HARRY BRODIE.
 

	Harry Brodie, a member of the Moose Jaw Drug & Stationery Com-
pany, which conducts a prosperous business on Main street of this city,
came to Moose Jaw twenty-three years ago, to accept a position in the
store of which he is now part owner. The son of James and Matilda A.
(Stuart) Brodie, he was born near Stouffville, Ontario, on the 12th of
January, 1870. His parents were both Scotch by birth, the father having
been brought to Canada at the age of seven and the mother coming when
she was a girl of thirteen.  They were married in Ontario and lived in
that province all their lives. As a young man James Brodie was a miller,
but later he bought a farm in Ontario and subsequently operated an ele-
vator at Markham. He was a Liberal in his political affiliations and an
active member of the Presbyterian church, as was his wife. Seven of the
eleven children born to this couple are now living, of whom Harry is the
youngest. Until he was a young man he lived on the home farm and
obtained his education in the high school at Markham. After completing
his high school course he eventually took up the study of stenography, with
the idea of entering the business world.
	While he was still living in the east Mr. Brodie became interested in
the drug business, with which he has been associated in Moose Jaw for
more than twenty years, and entered a drug store in Markham, where he
worked for six years. In 1900 he set out for Vancouver, British Colum-
bia, to try his fortunes in the newer Pacific country and on the way out
came to Moose Jaw. He was on a train bound west from this city when he
received a telegram asking him to come back to Moose Jaw. The result
was that he returned to this city to accept a position in the drug store
then owned by Turnbull and McCullouch. For his intelligence and appli-
cation to duty in the store he was soon given the opportunity of becoming
a partner of these men and has been associated with them ever since in a
pleasant and successful business relationship.  At the beginning of the
first decade of this century the drug store was a small one, but as the
years have passed by it has grown steadily until it is one of the largest and
most prosperous in the city. The store building has been enlarged to meet
the demands of an increasing trade and at the same time kept thoroughly
up-to-date in all of its appointments. A large stock of drugs, toilet acces-
sories and stationery contains all of the staples in this trade and provides
the customers with a wide range of selection in those things which reflect
the fashions of the hour. The business is now conducted under the firm
name of the Moose Jaw Drug & Stationery Company, in which Mr. Brodie
is one of the principal shareholders.
	Three years after he located permanently in Moose Jaw-on August
18, 1903-Mr. Brodie was united in marriage to Miss Ella Davidson, who
was born and reared in Oshawa, Ontario, where she obtained her educa-
tion.  For some years before her marriage Mrs. Brodie taught school.
One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Brodie: Stuart, who is now thir-
teen years old. Mr. and Mrs. Brodie are both affiliated with the Presby-
terian church. Mr. Brodie is prominent in the Masonic circles of Moose
Jaw as past master of St. George Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; a Royal Arch Ma-
son, a Knight Templar and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. Also he has
taken eighteen degrees in the Scottish Rite. Another of his fraternal asso-
ciations is with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has taken a
leading part in many of the organizations of Moose Jaw that have to do
with the advancement of the city along commercial, civic and social lines
and is considered a decided asset to any society of which he may care to
be a member.  As a member of the Pharmaceutical Association he has
served on the board for a number of years and for two years was its
president. He belongs to the local board of trade, is a loyal member and
former president of the Moose Jaw Rotary Club and sits on the board
of the Moose Jaw Hospital. All kinds of sports and outdoor life have an
interest for this active business man and he has devoted as much time as
he has had at his disposal to recreations of this nature. At one time he
took up the study of botany that he might enjoy and appreciate this phase
of the natural life he saw about him. His membership in the Moose Jaw
Golf Club indicates that he plays this popular Scotch game in the summer
months while in the winter he becomes a devotee of curling.  The local
curling club numbers him among its most faithful members and at one
time he was its president.




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