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EVERETT T. MALCOM.
On the roster of county officials in Bingham county appears the name of Everett T. Malcom, who in the fall of 1914 was elected to the office of county assessor, in which position he is now serving for the third term, having been chosen for the position at each successive election since first nominated. He was born in Mahon- ing county, Ohio, April 6, 1865, and is a son of John and Jane (Stokes) Malcom, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. The father followed farming during the greater part of his active business life in Ohio and there passed away in Feb- ruary, 1876, while the mother survived until 1889.
Their son, Everett T. Malcom, who was one of a family of thirteen children, was reared and educated in his native county and remained at home until the age of eleven years, when his father died. It was necessary then that he provide for his own support and he began working as a farm hand, being thus employed until he attained his majority, at which time he made his way westward to Utah. There he was employed at civil engineering work in connection with the Union Pacific Railroad for four years, after which he rented land and began farming, being ident- ified with agricultural interests in Utah for two years. In the spring of 1895 he removed to Bingham county, Idaho, where he took up land nine miles west of Blackfoot and carried on general farming for some time. He was also connected with the American Falls Canal & Power Company. Coming to Blackfoot, he worked in a grist mill for two years. He then turned his attention to carpentering, which he followed until the fall of 1914, when he was elected county assessor of Bingham county and has been reelected since that time, so that he is now serving for the third term. His increasing popularity as a public official is indicated in the fact that at the last election he had no opposition.
On the 19th of January, 1893, Mr. Malcom was married to Miss Luella Robin- . son, of Plain City, Utah, and they have become the parents of one child, Glendora, who was born September 7, 1897, and who is teaching school at Riverside. Idaho.
Politically Mr. Malcom is a republican and his religious faith is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and he is now serving as second coun-
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selor to Bishop O. L. Rider. By reason of his official duties as well as his former business interests he has become widely known in Bingham county and no higher testimonial of his personal worth and popularity as well as the business qualities which he diplays in office could be given than the fact that he has been chosen county assessor by such large majorities.
WILLIAM L. CUDDY.
William L. Cuddy, warden of the Idaho state penitentiary .at Boise, to which position he was appointed by Governor Davis in January, 1919, was born in Cleve- land, Ohio, September 5, 1860, a son of John and Nora (Murphy) Cuddy, both of whom have passed away. They were natives of Ireland but met and were married in Cleveland, Ohio.
It was in that city that William L. Cuddy was reared and educated, pursuing his studies in the public and parochial schools and also in the Christian Brothers College. He left Cleveland when twenty years of age and after spending two years in Chicago came to Idaho in May, 1883. For ten years he remained in the Wood river mining country of Blaine county and later he was appointed deputy warden of the state penitentiary by Governor McConnell. This brought him to Boise and he has since resided in the state capital. He acted as deputy warden for four years and later became bookkeeper at the penitentiary, acting in that capacity for two years. From 1902 until 1910 he served as clerk of the district court and ex-officio auditor and recorder of Ada county. He was elected first in 1902 and again in 1906 on the republican ticket and at the close of his second term declined to again become a candidate for reelection. He afterward spent several years in the real estate business, or until appointed warden of the state penitentiary on the 6th of January, 1919, by the prison board, consisting of the governor, the secretary of state and the attorney general. He has been a prominent factor in republican circles in Idaho for several years and is now a member of the republican state central committee.
On the 20th of October, 1897, Mr. Cuddy was married at Hailey, Idaho, to Miss Bessie Hartung, a native of Pennsylvania, who was reared, however, in Hailey, Idaho. They have become the parents of five children, two sons and three daugh- ters: George Hamilton, now a young man of twenty-one years; Margaret; Louise; Frank; and Bessie. George is a graduate of the Boise high school, and Margaret is a graduate of St. Teresa's Academy of Boise.
The religious faith of the family is that of the Roman Catholic church, and fraternally Mr. Cuddy is connected with the Woodmen of the World and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a man of progressive spirit, keenly interested in the vital questions and problems of the day, and his aid and influence are given on the side of progress and improvement in all things that relate to the advancement of the welfare of city and state, while as head of a great penal institution he is closely studying all modern ideas of prison management and is deeply interested in the reformation of the prisoners.
CHARLES E. ROGERS, D. O.
Dr. Charles E. Rogers, an osteopathic physician with offices in the Salisbury- Earl Building at Idaho Falls and enjoying an extensive practice, was born in Manito, Illinois, January 18, 1890. He is a son of John and Ida M. (Johns) Rogers, who are also natives of Illinois. The father, who is a drainage contractor, went to Louisiana, where he built levees for the government along the Mississippi river, remaining there for a number of years. He now resides at St. Joseph, Mis- souri, and continues in the same business. The mother is also living and is prac- ticing osteopathy in St. Joseph, where she is accorded a most extensive practice.
Dr. Charles E. Rogers was reared largely in Louisiana and pursued his educa- tion in the I. J. College at New Orleans, a Catholic institution, and in the State University of Missouri, also in the high school at Mound City, that state. After completing his state university course he entered the American School of Osteop-
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athy at Kirksville, Missouri, and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1911. He afterward removed to Pocatello, Idaho, where he opened an office, continuing in practice there from 1911 until February, 1912, when he removed to Idaho Falls, where he has since remained. He has been accorded a very extensive practice here, his ability being attested by hundreds of patients While at Pocatello he was assistant city physician for a year. He is a member of both the National and State Osteopathic Associations, and his work is the last word in the scientific achievement of the profession.
On the 20th of June, 1912, Dr. Rogers was married to Miss Kathryn Tupper, a daughter of John and Ida Tupper, who were natives of New York and Maine respectively. Her father installed the first electric lights in Salt Lake City and also in the tabernacle there and likewise put in the first electric lights at Butte, Montana. In fact he was the first electrician of the western country and has always followed that business. He is now conducting the Tupper apartments at Pocatello, Idaho, and his wife is also living. Dr. and Mrs. Rogers have two chil- dren: Rosemary, who was born August 2, 1916; and Helen Louise, born in No- vember, 1919.
Dr. Rogers is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Benevolent Pro- tective Order of Elks. His religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church and of its teachings he is a faithful follower. He is a man of many ster- ling qualities and admirable characteristics, well descended and well hred, and not only professionally hut in the social circles of the city as well he and his wife occupy an enviable position.
P. S. FARRELL.
P. S. Farrell, of Caldwell, secretary-treasurer of the Idaho-Oregon Honey Producers Association, was born in Grandview, Ohio, May 29, 1876, and his youthful days were largely devoted to the acquirement of a public school education in Marietta, Ohio, and Parkersburg, West Virginia, until he reached the age of eighteen years. He then turned his attention to the bicycle business in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania, and afterward in Columbus, Ohio, but after a brief period devoted to the sale of bicycles he became a professional rider and was upon the road in that connection until 1899, when he gave up the work and returned to Cleveland, Ohio. He there spent a year in the employ of the Glidden Varnish Company, after which he entered the medical department of the Ohio Wesleyan University as a stu- dent, but owing to ill health was obliged to abandon his plan and return to the employ of the Glidden Varnish Company, at which time he assumed the duties of assistant superintendent and thus served for a year. He afterward became con- nected with the physicians' supply business at Cleveland, Ohio, with his mother as a partner, and there remained until 1906, when he sold the business and turned his attention to real estate dealing, being with John H. Blood for two years. Later he was connected with Julius Timendorfer in the same line and when the business was incorporated under the name of The J. Timendorfer Company Mr. Farrell became the vice president.
In 1911 his health again failed and Mr. Farrell then severed his connection with the real estate firm and removed west to New Plymouth, Idaho, where ho purchased a ten acre orchard. That venture, however, did not prove to his liking and he took up bee culture in 1914. Through his instrumentality the Idaho- Oregon Honey Producers Association was formed in January, 1915, with a charter membership of but twenty-two, while at the present time there are one hundred and sixty active members from Weiser, Idaho, to Mountain Home, Idaho, this including the Boise and Payette valleys of Idaho and the Malheur river valley of Oregon. They control over ninety-five per cent of the honey crop produced in this territory, which in 1918 amounted to one million, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand pounds. For their product they found a ready sale, netting them almost three hundred thousand dollars. The association has been incorporated with a capitaliza- tion of ten thousand dollars, the officers being C. E. Dibble, of Payette, Idaho, president; H. C. Dudley, of Caldwell, vice president; and P. S. Farrell, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Farrell has now disposed of his other business interests in order to devote his entire time and attention to the duties of the office. He has
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made this one of the best paying associations in the state and one of the most harmonious in its workings, as every member is an enthusiastic supporter of and worker for the organization. When the association was formed extracted honey was selling on the coast at five and a half cents per pound and comb honey as low as two dollars and a quarter per case. Immediately after the producers were organized they demanded and received a cent more per pound for extracted honey and a proportionate raise for the comb honey, while the highest price in 1918 paid for fancy comb honey was six dollars and a quarter; for No. 1 six dollars; and for No. 2 five dollars and seventy-five cents per case, while extracted honey has brought as high as twenty-two and a half cents per pound. They not only sell in the local and western markets but are shipping to the eastern markets, which is a departure from the old methods.
Mr. Farrell was married in 1907 to Miss Minnie I. Swanson, of Jamestown, New York, and they have become the parents of two children. Mr. Farrell is not active in public affairs, especially as an office seeker, although he is interested in all projects that tend to promote the welfare and progress of his community. The success of the Idaho-Oregon Honey Producers Association is largely attributable to his efforts, which have made honey a source of profit to producers in the northwest.
CHARLES C. MOORE.
Charles C. Moore, of St. Anthony, Idaho, was born in Missouri in 1866, the son of a Civil war veteran. He obtained his education in the country schools, in a high school and in a teachers' training school. Subsequently he followed the occupation of farming, taught school and served as county recorder. In 1899 he came to .Idaho and engaged in the drug business. He organized the St. Anthony Bank & Trust Com- pany and was its first president, but his business activity is, and has been, principally directed along the lines of real- estate dealing, wheat raising and the development of farm lands with a view of increasing their value. In association with his partner, Hiram G. Fuller, he organized and was active in building the town of Ashton. He was a member of the State and County Councils of Defense during the period of the World war and had two sons in the service. In 1903 and 1905 he served as a member of the Idaho legislature and he located the State Industrial School at St. Anthony. He was elected lieutenant governor in November, 1918.
CHARLES E. MITCHELL.
Charles E. Mitchell, for twelve years a resident of Idaho, is now engaged in merchandising at Wilder, where he is also filling the position of postmaster. He was born in Knoxville, Marion county, Iowa, June 21, 1882, and was seven years of age when his parents removed with their family to Ladora, Iowa, where he acquired his education and made his home until 1907. During the last years of his residence there he was employed in the dry goods and shoe house of his father-in- law, who was a member of the firm of L. W. Wilson & Son and who was a pioneer resident and representative citizen of Iowa.
Attracted by the opportunities of the growing northwest, Charles E. Mitchell made his way to Oregon in 1907, but after thirty days spent in that state decided there was too much rain there and in November, 1907, removed to Boise, Idaho. On the 13th of January, 1908, he filed on eighty acres adjoining the town of Wilder, twenty acres of which he subdivided into town lots and they are a desirable addition to the present townsite. On the 14th of February, 1908, he moved upon the land where the family still resides. In 1916 he sold forty acres of his claim at one hundred and twenty dollars per acre and the same tract was resold in 1918 for three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and a half per acre. Mr. Mitchell says that Idaho soil and climate have given tangible proof of their worth, for there are more people in this state who have become successful farmers, never having had previous experience along agricultural lines, than in any other state in the Union. Mr. Mitchell had never farmed before coming here, and his wife had always lived in the house in which she was born until coming to Idaho. However, in the develop-
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ment of their place substantial results have been reached and the farm is now a very productive tract of land, bringing to them very substantial returns. In 1916 Mr. Mitchell opened a stock of agricultural implements, hardware, groceries, boots and shoes in Wilder and has since engaged in business as a retail merchant, being now accorded a liberal patronage in recognition of his reliable business methods, his earnest desire to please his patrons and his straightforward dealing. In February, 1918, he was appointed postmaster and is discharging the duties of that office in connection with his business affairs.
In 1905 Mr. Mitchell was united in marriage to Miss Edna Irene Wilson, a native of Iowa, and they have become the parents of three children: Helen and Kenneth, who are attending school; and Lolo, three years of age.
The parents of Mr. Mitchell, J. H. and Sarah (Morse) Mitchell, also become residents of Idaho, removing from Ladora, Iowa, in 1912. The father purchased land near Wilder which he now rents, for he has retired from business, having reached the age of seventy years, while his wife is sixty-eight years of age. They have a daughter, Lilla, who is a trained nurse, having graduated from the State University of Iowa and now making her home in Wilder.
In his fraternal relations Charles E. Mitchell is an Odd Fellow and became a charter member of Wilder Lodge, No. 37. He is also connected with the Modern Woodmen of America. He is keenly interested in everything that pertains to the welfare and upbuilding of the district in which he lives and cooperates heartily in all well defined plans and measures looking to the betterment of the town, the extension of its trade relations and the maintenance of its high civic standards.
FRED H. DAVIS.
The real estate business in Nampa has a prominent and successful represent- ative in Fred H. Davis, who was born in Craftsbury, Orleans county, Vermont, October 28, 1861. His father, Ira Davis, was born in Broom county, Quebec, Canada. He was a veteran of the Civil war and for many years was well known as a tradesman at East Barrington, New Hampshire, where he passed away. His parents were Canadians but were natives of Wales. The mother of our subject was in her maidenhood Sarah Cooey and was also a native of Broom county, Canada, though her parents were born in Belfast, Ireland. She is still living upon the old homestead at East Barrington, New Hampshire, at the venerable age of eighty- seven years. She bore her husband ten children, of whom six grew to manhood and womanhood, five of them remaining in the New England states. One brother of our subject, Samuel Davis, is and has been for many years prominent in the city government of Manchester, New Hampshire.
Fred H. Davis was educated in the old New England schools until the age of twelve, when the family removed to Manchester, New Hampshire, which remained his home until he was eighteen. At that period in his life he came to Idaho, settling in Hailey, where he remained, however, but a short time. He then went to Rocky Bar, engaging in mining in its immediate vicinity for about sixteen years, at the end of which time he went to Silver City. While there residing he was elected. to the legislature, serving one term and not only doing effective work in taking care of the interests of his constituents but also ably supporting all measures which he considered of value to the state. He was afterwards appointed by Governor Frank Hunt and the secretary of state to take complete charge of the Idaho mineral exhibit at the Pan American Exposition at Buffalo, New York.
Upon his return to Idaho Mr. Davis chose Nampa as his place of residence and in 1916 he became connected with the United Stores Company of Shoshone county. However, he maintained this relationship for but a short time, for he was returned to the legislature under Governor Alexander, again doing valuable work in the halls of legislation. After the expiration of his term he returned to Nampa, where he engaged in the real estate business, his wife being his able assistant. He has met with more than ordinary success, being a man of rare business tact and ability as well as of experience, and the highest principles have ever guided his business deals. It is therefore but natural that he has won the trust and confidence of all who have had business relations with him. He is thoroughly informed in regard to local conditions and values, and his advice and judgment are often sought in
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financial and real estate matters. Mr. Davis is still active in politics and is so independent in his views that he ever supports the best interests of the state.
In 1910 occurred the marriage of Fred H. Davis and Hattie Bohlscheid, a native of Oakland, California, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Bohlscheid. Her parents removed to Colorado when Mrs. Davis was but an infant and in 1902 the mother became a resident of Nampa, Idaho, where she is now living with Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Mr. Bohlscheid having passed away in Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are socially prominent in Nampa, where they have many friends, and fraternally he has been connected with the Masons for a number of years. Both are valued members of the social life of their city and in their different ways have . done much toward general uplift along material, moral and intellectual lines.
H. J. SLOAN.
H. J. Sloan, a druggist of Parma and also identified with the Parma Realty Company, was born in Monroe county, Iowa, November 18, 1880. In the acquire- ment of his education he attended the Highland Park College of Pharmacy of Des Moines, Iowa, and also the Iowa Business College, from which he was grad- uated with the class of 1904. For a year thereafter he was identified with the drug trade in Des Moines and then came to the west, seeking the broader oppor- tunities offered in this great and growing section of the country. He made his way first to Twin Falls, Idaho, and afterward opened a drug store at Burley under the name of the Burley Drug Company, there remaining in business for two and a half years. He next went to Butte, Montana, but after six months returned to Idaho, settling at Midvale where he opened the first registered pharmaceutical drug store of the town under the name of the Red Cross Pharmacy. For five years he conducted business there and then removed to Parma, where he purchased the City Drug Store. E. E. Waite bought an interest in this store and is now its man- ager. Mr. Sloan was chosen first president of the Parma National Bank in De- cember, 1919, and he is the manager of the Parma Realty Company, which he organized in 1917. The officers of this company are J. C. Watson, secretary; E. G. Johnson, president; and H. J. Sloan, general manager. The company handles farm and city property in various localities. Mr. Sloan is also president of the Walker Drug Company, of Wilder, Idaho, which was incorporated in June, 1919. In addition to his real estate and mercantile interests Mr. Sloan has become a farmer, owning farm lands in both Washington and Canyon counties.
In 1906 Mr. Sloan was united in marriage to Miss Julia Riordan, of Des Moines. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and he is now mayor of Parma. His interest in community welfare is manifest in many tangible ways and his cooperation can always be counted upon to further any plan or project for the general good.
P. H. SPANGENBERG.
P. H. Spangenberg, city building inspector of Boise and an electrician by profession, has occupied his present position since 1914, with the exception of about six months, which he spent as secretary of the district draft board. He has made his home in Boise since 1910 and has been a resident of Idaho since 1906, removing to this state from Chicago to take advantage of the opportunities created by the Cary act. He therefore purchased a ranch in Elmore county, on the King Hill project, and developed it but later came to the capital.
Mr. Spangenberg is a native of Watertown, Wisconsin. He was born April 25, 1881, of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. George Spangenberg, the former a mer- chant tailor and a veteran of the Civil war. The son was reared and educated in his native town and upon leaving school went to Chicago, where he took up elec- trical work, which he followed for many years in that city, in Pittsburgh and in various other places in the east. . He has been identified with electrical work also during the greater part of his residence in Idaho and formerly conducted an elec- trical establishment at Mountain Home. His venture in the King Hill Extension
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project in Elmore county proved to be a disappointment owing to the enormous cost of the water for irrigation purposes. While the land could be obtained prac- tically free, he had to enter into a contract to pay an enormous water rental and . a brief experience was sufficient to convince him that such an investment would not pay. Since 1910 he has lived continuously in Boise and in 1914 was appointed building inspector, in which capacity he has since rendered valuable service save for the period of his connection with the draft board, covering six months. He is prominent in labor circles and has been secretary of the Idaho State Federation of Labor since it was organized in 1915 but lately resigned the position.
Mr. Spangenberg was married in Chicago in 1906. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and Mystic Shriner. He is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias, and his wife has membership with the Pythian Sisters. Mr. Spangenberg is likewise identified with the Sons of Veterans and in 1919 was commander of Phil Seridan Camp, No. 2. He has served as a member of the Ada County Council of Defense and is interested in all that is of substantial worth to the citizen and to the community at large. As a public official he has ever been loyal and true to the trusts reposed in him, and his record has been marked by devotion to the public welfare.
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