Tobin, John
accountant, financier, author, was born Nov. 11, 1868, in Elm Grove, Ill. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of Illinois; then went west and attended the Colfax college, Washington; and completed his education in the Peoria Business college, Illinois, from which institution he graduated in 1892. He has attained success as an accountant and writer on financial topics; has filled important county offices in Whitman county, Wash.; was elected auditor of that county in 1894 and again in 1896. He is the author of a number of pamphlets and articles which treat of legal and financial subjects as applied to municipal government.