History of Idaho, the gem of the mountains, Volume II, Part 55

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 1024

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"This project will cover thousands of acres of productive lands, and embracing, as it does, a storage system of large capacity and conceded merit, should attract a desirable class of settlers.

"The storage plant is known as Antelope Reservoir and is one of the best suited for storage the writer has ever seen, and, owing to the contour of the hills, with their rock-ribbed formation, where the main dam is being built, can be made very substan- tial and permanent. The base is built to accommodate a fifty foot dam at which level it will store thirty thousand acre feet of water. At the eighty foot level it is to im- pound one hundred and twenty-seven thousand acre feet. This storage is to be a reserve supply of water, as the water for irrigation earlier in the season is to be sup- plied direct from canals, which are either to be built or are already partially con- structed. .

"There is also a second reservoir in the plan, to be known as the upper canyon reservoir, which is to be a part of the storage system, as the contention is that the

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run-off of Jordan Creek and its tributaries has a great volume of water in the early spring which can and will be utilized by the storage proposed, to be used later in the season if needed.

"The project is divided into three systems or units. The upper one of sixteen thousand acres, the Antelope unit of five thousand acres and the lower unit of twenty- three thousand acres."

ANTON M. SANDE.

Anton M. Sande is the proprietor of the Twin Falls Feed & Ice Company of Twin Falls, where he has now developed a business of gratifying proportions, his methods at all times measuring up to modern commercial standards. He was born in Stavanger, Norway, on the 25th of January, 1874, and is a son of Michael and Anna (Rasmussen) Sande. He spent the period of his boyhood and youth in the land of the midnight sun and had reached the age of twenty-two years when in 1896 he bade adieu to friends and native country and sailed for the new world. After crossing the briny deep he inade his way westward to Kendall county, Illinois, and there he secured employment as a farm hand, for he had come to the United States with a very limited capital. For a number of years he remained in the Mississippi valley and then in August, 1903, came to Idaho, making Butte his destination. He entered the employ of McRoy & Rogerson and for four years was connected with their sheep and cattle outfit. On the expiration of that period he took up his abode at Twin Falls and here engaged in the ice business, which he has since followed successfully, enjoying a large trade in that commodity. After three years he purchased the Twin Falls Feed Mill and has since conducted both lines of business under the name of the Twin Falls Feed & Ice Company. In addition he has made judicious investments in farm lands and now owns considerable good property of that character. His business location is at Fifth avenue, South, in Twin Falls.

Mr. Sande is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. After taking out his naturalization papers he became a supporter of the republican party. Almost a quarter of a century has passed since he left his native land to seek a home and fortune in the new world and he has never had occasion to regret the change, for here he found the chances which he sought and in their utilization has advanced to a creditable position in business circles of his adopted city.

JAMES B. LATIMER.

James B. Latimer, who passed away July 3, 1912, was a well known druggist and highly respected citizen of Boise. His social qualities and many sterling traits of character had endeared him to all who knew him and his cheery disposition won for him the name among his friends of "Sunny Jim." He was born in Iowa, December 31, 1874, and his youthful days were passed in that state, where his education was ac- quired in the public schools. His father was a merchant of Iowa, where James B. Lat- imer remained until early manhood, when he came to Idaho. After a brief residence at Hailey he removed to Boise and here learned the drug business, chiefly in the store of Charles L. Joy. After two years there passed he embarked in business on his own account, prompted thereto by a laudable ambition and a progressive spirit, which wrought for success in later life. It was in 1901 that he joined C. O. Ballou in organ- izing the Ballou-Latimer Company, Ltd., of which he became the vice president. They established a drug store which they successfully conducted, building up a trade of gratifying proportions. Mr. Latimer remained an active factor in the management and control of the business until his death, when Mrs. Latimer became the vice pres- ident and is still thus connected with the store.

It was on the 30th of October, 1901, that Mr. Latimer was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Haug, a daughter of Nicholas Haug, who is mentioned at length .on an- other page of this work. Mrs. Latimer and her mother, Mrs. Mary Haug, reside at No. 420 Jefferson street and are among the well known ladies of Boise. In the Haug family are six living children, four daughters and two sons: Mrs. Emma Lippincott, of New York City; Mrs. Theresa Puckett, the widow of the late W. H. Puckett, a well known lawyer of Boise who at one time was a law partner of Governor James H.

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Hawley and who passed away December 18, 1916; Ethelbert, living in Kellogg, Idaho; Josephine, who became the wife of James B. Latimer; Frank, who is in the drug busi- ness in Boise; and Mrs. Victoria Jones, of Cleveland, Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Latimer had no children. He was a member of the Benevolent Pro- tective Order of Elks and also of the Knights of Pythias and he was very popular among a circle of friends that was almost coextensive with the circle of his ac- quaintance. He had not yet attained middle age when death called him, although he had spent the previous winter in Florida, hoping that a change of climate would prove beneficial. He was a man of courageous spirit and high principles and the sterling traits of his character endeared him to all with whom he came in contact.

A. FRANK SNOW.

A. Frank Snow, manager at Burley for the Nibley-Channel Lumber Company, Ltd., was born in Albany, Kentucky, January 26, 1860, and is a son of O. H. P. and Rebecca (Zimmerman) Snow. His boyhood days were passed in the place of his nativity and his education was acquired in the public schools there. He was reared to the occu- pation of farming to which he afterward gave his attention until 1909, when, attracted by the opportunties of the growing northwest, he made his way to American Falls, Idaho, where he resided for a year. In 1910 he removed to Burley and accepted a position with the Twin Falls Lumber Company, the business at the present time be- ing conducted under the name of the Boise-Payette Lumber Company. He remained in that connection for four years, after which he was elected to the position of treasurer of Cassia county in 1914. He filled the office for two years. After retiring from office he conducted a farm for a short time and in September, 1917, accepted his present position as manager with the Nibley-Channel Lumber Company, Ltd., at Burley. His previous experience in connection with the lumber trade well qualified him for the onerous and responsible duties which he assumed. He has developed the business to gratifying proportions, being now in charge of a large lumberyard, in connection with which he cares for an extensive trade.

On the 26th of January, 1917, Mr. Snow was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Lowrey, a daughter of John and Martha Lowrey, of Grayville, Illinois, where her father was extensively engaged in stock raising.

Mr. Snow has always given his political allegiance to the republican party since attaining his majority and while still a resident of Kentucky served as sheriff of Clin- ton county for some time. Fraternally he is a Mason and an Odd Fellow and is loyal to the teachings and purposes of those organizations. There have been no unusual or spectacular phases in his life. His record is that of a representative American busi- ness man who has realized at the outset that industry and perseverance are indis- pensable factors in the attainment of success. Thoroughness and fidelity have also characterized his career and have brought him into important business relations in the northwest.

HERBERT G. WELLS.

Herbert G. Wells, the Boise representative of the firm of Maney Brothers & Com- pany, general contractors of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been a member of the firm since 1905 and previous to that time was for several years a partner in the firm of Wells Brothers, contractors. His associations along these lines have brought him wide experience and pronounced capability. His birth occurred on the bank of the Ohio River in West Virginia, October 22, 1867. He is the eldest son of Elijah H. and Rachel Virginia (Moore) Wells, natives of West Virginia and Missouri respectively. Both have now passed away. The son went to Fort Smith, Arkansas, when seventeen years of age in company with his parents and at the age of twenty he took up the contract- ing business in that state. His first work was in grading a railroad and for thirty years he has been engaged in general contract work, chiefly railroad building, the con- struction of dams, canals, irrigation projects and drainage work. For several years he and his younger brother, Ephraim J. Wells, composed the firm of Wells Brothers, general contractors, doing grading work for the Big Four Railroad, which was then

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being built, their contracts being in Indiana and Illinois. The Wells Brothers con- structed one hundred and three miles of the Frisco Railroad in Oklahoma for the con- tracting firm of McArthur Brothers of Chicago, and since 1905 they have been the "company" in the firm of Maney Brothers & Company, with headquarters at Oklahoma City. This, too, is a very large concern.

Mr. Wells first came to Idaho as representative of the company in 1911 to construct the Pacific & Idaho Northern Railroad. The firm of Maney Brothers & Company had the contract for many large works in Idaho and Mr. Wells and his brother, E. J. Wells, have had full charge of all work done by the firm in this state. They have been the huilders of the Crane Creek dam for the Crane Creek Land & Water Company of Weiser, Idaho, and also the railroad for the United States government extending from Barber, Idaho, to Arrowrock dam, the building of the line enabling the government to construct the Arrowrock dam, which is the largest and highest in the world. In recent years Mr. Wells has also executed other important construction work for Mancy Brothers & Company and has recently completed a dam on Little Lost river, near Mackay, Idaho, and is building an irrigation plant for the government in eastern Oregon which will reclaim thirty-eight thousand acres of land. The offices of the com- pany in Boise are located in the Shaw block and Mr. Wells and his brother are recog- nized as among the most prominent general contractors of the northwest, having been identified with many important projects.

In St. Louis, Missouri, in 1905, Mr. Wells was married to James Marie Nagle, of St. Louis, and they have two children, James Nagle and Katherine Alice, twins, aged nine years, their birth having occurred July 15, 1909. The family occupy a pleasant home at No. 2309 Sherman street, which was purchased by Mr. Wells about seven years ago. He belongs to the Boise Commercial Club but has never been an active lodge man. His time and energies have been chiefly devoted to his business and close ap- plication, thoroughness and unfaltering industry have brought him prominently to the front in this connection.

COLONEL JOSIAH E. MILLER.

Colonel Josiah E. Miller is now a retired stockman living at Burley, enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil. He was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania, March 23, 1842, a son of Robert and Rebecca (Love) Miller. His boyhood days were passed in the Keystone state, where he pursued his education as a public school pupil, and afterward learned the trade of a mason and bricklayer. At the time of the Civil war all business and personal interests, however, were put aside and in 1861 he joined the Union army as a member of Company H, One Hundred and Fifth Pennsylvania Infantry, which was attached to the Army of the Potomac. His military service was of a most strenuous character. He was wounded four times in the battle of Fair Oaks, was again wounded at Gettysburg and at Spottsylvania Courthouse. He was present when General Lee surrendered and on that occasion was in command of a brigade. He served altogether for four years and was honorably discharged at Pittsburgh. In the meantime his valor, loyalty and capability had won him various promotions until he had reached the rank of colonel and with that rank he was com- manding a brigade at the time of General Lee's surrender.

In 1861 Colonel Miller went to the oil fields of Pennsylvania and worked on the first oil well drilled in the United States, but after the war, on account of the wounds which he had received in battle, he was obliged to give up that labor in 1867. He then made his way westward, settling at Washington, Iowa, where he purchased a farm, which he continued to cultivate and improve until his health failed. He afterward sold that property and became a resident of Lincoln, Nebraska, where he entered business circles as a building contractor. For six years he con- tinued in that business and in farming and afterward went to Halls Station, Missouri, where he remained through one winter. Later he drove across the country to Hum- boldt, Kansas, where lived his brother Mathew, who had also served in the Union army in the same company as Colonel Miller. He and his brother then started west, traveling as far as Green River, Wyoming, there being forty-nine wagons in the train. Mathew Miller continued the journey by way of Ogden, Utah, while Josiah E. Miller traveled by way of Soda Springs. They were to meet at Goose creek, but on arriving Josiah Miller found that his brother and others of the party were far

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ahead. Colonel Miller, however, remained at Goose creek, settling three-fourths of a mile from where the town of Burley now stands. Here he took up one hundred and sixty acres and began the arduous task of developing a new farm. After building a log house he commenced the work of breaking the sod and cultivating his fields, which he brought under a high state of cultivation. Later he sold that property and located the land where Burley now stands, taking up a desert claim of six hundred and thirty acres, while his wife secured four hundred and eighty acres. Colonel Miller also bought more land and built thereon a brick house, after living for a time in a log house that already stood upon his claim. In 1905 he founded the town of Burley in connection with others, sold lots and hent his energies to the development of the village. He now owns two-thirds of the stock of the Townsite Company. Much of the growth and progress of Burley is directly due to his efforts and assistance. He was largely instrumental in having the sugar factory located there and has at all times been a prominent figure in promoting the development and upbuilding of his part of the state.

In 1865 Colonel Miller was married to Miss Isabel Ray, a daughter of George and Betsey (Gilmore) Ray and a native of Butler county, Pennsylvania. They have become the parents of three children: Mrs. Grace Higgins, now living at Red Bluff, California; Mrs. Lillian Vaughn, whose home is in Sacramento, California; and Arthur C., a resident of Burley.

In his political views Colonel Miller is a republican, having long given stanch and unfaltering support to the party. He served as first deputy sheriff at Albion and while acting in that capacity was wounded. He has also been postmaster, assessor and school trustee, filling the latter position until 1915, and while acting as post- master at Albion he also conducted a general banking business there. He likewise established the Burley State Bank, which was the first bank of the town, and he became its first president. In 1915 he was elected mayor of Burley. He had previously been connected with the legislative history of Idaho, having in 1893 been chosen to represent his district in the state senate. While a member of the upper house he introduced a bill providing for the Albion Normal School, which bill passed hoth houses hy a large majority. No one has ever questioned his devotion to the public welfare. He has lahored untiringly to promote the progress and upbuilding of com- munity and commonwealth, and over the record of his official career there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil. Fraternally he is a prominent Mason, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in the consistory, and he is also a member of the Mystic Shrine. His life has indeed been an active and useful one. While holding office at various periods, he has continued a successful and prominent stockman and now in the evening of life is living retired, enjoying a rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves. Throughout his entire life he has been as loyal to the best interests of his country as when he followed the nation's starry hanner on the battlefields of the south and aided in the defense of the Union.

JESSE M. JACKSON.

Jesse M. Jackson, one of the county commissioners of Ada county, and a Boise pioneer, formerly identified with the contracting business but now living retired in the enjoyment of well earned and well merited rest, was born in Madison county, Illi- nois, October 8, 1858, his parents being Henry Clayton and Sarah Ellen (Gibbs) Jack- son, who were also natives of Illinois. They removed to Kansas when their son, Jesse M., was eight years of age and both have now passed away.

Jesse M. Jackson was reared upon the home farm in Johnson county, Kansas, ten miles from Kansas City. His father, Henry C. Jackson, who made farming his life work, was one of a family of twenty-six children born of the two marriages of his father, Lowe Jackson, who removed from North Carolina to Illinois at an early period in the settlement of the latter state and took up his abode in Madison county, ahout twenty miles east of St. Louis. He became one of the pioneers of that district, settling in the midst of the woods, choosing a timbered district in preference to the Illinois prairies. His son, Henry Clayton Jackson, was one of the children born of Lowe Jackson's first marriage. He, too, had a large family numbering ten children, of whom seven reached adult age, while five are still living.

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In 1881 Jesse M. Jackson removed from Kansas to Idaho. He spent fifteen years in Custer county, near Challis, and during the first year of his residence there worked for wages. The second year he made a "stake" by raising a crop of oats. In 1896 he took up his abode in Boise and has made his home in and near the city since that time. For five years he owned and occupied an eighty-five acre ranch on the Boise bench and for about twelve years he conducted an extensive general contracting business, making various large excavations for some of Boise's leading structures, including the Overland building, the Idaho building, the new state capitol, the Boise high school, the Oxford Hotel, the Statesman block and others. In this undertaking he was as- sociated with J. Ed Rankin, now deceased. The firm of Jackson & Rankin also did the excavating for the McCarty building, the Bristol Hotel, the Owyhee Hotel, the Boise City National Bank building and the Ford Motor Car building. As Mr. Jack- son prospered in his undertakings he made extensive investments in property and is now the owner of much valuable rental realty in Boise, including the Jackson flats at the corner of Fourth street and Warm Springs avenue. His realty possessions return to him a most gratifying annual income and are the visible evidence of his life of well directed energy, thrift and sound business judgment,

On the 20th of October, 1890, Mr. Jackson was married in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Miss Marion Irene Spenny and they have two living children: Edna L. V., who is a graduate of the Leland Stanford University and is now private secretary to Congressman Burton L. French in Washington, D. C .; and Jesse M., fifteen years of age, a pupil in the Boise high school, from which his sister graduated ere entering the Leland Stanford Uni- versity. They also lost a daughter who died while the family resided on the Boise bench. Mr. Jackson and his wife occupy a pleasant home which was built after plans which he made.

In politics he is a republican and in 1918 was the candidate on the party ticket for the office of county commissioner, to which he was elected and is now capably filling that office. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has served as noble grand in the local lodge. In a review of his life it is easily seen that he has won the proud American title of a self-made man, his advancement coming as the direct reward of his own labors and perseverance, and his life history should serve to inspire and encourage others, showing what may be accomplished by individual will.

IRA SMITH LAMBING.

Prominent among the energetic, farsighted and successful business men of Poca- tello is numbered Ira Smith Lambing, now a wholesale dealer in hay, grain, flour and feed. His residence in Idaho dates from January 1, 1908, when he took up his abode at Twin Falls. He was born in Taylor county, Iowa, July 14, 1885, and is a son of William M. Lambing, a native of Ohio, who made his first visit to Idaho in 1872, when he was engaged in government survey work. He removed to Twin Falls from Iowa in 1911 and for many years was an active and prominent figure in live stock circles but is now living retired in the possession of a handsome competence acquired through his care- fully directed business affairs. His wife has passed away.

Their son, Ira S. Lambing, attended school at West Liberty, Iowa, until seventeen years of age, when he entered upon a business course at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and later secured a position with the United States Express Company. He afterward became actively connected with the hardware trade as a clerk for J. F. Doty, at West Liberty, Iowa, and there remained in active business until January 1, 1908, when he came to this state. He purchased a farm at Twin Falls and remained thereon for one year, at the end of which time he leased his land and entered the employ of the Utah-Idaho Elevator Company, since which time he has been connected with the grain trade of the state. He was later made manager of all the business of that company in Idaho and filled that responsible position until the business was sold to the Farmers' Grain & Milling Company of Salt Lake City in 1913. Mr. Lambing then continned with John L. Barr, the former head of the Utah-Idaho Elevator Company, who at that time en- gaged in the grain business with headquarters at Pocatello under the name of the Poca- tello Milling & Elevator Company. On the 1st of August, 1916, Mr. Lambing purchased the interests of Mr. Barr in the business and is now sole owner. He has erected a splendid large cement elevator and flour mill, and is engaged in the hay, grain, flour and feed business as a wholesale dealer, buying as far east as Kansas and selling as

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far east as Kansas, Georgia and Tennessee, as far south as Texas and west to California. His business therefore covers a very wide territory and has reached most gratifying proportions. He owns Block 603, at the corner of Pocatello and Heyden avenues, where his business is located.

On the 5th of February, 1908, Mr. Lambing was married to Miss Emma Reeves, of West Liberty, Iowa, and they have one son, Ira S., Jr.

Mr. Lambing is fond of fishing and shooting and other outdoor sports. He was an amateur sprinter in his youth his record being a fifty-yard dash in six seconds, made at West Liberty, Iowa, in 1902. During his last year at school he was a member of the football team, which was not once defeated throughout the entire year. In his political views he is a republican and was a member of the city council of Pocatello in 1917 and 1918, standing at all times for those interests which are of greatest worth to the com- munity. In fact he has labored untiringly to promote the welfare and advance the upbuilding of Pocatello, giving much time and effort to the cause, and he is a member of the Rotary Club, which draws its membership from among the most wide-awake and progressive citizens of the town and has but one representative from each line of business. During the period of the world war Mr. Lambing took a very active part in each Liberty Loan drive, speaking in the interests of the loan throughout the state. He is a man of forceful character and one that impresses others with the idea that anything which he undertakes he accomplishes. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and exemplifies in his life the beneficent spirit of the craft. His is a character of splendid development, well rounded, the interests and activities in his life being carefully balanced.

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History of Idaho, the gem of the mountains, Volume II, Part 55

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed Publication date: 1920 Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company Number of Pages: 1024

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 1024