The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-13

cus 10 his partner. with ffze intention
Of csszrssng 10 che Pacific esast, bsa h.
sEexd p0rcfaze<i IN interest in q gen
e-xi ssaeTrazazsdsse business In csssnte--
Iznd counHy. n. ". vtsere he rerxasnea
f0~ five years. In 1885 he had = relapse
Of s1se Western EeT-er. asId out his bs1sa-
ness interest and IN the spring Of 1851
Hsored TO caigfsrnfa and weue into fssss-
<xaAss in Woodland. Yoso county. He
soon discovered the csxsuzxe 10 BE- en-
self and family. and after looking the
grund over fhey ~szusoyed - PORT
Townsend in June. 1855. Becczntng In
terested in real estate. he sold osst his
merchandise business and went into
real estate business. Afxer a period
Of prosperity. ard just when he. IN
was nastering himself that he
was going TO break the record.
that celebrated character, oo5ect. thing
or beast. wss1ch operated on the Sound.
under the eupfrcntossz name OF h.rxn,
suddenly s5-kened and died out with
out viii, and his numerous heirs have
been in litigation ever since. He moved
- East Sound nearly three years AGO,
ard engaged IN the general merchandise
bushes
W. IL GILBERT.
W. II. Gilbert. OF Custer, whascon
county, was bora ia Crawford county.
WIS. aa the year 1s4s. where ne lived
until be was Is years old. He then
moved 10 Msnnesota with his parents.
first locating In Freedom county,
..yt.awa ~. S{.saS g. Hfts~~. 80. -
ing there. He moved TO jackson coun-
~. Nina. where he owned and operated
a Touring Esau for five years. then
moved TO Mobiles cosifysy. Minn.. where
be was interested In and had charge Of
. large Touring mil for a while Fr5m
there he came 20 Washington in 1889.
locating on a farm In the Soksack yal-
ley. near Custer.
e. w. Dorr.
c. w. Dorr. senator from the Thir-
fy-fourth district, whatcofn county.
Is 50 years o. age. and a lawyer. He
was born In Kewanee. Henry county.
H., where his parents wes-e temporarily
residing, their home being In Burian.
the adjoining county. where his grand
father settled I'm 1895 upon what has al
ways since bsen known as Dorr's Hill,
and where s<une member of the family
has ever since resided Senator DORIS
father was a farmer OF lAnitesi means.
Woodworking and Industrious The
son attended common and private
schools. working on the farm in the
summer and attended school in the WIN
ter. He commenced the study Of law
when quite young, but abandoned 1t
with View of earning money faster
In other pursuits He cIerked. learned
tesegraaslly. and driftsd into merchan-
dsslng. in none of whhrh he Was very
successful or tsontented. as his ambition
was always 10 practice law, and this
became his occupatlen and profession
something Hike ten years ago. In Dies
Moines. Ia. where he was then living
He removed with hts fasrr9sy-wffe and
three children--to Washington territory
In 1858. and located 5ra what YVES then
Scfssne. now part of Whatccgn He
was city attorney about two years tiu-
ring the reconcxnStructf3a and 0rganza-
tfsn OF the Beistngiaam bay cities. out
OF which grew many complications and
much afliTSs.an NJ litigation involving the
legal existence OF Whatcom Howev-
er. his work was In adj respects APP
proved by the supreme court. During
the time he acted as city attorney of
SehoBac the town did a large amount OF
street work. and collected every dollar
of assessments. acquired considerable
municipal property and kept absolute
ly out OF debt. and he'd money and
property on hand. which was turned
over to its successor. she present city
or New Whatcsnn. He IL the senior
member % the law firm Of Dorr. Had
ley a Hadley. which was organized in
1881. and does a large business.