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Professor Cannon belongs to the Boise Chamber of Commerce. A young man of liberal education, "well descended and well bred," he is leaving the impress of his individuality upon the educational history of the state and his labors are producing direct results along the line of agricultural progress.
HON. EDWARD B. ARTHUR.
Hon. Edward B. Arthur, a well known live stock dealer who recently took up his abode at Ivywild, a suburb of South Boise, has lived a most progressive life, characterized at all times by enterprise, resulting in the wise use of his time, his talents and his opportunities. He removed from Carey, Idaho, to Ivywild and through- out his entire life he has been a resident of the west.
His hirth occurred at Tooele, Utah, August 16, 1869, his parents being Edward J. and Catherine (Bennett) Arthur, who were of the Mormon faith. The father was born in Wales and the mother in England and with their respective parents they came to the United States, both the Arthur and Bennett families crossing the Atlantic and making their way to Utah as converts to the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The parents of Edward B. Arthur were married in 1868 and he was the eldest of their family of twelve children, five sons and seven daugh- ters, of whom three sons and four daughters are yet living. The mother died in 1889, but the father survives and yet makes his home in Utah, where most of his children are living.
Edward B. Arthur was reared in the Rush valley of Utah upon his father's ranch and acquired his early education in the public schools, while later he attended the Brigham Young College at Provo. Since starting out in the business world he has given his attention to the raising of live stock, handling sheep and cattle. He has manifested untiring industry and marked enterprise in the conduct of his business affairs, and his sound judgment and energy have been salient features in the attain- ment of substantial success.
On the 28th of June, 1900, in St. John, in Rush valley, Utah, Mr. Arthur was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle Ann Eldredge, who was born in Coalville, Summit county, Utah, May 13, 1881, a daughter of Hyrum and Julia (Phippen) Eldredge, who were also representatives of old Mormon families. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur have become the parents of seven daughters, constituting 'a family of whom they have every rea- son to be proud. These are Myrtle Eleanor, Gladys Afton, Catherine Julia. Rhea May, Emily Beth, Phyllis Eldredge and Margaret, their ages ranging from seventeen to three years.
EDWARD B. ARTHUR
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It was in 1903 that Mr. Arthur removed with his family from Utah to Carey, Idaho, and he lived in that town and vicinity until 1917. In the fall of the latter year he established his family in an attractive home in Boise and spent the following winter in the capital in order to send his oldest children to the Boise high school. The summer of 1918 was spent by the family on Mr. Arthur's ranch two and a half miles from Carey, this property comprising three hundred and twenty acres of rich and valuable land. Mr. Arthur purchased a half of the property in 1902 and located thereon in that year. He has been extensively engaged in the live stock business since coming to Idaho and his two younger brothers, John B. and Evan B., have been associated with him in the raising of sheep and cattle under the firm style of Arthur Brothers. The firm often has as many as ten thousand sheep and several hundred head of cattle. Edward B. Arthur and his two brothers have prospered during the period of their residence in Idaho and are now rich men. They own in all over twenty- five hundred acres of ranch land in Idaho in addition to their large flocks and herds, and in the management of their business they display sound judgment and indefatigable enterprise. Edward B. Arthur is also a stockholder in the Carey State Bank and owns the business conducted under the name of the Service Motor Company on Ban- nock street in Boise, but stock raising claims the major part of his time and atten- tion. In the spring of 1919 forty-six hundred ewes owned by the Arthur Brothers sheared an average of eleven pounds of wool to the head. Edward B. Arthur belongs to the National Wool Growers Association, to the Idaho Wool Growers Association and also to the Idaho Horse & Cattle Breeders Association and thus he keeps in touch with modern business methods along his chosen line and with all scientific knowledge appertaining thereto.
In the fall of 1918 Mr. Arthur again brought his family to Boise that his daughters might attend the high school. In September, 1918, he established his present resi- dence in Ivywild, here occupying a fine home, which he purchased in March, 1918. It is one of the handsomest suburban homes about Boise, being a two-story dwelling of cut stone, standing in the midst of an acre of ground. In his political views Mr. Arthur is a republican and he was a member of the Idaho legislature, representing Blaine county during the eleventh session of the general assembly during Governor Hawley's administration. He and his wife are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Fraternally he is an Elk and also is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America. Alert and energetic, he is a typical business man of the west, is a loyal and progressive citizen and, moreover, is a devoted husband and father who finds his greatest happiness in promoting the welfare of his family.
JAY M. PARRISH.
Jay M. Parrish, a member of the Boise bar, practicing successfully in this city since 1913, save for the period of his connection with the United States navy during the World war, was born at Kearney, Nebraska, August 15, 1891, his parents being Thomas J. s. and Letty (Megram) Parrish, who are still living at Kearney, the father being a retired merchant.
Jay M. Parrish was graduated from the Kearney high school, and in June, 1913, was graduated from the University of Colorado, after five years devoted to study in that institution, which brought to him the LL. B. degree. He then came to Boise, where he at once entered upon the practice of law and has since devoted his attention to the interests of his clients save from the 12th of June, 1918, until the Ist of March, 1919, when he wore the navy uniform and was numbered among the sailors of the U. S. N. From 1913 until 1915 he had filled the office of assistant county attorney of Ada county and in his practice he has made for himself a creditable place as a repre- sentative of the Boise bar. He is associated with B. W. Oppenheim and J. M. Lampert. He belongs to the Idaho State Bar Association and enjoys the respect and good will of his colleagues in the profession.
On the 27th of December, 1915, Mr. Parrish was married in Boise to Miss Ethel Elizabeth Ploeger, formerly of Burley, Idaho, but a native of Guthrie, Oklahoma. In politics Mr. Parrish is a republican but has never held office other than the one men- tioned. He has, however, been prominent in the public life of the community. He compiled the road laws, corporation laws and the general election laws of Idaho during 1919. He is the president of the Boise Automobile Trade Association and is chairman
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of the membership committee of the Boise Chamber of Commerce. Fraternally he is an Elk and a Master Mason, and his religious faith is that of the Episcopal church. He also belongs to John M. Regan Post of the American Legion at Boise and is a member of the executive committee of the Idaho branch of the American Legion. He is thoroughly in sympathy with the purposes of this organization to "carry on" and promote the work of the soldiers of the World war by advocating Americanization and emphasizing the high ideals of democracy.
J. LOUIS EBERLE.
J. Louis Eberle is a lawyer and a member of the law firm of Richards & Haga of Boise, Idaho, his associates being Judge J. H. Richards, Hon, Oliver O. Haga and McKeen F. Morrow. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, October 14, 1890, and graduated from the high school at Butte, Montana, in 1908. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Chicago in 1912 and received the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. In 1914 he graduated from the University of Chicago Law School, receiving the degree of Juris Doctor (cum laude).
Mr. Eberle then engaged in the general practice of law at Butte, Montana, for nearly two years, coming to Boise in 1915 and entering the employ of the law firm of which he is now a member. Early in 1917 he accepted the position of office attorney for the Idaho Power Company and the Boise Valley Traction Company, and filled such positions until he resigned to enter the naval service, going to the officers training camp at Bremerton, Washington. Upon being discharged from the navy he returned to Boise and became a member of the firm of Richards & Haga.
On October 5th, 1918, Mr. Eberle was married at Seattle, Washington, to Miss Clare Holcomb, daughter of W. G. Holcomb of Idaho. Mr. Eberle is a member of the Phi Alpha Delta fraternity, Order of the Coif, Boise Commercial Club, Bolse Chamber of Commerce, American Legion, Elks, Idaho Bar Association and is a Scottish Rite Mason.
FRED W. JORDAN.
While comparatively a young man, Fred W. Jordan of Boise is numbered among the pioneers of Idaho, having been a resident of this state since 1879 or for a period of forty-one years, during which time he has gained an extensive acquaintance throughout the southern section of the state. Mr. Jordan is a native of New York, his birth having occurred near Elmira, in Chemung county, on the 11th of November, 1864, his parents being Michael and Helen (White) Jordan, the former a native of the Empire state and the latter of Pennsylvania. They were married in Pennsylvania and for a time were residents of that state, after which they removed to New York, living in Chemung county. Subsequently they took up their abode at Vinton, Benton county, Iowa, where they resided for two years, and then -went to Kansas, establishing their home in Wel- lington, Sumner county, where they remained for two and a half years. On the expira- tion of that period, or in 1879, they came to Idaho and the parents spent their remain- ing days in or near Boise. However, Mr. Jordan owned ranch interests elsewhere in Idaho. He passed away in Boise in 1916, while his wife survived until 1919 and was laid to rest by his side in the Morris Hill cemetery. They are survived by two sons: Fred W., whose name introduces this review; and Archie Jordan, who is now a mining man of Montana.
Fred W. Jordan was a youth of fifteen years when he came with his parents to Idaho. He had previously attended school in the various localities where the family home had been maintained and throughout his life he has been largely engaged in mining, in live stock raising and in merchandising. In early manhood he turned his attention to the cattle industry, with which he was connected for twenty-two years and made seven overland trips with cattle and horses from Oregon to points in Wyoming and Montana. At one time he also owned large landed interests in the Camas Prairie country of Camas county, his possessions embracing fourteen quarter sections, now worth about one hundred dollars per acre. From 1906 until 1908 Mr. Jordan was sales manager for the Idaho Irrigation Company, being connected with the land department,
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with headquarters at Richfield and at Gooding. From 1908 until 1910 he owned and conducted one of the best drug stores in the state in the city of Gooding. To accom- modate this business he and Ex-Governor Frank Gooding built what is known as the Merchants block in Gooding-a white pressed brick two-story building which is still one of the most substantial and attractive business houses of that place. In 1910 Mr. Jordan disposed of his drug store and realty interests in Gooding and removed to Boise, where he has since carried on a general land and real estate business and is also interested in oil, his investments being in oil property in Texas.
In May, 1887, Mr. Jordan was married to Miss Alice Carrie White, a native of Ohio, and they have become the parents of two sons and five daughters: Mrs. Gladys R. Tabler; Mrs. Ethel M. Roberts; Mrs. Helen H. Johnson, of Seattle; Marion, who is employed as a stenographer and resides at home; Laura, who is also under the parental roof; and Enoch Allen and Fred W., Jr., both of whom are attending school in Boise.
Mr. Jordan is a republican in his political views and he served for one term as commissioner of Blaine county and for one term as a member of the Idaho state senate, representing Gooding county in the upper house during the tenth session. He belongs to the Boise Chamber of Commerce and to the Illinois Commercial Men's Association. He is fond of hunting and fishing and outdoor sports and to these turns for rest and recreation. His business affairs have been most capably conducted, his investments most wisely placed and his sound judgment and enterprise have constituted the salient features in his growing success. Dating his residence in Idaho from 1879, he is thoroughly familiar with the history of the state and has been an interested witness of its progress from pioneer times, with their hardships and privations, to the present with its prosperity and opportunities.
ROBERT MOBLEY.
Robert Mobley is one of the best known citizens of Boise, where he has been living for nearly fifty years, during this period being continuously engaged in the assay office, his service commencing in 1871. He is a native of Missouri, born in Holt county, that state, June 17, 1850, and now ranks as one of the surviving members of the band of pioneers who settled in Idaho in an early day. In company with his parents, William and Caroline (Clinger) Mobley, he crossed the plains by ox-team in 1854, going direct to California, where the mother died when her son was a mere lad. In 1859, William Mobley took his five children by boat up to Corvallis, Oregon, but some time later he lived temporarily in Idaho, after which he returned to Oregon, where he died. All of his five children are living, Robert Mobley being the only one in Idaho.
Robert Mobley removed from Oregon to Boise in 1864, being then only fourteen years, and he has been living in this part of Idaho ever since. During the seven years prior to 1871, he worked at various occupations and then entered the employ of the United States assay office at Boise, when in his twenty-first year. In his youth he was with practically. all the citizens of Boise and was generally recognized as the "pet of the town." When he entered the service of the United States government it was in the capacity of a table waiter in the mess house where the laborers and mechanics who were building the present assay office got their meals. Later he entered the office of Judge John R. McBride, superintendent of construction of the assay office, this being nearly fifty years ago. Mr. Mobley had much to do with the construction of the building and helped to plant the original trees on the grounds adjacent to the assay office, which is now one of the prettiest wooded lots in Boise. He held various minor offices in the assay department and was made melter, in which position he served for twelve years. Some time later he was appointed assistant assayer, serving as such for about twenty-five years, and he now occupies the responsible position of principal assayer. Mr. Mobley is one of the prominent citizens of Boise, his long residence here making lıim one of the best known men in this part of the state, where he is held in the highest esteem, and he is now, as in his early years, a general favorite with all classes.
Mr. Mobley was married to Theora Macy, who died October 6, 1914, leaving two daughters: Carolyn Ella, wife of Lucius L. Long, of San Francisco; and Mrs. Roberta Alma Halas, of Boise, who resides with her father. Mrs. Halas has one daughter, Olga Halas, born June 18, 1913.
Mr. Mobley is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which order
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he is past grand master of the jurisdiction of Idaho. He was formerly an Elk, and at present he is a member of the Woodmen of the World and Circle. He supports the republican party but has never been a seeker after public office, but gives a good citizen's attention to all matters affecting the welfare of the community in which he has resided for nearly fifty years.
CORY A. PHILPOTT, D. D. S.
Dr. Cory A. Philpott, a practicing dentist of Boise, where he has made his home since 1915, has in the intervening period won an enviable place as a representative of his profession. He had practiced for a number of years, following his graduation from the dental department of the Northwestern University of Chicago in 1900. He was at that time a young man of twenty-six years, his birth having occurred in South- ern Illinois, February 26, 1874. His father, Dr. Charles Henry Philpott, was also a dentist by profession and a veteran of the Civil war. He was born in Carroll county, Ohio, and died in Tecumseh, Nebraska, in 1898, after having practiced dentistry at that place for a quarter of a century. His widow survives and is still living at Lincoln, Nebraska. She bore the maiden name of Hattie E. Gordon and was born in Illinois.
Dr. Cory A. Philpott, spending his youthful days under the parental roof and inter- estedly watching his father's professional efforts decided to take up the study of den- tistry on his own account and after the completion of his literary course entered North- western University of Chicago, where he won his professional degree upon graduation with the class of 1900. He had located for practice in Tecumseh, Nebraska, in tbe spring of 1896 and there followed his profession for ten years, coming to Idaho in 1906, at which time he located at Caldwell, where he opened an office and practiced for nine years, removing to Boise in 1915.
In Tecumseh, Nebraska, in 1896, Dr. Philpott was united in marriage to Miss Florence V. Heilig, who had been a schoolmate of his boyhood days. Her parents had removed to Tecumseh, Nebraska, from southern Illinois in 1879 and there she was reared. Two sons and two daughters have been born of this marriage: Harley G., La Verne R., Lucile and Louise. The elder son, twenty-one years of age, is now in France in the navy hospital service. He is a graduate of the Caldwell high school. The other three are pupils in the Boise schools.
Dr. Philpott belongs to the Boise Elks Club, also to the Boise Commercial Club and the Country Club. He is fond of mechanics and at his home maintains a well equipped machine shop for his recreation and pleasure. This mechanical skill and ingenuity is one of the points in his professional success, supplementing as it does marked familiarity with the great scientific principles upon which dentistry is based.
JACOB M. LAMPERT.
Jacob M. Lampert, one of the prominent lawyers of Boise, and junior member of the law firm of Oppenheim & Lampert, with offices in the Idaho building, Boise, is a native of Wisconsin, born in Oshkosh, September 16, 1879, his parents being Joseph and Susanna Lampert, both of Swiss ancestry. The fatber, who throughout his life was mainly engaged at merchandising, was also born in Wisconsin, in Outagamie county. February 8, 1849. His parents had emigrated from the little republic of Switzerland in the preceding year and settled in Wisconsin. Several families of the Lamperts, all related, came from Switzerland on the same ship in 1848, and on arriving in this country the little colony proceeded westward and all settled in the same county in Wisconsin, where they became pioneers. Joseph Lampert is still living and now makes his home in Stewartsville, Missouri, but his wife died in 1898. The paternal grand- father of our subject was Mathias Lampert and the maternal grandfather was Christian Lampert. The Hon. Florian Lampert. now serving in congress from the sixth Wisconsin district, is a first cousin of Jacob M. Lampert. Congressman Lampert enjoys the distinc- tion of having two sons who graduated from West Point and two sons from Annapolis, while five sons served in France during the World war, one of whom made the supreme sacrifice.
Jacob M. Lampert, the subject of this sketch, was reared in Oshkosh, Wisconsin,
DR. CORY A. PHILPOTT
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and was educated in the schools of that place, graduating from the high school there in 1895. Some time later he entered the law office of the Hon. Gabe Bouck, of Oshkosh, who in his day was one of the most picturesque characters in the state of Wisconsin; he was prominent in democratic politics and served as attorney general of Wisconsin and also as a member of congress. From 1902 to 1916, Mr. Lampert was a resident of Los Angeles, California, and during the greater part of that period was connected with the Pacific Electric Railway Company, being principally connected with the legal department of that company. In 1916 he moved to Boise and has since been a member of the local bar, associated with B. W. Oppenheim, and is now a full partner with the latter in his legal practice. Mr. Lampert is a member of the Idaho State Bar Association and of the Boise Chamber of Commerce, in the affairs of which he takes a warm interest. He gives liberally of his time and attention to all matters pertaining to the welfare of the community in which he has taken up residence.
On February 15, 1919, Mr. Lampert was married to Ellen Kimmell, a native of Boise, where she has spent her life, being educated in the Boise public schools and at St. Margaret's Hall. Mr. Lampert is an ardent supporter of the republican party.
C. WALTER RIGGS.
C. Walter Riggs, filling the position of postmaster at Teton, where he is also well known in commercial circles as the secretary and treasurer of the Teton Mer- cantile Company, was born at Millville, Cache county, Utah, May 6, 1878, his parents being John and Dorothy (Nielsen) Riggs, the former a native of Rochdale, England, while the latter was born in Denmark. The father came to America with his parents when a young child and in 1859 crossed the plains with one of the ox team trains to Utah. He afterward made a trip hack across the plains to help emigrants on their way to Utah. He purchased land in Cache county, that state, and cultivated and improved it, continuing to till the soil there throughout his remaining days. He passed away February 20, 1909, having long survived the mother, whose death occurred on the 16th of April, 1883.
C. Walter Riggs was reared at Millville, Utah, and supplemented his public school training by study in the Brigham Young College at Logan, which he entered in 1895 and from which he was graduated with the class of 1898. He started out upon his business career as an employe of John E. Roneche in a general store at Millville, where he remained until October, 1899. He was then called to fill a mission in the southern states and labored in Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina conferences and during the last ten months of that period presided over the North Carolina conference. He served the church for twenty-eight months on that mission and then returned home in 1902. He afterward removed to Oregon, where he engaged in clerking in a hotel for a short time, and in 1902 he removed to Canyon county, Idaho. Through the succeeding winter he taught school and in 1903 took up his abode in Fremont county, Idaho, after which he engaged in teaching at Egin, Sunnydell, Hibbard and in the Sugar Salem district for a period of five years. Subsequently he purchased an interest in the Teton Hard- ware Company, becoming thus associated with Rudolph Naef and Samuel Schwendiman. The business was conducted in this way until 1916, when they consolidated with the Teton Mercantile Company and erected one of the most modern business blocks of the northwest, which would be a credit to any city. The dimensions are sixty by one hun- dred and one feet and the structure contains a full basement and dance hall and theatre. The Teton Mercantile Company operates the entire business therein conducted. Mr. Riggs was originally the vice president and in 1919 he was made secretary and treasurer. He is the third largest stockholder in the business and has had much to do with its management and development, making it one of the important commercial concerns of this section of the state. He likewise owns an interest in the Thousand Springs Land & Irrigation Company.
On the 30th of August, 1905, Mr. Rggs was united in marriage to Miss Clara Hansen and to them have been born four children, namely: Garda; Marion, who passed away in January, 1912; Grace; and Edith.
Mr. Riggs has served as a member of the town council and as clerk of the village. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is keenly interested in everything pertaining to the welfare and progress of the community. He belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Is ward clerk of Teton ward, which
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