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is one of the most desirable apartment houses of Spokane. Thus from comparative poverty and obscurity Mr. Boyles has steadily worked his way upward until he is now well known in the business circles of the northwest.
On the 24th of May, 1904, Mr. Boyles was united in marriage to Mrs. E. A. DeVol. In politics he is a republican, active in the work of the party and liberal in its support. The day on which he attained his majority he signed a petition for admission to the Masonic fraternity which was acted upon that same night in Clayton county, Iowa. A committee was immediately organized and in thirty days he was accepted and initiated. He has since been a loyal representative of the craft and is now affiliated with Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M. He is also a life member of the Spokane Athletic Club, of which he became an early repre- sentative. He is a contributing member to the Chamber of Commerce and is also a steady and liberal contributor to charity, accomplishing much good in this way. Moreover, he is ever ready to extend a helping hand to those who are attempting to make their way upward. He remembers his own struggles and is quick to en- courage and assist young men of enterprise, determination and honorable purpose.
FRANK ROSENHAUPT.
The real builders and promoters of a country are not those who formulate the policy of government or even keep in running order the governmental machin- ery, but those who make practical demonstration of the resources of the state and utilize its opportunities in the upbuilding of important business enterprises. In such connection Frank Rosenhaupt is well known, and is not only closely asso- ciated with manufacturing and commercial interests in Spokane but has also given practical demonstration of the advantages which the state affords for the cultivation of apples in nonirrigated districts. He was born in La Salle, Illinois, November 10, 1872, the son of Joseph Rosenhaupt, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume. He came to Spokane in March, 1887, and completed his studies here. He entered upon a course of mining engineering but abandoned this in order to asso- ciate himself in business with his father shortly after the big fire of 1889. Theirs was a mercantile enterprise, located at the corner of Howard and Riverside streets, in the old Ziegler block, which at that time was the most prominent corner of the city. He has been continuously connected with the trade since that time, the busi- ness being now conducted under the firm name of the Chicago Clothing Company, Inc. After the fire they resumed business in a tent, where the Jamieson block now stands, and later secured a lease on the Eagle building, which was the first brick block erected in Spokane after the big fire, its location being the corner of Stevens and Riverside streets. The business outgrew, its quarters there and the company leased the Hyde block, which they occupied for eighteen years, removing thence to their present magnificent quarters in the Paulsen block on Riverside, in April, 1899.
While an extensive business in the clothing trade has been developed, the firm remaining as leaders in this field in Spokane, Mr. Rosenhaupt has not confined his attention solely to that line, but in other fields of activity has proven his business discernment as sound and his methods as practical as in commercial fields. Asso- ciated with his father he purchased six hundred and forty acres of land fifteen miles
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southeast of the city on the line of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, and planted it to orchards which he has since been cultivating and improving. Twelve thousand trees have been set out under the personal supervision of Frank Rosenhaupt, whose labors have transformed the district, entirely wild and un- developed, into not only one of the most beautiful but also one of the most valuable fruit-raising properties of Washington. Four thousand trees are now bearing and the orchard is noted as one of the finest commercial fruit-raising properties in the district. Their land is a nonirrigated section and in developing the property Mr. Rosenhaupt had the soil tested and made a study of the varieties of apples which could be best raised here. At the national apple show in Spokane he exhibited ten boxes of apples on which he received a deserved diploma, the judges assuring him that he had the best keeping and best flavored apples raised on nonirrigated land in the exhibit. Having faith in his own judgment and that of experts concerning the adaptability of the soil to apple-growing, he has proven the correctness of his views in this connection and the result has been truly gratifying. The task which he understood was a most arduous one, requiring the removal of timber, the breaking of the ground and the making of all kinds of tests as to what kind of apples should be planted, but the splendid orchard is today the visible evidence of the labor and sound judgment of Mr. Rosenhaupt, who is one of the pioneers in the non- irrigated apple business from a commercial standpoint. He has had full charge of the work and has made his one of the show places of the county. For eight years he has been assiduously studying the apple and fruit-raising business and has sold much stock to nurseries, having recently supplied to the Washington Nursery Com- pany at Toppenish the scions for two hundred and fifty thousand apple trees. Since his trees have come into bearing Chicago commission merchants have offered him splendid prices for his crop, offering to take all that he has raised. While Mr. Rosenhaupt has been in active charge of the business from the outset, his father is financially interested in the undertaking and they also have irrigated lands on the Snake river, where they expect to put in fruit in 1912 if they find that soil and other conditions there are favorable.
Frank Rosenhaupt is a member of Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E., but has little time for social interests, concentrating his energies upon his business which is constantly growing in volume and importance, his labors contributing to general prosperity as well as to individual success, inasmuch as he proves what can be done in apple-raising in nonirrigated districts and thus sets an example which others may follow.
WILLIAM H. MACFARLAN.
William H. Macfarlan, who is engaged in the real-estate business in Spokane, was born in Brooklyn, New York, September 23, 1856, a son of Dr. Ebenezer and Clemenia E. (Holley) Macfarlan. The father's birth occurred in New York city, where he practiced medicine for fifty-one years. He was of Scotch descent, his ancestors coming from Scotland in 1810. The mother was a direct descendant from John Holley, who was one of the early settlers of Connecticut, locating at Stam- ford early in the seventeenth century. Mr. and Mrs. Macfarlan, both of whom are
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now deceased, were the parents of three children : William H., who is the sub- ject of this review; Frederick T., who is residing in New York city ; and Charles A., also of New York.
When William H. Macfarlan was but a child, his parents removed from Brook- lyn to New York city, and in the latter place he acquired his education. After fin- ishing the course of study offered by the public schools he entered the banking busi- ness with the Bank of America, where he remained for eleven years. Subsequently he engaged in the real-estate business until 1889, in which year he came to Spokane. Upon his arrival here he again engaged in the real-estate business, making a specialty of city property. In addition to this he also conducts a fire insurance busi- ness. He has been prominently identified with various mining interests and is at present secretary and treasurer of the East Hercules Extension Mining Company of the Coeur d'Alene district. He is also a director of the company. For more than twenty years Mr. Macfarlan has been actively interested in the development of this city, and has had much influence in its extension and growth.
Politically Mr. Macfarlan is prominently identified with the democratic party, and for a number of years was a member of the county central committee. He holds membership in the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. Loyal in his friendships and honorable in his business relations he stands on a firm footing in the esteem of his fellow citizens.
JOHN J. HUMMEL.
John J. Hummel, president of the Multitype Machine Company of Spokane, is by birth a Hollander, possessing in a marked degree the practical qualities of mind and tenacity of purpose for which this people are noted. His birth oc- curred at Nithinsen, Province Groningen, Netherlands, June 5, 1876, his parents being John H. and Peteke (Drent) Hummel. The first eleven years of his life were spent in his native land, and in later years, when the cares and seriousness of life grow oppressive, he relaxes for a moment and indulges in reminiscences of his home by the sea, where were the long low sand dunes and the dykes to protect the town from the ruthlessness of the ocean but over which the music of the waves traveled.
In 1887 John J. Hummel came with his parents to America and settled in Muskegon, Michigan, where the father engaged in agriculture. In the public schools of that city John Hummel acquired his education, which was supplemented by much home study, and during this time he also assisted his father in his agricultural pursuits. For a period of ten years following his school course in Muskegon he continued to work on the home farm, also learned the printer's trade, and developed, from the natural bent of his mind, a great interest in sociological, economic, philosophic, theological and scientific problems. Subse- quently he went to Chicago and later to Davenport, Iowa. In 1907 he came to Spokane, and during his five years' residence here has, by his progress, proven what can be accomplished by conserving all energies and expending them in the special work where lies one's greatest ability.
JOHN J. HUMMEL
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Mr. Hummel is now numbered among the inventors of the land of his adop- tion. When a youth battling with and trying to, solve the mysteries of typesetting, the idea of inventing a machine to fill a very evident need originated, and since its birth he has devoted much time to the study of typesetting and typecasting machines, and the result is the multitype, which many printers believe to be the ideal typesetting machine of the immediate future, it differing from the linotype and monotype in that it accomplishes by machine work what has heretofore been done by hand in most printing establishments. The multitype machine promises to be of great commercial value. It has a field of its own and is demonstrating how thousands of dollars can be saved annually with also great economy in time and labor. When the inventor realized the worth of his product he interested prominent printers and machinists in the invention and a company was formed and a trial machine built. Subsequently the Multitype Machine Company was incorporated for one million dollars with John J. Hummel as president, but the capital stock has since been increased to ten million dollars. The experimental shop which the company now operates was installed in 1910, but plans are now being made to expand their works in order to facilitate the manufacture of their larger machines. Remarkable certainly has been the evolution of the printing industry since the epochal day Laurens Coster dropped his hand-carved letter on the sand and by its impression gained the first idea of reproducing manu- scripts with movable type.
Mr. Hummel has kept his mind and time so occupied he has found no oppor- tunity to affiliate with any lodge or club. He is unmarried, his parents at pres- ent making their home with him. He holds membership in the First Presbyterian church of Spokane. In his political views he is a near socialist, his naturally analytic mind being impressed with the problems of the capitalist's oppression of the laboring man and his consequent resistance. His vote is always given to the party working for the betterment of social relations.
Although still a comparatively young man he has made good use of his years, depending upon no outside aid or circumstances but exerting his powers to the utmost, always on the alert for improvement, never regarding any attainment as final but rather as a starting point for further achievement.
CHARLES M. CREGO.
Charles M. Crego, secretary of the William Musser Lumber & Manufacturing Company at Montgomery and Pearl streets, Spokane, was born in Woodstock, Illi- nois, August 24, 1855, a son of George and Adelaide Crego of that place, his father devoting his energies to farming in that district When he had mastered the course of instruction in the public schools of Woodstock the son was sent to Cornell Col- lege at Mount Vernon, Illinois, but did not complete the full course there. After leaving college he entered the lumber business in southern Iowa and, acquainting himself with the trade in all of its departments, has since made continuous progress in that field of activity. In 1880 he became secretary and manager of the Lewis Lumber Company with headquarters at Centerville, Iowa, and his identification with the lumber trade of Spokane dates from January, 1903, at which time the
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William Musser Lumber & Manufacturing Company was organized. He has been the secretary and general manager of the business since that time and has contrib- uted in substantial measure to its success. On the 21st of August, 1910, their plant at Spokane was destroyed by fire, since which time they have dealt principally in timber, handling large properties. In addition to his lumber interests Mr. Crego is president of the Washington Land & Irrigation Company which has developed a tract of fruit orchards covering about twelve hundred acres. He is also the secretary and manager of the Cameron Lumber Company, Limited, and a trustee of the Roach Timber Company. All these profit by his energy and determination, which are ever a stimulus to any enterprise with which he became connected.
In June, 1908, Mr. Crego was united in marriage to Miss Lydia E. Aholtz, of Spokane. He has never been active in politics. He is a Mason and has attained high rank in the fraternity as is indicated by the fact that he now holds member- ship in El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Spokane Club and during the years of his residence here has made consecutive progress along busi- ness lines which will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny. His efforts have at no time been such as required disguise for he has ever followed constructive measures in the conduct of his business and is willing to meet fair competition and win hi's success through merit.
LEWIS R. STRITESKY.
Among Spokane's architects who have been prominently connected with the building interests and improvement of the city during the past decade, is Lewis R. Stritesky, who arrived here in 1892. He is now practicing his profession as a partner of Francis P. Rooney, a connection which has been maintained since 1909. He was born in Racine county, Wisconsin, February 24, 1866, and is a son of John and Katherine (Dostal) Stritesky. His father was a farmer of Wisconsin, and in the public schools of his native county the son pursued his education. He afterward attended the University of Illinois, remaining a student there during the years of 1889 and 1890, his time being given to the mastery of the architectural course. He afterward went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he put his theoretical train- ing to the practical test in two years' service in the office of the leading architects of that city. In 1892 he arrived in Spokane and for some years was connected with W. A. Ritchie as a follower of his profession. He also spent several years in British Columbia, where he engaged in mining operations and in 1902 returned to Spokane, where he practiced his profession alone until 1904. He was then joined by R. C. Sweatt, in a partnership relation under the firm name of Stritesky & Sweatt, and they were accorded a large clientage that made their business a very successful one. Among some of the principal buildings which they designed was the Schade Brewery, the Shoshone county courthouse at Wallace, Idaho, and the Westminster apartments of Spokane. In 1906 this firm was dissolved and Mr. Stritesky practiced his profession alone until 1909, when he formed a partnership with Francis P. Rooney which exists at the present time. They have a large clientele and their business gained for them recognition as leading architects of the city. Mr. Stritesky is also secretary of the Schade Brewing Company, which position he has occupied since its organization in 1903.
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Fraternally Mr. Stritesky is connected with Spokane Lodge, No. 31, F. & A. M. His home relations have been of a most pleasant nature until in May, 1908, death deprived him of his wife. It was on the 22d of August, 1906, in Spokane, that he married Miss Meldora Ice, a daughter of James K. Ice, of Champaign county, Illi- nois. Mrs. Stritesky was also an architect, having graduated from the architectural school of the University of Illinois, and devoted her attention to the profession after coming to Spokane. She died in May, 1908, leaving a daughter, Mildred Nellie. Mr. Stritesky resides at No. 2024 West Ninth avenue, which residence was erected by him in 1906.
JOHN M. GLEESON.
John M. Gleeson, attorney at law, with office in the Lindelle building, was born in Dubuque, Iowa, April 4, 1871, a son of John and Margaret (Reil) Gleeson of that city. His father was a prosperous farmer of Iowa, but during the early boy- hood of his son John he disposed of his interests in that state and removed to Cham- berlain, South Dakota, where he still resides, while Mrs. Gleeson passed away in 1907. He has been somewhat active in public life there, serving at one time as judge of the municipal court.
In the public schools of Chamberlain, John M. Gleason pursued his education until graduated from the high school, when he took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for a short time. He came to Spokane in 1890 where he engaged in school teaching for a few years and during this period devoted his leisure hours to the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1894 and in 1896 opened offices himself and has successfully followed his chosen profession since.
In politics Mr. Gleeson is a progressive republican but has never sought nor held public office. In June, 1899, he was married to Miss Maude M. Nolan, a daughter of James and Susan Nolan, of Spokane, and they have two sons: Harold, who is a pupil in the public schools ; and William.
ALGERNON O. COLBURN.
Algernon O. Colburn, engaged in the practice of law in Spokane, came to this city in June, 1910, and is yet a young man who has won recognition as one of the rising and progressive attorneys of this city. He was born in Minneapolis, Minne- sota, April 4, 1884, and is a son of Chester J. and Annette (Osmer) Colburn. His father was a grain merchant who operated elevators and conducted important transactions in connection with the grain trade. In his native city the son entered the public schools, mastered the work of the various grades in the high school and subsequently entered the University of Minnesota, where he pursued both an academic and law course, being graduated in 1908 with the degree of B. L. When taking his university course he was a member of the inter-collegiate debating team and as such represented his school with honor on various occasions. He was then admitted to the bar and engaged in practice for two years in his native city but believed that the rapidly growing Pacific coast country offered better opportunities
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to young men and in June, 1910, arrived in Spokane, where he has since made his home. During the two years of his residence here he has continuously progressed in his profession and his ability has won him recognition as an able attorney.
Mr. Colburn is a republican in politics but has never aspired to public office. However he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, regarding it as the duty as well as the privilege of every man to exercise his right of franchise. He is associated with the Delta Chi fraternity and belongs to the Spokane Bar Association, the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club and the First Presbyterian church, associations which indicate the nature of his interests and his activities.
ISAAC CHASE LIBBY.
Isaac Chase Libby is a teacher of ancient languages and head of the department in the Lewis and Clark high school of Spokane, in which connection he has contrib- uted much toward maintaining the high standard of education which has given to this city a school system of which her residents have every reason to be proud. He was born at Cornish, Maine, March 1, 1852, and is a brother of Dr. George W. Libby, in whose sketch on another page of this work is given something of their ancestral history. His early education was acquired in the public schools of Cum- berland county, Maine, and when eighteen years of age he entered the Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill, Maine, where he completed his college preparatory work. He then entered the old Wesleyan University at Middletown, Connecticut, from which he was graduated three years later with the Bachelor of Arts degree. He made his own way through college, his labors during vacation periods largely pro- viding him with necessary funds. He afterward engaged in teaching school and then accepted a position as assistant superintendent of the Maine State Reform School at Cape Elizabeth, Maine. After three months' service in that position he returned to the Wesleyan University and finished that year in post-graduate work in the classics and in physics. In 1876 he was elected vice principal of the high school of Middletown, Connecticut, where he remained for two years, and in 1878 became principal, also serving in that capacity for two years. In 1880 he accepted a position as principal of the high school of Great Falls, New Hampshire, serving during 1880 and 1881. His family continued to reside in Middletown, Connecticut, to which place he returned in the latter year and engaged in private tutoring for about a year. During that period he was also pastor of the Methodist church in West Rocky Hill, Connecticut, a suburb of Hartford.
During his college days Professor Libby became a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and in 1878 his alma mater conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree. In the summer of 1882 he was directed by the late Bishop E. G. Andrews to come to Spokane and take the presidency of the old Spokane College, which was then in the process of construction. While serving there he was also pastor of the First Methodist church, acting as its first pastor after it became a separate charge. For two years, from 1884 to 1886, he and his wife conducted the Spokane English and Classical School, a private institution. Owing to the failure of bis health he then resumed farm life, in which he continued from 1886 to 1897, but in the meantime served as superintendent of schools of Spokane county for two years, from 1889
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to 1891. In 1887 he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land in the north- eastern part of Spokane, including what is now known as Hay's Park and Broadview addition. In 1897 he accepted the position of teacher of Latin and Greek in the Spokane high school. On the 1st of January, 1902, he was elected- teacher of Latin, German and history in the State Normal School at Cheney, serving through the remainder of the year, after which he was elected for the coming year. How- ever, at the request of the city superintendent of schools of Spokane he returned to this city and was made head of the department of ancient languages of the high school, which position he holds today.
Professor Libby was married July 25, 1877, to Miss Martha E. Libby, of Westbrook, Maine, a daughter of C. Edwin and Anne (Cobb) Libby. They have four children: Mary L., the wife of Rev. John L. Carpenter, of Spokane; Ruth R., an accomplished pianist, now of Anaconda, Montana; Laura M., the wife of John W. Corliss, of Walla Walla; and Paul T., of Spokane. Professor Libby has never been identified with politics in any way except as county superintendent of schools, as above stated, and does not belong to any clubs. He is, however, a member of Tyrian Lodge, No. 96, F. & A. M .; the Sons of the American Revolution; the Phi Nu Theta, a college fraternity more commonly known as the Eclectic; and the Spokane branch of the Archaeological Institute of America, of which he has been secretary-treasurer since its establishment in 1909. He is a member of the Union Park Methodist church and a member of the official board in the capacity of steward and local preacher. In 1896, as a lay delegate from Spokane, he attended the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church held in Cleveland, Ohio. His life has been a serviceable one in the world. He has ever been actuated by high purposes, has always striven to reach lofty ideals and in the profession of teaching has contributed much to the intellectual progress of the communities in which he has labored.
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