A history of Montana, Volume III, Part 32

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

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On September 18. 1885, Mr. King was married to Miss .Eleanor J. Coleman, who was born at Anoka, Minnesota, and is a daughter of G. D. Coleman. Four children have been born to them, three daughters and one son, namely: Ruby, who is the wife of J. G. Hogan; Gladys, who is the wife of Benjamin B. Law; and Dana C. and Phoebe.

In his profession, Mr. King is widely known and is past president of the Montana Society of Mining Engi- neers, and is a member of the American Institute of Mining Engincers. Fraternally he belongs to Lewis-

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town Lodge, No. 37, A. F. & A. M .; and Bozeman Lodge, No. 463, B. P. O. E. Personally, Mr. King is a quiet, thoughtful, reflecting man, a thorough master of every detail of his profession yet has always found time to keep in touch with other interests and activities and he may justly be numbered with the men who have really accomplished something notable in their day and generation.

HARRISON P. BURLINGHAM. As proprietor of the Bur- lingham Lumber Company in Libby, Montana, Harrison P. Burlingham holds distinctive prestige as a business man of prominence and influence. He has been a valued resident of Libby since 1895 and in addition to his lumber interests he is the owner of a finely im- proved ranch of one hundred and sixty acres at Gate- way, Montana.

A native of the fine old Buckeye State of the Union, Harrison P. Burlingham was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, the date of his nativity being the 23d of Septem- ber, 1854. He is a son of Curtis Burlingham, a native of New Hampshire, where he was reared and educated and whence he removed to Ohio in the early '40S. Curtis Burlingham was a farmer by occupation and he died in 1892, at the age of sixty-eight years. He was a soldier in the Union army during the entire period of the Civil war and as such was a member of the Twenty-fifth Ohio Sharpshooters. At the close of the war he received his honorable discharge and was mustered out of the army. The period of warfare had been so hard on his system that he had a severe break- down just after the close of hostilities and suffered as an invalid during the rest of his life. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Platt, was born in Vermont. She died in 1870, at the early age of thirty-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Burlingham became the parents of four children, of whom the subject of this review was the first born.

To the country schools of Ashtabula county, Ohio, Harrison P. Burlingham is indebted for his prelimi- nary educational training. He left school at the age of sixteen years and from that time until he had reached his legal majority he was associated with his father in the work and management of the old homestead farm. In 1874 he removed to Minnesota and settled near Stillwater, where he worked on a farm with his father. From there he moved to North Dakota and in 1888 he came to Montana, locating in the city of Great Falls, where he was engineer for the silver smelter for one year, at the end of which he secured a position with the Great Falls Lumber Company, of whose mills he had charge for six months. His next position was at Monarch as manager for the Holter Lumber Company and thence he removed to Kalispell and worked at placer mining on Wolf creek. In the beginning he was very successful in his mining projects but he sank every cent of gain back into other mining enterprises and later was not quite so successful. He came to Libby in 1896 and here immediately entered into the lumber business on his own account, and is one of the pioneer sawmill men now living in Lincoln county. He controls a large and lucrative lumber business and ships lumber all over the country. He has a fine farm, comprising 160 acres, in the vicinity of Gateway, Mon- tana, and the same is in a high state of cultivation.

In Pennsylvania, in 1874, Mr. Burlingham was united in marriage to Miss Mary Fuller, who was born and reared in Pennsylvania and who is a daughter of Andrew Fuller. Eight children have been born to this union, as follows-Ray, Fred, Ralph, Andrew, Mason, Nora, Goldie and Harry.

In politics Mr. Burlingham maintains an independent attitude, preferring to give his support to men and measures meeting with the approval of his judgment rather than to vote along strictly partisan lines. He is a member of the Libby Chamber of Commerce and

in a fraternal way is affiliated with the Modern Wood- men of America and the Red Men.

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. In the state where the self made man is the rule rather than the exception, the prominent place which William H. Harrison, of Great Falls, Montana, holds in the ranks of those who have won success through their own efforts, argues well for his ability. He began to earn his own living as a mere boy, and he has worked at one thing and another in practically every section of the great west. As a mer- chant he has been unusually successful, and in the political world his name is well known. He has the full confidence of the citizens of his community as was proved by his election to the state legislature and in his present position as city clerk he has ample oppor- tunity to prove his ability and integrity.

William Henry Harrison was born in Placer county, California, on the 25th of December, 1859. His father was Peter Harrison, a native of Canada, who was en- gaged in the manufacture of wagons, in Placer county, California, at the little town of Auburn. He was one of the first manufacturers in this section and became in time a prominent man in his line of work. He later left California, and after living for a time in Nevada and Utah, came to Montana in 1888. He settled in Great Falls and became interested in the mining business, remaining here until his death which occurred in April, 1902 when he was seventy-three years old. Politically Peter Harrison held to the creed.of the Republican party and was always active in its interests. He was a mem- ber of the Masons, affiliating with the Great Falls chap- ter. Peter Harrison married in 1858 to Frances B. Mc- Comb, who was born in Ireland. She came to this coun- try with her brothers and sisters, and the little band made their way across the continent and settled at Au- burn, California, in the early fifties. Here she met and married Mr. Harrison, and she spent many years as his faithful companion, enduring the hardships and sharing the sacrifices that had to be made with him. She is yet living, making her home with her son in Great Falls. She is now seventy-two years of age, having been born on the 14th of March, 1840.

William Henry Harrison was the eldest of the four children born to his parents, and so early realized that there was such a thing as responsibility. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Nevada and in the Santa Clara College, in California, which is a Jesuit institu- tion. His family had removed to Nevada in 1867, while he was only a little chap. Here his father continued to manufacture wagons, and when young Henry was through with his school work there were always plenty of odd jobs he could do for his father, so his life did not contain many idle hours. He attended Santa Clara College until 1875, and then returned to Nevada where he took up mining. He followed this until 1882, part of his time being spent in Utah. Abandoning mining he now turned to merchandising, and going into partner- ship with his father, established a store at Silver Reef, Utah. For six years he was actively engaged in this business, and in the fall of 1888 he came to Montana.

On his arrival in the state which was to be his home for the years that have since passed, he determined to settle in the city or town as it then was, of Great Falls. He only remained here a short time before going to Stanford, Fergus county, Montana, where he again en- tered the mercantile business. In the fall of 1890 he re- moved his business to Neihart, Montana, and went into partnership with Allen Pierse. The firm which was known as Pierse & Harrison, soon had a flourishing business a large part of which was due to the energy and business ability of Mr. Harrison. Until the fall of 1895, therefore he worked to build up this general mer- chandise business, and then having a favorable oppor- tunity, he sold the business and came to Great Falls. Here in partnership with Joseph Wagner, he purchased

Nicholas Il. Buttelmann

John G. Buttelmann

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the Milwaukee hotel, which he conducted until 1897. Having a strong desire to return to the mercantile business he then sold the hotel and returning to Nei- hart, formed a partnership with C. H. Burchard. The firm name was the Neihart Mercantile Company, and until 1910, did a thriving business in Neihart, for Mr. Harri- son had already built up a reputation there and the peo- ple were glad to have him in business there again. The firm also had a branch house in Great Falls, known as the Burchard & Harrison Company. In 1910, however, Mr. Harrison disposed of all of his mercantile interests in order to have all of his time free for his other inter- ests. Since that time he has given his attention largely to the public offices which he has held, although he still has mining interests in Neihart and owns considerable property in the Belt Mountains.

Mr. Harrison has always been a Republican, and has taken an active part in the various campaigns for the past twenty-five years. In 1903 he was elected to the state legislature and served Cascade county as their representative for one term. He was elected county as- sessor in 1906 and served in this capacity for four years, having been elected for a second term in 1908. During Mayor Speer's administration he was appointed city clerk. This appointment took place in May, 1911, and is the position which he now fills. During the twelfth assembly in 1911, he acted as journal clerk of the senate. In these various political offices, he has shown himself a man to be depended upon. He is accurate, a rare qual- ity in these days when speed is the all essential thing. In the many positions of responsibility which he has held he has never failed in the trust that the people who placed him in office, reposed in him. In the fraternal world he is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Elks.

Mr. Harrison married Miss Sarah Creighton Hamil- ton, on the 5th of December, 1811, at Silver Reef, Utah. She was the daughter of Samuel Hamilton and Mar- garet J. Hamilton, and she was born in the state of Utah. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Harrison. The three eldest, Frank, Alexander and William Peter were all born in Silver Reef, Utah, and the youngest, Alice Montana is the only one who can claim Montana as the state of her birth. She was born in Great Falls. The family residence is at 626 Third avenue North, and it is a gathering place for the many friends of the family, for the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison is well known.

ROBERT E. STONE. Among the successful business men of Great Falls whose prominence in the commercial world is due strictly to their own energy and ability, none is more deserving of mention in this work than Robert E. Stone, president of the Star Clothing Com- pany. Mr. Stone was reared to agricultural pursuits, but when still a youth, nearly a quarter of a century ago, came to Great Falls to devote his energies to the development of a business career, and since that time his rise has been constant and steadfast. He was born in Macon county, Missouri, May 25, 1861, a son of Joseph and Malinda (Borriss) Stone, his paternal an- cestors being of Scotch-Irish nativity, while his mater- nal forefathers have resided in Kentucky for genera- tions. Joseph Stone was born in Kentucky, from whence he removed to Macon county, Missouri, where he was a pioneer millwright. Subsequently he engaged in farming, to which he devoted his entire energies until his death in 1890, when he had reached the age of eighty-eight years. His wife, also a native of Ken- tucky, accompanied her parents to Missouri when a child, and there her death occurred in 1891, when she was eighty-seven years of age, she and her husband having been the parents of ten children, of whom Robert was the youngest.

Robert E. Stone attended the district schools in the vicinity of his father's farm, this being supplemented

by a course in St. James Military Academy, Macon, which he left at the age of eighteen years. On Septem- ber 26, 1888, he left home and came to Great Falls with a brother-in-law, J. M. Gaunt, and secured his first position with G. H. Goodrich, who later changed his business style to the Goodrich Lumber Company of Great Falls, the youth beginning as a salesman and working his way up in eight years to a directorship in the firm, in which he also owned considerable stock. On resigning his position with the lumber company, he entered the building business at Belt, Montana, where he erected a number of structures and was suc- cessful financially, and his next location was at Stock- ett. For the two years that followed he was engaged in the general merchandise business with E. R. Clingan, the firm being known as the E. R. Clingan Merchandise Company, and after this was dissolved he was identi- fied with the same line on his own account for two years. Later he sold this business to Hawthorne & Sproat, but subsequently entered a co-partnership with that firm, which continued for six years. After the death of Mr. Hawthorne, Mr. Stone sold his interest in the business and returned to Great Falls, where he purchased a one-third interest in the Star Clothing Company, which had been originally established in 1907 by Louis & Andrew Roalswick. After a short period Mr. Stone bought out his partners, and subse- quently the firm was incorporated with Mr. Stone as president, Joseph W. Freeman, vice-president, John Lannahan, treasurer, and Annie McGowan, secretary. This is now one of the leading clothing and gents' furnishing goods stores in Great Falls, and attracts a large trade to its establishment at No. 226 First avenne, South. Much of the success of this venture must be accredited to Mr. Stone, whose able manage- ment has served to develop this from a poorly man- aged, run down venture that was steadily losing money, into a flourishing business catering to the best trade in the city. Mr. Stone has done much to display his confidence in the future of his adopted city, readily giving his aid and influence to all progressive move- ments and so conducting his own business affairs that they may benefit Great Falls. He is an active member of the Merchants' Association, and has been prominent in fraternal work as a member of the Elks, the Eagles and the Odd Fellows, in which he is noble grand and chief patriarch. His family is well known throughout the city, and his residence, at No. 911 Second avenue, South, is a center of social refinement.

On January 18, 1888, Mr. Stone was married at Macon, Missouri, to Miss Laura L. Gaunt, daughter of Richard A. Gaunt, a native of Missouri, and they have had three children: Albert Homer, born in Macon, Missouri, and now a well-known traveling salesman of Great Falls; Helen, born at Great Falls and now living at home; and Harry, born at Stockett, Montana, and now attending school.

NICHOLAS H. AND JOHN G. BUTTELMANN. Probably there is no more beautiful spot in Dawson county than that section of the country known as Bad Route, which no doubt received its name many years ago, before irri- gation and modern methods improved it to such a degree that as a farming and ranching locality it has few, if any, superiors in eastern Montana. The visitor, approaching from a distance and noting for the first time the cluster of substantial, well-arranged buildings, believes himself to be drawing near to a little village nestling in the valley, surrounded by ridges on either side. Closer observation, however, discovers the hill- sides dotted with great herds of sleek, well-fed cattle, sheep and horses, all wearing the brand "52", the wav- ing fields of grain, the long line of neatly-stacked hay and the modern appliances for the carrying on of a successful Western ranch, and the stranger surmises, and correctly, that he is approaching the property of the

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Buttelmann brothers, Nicholas and John G., whose activities have made their "52" brand famous all over the county.

These brothers are sons of a fine old German couple, John and Meta Buttelmann, natives of the Fatherland, where the father, an honored citizen of his community, died in 1879, while the mother still survives him at an advanced age. They were the parents of four chil- dren: Nicholas; John G .; William a rancher at Three Forks, Montana; and Anna, who lives with her aged mother at the old home in Germany.

Nicholas H. Buttelmann was born in Germany, May 15, 1867, and as a lad of fifteen years came to the United States and spent one year in New York, then turning his face to the west and coming to Three Forks, at the head of the Missouri river. During the follow- ing year John G. Buttelmann, who was born in Ger- many, December 2, 1868, immigrated to the United States and in 1885 joined his brother. They secured employment with an uncle, the owner of the famous "Diamond G" brand, with whom they continued until 1889. Having learned every detail of the cattle busi- ness, they knew the necessity of securing a location in which water was to be found, as they had found that water was necessary to the growing of hay for their cattle, and after some deliberation settled on Bad Route Creek, where they began operations in an unpretentious way. This small and humble start, however, was but the nucleus of a business that has grown to be one of the largest of its kind in eastern Montana, and the brothers are now the owners of 10,000 acres, the ranch being six miles long and four wide. Many difficulties have been met and overcome, especially in the building of drains and ditches for irrigation, but 3,000 acres of their land are now in a high state of cultivation, and large and bountiful crops of corn, hay and oats are raised annually, 200 acres being given over to oats in 1912. In the center of this veritable oasis the brothers have erected a modern residence, substantial barns and appropriate sheds and outbuildings for the housing of their cattle, implements and grain, and these latter are surrounded by long rows of stacked hay and grain. The Buttelmann brothers are recognized as shrewd, progressive business men, and with the ability to carry any undertaking to a successful conclusion. The gen- eral air of prosperity which pervades their ranch speaks eloquently of capable management, and the latest machinery testifies just as forcibly to their belief in the use of modern ideas and methods. Congenial in work- ing together, they have also made many friends in this locality, and no men stand higher in public esteem.

Nicholas H. Buttelmann was married in 1897 to Mary Conrad, who was born in Switzerland and came to the United States with her parents, John and Regina Con- rad, who settled in Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Buttelmann have a handsome residence in Glendive and other real estate holdings. He is a member of Glendive blue lodge of the Masonic fraternity and in political matters is a Republican, while his wife is a consistent member of the Catholic church and well known in religious and social circles.

John G. Buttelmann was married in 1894 to Grace. Redfield, and they have had two children: Mary and Agnes. Mr. and Mrs. Buttelmann are members of the Lutheran church. Like his brother, Mr. Buttelmann is a Republican in political matters, but neither has cared to enter the public arena as a candidate for office.

CHARLES HAYDEN EGGLESTON. As a member of that influential class of men, who according to their char- acters and creeds may be the best liked or the worst hated of men-in other words, the editors of our daily newspapers-Charles Hayden Eggleston has long since made the force of his personality felt through the state of Montana. As a managing editor of one of the most important newspapers in the state he occupies a re-

sponsible and easily abused position. No one as well as an editor himself knows the power and influence of the printed word, and no power is more wrongfully used in the country today. In some instances we come across men who refuse to lower their high calling by placing themselves at the beck and call of every petty local politician who desires to use the newspaper to exploit himself, and the public is not long in discover- ing that such is the case and in showing their apprecia- tion. This is one of the principal causes of the large circulation of the Anaconda Standard, for Mr. Eggle- ston is a man of the above type.

It is but another link in the great chain of inherited characteristics, this high-mindedness, for Mr. Eggleston is a son of pure English ancestors, men and women of strong characters, education and refinement of tastes. His father was Charles Schendoah Eggleston, who was born at Oneida, New York, on the 12th of March, 1824. He was professor of ancient and modern languages in Falley Seminary, at Fulton, New York. Giving up his educational work, he later entered the mercantile busi- ness at the same place. Until about 1890 he was a member of the Republican party, but at this time the Prohibition party was being organized and he threw himself with intense enthusiasm into the work of the new party. He was ever afterward a loyal member of this party and was its candidate for various city, county and state offices. In his religious faith he was a mem- ber and active worker in the Methodist Episcopal church. The wife of Charles S. Eggleston was Frances Helen Paddock, who was born in Wolcott, New York, likewise of English ancestry.

Charles Hayden Eggleston was born on the 16th of February, 1858, at Fulton, New York. He and his sister, Frances, now Mrs. A. B. Blodgett, of Syracuse, New York, are now the only living members of his family. Mr. Eggleston received the usual secondary school education and was then sent to Syracuse Uni- versity, from which he was graduated in 1878 with the degree of A. B. He had made a good record in the university and was able to secure a position on the Syracuse Standard as a reporter. It was not long hefore he proved to his superiors that he not only knew how to write news but that he knew how to handle it as well. He was consequently offered the position of city editor of the paper which is now the Syracuse Post-Standard, which he did not hesitate about accepting. He remained in this work until 1889, when the opportunity to come west as associate editor of the Anaconda Standard arose. He arrived in Anaconda that year, and has been on the editorial staff of the above mentioned paper ever since.

Politically Mr. Eggleston is a member of the Demo- cratic party, and has rendered the party yeoman service in many campaigns. Through his position on the in- side. as it were, he has been in a position to judge fairly, and knowing the honesty and sincerity of his beliefs, the people have trusted this judgment far more than is usual. On the Democratic ticket he was elected state senator from Deerlodge county in 1894 and his service was so satisfactory to those who elected him that he was sent back in 1898 for another term. Mr. Eggleston is not a believer in mixing politics and news- paper work, so he has since accepted no more offices.

In religious matters, Mr. Eggleston is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in the fraternal world, he owes allegiance to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.

On the 22nd of December, 1884, Mr. Eggleston was married to Jessie Virginia Coleman, the ceremony tak- ing place in Syracuse. . New York. Mrs. Eggleston was educated in the public schools of Seneca Falls, New York. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Eggleston, Charles Little Eggleston. was born in Syracuse, New York, April 22, 1800. He has received a thorough

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education and has attended the state university of Mon- tana. He is now artist for the Anaconda Standard.

Not only is Mr. Eggleston known for his brilliant and searching editorials, but also for various publica- tions of which he is the author. Among these may be mentioned, "When Bryan Came to Butte," published in 1897, and a "History of Anaconda," which was pub- lished in 1908. The Anaconda Standard is one of the authoritative voices of public opinion in Montana, and of the many thousands who daily read the editorial columns not one but feels the force and sincerity, as well as the cleverness of Mr. Eggleston's remarks. It is worth any sacrifice he may have made to have the reputation for fairness and the influence for good that Mr. Eggleston possesses. With such men to lead them toward progress it is no wonder that the people of Mon- tana have made such tremendous strides within the past decade or so.

FREDERICK H. RAY. The registrar of state lands is a citizen of Helena who is known throughout the state. His office would in some measure account for this, and also the fact that the Democratic party claims him as one of its most able exponents, but Mr. Ray's claim upon the interest of the citizens of this commonwealth is not based only upon these circumstances, but upon his efforts to secure an irrigation code for the state. The subject of reclamation is one which is of vital interest to hundreds and thousands of people, and leg- islation upon it, is a matter to which few are indifferent. Mr. Ray has had exceptional opportunities for study- ing conditions in Montana, and the enactment of the law relating to road legislation and creating the office of state engineer was in part the outcome of his in- vestigation. So too with the Carey land act board ; and it will thus readily be understood that Mr. Ray is one whose interest in Montana is not alone that which a man feels in the advancement of his own in- dividual prosperity alone, but one which concerns that of a multitude of the dwellers in this vast division of our country.

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A history of Montana, Volume III, Part 32

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