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He was born in Clayton county, Iowa, March 4, 1878, his parents. D. W. and Mary (Kelleher) Mccarthy, there residing upon a farm. They removed to Ply- mouth county. Iowa, where the son pursued his preliminary education, which was supplemented by study in the University of Chicago prior to entering upon his professional course in Rush Medical College of that city, from which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1902. A broad and valuable prac- tical experience came to him in two years' service as interne in Alexian Brothers'
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Hospital, Chicago, and in the spring of 1905 he became a resident of Spokane. where he has since followed his profession. He has a well equipped office and. moreover, has a mind alert to all the opportunities and the responsibilities of the profession. Hle makes good use of the former in his efforts to check the ravages of disease and at all times fully meets the latter. Today he has a large practice in the conduet of which he is very successful and is now well and favorably known. In addition to his professional practice he is now serving as surgeon for the Mil- waukee Railroad.
On the 17th of August, 1910. Dr. MeCarthy was married to Miss Frances Cattingham, a daughter of L. B. Cattingham. of Portland, Oregon. He has fra- ternal relations with the Woodmen of the World and the Knights of Columbus. and as a elub man he is known in the city through his membership relations with the University and Spokane Amateur Athletic Clubs. His association with the Spokane County Medical Society, which elected him to its presidency in 1909, keeps him in touch with the advance of the profession, as research. experiment and investigation are bringing to light valuable truths having an important bearing upon the work of the physician and surgeon.
FRED MILLER.
Eloquent, forceful. learned, Fred Miller is distinguished as one of the most eminent criminal lawyers of the northwest. In other branches of practice. too. he is able, as is evidenced in the many favorable verdiets which he has won for his clients. He was born in Clark county, Missouri. August 23, 1867, and in both the paternal and maternal lines comes of English ancestry. while in the family there is also an admixture of Scotch and French. His father, Jacob Miller, was born in Westmoreland county. Pennsylvania, and died in 1897. His wife. Mrs. Caroline (George) Miller, also a native of the Keystone state, is now living in Seattle. Her father was a relative of Henry George, the renowned single tax advocate. By her marriage she became the mother of four sons and a daughter, the others in addi- tion to Fred Miller being: H. J., in Seattle : Martin J., a Methodist minister living in Seattle : Clifford, a resident of Pacific county, Washington ; and May, the wife of Warren Crookshank, of Davis county, lowa.
As a student in Lewis College, at Glasgow. Missouri. Fred Miller prepared for the ministry. He also attended a business college at Kansas City, and think- ing to find business life more suited to his tastes and talents, he abandoned the plan of entering the ministry and became a newspaper reporter. He afterward spent three months with Jesse James, Jr., in the "Blowing Up of Pompeii," and for nine months was secretary to Senator Burton at Abilene, Kansas. His identification with the northwest dates from 1890, at which time he became clerk in the land other at Yakima. Washington, where he remained for two years. He afterward spent nine months as clerk for the superintendent of the Cascade division of the Northern Pacific Railroad and on the expiration of that period took up the work of court reporting at Yakima and Ellensburg. While thus engaged he read law and in 1893 was admitted to the bar. For a time he was employed in the office of Henry I. Sniveley at North Yakima and engaged to some extent in newspaper work
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until 1899, when he came to Spokane. He was connected with the Yakima Herald and Epigram as part owner but on loeating in this eity took up the practice of law. forming a partnership with F. C. Robertson, under the firm name of Robertson & Miller. They eondueted a general law practice and their elientage is today large and of a distinetively representative eharaeter. Mr. Miller was one of the first attorneys for the Coeur d'Alene miners in the troubles which oeeurred in 1899 and was one of the attorneys for Mover, Haywood and Pettibone in the Governor Stuenenberg murder trial, the result being the acquittal of the three men whom he defended. He has been eonneeted with most of the prominent murder trials in Spokane county but has nsually practiced in opposition to corporations. In the trial of a ease he marshals his evidence with the skill and precision of a military commander. He never seems to lose sight of any point which has bearing upon his ease and gives to each point its due relative preeedenee. He has remarkable ability in traeing the course of events eonneeted with any ease and in his presentation of his ease is strong and logieal, being seldom if ever at fault in the eitation of prin- ciple or precedent. In the Stuenenberg murder trial the attention of the whole world was drawn thereto and Mr. Miller gained a national reputation in his work for the defense.
Mr. Miller is financially interested in the Coeur d'Alene mines and has realty holdings in Idaho, Virginia and Washington. The only politieal position which he has ever held was that held on Governor Rogers' staff. However, he was formerly active in the work of the demoeratie party and has been representative in the eounty and state conventions. He has also served on the county and state een- tral committees but has never been an aspirant for office. At the time of the Spanish-American war he organized a company that wished to go to the Philip- pines and was eleeted its captain. Troops, however, were not ealled out and it was at that time that the governor appointed Mr. Miller to a position on his staff, with the rank of colonel. Fraternally he is connected with the Spokane Lodge of Elks, No. 228. In all of the activities with which he has been connected he has been ealled to leadership, having the ability and the personal qualities which fit one for gaining a large following. His professional career whether in journalistic effort or in the law has been marked by continuous advancement and increasing ability.
RALPH HENDRICKS, M. D.
While one of the more recent arrivals among the medieal profession in Spokane, Dr. Ralph Hendrieks has already gained recognition as one whose knowledge and practical ability merit a liberal patronage. He is a western man by birth, training and preferenee and is imbued with the enterprising spirit which is characteristie of the Pacific coast country. His birth oeeurred in Eugene, Oregon, May 30. 1870, his parents being Elijah B. and Elizabeth (Blew) Hendrieks. His father went to Oregon from Illinois in 1848 and was for a time engaged in farming, but in 1882 left that state and established his home at Cheney, Spokane county, Wash- ington, where he opened a drug store. He was thus identified with the commercial interests of that place for a considerable period but is now living retired in Cheney.
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The public schools of Cheney afforded Dr. Hendricks his early education, which was supplemented by study in Cheney Academy, and he later attended the Uni- versity of Washington. His choice of a life work fell upon the profession of medicine and in preparation for practice he entered the University of Louisville, at Louisville, Kentucky, from which he was graduated with the class of 1896. Ile began practice at Cheney and afterward removed to Medieal Lake, but sought a still broader field of labor in 1907 on his removal to Spokane where he has since followed his profession. His work is characterized by a thoroughness and efficiency which have brought good results. His reading has been broad and he is very careful in the diagnosis of his cases, so that his judgment is seldom if ever at fault. Ile keeps in touch, too, with the advanced work of the profession through the pro- ceedings of the Spokane County and Washington State Medical Societies, and the American Medical Association, in all of which he holds membership.
On the 18th of July, 1896, Dr. Hendricks was united in marriage to Miss Mamic Pomeroy, of Cheney, Washington, a daughter of Dr. Francis A. and Mary Pomeroy, of that city. They have two children, Royal and Dorothy. In Spokane they have won many friends, the hospitality of a large number of the attractive homes of the city being freely accorded them. Dr. Hendricks has become identified with sev- eral fraternal organizations, holding membership in Spokane Lodge, No. 31, F. & A. M .: and Opportunity Lodge, I. O. O. F. He is also connected with the Elks Lodge, No. 85, of Salt Lake City. His manner is genial and cordial and is the expression of an unfeigned interest in his fellowmen. In all of his practice he is actuated by a spirit of helpfulness which, added to his broad scientific knowledge. is winning for him continued progress.
C. HARVEY SMITII.
C. Harvey Smith, a Spokane architect, owes his success, which is creditable and enviable, entirely to his own efforts. for he has never been associated with a partner and has won his clientage through his ability and trustworthiness. He was born May 7. 1868, in Kansas, and is the only son of Hugh A. and Rose (Miner) Smith, both of whom were natives of Ilinois. The mother belonged to an old Virginia family of Irish descent, while the father came of Scotch ancestry although the early American representatives of the family settled in Virginia in pioneer times. Hugh A. Smith served for four years and two months as a soldier of the Civil war, espousing the cause of the Union and going to the front with the Twenty-first Ilinois Volunteers. He was a contractor and resided in the Spokane country for eighteen years but passed away in October. 1910. at the age of seventy-three years. His widow still survives and is now living in Canada. Their only daughter is Ada, the wife of Sidney Luther. a farmer of Calgary.
C. Harvey Smith was educated in Illinois, pursuing a public-school course until graduated from the high school. He afterward worked with his father at contracting until twenty-two years of age, when he took up the study of archi- tecture. In 1888 he came to Spokane, then a young man of twenty years, and es- tablished business on his own account as an architect and builder, in 1893. in which line he has since been engaged. He has always operated alone and his
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individual worth has gained him the wide recognition and prosperity which are now his. He has erected many residences and business bloeks in this eity and throughout the Inland Empire and has also done considerable school work. Among others he ereeted the high school at Cewalah, the high school at Mullen, Idaho, and the courthouse of Twin Falls. Idaho. He also built a number of schoolhouses in southern Idaho and a number of business bloeks in the city of Spokane, in- eluding that owned by E. H. Stanton at the corner of Hamilton and Mission streets. He has been the architect for between five and six hundred residenees in Spokane and has built practically all over the Inland Empire. In his fifteen or twenty years' practice his name has become known throughout the country. His work is always characterized by the utmost thoroughness, by promptness in ex- eeution and by reliability in living up to the terms of the contract. As he has prospered in his undertaking he has made investment in other directions and is now the owner of irrigated land in southern Idaho, has mining interests in Nevada and real estate in Elko county. He also owns land in the northern part of Idaho, together with his residence at Opportunity.
On the 6th of January, 1889, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Olive Walker, a daughter of George Walker, of Bethany, Illinois, who belonged to a prominent family of that place. Her father eame from Kentucky and was of Scotch deseent, while her mother was a native of Germany. Five children have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith, namely: Grace, who married Harry Hodges, of Lake Creek, Idaho: and Gretchen. Hugh, Stella and Katherine, all now in seliool.
Mr. Smith always exereises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party and while he has worked for his friends he has never accepted office for himself. He is a member of the Spokane Arehiteet- ural Club, thus coming into close contact with the members of his profession and the high ideals toward which they are striving, and he likewise belongs to the Chamber of Commerce.
WILLIAM T. DAY.
William T. Day, president of The Day & Hansen Security Company, of Spo- kane. is a prominent figure in the financial circles of the northwest. Endowed with unusual business instinet and foresight, he early saw the future of the un- occupied western lands, and has been a great factor in their development.
He was born May 8, 1865. at Castana, Iowa. His father. Joseph B. P. Day, a native of Maine, became a settler of Iowa in 1855, and was one of its prominent and influential citizens. His mother, Sophia Thomas Day, was born in Missis- sippi. and with her family eame north in the late '40s. As a surveyor and agent for the American-Immigrant Company. his father became very familiar with lands and land values, which was not the least element in the education of his son.
After attending the public schools at Castana. Mr. Day continued his education at the Southeastern lowa Normal Sehool at Bloomfield. He became actively eon- neeted with the business interests in his home town as a general merehant. eon- tinuing in that line for about eight years. In 1892 he turned his attention to
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banking and organized the Castana Savings Bank, of which he became cashier, serving in that capacity until 1898, when he was elected to the presidency, which position he still tills. A large farm mortgage business was carried on in conec- tion with the bank.
In the fall of 1901, Mr. Day came to Washington, bought a large tract of land in Douglas county, and on the Ist day of March, 1902. he and his associates organized The Washington Land Company, with headquarters at Waterville, Wash- ington. The enterprise was capitalized for one hundred and fifty thousand dol- lars, which was increased to five hundred thousand dollars, in 1906, when the headquarters of the company were removed from Waterville to Spokane. This company owned large tracts of animproved land in Douglas county, and an idea as to the magnitude of their undertaking may be gained from the fact that in six years they broke out and developed more than sixteen thousand acres of land, about half of which has been sold. Mr. Day and Mr. Charles T. Hansen, his brother-in-law, were associated in the copartnership of Day & Hansen, and were large owners and developers of land in Monona county, Iowa. They established and operated The Turin Bank of Turin, Iowa, which they sold January Ist, 1908. They also disposed in that year of over three thousand acres of their Jowa land. and on the Ist of March. 1908. organized The Day & Hansen Security Company of Spokane. Washington, with a paid-up capital of one million dollars, which took over all the interests of Day & Hansen, including The Washington Land Com- pany. At that time Mr. Day moved to Spokane, and became actively identified with the business, and has since made the city his home. The company operates extensively in improved farm property .. and they are among the most progressive in their line.
During the past three years the company has purchased over thirty-two thon- sand acres of land in Powell county, western Montana, which is all improved and over ten thousand acres is now under irrigation.' .. While. developing their land pro- jeets, the company also became prominent factors in financial circles throughout the northwest, and own controlling interest in five banks, including: The Castana Savings Bank, of Castana. lowa; The Waterville Savings Bank, of Waterville. Washington: The National Bank of Oakesdale. also in this state; The Moscow State Bank. Moscow, Idaho: and Blair & Company, Bankers, Helmville, Montana. The company has established a large mortgage-loan business, and deals in high- grade bond issues and other selected securities.
Mr. Day's connection with business enterprises, is as follows: president of The Day & Hansen Security Company, and of The Castana Savings Bank ; and vice president of The National Bank of Oakesdale, The Moscow State Bank, and Blair & Company. Bankers.
On the 15th of August. 1888. at Mapleton. Iowa, was celebrated the mar- riage of Mr. Day and Miss Helen Hansen, the daughter of Nels and Isabel Han- sen of that city. It is his brother-in-law, Charles T. Hansen, who is closely as- sociated with him in his business enterprises. Mr. and Mrs. Day have one daugh- ter. Sophia Isabel, who is a graduate of the Girls Collegiate School of Los Angeles. and also has been a student for two years at Wellesley College. Massachusetts. The social position of the family is an enviable one, and their attractive home is justly celebrated for its warm-hearted hospitality. Vol 11I-6
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In politics Mr. Day is republican, always voting for men and measures of the party, but has not been an active worker in its ranks since coming to Spokane. Hle belongs to the Spokane Club and the Spokane Country Club, and has won popularity in these organizations by reason of those sterling traits of character, which in every land and clime awaken confidence and warm regard. It is doubt- ful in his whole life if he ever weighed an act in the scale of policy, but in busi- ness has followed a straightforward course and in the legitimate channels of trade and financial activity has gained success that places him. with the prominent and representative men who are the real upbuilders of the northwest.
HARVEY SMITH, M. D.
Dr. Harvey Smith, physician and surgeon, whose capability in the line of his profession is supplemented by executive force, keen discrimination and administra- tive ability in the line of promoting business projects of importance, was born in Nova Scotia, January 15, 1874, his parents being Sidney Hohnes and Agues (Rac) Smith who were also natives of Nova Scotia. The mother was of Scotch descent and the father belongs to one of the old pioneer families of his native country which originally came from Londonderry, Ireland. He is still a resident of Nova Scotia where he is engaged in merchandising, but his wife died in 1883, In their family were six sons and a daughter, namely: Harvey; Stenson, who is living in Cape Briton, Nova Scotia; George, of that country; Clarence; who is located in St. Paul, Minnesota : Geddie and Watson, both of Nova Scotia; and Jesse, now the wife of D. W. McDonald, of Nova Scotia.
Dr. Smith supplemented his early education by a course in the Pieton Academy of Nova Scotia from 1891 until 1893. He afterward attended McGill University, Montreal, where he won the degrees of M. D. and C. M. in 1897. In the mean- time he had received a license for teaching but always regarded the practice of medicine as his ultimate goal and entered upon that work in Londonderry, Nova Scotia, where he remained for fifteen months. In November, 1900, he arrived in Spokane where he has since engaged in general practice and is meeting with a highly gratifying success. He does a large amount of surgical work and his ability in that direction as well as in the practice of medicine is marked. Two years' connection with the Royal Victoria Hospital of Montreal and one year in Lynn Hospital, of Massachusetts, bronght him broad practical experience which qualified him for the onerous and responsible duties that have since devolved upon him. He is constantly reading and studying in order to promote his efficiency and ever holds to a high standard of professional ethics which has been one of the factors in winning for him the high regard that is entertained for him by his professional brethren as well as by the general public. Aside from his professional activities he has business interests of importance on the Pacific coast. He is interested in oil wells at Colinga, California, is a free holder in Spokane and is a stockholder in the Traders National Bank, the Citizens Savings & Loan Society and in the International Casualty Company. He is, moreover, interested in a high line diteh which is a government project in Kittitas county, which will cover six hundred aeres that he owns and which he intends to set out to fruit trees. This ditch is
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expected to be completed in two years and will be from sixty-five to seventy miles in length and will cover ninety thousand acres. When completed this will mean much in the development and improvement of an extended area.
On the 15th of January, 1902, in Spokane, Dr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Burgess, of Nova Scotia. They attend the First Presbyterian church and Dr. Smith gives his political support to the republican party. He belongs to the Spokane Athletic Club and to the University Club, and is a mem- her of and medical examiner for the Royal Highlanders. In his professional enpacity he is also connected with several insurance companies, being one of three medieal examiners for the Washington Union Life Insurance Company, medical examiner for the Canadian Life Insurance Company, for the Western Union Life Insurance Company and for the Bankers Life Insurance Company. He served at one time on the staff of the Deaconess Hospital, lecturing to nurses, and he belongs to the Spokane County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Through the proceedings of these bodies he keeps in close touch with the most advanced work being done by the profession and he eagerly embraces every idea or method that he believes will have practical value in his chosen life work. With a nature that never could be content with mediocrity he has advanced steadily in his calling until he has long since left the ranks of the many and stands among the more successful few.
THOMAS A. RUSSELL, M. D.
Dr. Thomas A. Russell, who in his professional capacity is a representative of various corporations, is engaged in practice as a member of the firm of Dutton & Russell, their main offices being in the Peyton building, in Spokane. He was born in Valley Field, Quebee, September 9, 1871, a son of Thomas and Rebecca (Gordon) Russell. The father was a contractor and builder and in 1872 erossed the boundary line into the United States, settling first in Michigan and afterward following his profession in various places. At length he took up his abode in Seattle where he became general manager of the Tenino Sand Stone Quarries. He 'remained in active business until he reached the age of seventy years. after which his son. Dr. Donald G. Russell, who was formerly a medical practitioner of Spokane, became the president and general manager of the quarries.
To the public school system of Michigan and the Winthrop high school of Minneapolis Dr. Thomas A. Russell is indebted for the carly educational priv- ileges which he enjoyed. Having determined upon the practice of medicine as his life work, he entered the Barnes Medical College at St. Louis, Missouri, from which he was graduated in 1895. He had previously spent his summer vacations in Spokane with his elder brother. Dr. Donald G. Russell, who was practicing here at that time. He made his first visit in 1892 and after winning his degree in St. Louis Dr. Thomas A. Russell returned to Spokane to become his brother's partner in medical practice. He remained for a year but realizing that he needed further professional training and discipline, he entered Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia where he studied through the two years, 1896 and 1897. Ile then opened an office at Mellen, Wisconsin, where he spent four years. at the end of
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which time he again came to Spokane to join his brother whose health was failing. For a few years he continued in general practice here but in 1906 formed a partner- ship with Dr. Willard O. Dutton and together they follow railroad construction work, establishing hospitals and attending to the ill and injured for the contract- ing firms of Porter Brothers, P. Welch & Company, Grant Smith & Company, Caughren & Woldson, Winters, Boomer & Hughes, and A. D. MeDougal & Son Company. They operate all over the northwest and as far east as North Dakota. The professional work of the firm is often of a most intricate and arduous nature and Dr. Russell keeps in touch with the progress of the profession through his membership in the Spokane County Medical Society and the Washington State Medical Society.
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