GILBERT W. FAULKNER..
 
		 
		 
	Gilbert W. Faulkner, manager of the Beaver Lumber Company, has
lived in western Canada for more than forty years, during which he has
had many of the experiences of a pioneer farmer and early settler. He
was born in Hastings county, Ontario, in 1856, a son of Francis D. and
Ellen (Kimberley) Faulkner. Francis D. Faulkner was a contractor in
his early life, but eventually engaged in agricultural pursuits as a farmer
and large landowner.  He possessed three hundred and fifty acres of well
improved land-a large tract in the east, where farms are small.  He
was born in Massachusetts and went to Ontario as a young man, there
meeting and marrying Ellen Kimberley, who was a native of the prov-
ince. The family was associated with the Baptist church, in which the
father was a deacon, and his political allegiance was given to the Liberal
party. Gilbert W. Faulkner was the fourth child in order of birth in a
family of six, four sons and two daughters. The parents both died. when
he was quite young and now but three of the children survive.
	In the schools of Belleville, Ontario, and a commercial college, Gilbert
W. Faulkner obtained his educational preparation for life. His first posi-
tion was in the post office and later he worked for a while as a clerk in
a store. Early in 1882 the young man set out for the Northwest Terr-
tories to get a piece of government land and establish himself as a farmer
in the new country. He secured a team when he arrived in Portage la
Prairie, whither he had come by way of Winnipeg, having reached that
city in March. From Portage la Prairie he drove across the country to
Prince Albert. By the 24th of May he had reached Fort Ellice, where
he was delayed for two days by a heavy snowstorm. Eventually, how-
ever, he reached Broadview and took up a homestead twelve miles west
of that place, near Grenfell. He soon proved up on his claim and lived
on the farm until, 1900, cultivating it and gradually improving it, doing
a little more each ~ear, until he had one of the fine farms in his neighbor-
hood. In 1903 the old homestead was sold and that year Mr. Faulkner
came to Regina to engage in the lumber business, which has since been his
chief financial interest. He became associated with the Prairie Lumber
Company as manager and when that concern was merged with another
firm he retained the position of manager with the newly formed company,
known as the Beaver Lumber Company.  His business has enjoyed a
steady prosperity and growth commensurate with the development of
Regina and the surrounding territory, while Mr. Faulkner has attained
a creditable place among the men who are directing the commercial and
financial enterprises of the city.
	Mr. Faulkner is a Mason, a charter member of Hiram Lodge, A. F. &
A. M.; and also belongs to the Foresters. While he supports the Liberal
party in politics he has never held nor sought public office, preferring to
concentrate his energies upon his business. He has always avoided all
ostentation, and enters into the relationships of life with a direct sin-
cerity that wins the confidence of his business associates and the high
esteem of his large circle of friend~. The family belongs to St. Paul's
parish of the Anglican church.



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