Biographies
ARTHUR H. LINDSAY
The
secretary and manager of the Pacific Grocery and Produce Company belongs to that noteworthy circle of Californians who
achieve a fair degree of success along any line of endeavor. By birth he is
eligible to membership with the Native Sons of the Golden West, for he claims
Siskiyou county as his earliest home and the center of
his youthful activities. Born May 11, 1873, he was a member of a pioneer family
and himself grew to manhood in the midst of a frontier
environment, for Siskiyou responded to the uplifting influences of increasing
population with less rapidity than other portions of the state. Naturally,
therefore, the occupations of the frontier were the first to interest him and
we find him buying and selling cattle, raising stock on the broad ranges of the
north country and following the uncertain life of a
miner. From the cattle industry he gradually drifted into the butcher business
and at an early age he was familiar with every detail incident to that
occupation.
For
a considerable period the headquarters of Mr. Lindsay were at Fort Jones, which
stands at the confluence of two small streams that merge eventually into the
Klamath river. A sense of isolation is inspired by the
long distance from the railroad and by the overhanging peaks of the Salmon mountains. Realizing that a more central location would
afford him better commercial advantages, Mr. Lindsay closed out his interests
in Siskiyou county and removed farther south, arriving at Sacramento July 30,
1907. Here he purchased an interest in and assisted in the incorporation of an
old-established business, formerly known as D. Dierson
& Co., and made popular through a long experience covering twenty-five busy
years. The business was incorporated with C. F. Dosch
as president and A. H. Lindsay as secretary and manager and the latter has
since been the managing head of the important and growing business. Recently
large quarters were secured in the new general market on J street,
where the firm occupies the entire west side of the market as well as commodius floor space in the center. For thirty years J. P.
Murphy, better known as "Panama" Murphy, of baseball fame, has been
with this firm and its predecessors and meanwhile he has gained the reputation
of being the best game and produce man in the entire state.
Upon
coming to Sacramento and entering into business for himself Mr. Lindsay was
unmarried, but on Christmas Day of the following year he established domestic
ties, being then united with Miss Ethel Tilton, a cultured young lady of
Sacramento, born and reared here, also educated in the local schools. The
Tilton family holds a place among the influential pioneers of Sacramento and
her father for twenty-five years has been connected actively with Baker &
Hamilton, wholesale dealers in hardware and agriculture implements. While Mr.
Lindsay possesses to an unusual degree the qualities that win and retain
friends in social circles, he has been devoted so closely to business affairs
that social functions and political conventions have lacked his genial presence
and helpful encouragement. Nor has he identified himself with any of the
fraternities with the exception of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks,
whose camp at Sacramento has the benefit of his generous contributions and
cordial co-operation in all progressive work.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento County,
California, Pages 894-895. Historic
Record Company,
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.