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After his arrival in Spokane Mr. Davie was instrumental in having a brother and sister come to this city. The former, William Davie, died here in 1901. and the sister, Jane, is now the wife of R. C. Aim. of Spokane. He also educated, supported and brought to this country his two nieces, who are now Mrs. J. W. Tabor, of Wallace, Idaho, and Mrs. R. M. Cole, who lives on Pcone prairie.
Mr. Davie attends the Unitarian church and fraternally is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and with the Elks Lodge. No. 228. In poli- ties he has always been a republican and served as councilman during Mayor Drum- heller's administration. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and co- operates heartily in all of its carefully organized movements for the benefit of Spokane and its various measures to bring to the notice of the world the advantages of this city and of the surrounding district.
DAVID LA BAU, M. D.
Specializing largely in surgery, in which connection he does much work at Sacred Heart Hospital. Dr. David La Bau has achieved marked success. He was born in Stoutsberg. New Jersey, March 4, 1858. Of that city his parents. David and Elizabeth (Wert) La Bau, were also natives. The father traced his ancestry back to the French Huguenots. The family was founded in America in 1620, and when the colonies attempted to win independence from the mother country. mem- bers of the family aided in the Revolutionary war. David La Bau devoted his life to farming and was thus engaged to the time of his death in 1907. He had
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long survived his wife, who passed away in 1863, and who was of English lineage, although representing a family that was planted on American soil in colonial days. Dr. La Bau has two brothers: Wesley L., who makes his home in Boston, although he is temporarily at Lewiston, Idaho; and John W., who is a resident of Sumpter, Oregon.
Liberal educational advantages were given Dr. La Bau, who attended Columbia University, where he won his professional degree in 1880. His connection with the medical profession in Washington dates from 1883. He visited Spokane that year but registered in Franklin county. After practicing for some time in Colville, he removed to Nelson, British Columbia, where he continued for nineteen years, establishing his home there in 1887. He again came to Spokane in 1908 and in the four years which have since come and gone has built up a large practice. He has always kept thoroughly informed concerning the advanced work of the profes- sion, reading broadly and following the work of eminent physicians and surgeons in their investigations and research. He has shown particular skill in the field of surgery and has practiced largely in that field at Sacred Heart Hospital.
On the 26th of November, 1896, in Portland, Oregon, Dr. La Bau was united in marriage to Miss Maude Scott, a cousin of the late Harvey Scott, proprietor and editor of the Oregonian. They now have one child, Donna Elizabeth La Bau, who is in school. Dr. La Bau is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Inland Club. In politics he is a republican but without ambition for office. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to a Masonic lodge in British Columbia, to the Knights Templar commandery at Rossland, British Columbia, and to the con- sistory and Mystic Shrine at Spokane. He has had ample opportunity in his practice to exemplify the beneficent spirit of the craft and countless cases could be cited where he has aided his brethren of the order. He places his professional duties before all else and discharges them with a sense of conscientious obligation, and yet finds time for those social interests and activities which contribute so much to the joy and pleasure of life and constitute an even balance for business.
ROBERT J. KIRK-PATRICK.
With the rapid development of the northwest when each year brings many citi- zens to this section of the country, the real-estate business is a most important one, its representatives enabling newcomers and those already residents here to secure such property and make such investments as they desire. It is in this business that Robert J. Kirk-Patrick is now putting forth his energies most effectively largely specializing in business property and high class residences. He was born in Lebanon, Tennessee, January 29, 1869, and has every reason to be proud of his ancestry, coming from one of the well known old southern families. Back of this, too, there is an ancestry honorable and distinguished, the family living many cen- turies ago in Scotland. The motto on the family crest was derived from a reply which one Kirk-Patrick made to Robert Bruce. On a certain occasion he rushed up to Bruce and asked: "What's the matter?" Bruce responded: "I killed a Jesuit," whereupon Kirk-Patrick said: "I make sure." The crest shows a lifted hand and dagger and underneath the motto, "I make sure." Three brothers of
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the name, leaving their home in Scotland. came to the new world. one settling in Virginia, another in Pennsylvania and a third in Ohio. Lapley J. Kirk-Patrick. the father of Robert J. Kirk-Patrick, was descended from the Virginia branch of the family. He was born in Tennessee and served as a soklier in the Con- federate army under General Howard, and one of his brothers was also a soldier in the Civil war. Hle married Nannie Davis, who was born in Lebanon, Tennessee. a daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, who was one of the very early settlers of that place and also very prominent there. She was born in North Carolina, Sep- tember 16, 1799, and died February 23. 1899. when almost one hundred years of age, having outlived all of her children. The Davis family in America, too. antedated the Revolutionary war and was of English descent. The death of Lapley J. Kirk-Patrick occurred in January. 1881, and four years later, in 1885. his wife passed away. In the family were five sons and one daughter. One of the sons, Forrest Kirk-Patrick, is now engaged in merchandising in Nashville, Tennessee.
Robert J. Kirk-Patrick, another son, pursued his education in the Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee, but long prior to completing his course he had entered business cireles, being employed in his uncle's mercantile house of that city at the time when he was so small that a board was placed so that he could walk upon it and thus bring him sufficiently high above the counter to transact busi- ness. In 1882 he left Lebanon, going to Nashville where he entered the whole- sale business, being but sixteen years of age when he was sent upon the road as a traveling salesman. For five years he was thus employed but at Chattanooga. Tennessee, he left the road, declaring that never again would he work for any man, and he never has. Since that time he has continued in business independently. Ile entered the real-estate field in Chattanooga and afterward became general agent for the New York Life Insurance Company which he represented for two and a half years, or until 1889. On the 15th of June of that year he arrived in Wash- ington. D. C., where he conducted a general real-estate and insurance business, meeting with excellent success in his undertakings there. One of his last deals netted him twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars as the result of three days' work.
In 1905 Mr. Kirk-Patrick visited the Lewis and Clark Exposition at Port- land and the same year came to Spokane. where he established his home and turned his attention to the development of mining interests in the northwest. He be- came connected with the International Copper Company of Washington, the Graham-Ross Mining Company of Idaho and the Olinghouse Company of Nevada. In connection with others and as a member of the Graham-Ross Company he worked the famous Anaconda Mine. He also erected a one hundred stamp mill on the Olinghouse and put up a mill on the Idaho property but has since disposed of his interests in Idaho, although he is still connected with the Olinghouse, a free milling property thirty-five miles from Reno. On withdrawing from active con- nection with mining operations he engaged in the real-estate and loan business and has specialized in business opportunities and high class residences. He has made it a point to further acquaint himself with properties upon the market and is re- garded as an expert valuator of real estate, thoroughly acquainted with all market- able holdings. In the year 1910 he sold property to the amount of more than a half million dollars, including the Green building, the purchase price of which
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was two hundred and twenty thousand dollars. He is also interested in the Pal- mer Union Oil Company of Los Angeles, California, comprising eighteen hundred and thirty acres of proven oil lands, lying north of the Palmer gushers. The company has five wells, one of them producing five thousand barrels daily.
When in Washington, D. C., Mr. Kirk-Patrick became a member of New Jeru- salem Lodge, No. 9. F. & A. M. He has never been actively interested in politics and maintains an independent position, voting for the candidate whom he regards as best qualified for office. He holds membership in the Presbyterian church and his aid ean ever be counted upon in cooperation with projects for the public' good along material, intellectual, civil and moral lines. He finds his chief source of recreation in riding. He has ever been a lover of horses and has continuously acted as manager of the horse show of Spokane. He may be seen any day driving a fine team through the streets of Spokane yet he never allows pleasure to inter- fere with business, although he is cognizant of the fact that concentration upon business to the exclusion of all else produces a warped and one-sided development. His interests and activities have therefore reached out into other lines and he stands today as a splendid example of what may be accomplished not only in the business field but also in the attainment of those things which broaden one's vision and add incentive and interest to life.
C. T. HANSEN.
Charles T. Hansen, secretary of The Day & Hansen Security Company, needs no introduction to those who are familiar with the history of financial enterprises and land projects in the northwest. His initial spirit has made him a leader in much that has been successfully accomplished along those lines, and because of his extensive circle of aequaintanec his life history cannot fail to prove of inter- est to many of our readers.
He was born at Siouy City, Iowa, April 6, 1871, a son of Nels M. and Isabel Valhor Hansen, of that city. Both parents were natives of Norway, and after coming to Sioux City engaged in merchandising. They died within a few weeks of each other when their son Charles was but thirteen years of age. The daugh- ters of the family were: Louise, who died in 1898; and Helen, the wife of William T. Day.
In the public schools of lowa, Charles T. Hansen was educated, and for a time attended the Highland Park College at Des Moines. After spending a period in farming, he entered the employ of W. T. Day & Company, general merchants at Castana, Iowa, and has ever since been associated with William T. Day in various enterprises, a most harmonious relation existing between them, the labors of one ably seconding and rounding out the efforts of the other.
In 1894 he aecepted the position of assistant cashier in the Castana Savings Bank, and in 1898 was elected cashier, which position he successfully filled until he removed to Spokane in 1906, to become active in the management of the Washing- ton Land Company, of which he was secretary and treasurer. Mr. Hansen was one of the organizers of said company, established March 1, 1902, with head- quarters at Waterville, Washington, with a paid-up capital of one hundred and fifty
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thousand dollars, which was increased in 1906 to five hundred thousand dollars, and the headquarters of the company removed from Waterville to Spokane. when Mr. Hansen moved to Spokane and became active in the management of said com- pany. The Washington Land Company purchased large tracts of unimproved land in Douglas county, and some idea of the extent and importance of their operations may be gleaned from the fact that in six years they broke out and improved over sixteen thousand acres of land.
Mr. Hansen was associated with William T. Day, his brother-in-law, in a co- partnership of Day & Hansen in Monona county, lowa, where they were large owners and developers of farm lands. They also established the Turin Bank. at Turin, Iowa, which they sold January 1, 1908. Early in the year 1908 they dis- posed of about three thousand acres of their Iowa land. and organized The Day & Hansen Security Company, with a paid-up capital of one million dollars which took over all the interests of Day & Hansen, including The Washington Land Company. This company operates extensively in improved farm property, and is among the most progressive in their line. The company has purchased within the last three years over thirty-two thousand acres of land in Powell county, western Montana, which is all under fence and improved, and over ten thousand acres in cultivation.
They also own and control five banks, including The Waterville Savings Bank of Waterville, Washington, of which Mr. Hansen is president : The National Bank of Oakesdale. Washington; Blair & Company; IN, Baukers, of Helmville, Montana ; The Castana Savings Bank. of Castana, Towa; and The Moscow State Bank, of Moscow, Idaho, of all of which institutions Mr. Hansen is a member of the board of directors. The company has established a large mortgage-loan business in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana, and the attraction of said sections of the country as a loaning field is one of the principal factors that led to the organization of the company.
On the 15th of August, 1901, Mr. Hansen was married to Miss Elsie Day, daughter of Joseph B. P. and Sophia (Thomas) Day, of Castana, Iowa. They reside at No. 1117 Eighth avenue.
Mr. Hansen is a member of the Spokane Club and the Spokane Country Club. He has become well known in the northwest through his extensive and important operations in land, and prominent connection with financial interests. The firm of The Day & Hansen Security Company is regarded as one of the most con- servative and progressive of this section.
SOFUS B. NELSON. D. V. S.
Dr. Sofus B. Nelson, professor of veterinary seience at the Washington State College, and also state veterinarian, was born at Veile. Denmark. December 21, 1867. a son of Nels P. and Marie Beartelson, both of whom were natives of Den- mark, where the father died in 1876 and the mother in 1911. In the family were three sons and three daughters. The two brothers of Sofus B. Nelson are resi- dents of this country. Peter B. Nelson living in Calgary. Canada, while Nels P. Nelson makes his home in Brewster. Washington. The two sisters are Anna and
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Ingeborg, still residents of Veile, Denmark, the third sister having died quite young.
For two or three years Dr. Nelson pursued his education in the common schools of his native country and afterward became a student in the public schools of Avoca, Iowa, where he passed through consecutive grades until he became a high- school student. In 1886 he entered the Iowa State College and was graduated in 1889 with the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Surgery. In 1890 he held the posi- tion of house surgeon in the veterinary department of the Iowa State College.
On the 14th of December, 1890, Dr. Nelson came to Spokane and opened an office in the Granite block, practicing continuously until February. 1893, when he went to Europe and became a special student in the Royal Veterinary College of Copenhagen. In July, 1893, he returned to Spokane, where he resumed practice, following the profession in a private capacity until the spring of 1895, when he was elected professor of veterinary science at the Washington State College. He also became veterinarian at the experiment station and his election to that posi- tion carried with it the office of state veterinarian and a member of the state board of health. For two years, in the '90s, he was secretary of the state board.
The department of veterinary science was established in Pullman in 1900 in connection with the state college and the first class was graduated in 1902. Since that time a class has been graduated each year, with the exception of 1903. Two years ago the provision was made that the senior class should be conducted in Spokane and to provide for this a building was constructed on Indiana and Kalispell streets. It is fully equipped and all of the latest and most improved appliances that money can buy have been secured. They treat on an average from eighteen hun- dred to two thousand patients per year, including cattle, dogs and horses. It is the purpose of the department to give the young men of today the highest pos- sible scientific and practical training necessary to fit them for the work of veterinar- ians. In addition to his duties as teacher and head of the department, Dr. Nelson has been especially interested in the work of eradicating tuberculosis in domesti- cated animals in this state and in the development of the stock industry in Wash- ington. He was a delegate to the tuberculosis congress in Washington, D. C., in 1908. and presented a paper that was very noteworthy. He has written and spoken much concerning the various methods of eradicating tuberculosis. also upon the subjects of a sanitary milk supply and the general sanitary condition of farms. His addresses are based upon broad scientific knowledge, keen observation and practical experience. For twenty years he has been a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association and has done important work on its executive com- mittce.
In November, 1895, Dr. Nelson was married to Miss J. Ettchen Uhden, a danghter of Charles Uhden, a wholesale commission merchant of Spokane. Her mother belonged to the Habicht family, whose ancestry can be traced back to the year 1400, representatives of the name having been actively connected with Martin Luther in the period of the reformation. Mrs. Nelson was associated for a num- ber of years with the Fortnightly Club at Pullman and was quite active in its work. She has always been a great student of literature and therefore was ac- corded a prominent position in the club to which she belonged. Dr. and Mrs. Nelson attend the Congregational church and he is a Mason, holding membership with Whitman Lodge, No. 49, F. & A. M., at Pullman, the chapter at Colfax, and
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the consistory and Mystic Shrine at Spokane. For twenty years he has been a member of the Woodmen of the World and is also identified with the Scandinavian Brotherhood of America. In politics he is a republican and while he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day prefers to give his support to well organized private rather than to political interests and activities. He aids in pro- moting publie progress as a member of the Chamber of Commerce and is well known socially in Spokane as a member of the Inland Club. He stands as one of the foremost representatives of the profession in the entire west, his broad knowledge making his opinions an authority upon the questions connected with veterinary science.
JOHN DICKINSON SHERWOOD.
Few of the important publie enterprises of Spokane have failed to profit by the cooperation and substantial indorsement of John Dickinson Sherwood who is a western man by birth, training and preference and yet a Harvard graduate. His record stands in contradistinction to the views of some well known business men of the country that college training does not equip one especially well for life's practical duties and responsibilities. Mr. Sherwood was born in San Francisco. California. October 12, 1860. a son of Benjamin F. and Almira T. (Dickinson) Sherwood. The father removed from New York city to California in 1852 and was there engaged in mining and in the commission business. He died in 1875 and is still survived by his widow who now makes her home in New York city. They were residents of San Francisco. however, during the boyhood and youth of John D. Sherwood, who through that period was a pupil in the public and high schools of San Francisco and later supplemented his preliminary course in Har- vard College, from which he was graduated A.B. with the class of 1883. Believ- ing that the west offered broader opportunities than the older and more conserva- tive east he came to Spokane shortly after the completion of his college course and joined E. Dempsie in a mercantile enterprise, on the east side of Howard street between Front and Main avenues. under the firm name of Sherwood & Dempsie. Success attended them but in three years Mr. Sherwood sold out to his partner and entered the real-estate business. Since that time he has been closely associated with Spokane's upbuilding and development along various lines. His business activities have all been of a character that has contributed to publie progress and prosperity as well as to individual success. In 1885 he became as- sociated with Frank R. Moore. Fred Chamberlain. William Pettit and others in organizing the first electric light company and installed the plant in the C. & C. mills, taking a contract to light the city with are lamps. This was really the nucleus of what later became the Washington Water Power Company. Mr. Sher- wood's name is also connected with the building of the first cable street railroad here, a line extending from the Monroe street bridge ont Boone to the army post and also another extending south on Monroe to Thirteenth street and east on Thir- teenth for five blocks. The company bought the Spokane Street Railway from Brown & Cannon and in 1891 abolished the cables, thereafter using electricity as the motive power. The same people were organizers of the Washington Water
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Power Company, the various companies being consolidated in 1899 and all taken over by the Washington Water Power Company of which Mr. Sherwood was the vice president. Prior to this he had served as president of the Spokane Street Rail- way and was a director of the Washington Water Power Company for over twenty years. His labors have thus been an effective force for the upbuilding, develop- ment and improvement of Spokane. He also built the Northwest boulevard and the Southeast boulevard and was one of the citizens who helped establish the army post at Spokane, contributing most generously to that cause. Just prior to the fire he had completed the erection of a six-story structure known as the "Wash- ington building" on the present site of the "Sherwood building" on Riverside avenue. This was the highest building in the city at that time and was the second to have elevator service. It was destroyed by fire in 1889 with a loss of some sixty thousand dollars to Mr. Sherwood, but with undaunted purpose he set to work to retrieve his lost possessions and in accomplishing this the public has been a direct beneficiary for his labors have always been an element in general progress. For a considerable period he was very prominent in the Chamber of Commerce and was its first vice president.
On the 25th of November, 1896. Mr. Sherwood was married to Miss Jose- phine B. Come, a daughter of Joseph and Anna (Reppert) Come, of Marietta, Ohio. They reside at No. 2941 Summit avenne, Mr. Sherwood having erected this residence in 1898. He belongs to the Spokane Club and to the Harvard Club and in the latter organization maintains pleasant relations with those who also elaim Harvard as their alma mater. He has never been actively interested in politics to hold office and yet few men in private life have done more for the city's welfare. His thorough college training prepared him to use his native talents to the best advantage and developed in him that judgment which has enabled him to make wise selection of those forces, factors and interests which prove of greatest value and effectiveness in the business circles and in the world's work.
H. H. MCCARTHY. M. D.
Dr. H. H. McCarthy meets all of the requirements of a capable physician. When a lawyer is brusque and crabbed the public usually feel that it is hecanse he is engaged with intricate problems of jurisprudence; when a minister is un- approachable and austere it is believed to be because he is occupied with questions beyond our mental ken; but from the physician is demanded not only broad scien- tific knowledge correctly applied but also the genial and sympathetie manner which inspires hope and courage. In none of these requirements is Dr. McCarthy lacking, which accounts for the fact that although a young man he is now at the head of a large and growing practice.
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