A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . ty-second degreeMason: and is also a Shriner, belonging toAl Malaikah Temple. In reviewing the life of Mr. Hellman animpression is gained not of the opportunitieswhich presented themselves throughout his ca-reer, but by the manner in which he under-stood and grasped a situation. Practicallyempty-handed he came to the Pacific slope inboyhood, at a time when the country was law-less, when the survival of the fittest was theunwritten decree,
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . ty-second degreeMason: and is also a Shriner, belonging toAl Malaikah Temple. In reviewing the life of Mr. Hellman animpression is gained not of the opportunitieswhich presented themselves throughout his ca-reer, but by the manner in which he under-stood and grasped a situation. Practicallyempty-handed he came to the Pacific slope inboyhood, at a time when the country was law-less, when the survival of the fittest was theunwritten decree, when it was far easier to sinkinto insignificance with the multitudes thanto rise to the heights which few were success-fully attempting. That he proved himself ca-pable of holding his own in the beginning,the later position which he assumed as factorin the most important enterprises of this sec-tion of the Pacific coast have multifold duties which are his as one ofthe most prominent citi/;ens and business mennf the city have not overburdened him, buthave rather spurred him on to stronger andmore forceful thought and eflfort and have. WUlci^^^ (yiAJ^^~^P^(^yi^-U^^y(^ HlSTOlilCAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 561 brought out all the latent ability with whichnature endowed him. His position to-day isone acquired by the few even where oppor-tunities have abounded as in Southern Cali-fornia, for it requires a quick, mental visionand an unerring- decision to know and improvethe opportune time. Loyal to the country ofhis adoption and the city wherein has beenpassed his eventful career, Mr. Hellman ishonored as a citizen whose worth and workshave been tested. HON. HENRY H. MARKHAM. TheMarkham family, represented in California byHon. Henry H. Markham, former congress-man and governor of the state, was establishedin America during the colonial period of ourhistory. In Connecticut the name flourishedfor many generations, a motive power in polit-ical, professional and business
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