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Fred W. Brown received his education in Nebraska and subsequently took up the barber's trade, along which line of business he was engaged in his native state until 1901, when he came to Washington, locating in Walla Walla, where for one year he followed his trade. In 1902 he came to Sunnyside and opened a barber shop on his own account, founding the firm of Brown & Fisk, but he later sold his interest in the business to Mr. Fisk. He then conducted a shop at Yakima for about three years but afterward sold out and returned to Sunnyside, where he established his present business, which has grown very satisfactorily and insures him of a gratify- ing income. He carries not only jewelry and stationery but also photos and does photographic developing. His goods are the latest in design and he sells at reason- able prices because he is a good buyer and knows the wholesale market. In the con- duct of his business he is most obliging and ever ready to accommodate his patrons as far as in his power. It is therefore but natural that his business has grown from year to year and today is one of the best of its kind in the valley.
On the 1st of June, 1906, Mr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss Pearl Wil- liams, of Sunnyside, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Williams, of Mount Morris, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are well liked young people of Sunnyside, where they have many friends.
Fraternally Mr. Brown is quite prominent, being a blue lodge and chapter Mason and also belonging to the Modern Woodmen of America. He holds membership in the Commercial Club and is in thorough sympathy with its purposes and active in the realization of the same. Politically he is a republican and steadfast in support of the party although not a politician in the ordinary sense of the word. He is a pa- triotic American of high principles and good business sense and is proving a valuable addition to the business life of Sunnyside.
GEORGE R. BRADSHAW.
George R. Bradshaw, who has been successfully identified with agricultural and commercial interests in the Yakima valley for the past quarter of a century, is now engaged in the transfer business at Kennewick, where he owns an extensive stor- age plant and also deals in coal and wood. His birth occurred in Rogersville. Ten- nessee, on the 19th of February, 1872, his parents being Benjamin A. and Mary J.
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(Larkin) Bradshaw, both of whom passed away in Tennessee. By occupation the father was a farmer.
George R. Bradshaw attended the public schools in the acquirement of an edu- cation and on attaining his majority came to the Yakima valley, arriving in Ellens- burg, Washington, in July, 1893. He began working as a farm hand for others but at length took up a homestead and subsequently became the owner of other land, his undertakings as an agriculturist being attended with gratifying and well merited nessee, on the 19th of February, 1872, his parents being Benjamin A. and Mary J. the hardware business at Ellensburg, where he conducted an enterprise of that char- acter for a decade. In 1913 he again bought a farm and was engaged in the work of the fields until he sold the place in 1916 to become identified with business inter- ests at Kennewick, purchasing the Kennewick Transfer Company. He has since con- ducted a large storage plant, as well as dealing in coal, wood, etc., and his business has steadily grown until it is now one of extensive and profitable proportions. Sound judgment, enterprise and industry have characterized him in all of his business affairs, so that he has won a well merited measure of prosperity which places him among the substantial and representative citizens of Benton county.
On the 12th of January, 1898, Mr. Bradshaw was united in marriage to Miss. Colorado Packwood, a daughter of Samuel T. and Martha Finetta (Holmes) Pack- wood, who took up their abode at Ellensburg in 1874, the father being a pioneer farmer of the Yakima valley. Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw have become the parents of three children, namely: Lizzie, who is the wife of John B. Floyd and resides in Ken- newick; and Lucretia and Dorothy, both at home.
In his political views Mr. Bradshaw is a stanch republican. He held the office of city treasurer while a resident of Ellensburg and is now serving as treasurer of Kennewick, making a most excellent record in that connection. Fraternally he is identified with Ellensburg Lodge No. 1102, B. P. O. E., the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. He has been an interested witness of the de- velopment of this section of the state during a quarter of a century and has won many. friends as the years have gone by.
SAMUEL L. ANDERSON.
Samuel L. Anderson, who since 1904 has resided in the Selah valley, where he is: engaged in the raising of fruit and corn, was born in Randolph county, Indiana, De- cember 14, 1852, a son of Aaron and Rebecca (Landis) Anderson, both of whom passed away in Indiana, where the father followed the occupation of farming. He was born in New Jersey, while his wife was a native of Pennsylvania. The paternal grandfather, Robert Anderson, became the founder of the family in Indiana, remov- ing westward to that state in an early day.
Samuel L. Anderson, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, mas- tered the branches of learning taught in the public schools and after completing his course devoted his attention to farming in connection with his uncle, Badgley An- derson, for his father had died when Samuel L. Anderson was but eight years of age. On attaining his majority Samuel L. Anderson started out to work by the month as a farm hand and in 1878 he removed to Minnesota, where he resided for a long period. In 1879 he purchased farm property there and continued its development and im- provement until 1900. In that year he arrived in Washington and purchased ten acres of land south of Yakima, adjacent to the fair grounds, of which five acres was planted to orchard. He there carried on farming for three years, after which he rented the E. P. Sanford ranch for a year. In 1904 he bought ten acres in the Selah valley and has since replanted it to pears and apples and has also seeded the place to alfalfa between the trees. In addition to his seven acres of orchard land he has three acres planted to corn. He has greatly improved the place and today is the owner of a fine ranch, carefully and successfully cultivated.
On the 28th of March, 1880, Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Elizabeth Eme- line Sarff, a native of Indiana and a daughter of Joshua and Julia (Santbine) Sarff. The children of this marriage are: Grace A., the wife of M. C. B. Wood, a rancher
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of the Selah valley, by whom she has four children; and Melvin, who is ranching on the Indian reservation and has four children.
Mrs. Anderson is a member of the Methodist church. In politics Mr. Anderson is a democrat but not an office seeker. Both are well known in their section of the valley, where their sterling worth of character has established them firmly in the high respect and warm regard of those with whom they have been associated.
CLAYTON E. UDELL.
Clayton E. Udell, a well known member of the Yakima bar and a prominent figure in Masonic circles, was born in Cook county, Illinois, September 1, 1875, a son of Thomas C. and Eliza J. (Noyes) Udell. The father was a native of Kenosha county, Wisconsin, while the mother's birth occurred in McHenry county, Illinois, although her parents were from New York. Removing westward in pioneer times, her father took up a homestead in Illinois. Thomas C. Udell, who became a farmer and devoted his life to that occupation, is now living retired at Genoa Junction, Wis- consin. His wife passed away on March 22, 1913.
During the boyhood days of Clayton E. Udell he accompanied his parents on their removal to Walworth county, Wisconsin, where he acquired a public school education which he supplemented by study in Beloit College. He was graduated from the College of Law of the University of Wisconsin as a member of the class of 1903, and after completing a thorough course in preparation for his chosen profession he opened an office in Beloit, Wisconsin, where he remained until June 29, 1906. At that date he removed to Yakima, where he entered upon the active practice of the profession in which he has since continued. He is an able lawyer, well versed in the principles of jurisprudence and correct in his application of his legal knowledge to the points in litigation. He very thoroughly and carefully prepares his cases and his presentation of a cause is always clear and logical, while in his reasoning he is strong and cogent.
On the 5th of October, 1905, Mr. Udell was united in marriage to Miss Alberta E. Stevens, of Beloit, who was born in Cheboygan, Michigan. They became parents of a son, Ronald, now nine years of age.
Mr. Udell is a very prominent Mason, holding membership in Yakima Lodge No. 24, F. & A. M .; Yakima Chapter, R. A. M .; Yakima Council, R. & S. M .; Yakima Commandery, K. T., and the Consistory. He has filled various offices in the different branches of Masonry and is grand captain of the guard in the grand lodge of the Masonic Council. He is also well known as a member of the Knights of Pythias, has filled all of the chairs in the local lodge and is now a member of the grand lodge. As a member of the Commercial Club he has taken active part in its work and for two terms served as a member of its board of trustees. He is a republican in poli- tics, and while he has never been a politician in the usual sense of office seeking, he has served for the past two years as a member of the school board of Yakima. His religious faith is that of the Methodist church and his influence is always given on the side of progress, right and improvement. Along strictly professional lines he is connected with the County and State Bar Associations and he gives the major part of his time, thought and attention to his law practice and is accorded a large amount of corporation and irrigation cases. In these branches of the profession he is par- ticularly well versed and his practice is of an important as well as of an extensive character.
OTTO LAWRENCE ARPKE.
A fine orchard of fifteen acres about two miles southeast of Zillah is the prop- erty of Otto Lawrence Arpke, who today receives a gratifying income from his place and is numbered among the prosperous orchardists of his district. A native of She- boygan county, Wisconsin, he was born January 4, 1864, of the marriage of F. C.
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and Sophia Arpke, pioneers of Wisconsin, to which they were taken as children. In that state F. C. Arpke built the first flour mill and also the first sawmill in Frank- lin, being thus connected with the early development of the town. Both he and his wife have now passed away.
Otto Lawrence Arpke was reared under the parental roof and in the acquire- ment of his education attended the common schools and subsequently was a student at Mission House College. After laying aside his textbooks he assisted his father but at the age of twenty-five he and his brother bought the mills from their father and continued to operate them for ten years. At the end of that period Mr. Arpke of this review sold out to his brother, and having heard many favorable reports in regard to the fruit raising possibilities in Yakima county, came to this district in 1906 and acquired title to twenty acres of land two miles southeast of Zillah. Fif- teen acres of this tract are now in orchard, largely devoted to the raising of apples and pears, while the balance is in alfalfa. Mr. Arpke raises a high grade of fruit and has closely studied the methods that are applicable to local conditions. He has erected a handsome home and suitable outbuildings and instituted modern equip- ment, thus demonstrating that he is an up-to-date orchardist. His energy and in- dustry have been rewarded with an enterprise from which he now receives a com- fortable competence.
On April 2, 1891, Mr. Arpke was united in marriage to Miss Clara Lienkaemper, a native of Wisconsin, and to this union three children have been born: Sophia, Ger- trude and Albert. In his political affiliation Mr. Arpke is a republican and has ever stanchly supported the principles and candidates of that party. He is not, however, a politician nor desirous of office, although he keeps well informed in regard to the issues of the day. On the contrary he gives his entire attention to his private inter- ests, in the upbuilding of which he has been very successful. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church, in the work of which they are helpfully inter- ested, and in every way have proven themselves to be estimable people. They have many friends in Zillah and vicinity and all who know them speak of them in terms of praise.
W. R. SPROULL.
W. R. Sproull, the proprietor and able editor of the Independent Record of Prosser, is a newspaper man of long years of experience and in fact his business career began in connection with papers, for he started as a newsboy. He was born in Mount Carmel, Illinois, January 21, 1873, a son of John O. and Alice (Wilson) Sproull, who took up their abode in Kansas in 1879, when the subject of this review was but six years of age. The father was a successful railroad contractor and was engaged in that line of work all over the central west, so continuing until death claimed him in 1884, his demise occurring in Kansas. He is survived by his widow, who now makes her home in Hutchinson, that state.
W. R. Sproull was reared under the parental roof amid refined surroundings and in the acquirement of his education attended the public schools. He began the serious problem of earning a living as a news carrier and naturally drifted into the printer's trade, which he later learned, following that occupation in Kansas for a number of years. Having more than ordinary ambition and ability, he soon became manager and editor of several newspapers in different towns in Kansas, so contin- uing until 1909, when he came to Washington and located in Prosser in the fall of that year. Here he leased the Republican-Bulletin and was editor and manager thereof until 1916, when he purchased the paper. The Independent-Record, of which he is now editor, has the following history: On the 1st of May, 1913, the Prosser Record, which was established December 29, 1893, and the Benton Independent, established in November, 1909, were consolidated under the name of the Independent- Record. The Independent was founded by H. A. Wells and L. L. Lynn. George E. Boomer conducted the Record for many years. It was C. B. Michener who con- solidated the papers in 1913 and continued the Independent-Record until 1915, when he failed. On April 1, 1916. W. R. Sproull, then already the owner, editor and man-
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ager of the Republican-Bulletin, bought the plant and has since published the Inde- pendent-Record. It is a live six column, eight page weekly, filled with home print and full of interest to local readers. Its news columns are not only entertaining but are well put together and so assembled that anything may be easily followed. In fact the paper furnishes a chronology of the week's happenings practically on any subject. From a typographical point of view it is an example of good printing. The editorials are trenchant and to the point, often helpful to the community and full of suggestions for betterments and improvements, and in that way the paper has been of great assistance to the city and county. The plant from which it is issued is mod- ern in every detail. The circulation is about one thousand and its value is fully rec- ognized by the many successful advertisers of the Independent-Record.
On the 9th of August, 1898, Mr. Sproull was united in marriage to Miss Mayme Mullin, of Newton, Kansas, and they have two sons: Virgil, who has served two years in the United States navy; and Noble, at home. Mr. Sproull has always taken a most active and helpful part in public affairs and at present is serving as one of the most efficient members of the city council. He is a republican and while he ex- presses his political opinions through the medium of his paper he is not a politician or office seeker in the commonly accepted sense of the word.
ALLEN S. DAVIS.
Allen S. Davis, a representative member of the Yakima bar, came to the north- west from Ohio, his birth having occurred on the 13th of January, 1877. He is a son of Charles H. and Hattie E. (Allen) Davis, the former born in Ohio, while the latter is a native of Massachusetts. The father devoted many years of his life to the work of the Baptist ministry but is now living retired, making his home in Yakima, where he took up his abode in 1890. He was the first pastor of a Baptist church in Yakima but afterward removed to the east in 1893 in order to educate his son Allen and his brother A. C.
Allen S. Davis acquired a public school education in Yakima and attended high school in Gallipolis, Ohio. He afterward was graduated from Denison University of Granville, Ohio, and on the completion of a law course was graduated at the Western Reserve University of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1904. He then came to Yakima where he has practiced since, and through the intervening years, covering a period of four- teen years, he has won for himself an enviable position at the Yakima bar, his thor- ough study, his earnestness and tenacity of purpose, his clear reasoning and his logi- cal deductions gaining for him many favorable verdicts, the court records bearing testimony of the success which he has won.
In 1910 Mr. Davis was married to Miss Ottie L. Snelling, of Yakima, a daughter of A. F. Snelling, and they have one son, Scott Allen. Mr. Davis belongs to the Beta Theta Pi and the Phi Delta Phi. He also has membership in the Commercial Club and the nature of his interests and activities is further indicated in the fact that he is a member of the Baptist church and a republican in his political views. Along strictly professional lines he has connection with the County and State Bar Associa- tions and is treasurer of the former. He enjoys and receives the respect and con- fidence of colleagues and contemporaries in the profession and he has a very exten- sive circle of friends in Yakima.
EDWARD D. CROSSMAN.
Edward D. Crossman, an enterprising and successful orchardist living near Zillah, was born in New Brunswick, Canada, January 18, 1857, a son of William and Olive (Lewis) Crossman. The father was born in Canada of English parentage and devoted his life to agricultural pursuits. Both he and his wife have passed away.
Their son, Edward D. Crossman, obtained a public school education but when only twelve years of age went to Boston, living with an uncle in that city for two
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years. He afterward returned to the home farm, on which he worked until he reached the age of eighteen and his youthful experiences and training well qualified him for life's practical and responsible duties. On again leaving home he went to Maine, where he was employed in the Inbmer woods, and later he worked at various points in New England until about 1879, when he removed westward to Minnesota, settling in St. Louis county, that state. There he was again employed in the lumber woods and later he conducted a hotel at Ely, Minnesota, for a period of sixteen years, winning substantial success while thus engaged. Eventually he sold out and came to the Yakima valley, where he purchased forty-four acres of land a mile and three-quar- ters northwest of Zillah. The tract of which he acquired ownership was covered with sagebrush, which he at once began to clear away. As his land was plowed and prepared for cultivation he planted orchards and for two years he had to haul water with a team in order to irrigate his trees. He then got water on the place and now has forty-four acres in orchard, seven acres in pears, two acres in prunes, an acre in peaches and thirty-four acres in apples. His trees are all in bearing, producing fruit of fine size and flavor because of the progressive methods which Mr. Crossman fol- lows in the care of the trees. He has built a good packing house upon his place, so that he is able to ship the fruit in excellent condition. He has always practiced economy as well as industry in the management of his place and has freed it from all indebtedness. Today he has one of the best orchards of the state and is enjoy- ing well earned success and prosperity.
In 1881 Mr. Crossman was married to Miss Addie Dupee, a native of Michigan, and their children were: Sadie, the wife of Earl Price, by whom she has a daughter, the family residing in Wenatchee, Washington; Myrtle, the wife of M. J. Friend, of Seattle; and William, who died at the age of two years.
Politically Mr. Crossman is a republican but his time and activities have never been given to politics. His attention has been concentrated upon the development of his ranch property and his well directed activity is manifest in the fact that he is now building a fine house and barn and to his place has added all modern egnip- ment and accessories of the model farm property of the northwest.
CHARLES F. BOLIN.
Charles F. Bolin, attorney-at-law of Toppenish, was born in Eau Claire, Wis- consin, February 22, 1886. His father, Frank C. Bolin, bronght the family to the northwest in 1910, settling first at Portland, Oregon. He has devoted his life to the lumber trade but is now living retired, enjoying a rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Annie M. Anglin, has passed away.
Charles F. Bolin, following the completion of his public school course at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, entered the Carleton College at Northfield, Minnesota, from which he was graduated with the class of 1899. He then pursued a business course in the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso and afterward entered the State University of Michigan as a law student, being numbered among its alumni of 1906 He located for practice in Jackson, Michigan, where he remained for a year, and in 1907 came to Toppenish, since which time he has been identified with the development of the west. Here he has continuously practiced, covering a period of eleven years, and has been accorded a large and distinctively representative clientage. He is very thorough and painstaking in the presentation of his cases and seems to lose sight of no feature that has bearing upon his cause, while at the same time he gives due emphasis to each important point. In the application of legal principles he is seldom if ever at fault and his knowledge of jurisprudence is comprehensive and exact.
On the 1st of August, 1911, Mr. Bolin was united in marriage to Miss Maude Claire Lillie, a daughter of Nevada H. and Josie (Bowser) Lillie. The father was the first white settler on the Yakima Indian reservation and Mrs. Lillie was the first postmistress of Toppenish and was the owner of the townsite. Mr. Lillie was one of the early stage drivers. A typical pioneer, with large stock interests, he contrib- uted in substantial measure to the development of this section of the state. For
CHARLES F. BOLIN
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many years he served as United States deputy marshal. Mr. and Mrs. Bolin are rearing two children of his wife's sister, Marvin and Rozella Tucker. Their home is a fine twenty-five thousand dollar residence, one of the most attractive on the reser- vation, and Mr. Bolin also owns a fine ranch of eighty acres adjoining Toppenish. The religious faith of the family is indicated by their membership in St. Aloysius' Catholic church and Mr. Bolin is identified with the Knights of Columbus. He also belongs to the Elks lodge at Jackson, Michigan, and is connected with the Toppen- ish Commercial Club as an earnest and active supporter of all those measures which have to do with the upbuilding of the city and the advancement of its best interests. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the Pacific coast country, for here he has found the opportunities which he sought and in their utili- zation has won for himself an enviable position as a lawyer and successful business manı.
DAVID WALTERS.
David Walters, the owner of an excellent ranch of one hundred acres near Moxee City, was born at Grenola, Kansas, April 12, 1877, a son of David and Alice (Wil- liams) Walters, both of whom were natives of Illinois. The father died in 1877, while the mother passed away in 1912.
David Walters obtained a public school education in his native state and when a youth of sixteen years came to Washington. He made his way to Ellensburg, where he hecame connected with sheep raising as the associate of his brothers, Hub- bard, Jeff and William, who had made their way to the northwest in the '80s. David Walters continued at Ellensburg until 1903, when the interests of the brothers were divided and he removed to Yakima county, where he invested in one hundred acres of land on the Moxee. He has since engaged in raising hay for sheep men and he winters a large number of sheep each year upon his ranch. His place is supplied with fine artesian water and he has a splendid orchard of ten acres. He puts up three hundred and fifty tons of hay annually and is regarded as one of the alert, energetic and progressive farmers of his district. His business interests are most wisely conducted and are bringing to him a substantial measure of success.
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