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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 . •
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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 •
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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. Amon the official positions which he has held are those of surgeon for the state peni tentiary and the Indian in Warren. t th Cfe of schools. Dr. Clymer still owns the home farm in OreCfon which comprises four hundred A~ery G. Curry was reared at home and began his independent career ~ e a" , 0' &cres and on which he 'was born. His parents went to that state in 1846 from Iowa, th'! twenty years, when he journeyed across .the plain~ to Ariz~na. He settled. III CharlestoB, father having been born in Pennsylvania and the mother in Indiana. The former passed chise county and there engacred in the cattle busmess and III general ranchlllg on. the Sa~ Co ,,, . , tatlVC agn- ~way many years ago, having been accidentally drowned in 1863, and the mother died Pedro river. He became a successful stock dealer and a progressive ana represen . . . d' t N h . for three years he was lD :uma at the home of our subject in 1912. Dr. and Mrs. Clymer are very poplIl ar in culturalist. selling out IllS lllterests III 19()'1 an gOlllg 0 I aco, were . d , . . H ltd' sed of that enterprise an BOclal circles of Yuma and are interested in many measures undertaken to promote the connected with the general merchandlse busllless. e a er IS po .' ou las, 'Welfare of the people. The Doctor has become an enthusiastic son of Arizona and does turned his attention to dealing in dry goods. He subsequently moved .hlS bUsllless it~~or!ard ~erything within his power to promote the growth and greatness of the state. Not o1l lv where he has since conducted an extensive and important enterpn se, his stra g . b' . di t d . I and growing patronage. 18 he popular professionally but is a favorite with the general public and enjoys th~ co; business methods and honorable deahngs elllg III ca e ill a arge . of Texas and (dence and goodwill of all. mber 4 1888 Mr. Curry married Miss Hughella Pyeatt, a native bo lJl' On Septe " f h was rn a daughter of Benton and Margaret (Warren) Pyeatt, the .former.o ': o:th states and Missouri and the latter in Tennessee. The father engaged 1ll far~lllg In In their .faroily now makes his home in San Saba, Texas. The mother passed away 1ll 188Q. t. HenrY, THOMAS E. PULLIAM. were thirteen children, of whom the following were the only ones came w:s Mexico; ~ho c ~ of Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Benjamin, foreman of the B, A. Packard cattle. ra:a of four chil T~e safety and security of the citizens of Coconino county, Arizona, is in good hands and John, of Tempe, Arizona. Mr. and Mrs. Curry have become. the palen in the state thIS satisfactory condition must be largely attributed to the efficient service of Thomas . , Ann who is a bookkeeper for her father; Esther, who IS a student . Arizona Pulliam.' sheriff. He has succeeded to a large extent in ridding the county of lawless d1en ' , . Rid a cow boy III University at Tucson, where she is taking the hte:ary course; 0 an 'Ar'zona Mining ColD" undesll'able characters and it may be said of him that he is on the scent of the · d Joseph G who is connected with the Calumet & 1 day and night. He has held his present office since 1911 and the results of his an ! eXlco; an ., of d M are very visible. pany's smelter at Douglas. , ~ b through aU Fraternally Mr. Curry is identified with the MasolllC .order .and ~~~ le~ l eg iance to Mr. Pulliam was born at Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1861 and there he attended public the chairs' in the local lodge of the Odd Fellows. He gIves hIS po 1 lCa
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schoo~, subsequently clerking in various s~ores until he ~emoved west. In 1877 we find hll~ ill ?olorad~, where he ranched and m~ned for some time. Later he made his way to CalIforma and m 1889 he came to Flagstaff, where he became clerk for the Arizona. Lumber & Timber Company. Being careful (Ff his earnings, he accumulated the means that enabled him to embark in the men's fw-nishing goods business, along which line he was engaged for a few years. In 1896 Mr. Pulliam was elected county recorder and served for t, 0 term He was supervisor of Coconino county iDom 1901 to 1903. In the latter year he turned h~ attention to the mercantile business and was so successfully engaged until 1908, when he was appointed deputy sheriff. He held that office for five years and showed himself so I efficient in the discharge of his duties that in 1911 he was elected the sheriff of the county. In 1883 ~r. Pulliam marr!ed Miss Lida Freeman, of SP.ringfield, Mis~ouri, and they have three children, all of whom have reached years of matunty. Mr. PullIam is a demo. crat in politics and takes an active and helpful interest in the affairs of his pa.rty. He is popular fraternally, being a member of Flagstaff Lodge, "0. 7, F. & A. M., of which he is past master, and Lodge No. 499, B. P. O. E. He has shown himself to be a valuable county officer and has received many commendations on the way in which he administers Ilia office. He enjoys the general confidence and goodwill and his supporters may be congratu. " lated upon the choice they made in electing him to the office which he so ably fillso
HEl\TRY H. BUERMAN.
• The name of Henry H. Buehman stands high in the list of Arizona's honored dead, for he was for many years prominently connected with business and political interests of Tucson, in both of which fields his intelligently directed efforts won him substantial success. He was above all a pioneer, having been among the first to plant the seeds of civilization in the \ territory which has since grown to be a prosperous state. Mr. Buehman was a. resident of the old Pueblo since 1874. He was born in the free city of Bremen, Germany, May 14, 1851, where he received a public school education. In his fifteenth year he became an apprentice in the photograph business and mastered the art in all of its details. In June, 1868, he embarked on a North German Lloyd steamer for America. Spending two weeks in New York, he took a steamer for San Francisco, via the Isthmus of Panama. After a 'residence of one year In San Francisco, beiilg in the employ of a firm of photographers, Mr. Buehman determined to be his own master and opened up an establishment in Visalia, California. After two years' residence there he traveled over large portions of California, Nevada and Utah and reached Prescott, the mile high city of Arizona, early in July, 1874. Here equipping himself with spring wagon and span of mules, Mr. Buehman started on a long contemplated trip to :Mexieo, llut reaching Tucson the latter part of the same month, he abandoned the trip to Mexico and settled down to business in the old Pueblo, from which time he was known 'as an enterprUl"" ing, energetic and very public-spirited citizen, taking a keen interest in all that concerned the welfare or progress of the Spanish-American pueblo. He purchased a lot on Congre81 8treet, adjoining the site now occupied by the Arizona National Bank, and proceeded to erect an adobe building, consisting of three suites of rooms for residence purposes. As the Apache Indians were rampant at that time, committing many depredations both near and far, many criticised or censured Mr. Buehman for locating "so far out in the wilderness," the very farthest outpost being the old "Military Plaza," then occupied by a military force as a protee tion from marauding bands of Indians. In October, 1882, Mr. B\lehman married Miss Estelle :Morehouse, of Portland, Michigan, a pioneer kindergarten teacher, and while in Michigan, without previous campaign effort8.~ his part, he was elected public administrator of Pima county, notice of which was WI him at Eortland the evening of the marriage ceremony. Holding this office for ~wo y~~ other and various offices of public trust and usefulness were discharged by him WIth fide all to all and credit to himself, for his life was an open book with inspection privile~8 ;Othat From a political standpoint his efforts were those of a foundation builder who realize ¢ . doth 1'6 the ne the groundwork of a beloved commonwealth must be laid deep an WI ca, .be solicited office, and "carnpaigning"- aside from the privilege of telling his fond sqUi i\IRS. HENRY H. BL'EH~IAN HENRY H. BUEID1AN ARIZONA-THE YOUNGEST STATE 835 jokes to a larger circle of friends than in private life- was most distasteful to his serene nature. As the years' went by he served on the board of school t rustees, of which he wa,s clerk, then became county assessor, and was the only succe sful r epublican candidate 'for supervisor at an election in which, by a board of democratic judges, he was fi nalJy r ecounted out. For a number of years he served on the board of trustees of -the Territorial R eform School at Benson, now the State Industrial School at Fort Grant, and was secretary of tbe same. In 1 94 :Hl'. Buchman was elected mayor of Tucson, serving two terms in which his public spirit was manifested in street grading and sidcwalk curbing, with many other meas ures, both material and moral, for the benefit and uplift of the growing metropolis of Arizona. For excelJence of citizenship he was unsurpassed and for comradeship of spirit and manner he ghone resplendent. "Once a friend, always a friend," was his sentiment, and many an "old timer" whose name was long forgotten yet whose facc remained on memory's walls, was always sure of a 'hcarty handgrasp and cordia!' greeting. An artist by p'rofession, he was truly that in spirit. Ncver satisfied with his work and attainment, his love for his art evcr reached out, t oward higher ideals and. nobler achievcments. Children's pictures were his spE'cialty and delight, and his love for and tact with the little ones were such that he was generally succcssful in winning over the most obstinate subjects for portraiture, though often he would come from the ordeal dripping at every pore. Mr. Buehman was a Master Mason and belonged also to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Religiously he was in early life a Lutheran but in later years owed allegiance to the First Congl'cgational church of Tucson , where for many years he was senior deacon. His reverent nature evidenced itself in practical works of charity and quiet, unost entatious deeds of kindnessl and love. He died a firm believer in Bible Christianity and in Christ as his • personal Savior. 'He often declared that " when he couldn't work any longer then he wanted to die," and so deep within him was this feeling of personal responsibility in the discharge of duty that he worried much about his work during his four days of severe illness, sitting up in bed two of those days to etch backgrounds in large batches of Christmas pictures, and whcn hi s eyes gre\v dim in approaching death, begged for the raising of the window shade so that he could fix the prints that he declared were not satisfactory. He died retouching the dress of his wife as she sat beside him, and when strength failed, still held the retouching pencil. • This truly noble life, for he was universally beloved by all who knew him, came to its • close from pneumonia on December 1!l, 1912. Mr. Buehman accumulated considerable prop- erty, being in the cattle business for several years, hi s ranch being located in the foothills of the Catalinas, eight miles from San Pedro. He left his wife comfortably provided for, and two promising sons, Willis and Albert, who are fully capable. of carrying out the plans and principles of their lamented father. Willis, the elder son, has been for several years accountant and cashier a'nd finally acting general ma.nager of the EI Ti,o Copper Co mpany at Silver Bell, with offices in New York, and Philadelphia. Albert, the younger, though a mining man, hav· ing graduated irom the Michigan College of Mines with the degJ:ee of mining engineer, yet by the force of ci rcumstances took up and carried on his father's businetls, accomplishing the difficult art of photography and maiRtaining his father's enviable reputation as an unrivalled artist. Mr. Buehman was buried by the Masons and laid in a beautiful sunny spot in a perpetual-care· taken plot in Evergreen cemetery.
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:r.rns. ESTELLE MOREHOUSE BU,EID1A..lY
Mrs. Estelle :Horehouse Buehman was born in Portland, Michigan, September 28, 1846, of New York Dutch ancestry on her mother's side and of Scotch and English on her father's. was Albert Farrand Morehouse, both of whose parents had relatives in the Revolutionary at Morristown, New Jersey. Her mother was Sarah Catherine Freeman. whose grand· Buys was directly descended 'from the Holland Anneka Jans, who was the original .• ,. of old Trinity church property in New York city, which she leased to the trustees that church for ninety years, after which time the property was to revert to her heirs; 'Yith the proverbial neglect of human nature, the direct claim to the property was In-38 •
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• , 836 ARIZONA THE YOUNGEST STATE • lost among th.e three or four generations of ninety years, and though many true h '. tried to establish their claims, yet the successive boards of trustees either never all ClIs , these claims or bought oIl the heirs, so old "Trinity" of immense wealth still stan:~V~ ~ care of the trustees for that church, though Mrs. Buehman's mother often spoke hopef I of the time "when her ship sllould come in." • u ly The subject of this sketch, though shy and reticent in childhood, became a very ambiti student in school days, receiving at the age of fifteen a first gra~e certificate entitling ~~s to teach anywhere in the state of Michigan. From the age of eighteen :Hiss Morehous: taught steadily in various towns of her state for a period of eight years, in early da s • passing through the old·time experience of "boardin' 'roun'" in the houses of her pu ~s and being carried back and forth in the "family sleigh" in bad weather. Her last teacI~n in Michigan was in the city schools of Lansing, but obtaining a position as temporary cler~ for the vacation in the state auditor general's office in that city, Miss Morehouse, with several other young ladies, was retained for a number of years, at the same salary as the men clerks, . viz.: one thousand dollars, for the auditor general said their "work was more painstaking" -than that of the men and that they should be paid as well. Then becomiDo., interested in the principles of child culture and· education along lincs of Frederic Froebcl's system, she entered upon a course of study and graduated from the Kindergarten Normal at Columbus, Ohio. Teaching a, short term in her native town, she finally decided to come west with her eldest brother, then visiting in Portland, bnt whose residence had been on the coast for several years, he assming her that "she would make a heap more money." Though arrived at years of maturity, the newly fledged kindergartner looked a mere "slip of a girl," and being duly committed to the care of her brother, Edwin Forrest Morehouse, by her father, she was allowed to depart fo r the western country. Globe being their first objective point, Miss Morehouse established herself in a corner lot house, suitable for school purposes, where she built up a fine kindergarten which continued till hot weather; but an old friend from the east with whom Miss Morehouse had taught in St. Joseph on Lake Michigan, liking the school for herself, it was turned over to her, Miss Morehouse having first made due inquiries about Tucson, for she longed for the sight of running water, there being two rivers in her native town in Michigan, and asking some one concernin g rivers in Tucson, she was told, "Why yes! There's the raging' Santa Cruz." So. in the last week of August, 1881, her brother having gone to Tombstone, Miss Morehouse bade her friend "goodbye" and took passage in a "donkey pack train," traveling over the Pinal mountains, a distance of twenty miles, climbing "Devil's Canyon," a stone stairway cut out of sol id rock, and was set down- she couldn't stand up- at Maricopa Hotel, where she spent the night, but took an early morning train for 'Ducson, the Southern Pacific Railroad having only recently made connections between the east and west at that point. Engaging room and board in the
, family of E. N. Fish on Main street, Miss Morehouse entered upon preparations for the opening of a kindergarten. , Obtaining the use of the old Presbyterian, later the First Congregational church of Tucson, it proved of material benefit, for the school was a great success and was continued until spring, However, dming the winter Miss Morehouse beca.me acquainted with Henry Buehman, so many years Tucson's "local photographer," and being persuaded by him to take him for a life pupil, she closed her school on May 23d and returned at once to Michigan, where ~he ALBERT BUEH}fAN WILLIS BUEHMAN • spent the summer with her parents and eastern friends and in preparation for 'her weddlDg • in October. The prompt bridegroom arrived in Portland some days before the date se~ f~r the ceremony, which was the 19th, and the bride's brother, Rev. L. Cass Morehouse of IllinOIS,an a Baptist clergyman, officiated. Immediately after the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Buehm left for Canada on their honeymoon trip and in November returned to. Tucson and settled down in what proved to be their permanent home on Convent street. Here centered for
more than thirty years the interest, affection and devotion of their family of four, two sonS. • 'Willis and Albert, having come to share their undivided hearts. Mrs. Buehman was one of the nine original members who. o.rganized the First Co ngre~a~ tional church of Tucson and is the only surviving member of .tha.t early company in the CI\ at the present time. Her experience as a teacher made her useful in the Sunday schOO ~ . . h f th . depart men where at one time for a number of years she had entIre c arge 0 e pnmary s • of sixty-two little ones. Of strong temperance proclivities from early childhood, she wll • ARIZONA THE YOUNGEST STATE 839
. terested in the work of the 'Woman's Christian Temperance Union, joined the 'I 111 plars lodge at the age of fourteen and never vi01ated her pledge. In later years ~r dear boys, who had been their mother's embroidery, fancy work and card -party, Jd enough to attend school, Mrs. Buehman, interested in all of her ~usband's business
• o was a valuable assistant whenever he was out of town, taking charge of the studio ·ting him daily of its affairs, and for the last four years of his life she was always • W;j1m in the' reception room of their studio over the post office. While their own sons growing up, and for the benefit of all boys and young ,men in town and the university,
• Buehman was earnestly working to secure a Young Men's Christian Association for Many well remember the four well lighted and well warmed rooms in Kave block
"Recreation and Reading Rooms" that Mrs. Buehman and a few others maintained • a period of fourteen months, before the Carnegie library was fini shed. For many she was continually writing to all the noted philanthropists in the co untry for money start a Young l\1en's Christian Association. Dr. Babcock, president of the university, the extreme need of this institution for his young men, indorsed her efl'orts in letters out for this purpose. The recreation and reading rooms were well furnished and with tables, periodicals, newspapers and games of every procura,ble kind and were patronized. When lack of funds caused their discontinuance the organization closed out of debt, giving all usable articles to the library, and buying up the balance of things themselves. With the proceeds the ladies presented a fin e Century dictionary to cjty library. ' Not only interested in charitable and educational work, Mrs. Buehman was also literary her tastes, writing sometimes for the public press, and as member of the Woman's Club \ papers on such subjects as Japan, The Philippines, The American 'Woman of the Century, The Elizabethan Thought in England and America, The Lost · Arts, by Phillips, Education in Russia, etc. At her husband's request she put out a little entitled "Old Tucson" and was honored in having the same placed in the-corner stone the new Masonic Temple, likewise in the tablet of the new Congregational church. The of the Buehman home was well known and acknowledged and its life almost Her husband's interest and convenience and his comfort and that of their children matters of first consideration with the wife and mother. Friends were often gatbered their board and the family never seemed happier than when their house was filled pleasant guests. After Mr. Buehman's death the old Convent street bouse was sold Mrs. Buehman is still living at 32 Council street, where she is often surrounded by her and their families, being blest with four beautiful grandchildren who cheei' and brighten life, which would otherwise be sad and lonely.
• • ROBERT CAMPBELL.
• • Robert Campbell, of Metcalf, pioneer miner and prospector of the southwest and a of the Civil war, is now serving as a member of the board of supervisors of county, discharging his duties in an able and entu'ely satisfactory way. He was in Tennessee in 1845 and is a son of John and Rebecca (Simms) Campbell, both of that state, the former of Scotch descent. The mother dieli when the subject this review was five years of age and in 1855 the father moved to Kansas, where his occurred in 1862. • Robert Campbell, who is the only one of a family of three children to grow to maturity, sixteen years of age at the outbreak of the Civil war and ,in 1861 he enlisted in the te army, serving through the entire period of hostilities and taking part in
hotly contested engagements. After peace was .declared he went to Texas and there • a number of years on the cattle ranches, later drifting into New Mexico, where he and prospected until 1869, when he made his first settlement in Arizona, pushing OIlward in the same year to California. He rema-ined in that state for two years, work on a ranch in the San Joaquin valley and at the end of that time returning to Texas, • he again worked upon a ranch. The year 1880 again found him in New Mexico
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In 1902 he was exigencies of the moment to the needs and opportunities of the future. elected justice of the peace and served until February 14, 1912, when he was made a member of the county board of supervisors, in which capacity he has since acted, display. ing in tlJe efficient discharge of his duties the exc~ ll e nt busin ess ability and public spirit which ' have been his distinguishing characteristics dUl:in~ the entire course of his long and honor· SA:.v£ ABRAHAM. able life. Mr. Campbell gives his political allegiance to the democratic party but aside from Sam Abraham, proprietor of one of the leading hotels in CliftO'n and otherwise active the offices before mentioned has never sought to figure prominently in the political field. and prominent in business affairs, rejoices in the proud American title of self-made man, No man is more familiar with pioneer conditions in the southwest than he, to whom his success having come to him by reason of his own indefatigable and lonft" continued they were matters of personal experience, and no mun has done more effective work in labor. In additioI). he is a worthy representative of one of the honored pioneer families of the interests of mining development in this section. H e has located a great number of -Arizona and by his intelligent work in the public interests is carrying forward the policies claims in Arizona and New Mexico but has now sold out all of his mining interests a~l d O'f service in community upbuilding inaugurated by his father in ea-rly times. is giving his attelltion to the supervision of his tract s of residence property in El Paso and Mr. AbTaham was born in San Francisco in 1864 and is a son of David and Esther • his official duties in Metcalf. He has seen many changes during the course of his pros· Abraham. The father was a piol).eer in the southwest and a prominent and successful • pecting through this region, has borne his full share in the work of upbuilding, and stands merchant in El Paso, for a number of years conducting a large store there in the early today among the honored and r epresentative citizens of this community and among Ari· '70s, when the town was called Franklin. He later engaged in merchandising in Shakes , . zona's notabl" pioneers. peare, Arizona, and in 1874 came to Clifton, where from that time until his death he did constructive and progressive work in the interest of the community. He constructed the wagon road from Silver City, New Mexico, to Clifton, Arizona, for the Arizona Copper • Company and became one of the most prominent mining men in this section of the state, HON. A. A. JOID\S. being remembered in its history as one of the original discoverers of the rich copper djs • trict around Clifton and onE: of the greatest individual forces in its development . During Hon. A. A. J ohns, mehlber of the house of representatives in the second Arizona state the remainder of his life he continued to be interested in copper mines and had charge legislature, is one of the well known and va.lued citizens of Prescott, where he has made his of important cO'nstructionJ work through the mining distriot, building over one hundred home since 1882. During the intervening period he has witnessed much of its advancement and t en miles of road. To him and his wife were born seven children : Abe, who is and growth and has borne his full share in the work of development. He has been engaged identified with hotel interests in Silver City, New Mexico; Phoebe, who married Ned Levy, • in the real-estate business, in mining and ranching in this district and has won a notable O'f New York city, by whom she has six children ; Anna, the widow of J. S. Bernstein, of \ mea~ur e of succe5S in th ~se fields, st anding today among the men O'f marked ability and Clifton, 'and the mother of one son; Hyma"n, probate judge ' O'f Silver City, New MexicO', substantial worth in this locality. who is married and has two children; Louis, a furniture dealer of Silver City; Jacob, who Mr. Johns is a native O'f England. He was born June 10, 1864, of the marriage of is living r etired in Los Angeles; and ;;am, of this review. Anthony ArtilUl" and Margaret (Richards) J ohns, the fO'rmer a mine superintendent. ~e The last named acquired his early education in Chicago, where he had gone to make was eighteen years of age, when in 1882 he arrived in Arizona and secured employment ~n his home with his aunt after the death of his mother. His advantages along educational the mines of Yavapai county . H e afterward fO'llO'wed mining in British CO'lumbia and m lines were, however, ext&m ely limited, for at the early age of fourteen he began earning California and subsequent t o his return to ArizO'na he became secretary and treasurer of the his own livelihood, working in the interests O'f the LongfellO'w CO'Pper Mining Company in Aubrey Investment Company O'f Prescott, with which business he has since been id ~ Ilti.fied Clifton. He was employed in . the store department and rose rapidly through the various in that con nection. He is also carrying O'n business as a grading contractor and IS like· departments until he was one of the most trusted and able men in the service of the corporation. After ten years he turned his attention to the hotel business, in which he , wiEC engaged in the WOO'I growing business. His interests are increasing as the result O'f , . has engaged since that time. In 1901 he purchased a twenty-room llOt el in Clifton and intelligent ly directed effort and business sagacity and he is now numbered amO'ng the suh / has since added to' it at intervals until it now contains eighty large well furnished and stantial residents of his city . . . d - In 1892 Mr. Johns was united in marriage to Miss Cora W eaver, the first whIte Chll convenient rooms. The hotel business r equires the same careful management and well born in Prescott, a daughter of B. H, Weaver, a well known ArizO'na pioneer, who formerly l!!,id plans that are demanded in commercial or industrial pursuits and at the same time own ed the ArizO'na Min er, which was the first newspaper published in the territO'ry. Both the hotel proprietor must possess the tact which enables him to understand the needs of ~rr. and Mrs. Johns are widely known in Prescott and their many excellent traits of char- his guests a:nd to meet their demands. Mr. Abraham is well qualified in all these particulars and the hotel under his able management has proven a very popular and profitable enter- , acter have "ained for tl',em a representative circle O'f friends. ' . • Mr. Johns has in large measure taken an active part in public affairs and in m~ldmg prise. H e .has , other important and representative business interests in Clifton, having publi c ';pinion. F~r 'four years he was under sheriff of Yavapai county and has been chIef .O'f been one of the organizers of the First National Bank, of which he is now It director and fhe Pl'escO'tt fire department for fourteen years. H e is further interest ed in the matenal a large stockholder. He was also connected with the establishment of the Morenci State development of city and state as superintendent of the NO'rthern ArizO'na Fair. His fra~ernal Bank of Morenci, Arizona, and is now a director. , ., M' . d' ted III the Mr. AbraJlam married, in 1890, Miss Laura Dorsey, a native O'f Kansas, who was relations ar., wit,1>. the ~htso ns ,and Lhe Elk s and h IS prommence as a J ason IS .til lCa ". a reared in Silver City, New Mexico. She is a daughter of .James and Elizabeth Dorsey, the fact that in 1898 he was chosen for t he O'ffice of grand master of the l?rand lodge of An~on . , . , . ' 't th ·t fl' - f 11 en was mdl- fO'rmer a native of Kansas and the latter of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Abraham have Appreciation of his worth, abIlIty and publlC spIn O'n e pal 0 11:> e owm two children. The eldest, Edwin D., twenty-four years of age, acquired his preliminary cated in his electiO'n in 1914 to t.he second legislature of the state and taking ,his pl~ce. as . ·tt th ·tol bUlldmg education in a private school at Clifton and was later gradu at ed from the Harvard School a membcr of t he h o u ~e he was made chan'man of the cO'mml ee 011 e capl ,
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of Los Angeles. He is now a student in the medical department of the University of its properties to the Inspiration Copper Company, this transaction proving profitable for its Chicago. Leah is thirteen years of age and a student in tbe public schools in Clifton. eight hundred stockholders, and at the same time it amended its articles, changing its name Mr. Abraham is a member of t.he Masonic order, in which he has taken the thirty_ to the Majestic Copper Company, Mr. Coplen continuing as general manager and becoming second degree, and is identified also with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, being one also a large stockholder and a member of the board of directors of the new company. of the organizers of the local lodge. He gives his political allegiance to the democratic This concern in 1911 merged interests with ~he Live Oak Company and in this the subject pa~"ty and, although never an office setker, has inherited his father's public spirit, cooper_ of this review still controls large interests. ~e is also president of the Barney Copper ating heartily in all progressive public projects. He has depended upon no fortunate com Company wh~ch owns a large strip of valuable copper property consisting of twenty-six bination of circumstances to aid him in ~is husiness career but has worked for the success locations adjoining the west end of the Inspiration property and he is the largest stock which is now his, laboring steadily through the years and guiding his efforts by sound holder in this concern, He holds mining properties in Colorado and in t bat stat e is and practical judgment. interested in t he petrified forest ranch in charge of the Colorado Museum Association and also owns fOUl' hundred and eighty acres of dairy and farming lands near Raton, New Mexico, all eligible to irrigation. In addit ion to this he has important property inter ests in the city of Globe. All of t he corporations with which he is connected have profited JOHN D. COPLEN. greatly by his initiative spirit, his excellent organizing and executive ability and his exhaustive knowledge of the conditions which govern modern mining operations. His large
Success in business is the result of many and complex causes having to do with per interests are practica. lly and capably conducted and his contributions to t he mininer, 0 develop- sonality, with natural ability, resourcefulness and energy of will, combined with aggres ment of the southwest have been and still continue to be large and substantial, both as siveness, self-control and the power to coordinate forces and utilize opportunities. These regards materia1 accomplishments and also as rcgards the effect of his honcsty, integrity elements practically make up the character of John D. Coplen, one of the most prominent and ability upon general business standards, mining men in Arizona and for a number of years past a great individual force in the In 1868 ·Mr. Coplen married Miss. Anna S .. Gross, a native of New York, and they have development of this most representative industry of the state. His interests are many becohle the parents of three children : John B., who was born in 1873 and who is now a and various, the result of a life given over almost entirely to mining, and have conuected ranchman of Corona, California; Laura C., the wife of J. Eo Miner, who is employed on him with some of the most important operations in tbe southwest, his constructive intel the Barney group of mines in Gila county; and Bertha A., the wife of 'iV. J. ::Miller, ligence and keen business discrimination having carried him steadily forward to success. secretary of the Barney Copper Company'. Mr. Co'plen was born in Indiana in 1844 and is a son of William and Ruth Coplen, Mr. Coplen is a stanch democrat in politics and has served his party in various both natives of Ohio, who went to Colorado about 1861. The father became a rancbman and important capacities, including tbat of mayor of Globe, which office he held from June 1, stock-raiser in Colorado City and followed those occupations until his retirement from 1910, to November 10, 1912, giving to the city a constructive, efficicnt and busincsslike active life eight years previous t o his death, which occurred on the 22d of July, 1892, when administration, He is never remiss in the duties of citizenship and proved his loyalty by he was seventy-eight years of age. His wife survived him some years dying in Santa Cruz, active service in his country's cause dnring the Civil war, serving as a. member of Company California, J une 22, 1910, at the age of ninety-two. To them were born eight children, G, Third Regiment of Colorado Cavalry, United Stat es Army, Colonel Shivington command- . five of whom are still living. ing, He received his honorable discharge in 1864. The same spirit of loyalty and con Jolin D. Coplen acquired his education in the public schools of his native city and pre scientiousness has distinguished him in all the relations of his life and, combined with his ceded his parents by one year to Colorado, giving his attention immediately to mining, in sterling personal worth and his fine qualities of m'ind and character, has brongbt honor, which occupation he has since continued, He engaged in gold placer mining in Fairplay, riches and many friends. Colorado, but rema.ined there less than one year and then took up his res idence in Delll'er, , Colorado, where he continued his education in the Denver Seminary in 1865, Even during this time he continued active in mining and from that time until 1903 ma intained his - residence and business headquarters at Denver, becoming the owner of valuable mining WILLIAM FRAJ.~KLIN BURl~S. , interests and accumulating considerable wealth as a reward of his earnest and practical • labor . In the course of a long and successful career William Franklin Burns has made many After he left Denver Mr. Coplen engaged in mining operations in various states, changes in location and interests and yet his life stands in contradistinction to the old adage including New Mexico and Arizona, until 1904, when he took up his res id ence in Globe, of the rolling stone, for each step he has taken has been a step fOfward, adding something , Gila county, this state, where he had large mining interest s. Among the enterprises which to his m~terial prosperity, Today as justice of the peace in Metcalf he is widely a.nd favo]' engaged his attention at this time was that cont rolled by the Pacifi c Mining & Metals ably known, his popularity being the direct outcome of earnest and able work. He was born Company of Arizona, of which he became genpral manager and controlling stockholder, in a mining camp in Amador county, California, March 1, 1866, a son of Michael and Margaret its properties being situated at Copper Hill, Arizona. Eventually this company transferred (Jarvis) BurnR, nat ives of New York and pioneers in California , The father crossed the its property to the Inspiration Mining Company, of which Mr. Coplen was general man 1·lains with ox teams at an early date and the mother ·made the journey around Cape Horn. ager, and with Ilis son, J. B. Coplen, and Edward Wilder, one of the largest stockholders. In Both have passed away. In their family were three children: Mary, who married Frank 1903, in company with his son, he purchased a group of mining properties near Globe and Curzon,. of Oakland, California; William Franklin, of this review; and Edward ' who died these now constitute the greater part of the properties owned by the Inspiration Con In infancy. solidated Copper Company. Upon them he made the final payment May 19, 1904, express 'William Franklin Burns remained at home until he was twelve years of age and then ing to Globe under guard about seventy-five thousand dollars in gold coin, it being necessary made his home with his uncle until he was sixteen. At that time he began his independent to make legal tender payment. "Vhile the property was yet owned by the Inspiration career, obtaining a position in a shingle mill in Santa Cruz, California, and there he Mining Company Mr. Coplen built upon it the first mill and he was manager of the plant ~emained fOf two years, going at the end of that time to Jack son, where he began working at the time of the panic of 1907, when the strenuous financial conditions made necessary 1n the mines., This occupation had been familiar to him since his childhood and he the raising of a large snm of money for the cqmpany's use and this was done by the issue became successful in it, remaining in California for four years and then going to the of mortgage bonds. In the latter part of 1908 the Inspiration Mining Company transferred state of Washington. There he worked in the coal mines for a short time, finally pushing 844 ARIZO)JA/ THE YOUNGEST S1'ATE
on to British Columbia, whel:e he spent one year in a logging camp . . Returning to C . fornia, he made his home with his uncle on a ranch in that state for twelve months ah. at the end of that time resumed his mining, becoming connected with a local mhlin" pany. After two years he went to Death Valley and spent a shnilar period workinco~. the borax fields in the interests of the makers of the famous 20 Mule Team borax. g~ Burns made his first settlemenD in YIetcalf in the fall of 1900 and spent two yeal'S h • returning to .California at the end of tbat time and settling in Oakland, where he s :re, a year as an employe of ' some local contractors, doing important construction Work. "~h nt he returned to Metcalf he made :1. permanent settlement here, working first as shift boeD. in the mines of the Arizona Copper Company and in 1910 hecoming identified with the store department of the Shannon Copper Company, which connection he maintained untU 1912, when he was elected justice of the peace. He has since served in that capacity and in office has pro,ven capable, earnest and conscientious, discharging his duties pronlptl and ably and with a keen sense of his personal responsibility and obligation. Y Mr. Burns married, in October, 1904, Miss Lillian Erickson, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of John and Amanda Erickson, both of whom were born in SWeden. In their fa.mily w'ere four children: Lillian; George, deceased; Belle, who married Hugh Clark, of California; and Sadie, the wife of Ross Thomas, of Clifton, Arizona, by whom she has one son. Mr. and Mrs. Burns bave one ch ild, Douglas E., who was born Aug t 14, 1905, and who is attending school in Metcalf. u Mr. Burns gives his political allegiance to the progressive party. Although not an office seeker, he served for seven years on the school board in this district and is always ready to take his part in community afIah·s. His fraternal connections are with the Loyal Order of Moose. He is entirely responsible for his own success, for he started out for himself at an early age and has steadily worked his way upwa.rd since that time. His life has been one of continuous activity, guided by sound and practical judgment, and today he is one of the substantial citizens of Greenlee county .
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GUILLERMO R. SERVIN, :\1. D.
A most worthy representative of the medical fraternity of Tucson is Dr. Guillermo R. Servin, who has achieved marked success as a specialist in the treatment of tuberculosis and is regarded as an authority on the subject, his papers and the results of his researches having bee~ published in the Engli sh, French and Spanish languages for general circulation. Dr. Servin was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, on the loth of February, 1861, and there he was reared and educated. His professional studies were pursued in tbe Guadala jara Medical College, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1885. He served as medical examiner for the Equitable Life Insurance Company for the entire Pacific coast from Lower California to Panama and for six months was afterward in military service as a member of the Twenty-seventh Mexican regiment, and then accepted the appointment a8 physician in a mining camp in Lower California. He subsequently spent two years in the American hospital at Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, resigning his post at the expiration of that time to engage in private practice. • In 1904, Dr. Servin came to Tucson, where he has Won recognition as one of the foremost representatives of, his profession in the city and is enjoying a large and lucrat!ve DR. GUILLERMO R. SERVIN practice. He was for four years government physician at the Tucson Indian reservatIOn and anesthetist at the Rogers Hospital of Tucson but now confines himself to his private practice. Since the early years of his practice he has made a close and careful study of tuberculosis in its various forms and has effected some marvelous cures by means of the methods he has adopted in his treatment. He has written several pamphlets on the dise.ase, which have been read before different medical associations in the country, and have smet been published in the French and Spanish as well as the English language for general tribution.
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native of Mexico, and to them have been born five children: Quadaloupe, Rodolpho, Marianna, • Carmillo and Octavio, The f raternal r elations of Dr. Servin are confined to his connection with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Fraternal Brotherhood, He is physician for the \'Vomen's
• Circle, an auxiliary of the fo rmer order and is also physician for the Fraternal Brothel'hood and supreme physician for the Spanish-American Society of which he is a member. He maintains relations with his feJlow practitioners thl'ough the medium of his membership in the Pima Medical Society and the Arizona State and American Medical Associations, , Dr. Servin is a man of fine mental attainments and progressive ideas and has kept in close touch with the advance of medical science through the columns of various professional -publications. He is too conservative, however, to readily adopt every new theory in his practice but at the same time he is ever ready to cast aside an old method when assured of the superiority of the new. A pleasing personality, sympathetic nature and rare profes sional skill have won him the high regard of those who employ his services and who accord him their sta.nch loyalty because of his conscientious devotion to the needs of his paticnts. I •
JOHN P. ORME .
• John P. Orl11 e, a prominent and well known pioneer · of Arizona, now president 'of the Salt River Valley 'Water Users Association, has long been greatly interested in the problems which Arizona has faced in promoting her development and his eifOl'ts toward their solution have been prac1.ical and far-reaching in result. It has been demonstrated that the soil of this state is rich and adapted to the ciIltivation of almost all kinds of grain, vegetables. and fruits if water can be secw-ed, and the importance of the business in which Mr. Orme is now engaged is therefore easily det ermined. A native of Maryland, John P. Orme was born in Montgomery county on the 28th of • Xovember, 1852, his parents being Charles and Deborah (Pleasants) Orme. The son spent his youthful days in the acquirement of a publi~ school education until 1866, when he went to Columbia, :Missouri, and entered the Missouri State University, there studying civil engineering and graduating in 1868. His fu'st position was that of resident engineer for thc TexaS' & Pacific Railroad in southeast ern Texas. Owing to ill health he then went to Colorado, rernaining a short time. It will thus be seen that he has long been identified with the west and its progress. From Colorado he went to Los Angeles, California, for the .benefit of his health and in March, 187 6, came to Phoenix, Arizona, while in May, 1879, he • • ,vent to Maricopa, wher.e h e started the first corral there. H e is therefore to be classed with the pioneers of this state, forty y ears having come and gone since he took up his abode within its borders. In 1880 he r eturned to Phoenix and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Much of the land was still in the possession of the government and he secured a tract of eigllt hun dred acres' which -he developed into a well improved ranch property, devoted to cattle • raising .and agricultural pursuits. His study of the best m ethods of irrigation and his own practical efforts in developing his property led to his becoming authority upon many phases of the irrigation problem and the water supply. He became one of three who built the Mari copa canal and served as superintendent and director of the same. H e is now president of the Salt Riyer Valley Water Users Association, in which connection he is putting forth every effort for the careful conservation of the water supply of the state in order that it may be • turned into channels of usefulness, bringing about the agricultural development of Arizona . • On the 8th Of March, 1879, Mr. Orme was united in marriage to Miss Ella Thompkins, a native of Tcxas, who died Decem er 28, 1898. They had four children: Mrs_ Clara E. Kyle; Ora D.; Mrs. Winifred D_ Leeds, of Los Angeles; and Charles H., who was graduated from the law department of Leland Stanford University in 1916. The last named also served as c.aptain of the rowing crew and took an active part in the university athletic Sports. , Mr. Orme belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, his m embership being in local lodges in Phoenix. H e is also promi nent in Masonry, belonging to the blue lodge, chapter, commandery and shrine_ A true
• ARIZONA THE YOUNGEST STATE 849 848 ARIZONA-THE YOUNGEST STATE democrat, he was for years actively inter ested in his party's aff~irs and served for nine Azul, the beautiful valley lying between, well watered by the Cocospera river and its years as supervisor of Maricopa county and for ~our year s as cha~rm an of the board. He t ributaries, a great part of the flow of which, amountin"" to several thousand inches , has was also a member of the constitutional convention of 1911. He IS also a member of the been appropriated under the irrigation laws, for watering the bottom lands in the valley. board of tru t ces of school district No. 16, of Maricopa county, and the cause o~ education Available reservoir sites offer facilities for storage that can add greatly to the supply . finds in him a stalwart champion. Progress has ever been his watchword and Ius advance when it is needed and give sufficient water to cover all the land upon which canals can ment has been promoted through indefatigable industry, energy. and well defined plans. He be run. Upon the mesas and foothills of the mountains are thousands of acres of fine has gradually worked his way upward in a business sense an~ IS w~ll known as one of tl~e grazing grounds, covered with rich and succulent grasses, affording pasture for vast herds of cattle, of which there are now several thousand, all high grade Herefords, classed as worthy representative residents of Phoenix. It is not alone 111 b~smess, however, that. hIs contribution has been of value to the community and state, for his .work along. many. hnes the best of range cattle for beef. With the broad fields of alfalfa on the bottom lands and the· grass on the mesas t~e cattle can be raised to maturity and fattened for market f the utmost worth 100kin fY ever to the welfare and upbmldmg of thiS sectlOn of h as b een O . ,'" t ·t· H the country with a recognition of its natural r esources a nd of its oppor um les. e has at Cocospera and sold at a high price in the local markets. At the great Copper mining caught a vision of the future and has looked beY0n.d the .exi~ e n cies o~. the moment to the camp at Cananea and in the cities of Hermosillo, Guaymas and Nogales there are great and gro"ving markets for all the fattened bullocks that can be turned off from this ranch. opportunities of coming years, so that the value of his se.rVlCe IS r ecogm zed by all. The Pineta mountains, which form a part of the land. controlled by Proto Brothers ' are covered to their very summits with splendid forests of pine and fir and with a growth of oak on the lower hills. The stumpage in the pine forests has been estimated by experts to • PROTO BROTHERS. exceed in value the sum of one million dollars in American money. This latent wealth will some, day be realized and even at present is counted a very valuable asset. For many years the city of Nogales found worthy .representatives of ~ll that is highest Louis Proto did not live to see the entire fulfillment of the plan he assisted in inau guratin'g but during the years of his a.ctivity made his influence felt in a vital and powerful and most progressive in business life in Anton and Loms Proto, who constituted the ~r~ of way and his death was deeply regretted in Nogales and in Sonora, for it took from both Proto Brothers, and the death of the junior member, March :' 1909: was felt as a dl~t~nct a man of powerful and pleasing personality and of splendid executive and constructive and vital loss to business development. The firm, however , still cont mues u~der the ongmal ability. He left four children to mourn his loss : Anton; Manuel; Louisa, who was graduated llame and controls one of the largest jobbing houses in Nogales and t.he magmficent Cocospera . S a All t on "no. Louis Proto were born in 1
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• most capable and well read representatives of the law in the southwest. He was connected with many of the important litigations in Arizona at that period, in all of which he acquitted himself commendably, as he was not only well versed in legal lore but possessed a command of English and a gift of oratory that made him a much dreaded foe in forensic • battles. For his wife M1'. Pomroy chose Miss· Annie Blake, now deceased, who was also a native of California and a daughter of Francis and Mary Blake of Oakland. To:Mr. and Mrs. Pomroy was born one daughter, Ethel, the deceased wife of Becch Soule, of Oakland, Cali· fornia, ·who is survived by two sons, Beech, Jr., and Pomroy. :NIr. Pomroy died in November, 1892, honored and respeqted by all who knew him. He was one of the organizers of the Episcopal church in Tucson and always took a very active and prominent part in its work, making the first contribution of fifty dollars to the organization.
CHARLES C. HUTCHINSON.
Few men in northern Arizona were any better known and none ranked higher in citizen ship or left a cleaner record as a business man than Cha.rles C. Hutchinson. He was• one of the chief sheep barons of the southwest; whose extensive interests in connection with the leep raising industry gaye him a foremost position among Arizona's stockmen. At the time of his demise he was at the head of some of the largellt sheep outfits in the state, being presi dellt of the Grand Canyon Sheep Corporation and of the Hutchinson Sheep Company, besides being a heavy stockholder in a number of other important sheep and cattle companies. To him probably more than to :lIly other individllnl is due the credit for improving the breeds of range sheep in Arizoml. Ml'. Hutchin on was born July 15, 1852, in Sutton, Vermont, a son of W'iIliam and Susan (Hill) Hntchinson, and was the youngest of a large family. Reared in that environ ment he never lost those c-haractel'istics of refinement common to such rearing, neither did he lose the peculiar pronunciation of words chflracteristic of New Englanders. He prepared for • coilege at Lyndon Literary Institute in Vermont and then entered Dartmouth College, tak ing a course in the Chandler scientific department., from which he was graduated in the class of 1879. After leaving college he removed to the west. and for a short time was with :1 publi shing house in Kansas City, Missouri. Continuing his westward travels he was for some time employed as a surveyor in Colorado and Texas and in 1884 went to Sonora, New Mexico, and engaged in mining. Soon afterward he came to Arizona and for a time was employed in the Congress mine. He there followed mining for a while and about 1892 engaged in the sheep raising business. His early experience in this was of a character to test his pluck and determination. The trcnuouS times of t,he early '00s when the pricc of sheep dropped to a dollar and a quarter per head did not drive him out of the business. It was a hard struggle but such a sheep raiser as he could not be kept down. He survived those trying times and eventually reacheu the foremost position in the industry, remaining at the front for years prior to his death. He early saw the necessity for better breeding if the southwest was ever to get better prices for wool and he introduced from the east and from Califol'l1ia the best blood tlmt money CQuld buy, establishing a large stud etock of Rambouillet and )ferino sheep. In order to assist in building up the lamp raising business he afterward established a splendid flock of Oxford and Hampshire Down sheep and in later years devoted his attention for the most part to the breeding of full blooded rams, of both the mutton and fine wooled CHARLES C. HUTCHINSON strains. His flocks in this respect ranked second to none in the west. He believed in organ ization, practiced the most scientific methods and whatever he did was done in a most intelli gent manneI'. He was su~cessf ul in business because he wa~ honest and clear brained. PolitiCIans could not "use" M1'. Hutchinson. He had a legion of friends because he WOll them and could keep them. In his relations with others he was considerate and charita?le and it is said of bim that he never discharged a herder or a foreman. He took an actIve part 'in the solution of the forest reserve problem, studied every phase of the public life and • worked untirin"lv to further the welfare of his section of the country. Few men in the state o. d had a larger acquaintance or were more popular. Although a close student of politics aD
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