An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 234

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CLARENCE H. FEELY is one of the wide awake, thrifty and sagacious farmers of Kootenai county. He is a young man of excellent habits and sound principles and is a loyal friend and progres- sive citizen. His estate of one hundred and sixty acres, lies four miles south from Rathdrum and its thrifty appearance, well kept and excellent buildings, choice orchard and broad fields all testify to the abil- ity and skill of the proprietor. Mr. Feely also owns other land, being interested with his brothers. The boys and their father own one thousand acres together and it is one of the finest bodies of land in the county.

Clarence H. Feely was born in Shelby county, Iowa, on September 6, 1879, the son of Thomas N. and Alice M. Feely, who are mentioned elsewhere in the work. In 1881 the family came from their Iowa home to Washington, where our subject gained most of his educational discipline. In 1890 they located in Hoodoo valley and there the home continued until 1895 when a move was made to their present excellent location. The brothers have continued in their efforts together with their father and the wisdom of it is ap- parent in the valuable holdings now possessed by them. Our subject is still in the possession of the charms of celibacy, having never ventured to embark on the sea of matrimony. He is an exemplary young man and has wrought in a commendable manner. Mr. Feely is an independent thinker on all the questions of the day and his sturdiness of character is mani- fested in that he is not trammelled or bound by the tenets of any political party, but votes as his wisdom dictates.

IRVAN E. FEELY is a native of the occident, being born in Washington, Spokane county, and the date .August 8, 1883. He received his education in that state and in Idaho and has continued with his parents until the present time. He came with them to Hoodoo valley in 1890 and thence to the present location in 1895. He is a young man of good qualities, has prin- ciples of uprightness and manifests intrinsic worth and sterling integrity. From his earliest youth he has been trained in the way of industry and thrift by a wise father and the result is that a man of reliability and stability is now the pride of his father and the rich reward of the excellent training.

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Our subject owns land in connection with his broth- ers. They have so acted in unison in their business endeavors that they have conserved their interests in a remarkable manner and the excellent wisdom mani- fested in this course is a bright example to all. While Irvan Feely has not yet passed the mile post of his ma- jority, still the qualities of a wise and capable man are manifest and it is to be expected that he will be one of the leading citizens of this great county for many years to come, gaining distinction and affluence as the proper result of his course.

WILLIAM F. ALLBAUGH is one of the lead- ing business men of the thriving town of Hope, Idaho, being proprietor of the butcher shop there. He is a man of sterling worth and has manifested excellent capabilities in his business career.

William F. Allbaugh was born in Keithsburg, Illi- nois, on June 30, 1873, being the son of William and Martha (Catlin) Allbough, natives of Carroll county, Ohio, and now living in this county. Our subject re- ceived his education in his native state and there learned the butcher business and followed it for some time. He came west in 1889 and after exploring some time went to Spokane where he followed the grocery business. Three years there and then he came to north- ern Idaho, where he had previously been, and opened a meat market in Hope, which he is conducting at the present time and where he does a good business. Mr. Allbaugh has been on his own resources since he was sixteen years of age and has always shown an enter- prising spirit and a tenacity that has given him the success that merit deserves.

Mr. Allbaugh has the following named sisters : Alice, Laura, Olive and Emma, all deceased; Carrie, wife of George Ferris; Louise, in Hope; Josephine, wife of T. C. Peck, in Nelson, B. C .; Edna, wife of A. Croy. in Hope.

At Rathdrum, on July 4. 1900, Mr. Allbaugh mar- ried Miss Addie E. Smith, whose parents are leading citizens of this county and are mentioned in another portion of this work. One child has been born to bless the marriage, Margaret. Mr. Allbaugh is a mem- ber of the W. W. and in political adherence is a Demo- crat. He is a man of sterling qualities and is one of the genial and popular citizens of Hope.

ALEXANDER QUIRIE. That the subject of this sketch is one of the highly esteemed and popular nen of Kootenai county is evidenced by the fact that in 1902 he was nominated on the Republican ticket for commissioner of the county and although the coun- ty is Democratic, he was elected by the overwhelming majority of six hundred and twenty votes. He is a man of stanch worth and integrity and the people of the commonwealth are safe in entrusting the import- ant interests of the county in his hands.

Alexander Quirie was born in Scotland, July 16,

1861, the son of John and Margaret ( Walker ) Quirie, natives of Aberdeen, Scotland. The father died in 1891 and the mother in 1862, in their native land. Our subject inherited the stanch qualities of the Scotch blood and from his youth manifested an integrity and stability that betokened the strong man of today. He was well educated in his native place and in 1887 left the scenes of youth and came to the U'nited States. He landed in St. Paul, Minnesota, and engaged on a stock farm for two years. Next we see the adventu- rous spirit in Washington and for a year he was ex- ploring the various portions of the northwest. He finally returned from the coast to Spokane and worked on a dairy farm for a time. On June 1, 1890, he came to Hope and for three years he was teaming for H. M. Casey. Then Mr. Quirie located his present place on Trestle creek, three miles west from Hope and op- ened a dairy. He furnished milk, cream and butter to Hope for eight years and then retired from that business and devoted himself to raising stock and gen- eral farming. He has a good place, well improved and productive of good crops. A fine orchard of one hundred trees embellishes the place. Mr. Quirie is a thrifty and up-to-date farmer.

Mr. Quirie has two brothers and two sisters: George and John, farmers in Scotland; Mary, wife of Alexander Aderson. and Margaret, wife of John L'agrie, both in Scotland. Mr. Quirie is a Republican from principle and in religious persuasion is a Pres- byterian. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and is a man in whom his neighbors confide and who is worthy of the esteem and confidence reposed in him.

WILLIAM T. STONE, who dwells five miles south from Bonners Ferry, is one of the substantial and prosperous farmers of his section and a leading man in the community. He was born in Audrain county. Missouri, on January 13, 1855, the son. of Thomas and Kizerie (Cardwell) Stone, natives of Kentucky. The father died in Oregon in 1898. Our subject has two brothers, Thomaston and J. D. He was educated in his native place and in Bedford county, Indiana, whither the family went when he was a boy. Later they went to Illinois, and in 1874 William made his way to Texas. He followed the basic art of agriculture until 1885 in the great state and then he was attracted by the varied beauties and resources to visit California. After one year in ex- ploring the state he made his way to Oregon, and for nine years was numbered with the progressive and enterprising citizens of the Web-foot state. Next he journeved on to Washington and after due deliberation he came to Idaho. Search revealed the land now known as government land and he homesteaded a quarter. Since that time Mr. Stone has devoted him- self to the improvement and culture of his land, and now has a valuable farm. He is one of the stirring men of the section and takes an active part in the affairs of the county.

In 1878 occurred the marriage of Mr. Stone and

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Miss Alice Stillwell. The nuptials were celebrated in Montague county, Texas. Mrs. Stone's parents were natives of Virginia and came to Texas in very early days. Four children have been born to this happy marriage : Lottie, Robert F., Lulu, and Alice. Mr. Stone is independent in political matters, as also in settling the questions of the day he is untrammelled by the ties of party or sect. He is a man of worth and integrity and stands high in the esteem of the people.

JOSEPH M. JEANNOT, a capitalist and property owner of Hope, is a man whose industry and thrift, dominated by sagacity and keen discrimination, have given the reward of a fine competence and the good will of all as well. He was born in Kankakee, Illi- nois, on May 16, 1858, the son of Joseph and Philo- mina (Lambert) Jeannot, natives of Three Rivers, Canada. Mr. Jeannot has the following brothers and sisters ; F. E., deceased : J. M., died in infancy ; J. O., in Michigan; L. H., in Hope; G. E., in Hope; W. E., in Wisconsin; Arthur and Thomas, deceased ; Sarah, in Spokane; Phoebe, Lenora and Georgia, in New York, all married but Phoebe; Susan, Mary, Angelena, Beatrice, Lorna, all deceased, with twins who died when infants. Our subject received his early

education in Illinois and there he remained onm july, 1871, when he took a journey to Kansas, where he farmed for ten years. Then he went to Colorado and mined for two years, after which he came to Idaho and railroaded for some time, then went to Portland. Next we see Mr. Jeannot in the Sound country, where he did logging and after a time returned to Portland and tended bar for three years. His next move was to the Coeur d'Alene country, where he operated a sa- loon and also did mining for three years. At the time of the chloride excitement he came to the Pend Oreille country and engaged in steamboating and other business at Hope. He has also followed mining since coming here, and is an active and progressive laborer for the upbuilding and advancement of the place. Mr. Jeannot has fine business property in the town and is contemplating the erection of a first- class hotel here.

In 1894 Mr. Jeannot celebrated his marriage with Miss Anna Sucker. He is a member of the Elks, the Foresters, the A. O. U. W., and is a man of in- fluence and popularity in these relations. Mr. Jean- not is a well informed Democrat and an adherent of the Catholic church. He has shown marked capabili- ties in his business career and has made his present gratifying holding by his own unaided efforts, which is a real crown of enjoyment.

PART VI.

HISTORY OF SHOSHONE COUNTY

CHAPTER I.

CURRENT HISTORY-1860-1885.

It is a noteworthy fact that the leading county of Idaho in its mineral production was likewise the first in which mineral wealth was found. It was the dis- covery of gold within the limits of the present county of Shoshone by Captain E. D. Pierce that stimulated the first grand stampede into north Idaho and caused the subsequent settlement and subjugation of the coun- try. But while Shoshone county furnished the stimulus to this development, it did share equitably in the results. Oro Fino and Pierce City did not long re- main the magic names around which the gold-hungry population of the Northwest wove bright visions of fortunes to be made in a day. Subsequent discoveries turned the attention of gold hunters elsewhere, the mercurial population of the place was largely drawn away by more alluring prospects in other parts of the north Idaho country, and the support for a local gov- ernment was for many years so inadequate that the question of dismemberment of the county was more than once mooted.

Prior to the discovery of the Cœur d'Alene mines the settled portions of this vast political division, im- perial in its extent, were the country contiguous to Pierce City, the Moose creek mining country and the Weippe and Fraser stock raising and agricultural com- munities. The earliest history of the first mentioned has already found a place in these chapters. Like the rest of the old placer fields, its wealth soon began to show signs of exhaustion and eventually the placer fields passed largely into the hands of the Chinese. The white population dwindled to a comparatively insignificant number, yet there were present always a few representatives of the Caucasian race, and as the county-seat was located in their central town. they

were naturally interested to do what they could for the maintenance of the county organization.

The Moose creek mines were discovered in 1862 by a wandering band of prospectors. They are sit- uated on the headwaters of the north fork of the Clearwater, many miles to the northeast of Pierce. They paid their discoverers well for a short time, but were soon deserted, the rich deposits that attracted the attention of the first miners being apparently of limited extent. A second influx of population was stimulated in the late 'sixties by further discoveries made by prospectors named Ernest Hilton and William Shepard and Tommy O'Brien. It is said that fully two hundred people rushed in. This influx resulted in the founding of Moose City, which at one time had a saloon, restaurant, hotel and three general stores. For three years the diggings produced well, supporting a considerable population, but during the early 'seventies they began to fail again, though a few continued to mine in the district twelve or fifteen years longer.

The first permanent settler in the Weippe section, it is said, was Wellington Landon, who took up his abode on the present town site of Weippe October 6, 1875. Previous to this, however, there had been a few settlers, principally stockmen, among them a man named Petjade, who kept a station on Ford's creek during the early sixties; John Wilson, Martin Mauli and Peter Hourcade. In 1879 Patrick Gaffney settled with his family on land contiguous to the Landon place, and later came Harvey Setzer, William Gamble, Levi Goodwin and a family named French. These were the only inhabitants of this rich grazing section until after the country was surveyed in 1884, when a

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small addition to their numbers was attracted to the 1 egion.

What is known as the Fraser country lies between the country just described and Greer, along the brakes of Lolo creek and the Clearwater river. The earliest settler in this region, it is thought, was a man famil- iarly known as "Texas," who lived on a claim about two miles east of the site of Fraser postoffice. He took up his residence in these parts about 1863 or pos- pibly a year earlier. For a few years he kept a station there, then sold his right and improvements to one Milo Thomas, who was succeeded some five or six years later by Mauli & Hourcade, stockmen. The next settler, probably, was John Alsop, who came about 1872 and located on what is called the Hole-in-the- ground ranch. In 1874 John D. Reed took a claim south of the present Fraser postoffice on the brakes of the Lolo, and some four years later Patrick Keane took a place half a mile west of the old Texas ranch. These were the pioneer settlers of the region and practically the only residents until the developments of the. past few years began.

With so few communities to support a local gov- ernment and these so small and weak, the mystery is that county organization could be maintained at all. Much credit is due the pioneer people of southern Shoshone for their successful fight against political disintegration. ' Their existence as a separate county was not maintained without sacrifice, and it is thought that had not the Cœur d'Alenes been discovered the struggle would soon have been given up.

The summary of assessments for the year 1865 gives us some idea of conditions obtaining in Shoshone county at that time. The persons owning assessable property numbered 273. Forty-six houses were as- sesed. seven ditches, namely, the Upper Shanghai, Lower Shanghai, Barclay's gulch, Rhoades creek, Lower Rhoades creek, McConnel's and George Kleas- man's : three saloons-D. H. Jaunie's, Stanford Capps's and James Connelly's : one drug store, Par- ker's; one saw mill, D. M. Fraser's; one store and gaming room, D. F. Leonard's; three general stores, J. P. Butler's, Levi Ankeny's and Seidner & Loewen- berg's. The assessed valuation of this property, added to that of the two horses and 367 head of beef cattle assessed to A. J. Watson and the horse, wagon and harness and twelve cows assessed to John Corn, amounted in all to $41,960. Each of the 273 persons assessed was required to pay $4 poll tax and $1 mili- tary enrollment tax.

The revenue collectable from every source was small even in 1865 and it became much smaller later. Edward Hammond states that by the winter of 1869- 70 the population of Pierce City and vicinity had fallen to about a hundred white men, though there were three hundred or more Chinamen in the camp, many of whom were doing well in their mining operations. On Weippe prairie were a few farmers engaged in raising cattle, horses, hay, vegetables, cereals and such other products as they could find a market for among the miners.

The people of southern Shoshone county. like those in other parts of north Idaho, were greatly dis- turbed by the Indian war of 1877, though happily comparatively little damage was done them and their numbers were not reduced by the fell wrath of the red man. The first news of the outbreak was brought to Pierce City by a friendly Nez Perces squaw named Louise, who lived on the North Fork. She was at that time about thirty-five years of age. By frequent visits to Pierce City with vegetables she had become well acquainted with the white residents of the town, for whom she had the kindliest sentiments. The white miners of Shoshone county had always been friendly to the Indians, purchasing from them grain and vege- tables every year. When Louise announced that cer- tain Indians had taken the warpath they felt they had nothing to fear from the Kamiahs, North Forks. Lap- wais or Clearwaters, but they were afraid lest some marauding detachment front Joseph's band might do them harm. The inhabitants were in no condition to defend themselves in case of attack. Their number did not exceed twenty-five at the time, though they were reinforced a little later by the arrival of Welling- ton Landon, Patrick Gaffney and family, Martin Mauli, Peter Hourcade and John Reed from the Weippe prairie, and D. W. C. Dunwell from his ferry on the Clearwater near the site of the present Greer. Ed Hammond and Horatio L. Gray owned the only rifles in the town: Francis Carle was armed with a shotgun supplied with only one lock, and a few of the men had revolvers. The Chinese population was still more poorly armed and for some reason it did not seem anxious to prepare for defense.

The white people determined to fortify the home of Francis Carle, in the lower end of town, and around it they built a stockade of cordwood eight feet high, inclosing two wells that they might have an abundant supply of water. A small log fort was also built just east of town on the spot now occupied by the school- house. Guards were thrown out around the town, but it was the intention of the people to treat for peace should the Indians appear, as they realized fully their inability to do more than make a show of defense.

Shortly after the warning had been given the whites by Louise, Edward Hammond determined to go through to Lewiston, if he could, and sue for aid. Starting in the morning, he reached Weippe prairie carly in the afternoon and from a position in the woods which surrounded the little meadow, he saw seventy or eighty Indians in council. Their tepees had been erected and a temporary camp established. He also saw that Mr. Landon's house had been burned.

Hastily returning to Pierce City, Mr. Hammond informed his fellow citizens there of what he had seen. The people did not doubt but they would be attacked forthwith. All was quiet that night. Next morning, however, two friendly Kamiahs under flag of truce came into town with a message from Chief Lawyer to the effect that the hostiles were about to attack the settlement and that the whites should be on their guard. The settlers were unable to do more than

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remove their women and children to the woods south- east of town, as they had already made such meagre preparations for defense as lay in their power. Fortu- nately, the Indians never put in an appearance. It was subsequently learned that they had been dissuaded from attacking the town by those of their own num- ber who had traded with the whites for years and con- sequently looked upon them as friends. Many of the Indians were very much in favor of the attack and gave it up only after a long and vigorous contest in the council.

The day following the arrival of the two Kamiahs with Lawyer's message the whites decided to send a company of men to Lewiston for arms and ammuni- tion. Eight men volunteered to go on this dangerous journey, namely: John Greer, Horatio L. Gray, Elliot G. Cole, Hiram Nelson, Frank Capps, Patrick Keane, Lawrence T. Dunwell, Robert Yantis and Edward Hammond. Setting out from Pierce late in the after- lioon unarmed, for they left their weapons to those in the fort, they descended to the north fork of the Clear- water via Quartz creek, crossed the river in a canoe which they were fortunate enough to find, and pro- ceeded thence to Lewiston, at which town they arrived early next morning. They experienced no difficulty in procuring sixteen rifles and an abundance of ammu- nition. With these they set out forthwith on the return journey-all but Hiram Nelson, who went to his home in Walla Walla. Jacob Schultz, of Lewiston, took his place.

Being now well armed, the doughty eight did not fear to return by the main trail to Pierce. At the Clearwater they found the ferry burned, so were forced to build a raft in order to cross the stream. They arrived in town about noon next day after an unevent- ful journey, and strengthened the defenses by their presence and the arms they brought, but fortunately, the rude fortifications of the miners were not put to the test. The Indians did not attack the town when they could and opportunity to do so never returned, for they were soon driven to parts beyond Idaho. Shoshone county suffered comparatively little from the outbreak, though several score of cattle and horses were stolen from the ranges around Weippe, one house and one ferry were burned, the miners were compelled to desist from productive employment for several weeks, and men of all occupations were forced to neg- lect their usual work. The direct and indirect losses of the war were considerable.

. In 1881 the assessed valuation of property in Shoshone county was only $38,981. The condition of things in the weak and struggling political organiza- tion may be gathered from the following editorial in the Lewiston Teller of July 21, 1881, based on infor- mation obtained from Edward Hammond :

Our Pierce City correspondent announces the partial dis- organization of Shoshone, leaving the people of that county without any executive officers. For some time past offices in that county have been compelled to go begging for men to fill them. and after once heing filled, several substitutions have been made after periods of interregnum. The whole number of white residents in the county seldom exceeds sev-

enty-five persons, and is more often less than fine line the burdens of supporting a county organization fine loup quite heavy upon each individual for some time part

A natural county pride has induced the citi, co- dn lerp up the organization in the hope that immigration wroll -on reach them and swell their numbers. But the increase, when there has been any, has been principally among the Chinese, who have gone there for mining purposes and bought the greater portion of the mining ground that had been par tially worked by the whites. Little new ground having been discovered that offered sufficient inducements for whites to remain in the county. the latter have gradually diminished in numbers until they are now reduced to what we have indicated above. It is true that. on the north fork of the Clearwater in said county, a large number of men each year are engaged temporarily in the lumber business, but they do not acquire a bona fide residence or become citizens of the county.

There are about a dozen men in the county whose busi- ness is agriculture. These are principally engaged in fur- nishing supplies for those who are mining. They have no ready market for any surplus they could raise, and hence there is at present little inducement for persons to take up a residence in the county for agricultural purposes, not- withstanding several townships of the best agricultural land lie within the borders of the county in its southwestern por- tion, adjacent to the Nez Perces reservation, which has no outlet save across said reservation. We are of the opinion that the time is not far distant when this land will become utilized and be of great value, and no doubt this hope has hitherto inspired citizens of that county to keep up their organization till the time should arrive when they would find the organization much easier to maintain. Terms of the district court are fixed for that county once each year, but they are very expensive both to the county and to mem- hers of the court and bar. There is generally little business and when there is business to require a grand or petit jury, the number of citizens in the county is too small to make it practicable to secure an impartial jury. Several of the citi- zens of that county have heretofore expressed themselves as desirous of abolishing the county organization and be- coming attached to Nez Perces county, while others have expressed themselves as against the change. As matters now stand, the condition of things is anything but pleasant, and the perplexities that arise are constantly becoming much more numerous and annoying. But we can see no legal relief till the next meeting of the legislature.

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 234

Author: Publication date: 1903 Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1524

Author:
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1524