Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-11-15

out IN summer for money to pay tut
ton Tor winters school. Served an
premiership at carpentering; re-
moved to Hood river, Wasco county,
Or, during the fall of 1873, in COM
pany with eighty-six others, known as
the Hood River Colony from Pennsvl-
vania. Thence in December of 1855,
to Cowlitz county, Washington, where
he has since remained, now resident
OF kelso precinct; from December
1919, until 1880, taught school and
worked at anything he could get to
do. At the fall election of 1880 was
elected county Auditor on the Repub-
lican ticket over the peoples ticket,
serving four years: while Auditor was
clerk and deputy clerk of the district
court; now engaged with others in
the boom business at the mouth of
the Cowlitz river, being stakeholder
therein. Beginning at the lowest
round OF the ladder, by close and rigid
economy and with the idea strongest
on his mind from youth up to always
save One-half of all wages, whether the
same be small or large. On examina-
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we find him in the eighth largest resi-
dent taxpayer in the county, assessed
at $1O,O75. and thus contributing the
sum of 1908 as his portion of the
county tax.
| o. d. GILFOIL.
The youngest member of the State
Senate is Mr.. Gilfoil, OF King. He
was born in Rhinebeck, N. j., July s,
1868; was raised on farm, and went
to work for himself when he was l3
years of age; carried water on rail-
road for the wOrkmen, and with un-
firing perseverance worked himself up
from water boy to first-class railway
contractor in all its branches. He has
done extensive bridge building and
other works OH the Lake Shore, Seattle
& Eastern railroad.
H. E. HOUGHTON.
The joint Senator from Spokane and
Stevens county is q well-knOwn lawyer
of Spokane Falls, whose name has
frequently been used in connection
with the United Statds Senatorship.
He lived many years in Wisconsin, is
about fifty years OF age and was for
merly q member of the Wisconsin
State Senate. He has been city at
torney of Spokane Falls several times,
is married and has family. He is
one of the law firm of HOughton,
Graves & Jones.
JACOB HUNsAKER.
The Joint Senator from Klickitat
and Skamania, has had varied career.
He is native of Illinois, born in
Quincy, Adams county. forty-four
years ago. His parents went to Ore
gon in 1916, taking the infant with
them. His boyhood days were spent
Ton MrmfeAf oregon CITY, and his
education principally obtained at the
public school there during the winter
terms; attended the Pacific Univer-
sity at Forest Grove for year, and
taught a few terms of school near
Oregon City and in Thurston county,
near Olympia, w. T. Afterwards
went to Peru, South America, and
spent q year in the Andes, ON the
Challas, Lima & Oroya railroad, in
the employ of Keith & Co.; returned
in the spring of 1873 and married the
eldest daughter of Hen. A ]. Cham
bers, of Olympia. Lived in Thurston
county few years and removed to
The Dalles, Oregon, keeping hotel for
awhile Has lived in Skamania and
Klickitat counties for fourteen years
as farmer and merchandiser. Was
county commissioner of kikitat
countr for four years.
| E. b. HYDE.
One of the best known Senators
from Spokane county is Banker E. B.
Hyde, of Spokane Falls, who as dele
gate from Washington Territory in
the last Republican nominating con-
vention at Chicago, voted first, last
and all the time for Benjamin Harri-
son for President. He was born in
Utica, Winnebago county, Wis, Janu-
ary 13, 1S49; lived on a farm until he
was 80 years old; came to Washington
in May, 1881; settled at Spokane
Falls; was elected first city marshal,
and held the Office four terms. elected
a member of the city council for two
years, was chief of the fire department
three terms, and held other minor Of
fees; is engaged in the real estate and
banking business; is large property
owner in Spokane Falls, and is reck-
oned among the most substantial,
practical men of the county, whose
good judgment and intellectual ability
will do much in bringing about sound,
practical legislation. Mr.. Hyde is OF
modest, unostentatious disposition.
J. H. JONES.
The mining interests of the new
State will be looked after in the Senate
by young Senator from King county,
who has made mining a life study.
Mr.. Jones was born in England in
1857, and was brought to this country
by his parents when but five months
old, settling in Pennsylvania. He has
been coal miner all his life, and is at
present employed at Franklin, King
county, as such. Mr.. Jones came to
Washington in 1885. He was elected
a member of the Territorial Legisla
ture in 1888, which did not assemble,
and was again rewarded by the suff-
RACES OF the Republicans OF King
county by an election to the State
Senate. He is 80 years of age.
| JOHN R. KINNEAR.
John r. Kinnear, of Seattle, is ma
tive of Indiana. At the age OF seven
years his parents moved to Walnut
Grove, Woodford county, Illinois and
located there upon farm; there he
led the life of farmer boy. Took the
regular course of studies at the Wash
ington high school and Eureka Col
lege and after finishing at these
schools, took a four years classical
course at Knox College, Galesburg,
Illinois, and while there the war broke
out. He enlisted for three years and
carried a musket as q private soldier
for the full time, and was engaged in
some twenty of The great battles of the
war. At the request of his comrades
he wrote and published history of
his regiment and brigade, consisting
of 140 pages. After the war closed he
took a course of law at the Chicago
law school and when admitted to the
bar, located at Paxton, ILL.,, where he
remained in active practice for fifteen
years, and while there was prosecuting
attorney for three years, and master
in chancery for four years In 1888
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