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the light of day on July 15, 1884
Two years later, they migrated to
Texas via the covered wagon route.
“We were so poor that we had
dirt floors in our cabin and slept
on straw pallets. I was one of thir
teen children, ten of whom are still
Uving, Whea it came time for me
to go to school, I went as far as
the third grade in the Bluffdale,
Texas, school and then farmed out
to & man named Phillips for the
huge sum of twenty-five cents a
day.”
When he was seventeen, Ben
went to Mexico. There he labored
as a section hand tamping ties on
the Vera Cruz and Pacific Railway,
later signing on as a “tallowpot”
(fireman), He returned to Kansas
City in 1901 and followed the trade
of structural iroaworker for about
a year and a half. Then the wan
idex'lmt. got into his blood again and
he headed for Alaska. He worked
on the Copper River Northwestern
and can now truthfully say that he
helped to build both the fartherest
south and the fartherest north rall
roads in America.
INJURED FOR LIFE
While following his trade as an
ironworker in St. Louis in April,
‘noc. Ben one day lost his hold and
fell forty-three feet, permanently
crippling his feet, The accident
later turned out to be a blessing in
disguise. He and one of his pals
planned to leave that week for the
new bridge at Quebec, Ontario. Two‘
weeks later the bridge colhpoed,‘
killing all but three of the men.'
None of the structural ironworkers
escaped.
In 1907, Ben came all the way
from St. Louis to Seattle on $1.75.
“I rode everywhere on trains ex
cept on the cushions. When we
pulled into Seattle, all 1 had was
15 cents, a shirt, a pair of pants
and my shoes,” he declared.
HE HUNTS
One of his first acts after getting
into town was to talk Lou Wester
man (then owner of a clothing
store) out of a cap, sweater and
jumper. Not so long ago, while Ben,
Lou and two other mea were hav
ing a quiet game of “cow pasture
pool,” Westerman mentioned the in
cident and said he often wondered
‘what happened to the young chap
with the glib toague. Ben laughed
and said, “I'm the guy, Lou!”
Before the end of 1907, Paris was
secretary of the structural iron
workers in Seattle and the business
agent for them as well as for the
piledriver engineers, ornamental
ironworkers and hoisting engineers,
He attended the 1908 convention in
Indianapolis as the representative
of all four trades.
PROGRESSES RAPIDLY |
Ben opened his first store in Se
attle in 1910. It was located on the
corner of California Avenue and
West College Street in West Seat
tle. Since then, he has built and
disposed of fifteen stores, some of
which were in Auburn, Aberdeen,
Seattle, Bremerton and Mount Ver
non. At the present time, he owns
two places in Seattle and employs
some 136 people regularly. The
name of “Ben Paris” has become
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BEN PARIS
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synoaymous with that of outdoor
sports and his Sportsmen’s Head
Camp is kaown the country over
as the rendezvous of lovers of all
forms of outdoor sports,
His crippled foot prevented Ben
from signing on during the war, but
he more than did his part to keep
the home fires burning. He took an
active part in Liberty Loan, Red
Cross, Salvation Army and Volun
teers of America drives, and all
other drives where he felt he could
do some good. He is now the proud
possessor of a citation awarded him
by the government in recognition
of valuable services performed dur
ing the war.
Paris has been president of the
Retail Cigar Dealers’ Association
for the past seventeen years. He
served two terms as president of
the Retall Trade Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce and also
served on the Northwest Products
Commission, the State Game Com
mission and many others.
Some tweaty-five years ago, Ben
became a sort of big brother and
godfather to the newsboys of Seat
tle. “I'm interested in the little fel
lows,” he sald. “If I can do any
thing to make their lives a Imlej
brighter, I'm going to do it.” He
acts as arbitrator and friendly coun
sellor in all their disputes. Several
years ago he started giviag them
an annual banquet, an event which
'h eagerly looked forward to by the
boys each year.
“BOOKS CONNER"
In June, 1016, Ben married Flor
ence Coaner. Her family name was
once O’Conner, but her grandfather
smuggled himself into this country
from Ireland disguised as a case of
books and from then on was known
as “Books Coaner.” They have one
daughter, Paulla Mary Jane Paris,
a chip off the old block when it
comes to being a lover of outdoor
sports.
Ben is a Mason and an Eagle and
belongs to so many outdoor clubs
that his membership cards look like
a poker deck, He spread them out
on the table. “There’s some of
them,” he grinned. “There’'s more
at home.”
Paris was instrumental in the for
mation of the Washington State
Conservation Association, the or
ganization that put over Initiatives
Nos. 62 and 77, the measures that
created state game control and
ousted the fish traps from the
waters of the state of Washington.
He is usually regarded as a Demo
crat but he is mainly interested in
good government and the conserva
tion of wild life and natural re
sources.
Ben's proudest possessions are
his many trophies. The one closest
to his heart, however, is a beautiful
shield on which are engraved the
“Presented to Ben Paris. A man
who worked with his heart and
soul for the betterment of fish
and game, and won the undying
gratitude of all sportsmen.” Vic.
tory Banquet, W. A, C., January
23, 1933,
What better tribute could man
ask?
~ BELLINGHAM—RudoIph 1. Nich
‘oll of Monroe was recently unani.
mously endorsed for state com
mander of the American Legion at
the Second District caucus at Oak
Harbor, Whidby Island.
Nichols said he would make the
race.
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THE VETERANS REVIEW
JACK TAYLOR BOOSTS
WASHINCTON PRODUCTS
Commissioner Jack Taylor of the
South District is taking advantage
of every opportunity to make peo
ple “Washington conscious” and is
urging everyone to buy Washington
products whenever possible
~ ¢lf people would realize that in
buying Washington products they
would increase the pay rolls of this
gtate, thus in turn increasing the
money spent for other things by
local workmen, there would soon
be a statewide increase in all busi.
ness,” he said.
“Washington cans and packs the
majority of fruits and vegetables
consumed, but the average buyer
never thinks of noticing whether
the product he is buying was
packed here or in Alabama. If they
could be made to look for Wash
ington products, they would soon,
without any expense or effort en
lmeu part, be the means of increas.
‘ln‘ practically every payroll in the
‘state.
| MORE MONEY
i “In the coal industry, a fair per
centage of the money paid for each
ton of coal goes to the wage earner,
Every extra ton of Washington
mined coal would mean just so
much more for the worker who
spends his money at home,” he de.
clared. “The same applies to any
number of other local industries.”
Taylor has many calls on his
time, but feels that if he can arouse
the patriotism of people ia the state
of Washington, the effort put
forth in promoting his hobby of
“Buy Washington” will be time well
spent, Many local clubs and or
ganizations are asking him to ad.
dress them on the subject, it is
sald,
It is said that the average fam.
ily’s doctor bill is $76 a year. If it
were paid it would be fine for the
doctor.
By writing her name and address
on an egg, a Missouri girl got a
husband, A variation of the old
shell game.
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KEVIN HENEHAN, THE
WANDERING MINSTREL,
ANCHORED AT LAST
It is a far cry from Greenwich
Village in New York to Seattle.
It is also a far cry from a pianist
to a deputy county auditor.
But neither is impossible.
When one talks to Kevin Hene.
han in the office of County Auditor
Earl Millikin, one little realizes that
not so many years ago that like
able young Irishman was the pian
ist with Fred Waring's famous
“Pennsylvanians” during the lat.
ter's engagement at Greenwich Vil
lage Inn, Nor would one suggest
that the quiet chap with the well
modulated, soothing voice was at
one time a set dresser with United
Artists in Hollywood.
We believe it was Confucius, or
Ali Baba, or Cleopatra who once
;rmarked that “still water runs
deep.” The truth of that adage is
reflected in Kevin Henehan. He has
depth, and understanding and, best
of all, a well-developed sense of
humor. The latter has saved him
many a dollar, to say nothing of
many embarrassing situations, But
that’s something else.
Visits Ireland
As Irish as they make 'em, Hene.
han was born in Providence, Rhode
Island, in 1896 and came to Seattle
}ln 1910. After graduating from
Broadway High School, he visited
the “ould” country, kissed the Blar
ney Stone and then entered St. En
das College in Dublin. Returaing to
the United States, he entered the
University of Pennsylvania, gradu.
ating from there in 1921. From then
on, his experiences were many and
varied and interesting.
He was in the foreign exchange
department of the American Ex
press Company, a pianist with Fred
Waring, a blast furanace worker in
Gary, Indiana, a set dresser in|
Hollywood, and a manager of oil
properties in Southern California
for the Dodge interests of Detroit. |,
From there Henehan came north
as plant superintendent for the Se-|
attle Frog and Switch Company,
manufacturers of railway equip.
ment. Tired of switching frogs and
frogs switching, he associated him
self with DeFremery and Company,
wholesale government and muni
cipal bond traders, as northwest
manager. Later, we find him serv.
ing as a claims agent out of the
prosecuting attorney’s office, while
now he is a deputy under County
Auditor Earl Millikin.
Zigs and Zags
During the war Henehan served
with the U. S. convoy and destroyer
forces overseas. That is where he
learned the intricate art of ziggiag
and zagging, it is said. Demonstra
tions are made daily on Third Ave
nue just north of the County. City
Building.
Since attaining his majority, Ke
vin has been an active Democrat.
In fact, he has been an active Dem
ocrat since the days he pounded
the pavements for a Tammany Hall
Wigwam in New York,
He is a former seeretary and
vice.chairman of the 37th District
Democratic Club, and precinct com
mitteeman in his district. He is best
remembered, perhaps, as one of the
campaign managers of Judge Calvin
Hall and Prosecuting Attorney War
rea G. Magnuson in the recent
county elections. He filed as a can.
didate for representative from the
th District in 1934 but lost out
the final runoff. He made a
trong fight for payment of pen
ns under the “Old Age Pension”
W.
£ “| believe in appropriation in
é stead of mere authorization, and
| fail to see the wisdom of pass.
" _ing a pension bill which is emas
culated by a failure to provide
the revenue necessary to make it
. effective,” was his plea.
; Henehan is known as an uncanny
“picker-outer.” In the last mayor.
race he walked off with all the
] money for picking the first
e candidates for mayor in exactly
:. order in which they finished.
I assoclates back his tips to the
t, it is said.
BONUS OFFICES
TO OPEN SOON
WASHINGTON Three hundred
regional disbursing offices will be
get up in postoffices throughout the
¢ountry to pay out cash on soldiers’
bonus bonds beginning June 15,
Secretary of the Treasury Morgan
}M recently announced.
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Vets to Present
Sally Tu Yung
Noted Dancer
LEGIONNAIRES TO FROLIC AT
ANNUAL SOIREE PRESENTING
MYSTERIES OF FAR EAST
“In the next cage, ladies and
gentlemen, we have La Ree.tah, the
ahmless wonder. She eats, she
sleeps, she walks without the aid of
ahms. Get your tickets here, Three
for a quatah, six for a hawlf, twelve
1(or a dollah. You cannot lose! Blepl
up! Step up! There're hot! There.
re HOT! |
“And in the next cage, friends,
is Qwan Tarevourpantsoff, the hid.
eous, groveling,
growling monstah
from the forests
of Siberia, The
only one in cap
tivity. There nev
er was, there nev.
er will be another
like him. Hear
him growl, walch
him grovel, see
him sleep. Step
up, frieads! Tick.
ets are one dime,
ten cents, a tenth
w of a dollah. How
SALLY many, please’
I'hank you!
“And now, folks, comes the glor.
jous climax of the evening, The
most beautiful, wonderful, fascin
ating, alluring creature the worly
has ever \known, straight from the
hidden recesses of a temple in
China, stolen from the retinue of a
tamous Chinese war lord, whose fa
vorite she was designed to be, smug
gled aboard ship and brought to Se.
stle at a tremendous cost, this ex.
juisite little descendant of Confu
:ius is here to welcome you tonight.
Folks, allow me, permit me, I beg
»f you, to present that most glam
»rous, graceful, glorious, radiant,
lazzling, enchanting, adorable, lux.
arious nymph of the Far East—
MISS SALLY TU YUNG.”
BIG SHOW
That is just a few of the things
that will greet veterans and their
friends at the “Two Nights in
Shanghai” show to be staged by
North Seattle Post No 112 Amer.
ican Legion, on May 8 and 9, ac.
cording to Adrian Gallaher, senior
WILLIAM BANNECKER
vice-commander and chairman of
the ways and means committee,
Associated with Gallaher are
Commander Laurence Regan, Edgar
Brown and Herbert Bentley. Wil
liam Bannecker is chairman of the
dance and floor show committee
and Glen Pilgrim is his number
one assistant.
¢“Everything is all set for the
greatest of all shows ever staged
by our post,” Gallaher said yes.
terday. “We thought ‘Two Nights
in Barcelona’ was a huge success
. last year but present indications
point to our Chinese soiree go.
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MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES
PLANNED BY VETERANS
Memorial Day services will be
coaducted on Saturday, May 30, at
the Veterans' Cemetery by the var
fous veteran organizations who, fol.
lowing their annual custom, will in
vite all local patriotic, historical
and civic groups to cooperate in
observance of the occasion.
Services at the cemetery will be
preceded by a
downtown parade
of all participat.
ing units, includ.
ing Civil War,
Spanish American
War and World
War yeterans,
musical units and
drum corps, firing
squads and mem.
bers of maxy .vet
eran - organiza.
tions.
MAJ. DAVIS R T
“Memorial Day is a day .of sacred
memories for all citizens of this
country,” according to Major E. F.
Davis, prominent member of the
91st Division Association of Wash.
ington. “It is especially so for the
veterans of the wars into which
this country has been plunged.
Those we venerate on Memorial
Day died in the performance of
real service to the United States.”
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