History of Idaho, the gem of the mountains, Volume III, Part 9

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 926

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To Mr. and Mrs. Haylor have been born six children. Ethel is now the wife of Guy L. Smith, of Portland, Oregon. Herbert Clair is married and lives at St. Anthony, Idaho, where lie is employed by the Utah Power Company. He served in France with the American Expeditionary Force during the World war and on the battle front made a splendid record. He was once wounded and once gassed. Eva May is the wife of

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William B. Temple, of Marysville, Kansas. John Randall, now a business man of Oherlin, Ohio, is twenty-four years of age and during the World war was connected with the aviation service but did not get overseas. Harold M., twenty years of age, is now pursuing an engineering course in the Ohio University and when the war closed he belonged to the Student Army Training Corps. Morris G., sixteen years of age, is a freshman in the Emmett high school.

Mr. Haylor is a republican and besides the offices which he filled in Kansas has served as a member of the city council of Emmett for the past five years, being still the incumbent in that position. He is a Mason and an Odd Fellow, is secretary of the latter lodge and is also a past grand and a member of the encampment. He is very fond of hunting and fishing and belongs to the Emmett Gun Club.

GUY B. MAINS.

Guy B. Mains, who since 1908 has been forest supervisor of the Payette national forest, with headquarters at Emmett, was born in Clark county, Wisconsin, December 8, 1878, his parents being Nathan B. and Ella (Bushnell) Mains. The father, who was a lumberman, has passed away. He was born in the state of Maine, while his father, Robert Mains, was a native of the south of England and the son of a clergyman.

Guy B. Mains was reared in Clark county, Wisconsin, and when fifteen years of age was graduated from the Neillsville high school. He then took up the profession of teaching in the public schools of his native state, heing thus employed for two terms. When seventeen years of age he made his way to Seattle, Washington, where he re- mained for a year and then returned to Wisconsin, where he again taught for two more terms. He afterward attended the normal school at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and subsequently he spent four years as a teacher in the graded schools of that state. He next became identified with the lumber business, which he followed for several years, first in Wisconsin and later in California and Idaho. He came to this state in 1905 and for two years was in the employ of the old Barber Lumber Company, with head- quarters at Boise. In 1907 he entered the government forestry service in the capacity of supervisor and since 1908 has occupied his present position as supervisor of the Payette national forest, which includes one million, two hundred thousand acres of timber. His position is therefore a responsible one and he has been most capable and faithful in the discharge of his duties.

On the 19th of January, 1908, Mr. Mains was united in marriage at Mackay, Idaho, to Miss Martha Keenan, who was born in Ohio, and they have two children, Helen and Keenan, aged respectively nine and seven years.

Mr. Mains is fond of hunting and outdoor sports and when leisure permits indulges his taste in this direction. He helongs to the Emmett Gun Club and has membership in the Emmett Commercial Club. Fraternally he is a thirty-second degree Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine, is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is a republican. His wife belongs to the Eastern Star and like Mr. Mains has been active in projects and measures for the public good. She is now a member of the Emmett school board and during the World war she was chairman of the Gem County Red Cross, while Mr. Mains served on the Council of Defense and was one of the Four Minute men. Thus they put forth every effort to advance the interests of the country in the mighty conflict which was being waged for democracy.

IRVIN R. SOLLENBERGER.

Irvin R. Sollenberger, who has for a number of years been identified with the lumber trade and is now one of the directors of the Hawkeye Lumber Company at Boise, was born in Chamhersburg, Pennsylvania, March 7, 1885. His father, Benjamin F. Sollen- berger, a farmer by occupation, is now living in Dickinson county, Kansas. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Susan Stoner, also survives and they have reared a family of six children, three sons and three daughters, of whom IrvIn R. is the second in order of birth. All are yet living, namely: Cyrus; Irvin R .; Anna, the wife of Albert McGraw; Roy O .; Ruth, the wife of Wilbur Liddell: and Edith, the wife of Harrison

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Zook. Only two, however, are in Idaho, Irvin R. and Roy O., both of Boise, and they are the only two of the family unmarried.

Irvin R. Sollenberger was but two years of age when his parents removed with their family to Kansas. He pursued his education in public schools of that state and in the Dickinson county high school at Chapman, Kansas, from which he was graduated in 1904. Later he completed a course in a business college at Chillicothe, Missouri, and afterward followed bookkeeping and accounting and through the past twelve years has largely been identified in that connection with the lumber industry. He also has lumber interests of his own, being one of the stockholders and directors of the Hawk- eye Lumber Company of Boise, with which he has thus been identified for a number of years. He has been connected with the Boise yard of the Hawkeye Lumber Company as bookkeeper and office manager for the past eight years and on the 1st of April, 1920, took over the management of the Hawkeye sawmill and lumber plant at Tamarack, Idaho, being the only member of the company actively connected with the business.

Mr. Sollenberger is an eighteenth degree Scottish Rite Mason and is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, in which he is now loyal knight. He is a faith- ful follower of the teachings and purposes of these two organizations, exemplifying in- his life the beneficent spirit of Masonry.

MRS. SARAH FRIEDLINE.

Through three decades Mrs. Sarah Friedline has been a resident of Idaho and since 1897 has made her home in Boise, where she now occupies an attractive residence at No. 1405 Washington street. Her many admirable qualities and sterling worth have given her high social standing and the circle of her friends is almost coextensive with the circle of her acquaintance.

Mrs. Friedline was born in Pennsylvania, April 14th, 1848, and bore the maiden name of Sarah Smith, being a daughter of Jacob Smith. Ere she attained young womanhood she became a resident of Colfax county, Nebraska, and there on the 6th of October, 1869, she became the wife of Dr. Abraham Friedline, who for a number of years was a successful practitioner of dentistry in Boise.

Like his wife, Dr. Friedline was a native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in the Keystone state May 8, 1848. His parents were Evan and Catherine (Pile) Friedline, who were likewise natives of Pennsylvania and were descended from Holland ancestors who came to the new world while this country was still numbered among the colonial possessions of Great Britain. Evan Friedline followed the occupa- tion of farming as a life work and to him and his wife were born thirteen children, which number included Dr. Friedline of this review. The latter spent the period of his hoyhood and youth in his native county and there acquired a common school education such as could be obtained at that period. The little "temple of learning" in which he pursued his studies was a primitive structure with puncheon floors, slab benches and other crude equipments. In the summer months he worked upon the home farm and it was only in the winter seasons that he had opportunity to attend school, and ofttimes the snow was too deep or the weather too severe to permit of the trip to the little schoolhouse.

After attaining his majority Dr. Friedline removed from Pennsylvania to Illinois and devoted several years to farm work in that state, but it was his desire to enter upon a professional career and he embraced every possible opportunity of preparing for the practice of dentistry. In 1876 he opened a dental office in the state of Nevada but soon afterward became a resident of California, where he engaged in dental practice for six or seven years. In 1890 he came to Idaho and for five years maintained an office in Moscow. He later spent two years in traveling through the eastern section of the country and in 1897 removed to Boise, where he continued to make his home until his death. He established the Denver Dental Parlors, splendidly equipped with every scientific accessory and with the multitudinous delicate little instruments which are used by the skilled and modern dentist. He possessed that mechanical ingenuity which is so necessary in successful dental practice and at all times he kept in touch with the trend of modern research and investigation concerning the care of the teeth. As the years passed he was joined in business by his sons, Dr. George P. and Dr. Abraham G. Friedline, who became his successors as proprietors of the Denver

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Dental Parlors, and he also had a grandson who is likewise a member of the dental profession in Boise.

Not only did Dr. Friedline prosper in his professional undertakings but also through other business activities and investments. He became the owner of valuable real estate and mining properties and his realty included a beautiful residence at the corner of Fourteenth and Washington streets. He also owned a large apartment house at Fourteenth and State streets, containing eight different apartments of seven rooms each and built of brick. He made large investments in mining enterprises, becoming president of the X-Ray Mining, Tunneling & Development Company, Limited, which was incorporated and capitalized for one million dollars. Dr. Friedline also owned seven claims in the Black Hornet district of Ada county, within twelve miles of Boise, he and his sons holding three-fifths of the stock of that company at one time.

On the 6th of October, 1869, in Colfax county, Nebraska, as stated, Dr. Friedline wedded Miss Sarah Smith and they became the parents of four children: Minnie E., Emma, George P. and Abraham G. Emma and George are twins. Minnie is the wife of J. W. Clark, of Bishop, California, and Emma is the wife of Hon. William M. Morgan, who became a distinguished attorney of Moscow and is now chief justice of the Idaho supreme court, mentioned at length on another page of this work. The two sons, as stated, became connected with their father in his professional activities and are still active along that line.

The military chapter in the life record of Dr. Friedline is one of which his family have every reason to be proud, for he was but fifteen years of age when in February, 1863, he joined Company A of the Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, with which he at once went to the front. He participated in the battle of Hatch's River and in various engagements in which his division took part up to the surrender of General Lee's army at Appomattox. He received his discharge June 27, 1865, and later he became a mem- ber of the Grand Army of the Republic and ever proudly wore the little bronze button that proclaimed him a veteran of the Civil war. He was active in the work of the organi- zation and greatly enjoyed his companionship with his old army comrades. He was also prominent in the Knights of Pythias and prior to his death was the oldest member of the order in Idaho, having become connected therewith in Nevada in 1878. He filled various offices in the subordinate lodge and also in the grand lodge of Nevada and of Idaho. Death called Dr. Friedline on the 29th of April, 1914. He had many sterling traits and his personal qualities and characteristics were such as made for popularity among all who knew him. His carefully directed business affairs had enabled him to leave his family in very comfortable financial circumstances and Mrs. Friedline is still the owner of the attractive residence at No. 1405 Washington street and much other valuable property, from which she derives a gratifying annual income. She is a lady of innate culture and refinement, and during the twenty-three years of her resi- dence in Boise has become most widely and favorably known.

JOHN W. NORTON.

John W. Norton, of Idaho Falls, is the sheriff of Bonneville county and, moreover, is a native son of the county, his birth having occurred May 27, 1888, on a farm four miles east of Idaho Falls, in Lincoln precinct. His parents are John F. and Margaret (Wil- liams) Norton, the former a native of Lehi, Utah, and the latter of Oxford, Idaho. The father came to this state in 1879 and took up a homestead in what is now Bonne- ville county, at once undertaking the arduous task of converting wild land into rich and productive fields. He splendidly improved this and has remained active in its cultiva- tion since that time. He has now reached the age of fifty-nine years and the mother is also living. To them were born five children: John W .; Charles L., who is engaged in ranching in Bonneville county; Katherine, the wife of G. I. Clift, of Idaho Falls; Jennie, the wife of Walter Clement, who follows ranching in Bonneville county; and Franklin T., who is likewise engaged in ranching in Bonneville county.

At the usual age John W. Norton became a district school pupil and afterward continued his education in the schools of Idaho Falls and in the Rexburg Academy. Later he was a cow puncher and also engaged in freighting across the country for two years. He afterward took up a homestead in Bonneville county which he im- proved and cultivated for six years and then sold the property and entered the employ of the Oregon Short Line Railroad as special agent, remaining with that corporation

JOHN W. NORTON

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for a year and three months. He then accepted the position of deputy sheriff under Mr. Mulliner and after serving for a year in that position was made chief deputy and so continued for two years under Robert Aley. In November, 1918, he was elected to the office of sheriff, in which capacity he is now acceptably serving, discharging his duties without fear or favor.

On the 5th of September, 1907, Mr. Norton was married to Miss Jennie Moss, and they have become the parents of four children: Wiley M., Charles Reed, Claude J. and Leola May. While Mr. Norton and his family reside in Idaho Falls, he still has farming interests in Bonneville county. Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His political belief is that of the republican party, and his religious faith is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He bas always been most loyal to public duties and obligations and is making an excel- lent record as one of the officials of Bonneville county.

DONALD McLEAN.

One of the progressive movements of the age has been the establishment of a system leading to the dissemination of knowledge along those lines which are of vital interest to the business man, especially to the tiller of the soil, upon whose labors must depend advancement and prosperity in every other line. Donald McLean is one of those recently connected with this progressive educational movement, having lately been county agricultural agent for Twin Falls county and manager of the Farm Bureau, a position that he was well qualified to fill.

He was born in Elyria, Ohio, May 11, 1885, and is a son of Lester and Mary Dewey (Shaw) McLean. The removal of the family from the Buckeye state to the west occurred during his boyhood days, his youth being largely passed in Denver, Colorado, for he was but seven years of age when the family home was established in that city. He pursued his education in the schools there and went east to enter Princeton Uni- versity in 1903. Two years later he left that institution on account of the death of his father and following his return to the west he became the assistant secretary of the Baldwin Sheep Company at Hay Creek, Oregon. He afterward returned to the east for further educational training, pursuing an agricultural course in the University of Wisconsin. He next became associated with James A. Kelly & Company, prominent sheepmen of Monte Vista, Colorado, and still later he was with J. M. Cunningham & Company. Lasal, Utah, running thirteen thousand head of sheep for that company. In 1911 he ran sheep for the Florence Live Stock Company at Mountain Home, Idaho, and afterward entered the forest service, being stationed at Trinity, Idaho. He gave up that position to purchase a ranch near Boise and resided thereon for three years, at the end of which time he became a teacher of agriculture and other sciences at New Plymouth, Idaho, and in 1916-17 was superintendent of schools at Roswell.

In the latter year he came to Twin Falls to take the position of county agricultural agent and manager of the Farm Bureau and has served most acceptably in this capacity. His wide university training, his broad practical experience, his native intelligence and his ready adaptability made him a most competent official in this position. He has closely studied the conditions of the country in Twin Falls county, knows the nature of the soil, the possibilities of the climate and is interested in everything that has to do with agricultural progress here. He is thus able to give valuable instruction and advice to those who are engaged in ranching in this district and the result of his labors is manifest in a keener interest and more valuable results in agricultural life in this community.

Mr. McLean resigned the county agency of Twin Falls county in February, 1919, to become manager of the Roseworth Ranch Company. This ranch consists of one thousand one hundred and twenty beautiful level acres, twenty-five miles southwest of Buhl, Idaho, all but four hundred of which Mr. McLean has reclaimed out of sagebrush and put into a high state of cultivation. It is a part of the Idaho Farm Development Company's new irrigation project of ten thousand acres owned and promoted by E. T. Meredith, present secretary of agriculture, and his brother P. C. Meredith. Besides managing the ranch Mr. McLean has built forty-two miles of roads on the project, started the new school which has become standard for the state, encouraged the estab- lishment of a church in which eight different faiths take part, and helped generally in the development of a healthful community life on the new project.

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In November, 1919, Mr. McLean married Mary Monica DeMund, prominent in charitable and social circles of Los Angeles, California. Mr. McLean votes with the democratic party and he is a follower of the Congregational church, guiding his life by its teachings.

SAMUEL SCHWENDIMAN.

The banking interests of Newdale find a substantial representative in Samuel Schwen- diman, who is the vice president of the First National Bank of that place. He was born in Switzerland, October 8, 1874, and is a son of Samuel and Magdalena Schwendiman, who were also natives of that country but came to America in 1886, settling at Paris, Bear Lake county, Idaho, where the father filed on land and tilled and improved the farm, continuing its further cultivation throughout his remaining days. He passed away in July, 1893, and the mother afterward came with her family to Fremont county, Idaho, and settled near Teton, where she purchased land. She also entered a claim and has since supervised the development and improvement of the property.

Samuel Schwendiman was reared and educated in Bear Lake county and when he removed with his mother to Fremont county he also filed on land, which he has since owned and tilled. He has likewise been engaged in raising cattle and hogs and has won substantial success in the conduct of his business affairs. He is now operating eight hundred acres of land and his farming interests are bringing to him a very sub- stantial return. He assisted in organizing the First National Bank of Newdale and has since been vice president. Since its organization he has always been a director of the Canyon Creek Canal Company and is now its president.

In March, 1901, Mr. Schwendiman was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Graham and they now have four children: Earl, Harvey, Alice and Lee. Mr. Schwendiman belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a ward teacher and Sunday school teacher, and filled a thirty-two months' mission, from April, 1898, until November, 1900, in Switzerland, where he had to learn the French language. He was also second counselor to Bishop Johnston of Teton ward for thirteen years. His political support is given to the republican party and he has served as a member of the town council of Teton and of Newdale and also a member of the school board. He is the real promoter and founder of the town of Newdale, which is located upon land which he formerly owned. He now has extensive business interests of a varied character, and his activities have ever been of a kind that have contributed to the general welfare and progress as well as to individual success.

BENJAMIN P. HOWELLS.

Benjamin P. Howells, attorney at law practicing at Oakley, was born April 23, 1866, at Tooele, Utah, his parents being Benjamin P. and Hannah (Brown) Howells. He remained a resident of Utah until he came to Cassia county, Idaho, in company with P. M. Niles, a school teacher originally from Oswego, New York. It was through Mr. Niles that he obtained the greater part of his education and later he took up the pro- fession of teaching himself, dividing his time between that work and cow punching. . He was employed as a cow puncher by various cattle outfits and his experiences made him familiar with all the conditions of pioneer life in the west.

On the 22d of March, 1891, Mr. Howells was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Cummins, a native of Utah and a daughter of Francis M. and Desert (Severe) Cummins. After his marriage he taught school for a time and later purchased a ranch west of Oakley. He afterward sold that property and took up his abode in Oakley, where he began the study of law under John Rogers. He also gave much time to reading law at home and after thoroughly qualifying for practice was admitted to the bar on the 23d of April, 1897. He has since engaged in practice, making steady progress in a profession where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and ability. For six years he filled the office of prosecuting attorney, in a most capable and effective manner. He has figured quite prominently in connection with criminal law and has specialized to a considerable extent in litigation having to do with water rights and irrigation interests. He has been connected with the principal law suits of this char-

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acter, acting as local counsel for the Twin Falls-Oakley Land & Water Company, and his wide study and broad experience have made him largely an authority upon ques- tions relative to this branch of litigation.

Mr. and Mrs. Howells have become the parents of six children: Bertie, who died at the age of six years; Bernice, who is operating a ranch; Byron, who is connected with the Farmers Commercial Bank; Emily; Myrl; and Leland. Politically Mr. Howells is a stalwart republican and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, so that he is able to support his position by intelligent argument. He takes a progressive stand on all those questions which are of vital importance to the community and is a man of broad vision who looks beyond the exigencies of the moment to the opportunities and possibilities of the future.

JOSEPH A. HARBERT.

Joseph A. Harbert, a prominent and progressive representative of the insurance business, whose operations cover ten counties in southwestern Idaho, with head- quarters in the city of Boise, is a native of Missouri, born at Golden, in the south- western part of that state, August 7, 1878, a son of Francis Monroe Harbert and Eliza Lee Harbert. The father, who was a farmer during his active life, was born November 24, 1843, at Mattoon, Illinois, and died at Tecumseh, Oklahoma, November 30, 1919, having reached the age of seventy-six years and six days. His wife was a native of Indianapolis, Indiana, born there October 9, 1837, and she died at Romulus, Oklahoma, May 19, 1899, at the age of sixty-two years. Mr. Harbert served with the Union army during the Civil war spending three years and nine months in the service, and at the end of the war receiving an honorable discharge.

Joseph A. Harbert, was one of eight children-four sons and four daughters- born to his parents, and of these two sons and two daughters are living, Mr. Harbert's only brother, Willis T., being also engaged in the life insurance business at Twin Falls, Idaho. The daughters are: Mrs. Dora Boyd, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma; and Mrs. Mar- tha Greer, of Edmond, Oklahoma.

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History of Idaho, the gem of the mountains, Volume III, Part 9

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed Publication date: 1920 Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company Number of Pages: 926

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 926