Governors of Washington, territorial and state . e next year, 1888, found them inDavenport, Washington territory. For one year was in partnership with Charles Grutt, thefirm being Hay & Grutt. He then moved to Wilburand began general merchandising in his own name. MARION E. HAY 107 The business prospered and in 1901 it was incorpo-rated under the name of M. E. & E. T. Hay. In addition to building up a large mercantile plantat Wilbur, Mr. Hay acquired other property, farmsand city realty. Part of his wealth is worse thannonproductive. Just before the Madero revolutionsome one persuaded G
Governors of Washington, territorial and state . e next year, 1888, found them inDavenport, Washington territory. For one year was in partnership with Charles Grutt, thefirm being Hay & Grutt. He then moved to Wilburand began general merchandising in his own name. MARION E. HAY 107 The business prospered and in 1901 it was incorpo-rated under the name of M. E. & E. T. Hay. In addition to building up a large mercantile plantat Wilbur, Mr. Hay acquired other property, farmsand city realty. Part of his wealth is worse thannonproductive. Just before the Madero revolutionsome one persuaded Gov. Hay to invest in largeareas of lands in Mexico. When peace is restoredto that unhappy land he will probably seek to de-velop his property there. Gov. and Mrs. Hay have an interesting family offive children. The youngest of them was born atOlympia, in the executive mansion. The two oldestchildren are married, but the others are with theparents in their beautiful home in Spokane. ERNEST LISTER ERNEST LISTEREighth State Governor1913 to. NO. XXII.—ERNEST LISTER Ernest Lister, the present governor of the stateof Washington, is the only man of foreign birth whohas occupied that office since statehood. He wasborn in Halifax, England, on June 15, 1870. In terri-torial das^s two men of foreign birth were appointedas governors—William Pickering, born in England,was appointed by President Lincoln, and Edward , born in Germany, was appointed by Presi-dent Grant. One other, Eugene Semple, was bornoutside of the United States, but he could not becounted of foreign birth. His father was UnitedStates minister to New Granada (now Colombia)when the son was born in Bogota. But, even withhis foreign birth, Ernest Lister is more of a Wash-ingtonian than many of the men who have beengovernors. When scarcely 14 years of age he cameto America with his fathers family and settled inTacoma. That city has been his home for morethan thirty years. When the city was incorporated,Listers uncl
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