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many guests, having one hundred and twenty sleeping rooms. Mr. Dempsey has many of the salient characteristics necessary for the successful hotel manager- geniality, courtesy and consideration for the rights of others.
On the 26th of September, 1889, Mr. Dempsey was married at Union, Oregon, to Miss Mary Ellen Lincoln, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Lincoln of Mis- souri. To their union five children have been born: Mary Ellen, whose birth occurred on the 19th of December, 1890, and who is a graduate of the Holy Namc Academy, graduating in the department of vocal music; Josephine, who was born on the 18th of October, 1892, and who, since her graduation from Holy Name Academy, has been teaching school in Montana; James P., whose birth occurred on the 2d of June, 1895, and who is a student in Gonzaga College; Robert J., born February 2, 1898; and Lucille K., whose birth occurred on the 23d of December, 1903.
Mr. Dempsey is among the faithful and more prominent attendants at St. Aloysius Roman Catholic church. He is a life member of Spokane Lodge, No. 228, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and of the Chamber of Commerce, in whose objects for promotion he takes a deep interest. Although he gives his hotel the advantages of his personal management and careful supervision he neverthe- less takes great pleasure in the society of his family and in the home life for which his modern residence at East 928 Sinto avenue is admirably adapted.
BURGESS L. GORDON.
The growth of Spokane deserves to be numbered among the wonders of the world. About three decades ago there was practically no city here and with marvelous rapidity the boundaries of the town have been extended until it now has a population of many thousand, its citizenship upon the whole being a pro- gressive, energetic class, as is manifest by the splendid buildings, the beautiful liomes and the growing enterprises. Almost every field of activity is here repre- sented. Among the leading commercial interests is the wholesale grocery house of B. L. Gordon & Company, of which the subject of this review is the president and manager. Under his careful guidance the business is being continually ex- panded and within twenty-one years has been developed from a tiny undertaking to its present extensive and gratifying proportions.
Well known and highly respected in the business circles of the city, Mr. Gor- don well deserves representation in this volume. His birth occurred in Pike county, Missouri, December 19, 1864, his parents being John A. and Texana (Early) Gordon, the former a farmer by occupation. The latter was a sister of General Jubal Early, a distinguished officer of the Confederate army.
In the public schools of his native county, Burgess L. Gordon began his edu- cation, which was continued in La Grange College, at La Grange, Missouri. After putting aside his text-books he engaged in the wholesale grocery business and in 1885 removed to Socorro, New Mexico, where he continued in the same line of trade. But ever alert to favorable opportunities he believed that the Pacific coast country offered still better advantages and therefore disposed of his interests in the south. coming to Spokane in 1890. Here he at once organized the present firm Vol. II-13
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of B. L. Gordon & Company for the conduct of a wholesale grocery business, which is located at the corner of Division and Harrison streets. From the beginning the new enterprise prospered and its growth has been proportionate to the develop- ment of the city. Two years ago he built the present fine building which is now utilized in the conduct of a business that has reached extensive proportions, being one of the leading establishments of this character in the northwest. Its trade relations cover a wide territory and the business policy of the house has ever been such as to commend it to the confidence and trust of its many patrons. Mr. Gor- don has ever held to a high standard in the personnel of the house, in the line of goods carried and in the nature of service rendered to the public.
On the 12th of June, 1890, Mr. Gordon was married to Miss Raphaelita Simp- son, a daughter of George S. Simpson, of Trinidad, Colorado, and a niece of Captain Raphael Simms, who commanded the famous Confederate warship Ala- bama during the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have become the parents of three children, Burgess J., Ralph and Charles. The family attend Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic church and reside in a pleasant home at No. 601 Seventh avenue. Mr. Gordon is not a member of any secret societies but his name appears on the membership roll of the Spokane Club and the Spokane Country Club. He also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and his sympathy with its projects for the upbuilding of the city is manifest in active cooperation therewith. He possesses the enterprising spirit of the west which has been the dominant factor in producing the wonderful development of this section. Brooking no obstacles that honest effort can overcome, he has steadily worked his way upward until, having long since left the ranks of the many, he stands among the successful few.
ROBERT O. MCCLINTOCK.
The business interests of Spokane are constantly growing until almost every enterprise known in legitimate trade is here represented. Prominent among the important mercantile interests of this city is the wholesale grocery house con- ducted under the name of the MeClintock-Trunkey Company, of which Robert O. Mcclintock is president and manager. He has advanced steadily step by step to a creditable position in commercial circles and has made his establishment a stand- ard for efficient service and straightforward dealing. His birth occurred in Butler county, Ohio, May 17, 1867, so that he has hardly yet reached the prime of life. His parents were Robert S. and Sarah (Smith) Mcclintock, the former a prom- inent farmer of that section.
His youthful days were largely devoted to the acquirement of an education as a pupil in the public schools of his native county and also of Hanover College at Hanover, Indiana. He made his initial step in the business world, following his removal to Marianna, Arkansas, in 1889. There he engaged in the wholesale grocery business with his brother-in-law, H. D. Trunkey, continuing in the trade there until 1898, when they sold out and came to Spokane, believing that the growing northwest offered much better business opportunities. Here they pur- chased an interest in the wholesale grocery house of the Boothe-Powell Company and soon afterward the firm name was changed to the Boothe-McClintock Com-
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pany. A further change in 1906 led to the adoption of the present firm style of the Mcclintock-Trunkey Company. Each year has witnessed an increase in their business, their trade relations extending out in ramifying connections over a large territory. They have rebuilt and enlarged their present store, which is conven- iently situated at the corner of South Stevens street and the Northern Pacific tracks, thus securing the best of shipping facilities. They have made this one of the most progressive and attractive wholesale grocery houses in the Inland Empire. They conduct a general wholesale grocery business and have recently added a most complete line of cigars, pipes and smokers' supplies. Their store is neat and tasteful in its arrangement, the work is thoroughly systematized, orders are promptly filled and the business methods are such as commend the house to a large and growing patronage. The present officers of the company are: Robert O. Mc- Clintock, president and manager; H. D. Trunkey, vice president and treasurer; Sydney S. McClintock, secretary; Edwin E. McClintock and J. B. Maclin, direc- tors. The president of this company is also the president of the Imperial Tea & Coffee Company, a subsidiary organization of the Mcclintock-Trunkey Company, which deals exclusively in tea, coffee and spices.
On the 27th of November, 1895, at Marianna, Arkansas, Mr. MeClintock was united in marriage to Miss Gay Trunkey, a daughter of Captain Frank and Eliza (Power) Trunkey, of that city, and they have two children, Sarah Gay and Franklin T. Mr. McClintock has never been interested in politics or held public office. He is, however, alive to the duties and obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship and his cooperation is often a tangible factor in movements for the general good. He is now serving as a member of the publicity committee of the Chamber of Commerce, in which connection he is largely exploiting the resources and the opportunities of Spokane. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and also to the First Presbyterian church, in which he is serving as a trustee and as a member of the session. Prominent among the business men of Spokane, Mr. Mc- Clintock has now for thirteen years been closely identified with the history of the city as a representative of one of its most important commercial interests. He is a man of keen discrimination and sound judgment, and his executive ability and excellent management have brought to the concern with which he is connected, a large degree of success. The prosperity of the company is certainly due in con- siderable measure to its president, who has largely inaugurated its policy.
COLONEL FLEETWOOD WARD.
Business conditions in recent years have brought forth the term "promoters" -- men capable of seeing business opportunities, of handling practical situations and of solving intricate business problems. Their capital, too, is used in financing business propositions and such men are pushing forward the wheels of progress in no uncertain manner. To this class belongs Colonel Fleetwood Ward, who makes Spokane his home. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1847, a son of A. F. and Mary (Silvers) Ward, both of whom are now deceased, the father having died in 1893 and the mother in 1890. The ancestors of the family were early settlers of Pennsylvania, having come to America at the time
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William Penn established his colony. They settled in Chester county and a great- uncle of A. F. Ward was an officer in the Revolutionary war, while Mrs. Ward was the niece of a captain of the war of 1812-captain of a privateer on the sea. He was captured and confined in an English prison where he died. Two brothers of Colonel Ward were soldiers in the Civil war, one serving with a Kansas regiment while the other became a captain of the Third Pennsylvania and afterward served as captain in the Twenty-second United States Infantry while subsequent to the close of hostilities he became aid-de-camp to General Hancock.
Colonel Ward was educated in the public and high schools of Philadelphia and for a brief period was a pupil in the law department of the University of Penn- sylvania. In the meantime, however, after completing his high-school course he worked for a Philadelphia banking firm with which he continued for five years, . and during the last year was manager of their New York office. He then entered the University of Pennsylvania, where he remained for a year. On the expira- tion of that period he joined General Custer on the plains and was with him for a few months as an independent scout, with the now famous Buffalo Bill and also with Wild Bill. He left that section of the country to go to Chicago, where he was employed for a few months, and was also for a few months in Philadelphia. From the latter city he went to Ohio, where he engaged in the milling business for three years with his brother-in-law. At the end of that time the brother-in-law died, leaving a large estate, and Colonel Ward devoted the succeeding four years to its settlement. He then went to the Bowling Green country where he engaged in drilling for oil, becoming interested in several oil companies with which he was connected until 1886, when they were put out of business by the trust. In that year Colonel Ward went to Gallipolis, where he made a contract to pay one hun- dred thousand dollars to Petrot, the inventor of the computing scales, for the patents governing the scales. He then proceeded to Detroit, where he opened an office and organized the first computing scales company known as the Detroit Computing Scales Company. Of this he was president until he sold his holdings to the Bonney & Smith Manufacturing Company of Dayton, and this was later acquired by Camby, the baking powder king of Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Ward then went to New York and purchased a seat on the New York Consolidated Stock Exchange, with which business he was connected until 1892. He afterward en- tered the employ of the W. J. Hayes & Son Bond Company, remaining as manager of their New York office for two years. Subsequently he engaged in traveling for a short time for the company but severed his connection with that firm to engage in mining enterprises with a Mr. Denslow under the firm name of Denslow, Ward & Company. Mr. Ward also assisted in organizing the company that chartered the steamer Excelsior for the season of 1896 to go from San Francisco to Alaska for gold, and Mr. Ward was one of the first to exploit the gold resources of the far northwest. He organized the Boston & Alaska Mining Company and later the Alaska Gold Syndicate Company, both of which had gold-bearing properties. Subsequently the latter company had established offices in Berlin, Paris and Lon- don and for a time enjoyed a period of substantial prosperity. Colonel Ward was also one of the organizers of the Cook Inlet Coal Fields Company, one of the first to make known the coal deposits of Alaska, the business being a profitable one until coal oil was discovered in California, which practically put the company ont of business as transportation charges from Alaska to San Francisco were too
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high to allow them to compete with the home product. Colonel Ward was prom- inently and actively connected with these interests until 1900, when he severed his connection with the Alaska propositions and came to the Colville valley, taking up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres and filing on a timber claim at the same time. Two years before his arrival in Colville he had organized the Old Hickory Mining Company with properties in the Colville valley, and when he removed to the district he began to develop this property. On his arrival in 1900 he also purchased some other mining properties and organized the Butte & Wash- ington Mining and Milling Company for their development. Of this company, which has property on Kettle river and is doing business today, he is the presi- dent and general manager. It was Colonel Ward who located the marble lands on the Kettle river, seventeen miles north of Kettle Falls, afterward selling out to the well known Kettle River Marble Company. His attention is largely given to the interests of the Butte & Washington Mining and Milling Company and he has arranged, also, to spend a part of his time at Arden, Washington, for he is vice president of the Arden Orchards Company, in which he became interested two years ago. He is also a director of the Farmer Jones Mining Company of Idaho, and is interested in several mines in the Coeur d'Alene country.
On the 15th of January, 1872, in Philadelphia, Colonel Ward was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Howard and they have one son, Fleetwood, who is en- gaged in business in Montreal, Canada. Colonel Ward is a republican and fra- ternally was connected with the Knights of Pythias and was a charter member of Elks Lodge, No. 52, of Ohio, which was instituted by Tony Pastor. A point of interest in Colonel Ward's life is that he copied the first contract for the con- solidation of oil refineries between a Mr. Logan and J. D. Rockefeller, at which time he was reading law in a law office in Philadelphia. He has been interested in some sporting events, having pulled in the first eight-oared shell race ever held in the country. He also organized the Crescent Boat Club of Philadelphia and held the championship swimming medal in that part of the country for three years. In his later days he has found excitement and interest in his operations and specu- lations in business projects, and has been interested more or less in mining con- panies in Montana, Nevada, Colorado, Washington and Idaho as well as in Alaska. Moreover, his labors have ofttimes been of a character that have contributed largely toward the development of the districts in which he has operated and thus to the substantial growth and progress of the community. He has courage, enter- prise and sagacity and has won success where many a more conservative man would have feared to venture.
RICHARD DALE MILLER.
Among those who are active in controlling the financial situation in Spokane is Richard Dale Miller, of the bond firm of Eggleston & Company, with offices in the Columbia building. His business methods have always been characterized by straightforward dealing and through his energy and determination he has reached a prominent place in business circles. His birth occurred in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, March 3, 1868, his parents being John and Lucetta Miller, farming
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people of that county. While spending his youthful days under the parental roof he attended the public schools of his native county and upon the death of his father removed to Lincoln, Nebraska, where his elder brother, John E. Miller, was located. He there supplemented his early educational opportunities by a course of study in the University of Nebraska and made his initial step in the business world as an employe in the First National Bank of Lincoln. He was assigned to the position of assistant cashier and remained in continuous connection with the bank for ten years, from 1882 until 1892. This gave him comprehensive understanding of the various departments of banking and also of the hond busi- ness, and upon resigning his position in the First National he opened a bond office in Lincoln, where he remained for four years. The opportunities of the growing west attracted him and in 1896 he came to Spokane to take charge of the bond department of the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company, which position he filled through the succeeding decade. He then resigned to become vice president of the Exchange National Bank, serving as such in 1907 and 1908. Thinking to find a more profitable field of labor as a dealer in bonds, he left the bank and formed the present partnership with M. H. Eggleston under the firm style of Eggleston & Company. His previous long and varied experience in this field constituted the foundation of the success which has since been enjoyed by the firm and which has brought them to a prominent position in the financial circles of the city.
Mr. Miller was married on the 8th of February, 1906, to Miss Nellie Roche, of Spokane, who died in 1908, her death being deeply regretted by many friends. Mr. Miller belongs to the Masonic fraternity in which he has attained high rank as is indicated by the fact that he has crossed the sands of the desert with the nobles of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise belongs to the Elks lodge of Spokane and his name is on the membership roll of the Spokane Club and of the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. He has made many friends during the period of his residence in this city and is always a welcome visitor in the club rooms. His has been an all-around development and his life has exemplified the sterling qualities of progressive citizenship and honorable manhood.
WILLIAM EDWARD SANDER.
William Edward Sander, though yet a young man, holds a responsible position in business circles as vice president and general manager of the Idaho Mercantile Company of Coeur d'Alene, the largest department store in Idaho. His birth oc- curred at Coeur d'Alene on the 2d of March, 1886, his parents being Valentine W. and Louise F. (Lohmann) Sander. Valentine W. Sander, a native of Hamburg, Germany, was brought to the United States by his parents in 1863, when a lad of six years, the family home being established in Muscatine, Iowa. There he obtained his education and began his business career as clerk in a store. In 1877 he came to Coeur d'Alene and with a small capital, in 1883, established the business which has developed into the Idaho Mercantile Company, the largest department store in Idaho. Since 1911 the Idaho Mercantile Company has established a branch house at St. Maries, Idaho. Mr. Valentine Sander acts as the president of this important concern and also has acquired much valuable real estate throughout this section. He
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was appointed the first postmaster of Coeur d'Alene in 1887 and became one of the first trustees of the city when it was incorporated.
William E. Sander obtained his early education in the public schools of Coeur d'Alene, later attended the high school at Burlington, Iowa, and subsequently en- tered the University of Washington at Seattle, which in 1907 conferred upon him the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts. Immediately afterward he entered his father's establishment as assistant manager and in 1908 was made vice president and general manager of the Idaho Mercantile Company, in which capacity he has rendered valuable service to the present time. Outside of this important of- fice he acts as the vice president of the Coeur d'Alene Grain & Milling Company. A young man of unfaltering enterprise and unmistakable ability, his rise in the busi- ness world is assured.
While attending the University of Washington in Seattle, Mr. Sander met Miss Helen McDonald, who was also a student there and who was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1908. Their marriage was celebrated in Seattle on the Ist of September, 1909, and has been blessed with a son, Donald Lohmann, whose birth occurred on the 1st of August, 1910. Mrs. Sander is a daughter of Judge F. A. McDonald, of Seattle. Since her marriage she has resided at No. 83 Park Drive, Coeur d'Alene.
Mr. Sander is a stanch republican in politics and served as president of the city council of Coeur d'Alene from 1909 until 1911. In Masonry he has won high rank, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He holds member- ship in the following organizations: Kootenai Lodge, No. 24, A. F. & A. M .; Coeur d'Alene Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M .; Temple Commandery, No. 12, K. T., of which he was junior warden in 1909; Kadosh-Idaho Consistory, No. 3, S. P. R. S .; and Calam Temple, N. M. S., of Lewiston, Idaho. He likewise belongs to Queen Esther Chap- ter. No. 12. Eastern Star, and the Knights of Pythias, both of Coeur d'Alene, as well as the Spokane Club and the Inland Club of Spokane. He is a charter member and trustee of Coeur d'Alene Lodge, No. 1254, B. P. O. E. Of the Commercial Club be acts as vice president and fills the same position in relation to the Kootenai County Growers Association. In every walk of life he has won the respect and un- qualified confidence of those with whom he has come in contact.
FRANCIS E. LANGFORD.
In no profession does merit depend more largely upon individual ability than in the practice of law, and progress at the bar is therefore indicative of personal power in the analysis and presentation of cases. Francis E. Langford is one who for the past seventeen years has followed the profession in Spokane. He does not specialize in any particular field but continues in general practice and in the citation of principle and precedent indicates his comprehensive understanding of the science upon which is based the stable existence of every community. He was born in London, England, August 22, 1859, and after attending school in the northern part of England, completed his education in the university at Bonn, on the Rhine, in Germany. His father died when he was very young but his step- father provided the means of an education and in the improvement of the oppor-
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tunities thus offered, Francis E. Langford qualified for the later responsibilities of life.
Coming to America in 1882, he entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph & Express Company in the capacity of private secretary to the general manager, at Baltimore, Maryland. After a few months he was transferred to New York, where he acted in the same capacity to David H. Bates, president of the company. It was at this time that the consolidation of telegraph companies was brought about and the Baltimore & Ohio became part of the Western Union system. Later he spent some time with an importing house but resigned in 1887 to go to Chicago, there accepting a position of responsibility in the Illinois National Bank. He came to the Pacific coast as a representative of banking interests, hav- ing in 1891 accepted the position of assistant cashier in the Commercial National Bank at Portland, Oregon. In the spring of 1892, however, he resigned his posi- tion in the Rose City and came to Spokane. Having decided to study law, he began his reading in the office and under the direction of Cyrus Happy. In 1895 he was admitted to the bar and was connected with Mr. Happy in law practice until 1898, since which time he has been alone. The members of the bar enter- tain high consideration for his integrity, dignity, impartiality, love of justice and strong common sense. His force of character and natural qualifications have enabled him to overcome all obstacles and reach a creditable position as a repre- sentative of the legal fraternity in this city.
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