EUGENE S. WACHHORST.

Among the successful members of the Sacramento bar is Eugene S. Wachhorst, a native son of this city, born on the 11th of May, 1866. He is a son of Herman B. F. and Frances (Smith) Wachhorst, both of whom are natives of Germany. The father came to America in the year 1843. He had learned the trade of watchmaker and jeweler in early life. He established his home in New Orleans, where he carried on business along these lines. During his residence in that city he was also connected with the grand opera, being a noted vocalist and musician. In the year 1850 he came to California by way of the Horn, arriving in this state in the spring. He located first in Sacramento and afterward spent a short period in the mines, but soon returned to the capital city, where he engaged in the jewelry business, conducting his store until 1899, when his life's labors were ended in death. Long an enterprising merchant of this city, he was very widely and favorably known in commercial circles and by his capable management and upright business methods he secured a liberal and gratifying patronage. He was prominent in many ways, a man noted for his energy and public spirit. He was elected one of the first trustees of Sacramento under the present city charter in 1894, and filled that position for four years, or up to the time of his demise. His record was at all times worthy of emulation and his interest in community affairs was deep and sincere. At his death he left three sons, of whom Eugene S. is the eldest. Herbert B. F., the youngest, died only two months after the father's death, having met with a fatal accident while attending Stanford University.

At the usual age Eugene S. Wachhorst entered the public schools and later supplemented his preliminary training by study in the Military Academy of Oakland. He was also a student in a preparatory school in Berkeley, California, and then entered the State University to prepare for the practice of law. When he had completed a thorough law course he was admitted to the bar in January, 1897, and located in Sacramento, where he has continued to the present time in active connection with his profession. He served as chief deputy in the office of the county clerk from 1891 until 1899, and during the four succeeding years was assistant district attorney. He is now engaged in the private practice of law and has a good clientage, which is an indication of the capability he has manifested in handling intricate problems of jurisprudence. He prepares his cases with great thoroughness and care, and presents the points in evidence with a force that carries weight, so that his argument never fails to impress court and jury, and many times has won . for him the verdict desired.

In 1887 occurred the marriage of Mr. Wachhorst and Miss Mary B. Johnson, a native of Indiana and a daughter of John B. Johnson, a resident of Dixon, Solano county, California. They now have three sons, Donald E., Jack B. and Thomas H. Mr. Wachhorst belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and is a Royal Arch Mason. His political endorsement is given to the Republican party, with which he has affiliated since attaining his majority, and his interest in its welfare is shown by active co

operation in movements for its upbuilding. He has been a delegate to many of the city and county conventions and is quite prominent in local party ranks. He has a wide circle of acquaintances here, and that many of his warmest friends are numbered among those who have known him from boyhood is an indication that his career has ever been upright and honorable, commending him to the confidence and good will of those with whom he has been associated.

JOHN J. BUCKLEY.

John J. Buckley, who is engaged in the abstract business, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, October 1, 1854, his father, Patrick J., and mother, Mary M. Buckley, both natives of Ireland, being now deceased. A brother, Henry L. Buckley, who died September 2, 1898, was born in Boston in 1855; his education was acquired in the public schools of Sacramento and he began business life as a clerk in the motive power and machinery department of the shops of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company under A. J. Stevens. Later he occupied a clerical position in the office of Judge A. C. Hinkson, who was city superintendent of schools, and subsequently he studied law in the office of Armstrong & Hinkson and was admitted to the bar. He was a well known lawyer and judge and was credited with being one of the best criminal lawyers of the city. He was himself of a sensitive and modest disposition and never resorted to abuse in the trial of a case, but presented his side in the strong clear light of reasoning and sound logical principles. In March, 1878, he was elected city attorney and made an enviable record in that office. In 1879 he was chosen by popular suffrage to the position of district attorney for a term of three years, and in 1884 was again elected, serving for two years at that time. In 1887 he was elected police judge and occupied the position for two terms, covering four years. Later he was assistant district attorney under District Attorney Ryan, and in 1892 was again elected police judge, holding that position until it was abolished under the new charter. He was a popular citizen, having many warm friends in Sacramento, and at his death the Sacramento County Bar Association adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of the deceased. There were also two daughters in the Buckley family, Miss Mamie Buckley and Mrs. J. F. McCracken, of San Francisco.

John J. Buckley was brought to California in his early boyhood days and pursued his early education in the common schools of Sacramento. He was afterward employed as a fireman by the Central Pacific Railroad Company, now the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, acting in that capacity for five years. On the expiration of that period he left that employ and took up the study of law in the office of Judge J. H. McKune & D. W. Welty. He afterward became searcher of records with A. C. Freeman, attorney at law, a member of the constitutional convention and also a code commissioner. An inclination for political life, however, resulted in the election of Mr. Buckley to the office of city assessor of Sacramento in March, 1883, and he acted continuously in that capacity until January, 1894, when the office of city assessor was consolidated with city auditor under the new city charter. At

the close of his official career he resumed the occupation of abstractor of titles in Sacramento and now devotes his entire attention to that work.

HALLOCK HART LOOK, M. D.

Dr. Hallock Hart Look, one of the most scholarly representatives of the medical fraternity in Sacramento, who has won distinction as an oculist and aurist, as well as general practitioner, was born in Hocking county, Ohio, near the town of Logan, on the 9th of August, 1862. The family is of English lineage, connected with the old Puritan stock. His ancestors came to the new world during an early period in the colonization of this country and the family home was established in Massachusetts. The paternal grandfather, born in this country, served as a soldier in the war of 1812.

The father, Adam Look, was born at Little Falls, New York, and was a tanner by trade, following that pursuit in his early manhood, while later he devoted his energies to farming. His death occurred in August, 1881. He had married Miss Rachel Graffis, who was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. and was a representative of an old family of that state, of Dutch descent, that also furnished members to the patriot army in the war for independence, her grandfather having been a soldier. Her father was one of the pioneers of Lancaster county, Ohio, going to that state in 1804, and her brother, Abraham Graffis, now resides at the old homestead there. Mrs. Look passed away prior to the death of her husband, her demise occurring in September, 1876. In the family were the following named: John C., who is engaged in the raising of fruit at Los Gatos; Luther, an inventor of Los Angeles, who is now engaged in the manufacture of concentrators for mines; Dalton Z., who is engaged in the harness business in Marysville, California; Harriet, the wife of George Flattry, who is residing in Kansas; and Rebecca F., the wife of Zerah Bunnell, of Kansas. One sister, the eldest, has passed

away.

Dr. Hallock Hart Look was educated in the district schools of Kansas. to which state his parents removed when he was a very small lad. very small lad. He pursued his studies for three or four months during each year until sixteen years of age, and then did not attend school again until twenty-two years of age, when he received private instruction, for he realized the value of mental training and desired further advancement in that direction. When eighteen years of age he came to California, making his way to Sutter county, where he worked on a ranch for four years. He then returned to Kansas and spent about eight or nine months in a private school. Determining to enter upon a professional career, he took up the study of medicine in the Kansas City Medical College and pursued his last course in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, which is the medical department of Columbia College, of New York. He was graduated in that institution in the class of 1887 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

Dr. Look then went to Chicago, where he practiced for three years, and in 1890 returned to this state, accepting the position of surgeon with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company upon a vessel running to Panama. He