*** 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 378--- book-keeper Penn. Savings Bank, Detroit, 1887-89; traveling salesman for R. Wagner & Co., 1889-94; American Tobacco Co.. New York City, 1895-1901; with New York "Commercial," a trade publication, 1901; Equitable Life Insurance Society, Los Angeles, Cal., 1902; pres. Santa Barbara Realty & Trust Co., Santa Barbara, Cal., 1902-05. Has been engaged in a general real estate business in Los Angeles, 1905 to date. Pres. James R. H. Wagner Co.; secy. San Vicente Land Co.; pres. Los Angeles Realty Board. Member California, City and Gamut clubs; Fine Arts League. WAITE, Marion Pishon. Oil operator. Res. 2138 Hobart blvd.; office 622 Story Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Riverside, Cal., Feb. 17, 1876; son of Lyman Cobb and Lillian M. (Sugart) Waite. Married to Anna Margaret Olmstead Chapman in 1901. Attended grammar and high schools, Riverside, Cal. Throop Polytechnic Inst., Pasadena Cal.; graduated from Stanford Univ., Palo Alto, Cal., A. B. and E. E., 1900; Riverside Business College, Riverside, Cal. On leaving college was employed by Edison Electric Co., and was rapidly promoted; in motive power dept. Los Angeles Railway; consulting and constructing engr. for Western Electric Works; bought the business, and sold it after operating it two years; opened offices as consulting electric engr.; incorporated the business under firm name of Waite, Bailie & Co.; after four years sold his interest, and firm name was changed to Bailie, Brandt & Co.; operated alone in oil lands until 1909; assisted in organizing the "Four Investment Company," of which he has been treas. to date. Member Archts.' and Engrs.' Assn.; Electrical Engrs.' Soc.; College' Men's Assn.; Phi Delta Theta, Gamma Eta Kappa and Gamma Kappa fraternities; Union League Club, San Francisco ; Sierra Madre, University, Athletic and Gamut clubs of Los Angeles; Stanford Club of So. Cal. WALDO, George E. Lawyer. Res. 320 Madison st., Pasadena, Cal.; office 810 Story Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1851; son of George and Sarah Ellen (Jagger) Waldo. Married to Flora A. Henderson in 1896. Attended public schools; Natchoug High School, Willimantic, Conn.; Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y. Admitted to practice as atty. and counsellor at law in Supreme Court of N. Y. in 1876; admitted in Supreme Court of Neb., U. S. Circuit Court. and Dist. Court of Neb. and of Southern and Eastern Dists. of N. Y., and to Supreme Court of U. S.; prac- ticed law in New York City, 1876-83; Butler Co., Neb., 1883-89; New York City, 1889-1913. Member firm of Wells, Waldo & Snedeker, N. Y.; Waldo Bros. in Neb.; Waldo & Bullard, N. Y.; Waldo & Ball, N. Y. Member Assembly, N. Y., 1896; commissioner of Records, Kings Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1899-1904; member of Congress from Brooklyn, N. Y., 1904-09. WALKER, Irving M. Lawyer. Res., 910 N. B enton Way; office, 710 Fay Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Louisville, Ky., in 1885; son of Walter and Mary Sydnor (Perkins) Walker. Attended public schools of Louisville, Ky.; graduated from Univ. of Va., B. A., 1905. Served as field asst. with U. S. Geological Survey, 1900; field asst. with U. S. Reclamation Service, 1905; studied law in office of Frank J. Thomas, Los Angeles, 1905-06; admitted to the bar in Los Angeles, July, 1906; engaged in practice of his profession 1906 to date Secy. of Democratic County Central Committee of Los Angeles co., 1908. Member Kappa Alpha fraternity. Episcopalian. WALKER, Mark. Consulting chemical and metallurgical engineer. Res. 2200 Third Ave.; office 211 West First st., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1870; son of Mark and Sophia (Smith) Walker. Married to Alice Feldman in 1898. Attended public schools of Glasgow, 1878-80; Cal. schools, 1880-86; Univ. of Ariz., 1891-97; aduated from Univ. of Ariz., B. S., 1897. Asst. chemist, Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station, 1896-98; territorial assayer, Univ. of Ariz., 1899-1900; metallurgist and gen. mgr. Exposed Reef Mining Co., Reef, Ariz.; metallurgist Silver Bell Copper Co., Silver Bell, Ariz., 1900-01; metallurgist New Comstock Mining Co., Pyramid Canyon, Ariz., 1901-02; metallurgist and mill supt., Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co., Tombstone, Ariz., 1902-07; private practice in assaying, chemistry, metallurgy, Los Angeles, Cal., 1907 to date. Member America Metallurgical Soc.; American Chem. Soc. Baptist. WALLACE, James Shields. Oil producer. Res. 3651 Fifth ave.; office, 1015 Title Insurance Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Born in Newville, Pa., Sept. 8, 1873; son of William Jackson and Mary Graham (Shields) Wallace. Married to L. Bernice Davison in 1911. *** end ***