From "History of North Washington" Published 1904
Transcibed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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LOUTHER W. MEYERS
	Louther W. Meyers was born in Belleville, Ontario on April
28, 1833, and now lives in Meyers Falls.  Mr. Meyers is one of the
most prominent men of the Inland Empire; well known as a pioneer with
energy and almost boundless resources; as a man of integrity and
uprightness, controlled by an indomitable will which was ever tempered 
by keen discrimination and sound judgment.  To him the country is 
indebted in many ways, and in a measure which perhaps may never be
fully repaid.  But is very pleasant to contemplate that in the place
where he threaded the wilds as a scout and precursor of the wave of
civilization that was to follow, planted the infant industries and 
built the first outposts, he is now dwelling in retired comfort with 
the esteem and loving confidence of all who have become acquainted
with him.
	The parents of our subject were William Henry and Jane (Meyers)
Meyers, natives of Ontario, where they remained until their death.
Our subject's great grandfather, who was of German extraction, was a
Tory, and held a captain's commission from the British.  It was his
intention, in company with the Indian chief, Grant, to take General
Skyler prisoner, but the doughty and true old general escaped them and
years afterwards visited this captain and explained to him how he did it.
This captain's name was Walter Meyer, the original name of the Meyers
family.  The father and seven brothers of this captain fought for the
American cause, but through the influence of the mother, this one 
joined the British ranks.
	Louther W. was educated and learned the cabinet makers trade
in his native land.  In 1850 he made his first visit to the United 
States.  He was back and forth between Canada and the United States 
until 1862 when he came to Fort Winnipeg and thence to Colville, arriving
here on October 22, 1862.  He assisted with his own hands to construct
the buildings for the post, also to repair the first mill known as the
old Hudson's Bay Company mill, which supplied flour all over the country
adjacent.  In 1865 Mr. Meyers determined to try mining and for two years
he most arduously followed that calling.  On the last day of his trip
he took out twenty-eight ounces of gold, worth nineteen dollars and twenty-
five cents an ounce.  Notwithstanding the good fortune of that day, his
mining venture was a loss of two years' hard labor and seven hundred and
fifty dollars cash.  Then  he leased the old grist mill and operated the
same for many years and later tore it down and erected a new one.  When 
Mr. Meyers came to this country in 1862 he left his wife and two sons
in Canada.  In 1869 he sent for them.  The family was re-united at Walla
Walla.  They at once came to this section and Mrs. Meyers purchased a 
tract of land.  This was the family home until 1888 when Mr. Meyers took 
a homestead; upon this and the wife's estate they lived until 1901, 
when they came to their present abode in Meyers Falls.  Mr. Meyers owns
a large portion of the townsite at Colville, one-third of the entire
town site and immense water power at Meyers Falls, has twelve hundred 
acres of timber and farming land and much other property.  The water
power at Meyers falls is utilized for saw milling, flour milling, and
operating a large electrical plant.  Mr. Meyers has always been the moving
spirit in inaugurating industries for the development of the resources
of the country, and the utilization of the immense natural productions
of this section.
	On May 18, 1854, occurred the marriage of Mr. Meyers and Miss
Mary E., daughter of Noah and Margaret (McElwain) Spaulding, natives of
Massachusetts and New York, respectively.  The father was a self-made
man and the mother from the age of sixteen was prominent in educational
circles and other lines.  Mrs. Meyers is a descendant of the noted
Spaulding family which traces its family tree back to the eight century.
Ethan Allan and other noted personages are members of the family.
The beloved missionary, Reverend Spalding of Walla Walla was also a 
member of the family.  Mrs. Meyers has five brothers and sisters, 
William B., Noah Allen, Jacob D., Mellicent V., Henry M.  Mr. Meyers 
was an only child.  Three children have been born to this worthy couple,
Jacob Allen, with his parents; George E., a merchant at Meyers Falls; 
Elizabeth V., wife of Jesse L. Cogle, in Meyers Falls.  Mr. Meyers is 
an Abraham Lincoln Republican and has ever held firmly to the principles
of his party.  He has never sought office, but frequently for the benefit 
of his county he has accepted the same.  On one occasion when his name 
appeared before the Republican convention for county commissioner, he
was beaten out of the nomination by corrupt men.  He immediately announced
himself as an independent candidate and carried the county by an 
overwhelming majority.
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