History of Idaho, the gem of the mountains, Volume II, Part 83

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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was made to spirit this witness out of the state. But this action was thwarted by the prompt action of the county attorney and sheriff. Mr. Fisher did not have assistance in the prosecution of this case, and it was evident to all who crowded the courtroom during the trial that he did not need any, although pitted against James H. Hawley, the ablest criminal lawyer in the state. It was expected that Mr. Fisher would vigorously prosecute the case and acquit himself in a creditable manner, but it was not anticipated that he would cope on equal terms with such an experienced and able lawyer as Mr. Hawley, and even force the latter to the wall, as was done many times during this stubborn contest." The World, in commenting on this trial at the time, said:

"County Attorney Fisher's argument in the St. Cyr case is pronounced by all who heard it as being second to none in point of clear reasoning and incisive logic they ever listened to in a courtroom in Idaho City. The way he has carried this case all through entitles him to great credit and the hearty congratulations of every good citizen in the county. The neatness and dispatch with which he obliterated testimony for the defense in cross examinations, illustrated the keenness and quick- ness of his intellect. Every detail of the theory of the defense fell flat."

Mr. Fisher again became a candidate for office in the spring of 1904, when he was nominated for membership on the board of trustees of Idaho City. The Idaho Weekly World wrote: "The ticket upon which he ran was pledged to certain re- forms in event of election. The opposition singled out Mr. Fisher and made a per- sonal and bitter fight against him because, as they alleged, he was in favor of moving the county seat. One. of his opponents became faint-hearted and told the others that 'There is no use fighting Fisher. The people will vote for him even if he threatens to burn the town the next minute.' The people did vote for him and elected him by a vote of more than three to one; what is more, the pledges of the campaign have already been carried out."

Mr. Fisher remained in the active practice of his profession in Idaho City until 1907, when he sought the broader field offered in Boise and became a resident of the capital. In the intervening period of twelve years he has secured a clientage that is large and distinctively representative in character, connecting him with much important litigation heard in the courts of the district. In addition to his law practice he has mining and irrigation interests.

On the 2d of June, 1897, Mr. Fisher was married in Boise to Miss Anna Ott, a native of Ada county and a daughter of Henry Ott, a well known ranchman of this section of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher have one daughter, Doris W., eighteen vears of age, who was graduated from the Boise high school with the class of 1918. Mrs. Fisher is a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Fisher belongs to the Wood- men of the World and along strictly professional lines his connection is with the Ada County Bar Assoication and the Idaho State Bar Association. Certain char- acteristics stand out as salient qualities in his career, including loyalty and pro- gressiveness in citizenship and faithfulness to any cause which he espouses, while his devotion to his clients' interests has become proverbial.

BENJAMIN H. READ.

Benjamin H. Read, president of the Post Company, publishers of the Idaho Falls Daily Post, of which he is the editor, and a most progressive resident of Idaho Falls, was born in Kansas, October 18, 1888, a son of Wallace and Gertrude (Garrison) Read, who were natives of Iowa. The father followed merchandising for many years, being a pioneer merchant of Rooks county, Kansas, and he was later engaged in the same business in Ames, Iowa. He and his wife now make their home in Portland, Oregon, where he is engaged in business.

Benjamin H. Read spent the days of his boyhood and youth in Iowa, where he pursued his education, being graduated from Grinnell College at Grinnell, Iowa, with the class of 1910. He afterwards took up newspaper work at Ames, being employed on the Ames Times, and in 1912 he became a partner in the ownership of the plant. In 1914 he took over the entire management of the business and in the same year established a daily paper, becoming the youngest publisher of a daily paper in the state of Iowa. He also had one of the largest job printing plants in the state, conducting a business of extensive and gratifying proportions.

BENJAMIN H. READ

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Attracted by the opportunities of the growing west, however, Mr. Read disposed of his interests in Iowa in 1917 and removed to Idaho Falls, Idaho, where he pur- chased the controlling interest in the Idaho Falls Daily Post. He has since con- ducted this paper with good success. He has enlarged the plant to a considerable extent and through his enterprising efforts the circulation of the paper has been almost doubled. He now issues more than three thousand copies, which are sent out to more farm homes than any other newspaper in this section of the state. During the period of the World war he kept in close touch with the news so vital to the country and almost every day had calls for news from towns covering a radius of seventy-five miles. At the same time the company of which he is president is con- ducting a large job printing business and the work turned out is of most excellent character. Mr. Read purchased one of the Goss Comet perfecting presses in the intermountain west and in every particular his plant is thoroughly modern in its equipment and in the methods of business. The Post is recognized as the official city paper of Idaho Falls, and in addition to his connection therewith Mr. Read has become the owner of city property at Ames, Iowa.

On the 24th of December, 1913, Mr. Read was married to Miss Leone Graves and they are the parents of two children: Wynn Garrison, born November 25, 1914; and Janet Virginia, born December 29, 1916.

In community affairs Mr. Read has ever manifested a deep interest and became a member of the city council to fill out an unexpired term. He was also secretary of the Commercial Club of Ames, Iowa, and secretary of the Ames Improvement Com- pany, associations which indicate the progressive spirit that has ever actuated him. He belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and his political belief is that of the republican party, while in religious faith he is connected with the Methodist church. A spirit of advancement has been the dominant force in his life. Each for- ward step which he has taken has brought him a broader outlook and wider oppor- tunities, and he has made continuous progress, being now closely associated with the development of his adopted city as one of the representative business men and as a leading journalist of Idaho.

ANDRE G. MARION.

Andre G. Marion is closely associated with commercial and industrial inter- ests of Boise as the president and general manager of the Boise Lumber Com- pany and as owner of a sawmill in the eastern part of the city. He was born in Paris, France, April 10, 1878, the youngest child of Edmund P. and Maria (Rankin) Marion, the former of French descent, while the latter was of Scotch lineage. Both passed away in the state of Illinois. The father came to the new world in 1848 and for a term taught school in Kentucky. In 1850 he went to California attracted by the discovery of gold on the Pacific coast, and on' the trip was accompanied by his younger brother, Paul. They made the journey across the hot stretches of sand and over the mountain passes on the back of mules. Paul Marion later served in the Civil war. Edmund P. Marion returned to Paris, France, his native city, and he and his wife resided there for several years before again coming to the United States in 1883. Edmund P. Marion had wedded Maria Rankin in Illinois, during the period of his first sojourn in the United States, and their son, Andre G. was a lad of five years when they again came to the new world in 1883, the family home being established in Elgin, Illinois.

It was there that Andre G. Marion was reared and in the acquirement of his education he was graduated from the Elgin Academy and later from the Uni- versity of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he won the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1899. He afterward pursued a post-graduate course in the University of Chi- cago and thus liberal educational training well qualified him for life's practical and responsible duties. For a few years he was employed at Elgin and Chicago as a chemist, having specialized in his studies in both colleges along that line. In 1903 he removed to the west, with Boise as his destination, and has since been identified with the lumber trade of this city as a manufacturer and sales- man of lumber. When he first came to Boise he purchased an interest in the Page & Mott Lumber Company, of which he was chosen vice president. In

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1909 this was merged into the present Boise Lumber Company and of the new concern Mr. Marion became the president and general manager, with C. W. Quinlan as vice president and. T. A. Mott as secretary-treasurer. The yards and office are located on South Sixth and Railroad streets and the mill is on Warm Springs avenue in East Boise. It was established there in the late "'60s by a Mr. Clark and has been in continuous operation since that day. It is the oldest sawmill in Boise and has a capacity of thirty thousand feet of lumber per day. A large amount of the lumber used in the buildings of Boise has been supplied by this mill and the company now enjoys an extensive trade, mak- ing their business one of the important industrial and commercial interests of the city. The firm belongs to the Retail Lumber Dealers' Association of the Pacific Coast.

In April, 1902, Mr. Marion was married to Miss Jennie Chassee, of Elgin, Illinois, who was born in that state and is of French descent. They have a daughter Marie, who was born February 28, 1903, and is now a sophomore in the Boise high school. Mr. Marion belongs to the Boise Golf Club, which indi- cates his chief source of recreation, as he greatly enjoys a game on the green. He does not allow this, however, to interfere with his business affairs. In the lumber trade he found a congenial occupation and by the careful direction of his interests and thoroughly progressive and reliable business methods he has built up a concern that is now of large and profitable proportions.

GEORGE B. RICHES.

George B. Riches, filling the office of city clerk at Idaho Falls, was born in Bonneville county, Idaho, April 2, 1888, and is a son of George B. and Mary E. (Mann) Riches, who were natives of Utah. The father followed farming in that state and in 1880 went to Wyoming, where he carried on general farm- ing until 1883. In the latter year he arrived in Bonneville county, Idaho, and purchased land twelve miles northeast of Idaho Falls. This he at once began to cultivate and improve and was actively engaged in farming that land to the time of his death. He was accidentally drowned in May, 1888, when thirty-one years of age, and the mother is still living, making her home at Idaho Falls.

George B. Riches spent his youthful days in Idaho Falls and after acquiring his education in the public schools was made deputy county clerk of what was then Bingham county. He so served until the county was divided in 1911, when he was appointed deputy clerk of Bonneville county and occupied that position until May, 1915, under his brother-in-law. He afterward served as deputy assessor until October 1, 1915, when he was appointed city clerk and has twice been elected to the position, a fact indicative of his capability and fidelity in office. In addition to his public service he is maintaining an insurance agency and writes a considerable amount of insurance each year.

On the 24th of December 1910, Mr. Riches was married to Miss Nancy Seedall and they have become the parents of two children: Helen M., who was born Septemher 10, 1914; and Russell R., born November 29, 1915. The religious faith of Mr. Riches is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Politically he is a republican and fraternally is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His entire life has been passed in Bonneville county, and that his record has ever been an honorable one is indicated in the fact that many of his stanchest friends are those who have known him from his boyhood days to the present.

JOHN L. CHILD.

John L. Child, conducting business under the name of the Hyde Park Phar- macy, has been identified with the drug trade of Boise since 1914, when he came to this city from Ogden, Utah. He was first employed as a clerk in the Overland Pharmacy for about four months and later for nearly three years was a clerk in the Owyhee Pharmacy. On the 17th of July, 1917 he purchased the

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Hyde Park Pharmacy on North Thirteenth street as a partner of W. L. Athay, his former employer in the Owyhee Pharmacy, but in 1918 he bought his part- ner's interest and became sole owner.

Before removing to Boise, Mr. Child had always been a resident of Ogden, where his birth occurred June 12, 1882. He is a son of Charles U. and Atelia (Thompson) Child. The mother passed away July 7, 1914, but the father still makes his home in Ogden. He was formerly a railroad man but later took up the business of contracting. He was born in Weber county, Utah, about four miles from Ogden, and is a son of John L. Child, who removed to Utah from the state of New York in the early days of the development of the territory of Utah.

John L. Child of this review was named for his grandfather. He was reared in Ogden and pursued his education in its public schools. When a lad of seventeen years he began learning the drug trade, with which he has since been connected, acquainting himself with the business through work behind the counter. He has been a registered pharmacist since 1905 and is now thoroughly familiar with every phase of the drug trade. He carries a large and carefully selected stock of standard made goods and his establishment Is rapidly finding favor with the public, winning a liberal patronage.

On the 6th of October, 1903, Mr. Child was married in Rexburg, Idaho, to Miss Lenore Dwight and they have two children: Francelle, born May 25, 1905; and Bill, born October 3, 1906. Mr. Child is an Elk. He finds recrea- tion in fishing and hunting and is also much interested in athletics. He is an alert, energetic and enterprising young business man who is making substantial advance toward the goal of prosperity.

CLARENCE H. WAYMIRE.

Clarence H. Waymire is proprietor of a large retail grocery and general sup- ply store at No. 1521 North Thirteenth street In Boise. His place is situated in that part of the city known as Hyde Park and he owns more than one-half of the business property in that district. He has resided continuously in the capital since 1884, coming to Idaho in that year from Decatur county, Iowa, where he was born upon a farm March 27, 1862. His parents, Horace C. and Helen M. (Hunt) Way- mire, were natives of Ohio, the former born in Cleveland and the latter in Tiffin. They were married in the Buckeye state but prior to the Civil war removed to Decatur county, Iowa, making the trip in a covered wagon and casting in their lot with the pioneer settlers of that section. The father followed tarming throughout his entire life save for the period of the Civil war, when he responded to the coun- try's call for troops, enlisting in defense of the Union cause. He and his wife re- moved to Boise in 1902 in order to be near their son, Clarence H. Waymire, and here on the 12th of March, 1907, they celebrated their golden wedding, their mar- riage having occurred fifty years before in Cleveland, Ohio. They were permitted to travel life's journey together for seven years longer, the death of the father occurring June 27, 1914, while the mother passed away October 1, 1915, both dying at the age of eighty-one years. On the occasion of their golden wedding celebration all of their children were present and a most interesting picture of the family group was made. They were the parents of five children, three sons and two daughters, namely: Ella, the wife of O. B. Slater; Eva, the wife of S. G Caldwell; Clarence H .; Lee H .; and Sidney Ralph. All of the brothers and sisters reside in Idaho, the three sons being in Boise, while the daughters are residents of Elmore county.

Clarence H. Waymire was reared upon his father's farm, situated just outside the corporation limits of Garden Grove, Decatur county, Iowa, and he obtained his early education in the schools of that town. When twenty-two years of age, or in 1884, he came to Idaho and has since lived in Boise and vicinity. He was first employed at farm work for a few years and "pitched hay in fields that are now a part of the city." He first embarked in business independently as owner of a dairy, purchasing the old Tom Gess dairy, a part of the equipment of which was forty-eight cows, in 1891. After conducting the business for five years he sold out in 1896 and for several years was engaged in driving wells, having his own ma-

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chinery and outfit. Scores of the Waymire wells are still in use in Boise and throughout the district. In 1901 he purchased a vacant business lot at the corner of North Thirteenth and Eastman streets and thereon erected a small frame build- ing and opened a little grocery store. At that period all that portion of Boise now known as Hyde Park, and of which the Waymire establishment is the center, was practically commons. Mr. Waymire with the able assistance of his wife has con- ducted a most profitable mercantile business on this corner and in 1909 moved the little frame store to the rear end of the lot and erected a splendid two-story con- crete business block, thirty by eighty feet, in front, with basement under the entire building. The second story consists of three apartments of fourteen rooms and one of these apartments was fitted up as his own home, while the other two are rented. As the years have passed Mr. Waymire has not only developed an exten- sive and gratifying trade but has also made large investments in property in this district of the city. He has added to his original holdings until the Waymire prop- erties cover almost the entire block on the west side of North Thirteenth street be- tween Eastman and Alturas streets. All of the lots in the block have been built upon by Mr. Waymire and the buildings now accommodate nine different lines of business. His property holdings constitute a most profitable source of revenue and stand as monuments to his enterprise and sound business judgment.

On the 19th of September, 1888, Mr. Waymire was married to Miss Amanda E. Cox, the ceremony being performed at Leon, Iowa. They had become acquainted in their childhood days. They have three children, two sons and a daughter: Donald C .; Carmi C .; and Helen, now the wife of C. J. Rathman, of St. Paul, Minnesota. The sons were in the military service, Donald being in France, while Carmi was at Camp Lewis. There is also one grandson and a granddaughter, Darvin Rathman, now in his third year, and Phyllis May.

Mr. Waymire is a republican in politics but not an aspirant for office. In his fraternal relations he is an Odd Fellow. His time and energies, however, have largely been concentrated upon his business affairs and the wise conduct of his interests has made him one of the most substantial residents of his section of the city. He is today numbered among Boise's pioneers, having lived here for more than a third of a century, and his business advancement has been commensurate with the growth and development of the capital.

HON. EDWARD HEDDEN.

Hon. Edward Hedden, as United States surveyor general for the state of Idaho, occupies a position of importance, the duties of which he discharges with ability, faithfulness and tact. He now makes his home in Boise but formerly resided in Caldwell, Idaho. He was born on a farm in Tompkins county, New York, November 12, 1864, and was an only child, his parents being Aaron C. and Agnes Estella (Terry) Hedden, both descendants of old New York families, members of which participated in the Revolutionary war. One of the great-grandfathers of our subject on the pa- ternal side was a captain in that conflict, serving on the Colonial side. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron C. Hedden have now passed away, the mother dying in Rochester, Minnesota, when her son Edward was but three years of age. The family had removed from New York state to Rochester in 1865, there settling amid pioneer conditions. The father subsequently married Martha A. Ganoung and to that union were born a son and a daughter: Ray G., of Caldwell, Idaho; and Mrs. Emma Agnes Penny, of Yonkers, New York. Aaron C. Hedden later in life took up his abode in Idaho and died in Caldwell a few years ago at the age of seventy-three, being survived by his widow, who now resides in New York state.

After his mother's death Edward Hedden and his father returned to Tompkins county, New York, where the son was reared on a farm. He acquired his primary edu- cation in the public schools and subsequently took up civil engineering, being graduated from the department of civil engineerng of Cornell University in 1887. He at once entered upon his profession, which he continued to follow from 1887 to the time of his appointment as surveyor general of Idaho by President Wilson in 1916. For many years he was engaged in railway construction supervision in the service of the Northern Pacific, the Burlington and the Union Pacific. He came to Idaho in 1891 in the inter- ests of the Union Pacific Railroad and located at Caldwell. During his residence there

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he served for three terms as surveyor of Canyon county and was city engineer of Caldwell for some time. During this period he was also engaged in private engineer- ing work, being particularly connected with irrigation projects. He was chief engineer of construction on the Farmers Union ditch in Ada and Canyon counties and was en- ployed in a similar capacity on other irrigation work. For four years he was con- struction engineer for the reclamation service of the government in Idaho. His presi- dential appointment as surveyor general of the state came to him on the 29th of August, 1916, his new duties making necessary his removal to Boise.

On the 5th of May, 1897, in Caldwell, Idaho, Mr. Hedden was united in marriage to Kittie Lee Callaway, a native of that city and a daughter of the late Hon. Abner Early Callaway, who as one of the famous '49ers went from Missouri to California and came to Idaho from the Golden state during early pioneer days in this district. He was an honored veteran of the Mexican war and was prominent and powerful in democratic circles, serving for several terms in the legislature.

Mr. Hedden is prominent in the Masons, having attained the thirty-second de- gree in the Scottish Rite, and is also a Shriner. He is a past master of Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 39, A. F. & A. M., at Caldwell, Idaho. His faith in the future of the state is indicated by investments which he has made in agricultural property and he now owns a valuable eighty-acre ranch near Caldwell, devoted to the raising of alfalfa, and there he spends his vacation periods, in fact he finds his chief recreation in farm- ing, taking a great interest in that occupation, and when upon his farm participates in the actual work, assisting the hay hands, thus finding recuperation and the neces- sary stimulation for the arduous duties which fall to his lot in his official position. He is very conscientious in the performance of his work, which is of the utmost int- portance to the state and its inhabitants, and he is well liked by all who have come in contact with him in private or official life because of his pleasant and genial ways.

GEORGE H. LOWE.

George H. Lowe, attorney at law of St. Anthony, was born at Willard, Utah, September 28, 1883, his parents being Peter and Martha (Summers) Lowe, who were natives of England and of Utah respectively. The father came to America in 1863, locating at Willard, Utah, at a time when the Indians of that region far outnumbered the white settlers. He was a farmer by occupation and became a capitalist, winning substantial success by carefully directed business methods. He was also prominent in the political circles of his locality but devoted the greater part of his attention to agricultural pursuits and continued a resident of Willard until called to his final rest in August, 1914. The mother still resides at Willard.

George H. Lowe was reared at Willard, where he attended the public schools, while later he became a student in the Utah Agricultural College at Logan. He next entered the University of Utah at Salt Lake City and was graduated there with the class of 1906. He afterward removed to Rexburg, Idaho, and took up the pro- fession of teaching, being made the head of the English department in Ricks Acad- emy, with which be was thus connected for two years. He then entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor as a law student and completed his course with the class of 1911. In the same year he located at St. Anthony, Idaho, where he has since practiced his profession. He is regarded as an able lawyer and is most careful and thorough in the preparation of his cases, while in the application of legal principles he is seldom, if ever, at fault. His devotion to his clients' interests is proverbial yet he never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the maj- esty of the law. For two years he served as county attorney of Fremont county and he has acted as village attorney for Newdale, Dubois, Parker, Teton and Marysville. He has likewise filled the office of city clerk in St. Anthony, occupying that posi- tion in 1913. Aside from his professional connections he has extensive farming interests, owning four farms in Fremont county.

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History of Idaho, the gem of the mountains, Volume II, Part 83

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