The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-04-18

You'll find an industry that never
changes,
You'll find a wealth that is not made
of dreams,
These learned men among you now
| appearing
Come from the great consuming
middle west;
You have the sheep all ready for the
shearing,
We have the waiting millions to be
dressed,
We tell no fancy fiction, like Iago,
No talk of travel long in distant
lands;
We bring the message of our own
Chicago,
And here's our hearts, dear broth.
ers, and our hands.
Who They Are.
w. F. Hvpes, representing Marshall
Field & Co. of Chicago, began his ca
reer in this well known house 25 years
ago. Starting as a boy with this con-
Germ he has worked his way through
the various divisions up to sales MAJ
ager, the duties Of which position he
assumed upon the retirement of R. M
Fair, in January, last.
James e. Defebaugh, editor Of the
American Lumberman, Chicago, be-
gan his career as printers devil in
his native state, Pennsylvania; came
to Chicago in 1877, and has been iden.
tilted with lumber journalism since
1881. The American Lumberman ia
a court of last resort in matters per
tanning to the lumber trades, and con
cededly is the foremost trade publica-
tion in the world.
J. Fl. Hardin, of F. A Rardy & Co,
wholesale opticians and manufactu-.
ers of this class of goods, is an in-
portant factor In the company of dis
tinguished tourists, he being the gen
eral secretary of the Chicago CONNER
clal association, and his relationship
to the trip is somewhat official, al
though his position is honorary.
e. U. Kimbark, vice president and
manager of the Paper Mills company,
the paper man. of the Commercial
association excursion party, is 'tof
age" in the business, having been n
the wholesale paper trade for 81
years, starting as Office boy i'm Chi
cago paper house at the age of 16. He
is an expert in paper and is considered
one of the best judges of paper in the
country.
Ferdinand P. Armbruster is secre-
tary and treasurer of the old pioneer
crockery firm of Burley & Turrell
with which he became connected about
20 years ago, when boy, and by en-
ergy ,sobriety and keen attention to
all details of the business he arose
quickly to a position of trust. In
1890, when the firm was Incorporated,
ne was elected secretary, and later
he duties of treasurer were added
20 his already strenuous work.
Frank Hibbard, fourth vice presi.
lent of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett &
Co., was educated in eastern schools,
after which he made a tour of the
world. In 1894 he started at the bot
ON of the ladder, sweeping floors and
loing primary work. He went through
I'll the departments of the store, and
n 1901 was made director; in 1904
e became fourth vice president and
l1rector, and in the latter year was
llso made director of the Cont.
lental National bank of Chicago.
j. G. Miller, who accompanies the {
as the representative of the
chicago clothing industry, is the SEN
or member of the firm of John G.
diller & Co., whose business ancestry
ates back to 1889.
John Mccarthy, who represents the I
interest on the trip, is the
cashier of the Continental E
Iational bank of Chicago, position l
,hich he has occupied for nearly two I
ears. q
Eames Mac Veagh of Franklin Mac c
'eagh & Co., represents the great gor-
cry interests of Chicago. Mr. Mac
'eagh, after being graduated from |
Harvard in 1895. started Immediately C
D work with the firm of which his c
ather is the senior member. In 1900 I
Q was made partner and has been n
! this business ever since. {
Frederick Boda. who represents C
le wholesale millinery interest among Il
ie tourists of the Chicago CONNER. e