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Okanogan county line. A gradual slope on the west side on the latter descends to the sinus of a synchinal in Archæn granite, with a belt of syenite to the west. The east side of the first mentioned uplift also presents a gradual slope, but the slopes toward the Sans Poil river are steep and precipitous for a considerable dis- tance, with a gentle slope to the sinus which lies in an intermediate basin six or eight miles wide, and is traversed by a low range of wind- ing hills, wherein are situated many of the principal mines of the Eureka District. Several miles east of Republic Camp another basaltic uplift is observable, near Kettle river; between it and the center one are situated the Gold Ledge, California, Hawkeye, Belcher and other valuable properties.
An excellent system of wagon roads is maintained throughout the length and breadth of Ferry county. North from Republic is a good road to Grand Forks, B. C., now sup- planted by railroads for through travel, but convenient for local haulage, having branches to all the farming settlements in the Kettle river and Curlew valleys. To the south the Sans Poil road leads through the "South Half" to Wilbur, Lincoln county, a distance of over eighty miles through a most promising mineral country. To the west, extending through Okanogan county, is a wagon road built by the state, tapping a large area of farming and stock-raising country. Quite a fair road leads to the Myers Creek district, to the northwest, also in Okanogan county.
The fertility of Ferry county soil is every- where in evidence. Here is the famous bunch grass which has the same wonderful qualities for feed in winter that has made the buffalo grass of the plains so noted. It has the addi- tional good quality of growing to a height suitable for mowing for hay, and it makes a feed that is highly prized by stockmen of the country as next to alfalfa. It is found every- where-in the valleys, on the hillside, in the timber land and up the sides of the mountains
to their extreme summits-everywhere in the same generous abundance.
To the ardent sportsman Ferry county offers, and for many years to come will continue to offer, a broad field for all varieties of game found between the northern Cascades and Rockies. The forest-fringed hills, the beauti- ful pastoral valleys and the picturesque streams afford alike to the hunter and fisher- man a paradise of pleasure. Among small game of the feathered species may be enumer- ated blue grouse, sharp-tail grouse, or prairie chicken, ruff grouse, pheasant, spruce part- ridge or fool-hen, curlew, willet, upland plover. rail, jacksnipe, geese, cranes, ducks and swans. Several varieties of deer are abundant, in- cluding the black-tail, or Columbia deer, Vir- ginia and mule-deer, black, brown and silver tip bears, cougars, mountain lions and "bob cats."
The principal streams within the limits of Ferry county are the Kettle and Sans Poil rivers, the former forming a portion of the boundary line between Ferry and Stevens counties. Into these streams flow a large number of creeks, and though devoid of any large or important lakes, with the exception of Karanip, or Curlew lake, the county is well watered by numerous small streams. The Sans Poil river rises in a mountain a few miles west of the Okanogan county line, and flows in a southerly direction past Republic Camp and down the western half of Ferry county to the Columbia, debouching at Clark postoffice, on the latter stream. The Kettle river, whose source is far to the northwest, in the bunch grass country of British Columbia, flows in a nearly southeastern direction, making a bold sweeping bend into the northern portion of Ferry county, thence trending northward back into British Columbia, and at Cascade City, at the foot of Christiana Lake, forming an abrupt elbow, whence it flows southeasterly and joins the Columbia at Marcus, Stevens county.
CHAPTER VI.
POLITICAL.
Previous to the general election of Novem- ber 8, 1898, there was some doubt in the minds of the people as to the right of citizens living on the Colville Indian reservation to vote. This doubt arose from a ruling by Judge W. E. Richardson. The case, which was tried before him, was a mandamus proceeding brought by citizens of Stevens county to compel County Auditor Metcalfe, of Stevens county, to place on the official ballot the names of candidates for county offices on what was known as the "Cit- izens' Ticket." Judge Richardson denied the application, and among his other findings was one to the effect that 126 of the electors who met in joint convention and nominated the ticket, were not, as a matter of law, residents and electors of Stevens county owing to the fact that they resided upon the north half of the Col- ville Indian reservation. This was before the separation of Ferry from Stevens county.
This ruling, which signified, practically, the disfranchisement of the voters of the reserva- tion, created a storm of indignant protest in the territory which a few months afterward was to become Ferry county. The case was appealed to the supreme court of the state. This bench, a few days before election, handed down a decision overruling the superior judge. Au- ditor Metcalfe was directed to place upon the tickets the names of the candidates of the "Citi- zens' Ticket," and to deliver the ballots at the polling places in the county, and particularly at the precincts on the north half of the Colville reservation, before the opening of the polls on Tuesday, November 8.
At the election 302 ballots were cast, which was estimated to represent only about half of
the qualified electors of the district. Although the auditor had been ordered by the supreme court to furnish "Citizens' Ticket" ballots for the voters of the reservation, he had not done so, and those who desired to vote that ticket were compelled to use "stickers." With the ex- ception of the county commissioner for the first district, every candidate on the "Citizens' Ticket" carried the precinct by fair majorities. Following is the result of the vote in the terri- tory known as the "north half" of Ferry, then in Stevens county :
For Congress-W. L. Jones, republican, 90; Frank Cushman, republican, 73; Lewis, peoples' party, 159; W. C. Jones, peoples' party, I40; Dickinson, prohibition, 4; Haggard, pro- hibition, 2; Walker, socialist, 5; Hamilton, so- cialist, 3.
Judges of the supreme court-Anders, re- publican, 92; Fullerton, republican, 86; Heus- ton, peoples' party, 120; Godman, peoples' party, 116; Young, socialist, 14; Lowry, social- ist, 8.
Joint Senator-Gray, Citizens' 140; Mantz, peoples' party, 98.
Representative-Welty, Citizens', 140; Harkness, peoples' party, 102.
Sheriff-Ferguson, Citizens,' 130; Denny, peoples' party, 126.
County Clerk-Jackson, Citizens', 133; Dulin, peoples' party, 106.
Auditor-Ely, Citizens', 133; Sneed, peo- ples' party, 103.
Treasurer-Habein, Citizens', 137; Beggs, peoples' party, 108.
Prosecuting Attorney-Kirkpatrick, Citi- zens', 131 ; Jesseph, peoples' party, 120.
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Assessor-Smith, Citizens', 127; Byers, peoples' party, III.
Superintendent of Schools-Sinclair, Citi- zens', 122; Sax, peoples' party 109.
Surveyor-Tower, Citizens', 123; Park, peoples' party, 108.
Coroner-De Rudder, Citizens', 120; Bal- lard, peoples' party, IIO.
Commissioner, first district-Jeffrey, Citi- zens', 110; Sparks, peoples' party, 127.
Commissioner, second district-Reynolds, Citizens', 143 ; Alban, peoples' party, 89.
The first county commissioners of Ferry, following its organization, were H. L. Percy, L. P. Wilmot and D. W. Yeargin. These ap- pointed the following county officials to serve until the general election : George A. Graham, county superintendent of schools; J. M. Bew- ley, justice of the peace; WV. C. Morris, acting prosecuting attorney ; Henry Waisman, sheriff ; L. H. Mason, treasurer ; J. W. Griswold, deputy sheriff; Merton E. Jesseph, county clerk; R. B. Thomas, surveyor.
Having served less than a year H. L. Percy resigned as commissioner, and the following named gentlemen were presented to the remain- ing commissioners as candidates for the va- cancy : J. J. Sullivan, Louis S. Finnegan, J. W. Palmer, L. Sly, J. S. Meyers, W. H. Shinn. But the commissioners declined to name one of these candidates, and selected J. E. Ritter to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Percy, and D. W. Yeargin was elected president of the board.
The first election in Ferry county, following its organization as a separate political division, was during the presidential campaign of 1900. The democrats, with two exceptions, swept the field with the appended result :
Democratic presidential electors by majori- ties ranging between 382 and 393.
Governor-J. M. Frank, republican, 350; John R. Rogers, democrat, 894.
Representative-J. P. Harvey, republican, 485 ; James T. Johnson, democrat, 774.
Sheriff-A. E. Stewart, republican, 593; E. J. Lowery, democrat, 677.
County Clerk-F. O. Northrop, republican, 417; William H. Murphy, democrat, 819.
Auditor-A. S. Soule, republican, 718; George L. Curry, democrat, 532.
Treasurer-J. S. Duggan, republican, 575; James B. Dugan, democrat, 684.
Prosecuting Attorney-William C. Brown, republican, 422; M. E. Jessepy, Democrat, 825.
Assessor-M. H. Shinn, republican, 448; Patrick S. Brennan, democrat, 800.
Superintendent of Schools-Josephine Grimm, republican, 766.
Surveyor-T. M. Hammond, republican, 614; R. W. Wanzer, democrat, 620.
Coroner-J. B. Burns, republican, 346; Dr. C. F. Webb, democrat, 876.
County Commissioner, district one-C. H. Lewis, republican, 546; Thomas E. Dunn, dem- ocrat, 664.
County Commissioner, district two-A. C. Short, republican, 522; D. W. Yeargin, demo- crat, 680.
County Commissioner, district three - George Bowerman, republican, 407; H. R. Alexander, democrat, 772.
At the time of the 1902 election the senator- ial district comprised Ferry, Okanogan and Douglas counties. In this contest the repub- licans made some gains over the previous elec- tion, carrying the county for their candidates for state senator, county clerk, and county attorney. The representative district comprised Ferry county alone. Following is the result of . the 1902 election :
State Senator-George J. Hurley, repub- lican, 510; J. M. F. Cooper, democrat, 418.
Representative-J. H. Clay, republican, 304; James T. Johnson, democrat, 552; W. E. Hager, socialist, 147.
Auditor-A. S. Soule, republican, 411 ; Thomas F. Barrett, democrat. 502: James M. Fahey, socialist, 93.
Sheriff-Lee Dysart, republican. 357; E. J.
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Lowry, democrat, 558; Patrick Mullaney, so- cialist, IOI.
County Clerk-George W. Spence, repub- lican, 528; W. H. Murphy, democrat, 365; C. D. Lyke, socialist, 99.
Treasurer-F. L. Chaplin, republican, 347 ; J. E. Ritter, 562 ; A. Hanson, socialist, 80.
County Attorney-W. C. Brown, repub- lican, 526; Charles P. Bennett, democrat, 422. Assessor-H. W. Thompson, republican, 372; M. H. Joseph, democrat, 537; John T. Murphy, socialist, 86.
Superintendent of Schools-G. A. Graham,
republican, 340; Josephine Grimm, democrat, 601.
Surveyor-F. M. Hammond, republican, 429; N. J. H. Fortman, democrat, 480.
Coroner-S. H. Manly, democrat, 518; Arthur Burns, socialist, 139.
County Commissioner, second district- Lester Sly, republican, 361 ; W. T. O'Connell, democrat, 556; Joe Kado, socialist, 65.
County Commissioner, third district-C. C. Holden, republican, 338; H. R. Alexander, democrat, 540; John Hopkins, socialist, 69.
JOHN S. MIRES.
ALPHAEUS E. STEWART.
PHILIP CREASOR.
GEORGE J. HURLEY.
THOMAS D. FULLER.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES FERRY COUNTY
JOHN S. MIRES is at the present time holding a position of overseeing farmer for the Indians on the Colville reservation. He was born in Oakland, Oregon, on February 20, 1863, the son of John H. and Anna (Dear- dorff) Mires, natives of Ohio and Indiana, respectively. They crossed the plains with ox teams in 1853 and settled near Oakland, Oregon, on the Calapooya river, and that place was their home until the time of their death, the father's demise occurring in 1888, and the mother's about 1897. Six children were born to this worthy couple, Austin, Ben- ton, Anna Bonham, Maggie, deceased, Addie M. Cole and John S., the subject of this sketch. Our subject received his education in his native place, where he lived with his parents until twenty-one years of age. At that time he began to work for himself, his first venture being horse raising in the John Day country, Oregon. Three years later he was in the southern part of the state farming and then was administrator for his father's estate for four years. Following that he came to the south half of the reservation and took charge as Indian farmer for a year and a half. He then went to Ellensburg, and op- erated his brother's farm for two years, after which he came to Kettle Falls and later to Republic. In 1896 he started in the butcher business in which he was engaged for three years. Later he sold his shop and in 1899 was appointed overseeing farmer on the reserva- tion, which position he holds at present. In 1883, Mr. Mires was engaged by the govern- ment to weigh mail in Portland.
On June 7, 1880, Mr. Mires married Miss Ellie, daughter of John Q. and Theresa (Brown) Zachary, natives of Texas and Mis- souri, respectively. To this union three chil- dren have been born: Veda, Mildred, and Addie.
Fraternally, Mr. Mires is affiliated with the I. O. O. F., the Rebekahs, the W. W. the Women of Woodcraft, the Fraternal Army, and the Loyal Army. Mrs. Mires is a member of the Women of Woodcraft, and the Loyal Army. Mr. Mires is a pioneer of this county, and stands well in the community. In 1900 Mr. Mires was a delegate to the State Republi- can Convention and was elected alternate to the National Convention at Philadelphia. In Feb- ruary, 1904, he was sent from Ferry county to attend the State Central Committee in session at Seattle. Although our subject is a strong Republican, he has never accepted a nomination for any political office.
ALPHAEUS E. STEWART is a well known business man of Republic, where he has been very active in building up the country in general. He was born in Springfield, Ohio, on August 3, 1852, being the son of William R. and Hanna A. (Hempliman) Stewart, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. They resided some years in Ohio, then the family removed to Decatur, Alababma, which was their home for twenty years. Then they re- turned to Ohio where the mother died at an advanced age in 1898, and the father in
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1893, at about eighty-nine years of age. They were the parents of nine children, named as fol- lows: Isaac W., our subject, Aaron W., Jacob H., Samuel, Rebeccah A., Libbie J., Minnie B. and Annie M. The father had followed con- tracting, merchandisising, and farming and descended from a very prominent and old fam- ily in Scotland and the north of Ireland. Our subject went to school for a short time in the private schools of Alabama, and at the age of twelve began working for himself. His first occupation was teaming, but he soon made his way west to the plains and in 1869 located in Texas, where he was employed in the cat- tle business. He endured many hardships, and was in many dangerous positions in his life on the plains in early days. In 1880 he went to Colorado and turned his attention to mining, then came farther west in 1890, locating at Olympia, Washington. Later we find him in Seattle, and in 1898, he came to Republic. Mr. Stewart followed merchandising in various places and in other occupations accumulated considerable property before arriving in Repub- lic. He owns real estate in different localities on the sound as well as here, and also has an interest in three business blocks in Republic, besides owning various dwellings. He now de- votes considerable attention to mining and was one of the moving spirits in getting Ferry county as a separate political division. He has been twice city councilman in Republic, and served in this office until January 1, 1904, when he was elected mayor. He was formally installed mayor on the first Tuesday in January.
In April, 1893, Mr. Stewart married Mrs. Josephine Stewart, formerly Miss Cochron, whose parents were natives of Missouri, where she was born. Mr. Stewart is a member of the Eagles, of which lodge he was an organizer, and his wife is a member of the Women of Woodcraft.
PHILIP CREASOR is certainly ranked among the very first men who located where Republic now is and among the most active and influential in building up this part of the country. He was born in Gray county, Ontario, Canada, on Jarwiary 7, 1856, being the son of
Carlton and Marie (Richards) Creasor, na- tives of England. They were married in Eng- land and came to Canada about 1850, re- maining there until 1880, in which year they moved to Toronto, where the father died. The mother is living. They were the parents of fifteen children. Our subject was educated in the various places where the family lived and at the age of twenty-two, left Canada for Michigan, where he worked in the iron mines in Marquette until 1885. Then we find him on the Canadian Pacific railroad and in 1886 he came down the Columbia to the vicinity of Colville, which was his home for two years. We next see him in the Okano- gan country, and in 1891 he was in Springdale. Two years later, Mr. Creasor was in the Slocan country and in 1894, prospected in the vicinity of Rossland. On February 27, 1896, he landed on the spot where Republic is now located. On the 28th of the same month, he located the Cop- per Bell, Iron Mask and the Lone Pine. On February 29, he located the Last Chance and March I, the Ironclad. It was on March 5, 1896, that Mr. Creason located the famous Republic and Jim Blaine properties which have made Republic famous. The following summer he and his associates began development work on the properties. Those associated with him were, Thomas Ryan, James Clark, now de- ceased, Charles P. Robbins and Leo H. Long. They commenced more extensive development work in June, 1897, and soon thereafter Patsy Clark, a well known mining man of the north- west, became interested in the property and bought the shares owned by our subject and Thomas Ryan. Mr. Creasor received therefor in the neighborhood of twenty thousand dol- lars. Following that, Mr. Creasor took charge of the Lone Pine property and at once began to invest his money in the upbuilding of Repub- lic and vicinity. He owns some very valuable additions to the town of Republic, and much other property in this county, including large money interests. Mr. Creasor is a strong Republican and always active in the campaigns. On June 8, 1898, Mr. Creasor married, and on November, 10, 1901, a son, Philip Creasor, Jr., was born to the union. Mr. Creasor and his wife are considered among the most substantial people of this section.
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HON. GEORGE J. HURLEY needs no introduction to the people of northern Wash- ington. He is at the present time state senator of Okanogan, Ferry and Douglas counties. He was elected to this office in 1902, his name appearing on the Republican ticket. During the session of the legislature just past, he was instrumental in putting through the bill arrang- ing the proper valuation of mines, and also in- troduced some excellent legislation on high- ways. He framed and introduced the libel bill, which was vetoed by the Governor. Mr. Hur- ley also brought forward an excellent bill rela- tive to handling sheep in the state, which was not made a law. He is a very active state senator, and is looked upon by his colleagues as a man of energy, talent and erudition.
George J. Hurley was born in Oregon City, Oregon, on Septeber 18, 1859, being the son of Richard and Mary (McCarver) Hurley. The mother's father, Mr. McCarver, who was an early pioneer to the Pacific coast, laid out the town of Tacoma. The father of our sub- ject came to Oregon in 1857, having left New York city in 1845. The intervening time was spent in Mexico. Oregon City was the family home until 1863, when they moved to Idaho, and ten years later came back to Oregon, and are now residing in Portland. They are the parents of seven children, our subject being the eldest. The others are: Minnie L. Terry, An- nie M. White, Belle F. Cavaline, Carrie L. Pease, Leta and Elmer S.
Our subject was educated in the public schools of Lewiston and at the early age of fourteen, began life for himself as a cabin boy in the employ of the Oregon Steamship and Navigation Company. During the succeeding years, he has been alert in his research for information, and the result is that he is broad minded and well informed, with a good prac- tical education. After his services as cabin boy, he was freight clerk and then rode the range for three years. During the Bannock war, he and twelve others were corralled in a stronghold for six weeks by the Indians. After this, we find him in the employ of the Northern Pacific, and later at Sprague, hand- ling general merchandise for the firm of Sprague & Fairweather. During the construc- tion of the Northern Pacific, he was with Nel- son Bennett as clerk. In 1887, he came to
Okanogan county and took up general mer- chandising with I. T. Keene. During this time, he was one of three delegates from Okanogan county to the admission convention at Ellens- burg when the admission of the state of Wash- ington was agitated. When the new county of Okanogan was set off in 1887, Mr. Hurley, Guy Waring and William Granger were ap- pointed by the state legislature to locate the county seat and select the proper officers, to remain in office until the first general election. In 1894, Mr. Hurley was in British Columbia, then went south for two years, later re turning to British Columbia in 1897, and in 1898 he came to where Republic now stands. For one year he was manager of the Republic Trading Company, and has since engaged in other business.
Mr. Hurley is a staunch Republican, and al- ways takes great interest in the affairs of his party. In 1883 he was elected city clerk of Ainsworth, was twice county commissioner of Okanogan county, was mayor of Ruby five terms, and city clerk of Republic for three terms. In all this public life, Mr. Hurley has shown marked uprightness and integrity.
In 1889, Mr. Hurley married Miss Ella Cook and to them one child has been born, Clar- ence Webb. Mr. Cook was killed by the In- dians in Montana in 1867. He was the father of seven children. Fraternally, Mr. Hurley is affiliated with the I. O. O. F., the Eagles and several other orders. His wife is a member of the Rebekahs. Their son, Clarence Webb, was the page for the president of the senate during the last term of the legislature, and the young- est on the floor.
THOMAS D. FULLER. No more worthy and enterprising pioneer ever threaded his way through the wilderness in the west than the subject of this article. He has wrought in various capacities all through the northwest manifesting great wisdom and energy, and has invariably been crowned with success in all his ventures. In northern Washington, Mr. Fuller is well known as one of the earliest pioneers and intrepid adventurers of the days gone by. A moving spirit in the organization of three counties, he has taken a part in history that might make any man justly proud. A
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brief epitome of his career will be interesting reading and we append the name.
Thomas D. Fuller was born in Carroll county, Missouri, on April 28. 1842, the son of Arnold and Saralı (Green) Fuller, natives of Ohio. They came to Missouri in 1842, and in 1845 took up that most unique and perilous journey, a trip across the plains with wagons. The father was captain of a train of one hun- dred and sixty wagons, most of which were ox teams, and was called to meet the sadness of burying his wife on the dreary plains. They had many encounters with the Indians, but finally succeeded in reaching the Willamette valley. Settlement was made where Corvallis now stands, and there the family remained until the father's death in 1879. He had married a second time and to this second marriage seven children were born, while by the first marriage, eight children were born. Our subject remem- bers that in those early days their shoes, and much of their outer clothing, were made of buckskin. At the old district school house Mr. Fuller was educated, his first teacher being ex- state representative Slater, while William H. Hill, who afterwards wrote the codes of Ore- gon and Washington, was his classmate. At the age of fifteen, our subject inaugurated in- dependent action and with his brother, Henry, went into the stock business, furnishing the English navy at Victoria with beef in 1859. In 1860 we find him mining in the Carliboo region. Two years later, he came back to Ore- gon, bringing a pack train of sixty mules, and commenced transporting goods to Florence, Idaho, being one of the first packers in that country. In 1864 he was packing from Walla Walla to Boise, being interested with Jacobs & Company. In 1865 he sold out and at The Dalles, Oregon, bought a large drove of beef cattle which he took to Montana and sold for twenty five cents per pound. In company with two others, Thomas and Green, he started to Texas to buy a large drove of cattle, having ninety thousand dollars in cash. On the way they were overpowered by highwaymen and lost all their money and accoutrements. Later, the robbers gave each one a saddle, a horse and one thousand dollars with strict orders to leave the country. Coming back to Montana, our subject mined for two years, then went to Portland, Oregon, and engaged in the livery
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