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the conduct of the business. They own a sawmill, planing mill and box factory at Buckeye, Washington, and something of the size of the plant may be gained from the fact that the capacity of the mill is fifty thousand feet of lumber daily and they probably cut four million feet in a year for the box factory alone. Their prin- cipal output is fruit boxes. The company is a close corporation, with Mr. Herrick as president and owner. The business has become an extensive one and the success of the undertaking indicates the keen sagacity, sound judgment and wise control of the president.
While still a resident of Oswego Mr. Herrick was married on the 21st of De- cember, 1873, to Miss Clara F. Fort, a daughter of Daniel G. Fort, bank cashier, collector of the port, mayor of the city and congressman, having thus in different important relations proved his worth as a business man and citizen. Mr. Herrick is prominent in Masonry, having taken the degrees of the lodge, commandery and shrine, and he belongs also to the Spokane Club and the Chamber of Commerce. In all the communities in which he has resided he has been recognized as a leader of public thought and action. In politics he is an independent republican and while in the east filled nearly all of the municipal offices. He was only twenty- two years of age when elected mayor of Fulton, New York, and he also served as a member of the city council of that place, while in Oswego, New York, he served on both the police and excise boards. Whether in office or out of it he has ever been recognized as a loyal and progressive citizen who feels that for benefits derived from the government adequate return should be made in faithful support of those interests and measures which are factors in the general welfare, safeguarding the interests of the many. In his business life his course has been marked by continuous ad- vancement and each forward step has brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. Morever, he has never regarded any position as final but rather as the starting point for the accomplishment of still larger interests.
LLOYD S. ROBERTS.
Lloyd S. Roberts, prominent in financial circles in Spokane as a dealer in stocks and bounds and general banking business, which he conducted as a mem- ber of the firm of Roberts Brothers up to the time of his death, was born in Ross county, Ohio, November 24, 1860, his parents being Albert D. and Rebecca Rob- erts, the former a prominent farmer of Ross county. In the public schools of that county the son pursued his education to the age of eighteen years, when he put aside his text-books to devote his entire time and attention to general agricultural pur- suits, which he followed for a few years. He then engaged in the milling busi- ness with his brother in Ross county, Ohio, for a few years, after which he re- moved to the middle west, settling in Hutchinson, Kansas, where his business con- nection was that of representative for the Winfield Mortgage & Trust Company. He occupied that position for two years and in 1888 came to Spokane as representa- tive for the same company, continuing in their employ until 1890.
Mr. Roberts then organized the Washington Abstract & Title Company, of which he was president for a year, and also became identified with the Bank of Columbia. Later he became cashier of the Brown National Bank, with which he
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was connected for two years, and on the expiration of that period he became onc of the firm of Roberts Brothers, dealers in stocks and bonds and also conducting a general banking business. He was thus associated up to the time of his death. He did not confine his attention entirely to that line, for he also organized the firm of Powell, Roberts & Finley, of which he was president for two years. He occupied a commanding position in banking circles and his ability was recognized by his colleagues and contemporaries, who ever expressed admiration for his resourceful- ness, his capable management and his executive force.
On the 25th of August, 1891, Mr. Roberts was united in marriage to Miss Cora L. Belt, a daughter of the Hon. Horatio N. and Martha (Tipton) Belt, who are mentioned elsewhere in this volume. The children of this marriage are Dorothy L. and Marshall A., both of whom are in school.
In his political views Mr. Roberts was a republican but the honors and emolu- ments of office had no attraction for him. He held membership in the Westminster Congregational church and in that faith passed away October 23, 1905. He was a home-loving man, devoted to the welfare of his family and ever loyal in his friend- ships. There were no spectacular phases in his life but his record was none the less useful and none the less significant than that of many a man who has been more prominently before the public eye. He was ever faithful to duty, whether of a public or private nature, and his record indicates what can be accomplished along the lines of steady progression when willingness to work, capability and recognition of opportunity are numbered among the salient traits of the individual. Desire to succeed that he might provide well for his family prompted Mr. Roberts in all of his business career and brought him eventually to a prominent position in finan- cial circles in Spokane.
WALDO GRANT PAINE.
Waldo Grant Paine is regarded as one of the most prominent railroad men of the country, having carried through to successful completion all the projects of that character with which he has been connected. He paid his first visit to Spokane in 1885 and was so well pleased with the country that he determined to make it his future home and upon his return to the east shaped all of his plans with that end in view. His operations in the northwest have been of decided value in the development and upbuilding of the country, for no other agency does so much in the direct path of general progress as railroad building and operation. Mr. Paine is a native of St. Paul, born June 14, 1863, his parents being Parker and Roselle E. (Grant) Paine, both of whom were of English lineage. The Paine family came from Suffolk, England, during the colonial epoch in the history of this country and William Paine, the grandfather of Waldo G. Paine, was a chaplain in the Revolutionary army and also served as a private. His son Parker Paine was born in North Anson, Maine, and became a prominent banker of St. Paul, where he conducted a private bank and also organized the First National Bank of that city, in connection with Horace Thompson. He died in 1875 and was long survived hy his wife, who passed away in 1903. She was born in Wapping, Connecticut, and came of a family prominent in the Revolutionary war, belonging to the same
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branch of the family as did President Grant. Their only son was Waldo Grant Paine, who, however, had two half-brothers: Franklin, who was captain of sharp- shooters during the Civil war, organizing a company at St. Paul and serving through- out the period of hostilities, while at the present time he is engaged in the grain business in Duluth, Minnesota; and Mark, who is engaged in the lumber business in Superior, Wisconsin.
Waldo G. Paine was educated in the public schools of St. Paul and was gradu- ated from the high school with the class of 1878. In the same city he entered upon his business career, being connected with a wholesale grocery house from 1880 until 1889. In August of the latter year he made his way westward to Spokane. He had first visited the west in 1883, at which time he went to Glendive and Missoula, Montana. In 1885 he visited Spokane and the city with its possibil- ities and opportunities proved so attractive to him that he resolved that it should one day be his home, and in 1889 he returned to take up his permanent abode here. For the first year he was engaged in the real-estate business with W. O. Nettleton, after which he purchased the interest of T. P. Lindsay in the Lindsay Mercan- tile Company and with Philip Richmond and James F. Sloan conducted the busi- ness under the firm name of Sloane, Paine & Richmond. Later the last named re- tired and the business was reorganized under the name of the Sloane-Paine Com- pany, so continuing until 1903, when Mr. Paine sold out to Mr. Sloane and turned his attention to the railroad enterprises which have meant so much in the development of the northwest. Associated with F. A. Blackwell and others, he became interested in the building of the Spokane & Coeur d'Alene Railroad and with this as his initial step in that field he has continued, his activities and interests constantly broadening and the worth of his service, therefore, constantly increas- ing as a factor in public benefit. He is now the second vice president and traffic manager of the Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad Company, which resulted from the consolidation of the Spokane & Coeur d'Alene Railroad, the Spokane & Inland Railroad, the Spokane Traction Company and the Spokane Terminal Com- pany. They are now operating two hundred and forty miles of railroad and are steadily extending the system.
On the 23d of October, 1889, in St. Paul, Mr. Paine was united in marriage to Miss Louise Nettleton, a daughter of William Nettleton, of that city, who was one of the early residents of both Duluth and St. Paul, homesteading the town site of Duluth. He also became an early resident of Spokane and at one time owned half the power of the Spokane river. He also owned and put on the market the well known Nettleton's addition. He comes from one of the early New England families of English descent. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Paine have been born two sons and a daughter: William Nettleton, now a junior in Cornell University; Alan Grant, a high-school student in Spokane; and Helen Roselle, who is likewise a high-school pupil.
Mr. Paine is identified with various clubs and societies, many of which have for their immediate object the welfare and upbuilding of the city. He is a director of the Spokane Interstate Fair Association, belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and is a member of its publicity committec. He is also president of the Spokane Transportation Club and belongs to the Spokane Club, the Inland Club and the Spokane Country Club. He likewise belongs to the Elks lodge of Spokane, the Society of Colonial Wars and the Sons of the American Revolution, serving as the
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first vice president of that society and ex-president of the local chapter. His in- terests and activities are wide and varied and constitute a forceful element of public progress as well as of individual advancement. He looks at life from the standpoint of a practical, energetic business man who is cognizant of the fact that opportunities are open to all and that the attainment of success depends upon the energy, determination and persistency of purpose of him who seeks it.
A. H. MYERS.
A. H. Myers, chief of the Spokane Fire Department, is one of the oldest firemen of the United States in years of continuous connection with the service. His long career in the field began in San Francisco, California, where he became a fire fighter forty-seven years ago. He was also the pioneer plumber and steamfitter of the In- land Empire, entering upon that work in Spokane in 1884. He was the second white child born in Oakland, Alameda county, California, his natal day being April 30, 1848. His father was B. K. Myers, who was born in Columbus, Ohio, and crossed the plains in 1846 or 1847. He was one of a company of seventy-five who attempted to make the journey in prairie schooners but when they reached Utah the caravan was set upon by Indians and every member of the party with the exception of B. K. Myers and a man by the name of Frank Miller were massacred. These two escaped through the brush and after enduring untold hardships succeeded in making their way to the coast. Companions in their misfortunes, they then formed a partnership and prospected in Placer and other counties, both acquiring large fortunes. They afterward went into the cattle business and were associated with the firm of Lux & Miller. Subsequently they went to the Black Hills, North Dakota, where they en- gaged in the work of boring artesian wells, but their labors there were without result so that they were badly crippled financially. They continued in mining in California and as far north as Lewiston, Idaho, and won two or three fortunes, but like many of the California pioneers sunk their earnings again in the attempt to develop other mining properties. B. K. Myers became widely known because of his activity in political affairs and many times did campaign work on the coast for the republican party, the last time entering the field in support of Grant and Colfax, candidates respectively for the office of president and vice president. At one time he was largely interested in real estate in Oakland and in East Oakland, California, and his death occurred in the former place soon after the memorable earthquake of 1907. In early manhood he had wedded Harrict Kelly, a daughter of Zeno Kelly, a pioneer of California and Oakland's first contracting builder. Mrs. Myers came from Augusta, Maine, in a clipper ship around the Horn and after a voyage of six months landed at San Francisco in 1847. The ship was loaded with red granite for the first custom house built in San Francisco. Mrs. Myers is now living at No. 1412 Twelfth street in Oakland in a residence that adjoins the little old home that she occupied a half century ago. In the family were two sons, one being Zeno K. Myers, who is manager and secretary of the Hawaiian Trust Company, now on the Hawaiian islands, where three branch banks have been opened, the principal one being at Hilo.
The other son, A. H. Myers, was educated in the common schools of his native city and began working on his own account when thirteen years of age. He learned
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the plumber's and steamfitter's trade and a year later was following that pursuit in the state of Oregon. Subsequently he had charge of the plumbing and heating of the Napa (California) Insane Asylum for a period of five years, occupying that position by state appointment, and also had charge of similar work at the Mare Island navy yard, and left San Francisco to take a plumbing contract on the Tabor Opera House in Denver, Colorado, at that time the finest playhouse in the west. He also worked on the Palace Hotel in San Francisco from the time it was begun until its completion and has done plumbing work in connection with nearly all of the court- houses in California. He also went to Hawaii to put in the first Springfield gas machine used in that country and in Walla Walla, Washington, installed the plumb- ing and heating systems in the Sisters Hospital and also the plumbing, heating and lighting in Small's Opera House in Walla Walla.
Mr. Myers arrived in Spokane on the morning of Thanksgiving day of 1884, and became master mechanic for J. H. Boyd & Company. He installed the first sewage system of Spokane and a portion of the first water system, all included in Browne's addition, the western part of Cannon's addition and a small portion of that territory lying between Division and Bernard streets. After remaining with J. H. Boyd & Company for a number of years he purchased the plumbing and steamfittings from that firm and embarked in business for himself, organizing the Falls City Plumbing & Heating Company which carried on business until early in the year 1889, when his establishment was destroyed by fire with the loss of eighty-five thousand dollars. Soon afterward he embarked in business again but in a short time disposed of his interest in that connection and later opened a shop which he conducted until 1896, when the financial stress that brought trouble to so many in that year forced him out of business. On the 27th of November, 1896, Mr. Myers was appointed chief of the Spokane fire department, in which position he has since continued through all the suc- ceeding administrations. His first experience in fighting fire was obtained in San Francisco, California, where he became torch boy with the old Tiger Company, No. 2, with its station at that time where the Palace Hotel now stands. He was then but sixteen years of age. On the removal of his parents to Oakland he there became assistant to Fire Chief D. E. La Montana, serving for a number of years in that capacity. He was one of the organizers of the Spokane Falls Fire Department, the organization being effected July 22, 1887, and hanging over his desk is the original roster signed on that evening, containing the names of A. H. Myers, James W. Young, Charles Byron, D. S. McCrea, H. G. Gillette, James Mulroy, R. A. Wilson, Harry Rosenhaupt, R. B. Dawson, Charles Blanchett, Louis Stratton, Charles Dyer, B. F. Wing, J. C. Odell, E. P. Gillette, Hank Greenberg, E. M. Powell, Gus Martin, Lee Kelly, Tom Allphin, Charles Schoin, E. L. Swartz, M. Abrahams, and Frank Gillette. The majority of these charter members have passed away and the old document re- mains as one of Mr. Myers' most prized possessions. Chief Myers has exemption papers from both the state of California and the state of Washington. He is a mem- ber of the International Association of Fire Engineers and for fifteen years has been treasurer of the Pacific Coast Association of Fire Chiefs and among the fire-fighting fraternity in the west is regarded as an authority on all matters pertaining to the pre- vention and extinction of fires. He is held in the highest regard by insurance men and by all who know him in his home city. The Fire and Water Engineering Weekly of New York said in an article relative to him: "Chief Myers is a good mechanic and has always evidenced great interest in the various improvements in
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fire-fighting machines and many manufactories today owe their improvement to the idea advanced by him. His department is conceded to be one of the best in the United States. He is a thorough disciplinarian and yet the men of his de- partment look up to him as a child does to the kind and indulgent parent. The department consists of eleven stations, one hundred and twenty-five men, seven engines, four hook and ladder trucks, two chemicals and eleven hose wagons. Chief Myers has recently added auto apparatus, having placed an auto chassis under his eighty-five foot aerial truck." In the fire of 1889 which destroyed the business district of Spokane Chief Myers had his department working in a most systematic and effective way but because of the nature of the buildings the task was hopeless from the first. The conflagration started in an old planing mill that was occupied as a horse barn and covered about a half block. A forty-mile gale was blowing at the time and carried the flames directly across the alley to the wholesale house of the Spokane Drug Company. Mr. Myers describes this as one of the shortest and hardest fights of his career.
In December, 1893, occurred the marriage of Mr. Myers and Miss Winnifred Phillips, a daughter of J. L. Phillips, a pioneer carpenter and contractor of Den- ver, Colorado. His social relations have brought him a wide acquaintance. He became a charter member of Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E., in which he has occupied all of the chairs except that of exalted ruler. For twelve years he has been a trustee and was especially active in the building of the Elks Temple, and on its completion the lodge presented him with a life membership card in recog- nition of his services. He holds membership with the Eagles, the Spokane Pro- tective Rod and Gun Club and the Inland Club. His military experience is limited to that of McClure's Academy in California and the Emmett Guard of San Fran- cisco, becoming one of the first members of the latter. Not all days in his busi- ness career have been equally bright, for adversity has at times overtaken him, yet on the whole he has prospered and is today the owner of considerable real estate in Spokane, besides being interested in a large tract of land known as the Kalispell Duck Preserve. His salient characteristics have ever been such as to command admiration and regard and in his public service he has ever been actuated by a high sense of duty and of efficiency that has made him one of the most dis- tinguished and honored fire chiefs of the Pacific coast.
HARRY J. CARMAN.
Harry J. Carman, vice president and manager of the Carman Manufacturing Company, engaged in the manufacture of mattresses and furniture and also con- ducting a wholesale furniture department, has proven his ability in the building up of an immense business which covers much of the territory of the northwest. He has been a resident of the state since 1891, arriving here when a young man of twenty years. His birth occurred in southern Illinois, June 12, 1871, his parents being Joseph Lincoln and Mercy Maria (Crane) Carman. In his youthful days he pursned a public-school education in Illinois and Kansas and, as previously stated, came to the northwest at the age of twenty years in company with his brother,
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Joseph L. Carman, Jr. They settled at Tacoma, Washington, and Harry J. Car- man secured a position as paying teller in the Fidelity Bank. Eventually his brother established himself in business under the name of the Pacific Lounge & Mattress Company, in Tacoma, and in 1893 Harry J. Carman resigned his position in the bank and went upon the road as a traveling salesman for his brother. After two years, or in 1895, he removed to Seattle, where he opened a branch house for the company, remaining there for six years. In 1898 the company was reorganized and incorporated under the firm name of the Carman Manufacturing Company, of which his brother, Joseph L. Carman, became president, while Harry J. Carman became vice president and manager of the Seattle branch. In 1905 the company changed its base of operations to Spokane, purchasing the plant of the Spokane Lounge & Mattress Company, which they have since operated. All of their mat- tresses are made in Spokane, cotton felt being the material used, and they have built up a tremendous business throughout the northwest. Their trade is continu- ously growing and their business is today recognized as one of the important indus- trial activities of this section of the country. They have also added a line of fur- niture and sell only to the wholesale trade.
On the 9th of November, 1899, at Seattle, Mr. Carman was united in marriage to Miss Maude Braden, of that city, and they have two children, Virginia, born August 22, 1900; and Helen, born April 18, 1902. Mr. Carman has never been interested in politics or held public office but is prominent and active in Masonry, belonging to Cataract Commandery, No. 2, K. T., and to El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Spokane and Inland Clubs. His social nature renders him appreciative of good-fellowship and his business ability has placed him in prominent connection with the manufacturing interests of the northwest. He stands as a typical citizen of his section of the country with belief in its future and active in cooperation with its affairs which are making its his- tory and promoting its upbuilding.
HARRY GREEN.
"There's a whole lot of us that are poorer since he's gone, for he was a man whose friendship was worth more than money," was a tribute paid to Harry Green when he was called from this life. It was but one of many such expressions that were heard on every hand and among all who knew him, for he was a whole-souled, generous man, possessed of a large fund of humor and a kindly disposition.
He was born at Prenn, in the province of Poland, August 10, 1863, and was therefore more than forty-seven years of age when he passed away at the Hotel Ridpath in Spokane on the 14th of December, 1910. His parental name was Harry Gurinsky, which by due process of law he had changed to Green after coming to Spokane. After coming to America, when fifteen years of age, he spent several years in Texas, where he was engaged in various pursuits, and in 1891 he arrived in this city. From that time forward he was particularly prominent in the sport- ing circles of the Pacific coast as the owner of fine racing stables, as a breeder of fine dogs, as a promoter of baseball and in other ways. The element of chance in anything always awakened in him interest and yet he had the qualities, too, of a
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conservative business man of sound judgment, as was manifest in his investments in property and valuable stocks. In October, 1900, he acquired a one-half interest in the Club cafe, being an equal partner with Messrs. Scott and Sorg, this relation continuing for ten years or until the death of Mr. Green. He owned a racing stable for several years, entering his horses for the big stakes offered by the Oak- land, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and Spokane racing associations. His horse Royalty was the winner of the Seattle and Spokane derbies of 1903. In California he was a conspicuous figure for the heavy stakes which he put upon his favorites and one of the San Francisco papers therefore called him "The Duke of Spokane," which sobriquet clung to him for years.
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