*** Source: Who's who in the Pacific Southwest: a compilation of authentic biographical sketches of citizens of Southern California and Arizona. Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Print. & Binding House, 1913, 406 pgs. *** ---page 350--- fraternity, Scottish Rite; Shrine; Sierra Madre and Los Angeles Athletic clubs. STAUNTON, W. F. Mining engineer. Res. 512 S. Harvard Blvd.; office 609 Central Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Toledo, O., Dec. 23, 1860; son of W. F. and Mary D. W. (Gray) Staunton. Married to Mary F. Neal in 1892. Attended public school, Hartford, Conn., 1871-2; Irving Institute, Tarrytown, N. Y., 1873-5; Charlier Institute, New York, N. Y., 1876-8; Columbia University, N. Y., 1878-82. Graduated E. M., 1882. Engaged as chemist and surveyor, copper mines, Vermont; bookkeeper and assayer, N. C., 1882; employed as assayer and ore tester, Ledoux & Ricketts, New York; constructing engineer for metallurgical plant, New York, and superintendent mill and smelter, Tombstone, Ariz., 1883; travel and consulting practice, with office in New York; supt. of mines, Tombstone, Ariz., 1884-94; vice-pres. and gen. mgr. various companies, mining, milling and installing plants, railroads, etc., 1894-1900; moved to Los Angeles, 1910, and practiced his profession to date. Vice-pres. Calumet Oil Co.; pres. Pan-American Ostrich Co.; vice-pres. International Amer. Gas Power Co.; dir. Pacific Surety Co. Life member Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers ; Mining and Metallurgical Inst. of Amer.; Engineers' Club of New York; California and Sierra Madre clubs, Los Angeles. Episcopalian. STAVE, Henry Julius. Banker. Res. 3105 Walton ave.; office National Bank of Commerce, Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Chicago, Dec. 19, 1870; son of Henry Julius and Alma Brewster (Dunning) Stave. Gaduated from Headley School, Chicago, 1885; attended high school, Chicago, 1885-87; engaged as messer in wholesale woolen house, 1887-88; with Hide & Leather National Bank of Chicago, 1888-96; traveling salesman for John Moore Mfg. Co., Chicago, and Deering Harvester Co., 1886-1900; bookkeeper for G. B. Carpenter Co., Chicago, 1900-04; moved to Los Angeles in 1904 and re-entered banking business; cashier of the National Bank of Commerce, 1909 to date. Member K. of P.; American Institute of Banking; San Gabriel Valley Country Club. STEARNS, Augustus G. Real estate. Res., Rampart apts.; office, Consolidated Realty Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Appleton, Wis., Oct. 26, 1863; son of George S., and Mary Snyder Stearns. Unmarried. Educated in the public schools of Grand Haven, Mich., and Sweensburg's Business College, Grand Rapids, Mich. After finishing his studies entered employ of Mathewson & White, lumber dealers, Cadillac, Mich. Moved to Los Angeles in 1882; moved to Red- lands, Cal., 1892, to become manager of fruit packing house for Haight Packing Co., which position he held until 1899; secy. and mgr. Fruit Growers' Assn., Highland, 1897-99; established fruit business in Highland, Cal., and operated on his own account, later extending business to Redlands. Cal.; retired from fruit business in 1904; organized Stearns Lumber Co., San Francisco, with Redwood sawmills in Mendocino co., Cal.; pres. and mgr. of Co., until 1910; engaged in real estate business 1911 to date, handling citrus fruit and alfalfa lands. Pres. Stearns Lumber Co.; pres. Midway Basin Oil Co.; secy. and treas. Cal. Orchard Co.; dir. Producers' Mutual Water Co. Member Union League Club, San Francisco. STEINHAUER, Karl E. Lawyer. Res., 4634 Santa Monica blvd.; office, 1005 Title Insurance Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Denver, Colo, March 20, 1882; son of Frederick and Blanche (Chobard) Steinhauer. Married to Lula E. Smith, in 1911. Attended grammar schools; graduated from high school, Denver, 1899; graduated from Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor, Mich., 1906. Engaged in business in Denver, Colo., until 1905; practiced law in Colo., 1907-11; moved to Los Angeles in 1911 and has since been enaged in the practice of his profession. Member Phi Delta Theta fraternity; University and Los Angeles Athletic clubs. STEPHENS, Albert Lee. Lawyer. Res. 277 So. Coronado st.; office 1100-1-2-3 Union Trust Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Indiana, Jan. 25, 1874; son of Edwin E. and Arminda Jane (Rice) Stephens. Married to Marie Clark in 1907. Attended public schools; graduated from the College of Law, Univ. of So. Cal., L.L. B., 1903. Admitted to practice in Los Angeles in 1899, and was associated with Burrel D. Neighbours, under firm name of Neighbours & Stephens, 1901-2; practiced alone, 1902-5; with his brother, Jess E. Stephens, under firm name of A. L. & J. M. Stephens, 1905-07; elected Justice of Los Angeles *** end ***