A history of Montana, Volume III, Part 129

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

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Politically Mr. Stapleton is Independent, voting for the best men and measures regardless of party affil- iations. Fraternally he belongs to the Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons, and is now serving as an officer in his home lodge. Religiously he is a mem- ber of the Methodist church. He is fond of hunting, and enjoys horse races and bucking contests, and also takes pleasure in reading and music. He con- siders Montana a veritable land of promise, and thinks it the right place for a man of energy and brains to settle.

Mr. Stapleton married, in Flint, Michigan, June 27, 1901, Nettie Tyler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Tyler, and to them three children have been born, namely : Harold Maynard, Bernice, and Tyler.

DR. JOHN G. RANDALL is a well-known physician of Missoula, Montana, a man of broad culture and high social and professional standing. He was born in Mar- shall, Michigan, January 19, 1873. When he was three years old, his parents moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan, and remained there until 1880. From there they went to Beloit, Wisconsin, where he staid until 1898, at which time he moved to Monroe, Wisconsin. It was at this latter place that he began the study of medicine. He remained at Monroe until 1905 and then he came to Montana and settled in Missoula.

His early education was obtained in the public schools of Beloit, Wisconsin, and in the Beloit Acad- emy where he graduated. He then went to Beloit College. After his graduation from this institution, he studied at Hahneman Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, where he graduated and received his degree of M. D. He had formerly received the degree of M. A. from Beloit College. He served as an interne at Hahneman Hospital, in Chicago.

In addition to this, he also took special work at the Northwestern Medical College of Chicago, and he has taken several post graduate courses in New York since leaving college.

He earned a little money as a boy by working in his father's paper mill. The emoluments of his position were very small but his father insisted on each one of his sons learning the paper business and a small salary was given simply as an inducement for them to learn it.

On the 27th of June, 1911, he married at Burlingame, Kansas, Miss Nellie M. Haller, the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Haller of that city. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church.

Dr. Randall takes no active part in politics. He is an independent member of the Knights of Pythias, a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and also of the Ustin Medical Fraternity; he was at one time the president of the latter organization and has filled other minor offices in it.

He is very fond of reading, especially on the sub- jects of economics and sciences in general, and he has a fine library on these lines. He was editor for one year of a medical magazine in college.

He enjoys hunting and takes many trips. He takes pleasure in automobiling and owns his private car. He is interested in other out door sports, such as football and base ball and played both while at college. His fondness of the theatres and grand opera evince a cultivated mind.

In regard to Montana, Dr. Randall says: "I love Montana; it is my home. Whenever I leave it, even for a short time, I am always anxious and glad to return. The climate here is mild and pleasant and the , Bitter Root valley one of the most beautiful spots in the world."

Dr. Randall's father, William T. Randall, was born

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in Canada. He came to these United States and settled in Beloit, Wisconsin, engaging in the paper manufacturing business there. He married Miss Sarah Geddes in Michigan; she still resides in Beloit. There were five children in the elder Randall family, Dr. Randall being the fourth child. Dr. Randall's father passed away in 1889 at the age of sixty-three.

HOMER DETRICK. Probably no resident of Fergus county is more widely and favorably known than Homer Detrick, the gentleman whose life record forms the subject-matter of this brief biography. He is one of the wide-awake, popular, prosperous young men of the section, the acquisition of whom in unusually large numbers has spelled good fortune for the thriving new community. Mr. Detrick is a lawyer and an extensive real estate operator,-one of the largest, in fact, in the Judith Basin. He also holds the office of justice of the peace.

Mr. Detrick is one of the citizens the Hawkeye state has given to Montana, his birth having occurred at Marshalltown, Iowa, April 15, 1882. When two years of age his parents removed to western Nebraska and settled upon a ranch, where they remained for about two years. At the end of that period they went to Omaha and in that city Mr. Detrick resided for eighteen years. He then left the parental roof-tree and entered the employ of the Markel Eating House System, locating at Ogden, Utah, and assuming charge of the store there, which distributed to the various eating-houses along the route of the Union Pacific Rail- road. He continued in this capacity for something over a twelvemonth and then returned to Omaha, where he became connected with the Great Western Com- mission Company in its clerical department. After a year thus engaged he accepted a position as private secretary to W. L. Park, superintendent of the Wyom- ing division of the Union Pacific Railroad Company and continued as such for nearly two years. He then entered the Omaha office of Armour & Company, and after a time thus engaged, removed to St. Paul, Minne- sota, where he became identified with the business of Guthrie & Company. It was after this that he first came to Montana, locating at Great Falls, in the legal department of the Great Northern Railway, as an assistant to I. Parker Veazey, Sr. This step, mark- ing his entrance into Montana-which he does not intend soon to leave-was in 1905. Mr. Detrick stands in the front rank of those who are warmly loyal to Montana and believe it the treasure-house of the world. He firmly believes that no section offers a better oppor- tunity to the ambitious and able young man. It was while living at Great Falls that Mr. Detrick attacked his Blackstone with all the force and fervor which is characteristic of him and in due time was admitted to the bar of the state of Montana.

Mr. Detrick is a firm believer in the policies and principles of the party of Jefferson, Cleveland and Bryan, and takes an active part in matters political. As mentioned in a preceding paragraph, he holds the office of justice of the peace, which he has held since he first came to Moore, having been originally ap- pointed to fill a vacancy and afterwards elected. He has given a taste of his executive capacity as manager of the local telephone company, building the business to a thriving one, from practically nothing.

Mr. Detrick was married at Great Falls, Montana, October 15, 1906, Nina A. Herman, daughter of Wesley S. and Flora Herman, of Helena, becoming his wife. Mrs. Detrick, who is one of the charming young women of Moore, is a native of Missouri. Her father is traveling freight and passenger agent for the Great Northern Railway.

The subject's father, James P. Detrick, was born in Illinois and lived the greater part of his life in Iowa,

but he now resides with his wife in Moore, Montana, where he is a prominent contractor. The maiden name of the elder Mrs. Detrick was Mary Glasgow, and their union was solemnized in the Hawkeye state They had but two children, and Homer is the elder and the only survivor.

Homer Detrick received his early introduction to Minerva in the public schools of Omaha, and it was also in that city he received his high school educa- tion and commercial training. In religious faith he and his wife have inclination toward the Presbyterian. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen and clerk of the local lodge. He is not likely soon to forget how he earned his first money, for it was strenuous and consisted in mowing numerous and sundry Omaha lawns after school hours. He is fond of outdoor 'life, but on the attractive list of joys in the open, baseball and motoring come first. He has a fine car and is very familiar with the scenery of this part of Mon- tana. Also dear to the heart of this young man are good music, a good play, or best of all, an hour with a fine book.

ELLSWORTH F. Ross, M. D. The physician occupies one of the most responsible as well as confidential relations in our social existence. To him are entrusted our innermost secrets, as well as the lives and welfare of our dearest friends. To worthily and acceptably fill such a position is one of the most difficult tasks ever imposed on man, and such a task we find is assumed by the subject of this review, Dr. Ellsworth F. Ross, or Harlowton, who although a resident of this section for only a comparatively short time has already built up a large professional business and gained the full confidence and esteem of his fellow- citizens. Dr. Ross was born May 28, 1865, at Hunt- ington, Vermont, and is a son of Sanford and Electa (Lewis) Ross.

Sanford Ross was born in Vermont in 1826, and there followed farming on the old family homestead until retiring from activities, when he moved to Great Falls, Montana, where he made his home until his death, November 4, 1912. He was always active in political matters, but rather as an adviser and director than as an office holder, as he never cared for public preferment for himself. He was married in Vermont to Electa Lewis, a native of that state, and she passed away in 1907, at the age of seventy-six years, being buried in Huntington. A much-beloved Christian gen- tle-woman, she was throughout her life a faithful mem- ber of the Baptist church, in which she reared her children, teaching them to fear God and honor their country. Of the four children born to Sanford and Electa Ross, three now live in Montana: Henry L., who is married and lives at Harlowton; and Elmer F., who is married and lives at Great Falls; and Dr. Ellsworth F., who was one of twins.

Ellsworth F. Ross secured a common school educa- tion in Huntington, Vermont, and even as a boy dis- played youthful industry and enterprise, earning money at whatever occupation presented itself, often when his companions were spending their leisure hours in play. It had been one of the ambitions of his youth to follow a professional career, and as soon as he could obtain a license began teaching school to earn the money to defray his expenses in the higher insti- tutions. He subsequently went to Waterbury Center and took a course in Green Mountain Seminary, where he remained four years, and then, after taking a special course at Dartmouth College, he found his funds had become exhausted and he was · compelled to return home and again take up school teaching. A few years later he was able to continue his collegiate course, entering the University of Vermont, at Burlington, where he was graduated in 1895, with the degree ot

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Doctor of Medicine. Returning to his home at that time he remained until his thirtieth year, and then re- moved to Wales, Massachusetts, where he. remained in practice for ten years, but in 1905 came to Mon- tana. During the first year he had no permanent resi- dence and accepted a position as surgeon for the Great Northern Railroad, where he was later appointed chief surgeon, a capacity in which he served something over two years. In May, 1909, Dr. Ross came to Harlowton, where he has since been engaged in a general practice, building up a large and lucrative practice, and demonstrating in various ways on numer- ous occasions his skill in his profession. Immediately on locating here he took his place among the progres- sive men of this vicinity, and during his residence in Harlowton has been connected with various move- ments for the advancement of the community. A close and careful student, he keeps fully abreast of the various discoveries and inventions of his profession, and takes a keen interest in the work of the various medical societies. He is official physician of the Wood- men of the World, a member of the Vermont Society, Sons of the American Revolution, and also connected with the Masonic fraternity and the local lodge of Elks. In his religious views he leans towards the faith of the Unitarian church, while his politics are those of the Republican party, although he has never cared for public office and has not entered the political arena.

Dr. Ross is essentially a man's man, and as such is very fond of all out-door sports, hunting, fishing and horseback riding included. Of refined taste and culture, he enjoys a good play or lecture and much reading and study has given him a vast amount of information on numerous general subjects.

SAMUEL K. CAMPBELL, M. D. Of the galaxy of medi- cal men for which Montana has gained no little fame, is to be found in the front rank, Dr. Samuel K. Camp- bell, who enjoys a representative and lucrative practice in his chosen profession and has for more than five years held, in the opinion of those competent to judge, an en- viable place among the citizens of Harlowton, where he serves as city clerk and president of the school board. Dr. Campbell was born December 1, 1880, in Johnson county, Missouri, and is a son of Robert Lee and Lydia (Huff) Campbell, natives of Missouri, where they have spent their entire lives, the father now being engaged in the banking business at Warrensburg, although in former years he carried on agricultural pursuits. They are members of the Christian church and have had six children, of whom Samuel K. is the first born.

As a lad Samuel K. Campbell divided his time be- tween work on his father's farm in Henry county, Mis- souri, and attendance at the district schools, and he subsequently became a student in the high school at Warrensburg and the Missouri State Normal School at that place, graduating from both places. He was engaged for some time in clerical work in a mercantile establishment, but preferred a professional career to one of a business nature, and after some preparation entered St. Louis University, being graduated from the medical department with the class of 1905. After spend- ing a few months at home, Dr. Campbell came to Mon- tana, settling in Bozeman, where he was engaged in practice for about fifteen months. On April 19, 1907, he located in Harlowton, which city has been his field of practice to the present time, and here he has gained and maintained a reputation as a physician and surgeon of unquestioned ability. He is a member of the Kappa Sigma and Phi Beta Pi fraternities, the Gal- latin County Medical Association, the Montana State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and belongs also to the Elks and Masons, being at pres- ent secretary of the latter lodge. He also acts in the capacity of physician for the Milwaukee Railroad. In

politics a stanch Democrat, he takes a keen interest in the success of his party, and is known as one of the organization's active workers. At this time he is serv- ing as city clerk and president of the school board, and numerous improvements have been made in the school system here during his administration, while the busi- ness end of the municipality has been handled in an admirable manner. In his religious views Dr. Campbell is connected with the Christian church, while his wife is a Presbyterian and a member of the Ladies' Aid So- ciety. He is fond of hunting, fishing and automobiling, owning his own car, and as a former baseball and foot- ball player thoroughly enjoys both sports. Dr. Camp- bell is one of those who believe that Montana's re- sources have not been developed to their full capacity, and that the future holds much in store for the Treasure state. He has aided in forwarding movements calcu- lated to advance the community in various ways, and as one of the live, alert, progressive men of Harlow- ton, possesses in the highest degree the confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens, among whom he has nu- merous friends and warm admirers.

On October 12, 1910, Dr. Campbell was united in mar- riage with Miss Laura Foote, of Red Wing, Minnesota, and they have one son: Robert E.

ARMAND G. BERTHOT. One of Bozeman's best known and highly successful lumbermen, Armand G. Berthot, of No. 437 West Main street, president and manager of the Gallatin Lumber Company, has been conspicuously identified with the large and continuous building growth which the city has undergone during the past few years, and has also interested himself in grain farming, in social activities and fraternal work, and has found time to serve his adopted city in various positions of trust and importance. A native of Clearfield, Clear- field county, Pennsylvania, he was born February 28, 1878, son of Boniface and Mary Belle (Shirey) Ber- thot, also natives of that county. His father was born November 18, 1850, and was educated in his native locality, where he carried on farming until 1878, which year saw his removal to Franklin county, Kansas. He has since been engaged in general farming and stock raising, making a specialty of full-blooded Hereford cattle, and has also been prominent in Democratic politics, serving as township clerk and school director for many years. He and his wife are members of the Roman Catholic church. She was born April 12, 1851, and they have had four children: Armand G .; Eliza- beth Matilda; Stephanie Amelia; and Francis William, who married Olive Simons.

Armand G. Berthot secured his education in the schools of Franklin county, Kansas, and after gradua- tion from the high school at Wellsville learned the drug business and became a registered pharmacist. After spending four years in that line, however, he gave it up to enter the lumber trade with the Star Grain and Lumber Company of Wellsville, a concern with which he was associated for six years. In March, 1905, Mr. Berthot sold his interest in the business and removed to Bozeman, and here organized the Gallatin Lumber Company, of which he has since served as president and manager, and which through his ability and enterprise has developed into a business of large proportions. With L. W. Truitt he is also the owner of a section of land on the Camp Creek branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad, which they have at present devoted to grain farming. Mr. Berthot is in every respect a self-made man. Coming to this city with but little capital, he has by industry, ability and persever- ance, accumulated a handsome competency. He is known as a citizen of boundless energy and business foresight, one of the stable prosperous men who go to make up a stable, prosperous community. In political matters he is a stanch Democrat, and after serving one term as alderman from the Third ward was elected to

John Carroll, Bishop of Helena

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the office of mayor of Bozeman in 1909 and gave the city an admirable administration. His fraternal con- nections are with Bozeman Lodge No. 18, A. F. & A. M .; Zona Chapter No. 12, R. A. M., St. John's Com- mandery No. 12, K. T., and Western Star Lodge No. 4, I. O. O. F.

On March 12, 1902, Mr. Berthot was married to Miss Mildred Irene Wertz, who was born in Franklin county, Kansas, daughter of Cyrus F. and Ella Wertz, and the oldest of their five children. Mr. and Mrs. Berthot have two children: Bernice Beryl and Glenn Armand.

RIGHT REVEREND JOHN PATRICK CARROLL, D. D., sec- ond bishop of Helena, was born at Dubuque, Iowa, February 22, 1864, of Martin Carroll and Catherine O'Farrell. His primary education was received at St. Raphael's parochial school of his native town. At the age of thirteen he entered St. Joseph's College, Dubuque, where he remained until 1883, when he was graduated from the classical department with the high- est honors of his class. The one ambition of this gifted young man was to consecrate himself to the service of God in the priesthood. With a view to preparing himself for his lifework, he entered the Grand Seminary of Montreal, Canada; and there, dur- ing six years, he pursued the courses of philosophy and theology, graduating June, 1889, with the degree of Doctor of Divinity. On July 7th of the same year he was ordained to the priesthood, and immediately ap- pointed to the chair of mental philosophy in his alma mater, St. Joseph's College, Dubuque. He entered upon his new duties September 12, 1889, and for five years devoted himself with untiring energy to the cause of Christian education, and the upbuilding of the college. So successful were his efforts that the archbishop of Dubuque, the Most Reverend John Hennessy, resolved to place the college under his control, and on September 12, 1894, he was proclaimed president of St. Joseph's, -a position he continued to hold during the next decade of years. His presidency was eminently successful. The number of students increased with surprising rapidity from year to year. An earnest student him- self, Dr. Carroll strove to gather around him a fac- ulty of scholarly professors. In this, too, he was suc- cessful, and to such an extent that the fame of St. Joseph's College spread throughout the middle western states. The present status of the college gives ample proof of Dr. Carroll's foresight in planning, and his remarkable force of character in overcoming every obstacle to the execution of his designs.

In 1903, the See of Helena was left vacant by the death of Right Reverend John B: Brondel. Rome cast about for a "strong man" to take charge of this im- portant See. It chose, September 12, 1904, the Very Reverend Dr. Carroll; and the wisdom of its choice has been abundantly approved by all the subsequent history of the diocese of Helena. The newly appointed bishop was consecrated in St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque, December 21, 1904, and installed as second Bishop of Helena at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Jan- uary 31, 1905.

Bishop Carroll came to Helena well equipped for his diocesan work. As president of St. Joseph's College, he had come into personal contact with all the priests of the diocese of Dubuque. This acquaintance gave him an insight into the needs of a diocese as no other position could have given him. As a member of the board of diocesan consultors during a period extending over eight years he had become familiar with matters and methods of diocesan administration. Last, but not least, his position as president of the highest educational institution of the Dubuque archdiocese had fitted him admirably to preside over the destinies of an ambitious young diocese now looking for someone to lead it onward and upward in its educational work. It is

needless to add that Bishop Carroll's appointment was highly appreciated throughout the diocese of Helena, and that he was enthusiastically received by the priests, the religious communities, and the people of western Montana.

In an age afflicted with an insatiable thirst for rights he came to his people with the inspired words, "In Sanctitate et Justitia" as his motto, to teach them that man has not only rights to demand, but also duties to fulfill,-duties toward God, "In Sanctitate," and duties toward his neighbor "In Justitia." For this reason he was doubly welcome. His motto became the text of his inaugural address at the high mass on the Sunday following his installation, and has been the inspiration of all his work since his advent to Helena.

Like the industrious Montana husbandman he be- lieves in the intensive cultivation of the Lord's vine- yard. Beginning with his clergy,-the laborers in the vineyard, he said to them, and kept saying, "Let him that is holy become holier still," and "If you wish to sanctify others, first sanctify yourselves." Realizing the necessity of sanctity of life among the clergy, he decreed that retreats for them should be given every year, instead of every two years as had been the case; and he required that all priests laboring in the diocese should attend them. To make these retreats at once efficient and attractive he invited to them the most prominent speakers among the bishops and priests of our country. Each of these retreats he has attended in person, and has given conferences at all of them. In 1909 he conducted all the exercises of the retreat him- self, urging his clergy with accents of deepest con- viction to give themselves without reserve to the work of the Master.

One of the first things to attract Bishop Carroll's attention upon taking up his work in Montana was the fact that the number of clergy was wholly inadequate to meet the spiritual needs of the rapidly growing Cath- olic population. He found but twenty-four priests in his vast diocese. He was not long in remedying this sad condition, and now his clergy number sixty.

His pastoral solicitude was next given to the religious communities of Sisters; these he has guided in their work at all times, advising them in their doubts, en- couraging them in their difficulties, and urging them on, whenever prudence would permit it, to undertake new works, or to put forth more strenuous efforts. Since his advent to Montana three more sisterhoods have entered the diocese, the Sisters of Charity, B. V. M., the Sisters of St. Dominic, and the Sisters of Mercy.

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A history of Montana, Volume III, Part 129

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