I te tau 1902, i whānau a Matti Finnila (Finnish spelling: Finnilä) <unk> i te 23 o Akuhata 1885 <unk>, te kaiwhakarewa o muri mai o Finnila's Finnish Baths, i heke mai i Kalajoki, Finland ki Los Angeles, California. I Los Angeles, i ako a Matti Finnila i te pūkenga o te mahi pereki. I te tau 1906, ko te ru o San Francisco
I whakaaweawe a Matti Finnila ki te neke ki San Francisco, hei āwhina ki te hanga anō i te taone.