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Carloss R. See was largely reared upon a Nebraska farm, the family home being in Saline county, where he attended the common schools, while later he pursued a course in a business college at Lincoln, Nebraska. He removed from Nebraska to Idaho In 1904 and turned his attention to ranching in what is now Minidoka county, where he lived until the fall of 1917. In Minidoka county he developed an excellent ranch and gave his attention and energies to its cultivation for about fourteen years. That he might afford his children better educational opportunities he at length re- moved to Boise and purchased a half interest in the Citizens Coal Company, which is one of the oldest concerns of the kind in the city, dealing in fuel, seeds and feed. Thelr warehouse is at the corner of Sixteenth and Front streets. The business was founded by Ed Goodrich in the latter part of the '80s and has had a continuous and successful existence since that time.
In Omaha, Nebraska, on the 22d of September, 1898, Mr. See was united In marriage to Miss Bertha E. Coates, a native of that state, who was educated in Lincoln. They became parents of four children, three daughters and a son, Gladys,
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Dorothy, Carl and Betty Lou. Gladys is now a student in the University of Idaho.
In politics Mr. See is a republican hut has never been an aspirant for office. He turns to fishing as his chief recreation and greatly enjoys a trip into the open that gives him opportunity to use the reel and rod.
HAMILTON MAJOR.
When Hamilton Major first saw his present farm it was a raw tract covered with sagebrush and seemingly promised nothing for the future, but he recognized the possibilities of the country and his labors have been directed ever toward its further development and improvement. In the conduct of his own farm he has wrought a marked transformation and today has an excellent property. Mr. Major was horn in Iowa, August 13, 1859, a son of Albert and Mary Ann (Kinder) Major, who were natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania respectively. When Hamilton Major was but a young lad he was left an orphan and was early thrown upon his own resources, so that he is truly a self-made man, having depended entirely upon individual effort and ability for the attainment of his prosperity. In 1906 he traded one hundred and sixty acres of Nebraska land for eighty acres in Payette county, upon which he now resides. He had not seen the property at the time the transfer was made. He disposed of thirty acres and now farms the other fifty. The place is located one mile east of New Plymouth and here he is engaged in general argicul- tural pursuits, his fields being successfully cultivated in the production of various crops. He has twenty-nine head of graded stock upon his place, including twelve horses. He also has two hundred Buff Orpington chickens, fifty Toulouse geese and fifty mammoth bronze turkeys, and he expects soon to engage quite extensively in the raising of Guernsey dairy stock. Each day he is more pleased with the property transfer which he made "sight unseen," as he recognizes the fertility and productiveness of the soil and the attractiveness of the climate.
On the 1st of June, 1912, Mr. Major was united in marriage to Miss Josalina MeClelland, a native of Kansas, where her parents settled in pioneer times. The father, B. C. McClelland, is now living with Mrs. Major and is seventy-two years of age. The mother, Mrs. Isabella Lorenna Alton (Johnson) McClelland, died in Kansas in 1916. For a number of years Mrs. Major was a successful school teacher, imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge that she had acquired. By her marriage she has become the mother of two daughters, Lorenna and Anna. Mr. and Mrs. Major are now widely and favorably known in Payette county and the sterling worth of their character is recognized by many friends as well as hy the business associates of Mr. Major.
ELMER K. LORIMER.
Elmer K. Lorimer, is the founder, president and manager of Lorimer's City Dye Works of Boise. He came to Idaho from Spokane, Washington, in 1909, but had learned the cleaning and dyeing business largely in Iowa and Chicago, beginning work along that line while a youth in Omaha, Nebraska. With his removal to the west he settled at Walla Walla, Washington, where he first established a business of his own in 1903. He subsequently conducted a cleaning and dyeing establishment at Pendleton, Oregon, and thence removed to Spokane, where he remained until 1909, when he came to Boise. He thus had long and varied experience in the line of his chosen occupation before establishing Lorimer's City Dye Works. Boise at that time had twenty-seven small places in which such work was done, but gradually he has taken over the business accorded all the other establishments and today Lori- mer's City Dye Works is the only concern of the kind in Boise. It is located at Nos. 913 to 919 Idaho street, where the business was opened in 1916. The building has twelve thousand square feet of floor space and is one of the most modern and up-to- date plants of the kind in the west. In fact no finer plant could be found in any of the larger cities. The City Dye Works has become an institution quite as well known in Boise as any other business institution of which the city has reason to Vol. 111-15
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be proud. Its trade comes from several states. The business was incorporated in 1917 with Mr. Lorimer as the president and manager as well as the principal stock- holder. He has built up an establishment of which he has every reason to be proud.
Mr. Lorimer was married May 15, 1901, in Iowa, to Miss Artie M. Ving and they have a son and two daughters: Kenneth V., Thelma and Maxine. Fraternally Mr. Lorimer is connected with the Elks and the Knights of Pythias and he belongs to the Boise Commercial Club. He is fond of baseball and athletics of all kinds and formerly played the national game, but his attention and energies are chiefly directed to his business and he has just reason to be proud of the success which he has achieved in this connection.
WALTER F. THODE.
Walter F. Thode, assistant cashier of the Overland National Bank of Boise, was born in Peoria, Illinois, July 13, 1878, a son of John and Louisa (Metzgar) Thode. The father was born in Denmark and the mother in Illinois of German parentage. Their family numbered eight children, of whom six are living, and the parents and seven of their children are still residents of Peoria, Illinois.
Walter F. Thode, the only member of the family who has come to Idaho, graduated from the Peoria high school with the class of 1897 and for several years thereafter engaged in business as a retail dealer in hay and grain in his native city. Before leaving for the northwest he was married in Peoria on the 17th of September, 1901, to Miss Bessie Turner, who was there born August 14, 1880, a daughter of Tracy and Armilda (Payne) Turner, who are now residing near Grenada, Mississippi. Both Mr. and Mrs. Thode were reared in Peoria and he was graduated from the high school there in 1897 and his wife the following year. Following their marriage they lived for some time in their native city and in 1912 came to Boise, where they have since made their home. Throughout the intervening period Mr. Thode has been identified with the banking business and is now connected with the Overland National Bank, while previously he occupied a position with its predecessor, the Idaho Trust & Savings Bank. His position is that of assistant cashier.
To Mr. and Mrs. Thode have been born five children: Elizabeth, who is a senior in the high school; Helen, a freshman in the high school; Mildred June; Marjorie; and Walter F., Jr. Mr. Thode is a Mason and has taken the Royal Arch degree and he is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, while politically he main- tains an independent course. He is also a member of the Boise Chamber of Commerce and is much interested in the purposes and plans of that organization to further develop and upbuild the city. In the spring of 1920 he purchased a highly improved ten-acre ranch on Vista avenue on the Boise bench, near the Whitney school.
A. HOWARD YOUNG, M. D.
Dr. A. Howard Young, a physician and surgeon and also au osteopathic practitioner who has attained high professional rank in Dubois and Clark county, was born in North Carolina, February 8, 1862. He is a son of John and Rebecca (Plummer) Young, the former a native of Virginia, while the latter was born in North Carolina. The father became a farmer of the "Old North State" and thus continued until April, 1861, when he enlisted for service in the Confederate army, with which he was on active duty for two years. He then contracted measles and the disease terminated his life at New- bern, North Carolina, in 1863. After remaining a widow for a time the mother married again and continued to reside in her native state until 1880, when the family removed to West Virginia, where she passed away in 1910.
A. Howard Young was reared and educated in North Carolina, attending a sub- scription school, but not content with conditions and opportunities at home, he ran away and became a pupil in a Kentucky school. He afterward took up the profession of teaching in the Kentucky mountains, having among his pupils members of the Hatfield and McCoy families that have figured in connection with the famous feuds of that reglon. Mr. Young continued to teach and also to attend school in West Virginia for a number of years and in 1884 he removed to Missouri. There he again taught school
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and as his financial resources increased as the result of his economy he purchased land, which he cultivated until 1898. He then went to Kirksville, Missouri, where he studied osteopathy, being graduated with the class of 1901. He afterward went to Warsaw, Indiana, where he practiced for two years, and then removed to Pueblo, Colorado, where he remained as an osteopathic practitioner until 1911. He then sought the opportuni- ties of the northwest, making his way to Portland, Oregon, where he practiced until 1915. On account of his health he came to Idaho, settling at Kellogg, where he followed his profession from May until October. In 1913 he went to Los Angeles, California, where he took up the study of medicine at the Pacific Medical College, being there gradu- ated with the class of 1914. Because of the condition of his health Dr. Young then traveled upon the road for the Associated Pharmacists of New York, his territory being Oklahoma. On the 29th of May, 1917, he located in Dubois, Clark county, Idaho, where he has since engaged in practice both as a physician and surgeon and as an osteopath. This is an ideal combination and Dr. Young was wise enough to recognize that both schools of healing have their value and uses each scientific method as it is needed. He also secured a homestead in Clark county of one hundred and sixty acres about seven- teen miles from Dubois.
On the 26th of November, 1885, Dr. Young was married to Miss Hettie Kincaid and they have become the parents of a son, Gordon R., who was born September 27, 1887, and for the past few years has been on the editorial staff of the Los Angeles Times and is now quite well known as a magazine writer.
Politically Dr. Young is a democrat, having supported the party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He is a valued and exemplary member of the Masonic fraternity, with which he has been connected for thirty-three years, and he likewise belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World. His religious faith is that of the Christian church. He is a broad and liberal-minded man who places no fictitious values upon the conditions and opportunities of life but recog- nizes that from individual effort, intelligently directed, comes all that is worth while. He is indeed a self-made man whose educational and financial progress is the direct result of personal effort and he has made for himself a creditable position in profes- sional circles.
C. RAY ISENBURG.
C. Ray Isenburg, cashier of the First National Bank of Ashton, was born in Emer- son, Nebraska, August 4, 1892, and is a son of Gus A. and Jennie (Betcke) Isenberg, the former a native of Germany, while the latter was born at Emerson, Nebraska. The father came to America with his parents when a lad of but thirteen years, the family home being established at Emerson, Nebraska, where Gus A. Isenburg afterward engaged in the hardware business, in which he continued until April, 1915. He then came to Fremont county, Idaho, and engaged in the banking business and also in the drug and sheep business. He likewise holds large landed interests in Fremont county. In 1911 he purchased the controlling interest in the Ashton State Bank, of which he was the vice president until 1915. In 1912 the bank was nationalized and its capital stock increased to thirty-five thousand dollars and since that time it has been still further increased, being now capitalized for sixty thousand dollars. Its surplus and undivided profits now amount to twenty-five thousand dollars and its deposits to four hundred thousand dollars. The officers are: R. D. Merritt, president; Gus A. Isenburg, vice president; C. Ray Isenburg, cashier; and C. M. Isenburg, assistant cashier. G. A. Isenburg has contributed in no small measure to the success of this institution. He has proven a capable and obliging official, doing everything in his power to further the interests of the patrons of the bank, and at the same time has most carefully safe- guarded the institution. His varied business interests have constituted a most important element in the growth and upbuilding of this section of the state.
C. Ray Isenburg was reared in Emerson, Nebraska, and after completing his high school course there entered Creighton University of Omaha, from which he was grad- uated with the class of 1912, thus becoming well qualified by liberal educational training for the work that he has since taken up. He came to Ashton and secured a position in the First National Bank at a salary of twenty-five dollars per month. In 1913 he was made assistant cashier and in 1917 was elected cashier. He has also become one of the stockholders and directors of the institution and is doing everything in his power to
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promote its development and make it a force for good in business circles of this section of the state.
In the spring of 1917 Mr. Isenburg was married to Miss Ada Larsen and to them was born a daughter, Ruby A., whose birth occurred February 10, 1918. The wife and mother passed away April 23, 1919, after an illness of six months.
Politically Mr. Isenburg is a republican and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, recognizing the obligations and duties of citizenship as well as its privileges. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and loyally adheres to its principles. Like his father, he has made for himself a creditable place in the business world. Parental authority did not intervene to secure his advancement, but by indi- vidual effort and capability he has worked his way upward, proving his worth in every position that he has held, and he now occupies a creditable place in the regard of the banking fraternity of Idaho.
HERMAN STRICKER.
Herman Stricker, who is engaged in ranching on Rock creek, in Twin Falls county, was born in the kingdom of Hanover, Germany, March 12, 1841, and is a son of Frank and Elizabeth (Teamond) Stricker. For forty-three years he has lived in the locality which is now his home and is familiar with every phase of the development and up- building of the section in which he resides. He left Germany for the United States in 1856, when fifteen years of age, and first took up his abode in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he learned the machinist's trade. He was afterward employed as clerk in a grocery store until the 15th of April, 1861, when his loyal interest in his adopted land caused his enlistment in the Union army as a member of Company C, Fifth Ohio Regiment, with which he served for three months. In the meantime he reenlisted for three years' service and participated in the battle of Kernstown, Virginia. He was afterward with the Army of the Potomac and was present in the engagement at Port Republic and in the operations in the Shenandoah valley. He also participated in the battle of Bull Run and the battle of Antietam, while at a later date he took part in the sanguinary battle of Chancellorsville. He was also in the hotly contested engagement at Gettys- burg and later at Bridgeport, Alabama, at Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and New Hope church, Georgia. At the last named place he was wounded and was in the hospital at Kingston, Georgia, for a time, but recovering from his injuries, he went with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea and was at Raleigh, North Carolina, when the news of President Lincoln's assassination was received. In 1865 he was honorably discharged at Camp Dennison, Ohio.
Mr. Stricker then returned to Cincinnati, where he engaged in the grocery business for a short time. In 1867 he went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he clerked in a hotel, and later he was for a time at Cheyenne, Wyoming. He next peddled goods along the Union Pacific Railroad and in the spring of 1869 he went to South Pass, Wyoming, but soon afterward removed to Salt Lake, Utah, where he bought up eggs, which he shipped to White Pine, Nevada. In the spring of 1870 he took a load of passengers to Gold creek, Montana, and afterward went to Corinne, Utah, where he purchased goods, with which he drove across the country to Springtown, in the Snake river canyon. There he established a store, which he conducted until 1877, when he purchased his present ranch on Rock creek, Twin Falls county, Idaho. He built upon the place a log store and other buildings and began the development and improvement of the property. He homesteaded the land upon which he took up his abode and from time to time he has added to his holdings until he now has nine hundred and sixty acres of valuable land, which he utilizes largely in the raising of cattle and horses.
In 1882 Mr. Stricker was married to Miss Lucy Wolgamott, a native of Iowa and a daughter of Jacob Wolgamott, who was an undertaker at Birmingham, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Stricker have become the parents of six children: Bernard, Clyde, Roland, Mavis, Blythe and Gladys.
Mr. Stricker is a republican in his political views and for twenty-two years he served as postmaster of Rock Creek, Idaho. Having lived in this district for forty-three years, he is thoroughly familiar with every phase of the country's development and progress. He has seen the wild land reclaimed and cultivated and the work of devel- opment and enterprise carried forward until this is now a populous and prosperous section of the state. He has always borne his part in the work of general development
HERMAN STRICKER
MRS. HERMAN STRICKER
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and improvement and his reminiscences of pioneer times are most interesting. The experiences of his life have been broad and varied, covering active service through almost the entire period of the Civil war, connection with mercantile interests in the east and identification with every phase of pioneer life in the west.
BENJAMIN M. WOOD,
Benjamin M. Wood is a partner in the firm of Wood & Bray, automobile dealers of Ashton. He started upon life's journey in Fountain county, Indiana, November 28, 1875, his parents being James and Orpha (Osborn) Wood, who were natives of the Hoosier state. The father followed farming there throughout his entire life save for a few years prior to his demise, when he lived retired, removing to Hillsboro, Indiana, where he spent his remaining days in the enjoyment of well earned rest. He passed away in August, 1900, while his wife died in September, 1905. At the time of the Civil war James Wood joined the Union army and participated in the defense of the federal government.
Benjamin M. Wood was reared and educated at Hillsboro, Indiana, remaining with his parents until he had attained his majority. He then learned the barber's trade, which he followed for five years, and in 1903 he removed to St. Anthony, Idaho, where he again worked at his trade for three years. On the expiration of that period he filed on land five miles southwest of Ashton and at once began to break the sod and till the fields. He purchased more land from time to time as his financial resources permitted and is now the owner of an excellent farm of two hundred and forty acres, which he cultivated until 1915. He has since rented the place and in that year he came to Ashton, where he engaged in the automobile business. He handles the Dodge, Nash and Hudson cars and he formed a partnership with Overton Bray, with whom he has since been connected in business. In April, 1919, they erected one of the most modern garage buildings in the state at a cost of twenty thousand dollars. They have splendid equipment for the care and repair of cars and their business as automobile dealers has reached gratifying proportions.
On the 3d of December, 1895, Mr. Wood was married to Miss Lydia Ross and to them have been born four children: Daisy, the wife of Raymond Berry, who is cashier of the bank at Teton; Rhea, the wife of Glenn Maddox, who resides on a farm west of Driggs, Idaho; and Mary and Earl, who are attending school.
Politically Mr. Wood is a republican and for two years he has served as a member of the town council of Ashton. He is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of the Maccabees and his religious faith is that of the Christian church, while his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Both are people of genuine worth, held in high esteem by all who know them, and their influence is a potent force toward the moral progress of the community in which they live.
ARTHUR H. WILKIE.
The English historian, Macaulay, has said that the history of a country is best told in the lives of its people; nor is the history of a country merely the biographical records of a few eminent men. It is the story of the daily endeavor of many and their united efforts to uphold the interests of their country. Each community has its citizens who are playing an important part in the work of general progress and improvement and at Ashton this class finds a representative in Arthur H. Wilkie, an attorney at law.
He was born in Syracuse, New York, May 20, 1873, and is a son of Frederick C. and Sarah E. (Adams) Wilkie, who were natives of the state of New York. The father was a merchant and engaged in the clothing business in New York until 1878, when he removed to Wyoming. There he worked on a stock ranch until 1883, when he removed to Washington county, Idaho, and engaged in railroad construction for a time. He filed on land in that county and began its cultivation, continuing the work of further im- provement throughout his remaining days. During the Civil war he enlisted in 1861 in the Fifth New York Heavy Artillery and was commissioned captain. At the close of the struggle he was honorably discharged with the rank of major. He passed away in 1907, having for a long period survived his wife, who died in March, 1884.
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Arthur H. Wilkie was reared and educated in Washington county, Idaho, and after- ward engaged in the sawmill and lumber business, to which he devoted his energies from 1898 until 1911. In the meantime, or in 1909, he began reading law and was admitted to the bar on the 21st of April, 1913, after thorough preparation for the pro- fession. In the same year he removed to Fremont county and opened an office at Ashton, where he has since practiced. He is thorough and earnest in the preparation of his cases and is seldom, if ever, at fault in the application of legal principles by reason of his wide study and his analytical mind. He is also one of the stockholders in the Ashton Enterprise, a weekly paper, for by trade Mr. Wilkie is a printer, having learned the trade in Boise, where he worked for four years before taking up work in a sawmill. His efforts and attention, however, are now entirely concentrated upon his law practice, and he has a fine law library, which enables him to keep in touch with all the legal principles and with precedents as well.
In 1905 Mr. Wilkie was married to Miss Lillian E. Whiffin and they have become the parents of five children: Waldo W., Fred, Audrey H., Arthur Weld and one who died in infancy.
In politics Mr. Wilkie is independent and for two terms he served as town attorney of Ashton. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has gained a wide and favorable acquaintance during the period of his residence in Fremont county and recognition of his ability has come to him in a large practice, so that he is today accounted one of the leading attorneys of this section of the state.
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