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Mr. Davenport is also equally well known and popular in fraternal and club cireles. Ile stands very high in Masonry, as is indicated by the fact that he is now a member of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Benev- olent Protective Order of Elks, his membership being in Lodge No. 228, of Spokane. and he holds membership in the Spokane. Spokane Country and Spokane Amateur Athletie Chibs, which indicate much of the nature of his interests and recreation. He has never been active in politics nor held publie offiee. preferring to concentrate his energies largely upon the establishment and development of the business which has made his name known throughout the length and breadth of the land.
On the 30th of August, 1906, Mr. Davenport was married to Miss Verus E. Smith, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, and they have one son, Louis Marks Davenport. Theirs is one of the most beautiful homes of Spokane, working out the ideas and ideals of Mr. Davenport. Where Manito hill breaks down through the basalt foundations at Eighth avenue and Division street. a vein of sparkling water bursts into a ravine and long before the white people eame into this district the place was known to the Indians and was by them regarded as a favorite resort. With the advent of the white population the spring proved equally attractive to the newcomers and later was the cause of litigation coneerning its ownership. At last this was settled and Mr. Davenport recognized in this distriet the site on which to work out his ideal for a home. Within five years he obtained marvelous results. He ealled to his aid arehiteets and landscape gardeners and the latter used the neg- leeted spring to produce a series of fourteen cataracts and waterfalls on its way down the ravine. Here and there the little stream broadens into small lakes which have been stoeked with trout, some weighing as high as six pounds. The broken ravine furnishes mountain seenery as attractive as that to be found anywhere in the range. There is no hint of artificiality in all this for in the building of eataraets and lakes all of the eonerete material has been covered with earth and so broken and arranged as to give the appearance of natural stone where the water pours through. Through rough roek walls a path leads to a grotto which constitutes a resting place in the moun- tain pass and leads you on up to the highest level where a tea house offers its com- forts and lake and waterfalls gleam below. the stream spanned at intervals by Jap- anese bridges. Native shrubbery has been retained where it harmonizes with the general seheme and everything possible has been added in the way of eastern plants and shrubs that may enhance the beauty of landseape or garden. On the place is what is said to be the best bed of daphne in the United States and four thousand rhododendrons. the state flower of Washington, add their beauty to the seene in the blossoming season. The lower lakes are bordered with Japanese iris. The residence.
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which is an exemplification of the highest art of the architect, has been made to pre- sent the effect of at least half a century's existence and yet it contains every modern convenience and equipment. The first story is built of basalt rock with its variety of natural coloring amplified by moss and lichens, and on the first floor French windows open upon hanging gardens through which wind paths paved with old, uneven step- ping stones, with grass and moss filling the cracks. This constitutes the first terrace. On the terrace below the paths are more regular but the unique idea is still retained. The house and terrace gardens are most effectively viewed from the tea house through a pergola about the swimming pool under the hanging garden. The pool measures twenty-two by sixty-five feet and with its surroundings is designated as an Indian summer garden. It contains space for exereise, with Indian writing cut into the stone finish of the supporting columns and stained with red, blue and yellow. Potted plants and flowers fill the intervals between the columns along the edge of the pool. Niches in the rock wall afford five dressing rooms, with a shower. Circular windows opening off the second terrace light this apartment. Bathing may be indulged in at any season as the pool is heated by a separate plant. The main entrance on the south opens from a covered porch, floored with irregular concrete slabs relieved by quaint tiling, into a hall twenty-four by twenty-eight feet in dimension. The hall is lighted by three French windows opening on the main terrace, with a fountain in front. It is paneled to the ceiling with oak offset by ornamental plaster in the quaint intricate pattern of the German Tyrol. From a corner of the hall a circular stairway curves up to the second floor through a tower, and beneath it another stair- way runs in the opposite direction to the swimming pool beneath. An archway to the right affords entrance into the living room, twenty-eight by forty feet. A large inglenook on the east side confronts this entrance, with face and hearth of Moravian tiles, seats on either side and small windows opening upon the terrace. This part of the house is beamed and paneled in a style entirely suggestive of massiveness and art combined. So the view and interest run into a large conservatory and further to a huge outdoor bonfire place. On the left opens the dining room, with its circular bay window breakfast aleove. A fireplace faced with glazed Moravian tiles and re- crossed sideboards are features of this apartment. It opens into the library where blazes a great fireplace hooded with old German copper work. Such are the resi- dence and grounds which have come to express to Louis M. Davenport his ideal of home but an ideal which has taken on a concrete form by reason of the indefatigable energy and constantly developing ability which he has displayed in his business career.
JAMES J. MILLER.
James J. Miller, who for two years was chief of the police department of Wal- lace, was born on Manitou Island, Canada, April 13, 1877, his parents being John and Mary ( Marshall ) Miller.
When James J. Miller was a lad of eight years the family removed to Marquette. Michigan, in whose public schools he acquired his education, his student days being terminated at the age of thirteen years. He began to work in the lumbering camps of Michigan. but subsequently withdrew and went to railroading. later being a coach
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driver at Marquette. In 1903, he left Michigan and eame west, first loeating in Tacoma. Washington, where he was employed in one of the sawmills of the Washing- ton Manufacturing Company for a year. At the expiration of that period he re- moved to North Yakima, where for a year he worked in the city fire department, being transferred at the end of that time to the police foree. After spending one year as a member of the force he was made chief of the department, holding this position for two years. In the spring of 1908 he came to Wallace, obtaining a posi- tion in the police department. During the first year of his residence here he was a member of the force, during which time he showed such efficiency and executive abil- ity that he was promoted to the position of chief.
Mr. Miller was married on March 15, 1906, to Miss Bessie Cooper, of North Yakima. Mrs. Miller is a daughter of John Cooper a builder and contractor and prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, who is now deceased. He was a resi- dent of North Yakima at the time of his death but was originally from Mississippi.
Fraternally Mr. Miller is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, belonging to North Yakima Lodge, No. 318 ; the Knights of Pythias of North Yakima, and he also belongs to the Knights of Pythias shrine "The Dokka." at Spokane; and the B. of R. T., No. 307 of Spokane. Mr. Miller is very popular in Wallace, where he has made many friends not only because of the efficiency he has displayed through his capable handling of his department, but because of his many fine personal qual- ities that enable him to win and retain the esteem of those with whom he comes in contact.
G. K. BIRGE.
G. K. Birge, one of the public-spirited and enterprising representatives of the commercial fraternity of Davenport, where for over twenty years he has been eon- ducting a jewelry store, is a pioneer of this section of Washington. He was born in Geneseo, New York, on the 22d of August, 1862. and is a son of William and Amy (Kellogg) Birge, who came from Connecticut, where the family had resided since colonial days, and settled in New York state.
Reared in the town of his birth, G. K. Birge obtained his education in the publie and state normal schools of Geneseo, terminating his student days at the age of seventeen years. Laving aside his text-books he assumed the heavier responsibilities of life. for a time assisting his father in the cultivation of the home farm and en- gaging in various other occupations during the succeeding two years. At the ex- piration of that period he entered a jewelry store where for a year he diligently applied himself to the mastery of the watchmaker's trade. He subsequently eame to the west, believing in its greater possibilities to an enterprising young man, lo- eating in Washington. He filed on a homestead in the vicinity of Pomeroy, this state, and there he resided for five years, devoting his entire time and attention to the cultivation and improvement of his land. When he had proven up on his claim he disposed of it and coming to Davenport invested his small capital in a stock of jewelry. He began in a very small way but as the town and his trade developed in- creased his stock until he now owns one of the most attractive stores in the county. With the exception of two years spent in the jewelry store of J. W. Reed at Sprague,
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Mr. Birge has been continuously engaged in business in Davenport since 1887. He carries reliable goods in a well selected assortment, and his jewelry and silverware are tastefully displayed. His pleasing personality and accommodating manner no less than his skilful workmanship have been prominent factors in the success of Mr. Birge, who numbers among his patrons the best people of the town.
On the 9th of October, 1892. Mr. Birge was married to Miss Minnie Bonneywell, a daughter of William and Sarah Bonneywell, natives of England, now residing in the vicinity of Harrington, where the father is a successful agriculturist. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Birge there have been born six children: Edward. Al- fred. Frances. Henry, George and David.
Mr. Birge has always been one of the enterprising and progressive citizens of the town, in the development and promotion of which he has been a tireless worker, at all times giving his support and cooperation to the advancement of every move- ment that he deemed at all likely to benefit the community at large. He is an ac- tive member of the Red Men, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Odd Fellows and Eagles, while his political support he gives to the Democratic party. He has served for two years as mayor and eight as a member of the council, while he discharged the duties of justice of the peace for three terms. Mr. Birge is held in high regard in Davenport, ever having maintained a standard of responsibility and integrity in all his business transactions that entitles him to the respect of all who have had dealings with him.
EDWARD T. WHINERY.
Edward T. Whinery, who is conducting a blacksmith and carriage-making business in Spokane, was born in Jackson county, Kansas, on the 25th of January, 1866. He is a son of Jason and Katherine (Williams) Whinery, who died February 8, 1909. and August 10, 1900, respectively. The father was one of the pioneer set- tlers of the Spokane country and in partnership with Thomas Newlon started the fruit growing industry in this district.
Edward T. Whinery received his education in the public schools of Spokane, hav- ing come west with his parents when he was but two years of age. He attended school until he was seventeen years of age and then assisted his father on the home farm until 1866. In that year he learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed in Spokane until 1900, when he joined the army and served with Batson's Maccabe Cavalry in the Philippines until August, 1901. After his discharge from this serv- ice he returned to Spokane and has been engaged in the blacksmith and carriage- making business up to the present time. He is thoroughly acquainted with the neces- sary details of the business and because of his strict attention to the undertaking he is meeting with the success which is fast placing him among the prominent business men of Spokane.
On the 26th of May. 1901, at Spokane. Mr. Whinery was married to Miss Lula Fowler, a daughter of the Rev. William and Mary Fowler, of Spokane. To their union two children have been born: Fowler, who is attending school ; and one de- ecased. In polities Mr. Whiney gives his support to the republican party and he holds membership in the Knights of the Maccabees and the Red Men. By per-
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severance and hard work he has advanced from an obscure position until he is now ranked among the capable business men of Spokane, and the results which are to- day his are due entirely to his indefatigable efforts, his untiring energy and his strict integrity in business dealings.
WILLIAM D. SCOTT.
William D. Scott, a member of the law firm of Scott & Campbell, specializing somewhat in mining and corporation law although still continuing in general practice, was born in Elizabeth, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1861. His father. John V. Scott, was a native of the same county and represented a family of Scotch-Irish and Dutch descent although founded in America prior to the Revolu- tionary war, in which representatives of the name participated. He was drafted for service in the Civil war but had just passed forty-five, which is the age limit, and was, therefore, not compelled to go to the front. One of his younger brothers, how- ever, was with the Union army in active duty in the south. John V. Scott devoted his life to general agricultural pursuits and was a prominent and influential citizen in his home locality. He wedded Nancy Ann Nichols, also a native of Pennsylvania and of English and German descent. The death of the father occurred in 1894 and the mother lives on the old homestead about two miles from Elizabeth. Their fam- ily numbered four sons and three daughters: William D .; James H., a practicing attorney of Burlington, Iowa; Joel F., a physician of Wilson, Pennsylvania; John K., who is living on the old homestead with his mother; Lizzie R., the wife of James Van Kirk, a civil engineer of West Newton, Pennsylvania ; Jennie M., the wife of Homer Brinton, a banker of Ellsworth, Iowa; and Nannie L., the wife of James Biddison, a farmer of Palmdale, California.
William D. Scott supplemented his preliminary school training by study in the Washington and Jefferson College of Pennsylvania and afterward attended the Uni- versity of Michigan, being graduated from its law department in 1888 with the LL.B. degree. He had followed farming until he went to college and for one winter had engaged in teaching school. After the completion of his course in the Michigan University he was admitted to the bar of that state and then came to Spokane for the practice of law, arriving in this city on the 28th of August, 1888. For one year he remained alone in practice and then joined the firm of Conner, Henly & Scott. This connection was maintained for a year and during the succeeding two years he was a partner of Mr. Henly. He afterward practiced alone for four years and on the expiration of that period was joined in a partnership relation by Mr. Rosslow . under the firm style of Scott & Rosslow. They were together for seven or eight years and then again Mr. Scott was alone for a time, after which he entered into his present partnership as senior member of the firm of Scott & Campbell. They con- duct a general law practice of considerable extent and importance and are special- izing to some degree in mining and corporation law, representing the Methow Gold Mining Company together with other well known corporations, including the United Copper Mining Company. Mr. Scott is also a trustee of the Midway Summit Min- ing & Milling Company of Burke, Idaho, which has recently been reincorporated, its property promising big returns in silver and lead. It is now being developed and has already made a most satisfactory showing.
W. D. SCOTT
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The pleasant home life of Mr. Scott had its inception in his marriage on the 26th of December. 1901, in Spokane, to Mrs. Nette E. Lewis, a daughter of Ferdi- nand J. A. and Anna W. (Abel) Martin, pioneer residents of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Scott have many friends in this city and the hospitality of a large number of Spokane's attractive homes is extended to them. In his political views Mr. Scott is a republican, interested in the success and growth of the party which he has represented as a delegate in several state conventions and was also named as alternate to one of the national conventions. Ile is well fitted for leadership and his work has been an effective force for progress in party ranks. Moreover, his district, appreciative of his worth, elected him representative to the legislature in 1905 and again to the state senate in 1907, and while numbered among Washing- ton's lawmakers he gave most careful consideration to cach question which came up for settlement, voting with due regard for the best interests of the commonwealth at large. He is also deeply interested in the welfare and upbuilding of Spokane, which has prompted his cooperation in the work of the Chamber of Commerce, in which he holds membership. He is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the Wood- men of the World and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having filled all of the officers in the local lodge of the latter. He is likewise a life member of the Spokane Athletic Club and is qualified to become a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. Mr. Scott is widely known in this city, where he has made his home for almost a quarter of a century, taking active and helpful interest in everything pertaining to its substantial upbuilding and improvement.
FRANK P. HOGAN.
One of the prominent financiers of the country has said "you cannot make a mistake by investing in land on the Pacific coast," and the life record of Frank P. Hogan is an illustration of the truth of this statement. Through real-estate op- erations he has come to be recognized as one of the capitalists of Spokane, but more than that he is accounted one of those citizens for whom his fellow townsmen en- tertain the highest respect and in whom they place the utmost confidence. This has been manifest again and again at critical periods in the history of the city.
Mr. Hogan is a native of Ballingarry, Ireland, born April 23, 1848. Ilis parents, Patrick and Mary Hogan, came to America when their son Frank was a mere in- fant. settling in Geneva, Wisconsin, where the father engaged in farming. The son was the oldest of twelve children, the family consisting of six boys and six girls. After attending the public schools of Geneva, Frank P. Hogan, then a youth of six- teen years, enlisted as a private in Company K, Forty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry, but later was appointed dispatch orderly under General Beveridge, in western Mis- souri. Ile enlisted in February, 1865. and after the close of the war was mustered out at Benton Barracks, near St. Louis, Missouri, in November of the same year.
Mr. Hogan then returned to his Wisconsin home but shortly afterward the fam- ily removed to Villard, Minnesota, where again the father followed farming, while the son supplemented his early education by a course in Bryant & Stratton Com- mercial College of St. Paul, from which he was graduated in due time. He then
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turned his attention to business affairs and was engaged in logging and contracting on the Northern Pacific Railroad near Duluth, Minnesota. for a few years. In 1873 he arrived in Oregon, taking up the study of law at Roseburg, but the Stikeen mine exeitement of the Fraser river district in British Columbia led to his purchase of a number of paek mules to earry supplies to that distriet. The reports eoneerning the gold there proved to be unfounded and Mr. Hogan then established a general mer- eantile store in Roseburg. He also became a prominent factor in publie affairs of the community and was elected sheriff of the county on the democratic ticket, filling the office for eight years. During that period he was also twice sent to the dem- oeratie national convention. attending in 1880 when the party nominated Haneock and in 1881 when Grover Cleveland was nominated. He was again a delegate from Spokane in 1892 when Cleveland was nominated for his last term.
Mr. Hogan first visited Spokane in 1886 and took up his permanent abode here in 1887, at which time he turned his attention to the real-estate business and to the briek manufacturing business, in the latter connection making common and orna- mental briek. He was also engaged in the manufacture of sash and doors and his industrial interests constituted a feature of his sueeess, while in his real-estate opera- tions his activity eonstantly increased and broadened. He was very active during the mine exeitement in the Rossland and Republie distriets and was manager of the Sullivan mine at Fort Steele. British Columbia, for a number of years. From the time he first took up his abode in Spokane he invested in real estate, having implicit confidenee in the future of the eity. He not only beeame owner of realty but also improved his property by the erection of many buildings, some of the more promi- nent being the Madison and Congress Hotels and the Hogan bloek on Post street. He also opened the Avalon addition and is now opening the Audubon Park addition. With the rapid development of the eity and the northwest priees have constantly advanced and his sales of property have brought to him a goodly fortune.
At the same time Mr. Hogan has been one of the most publie-spirited residents of the eity, to which he donated a large traet of what is now Manito Park, and with John A. Fineh he gave thirty-three aeres that is now known as Audubon Park. on the north side of the river. Since the establishment of the park commission he has been one of its members and is now its vice president. Again and again he has rceeived praetieal demonstration of the confidenee reposed in him by his fellow- men-a eonfidenee which has on no occasion or under no eireumstances been be- traved. At the time of the memorable fire of 1889, when money and supplies were sent to Spokane from all over the United States to relieve the suffering, members of the eity eouneil started to loot the relief fund both of its money and its supplies. A committee of one hundred of the representative citizens secretly met in the O. K. Barn, which stood on the site of the present federal building. It was in reality a vigilanee committee to devise means to prevent further looting and to save the honor of the eity of Spokane. Mr. Hogan was elected president, with Herbert Bolster as secretary. They worked quietly but firmly and accomplished their objeet. Again, when the bridges aeross the river had been allowed to deteriorate so that several had caved in and the city was being held for damages. Mr. Hogan was appointed chair- man of the committee that investigated and straightened out the affairs. After the Iroquois fire in Chicago. when popular opinion all over the country was running high. the mayor of Spokane called a meeting of citizens and a committee was ap-
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pointed to investigate conditions in the public meeting houses, the theaters, schools and public buildings of the city. Again Mr. Hogan was appointed chairman of this committee and they visited every public building in the city and wherever changes were needed improvements were ordered and owners made to comply with the re- quirements, so that Spokane today has as good protection as it is possible to obtain.
On the 22d of January, 1876, at Roseburg, Oregon, Mr. Hogan was married to Miss Mary Flood. a daughter of J. C. and Emily ( Lane) Flood, of that city, and a granddaughter of General Joseph Lane, who was a candidate for vice president of the United States with Breckenridge in 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Hegan have four daughters: Mabel. the wife of Percy P. Powell, of Spokane; Bertha, the wife of William G. Davidson, of this city ; and Mildred and Cicely, both at home. The fam- ily residence is at No. 2225 First avenue. Mr. Hogan holds membership with the Knights of Columbus and with Elks Lodge, No. 228. For many years he has been a member of the Spokane Club and was at one time its president. He is also a member of the Spokane Country Club and has but recently resigned his position as director, which place he had held for many years. In politics he has been a life- long democrat but has never held publie office in Spokane, although he has been repeatedly urged to accept both city and state offices and by both political parties. He has preferred that his public service should be done as a private citizen and has wielded an influence which is perhaps all the more potent because it is moral rather than political and because it secks the public weal rather than individual honors. When crises have ocurred which have demanded the service of men of unquestioned integrity and public loyalty Mr. Hogan has always been called to the front.
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