fam- ily to California and settled in Farmington, San Joaquin county. He later became connected with the public schools of the district as a teacher and afterward followed the same occupation in Modesto, Stanislaus county, where he died in 1875.
C. P. Evans was still a child when his father located in Modesto and he received his education in the public schools of the district. In March, 1876, he received his teacher's certificate and taught school near La Grange for four years. In order to gain the advantages of special training and equipment he entered the State Normal School at San Jose and was graduated in 1883. His previous work had been so successful that it was with no difficulty that he obtained schools and he taught in Santa Barbara county for a number of years. Eventually he went to Orange county and after spending two years farming near Anaheim he organized the local high school and acted as its principal for seven years. In 1902 he accepted the position of principal of the high school in National City and afterward taught for four years in the Julian high school. For thirty-three years he gave the benefit of his broad knowledge and ability to his chosen field of labor and his work was at all times practical and effective and won for him recognition as one of the foremost representatives of educational interests of southern Cali- fornia. In 1908 he returned from Julian to National City and bought ten and a half acres near town, which he has under cultivation as a lemon ranch. This is one of the finest and most attractive properties in the section. It is situated on an elevation just outside of the city and commands a fine view of the sur- rounding country. Mr. Evans has made substantial improvements upon the
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place and has installed every modern appliance to facilitate his labors, for he stands constantly for new and progressive methods. His crops have increased with each succeeding year and they now net him ten dollars an acre annually.
Mr. Evans married, in 1878, Miss Alice M. Fincher, a native of Missouri, and they have one daughter, Alva P. He is a member in the Masonic order, being connected with South West Lodge, No. 283, A. F. & A. M., of National City, and is master of the lodge, while he is also well known in the affairs of the Woodmen of the World. During the long period of his identification with school- teaching his ability and force of character made him an important factor in edu- cational expansion in the state and, although he has abandoned direct connection with school interests, he has nevertheless begun a work which is being carried forward to completion along modern lines of progress.
WILBUR FISK GEARHART, M. G., D. O.
Dr. Wilbur Fisk Gearhart, the prominent and successful founder of the mod- ern kinesopathic system, was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1868, and is a son of Rev. Franklin and Mary Elizabeth (Wagenseller) Gearhart. His father's duties took him to various parts of the state and Dr. Gearhart's early education was received in different cities of Pennsylvania. He studied in Orangeville until he was seven years of age and was then for one year in Mifflinville. The next two years were spent in the public schools of Catawissa and the next year in those of Montoursville. He then studied for one year in Fairview and for one year in the public schools of Williamsport and supplemented this by a scientific course in the Dickinson Seminary at Williamsport, where he remained for seven years. His interest in medicine is the direct outcome of his earlier interest in physical development. When he had completed the course at Williamsport this interest led him to Brooklyn, New York, where he attended the Normal School for Physical Educators, from which institution he was graduated. In connection with his course at the Normal School for Physical Educators he took a special course at the Long Island Hospital College of Medi- cine. He did much able and original work along his chosen line and became widely known in circles connected with it.
He was offered the position of superintendent and chief physical director of the Louisville Athletic Club, at that time the leading social and athletic institu- tion in the south, and he acted in that capacity for more than three years, when his advancing study and research brought him to a point where further study of the allied medical science seemed a necessity. He spent two years in the Louis- ville College of Medicine and later graduated from the National School and the osteopathic department of the Metropolital College, located in Chicago. He made practical application of his original research work, founding the modern kinesopathic system. Kinesopathy is the science of training the functions of the human organism, by the appropriate direction of energy and motion, in the removal and prevention of disease and the establishment and preservation of health. The kinesopathic methods of work involve skilfully applied corrective movements and postures, manipulations, the uses of light, electric and mechanical
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vibration and physiologic muscular, nervous, mental, internal organic and thermic exercises, according to requirements.
Kinesopathy produces the greatest benefits in health with no harmful effects. After practicing his profession in Louisville until 1904, where he established an enviable reputation both professionally and as a man, Dr. Gearhart came to San Diego and has been practicing with constantly increasing success since that time, his offices being located in the Spreckels Theatre building. Along lines of his profession he is prominent in California, being president of the California Progressive Drugless Practitioners Association.
Dr. Gearhart married in Louisville, Kentucky, June 18, 1892, Miss Annie Middendorf, and both are prominent in social circles of San Diego. Dr. Gear- hart is well known in the Masonic and many other fraternal organizations. One of the principal interests of his life is connected with child welfare and he has many important connections along this line, being president of the San Diego County Juvenile Court Association, president of the San Diego County Proba- tion Committee and past (charter) president of the San Diego Playground Association.
To him belongs the distinction of having founded and successfully promoted a new school of medicine, the principles of which are based upon natural laws of right living. Being a firm believer in the value of perfect physical efficiency, he has steadily set himself to promote the spread of this doctrine and has been one of the most forceful advocates of the benefit to mankind of "a sound mind in a sound body."
L. B. BARNES.
L. B. Barnes, occupying a responsible position as superintendent with the San Diego Fruit Company and thus identified with one of the chief industries of southern California, that of raising and shipping of citrus fruits, was born in Humboldt county, Iowa, February 16, 1864. During his boyhood days the family removed to Richland county, Ohio, and afterward to Paola, Kansas. The son, having in the meantime obtained a public-school education, there engaged in ranching with his father, raising corn, flax, castor beans and other products. During his sojourn in Kansas he further continued his education by attending a business college at night while working on a farm in the daytime. In May, 1887, he arrived in San Diego. He had been in the employ of the Rev. W. F. Harper, who was pastor of the Baptist church in Whitelaw, Kansas, and removed to this city. He brought Mr. Barnes with him in order that he might care for the family cow and horse which were being shipped by express. Fol- lowing his arrival in this city Mr. Barnes became the first janitor of the Bap- tist church of San Diego and later he went to El Cajon, where he worked on a ranch for Uri Hill for two years, after which in company with his brother, Ford Barnes, he took charge of a one hundred and ninety acre vineyard belonging to Hovey & Folsom, of Boston, Massachusetts. For four years he continued in that business and later became interested with R. C. Allen in the packing house business at El Cajon. Subsequently he became connected with the San Diego
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Land & Town Company as foreman in charge of their packing house at National City, where he remained for nine years. He next went to Riverside, California, where he took charge of the packing and shipping for the Victoria Avenue Citrus Association, in the capacity of manager. Two years were thus passed and in 1907 he again entered the employ of the San Diego Fruit Company, taking charge of all their orchard lands. His position as superintendent he still fills and it is one of large responsibility. Important interests are thus entrusted to his care and in their management he displays a spirit of keen enterprise and marked executive ability. He is himself the owner of a fine lemon grove of ten acres which adds materially to his income.
In 1897 Mr. Barnes was married to Miss Lena P. Burgess, a native of New York, and to them have been born four children, Mildred E., Lyman J., Murray L. and Kenneth B. In community affairs Mr. Barnes is deeply interested and his cooperation can always be counted upon to further progressive public move- ments. In October, 1911, he was elected for a four year term as town trustee of Chula Vista. He is ever mindful of his duties of citizenship and seeks the welfare of his district through his indorsement of progressive public measures. His fraternal relations are with the Masons, his membership being in Southwest Lodge, No. 283, of National City. His religious faith is that of the First Con- gregational church, in which he is serving as trustee and treasurer, and that he is interested in educational progress is indicated by the fact that he is now serving on the school board. Mr. Barnes has justly won the proud American title of a self-made man for he started out in life empty-handed and has steadily worked his way upward through his persistent energy, his unfaltering diligence and his intelligently directed efforts.
CHARLES J. SCOTT.
Charles J. Scott, an expert on all matters pertaining to tree cultivation and a skilled nursery man by reason of wide experience and life-long study, is at present making practical and effective use of his knowledge as manager of the Bonnie Brae orchard, near Sweetwater. He was born in England, August 17, 1868, and is essentially a self-made man, having been dependent upon his own resources since he was a boy of twelve. At that age he secured a position in a hardware and tinshop in his native country but at the age of fifteen started in the nursery business, with which he has been connected ever since. A life- long study of the best and most practical methods of caring for trees has been supplemented by wide experience and work along this line, so that today he is considered one of the best informed men in San Diego county upon matters relat- ing to tree health and disease and to parasitic growths which destroy life in the tree. He has made up his own spraying mixture which consists of a combination of coal oil and potash and he has had some very successful results in its use.
Mr. Scott left England at the age of seventeen and came to America, settling in 1888 in Sweetwater valley, San Diego county. Here he established himself in his former occupation, entering into business relations with M. E. Phinney as his foreman in the conduct of the latter's nursery business. They dealt in
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trees and all kinds of ornamental stock and secured a large and representative patronage. Later Mr. Scott bought a five acre ranch in the Sweetwater valley, upon which he raised high-grade lemons. In 1911 he sold his property and accepted his present position as manager of the Bonnie Brae orchard, near Sweet- water, one of the oldest and most productive fruit ranches in San Diego county. The famous Bonnie Brae lemon, known all over California and in various parts of the United States, was first grown upon this ranch and all of the fruit raised upon it is of the very highest quality, Mr. Scott's knowledge and experience being effective in securing some remarkable results. He is familiar with everything connected with fruit cultivation, from the planting of the seed to the picking of the crop, and is often consulted on matters of importance, being considered a standard authority in his chosen line. The ranch which he is operating consists of seventy-six acres, twenty-two of which are planted in lemons and the rest in grain. In addition Mr. Scott has charge of a ten acre fruit ranch at Chula Vista. To his special knowledge of the scientific aspects of his work he adds a general business ability of a high order and has thus made his life useful, effective and valuable in a lasting way, having contributed something to the practical knowl. edge of the world.
In 1891 Mr. Scott married Miss Harriet W. Edwards, a native of England, and they have four children, C. William, Mrs. Dorothy Dranger, Leonard I .. and Bertha. Mr. Scott's life presents many lessons which teach in a forceful way the value of independence and self-reliance, industry and ability in the development of a successful career. To these qualities he added willingness to work and the ambition to succeed and he has therefore step by step made his way in the world until he has attained a position of authority and prominence in his special field of labor.
JAMES A. ENGLISH.
James A. English is well and favorably known in Nestor as a contractor and builder and his efforts have been valuable factors in the general business devel- opment of the town. He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 5, 1875, a son of John T. and Cornelia (Clifton) English, natives of Missouri, who came to California in 1886. In that year they settled upon a three hundred and sixty acre ranch in the Potrero section of San Diego county and upon this property the father of our subject engaged successfully in ranching and bee keeping. This latter branch of his work became extremely profitable and impor- tant and he owned at one time three hundred stands of bees. In all the relations of his life he was upright, straightforward and honorable and his death in 1892 was felt as a distinct loss to business interests of San Diego county. His wife passed away in 1894. Four of the children born to their union are still living, Marion C., James A., Willetta and Nellie D.
James A. English was still a child when he came from Colorado to California with his parents. He grew up on his father's ranch and in this way became familiar with the best and most practical methods of carrying on the work. When he was twenty years of age he went to Denver, Colorado, and there
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engaged in contracting and building, erecting some of the finest homes in that city. When he returned to San Diego county he engaged in farming for four years and then resumed his work as a contractor and builder. He established himself at Buckman Springs and there constructed a quarter of a mile of cement ditch and erected a large dam. After he came to Nestor he continued in his former field of labor and has since constructed a fine home for himself on Palm avenue beside residences for the Tracy, Moore and Samanza families, the Palm Avenue schoolhouse, the Moore store and the Peavey and Wall pumping plants, his buildings being all substantial in construction and attractive in design. Mr. English is a man of enterprise and marked force of character and throughout his business life has made good use of the oppor- tunities which his ability has commanded, being numbered today among the successful and prominent business men of his locality.
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