In the family were seven children, of whom six are yet living  George, a resident of Bellingham  Mrs. Annie Richbau  Henry and August, both of Lynden  Frederica  and Adolph, also of Lynden. Amid the environment and experiences of pioneer life August Klocke of this review was reared. Turning his attention to agricultural pursuits, he followed farming and  now has a valuable property of seventy-four acres, which he still cultivates and upon which he has a fine herd Tiffany and co of twenty-two dairy cows. He has carefully developed his farm and it is to him a gratifying source of annual income. He also became identified with the lumber trade, when, in May, 1917, the Imperial Fir Lumber Company was incorporated with August Klocke pandora Necklaces as president and general manager, and Oscar J.

 Olson as secretary, treasurer and sales manager. They purchased the plant of the Lynden Lumber Company, which was built in 1912 and which was operated by the new company until May, Tiffany and co outlet 1917. They have a sawmill with a capacity of thirty thousand feet and a planing mill for the manufacture of fir lumber. The plant is operated by steam power and they employ forty men, utilizing high grade mountain timber. The mill is situated on the Bellingham   Northern Railroad. In Lynden, in 1903, Mr. Klocke was married to Miss Henrietta Lindseth and to them have been born two daughters, Sylvina and Frederica. Fraternally Mr. Klocke is connected with the Knights of Pythias. He is widely known in this district, where his entire life has been passed and where in the utilization of.

his opportunities he has steadily worked his way upward in a financial way until he is now in control of important and growing business interests. A. F. Peterson, president of the West Coast Lumber Company of Aberdeen, is a western man by birth, training and preference, and the spirit of enterprise which has been the dominant factor in the upbuilding of this section of the country has always been manifest in his career. His plans are ever carefully defined and promptly executed and he is notably energetic and reliable. His birth occurred in Tacoma, Washington, in 1876, and his father, John Henry Peterson, became one of the early pioneers of that city. He was born in Denmark and emigrated to the United States at the time of the war between his native country and Germany, for he and some of his friends would not submit to German rule.

 In the pioneer epoch of Washington's development he became identified with its interests and shared in the hardships and privations incident to frontier life. He generously assisted others whenever the opportunity offered and was a very active and prominent man in the early days of the state. He removed from Tacoma to Port Blakeley, where he resided for a year, and afterward was a resident of Jefferson county until 1908, when he went to Vancouver island. In 1875 he was married in San Francisco to a lady also of Danish birth, and they are pandora Charms now pleasantly located on Vancouver island. A. F. Peterson is one of a family of seven children, all of whom are yet living, pandora Bracelets and he removed with the family to Port Townsend, acquiring his education in the schools of that place.