F., but in later years was not an active worker in the organization.
He also became a member of Walla Walla Lodge, No. 7, F. & A. M., and
in his life exemplified the beneficent spirit of the craft, which is
based upon a recognition of the brotherhood of man and the obligations
thereby imposed. He was also one of the charter members of the Pioneer
Society of Walla Walla and maintained most pleasant relationships with
those who became early residents of this section of the state and
aided in advancing the work of general progress and improvement. He
became an American citizen after crossing the Atlantic and long gave
loyal support to the republican party. During the early period of his
residence in Walla Walla he was a dominant factor in civic affairs
but in later years took no active part in politics beyond assisting
and promoting any movement for the advancement of the interests of
the town. There was no movement, however, which looked to the benefit
and further upbuilding of the community that sought his aid in vain.
He stood for progress and improvement at all times and Walla Walla
numbered him for many years as one of its foremost citizens, and his
death was the occasion of profound and widespread regret throughout
eastern Washington. Mrs. Baumeister and her family are members of the
Christian Science church and she is deeply interested in all those
things which have cultural value or which promote benevolent interests.
She has been president of the Walla Walla Symphony Club, is a member
of the Parent Teachers' Association, is an active worker in the Young
Women's Christian Association and is the secretary of the Red Cross.
She has much influence in these connections and her work is of the
greatest benefit.
JOHN GRANT KELLY.
John Grant Kelly, manager of the Daily Bulletin, published at Walla
Walla, has made this one of the most influential dailies of the
northwest outside of the large cities and he has ever been recognized
as a fearless defender of what he believes to be for the best interests
of the state. He was born in Peoria, Illinois, July 16, 1872, a son of
William and Sarah Ann (Roberts) Kelly, the former a native of New York
city, of Irish parentage, while the latter was born in Clay county,
Missouri, and is of Scotch descent. The father was a veteran of the
Civil war, having served with Company I of the Ninety-first Illinois
Infantry. He died in the year 1914 and is still survived by his widow.
John Grant Kelly acquired a public school education in Kansas City,
Missouri, being graduated from the Central high school there with the
class of 1892. After his textbooks were put aside he became connected
with the Kansas City Journal, with which he was identified for seven
years. Later he was advertising and business manager of the Drovers
Journal-Stockman of Omaha, Nebraska, for a decade and on the 1st of
February, 1910, he purchased the Walla Walla (Wash.) Daily Bulletin,
which he has since published and which is owned by himself and Mrs.
Kelly. As editor and publisher of this paper he has made the Bulletin
thoroughly independent in its espousal of issues strictly on a merit
basis. He was the leader in the movement that brought the commission
form of government to Walla Walla in 1911, and the Bulletin was
the only daily newspaper in the state of Washington that supported
state-wide prohibition in 1914. It has ever been an advocate of
measures of reform and improvement and is regarded as one of the most
influential dailies in the Pacific northwest outside of those published
in the larger cities. It has ever stood consistently for clean and
efficient government and has disregarded party lines.
On the 22d of June, 1900, in Kansas City, Missouri, Mr. Kelly was
united in marriage to Miss Martha Violet Miller, a daughter of Jacob
J. and Laura E. Miller, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The father, a native
of Switzerland, engaged in jewelry manufacturing in both Milwaukee and
in Kansas City. To Mr. and Mrs. Kelly have been born three children:
Norman Miller, Eugene Armand and Virginia. The parents are members of
the First Congregational church of Walla Walla and Mr. Kelly is also
identified with the Young Men's Christian Association. Fraternally he
is connected with several Masonic bodies and also with the Knights
of Pythias and he belongs to the Shrine Club and to the Walla Walla
Commercial Club. In his political views he is independent and has
favored non-partisan government of city, county and state affairs. His
military record covers ten years' connection with the Third Regiment of
the National Guard of Missouri at Kansas City, during which time he
rose from private to first lieutenant and served as first lieutenant of
Company G of the Third Regiment of the Missouri National Guard during
the Spanish-American war. He has never aspired to public office but has
ever given his aid and influence on the side of reform and progress
and he is now serving on the State Council of Defense in the state of
Washington.
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
Abel, A. J., 372
Actor, C. F., 347
Actor, H. C., 659
Aldrich, F. J., 765
Aldrich, P. S., 509
Alexander, G. C., 533
Allen, J. T., 314
Anderson, A. F., 121
Anderson, J. P., 611
Ankeny, Levi, 16
Arnold, W. L., 377
Ashby, J. D., 289
Ashby, J. J., 286
Atwood, S. F, 46
Ault, J. R., 769
Bachtold, John, 466
Bailey, G. L., 519
Bailey, J. A., 819
Baker, D. S., 8
Baker, H. C., 835
Barnes, Lee, 304
Barnhart, W. H., 68
Barr, H. E., 110
Bateman, H. B., 394
Baumeister, A. G., 779
Baumeister, Max, 838
Baumeister, Edward, 780
Berg, C. E., 792
Bergevin, C. O., 130
Bergevin, Damase, 151
Berryman, J. E., 628
Berryman, L. P., 701
Besserer, Charles, 538
Blalock, N. G., 5
Blalock, Y. C., 480
Blessinger, John, 405
Bloomfield, A. P., 334
Bolick, Eli, 802
Bolter, A. J., 201
Bourgeois, E. F., 596
Bowe, William, 646
Bowers, C. J., 592
Bowles, J. H., 746
Brewer, B. F., 420
Brewer, J. F., 236
Brooks, J. W., 271
Broughton, C. J., 837
Brown, C. H., 179
Brown, H. N., 390
Bruce, W. E., 815
Brunton, I. D., 71
Brunton, J. G., 428
Brunton, O. W., 573
Brunton, W. H. H., 649
Byrnes, Edward, 714
Cahill, R. R., 307
Cahill, W. E., 395
Campbell, L. J., 627
Campbell, Martin, 826
Cantonwine, E. J., 655
Chandler, John, 816
Christensen, James, 449
Clague, Charles, 73
Clark, E. W., 544
Clark, W. S., 86
Clodius, H. F., 660
Clodius, J. W., 243
Cluster, W. F., 340
Coffin, R. F., 695
Coffin, D. H., 514
Coleman, W. G., 344
Conover, H. D., 825
Copeland, H. S., 270
Copeland, Thomas, 276
Copeland, W. R., 766
Corbett, A. E., 316
Corbett, J. A., 692
Corkrum, F. M., 677
Corkrum, U. F., 384
Cornwell, A. G., 645
Cornwell, J. M., 609
Cornwell, O. T., 138
Cox, D. H., 149
Coyle, Byrd, 824
Coyle, Charles, 178
Coyle, J. H., 820
Crawford, J. M., 364
Crocker, T. H., 696
Cropp, J. F., 542
Cummings, C. H., 385
Cummins, Woodson, 632
Dague, G. B., 158
Danielson, J. A., 518
Darby, J. A., 285
Davin, Joseph, 836
Davin, S. V., 349
Davis, C. D., 484
Delany, Berton, 497
Demaris, G. S., 313
Demaris, Orlando, 704
Dement, F. S., 56
De Ruwe, Jules, 206
De Ruwe, Reme, 60
Dewar, J. M., 801
DeWitt, Oliver, 686
Dice, T. F., 67
Dimmick, Ziba, 55
Dovell, W. T., 649
Dowling, P. B., 229
Drumheller, Jesse, 328
Dumas, J. L., 414
Dunham, J. B., 785
Dunlap, E. F., 411
Durry, Thomas, 622
Edmiston, J. E., 202
Eaton, D. C., 468
Edwards, J. H., 552
Edwards, J. J., 35
Eldridge, H. D., 574
Evans, G. A., 638
Fair, J. C., 72
Fall, J. N., 83
Farrish, William, 188
Faure, Frank, 315
Feider, Anthony, 33
Ferrel, Brewster, 302
Ferrel, D. B., 29
Fisher, W. P., 413
Fitzgerald, Frank, 304
Flathers, C. F., 45
Flathers, Emery, 200
Fleischer, F. J., 192
Foley, J. W., 371
Ford, W. E. L., 116
Frazier, C. R., 264
Gilbreath, S. L., 144
Gilkerson, Thomas, 483
Gillis, W. H., 343
Ginn, G. C., 805
Goodyear, William, 425
Gose, J. R., 104
Gose, M. F., 42
Gose, T. P., 301
Grant, O. E., 606
Greenville, Fred, 531
Gross, B. H., 452
Gross, J. A., 442
Gross, W. E., 169
Gross, W. H., 615
Grote, Joseph, 441
Grote, Theodore, 244
Guernsey, D. C., 220
Guichard, R. E., 579
Guthridge, G. J., 467
Gwinn, S. O., 375
Hales, C. A., 393
Halle, A. H., 111
Halsey, E. E., 580
Hannas, Ole, 329
Hansen, Martin, 337
Hanson, Godfred, 814
Hanson, H. H., 703
Harbert, J. W., 292
Harer, J. H., 339
Harper, Dick, 225
Harris, P. N., 497
Hart, H. G., 186
Hawley, P. B, 123
Hayes, Daniel, 487
Henderson, S. F., 775
Hennessey, E. S., 455
Hester, S. W., 641
Hoffmann, John, 378
Hollenbeck, C. A., 737
Holm, Adolph, 650
Holman, J. W., 21
Hoover H. M., 431
Hull, Orley, 479
Hunt, L. L., 320
Huntington, John, 674
Isaacs H. P., 590
Isecke, Charles, 386
Jensen, A. M., 551
Johnson, E. J., 461
Johnson, H. A., 668
Jones, B. L., 751
Jones, J. D., 832
Kaseberg, C. H., 322
Kausche, C. A., 14
Kausche, H. A., 230
Keiser, J. L., 616
Kellough, G. E., 261
Kelly, J. G., 840
Kennedy, Robert, 233
Kent, J. P., 752
Kenworthy, L. B., 281
Kibler, C. F., 95
Kibler, Frank, 33
Kimmerly, Mary A., 537
King, O. E., 419
Kirkman, William, 124
Kuykendall, E. V., 132
Lamb, J. M., 584
Lambdin, G. E., 131
Lambert, C. B., 451
Lambie, William, 474
Lane, J. A., 327
Lane, W. T., 242
Langdon, J. W., 462
Larson, Alfred, 263
Lasater, Harry, 701
Lasater, J. H., 713
Ledgerwood, Joseph, 59
Leonard, E. H., 234
Leonard, W. H., 389
Lewis, J. C., 400
Lloyd, A. G., 247
Loney, C. C., 137
Long, J. O., 291
Loundagin, R. W., 417
Low, Grant, 369
Lowden, F. M., 728
Lyman, W. D., 106
Lyons, E. A., 678
Lyons, J. R., 807
Lyons, J. W., 691
Lyons, Matthew, 786
McArthur, Herbert, 667
McCabe, C. A., 275
McCaw, R. C., 707
McClung, Peter, 258
McCown, Frank, 807
McDonald, Harvey, 30
McDonald, Mordo, 784
McFeely, John, 732
McGreevy, James, 791
McInroe, L. O., 403
McKay, Angus, 370
McKinney, W. E., 426
McMorris, Lewis, 36
McSherry, Nelson, 130
MacLachlan, J. A., 731
Malloy, W. S., 160
Marbach, Martin, 708
Martin, H. W., 507
Martin, John, 344
Martin, Joe, 808
Martin, J. F., 433
Martin, Michael, 40
Martin, Ossie, 445
Martin, William, 47
Mattoon, A. R., 185
Mauzey, H. G., 631
Maxwell, C. T., 498
Melger, J. C., 502
Miller, C. F., 170
Miller, Christian, 15
Miller, D. W., 759
Miller, F. L., 806
Miller, Frank, 159
Miller, W. H., 216
Milne, Alexander, 501
Mojonnier, F. E., 207
Moore, Charles, 152
Moore, J. M., 194
Moore, M. C., 396
Moritz, S. S., 66
Mottet, G. F., 755
Mulkey, L. P., 564
Neace, J. C., 427
Neal, J. P, 459
Nelson, C. T., 624
Nelson, E. J, 168
Nichols, Mary C., 319
Nilsson, Lars, 682
Nixon, E. H., 62
Nye, C. E., 105
O'Connor, Patrick, 548
Olds, A. R., 333
Osterman, Henry, 97
Paine, F. W., 74
Paine, J. G., 570
Painter, W. C., 112
Paul, W. D., 85
Petersen, H. P., 656
Pettijohn, Jonathan, 167
Pettijohn, W. T., 214
Pettyjohn, Sherman, 623
Plucker, Charles, 118
Pollard, G. T., 272
Preston, W. G., 434
Price, Alexander, 187
Price, G. F., 321
Rader, C. M., 20
Rees, R. R., 48
Reith, John, 601
Reser, William, 702
Reynolds, Allen H., 96
Reynolds, Almos H., 98
Reynolds, H. A., 532
Reynolds, Lettice J., 98
Richardson, W. H., 642
Richmond, O. M., 776
Roberts, J. C., 813
Roberts, R. D., 745
Robertson, John, 363
Robinson, C. S., 718
Robinson, F. C., 13
Robinson, J. M., 742
Robison, J. L., 440
Robison, L. L., 357
Rockhill, J. F., 350
Rogers, J. W., 595
Rogg, C. R., 12
Rohn, J. J., 583
Romaine, F. C., 678
Romaine, Garrit, 92
Romaine, J. H., 54
Rommel, C. H., 145
Rose, J. J., 282
Ross, J. A., 122
Rothrock, A. B., 513
Ruark, G. J., 28
Russel, T. A., 145
Sanders, F. M., 34
Sanders, R. O., 199
Sanford, A. L., 612
Schmitt, Henry, 452
Schmuck, Lewis, 665
Schneckloth, J. H., 338
Scott, W. M., 256
Seeliger, Charles, 717
Seitz, J. P., 770
Semrow, A. C., 563
Sharpstein, B. L., 22
Short, J. E., 456
Siebert, V. E., 241
Singleton, Frank, 84
Spreitzer, John, 638
Skinner, O. Z., 163
Smith, John, 490
Smith, S. W., 760
Soturno, Pasquale, 681
Spreitzer, John, 638
Sprout, W. E., 355
Stimmel, D. B., 534
Stine, Frederick, 208
Stonecipher, W. H., 412
Strahm, J. U., 136
Sturm, Christian, Sr., 250
Sweazy, J. W., 41
Sweeney, A. W., 308
Sweeney, S. B., 517
Swegle, M. W., 348
Tachi, J. F., 40
Taggard. J. D., 460
Taylor, Andy, 180
Taylor, C. M., 722
Taylor, W. L., 813
Taylor, W. M., 249
Thomas, Bert, 547
Thomas, Mary J., 541
Toner, J. W., 819
Trippeer, H. A., 478
Turner, B. M., 721
Utter, Joseph, 756
Vollmer, Gustav, 446
Walla Walla Union, 279
Wallace, J. L., 280
Walter, Clark, 174
Walter, J. D., 562
Walter, W. W., 557
Walters, Samuel, 404
Warren, J. B., 330
Watrous, H. F., 406
Watson, J. P., 738
Weary, A. G., 510
Weatherford, F. M., 146
Weatherford, W. M., 825
Webb, J. E., 815
Webb, Nathaniel, 796
Weimer, Joseph, 338
Weyrauch, P. H., 602
Whiteman, C. H., 226
Whitney, C. L., 61
Wickersham, A. L., 164
Wills, B. O., 541
Wills, F. G., 473
Winchell, M. B., 361
Wood, W. H., 432
Woodend, J. G., 358
Woods, C. J., 257
Woods, E. E., 823
Woods, E. L., 84
Woods, J. W., 489
Woodward, W. C., 362
Wright, J. C., 450
Yenney, L. O., 526
Yenney, Philip, 520
Yenney, W. H., 525
Young, F. M., 297
Younger, W. H., 376
Züger, Frank, 508
Züger, H. F., 795
Züger, Marcus, Sr., 488
Züger, Marcus, Jr., 262
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