The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 705

H. W. CHASE.

H. W. Chase, who for about four years has been a resident of Yakima, has during
this period been prominently identified with the real estate business and since
1912 has been the president of the Washington Realty Investment Company, which
he established in that year. Great success has attended this enterprise, which
under his able management has grown from year to year so that it is today one of
the important institutions of its kind in the Yakima valley.

As indicated above, the Washington Realty Investment Company was established
about six years ago, at which time it acquired about six thousand acres of land
in Benton county under the Horse Heaven irrigation district. The scheme, which
has proven of such great success, was carefully thought out and promoted by Mr.
Chase, who organized the company and largely sold the stock in the east. Five
thousand acres of this land are now under cultivation and devoted to wheat
raising and it is expected that they will soon be put under irrigation. Mr.
Chase has been very active in promoting irrigation development in his district
but this beneficial treasure has naturally been retarded by war conditions.

A native of Wisconsin, H W. Chase was born August 25, 1867, his parents being O.
C. and Harriet Jane (Hadley) Chase, both of whom have passed away. The father
throughout his life followed agricultural pursuits and well earned prosperity
attended his arduous and earnest labors. Our subject received his education in
the public schools of Wisconsin, preparing himself for a commercial career by
attending a business college. He subsequently gave his attention to the
insurance business, which he decided upon as a suitable field for his
activities. and from 1895 until 1908 was actively engaged in this line. In that
year, however, he turned his attention to real estate and for a short time
conducted a business of that kind at Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The opportunities
presented in the newly developed west, however, attracted his attention and he
therefore crossed the continent in order to profit by the advantages here
offered. In 1910 he began to sell western lands for the Yakima Realty Investment
Company and in 1912 organized the Washington Realty Investment Company of
Yakima, which he has since so ably managed. The highest business principles
guide him in all of his dealings and he has built up a reputation which begets
for him the trust and confidence of the public. The present officers of the
company are: H. W. Chase, president; L. E. Gerde, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, vice
president; and W. S. Woodruff, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, secretary and
treasurer. Mr. Chase has entire charge of the local affairs, being the resident
manager of the property. The importance of the company and its vast business
dealings may well be imagined when it is stated that there are two hundred and
twenty-five stockholders.

On June 24, 1896, Mr. Chase was united in marriage to Miss Anna L. Hobbs, of Eau
Claire, Wisconsin, and they have three children: Warren L., Joseph Wayland and
Kendall Leigh. Politically Mr. Chase is a republican, strongly and effectively
supporting the candidates and measures of that party, and is also strongly
imbued with prohibition principles, which he warmly advocates and upholds.
Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to Yakima Lodge, No. 24, F. 8c A. M., and
his religious faith is that of the Baptist church. He is an American citizen in
the best sense of the word, ever ready to support his government, his state, his
county and his city in worthy measures, and has made many friends in Yakima, all
of whom speak of him in terms of respect not only on account of his business
success but because of those honorable qualities of his character which have
made that success largely possible.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.