MILLER, CLYDE W., 1913-2012

Clyde Woodrow Miller, a life long resident of Coulee City, was promoted to Glory on Friday, February 10, 2012 in Wenatchee, WA.

Clyde was one of twins born to Reuben E. and Myrtle G. (Pellett) Miller on the family farmstead in Baird, Washington (near the Mt. View School in Douglas County) on December 11, 1913. The newborn’s aunt often talked about Mrs. Miller having to stay in bed with the twins to keep them warm that cold December and how the dish cloth froze to the kitchen table while clearing the breakfast dishes.

The Miller family later moved to a farm in the Red Rock School District where Clyde remembers the twins’ first chores were to carry water, wood and coal into the house. Clyde’s first big job on the farm was driving six horses pulling a harrow when he was 12 years old. Walking behind that harrow sprouted a lifelong passion and occupation as a wheat farmer. Only twice did Clyde work off the family farm, both times in apple harvests in the Wenatchee Valley

Clyde graduated from Coulee City High School in 1931. He later attended and was graduated from the Anderson Diesel School in Los Angeles, California, in 1937.

By the late thirties, the Miller family had moved their wheat farming operation to the St. Andrew’s area of Douglas County. The family also took in a boarder - the new school teacher at the nearby Gilbert School. Josephine Curtis was a recent graduate of Western Normal School (Western Washington University). A courtship blossomed and bloomed into a 65-year marriage and partnership on their own nearby farm in the St. Andrews area.

In addition to helping raise three sons, Clyde held numerous positions with many community organizations. A seventh-degree member of the Grange, Clyde served as master of the St. Andrews and Douglas County Pomona Granges. He was later appointed Deputy State Master for Douglas County of the Washington State Grange. He was an officer of both the Douglas County and Washington Association of Wheat Growers. For many years, Clyde served as an elder of the First Presbyterian Church in Coulee City, where he has been a member for over 50 years.

Clyde was preceded in death by his wife Jo (2007), his son Jim (1997) his two brothers, (twin Claude F. and younger brother Frank) both of Coulee City, and two older sisters, (Mamie (Miller) of Baird, and Nellie Buob of Fairfield, Washington).

He is survived by two sons, William G. (Selma) of Wenatchee, and Stephen C. (Carole) of Reno, NV, five grandchildren, (Mark Miller of Tacoma, Shannon Meza of Wenatchee, Stacie Ferrari of Lake Stevens, Wendy Black of Spokane, and Adam Geer of Caldwell, Idaho) and seven great- grandchildren, (Sydney Meza, Dylan Black, Connor Meza, Elissa Black, Madison Miller, Matthew Miller, and Isabella Ferrari).

Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m., Tuesday, February 14th at Jones & Jones Betts in Wenatchee.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 15th at the First Presbyterian Church, 214 N. 4th Street in Coulee City.

Memorials may be made in Clyde’s name to the Coulee City Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund, or Celebration Lutheran Church Building Fund, 801 8th Street NE, East Wenatchee, WA 98802.

The family is extremely grateful and humbled by the care provided by the staff of the Assisted Living Unit at Colonial Vista in Wenatchee. We would especially like to thank Pam for the loving care, concern and compassion she provided to our Dad, Grandpa, and Great Grandpa during his time at Colonial Vista.

Arrangements are by Jones and Jones-Betts Funeral Home. Please express your thoughts and memories for the family at http://www.jonesjonesbetts.com/

BIG BEND: INDEX - LINCOLN COUNTY

      As of 30 September 2012 I have begun transcribing all of the biographical sketches.  They begin on p. 215 of the printed edition. I am also linking them in the order printed.

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LINCOLN COUNTY BIOGRAPHICAL.

Adams, William M.   514   Reardan
Ahern, Morris W.   281 (+ portrait)   Downs
Allen, Alice M.   302   Krupp
Allen, Louis V.    228   Harrington
Amon, Delbert L.   338   Downs
Anderson, Major Albert M.   471   Fort Spokane
Anderson, J. Waverly   423   Davenport
Anderson, Lewis     288  (+ portrait)   _____
Anderson, Orlander   460   Davenport

Baldwin, Ansel    234   Sprague
Ball, Joseph L.   442   Harrington
Bandy, Robert H.   244   Wilbur
Bandy, George   383   Wilbur
Barbre, Charles M.   288  (+ portrait)   Creston
Bartholomew, Jacob J.   508   Reardan
Baske, Fred   972   Davenport
Bayley, Lester S.  361   Peach
Bean, J. N. Jasper    246   Wilbur
Beck, William   332   Harrington
Behan, James   475   Reardan
Beieler, Frederick   355   Larene
Belknap, Jerome W.  330   Harrington
Bender, William H.   345   Harrington
Bennington, Joseph M.   486   Ritzville
Bentley, John W.   412   Reardan
Bentley, Sherman S.   411   Reardan
Bethel, Charles W.   479   Harrington
Betz, George H.   379   Mondovi
Betz, John W.   478   Mondovi
Birge, George K.   488  (+ portrait)   Davenport
Bishop, Levi C.   264  (+ portrait)   Creston
Bittner, Joseph E., M. D.    226   Sprague
Black, Lewis L.   485   Odessa
Bodeau, Theodore    242   Govan
Borck, Gustav   348   Rocklyn
Bradley, William    229   Sprague
Brindle, George W.   446   Mondovi
Brink, William   506   Davenport
Brislawn, J. Frank    236   Sprague
Brislawn, Matthew    518    Sprague
Brock, Judge Jackson   447   Davenport
Brown, Adrian S.   313  (+ portrait)   Davenport
Brown, Josiah J., & Mrs.  426  (+ portrait)   Edwall
Brugger, Christian    334   Harrington
Buck, Charles, Jr.   366   Davenport
Burke, Edmond J.   291   Almira
Butler, George E.   456   Ritzville
Byers, John C.   377   Mondovi

Cagle, John F.   502  (+ portrait)   Earl
Calliott, William    260   Lamona
Cameron, George W.   445   Harrington
Cameron, Hon. Jasper J.   331   Harrington
Camp, John L.   322   Davenport
Capps, William Henry   405   Reardan
Capps, John S.   470   Reardan
Cardwell, Thomas J.   439   Harrington
Carlson, Jonas A.   486   Hesseltine
Carstens, Henry B.   509   Reardan
Carstens, Peter  360  (+ portrait)   Spokane (No. 829 Nettle Avenue)
Caton, Hon. Nathan T.   432  (+ portrait)   Davenport
Chaffee, Elmer S.   452  (+ portrait)  Waukon
Chapel, David M.   466   Rocklyn
Childs, Edwin B.   279   Hesseltine
Childs, William H.   403   Reardan
Clinton, Patrick J.  390   Rock Creek
Cole, Andrew J.    256  (+ portrait)   Creston
Cole, James J., & Mrs.    248  (+ portrait)   Brents
Cole, John C.   498  (+ portrait)   Brents
Coman, Samuel M.   317   Creston
Combs, Lemuel   365   Larene
Comer, Samuel R.  306   Harrington / Creston
Connell, Richard, M. D.   271   Odessa
Connery, Thomas    242   Wilbur
Cooper, Trausdell M.   511   Sprague, Los Angeles (No 1151 West 20th Street)
Corbin, Charles   354   Larene
Cormana, John J.   266   Harrington
Cox, Jesse P.   269   Odessa
Cox, Milo   499   Hellgate
Crossgrove, George W.    291   Almira
Cuddeback, Peter W.    310   Creston
Culp, Andrew   257   Fort Spokane
Cushman, Isaac N.   272  (+ portrait)   Wilbur

Darby, George E.    233  (+ portrait)   Downs
Davenport, Noah C.  385   Wilbur
Davidson, John R.   431   Reardan
Davies, L.   483   Davenport
Davis, Hubert J.  389   Davenport
Dawell, Augustus    235   Sprague
Denham, James F.   349   Rocklyn
Denney, Harrison A.   377   Reardan
Depner, Gustav   469   Rocklyn
Despain, B. J.   396   Edwall
Dixon, Barnett D.   280  (+ portrait)   Downs
Dixon, Joseph G.   279   Lincoln
Dodd, James J.    223   Creston
Dotson, John I.   476   Davenport
Downie, Warren W.   429  Davenport
Downing, Benjamin F.   363   Egypt
Drazan, Charles V.   269   Odessa
Drumheller, Hon. D. M.   413   Reardan, Spokane
Duncan, William G., & Mrs.   489  (+ portrait)   Egypt
Dunham, Edward, M. D.    225   (Creston)

Earl, Robert   336   Earl
Earles, James W.   479   Davenport
Eddy, Lucius B.   335   Davenport
Elliot, James    223   Creston
Emerson, Allen   359   Peach
Engelsen, Edward     298   (+ portrait)   Hesseltine
Engle, Stephen    477   Mondovi
Eriksen, T. E.   249   Wilbur
Evans, William H.    226   Sprague

Fahlen, Oscar J.   236   Sprague
Faris, T. H.   253   Wilbur
Farwell, George E.   470   Reardan
Faulk, John A.   350   Davenport
Feil, Charles    492   Tipso
Felder, Bruno W  217  Wilbur
Finch, Cyrus W.   262   Lamona
Finney, William    256   Davenport
Fish, Charles L.   408  (+ portrait)   Sprague
Fletcher, Harry B., & Mrs.   240  (+ portrait)   Sherman
Florin, David   326   Mondovi
Florin, John L.   350   Larene
Forney, James F.   378   Mondovi
Francis, Valentine   370   Davenport
Frans, William M.   364   Egypt
Franseen, A. Robert    237   Sprague
Freese, William O.   319   Davenport
Fritsch, Oscar H.   393   Edwall
Fry, William S.   509   Almira
Furgeson, Leroy  215  (+ portrait)  Larene, Davenport

Gardner, Jerry H.   254   Davenport
Gee, William R.   434  (+ portrait)   Sprague
Geer, Theodore D., & Mrs.    224  (+ portrait)   Wilbur
Gemmill, William    513   Wilbur
Gerlach, Charles G., & Mrs.    273  (+ portrait)   Wilbur
Gibson, Bela O.  506   Davenport
Gibson, Charles C.   454   Davenport
Gibson, O. H. P.    255   Davenport
Gibson, Stephen A.   436   Edwall
Gill, John J.   398   Edwall
Gillett, Charles   413   Reardan
Glascock, Harrison    261   Downs
Glasgow, David M.   421   Davenport
Godwin, Philip W  372  Mondovi
Gohlman, William   455   Harrington
Gollaher, Emary D.   306   Creston
Gravelle, Alfred   447  Reardan
Gray, Hon. John   362   Spokane (214 Third avenue)
Greenwood, Raphael    308   Creston
Griffith, Charles G.   440   Mohler
Grinstead, Thomas    496  (+ portrait)   Creston
Grob, Frederick   346   Rocklyn
Guth, Frank J.   267   Odessa

Haas, Theodore W.   516   Sprague
Hagen, Nels H.   250   Wilbur
Hair, Ole S.    232  (+ portrait)   Davenport
Hall, Joseph B.   398   Edwall
Hammersmith, Fred L.    267   Lamona
Hamley, Eugene C., M. D.   400  (+ portrait)   Sprague
Hammack, Elvis E.   444   Moscow
Hansard, Thomas A.   443   Harrington
Hansen, D. C.   339   Downs
Hansen, Hans    246   Sherman
Hansen, Hans M.   299  (+ portrait)   Wilbur
Hansen, James D.   325   Davenport
Hansen, John A.   415   Reardan
Hansen, Marcus A.   299  (+ portrait)   Davenport
Harder, Henry   407   Reardan
Hardin, Frank P.   353   _____
Harding, John R.   409  (+ portrait)   Sprague
Harms, Herman F.    287   Almira
Harper, William S.   468   Almira
Harris, Joseph M.   465   Miles
Harrison, Andrew W.   237   Edwall
Hatch, Theophilus   493   Almira
Heath, William J.   481  (+ portrait)   Mondovi
Heid, George    472  (+ portrait)   Larene
Heid, John   355   Larene
Hein, Philip   327   Davenport
Henkel, Gustave A.   234   Sprague
Herman, William L.   402   Edwall
Hesseltine, E. A., Judge    251   Wilbur
Highbarger, Jacob   401   Reardan
Hilgers, Michael   516   Sprague
Hill, John R.  358   Peach
Hill, William P.   440   Harrington
Hills, Charles C.   311   Creston
Hills, Henry, & Mrs.    224  (+ portrait)   Creston
Hilton, J. Henry    307   Creston
Hilton, Richard J.   436   Creston
Hinckley, Henry I.   391   Edwall
Hinshaw, Luke   457   Mohler
Hinshaw, Wilbur   456   Mohler
Hoffman, Charles    230   Sprague
Holmes, C. H.    252   Wilbur
Hoople, Joseph A.   389   Davenport
Hopkins, Frank A  218  Sherman
Hotaling, Charles L.   462   Harrington
Houck, Oliver C.   259    Brents, Spokane
Houston, Thorne  218  Sherman
Howard, Albert   411   Reardan
Howard, William H.  220  Creston
Howell, William W.  297  (+ portrait)
Huck, George M.  334
Hudkins, Floyd  217  Sherman
Hudkins, Walker   519    Spokane (718 E. Indiana Ave.)
Huesmann, Fred   418   Davenport
Huffman, George W.   305  (+ portrait)   Davenport
Huffman, John S.   304  (+ portrait)   Davenport
Hughes, Charles H  374  Davenport
Hughes, Christopher  375  Mondovi
Hughes, Harrison S.   294   Almira
Hughes, John W.   400   Reardan
Hughes, Richard T.    293   Almira
Hurlbert, William S.   274   Hesseltine
Hurley, Benjamin F.   335   Davenport
Hutchinson, Richard A.   344  (+ portrait)   Creston, Spokane (514 South Arthur street)

Ingle, John C.   263   Lamona
Inkster, James S.   420   Davenport
Inkster, John, Sr.   421   Davenport
Inkster, John J.   429   Davenport
Inkster, John, Jr.  422   Davenport
Irby, Ira L.  352  (+ portrait)   Irby
Irvin, Felix A.   493   Tipso

James, G. W.   260   Wilbur
Jamison, Robert     276   Tipso
Jayne, William H.   419   Davenport
Jenne, Frederick & Mrs.   473  (+ portrait)   Rocklyn, Davenport
Jensen, Harry   410  (+ portrait)   Sprague
Jensen, Simon P.   249   Wilbur
Jessen, Jonas    289   Almira
Johnson, Ephraim   465   Creston
Johnson, John E.   499   Wilbur
Johnson, Julius C.    312  (+ portrait)   Almira
Johnson, Samuel M.   495   Creston
Johnson, Thomas J.  342   Harrington
Jones, Richard G.   430   Almira
Jones, William Henry  487   Tipso
Jordan, John T.   458   Sprague
Joss, Alexander   494   Govan
Joyner, Lee M.   268   Odessa
Jump, James T.    303   Creston
Jump, William R.   317   Creston
Jurgensen, Gerhard T. B.    296  (+ portrait)   Wilbur
Jurgensen, Holger  296  (+ portrait)   Wilbur

Katsel, Harry C.   370   Davenport
Kelley, Mathias J.   243   Wilbur
Kellum, Charles E.   423   Odessa
Kelso, John N.  399   Reardan
Kennedy, George A.   281  (+ portrait)   Odessa
Kennedy, Joseph B.   295   Wilbur
Kerr, John   458   Harrington
Kinch, Samuel C.   235   Sprague
Kiner, Frank   494   Wilbur
Kiner, Fredrick S.  216  (+ portrait)  Wilbur
King, Benjamin    297  (+ portrait)   Wilbur / Davenport
King, Joseph H.   402   Reardan
Kirk, William H.   290   Almira
Kirsh, Adam  347   Edwall
Klobucher, John    278   Lincoln
Knack, Herman A.   347   Rocklyn
Knox, Amel H.    292   Almira
Koegler, John F. J.   453   Edwall
Kolb, Charles   315   Wilbur
Kriegler, Edward J.   275   Odessa
Kurz, J. L.   466   Rocklyn, Davenport


LaFollette Brothers: J. H., M. F., S.D.   261   Almira
Lakin, Thomas C.  332   Harrington
Landreth, Squire B.  503  (+ portrait)   Reardan
Landreth, William W.   412   Reardan
Lange, Matthias C.   326   Davenport
Lanter, E. C., M. D.   222  Creston
Larrabee, Frank T.   449  (+ portrait)   Edwall
Leipham, Oscar   461   Davenport
Leipham, Peter   464  (+ portrait)   Davenport
Lemley, John C.   514   Reardan
Leonard, Daniel     284  (+ portrait)   Peach / Hawk Creek
Level, Charles A  371  Davenport
Level, John A.   427   Davenport
Lewis, Lafayette, M. D.   382   Wilbur
Lilengreen, August    302   Creston
Litttell, Charles H  375  Mondovi
Lockhart, John   439   Harrington
Logan, John H.  394   Edwall
Logsdon, Fieldon   270   Odessa
Logsdon, George Thomas   490  (+ portrait)   Davenport
Long, Alfred W., & Mrs.   480  (+ portrait)   Mondovi
Long, Isaac H.   480  (+ portrait)   Moscow
Long, Ulysses Sheridan   482  (+ portrait)   Moscow
Long, Volney J.   450   Sprague
Lowe, George N.   265   Lamona
Lucas, Elmer E.   512   Davenport
Lucas, William P.   388   Davenport
Luce, Frank H.   483  Davenport
Lumpp, Jacob   397   Edwall
Luper, Lewis T.   333   Harrington
Lyse, Peter M.   381   Wilbur

Macdonald, James    231   Sprague
Mahrt, Fred   406   Reardan
Mahrt, Henry   404   Reardan
Mahrt, John   406   Reardan
Maib, John W.  316   Creston
Markey, John & Mrs.   497  (+ portrait)   Wilbur
Mars, Samuel C.    314  (+ portrait)   Wilbur
Martin, John P.   427   Sherman
Martin, Peter   219  Sherman
Martinson, Olaus   504   Wilbur
Matthew, F. X., Hon.   257   Willamett valley
Matzger, George N., D. D. S.    251   Wilbur
Maurer, Herman A.  327   Rocklyn
Maurer, John   469   Rocklyn
Maurer, William F.   467   Rocklyn
McAvoy, James A.   435   Tipso
McCallum, James  356   Larene
McClure, Evan J.   380   Mondovi
McCord, Thomas W.   301   Wilbur
McCoy, Thomas    517   Sprague
McDonald, Alexander W.   417  (+ portrait)   Edwall
McGinnis, Henry W.   450   Sprague
McGourin, Capt. John & Mrs.   416  (+ portrait)   Edwall
McGourin, Walter E.   416   Edwall
McInnis, Donald   368   Larene
McInnis, John   455   Harrington
McKay, Donald F.   307   Creston
McKay, John   484   Lamona
McKay, Peter    287   Almira
McKenna, Elmore A.   238   Sprague
McKy, Noah B.    229   Sprague
McLaren, Robert    418  (+ portrait)   Edwall
McLean, Ezra W.   357   Davenport
McLellan, Fred   388   Davenport
McLin, Frederick   477   Mondovi
McManis, Hiram  386   Wilbur
McNall, Jesse A. & Mrs.  424  (+ portrait)   Sprague
McNeil, John    247   Sherman
McNew, Hon. William N.  351   Davenport
McQuarie, William H. & Mrs.    496  (+ portrait)   Wilbur
Melcher, Hon. Augustus S.   448  (+ portrait)   Edwall
Menger, Otto A.   515   Reardan
Menke, Henry   276   Hesseltine
Michael, Isaac P  371  Davenport
Michaelsen, William L.  280  (+ portrait)   Odessa
Mielke, Charles A.   393   Edwall
Miller, Aaron   408  (+ portrait)   Sprague
Miller, Solomon H.   459   Harrington
Minnick, Isaac J.   428   Davenport
Moffatt, Charles H.   399   Edwall
Moore, Marion F.   413   Reardan
Moorhouse, James W.   510   Reardan
Morgan, Samuel A. & Mrs.  320  (+ portrait)   Hesseltine
Muehl, John   451   Davenport
Muller, John H.  337   Harrington
Myers, Charles E.   258   Davenport

Nail, Benjamin F.   508   Edwall
Nash, George W.   271   Govan
Neal, Alice    454   Davenport
Neal, Charles H.  430   Davenport
Neal, Robert R.    275   Hesseltine
Nee, John F.  362   Fort Spokane
Nelson, Laurs    245   Wilbur
Nestoss, Henry R.   248   Wilbur
Nicholason, John   274  (+ portrait)   Wilbur
Nicholls, John H.   253   Davenport
Nichols, William P. & Mrs.  384  (+ portrait)  Davenport
Noble, John M.   437   Harrington
Noble, Sidney G.  428   Davenport, Indian Creek

Ochs, Harry  342   Harrington
Odgers, James   384   Davenport
O'Farrell, John P.   255   Davenport
Olsen, Ole   354   Davenport
Olson, J. Gus   280  (+ portrait)   Harrington

Page, Sylvanus & Mrs.   498  (+ portrait)   Downs
Panek, Frank   393   Edwall
Patty, Harve   343   Harrington
Peffley, D. Frank   219  Creston
Peterman, George W.   278   Tipso
Peterson, Jens   503  (+ portrait)   Almira
Peterson, Mads   502  (+ portrait)   Almira
Peterson, Simon    297  (+ portrait)   Wilbur
Phar, Hannah M.   351   Davenport
Phillips, Charles A.   250   Wilbur
Phillips, Joseph B.   353   Davenport
Pierce, Andrew J.   301   Wilbur
Plank, Sherman P.   288  (+ portrait)   Creston
Polson, Otto C.   266   Downs
Portch, Daniel L.   240   Sherman
Porter, Edward   482   Harrington
Powell, James    239   Sherman
Powers, James H.   476   Egypt, Davenport
Price, Samuel L., & Mrs.   320  (+ portrait)   Hesseltine
Proulx, Napoleon, & Mrs.   368  (+ portrait)   Almira, Spokane (501 E. Boone)
Purcell, Ralph   264   Lamona

Rake, George W.   404   Reardan
Ratliff, Liberty L.   467   Creston
Raymer, John, Hon.   312  (+ portrait)   Reardan
Reddy, Owen J.   396   Edwall
Reeves, Rollin J.   311   Wilbur
Reinbold, Jacob   365   Egypt
Reinbold, Simon   367   Egypt
Reiter, E. DeWitt    485   Davenport
Rhodes, William W.   289  (+ portrait)   Creston
Richardson, Benjamin F.   295   Wilbur
Rinker, Samuel C.   491   Hesseltine
Roberts, Alexander D.   277   Tipso
Robertson, John H.   309   Wilbur
Robertson, William    216  (+ portrait)  Sherman
Robinson, Charles F.   507   Edwall
Robinson, James E.   461   Moscow
Robinson, John H.   285   Tipso
Rockhold, Jerry   410   Reardan
Rookstool, Cornelius   315   Davenport
Rosenbalm, Gerhard & John    290   Almira
Rosman, Joseph    300   Wilbur
Russell, John E.   506  (+ portrait)   Harrington

Sallee, Sallee W.   494   Almira
Salter, Milton C.   294   Almira
Samuels, Cook   337   Harrington
Sarasin, Joseph.   500  (+ portrait)   Davenport
Sawyer, John W.   304  (+ portrait)   Davenport
Scarborough, Edwin F.   316   Wilbur
Scheibner, Fredrick M. & Mrs.   425  (+ portrait)   Wilbur
Scheuss, Matthew   474  (+ portrait)   Sprague
Schultz, Albert   510   Reardan
Schulz, William    414   Reardan
Scott, Andrew J.   283  (+ portrait)   Harrington
Sessions, Joseph    373   Davenport
Setters, John W.   446   Reardan
Setters, Marion F., M. D.   357   Harrington, Spokane
Setters, Peter, & Mrs.   328  (+ portrait)
Shaffer, Minor    279   Tipso
Shaw, Abram    445   Moscow
Shaw, Jacob E.   487   Hesseltine
Shepherd, Samuel S.  322   Reardan
Sherman, George W.   241   Sherman
Short. James H.   301   Wilbur
Siegman, John M.  382   Mondovi
Simons, George H., & Mrs.   490  (+ portrait)   Creston
Simons, William F.    310  Creston
Slater, James A.   356   Davenport
Smelcer, George    500  (+ portrait)   Mondovi
Smith, Almon J.    242   Govan
Smith, George E, & Mrs.   513  (+ portrait)   Wilbur
Smith, Jacob    392  (+ portrait)   Sprague
Smith, John C.    324   Egypt
Smith, Marshall R.   339   Downs
Smith, Thompson    453   Sprague
Smith, William L.     234  (+ portrait)   Odessa
Snook, Edwin    358   Peach
Snyder, George L., & Mrs.   433  (+ portrait)   Brents, Creston, Spokane
Snyder, Thomas M.   369   Egypt
Southard, T. B.   292   Almira
Spangle, Edward    277   Tipso
Sparks, George M.   403   Reardan
Spining, Howard   386   Wilbur
Springer, F. H.   507   Moscow?
Sprinkle, Fdwin    477   Mondovi
Sprinkle, Frank   379   Mondovi
Squire, Fred B.   285   Almira
Stambaugh, Isaiah    303   Creston
Stang, Edward F.   239   Moscow
Stanley, Henry C.   232  (+ portrait)   Mondovi
Stark, Andrew   394   Waukon
Steffey, B. F.   309   Creston
Stender Henry   343   Davenport
Stephens, Richard J.   492   Almira
Stevenson, Thomas G 374  Reardan
Stewart, Robert R.   329   Moscow
Stimson, Luther A.  505   Stimson ferry, north of Davenport
Stimson, Willard    495   Creston
Stolp, Friedrich & Mrs.   423  (+ portrait)   Sprague
Stookey, Allen J.   247   Wilbur
Stookey, Alfred E.    222   Creston
Stookey, William    245   Wilbur
Straub, Charles A.    221   Creston
Strout, Albert D.   323   Davenport
Sullivan, Bridget   505   Davenport
Swenson, Swen P.   262   Harrington

Talkington, J. Albert   283  (+ portrait)   Moscow
Talkington, Joseph    330   Moscow
Talkington, Thomas E.   441   Harrington
Tanner, Michael, & Mrs.   489  (+ portrait)   Mondovi
Telford, Robert    473  (+ portrait)   Rocklyn
Thing, Charles E.   414   Reardan
Thomas, Abram J.   345   Davenport
Thomas, George W.   346   Davenport
Thompson, Henry M.   293   Wilbur
Thompson, Hugh L.  448  (+ portrait)   Edwall
Thornbrue, John D.   376   Mondovi
Thornbrue, Joseph   500  (+ portrait)   Mondovi
Thorp, Ellsworth M.   227   Sprague
Thorp, G. W.   391   Edwall
Timm, Fred D.   360   Peach
Tischner, Otto   463   Davenport
Tompers, W. Boltes   431   Tipso
Tramm, Henry C.   405   Reardan
Tramm, Peter   372   Reardan
Tramm, Peter N.   504   Reardan
Tripp, John L., & Mrs.   501  (+ portrait)   Davenport
Troy, George A.   515   Sprague
Tucker, Orson    462   Davenport
Tufts, James P.  220   Sherman
Turner, George A.   380   Davenport
Turner, Luther P.   442   Harrington
Turner, Henry W.   512   Hesseltine

Unbewust, John   341   Sprague

VanBuren, Fred    245   Wilbur
Vanskike, William J.   244   Wilbur
Vent, William H.   517   Sprague
Vest, James E.   395   Sprague
Vinyard, David    475  (+ portrait)   Sprague

Wachter, William    300   Wilbur
Wagner, Damian    243   Wilbur
Walch, Fred    265   Lamona
Walker, Nathan E. 221  Sherman
Walker, W. L.   395   Waukon
Walsh, Peter   405   Reardan
Walters, Thomas    273  (+ portrait)   Wilbur
Warehime, Frank, & Mrs.    321   (+ portrait)   Hesseltine
Warehime, John H., & Mrs.     321   (+ portrait)   Hesseltine
Warren, James M.   376  Reardan
Warren, William T.   387   Wilbur
Warwick, Horace M.   435  (+ portrait)     Moscow
Warwick, Russell   340   Mohler
Watson, Fred L.   221  Creston
Watkins, William M.   318   Davenport
Weadon, Turner A.   510   Reardan
Weber, Jacob P.   270   Odessa
Weismann, Christen K., & Mrs.   472  (+ portrait)   ______
Wesp, Sylvester R.   460  Harrington
Whiteside, Ida    276   Hesseltine
Whitney, John D.  378   Davenport
Wilke, Charles F.   366   Davenport  
Williams, Oliver G.   268   Odessa
Williams. William & Daniel    286   Wilbur / Almira
Wilson. Willard A.   420   Davenport
Witt, August   452  (+ portrait)   Sprague
Witt, Natt   438   Harrington
Wolfrum. John N 563
Wolke, August C. F.   348   Rocklyn
Wollweber, Otto   407   Reardan
Woodin, Julius D.   478   Davenport
Worts, John K    258   Four Mound Prairie
Wynhoff, Henry S, & Mrs.  215  (+ portrait)  Hawk Creek, Hell Gate

Zellmer, Emil    463   Harrington
Ziegler, Elijah    318   Creston
Zimmerman, John    286   Almira

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      FREDRICK S. KINER. For more than a decade the subject of this article has been one of the energetic and substantial agriculturists of Lincoln county and has certainly done well his share in the development and upbuilding of the country.  He was born in Iowa on January 24, 1863, the son of William H. and Sarah A. (Wheeler) Kiner, natives of Ohio.  The father followed coopering and farming.  Our subject was educated in the common schools and spent the interims in working on the farm.  After the days with school books were over, he remained with his father until twenty-two, being engaged on the farm.  Then he went to farming for himself and continued with success there until 1892, when he came to Wilbur, taking a homestead about sixteen miles southwest of Wilbur.  Later he bought a quarter section about five miles southeast from Wilbur, where his home is at present, and here he has devoted himself to farming and stockraising since that time.  During these years, Mr. Kiner has been adding to his estate, until he now has four hundred and eighty acres of fertile wheat land, which is laid under tribute to produce annually dividends in excellent crops.

      In 1886, Mr. Kiner married Miss Idella J., daughter of Levi A. and Mary J. ( Latta ) Courtney, natives of Iowa.  Mrs. Kiner was born in Iowa on January 28, 1865.  She has one sister, Mrs. Anna Greenhard, at Birmingham, Iowa; two half sisters, Mrs. Amelia Kuhn, in Washington, Iowa; Mrs. Clara Peterson, in Batavia, Iowa; and one half brother, Alvin Cassidy, of Fairfield, Iowa.  Mr. Kiner has the following brothers and sisters: James  M., Rosa A., deceased, Joseph L., Frank S., Edward A., Rebecca J., and Mary E.  Mr. Kiner has prospered well since coming to Lincoln county owing to his energy, skill, and sagacity in handling the resources of the country.  He stands well among the residents and is a man of good ability.  Fraternally, he is affiliated with the W. W.

      Five children have been born Tn Mr. and Mrs. Kiner, Iva P., Maida M., Glenn F., Lilla I., and Blanche H.

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      WILLIAM ROBERTSON, one of the intrepid pioneers, whose labors have made the Big Bend the garden spot of Washington, dwells now about two miles northeast from Sherman, where he has a magnificent estate of about twelve hundred acres of choice wheat land.  This holding he secured partly by government rights and partly by purchase.  The improvements are in keeping with the value of the place and Mr. Robertson is one of the wealthiest men of this portion of the county.  He has gained this enviable position by reason of real worth and by manifestation of marked industry, wisdom and thrift.  Seeing the value of the country, he purchased and improved land which in turn has produced bounteous returns.

      William Robertson was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on July 11, 1852, the son of Charles and Elizabeth ( Mutch) Robertson, natives of Scotia's fair hills, also.  In 1861, the family removed to Ontario, where the father farmed.  There our subject completed his education which was well begun in his native land, and in 1875 he journeyed to the Golden State and soon thereafter went north to British Columbia, where he did sawmilling. Thence he returned to Ontario and farmed for some time.  In 1882, he came west a second time, this journey ending temporarily in Dayton, Washington, but during the same year, he found his way to Lincoln county and selected a homestead where he now resides.  Since then, Mr. Robertson has continued in wise labors here and is one of the leading and substantial men of the region.

      In 1879, Mr. Robertson married Miss Catherine Galloway, who was born in Ontario, on June 25, 1861, the daughter of Mathew and Jeannette (McKay) Galloway, natives of Ontario, and of Irish and Scotch parentage, respectively. To this marriage the following named children have been born, Mrs. Annie E. Carpenter, Mary C, Charles M., William H., Grace J., Archie M., David M.. James G., and John H.

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      HENRY S. WYNHOFF.  John H. Wynhoff, a native of Germany, together with his two brothers, Anthony and Jacob, all concert players, and his wife, Dora (Appledorn) Wynhoff, a native of Holland, came to the United States in 1854. and settled near Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  With them came their family of children, of which our subject, Henry S., was a member.  His brothers and sisters are: John. Herbert, Mrs. Fredrika Look, Jacob and Mrs. Dora Ritchie.  The following members of the family are dead, Mrs. Johanna Hage, Mrs. Mary Verfurth, who owned the first store in Creston; Theodore, who died in service during the Civil war, and Henry, who died in Germany prior to the parents coming to America.

      Henry S. Wynhoff lived with his parents on a farm near Milwaukee, until he grew to manhood.  November 8, 1870, he was married to Mary O. Haas, born in Racine county. Wisconsin, July 22, 1851.  Her father, Phillip Haas, and mother, Rosa (Seitz) Haas, both native Germans, came to the United States in 1844. and settled in Wisconsin.  She is the third of nine children, Mrs. Alice Moritz, Jacob, Joseph, Phillip, deceased, Peter B., Ferdinand, Henry, Rosa and August.

      In 1876 Mr. and Mrs. Wynhoff removed to Kankakee county, Illinois; in 1881 to Bremer county, Iowa; in 1888 to Spokane, Washington, and thence to Hell Gate on the Columbia.  In this sparsely settled country they took a preemption claim, kept a store, and raised fruit.  Selling all their land except forty-four acres, they moved in the spring of 1898 to their present home six miles south of Peach. Here they have 800 acres on the banks of Hawk creek, 300 acres of which are hay land, a good home, a barn of two hundred and fifty tons of hay capacity, an orchard, and a large berry patch.  Mr. Wynhoff makes a specialty of raising hay, cattle and horses.

      Mr. and Mrs. Wynhoff have been parents of nine children, Theodore, Anna, Addie, wife of Charles Cole, with the Spokesman-Review, Spokane; Veronica, wife of Frank Young, with the Spokesman-Review, Spokane; Leo, attending Blair Business College, Spokane; Ottile Mary; Frank J., and Walter S.  On August 25, 1890, occurred an event of great sadness to this family.  Anna and Ottile Mary, aged sixteen and six, respectively, were accidentally drowned at Whiteshore, on the Columbia.

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      LEROY FURGESON is a farmer residing two miles east of Larene, and eight miles north of Davenport.  He is a native of Putnam county, Indiana, born October 15, 1848.  His father, also Leroy by christian name, was a native of North Carolina, and his mother, Lavina (Condray) Furgeson, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Mr. Furgeson has one brother, Thomas T., residing at Sweet Home, Linn county, Oregon, and he served twenty-two months in the Union army during - the Civil War, and was wounded in the battle of Pea Ridge. Later he was honorably discharged and returned to the duties of the civilian.

      When a child, our subject removed with his parents to Marion county, Iowa, during the early days of that commonwealth, was brought up there on a farm, and married, October 11, 1868, to Sarah A. Pope, a native of Oskaloosa, Iowa.

      Mrs. Ferguson's father, William Pope, was a native of the state of new York, and died in California at the age of seventy-seven.  His father, Benjamin, was a soldier of the Revolution, and died in Iowa at the advanced age of ninety-four.  The mother of Mrs. Furgeson, Dorcas (Lathors) Pope, was born in Adams county, Ohio, and is now living with her daughter in her eighty-fourth year.

      In 1873 Mr. and Mrs. Furgeson came to Santa Clara county, California, and five years later they drove overland to Linn county, Oregon, where Mr. Furgeson engaged in fanning.  They came in a wagon to their present home in 1888. Having brought from Oregon with them a small herd of stock, they took land and engaged at once in farming and stock raising.  They now own a section of land, about 500 acres of which are choice tillable soil.  They have good buildings; improvements, et cetera, plenty of line water, and a quantity of timber.  Mr. Furgeson now makes a specialty of raising grain.

      Both Mr. Furgeson and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Larene.

      Mr. and Mrs. Furgeson have been parents of seven children, two of whom, Amy M. and Bertie M., have departed this life.  Those living are: William T., married to Mollie Ledgerwood; James Edmund, married to Myrtle Hubler; Floyd, married to Ella Howard; Frances, wife of W. L. Slater, of Douglas county, and Mildred.  Mrs. Furgeson's three brothers. George James, and Edmond, served in the Union army during the Civil War, the last two in the Seventeenth Iowa.

      Mr. Furgeson is one of the substantial, well-to-do and influential citizens of his locality.

COULEE CITY MAN HANGS HIMSELF

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Posted February 7, 2012 at khq.com
by Cory Howard, KHQ.com Producer

Coulee City Man Apparently Hangs Himself After Assaulting Wife

Grant County Press Release:

COULEE CITY, WA. -- A Coulee City man apparently committed suicide this afternoon after he allegedly assaulted his wife.

Around 2 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 7, emergency responders were called to a Coulee City business for a woman who was injured.  That woman alleges she was assaulted by her husband at their home, 35374 Pinto Ridge Road Northeast, just outside of the city limits of Coulee City.  The woman was transported by ambulance to a local hospital and is being treated for her injuries.  Her identity will not be released while the investigation is underway.

Deputies who went to the Pinto Ridge home found a dead man in his 50s who apparently hanged himself outside.  That man is believed to be the husband of the assault victim.  His name will be released once the Grant County Coroner has confirmed his identity and next of kin have been notified.

The investigation continues.

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      In the Territorial days of 1884 the first board of education of Lincoln county convened at Davenport Wednesday, August 13th.  The members were C. R. Walters, Superintendent, C. H. Pryor and Jessie M. Harvey.  The board organized by electing Mr. Pryor, chairman, and Jessie M. Harvey, secretary.  The purpose of this meeting was to examine applicants for teachers' certificates.  Only three were present; Miss Maude Brace, Miss Edna Benson and Mrs. M. A. Markham.  Each of these candidates for pedagogic distinction having passed the examinations successfully was granted a third grade certificate.

      At Sprague, February 11, 1885, was held the second meeting of the educational board.  There were eight successful candidates for certificates, viz: First Grade — Marian H. Parker and Dell Turner; Second grade — Addie Turner, Sadie McGourin, J. W. Shearer, Lottie A. Bartlett, Maude Brace and Miss E. T. Benson.  At the following meeting the same year, in August, there were nine successful candidates for certificates.

      The first teachers' institute ever held in the county convened at Sprague August 4th to 11th, inclusive, 1885.  Those present were: Carrie Vest, A. G. Maxey, Carlotta A. Bartlett, J. L. Medium, Mrs. Kate Devenish, Maude Brace, Edward Davis, George Jackson, Sr.. Dora Hinshaw, Lizzie Yarwood, L. S. Brooks, Minnie Keaton, Anna Hughes, William Yarwood, Rosa Hughes, J. L. Reasonet, M. H. Barker, J. W. Shearer, Miss I. L. Walters, C. R. Walters, A. G. Mitehum, C. H. Pryor, Dell Turner, Addie Turner, Sadie McGourin.

      Since then these highly beneficent institutes have been held annually.

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within that portion of Washington in which Davenport is located organized the first school district and built a frame building which, at that period, was considered quite pretentious.  The board of school directors comprised O. B. Parks, J. D. Woodin and L. A. Kennedy.  Mrs. Bond was clerk of the district.  Mr. C. H. Pryor, who afterward became county superintendent of schools, was the first teacher in Davenport.  With the construction of the Central Washington railroad, quickly followed by a voluminous increase of population, more school room to accommodate the children was found absolutely necessary.  In 1890 the old school building was vacated and a new one containing four rooms was erected on the plateau south of the business portion of Davenport.  But even this commodious building soon proved inadequate to accommodate the number of pupils seeking instruction; two additional spacious rooms were added.  From this period the growth of the Davenport school district was rapid.  The succeeding years culminated in 1891 in the erection of the handsome, modern two-story and basement brick building; the Davenport High School.  It contains nine rooms, is heated by a furnace and provided with the latest improved system of sanitary drainage.

      In 1898 Professor J. H. Perkins was principal of the Davenport schools.  Aside from the eight grades of the common schools, a high school course was added, requiring four years for graduation.  The first to graduate under this improved and augmented curriculum were Minnie M. Level, Bertha Johnson, Nettie Hale and Kate Rogers.

      For the purpose of comparison with later data the school report of County Superintendent C. H. Pryor for 1887 is given:

      Since the organization of Lincoln county the number of schools has increased from 25 to 55.  It is true that most districts supplied but a short term of school, and comparing our schools' and pay with that of older counties, it seems, at first glance to be discouraging, but when we realize that the county is yet in its infancy and note the progress that it has made in the past three or four years, the prospect is' most encouraging.  Few new counties contain as much.

      December 20, 1889, closed the first term of the Cortland Academy, at Sherman.  It was considered very successful.  There were in attendance 25 pupils.  August 15, 1890, the Wilbur Register said:

      The chief objection to the Big Bend is removed.  A good education can now be received at home.  At the Cortland Academy and Business College, near Sherman, there is the commercial course which prepares for business, the normal course for teaching, the classical course for college or practical life, also the course in the common branches which affords instruction in the elementary studies, for both children and adults. Rev. Arthur B. Cort is principal and E. M. Bogart, of Omaha, business college associate principal, assisted by Mrs. Cort and others.

      It was proposed to build a town to be called Cortland at this college.  Forty acres were to be platted and placed on the market.  The lots were to be sold to families on the following plan.  Those paying $100 tuition to the academy and erecting a building at a cost of $150 were to be given a warranty deed for a lot.  No saloons or immoral houses were to be allowed to operate with the the limits of the proposed college town.  Of the Cortland Academy the following officers and trustees were elected: A. B. Cort, president; M. E. Hay, treasurer; John Thomison, secretary; J. P. Tamiesie and J. M. Parrish.  In June, 1891, the Lincoln County Times said:

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      Cortland is a place of which many have heard, and some have a vague idea as to what it is and where it is, but few understand what the real purpose and character of the place is.  It is situated about eight or nine miles north of Wilbur, and at present consists of Cortland Academy, a number of lodging houses for pupils and a few residence buildings.  It takes its name from Rev. Cort, a Presbyterian minister who located on the land some two or three years ago, and conceived the idea of laying the foundation of important future work by beginning in a small way to build up a school.  He diligently set to work and built a large log structure in which he began teaching, first with only a few scholars who later increased in numbers.  He succeeded in awakening great interest, not only among the pupils who attended, but among the people of the Big Bend in general who are interested in its success.  Today he employs three assistant teachers, including his wife, and is now arranging to erect a large frame building which will be as well equipped for academic work as any academy in the state.  Mr. Cort is enthusiastic in the work he has begun, and expects to see the time when Cortland will be an important place, known far and wide for its educational advantages.

      Despite this flattering endorsement and the conscientious work of Mr. and Mrs. Cort, the academy was not a financial success, and in 1892 it ceased to exist.

      The long-heralded school for the Indian children of the Spokane and Colville reservations opened Monday, April 2, 1900, at old Fort Spokane, Miles postoffice, Lincoln county, with 135 pupils on the roll.  The post buildings, or such as were fit for the purpose were turned over to the Department of Indian Affairs by the War Office soon after the abandonment of the place as a military post, following the Spanish war.  This is perhaps one of the most interesting institutions in Lincoln county, or in this portion of the state.  For school purposes the location is an ideal one; claimed by inspectors and other supervising officials to be about the finest that is occupied by any Indian school in the United States.

      In February, 1903, Superintendent F. F. Avery published the following description of the school in the Lincoln County Times:

      The Fort Spokane school though not strictly on an Indian reservation is classed as a reservation boarding school for the reason that it draws its pupils directly from rations, not from other schools, and is under general supervision of an Indian agency.
      About 225 pupils were enrolled last year (1902).  Each year those who are enrolled are gathered in as early as practicable in the fall and remain until the end of June, the months of July and August being a vacation period during which they are allowed to go home, and during which employees, also, alternate in taking leaves of absence, thirty days with pay being allowed for ten months' continuous service.  As nearly as possible the school is made a comfortable and pleasant home for the pupils, and they are in every way reasonably provided for. In clothing each boy is allowed three suits and extra pair of pantaloons per year, one of the suits being a substantial and handsome uniform.  Each girl is allowed one dress of all wool dress flannel, and four other dresses, none of them of less desirable material than an ordinary quality of gingham.  For both boys and girls the allowance of shoes, underwear, etc., are also sufficienty liberal.  Each pupil has a single bed properly furnished.  Each has three or four clean towels per week; and in every possible way well being is provided tor and correct tastes and habits are cultivated.  This is regarded as being, perhaps, the most important part of Indian education.
      The pupils range in years from five to eighteen years.  About one-half are full-blood Indians, many of whom entered school unable to speak a word of English.  The remainder are of mixed blood.  Both classes average fairly well in natural intelligence and both are

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more easily controlled than average white children.  The primary and intermediate grades of an ordinary common school education are given, and the best text books and appliances are supplied and good teachers employed.  But more stress is laid upon domestic and other industrial training than upon class work.  Each pupil goes to school one-half of each class-day (from Monday until Friday, inclusive), and works one half of each day from Monday to Saturday inclusive.  Only the little ones are omitted from this program, and for them a kindergarten is provided.  The boys rotate through the carpenter shop, the bakery, the farmers' department and the industrial teachers' details, which latter include all kinds of miscellaneous chores.  The girls rotate through every department of domestic work, the kitchen, the laundry, the sewing room and miscellaneous work.  In the sewing room, for example, they are taught to cut and fit as well as to make their own clothing, and to do all kinds of repairing neatly and properly.  The same general method is followed in each department.  And, as a rule, the results are reasonably satisfactory.  The girls who receive this training for a few years go out and make a good deal better homes than those who do not receive it.  The boys as a rule do very much better than those who grow up in ignorance and without forming any habits of systematic industry.  The force of employees is such as is necessary for a school organized on the lines indicated.  There is a superintendent; a matron and two assistant matrons; a seamstress, a cook, a baker, a laundress, a farmer, a carpenter, an industrial teacher, four class-room teachers, and a few miscellaneous employees most of whom are assistants of those mentioned.  All of these are expected to be, and required to be, not only workers, but instructors; and no position in an Indian school is easy to fill satisfactorily.  Yet the service usually becomes attractive to those who remain long enough in it to become thoroughly accustomed to it, and the civil service commission usually has ample lists of eligibles from which to certify applicants for most classes of positions.
      Visitors with any intelligent interest and with tact enough to realize that the pupils are simply human, and do not care to be looked upon and talked about as though they were wild animals, are always welcome.  There is a story told of one visitor at an Indian school, who, with more curiosity than tact, stopped a little Indian boy with the inquiry: 'Say ! Are you civilized?' To which he very promptly and pertinently replied, 'Yes; are you?'  And this story is quite illustrative, as well as properly vouched for.

      November 27, 1903, the School Bulletin, an eight-page monthly educational journal, edited and published by Miss Alice Neal, County Superintendent of Public Instruction and devoted to the interests of Lincoln county, made its initial appearance.  Following is the annual report of Miss Neal for the year 1903:

      There are graded schools at Sprague, Reardan, Davenport, Harrington, Wilbur, Almira, Creston, Peach, Edwall, Mohler, and Odessa.  The Davenport school is a high school.

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one of the most interesting and instructive teachers' institutes that ever assembled in the state.  The program arranged by Miss Neal was one calculated to prove of great benefit to every teacher in the county.  The exercises were attended by Professor A. E. Winship, of Boston, one of the most prominent educators in the United States, and throughout the week he delivered daily addresses which were listened to with profound attention.

      Following is the complete roster of the school teachers of Lincoln county, January 1, 1904:

      Alice Lang, Mrs. J. A. Rife, Nellie Langan, Eva Switzer, Frank Beck, of Mondovi; Chloe Wilcox, Belle Baldwin, P. T. Mellon, Elnora Strong, May Baldwin, W. H. Scott, of Edwall; Earl Yule, C. A. Hersey, T. A. Davies, Marva Frink, Louise Kirkpatrick, Gertrude Cosgrove, Ella Craig, Margaret Craig, E. McDonald, Robt. Simmons, Maggie Orlowski, Mrs. J. A. Gee, Katie Neilly, Edith Mills, Alice Bartlett, J. N. Moore, of Sprague; Brooks Livingston, W. H. Padley, Kate Wolford, Maude Clifford, Oma Hamilton, D. M. Smith, Anna L. Evans, Daisy Kenworthy, of Reardan; Lillian Mackey, George E. Craig, Sadie Hettman, Alice Brookings, W. D. Moffatt, Minnie Level, Josie O'Leary, Mrs. E. S. Graf, Grace Donnell, Bertha Johnson, Bertha L. Powell, Eloise Knowles, Carrie B. Weir, Kathryn Lentz, B. E. Mower, C. W. Jarvis, J. R. Williams, Bernice Jones, Jennie Heald, Ora Pershall, of Davenport; Blanche Switzer, Florence Samis, Andrew Brown, of Egypt; Stella Cheeley. Mrs. J. A. Hall, Ida L. Williams, F. E. Emmett, F. E. Stokes, Louise Peffley, Anna L. Cole, Mabel M. Moody. Harvey Jones, of Creston; Leonard Heaphy, LaDona Williams, Harry W. Davis, Alvan Clarendon, Bernetta Stookey, Bessie Roberts, Bessie M. Agnew, Pearl Owen, Delia E. Green, Ella Davies, E. C. Bierbaum, Mary Waltman, Abigail E. White, Emilie R. Mode, Addie Saxe, Ida Hankel, L W. Falkner, of Wilbur; Mrs. J. Childs, Grace Berner, of Rocklyn; Ora M. Seidell, Elfleda Graves, C. W. Crippen, Mary Dew, of Mohler; W. A. Cummings, Mrs. C. Mapes, of Tyler; Blanche Shane, Joseph Rung, Edgar Hopkins, Mrs. Hendryx, of Sherman; Frank Thomas, C. C. Hiker, Martha Samuels, Bessie Fox, Margaret Scott, Lillian Scott, Delia E. Wilson, James A. Braden, Mollie I. Swing, S. R. Wesp, Minnie Kerr, of Harrington; F. E. Hoskins, Effie L. Jackson, of Moscow; M. L. Cory, Edgar Allison, May Ryan, of Larene; W. J. Phipps, of Hesseltine; Nettie Williams, of Clark; Robert Pitzer, Charles Deets, Elsie I. Turley, Nellie Johnson, C. L. Goodyear, Rosa Sanford, of Almira; Maude Bennett, W. G. Hardy, of Govan; D. Dallas, Sarah Williams, of Peach; W. J. Beaghley, Marjorie Nichols, of Waukon; Irene Hennessy, of Lamona ; Nettie Lang, of Curby; Caroline Clements, Clara Weisgerber, Sara R. Howard, Grace Austin, Alice C. Dorman, Martha Kottke, Eura J. Snowhill, Ida E. Wilson, J. G. Wardin, Agnes J. Lambert, of Odessa; Dulce Wallace, of Griffith; Ida Grinn, of Knipp; E. H. Gipson, Estella V. Hinckley, of Downs; Segrid Lehn, of Manila.

      St. Joseph's Academy is a convent and school instituted at Sprague in 1886 — at first on a limited scale — but is at present quite a prominent educational institution along religious lines.  It is attended by scholars from all parts of the state, and even from outside the boundaries.

      The object of the academy is to impart a thorough and refined Christian education to young ladies.  Simplicity and solidity are combined in the methods of instruction.  Care is taken to strengthen and develop the character by the triple culture of the mind, heart and body: and thus make of the students practical young women ami useful members of — an honor to themselves and a benefit to their fellow creatures.  As regards religious instruction no distinction is made in the reception of pupils on account of their religious opinions,

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and no interference is made with the religious convictions of non-Catholics; but, for the maintenance of good order, all are required to conform to the regulations of the house.

      The preparatory department aims at imparting a thorough English education.  This object is obtained by careful instruction in Christian doctrine, reading, spelling, etymology, elements of rhetoric, arithmetic, civil government, geography, grammar, sacred history, composition, elements of algebra, United States history, physiology, national literature.  A thorough knowledge of these branches are required for promotion to the academic department, and a certificate of proficiency is granted on completion of the grammar course.  The academic department is commercial, literary and scientific.  The first year is devoted to Christian doctrine, Bible and church history, higher arithmetic and algebra, general history, classical literature, rhetoric and composition, science, physics and botany and bookkeeping.  The second year to Christian doctrine, geometry, astronomy, literary analysis, logic, rhetoric, and composition.  The third year to church history, geometry, rhetoric, literature, criticisms, review common branches.  Drawing and mental arithmetic are taught in all the grades.

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