Ada County ID Archives Biographies.....Jones, Otto M. 1886 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 January 11, 2012, 1:46 am Source: See below Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher OTTO M. JONES, state game warden, sportsman and well known writer on fish, game and other topics that have to do with sporting interests, came to Boise in 1888 and through the intervening period has been a resident of Idaho. He was born on his father's stock ranch near Dillon, Montana, January 8, 1886, the third in order of birth in a family of four sons, all of whom are yet living, namely: De Forest, a resident of Seattle, Washington; R. Earl, also of Seattle; Otto M.; and Delbert E., who was in Europe as an aviator with the American forces, holding the rank of first lieutenant. The father, William Jones, was a wool grower and well known sheepman. He was a native of Wales and came to the United States when a lad of twelve years with his elder brothers. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Jennie Emerick, was born in the United States and was of Scotch, Irish and German lineage. The father died in 1910, while the mother survived until 1912. Otto M. Jones was but two years of age when his parents removed to Idaho, settling on a sheep ranch twelve miles from Boise, on Dry creek. In 1892, he removed with his parents to Boise in order to enjoy the better educational advantages afforded in the city schools. The father erected a fine home on North Tenth street but still retained the ownership of his ranch until 1902, when he sold the property and retired from active business life. Otto M. Jones has lived in Boise for a period of twenty-seven years and attended the public schools until he had completed the work of the eighth grade. He afterward spent a year in the Staunton (Va.) Military Academy and for two years was a student in the Washington State College at Pullman, Washington. His brother, R. Earl Jones, was with him as a school companion and student at both places. Mr. Jones of this review afterward traveled about to some extent and also spent some time with his parents. He finally took up his abode in Ashland, Oregon, in 1907 but in 1909 returned to Boise and since that date has devoted most of his attention to writing on sport, fish and game topics for various newspapers and magazines. He has been a contributor to the Daily Statesman since 1907 and since 1917 has been regularly on its staff, having a full page of each Sunday's issue devoted to his sketches and the reproduction of photographs which he has taken. He has traveled all over Idaho in getting these photographs and has now on file more than twenty-five hundred negatives, which he has made relating to the outdoor life of Idaho, its beautiful mountain and lake scenery, its streams, its big game and its smaller fish. He has photographed practically every species of fish and game in the state of Idaho and in this work his chief assistant has been his wife, Mrs. Thaona A. Jones, who in her maidenhood was Miss Thaona Aveline. She was born and reared in Boise and is of French Canadian stock, a daughter of Prosper Aveline, who became a resident of Boise in 1889 and of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were married in Boise on the 2d of July, 1911. It was in January, 1919, that Mr. Jones was appointed state fish and game warden by Governor D. W. Davis, a position for which he is splendidly qualified. Both he and his wife are lovers of outdoor life and sports and are members of the Boise Gun Club. Mr. Jones was in 1918 the secretary of the State Sportsmen's Association and is now secretary of the Idaho Game Protective Association. Fraternally he is connected with the Elks. Always approachable and genial, he is highly esteemed by those whose interests turn to the open when opportunity comes for rest and recreation from business cares. Additional Comments: Extracted from: IDAHO DELUXE SUPPLEMENT CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1920 Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/ada/photos/bios/jones44gbs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/ada/bios/jones44gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 4.5 Kb