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Lewis A. Lee was reared in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho as his parents removed from one state to the other. He pursued his education in the public schools of the various localities in which he resided and took a six weeks' normal course at the State University of Idaho, after which he obtained a teacher's certificate and taught school for two years. He was then elected principal of the schools at Ammon but did not accept the position, having been chosen for the office of probate judge. While teach- ing school he devoted his leisure time to the study of law and in 1916 was admitted to the bar. He continued to serve as probate judge from January, 1915, until January, 1919, when he entered upon the active practice of law, to which he has since given his attention, being now recognized as one of the able attorneys of Idaho Falls. He has a finely equipped office containing a large law library, with the contents of which he is thoroughly acquainting himself. Already he has won a creditable position at the bar and a very gratifying clientage.
On the 15th of May, 1907, Mr. Lee was married to Miss Gertrude Mulliner, a daughter of Senator Joseph F. and Amelia Mulliner, who were natives of Lehi and
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of Salt Lake City, Utah, respectively. The father was a prominent citizen and pioneer of Idaho Falls and of Bonneville county, taking up his abode in this state in 1884. He followed farming, stock raising and merchandising and held various public offices. his fellow townsmen, appreciative of his worth and ability, elected him to the house of representatives and at the succeeding election chose him a member of the state senate. He finally became ill, the condition of his health ending his public career, and for eighteen years he was in an invalid condition. He served the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as bishop of Iona ward and was second counselor to the presidency of the stake. He passed away December 24, 1917, at the age of sixty- four years, while his widow survives and yet lives at Idaho Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Lee have had two children: Lewis M., who was born August 12, 1910, and died in Septem- ber of the same year; and Ralph B., born June 16, 1915. Their religious faith is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Mr. Lee served thirty-eight months on mission work in the western states mission with headquarters at Denver, Colorado. His territory included Colorado, Nebraska and South Dakota and during the last fourteen months he presided over the Nebraska Conference. Fraternally Mr. Lee is connected with the Elks Lodge, No. 1087, while his political allegiance has always been given to the republican party. He has made good use of his time, his talents and his opportunities and is fast gaining a most creditable position at the Idaho bar.
ZACHARIAH BALLANTYNE, JR.
Zachariah Ballantyne, Jr., cashier of the Anderson Brothers Bank of Rigby, is a prominent member of his community, wielding in it marked influence as a result of varied activities. He is a native of Utah, his birth having occurred in Ogden, Weber county, on the 14th of August, 1884, and the son of Zachariah and Martha J. (Ferrin) Ballantyne, also natives of that state. The father, a farmer by occupation, operated a ranch in Weber county until 1899, when he decided to remove to Fremont county, Idaho, a portion of which is now Jefferson county. ¿ Here he bought state land and developed it to a high point of cultivation, operating the farm for several years. He then sold the property and purchased dry land, which he has cultivated since that time.
The early education of Zachariah Ballantyne, Jr., was received at West Weber, Utah, and Menan, Jefferson county, Idaho. At the latter place he completed his grade school training, after which he spent two years as a student in Ricks Acad- emy at Rexburg and later attended Brigham Young College at Logan, Utah, for a similar period. His further education took place in the great school of the world when he went to work in a general merchandise store at Menan and kept books while thus employed for a period of eight years. He served for one term as auditor, recorder and clerk of the district court of Jefferson county before working for a short time as special adjuster for the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Com- pany.
It was on April 1, 1917, that he became identified with the Anderson Brothers Bank at Rigby and from this time until April 1, 1919, when he was made cashier, he served there in the capacity of bookkeeper. Mr. Ballantyne is now a director and stockholder as well, while the other officers of the institution are: James E. Steele, of Idaho Falls, president; and C. C. Campbell, vice president. The bank has a capital of twenty-five thousand dollars, with a surplus of twenty-five thou- sand dollars and six hundred thousand dollars in deposits. Mr. Ballantyne is also a stockholder in the Granite Land & Live Stock Company, which owns and operates three hundred acres of ranch land twenty-five miles southeast of Rigby.
On the 9th of September, 1908, Mr. Ballantyne was united in marriage to Miss Ethel R. Poole and to them have been born four children, namely: Don Z., on May 22, 1909; Winslow P., January 17, 1912; Vera, March 26, 1914; and Alvah, February 19, 1916.
Testimonial to Mr. Ballantyne's standing in the community and to his profound business acumen has been afforded by the Rigby Commercial Club, which recently elected him as their representative leader and over which he presides conscien- tiously. In politics he gives his allegiance to the republican party, exercising his influence in an unofficial manner. He is a member of the Masonic order and is Vol. 11-24
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also enrolled upon the membership list of the Modern Woodmen of America. In matters of religious import he has always taken an active part and for two years worked ardently as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the northern states. He is widely known throughout this section of the country, and his circle of friends numbers some of the state's most eminent citizens.
THOMAS J. KEELEN.
Thomas J. Keelen has resided at Boise for eighteen years as state distribu- tor for the products of the Oliver Chilled Plow Company of South Bend, Indiana. He came to this city in 1901 from Mobile, Alabama, where he was born Decem- ber 25, 1877, being the only son of Judge Howard Keelen, who was born in Dub- lin, Ireland, and came to the United States with his parents, Howard and Kate (Riley) Keelen, when but six years of age. The family home was established at Mobile, Alabama, where he was reared and spent his entire life. He served as a colonel in the Confederate army during the Civil war. He prepared for the practice of law and throughout his entire professional career was identified with the Mobile bar. For several years he served as judge of the district court and made a notable record upon the bench for efficiency and impartiality. He reached the advanced age of eighty-nine years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Murphy, was born in Mobile of one of the old families of that city and passed away two years ago. In the family Thomas J. Keelen was an only son and three daughters, all of whom are married. Two are now living in Hongkong, China, while the other is a resident of Honolulu. The family are thus most widely sepa- rated.
Thomas J. Keelen was reared in Mobile, pursuing his education in the schools of that city and in the University of Alabama. In his early manhood he managed his father's plantation interests in the vicinity of Mobile, on the Tombigbee river, and while still a resident of his native state he became interested in various kinds of farm machinery and cotton gins. In 1901 he came to Boise to represent the Oliver Chilled Plow Company of South Bend and continued to act as distributor for that concern until January 1, 1919, not only in Idaho but also in Oregon, Nevada and Utah. He resigned January 1, 1919, to embark in business on his own account. For a time he was distributor for the state of Idaho and eastern Oregon for a standard line of tractors and threshers and had the largest stock of tractors of any dealer in the state of Idaho. He is the owner of one of the best lines of filling stations in Idaho or the northwest, controlling filling stations in the principal towns in the state. He has ranch interests in Washington county and his business affairs have been most carefully, successfully and profitably con- ducted.
In Burley, Idaho, on the 9th of December, 1917, Mr. Keelen was married to Miss Eleanor Brockman, who was born in Pennsylvania but was reared in Weiser, Idaho. They have one child, Jean, who was born October 24, 1918.
Mr. Keelen is a Knight Templar Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. He also has membership with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his religious faith is that of the Methodist church. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and in 1894 he served for a term as a member of the Alabama legislature. He is fond of fishing and motoring, of football and baseball, and during his university days was a member of its football team.
REV. FRANCIS EDWARD FINLEY.
Rey. Francis Edward Finley has for the past four years been the minister of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Emmett. He was born upon a ranch in Riley county, Kansas. June 16, 1873, and is a son of William and Susan (Finley) Finley, the former a native of Ulster, in the north of Ireland, while the latter was born in Ontario, Canada. In young manhood the father crossed the Atlantic to Canada, settling first in Ontario, where he was married. . In 1870 the parents removed to Riley county, Kansas, where they reared their family, numbering nine children,
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of whom Francis E. was the eighth in order of birth. Six of the number, four sons and two daughters, are yet living. These are: Rev. Richard S. Finley, a retired Methodist minister, now at Long Beach, California; William, living at Rolla, Missouri; Mrs. Anna Webber, of Oklahoma; Thomas H., of Oklahoma; Rev. Francis E. Finley, of this review; and Mrs. Minnie C. Bradshaw, of Cedarville, Oklahoma. Those who have passed away are Margaret, Susan and John P. The first two died in childhood, while the last named reach adult age. The father passed away when his son, Francis E., was a lad of but five years, and the mother survived until he had reached the age of twenty.
· Rev. Finley, whose name introduces this record, was reared upon the home farm in Riley county, Kansas. His mother was then a widow and he assisted her largely in the development and improvement of the farm. At the age of nine- teen he entered the Kansas State Agricultural College of Manhattan, where he studied for a year. He afterward spent four years at the Baker University of Baldwin, Kansas, and was there graduated in 1900. While attending there he studied theology to some extent in connection with other branches and began preaching locally while still a college student. On account of failing health he afterward spent several years in Oklahoma, where he engaged in farming while recuperating. In 1905 he was licensed to preach in Oklahoma, being ordained in the city of Alva, Oklahoma, in 1908. Since 1905 he has given his attention steadily to the work of the ministry, accepting a pastorate in Kaw, Oklahoma, while for three years he was also located at Hydro, Oklahoma, and for three years did pastoral work in New Mexico. He has been in Idaho for ten years, spending four years of that time at Filer and two years at Burley. Since 1916 he has been at Emmett. He built churches at both Filer and Burley and he has raised a big d'eht on the First Methodist Episcopal church of Emmett, which by reason of the efforts of Rev. Finley is now free from all indebtedness. He has lahored untiringly in the interests of the cause wherever he has served as pastor and his efforts have been attended with splendid results in the organization of the church work and in the influence which he has had over the spiritual development of his parishioners.
Rev. Finley was united in marriage to Miss Nannie Whitworth and they are parents of two children: Frances Fay, who was graduated from the Emmett high school with the class of 1918 and is now attending the Willamette University of Oregon; and Forest Everett, eleven years of age, now an eighth grade pupil in the Emmett schools.
Rev. Finley is a Master Mason and both he and his wife are connected with the Order of the Eastern Star. His activities have been a potent element for intel- lectual and moral progress. He is a man of keen sympathy and understanding whose high purpose is combined with tact and to whom many look as a guide and counselor.
NOFEAR DAVIS.
Nofear Davis, treasurer and manager of the Blackfoot Mercantile Company, is thus active in control of one of the most important commercial interests of Bing- ham county. He was born in Montpelier, Bear Lake county, Idaho, March 13, 1866, and is a son of John and Jane C. (Lesueur) Davis, the former a native of England, while the latter was born on the isle of Jersey. The father came to America in early life and made his way to Utah, where he engaged in stock rais- ing and farming until ahout 1862, when he established his home at Montpelier, Bear Lake county, Idaho, where he engaged in the cattle business until 1879, when he went to Arizona, spending a year at Mesa. He then took up his abode at St. Johns, Arizona, where he purchased land, and in connection with the devel- opment of the place he operated a stage and mail route. He was engaged in the stock business in that state until 1904, when he returned to Idaho and located at Basalt, Bingham county, where he spent the residue of his days. He departed this life in 1913 hut the mother is still living and now makes her home in Black- foot.
Nofear Davis spent his early youth in Montpelier, Idaho, to the age of twelve years, when he accompanied his parents to Arizona. He continued under the parental roof until twenty-five years of age when he began clerking in a store at
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St. Johns, Arizona, and was thus employed until 1904. He then engaged in gen- eral merchandising on his own account at Basalt and remained at that place for two years. He next came to Blackfoot and was made manager of the branch of the Shelley Mercantile Company at this place. In 1911, in company with others, he organized the Blackfoot Mercantile Company and purchased the stock of the Shelley Mercantile Company. He has since been the treasurer and manager of the Blackfoot Mercantile Company, which now carries a very extensive stock and en- joys a large patronage. The company has ever held to the highest commercial ethics and has maintained the most advanced standards in relation to the per- sonnel of the house, to the line of goods carried and to the treatment accorded patrons. The business would be a credit to a city of much larger size, and its success and advancement are attributable in no small measure to the efforts of the manager. He is also a stockholder and one of the directors of the Black- foot City Bank, which he aided in organizing. He owns farm land which he now rents, and altogether his business interests are of a most extensive and important character.
On the 13th of October, 1891, Mr. Davis was united in marriage to Miss Signa A. Jacobson and they have become the parents of ten children, of whom eight sur- vive, namely: John L., and Orson P., both of whom assist their father in the con- duct of the store; Anna J .; Lloyd A .; Reed William; Lola A .; Clifford L .; and Vilate E. Those deceased are Emma and Donald Nofear.
Mr. Davis has always remained a consistent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is now second counselor to the president of the Blackfoot stake, James Duckworth. He has also held other offices in the church. In politics he is an earnest republican and acted as precinct chairman and county chairman of the republican committee. He served for two terms as a member of the city council and is now president of the school board, the cause of education finding in him a stalwart champion who is most loyal to the cause of public educa- tion and who in all matters of citizenship stands firmly for advancement and im- provement.
CLYDE A. GLOUGIE.
Clyde A. Glougie is actively connected with real estate operations and manufactur- Ing interests in the northwest, making his home at Nampa. The nature and extent of his activities show him to be a forceful and resourceful man whose keen sagacity enables him to readily recognize opportunities, while his initiative is carrying him steadily to a position of leadership in both lines of business to which he is giving his attention. Mr. Glougie is a native son of Iowa. He was born at Corning, that state, February 27, 1876, and supplemented his common school education, obtained at Cedar Falls, by two years' study in the state normal. In 1891 he obtained a teacher's certificate and for two years thereafter was superintendent of the schools of Nodaway, Iowa, subsequent to which time he turned his attention to the live stock business, in which he engaged at Corning for sixteen years.
In 1918 Mr. Glougie arrived in Nampa and purchased four hundred and forty acres of sugar beet lands where the Carnation condensery is now located. His brother, C. H. Glougie, was interested with him in this purchase. He soon afterward became con- nected with the Coin Controlled Locker Company, Limited, of which he is the president, with W. C. Dewey as vice president and C. H. Glougie as treasurer. The lock was patented by S. L. Flower of Nampa and its use will eliminate straight key locks. By a very simple arrangement the lock is so constructed that the combination can be changed by the user at will, making it impossible for a lock picker to open it. It can be used for any purpose where locks are necessary, from an automobile to safety deposit boxes. When the lock is used for hotel purposes, the guest upon leaving his room can set the combination so that no one, neither proprietor nor chambermaid, can enter the room. The heads of the railroad companies who are acquainted with the lock are ready to install it in their depot lockers for the benefit of the traveling public. The haggage locker has an automatic device which tells exactly the number of times the locker has been opened, and the number of coins which have been dropped into the locker are registered in plain sight, making it impossible to beat the machine. Glougie Brothers established a factory under the name of the Milwaukee Machine & Model
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Works, Incorporated, at Milwaukee, Oregon, with Clyde A. Glougie as president of the company and C. H. Glougie, secretary and treasurer. They expect to have the lock on the market when this goes to issue. This invention is expected to revolution- ize the lock industry of the world. Mr. Glougie has the confidence of all who are associated with him and the record of his past business performances is a proof that the word failure has been omitted from his vocabulary.
Glougie Brothers are men of broad business experience and are constantly in touch with all the big things that are being done in the outside business world. Clyde A. Glougie has traveled throughout the length and breadth of the United States and through his knowledge of business conditions in other states he has been able to take advantage of the opportunities in the way of investments that have more than justified his judgment in their financial returns. He anticipated the great cotton production in Arizona and bought land there while others were thinking about it. The ad- vanced value of his holdings there constitutes a substantial fortune. He has been a great factor in the upbuilding of Nampa and was in no small degree instrumental in making Nampa the location of the Carnation Milk Products Company of Seattle, Waslı- ington, for their condensery plant, which was erected at an expenditure of nearly two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The value of this plant to Nampa and the state can scarcely be overestimated. As mentioned above, the plant is located on land pur- chased by C. A. Glougie and his brother. These two established a real estate busi- ness in Nampa which has grown to large proportions. The brothers each own a stock ranch and are thereon engaged in raising both sheep and cattle.
In 1901 Clyde A. Glougie was married to Miss Dora Miller, of Corning, Iowa. They have three children: Doris O., who is attending high school; Helen E. and Gladys, who have been attending St. Margaret's. Mr. Glougie is yet a comparatively young man, but notable business enterprise and keen sagacity have carried him into most important relations and the character of his labors has made his contribution to the development and upbuilding of Nampa a most important one. There have been no esoteric phases in his career, nothing sinister and nothing to conceal. His success is the direct outcome of labor and keen intelligence, with a recognition of the fact that, as a modern philosopher has expressed it, "Success does not depend upon a map but upon a time-table."
WALTER J. EASTON.
One of the attractive commercial establishments of Emmett is the jewelry and music house of Walter J. Easton, who has developed a gratifying trade along both lines and now has a well appointed store, carrying a large and carefully selected line of goods. Mr. Easton was born at St. Charles, Minnesota, September 28, 1858, and is a son of Joshua and Mary (Covey) Easton, who were natives of Massachu- setts and New York respectively. The father was a shoemaker by trade and both he and his wife have passed away.
Mr. Easton of this review was reared near Rock Island, Illinois, in the town of Orion, Henry county, where his father conducted a confectionery store after having retired from shoemaking following the introduction of machinery for the manufacture of shoes. After putting aside his textbooks Walter J. Easton learned the jeweler's trade at Geneseo, Henry county, Illinois, beginning work when a youth of seventeen. He spent three years as an apprentice and then established a jewelry business of his own in his home town of Orion. Throughout the inter- veninig years he has been connected with the jewelry trade, carrying on business on his own account since 1877 save for a few brief intervals. After leaving Orion he spent two years as a jeweler at Milbank, South Dakota, two and a half years at Sedgwick, Kansas, three years at Republican City, Nebraska, and for about nine months was engaged in other pursuits in the Black Hills. Later he established a jewelry store at Superior, Nebraska, where he remained in business for fourteen years or from 1891 until 1905. In the latter year he came to Emmett, where he has now made his home for a decade and a half. The Easton jewelry store is the oldest establishment of the kind in Emmett and he carries an attractive line of goods. He is, moreover, a registered optometrist and his store also includes a large line of musical instruments, including pianos, piano players and the Victor and Edi- son talking machines.
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Mr. Easton has been married twice. At Orion, Illinois, in 1881, he wedded Addie Morrow, who passed away in 1885, leaving two sons, Earl and James, both now grown to manhood and residing in Nebraska. On the 13th of June, 1889, Mr. Easton wedded Miss Elvira Crookham, who was born in Pennsylvania, June 13, 1868, a daughter of James and Lydia (DeVore) Crookham, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively.
Mrs. Easton is a member of the Baptist church, while Mr. Easton belongs to the Universalist church. Both give their political allegiance to the republican party. Fraternally Mr. Easton is an Odd Fellow, belonging to both lodge and encampment, and his wife is connected with the Daughters of Rebekah. She is a past noble grand in that order and she also has membership in the Woman's Re- lief Corps. She is likewise eligible to membership in the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution, for among her ancestors were those who fought for the independence of the nation. Mr. Easton is fond of outdoor sports such as hunting and fishing, to which he turns for recreation. He and his wife own a beautiful apple orchard a mile from Emmett, which is now thirteen years old, being planted in the spring of 1907. They raise Delicious and King David apples and produce some of the finest fruit of this section. Since coming to Idaho they have made substantial prog- ress in a financial way and they have found most pleasant associations here, their sterling worth of character gaining for them many friends.
JOSEPH P. DION.
Joseph P. Dion, of Emmett, who for a long period was a mill builder by occu- pation, is now the owner of a large furniture store in Emmett and is making suh- stantial progress in his mercantile venture. Already he has won a substantial measure of success since starting in this field. He is yet a comparatively young man, being only forty-seven years of age, and he has devoted twenty-two years of his life to the business of building sawmills, during which period he erected thirty-one sawmills, five of these being among the largest plants of the kind in Idaho.
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