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than an ordinary interest in the welfare and success of the companies who have employed him. He is interested in mining property and is treasurer of the Oreana, secretary of the Comet and treasurer of the Trade Dollar. Mr. Hare has the ad- vantage of a knowledge of his business acquired in the school of actual experience, for, beginning in clerical positions when a youth, he has served in various capacities until he has reached the high position of cashier of the Bank of Commerce. When such training as his is coupled with a gift of initiative, together with irreproach- able ethics and a fine consideration for associates, success is bound to follow. In the field of finance he has proven his worth and ability and enjoys in the fullest measure the esteem of those with whom he associates.
On the 25th of September, 1892, Mr. Hare was married, at Lamont, Iowa, to Miss Ruby Field, a daughter of Willard B. and Julia Field, both of whom were natives of Illinois. The father's death occurred in Spokane in 1902 and the mother is still residing in this city. They were descendants of prominent and old American families and Mr. Field was a prominent man in the state affairs of Washington, having served as senator from Stevens and Spokane counties. Mr. and Mrs. Field were the parents of seven children: Ruby, Orin, Fred, Willard, Alice Bungay, Mary and Bernice. To Mr. and Mrs. Hare four children have been born, Bernice, Helen, Dorothy and Maurice.
Mr. Hare gives his political support to the republican party, believing that the principles and policies offered by the platforms of that organization are best suited to conserve good government. He is at present serving as treasurer of the city of Wallace.
CHARLES HEMINWAY JONES.
Time was when the history of the country largely consisted of the record of its wars and of the conquests in which adjoining tribes or nations were subjugated and their lands claimed to be colonized by the victorious nation. The trend of civilization is indicated in the fact that history today is the record of the conquests not of man over man but of mind over matter-utilization of natural resources, the development of business enterprises and the establishment of commercial and indus- trial undertakings which will meet the needs of the race. Today the great work of empire building is being carried on in the northwest and those who are most effective factors in the development of that great section of the country are the business men who have planted the seeds of trade and commerce and are bringing these to frui- tion. In this connection Charles H. Jones is deserving of more than passing mention because of the large paint manufacturing business which he has built up, with its ramifying trade interests reaching to various sections of the northwest. He belongs to that class of men who, born and reared in the east, recognized the fact that the undeveloped west furnished opportunities far in advance of any to be secured in the older settled sections of the country. His birth occurred in Boston, July 25, 1868, and the ancestral history of the family is traced back to the Revolu- tionary period. His father, Melville D. Jones, also a native of Boston, was for many years in the ornamental iron business and was a prominent and influential resident of Summerville, a town just out of Boston. He served as a member of the
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city council there and did much in shaping the public policy of the place and also was a member of the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature. At the time of the Civil war he became a member of the Seventh Massachusetts Volunteers and went with that command into Washington when the call was made for troops. He continued at the front for three years and then reenlisted for nine months, being stationed at Suffolk, Virginia, during his second term of enlistment. He married Katherine Foster Lovett, also a native of Boston, who had a brother that served in the same regiment with her husband in the war between the states. The Lovett family is of English origin but was established in America prior to the war for inde- pendence. Mrs. Jones still makes her home in her native city but in 1910 death deprived her of her husband. In the family were three sons and a daughter: Mel- ville F. Jones; Frederick G. Jones, who succeeded to his father's business in Boston; and Katherine M. Jones, who is living with her mother in that city.
The other member of the family is Charles H. Jones, who was educated in the public schools of Summerville and afterward spent one year in connection with the wholesale shoe trade of Boston. On the expiration of that period he made his initial step in a line of business which has since claimed his attention, securing a position with the Wadsworth Howland Company, the largest paint house then and now in New England. He thus spent a year and a half in Boston, after which the firm opened a branch house in Chicago, to which he was transferred. A year later he was sent upon the road as a traveling salesman, his territory covering Wiscon- sin, the northern peninsula of Michigan and a few towns in eastern Minnesota. He traveled for two years, at the end of which time he entered into partnership relations with R. C. Dillingham for the conduct of a paint business on their own account. In the previous summer-1889-Mr. Jones had visited the coast to look for a location. He went to Seattle first but could not make satisfactory arrange- ments there and continued on his way to Spokane. Arriving in the night, he at once visited the down-town district and immediately wrote to his partner that it looked to him more like the kind of a location they wished than anything he had thus far seen. Further investigation by daylight the following morning made him sure of it and accordingly they determined to locate here. The day was Friday and the following day Mr. Jones left Spokane for Helena, Montana. On the suc- ceeding day word reached him that the greater part of the business district and not a little of the residence district of Spokane had been wiped out by fire so that the firm decided to wait for a time before locating here and watch for developments.
The new city sprang Phoenix-like from the ashes and in November, 1889, the firm of Jones & Dillingham came to Spokane to cast in their lot with the business men already established here. They immediately secured a location on First avenue, between Mill and Howard streets, and remained there for one year, after which they removed to Riverside avenue. In 1893 George Lawman erected for them a four-story building on Sprague avenue, which they occupied until June, 1899, when they removed to their present location at Nos. 713 and 715 First avenue. Early in their career the members of the firm had become convinced that to carry on the paint trade in the right manner they should own their own factory and manufacture their own product. Accordingly, in 1892 they established the first successful paint factory in the state of Washington and extending their activities they also had the first plant for bevelling plate glass, which department is still successfully in operation. The paint factory of Jones & Dillingham is the largest
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in the state and supplies all of the territory east of the mountains, also doing busi- ness in Boise, Idaho, and shipping goods to points below Portland, Oregon. They have also done considerable missionary work in trade circles in the past few years, going into new territory where the benefits accruing were small, but recog- nizing the fact that the geographical location of Spokane is bound to make it the great distributing center for this region, they have planned to become well estab- lished in the trade and win a wide acquaintance that will enable them to meet the demands of business as the growth of the country increases. To their line of goods they have constantly added and as the result of the growth in their trade their manufacture has increased from six to tenfold. Mr. Jones believes firmly that the country is only in its infancy and that the population will be far greater in a short space of time. On that belief the company is shaping its business policy, for they claim that Spokane has not only all of the advantages of the east but also many that the east has not and that as soon as the freight situation is once untangled, the result will be a great increase in Spokane's population. The firm does not fear competition but invites it, for they have found this has a tendency to advance Spokane as a jobbing center and increases business in all lines. In addition to his other interests Mr. Jones is a director of the Western Union Life Insurance Com- pany but concentrates his energies most largely upon the paint business, which has been developed along substantial and progressive lines, bringing gratifying results.
Mr. Jones has been married twice. In 1895 he wedded Miss Ada G. Van Ness, and unto them were born two children, Clara and Henry L., both of whom are attending the public schools. Mrs. Jones died here in 1901. Later Mr. Jones married Miss Mary T. Davidson, sister of W. T. Davidson, secretary of the Spokane Inland Railroad Company and a member of a prominent St. Louis family. Mr. Jones is a republican in his political views and has never failed to exercise his voting privilege. At one time he was a member of the cavalry troop of Spokane, which has now disbanded. His interests and the line of his recreation are indicated in the fact that he belongs to the Elks Lodge, the Spokane Club, the Spokane Country Club, the Coeur d'Alene Boat Club, of which he is vice commodore, the Spokane Tennis Club and the Spokane Athletic Club. He is a typical representa- tive of the business man of the present day, alert, wide-awake, energetic, who not only studies the conditions of his specific business but also of trade in general and in making his plans, looks beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities of the future.
FRANCIS EDWARD BERTLING, M. D.
Dr. Francis Edward Bertling is one of the younger members of the medical fraternity in Spokane who has already achieved success that many a man of long connection with the profession might well envy. He was born on the 23d of January, 1883, in Cincinnati, a son of Henry and Mary (Torbeck) Bertling. The Bertling family are of Dutch lineage and trace their ancestry back about five hundred years, when the Bertlings were residents of Amsterdam, Holland. Both parents are living and the father is a contractor, painter and decorator and is re- siding in Cincinnati.
DR. FRANCIS E. BERTLING
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Dr. Bertling attended the public schools of Cincinnati and subsequently entered the medical department of the University of Cincinnati, which was then known as the Medical College of Ohio, from which institution he was graduated in 1905, with the degree of M. D. He was one of the honor students, taking the Professor C. R. Holmes prize in rhinology, otology and laryngology. He went immediately west, locating in Colorado, where he spent one year as physician in St. Mary's Hospital, Pueblo. Completing his duties there he went to Europe and took up post-graduate work, making a specialty of surgery. He spent six months at Vienna and subsequently studied in Berlin before returning to Cincinnati, where he again took special courses for six months. On January 2, 1908, he came to Spokane and after spending about six months in St. Luke's Hospital made a trip to Cincinnati. In November of that year he returned to Spokane and began the active practice of medicine independently. Since then he has built up a fine practice and older representatives of the profession as well as his friends predict for him a very suc- cessful future, recognizing in him the qualities which are essential to success in the work of the physician and surgeon.
On the 7th of October, 1908, Dr. Bertling was married to Miss Louise Myers, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Myers, of Cincinnati. To them one daughter, Mary Regine, has been born, her birth occurring on the 24th of Novem- ber, 1909. Although deeply interested in his profession, Dr. Bertling also takes an active part in the development of the Spokane country. He is at present the owner of some valuable land in the Priest Rapids country-which he hopes to develop along scientific and highly profitable lines. He hold membership in Spokane Lodge, No. 228, B. P. O. E., of Spokane. His residence is at No. 801 Kiernan avenue. He is popular socially as well as fraternally and thus is con- tinually extending the circle of his friends.
GEORGE H. CRANDELL.
In the spring of 1910 George H. Crandell came to Spokane but before locating here prospected all through the northwest and in Canada. His careful investiga- tion concerning the conditions and merits of different parts of the country led him finally to the decision that Spokane offered the greatest inducements and never has he found reason to change his opinion nor had cause to regret his determination to cast in his lot with the enterprising residents of the capital of the Inland Empire. He traveled inland within three hundred miles of the Arctic circle and through all the western states and the Alberta country, spending six months in acquaint- ing himself with the western portion of the country. He is now engaged in the practice of law, associated with his brother Reuben.
George H. Crandell was born in St. Clair county, Michigan, January 15, 1880, a son of John S. and Ellen A. (Learned) Crandell, and therefore of Welsh and English descent. The Rev. John Crandell who settled in Rhode Island in 1632 was the first Baptist preacher in the United States. Among his ancestors were those who served in the Revolutionary war. His grandfather and his father's only brother were both veterans of the Civil war, enlisting from Michigan. the brother becoming a member of the cavalry forces while the grandfather was colonel in
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the artillery. John S. Crandell, the father, was born in Michigan and became an attorney of Detroit, where he still practices his profession. For four years he has been states attorney. He married Ellen A. Learned who was born in Constable, New York, and is still living. Mrs. Crandell is descended from an old New Eng- land family represented in later generations in Lawrence, New York. They are direct connections of the Lees of Revolutionary fame and the ancestry is traced back to the other side of the water for the Learneds are of English origin. It is said that Mrs. Crandell is the mother of ten boys and each boy has a sister, and all are alive. The nine brothers of our subject are: Leonard W., engaged in the real-estate business in Detroit, Michigan; Reuben, practicing law in con- nection with his brother George H .; Clifton, a rancher of Michigan; John, de- partment superintendent for Chalmer's Automobile factory at Detroit, Michigan; Earl Floyd, still pursuing his education; William T., a teacher of Spokane county ; and Alger B., Hartwell L. and Russell, all students. The sister, Rachel, is in charge of the Domestic Science department of the Northwest Hospital of Minne- apolis.
George H. Crandell was educated in the common schools of Sandusky, Mich- igan, and in the State Normal College at Ypsilanti. He taught school at the age of seventeen years in the rural districts of Sanilac county, Michigan, where he spent one year, afterward becoming principal of the schools of Peck, Michigan. He had devoted two years to teaching there when he entered Ypsilanti College. After the completion of his literary course he devoted three years to preparation for his profession in the Detroit College of Law and since that time has been engaged in active practice. He was admitted to the bar at Detroit in 1905 and remained a member of the profession of that city until the early spring of 1910, when he came to the west and, as previously stated, spent six months in touring this section of the country to find what he considered would be the most advantageous and desirable location. Deciding upon Spokane he has since here made his home and has engaged in practice with his brother Reuben. They were attorneys for the defense in the famous Ash murder trial which is now before the supreme court and also the Bill Byrd murder trial. They engage in the general practice of law and are the local representatives of several mining corporations, several land com- panies and a number of the local labor unions. While still a resident of the middle west Mr. Crandell assisted in organizing the Detroit Commercial School and was director and instructor in commercial law there from 1908 until 1910.
In politics Mr. Crandell is an active and stalwart republican and while in. Mich- igan served on the state central committee as speaker through two campaigns. In the fall of 1910 he was out from the 1st of October to November 8th as a cam- paign speaker in Spokane. He is the second vice president of the Progressive Republican League and was one of the committee of fifty, active in its organization. Mr. Crandell had some military training as a member of a Detroit company of the Michigan National Guard for two years. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to Corinthian Lodge, No. 241, F. & A. M., of Detroit, and he is also still connected with the Odd Fellows of Detroit, while in Spokane he holds membership in Co- manche Tribe of Red Men and Imperial Lodge, I. O. O. F.
On the 28th of November, 1907, Mr. Crandell was married to Miss Grace Hinkle, a daughter of Henry Hinkle, a retired farmer of Hillsdale. She is de- scended from one of the Dutch families of Pennsylvania and had an uncle and
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grandfather who were participants of the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Crandell at- tend the Westminster Congregational church and although they have been resi- dents of Spokane for but a brief period they already have made many friends here, winning an enviable social position. It is a notable fact that the great majority of people who come to Spokane enter actively and heartily into the work of up- building this great Inland Empire and Mr. Crandell is no exception to the rule. The spirit of doing is prevalent here and with firm faith in the future of the city he has become an inherent factor in its life and in its progressive projects.
EUGENE BERTRAND.
More than eleven years have passed since Eugene Bertrand was called from this life but his memory is enshrined in the hearts of many who knew him. He was well known in business circles and as an advocate of progressive public measures which bore upon the material and moral welfare of this city. Moreover, he was a man of unimpeachable integrity and it has been said that "an honest man is the noblest work of God." Mr. Bertrand became a resident of this eity February 14, 1883, so that he witnessed much of its growth and progress. He was born in Wisconsin, April 26, 1848, his parents being Maxim and Orrilla (La Duke) Bertrand, who were of French descent and were natives of Vermont, whence they emigrated to Rosendale, Wisconsin, making an overland journey in 1846. The father became one of the pioneer farmers of that locality, aiding in its early development and upbuilding.
Eugene Bertrand, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, was a pupil in the public sehools and afterward attended Ripon College at Ripon, Wis- consin, devoting four years to the mastery of a course there. Liberal education well qualified him for life's responsible duties and when his college days were over he took up the occupation of farming, which he followed continuously until 1876. He then removed to Salt Lake City, where he engaged in mining until 1878. In the latter year he became a resident of Eureka, Nevada, hoping to meet with success in the mining region there. During the years 1881 and 1882 he occupied a position as salesman in a large grocery store but in the following year came to Spokane, arriving in this city on the 14th of February, 1883, after an overland trip across the country. With the development, growth and progress of the city he was thereafter closely identified until his demise and his work constituted an important element in its upbuilding. He was first employed in grading Howard street and later secured a clerkship in the general merchandise store of Sweney & Lindern. In November, 1883, he purchased a confectionary store located on River- side avenue, where the Traders National Bank now stands. After two years he enlarged his stock by adding a full line of groceries. He located on Sprague street in 1883 but in the fall of that year had removed to Mill street, where he remained until 1889, when, in order to meet the inereasing demands of his trade, he returned to Sprague street in more commodious quarters. Although his store was destroyed in the conflagration which largely wiped out the business district of Spokane, he began business again in a tent, carrying on trade in that primitive way until he could procure a building. He was the first to locate in a brick building at 821
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Riverside avenue. He continued in the business for four years after the fire but sold out in 1893 and became a clerk for the Superb Roller Mills of Marshall, Wash- ington, which he later represented as collector and solicitor. High regard was entertained for him by all whom he met in a business way and it is well known that his commercial integrity was above question.
On the 23d of May, 1869, Mr. Bertrand was married at Mantorville, Minnesota, to Miss Orrilla Lansing, a native of New York and a daughter of William Henry and Orrilla (Bolieu) Lansing, both of whom were of French descent. They removed to Wisconsin at the same time the Bertrand family went to that state, both families having been neighbors in the east and again in the west, so that Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand were acquainted from early childhood days. Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand had one son, Royal E., who was born June 30, 1879, and died September 22, 1892, as the result of an elevator accident. About eight years later Mr. Bertrand passed away, his death occurring in this city May 15, 1900, being just fifty-two years of age. Throughout the period of his residence here he had taken an active, helpful and intelligent interest in the political, material and moral wel- fare of Spokane and several times had been called by his fellow townsmen to public office, being elected on the republican ticket. As a boy he was a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln and when but twelve years of age marched with the Wide Awakes-the campaign companies organized to support the cause of Lincoln. In 1886 Mr. Bertrand was elected to the office of city treasurer and his fidelity and capability led to his reelection for a second term. In 1893 he was chosen a member of the city council and was twice reelected. He advocated many valuable reforms and improvements and enjoyed the respect of even those opposed to him politically. He was an admirer of good horses and he loved travel, literature and music, pos- sessing considerable talent in the latter line. Fraternally he was connected with Mount Carlton Lodge, No. 103, I. O. O. F .; with Spokane Camp, No. 99, W. O. W .; with the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and with the Pioneer Associ- ation. He was also a member of the Westminster Congregational church and was a whole-souled, kind-hearted man, whose position was never an equivocal one and whose influence could always be counted upon to further every movement and measure for the general good. It is said that his word was as good as his bond, that his character was above reproach and that he left the world better for having lived in it. His life was indeed an inspiration to many with whom he came in contact and his memory is enshrined and cherished in the hearts of those who knew him.
CARLOS H. WEEKS.
Carlos H. Weeks, a Spokane capitalist, whose investments consist largely of land and coal interests, his operations being carried on under the name of the C. H. Weeks Coal Company, of which he is president, has demonstrated in his life history the fact that success is not a matter of genius, as held by some, but is rather the outcome of clear judgment and experience, supplemented by indefatig- able industry. Mr. Weeks was born at Hudson, Ohio, July 8, 1859, and comes of English ancestry, the family having been founded in New England about 1750.
CARLOS H. WEEKS
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Among its representatives were those who served as soldiers in the war for inde- pendence, so that Carlos H. Weeks now holds membership with the Sons of the American Revolution. His grandfather, Joshua Weeks, who was born in Green- land, New Hampshire, in 1750, enlisted in the third company of Second Regiment of Foot Infantry, commanded by Captain Henry Elting, and raised for the defense of the American colonies against the oppression of Great Britain. He retired from the service with the rank of second lieutenant and died in Wheeling, Vermont, in 1800. His son, Corydon Weeks, the father of C. H. Weeks, was born in the Green Mountain state and for a long period followed farming but in his later life lived retired. His death occurred abont 1876 and in 1884 his wife, Mrs. Lucia Louisa (Harvey) Weeks, passed away. She was a great-granddaughter of James Ken- nan, who came to America from Dumfries, Scotland. His son, Isaac Kennan, born in Rutland, Vermont, December 6, 1757, served in the Revolutionary war in a Ver- mont regiment commanded by Nicholas Dikes and was honorably discharged at Dorchester Heights, November 27, 1776. His daughter, Clara Kennan, became the wife of Nathan Harvey and their daughter, Lucia Louisa, was the mother of Carlos H. Weeks. There were four children in her family, the brothers and sister of our subject being: Homer A. Weeks, a farmer residing in Buffalo, New York, who is and for several years has been county commissioner of Genesee county, New York; Irving A., who is residing in Chicago, Illinois, where he is engaged in the real- estate business and has large property holdings; and Ida, who is living in Spokane, Washington.
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