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In politics Mr. Alexander gives his support to the republican party and is thor-
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oughly alive to the issues of the day and a firm advocate of the policies which his party advance. He holds membership in the Woodmen of the World. Conscientious in his duties and honorable in his social and fraternal relations, he holds the respeet of the members of his community.
JOHN CRAIG LAWRENCE.
One of the highily esteemed pioneer citizens of Washington, who from territorial days has been prominently identified with publie life and was a member of the first state senate, is John Craig Lawrence, now serving on the railroad commission. For more than a quarter of a century he has been a resident of Garfield, during which time he has founded and assisted in promoting many of its leading enterprises, and has worked tirelessly in the development of its various publie utilities. He was born in Ohio on January 22, 1861, and is a son of George and Lueretia (Montgomery) Lawrence, the father a native of Ohio and the mother of Virginia.
While he was still in his early childhood the parents of John Craig Lawrence re- moved from the Buckeye state to Illinois, and there at the usnal age the lad began his edueation in the common schools. The family subsequently became residents of Oregon. in which state he continued his studies until he had attained the age of six- teen years. As he had always been an ambitious, enterprising lad he had applied himself diligently to his studies and was now fully qualified to teach. He followed this profession in Oregon and Washington for a year, at the end of which time he had sufficient means to warrant his continuing his education, so he went to Colfax, this state. and entered the academy. While engaged in his studies he also continued to work and was for some time employed on the Northwest Tribune of that city. In 1880 he accepted the position of foreman on the Palouse City Boomerang of Palouse City, continuing to be identified with this journal for two years. At the expiration of that time he came to Garfield and became associated with J. D. Bishop in estab- lishing a hardware business under the firm name of Lawrence, Bishop & Company. During the first year he again resumed his teaching but he gave this up at the end of that period to assume the duties of county superintendent, in which capacity he served for three years, his term expiring in 1886. About the time he was elected to this of- fiee in 1883, Mr. Bishop decided to withdraw from the hardware business and Mr. Lawrence purchased his stock. He managed the store in connection with the dis- charge of his official duties until 1884. but as it was impossible for him to do full justice to both, he then sold half of his interest to Samuel Grove, the name being changed to Lawrence, Grove & Company. Thus they continued until 1887, but as Mr. Lawrence was becoming quite prominently identified with public life and had various other interests that demanded much of his attention, he then disposed of the greater portion of his stoek in the store to George Nye & Company, becoming a si- lent partner. The next year, in 1888. he went into the real-estate business with Greenville Holbrook, the enterprise being eondueted under the name of Lawrenee & Holbrook. This undertaking thrived from the very first, and in 1890 the firm laid ont a forty acre subdivision to the town of Pullman, known as the Lawrenee & Hol- brook addition. As they were both men of unusual sagaeity and foresight, they readily recognized the wonderful opportunities afforded in this seetion and subse-
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quently purchased sufficient land from the different homesteaders for a town site, and platted and founded the village of Kendrick, Idaho. During his term of office as superintendent it was necessary for Mr. Lawrence to reside at Pullman, but at the expiration of that time. in 1886, he again returned to Garfield where he took charge of Knapp-Bunnell & Company's warchouse. The same year he was appointed superin- tendent of publie instruction of Washington territory, and in 1890 President Har- rison appointed him register of the United States Land Office at Waterville. Washington. His duties there expiring in 1894, he again became identified with the business interests of Garfield, and for ten years thereafter was the manager of the Farmers' Warehouse Company here. In 1898 he established the Bank of Garfield, a private institution, of which he was the chief stockholder and general manager until 1905. As it was conducted along conservative lines it became recognized as one of the stable and thoroughly reliable financial concerns of the county, and in 1909 it was incorporated as a state bank, and the next year began operations under the name of the Garfield National Bank. Mr. Lawrence is still one of the stockholders of this organization, but is not in any way officially connected with it at the present. While Governor Mead was in office in 1903 he appointed Mr. Lawrence a member of the railroad commission, and in 1907 he was reappointed for six years, and is still serv- ing in this capacity. He is one of the pioneers who early recognized and appreciated the wonderful possibilities this state afforded with the advent of railroads and the development of its rich natural resources, and has invested quite heavily in real es- tate. Ilis first holding was a tree claim on which he filed in 1882, the year he reached his majority, and he has since added to his possessions at different times and is now the owner of some quite valuable property. In 1894, he decided to extend his activ- ities in still another line and engaged in farming and he now has one thousand acres of land under cultivation. Mr. Lawrence is one of those wonderfully endowed men. who have the rare faculty of being able to direct their energies along various lines and so concentrate their forees as to far surpass the average in each. Since he was a youth of sixteen years he has made his way with absolutely no assistance other than such as is accorded every business man of recognized efficiency and reliability, and although during that period he has oftentimes been so situated that the future scemed most uncertain and disaster seemed to threaten from every side he has always been able to so command his forces as to control and dominate conditions, in many in- stanees by the sheer force of his determination, which would never recognize defeat. Ilis achievements and success must be largely attributed to inherent ability and strength of purpose, qualities that in many instances are termed "luck."
At. Davenport, Washington, on the 2d of April, 1883, Mr. Lawrence was united in marriage to Miss Jessie M. Rogers, of Indiana, a daughter of George B. and Ma- thilda Rogers, and to them have been born four children, as follows: Zola, who married K. B. Fisher, of Garfield, by whom she has had three children: Bessie, the wife of John Camp, of Seattle; and Hugh M. and Perry, both of whom are at home,
Mr. Lawrence is an elder in the Presbyterian church, in which his family also hold membership and he is an active member of the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation, being a member of the board of directors at Olympia. He is a worthy ex- emplar of the Masonic fraternity, having attained the rank of a thirty-second degree member of the Scottish Rite, and belongs to the chapter, consistory and shrine, and also the Order of the Eastern Star of which he is a worthy patron. He is commander of the Woodmen of the World and a chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, and he
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likewise holds membership in the Odd Fellows. Elks and United Artisans. His political views accord with the principles of the republican party, for whose candi- dates he always casts his ballot. From early manhood he has taken an active inter- est in all public affairs, particularly those pertaining to educational matters. In 1884, while acting as county superintendent of Whitman county, he was appointed a member of the territorial board of education by Governor Mead, and two years later superintendent of public instruction for the territory. He was also a member of the county examining board under Superintendent Cushing Eells, and he has served as a member of the local school board. In 1889, he was elected to the state senate from this county. having the distinction of being a member of the state's first legislative body. His worth as an educator already having been recognized, he was appointed chairman of the committee on education, and thus was one of the founders of the exeellent public school system now existing in this state, and naturally when he removed to Waterville four years later he was elected to the school board of that city. In addition to the various other public offices he has held, Mr. Lawrence served for two terms as a member of the council of Garfield. Although he has been in public . life the greater part of the time for twenty-five years, he has fortunately escaped the calumnious charges and aspersions too frequently made against men in similar posi- tions, and is accorded the esteem and high regard of the best citizens not only of his immediate community but throughout the state wherever he is known. As a friend he has ever been found loyal, as a business man trustworthy and reliable and as a public official true to his trust.
JAMES SUTHERLAND, M. D.
Dr. James Sutherland, a man of high educational standing in his profession, has been a resident of Spokane since the 11th of August, 1898. 'Tis but a compar- atively brief period. yet within that time he has gained recognition of his ability in a large and growing business. He was born in Middlesex county, Ontario, April 26, 1864. His parents, Alexander and Letitia (Francis) Sutherland, were natives of Scotland and Ireland respectively, the former of whom passed away in 1892 and the latter in 1894. The father resided for many years in Middlesex county, Ontario, and served as justice of the peace of the township of Caradoc. They were the parents of four sons and four daughters, namely: James: Henry, president and manager of the Equity Life Insurance Company of Toronto; George and Alexander, carrying on farming on the old homestead; Lizzie, residing in Toronto: Mrs. S. T. Broome. of Mount Bridges, Ontario; Mrs. Charles McCand- less. of Ilderton. Ontario; and Mrs. William Robinson. of Hyde Park, Ontario.
Dr. Sutherland completed his literary education in the Strathroy and Hamil- ton Collegiate Institutes of Ontario and subsequently engaged in teaching school. The other professions attracted him and he afterward entered Trinity Medical College, Toronto, from which he was graduated. in 1891. with the degree of F. T. M. C. He graduated from the University of Trinity College, Toronto, with the degrees of M. D., C. M .. and he is also a member of the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons of Ontario, where he was graduated with the degree M. C. P. & S. He is a medalist of both university and college and also won several
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scholarships in the pursuit of his education. His liberal training well qualified him for the onerous duties which have devolved upon him since he entered practice.
In June, 1891, Dr. Sutherland opened an other at The Dalles, Oregon, where he remained for the greater part of seven years. He arrived in Spokane on the Itth of August, 1898, and has since followed his profession here, winning wide recognition as an able and learned physician and surgeon. He is a member of the Spokane County Medical Society, the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is medical referee and chief examiner for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. He has held the former position for three and a half years and the latter for twelve years. He is also chief examiner for the Travelers Insurance Company and is examiner for other life companies, and is consulting surgeon for a number of large accident com- panies. He has an extensive practice in Spokane, being constantly overburdened by the demands on his professional service. Dr. Sutherland is also interested in land irrigation projects. He is president of the Colville Orchards Company which has one hundred and twenty-five acres in orchards and expects to have the re- mainder of its ranch improved soon. Its entire holdings are two hundred and forty acres of non-irrigated land on which there are now twenty thousand trees. He is also interested in several improvement companies, and business projects as well as professional are contributing to his financial success.
On the 29th of March, 1899. Dr. Sutherland was married to Miss Ursula S. Ruch, a daughter of George and Ursula Ruch, who were pioncers at The Dalles, Oregon, the father coming across the plains and the mother by way of the Panama route. Mrs. Sutherland is of French and English descent. The Doctor and his wife reside at No. 920 Seventh avenue.
Dr. and Mrs. Sutherland are members of the First Presbyterian Church, of this city, and it was largely through his efforts while president of the Men's Club of that church that the magnificent new church building at the corner of Fourth av- enne and Cedar street was made possible. He is a member of the Inland Club and the University Club. He is also a life member of the Spokane Amateur Athletic ('lub and that he is interested in plans for the city's growth and improvement is «videneed in his membership in the Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to Wasco Lodge. No. 15. F. & A. M., at The Dalles, Oregon, is a thirty-second de- gree Scottish Rite Mason and is a life member of Oriental Consistory, No. 2. lle is also a member of El Katif Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the Order of the Eastern Star and has membership relations with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Foresters of America, the Maccabees and with Cascade Lodge of Elks, No. 303, at The Dalles, Oregon. He is well known among the fraternal organizations as well as in the club life of Spokane and his personal qualities have won him a popularity that is most enviable.
BRAYTON A. HOPKINS.
The lumber business attracted Brayton A, Hopkins in his boyhood and he has devoted the principal energies of his life to this line of industry. He has been located for a number of years at Deer Park where he is actively identified with the
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Standard Lumber Company and is recognized as one of the progressive men of this section. He is a native of Rice county, Minnesota, born September 4, 1869, a son of Brayton H. and Lavon E. (Alexander ) Hopkins. The mother died in 1876, when the son Brayton was seven years of age, while the father survived nntil 1908. The first member of the Hopkins family to arrive in America crossed the ocean in the Mayflower and descendants of this worthy pilgrim have been prominent in the pro- fessions and in business in all the principal parts of the United States.
Mr. Hopkins, the subject of this sketch, possessed advantages of education in the common schools of Minnesota. At the age of fourteen he began to work upon his own account, securing employment upon a farm in the neighborhood of his home. A year later he entered the sawmill and earpentering business, in which he continued for two years in his native state. At the end of that time, being ambitious to advance as rapidly as possible, he came to Washington and for three years was employed in a saw mill at Spokane. He then turned his attention to farming and took up a home- stead in Lincoln county. upon which he spent five years. Subsequently he located in Deer Park where he has since made his home, working as a sawyer and filer for the Standard Lumber Company. He is also a stockholder and director of the company. He is a member of the board of directors of the First State Bank of Deer Park and has prospered in his business, being also the owner of considerable land in Deer Park and vieinity.
On the 21st of March, 1900, Mr. Hopkins was married at Webster City, Iowa, to Miss Mabel E. White, a daughter of Michael White, and to this union four chil- dren have been born, Luey L., R. Bruce, Florence M. and Elias B. As a result of his study of political and social conditions Mr. Hopkins is a staneh advocate of prohibition, believing that it is one of the most important questions before the country. He is a member of the Masonie order and of the Eastern Star, being also connected with the Modern Woodmen of America. He served in the latter order to the entire satisfaction of his brethren as venerable counsel for a period of two years. His re- ligious belief is indicated by membership in the Congregational church. He has from the time he began to work upon his own account been highly industrious and en- tirely reliable and his operations have always reflected eredit upon himself and those with whom he is associated. He is a liberal contributor to worthy causes and is known as a useful, patriotic and broad-minded citizen whose aim it is to add to the sum of human happiness and thus to discharge his duty as a member of the great Brotherhood of Man.
LORENZO D. FARMIN.
One of the best known citizens of Sandpoint is Lorenzo D. Farmin, who not only assisted in platting the town but has been one of the prominent factors in forward- ing its development, having been more or less actively identified with promoting its various publie utilities during the entire period of its history. He was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on the 4th of March, 1818, and is a son of Morris and Lueinda M. (Rose) Farmin. His parents were residents of Chicago when the population of that eity numbered less than five hundred inhabitants, but they later removed to Oshkosh, where the father engaged in the sawmill and planing business. From there they went to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Mr. Farmin continuing in the same bus-
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iness until 1857, when the family located in Houston, Minnesota, going from Prairie du Chien to La Crosse on the steamer Milwaukee, which was making its initial trip up the Mississippi.
The education of Lorenzo D. Farmin was begun in the public schools of Prairie du Chien and later pursued in those of Houston, Minnesota, after which he had a term's work in a commercial college at La Crosse. After leaving school he gave his attention to farming until 1864, when he responded to the country's call and enlisted as a member of the Eleventh Minnesota Infantry. serving until the close of hostilities. Ile resumed the responsibilities of civil life as an agriculturist in the vicinity of Houston and was so engaged until 1881. during which time he made several trips across the continent to the western coast. In the year mentioned he became identified with the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company, then engaged in constructing its lines. in the capacity of telegraph operator. His wife accompanied him on this trip, en- during with him all of its hardships and privations and devoting her spare hours to the mastery of telegraphy. Mr. Farmin remained with the Canadian Pacific for four years, then went with the Great Northern Railway Company as telegraph oper- ator, remaining with their construction department for two years, while they were building their lines through Montana. He subsequently became station agent for the Northern Pacific at Arlee and Ravalli. Montana, continuing in the employment of this company until 1888. Resigning his position he returned to Minnesota, locating at Jasper, where for about three years he engaged in the hotel business. At the ex- piration of that period he removed to Aberdeen, South Dakota, to become representa- tive of the McCormick Harvester Company. He gave this up two years later and again became identified with the Great Northern Railway Company as station agent and telegraph operator at Sandpoint, entering upon his duties in October, 1892, and Mrs. Farmin acted as night operator. Ile continued in this position until 1899 and in the meantime purchased a relinquishment on a quarter section of land that forms a part of the present. site of Sandpoint. Originally he platted but forty acres of his land into town lots. but kept adding to this until the entire one hundred and sixty acres were included in the town site. Mr. Farmin has always been one of the en- thusiastie promoters of the municipality, and to him can be attributed much of the town's enterprise and activity. He was one of the organizers of the Bonner County National Bank and he also erected the Farmin building, the finest commercial block in the town. Although he is progressive in his ideas he is thoroughly practical in every way and is recognized as one of the town's capable and substantial business
At Gold Hill, Nevada, on the ed of March, 1876. Mr. Farmin was united in mar- riage to Miss Ella M. Miller, a daughter of Dr. Samuel R. Miller, of Gold Hill, and they have one son, Earl B. He was born in Virginia City, Nevada, in 1880 and is now a member of the state legislature of Idaho.
Mr. Farmin is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic order, with which he has been connected since 1870, and is a member of Lakeside Lodge, No. 42. A. F. & A. M .. of Sandpoint; Hope Chapter, No. 16, R. A. M., of Minnesota; Cataract Com- mandery. No. 3. K. T., of Spokane; and El Katiff Shrine, also of Spokane. He is affiliated with the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to U. S. Grant Post, No. 32. of Sandpoint. Mr. Farmin has been one of the very successful men of this section of the state, but his achievements must be entirely attributed to his foresight and initiative and to his rare business sagacity. He has always been very fond of
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travel and his circumstances now enable him to indulge his taste in this direction and together with his wife he made a tour of the world a few years ago, sailing from the United States on the steamship Cleveland of the Hamburg-American line. Of gen- erous, kindly nature he is a liberal contributor toward charitable and religious or- ganizations, ever doing his utmost to advance every worthy cause or movement in- augurated for the benefit of the community, his interests ever having been identified with those of the town he has been such a prominent factor in building.
HARRY LOREN DAY.
Harry Loren Day, one of the leading citizens of Wallace, is a prominent factor in financial eireles as the president of the Wallace National Bank and is also con- nected with mining interests as the chief executive officer of several important mining concerns of Idaho. His birth occurred in Dayton, Lyon county, Nevada, on the 12th of December, 1865, his parents being Henry Loren and Helen (Powers) Day. The father was a native of Maine, while the mother was born near Plattsburg, Clinton county, New York. H. L. Day, Sr., who made his way to California via the Isthmus of Panama in 1854, engaged in placer mining, lumbering, freighting and merchan- dising in California, Nevada, Idaho and Washington. His demise occurred in Port- land. Oregon, on the 7th of February, 1910. It was in 1861, at Virginia City, Nevada, that he had wedded Miss Helen Powers, who likewise journeyed to Cali- fornia via the Isthmus of Panama.
Harry Loren Day acquired his early education in the public schools of Nevada and Sacramento counties, California, and subsequently entered St. Mary's College at San Francisco, from which institution he was gradnated in May, 1885. He then learned bookkeeping and at different times in his business career has been a ary- goods merchant. grocery merchant, dairyman, stoekman, miner, millman and pros- pector. In 1886 he came to the Coeur d'Alene district with his father and the other members of the family and engaged in the stoek and dairy business, later turning his attention to prospecting and merchandising. In 1889 he located the Hercules mine and has sinee superintended its development and operation. He is the manag- ing owner of the Hercules Mining Company of Burke, Idaho, and the president of the Humming Bird Mining Company at that place and the Custer Consolidated Min- ing Company at Wallace. His other official connections are as follows: president of the Wallace National Bank, Wallace, Idaho; director of the Exchange National Bank, Spokane, Washington; director of the Kootenai Power Company, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: and director of the Consumers Company, Coeur d'Alene. He is likewise a stockholder in the Portland Hotel Company of Portland, Oregon. Alert and enterprising, he has been watchful of every opportunity for advancement and has gained recognition as one of the most prominent and successful business men of his community.
On the 13th of August, 1900, at Old Mission, Kootenai county, Idaho, Mr. Day was united in marriage to Miss Helen Bernadette Dwyer, a native of Iowa and a daughter of P. M. and Katherine Dwyer. The Dwyers were an old pioneer family in New York, Colorado, Iowa, California and Idaho, its male representatives fol- lowing mining, farming and merchandising. Our subject and his wife have one son, Lawrence Vincent Day.
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