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In early manhood Mr. Johnson wedded Miss Kathleen Broeg and in their son, Richard H. Johnsen, is found a worthy successor of the father and one who is maintain- ing the family reputation in connection with successful practice at the bar. About 1910 Mr. Johnson went abroad and after three years' residence in Europe passed away in Wasserburg, Germany, on the 10th of September, 1913. The press and the public of Idaho were united in their expressions concerning the value of his work to the state in its formative period and as an interpreter of the law, doing much to shape and uphold the legal status of the commonwealth.
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GENERAL CHARLES STUART MOODY.
General Charles Stuart Moody, formerly adjutant general of the state of Idaho, was born on a farm in Randolph county, Missouri, December 18, 1869, a son of George W. and Melissa J. (Ruberson) Moody. The father was a carpenter and farmer in early life and later turned his attention to merchandising. He is descended from one of the old families of Virginia, also related to the Stuart family of that state, and to this family General Stuart likewise belonged.
In the year 1877, Charles Stuart Moody removed with his parents to eastern Oregon and in 1879 the family established their home in the then territory of Washing- ton. Another removal was made in 1881 which brought them to Idaho, at which time they located on a ranch twelve miles east of Moscow. The father there took up a timber claim and became one of the pioneer settlers of the district.
General Moody of this review was educated in the public schools of Oregon, Wash- ington and Idaho and when nineteen years of age became a teacher in Latah county, there following the profession for two years. On attaining his majority he entered newspaper work at Troy, having previously learned the printer's trade when but four- teen years of age. In 1892 he founded the Alliance Ledger, a weekly paper which he published at Troy for three years, he and his wife doing all of the work in connection
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with the issuance of that paper. In 1895 they removed to Orofino, Idaho, where General Moody embarked in the drug business, making his home at that place until 1901. In the meantime he had taken up the study of medicine and in 1900 was graduated from the Central Medical College of St. Joseph, Missouri. Following the completion of his course he practiced medicine at Sand Point, Idaho, from 1901 until 1914. While at Orofino he served as judiciary clerk of the state senate at the fourth session of the general assembly. During the fifth session of the state legislature he was a representa- tive of that body from Shoshone county and he also served as state senator from Shoshone county during the sixth general assembly. During the last term, or the fourteenth session of the state legislature, he was a member of the "war house" from Banner county, having in the meantime become a resident of Hope, Bonner county. In 1914 he became surgeon for the Hope Lumber Company, a position which he still holds. On the 29th of June, 1916, he was appointed adjutant general of the state by Governor Alexander, an office that assumed added importance on account of the European war. He has held the rank of major in the Medical Corps since 1910 and he has closely studied all questions and conditions that bear upon the military interests of the state.
On the 5th of September, 1892, General Moody was married to Sophie Elizabeth Condell, a native of Kansas, and they have a son, Virgil Carleton, born September 14, 1893, who is now in the United States Forestry Service. He married Louise Allen and has a son, Allen Eugene Moody, who was born December 17, 1916.
Dr. Moody has done considerable literary work, has been a frequent contributor to medical journals and is also the author of a volume entitled "History of the Nez Perce War." His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and fraternally he is a thirty-second degree Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. He is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias. Along strictly professional lines he is connected with the Idaho State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and of the former has been honored with the presidency.
MRS. CLAUDIA H. NELSON.
Mrs. Claudia H. Nelson, county treasurer of Bannock county and a resident of Poca- tello for seven years, was born in Utah, a daughter of Hi and Eliza C. (Beckstead) Hamson. Her father was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and became one of the pioneers of Utah, but later moved to Idaho, where he followed merchandising for many years but has now passed away. His wife was a native of Utah. Mrs. Nelson has two sisters: Mrs. A. H. Soxer, of Logan, Utah, whose husband is the head of the mathematical depart- ment of the Agricultural College; and Mrs. W. L. Baugh, of Salt Lake City, whose hus- band is a railroad conductor on the Oregon Short Line.
Mrs. Nelson was but seven months old when first brought to Idaho. She pursued her education in the schools of this state and at Logan, Utah, and in early womanhood devoted some time to teaching in the rural districts. She was married in 1899 and is the mother of two children: Vivian, who is now pursuing a nurses' training course at St. Anthony's Hospital; and Hugh, who is attending the public schools at Pocatello.
For the past ten years Mrs. Nelson has been an active factor in business life. For two years she was in the office of the Bannock County Abstract Company and later in the office of the county recorder for two years. During the past two years she has filled the office of county treasurer of Bannock county and was reelected for the position on the democratic ticket. She believes that woman, having demonstrated her ability and fitness for work in every connection, should have equal rights with man, and that her own record as county treasurer is a most acceptable one is indicated in the fact that she has been renominated for the position.
RICHARD H. JOHNSON.
For five generations the Johnson family, of which Richard H. Johnson is a represen- tative, has been actively connected with the bar. The name figures conspicuously on the pages of the legal history of New England, of the Mississippi valley and of the far west and has been inseparably interwoven with the court records of Idaho since 1878, when the family home was established in Boise by Richard Z. and Kathleen (Broeg) Johnson, par-
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ents of Richard H. Johnson, who was born in Silver City, Idaho, on the 19th day of July, 1870, and was therefore a little lad of eight years at the time of the removal of the capi- tal. He attended the public schools of Boise, passing through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school with the class of 1886. He afterward studied in some of the best. European schools, spending two years in Zurich, Switzerland, where he was graduated from Concordia College in 1889, and then went to Germany, where he was connected with student life for a year. Upon his return to his native land he entered Yale University and completed a course in law with the class of 1892, just a third of a century after his father had won the LL.B. degree in the same institution.
With his return to his home city of Boise, Richard H. Johnson was admitted to the bar and entered upon practice in connection with his father. It was not parental influence or assistance but personal merit that gained for him a large clientage and with his father's retirement from practice he took over the husiness of the firm and has since remained one of the eminent lawyers of the city.
In 1890 Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Kathryn Ashdown, of New Haven, Connecticut, a daughter of John E. and Kathryn (Bowen) Ashdown, of that city. They have become parents of a daughter, Katherine, whose birth occurred in 1893 and who after spending two years in study in Bavaria, Germany, was for two years a student in St. Helen's Hall at Portland, Oregon. In June, 1912, she completed a course in the high school at Boise and afterward entered the Stanford University of California, where she graduated with the degree of B. A.
Mr. Johnson is well know as a representative of the Commercial Club and he became a charter member of Elks Lodge, No. 310. His political allegiance has always been given to the democratic party and in 1896 he entered upon a service in the state legislature that through reelection covered two terms, so that he has been active in framing as well as in interpreting the laws of Idaho.
ARNOLD E. SMITH.
Arnold E. Smith, cashier of the First National Bank of Burley, was born in Park City, Utah, June 16, 1888, a son of Fred M. and Ida (Getsch) Smith. He was a lad of sixteen years when he left his native town to become a resident of Salt Lake and attend the University of Utah. After putting aside his textbooks he accepted a position in the National Bank of the Republic as messenger boy and when he severed his connection with that institution in February, 1918, he was serving as bank auditor. In the same vear he entered the First National Bank of Burley in the position of assistant cashier and on the 1st of January, 1919, was advanced to the position of cashier, in which connection he has since continued. He is also one of the directors of the bank and is proving a most popular official, being always courteous and obliging, while at the same time he displays a thorough understanding of every phase of the banking business.
In 1912 Mr. Smith was married to Miss Ferne Meeks, of Kansas City, Missouri, whose parents were Charles and Lena Meeks. They have become the parents of three children, Catherine, Charles and Ferne. Mr. Smith maintains an independent course in politics, voting according to the dictates of his judgment without regard to party ties. In Masonry he is a Knight Templar and has also attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He is a faithful follower of the craft, its purposes and its teachings, and he employs to the fullest degree the confidence, goodwill and friendship of his brethren of that fraternity. In a business way he has steadily worked upward through merit and effort and has made for himself a creditable place in the financial circles of southern Idaho.
DANA E. BRINCK.
Dana E. Brinck, junior member of the firm of Perky & Brinck, located in the McCarty block, Boise, was born in Clinton county, lowa, on a farm, July 21, 1879, the only son of Chester Y. and Myra (Buttolph) Brinck. His parents later removed to Sac county, Iowa, where he spent his boyhood days on his father's farm until the latter passed away in 1891. His mother then took up her residence in Storm Lake, that state, and later removed to Mount Vernon, Iowa, and now resides in Boise.
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Mr. Brinck was graduated from the Storm Lake high school in 1895, and from Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa, with the degree of Ph. B. in 1903, and from the Law School of the State University of Iowa, with the degree of LL. B. in 1907, being admitted in the same year to the Iowa bar. During the period between his entrance in college and graduation from the law school, he spent several years working with the Redpath Lyceum Bureau in Chicago. After graduating from law school, he spent two years in the preparation of an Iowa Digest at Iowa City, in connection with Hon. Emlin McClain, then a justice of the supreme court of Iowa. He located in Boise in July, 1909. where he has ever since practiced his profession, and in 1916 became the junior member of the law firm of Perky & Brinck, the senior partner being Senator K. I. Perky.
On November 17, 1909, Mr. Brinck was married to Miss Maude Gable, a classmate at Cornell College. and to this union has been born a son, Chester Gable Brinck, whose birth occurred February 12, 1911. In politics Mr. Brinck is a republican. Along pro -. fessional lines, he is connected with the County and State Bar Associations, and fraternal- ly is a member of Oriental Lodge, No. 60, A. F. & A. M., and of the Scottish Rite bodies of Masonry at Boise, and of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
CARL A. VALENTINE.
Carl A. Valentine, a self-educated and self-made man who has made his efforts count for much in the world's work, is now connected with the First National Bank of Pocatello as its president. He has also figured prominently in other financial con- nections in Idaho, contributing much to the development of the banking interests of the state. That he has reached his present position of leadership and prominence is due to the wise use which he has made of his time, talents and opportunities and his record is illustrative of the fact that no matter what the opportunities afforded in schools, one must eventually formulate, shape and determine his own character.
Mr. Valentine was born July 15, 1875, at Ronne, on the island of Bornholm, situated about one hundred miles from Copenhagen, Denmark. His father is now deceased, but he brought his mother to this country and she is still living at the age of nearly eighty years.
Carl A. Valentine was but ten years of age when he first crossed the ocean, making his way to Brigham, Utah. There he was employed in the sheep industry and at the same time he utilized the opportunities offered for acquiring an education. When eigh- teen years of age he removed to Pocatello, Idaho, although for some years before he had heen in southern Idaho. For a year he engaged in the produce business at Poca- rello and then sold his interests in order to engage in sheep raising. At that time he was the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of land and upon his ranch he like- wise engaged in raising cattle. Previously he was employed in the shops of the Oregon Short Line Railroad and later he became fireman on a locomotive on that line. When twenty-five years of age he again devoted his entire time to the raising of sheep and was active in that business until the fall of 1909, when he became the chief factor in the organization of the Farmers & Traders Bank of Pocatello, Idaho, of which he was made vice president. In the same year he organized the Bancroft State Bank at Ban- croft, Idaho, which was later converted into The First National Bank there, with the same personnel as the Farmers & Traders Bank previously organized, and of this institu- tion he remains a director and vice president. In 1912 he reorganized the Gem Valley State Bank of Grace, Idaho, converted into The First National Bank of that place, and of this institution he is the president, having also served in that capacity before the reorganization. In 1902 he purchased control of the McCammon State Bank, of which he is likewise president. He also purchased control of the First National Bank and The First Savings Bank at Pocatello and on the 12th of April, 1915, he merged into it the Farmers & Traders Bank, doing business under the name of the First National Bank and First Savings Bank, which is the fourth largest financial institution in the state, its resources being approximately four and one-half million dollars. Mr. Valentine is also a director and stockholder of the Weeter-Williams-Carmean Wholesale Company, which is at present erecting a huilding and is now doing a business amounting to fifty thousand dollars monthly. He is likewise the vice president of the Idaho Pressed Brick Company and formerly served as its president but resigned, as he could not devote suffi- cient time to the duties of that office. He is also a stockholder in the Utah Fire Clay
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Company of Salt Lake City and is the owner of the. Valentine block, which he erected in 1916 at a cost of seventy-five thousand dollars. This is one of the most modern buildings in the state, constructed of white glazed terra cotta, steel and concrete. It is two stories in height, with twenty-five offices, three stores and the First National Bank. It is so constructed, however, that he can add other stories and he is now con- templating the building of three additional. In 1909 he erected a residence on Seventh avenue, in a district which was then covered with sagebrush but is now in the heart of the best residential section of the city, and his is one of the finest homes of Poca- tello. It would be impossible to overestimate the worth of his business activities as factors in the development of the districts in which he has put forth his efforts. He is a man of sound judgment and notable sagacity whose initiative has enabled him to utilize opportunities that others have passed heedlessly by. He always works with firm purpose toward a given end and he never stops short of the successful accomplish- ment of that purpose.
Mr. Valentine was united in marriage at Pocatello to Miss Alvira Neilson, a daugh- ter of N. P. Neilson, of this city. They have two sons and a daughter-Carl Dale, Richard Douglas and Mary Harriet, who are with the parents in their attractive home.
Mr. Valentine belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World. He is also a member of the Commercial Club and he has served as a member of the city conncil. His one hundred per cent Americanism was indicated in his untiring efforts in behalf of the country during the World war. He was made a member of the Bannock County Council of Defense and was given charge of fuel administration in the seventh district when it was organized at Boise, the district comprising Power, Bannock. Franklin, Oneida, Bear Lake, Bingham, Butte, Custer and Lemhi counties. There was formed an organization in each county which reported direct to Mr. Valentine. He was also a member of the Bannock County Liberty Loan Committee throughout all the drives and the hanks with which he was connected oversubscribed to all Liberty loans and were the largest subscribers in southeastern Idaho. He is chairman of the board of governors of the St. Anthony Hospital at Poca- tello and is at present organizing the State Bank at Arimo, Idaho. The record of such a man should certainly serve to stimulate and encourage others, showing what can be accomplished through individual effort. While ambition and energy have brought him notable success in business, he has at the same time regarded the attainment of wealth only as one aim of his life. He has ever fully recognized his duties and obligations in other connections and has made effort to serve the general purposes of society as well.
NELS WESTBY.
Among the enterprising merchants of Boise is numbered Nels Westby, proprietor of the Holsum Bakery, located at the corner of Sixteenth and Idahc streets. He came to this city in 1907 from Esmond, North Dakota, where for a number of years he was connected with the bakery trade. A Norwegian by birth, he was born at Larvik, July 8, 1885, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Westby, Sr., who throughout life have remained residents of their native land. The father, who followed a seafaring career, is now living retired, his wife also surviving, and they make their home at Larvik, Norway.
Nels Westby of this review was reared and educated in his native country but at the age of nineteen, having been much impressed with the stories he had heard in regard to the opportunities offered in the United States, decided to come to this coun- try, arriving here in 1904. In Norway he had learned the baker's trade, having turned his attention to that line at the age of fifteen and serving a four years' apprentice- ship. Upon completing his indenture he came to this country and after working for three years at his trade in Esmond, North Dakota, came to Boise in 1907 and here he has since been identified with the baking industry. Having thoroughly learned all the details of the trade as applying to this country, he embarked in business inde- pendently in 1913, purchasing the Capital Bakery at No. 717 Main street. In 1915 he sold that establishment and acquired the bakery which he now owns at the corner of Sixteenth and Idaho streets, naming it the Holsum Bakery, which name is copy- righted. Since then his trade has greatly increased as he not only uses the best materials but is thoroughly conscientious in all of his dealings and turns out a very palatable prod- uct. He now receives a gratifying income from his labors.
On September 16, 1910, Mr. Westby was united 'in marriage to Miss Leva Qium,
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a native of Norway, who in 1904 came to the United States in the same year and month as her husband. To this union has been born a son, Harold Morris, whose birth occurred March 3, 1913. The family residence is at No. 1316 North Twenty- first street, which property Mr. Westby owns.
He is a member of the Idaho Master Bakers Association and for one year was its vice president. He also belongs to the Boise Chamber of Commerce, being thor- oughly in accord with its projects for advancement, and fraternally is a member of the Loyal Order of Moose and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. His political affiliation is with the republican party but he has never been an aspirant for office, preferring to give his whole attention to his business affairs. In this country he has found the opportunities which he sought and has attained a substantial position by applying industry and energy in the pursuit of his objects.
EARL EAMES, M. D.
Dr. Earl Eames, successfully engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Teton, was born at Menan, in what was then Fremont county but is now Jefferson county, Idaho, November 30, 1890, and is a son of William and Ella (Molen) Eames who were natives of England and of Lehi, Utah, respectively. The father came to America with his parents when but eight years of age, they having been converted to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They made their way across the country to Utah and cast in their lot with the pioneer settlers of that state. There William Eames was reared and educated and when old enough began cow punching. In 1884 he removed to what is now Jefferson county, Idaho, and subsequently to Oneida or Bingham county. He came to this district looking for a range for cattle and filed on land four miles west of Menan. He has since improved his property and it has throughout the intervening period been carefully and successfully conducted, his sons now doing the actual work of the farm, while Mr. Eames lives in Menan, as does the mother.
Dr. Eames was reared in Menan and in the pursuit of his education attended the graded schools and the high school of Idaho Falls. He afterward entered the university at Valparaiso, Indiana, where he spent two years as a student, and on the expiration of that period matriculated in Rush Medical College of Chicago, from which he was graduated with the class of 1917. He spent one year in hospital work in San Francisco and ten months in the army of which period six months were passed in France. He went over with Base Hospital, No. 96, with the rank of first lieutenant and was honorably discharged May 18, 1919. By reason of his hospital work and his service in the army abroad he has largely promoted his knowledge and is splendidly qualified for the onerous' duties of the profession. Returning to America, he located in Fremont county, open- ing an office at Newdale on the 10th of June, but after two months removed to Teton, where he has practiced since, although still continuing his work at Newdale. He is recognized as a most capable young physician and at all times is keeping in close touch with the advanced thought and scientific investigations of the medical profession.
Dr. Eames was married to Miss Lillian Torma in September, 1917. Fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and religiously with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party but while he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day he has no desire for political office, preferring to concentrate his energies and attention upon his professional interests, which are constantly growing in volume and in importance.
WILLIAM KUNTER.
The successful struggle of an American of foreign birth in his adopted country is well exemplified in the career of William Kunter, a prominent merchant of Ririe, Jef- ferson county, Idaho, who was born in Germany in July, 1877. He is the son of William and Anna (Lohmeyer) Kunter, both of whom spent their entire lives in their native Germany, where the former was an agriculturist. The death of the father occurred in March, 1897, and that of the mother in June, 1891.
William Kunter spent his boyhood in Germany, where he received his rudimentary schooling, and for two years after the death of his mother, when he was only a lad of
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sixteen years, he came to the United States. Soon after his arrival he located at Diller, Nebraska, where he worked as a hand on the neighboring farms until 1899, and during this period he devoted his spare time to learning the customs and language of the new country. He then decided upon the northwest as a suitable field for his operations and he went to Boise, Idaho, where he remained until 1903. There his employer was first W. Kingsbury, an attorney, and then R. M. Davis. By this time Mr. Kunter decided wisely that he could make further progress in this land only through the door of addi- tional education, hence he returned to Nebraska and entered the normal school at Fremont, that state, where he pursued his studies until the completion of his course. With the added qualifications which came from his two years of advanced schooling, he returned to Idaho and located in the town of Pearl, where he began his practical education in merchandising in the store of R. M. Walters, a merchant. He was thus en- gaged until June, 1906, and in July of the same year he accepted a position at Boise in the Golden Rule store, with which concern he remained for five and one half years. At the end of this period Mr. Kunter found that his experience and financial status would permit him to enter the field of business for himself, and after looking about for a suitable location he bought an interest in the Neuber & Scott dry goods store at Idaho Falls, Bonneville county. Two years later, however, he disposed of his part of the busi- ness to accept the position as manager and head office man of F. A. Buttrey & Company at Havre, Montana.
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