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• ARIZONA THE YOUNGEST STATE 827 I the discoverer of the Daisy and Lillie Gipson mines, fifteen miles southwest of Globe, he has left his impress upon the mining history of the state. Two of these claims he oper­ ated for twelve years, but at the end of that time disposed of his mining interests and centered his attention upon the conduct of his r anch, which comprises one hundred and fi fty­ acres, lying fifteen miles north of Globe. .It is known as the Wheat fields ranch and is "ell irrigated and highly improved, being today one of the finest fruit ranches in the locality. For the past ten years Mr. Devore has been interested in fruit cultivation and at- one time ".a8 extensively engaged in stock-raising, although he has now sold all of his eatttle. He a fine home in Globe and is a director in the Miami Inspiration Town Site & Improve- JDent Company. Mr. Devore was married in 1882 to Miss Ada Price, a native of Texas and a daughter of Price, who after serving in the Confederate army went to California in 1865 and thence to Arizona in 1880. Fifteen years later he settled at Globe and went from ther e to Mesa, where he engaged in farming until his death. His wife survives him. They were the parents of nine children, five of whom are still living. J,irr. and Mrs. Devore became the of eight children but three have passed away. Daisy, who was born in 1882 married • W. B. Lewis, of Globe, and died November 24, 1915. Those still living are: J ennie, whose birth occurred in 1885 and who is now the wife of Edward Aberthal, also of Globe; Robert, was born in 1887 and now makes his home on his father's ranch; Alfred, who was born 1889 and is engaged in stock ranching on Salt river; David, who was born in 1893 and at home; and William, whose birth occurred in 1900 and who is now attending school. Mr. Devore gives his political a.Ilegiance to· the democratic party and has always been in local affairs, having served as a member of the board of supervisors of Gila county, which he was chairman for three years. He was also for fourteen years school trustee . •By he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Loyal Order Moose. He has been a resident of Gila county for thirty-three years and has come to regarded as a substantial and progressive business man and a public-spirited citizen. measure for the general good seeks his aid in vain and his labors have been a cooperant in many movements which have been of . value to the community in its agricultural mining development . • • MAT DANENH.AUER. Among the successful and representative men of Clifton who owe their prosperity entirely their own initiative, enterprise and well directed efforts is Mat Danenhauer who, after a • period of close connection with journalistic interests in the southwest, is now in a capable and progressive way as police judge and city clerk. He was born in Louisiana, May 31, 1882, and is a son of Michael and Mary (Kuehne) Danenhauer, of that state, of French descent. The father was for many years a successful ,in New Orleans but is now living retired in Texas. His wife has passed away. • their union were born three children: Julia and George, deceased; and Mat, of this In all essential respects Mat Danenhauer is a self-made man, for he started out in life meager educational advantages and without the influence of wealth and by steady worked his way upward in the business world. At the early age of eleven years earning his own livelihood but continued his studies until 1895. He moved with to San Antonio, Texas, and from there to Velasco, in the same state, and thence etolD, Texas, where he laid aside his books, being at that time thirteen years of He then obtained employment in a printing office and continued his connection with and journalism in various parts of the southwest until 1912. He was in Galveston time of the' great flood, both he and his wife being survivors of the disaster. He his newspaper work afterward in various localities until he came to Clifton. identified with the Oopper Era, working his way upwaTd from the position of through the various departments to be part owner, manager and editor and as such and a dominating force in local journalistic circles. Mr. Danenhauer abandoned • • , • ARIZONA THE YOUNGEST STATE ARIZONA THE YOUNGEST STATE 829 828 • deroocratic party and is one of its most active and progressive supporters in the state inter­ his connection with newspaper interests in 1910, when he turned his attention to the ested in many phases of municipal state growth and amdous to do his part in life and fire insurance business, in which he continued for one year, selling out his interests an~ pro~oting progress. He was one of the first CIty councilmen of Douglas elected after the incorpora­ November 1, 1910, when he was appointed by the Clifton city council as police judge and tion of the Cl~y ,and he s~rved f.or three years as I\. member of the first state legislature city clerk. As a public official he has made an exce llen~ ,reco,rd, charact,erized by the utmost after th ~ ad~llssl~n of ,Anzona mto tht Union. He is eminently progressive and public­ loyalty to duty, while all of the work of his ,office IS dIscharged 111 a systematic and spirited m hIS cItIzenshIp, a leader in projects of reform and advancement, and his public methodical manner. life has lJ~e n, marke~ by. the same earnestness of purpose, incorruptible integrity and high Ori September 27, 1905, Mr. Danenhauer married Miss Bertha Parker, a native standard ., lch dlstmgUlshed and made successful his business career. of Kansas and a daughter of Edwin and Mary (Hershner) Parker, both of whom we,re born in that state. The father was for many yea.rs a prosperous ?,nd successful farmer there but now resides in Humble, Texas, where he works in the oil fields. He and his wife became the parents of ' three children: Edwin, who is married and resides in Taft, California; Earl, whose home is in Dallas, Texas; and Bertha, ~he wife of the H. VANCE CLYMER, M. D. subject of this review. Mr. and Mrs. Danenhauer are the parents of five chIldren: Dorothy, who was born November 13, 1906; Mat, Jr., born April 5,1908; Mary, born October 5, 1910; Among the successful physicians and surgeons of Yuma. is Dr. H. Vance Clymer, who Edwin, born April 1, 1912; and George, born August 24, 1913. enjoys a large and lucrative practice. He was born in Oregon in 1863 and there attended Mr. Danenhauer is well known in fraternal circles, having been through all the chairs the public schools. He was graduated in medicine from Willamette University in 1889 of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias. Over the record of his official career there and subsequently practiced in his native state until 1897. He then sought the new oppor­ falls no shadow of corruption or dishonesty, for he has always been most loyal to the tunities to be found in Arizona and went to Phoenix, where he was established for five " interests of the community in discharging his public duties, years. x'rom there he removed to Sonora, Mexico, as surgeon for the Meleazear Mining Company and for the next two and one-half years was surgeon for the Picacho Mining Company at Picacho, California. In 1904 Dr. Clymer came to Yuma and has ever since been in practice here. He is careful in diagnosis and well versed in thc underlying prin­ AVERY G. CURRY. ciples of his profession. Many diilicult cases have come to him and he has handled them with most gratifyiug results. For seven years he was surgeon for United States reclamation Avery G. Curry, a pioneer of Arizona, successful in business and well known in the pu~lic service at Yuma. life of the state was born in Visalia, California, in 1854, a son of Enoch J. a,nd Narclssa In 1890 Dr. Clymer married Miss Ida Gear, of Salem, Oregon, and they have three (Rowland) Cun;. The father was born in Alabama and in his early life practiced medi~ine, children, two daughters and a son. The Doctor is a member of the county and state medical societies and of the American Medical Association. He serves as mal'or sur"eon of the later turning his attcntion to ranching and cattle-raising. He was a veteran of the MexlCa.B • ' . b war and after the close of hostilities wcnt to California in search of gold. He ma~e h18 ArIzona National Guard. He is well known in fraternal circles, being both a York and home in Texas until 1869 and then drove cattle from that state to California, retu ~mg ~o Scottish Rite Mason and belonging to the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. DI·. Clymer has always taken a deep interest in politics and Texas some time afterward. In 188~ he joined his son, Avery G. in Arizona and hved ID this state until his death in 1889. The motber, who was a native of Arkansas and reared gives his allegience to the republican party. He is at present chairman of the Yuma 'n Texas still survives makinCl her home with her children, of whom she has two: Avery G.; county republican central committee and since the age of twenty-one years he has always cr ~nd jos:ph E., chief ~lerk ot the Calumet & Arizona Uining Company, with headquarters been a member of the nominating conventions in Oregon and Arizona.

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