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Dr. Cole is not a member of any fraternal organization or club. When not busy with his professional duties which, however, are constantly increasing in volume and importance, he prefers to spend his time with his family. He was mar- ried in December, 1903, to Miss Edith M. Potter, a daughter of J. M. Potter, of Woodward, Iowa, who was one of the pioneer physicians of that place, where he passed away about ten years ago. Dr. and Mrs. Cole have a son, Kenneth, who was born in 1909 and is the light and life of the household. They reside at East 1004 Walton avenue and have gained a wide acquaintance during the period of their residence in Spokane.
E. T. LEMKE.
E. T. Lemke, who devotes his energies to the real-estate business in which he has been actively engaged in Spokane for the past three years, is a native of Wis- consin of German extraction as the name would suggest. He was born in Merrill on the 6th of June, 1886, and is a son of Ernest and Wilhelmina (Zuelsdorff) Lemke, who were born and reared in Germany. The father was in the army of his native country for seven years, having entered the service in 1864 and been mustered out in 1871, and during that time participated in some notable conflicts. He is still living, but the mother passed away in February, 1908.
The boyhood and youth of E. T. Lemke were passed on a farm in his native state, where he was early trained to assist with the work of the fields and care of the stock. In the acquirement of his education he attended the public schools until he was twelve, after which he spent a year in the German school. At the expiration of that time he laid aside his text-books and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits for three years. During that period he decided that he pre- ferred a business to an agricultural career, so he left the farm and entered a general store in Merrill, being identified with this enterprise for two years. That he manifested unusual sagacity and capability in the discharge of his duties is evidenced by the fact that in 1904, at the age of cightcen years, he was made as- sistant manager of Cohen Brothers store at Merrill. He remained in their employ until the spring of 1906, when he made a most advantageous change and went on the road as traveling salesman for a Chicago house. His entire life had been spent in the community where he had been born, and although he was bright and clever and was most observing, this position afforded him wonderful possibilities for de- velopment by bringing him in contact with an infinite variety of personalities, while
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his mental faculties were constantly on the alert to meet new arguments and dif- ferent conditions. He continued in this position until December, 1908, when he resigned in order to assume the management of the shoe department of Wilson Brothers store at Kalispell, Montana. In April, 1909, he likewise withdrew from this and in May of that year came to Spokane. He is too ambitious and enterpris- ing a man to be satisfied to remain in the employ of others, so, soon after locating here he engaged in the real-estate business for himself. Although he has been fol- lowing this for but three years, he has made a very good start and has every reason to feel highly encouraged, as his past achievements assure his future snc- cess. During the period of his residence here, Mr. Lemke has acquired some very good realty holdings and is now the owner of several fine pieces of city property and he also owns forty acres of mining land in Stevens county, this state.
At St. Paul, Minnesota, on the 19th of December, 1907, Mr. Lemke was united in marriage to Miss Emma Kraft, and to them has been born one child, Clifford.
Ever since granted the right of franchise upon the attainment of his majority, Mr. Lemke has given his political support to such men and measures as he deems best qualified to subserve the interests of the majority irrespective of party affilia- tion. He is energetic and progressive in his methods, possessing the indomitable spirit and determination of purpose that invariably brings success and is meeting with prosperity in the pursuit of his present business.
CHARLES EDWARD GROVE, M. D.
The state of Washington, with its pulsing industrial activities and rapid devel- opment, has attracted within its confines men of marked ability and high character in the various professional lines, and in this way progress has been conserved and social stability fostered. He whose name introduces this review has gained rec- ognition as one of the able and successful physicians of Spokane and by his labors, his high professional attainment and his sterling characteristics has justified the respect and confidence in which he is held by the medical profession and the local public.
Pennsylvania claims Dr. Grove as one of her native sons, his birth having oc- curred in New Britain, that state, on the 12th of August, 1863, his parents being Charles R. and Louisa (Cadwallader) Grove, the former a prominent farmer of that locality. At the usual age the son entered the public schools and subsequently continued his education in the English and Classical Seminary of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated with the class of 1880. He also at- tended Bucknell University of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, for a time, and subse- quently pursued a classical course in the University of Michigan, being numbered among its alumni of 1887. He also began the study of medicine there but com- pleted his preparation for the profession in Hahnemann Medical College in Phila- delphia with the class of 1889. During this time he also attended clinics at the University of Pennsylvania and Jefferson Medical College. From the outset he has remained a close student of his profession, keeping in constant touch with the progress that is being made through the perusal of modern contributions to medical literature, while every three years he returns east, where he pursnes a post-grad-
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uate course in surgery. He has specialized considerable in that department of practice, although he has continued as a practitioner of medicine since coming to Spokane in 1889. His business has constantly grown and he is now president of the staff of St. Luke's Hospital, while a large private practice makes constant demand upon his time and energies. He served six years as a member of the state medical examining board and he belongs to the Spokane Medical Society, while of the State Homeopathic Medical Society he is president.
On the 18th of April, 1889, Dr. Grove was married to Miss Elizabeth Laning, a daughter of M. B. Laning of Unionville, Pennsylvania. His social nature finds its expression in his membership in the Spokane Club, the Spokane Country club and the Inland Club. He is prominent in Masonry and has been honored with various local offices in the order, being a past master of Oriental Lodge, No. 74, F. & A. M .; a past master of Albert G. Mackey Lodge of Perfection, No. 8, A. A. S. R .; a past master of Cascade Chapter of Rose Croix; a member of Oriental Consistory, No. 2, S. P. R. S .; and of El Katif Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He has likewise been honored with the thirty-third degree which is bestowed only in recognition of superior service rendered to the order. His life has been quietly passed in devo- tion to his duty and he is now an extremely busy and successful practitioner who in his expressions concerning his brethren of the profession is friendly and in- dulgent.
ENOCH E. ENGDAHL.
Enoch E. Engdahl, president of the Spokane Sash & Door Company, is one of the enterprising and capable citizens that Sweden has furnished Spokane. His natal day was the 23d of October, 1874, and his parents P. J. and Christina (Johnson) Engdahl. The father is still living but the mother passed away in 1904.
Enoch E. Engdahl was reared in his native land to the age of fifteen years, and there pursued his education in the national schools. Several years before leaving the old country he spent his vacations in a sash and door factory, where he first became familiar with the business he is now engaged in. In 1889 he left the land of his birth and came to America in search of a fortune, first locating in Minne- apolis, Minnesota. During the succeeding five and a half years he worked for various lumber companies in the latter city, and at the end of that time went to Blue Earth, that state, to assume the management of a lumber factory, serving in that capacity for two and a half years. At the time of the Spanish-American war, in 1898, he enlisted in Company M, Twelfth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry and went to the front. After receiving his discharge, he located at Rock Island, Illinois, and engaged in the lumber business until 1901. He had long felt that the northwest afforded excellent opportunities to enterprising and ambitious young men, so in the latter year he located in Spokane. During the first year of his residence here he was superintendent of the Spokane-Idaho Lumber Company, but he subsequently organized the Post Falls Sash & Door Company. Six months later this enterprise was destroyed by fire, after which he organized the Spokane Sash & Door Company. He has ever since been president and manager of this industry, and under his capable direction it has become one of the well established
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and thriving activities of the city. In addition to his extensive interest in this enter- prise, Mr. Engdahl is president of the Gardeng Investment Company, which is incorporated for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars paid-up capital stock and owns a large portion of the stock of the Spokane Sash & Door Company. When he first came here ten dollars represented the entire capital of Mr. Engdahl, and in the intervening ten years he has not only acquired large and profitable business interests but he holds the title to three hundred and twenty acres of fine farming land in Stevens county, this state. He deserves much commendation for his achieve- ments, as the prosperity that has crowned his efforts is the result of his own un- aided effort. He is a capable man of progressive and enterprising methods, whose faith in his own abilities enables him to inspire confidence in others and win their cooperation. His clear judgment, foresight and determination of purpose have been his principal asset and have formed the dominant factors in his success.
At Minneapolis, Minnesota, on the 5th of January, 1900, Mr. Engdahl was united in marriage to Miss Anna G. Johnson, and they have become the parents of three children, Evelyn, Carl and Donald.
The family affiliate with the Lutheran church. Fraternally Mr. Engdahl has attained the rank of the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and also belongs to El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise identified with Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E. He was vicegerent snark of the Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoos for two years for the eastern district of Washington and refused the third term on account of business reasons. He also was grand president of the Scandinavian Brotherhood of America in 1909 and 1910, and is now deputy supreme president for the Inland Empire. His connection with organizations of a more purely social nature is confined to his membership in the Spokane Club, and he is an honorable non-resident member of the Swedish Club of Seattle. The political support of Mr. Engdahl is given to the republican party, but he does not prominently participate in municipal affairs. He is a man of very simple tastes, does not care for society but is very much attached to his home and family. During the period of his residence here he has made many friends, as he possesses the qualities that enable him to compel and retain the esteem of those who meet him in either a business or social way.
EDGAR E. K. SCHMITT.
Edgar E. K. Schmitt was born in Detroit, Michigan, on July 27, 1877. His grandfather. John Schmitt, coming to Detroit from Germany at the age of seven, as a boy worked for the Detroit Free Press, later engaging in the grocery business. He served for several terms as president of the common council of that city. Mr. Schmitt's father, Ernest L. Schmitt, also a native of Detroit was for two terms presi- dent of the board of estimates of Detroit. He died in 1887 being survived by his wife, who was Felicitas Kent of Pittsburg, a grand niece of General Burgoyne, and is now living in Spokane with her son.
Edgar E. K. Schmitt received his education at the Detroit Jesuit College, now called the University of Detroit. Leaving school to engage in the undertaking busi-
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ness he became associated with the firm of P. Blake & Sons, of Detroit, Michigan. In April, 1899, he came west and engaged in the hotel business opening the Hotel Cadillac on Riverside avenue in July of the same year. In 1902, in partnership with W. G. Madison, he promoted the Bodie mine on Torado creek in Okanogan county. Since then he has been engaged in the real-estate business and is secretary and treasurer of the Continental Land Company, owners of West Point Heights ad- dition to Spokane.
On January 22, 1902, Mr. Schmitt married Miss Emma P. Case of Detroit, Michigan, youngest daughter of S. W. D. Case, a building contractor of that city and a veteran of the Civil war, having served as a member of the First Michigan Cavalry.
Mr. and Mrs. Schmitt have two children, Beatrice and Urban. The family are members of St. Aloysius Roman Catholic church, and Mr. Schmitt is a charter mem- ber of Spokane Council, Knights of Columbus, and the Royal Arcanum, of which he has been secretary for the past seven years. He is also a member of the Spo- kane Ad Men's Association. His time and efforts can be counted upon when the welfare and material development of the Spokane country are being conserved. He is yet a comparatively young man but has steadily advanced in business, thus indicating the possession of qualities which bring him a creditable place in busi- ness circles.
THOMAS HOOKER.
Thomas Hooker, a prominent representative of journalistic interests in the north- west, well known as manager of the Spokane Chronicle, and equally well known as the advocate and supporter of many measures and movements which have been es- sential factors in the development and progress of this section of the country, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, January 10, 1848. His education was acquired in the public schools and an academy of that state and of Massachusetts, and in 1867, when nineteen years of age, he made his way to the middle west, settling first at Des Moines, Iowa, where he formed a partnership with his cousin, the Hon. E. H. Gillette, and opened up and developed one of the large grain and stock farms of that part of the state. In addition to his agricultural interests he served as deputy revenue collector of internal revenue in the sixth Iowa district, with headquarters at Des Moines, from 1885 until 1889.
In August of the latter year Mr. Hooker arrived in Washington and entered into active connection with the Chronicle in June of the following year, soon after the paper was published by J. J. Browne. He became its circulation solicitor and afterward filled the positions of cashier and business manager, thus gradually work- ing his way upward to his present position as manager. He applies solid business principles to the conduct of the paper and its success in recent years is attributable in large measure to his efforts and ability.
In 1872 Mr. Hooker was united in marriage to Miss Mary Louise Denison, of Denison, Iowa, and unto them have been born five children. Edward Hooker, their eldest son, is a graduate of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, of Troy, New York, and is now engaged in business in New York city. Harold Hooker is a graduate of
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the University of Washington and is president of the Spokane Concrete Company of this city. Arthur is a graduate of the Washington State College and is now secretary of the National Irrigation Congress, which held its nineteenth session re- cently in Chicago. William G., the youngest of the four sons, was a student in the Washington State College and is now a member of and in the employ of The Spo- kane Concrete Company. The only daughter of the family is Helen Hooker, a graduate of the Spokane high school and a student of the School of Fine Arts at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut.
CHARLES BURGESS DUNNING.
In the public life of the community as well as in business circles Charles Burgess Dunning has figured prominently in Spokane, where he is now fully oc- cupied in looking after his invested interests and also has been for the last four- teen years general agent for the Greenwood Cemetery Association with offices in the Mohawk building. He was born at Smithville, New York, January 16, 1839, his parents being John and Ellen (Mckay) Dunning, both of whom were natives of Scotland whence in early life they came to America, settling in New York. They were early residents of the section of the state in which they took up their abode and thus became associated with its development and progress.
Their son Charles pursued his early education in the district schools and after- ward attended the Cincinnatus Academy of Cortland county, New York. He had all arrangements made to complete his education in Hamilton College but the Civil war broke out and, feeling that his first duty was toward his country, he put aside all personal considerations and offered his aid in behalf of the union cause, being assigned to Company C of the Eighth New York Volunteer Cavalry, with which he served from 1862 until mustered out after the close of hostilities on the 7th of June, 1865. He participated in many of the hotly contested engagements and never faltered in the face of danger but valiantly stood at his post whether on the firing line or engaged in lonely sentinel duty. He was in the battles of Mary's Heights, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Winchester, Cedar Creek and Appomattox. He was also with Sheridan at Five Forks. He sustained a severe wound in the cavalry engagement at Bran- dith's Station near Culpeper, Virginia, which necessitated remaining in the hospital from August, 1863, until March, 1864.
When the war was over and the country no longer needed his aid Mr. Dun- ning returned to his home town with a most creditable military record and took up the duties of civil life as a farmer. Later he turned his attention to the profession of teaching as principal of a school at MeDonough, New York, where he remained several years, but ill health caused him to seek a change of climate in the west and in 1880 he arrived in Washington, first taking up his abode at Walla Walla. Later he began farming in the Palouse country and in 1886 arrived in Spokane, where for a quarter of a century he has made his home. While Mr. Dunning has been extensively connected with business interests, important public service has also claimed his attention. He has been a helpful factor in promoting the up- building and progress of the city in many ways and his labors in office have always
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been an element for law and order. for reform and improvement. After coming to the west he took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1890. He was then elected judge of the police court, which position he filled for four years. He also served as a member of the city council for two years and exercised his official prerogative in that connection in support of many measures that have worked for the general good in Spokane. His political allegiance has always been given to the republican party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He is now actively connected with real-estate and mining interests as president of the Pittsburg Mining Company and as a member of the firm of Stocker & Dunning, general agents for the Greenwood Cemetery Association.
On April 23, 1867, Mr. Dunning was married in McDonough, New York, to Miss Josephine Hiller, a daughter of William and Abiah (Warren) Hiller, of that place. They became the parents of four children but William H., the eldest, is now deceased. The others are: Dr. Joseph Warren Dunning, of this city; Amata and Marie E., who reside with their parents. Mr. Dunning has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1867 and his membership is now with Spokane Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M. He is more widely known, however, through his con- nection with the Grand Army of the Republic. His local relation is with Sedgwick Post and in 1906 he was elected commander of the department of Washington and Alaska. His wife is now president of the Women's Relief Corps for the depart- ment of Washington and Alaska and thus both have had the highest honors that the Grand Army of the Republic and its organization in this state can bestow- honors which they have well merited because of their devotion to the society. Mr. Dunning has spent much of the last few years in travel abroad and has recently completed a year's trip around the world. His entire life is characterized by pro- gress. His mind has ever been receptive to the lessons which life has to teach and his intellect has been constantly broadened through reading, investigation and travel which, after all, are the best teachers. For the past twenty-three years he has most satisfactorily filled the position of president of the board of trustees of the Unitarian church, which office he at present holds. Success has attended him in business ventures, making possible his enjoyment of those things which count for progress and pleasure in the world and in his trips abroad he has gained com- prehensive knowledge of the lands and peoples of the new world, their customs, their art and their history.
EDWARD WHITSON.
On the list of prominent men who have been the builders of Spokane and pro- moters of her greatness appears the name of Judge Edward Whitson, and no name is spoken of in terms of higher respect and honor, for he maintained a position as one of the most capable jurists of the northwest, as a citizen whose public record was without guile and as a man who in every relation of life courageously and willingly performed the duties that devolved upon him. His record is indeed a credit to this section of the country and none was found more loyal to the interests and welfare of the northwest than Judge Whitson. He was born in Linn county, Oregon, Octo- ber 6, 1852, the year following the arrival of his parents, who had made the long
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journey over the plains and through the mountain pass from Indiana to the coast. They had been early settlers of the state from which they came and were well fitted to cope with the conditions of pioneer life in Oregon. The father, Benjamin F. Whitson, was descended from Olive Wesley, a sister of John and Charles Wesley, the distinguished founders of Methodism and while a resident of Indiana married Eliza J. Brandon, who was born in that state although her parents were natives of Virginia and it is said belonged to some of the oldest families there. The grand- father was a minister of the Methodist denomination.
The educational system had been developed to only a limited degree during the boyhood days of Judge Whitson, who, however, made good use of time and oppor- tunities while attending the public schools and later he became a student in the Willamette University, in which he completed the work of the junior year and graduated later from the Christian College at Monmouth, Oregon. He was a youth of about eighteen years when he came to Washington in 1870 in company with his father and brother, devoting three or four years thereafter to stockraising in the Kittitas valley. While never neglectful of any duty his ambition reached out to broader fields and with desire to enter upon the study of law he sought occupation that would give him opportunity for preparation for the bar. Knowing that he would have to provide for his support while engaging in his law studies, he sought election to the office of auditor of Yakima county and received the indorsement of his fellow townsmen at the polls. He filled that position in 1875 and 1876 and was then elected to the territorial legislature, representing his district in the lower house for one term. While in office he utilized every available moment for the study of law, yet neglected not in the slightest degree the duties that devolved upon him as a public official. In July, 1878, he was admitted to the bar and entered upon active practice in Yakima City, where he followed his profession until 1885, when he removed with the town to North Yakima and at that time was elected its first mayor. That his administration was progressive, beneficial, businesslike and eco- nomical is indicated by the fact that he was twice reelected to that position. At the same time he was making progress in his law practice, demonstrating his ability to successfully cope with the intricate problems of jurisprudence. He early became associated with the late John B. Allen, who far a long time was United States pros- ecuting attorney, practicing under the firm style of Allen & Whitson although Mr. Allen was not a resident of Yakima county. Later Mitchell Gilliam was admitted to the firm after having read law in their office, and the style of Allen, Whitson & Gil- liam was then assumed. Fred Parker, who was also a law student of the firm, was afterward admitted to a partnership and his name added to that of the other three partners. After Judge Gilliam removed to Ellensburg and Mr. Allen was elected to congress the firm became Whitson & Parker and so remained until March 14, 1905, when Judge Whitson was appointed to the bench whereon he served until his death. There was considerable opposition to the division of the state into two judicial districts by a north and south line, as it was realized that this arrangement would not divide the court business as equally as could have been done by a line from east to west. Had the latter plan been pursued the court of admiralty cases and of these growing out of the relations of the great corporations engaged in the lumber and mining industries in the western portion of the state with each other and with transportation lines, would have been given to the new district. How- ever, Judge Whitson's time was fully occupied after he ascended the bench. When
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