The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-23

n rv-s "a .Ae bridge and building depart
rent. and continued in the conaparF
employ until lss- when he was transferred
&c winnipeg, Manitoba in the interests
o. the Northern Pacific railroad In lss
ara 1854 he contracted on the Canadian
pe.-sa~ railroad during construction On
the Lake Superior division cast OF For,
Arthur Ontario. After the ccmpaesion
OF the road he engaged IN he motel ooss-
ness AT Schneider. Ontario. and condnc.ed
X successfully until 1851. when ne ols-
Yeosed OF his business and came 20 Sc
a--sa frrce that tine he has paid some
attention 70 mining and real estate and
has organized and managed the Washing
ton Automatic Lighting Company Nj.
Meek has always been stancn and I'M
compromising Republican and has given
a lively interest to the party's support
since his arrival in this city. lie was
esected IRE commissioner along with the
late a NJ Gilman on the Republican tick
et in 1895, in that election the commission
ers running ahead Of the ticket. Few
men tn Seattle have more personal friends
In all political parties than Mr.. Meek
A. L. Rutherford.
A. l. Rutherford. candidate for county
commissioner in the Third district. was
born in Meigs county. Ohio. in 1881, lived
and worked upon q farm until after the
close Of the civil war. Then he attended
Albany academy for two years and Ohio
university for one year. He taught school
continuously from 1876 to 1885 In the
schools OF Meigs and Vinton counties. He
sold his farm at Carpenter. Ohio, IN 1875
and came TO Washington In November CT
that year. Then he took up a farm on the
Snoaual unle river. near Fall city. which
ne owns and manages at the present
time. having transformed the solid anu
Enbroken forest into splendid and pro-
ductive farm. He has served the locality
in which he lives two terms as deputy
assessor, and in 1892 was elected county
commissioner from the Third district and
served his district faithfully and well. as
his present almost unanimous nomina-
ton attests. He adapted and followed
system OF road building in his district
that, his friends say. has proven 10 pc
the correct one, that OF building a road
well IL at all. Mr.. Rutherford's Official
record is so good that he IS sure 10 make
. capable and efficient officer.
w. v. Rinehart. fir.
Wv. Rinehart, IT.. candidate for munfc-
ipal Judge. was born in Jefferson, Or, July
n. 1857 He attended the public schools
until 1853, when he removed with his par
ents 10 Seattle, and here entered the Uni
versity of Washington. In 1887 ne went
20 Ann Arbor and entered the law depart
ment of the University OF Michigan, grad
ting with the class of 1889 That sum
court OF Michigan. The next year ne en-
tered the postgraduate class and was ap-
pointed an assistant and qulz-naster In
the law department. receiving the degree
OF master OF laws with the class or lsso.
During that summer he was married and
returned TO his home and began the prae-
tee OF his profession with the weli-known
law firm OF Stratton. Lewis g. Gilman In
this city, with which he remained two
years He opened an Office for himself IN
the fall of 1892, since which time ne has
been practicing alone He has always
been a Republican, and has performed ev-
cry political duty allotted to him willing
ly and earnestly. He has never before as
pred to any office. nor asked any fayors.
In the spring Of 1895, during the tempor-
airy absence OF the present municipal
Judge. Mayor Phelps appointed Mr.. Rine-
hart to serve as acting municipal Judge.
and ne served In that capacity for several
weeks to the entire satisfaction or all
In that position he showed marked spirit
of fairness and impartality. and disposei
of such matters as came before him with
due consideration and dispatch. He is
young man of exemplary habits and Is
well and favorably known throughout
the city. He Is member OF the Masonic
fraternity and holds the Office of senior
warden of Arcana lodge NO 81.
He Is the adjutant or the First
Regiment n. q. w, With the rank OF
captain. which position he has occupied
for the past three years. When private
he won the gold medal as the best drilled
man in his company. He Is held in high
esteem by the rank and file. He Ia the
son OF a veteran. and as such, upon the
invitation of the Grand Army, delivered
an address TO the old soldiers on last Dec
Grafton day. Mr.. Rinehart is forcible
and stirring speaker. and on several o.
casions during his college days he carried
of the first prize in elocutlon and oratory.