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of buildings, especially in school houses and business blocks, erecting the Audubon, the Frances Willard, the Sheridan, Roosevelt and Cooper schools and many others, including six of the parochial schools. Among the business blocks which he has erected is a part of the Crescent store, the Hinkle apartments, the Mission flats, the Weiser block, the Maloney block, the buildings of the Morris Packing Com- pany and the Swift Packing Company, the Lomsky block, the Mechanics hotel, the C. H. Week block and many others. He has erected altogether here between three and four hundred buildings, putting these up independently on many occa- sions as a speculative builder. He still owns ten holdings as an investment. He
is now engaged on the construction of a large schoolhouse at Kennewick and two buildings for the state at Medical Lake. His contracts for this year amount to about two hundred and fifty thousand dollars and he employs a large force of ex- pert workmen and is accorded many of the leading contracts for building in the city. He is justly accounted one of the prominent constructive architects of Spokane and in addition to his building interests he has irrigated lands east of Spokane.
Mr. Sweatt was united in marriage to Miss Jennie E. Carlisle, of Chicago, and unto them have been born three children: Eva, now the wife of Elmer E. Troger, of Hinsdale, Illinois; R. C. Sweatt, who married Miss Jennie Odegard of Minneapolis and has offices in the Realty building, being regarded as a promi- nent architect of Spokane, representing the school board of the city professionally and also acting as chairman of the parade committee of the Enakops; and Elsie L. Sweatt, at home.
Mr. Sweatt gives his political allegiance to the republican party and was ac- tive as one of its members while residing in the Mississippi valley, representing the party in its state and county conventions and for fifteen years serving as chairman of the third ward in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. He belongs to the Inland Club and to the Chamber of Commerce and movements for the benefit and upbuilding of Spokane receive his indorsement and hearty cooperation. He is thoroughly imbued with the western spirit of progress and advancement, and his cooperation may always be counted upon to further any movement for the general good. At the same time he carefully manages· his business interests and, basing his progress upon skill and practical experience, has gradually worked his way upward.
ROYAL S. HANDY.
Royal S. Handy, one of the substantial and enterprising residents of Kellogg, has since 1909 acted as mill superintendent for the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company. His birth occurred in Loveland, Colorado, on the 21st of September, 1880, his parents being Henry P. and Elizabeth (Cassidy) Handy. The father, a civil engineer by profession, made a specialty of irrigation engineering and engineered the first irrigation canal in Colorado north of Fort Collins.
Royal S. Handy obtained his education in the schools of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Nampa, Idaho, and in 1901 pursued a special course in the University of
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California. When a youth of fifteen he began earning his own livelihood, assist- ing in railroad engineerng and mine surveying in southern Idaho, while subse- quently he did assaying, surveying and mine bookkeeping at various properties in southern Idaho, eastern Oregon and California. In 1905 he came to Kellogg, Idaho, to take charge of the outside work of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company. In 1909 he was made mill superintendent for that concern and has since discharged the duties of that position in a highly commend- able manner.
On the 12th of April, 1904, Mr. Handy was united in marriage to Miss Jessie T. Palmer, a daughter of S. N. Palmer of Oakland, California, who is the super- intendent of the Union Oil Company of Rodea, that state. They now have three sons, namely: Norman I., who was born on the 27th of May, 1905; Raymond P., whose natal day was March 13, 1907; and Royal P., whose birth occurred on the 23d of November, 1908.
Mr. Handy was instrumental in the formation of the Men's Improvement Club of Kellogg and Wardner, which was the forerunner of the Young Men's Chris- tian Association of Kellogg, of which he is a member. He likewise belongs to the Knights of Pythias at Kellogg and has passed through all the chairs of the lodge. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Congregational church of Kellogg, of which he is serving as treasurer. He has already attained a credit- able position in business circles for one of his years and the future undoubtedly holds for him still greater success.
FRANK L. SHERWOOD.
Frank L. Sherwood, who is manager of the Sherwood Immigration Company, was born at Lancaster, Ohio, on the 12th of August, 1866, a son of John Bradford and Theresa (Leonard) Sherwood. The father, who was an agriculturist, died when his son Frank was but nine years of age.
Frank L. Sherwood pursued his education in the public schools of Iowa, where his mother resided after the death of the father. After discontinuing his studies he entered the railroad shops and learned the machinist's trade. Subsequently he was in the employ of the American Express Company as messenger. Desiring, however, to again enter the service of the railroad, he accepted a position in the immigration department of the Union Pacific. This position required considerable traveling and took him over the entire section known as the northwest. He lo- cated farmers from the middle states and after six years determined to begin opera- tions for himself. Accordingly, he settled permanently in Spokane and has since been engaged in the opening of farming property. He has operated extensively on Pleasant and Moran prairies, just outside the city limits, disposing of five and ten acre lots. At the present time he is devoting his efforts to the sale of the property of the Inland Irrigation Company, which is located near Pendleton, Oregon. They have abont ten thousand acres, half of which is fully developed. Mr. Sher- wood estimates that he has influenced between six and seven hundred people to move in the immediate vicinity of Spokane within the past five years. He is one of the many men who are thoroughly awake to the possibilities of the properties
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of the soil of the northwest and who are giving their time and energies in promoting its prosperity as well as furthering their own business careers.
On the 30th of October, 1889, Mr. Sherwood was married to Miss Nannie Wilson, a daughter of J. D. Wilson, of Harrison county, Iowa. They have three children: Merle, who graduated from the high school in 1909 and is now studying music; Lucy, who graduated from the high school in 1910; and Paul, who is a student in the same institution. The family reside at East 603 Sharp avenue.
Mr. Sherwood holds membership in the Inland Club and is a member of the board of trustees of St. John's Episcopal church. He has also been treasurer of the board for several years. While his success has been remarkable, it has been the natural sequence of sound and judicious methods and has won for him recogni- tion as a man of business ability-active, enterprising and resourceful.
ANGUS PORTER HUTTON.
Angus Porter Hutton, who has been successfully engaged in business as a general merchant of Kellogg since January, 1904, is also prominent in public af- fairs and represented his district in the state house of representatives during the eleventh session. His birth occurred at Algonac, Michigan, on the 19th of Novem- ber, 1871, his parents being William H. and Mary J. (Higgins) Hutton. He attended the public schools of Attica, Michigan, in the acquirement of an education and worked on the home farm until seventeen years of age. Subsequently he went into the lumber sections of northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, working in the lumber woods and at the mills. In 1900 he made his way to Cabinet, Mon- tana, and embarked in business on his own account as a general merchant, remain- ing there for three years or until he sold out. In January, 1904, he came to Kellogg, Idaho, and opened the store which he has since conducted, handling mer- chandise of all kinds. He also has a branch store at Wardner, conducting both under the name of A. P. Hutton. An extensive patronage is accorded him, for he carries a large and well selected stock of goods at reasonable prices and puts forth earnest effort to please his customers. He is likewise identified with financial in- terests as a director of the First National Bank of Kellogg. He is a stockholder of the Post Falls Irrigating Company of Post Falls, Idaho, is the owner of ir- rigated land at Post Falls and also has mining interests.
On the 31st of December, 1899, Mr. Hutton was married to Miss Mary L. Reedy, a daughter of John and Mary Reedy, of Libby, Montana. This union has been blessed with a daughter, Ilma Hutton, born in 1903.
Mr. Hutton gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. He served as the first mayor of Kellogg, being appointed by the county commissioners when the town was organized in 1907 and holding the office for two years. In 1910 he was elected a member of the state house of representatives for the eleventh session and during his period of service acted on various committees, including the appro- priations committee, the privilege and election committee and the special investi- gating committee, which was appointed to investigate the charges against former state officials.
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Such in brief is the life history of Angus P. Hutton. In whatever relation of life we find him-in political circles, in business or in social relations-he is always the same honorable and honored gentleman, whose worth well merits the high regard which is uniformly given him.
JOHN L. FITZ GERALD.
The Spokane bar is continuously adding to its personnel representative mem- bers from other sections of the country and especially young men whose thorough college training and laudable ambition qualify them in large measure for the suc- cess and prominence which they achieve. To this class belongs John L. Fitz- Gerald, who was born at Stockton-on-Tees, in England, December 21, 1875, and was one of the five children of John and Margaret (Scanlon) FitzGerald, both of whom represented old Irish families. The father was born in Ireland, became a contractor and he and his wife are now living in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He served in the British army until near the close of the '60s, saw service in the colonies and while stationed in London was married. His ancestors were also connected with the military, including several generals and captains, one of the best known of whom bore the nickname of Captain Speedwell. The two brothers of John L. FitzGerald are Michael E. and Eugene. The latter is an athlete and an association foot-ball player residing in Scotland. The former, who served in the English army for five years, was with the regiment that was sent to India under Chinese Gordon, who was killed during Mr. FitzGerald's period of service. The latter was honorably discharged and is now an engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The two sisters are: Annie, the wife of John Flannigan, who is engaged in mer- chandising in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and Mary, the wife of John Lesch, also of that city.
John L. FitzGerald became a pupil in St. Mary's Academy at Stockton-on- Tees and was graduated with the class of 1889. He was in the telegraph service in Pittsburg following his arrival in the new world, continuing there for six or eight years, after which he entered the office of Reed & Jenkins, with whom he remained for two years. He then went to St. Paul and entered the office of Daniel W. Lawlor, a criminal lawyer, continuing in that place until 1907, when he came to Spokane. While in St. Paul he was graduated from the St. Paul College of Law in 1906, winning the LL. B. degree.
In the following year Mr. FitzGerald arrived in Spokane and for a year was associated with the firm of Dudley & Collins. He then opened an office on his own account and continued alone for a short time, after which he formed a part- nership with J. J. Lavin, under the firm name of Lavin & FitzGerald. Owing to the continued growth of their business they admitted another partner, the firm name of Laughon, Lavin & FitzGerald being then assumed. They were success- ful in defeating the alien labor law, a measure of the city council which permitted only the employment of citizens of the United States and residents of Spokane to engage on construction work in this city. The firm took the ground that this was class legislation and won their side, at which time the firm was composed of Lavin & FitzGerald. They were eighteen days on the preparation of the case and it
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was one which excited keen interest and comment throughout the country. The firm conducts a general law practice and has been active in prosecuting employ- ment agencies which have been taking fees from poor men and then never ob- taining promised work for them. They now have a large clientele and conduct many personal injury cases. At Nespelem they represent the Miller & Hoyt Mining Company which has an eighteen-foot galena, copper and gold ledge which runs almost fabulous amounts in assay. This is under development and is principally silver values.
On the 14th of January, 1902, at St. Paul, Mr. FitzGerald was married to Miss Maude L. Evans, a daughter of James Edward Evans, a hardware mer- chant of Stillwater and a member of an old New York family, founded in Amer- ica in colonial days. Their ancestry is traced back to General Montgomery and the family is of English origin. Mr. and Mrs. FitzGerald have two children, John L. and Edgar James, both students in Gonzaga College. Their father is president of the athletic department of that college, known as the Loyola Athletic Club. He is a member of the Catholic church and of the Knights of Columbus. He gives his political support to the republican party and was active in the Poindexter campaigns, organizing the South Tacoma Poindexter Club. If in- dnstry means material success it will certainly be the lot of John L. FitzGerald who has ever recognized the fact that in the professional as well as in individual life earnest, persistent labor is the basis of advancement and prosperity.
WILLIAM M. NEWMAN, M. D.
Dr. William M. Newman, who since the 14th of March, 1911, has been emer- gency surgeon for the city of Spokane under the commission form of government, was born in Ontario, Canada, September 5, 1871. He was one of the six children of William and Sarah (Makeham) Newman, both of whom were natives of England. The father is now living at Vera, Washington, but the mother died in 1899. The four brothers of Dr. Newman are: Walter, a resident of Sacramento, California; John M., of Colfax, Washington; James, of Spokane; and Arthur, of Winnipeg. The only sister, Annie, is the wife of D. W. Allison, of Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Newman was afforded liberal educational advantages. He pursued a course of study in the Guelph Agricultural College, of Ontario, Canada, and also at- tended the Minnesota State University, later becoming a student in the medical department of the University of Illinois from which he was graduated with the M. D. degree. In 1901 he arrived in Washington and for a year and a half en- gaged in practice in Deer Park. On the expiration of that period he removed to Spokane where he has since been located and his work has been largely surgical. His private practice in that field has been extensive and his ability led to his appointment to the position of emergency surgeon for Spokane under the com- mission form of government March 14, 1911. As he has prospered in his under- takings he has made investment in property and is now the owner of land in Vera.
On the 6th of October, 1904, Dr. Newman was married to Miss Nellie Levens, a daughter of Charles Welsted Levens, of Albert Lea, Minnesota, who was superin- tendent of schools of the city and county of Albert Lea for a number of years and Vol. II-37
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prominent in educational circles of that state. Dr. and Mrs. Newman have one child, Ruth Levens. They attend the First Presbyterian church and Dr. Newman holds membership in Oriental Lodge, No. 74, F. & A. M., and in the Knights of Pythias lodge of which he is a master at arms. He is also connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and is medical examiner for the Spokane camp. He belongs to the Spokane County and State Medical Societies and has made continuous progress in the profession, the responsibilities of which he fully recog- nizes in an earnest effort to alleviate suffering and check the ravages of death.
BYRON C. RIBLET.
Byron C. Riblet is president of the Riblet Tramway Company, with offices in the Empire State building in Spokane, and in this connection is at the head of one of the most important industrial and engineering enterprises of the northwest. In this connection he has built up a business of extensive proportions and the system of tramways which he has inaugurated is now in use throughout the world. Mr. Riblet was born at Osage, Iowa, February 20, 1865, a son of William Jackson and Annie B. (Sutherland) Riblet. The father always followed agricultural pursuits to the time of his death, which occurred in April, 1903. There were three children in the family, the two brothers of our subject being: Walter S., who is American consul at Nelson, British Columbia; and Royal N., of this city.
Byron C. Riblet attended the public schools of his native town, there pursuing his education until he was prepared to enter the University of Minnesota, in Sep- tember, 1883. In that institution he pursued a special course in civil engineering, which he completed in April, 1885, and from May until July of that year he was rodman for the Minneapolis & Pacific Railroad Company. From July, 1885, un- til February, 1886, he was engineer in charge of track laying and bridges for the Spokane & Palouse Railroad Company, and in March, 1886, he became leveler for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, in which connection he remained un- til February, 1887. In March of the same year he became engineer in charge of construction on a division of the Sonthern Pacific Railway Company, remaining in office until January, 1888. From February until December, 1888, he was associated with George P. Janes, of Spokane, Washington, in general engineering work. He was afterward with the Washington & Idaho Railway as locating engineer from Old Mission to Wallace, Idaho, was engineer in charge of construction on a division un- til February, 1889, and from March, 1889, until April, 1892, conducted a general engineering business with office in Spokane, designing and constructing the Ross Park Electric Railway, Ross Park Hydro-Electric Station and the Walla Walla Electric light hydraulic station and transmission line. He was next engaged as chief engineer of the Washington Water Power Company, including the designing and construction of forty miles of electric railway and equipment. From February, 1893, until January, 1895, he was constructing hydraulic engineer at Spokane, designing and constructing the dam in Spokane river, and the pumping plant and distributing system. From February, 1895, until February, 1896, he was chief engineer with the Kittitas Irrigation Company, designing and constructing sixty miles of canal. At a later date he became chief engineer for the Noble Five Min- ing Company at Sandon, British Columbia, installing the water power plant and
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aerial tramway. This took him until April, 1897. The succeeding year and a half were devoted to engineering for various mining companies in British Columbia and between September, 1898, and February, 1899, he designed and constructed the aerial tramway for the Last Chance Mining Company. From that date until March, 1903, he was engaged in designing and constructing about thirty aerial tramways, one sixteen miles long, in Wyoming; Peru, British Columbia; Alaska; and the northwest; and he designed and constructed the hydro-electric plant for the Grandy Mining Company at Grand Forks, British Columbia. From March, 1903, until April, 1908, he was chief engineer for the A. Leschen & Sons Rope Company, of St. Louis, Missouri, and had charge of the designing and construction of more than one hundred tramways. He is indeed widely known in his profession and the Riblet tramway is today used throughout the world in mining. It is an overhead cable, carrying buckets, in some cases for miles. It constitutes a notable construc- tion feat in engineering and places Mr. Riblet in a prominent and honorable posi- tion in engineering circles throughout the country.
On the 14th of February, 1893, Mr. Riblet was married to Miss Hallie Jane Chapman, a daughter of W. W. and Anna (Rodgers) Chapman, of Portland, Oregon, who were among the pioneer settlers of that state. Her grandfather, W. W. Chap- man, started for Oregon at a very early day and served as a colonel in the Cayuse Indian war of 1818. He is also known as the organizer of the Portland Oregonian and was a very prominent newspaper man and influential in other connections. Mr. and Mrs. Riblet have two children, Josephine and Virginia. Mr. Riblet is a member of All Saints cathedral and his social connections are with the Spokane Club and the Spokane Country Club. In professional lines he is connected with the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Engineers Club of New York. The family home is situated on the Little Spokane river, just outside the city limits and is an artistic and attractive residence, erected by Mr. Riblet.
WALTER C. CLARK.
Walter C. Clark, one of the prominent and respected residents of Kellogg, has since 1898 been engaged as an electrical engineer by the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company. In 1908 he organized the North Idaho Tele- phone Company and has since served as its chief executive officer. His birth oc- curred in Springfield, Illinois, on the 23d of March, 1875, his parents being Charles W. and Aurelia (Green) Clark. The father, a physician and clergyman, was one of the early pioneers of Butte, Montana, going there as a member of the Home Missionary Society. In 1891 he removed to Utah and took an active part in ac- quiring statehood for the territory. He was a member of the board of aldermen of Eureka, Utah, and later was chosen mayor of the town.
Walter C. Clark supplemented his preliminary education by a course of study in Syracuse University of Syracuse, New York, being graduated from that institution in 1893. He then familiarized himself with the science of electricity in various power houses throughout the country and in 1894 organized the first electric light concern in Eureka, Utah, huilt the plant, installed the necessary equipments and managed the enterprise until 1898. In that year he came to
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Wardner, Idaho, as electrical engineer for the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company and has held that position to the present time. He at- tends to the lighting of the towns of Kellogg and Wardner and also looks after the electrical appliances of the mines of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Con- centrating Company. In 1908 he organized the North Idaho Telephone Com- pany and has since served as its president. He is likewise a director of the First National Bank of Kellogg and is widely recognized as one of the leading and most prosperous citizens of the community.
On the 5th of September, 1904, at Wardner, Mr. Clark was united in marriage . to Mrs. Grace F. Peterson, a daughter of Judge Jasper H. Boomer of Kellogg, who was formerly probate judge of Shoshone county. Unto them have been born three sons and one daughter, namely: Ralph, Elinor, Wellman and Charles.
Mr. Clark is past master of Wardner Lodge, No. 34, A. F. & A. M., and has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, belonging to Coeur d'Alene Consistory, No. 3, S. P. R. S. For the past two years he has been a trustee of Plymouth Congregational church of Kellogg. He is a worthy representative of our best type of American manhood, endowed by nature with admirable qualities, and commands uniform respect and good-will wherever he is known.
JUDGE HENRY WARD CANFIELD.
Judge Henry Ward Canfield, whose career on the bench and at the bar has en- rolled him among the leading lawyers of Spokane, is now practicing as a member of the firm of Voorhees & Canfield, with offices in the Traders Bank building. He has been a representative of the legal profession in Washington since 1892 and through the intervening period of almost twenty years has proven himself faith- ful to the interests of his clients and at the same time has never forgotten that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. He was born in Wood county, Ohio, April 8, 1867, a son of Silas S. Canfield, who followed the occupa- tion of farming as a life work and during the period of the Civil war served as a captain in the Twenty-first Ohio Infantry.
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