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James M. Jackson was the eldest in a family of seven children and in his youth- ful days he pursued his education in the public schools of his native county. He then went to Kansas with his parents and for six years was employed at farm labor in that state. In 1876 he removed to Colorado and became identified with the agricultural interests of that section, there remaining until 1889, when he removed to the northern part of Idaho, first settling in Nez Perce county on Pot- latch prairie. There he resided for three years, or until 1892, when he removed to a farm near Meridian and for fifteen years gave his attention to agricultural pursuits. On removing to the Boise valley he began experimenting with various fruits and in 1891 cultivated and shipped the first prunes from the state, thus initiating what has in the course of years come to be one of the important industries of the state. His proof of what could be done in this connection has been of the greatest value to Idaho, as lands which were formerly regarded as largely worthless have been devoted to the production of fruit and such property is today worth more than four times the price at which it could have been originally bought. Upon his removal to the Boise valley Mr. Jackson took up general farming and was so en- gaged until 1907, when he disposed of his farming interests and became one of the owners of the business conducted under the name of the Meridian Hardware & Implement Company. The concern was then a small one, but he recognized the
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possibilities of the district and became an active factor in the development and upbuilding of the business, which, under the wise guidance of himself and his associates, has become one of the important commercial interests of this locality. At the head of the enterprise have been most capable business men, Mr. Jackson being now the president of the company, with J. L. Waggoner as the secretary and general manager. Retaining some of his farming interests, Mr. Jackson has re- cently disposed of an eighty acre farm in the vicinity of Meridian for twenty thou- .sand dollars.
At Canyon City, Colorado, February 14, 1882, Mr. Jackson was united in marriage to Miss Della Price Gibson, who was born near St. Joseph, Missouri, Octo- ber 24, 1863, and was given the middle name of Price in honor of General Sterling Price of the Confederate army. She is a daughter of James Russell Gibson, who was a Confederate veteran. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson died in infancy. Fraternally Mr. Jackson is an Odd Fellow and has passed all of the chairs in the local lodge. His political support is given to the democratic party and he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but does not seek nor desire political office. He and his wife are consistent members of the Christian church and they occupy an enviable position in social circles of the city, the number of their friends being almost equal to that of their acquaintances. Throughout his entire life Mr. Jackson has been known as a most upright man, a loyal citizen and a pro- gressive merchant. His activities along horticultural, agricultural and commercial lines have all contributed to the development and upbuilding of the state and he well deserves mention among Idaho's representative residents.
REV. NICHOLAS PHILIP HAHN.
Rev. Nicholas Philip Hahn, pastor of St. John's Roman Catholic church in Boise, was born at Maryville, Missouri, September 26, 1878. His father, Nicholas Hahn, served throughout the Civil war as a member of Company C, Ninth Wisconsin Volun- teer Infantry. He was a contractor and builder by occupation and he passed away in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1906. The mother was prior to her marriage Miss Helena Kohns. Rev. Hahn of this review was one of a family of five children, two of whom have passed away, while a brother and a sister reside in Portland, Oregon.
The early life of Rev. Hahn was spent chiefly in the state of Wisconsin, in Denver, Colorado, and in Portland, Oregon. He pursued a classical course in Mount Angel College, Oregon, completing his studies there in 1898. He afterward became a teacher in that institution, giving instruction in English and Latin there for four years. Sub- sequently he pursued a philosophical course in the Catholic University of Washington, D. C .. and next entered the Grand Seminary of Montreal, Canada, where he pursued his theological studies for two years. Later he was ordained to the priesthood in Menlo Park, California, and in 1911 he came to Idaho, where for two years he was pastor of St. Mary's church at Genesee. He next served as pastor of St. Edward's church at Twin Falls, Idaho, for a period of six years and was transferred from that parish to St. John's Catholic church in Boise in March, 1919.
Rev. Hahn is connected with the Knights of Columbus and served as chaplain of the Knights of Columbus council at Twin Falls during his pastorate there. He is now in the full vigor of manhood, zealous and earnest in support of the cause for which he labors, his efforts proving highly resultant in the upbuilding of the Catholic church in this section of the country.
WILLIAM T. JACK.
William T. Jack, of Oakley, president of the Cassia stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 1, 1857, and is a son of Thomas and Mary Ann (Dunlap) Jack, the former a native of Scotland, while the latter was born in Ireland. In young manhood the father worked in the weaving mills of Scotland and afterward served with the Ninety- second Highlanders for twelve and a half years. In 1854 he volunteered for service in the Crimean war and was on active duty on the Mediterranean, He joined the
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while on the rock of Gibraltar. After receiving his discharge from the army he returned to Scotland, where he was again identified with weaving, but saved his money in order to come to the United States, it being his desire to join the people of his faith in Utah. He was married in Scot- land in 1843 and came to Utah in 1857, crossing the plains with one of the hand- cart companies. He located at Salt Lake City and followed farming there, while in the fall of the year he engaged in the manufacture of syrup. He continued a resident of that locality until his death, which occurred in 1907, when he had reached the age of eighty years. The mother died at the age of seventy. She, too, was a follower of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
William T. Jack spent his boyhood days in Salt Lake City and was educated in the public schools under Carl G. Measer. Later he followed farming, freighting and logging and afterward turned his attention to merchandising, in which he was engaged for nineteen years. He also spent five years in the mission field of the central states, serving as president for three years. On the 14th of May, 1900, he
came to Oakley, Idaho, having been chosen as president of Cassia stake, comprising seven wards and extending from Carey, Idaho, to Grouse Creek, Utah, on the south. This territory has since developed, so that at the present time it includes five stakes, with approximately thirty-five wards, and ten thriving branches of the church. Mr. Jack has most wisely and carefully directed the interests of the stake and is one of the prominent representatives of the church in Cassia county and Idaho.
He has also been an active factor in the business life of the community and has contributed much to its material as well as to its moral development. He was the president and general manager of the Burley Town Site Company for ten years following the organization and early development of the town. He also engaged in merchandising at Oakley from 1904 until 1907 and took over the People's Union Mercantile Company of that place, which was in debt. He placed the business upon a paying basis, thoroughly reorganizing and systematizing its interests, and finally returned it to the People's Union Mercantile Company a prosperous concern.
In 1877 Mr. Jack was married to Miss Ellen Naylor, a daughter of Thomas and Alice (Sutton) Naylor. She passed away in 1887, when thirty years of age, leaving one child, Arthur W., who died in 1913, at the age of twenty-six years. Mr. Jack was again married in 1887, when Miss Jubertine Iverson became his wife. She is a native of Washington, Utah, and a daughter of H. P. and Anna D. (Nisson) Iverson. Mr. and Mrs. Jack have become the parents of five children: Kimball I., Ella D., Mary R., Lorenzo T. and Calvin O.
In his political views Mr. Jack is a republican but has been so active in a busi- ness way and in the work of the church that he has never sought nor desired polit- ical preferment. He is keenly interested in all that has to do with progressive cit- izenship, however, and his aid and influence are always on the side of advancement and improvement. His entire life has been passed in the west and he is actuated by the enterprising spirit which has been the dominant factor in the development of this section of the country.
REV. BERNARDO ARREGUI.
Rev. Bernardo Arregui, pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd, located at the corner of Fifth and Idaho streets in Boise, has been a resident of this city since 1911, coming to Boise directly from Spain in order to serve several Spanish Catholic congregations in Idaho, or in fact to serve all of the churches in Idaho among the Spanish people or the Basques. During the past eight years he has been pastor of the Spanish or Basque branch of St. John's Cathedral in Boise and has served the Spanish Catholics at Nampa, Mountain Home, Gooding, Shoshone, Hailey and other Idaho points. He enjoys the distinction of being the only Spanish Catholic priest in all of the state.
Rev. Arregui was born in Spain, July 23, 1866, the son of a farmer. He was reared and educated in his native country, being graduated from the seminary at Vitoria, Spain, in 1889. He was at once ordained to the priesthood and became pastor of St. Michael's church in Irura, province of Guibuzcoa, Spain, where he served his people for twenty-one years, taking charge there on the 14th of February, 1890, and resigning the position in June, 1911, in order to come to the United States for
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the purpose of taking up the work among the Spanish Catholics of Idaho. Many of the people speak what is known as the Basque language. It is a prehistoric tongue used largely by the people on both sides of the Pyrenees which divide France and Spain. The need of these people for religious instruction led to Father Arregui's leav- ing his native country to come to Idaho and take up the work at the urgent request of the late Bishop Glorieux of this state. Father Arregui has done most important work among the people of this region in establishing a new Catholic parish in Boise, which is intended to serve the Spanish Catholics of the city and vicinity. On the 2d of March, 1919, he had the pleasure of seeing his work reach a happy culmina- tion when the new Church of the Good Shepherd at the corner of Fifth and Idaho streets was dedicated-the only Spanish Catholic church property and parish in all the state. The occasion was a most memorable one, the bishop and many church dignitaries being in attendance, Bishop Gorman preaching a most impressive sermon. Adjacent to the church and fronting on Idaho street is also a substantial and com- fortable parish house, which is occupied by Father Arregui. The furnishings and equipment of both the church and parish house are new and of exceedingly hand- some design. Both buildings are of hrick construction, built upon an attractive plan, and the church edifice constitutes a beautiful addition to the houses of worship in Boise. Father Arregui becomes the first pastor of the Church of the Good Shep- herd. He has made an enviable name for himself by reason of his labors since coming to this city and he is now ministering to the spiritual needs of one hundred and three families in the capital and vicinity. Father Arregui was appointed Span- ish vice consul for Idaho and Montana February 28, 1916, by Count Romanoes, then secretary of state in Spain.
WALTER M. CAMPBELL.
Walter M. Campbell, forest supervisor residing at Burley, was born in Eugene, Oregon, July 2, 1876, and is a son of William O. and Clara L. (Little) Campbell. The father was born in the Mohawk valley of New York and the mother in Hartford, Connecticut. The former was a master carpenter in the east and in 1861 put aside all business and personal considerations in order to join the Union army, becoming a member of the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, with which he served for four years and five months. He participated in the hattles of Yorktown, Petersburg, Gettysburg and others and also took part in the Grand Review in Washington, D. C., where the victorious army marched down the broad Pennsylvania avenue, over which was suspended a banner bearing the words: "The only debt which our country owes that she cannot pay is the debt which she owes to her soldiers." When the war was over he returned to Connecticut and later removed westward to Chicago and to Evanston, Illinois, where he engaged in carpentering. It was in Evanston, in 1867, that he was married and later he removed to San Francisco, California. From that place he made his way to Eugene, Oregon, in 1873 and there again engaged in carpentering. In 1877 he established his home at Kamiah, Idaho, and afterward removed to Moscow, where he resided until July, 1882, having charge of the Indian schools there. He later took up the occupation of farming and ranching and in 1893 removed to Boise, where he was made custodian of the state capitol, filling that position until January, 1898. He also served as justice of the peace for a number of years and made an excellent record in office, his decisions being at all times strictly fair and impartial. He passed away in June, 1916, at the age of eighty- five years and the mother is still living at the age of seventy-seven years. In his political views Mr. Campbell was a republican, fraternally was connected with the Masons and his religious faith was indicated by his membership in the Congrega- tional church. He led a life of great usefulness and activity and in every relation was as true and loyal to his country as when he followed the nation's starry hanner on the battlefields of the south.
Walter M. Campbell was still in his infancy when his parents removed to Idaho, settling first at Kamiah and afterward establishing their home at Moscow. At the age of eighteen he became a resident of Boise. Previous to this time he had lived among the Indians in a wild country, meeting all of the hardships, privations and experiences of frontier life in a country devoted to stock raising. Following his removal to Boise he availed himself of the opportunity to promote his education by attending the high school of the city and later a business college. He afterward
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turned his attention to mining and prospecting, to which he devoted three years. Later he was in the Pacific Railroad service as clerk and agent and for three and a half years was in the railway postoffice at Pendleton, Oregon, and at Weiser, Idaho. In 1906 he entered the United States forestry service, with which he has now heen con- nected for fifteen years. He hegan as a forest guard in the Weiser National Forest, later became deputy supervisor and in April, 1914, was transferred to take charge of the Minidoka National Forest, which embraces five hundred and eighty thousand acres and is situated in southern Idaho and northern Utah. He is now occupying the position of forest supervisor and the record that he has made is a most credit- able one, his advancement coming in recognition of capable and faithful service.
In 1900 Mr. Campbell was united in marriage to Miss Olive H. Hills, a native of Stuart, Iowa, and a daughter of George S. Hills. They have become parents of five children: Clara O., Walter H., Howard P., Forest G. and Bonnie Irene.
In politics Mr. Camphell maintains an independent course, voting according to the dictates of his judgment without regard to party ties. He is connected with the association known as Federal Employes, is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and in Masonry has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. In his present position as forest supervisor he is doing splendid work, care- fully guarding the interests of the government in relation to the forest preserves and at all times holding to high standards of public service.
JAMES R. CLARK.
James R. Clark, a real estate dealer of Meridian, is conducting business under the name of the Boise Valley Realty Company, of which he was the promoter and is the sole owner. In regard to real estate matters in Meridian and vicinity there is no one better informed than Mr. Clark. The town in which he makes his home, an enterprising place with a population of twelve hundred, is located in the very heart of the famous Boise valley and surrounded by a farming district where the property is worth from two hundred to five hundred dollars per acre. This is a- beautiful agricultural region, producing the most splendid crops, and there is excel- lent opportunity for the progressive real estate man. Mr. Clark is conducting a profitable business in this connection and his labors have contributed in substantial measure to the development of the region in which he lives.
A native of eastern Tennessee, James R. Clark was horn twelve and a half miles south of Knoxville, in Blount county, February 17, 1858, his birthplace being the old Clark homestead that was deeded by the state of Tennessee to his grandfather, James Clark, in 1805 and has since heen in possession of the family, covering a period of one hundred and fourteen years. It is now owned by Thomas Edgar and Robert Harvey Clark, brothers of James R. Clark. Their father, Philander Harvey Clark, was also horn upon the old homestead, his birth occurring May 22, 1829, and there he passed away June 1, 1912, at the advanced aged of eighty-three years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary A. De Armond, was also born in Blount county, Tennessee, and was a daughter of Richard De Armond. Following the death of his first wife he wedded her sister, Margaret J. De Armond.
James R. Clark was the only child of the first marriage hut by the second marriage there were three sons and a daughter, but the latter is deceased. The three half-hrothers of James R. Clark are yet living and one of these, Philander H. Clark, Jr., is a resident of Nez Perce county, Idaho.
In 1890 James R. Clark came to the northwest from Tennessee and lived in Washington until 1901, since which time he has made his home in Idaho, and since 1913 he has been in Ada and Canyon counties. In November, 1917, he located in Meridian and established business under the name of the Boise Valley Realty Company, of which he is sole owner. He had previously carried on farming and has owned several good ranch properties since coming to Idaho, these heing located in Nez Perce, Canyon, Blaine and Ada counties. In business affairs he displays keen sagacity and sound judgment, and his investments have been most judiciously made.
On the 9th of January, 1879, in Blount county, Tennessee, Mr. Clark wedded Malvina J. Singleton, who was born in that county August 1, 1859. They have five living children, two sons and three daughters, namely: A. Blanche, who follows the profession of teaching; Mrs. G. H. McKissick, residing in Nez Perce county, Idaho; Dick S., also a resident of Nez Perce county; John H., who makes his home in
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Wendell, Idaho; and Jeannette D., a student of the University of Idaho. There are also nine grandchildren.
In his political views Mr. Clark is a democrat, having supported the party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a loyal follower of its teachings. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the northwest, for in this growing section of the country he found the business opportunities which he sought and in their utilization has made steady progress toward the goal of prosperity. He is now one of the well known citizens of Meridian and the surround- ing country, and the worth of his work and of his character is attested by all who know him.
ROY I. HARTLEY.
Roy 1. Hartley, a well known representative of the automobile trade in Caldwell, being agent for the Studebaker cars, was born November 27, 1891, in the city . which is still his home. His father, Charles P. Hartley, is a pioneer of Idaho, having come to this state with his parents when but a lad, the family home being established near Middleton. Later Charles P. Hartley removed to a homestead claim three miles north of Caldwell and it was there that Roy I. was born. Twelve years ago the father sold this property in small tracts and is now living at Emmett, where he is devoting his attention to the raising of peaches. He married Estelle Madden, å daughter of C. F. Madden and a sister of R. S. Madden, who was secretary to Governor Alexander of Idaho.
In the schools of Caldwell, Roy I. Hartley pursued his early education and afterward attended the high school at Emmett, Idaho, while for one year he was a student in the College of Idaho at Caldwell. He afterward engaged in the nursery business with his father but did not find that occupation congenial and for two years devoted his attention to the raising of fruit, but that venture proved unprofitable. He then turned his attention to the automobile trade and is now doing business under the name of the Hartley Auto Company. They are agents for the Studebaker cars, their territory extending over the Jordan valley and the Homedale country. They are also the agents for the Silvertown cord tire and expect soon to handle the Studebaker trucks. They are building up a business of very substantial proportions and Mr. Hartley is recognized as a young man of great industry and enterprise whose future career will be well worth watching.
In February, 1913, Mr. Hartley was united in marriage to Miss Sybil Major, a daughter of S. T. Major, of Nampa. They have one child, Nathelle.
ALEXANDER AYER HIGGS, M. D.
Dr. Alexander Ayer Higgs, the only representative of the medical profession in Boise confining his attention exclusively to surgery, in which connection he has won a wide and well deserved reputation, was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, or upon a farm near that place, August 4, 1870. He is the eldest son of De Witt G. and Rachel (Baird) Higgs. The father, a native of North Carolina, removed with his parents to Kentucky in his boyhood days and remained a resident of the latter state through- out his business career. He served as a commissioned officer in the Confederate army during the Civil war and spent his last years in the home of his son, Dr. Higgs, in Fairfield, Idaho, where he passed away in 1912 at the age of about seventy. The mother, a native of Kentucky, also died in Fairfield, Idaho, surviving her husband for about a year.
Dr. Higgs was the eldest of a family of eleven sons and no daughters. Five of the number are still living, all in Idaho. Two of these are physicians-Alexander A., of this review, and Dr. De Witt P. Higgs, of Gooding, Idaho. Although his father was not a physician, Dr. Alexander A. Higgs comes from a long line of physicians and surgeons on the paternal side, the family being represented by many members of the medical profession in North Carolina. His paternal grandfather and his paternal ances- tors for several generations have been prominent practitioners of both medicine and surgery. Dr. Higgs began his education in the public schools of Owensboro, Kentucky,
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passing through consecutive grades in the grammar schools, while later he was in- structed by a private tutor. At the early age of twenty years he entered the Cincinnati Medical College, from which he was graduated with the M. D. degree as a member of the class of 1896. He then located for practice in his native state and in 1898 was appointed to a professorship in a medical college at Atlanta, Georgia, where he re- mained for two years. In 1901 he came to Idaho and located on the Camas prairie, in the town of Soldier, now Fairfield, where he continued to make his home until January 1, 1919, when he removed to Boise in order to confine his attention exclusively to surgical practice. His skill as a successful surgeon first spread into adjoining coun- ties and then into adjoining states. He was well known by reputation long before he opened his office here and already he has been accorded a very extensive practice. He has done much post graduate work along surgical lines in eastern clinics. He possesses a steady hand, and is cool and collected in the face of danger. He has comprehensive knowledge of anatomy and the component parts of the human body and the onslaughts made upon it by disease and, moreover, seems to have almost an intuitive knowledge combined with his broad scientific learning in connection with surgery. He is a fellow of the American Medical Association and a member of the Idaho State Medical Society. He occupies a suite of rooms on the third floor of the Idaho building in Boise, splendidly appointed and supplied with every device known to or necessary in surgical work.
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