A history of Montana, Volume III, Part 118

Author: Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald, 1883-
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 970

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In 1910 Mr. Walters bought out the other members of the firm and since that time has conducted the business individually. His attention is given to hydraulic, munic- ipal and sanitary engineering work and to land sur- veying, in all of which lines he has met with unquali- fied success.

In the fall of 1910 Mr. Walters was elected surveyor of Flathead county and as the incumbent of that office he has accomplished a great deal for this section of the country. In 1910 he assumed charge of surveying the Belton Road, which ranks as one of the finest drives in the Glacier National Park. It was not thought pos- sible to construct this road on account of the unusually rough country but as the result of Mr. Walters' in- genuity it is now in existence and is renowned as one of the most picturesque drives in the country. In 1909 Mr. Walters was surveyor in charge of eastern Montana and surveyed twenty-two townships in Custer county. This work proved eminently satisfactory to the people inhabiting that section.

August 19, 19II, Mr. Walters received the following letter from Edwin L. Norris, governor of Montana:

"DEAR SIR: I have this day appointed you a delegate to represent the State of Montana at the meetings of the National Good Roads Congress, and also the Inter- national Municipal Congress, to be held at Chicago, September 18 to October 1, inclusive. I trust that you may find it convenient to accept the appointment. Yours truly, EDWIN L. NORRIS, Governor." Mr. Walters did accept the above appointment and while in Chicago made an address before the National Good Roads Congress. This address was printed in the proceedings of that meeting.

At Urbana, Ohio, March 10, 1904, Mr. Walters mar- ried Miss Desse Madden, a native of Ohio and a daugh- ter of B. M. Madden. To this union has been born one child, Derrel M., whose birth occurred December 31, 1908, in Kalispell.

In politics Mr. Walters is a Progressive Republican and, fraternally, he is affiliated with Kalispell Lodge, No. 725, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In religious matters Mr. Walters is independent and his wife is a devout member of the Baptist church.

ADELBERT HOWE, an eye specialist, has been estab- lished in Kalispell since 1902, and has here gained a prominence and position that is in every way consistent with his skill and ability in his profession. He is well known in and about the city and county, and is a citizen highly esteemed for his many excellent qualities. He is identified with many of the commercial enterprises of Kalispell, and is president of the Kalispell Drug Com- pany, which is the leading establishment of its kind in the city. He is active and prominent in politics, and has done his full share in the interests of the party since his locating here.

Doctor Howe was born on September 19, 1876, in Clayton county, Iowa, and is the son of Frank and Mary E. (Wiley) Howe. The father, a native of Ohio, moved to Iowa in about 1865. He became a resident of Oskaloosa in later years, having given up his farm- ing interests, which he made his life work. The mother was a native of Illinois, and she died in Clayton county, that state, in 1891, aged forty-five years. Seven chil- dren were born of their union,-four sons and three daughters. Adelbert of this review being the fifth born.

As a hoy, Adelbert Howe attended the district schools of Clayton county and later attended Oskaloosa College, where he completed a course of study which prepared him for admittance to the American College of Ophthal- mology. He was graduated from that institution in 1800, and thereafter followed his profession at various points in the West. It was not until 1902 that he dis- covered what seemed to him an ideal location, and m that year he came to Kalispell, where he immediately

became engaged in practice, and where he has continued from that time to the present.

In the autumn of 1906 the Kalispell Drug Company, the principal drug house in the city, was organized, with Doctor Howe as president. It was incorporated under the laws of the state. J. W. Broadwater is secretary and treasurer of the concern and Mrs. Howe is one of the members. Doctor Howe was always a staunch Republican, serving as chairman county central com- mittee in 1910, a post. which he held for two years. He is now chairman of the Progressive county central committee and carried county for president and every state official. He is a member of the Kalispell Club and the Chamber of Commerce, his religious affiliations being with the Christian church.

On December 7, 1906, Doctor Howe was united in marriage with Miss Nellie R. Bussey, daughter of Isaac M. Bussey, a native of Missouri. They have no chil- dren.

The family residence is maintained at 106 Fifth avenue West and the Kalispell Drug Company is situ- ated at 138 Main street.

FRED S. PERRY, who is county clerk and recorder of Flathead county since 1910, and deputy in the same offices from 1906 to 1910, has been a resident of Kalispell since 1902. He was born in Hennepin county, Minnesota, on June 9, 1881, and is the son of William and Margaret (Lee) Perry. The father was a native of Austro-Hungary born there in 1829, and he came to America in 1837. when he was eighteen years of age. He located in Hennepin county, Wayzata, Minnesota, where he has since passed many years devoted to farming interests. He served throughout the Civil war. Margaret (Lee) Perry was a native of Ireland who came to America with her parents as a young girl. They settled in New York state, and she was married in that state. She died in the spring of 1892. They were the parents of twelve children, Fred S. being the eighth in order of birth. He was educated in the public schools of Wayzata up to the age of thirteen, and in that year he entered a telegraph office in his native town to learn telegraphy. He mas- tered the key and thereafter followed telegraphy and clerical work until the year 1905, being connected with the Great Northern in Minneapolis. In 1902 he was sent from Minneapolis to Kalispell in which place he was employed in the freight service. Later he was employed in the telegraphy and ticket-selling depart- ments for the Great Northern. In 1906 he was ap- pointed deputy county clerk and recorder, a position which he retained and filled with all accuracy and ef- ficiency, his careful service being rewarded in 1910 by his election to fill the offices, of which he is still the incumbent. Mr. Perry is a Democrat, but has never been more than casually interested in the activities of the party, his election coming more as a mark of public confidence and esteem than as a result of any political preferment or favor.

Mr. Perry is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is Venerable Council in the Woodmen and holds the office of Noble Grand in the Odd Fellows. He is also a member of the Kalispell Club. In his church rela- tions, he is a member of the Roman Catholic church.

On January 9, 1911, Mr. Perry was united in mar- riage at Pine City, Minnesota, with Miss Elinor Daley, the daughter of H. W. Daley, a native citizen of Minnesota. Their Kalispell home is located at 546 Third avenue West.

THOMAS D. LONG has conducted a general law prac- tice in Kalispell since 1895, and has gained prominence and popularity in his profession with each succeeding year. He has taken a leading place in the politics of

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the county and has served his district in various capacities, being elected to the state senate in 1906 for a four-year term. Mr. Long was born in Colum- bus, Indiana, on October 10, 1867, and is the son of David and Mary E. (Downs) Long. The father was a native of Maryland who settled in Indiana in the early forties, and was one of the pioneer merchants of the district. He was a popular man in his community and always a leader among his fellows. He was of Irish extraction. In 1902 Mr. Long came to Montana and there spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring on the 13th of February, 1910, when he was seventy-five years old. The mother was a woman of English ancestry, her American forbears having been prominent in Revolutionary times in the Continental army, and were early New Jersey settlers. She was born in Missouri and was married in Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 1865. She died on April 17, 1911, in Kalis- pell, at the age of sixty-six years. Seven children were born to David and Mary Long, Thomas being the second born. He was educated in the schools of Columbus, and after his graduation from the high school in 1884 entered the state university of Indiana where he remained for three years. He then entered Cornell University in New York, and in 1888 was graduated with the degree of Ph. B., after which he entered the law department of the University of Michi- gan and in 1891 was graduated with the degree of LL. B. In 1895 Mr. Long moved to Kalispell, Montana, and there entered upon general practice. He early established a growing practice and came to be recog- nized as one of the leading attorneys of the county. In 1896 he was elected county attorney for a two-year term, and in 1901 was appointed by Governor Toole state land register. He held that important post for three years, then resigned and returned to his prac- tice, his election to the senate from Flathead county following in 1906. Mr. Long has always been active in Democratic politics, and has done good work for the party in his district.

On August 21, 1890, Mr. Long was married in Des Moines, lowa, to Miss Vesta Hobbs, daughter of A. I. Hohbs, of Kentucky. They have two children,- Rachael and Thomas H. Long. The daughter was born August 23, 1891, and is now the wife of John Evans, a resident of Kalispell. Thomas H. was born October 10, 1902, and is living in Kalispell.

Mr. Long is a member of the Elks of Helena lodge, and of the county and state bar associations, as well as the Kalispell Club.

ORVILLE W. PERRY, president of the Diamond Ice Company, one of the thriving business concerns of Missoula, has been identified with the state of Montana for the past ten years. Five years of that time has been spent in Missoula, where for two years he was engaged in the coal business, but for the past three years he has conducted with exceptional success the business of the Diamond Ice Company, which concern, though still young, is one of the strong business firms of the city. Mr. Perry confines his entire time and attention to the affairs of the company, and under his guiding hand its progress is fast and sure.

Mr. Perry is a native of Kansas, born in Fort Scott, that state, on July 17, 1878. He is the son of Wallace W. and Martilia (Roy) Perry. The father was born in Michigan and settled in Kansas in early life, where he followed farming and the mercantile business up to the time of his retirement. He and his wife now live in Missoula, and are resting after the labors of a lifetime. Six children.were born to them: Orville W. of this re- view being the first born. Three brothers are located in Montana. They are: Chester C. Perry, engaged in. the coal business in Missoula. He is married. Charles R. Perry also is married and lives in Missoula. He is connected with a prominent mercantile establishment of the city. Willard W. Perry is unmarried, and lives

with his parents. All are prominent and popular in Missoula and are possessed of high standing socially.

Orville W. Perry as a boy in Fort Scott attended the district schools of his locality, after which he was grad- uated from the Fort Scott Normal College and later took a complete course in the Central Business College at Sedalia, Missouri. He went to Joplin when he was about twenty years of age, and was there associated with his father in the mercantile business for about three years. He then came to Montana, stopping at Livingston, where he secured employment in the store of the Thompson Mercantile Company of that place. After a short time, however, Mr. Perry decided that he would do better in business for himself in some staple line than he could by working for others, and he set about to look for a suitable location. After visiting various places he decided that Missoula offered more attractions than any of the others,-a decision which he has never had cause to regret since that time, and in 1907 he engaged in the coal business at this point. After two years of successful operation he sold out his interests in the business and organized the Diamond Ice Company, which has proved a most fortunate move from the standpoint of financial advancement.

Mr. Perry is a Republican, although politically in- active, and he is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Order of Elks. While not a member of any particular church, he attends the Methodist church as a rule.

On November 28, 1905, Mr. Perry was united in mar- riage at Spokane, Washington, with Miss Nellie Gur- rell, daughter of James and Margaret Gurrell of Spo- kane. Three children have been born of their union. They are: Chester William, commonly called "Jack;" Richard George and Ondre Winnifred.

The business office of the Diamond Ice Company is at 110 East Cedar street, while the family residence is maintained a distance of two miles from the city, in the vicinity of the ice plant.

HARRY H. PARSONS. The bar of Montana numbers in its membership some of the most distinguished judicial minds of the country and Missoula furnishes its full quota of able expounders of the law. Among the leaders in the legal profession of this city and state Harry H. Parsons ranks in the forefront and has since his college days been an influential factor in the life of the com- munities in which he has resided. Mr. Parsons was born in Brownsville (now Sweet Springs), Missouri, June 25, 1872, the son of W. Buchanan and Lydia J. (Mockbee) Parsons. His father was for many years a leading sur- geon at Missoula, and although retired from active prac- tice, still lives there as one of the city's most respected citizens. Mr. Parsons' ancestors came to this country from England about the year of 1720. Many of them, on both sides, were Revolutionary heroes, the McCartys and Parsons reaching the rank of lieutenant-general in General Washington's army. The immediate grand- father on the mother's side, Cuthbert Mockbee, was a colonel in the Mexican war. Both Mr. Parsons and his wife are entitled to membership in the Sons and Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, respectively, though neither has affiliated.

Harry H. Parsons received his early education in the public schools of his native city and attended both the high school and Doyle's Academy at Sweet Springs. When it came to the choice of a college he decided to avail himself of the advantages that can only be found in the largest institutions of the country whose facul- ties include the most talented and renowned teachers and accordingly entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He first took up the work of the literary course and after completing that entered the law de- partment of the institution from which he graduated in 1895. Constant application to his studies undermined the health of Mr. Parsons and immediately after receiv- ing his law degree he went west to recuperate. Two

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years' rest accomplished much for him in restoring his strength and in 1897 he went to Marshall, Missouri, and began active practice of his profession there as a partner of Col. Samuel Boyd, a well known mem- ber of the bar of that state. This partnership con- tinned, the business being conducted under the firm name of Boyd & Parsons, until Colonel Boyd was unfortu- nately stricken with heart disease a year later. Mr. Parsons continued to serve the firm's clients until 1902, however, when he disposed of his practice there and located in Missoula and has ever since that date iden- tified himself prominently with the legal fraternity here. During these years he has built up a very large prac- tice and gained a reputation second to none as a bril- liant lawyer and has handled some of the most difficult cases that have reached the courts in this section of the country. Mr. Parsons has one of the best and most complete law libraries to be found in the state of Montana.

Since coming to Missoula Mr. Parsons has filled nu- merous positions which have kept him in the eye of the public and his ability, tact and diplomacy have repeatedly been tried and found true. He has always evinced great interest and activity in political affairs and been a leader in the councils of the Republican party. In 1898 he was nominated for member of congress from the seventh judicial district of Missouri and gave his opponent a lively race for that honorable office. As census supervisor for the Missoula district in 1900 he made a good record as an efficient executive officer. Mr. Parsons has from early manhood displayed talents for leadership and initiative and he has been the origi- nator of many ideas the worth of which has been recognized by universal adoption in the circles inter- ested. As an instance of this insight and originality it may be mentioned that while in college at Ann Arbor Mr. Parsons, who was very active in college politics, and early recognized the importance of training along the lines of methods in use in government practice, was an influential factor in the organization there of the Ameri- can College of Republican Leagues, which now has be- come an important part of the activity of students in every leading college of the country. Another idea that originated with Mr. Parsons while at Ann Arbor, and that is now generally adopted by all large colleges and universities, was the formation of a miniature model of our national houses of congress, at which one of the university professors acts as president and the student members transact the business of the country in exactly the same manner as it is done at Washington, D. C. The value of such work as this as training for actual work in that line, or for intelligent understanding of the processes of law making and government business methods is obvious and it is doubtful if the idea as developed by Mr. Parsons could be improved upon. At the request of President Duniway of the University of Montana (Law School), he spent some time lecturing before the law students of the above said law school in the year of 1910.

While devoting the major part of his time and energy to the prosecution of his regular law practice and par- ticipation in public affairs, Mr. Parsons does not neg- lect those social and fraternal amenities that belong to the well rounded man and character. He is affable in manner and popular among his associates and among the lodges in which he holds membership the most prominent are the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Masonic order in which he has attained the degree of Shriner.

Mr. Parsons was married in 1900 to Miss Ethlyne Jackson, one of the flowers of the South. She too de- scended from the first families. She is related to Gov. Breathett of Kentucky, a niece of Gov. M. M. Marina- duke and a cousin of Gen. John S. Marmaduke, both of Missouri, and a granddaughter of Missouri's famous and distinguished war governor, Claiborne Fox Jackson. She is the daughter of Col. William S. Jackson. She herself

has represented the state of Missouri by special appoint- ment, as sponsor for Missouri, with a maid of honor from each congressional district, at the Confederate reunions held throughout the South, and is a Daughter of the Confederacy.

As a man and a citizen of the highest type Mr. Par- sons is greatly esteemed by all with whom he comes in contact and this part of the Northwest is proud to name him as among its leaders both as an individual and as a member of the profession which he dis- tinguishes.

FREDERICK B. LINFIELD. To develop agriculture from a pioneer art into a civilized science is the aim and object of great bodies of learned and experienced men who are devoting their lives to the scientific study of soils, moisture, seeds, plants and animals and condi- tions that must inevitably bring about a wonderful change within the next fifty years. In fact we speak now of the farmer of yesterday, the one whose hap- hazard methods and ignorant handling of his land only brought a plenteous crop because his acres had not yet become exhausted, but it is with enthusiasm that the farmers of today are adopting the suggestions of real students of agriculture and are reaping many fold advantages. Montana, ever at the forefront in prog- ress, has recognized the importance of this scientific investigation and one of the modern and interesting developments of the Montana State College of Agricul- ture and Mechanical Arts is the experimental station maintained at Bozeman, its able director being Fred- erick B. Linfield. Mr. Linfield was born July 18, 1866, at Twillingate, New Foundland, and is a son of Samuel and Rachel (Petten) Linfield.

The Linfield family was established in New Found- land in 1793, by the great-grandfather, Robert Lin- field, who was then sixteen years of age and an appren- tice with an English mercantile company. Samuel Linfield, father of Frederick B., was born at Twil- lingate, September 8, 1839, and is a resident of the province of Ontario, Canada. In his younger years he was a sea-faring man and became the commander of a vessel and was known as Captain Linfield. He removed to Huron county, Ontario, Dominion of Can- ada, and engaged there in farm pursuits. He mar- ried Rachel Petten, who was born at Harbor Grace, New Foundland, in May, 1840, and died in Canada, in 1901. Of the eight children born to this union, Fred- erick B. was the eldest and six are yet living.

Frederick B. Linfield was educated in the public schools of Huron county, the Goderich high school and the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph, from which institution he was graduated in the class of 1891. His studies had been particularly directed with the idea of his becoming an instructor and after gradua- tion he was engaged to travel through the province in the dairying interest, holding schools for dairy farmers and explaining and instructing those who desired to apply science to this industry. He came to the United States in 1893 and from September 1, 1893, until Octo- ber 1, 1902, was connected with the Utah Agricultural College, as professor of Animal Industry and Dairy- ing. On October 20, 1902, Prof. Linfield took up work at the Montana Agricultural College as professor of agriculture and as agriculturist of the experiment sta- tion. Eight months later he was made acting director of the experiment station and in the spring of 1904 was elected to the position of director of the experi- ment station. He continued meanwhile to retain his connection with the college as professor of agriculture. His election as director of the experiment station also inade Professor Linfield superintendent of Farmers' In- stitute. This position he held for some years at the be- ginning of this work in Montana. Later, upon the reor- ganization of the board of Farmers' Institute, he was made secretary, and continues to give a portion of his time to this work.

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On December 26, 1892, Frederick B. Linfield and Mary A. Mahoney were united in marriage. She was born at Hamilton, Ontario, and is the second in a family of nine children born to her parents, Richard and Rachel (Sweetman) Mahoney. Her parents were born in Ireland and the mother is now deceased.

Mr. and Mrs. Linfield have three children: F. Bertil, Rachel Azalea and Lelia Mary. Fraternally Mr. Lin- field is identified with Bozeman Lodge No. 18, A. F. & A. M.

FRANK A. LONG, M. D. Dr. Long represents the type of man who will succeed in any place and under any given circumstances, and the facts of his life thus far will bear out most fully this statement. Beginning at the age of thirteen to make his way alone in the world, he has risen from one post to another, educated him- self, or rather, through his own labors provided the financial means to permit him to secure an education in his chosen profession, and is now and has been for a number of years, established in that profession, and winning to himself honors and local standing of a high order in the community to which he has devoted himself.

Born in Waukon, Iowa, on February 25, 1873, he is the son of Elijah W. and Anna (Gordon) Long. The father was a native of Virginia and the mother of Illi- nois. Elijah Long was a pioneer settler of this section of Iowa, locating here before there was a railroad within many miles of the place. He was a farmer and devoted his life to that business, his death occurring in Republic county, Kansas, in 1881, when he was sixty- three years of age. The wife and mother is still living in Republic county, Kansas, where the family moved in 1878. Thirteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Long, the Doctor being the youngest member of the family. He received his first educational training in the district schools of Republic county, which was neces- sarily brief, owing to the fact that he left home when he was thirteen years of age and made his way to Oregon. When he was but fourteen years of age he gave further evidence of his daring spirit and also of his ability as a scholar, by teaching a school located at the head waters" of the Willamette river, then the most remote school in Oregon. He taught there and in other district schools of Oregon for a period of four years, after which he returned to Republic county, Kansas, and there again took up school work. When he was twenty years old he was elected superintendent of the schools of that county, and he was the youngest superintendent of schools in the state at that time. He continued to be identified with educational interests until he was twenty-three years of age. During his residence in Oregon, Dr. Long had managed to spend a year in study in the state university, and while he was identified with school work in Kansas he entered the state normal and took a preparatory course in medicine, his plans being formed to make that his profession as rapidly as opportunity would permit him. He was graduated from the medical department of the University of Kansas in 1902, and immediately there- after removed to Montana, locating in Choteau, in which place he continued in practice until 1910. In that year he came to Valier, and he has been since then en- gaged in the practice of his profession in this place. He has a large general practice, and is very successful in all his undertakings. He has gained prominence as a citi- zen as well as a physician, and is chairman of the county high school board of Teton county, a position which he has held for six years. He was instrumental in bring- ing about the building of the high school at Choteau, and has been active and prominent in educational mat- ters since his locating in this state. He is a Republican of strength and is chairman of the county central com- mittee. He has been health officer and county physician during all the years of his residence here. He is a mem- ber of the Masonic order and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, affiliating with Valier lodge. He is a

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A history of Montana, Volume III, Part 118

Author: Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald, 1883- Publication date: 1913 Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 970

Author: Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald, 1883-
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 970