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In 1889 Mr. Mccutchen was united in marriage in Kansas to Miss Mollie Gil- liland, a daughter of Luther A. and Lucy (Branaugh) Gilliland, the mother now residing with Mr. and Mrs. McCutchen. Mrs. McCutchen is a native of Illinois, and they have two daughters, Carlota and Ruth. Mr. Mccutchen is accounted one of the active and progressive fruit raisers and able business men of El Cajon valley and has the unqualified confidence and esteem of the entire community. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian church.
HIRAM C. HAYS.
Hiram C. Hays, living retired in Escondido, is well known for his former connection with agricultural interests of this section and is honored also as a veteran of the Civil war. He was born in Wellsburg, West Virginia, in 1834, a son of Joseph and Margaret (Logue) Hays, both of Irish lineage. In their family were five children, only two of whom are still living: John, who resides in Boulder, Colorado; and Hiram C., of this review.
The last named spent his boyhood in his native section and for a short time attended the public schools. His father, who was a boat builder on the Ohio river, died when the subject of this review was a small child and as a result the
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latter began his independent career at an early age. He learned carpentering and worked at this trade first in Virginia and then in Ohio and Illinois. He was in the latter state at the outbreak of the Civil war and he enlisted in the Tenth Illinois Infantry. He saw a great deal of active service in various parts of the country, was with Sherman on the march to the sea and in 1865 received his honorable discharge. He immediately resumed the carpenter's trade in Illinois and worked at it later in Nebraska and Kansas. In 1897 he came to California and settled on the outskirts of Escondido, where he engaged in farming on a ten acre tract of land. He rented other property and was very successful in raising all kinds of grain. He centered his attention upon the management of his farm and made it one of the most productive and valuable properties in this part of San Diego county. In 1910 his success and his advancing age justified his retirement and he bought a small place on North Lime street in Escondido, took up his residence there and abandoned active life.
In 1865 Mr. Hays married Miss Sarah Clark, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Hugh and Jane (McClintock) Clark, both born in Ohio, where the mother's brothers were prominent railroad contractors. Mrs. Hays is one of a family of four children, three of whom are still living: Sarah, the wife of our subject ; William T., a real-estate agent in Escondido; and Elizabeth, who married Orrin Newton, who is engaged in mining in Shasta, California. Mr. and Mrs. Hays became the parents of two children. The eldest, Lois, is the wife of A. R. New- ton, a very wealthy retired miner, formerly of Ontario, who now resides in Escondido. He has a beautiful home in the town, which is considered the finest residence in the Escondido valley. The other child born to Mr. and Mrs. Hays is a son, Joseph, who lives with his parents.
Mr. Hays gives his allegiance to the republican party and keeps himself well informed upon the questions and issues of the day, although he has never sought public office. He is promient in the Masonic order, holding membership in the Knights Templar, but beyond this has no fraternal connections. He has reached the age of seventy-eight but he possesses all the most delightful accompaniments of old age-honor, a comfortable competence and leisure to devote to his many friends.
A. C. RIORDON.
A. C. Riordon is connected with the firm of Gaston & Carlisle, conducting one of the largest real-estate enterprises in San Diego, and by virtue of the nature of his activities and the force of his ability one of the representative busi- ness men of the city. He was born in El Paso, Texas, June 2, 1860, and was educated in the public schools of that city. From an early age he took a great interest in mining and milling and in order to find a better field for his work went to New Mexico, where he lived for thirty years. During this period he became prominently connected with the development of the quartz milling industry and erected and controlled several large mills. He was one of the five men who owned the Altiga mine, one of the richest mines in the United States, which was subsequently bonded by an English company for eight million dollars.
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Since coming to San Diego Mr. Riordon has given his entire attention to the real-estate business as a representative of the firm of Gaston & Carlisle, owners of one of the most important enterprises of this kind in the city. He has dis- played a judicious knowledge of present and future land values and business foresight of a high order and has ably carried forward the interests of his firm. By virtue of his position he is well known in business circles of San Diego, where he is recognized as a man of keen discernment and ability. Mr. Riordon belongs to the Presbyterian church. He gives his allegiance to the republican party and is loyal in all matters of citizenship, supporting many movements which have for their object the general benefit of the city.
EMIL POLLAK.
Emil Pollak is one of the most important contractors in San Diego and has been closely associated with the business interests of the city for years. He is one of the many reliable and successful business men and progressive citizens whom Germany has given to America. He was reared in the fatherland, in the home of his parents, Fred and Helen Pollak, and received an excellent education in his native country, attending the public schools and a trade college. He remained in Germany until he was twenty-five years of age and then determined to try his fortune in America. Crossing the Atlantic, he landed in New York and there for some time followed the trade of cabinet-making. When he left New York he came west to California and settled in Los Angeles, where he remained ten years. Since coming to San Diego he has given his entire attention to general contracting and his business is one of the largest of its kind in the city. He has erected many of the finest public, business and residence buildings in San Diego and now has five fine structures almost completed. He keeps in touch with conditions and standards as they have affected his particular line of work by his membership in the Builders Exchange and the Master Carpenters Association. He is a man of alert and enterprising spirit, possessed of a resolute will which enables him to carry forward to completion whatever he undertakes and in business circles his name is a synonym for ability, shrewdness and unques- tioned integrity.
CHARLES S. HARDY.
Charles S. Hardy understands the cattle business in every one of its innumer- able details from the running, feeding and fattening of the animals on the ranch to the slaughtering, curing and selling in the city markets. For the past thirty years he has been one of the greatest individual forces in the development and progress of cattle raising and selling in San Diego county and from prominence in one line of occupation has expanded his interests to include the broader phases of municipal, commercial and political growth. He was born in Martinez, Con- tra Costa county, California, and is a son of Isaac Hardy, who came to the state in the early '50s.
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Mr. Hardy of this review grew up in his native section and before he had attained his majority ran cattle on the Contra Costa and San Joaquin ranches. He next became interested in the butcher business and engaged in it in Antioch and Oakland before he came to San Diego, in 1881. Here his first position was with Allison Brothers, pioneer butchers of the city. In their interests he called upon his store of knowledge gained by his former experience and applied it suc- cessfully, buying their animals and managing their ranch in the mountains. His independent business career began in 1882, when he opened a butcher shop at National City. He later disposed of this enterprise and returned to Antioch, where he went into partnership with his father and continued this association until he returned to San Diego. Here he opened up the Bay City Market at the corner of Fifth and D streets in April, 1885, and in the following year moved to his present location on Fifth and G streets. In February, 1887, he established the firm of Charles S. Hardy & Company and extended his activities to the slaughtering of cattle and the wholesaling of packing house products. In the same year he incorporated the Hardy Dressed Beef Company and in 1889 bought out his partners and assumed entire control of the business, which he has since directed and managed. In 1903 he erected the building in which his present market is located and which is one of the finest wholesale butcher shops in the city. In 1912 he rebuilt his slaughtering plant, making it one of the finest rein- forced concrete abattoirs on the Pacific coast. Mr. Hardy operates one of the largest business enterprises of any kind in San Diego and has taken an impor- tant part in the promotion of the great commercial activity which means increased expansion. He has developed his enterprise unaided to the proportions which it has now assumed. It gives employment to two hundred men in its various departments, including the two large butchering plants at Tia Juana and Old- town and the packing plant in San Diego, where all kinds of meats are cured and canned. The markets for Mr. Hardy's products extend all over the western part of the United States and he has supplied large orders to the United States Navy. In this relation may be mentioned the fact that when the sixteen war- ships which recently went around the world started upon their journey he received the contract from the United States government to supply them with three hundred thousand pounds of frozen beef. Mr. Hardy has by his com- prehensive business ability and his power of original thinking and through the influence of these qualities upon his activities made effective several innovations in methods and details. He was the first man to freeze beef in San Diego and in 1887 shipped into the city the first carload of Arizona cattle. He was the pioneer in steam sausage making, having opened a factory of this character in San Diego in 1886. This has expanded with the rapid development of the other branches of his business and is now an important department of his enterprise. In connection with his wholesale house Mr. Hardy operates the largest retail meat market in the United States and his ability and commanding success have carried him into important relations with the cattle and meat interests of the entire country.
Conspicuous business attainment usually carries with it prominence and im- portance in public life, for commercial activity influences the general trend of thought and advancement. Mr. Hardy has used the power which his prosperity has brought steadily and constantly in promoting the development and growth
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of San Diego. He has been active in the councils of the republican party for the past twenty years and although he has never held public office, has done effective and useful work in general progress. He was instrumental in securing from the United States government the erection of a sea wall and coaling station in the San Diego harbor and in the dredging out of the middle ground of the bay, thus securing a deeper channel. He was one of the influential factors in getting from the state an appropriation of a million and a half dollars for harbor improve- ments and in influencing the location of the State Normal School in this city. He took a prominent part in the highway commission which secured an appro- priation of eighteen million dollars for state highways and it was largely due to his activities that the city secured the new Federal building. He was one of the promoters of the Point Loma boulevard and has in other ways supported movements for the beautification of various parts of San Diego. He has always been an active worker in senatorial campaigns and has aided in the election of many state governors, standing always on the side of right and progress. Mr. Hardy is an able, shrewd and successful man. In a business age he has won business success and since the standards of the time are expanding and rapidly rising this means that he possesses keen discernment, unusual ability, daring but well-timed aggressiveness, force, strength and perseverance. The way in which he has used his prosperity is only another evidence of the great force in his char- acter, for he has made his private prosperity one of the most potent factors in general upbuilding.
DAVID CRISE, M. D.
A thorough training in the scientific principles which underly the practice of medicine, a power of earnest and concentrated work along lines of original research, a knowledge of the value of life and a sympathetic understanding of its ultimate purposes have made Dr. David Crise one of the most widely known and deservedly successful physicians in Escondido. In addition to this his forceful and effective public spirit, his able work along constructive lines of expansion, his fine enthusiasm and his belief in the future of the city have made him one of the most representative and progressive men of the community to which he came in early times and with the upbuilding of which he has been identified for over a quarter of a century in a lasting and forceful way. Dr. Crise was born in Pennsylvania, May 23, 1846, and is a son of George W. and Rachel (Stough) Crise, both natives of that state. The family, originally named Greise, is one of the oldest in America and the ancestry can be traced back in an unbroken line to the first American of the name who emigrated from Germany and in the days of pioneer development in Pennsylvania settled in that state. Among his descendants was George Greise, a well known farmer in Fayette county, Penn- sylvania, and his son, George W. Crise.
The father of the subject of this review was born and reared upon the home- stead. It was he who later changed the spelling of the family name from the original form to the one now in use. About the year 1870 he moved to Ohio but after the death of his wife returned to Pennsylvania and there spent his last
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years in retirement. The mother of our subject was a daughter of Daniel Stough, a pioneer farmer of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, also of Ger- mian ancestry. Both sides of this family have for many generations been mem- bers of the Lutheran church, their ancestors in Germany having been converted to Lutheranism at the time of the Reformation. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Crise became the parents of eight children, six of whom are still living: Dr. David, of this review ; Catherine, the widow of Frank Weimer, of Ohio; Mary, the widow of M. A. Robinett, of Ohio; George W., a civil engineer in the same state ; Joseph, who operates a ranch in Escondido; and Leah Belle, who married C. A. Bryan, a rancher in Escondido.
Dr. Crise acquired his education in the public schools of Pennsylvania and for some time taught during the summer months and studied in the winters. At an early age he showed a decided preference for medicine and entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in March, 1872, with the degree of M. D. He opened an office for the practice of his profession in Mendon, Pennsylvania, and after one year moved to Washington county, in the same state, where he practiced successfully for four years. He next went to Beach City, Ohio, and there remained until 1888, when he came to California and settled in Escondido, which was then a small village. He opened an office here and for twenty-five years has been in active practice, the results he has accon- plished being the best proof of his ability. He has the distinction of being the oldest physician in the town and one of the oldest in San Diego county in point of years of continuous activity. Dr. Crise has given special attention to therapeutics and his natural ability along this line has been supplemented by the advantage of many years' practical experience. While he has made a special study of the diseases of women and has been unusually successful in this line of work, his knowledge of the underlying principles of medicine is broad and varied and not limited to any particular aspect of the science. He is able in the diagnosis of cases, successful in his treatment, and possesses also that broad and liberal humanitarian- ism which influences and elevates all of his work. He keeps in touch with the most advanced thought of the profession through his careful reading of the latest medical journals and through his membership in the county, state and American medical associations. In the course of years he has built up through his commanding ability and earnest, straightforward and sympathetic work a large practice in Escondido and has shown himself very successful in its conduct, so that today he holds a high place in the ranks of the medical fraternity in this part of California.
On June 27, 1872, Dr. Crise married in Pennsylvania Miss Lucetta Null, a daughter of A. J. and Lucinda (Robinson) Null. Mrs. Crise is one of a family of five children, four of whom are still living: Tillie, the wife of A. J. Hatch, who is agent for the Wells Fargo Express Company at Escondido; Frank, who is farm- ing in Pennsylvania ; Harry, who is engaged in the general merchandise business in the same state; and Lucetta, the wife of the subject of this review. To Dr. and Mrs. Crise have been born five children. Vivianna, the eldest, was educated in Los Angeles and was graduated from the Los Angeles State Normal School. She is the widow of Harry Halliday, of San Diego. Lola E. acquired her educa- tion in the public schools of Los Angeles and supplemented this by a course in the state normal school. She married H. W. Cleave, a contractor and builder of
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Los Angeles, and they have two children, Jeannette and David. Bruce L. was educated in the Escondido public schools and was graduated from the local high school. He afterward studied medicine in Los Angeles and was graduated from the medical department of the University of Southern California in 1903. In the following year he was licensed to practice and for one year served as interne in the Sacramento Hospital. At the end of that time he came to Escondido, where he has been practicing in partnership with his father since that time. He married Miss Rosa Davies, a native of England, and by her has two children, Viva and John. David Roy was educated in the Escondido public schools and is now a machinist in the town. Harry N., the youngest child in this family, is a graduate of the Redlands high school and is now filling the position of fireman on the Santa Fe Railroad.
Dr. Crise is a devout member of the Congregational church. Fraternally he belongs to the Masonic order, and his political allegiance is given to the democratic party. When he came to Escondido in 1888 it was a small, unorgan- ized village. In the intervening years it has made remarkable growth along indus- trial, business and professional lines, in standards and in institutions. Dr. Crise has not only witnessed this expansion but has in a peculiarly effective way been identified with it. In the early years of his residence here he bought a fruit ranch and operated it for ten years, selling it finally in order to give some time to his professional duties. From the beginning he has taken a great part in the upbuilding of the town and the surrounding country and has been a moving factor in its progress and advancement. He helped to organize the first irrigation project, was one of the directors in the controlling company, and for over a quarter of a century has used his influence steadily on the side of right, reform and progress and for the establishment and growth of lasting, useful and beneficial municipal institutions.
CHRISTIAN HOLLE.
The active career of Christian Holle has been marked by many changes in occupation and interests, all of which have materially promoted his business progress and advancement. It is characteristic of his foresight and judgment that he has never made a change of employment which has not benefited him in an important way, so that he stands today in the front ranks of the leading business men of San Diego. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 21, 1865, and attended the public schools in that city. He was graduated from the New Orleans high school at the age of seventeen and for three months afterward attended a local business college. When he laid aside his books he secured a position as representative for the American Paper Company, whole- sale dealers in the Louisiana and Texas territory, and he did able work in the interests of this concern until 1884. In that year he came to California and settled in San Francisco and there engaged in the manufacture of mirrors for ten years, after which he went to Los Angeles as manager of the H. Raphael Company, manufacturers of mirrors. He did excellent work in this capacity, combining with his detailed knowledge of methods of operation the executive
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force of an able business official. He resigned in 1911 and came to San Diego, where he has engaged independently in the manufacture of mirrors since that time. His long previous training and experience have been inval- uable to him in the building up of his business which in one year has become an important concern in the city. Its rapid expansion is undoubtedly due to the constructive work of the owner, who is an able business man, a keen judge of business conditions and successful in his practical application of his knowl- edge and experience.
Mr. Holle married in San Francisco in 1890 Miss Amelia Cheasick and they have three children, Ludwilla, Christian, Jr., and Henrietta. Mr. Holle gives his allegiance to the republican party but is not active in politics, prefer- ring to devote his entire time to his business affairs. His success in the devel- opment of his factory is unusual because it has been accomplished in one year but it is otherwise simply the inevitable outcome of knowledge, practically directed, and of a progressive spirit, intelligently controlled.
E. M. TARVIN.
E. M. Tarvin is living retired in a beautiful home in Escondido after a long period of close connection with lemon-growing interests of San Diego county. He was born in Clay county, Indiana, April 19, 1847, and is a son of John C. and Ruth (Harpold) Tarvin, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Virginia. Their marriage occurred in Indiana and in that state the mother of our subject passed away. In 1895 John C. Tarvin came to California and made his home with his son until his death, which occurred when he was eighty- one years of age.
E. M. Tarvin is the elder of two children born to his parents, the younger child having died in 1894. He acquired his education in the public schools of Indiana and when he was eighteen years of age began his independent career, taking charge of a large farm. He spent some years engaged in agricultural pursuits and later entered the Union Christian College at Merom, where he remained for four years. In 1873 he moved to Boulder, Colorado, and taught school for some time, after which he followed mining. When he abandoned that occupation he became interested in horticulture and engaged in this work on an extensive scale, improving two farms for horticultural purposes. He made both enterprises extremely profitable and finally sold the two tracts at an excel- lent price and established himself in the mercantile business, in which he was active from 1882 to 1884. In the latter year his store was entirely destroyed by fire and he resumed his activity along horticultural lines, continuing in this work until 1893, when he sold out all of his interests in Colorado and came to San Diego, where he bought a tract of land upon which he erected the second house built on Brooklyn Heights. In 1899 he exchanged this property for a lemon orchard which he developed with great success for a number of years. By progressive methods and well directed work he made this property one of the finest fruit farms in southern California and gained for himself a high place in business circles of the section. In 1907 he sold the land and retired from
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active life. He came to Escondido, where he owns a fine home and other val- uable real estate, including some of the best business and residence property in the town.
In 1876 Mr. Tarvin married Miss Mary E. Sanders, who was born in War- ren county, Iowa, March 31, 1854. She is a daughter of Barclay and Rebecca Jane (Taylor) Sanders, the father a native of Ohio and the mother of Indiana. Their marriage occurred in the latter state and a short time afterward they moved to Iowa among the pioneer settlers. They lived there until 1861, the father engaging in the potter's and tanner's trade. In the latter year they crossed the plains with ox teams and settled in Boulder, Colorado, where Barclay Sand- ers took up a homestead claim and worked also at various occupations, includ- ing mining. Finally he sold his land and moved into Denver, where he bought half a block of business property which he held for several years. He sold this finally and bought a fruit farm near Boulder. Upon this property his wife passed away and there he is still living, having reached the advanced age of eighty-eight. In his family were five children, only two of whom are still liv- ing. The elder of these is the wife of the subject of this review and the other is Frank T., who is a mining expert in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Tarvin became the parents of three sons: William, who died in infancy; Clarence, who passed away at the age of nineteen months; and Frank, who died when he was two years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Tarvin are devout members of the Baptist church. Mr. Tarvin is affiliated with the Masonic lodge, and politi- cally gives his allegiance to the democratic party. He has served with credit as city recorder and since 1908 has been police judge, gaining during that time a reputation as a man whose decisions are always honest and impartial. He enjoys a wide acquaintance in this part of San Diego county, where the last nineteen years of his life have been spent, and he is entitled to a foremost place among its upright, respected and representative citizens.
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