The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-08-29
Poindexter the Man
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off class honura
Came West at %,
when be was 23 years old Ia
1891 Poindoxter went west equip
ped 20 practice Law. "a long. gaNky
youth who dld not know what % DO
with bis hands and feet. bat able to
hold hia own against those who pas
up a better appearance. His first
experience as lawyer was gained
IN the little town of rendlotOn, ore.
gon. not far from Mhlln WallA.
Washington. which Is one Of the
oldest settlements IN the Northwest
To the fact that be became friendly
with Tom Page. IN Pondleton. ia
due his subsequent marriage 20
Elizabeth Gale Page. whose family
boasts the blood Of Indian tribes
who pcopled the Pacific slope count.
lcas generations before the white
race took possession 81 their inud
Young Page rode from Pcudlct0u
to Walla Walla every Sunday morn
lng % have dinner with his mother
and sisters one trip be- persuaded
folndeNtcr 90 SO with him. and tho
youthful Tennessee lawyer was hla
companion on many subsequent
horseback Journeys
'fonll find my pcndleton friend
a fine fellow, IN put my money on
him. said Tom PaEc. laushinsly. ua
be- introduced The stranger 90 hiH
favorlte sister. Elizabeth
Toms confidence in bis friend
was evidently shared hy his sister.
for 70 was not go very much later
that she became Mira Miles poin
dexter
For six years the Poinde1terH
lived Ia wallis Wailh The EHeky
youth became prosecuting attorney
~ The county Thirteen years ago
he moved 90 Spokane. and for sia
years WAS deputy prosecuting AZ.
torncy Then came his election &c
the superior bench a. joint Judge
Of two counties. which be left 10
enter the congressional campaign
when the district wHH made vacant
BY tho elevation Of Wesley l.. jones
20 the United states senate
Splendid judicial Record.
on the bench Poludeyter made
splendid record His decisions bore
the marks 81 deep study and vefe
just oiher judges liked
TO 81 With him IN the trial ~ cases
and llkod 10 exchange benches w-ith
him Ills written opinions bore
testimony 20 the fund of knowledge
and 10 the maturity Of judgment
that years % reading and obserya.
lion had brought
sleeps Five Hours
Sleeping only four or i've hours
a night. Judge Fnindnxtcr had made
use % most Of the hours 81 dark
ness in reading classics. firiAou.
history everything that might siye
him Information Fvw men az bis
aEe have been able 10 store away q
greater fund n useful knowledEe
The habit % sleeping about half The
time the average man consumes
Puindexier acquired when yu0nF
yet lack ~ The ordinary amount ~
rest does not seem 10 have impaired
his physique. one reason being hia
love OF the open air and hia Insist
enre upon a liberal amount % phys
icai exercise each day n Napoleon
placed those Nho slept longer thar
five hours a night IN the porcius
class. he would have admired the
Congressman ln ~ least
this particular on the stump puin
dexter is not an orator. but clear.
logical. convincing Hpeakrr-~cou-
yincinE because Of The earncstuesa
and a sincerity that none can gain.
say lie speaks out just A. he
thinks Perhaps voters find this
refreshing: anyway. they seem 70
like a. A vrin % humor has help