Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, Volume II, Part 88

Author: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society
Number of Pages: 1126

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In 1888, at Castle, Montana, Mr. Bartz was mar- ried to Jennie Hall, who was born at Arnot, Penn- sylvania, and to them have been born the following children: Lyle, who is his father's assistant in the store; Mildred, who is at home, was a student in the Wisconsin State University, at Madison, until the senior year; Florence is a graduate of the Gallatin County High School; Vera is a student in the public schools. Mr. Bartz's personal rela- tions with his fellowmen have been mutually pleas- ant and agreeable, and he is highly regarded by all, being easily approached, obliging and straightfor- ward in all the relations of life.

MRS. HELENA ELIZABETH CURTIS is proprietor of the Curtis Hospital at Dillon. She has lived in Mon-

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tana for over thirty years, and after the death of her husband, who was a prominent merchant and mining engineer, she entered in 1900 the Murray Hospital at Butte, and was the first to graduate as a trained nurse from that institution.

For nearly twenty years she has given all her energy and enthusiasm to her great and noble call- ing. She practiced at Butte and other localities in Montana and on September I, 1914, came to Dillon and opened the Curtis Hospital. The hospital is the old Dr. Kingsbury residence and is located at 19 South Washington Street. It has accommoda- tions for twelve patients and Mrs. Curtis has suc- ceeded in imparting to it the wholesome and mag- netic spirit of her own personality, She is a mem- ber of the Montana Association of Graduate and Registered Nurses.

Mrs. Curtis was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, January 27, 1868. Her father was Chancellor Charles O'Donnell. The O'Donnells were an old family of Belfast, Ireland, and ancestry goes back into the traditional era of the kings of Ireland. Her grand- father, Michael O'Donnell, on coming from Ireland settled on the banks of the River St. John in New Brunswick and was a pioneer farmer there. He married Hannah Mowbray, a native of Woodstock, New Brunswick, and of Scotch ancestry.

Chancellor Charles O'Donnell was born at Wood- stock, New Brunswick, in 1845, and when a young man moved to Halifax, where he married and where he engaged in business as a merchant. From 1869 to 1872 he was in business at Chicago, and then returned to Woodstock, New Brunswick, and began the study of law. He graduated with the LL. B. degree from the Frederickton Law College at New Brunswick, and in 1882 came to Montana and was one of the early members of the bar of Butte and achieved eminence as a Montana lawyer. He was in active practice until his death on May 18, 1917. Politically he was an old school republican and a member of the Catholic Church. He was also a charter member of Butte Council, Knights of Colum- bus, being a third degree knight, was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and among other interests had some ranch holdings in Elk Park. His first wife and the mother of Mrs. Curtis was Ann Mooney, who was born at St. Stephen, New Bruns- wick, in 1842 and died at Butte, Montana, in 1886. She was reared and educated at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her father, Andrew Mooney, was one of the early architects of Nova Scotia, and designed and built many bridges and lighthouses along the coast. Mrs. Curtis was the oldest of her mother's children. Her brother Charles died in Wyoming at the age of forty-eight. Josephine lives on West Granite Street in Butte, the wife of John St. Clair, manager of the Northwest Coal Company of Butte ; Mary is the wife of George Grose, a mining carpen- ter at Walkerville, Montana; Frederick is an assist- ant mining superintendent at Walkerville; Gertrude is the wife of John Brosnahan, living at 927 Zarelda Avenue in Butte, Mr. Brosnahan being a hoisting engineer with the Mountain Consolidated Mining Company. Mrs. Curtis' father married for his sec- ond wife Mary Jane McGrath, who was born at Woodstock, New Brunswick, in 1844 and died at Butte July 4. 1916.

Helena Elizabeth O'Donnell acquired her early education in the public schools of Woodstock, and was fourteen years of age when her father came to Butte. She graduated from the high school of that city in 1886. Before graduation she taught two summer terms of school at Big Hole, Montana. She is an active member of the Catholic Church.

In 1888, at Butte, Miss O'Donnell became the wife

of Charles Frederick Curtis. He was born at Quincy, Michigan, in 1868, was educated in Nebraska, at- tending the University of Nebraska at Lincoln for two years and specializing in mining and civil engi- neering. After his marriage he lived at Walkerville, Montana, where he was a merchant and also engaged in mining. That was his home though he died at Butte in 1897.

Mrs. Curtis has one child, Aimee Helena. She was educated in St. Mary's Academy at Deer Lodge and is a graduate of the Butte High School. She is now the wife of Charles L. Bray, a rancher at Sheri- dan, Montana. Mr. and Mrs. Bray have three chil- dren: Charles Curtis, born March 27, 1911; Ken- neth, born February 28, 1913; and John, born Octo- ber 16, 1915.

JOSEPH PIEDALUE, M. D. Each calling or busi- ness, if honorable, has its place in human existence, constituting a part of the plan whereby life's methods are pursued and man reaches his ultimate destiny. Emerson said that "All are needed by each one." And that is as true in one avenue of life's activities as another. However, the im- portance of a business or profession is in a very large measure determined by its beneficence or usefulness. So dependent is man upon his fellow men that the worth of each individual is largely reckoned by what he has done for humanity. There is no class to whom greater gratitude is due from the world at large than to those self-sacrificing, sympathetic, noble-minded men whose life work has been the alleviation of suffering that rests upon humanity, thus lengthening the span of human existence. There is no known standard by which their beneficent influence can be measured; their helpfulness is as broad as the universe and their power goes hand in hand with the wonderful laws of nature that come from the very source of life itself.

Joseph Piedalue, one of the best known and most successful physicians and surgeons of Southern Montana, living at Bozeman, was born near Mon- treal, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, on January 24, 1859. His father, Isaac Piedalue, was also born in that province, in 1827, and died in Montreal in the fall of 1915. He was reared in his native province and became a farmer. In 1885 he emi- grated to Nebraska, locating near Imperial, where he became a farmer and stockraiser. In the course of time he became a citizen of the United States, and he was prospered in his business affairs so that he was able to retire and in 1909 located at Missoula, Montana, where he made his home until his return to Montreal in 1912, where his death occurred. He became a democrat after coming to the States and was a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Dur- ing his young manhood he served in the Canadian militia, in which he held an officer's, commission. He married Elodie Roy, who was born in 1830 in the Province of Quebec and whose death occurred there in 1872. To them were born the following children: Absalon, who is a farmer at Greeley, Colorado; Arthur, who is a farmer at Roman, Montana; Joseph, the immediate subject of this re- view; Anatole, who is a farmer near Hyde Park, Vermont; Lea, who is the wife of Z. Mercau, now retired and living in Los Angeles, California, but who was a pioneer rancher in the Missoula Valley, Montana; Febranie, who is the wife of Delphis Brassard, a contractor and builder at Chicopee, Mas- sachusetts ; Hector, who is a farmer and stockraiser at Champion, Nebraska; Stephanie, who is the wife of S. Robert, formerly a builder and contractor, but now a farmer near Missoula, Montana.

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Joseph Piedalne is descended from good old Breton stock, his progenitors having resided for generations in Brittany, France, whence they came to L'Acadie, Nova Scotia. Driven from that land, they came to the Province of Quebec and gave to their new home the same name as their former home.

Joseph Piedalue received a splendid education, for, after completing his studies in the public schools of his native province, he attended the L'Assumption College near Montreal, Canada, where he studied for eight years, comprising both preparatory and classical courses, and graduating from the latter in 1881. He then matriculated in the medical depart- ment of Victoria University, at Montreal, where he was graduated in 1885, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Doctor Piedalue immediately entered upon the active practice of his profession at French- town, Montana, where he remained until 1891, when he moved to Columbia Falls, Montana, being the first physician to locate there. A few years later he located in Helena, Montana, but a year later moved to Chestnut, this state, where he served as mine physician until 1904, when he came to Boze- man, where his family had been living, and here he has since been successfully engaged in the gen- eral practice, meeting with the most pronounced suc- cess and winning the confidence and esteem of the people generally. Doctor Piedalue has been pros- pered financially and is the owner of a fine ranch of 160 acres 31/2 miles south of Bozeman, the land being irrigated. The doctor has served as city physician, as coroner and as county health officer, his official service covering a period of nine years.

Politically the doctor is a democrat and his re- ligious affiliation is with the Roman Catholic Church. Fraternally he is a member of Bozeman Council No. 1413, Knights of Columbia; Bozeman Lodge No. 463, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Bridger Camp No. 62, Woodmen of the World; Gallatin Castle No. 82, Royal Highlanders; Eureka Homestead No. 415, Brotherhood of American Yeo- men. He is also a member of the Gallatin County Medical Society, the Montana State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

In 1885, at L'Acadie, Province of Quebec, Canada, Doctor Piedalue was married to Laura Robert, the daughter of Alexander and Sophie (Lefebvre) Robert, the former of whom is now deceased. The father was a successful farmer, and his daughter, Mrs. Piedalue, received a good education, having studied in convents. To Doctor and Mrs. Piedalue were born the following children: Mary Alice, who is the wife of Charles Hancock, a jeweler and drug- gist at Lewistown, Montana; Alexander died in youth; Laura is a teacher of domestic science in the high school at Helena, Montana; Irene is en- gaged in social service work at Spokane, Washing- ton; Aimee Mary, who lives at home, is employed in the Commercial National Bank; Robert Joseph, who is a dentist in Bozeman, enlisted in May, 1918, was sent to Camp Fremont, California, and was mustered out in February, 1919, with the rank of corporal, and he is now practicing his profession of dentistry in Conrad, Montana; Roy enlisted in the United States Navy in April, 1917, was assigned to the hospital corps, and died in a hospital at Philadelphia on January 10, 1919, at the age of twenty-one years.

Throughout his busy life Doctor Piedalue has ever been a close student, keeping well abreast of the times in matters pertaining to his profession, and to the practice of his art he has brought rare skill and resource. His life has been a busy and suc- cessful one and he stands today as one of the leaders

of his profession in this community, secure in the confidence and esteem of the people with whom he has been associated.

WILLIAM S. BOLE, M. D. Professional success re- sults from merit. Frequently in commercial life one may come into possession of a lucrative business through inheritance or gift, but in what are known as the learned professions advancement is gained only through painstaking and long-continued effort. Prestige in the healing art is the outcome of strong mentality, close application, thorough mastery of its great underlying principles and the ability to apply theory to practice in the treatment of diseases. Good intellectual training, thorough professional knowledge and the possession and utilization of the qualities and attributes essential to success have made the subject of this review eminent in his chosen calling, and he stands today among the scholarly and enterprising physicians in a com- munity noted for the high order of its medical talent.

William S. Bole was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the 17th day of July, 1882. His father, William M. Bole, who is now editor of the Great Falls Tribune, at Great Falls, Montana, was born in the State of Vermont in 1859, and was there reared and learned the printing trade. He was married in Boston, Massachusetts, and shortly afterward moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was employed at his trade. He then held a position in the postoffice for a while, and afterward started and ran a weekly paper there. In 1890 he moved to Great Falls, Mon- tana, and became connected with the Leader of that city. In 1894 he and O. F. Warden bought the Great Falls Tribune, which they published until 1901, when they sold the property and Mr. Bole came to Bozeman and edited the Chronicle, which he later bought. He sold the Chronicle in 1917, but in the meanwhile, in 1905, he and Mr. Worden had re- purchased the Great Falls Tribune, of which Mr. Bole is still the editor. He is a democrat in politics and in religion is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. He is also a member of the Masonic fra- ternity. Mr. Bole married Elizabeth Dow, who was born in Vermont in 1864, and the immediate sub- ject of this review is their only child.

William S. Bole received his elementary educa- tion in the public schools of St. Paul and Great Falls, attending the high school in the latter city until the junior year. He then became a student in the Montana State College, at Bozeman, where he was graduated in 1906, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Having decided to make the practice of medicine his life work, he then matriculated in the medical department of Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, Baltimore, Maryland, where he was grad- uated in 1910, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then entered upon the active practice at Great Falls, but two years later came to Bozeman, where he has since remained, engaging in a general medical and surgical practice. His record is simply the ac- count of a life which has been in the main un- eventful as far as stirring incidents are concerned, yet has been distinguished by the most substantial qualities of character.

Politically 'Doctor Bole is an earnest supporter of the democratic party, and takes an intelligent in- terest in public events. While a resident of Cascade County he served as county health officer and also as county physician. He is a member of the Galla- tin County Medical Society, the Montana State Medi- cal Society and the American Medical Association. The doctor is an active supporter of every move- ment which gives promise of being of material ad-

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vantage to the community in any way. He is a stockholder in the Tribune Printing and Supply Company.

In 1907, at Bozeman, Doctor Bole was married to Edith Jackson, daughter of Thomas and Emma (Gordon) Jackson. They became pioneer settlers near Harrison, Montana, and both died there. To Doctor and Mrs. Bole have been born two children, namely: Emma E., born in November, 1911, and Marion E., born in April, 1914. The doctor is es- sentially a man among men, commanding respect by innate force as well as by his ability, and he holds the unequivocal confidence and esteem of the people among whom he has lived and labored.

JOHN S. CABLE. Among the earnest and enter- prising men whose depth of character have gained them a prominent place in the community and the respect and confidence of their fellow citizens is John S. Cable, manager of the Thompson Yards at Clyde Park. A man of decided views and land- able ambitions, his influence has ever made for the advancement of his kind, and today he ranks among the representative business men of his community. John S. Cable was born at Wilmot, South Da- kota, on September 15, 1892, and is a son of D. S. and Alice (Tripp) Cable. D. S. Cable, who still resides at Wilmot, was born in 1854, at Syracuse, New York, where he was reared and educated. Eventually he followed the tide of migration west- ward and after stopping for a time at various points, went to Wilmot, South Dakota, of which locality he was a pioneer, having been there at the time of the opening of the Indian reservation lands to white settlers. He went into the drug business, in which he has prospered, and is now retired from active business life. He took an active part in the public affairs of the newly opened country, serving as recorder of deeds and as an ab- stractor. He is a member of the Episcopal Church and his fraternal relations are with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Alice Tripp. who was born in 1859 at Dundas, Minnesota, and to them were born three children, namely: Marie, who is assistant cashier of the Citizens State Bank at Clyde Park, John S., the immediate subject of this sketch, and Frank Ewart, who is a farmer and who still remains with his parents.

John S. Cable was educated in the public schools of Wilmot, graduating from the high school there in 1910. In 1911 he took a course in the Mankato Commercial College, at Mankato, Minnesota. In the following year he came to Yellowstone Park and for about three months was employed as a carpenter's helper. He then came to Clyde Park and entered the employ of H. M. Allen as manager of the latter's lumber yard. He has remained iden- tified with this enterprise to the present time and has seen the plant grow from a humble begin- ning to the leading yard in this part of Park Coun- ty. Several years ago the concern was reorgan- ized under the title of Thompson Yards, Incor- porated, and is rated among the strong and re- liable firms of this section of the state. Mr. Cable is still the active manager of the yards and has demonstrated his ability and fitness for responsible work of this nature. He has a wide and accurate knowledge of the details of the business and, hav- ing the ability to apply his knowledge, he has proven the right man in the right place. He has taken an active part in all movements for the advance- ment of the community's interests, and is a stock- holder and a director of the First State Bank of Clyde Park.

Mr. Cable assumes an independent attitude in

political matters preferring to support the men and measures which meet his approval than to follow party dictates. His religious membership is with the Episcopal Church, while his fraternal relations are with Clyde Park Lodge No. 64, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is a past noble grand.

In 1914, at Livingston, Montana, John S. Cable was married to Lois Haycraft, daughter of George and Libbie Haycraft, who now reside in Clyde Park, Mr. Haycraft having retired from active life. Mr. and Mrs. Cable have one child, Clinton G., born on May 5, 1916.

Mr. Cable has proven himself a useful member of the community in which he lives, being not only the administrative officer of one of the chief in- dustries, but he has also met a large local need by holding the agency for some of the leading life, fire, tornado and hail insurance companies, for which he has written a vast amount of business in this section of the county. Genial and unas- suming in personal manner, he has won and re- tains a host of warm personal friends, who esteem him because of his personal qualities.

ANDREW G. KRAUSS, exchange manager at Boze- man for the Mountain State Telegraph & Tele- phone Company, has been an executive official of this corporation in different cities and states of the Northwest for a number of years. He is a business man of wide commercial experience and training, and is a member of a prominent busi- ness family of New York State.

He was born at Attica, New York, October 28, 1877. His father, J. A. Krauss, was born in 1853 and died in March, 1917, spending his entire life at Attica. He was one of the leading business men and citizens of the community. For many years he was a boot and shoe manufacturer. In the early days of the oil industry he made a spe- cialty of manufacturing oil drillers' boots. One time he had the largest factory of its kind in the United States and was one of the two manufac- turers who specialized in that special grade of boot. About 1895 he discontinued manufacturing when unable to obtain a supply of raw material from France. After discontinuing his manufac- turing department he continued in the retail shoe and clothing business until his death. He also had outside interests, including property in the gold mining district around Cobalt, Canada, and had invested some money in a gold mine at Helena, Montana. He was a democrat but little interested in partisan politics. Several times he was elected a councilman at Attica, but always by the republi- cans. He was a director in the Bank of Attica, was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and an active member of the Masonic Order. J. A. Kranss married Miss Frederica Mentz who was born at Attica in 1854 and died there in 1884. Caroline, the oldest of their children, is the wife of C. F. Bartles, who is manager of the mercantile business of the Krauss estate at Attica. Andrew G., is the second of the family. Helen is the wife of Mr. Glor, and they live on a large farm near Attica. Louise is married and her husband is in the re- tail store of the Krauss estate at Attica. John is manager of a retail shoe store at Springfield, Massa- chusetts.

Andrew G. Krauss was educated in the public schools of Attica, graduating from high school in 1895. In 1898 he graduated from the law depart- ment of Cornell University at Ithaca. While in university he was a member of the Delta Chi col- lege fraternity. After getting his law diploma he spent one year in the law firm of Fisher, Wende .

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& Coatsworth at Buffalo. Mr. Krauss has found his knowledge of law valuable to him in a busi- ness way but has never made any serious effort to take up the profession. In 1900 he came to Helena, Montana, and spend two years as assistant manager of the old Amber mine at York. For about a year he had charge of the books of the sheriff's office at Butte. Then followed a visit to his old home at Attica, and later he obtained a lease on the old Amber mine at York, Montana, and personally operated it for six months. His next home was at Portland, Oregon, where for two years he had charge of a clothing and shoe store and for a time was with the general mer- cantile house of Olds, Workman & King. Mr. Krauss then spent three years at Attica .in charge of his father's business. Until 1912 he was buyer of the clothing and furnishing goods department of a large department store at Caldwell, Idaho.

His connection with the Mountain State Tele- graplı & Telephone Company began in 1912, when he became a salesman in the district office at Boise. After a year he was promoted to credit man and then to district salesman, and eventually became special representative covering the State of Idaho. In 1915 he was sent as special representative and division general manager to Salt Lake City, re- maining there two years, afterward was with the same company at Helena and in 1918 was given the management of the exchange at Bozeman, in- cluding the Bozeman, Belgrade,' Manhattan and Sayleville exchanges. His official headquarters are in the exchange at 13 North Tracy Avenue in Boze- man.

Mr. Krauss is a republican voter. He married at Butte, Montana, in 1901, Miss Helen McCarthy. She was born near St. Paul, Minnesota, and is a graduate of a Sisters' school at St. Paul. They have four children: J. A. Russell, born April 2, 1903; Eloise, born in May, 1904; Norman Douglas, born in January, 1906; and Julian Roach, born in March, 1909.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WHITE, the last territorial governor of Montana, is a real pioneer of the North- west, and enjoys the peculiar esteem and affection of the people of Dillon and Southwestern Montana, where he has made his home for forty years. Mr. White is one of the oldest bankers of Montana, hav- ing for thirty-five years been the active head of the First National Bank of Dillon, which he has made one of the largest and strongest banks in the entire state.

He was born at Fairhaven, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 3, 1838, and is a direct descendant of the father of Peregrine White, the first white child born at Summit, Massachusetts, after the Pilgrims landed there in 1620. Governor White's grandfather, Wil- liam White, was born in Southern Massachusetts, and is buried at Long Plain, Massachusetts. He lived in his native state and in Rhode Island, and founded the first cotton mill at Providence. Benja- min White, father of Governor White, became inter- ested in his father's cotton mill in Rhode Island, and was one of the leaders in the textile industry for many years. He died in Massachusetts when about ninety years of age. He married Caroline Stock- bridge, who died in Massachusetts at the age of eighty-five. They had two sons: George M., a re- tired manufacturer at New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Benjamin Franklin.

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Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, Volume II, Part 88

Author: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed Publication date: 1921 Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society Number of Pages: 1126

Author: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society
Number of Pages: 1126