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Mr. Hinchliff was married in Spokane, in 1881. to Miss Anna Steele, a native of California and a daughter of Thomas and Ann Steele, who were both natives of England. Thomas Steele was one of the carly pioneers. coming west in 1872. To Mr. and Mrs. Hinchliff two children were born: Floyd R., now living in North Dakota: and Harry II.
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In politics Mr. Hineliliff is affiliated with the socialist party and in spite of his active business life has given considerable time to political matters. He was a mem- ber of the councils of Latah and Spangle and in 1896 was elected county commis- sioner of Whitman county on the populist ticket, resigning that position in May, 1899. He ran on a fusion tieket championed by democrats and populists for the position of connty commissioner and was elected. In 1902, although not belonging to that party, the democrats nominated him for reelection but he was not successful in his candidacy. In his fraternal relations he is a member of the Masonic order, the Order of the Eastern Star and the Woodmen of the World. In the comparatively long business career of Charles N. Hinchliff he has been not only successful but by his active life as a promoter and business man has contributed in no small degree to the upbuilding of the business interests of the communities, cities and states of which he has been a resident. Fortified by a good education, he has been able to achieve much that would have been impossible otherwise and in his intelligent and well directed efforts enterprises which he established in a small way were built up to a prosperous condition. So active a man as he could not fail to have an unusual number of friends and business acquaintances and in all the circles of Elberton and Whitman county where he is known he is a prominent figure and greatly respected.
ROBERT ARTHUR WOODS.
Robert Arthur Woods, who lived retired in Lacrosse, Whitman county, nntil Octo- ber 23. 1911, but is now proprietor of the Halliday Hotel of Spokane, having taken possession of the house on that date, was formerly one of the most able lumber- inen of this section. Ilis birth occurred in Dakota City, Nebraska, on the 27th of December, 1867, and he is a son of George T. and Katherine (Ream) Woods, na- tives of New York and Pennsylvania respectively. The father was the first settler in Dakota county, Nebraska, where he was one of the active promoters of the early development of the state.
Robert A. Woods received his education in the public schools of Nebraska and at the same time assisted his father with the duties which eame daily to hand on the home farm, becoming his father's able assistant in 1885. He remained in his native state until 1891, when he removed to Marcus, Iowa, where he conducted a gen- eral store for his father under the firm name of George T. Woods & Company. But the experiences of his early life had shown him that agricultural pursuits were more to his liking than mercantile operations and in 1896 he returned to Nebraska and ' was engaged in farming until 1902. In that year he came west, locating at once in Lacrosse, Washington, and engaging in the retail lumber business under the firm name of R. A. Woods. Four years later he disposed of this and retired. He was at one time the owner of one thousand acres in Whitman county but disposed of his landed interests on coming to Spokane.
On the 24th of November, 1911, Mr. Woods was united in marriage to Mrs. Alice Wright, of Lacrosse, Washington. They make their home in the Halliday Hotel, of which Mr. Woods is proprietor. In politics he is a republican but his broad- mindedness and his interest in political integrity frequently lead him to cast his vote independent of party dictates. He holds membership in Lacrosse Lodge, No. 155.
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A. F. & A. M., of which he was treasurer ; and Colfax Chapter, No. 31, R. A. M. During the ten years in which Mr. Woods has been a resident of Whitman county he has won the regard and respect of those with whom he has come into contact either socially, politieally or fraternally.
ENOCH ALBERT BRYAN, LL.D.
Enoch Albert Bryan, educator and author, now president of the State College of Washington at Pullman, was graduated from the classical course of the Indiana University in 1878 and received the degree of Master of Arts from the same in- stitution in 1881. Upon his graduation he entered actively upon the profession of teaching and served as superintendent of schools at Grayville, Illinois, until 1882. He was then cleeted professor of Latin in Vincennes University and the following rear was chosen president of the same institution, in which capacity he served until September. 1893. Vincennes was the original university for the state of Indiana, which. however, was then a territory, being founded on a government land grant and established in 1806. William Henry Harrison, afterward president of the United States, was president of the first board of trustees. President Bryan was granted the degree of Master of Arts by Harvard University in 1893 and in that year published "The Mark in Europe and America," brought out by Gin & Com- pany of Boston. He was elected president of the Agricultural College and School of Science of Washington, now the State College of Washington, in 1893 and entered upon his duties on the Ist of September of that year. Ten years later the degrec of 1.1 .. D. was bestowed upon him by Monmouth College and the same degree was conferred upon him by the Agricultural College .of Michigan in May, 1907, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of that institution, President Roosevelt being present for the principal address. At the same time the degree of LL.D. was conferred by the same college on the Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, President Angell, of the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor, and others, but with the exception of Mr. Wilson, Mr. Bryan was the only one west of the Mis- sissippi so honored with that degree. In the nineteen years of his presideney over the State College of Washington his has been the guiding spirit which has led to its development, growth and the improvement and expansion of its system, and the school is largely a monument to his ability and publie spirit.
GEORGE GAMBLE THATCHER.
Numbered among the eminent business men and farmers of Whitman county, Washington, is George Gamble Thatcher, of Albion, who was born in Ohio, De- ermher 25. 1850. a son of Joseph and Eliza ( Williams) Thatcher, both natives of Pennsylvania. In 1852 the parents returned to the Keystone state and there George G. Thatcher attended the public schools until 1862, when with his parents he re- moved to Wisconsin and continued his studies until 1869, in which year he went to Chicago and began learning the carpenter's trade. This occupation he followed Vol 111-3.
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until the spring of 1875, when he removed to New York and later in the same year went to San Francisco by way of the Isthmus of Panama. He remained in that city but a short time. however, removing thence to Portland in the spring of 1877, where he took up the business of fishing in the Columbia river. One of his earlier expe- riences in Oregon was his participation in the Indian wars, in which he took a com- spicuous part. In that year he camped in Spokane. When the Indian troubles were over he removed to Montana in 1878, where he engaged in contracting and building, that occupation serving him in good stead at that time and occupying his time and attention until 1889. In that year he removed to Pullman. Washington, and there continued contracting until 1894. when he removed to an eighty-acre farm four miles west of Pullman, later increasing his land holdings to one hundred and ninety-seven aeres. He is interested in live stock. making that a prominent part of his agricul- tural business. In connection with contracting and building he has engaged in the lumber business for the past fifteen years.
Mr. Thatcher was married in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in 1890, to Miss Sarah Lam- bert. a native of Minnesota. Politically he is affiliated with the republican party and is a member of the Masonic fraternity of which he is past master and also be- longs to the Farmers Union. He has partially retired from active business and is building a home in the city of Albion where he purposes making his residence. The long business career of Mr. Thatcher. most of which was passed in the west. has been crowned with a liberal degree of success. In his active building operations which he has so long followed he has become instrumental in the building of a large number of homes as well as structures of a public character and by so doing has been a nseful man in the development of the communities with which he has been identified. His business dealings have always been in accordance with the Golden Rule. for absolute integrity is one of his strong characteristics. His life has been one of industry and as the result of his labors he has been able to accumulate a handsome competence.
FREDERICK E. GOODALL.
There are found many men whose industry has won them success-men who by their perseverance and diligence execute well defined plans which others have made -but the men who take the initiative are comparatively few. The vast majority do not see opportunity for the coordination of forces and the development of new ex- tensive and profitable enterprises and, therefore, must follow along paths which others have marked out. Frederick E. Goodall, however. does not belong to this designated class. The initiative spirit is strong within him. He has realized the possibility for the combination of forces and has wrought along the line of mammoth under- takings, being now prominently associated with the Arcadia Orchards Company, which is the largest irrigated fruit proposition in the United States. This has fol- lowed important connection with other business enterprises of Spokane and the northwest, notably in the lumber and mercantile fields.
Mr. Goodall was born in Littleton. New Hampshire, January 21, 1861, a son of Alpha and Ellen L. (Kenerson) Goodall, who were farming people of that vicinity. After pursuing his education in the public and high schools of his native town Fred-
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erick E. Goodall entered the employ of the Littleton National Bank, in which he remained for four years. Ile afterward became connected with the Littleton Lum ber Company. of which he was financial manager until 1889, when he came to Spokane to take charge of the Washington National Bank, which was then being organized. As cashier and manager of that institution he aided in directing its af- fairs from its establishment until it liquidated and went out of business, paying all claims in full. This was in the latter part of 1894 and during the panic of 1893. although many banks were forced to suspend, this institution closed its doors for a period of only thirty days.
Mr. Goodall was afterward for a number of years largely interested in mining, notably in association with the Rossland and Republic mines, operating in that con- nection from 1896 until 1900. In the latter year, associated with U. C. Utford. he organized the Spokane Lumber Company at Milan, Washington, and was its pres- ident until some time later when he disposed of his holdings. His attention was then directed to the dry-goods trade and in 1901 he became president and general man- ager of the Whitehouse Dry Goods Store, with which he continued until the fall of 1909. contributing much to the success of what is one of the largest and most popu- lar mercantile enterprises in Spokane. On severing his connection therewith lie became general sales agent for the Arcadia Orchards Company and his labors have been very effective in promoting the sale of these properties, which cover the largest irrigated fruit proposition in the United States. His plans are always carefully formulated and he seems to see the utmost possibility for successful accomplishment in connection with any undertaking. He does not hesitate until the ultimate aim is reached and at the same time his methods have always been of a constructive char- acter. never sacrificing the interests or rights of others.
On the 24th of May, 1883, in Littleton. New Hampshire, Mr. Goodall was mar- ried to Miss Mary E. Tarbell, a daughter of Charles D. and Elmira F. (Whitney) Tarbell. Mr. Goodall holds membership in the First Church of Christ Scientist and gives his political allegiance to the republican party. His public service has largely been done as a private citizen and his labors in behalf of Spokane and the Pacific coast country have been of far reaching and beneficial effect. He is a man of most pleasing personality and is recognized throughout the northwest as a man of the soundest business judgment. Such is the force of his character that his example and inthience carry great weight and be it said to his credit that these have ever been used for the welfare and progress of the country. When a resident of New Hampshire he served as city treasurer for a number of years but has continuously refused to become a candidate for office during the period in which he has made his home in Spokane. This, however, has not limited his usefulness, for in many fields his work has been of important public service. He was for eight years president of the Chamber of Commerce, accepting the position in January, 1902, when there were but fifty-six active members. Under his guidance the organization grew rapidly and its effectiveness was proportionately increased. He became a member of the committee from the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the Pacific Coast that raised the funds necessary to entertain the honorable commercial commission of Japan when they visited the United States in 1909, taking active part in making the plans and arranging the entertainment for these guests. Since their return to Japan Mr. Goodall has been the recipient of a beautiful silver loving cup sent him from that country by the commission as a token of their esteem for the services he ren-
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dered on that occasion. He is a member of the park commission of this city, be- longs to the Spokane Club and to the Rocky Mountain Club of New York city. His success has never been allowed to effect his relations toward others less fortunate. While he has never conrted popularity he holds friendship inviolable and as true worth may always win his regard he has a very extensive circle of friends. In his life were the elements of greatness because of the use he has made of his talents and his opportunities, his thoughts being given to the mastery of great problems and the fulfilment of his duty as a man in his relations to his fellowmen and as a citizen in his relations to his state and country.
CHARLES JULIAN WEBB.
Charles Julian Webb, who has been successfully engaged in the practice of law in Kettle Falls for the past four years, was born in Arcadia, Wisconsin, on the 18th of May, 1876. He is a son of George W. and Florence R. (Bishop) Webb, both of whom are now deceased the father having passed away in 1908 and the mother in 1879. In both lines Mr. Webb is descended from patriotic ancestors, who gave their services to their country whenever they were needed. His father was a veteran of the Civil war, having served as a member of Company K, Forty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, as was also his maternal grandfather and seven of his father's brothers, four of whom gave their lives in the cause. The maternal grandmother was a direct descendant of General Warren, who so valiantly served the cause of liberty during the Revolution.
The youthful years of Charles Julian Webb were passed as those of other lads reared in country communities. He attended the common and high schools of his home town until he had graduated from the latter, after which he taught in Wis- consin for two years. He subsequently entered the University of Chicago, where he studied for eight years, being awarded the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1906 and that of Doctor of Law (Juris Doctoris) in 1907. He was a good student and was popular with both his classmates and the faculty, was repeatedly elected to the college councils, and had the distinction of being chosen by President Harper as one of the student marshals of the school. during the latter years of his course. In 1906 he entered npon the practice of his profession at Chicago, Illinois, as a clerk in the office of West, Eckhart & Taylor, one of the leading firms of that city, being identified with them until he came to Kettle Falls in 1907. When he first located here he became associated with A. E. Baldwin, under the firm name of Bald- win & Webb, in the general practice of law. This connection continued nntil 1910 when they dissolved partnership and in March, 1911, Mr. Webb formed an alliance with Mr. Eugene E. Atwood, their business being conducted under the name of Webb & Atwood. During the period of his practice here Mr. Webb has made a most ex- cellent record, being regarded as one of the best informed and most widely read at- torneys in the county. He has at different times been connected with notable litiga- tions, and has acquitted himself in a manner to confer distinction upon his profes- sion, by reason of his dignified and scholarly manner of pleading his cause. He is thorough and conscientious in the preparation of his cases, taking every precaution
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to avoid disputable technicalities that sometimes arise through lack of precaution on the part of the counsel.
Fontana, Wisconsin, was the scene of the marriage of Mr. Webb on the 16th of JJune, 1906. to Miss Alice E. Baldwin, a daughter of A. E. Baldwin, and they have become the parents of three children. Bruce B., Elizabeth B. and Charles J., Jr.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Webb are members of the Baptist church, in the work of which they take an active interest, Mr. Webb being one of the trustees. He is also a Mason, having taken the degrees of the blue lodge, an Odd Fellow, a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Woodmen of the World, while during his college days he became athliated with the Delta Upsilon fraternity. In his political views Mr. Webb is a republican, and is a member of the Stevens county republican central committee, and also represents his county on the republican state central committee. He takes an enthusiastic interest in all movements undertaken for the upbuilding of the community and the promotion of its municipal enterprises, and is an active member of the Kettle Falls Commercial Club, of which he is president. He is also secretary and treasurer of the Stevens County Fruit Growers Union and vice president of the Stevens County Federation of Commercial Clubs, while he is interested in the Clark Lake irrigation project. His services are always freely ac- corded in the support of every movement, the adoption of which assures improvement or progress, while all measures receive his indorsement that have for their object the betterment of the community and the promotion of its highest interests.
OSEE W. NOBLE.
Osec W. Noble for the past seven years has been engaged in the practice of law m Kettle Falls, where he has built up a very good clientage. He was born in Indiana on the 2d of May. 1878, and is a son of Peter E. and Selina ( Runyon) Noble, both of whom are living, the father having attained the age of sixty years and the mother of tifty-three. In both lines he is descended from colonial ancestry, but the families located during the pioneer days in Indiana, whence his parents removed during the early years of their domestic life to Nebraska.
The boyhood and youth of Osee W. Noble were almost entirely spent in Ne- braska, where he removed with his parents when a lad of seven years. He attended the public and high schools of Minden, that state. until graduated from the latter institution in 1896. Having decided to adopt the legal profession for his life vocation he then entered the law office of John I .. MePheeley of Minden, Ne- braska, and later the Chicago Law School, where he pursued his studies until awarded his degree in 1902. He applied himself diligently to his studies and made notable progress in his classes, winning two scholarships, one in practice and plead- ing and the other in law Latin, during the period of his course. For three years af- ter his graduation he engaged in practice in Chicago and then, in 1905, he came to Kettle Falls and established an office that he has ever since maintained. By reason of his excellent qualifications and his conscientious regard for the rights of his clients and protection of their interests, Mr. Noble has won recognition as both an efficient and reliable representative of his profession. He is attorney for the Fruit-
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land Irrigation Company, the Garden Valley Creamery Company, and a number of other thriving industries of that valley.
On the 20th of June, 1903, Mr. Noble was united in marriage to Miss Susan L. Foley, of Chicago, a daughter of James Foley, who is one of the pioneer hardwood lumber merchants of that city. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Noble have been born four children, Osee W., Jr., Virginia, Peter E. and Franeis.
Mr. Noble is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having taken the degrees of the blue lodge, and he also belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, being a past master of that order, and to the Woodmen of the World, at the present time serving as past consul commander of the local organization. Since engaging in prae- tice here Mr. Noble has made steady and permanent progress in his profession and his success seems assured, as among his clients are numbered the leading firms and business men of the town, as well as the eastern interests and investors who have property in the Kettle Falls valley.
ROY ARTHUR LANGLEY.
Roy Arthur Langley, cashier of the Colton State Bank and vice president of the Farmers' State Bank of Pullman, has been connected with the financial institutions of Whitman county for about seven years. He was born in Bloomington, Illinois, on the 6th of February. 1877, and is a son of Andrew J. and Cecelia (Curtis) Lang- ley, both natives of Pennsylvania. In the paternal line he is of English extraction. his grandfather, James Langley being a native of Canada.
Reared in the city of his nativity, Roy Arthur Langley there pursued his eduea- tion in the common schools until 1893, when he removed to Denver, where he com- pleted his high school studies and subsequently took a commercial course, thus qual- ifying himself for a position in the business world. Returning to Illinois in 1898, he took a clerical position in Chicago, but resigned this two years later and going to lowa engaged in agricultural pursuits. At the expiration of a year he removed to Minnesota, continuing there until 1904. In the latter year he went to Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he engaged in the real-estate business as an employe of the Oakes Land Company, but he severed his connection with this firm in 1905, and came to Johnson, Whitman county, where he organized the People's Bank. The following year he came to Colton and incorporated the Colton State Bank and has ever since been connected with this institution in the capacity of cashier. He is like- wise one of the stockholders and a director of this bank and also of the Farmers' State Bank of Pullman, in which he holds the official position of vice president. During the period of his residence in this county, Mr. Langley has manifested unusual powers of organization and executive ability and is recognized as one of the highly efficient business men of Colton. He is thoroughly conversant with banking methods and is well informed on all matters of finance and while he is progressive in his ideas he is very conservative in his poliey, inspiring confidence in all who have occasion to have transactions with him.
Spokane was the seene of Mr. Langley's marriage in October, 1906, to Miss Bessie A. Newlands, a native of Quincy, Illinois, and a daughter of James and Anna (Cass) Newlands, likewise natives of Illinois. One son, James Weston, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Langley.
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The political allegiance of Mr. Langley is given to the republican party except in municipal elections, when he gives his support to such men and measures as he deems hest qualified to subserve the interests of the community. He is at all times willing to assume his share of the local governmental responsibilities and at the present is serving as a member of the town council. Fraternally he is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of Lewiston; of Lodge, No. 103, F. & A. M .. of which he is now worthy master sand he also belongs to the Mystic Tie and has held all of the chairs in the latter organization. He is likewise a member of the Inland Club of Spokane. In his business relations Mr. Langley has been found thoroughly reliable and trustworthy during the period of his connection with the enterprises of Whitman county, and has always manifested the highest principles and most incorruptible integrity in his transactions.
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