The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-09-01

was TO keep working and in time would
be the president of that half million
dollar corporation
But life means more 10 MI Murphey
than mere dollars. He had set ms heaft
on n college education. ana ne had
saved his money until he had enough
ia nay his expenses. But the task OF
making that money was so nara that
no had never been able to prepare NM
le.f TO pass his entrance examination
.,rhirh included Green and Latin ana
.,, tects that cannot be mastered with
Uut instruction.
V'uh the rrankness and directness
,h;,h has characterized all Of Mr.
.nnnhey's actions. Mr.. Murphcy wrote
re president Of Amherst college.
,lras e. his situation, bluntly admit
;,o wat be could not pass the exam
in.,ion Int asked 10 tie admitted ami
ooree1 that after he had been there a
wear if the president thought that n"
could nor keep up his work to quit and
20 home.
This appeal so struck the president
that he admitted MIR. Murphey and
rave instructions that he was not to be
allied upon to Tecite until alter the
first term-probably the only time III
the history of Amherst college that
such n privilege has been granted 10
any student AT Amhursl Mr.. MurpheN
DISPLAYED the same qualities that rails
ed him from an office boy to an assist
ant secretary of the trust company,
and four and one half years later the
man who could not pass the entrance re-
ouirements graduated as president OF
his class. class orator and member
of the honor scholarship society.
AT that time the money he had saved
was exhausted. he was nearly rs years
old but he had kept his promise that
he had made to himself when boy OF
10 he started.out alone in the world.
His next ambition was to make mon
ev enough to enable him to live on
comfortably.
He secured a position with New
York trust company, which he held FOR
a year. and then he started west to
seek his fortune. He arrived in Spo-
kane in 1888 with no capital. but with
full cargo of pluck and Willingness
to work He opened an insurance and
mortgage loan office. Here his trust
company experience and acquaintance
made in the east stood him in good
stead and in few years he had built
| up thriving business. He has prob
ably been the means of inducing as
many investors in other sections of the
the Inland Empire as any other man
who has been connected with the finan-
cial interests of Spokane. After the
big fire, it was his industry and mi
tiative in procuring funds for rebuild.
ing, that put up the first brick blocks
OF the city. He was largely instrumen.
tai in inducing the big l:fe insurance
companies to place some of their sur
plus funds in the Inland Empire.
He has always taken an active pari
in the social business and political life
of the community. He has always been
an active worker in the Chamber OF
Commerce and other public welfare or.
ganizations He has always been prom.
inent in tie republican party on sew
eral occasions chairman of the county
central committee and MANAGER OF
campaigns in better government cleo
tons. He has never held a public of.
flee.
! Mr.. Murphey has achieved his first
two ambitions; he has acquired his
college education and has become g
| successful business man. His third
| ambition is to represent his district IN
| congress.