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"Our small membership is a matter of re-
gret and gladly do we welcome new members who have returned to take up the work. Too much cannot be said of the faithful few who now represent this organization and who by their untiring energy have brought this ex- change to its present prosperous condition. Our employees have ever been prompt and effi- cient, and the skillful management of the din- ing room is manifest in its patronage."
It is the purpose of the officers and direc- tors to enlarge the work by adding a reading room. The officers for this year are as fol- lows : Mrs. Helen Smith, president ; Mrs. Rob- ert Easson, first vice-president; Mrs. John L. Wilson, second vice-president: Mrs. C. G. Brown, third vice-president; Miss De Lash- mutt, recording secretary; Mrs. E. W. Tal- bott, corresponding secretary; Mrs. C. E. Groves, treasurer ; Mrs. G. T. Penn, auditor. The board of directors is made up of tlie offi- cers and the following members : Mrs. C. B. Dunning, Mrs. W. A. Cummings, Mrs. Mary Elmendorf. Mrs. W. J. Kendrick, Miss Vic- toria Fellowes, Mrs. D. Holzman. Mrs. Cy- rus Happy, Mrs. W. H. Dodd and Mrs. Adolph Galland.
Rescue Home .- As the result of meetings held in the city, April 2nd to 11th, 1899, by the merchant evangelist. C. E. Crittendon, of New York, assisted by Mrs. Moffat, money was provided to build a rescue home. The build- ing was erected in Ross Park, on land donated by Mr. George Odell. It is a commodious building, costing complete about four thousand dollars. The churches and fraternal organiza- tions contributed liberally toward its furnish- ing. It was opened early this year under the management of Mrs. Wolf.
S. A. Rescue Home .- The Salvation Army opened a rescue home in 1894. It was located for some years on Fourth avenue, near Mill, but was recently removed to Liberty Park. It has done excellent work, and continues to do it at a cost that is astonishingly low, consid- ering the nature of it.
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Spokane Humane Society .- Organized in 1896. O. J. Fairfield, president; Dr. U. G. Campbell, vice-president; Mara S. Cook, secre- tary ; J. R. Clifford, treasurer ; Norman Buck, counselor; A. C. Edwards, G. A. Mason, Harl J. Cook, WV. E. Stanger, Mrs. H. W. An- drews, Fred Chamberlain, Harry Rosenhaupt, Mrs. E. Hard, trustees. Meets second Thurs- day every month. Rooms 3-4, Van Valken- burg block.
Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Society .- Headquarters, hall adjoining church Our Lady of Lourdes. Organized in October, 1889. Meets first Tuesday of each month. Mrs. C. Conlan, president.
Lidgerwood Ladies' Home for the Friend- less Society .- Organized in 1897. Meets first and third Wednesdays each month. Mrs. G. M. Nethercut, president; Mrs. H. W. Green- berg, vice-president ; Mrs. D. Davenport, sec- retary ; Mrs. H. Schuler, treasurer.
Mutual Benefit Association of National As- sociation of Letter Carriers .- S. S. Burven, collector.
Mutual Benefit Association Railway Postal Clerks .- Homer A. Elwell, local secretary.
St. Vincent de Paul Society .- Meets first Monday of each month, in St. Ignatius school building. Organized December, 1889. Mem- bership, seventy. James Monaghan, president ; N. S. Caplice, first vice-president ; Prof. Wm. Orndorf, secretary; Sebastian Haas, treasurer.
Nearly all the churches have their Ladies' Aid Society and King's, Daughters, all doing more or less benevolent work.
Spokane County Horticultural Society .- This society was organized early this year and made permanent by electing the following officers : President, E. P. Gilbert ; vice-pres- ident, Mary A. Latham; secretary, W. D. Pratt ; trustees, J. N. Butler, C. E. Peyton and E. H. Jamieson.
There was a large number in attendance and a stronger interest was manifested than at the first session, which was called two weeks
before. The constitution and by-laws which are to govern this society, and which were those of the fruit growers' association that existed in this city three years ago, were adopted and signed by those present.
The purpose of the organization is to hold a session every three months and discuss the different methods of protecting the fruit and trees from the pests that infest the orchards. It is also the purpose to further the interests of the horticultural industry.
Those becoming members by signing the constitution and by-laws were: John E. Reed, J. N. Butler, G. D. Sutton, A. A. Kelly, O. A. Burnett, James Hopkins, A. L. Smith, Jason Whiney, Joseph A. Finigan, Charles Boice, E. P. Gilbert, William Feneer, W. W. Lake, C. E. Peyton. Samuel Davidson, R. E. Pearce, Mary A. Latham, Rachel Gray- son Creek, Isaac H. Pugh. W. A. Yeomans, J. T. Olmstead, W. G. Pratt. E. H. Jamieson, F. B. Mercer, C. A. Story and W. J. Mckay.
Any one interested in horticulture is eligi- ble for membership and can be a member by paying the dues, which were fixed at one dollar per year.
SOCIAL SOCIETIES AND CLUBS.
Gonzaga Athletic Association .- Ed Gokey, president; John Hogan, secretary and treas- urer ; Frank Mitchell and Carl Budde, counsel- lors ; James Kennelly, S. J., moderator.
Gonzaga Dramatic Society (Gonzaga Col- lege) .- Dan'l A. Hanly, S. J., director ; John P. Hogan, president; Edmond Twohey, sec- retary and treasurer.
Northern Pacific Club .- N. P. R'y passen- ger depot. A. H. Simmons, secretary. Rooms with library and papers.
Spokane Amateur Athletic Club .- 515-519 First avenue. Organized 1896. Membership, six hundred and fifty. A. C. Ware, president ; W. F. Leslie. secretary ; D. L. Weaver, treas- urer : S. E. Moorman, manager.
Spokane Chess and Checker Club .- 325
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Riverside avenue. Frank W. Middaugh, vice- president ; Charles Dixon, secretary.
Spokane Club .- Lamona block, 519 First avenue. F. R. Insinger, president; A. G. Avery, vice-president; Gardner B. Chamber- lın, secretary; J. D. Elmendorf, treasurer ; H. S. Moore, steward.
Spokane Country Club .- Thirteenth ave- nue, east of Ivory. Organized August, 1898. Membership, one hundred and sixty. A. G. Avery, president; F. Lewis Clark, vice-presi- dent ; J. M. Blake, secretary and treasurer ; A. G. Avery, F. H. Mason, F. Lewis Clark, D. L. Weaver, J. C. Williams, J. M. Blake, H. M. Hoyt, Dr. J. M. Semple, Morton Ramsdell, trustees ; R. Insinger, chairman house commit-
tee; T. K. Binnie, chairman grounds commit- tee; Morton Ramsdell, chairman sports com- mittee.
Spokane Press Club .- Headquarters, Re- view building. Meets at call of president. W. H. Cowles, president; A. M. Murphey, vice- president ; J. Oscar Peterson, chairman ; J. H. Brown, secretary; W. Storey Buck, treasurer.
Spokane Rod and Gun Club .- Organized July 1, 1889. Headquarters, 816 Riverside av- enue. Dr. E. L. Kimball, president ; Otto Kratzer, vice-president; A. F. Wiesemann, sec- retary ; F. K. McBroom, treasurer ; B. K. Short, captain ; M. B. Brownlee, J. W. Merritt, T. B. Ware, directors; Joel F. Warren, captain rifle department.
CHAPTER XXIX.
MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS, INSTITUTIONS, ETC.
5 SPOKANE SOCIETY OF PIONEERS.
This society was formally organized April 12, 1896. The first president was A. J. Ross, and Millard T. Bartson was secretary. The first annual banquet of the society was enjoyed at the Grand Hotel, on April 16, 1897. The committee in charge consisted of S. T. Arthur, chairman, J. M. Grimmer, J. T. Lockhart, and the president and secretary. At this time a committee was appointed to draft a constitu- tion and by-laws. Committee, Dr. J. E. Gandy, T. C. Griffitts, Dr. E. Pittwood. A commit- tee was appointed on picnic, as follows : Music, Dr. Penfield, Eugene Fellowes, D. M. Thomp- son, T. W. Pynn, J. B. Sargent ; speaker, A. J. Ross, Dr. E. Pittwood, Dr. J. E. Gandy ; pro- · gram, J. M. Grimmer, A. Munter, Joseph S. Wilson, L. C. Gilbert. At the annual meeting held April 9, 1898, the following constitution and by-laws were adopted :
"Regular annual meeting of the Spokane Pioneer Society, held at the Grand Hotel, pur- suant to a call on the above date; President . Ross in the chair. Report of the committee on constitution and by laws received and after several amendments adopted as follows :
"ARTICLE I .- Name .- Section 1 .- This or- ganization shall be known as the Spokane So- ciety of Pioneers.
"ARTICLE 2 .- Object .- Section 1 .- The object of this society is to gather, formulate and preserve in substantial form the traditional rec- ord and object history of Spokane county, Washington.
"ARTICLE 3 .-- Duration .- Section 1 .- The 1 duration of this society shall be perpetual, or during the pleasure of two-thirds of all its duly accredited members.
"ARTICLE 4 .- Location .- Section I .- The location of this society shall be at Spokane, Spokane county, Washington.
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"ARTICLE 5 .- Membership .- Section I .- Membership shall be limited to persons over twenty-one years of age, of families residents of Spokane county prior to November 29, 1884.
"ARTICLE 6 .- Officers and their Duties .- Section I .- The officers of this society shall consist of a president, vice-president, treasurer and one member of said society who shall con- stitute a board of trustees, all to be chosen at the annual meeting of this society.
"Section 2 .- The duties of the officers shall be those that general parliamentary usage pre- scribes.
"Section 3 .- The Secretary shall be the offi- cial organ of this society, and he shall be e.r- officio a member of the said board, and also the secretary thereof. and it shall be his duty to keep a true and faithful record of the proceed- ings of said society, and of the board of trus- tees, and shall be the custodian of the books, papers, effects and property thereof.
"Section 4 .- It shall be the duty of the treasurer to keep a true and correct account of all the money of the society received by him, showing from whom received ; and he shall dis- burse the same only upon the order of the board signed by the secretary and countersigned by the chairman of said board; and he shall, prior to the annual meeting of the society, submit his annual report, with vouchers, to the board for approval and incorporation in the annual re- port of the said board of the society.
"Section 5 .- The board shall be the execu- tive board of the society ; it shall elect one of its own members chairman thereof, and shall conduct, regulate and control the affairs of the society at all times, except during the annual meeting thereof; it shall fill all vacancies oc- curring in the society or board, between the an- nual meetings of the society ; it shall have gen- eral direction of the publications of the socie- ty ; it shall authorize all expenditures of money, and shall audit all claims against the society, and order their payment : five members of the
board shall constitute a quorum for the trans- action of business.
"ARTICLE 8 .- Annual Meeting .- Section I .- The annual meeting of the society shall be held on the first Tuesday of April, at Spo- kane, Spokane county. Washington, at which the annual report of the board, with the re- ports of the secretary, treasurer, shall be sub- mitted to the society. and when approved it shall be adopted as the annual report of the so- ciety. It shall be the duty of the board to ar- range for an annual address, essays and papers upon topics and matters pertinent and kindred to the objects of the society, and such other ex- ercises for entertainment and instruction as may seem proper. The election of the officers for ensuing year herein provided. shall be at each annual meeting as prescribed by the by- laws. Seven members shall constitute a quorum to do business.
"ARTICLE 9 .- Amendments .- Section I .- This constitution may be amended at any an- nual meeting of the society : a two-thirds vote of all the voting members present being neces- sary for the ratification thereof.
"The following officers were thereafter elect- ed to serve for the ensuing year : H. T. Cow- ley. president : Dr. J. E. Gandy, vice-presi- clent : Millard T. Hartson, secretary ; S. T. Ar- thur, treasurer: A. J. Ross, member of the board of trustees.
"The following committees were nominated by the chair for the purpose of taking charge of the social to be given on April 23. 1898: J. M. Grimmer. A. J. Ross and I. S. Kauf- man : committee on music. Dr. Penfield. E. J. Fellowes and Dr. Pittwood : committee on pro- gram. Dr. Gandy, S. T. Arthur and A. J. Ross. The chair was instructed to appoint a relief committee of three. On motion. adjourned."
At the annual meeting, on April 29. 1899. the following officers were elected: S. G. . Havermale, president; J. M. Grimmer, vice- president : Millard T. Hartson, secretary : John Sengfelder. treasurer.
FRANK BRACHT Spokane
JOHN WETZEL Spokane
W. H. McKERNAN Spokane
REV. JONATHAN EDWARDS Spokane
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The present officers are: J. M. Grimmer. president ; Dr. J. E. Gandy, vice-president ; Millard T. Hartson, secretary; S. T. Arthur. treasurer. Committee on picnic. President Grimmer, A. L. Davis, S. T. Arthur, J. L. Hargrove, E. J. Fellowes, I. S. Kaufman, J. S. Willson. A. E. Keats, P. D. Brockman.
Members of the Society : A. J. Ross, H. T. Cowley (1874), S. T. Arthur. L. C. Gilliam, Joe W. Young, J. T. Davie, William Prynor. R. D. Speck, C. B. Syphert, J. Z. Hargrove, Howard Loomis, J. F. C. Abel, A. E. Keats, W. E. See- horn, W. H. Wiscombe, E. Bertrand, Harl J. Cook, E. J. Short, Henry R. Kohlhauff, S. Glasgow, Eugene Germond, C. F. Clough, B. M. Whiting, J. M. Grimmer. E. J. Webster. A. P. Wolverton, J. Kenedy Stout, Millard T. Hartson, C. S. Penfield. B. B. Bravinder. F. S. Meade, Thomas Cheesman, C. W. Carson, C. L. Knox, Peter Dueber. G. S. Allison, J. Loert- cher, D. M. Thompson. A. A Newberry. J. M. Armstrong. D. P. Jenkens. G. P. Dart. M. R. Kellinger, Joe S. Willson, Louis Adams, J. M. Major, J. B. Sargent. I. S. Kaufman, B. C. Van Houten, J. H. Greiner. A. L. Davis, William Kohlhauff, Thomas C. Griffitts. R. H. Wimpey ( 1872), Robert E. Clarke, Charles WV. Clarke, George H. Hollway, Harry C. Bell, J. Will Bell, Eugene J. Fellowes, J. P. Ladd, J. N. Glover (1873), L. B. Nash. Georgina K. Fellowes, E. Pittwood, J. J. Browne, E. J. Dyer. G. W. Wooster. J. Hoover, L. H. Sny- der, F. M. Baum, J. D. Maxwell, John N. Squire, Sam Vinson, John F. Hemenway, C. T. Maxwell, B. H. Bennett, P. D. Kearney. D. D. Squire, W. C. Johnson, A. M. Baldwin, T. WV. Pynn, W. H. MacKernan. A. P. Curry, Adolph Munter, J. H. Bishop. Joseph Kenwor- thy, Fred D. Chamberlain, Francis H. Cook. H. G. Stimmel, A. J. Duncan, J. W. Douglas, J. A. Hargrove, Henry L. Wilson, A. H. Myers. John Glover, George M. Forster, Guy C. Browne, John L. Wilson, Anton Trout, J. F. Warren, J. E. Gandy, S. P. Orr, S. Davidson, John A. Long, Al. E. Tozier, S. G. Whitman,
Cyrus Bradley, R. A. Hutchinson, W. E. Pierce, J. C. Myrtle, Jesse N. Barker, Frank O'Connor, John Sengfelder, G. F. Graves, H. WV. Greenburg, Alice H. Willis, Frank C. La- vigne, John H. Stevens, Frank Akin, C. H. Dart, William H. Downer, Hiram Peck, Wal- ter France, Charles W. Mohr, C. J. Kords, C. H. Potter, Robert Fairley, A. L. Thorp, D. K. Oliver, M. H. Pratt, H. Preusse, A. L. Christian, Lorenzo F. Lee. Josephine Clark. J. M. Rose. Mrs. E. F. Chamberlain, George Turner, Bertha Turner. A. P. Lewis, W A. Lewis, Mrs. W. A. Lewis, Robert A. Wilson, Charles B. Johnston, August Domke, Lloyd E. Gandy. J. E. Sipe, Walker L. Bean, Edward Hunter, Giles W. Clark, E. P. Gilbert, L. F. Gilbert. C. F. Clark, Julia A. Domke, M. Doerr, A. W. Boyd, Mary C. Dorsey, E. C. Dorsey, William Shannon. E. R. Childs, Lucius G. Nash, Elise Nash, E. C. Gove, Rosalia Hun- ter, Gideon Howell, W. L. Boyd, Mrs. H. T. Cowley. Grace G. Cowley, J. A. Band. Miss Gertrude MeKernan, Mrs. Bertha France Young, Elizabeth Pittwood, Fred N. Martin, E. T. Brickell. Belle Bell. A. C. Edwards, Mrs. A. C. Edwards. B. D. Brockman. E. D. San- ders. Frank Johnson, Rudolph B. Scott, Adelle A. Scott, S. G. Havermale, Elizabeth Haver- male, Henry French, Leonard McDowell, John E. Reid. W. L. Blossom. M. R. Newman, L. A. Newman, Olive E. G. Graves, James P. Hawk, Victoria T. Fellowes, Mrs. Frances H. Cook, Katie R. Cook, Laura M. Cook, Mrs. Jen- nie Martin, Mrs. Emma Dart, W. A. Cum- mings, Mrs. W. A. Cummings, W. D. Parks, Emma Parks, Mrs. A. J. Dart. Mrs. John Ab- beal, Mrs. E. N. Cory, A. F. Wolverton, Edna Sweet Wilson, Charles P. Mayer, Mrs. J. E. Roe, Mrs. Guy C. Browne, A. E. Davidson, S. A. Eslick, Mrs. S. A. Eslick, John A. Fan- cher, J. A. Crisler, W. H. Wright, James A. Justice, I. B. Justice, C. H. Bishop, A. A. Lewis. A. Patterson. Paul J. Strobach, Lucile Nash, Charles W. Oliver, Ferd Haase, Eliza- beth Haase, C. W. Murphy, Mrs. C. Murphy,
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Mrs. A. J. Boyd, L. H. Prather, Mrs. L. H. Prather, Rose Prather, Lee Prather, Mrs. N. B. Turner, G. M. Mitchell, Mrs. G. M. Mitch- ell, Mrs. D. K. Oliver, Mrs. Frank Aiken. Leon Graham, S. J. Signor, Peter Graham, Carrie H. Clough, F. Lewis Clark, Mrs. Mary K. Todd, Sadie Todd Lawrence, Mrs. M. J. Forbes, H. P. Rogers, John F. Piggott, Ed. Patterson, S. E. Liberty, E. M. Pound, S. C. Hyde, A. G. Ansell, Louis Rudolf, Harriet Ross, Carrie A. Greiner, S. L. Alexander, J. Harry Wills, Mrs. J. C. Hanna, Florence MI. Hanna, Prof. I. C. Libby.
LIBRARIES.
City Public Library .- "The reading prac- ticed by most people, by all who do not set be- fore themselves intellectual culture as one of the definite aims of life, is remarkable for the regularity with which it neglects all the great authors of the past. The books provided by the circulating library, the reviews and maga- zines, the daily newspapers, are read whilst they are novelties, but the standard authors are left on their shelves unopened."-P. G. Hamer- ton.
According to the Spokane Times, the first library association of Spokane Falls was or- ganized on April 8, 1880, when the following officers were elected: Col. L. B. Nash, presi- dent; W. J. Gilbert, vice-president; L. W. Rima, secretary ; M. A. Warner, treasurer ; C. L. White, librarian. It was decided to secure books immediately. A meeting was held in November of the same year, when Miss Nellie Muzzy was made librarian, and fifty new books were reported. The first earnest at- tempt to form a public library was made in 1884, when Spokane Falls had a population of only twelve hundred. Mrs. E. J. Fellowes acted as librarian. "The energetic pursuit of the 'nimble sixpence' in the rapidly growing lit- tle town left little time for reading, and two or three years later the one hundred volumes of well-selected fiction which had been collected
were sold off, all debts were paid. and the li- brary was at an end." After some preliminary preparations, on April 6. 1891, the Union Li- brary Association was formed under the aus- pices of the labor organizations of the city. Mr. E. J. Tamblin acted as librarian. Through the efforts of prominent labor leaders, and the members of Sorosis and others, the library de- veloped and became permanently located in a room in the Auditorium. The books which had been purchased and donated were, in 1894, presented to the city, and the Spokane City Li- brary, governed by ordinances passed on De- cember 4, 1894, was opened in the spacious and comfortable rooms in the city hall now oc- cupied. The ordinances created a library com- mission and a librarian. Under the state law of 1895 the city has added to the tax rate one- fifth of a mill for the library. In 1895 it re- ceived over three hundred dollars as a dona- tion from the city, and over five hundred dol- lars from the tax, and in 1896 the tax receipts were eight hundred dollars. The affairs of the library are managed by a committee of five, viz : mayor, president of the council, comptrol- ler, and two citizens appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council. The present ones are M. Smith, W. H. Acuff and J. Kennedy Stout.
Mrs. Emma Driscoll Wheatly has served for several years as city librarian, and Mrs. Carrie Hathaway is the assistant librarian, both filling their vocations with credit to them- selves and the city. Rev. Fairfield devotes much time to the selection of books. In the periodical department magazines and news- papers are taken and kept on file. The library itself now contains seven thousand volumes. It is free to all readers, with a nominal fee of one dollar a year to those who wish to take books home and it is extensively patronized. It is not merely a circulating library of cheap nov- els, though it contains an abundance of whole- some fiction, which is in great demand at all public libraries. It has sets of the best au-
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thors, new and old, such at Scott, Thackeray, Dickens, Bulwer, Cowper, Irving, Hawthorne, Ruskin and Carlyle. In history there are Mom- sen's Rome, Grote's Greece, Guizot's France, England, by Hume, Hallam, Green and Macau- lay; the United States, by Bancroft, McMas- ter, and the Scribner History; the Stories of the Nations, the American Statesmen, Com- monwealth, the Men of Letters series, science, travel, poetry, theology, essays and biographies are well represented. Among the works of ref- erence are the Century Dictionary, the Library of American Literature, the Britannica, and Appleton's annual cyclopedias and a set of government publications. The student and general reader can find much now in the li- brary, and it is growing in use and value with every order for new volumes. Credit is due Col. J. Kennedy Stout, who acted as library commissioner for years, for facts incorporated in this article, as well as for service rendered in the interest of the city public library.
Spokane County Medical Society Library. -This library is located in the Hyde block, on the second floor, and is, as its name indicates, professional in quality and purpose.
Y. M. C. A. Library .- It is fifteen years since this association, aided by the Good Tem- plars and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, began to collect papers, magazines and books for a reading room and public library. For some years preceding the great fire, books accumulated rapidly, but all were consumed. The association has not been able to pay special attention to building up a library during recent years, consequently the number of books is small. But there is a splendid supply of maga- zines on the tables of the parlor. better. we think, than that of the Public Library. There is also quite an assortment of news and relig- ious papers.
Northern Pacific Club Library .- It is especially worthy and considerate in the offi- cials of the Northern Pacific Company that they provide such spacious and convenient
rooms for their employees in the second story of the depot building. The rooms are in charge of the club, and the members thereof pay a stipulated fee. They have a limited number of books and a creditable assortment of mag- azines and papers.
MUSICAL INSTITUTIONS.
The people of Spokane have always been lovers of good music. It would be difficult to find a city of equal age and size which has in it an equal number of accomplished musicians. In the rush and turmoil of business and money getting it is pleasant to note that the people of Spokane do not seem to have neglected their opportunities for securing all possible of those accomplishments so highly prized by educated and refined people.
The Spokane Times of April 24, 1879, con- tained this item : "Spokane Falls has one piano and five organs. This speaks well for the musi- cal talent of our people." It would be interest- ing to find out the number of pianos and or- gans found in the homes of Spokane today.
Spokane Conservatory of Music .- The conservatory was founded in 1888. Mr. F. Mueller, then noted in the highest musical cir- cles of the country, being called by the authori- ties of Spokane College to take charge. Prof. Mueller is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, in piano, voice culture, pipe organ, harmony, counterpoint and theory.
This musical institution is the longest con- tinued one in the city. Notwithstanding the numerous musical teachers that have es- tablished themselves in Spokane, and the extra- ordinary accomplishments of many of them, Prof. Mueller has held his own against all com- petition. The Conservatory is now located at Symons block, in the Elks' hall. Vocal and instrumental music are taught in all their branches by finished instructors.
The Northwestern Conservatory of Music was organized in 1891 by Miss Ida L. Henry,of
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Washington, D. C., a pupil of Mr. William Mason, of New York. She soon gave it the name Cannon Conservatory. In 1892 Miss Henry engaged Miss Alice May Harrah, of Detroit, Michigan, to take charge of the vocal department. In 1894 Miss Henry left Spo- kane, and Miss Harrah assumed direction of the Conservatory, giving it the name North- western Conservatory. She associated with her Miss Mary B. Harrah, her sister, one of the finest pianists in the state of Michigan, and a graduate of the Detroit Conservatory of Mu- sic, having been a pupil of Mr. J. H. Hahn, one of the most prominent musicians in the coun- try.
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