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the very possibility of becoming a useless and decrepit old man, detailing his aches and pains to an unsympathetic world; he felt that his life work had been success- fully and satisfactorily done and that he ought not to remain to cumber the earth; and so, in the splendid young city where we are holding this annual communication, which he had nursed in its infancy and zealously and ably assisted in developing from a hamlet of a couple of hundred persons to a commercial mart having a popu- lation exceeding one hundred and fifteen thousand, Louis Ziegler, grand master of Masons in Washington from June 4, 1885, to June 3, 1887, resigned his soul to the Grand Architect of the universe at the hour of 3:50 o'clock in the afternoon of Sunday, January 15, 1911, after an illness of ten days. * * * In one of his letters to me from Germany, Brother Ziegler says: 'I am here in the land of Wil- helm, Bismarck, Luther, Goethe, Schiller and Friedrich der Grosse and hosts of other famous men. It is indeed interesting in the greatest degree. As you know, I am not particularly bound to any country or people but have a hearty apprecia- tion of all.' This last expression is a true index to his exceptional broadmindedness and his rare exemption from national bias er sectarian prejudices. He was the friend of all peoples and of all religions. When the Jesuit missionaries from the Colville Indian reservation, in the days before railroad communication was estab- lished, came, weary, worn and dust-laden, to Spokane Falls for the necessary pro- visions and funds, it was to the home of Louis Ziegler, the German Lutheran, that they first betook themselves; there they found hearty welcome and good cheer and remained until their mission was accomplished; and from that generous and hos- pitable home they never went away empty-handed.
"At the funeral of Mrs. Ziegler three years ago I was impressed with the manifestly sincere grief of the Catholic priests who attended the beautifully simple ceremonies at the residence, and with the large attendance of the Roman Catholics of Spokane; and I made inquiry as to the cause. Everybody was able to tell me. The scene was reproduced at his own funeral; and as I repeated the Masonic ser- vice of sorrow in the same place, the members of the ancient church were among the most deeply affected mourners. Many of them expressed to me afterward their profound appreciation of the sublimity and grandeur of our ritual and their love and admiration for their departed friend.
"On previous visits to the Ziegler home I had the pleasure of meeting there the Jewish rabbi, whose learning and ability were highly prized by Brother Ziegler and who, I found, was a frequent visitor and showed in every way that he knew himself to be among warm and trusted friends. Everyone who liked to talk of the higher things of life found delight in that home. Brother Ziegler had studied with deepest interest the works of the great religious masters of all ages and climes ;- he could almost
Behold each mighty shade reveal'd to sight,
The Bactrian, Samian sage, and all who taught the right.
"His memory to the last was uncommonly retentive and accurate; and he had at his fingers' ends the contents of his extensive and well selected library. A stranger hearing him in the discussion of religious, philosophical, literary, poetical or historic subjects would be sure to conclude that Brother Ziegler belonged to one
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of the learned professions and could not all his life have been an active business man ; but like our great merchant, Alexander T. Stewart, who read a portion of Hor- ace's Odes every morning before going to his store; George Grote, the historian of Greece; Samuel Rogers, the poet; and Sir John Lubbock, the philosopher and scientist-all three of whom were bankers-Brother Ziegler did not allow the exactions of business to absorb and monopolize his intellectual activity and powers. "It will readily be understood that a man who steadily cultivated his mind on those high lines and was of massive build and dominating personality, was a formidable antagonist in this grand lodge and that he generally had his way.
"He was a veritable Rupert of debate and a bulwark of old-fashioned Masonic principles. Withal he was an able and sagacious business man. As soon as he could close his affairs in Illinois after the loss of his flouring mill by fire, he came, in August, 1879, to Washington territory and sought the wheat-growing country of the Walla Walla valley; but after seeing the little village which was growing up beside the mighty cataracts of the Spokane river, he decided that the potential motive power of those cataracts would in time attract capital and industries and compel the rise of an important commercial center; and here he started in the hardware business and laid the foundations of a fortune. He retired from store- keeping in 1886. After the destructive fire of 1889, which swept the business dis- trict of the young city, and the fourth from which he suffered, he was the first man to start a brick building; and the Ziegler block still stands as a testimony to his confidence and his foresight. As might be expected from a man of his calibre, he was a generous, gracious and forbearing landlord. No bill for rent was ever presented to a tenant. The arrears might run for months, and no allusion was made to them. Nobody asked for a written lease; Brother Ziegler's word that the tenant could stay as long as he wished was known by everybody to be as good as a bond. For over twenty years the same man has been the janitor of the block; and the engineer and the yardman have held their positions for over eight years. They all feel more like the retainers of a feudal chieftain of old than latter-day employes. Indeed, there was in Brother Ziegler a good deal of the spirit of the feudal lord. His home belonged to everybody, and it was sacred to hospitality. He delighted to have the friends and neighbors around him and to make them happy. Proud of Lord Bolingbroke's close friendship, Alexander Pope exclaims:
'Here St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul.'
So it was at the Ziegler home; it was entertainment of the lofty kind when kindred spirits gathered there; and the brighter they were, the more highly did they prize the remarkable intellectual resources of their host.
"In an address which I had the privilege of delivering to you in this city in June, 1906, on our deeply beloved grand secretary, Thomas Milburne Reed, I adverted in these words to a circumstance which you will pardon me for recalling: 'Another wish very dear to his heart was fulfilled. Fifteen or twenty years before, a fraternal compact was made between three past grand masters of Washington: Colonel Granville O. Haller, U. S. A., of Seattle; Hon. Louis Ziegler, of Spokane (past senior grand warden of the grand lodge of Illinois) ; and Hon. Thomas Mil- burne Reed, of Olympia, that one or other of the survivors should conduct and
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perform the Masonic ceremony at the burial of the departed. Brother Haller passed away first, and Brother Ziegler officiated. Brother Reed followed next. When we informed Grand Master Miller of the compact, he gracefully and gen- erously invited Brother Ziegler to take his place and conduct at the grave the Masonic ceremonies over the remains of his dear and departed friend. The mag nificent attendance of Masons from all corners of Washington will not soon forget the words of philosophy, love and eulogy so touchingly pronounced on that occasion by the last survivor of the three parties to the compact. They were worthy of Reed and worthy of Ziegler. Par nobile fratrum.'
"With the remains of our dear friend consigned to the tomb, a similar compact was entered into between Brother Ziegler and myself. When I saw that his end was approaching, I apprised Grand Master Neterer of the compact. Upon learn- ing of Brother Ziegler's death, and with that fine courtesy and warm Masonic spirit so eminently characteristic of him, our grand master promptly appointed me as his special deputy to convene the grand lodge at Spokane and conduct the Masonic burial services over the remains of our departed brother. On January 19th we buried him with grand lodge honors.
"Thus passed away a Mason of the old school and a character of classic mould and proportions. Louis Ziegler possessed in high degree the virile qualities, mental equipment and moral courage which go to make leaders of men. He was one of the most earnest, vigorous and highly gifted of our grand masters, and he made upon Washington Masonry an impression that will not soon be effaced. Peace to his ashes!"
JAMES P. McGOLDRICK.
James P. McGoldrick is the president of the McGoldrick Lumber Company and as such a representative of the industry which has constituted the largest source of revenue to the northwest. He was born at Dubuque, Iowa, December 17, 1859, his parents being Patrick and Mary McGoldrick, both of whom were natives of Ireland, whence they came to America in 1837, making their way west- ward to Iowa. The father engaged in the hotel business until 1867, when he re- moved with his family to Stillwater, Minnesota. There he turned his attention to the lumber business and became one of the pioneer citizens and business men of that district. The household numbered three sons and three daughters.
The usual experiences of the school boy came to James P. McGoldrick who in the acquirement of his education passed through consecutive grades until grad- uated from the high school of Stillwater, Minnesota, in 1878. He began business life as the local reporter for the St. Paul Globe and in 1880 went to the city of St. Paul where he entered the employ of the lumber firm of C. A. Smith & Com- pany as sales manager but resigned that position after a year, to enter upon a similar connection with the firm of Walker, Judd & Veazie, with whom he re- mained until 1885. He then became manager for the Jefferson & Kasson Com- pany, with whom he remained until January 1, 1900. All through this period he entertained the hope of one day being able to engage in business on his own ac- count and at length he felt that his experience and his careful expenditure justi-
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fied him in starting upon an independent venture. Accordingly he organized the McGoldrick Lumber Company with headquarters at Minneapolis and as a natural sequence of the fact that a large portion of the lumber which he handled came from eastern Washington, in the spring of 1906, he removed to Spokane and organized the McGoldrick Lumber Company of this city, purchasing the mill site and yard of A. M. Fox & Company. They have since greatly enlarged their plant and im- proved it in many particulars until it is one of the biggest and best equipped in the northwest. The yards and mill properties cover sixty acres and are situated on the Spokane river almost in the heart of the city. The sawmill and planer now have a capacity of forty-five million feet per year as compared with fifteen million at the time of Mr. McGoldrick's purchase, showing that the business has increased threefold. The capacity of the dry sheds is about five million feet. Most of their standing timber is in the Panhandle of Idaho and consists of Idaho white western soft pine, fir and larch. The volume of the business has continuously in- creased and shipments are now made as far east as Pennsylvania and New York. Mr. McGoldrick now concentrates his energies upon his western interests, having sold out in Minneapolis when he removed to Spokane, and at the present writing, in addition to being president of the McGoldrick Lumber Company, he is also president of the Adams River Lumber Company of Chase, British Columbia, and of the Royal Lumber Company of Nelson, British Columbia, and is a director of the Old National Bank of Spokane, the Union Trust & Savings Bank and the Western Union Life Insurance Company.
On the 15th of August, 1888, Mr. McGoldrick was married at St. Paul, Min- nesota, to Miss Eliza McArdle, a daughter of Thomas and Mary McArdle of that city. The five children born of this marriage are: Edward A., proprietor of the Empire Garage of Spokane; Carroll J. and Milton T., pursuing their education ; and Margaret and Helen, at home. The family have recently removed to a beauti- ful new home which Mr. McGoldrick has erected on Rockwood boulevard. He holds membership with the Knights of Columbus, with the Spokane and the In- land Clubs and is a trustee of the Chamber of Commerce and now chairman of its publicity committee. In this connection he is doing much to expand the re- sources and promote the interests of the city. He is truly a western man in spirit, with firm faith in the future of this great and growing country and his own record shows that his faith has been well placed. He possesses a progressive spirit ruled by intelligence and good judgment, a deep earnestness impelled and fostered by in- domitable perseverance and a native justice which expresses itself in correct prin- ciple and practice.
JAMES GLENDINNING.
In his later years James Glendinning filled the office of superintendent of forest reserve for Idaho, under appointment of President Mckinley, although the last few months of his life were spent in retirement. He became a resident of Spokane, in 1899, when appointed to the position designated, and through the period of his residence here won the kindly regard and good-will of a large majority of his fellow citizens. He was often found in those circles where intelligent men were
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gathered in the discussion of significant and vital questions and they found in him an associate whose thought went far beyond the superficial and whose opinions were worthy of attention. Mr. Glendinning was a native of Scotland, his birth having occurred in Dumfriesshire, July 31, 1844. His parents were Robert and Margaret (Blacklock) Glendinning, also natives of the land of hills and heather. His education was acquired in the schools of Scotland and at the age of twenty years, his parents having died in the meantime, he crossed the Atlantic to New York city, where he lived with a brother and continued his education as a student in the Cooper Institute, from which in due course of time he was graduated. Be- lieving the west held better opportunities than could be seenred in the older and more conservative east, he turned his face toward the setting sun, traveling by rail as far as Leavenworth, Kansas. There he outfitted with a six-mule team and started overland toward the Pacific coast, journeying over mountain and plain until he reached Virginia City, Montana, where he resided for a short time. In 1865, attracted by the gold discoveries, he left that state for Idaho, establishing his home at Salmon, where in connection with his brother-in-law, George L. Shonp, who was afterward senator from Idaho, he entered into merchandising and mining, in which he continued until 1884. The undertaking, capably and honorably conducted, won substantial success and Mr. Glendinning also became largely interested in the cattle industry. He recognized good business opportunities and improved them to the best advantage and so directed his energies that substantial results accrued. In 1884 he left Salmon, Idaho, and went to Salt Lake City, where he entered the hardware business, continuing there for about fourteen years. He served as mayor of that city for one term, and also as a member of the Utah legislature and was prominent and active in its public life, his spirit of enterprise being ever exercised for the benefit of the community with which he was identified. In 1899 he came to Spokane and was appointed superintendent of the forest reserve for Idaho by President Mckinley. Well fitted for the position owing to his knowledge of the northwest, he was continued therein until he retired a short time prior to his death, which occurred March 23, 1902.
On the 21st or October, 1872, in Salmon, Idaho, Mr. Glendinning was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Shoup, a daughter of Henry and Ann (McCain) Shoup. The father was a farmer near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Glendinning were born seven children. Malcolm, now city editor of the Spokesman's Review, married Miss Veda Morton, of The Dalles, Oregon, and they have one child, Eleanor Blacklock. Elizabeth is the wife of Marion Cum- mings, of Spokane. Robert, now located at Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, married Margaret Donnellan, of Salt Lake City, and they have two children: Virginia M. and Bonita Roberta. Bradwardine is the wife of Lee Ward, of Washington, Penn- sylvania, and they have one son, James G. Arthur is chief clerk to the superin- tendent of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company at Spokane. Margaret is at home, and Halbert Glendinning is deceased.
In his political views Mr. Glendinning was a republican active and prominent in the party, his opinions carrying weight in its local councils, while his efforts contributed to its success. He attended the Episcopal church and he attained the thirty-second degree in Masonry, that fraternity finding in him an exemplary rep- resentative, while he was one of the charter members of the Salt Lake City Lodge of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He also belonged to various other
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orders when in Salt Lake City. Among his characteristics was his love of literature and he was a wide reader and assimilated what he read, storing his mind with much useful and interesting information. He appreciated comradeship and held friendship inviolable and, wherever he went, he won the good-will and kindly re- gard of those with whom he came in contact because his interest in his fellowmen was deep and sincere and his pleasure in their society genuine. The news of his death was received with deep regret on the part of many and his own household lost a devoted and loving husband and father.
THOMAS A. MOAR.
Thomas A. Moar is a successful man whose intelligently directed industry and unfaltering perseverance have constituted the rounds of the ladder on which he has climbed to the plain of affluence. He was born on Prince Edward Island, November 3, 1844. His father George Moar, was a native of the Orkney islands, on the north coast of Scotland, and emigrated to Prince Edward Island in the year 1803, and married Jane M. H. Norton in 1825. She was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1806, and emigrated in the year 1819 with her father, the late John Norton, Esq.
Thomas A. Moar was one of a family of twelve, of whom six are still living. He received his education at Brudenell River, Prince Edward Island, and on hav- ing attained his majority he struck out for himself working at the carpenter trade for a short time. Not being satisfied with that work he removed to Newfoundland, where he went into business with his brother who owned a schooner of eighty tons in which he traded and fished between Newfoundland and Labrador, making yearly trips up the St. Lawrence river to Quebec, where supplies were purchased.
During the six years spent in that isolated and primitive country he had many novel experiences, being called upon to perform the marriage ceremony, to christen the infants and bury the dead. Becoming dissatisfied with his occupation in the coasting trade, he decided to go west and in the year 1873 arrived in Chicago, where for a year he worked at his trade. Still heeding the call of the west, the succeeding year found him in Denver, but being fascinated by the glowing accounts of California and the Pacific coast, the following year found him in San Francisco, where for a number of years he managed work for one of the largest contractors in the city, finally becoming a leading contractor on his own account. But the spirit of adventure was not yet subdued and the year 1889 saw him headed north. Arriving in Spokane, November 3, of that year, he was immediately given a crew of men and put to work on the Auditorium Theater which was then one of the finest buildings west of Chicago.
In 1895 he was united in marriage to Miss Almeda J. Bell, daughter of John Bell, of Prince Edward Island, and of Scotch descent. They have one son, T. Edgerton Moar, who is now a student in the high school.
As a contractor Mr. Moar ranks among the best in the state, his advice being sought by many prospective investors. Spokane and the state of Washington have always appealed to him. When he came to Spokane it was but a village, but to him its location and surroundings appeared advantageous and promising as no others. This brought him to the conclusion to cast his career and life with that of
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the country and its people with the result that his expectations have been more than realized. Comparing the village of 1889 with the magnificent city of today, he feels proud to have been connected with the development of this giant young city and predicts for it a grand future.
WILLIAM STONE McCREA.
In a history of the business interests of Spokane mention should be made of William Stone McCrea, the senior partner in the insurance and loan firm of Mc- Crea & Merryweather, and also an officer in various corporations which are prov- ing effective elements in the city's growth and in the development of this part of the state. His birth occurred at Belgrave, Huron county, Ontario, Canada, Au- gust 13, 1870, his parents being John and Jane (Pierce) McCrea, who in 1883 re- moved to Rathdrum, Idaho, where the father engaged in business as a timber con- tractor and also conducted a general merchandise store. Four years later, how- ever, he was killed in a railroad accident, after which the mother returned to Ontario with her children, eight in all. There they are now living with the ex- ception of William Stone McCrea and one brother, Robert McCrea, who resides at Sandpoint, Idaho, where he is filling the position of county auditor.
At the usual age William Stone McCrea became a pupil in the public schools of Ontario and later attended the high school at Sault St. Marie. Following the removal of the family to Idaho he assisted his father in the store at Rathdrum until after the latter's death, when he returned with the mother to Canada, but the spirit of the west was in his veins and, believing that greater opportunities could be secured on the Pacific coast, he made his way to Spokane in 1889, at that time a young man of about nineteen years. Here he entered the employ of the Spokane Loan, Trust & Savings Bank, having charge of the insurance de- partment until the great fire which in that year largely wiped out the city. He next accepted the position of bookkeeper with the firm of Ross & McLean, insur- ance agents, with whom he continued until 1892, when he entered into partner- ship with Walter G. Merryweather under the firm name of McCrea & Merry- weather and opened a general fire insurance, loan and real-estate office. The busi- ness has grown rapidly and substantially for both members of the firm are popular and capable and now their business is, without doubt, the largest of the kind in the city. Mr. McCrea like his partner is thoroughly informed concerning realty values, all property that is upon the market and the indications which point to an advance in price. In handling property for himself and for clients he has made judicious investments, bringing gratifying financial returns. He has by no means, however, confined his efforts to one undertaking but has extended his labors into various other fields and a number of important business concerns have profited by the soundness of his judgment and his keen discrimination, for as a director he has voice in the management of the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company, the Washington Water Power Company, the Prairie Development Company and also in the Bay View Town Site & Water Company, of which he is the secretary. That his efforts are not extended entirely for his own benefit is shown in the Vol. II-12
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active work which he has done in support of the projects put forth for the benefit of the city by the Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a director.
The home life of Mr. McCrea presents to him many attractions. He was mar- ried on the 29th of October, 1895, to Miss Katharine Brook, a daughter of Henry and Kesia Brook, of this city. They now have three children, Katharine, Mary Helen and William Sylvester. The family reside at No. 725 South Maple street in a pleasant home erected by Mr. McCrea in 1900. They attend the Vincent Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. McCrea is prominent in Masonry, belonging to Oriental Lodge, No. 74, F. & A. M .; Cataract Commandery, No. 3, K. T .; Oriental Consistory, No. 2, S. P. R. S .; and El Katif Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., while the honor of the thirty-third degree has been conferred upon him. He is also identified with Samaritan Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F .; Red Cross Lodge, No. 28, K. P .; and Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E. He finds entertainment and recreation through his membership in the Rotary and Spokane Clubs, the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club and the Inland Club. He is a typical business man of the present day, alert and enterprising, determined and therefore prosperous, and in the midst of his important and growing business interests he finds time for the social pleasures of life which preserve in him an even balance.
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