From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Nancy Grubb (nancyg@theofficenet.com)
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E.E.HAFER
	E.E. Hafer. Without the adventitious aid of elementary works on the 
modern science of "Success,"excerpts from which are so frequently found in 
newspapers and magazines,our subject has certainly attained it. Endowed with 
pluck,patience,and business sagacity,he has conquered diffculties and turned 
favorable circumstances to the best account.
	His postoffice address is now Lind,Adams county,in which locality he
has a homestead,but he owns,also,a fine ranch two and one-half miles west of 
Chewelah,Stevens county,consisting of three hundred and twenty acres,two 
hundred and twenty of which are under cultivation,devoted to general farming
and stock-raising. He was born August 10,1871,in Henry county,Illinois,son '
of G.W. and Eliza (Mead) Hafer,one of thirteen children. His parents were
natives of Pennsylvania,subsequently residing in Illinois and Iowa,in which 
latter state they died. The family of children comprised J.W.,now in 
California;Cathrine,deceased; E.E.:Lucinda,wife of R.S.Henderson,residing 
in Iowa;H.W.,living in Missouri; Martha,married to Martin Gleason and 
living in Iowa;William;Lewis:Bert and George twins,deceased;Ralph,and 
George deceased.
	The foundation of an excellent practical education was laid in the 
public schools of Iowa,at the age of twenty-one he began life for himself. 
Two years were passed in various employmments,and in 1893 he removed to 
Nebraska where he engaged in farming which he continued until 1895. The 
following five years were passed in various lines of employment in the 
states of Utah,Idaho,and Montana,and with variable success,and in 1900 he 
located in Adams county, Washington,where he engaged in land speculation 
for a period of two years, meeting the unqualified success.
	In 1892 Mr.Hafer purchased a half interest in two hundred and forty 
acres of land,lying two and one-half miles southwest of Chewelah,two hundred 
acres of which are under cultivation. The same year he bought eighty acres,
sixty of which were improved,and engaged in stock raising. Previous to this 
he had entered a homestead claim of one hundred and sixty acres of land in 
the vicinity of Lind,Washington.
	The political sympathies of Mr.Hafer are with the democratic party,
and he takes an active and ernest interest in local affairs,devoid at times 
of all political partisanship. He is member of the I.O.O.F.,and of the M.W.A.
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