Portland, Oregon - Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders : in Connection with the An (part 11 of 25)

In June Mr. Devlin resigned his position with the city and went to California to engage in public accounting, but in October, upon urgent request, he returned and accepted a position in the office of the city auditor, which he continued to fill until 1900, when he was elected city auditor._ In 1902 he was reelected by all parties without opposition and again reelected in 1905 by an overwhelming majority. He had never wished the office of city auditor, and it was only through his desire to be of public service that he was induced to accept the repeated nominations. In 1907, refusing to become a candidate for that office again, he was nominated for mayor on the republican ticket, which, however, was defeated. In August, 1907, he was appointed receiver for the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank. From that time on he devoted his time mainly to closing up the affairs of that institution - a long and difficult task which was not completed until about November i, 1910. In June, 1908, he was elected councilman-atlarge, which office he still held at that time. Upon the completion of his work as receiver he retired from business life and removed to New York to make his future home in Dutchess county, where he owned an old estate.

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Mr. Devlin was for some years quite active in real-estate operations in this city, having been a member of a syndicate of six men who platted Holladay Park, Holladay Park First Addition, North Irvington and Rossmere, aggregating over two hundred acres, besides having made numerous individual realty transactions. In 1907 he built a pretty home at No. 770 Multnomah street, where he resided until leaving Portland.

Mr. Devlin is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight of Pythias, an Odd Fellow and an Elk. He was a member of the Commercial Club and a life member of the Multnomah Club. Although he has left Portland, Mr. Devlin will long be remembered for his twenty years of efficient public service, and the active interest he has taken in all movements for the advancement of municipal improvements. During his connection with the city auditor's office the city hall was twice moved and each time he instituted improved methods in keeping its records. After becoming the head of that department, he made many marked improvements in the conduct of its business. He was a member of the National Municipal League, was elected a member of all local civic improvement bodies and furnished the statistics for those organizations. He was appointed by the legislature as one of a committee to prepare a charter for Portland. In 1902 he drafted the form of a bill appointing a commission to draft a charter for the city of Portland, which was afterward to be submitted to the people for approval or rejection, and if approved, to be enacted by the legislature without change. The bill was passed by the legislature and became a law and Mr. Devlin was appointed a member of that commission which drafted what is known as the charter of 1903. As a result the legislature later gave every municipality the right to make its own charter.

For many years Mr. Devlin has devoted his leisure hours to the study of municipal government, and his contributions upon numerous questions involved have attracted attention and favorable comment throughout the United States. His work entitled "Municipal Reform in the United States," published by Putnam's Sons in 1896, was among the first books on this subject. Before the destruction of his library by fire, a few years ago, he had acquired the most complete collection of works upon municipal government on the Pacific coast. He was among the first to advocate the adoption of a uniform system of municipal accounting throughout the United States, and was the first advocate of municipal ownership of docks for Portland, which he urged at a time when large tracts of water front could have been secured at a low price, the wisdom and foresight is now plainly seen.

Although quiet and unostentatious, never seeking to attract public attention to himself, Mr. Devlin has left the impress of his character and his work stamped indelibly upon the city of Portland. No career could be more devoid of selfish ambition, he having directed his abilities and energies at all times toward the conception and promotion of advanced ideas which will have an influence in moulding the charters and policies of numerous municipalities.

Christian Honnes

Norway has contributed in an important degree toward the upbuilding of the United States and many of her most useful citizens were born under the Norwegian flag. Their sturdy independence and inborn perseverance have added an important element to our national life and nowhere has this been more apparent than on the Pacific coast. Among the Norwegian-Americans of Portland is Christian Honnes who, thirty years ago, sought on the American continent the opportunities which were not available in long settled countries where the son generally follows in the steps of the father and the lines separating^ the classes are tightly drawn.

Christian Honnes was born in the city of Christiansand, April 7, 1859, a son of Knud and Gunhild Honnes. He was educated in his native land and, as is customary, was early apprenticed to learn a trade. After mastering the principles of the mechanical trades he learned shipbuilding, which is carried on very extensively at the ports of Norway. Like thousands of ambitious young men Mr. Honnes early decided to seek his fortune under more favorable auspices than prevailed in his native land. Accordingly, at twenty-one years of age, he landed from a vessel at the city of Philadelphia. From there he traveled westward to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he readily found employment and where he prospered for six years. He came to Portland in 1886 and about 1888 formed a partnership with Charles Nelson as a shipbuilder at the foot of Oak street in this city. Later, on account of the necessity for larger quarters, the plant was moved to the foot of Wood street, where a prosperous and growing business has been maintained and is now flourishing as never before. The work turned out at this plant is proving highly satisfactory to the water carrying trade and the reputation of the firm has always been first class.

On May 22, 1881, Mr. Honnes was united in marriage to Miss Laurene Hoist, a native of Norway. Two children were born of this union, both of whom have been called away. Mr. Honnes is a member of the Woodmen of the World but is not identified with many interests outside of a business which has occupied the most of his attention during the active period of his life. He has attained success by strict integrity, the conscientious discharge of all obligations and an unremitting attention to an industry in which he takes the greatest interest and which he thoroughly understands. Naturally retiring and modest, he has always kept his personality in the background, but no man is more sincerely honored by his associates or retains in a higher degree the confidence of his acquaintances than the subject of this sketch.

George Hartness

During the past four years, or since 1906, George Hartness has occupied a beautiful home at No. 671 Clackamas street, but for a half century before had resided at the corner of Fifth and Flanders street, on property which he yet owns and which belonged to his father, who in the pioneer days of Portland became the owner of a quarter interest in the old Couch claim, the first claim taken up from the government on the north side of the city. Through an extended period George Hartness was numbered among the active and progressive business men of Portland but in his later years has lived retired.

He is one of the worthy citizens that Ohio furnished to the northwest, his birth having occurred in Massillon, that state, on the 7th of September, 1844. He was therefore ten years of age when in 1854 he accompanied his mother on the trip to Oregon. His father, Thomas Hartness, had arrived two years before. A native of Albany, New York, he was bom September 5, 1817, and was educated in the Empire state. In early manhood he went to Ohio and secured work in a brickyard, having previously learned the trade in the east. In the Buckeye state in 1842 he wedded Miss Alice Clay, whose family has had an unbroken ancestral record since 1682, when Christopher Pennock settled in Pennsylvania. His descendants are now numerous in Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Ohio, and in the last named state annual family reunions are held. These people are noted for longevity and they have, on the whole, been successful in business, giving their attention largely to agricultural pursuits. They are justly proud of their ancestry and their inheritances, one of which is Primitive Hall, located in Chester county, Pennsylvania, so widely known in history. Moreover, the family have ever endeavored to hold high their standard of morality, mentality and physique, and have been valued citizens in the various localities in which they have resided. Alice Clay belonged to that branch of the family that was established in Ohio, and there she gave her hand in marriage to Thomas Hartness. About the same time Thomas Hartness established a brickyard, the work being then done by hand. He was a great reader, and the accounts which he perused concerning the northwest and its opportunities determined him to try his fortune on the Pacific coast. He therefore made his way to New York city and sailed around Cape Horn, finally reaching Portland. This was in 1852. He found an embryo city, in which industrial activity had made but slight advances, and he at once established the first brickyard here, the enterprise being located on Glisan near Seventh street. Convinced that the future had good things in store for Portland, he sent for his family, and the mother) and her children made the journey by way of the isthmus of Panama, which they crossed with mules and then embarked for San Francisco. Seven days' travel on steamboat brought them from the Golden Gate to Portland, and the family were soon established in a little home on the property which Mr. Hartness had purchased, he having become the owner of a quarter interest in the Couch claim. He continued in the manufacture of brick until 1865, when he turned over the business to his son George, who conducted it for two years. His death occurred in Virginia in 1884, while his wife, who was born in Massillon, Ohio, July 12, 1820, died in Oregon. They had six children, of whom five were born in the Buckeye state and one after the arrival of the family in Oregon. Two of the number died in early childhood and the others are : Thomas M., who died in 1873 at the age of twenty-two years ; Adelia J., who became the wife of Samuel S. Douglas and died in 1872 at the age of twenty-three years; George; and Charles, who was born February 17, 1848, and is now a resident of Portland.

In the public schools of his native state George Hartness began his education, which was continued in the Portland Academy. The periods of vacation were devoted to assisting his father in the brickyard. In 1872 he accepted a position with the Oregon Transfer Company as clerk on the docks, at that time all transfers being made by teams to boats. That he proved a most competent and faithful employe is indicated by the fact that he remained with the company for fourteen years, being promoted from time to time until, ambitious to conduct a business on his own account, he became a partner in the Northwestern Transfer Company and was elected its secretary. His business ability, executive force and keen judgment were strong elements in the success which attended this venture. Under intelligent guidance the business continually grew and brought to its owners very substantial financial returns. In December, 1901, Mr. Hartness resigned as secretary and in January, 1903, he withdrew from financial connection with the business because of impaired health. He is now the owner of a splendidly improved tract of land of three hundred acres in Washington county, from which he derives a good rental. He has continuously made his home in Portland since 1854. In 1875 he built a residence at No. 294 Flanders street, this being on the site of his father's original landholdings, a tract that was originally covered with timber when it came into his possession. There he remained until 1906, when he erected his present residence at No. 671 Clackamas street.

Mr. Hartness was married in 1898 to Miss Candace M. Boyle, who was bom near Atwater, Ohio, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Elliott) Boyle, who lived originally in New York and afterward in Ohio. Her father died in that state in 1869 and her mother still survives there. Mrs. Hartness came to Oregon in 1892 and by her marriage has one son, George Victor, born July 31, 1900.

Mr. Hartness has long been a prominent member of the Odd Fellows society, which he joined on the 22d of February, 1876, becoming a member of Hassalo Lodge. He is today one of the oldest representatives of the order in Portland, has filled all of the offices and has also taken the degrees in Ellison Encampment, No. 2, while twice he has represented the subordinate organization in the Grand

Lodge. Mr. Hartness has also belonged to the Masonic fraternity since 1888, has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and is a member of the Mystic Shrine, while he and his wife hold membership with the Eastern Star. His political indorsement has been given to the republican party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, and it has been well known that his support might be counted upon to further any public project promoting the material, intellectual, social or moral welfare of the community. He belongs to the Pioneer Society of Oregon and to the Pioneers Historical Society, and he became one of the first members of the First Presbyterian church. His whole life has been in harmony with his professions, and he has ever manifested those sterling traits of character and of manhood which in every land and clime awaken confidence and regard. His name certainly deserves a place upon the pages of Portland's history, inasmuch as he has been one of her citizens for fifty-six years.

Emmor J. Haight

In every line of business there are men who are able to see further than others. By some this is called intuition, by others good judgment, but call it what we may the fact remains that the farseeing men are the ones who become by natural right leaders in every community. Thirty years ago Emmor J. Haight decided that western Oregon was a land of great promise and time has proven that his decision was true. He demonstrated his faith by making this state his home and here his dreams have been largely realized. He was born at Chatham, Columbia county, New York, August 26, 1841, and is a son of Job and Phoebe Ann (Van Bunscoten) Haight. His father was a Quaker and his mother a descendant of the Van Rensselaers and the Van Bunscotens of New York. When he was four years of age he went with his parents by way of the Erie canal and the overland route to Wisconsin. This was before the days of the railroad and the principal means of travel were by walking or stage coach. He was educated in the common schools and at eighteen years of age came west as far as Iowa, where he remained during the earlier days of the Civil war.

In 1864 Mr. Haight, now twenty-three years of age, and ambitious to see the world and take advantage of any opportunities that might improve his fortune, crossed the plains to California and for a time made his home in Santa Rosa. He was also engaged in the drug business at Woodland, Yolo county, California. Through study of the official reports issued from the surveyor general's office at Washington, D. C, and also from the department of the interior, he gained a favorable impression of the Oregon country and decided to make his permanent home in the northwest. Since 1879 he has been a resident of Portland and during most of the time has been connected with the real-estate business, in which he has been quite successful. He has platted a number of additions to the city, which are now entirely built up, and property on the east side, which in his early days as a real-estate man had comparatively little value, he now estimates to be worth more than ten million dollars.

On the 13th of November, 1873, Mr. Haight was united in marriage to Miss Anna Peirson, a daughter of Dr. B. H. and Dora (Abernathy) Peirson. Her father was a pioneer physician of California. Four children have been born to' Mr. and Mrs. Haight, three of whom are living: Clinton P., who married Bernice Howell and has one son, Clinton H. ; Edna B. and Luella G. One daughter died in infancy. Mr. Haight is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and in everything pertaining to the growth of the city has been for many years an intelligent and earnest worker, having been intimately connected with many changes which have marked the expansion of Portland for a generation past. He is one of the best informed real-estate men in the city and his opinion and advice have great weight with many investors. In the evening of a busy life he is respected by old friends and as his policy toward clients has always been sincere and straightforward he retains the confidence and trust of those with whom he has had business relations. Mr. Haight has always voted the democratic ticket on national questions but in local affairs is indeipendent, supporting the individual rather than the party.

Peter Jeppesen

Portland draws her citizenship not only from the sections of America but also from various parts of the old world. Every civilized nation is here represented and among the sons of Denmark who now claim Portland as their place of abode and are closely, actively and honorably associated with its business interests is Peter Jeppesen, who has here lived for nineteen years and for the past decade has carried on business as a brick-mason and cement contractor. He was born in Vordingborg, Denmark, on the 12th of April, 1861, a son of Henry and Anna Jeppesen. The father, a stone-mason by trade, is still living in Denmark.

Peter Jeppesen acquired his education while spending his youth in his parents' home, and resided in his native land until twenty-five years of age, after which he spent five years in Germany. He learned the brick-mason's trade in Denmark and continued to follow that pursuit throughout the period of his European residence. In 1891 he sailed for America, making his way direct to Portland, where he has since resided. For nine years he worked in the employment of others and during the past ten years has been engaged in contracting on his own account, taking contracts for brick and cement work.

In 1892 Mr. Jeppesen was married to Miss Anna Gihm, who was born in Denmark although her father was of German birth. Mr. and Mrs. Jeppesen were married in Portland and they have become the parents of three children, Alice, Erna and Dagmar. Mr. Jeppesen has always voted independently but he is much interested in the welfare of his adopted city and thoroughly in sympathy with the free institutions of this country and its principles of government.

Judge Thomas J. Cleeton

Thomas J. Cleeton, county judge of Multnomah county, was born in Schuyler county, Missouri, October 7, 1861. His parents were Thornton Y. and Lucy (Reeves) Clayton, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Virginia, both of whom went to Missouri as members of their respective families in 1832 and spent their entire lives upon a farm. Thomas J. Cleeton grew up in the country and received his preliminary education in the district schools of the neighborhood. He early exhibited a taste for intellectual pursuits and therefore continued his studies in the Lancaster high school and later at the State Normal School at Kirksville, Missouri. He began his active career as a school teacher and continued for twelve years in that vocation, during which time he gained an enviable reputation both as an instructor and as a school manager. His ability was recognized by his election as county superintendent of schools in Schuyler county, Missouri, and later in a similar capacity in Columbia county, Oregon.

After some years' experience as a teacher Mr. Cleeton directed his attention to the study of law and became a student in the office of Judge Sheton, at Lancaster, Missouri. In April, 1891, he came to Oregon and located at St. Helens, Columbia county. He was admitted to the bar at Salem in 1894 and in the same year was elected to the state legislature from Columbia county. An honorable record in the general assembly assisted in further advancement in political hon- ors and for a period of four years, from 1896 to 1900, he acted as prosecuting attorney for the Fifth judicial district of Oregon. In the latter year he removed to Portland, where he was engaged in a prosperous general practice until March, 1910, when he was appointed county judge of Multnomah county. This position he has filled with the highest credit to himself and the satisfaction of the people of the county.

On December 24, 1893, Mr. Cleeton was united in marriage to Miss Maud Esta Shannahan, a daughter of Alfred and Sarah (Colton) Shannahan, of Forest Grove, Oregon. Her father came from Indiana and was a veteran of the Civil war. Her mother was a native of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Qeeton has been for many years identified with the republican party and is an ardent advocate of its principles. He is a member of the Masonic order, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Moose and the Knights of Pythias. He has made many friends since coming to Portland and, having had an extensive experience as an educator and a lawyer and being a close student not only of books but of men, he has successfuUv filled every position which he has occupied. He is a clear and forcible speaker, a logical thinker and in his public addresses he clothes his ideas with an originality that attracts and holds the attention. As county judge his decisions have been uniformly fair and free from prejudice and partisanship and his administration has met with general approval.

Among the newspaper editors of western Oregon A. W. Markle, editor and proprietor of the St. Johns Review, occupies an honorable place. Although a young man he had the advantage of an early start in a profession which calls for alertness and talent, not absolute requisites in many other vocations, but highly essential in order to achieve success in the newspaper field.

Mr. Markle was born in Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, in 1874, a son of H. H. and Catharine Markle, who are still living at the old home in Pennsylvania. He was educated in the city schools of Clearfield and began his business career by learning the printer's trade in his native place. After having gained a good knowledge of operations in a newspaper office. Mr. Markle went to Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, where he purchaser an interest in a newspaper, which he conducted for five years. Having disposed of his holdings there he next engaged in a similar venture at Windber, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, where he filled the position of editor and proprietor of a paper for three years. He then returned to his home town, where he became city editor of a local paper and was also interested in the publication of a magazine.

In order to secure the advantages of a change of climate and probably also actuated by that instinct which leads to migration from old and familiar scenes and has been the means of carrying civilization even to the most distant countries of the world, Mr. Markle came to Oregon in 1904. He first located in Hood River where he engaged in the printing business, of which he had already gained a very thorough knowledge. In 1905 he came to St. Johns and bought an interest in the St. Johns Review, finally purchasing the interest of his partner. The Review is the only paper published in St. Johns and is conducted on broad and conservative lines which meet the demands of the locality and assist in the growth of the community. Mr. Markle started at the case - the right place for beginning in the newspaper business. There he learned how to express himself clearly as a writer and years of practice have made him an adept at the art. As an editor he is in favor of every movement that tends to the public good and while he does not spare those who oflfend by violating the law in public office, he has never yielded his talents to that style of journalism which has selfish or personal considerations as its basis. He is respected for his gentlemanly qualities and now, just entering the prime of an honorable career, gives promise of many years of usefulness in a field where ability always meets a merited recognition.

In 1900 Mr. Markle was united in marriage to Miss Daisy Dickson, of Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, and unto them have been born three children, Vernon, Kathleen and VVilbur. Mr. Markle has always been identified with the democratic party, although never an extremist, and in local affairs generally supports men, rather than party. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World and the Owls, and he and his family hold membership, in the Lutheran church. Mr. and Mrs. Markle are prominent in the social circles of the community and in every way possible render effective service in the promotion of its permanent welfare.

Seid Back, Sr., a successful Chinese merchant of Portland, who has spent more than forty years in the United States, was born in San Way Chung Sar, China, November 18, 1851. He is the son of Seid Yow King, who traced his ancestry back for many generations in the celestial kingdom. Seid Back was educated according to the customs of his country until he was seventeen years of age, when he came to America, locating in Portland. This was shortly after the Civil war and he spent the first eight years of his experience in a new country at various kinds of work, but in 1876 embarked in the grocery business, in which he has since continued. Owing to his pleasing address and natural adaptability to mercantile affairs he has made many friends, both among business men and all other classes and acquired financial independence. He is a leader among his people and for a number of years has acted as a contractor of Chinese labor, operating quite extensively in this line. In 1875 he was united in 'marriage to Miss Chong Quey Choy, from whom he was separated by her death in 1894. In 1894 he was again married, his second union being with Miss Ching Won, who now presides over his household. As a result of the first union a son was born, a review of whom follows.

Seid Back, Jr., was born in Portland, December 11, 1878. Until he was thirteen years of age he was under the instruction of private Chinese teachers, thus receiving the education accorded to sons of wealthy citizens in China. At the age of thirteen he began attending the Baptist Chinese Mission night school at Portland, where he continued for five years and gained a good knowledge of the English language. Having shown a decided tendency in the direction of scholarly pursuits, he became a student in the old Bishop Scott Academy in Portland in 1898 and for two years enjoyed the advantages of a well con-) ducted educational institution which assisted him materially in making further progress. After leaving the academy he entered the store of his father and for three years was identified with mercantile pursuits, never losing sight of the fact, however, that his destiny lay in another direction. Having attracted the attention of the United States Immigration Bureau, which is affiliated with the department of commerce, he was invited to lend his assistance as interpreter and for three years acted in that capacity, his services proving so satisfactory that in 1906 he was appointed Chinese interpreter at large, in which position he continued for three years, traveling extensively throughout the country and becoming quite familiar with the methods of thought and business in the American republic. As early as 1903 he began the study of law in the law department of the University of Oregon and in 1907 he was graduated with the degree of LL. B. In June of the same year he was admitted to practice in the state courts of Oregon and in July following was admitted to the district and circuit courts of the United States for the district of Oregon. He has the distinction of being the first Chinese who was admitted to practice in the American courts. He was the originator of the American-Born Chinese Association, which was organized in 1900 for the purpose of social, mental and physical advancement of American born Chinese boys. This association still continues in existence. Mr. Back casts his vote with the republican party and is apparently just entering upon an honorable and successful career.

Archie Mason

Few men have contributed more tov/ard the development and upbuilding of Portland in recent years than Archie Mason, well known as a general contractor. He was born in Tioga county, Nevv^ York, March 15, 1861, a son of William W. and Esther (Brooks) Mason, his father being a native of New Ybrk, and his mother of Pennsylvania. The latter dying while he was still a boy> he came westward to Michigan and took up his home with Bradley Hayes, a farmer and lumberman, continuing with him for twelve years and working his way up until he was placed in charge of the lumber camp.

At the age of twenty-five Mr. Mason decided to seek a new field for the exercise of his energies, and selected the northwest as the region that presented the most favorable outlook for a young man. Coming to Portland, he entered general contracting on his own account, beginning upon a small scale. At the end of eighteen months he went to Salem, Oregon, and engaged in the sand and cement business in addition to handling such contracts as he could secure. He continued to make his headquarters there until March, 1897, since which time he has resided at Portland.

In the course of the years that have passed since he began as a contractor in Oregon, Mr. Mason has performed a large amount of work that will stand for many years as an evidence of his energy and skill. He assisted in reconstructing the railroad of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, and in building a large portion of the Snake River line for the same company, and also portions of the Columbia Southern & Sumpter Valley Railroad, and the branch into Windland for the Southern Pacific Railway. He built the irrigation canal for the reclamation service of the United States government in connection with the Klamath project. In the early part of his career he was the builder of the Oregon Water Power line at Estacada and the portion of the Mount Hood Railroad, which has been completed. He has had charge of a large amount of sewer work and sidewalk construction and graded the grounds around the state house at Salem. While working on the Klamath project, he employed three hundred men. An important part of this work consisted of the construction of a tunnel through solid rock three thousand three hundred and fifty feet in length, v/hich the contract required to be arched v/ith cement. This he considers one of the most important undertakings with which he has been connected. Mr. Mason has had charge of a number of contracts in this city for paving, grading and filling and has several contracts of that nature now upon his hands, among them the paving of Whitaker and First streets with concrete, the grad-ng of the streets for the west half of Laurelhurst, and many other improvements in sewers, etc., for this entire addition. He has the contract for the Portage Railroad at The Dalles and also for grading Council Crest, and in his operations has shown an ability that places him in the first rank among large contractors of the Pacific coast. He is the owner of a tv/o hundred and twenty-five acre farm in Washington county.

On the 24th of December, 1880, Mr. Mason was united in marriage at Lansing, Michigan, to Miss Margaret Roach, who is a daughter of Michael and Ellen (Phipps) Roach, natives of Ireland and New York state, respectively.

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Five children have been born of this union, three of whom are living: May, the wife of Frederick WiUiams and the mother of two children, Clyde and Genevieve ; Esther ; and Arthur J.

Mr. Mason is politically identified with the republican party and takes the interest of a public-spirited citizen in the election of reputable men to office. He is a member of the Masonic order and the United Artisans, and he and his wife are both affiliated with the Congregational church. He is a man of liberal tendencies, and one who is thoroughly interested in the permanent prosperity of the city, having contributed largely to the development and improvement of South Portland. His constant aim is to perform his duty according to the best of his ability, and as he has in his business dealings always been prompt, reliable and trustworthy, he has the confidence of the business men and the respect of the entire community. As a recreation, he enjoys hunting and fishing.

Mark A. M. Ashley

Mark A. M. Ashley, cashier of the banking house of Ashley & Rumelin, of Portland, was born at Fort Ann, New York, June 15, 1863. His father, George Ashley, was born and reared upon a farm in Fort Ann, a farm which was in the family for nearly one hundred and twenty-five years. Upon that place he lived until he retired from active business, after which he came to Portland, where he died several years ago. In early manhood he married Rhoda Miller, who is still living in this city at the age of seventy-three years. The Ashleys came originally from England about 1630, the ancestral home being established in Massachusetts, from which time to the present there is a complete genealogical record.

Mark A. M. Ashley was the second of four children, of whom Roscoe Ashley is associated with his brother in business, while a sister, Mrs. C, E. Rumelin, is also a resident of Portland. Pursuing his education through consecutive grades, Mark A. M. Ashley attended the high school of Fort Ann, New York, and pursued a commercial course in a business college at Poughkeepsie, New York. In August, 1883, he left the Atlantic seaport for the Pacific coast and spent four months in San Francisco, after which he came to Portland, arriving in this city on Christmas day of 1883. On the ist of January, 1884, however, he returned to San Francisco, but on the 28th of February once more arrived in Portland, where he has resided continuously since. Here he turned his attention to the advertising business, in which he continued for a year or two uninterruptedly and to a greater or less extent until 1907, when he and his partner sold out the street car advertising business. For many yea'^s they also owned the advertising privilege in the street cars of Tacoma, Salem and Astoria. About 1885 they turned their attention to the real-estate and mortgage loan business, in which they continued until about 1907, handling only their own properties. In 1885 C. E. Rumelin had become associated with Mr. Ashley, forming a partnership which a few years later was reorganized and the original firm name of M. A. M. Ashley & Company was changed to Ashley & Rumelin, although the advertising business was always conducted under the former style. In April, 1907, they organized and incorporated their banking business under the name of Ashley & Rumelin, bankers, and now engage exclusively in a general banking business, to which they had been gradually drifting. This includes all branches of banking. After the ist of February, 191 1, they will occupy new quarters at the corner of Second and Stark streets, affording them larger accommodations.

On the 17th of July, 1889, in Portland, Mr. Ashley was united in marriage to Miss Mabel W. Willis, a daughter of P. L. Willis, of Portland. They have two children : Willis S., fifteen years of age ; and Roscoe G., fourteen years of age. The family reside at No. 889 Savier street.

For twenty-six years Mr. Ashley has been continuously connected with Portland's interests and now devotes his entire attention to the upbuilding of a business which is a prominent feature in the banking circles of the city. As a citizen he is interested in everything pertaining to the general good nor withholds his support from projects which need the loyalty and co-operation of the general public. His keen perception and honesty of purpose are counted among his chief characteristics and have contributed in large measure to the gratifying success which is attending his efforts.

James W. Chase

James W. Chase was a resident of Oregon from June, 1851, until his death, which occurred September 14, 1910, his remains being interred in Mount View cemetery, Oregon City. He was born in Vermont on the 29th of October, 1834, and was a son of Sisson and Dorothy Chase. The father was born in Rhode Island on the 6th of February, 1786, only a few years after the close of the Revolutionary war, and the mother's birth occurred in Greenfield, Massachusetts, May 16, 1792. Attracted by the opportunities of the west, they resolved to come to the Pacific coast and after living for a few years in Iowa they left that state in 1850 and traveled to Salt Lake City. There they spent the winter and in the early spring of 185 1 continued on their way to Oregon, where they arrived in the month of June. They were accompanied by four sons and two daughters : Charles, Houston, James W., Andrew, Violet and Lucinda. The elder daughter was the wife of A. M. Harding, and Lucinda became the wife of William Partlow of Oregon City. On reaching their destination, the father took up a claim at Springwater near Eagle Creek, and to provide for his family followed the occupation of farming, developing a good property. He died, however, on the 7th of May, 1864, and his wife passed away on the 28th of July, 1876. Both were well advanced in years when called to their final rest.

James W. Chase, by reason of his residence in different sections of the country, became familiar with life in New England, in the middle west, and upon the Pacific coast. He was about fourteen years of age when the family went from the Green Mountain state to lowa^ and was a youth of seventeen when they started upon the trip over the prairies and the long stretches of hot sand that at length brought them to Salt Lake. After arriving in Oregon, he aided his father in the arduous task of developing and improving a new claim, but in those experiences laid the foundation for a robust manhood that enabled him to do much hard labor in later years. Taking up his abode in Oregon City, he there became connected with the mechanical department of the Oregon City Woolen Mills, which he represented in that way for many years. He was not only capable, but also most loyal to the interests of his employers and enjoyed their full confidence and trust. His last days, however, were spent in retirement, having passed the seventy-sixth milestone on life's journey.

When twenty-four years of age, Mr. Chase was married to Miss Sarah Augusta Stevenson, a daughter of John W. and Sarah Stevenson, of whom a sketch appears in another part of the work. Their union was blessed with six children, namely: Ivan, now a resident of Colfax, Washington; Ednetta S., the wife of Samuel Dillman ; Dorothy H., the wife of Gilbert L. Hedges ; Sade Hazelton, the wife of Austin Howland, a resident of Grants Pass, Oregon ; Ina Miranda, the wife of S. Adams of Oregon City ; and Olney, who was drowned in the Willamette river in 1890.

Mr. Chase was always interested in public progress and was numbered among the loyal and progressive residents of Oregon City. His fellow townsmen, appreciating his worth and ability, called him to office and for twenty years he served as a member of the city council. It was a record of which he had every reason to be proud, for it indicated how loyal he was to duty and how faithfully he served the best interests of the city. Abraham Lincoln said : "You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." This fact is again and again demonstrated in political life. There are times when unscrupulous and untrustworthy men are elected to office, but sooner or later their disloyalty is bound to be found out, and the public rises in protest against such service. When a man is again and again elected to office, therefore, it is proof that he is worthy of the trust reposed in him and that his public work results in practical values. As one of the aldermen of Oregon City, Mr. Chase did excellent work for its interests and as one of the representative residents of this community, well deserves mention among the pioneers of the Willamette valley. He was an advocate of municipal ownership of public utilities, and was the first man to propose the city buying the water-works, but met with decided opposition. After some years, however, he succeeded in having the city purchase the plant, which has proved a paying investment.

Patrick Raleigh

Patrick Raleigh was one of the pioneer merchants and former business men of Portland, who early had the prescience to discern what the future held in store for this great and growing country, so that he invested largely in real estate and thus founded a fortune for his family that includes a large proportion of the valuable business property of the city. He is yet remembered by many of Portland's residents of the middle of the nineteenth century.

He was born in the parish of Buff, in the county of Limerick, Ireland, January I, 1817, and it is supposed that he is descended from Sir Walter Raleigh. He emigrated from Ireland and came to the United States when about twentyone years of age, landing at New York, where he obtained employment in the dry-goods house of Lord & Taylor, which is still in existence. Later, removing westward to Dubuque, Iowa, he there opened a dry-goods store, which was destroyed by fire about the time of the gold excitement in California, and he joined the westward stampede, hoping, like thousands of others, to attain wealth on the Pacific coast, which was being so rapidly developed. He made the journey by way of the isthmus of Panama, arriving at San Francisco in 185 1. He did not seek wealth in the mines, thus turning his attention to pursuits with which he was utterly unfamiliar, but continued in the field of labor with which he had acquaintance and experience.

Prior to leaving the east, Mr. Raleigh purchased a stock of goods in New York, which he shipped on the sloop Mathew Vassar direct to Portland, it requiring six months to reach here. In the meantime he and his family also traveled by sea, but reached their destination some time before the arrival of the sloop. At length when he received his goods, he opened a general mercantile store and from the beginning prospered in the undertaking, soon building up a substantial, growing and profitable business. Extending his efforts about 1861, he opened another store near the Grand Ronde reservation. As he prospered in business he invested his increasing capital in land. The growth of Portland has shown the keen insight which he displayed in making such investments, some of which now constitute the highest priced realty in this city. He purchased and platted what became known as Raleigh's addition to the city of Portland, and it constitutes one of the most important districts, as much of the retail business center of the city is now located thereon. It was in this addition that Portland had its first baseball grounds. In all of his business affairs he displayed remarkable discernment and sound judgment, and carried to successful completion everything that he undertook. There is still standing on First street a brick building which he erected in early days, and another on the southeast corner of First and Stark streets, which is a three-story structure and was considered very large and imposing when built.

Mr. Raleigh was a Catholic in his religious faith, and on the 2d of February, 1844, in accordance with the rites of the church, he was married in New York city to Miss Mary Louisa Kain. He died in 1868, leaving eight children: Mrs. C. A. Trimble; John S. Raleigh; Albert C. Raleigh, since deceased; Mrs. M. M. Gearin; Mrs. Ella E. McCormick; Mrs. F. E. Kelly; Wilham T. Raleigh; and George M. Raleigh, since deceased. The family from the beginning of their residence have been prominent in the city, and the increasing value of their real-estate holdings have given them place among the wealthy residents of Portland.

Richard Benjamin Miller

Richard Benjamin Miller has throughout the entire period of his business career been identified with railroad interests and the steps in his orderly progression are easily discernable, bringing him at length to his present position of responsibility as traffic manager for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company and the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, and general freight agent for the Southern Pacific Company's lines in Oregon.

He was born in southern Idaho on the 8th of April, 1870, and, after acquiring his education in the public schools, he sought the opportunity of providing for his own support in 1886 when sixteen years of age, as an employe of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company at Portland. He has been continuously with this company to the present time except during the period from the ist of September, 1901, to the 15th of May, 1902, when he occupied the position of general freight and passenger agent for the Southern Pacific Company's lines in this state. He still remains as general freight agent for the Southern Pacific in Oregon, and, returning to the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, he was appointed its traffic manager and also traffic manager for the Oregon-Washington Railroad Company. Almost a quarter of a century's connection with railway service has made him thoroughly informed concerning the work of this department, and his increasing ability has been attested in the promotions which have come to him, bringing him at length to a place of large responsibility. He is a member of the Arlington and Commercial clubs of Portland ; the Spokane Club of Spokane, Washington; the Arctic Club of Seattle; the Commercial Club of Tacoma ; and numerous other clubs.

John Sutton

In the early period of steamship navigation along the Pacific coast, John Sutton was well known as an engineer. He is remembered here by many of the early settlers as that type of hardy pioneers through whose fortitude and determination a new country is settled and developed to success.

He was born at St. Georges, Delaware, April 30, 1823. His father was Dr. James N. Sutton, a prominent man of the state of Delaware, and his mother was a direct descendant of the house of Stuarts of Scotland. She died when her son was but two years of age. He was sent to a preparatory school and later attended the West Point Military Academy, where he was a classmate of Ulysses S. Grant. He afterward joined the United States navy and served for three years under his uncle, Commodore Newton. He was in the Mexican war while with the navy.

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In 1850 Mr. Sutton arrived in California, where he engaged in a private shipping business with which he was connected throughout his entire Hfe on the coast. He was in a number of wrecks, one on the Mississippi river before going to Cahfornia. He iinally lost his life at sea, on the 27th of January, 1873, when the ship George S. Wright went down with all on board. The boat plied between Portland and Alaskan ports, and the only bodies ever found were those of a cabin boy lashed to a chair and Major Ealker a paymaster in the United States army. Mr. Sutton showed a preference for Portland and invested in property there and used his influence, which was widespread, he having run at various times on vessels plying between Panama and Alaska, for the benefit of his home city.

In September, 1848, Mr. Sutton was united in marriage to Miss Anna Beatrice Dolan, a daughter of Charles Dolan of Boston, Massachusetts. Mrs. Sutton was born June 29, 1829, and died April 15, 1905. She kept their children together after her husband's death, educated them and gave they every opportunity possible. She had a family of nine, namely: Julia Ann, the wife of G. B. Wright, deceased; Margaret S., the wife of George J. Ainsworth, deceased; Mave, the wife of Otis Sprague, of San Francisco, California; James N., of Portland; Jennie K., the wife of Alfred Wheeler, of Nelson, British Columbia; John Grant, of San Francisco, California; Albert of Hood River, Oregon; Ada v., the wife of Arthur E. Bull of Boston, Massachusetts; and Herbert G. Sutton of San Francisco, California.

Edward F. Day

Among the citizens who are pleasantly located in St. Johns is Edward F. Day, for many years a sheep-raiser and now living at leisure after a successful contest in the quest for fortune. He was born at Detroit, Somerset county, Maine, December 24, 1847, and lived there until he was twelve years of age, when he went to work upon a farm. His education was limited to the common schools, but he has been a man of reading, observation and acquaintance with the world, by means of which he has gained a great deal of valuable knowledge which cannot be obtained from books. Having been thrown upon his own resources very early in life, he learned those lessons of self-reliance and self-control that are so important in shaping one's career.

When he was nineteen years of age he came to the conclusion that the Pacific coast region was a more promising field for a young man who depended upon his own exertions than the older settled regions of the east. He accordingly went to New York, where he took passage for the isthmus of Panama, which he crossed by rail and then continued his journey northward by boat to California. He first settled in Mendocino county and lived there for three years, at the close of which time he was attracted to the mines of Nevada, where he labored faithfully for one year. At this time he was seized with a desire to revisit old scenes and, returning to the east, was engaged in the lumber business at Lewiston, Maine.

In 1879, however, Mr. Day resolved to become a permanent resident of the northwest and he came to Morrow county, Oregon, where he bought a ranch and turned his attention to sheep raising, in which business he continued for twentyfive years. During that time, by industry and good judgment, he became highly prosperous and five years ago he removed to St. Johns, where he has since made his home. He has great faith in the future of this region and has demonstrated his faith by extensive investments in real estate and by assisting in many ways in advancing the permanent interests of St. Johns.

Mr. Day has been twice married. His first wife was Elvira Norton, a daughter of Stephen Norton, of Mount Vernon, Maine, to whom he was united Sep- tember 20, 1873. O" October 2, 1888, he was again married, his second union being with Miss Didanna Hart, a daughter of R. C. and Eudora Hart, of Heppner.

Mr. Day is a member of the Masonic order and still retains his connection with the blue lodge and chapter at Heppner, Morrow county, Oregon. As the result of a perseverance which has been one of his prominent characteristics through life and also an energy and business ability, he is now enjoying the fruits of many years of toil. Few men in the northwest are. better acquainted with the industry to which he devoted his time and attention for a quarter of a century. He has gained the confidence and good-will of all with whom he has come in contact, and the friends and associates who have known him longest are those who are now numbered among his best wishers.

Egbert A. Rankin

Egbert A. Rankin is now conducting a contract plastering business, the process of application of the plaster being known only to himself. The work is satisfactory in the highest degree to those who have employed Mr, Rankin, and his business is constantly increasing, Portland has numbered him among her residents since 1881. He was born near Chariton, Lucas county, Iowa, on the 23d of March, 1856, a son of E, C. and EveHne (Bryan) Rankin. The father was a farmer and stock raiser, and the youthful days of Egbert A. Rankin were passed in the usual manner of farm lads. He acquired his education in the public schools and through the periods of vacation worked in the fields. He continued at home until twenty-one years of age, and on attaining his majority he began learning the plasterer's trade. He resided in Iowa until about 1875, when he went to Kansas with his father, establishing his home at Great Bend. It was there that he learned his trade. He spent six years in the Sunflower state and at the end of that time came to Portland, since which time he has lived in this city and vicinity.

Following his arrival here, Mr. Rankin first engaged in the plastering business for about two years as a journeyman. About 1883 he purchased a grocery and bakery, which he conducted for eighteen months, his business being located on Union avenue between Oak and Pine streets. Later he conducted a cheese ranch, which was known as the Sandy Ranch Cheese Factory, and it was here that the first cheese was made in Oregon. Mr. Rankin carried on the business for six years, and afterward continued in the dairy and other business lines until about 1890, when he began contracting as a plasterer. He has continued in this business to the present time, and has devised a method of plastering known only to himself. He is the only man in Portland doing his work in this way. He received the contract for the plastering of a fine apartment building for Mr. Ray on Sixteenth and Kearney streets, also an apartment building for Mrs. Sullivan on Twenty-first and Johnson streets. He was awarded the contract for plastering the Blazier home on Wasco street, and has plastered about thirty houses in Irvington and Holladay additions, the C. E. Moulton residence on Twenty-sixth and Lovejoy, and the adjoining house belonging to Mr. Peacock.

On the i6th of December, 1877, Mr. Rankin was married to Miss Nettie Fausel, a daughter of C. C. and Frances (Clarke) Fausel. Mrs. Rankin was born in Quincy, Illinois, and in 1872 removed with her parents to Great Bend, Kansas, where she was married. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Rankin were born eight children, of whom one died in infancy. Those still living are: Erv, who works for his father; Nellie; Jack Egbert, who is also with his father; Nettie Mae and Grace F., both of whom are teachers; Callie, a student; and Baby Rankin. The youngest child is about nine years old and has always been called Baby Rankin.

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For twenty-seven years Mr. Rankin has been a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is much interested in the order and its purposes. He joined Columbia Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Portland in 1883, and remained a member of that lodge until Fairview Lodge No. 92, A. F. & A. M. was instituted, when he became a charter member of that lodge in 1887. Twenty-nine years' residence in Portland has made him widely known in business circles. The success which he has achieved is attributable entirely to his own labors. There have been no unusual chapters in his life history, but his earnestness and energy have enabled him to triumph over difficulties and obstacles and gradually advance toward the goal of success.

Charles B. Merrick

Charles B. Merrick, since July, 1910, postmaster of the city of Portland, is a remarkable instance of the profound truth which has been distinctly set forth by clear thinkers in recent years, that man possesses the ability to control circumstances. Obstacles that might have disheartened less resolute men, have presented themselves in the course of his career, but he early resolved to accomplish worthy aims and to him no difficulty has been insurmountable. His life has been governed by the principle, expressed by the words: "Find a way or make it," and his present positioti of- responsibility is a result of strict adherence to this idea. He has learned in the course of fifteen years spent in more than ordinary activity that most of the obstacles to advancement are phantoms which quickly disappear before the ambitious spirit fired with an unalterable

Born in Saginaw, Michigan, July 30, 1873"; Mr. Merrick is thirty-seven years of age and may be said to have just fairly entered upon the possibilities of a long and useful career. He removed with his parents, Joseph E. and Margaret J. (Doyle) Merrick, at two years of age to Bay City, Michigan, where the family resided for nine years. His father, being interested in the lumber business, next moved his family to the lumber fields of Ogemaw county, Michigan. There the son grew up under the strengthening influences of a healthy country life, attending school at West Branch, Ogemaw county. At eighteen years of age he began life for himself as a school teacher and for four years he taught in the district school at the same time continuing his studies and laying a good foundation for general knowledge. The restraints of the schoolroom caused the young teacher to heed the call of the city, and at twenty-two he gave up teaching, went to Detroit, the principal city of Michigan, and entered the employ of the J. L. Hudson Company, owning a large department store.

Attracted to the law, Mr. Merrick took up the night course of the Detroit College of Law with the class of 1899. In the meantime, however, the Spanish- American war awakened a great wave of patriotism throughout the entire country and the law student dropped his books and in the spring of 1898 enlisted in Company M, Thirty-third Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted as a private, but his close attention to duties attracted favorable notice of officers of the company and at the close of three weeks he was invited to the captain's presence and appointed corporal of the company. As fortune would have it. Company M was the only company of the regiment from Detroit that actively participated in the Cuban campaign. While in Cuba Corporal Merrick was taken down with yellow fever and before he had completely recovered from that disease contracted typhoid fever. A good constitution resisted the inroads of both attacks so successfully that the patient was sent home to convalesce in a hospital in Detroit. Shortly after leaving the hospital a third attack manifested, this time as pneumonia. Never for one moment did he cease to fight for his life and he came through victorious, although he lost a year at the law school, and in taking up his studies again found himself among new classmates. He was graduated in law in 1900, but has never practiced. The study, however, has proven of lasting benefit, as it is probable that no subject is more favorable to the broadening and strengthening of the mind than the study of law when conscientiously pursued.

Mr. Merrick became identified with newspaper work and was connected with several newspapers of the middle west. He also traveled extensively as representative of the United States Graphite Company. In the course of his travels he visited the Pacific coast and was irresistibly attracted by the advantages of the great region of which Portland is one of the leading centers. He located here in 1905 and was made secretary of the Portland Retail Grocers Association. He then organized and became secretary of the Oregon Retail Merchants Association, which position he still continues to hold. This association extends to all parts of the state, and is a leading agency in the development of an important factor in the business world. Mr. Merrick has been editor of the Retail Grocers Magazine since 1905 and has been instrumental in no small degree in building up the mercantile interests of the state. On January i, 1910, Mr. Merrick was appointed register of the United States land office at Portland. This position he held for six months, when he resigned, having received appointment from President Taft as postmaster of Portland. His administration has proven entirely satisfactory not only to the business interests, but to citizens generally. Although a republican, he has placed faithful service above party and his experience has taught him that there are good men in all political parties. Being gifted with a pleasing address, a sympathetic nature and right views of life gained by actual contact with realities of the world, Mr. Merrick is especially qualified for the honorable position he now occupies.

On the 27th of June, 1906, Mr. Merrick was united in marriage with Mary Kearney, of Seattle, Washington, and they have one son, Pat, who was born June 20, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Merrick are members of the Roman Catholic church, and he is connected with the Knights of Columbus, the Woodmen of the World, the Modem Woodmen of America, the Knights of the Maccabees and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He is also a member of the Spanish- American War Veterans, president of the "Ad" Club of Portland ; secretary of the Civic Improvement League of Portland. An earnest worker in everything he undertakes, he has gained a wide and growing circle of friends and acquaintances whose regard is one of the strongest incentives in a career marked by a succession of deserved and well earned advancements.

Richard Ward Montague

That men owe to the community everything that distinguishes our civilized life from that of the naked savage, and that this debt should be repaid by thought and labor in the common welfare, has been one of the ruling principles in the life of Richard Ward Montague, a well known lawyer of Portland and a writer and compiler whose work has been favorably received by the profession.

Mr. Montague is a native of Iowa, but removed to Portland in 1890 and has been in active practice here continuously since. He was born at Charles City, Iowa, February 11, 1862. He is the son of John Vose Wood Montague and Martha Washington (Jackson) Montague. He received his preliminary education in the public schools and early displayed studious tendencies. Entering the State University at Iowa City, he pursued the philosophical course and was graduated in 1883 with the degree of Ph. B. In the year following he received the degree of LL. B. from the law department of the same university. He was admitted to the bar in 1884, began practice in Mason City, Iowa, and in 1887 removed to New York city, where he remained three years. He came to Port-

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Mr. Montague's active interest in civic affairs was recognized by his selection as a member of the Charter Commission of Portland in 1901, which framed the present charter of the city, and of the Charter Commission of 1908, which proposed a charter on the commission plan now popular in many cities. He is the author of a Digest of Volumes i to 43 of the Oregon Reports, a work requiring very extensive and protracted labor, which since its publication has been in constant use and has met with the approval of the bar. At the present time he is assisting in the compilation of the Oregon Codes and Statutes, an undertaking carried on in pursuance of an act of the last legislature, under the general direction of Hon. W. P. Lord, code commissioner. He was a member of the conservation committee, which preceded the present Conservation Commission. He takes a lively interest in literary matters ; is a member of the board of directors of the Library Association of Portland, and of the faculty of the law school of the University of Oregon, delivering annual lectures upon the subject of equity. In politics he is a "progressive" democrat and lends earnest assistance to undertakings having in view the betterment of social and political conditions. In college he joined the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and is a member of the University Club.

In 1889 he was happily married to Ellen Amelia Barton of Mason City, Iowa. He enjoys an extensive practice and the respect and confidence of his clients.

Under the name of The McCabe Company of Portland, William L. McCabe is conducting an extensive stevedore business, of which he is the president. He has operated in this line at many points on the Pacific coast, both in the United States and British Columbia, and also established the first business of this character in Honolulu. He is now confining his efiforts, however, to the Columbia and Willamette valleys in the conduct of a business which has assumed large and profitable proportions. He was born in Marietta, Washington county, Ohio, March 17, 1850, a son of Charles and Jane (MacKinzie) McCabe, the former a millwright by trade. In 1854 the parents removed with their family to the town then called St. Anthony, Minnesota, but now a part of Minneapolis, and in 1858 the mother died there.

William L. McCabe, then a little lad of eight years, was sent to make his home with his grandmother in Livingston county, New York, where he remained until 1863. Fired with stories of the war and tales of heroism, he tired of the routine of school and home life and in 1863, at the age of thirteen years, ran away from home, joining the Federal navy, with which he served until July, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He was with Farragut at Mobile bay and participated in several engagements on the Sebago, a gunboat. He afterward followed the sea in connection with the merchant marine service and, working his way upward, was an officer on different vessels and made a number of voyages to different parts of the world.

In 1871 Mr. McCabe came to Portland from San Francisco, where he first worked as a longshoreman and later as foreman, while for four years he acted as head foreman. In 1875 he engaged in the stevedore business on his own account, and in 1876 formed a partnership with Captain Brown, with whom he remained in business under the firm style of Brown & McCabe until 1888, when he sold out to his partner. Mr. McCabe then went to the Puget Sound, where he again engaged in the same line of business that had hitherto claimed his attention. In 1899 he sailed for Honolulu, where he embarked in business under the firm style of McCabe, Hamilton & Renney. He succeeded in building up an extensive business there, this being the first regular stevedore enterprise there. After four years, or in 1893, he disposed of his interests in the tropics and concentrated his time and energies upon the business of the firm at Puget Sound. In 1906 he extended his interests to British Columbia, with offices in Vancouver and Victoria. He carried on his interest until 1908, when he sold out both in British Columbia and on the Puget Sound and returned to Portland.

After again taking up his abode in this city, Mr. McCabe organized what is known as The McCabe Company, which was incorporated in 1908, with W. L. McCabe as the president ; W. K. Scott, vice president ; and E. F. Elliott, as secretary and treasurer. This is a stevedore business, which in its scope extends from Portland to Astoria and to many points along the Willamette and Columbia rivers. They employ at times as many as five hundred men, and their business is now a very extensive, carefully systematized and well regulated undertaking, so that results are accomplished with as little loss of time and labor as possible. To the careful direction of Mr. McCabe the gratifying success of the undertaking is largely attributable. About 1896 he brought out and patented the first successful conveyor for loading and unloading freight. Since that time he has also devised a friction chute for lowering cargo, also several other devices for handling freight. In all, he owns about twenty patents with others pending.

On the nth of October, 1893, Mr. McCabe was married to Miss Minnie M. White of Seattle, and they now have a pleasant home in the Rose City. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Club and is interested in the movements of these organizations, the one to promote and beautify the interests of Portland and the other to exploit and make known its resources. He is a firm believer in a bright future for the northwest and does all in his power to advance the development of this section of the country.

Jacob H. Emmert

Jacob H. Emmert, who is engaged in the real estate business at No. 845 Williams avenue, Portland, and for over thirty years has been a resident of this city, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, March 3, 1872. The record of his life illustrates in a striking degree the effect of worthy aspirations and self-confidence when combined with good judgment and decision of character. He is a son of Jacob and Margaret (Meidrich) Emmert, both natives of Germany. The father, who was born in 1829, died in Portland in 1890, while the mother was born in 1834, and passed away on the 21st of June, 1906. At the age of five years our subject removed with his parents to Tacoma, Washington, and a year later to Portland, where the family permanently located. Here he received his education and advanced as far as the grammer grades in the public school.

Immediately upon laying his books aside, Mr. Emmert began his battle with the world by driving a wagon for Theodore Leibe, proprietor of a bakery, and continued in that employment for six years. He was next connected with the Owens Bakery for two years. During the year 1891 he was engaged in the grocery business and conducted a market at Sixteenth and Marshall streets in 1897.

His brother being engaged in the plumbing business, Mr. Emmert had opportunities at various times from his boyhood up of becoming acquainted \yith the practical details of the trade, and in 1905 he opened a plumbing establishment upon his own account, starting his first shop in a basement at No. 899 Williams avenue, with a total capital of forty dollars. About this time there began to develop within him powers which apparently he had not known before, and he became aware of the great principle which governs all important factors in life, that if we are to advance we must build the ladder by which we rise. His success was indeed remarkable. In 1910 he disposed of his business for twentyfive hundred dollars, realizing in addition four thousand dollars a year net profit during the six years in which he had been engaged in this venture. Immediately upon closing out his plumbing establishment, he became identified with the real estate business, being already the owner of an extensive amount of valuable real estate on Williams avenue and in various other locations on the east side.

In 1900, at Portland, Mr. Emmert was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Menth, a daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Meyer) Menth, whose parents were of German descent. Mr. Menth was but three years of age when brought to the United States by his parents in 1852, and since 1889 has been a resident of Portland, having come to this city from St. Paul. His wife, who was born in 1857, died on the 8th of December, 1902. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Emmert: Velva, now five years of age; and Howard, aged four years. Mrs. Emmert is a member of St. Mary's Catholic church of Albina, and presides with ease and grace over a happy home.

Mr. Emmert is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World, and although engaged in the real estate business but a short time, he has apparently found his place in life, and is fairly launched in a congenial field. The happy possessor of a genial and kindly disposition, he has much to commend him to the goodwill and confidence of the public. He is fond of outdoor sports, especially motoring and fishing.

Hon. Lanslng Stout

There have been few Oregon men in public office who have displayed as great tact and judgment in the management of public interests as did Hon. Lansing Stout who for a considerable period occupied positions of public trust and responsibility. And yet he was not yet quite forty-three years of age at the time of his death, which occurred on the 3d of March, 1871. A native of New York, he was born in Watertown, Jefferson county, and spent the days of his boyhood and youth there, his education being acquired in the public schools. He was in the early twenties when, in the year 1852, he made his way to California, where he soon occupied a prominent position in connection with public affairs. He served as a member of the legislature of that state from Placer county in 1855. In the spring of 1857 he arrived in Oregon, and the following year was elected county judge of Multnomah county. In 1859 he was chosen to represent his district in congress and was known as an industrious and earnest working member of that body, displaying considerable skill and diplomacy in managing the measures which he introduced and fostered. He was instrumental in securing the daily overland mail between Sacramento and Portland, and the payment of the Oregon and Washington territory Indian war debt. He was a member of the memorable committee of one from each state on the occasion of the secession of the first seven southern states which withdrew their representative from congress.

Before his return to Oregon, Mr. Stout was united in marriage to Miss Susan Plowden, a native of Maryland, and unto them were born four children, all of whom were living at the time of his death. After the conclusion of his term in congress, Mr. Stout did not again enter public office until 1868. In June of that year, however, he was elected a member of the state senate from Multnomah county and was serving in the upper house of the general assembly at the time of his demise.

One of the local papers of that day said : "Mr. Stout was known as an active and energetic partisan and was unbending in his devotion to everything which he beheved the interest of his party demanded. Yet he was always courteous and free from personal bitterness toward those whom he opposed. No man in the state has rendered his party real service in a greater degree than he. Ofttimes he sacrificed personal interest to public good, and he would undoubtedly have won a larger measure of success in business had not his devotion to the public welfare prompted his service in its behalf." He had many friends among all classes and made fewer enemies than most men who engage in public and political life. The democratic party recognized him as one of its prominent leaders, yet many of his warmest personal friends were numbered among the advocates of republican principles. His name is honorably inscribed upon the pages of Oregon's history, for no one ever questioned the honesty of his motives, his devotion to public duty or the effectiveness of his labors.

Lonner Owen Ralston

Lonner Owen Ralston, who during the years of his residence in Portland, covering a period since 1899, has been closely associated with its financial and banking interests and is now devoting his attention to his various investments which include valuable business and residence property, is numbered among those citizens who have firm faith in the future of Portland and are putting forth effective and far-reaching eft'ort in its behalf.

Oregon claims him as one of her native sons, his birth having occurred in Lebanon, Linn county, on the 15th of December, 1859. His father, William M. Ralston, was born in Rockville, Parke county, Indiana, March 24, 1824, and was a son of Jeremiah and Margaret (McKnight) Ralston. The family removed about 1834 to Burlington, Iowa, where William Ralston engaged in merchandising until 1847. That year witnessed their arrival in Linn county, Oregon, and in 1848 he went to the mines of California, but three years later he returned to Lebanon, Oregon, establishing a store at that place. Subsequently he carried on farming and stock-raising near Lebanon, continuing in business until 1872, when he retired from active life. Jeremiah Ralston, the grandfather of our subject, platted and started the town of Lebanon, and donated the ground for Lebanon Academy, of which he was one of the founders. The father was the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of valuable land there, from which he derived a substantial income up to the time of his death, which occurred on the 23d of June, 1906. In 1852 he married Laura A. Denney, a daughter of Christian and Eliza (Nickerson) Denney and a sister of Judge O. N. Denney, who was one of Portland's most prominent men, serving as advisor to the king of Corea and consul to China. He is mentioned on another page of this volume. Mrs. Ralston was born in Muskingum county. Ohio, and died in Oregon, November 2, 1897, having come to this state in 1852 with her parents, who settled in Linn county. Unto William and Laura Ralston there were born five children.

Lonner Owen Ralston, the only surviving member of the family, was educated in the public schools of his native county, in the Albany (Ore.) College, and in the business college of Portland. A portion of his 5^outh was spent upon the home farm, and from 1880 until 1898 he devoted his time and energies to stock-raising and to merchandising in eastern Oregon. He conducted stores at Arlington and at Olex, both in Gilliam county, and met with success in his operations in that part of the state, but seeking the broader field offered by the city, he disposed of his mercantile interests there in 1898 and soon afterward came to Portland. He still retains the ownership of tv.-o thousand acres of land there, however, p/opertv that is constantly risin'r i'^ v3l'"'=' as that section of the state becomes more thickly settled. For a year after leaving Gilliam county, Mr. Ralston resided in Albany and in 1899 came to Portland, where he has since figured prominently in connection with the financial and property interests of the city, in 1904 he was one of the organizers of the Oregon Savings Bank, of which he served as president until the following year, when he sold his interest in that institution. In 1908 he accepted the presidency of the American Bank & Trust Company, but resigned the position upon selling his interest in January, 1910. Under his administration both were growing and prosperous institutions, his keen business foresight and carefully formulated plans proving elements in their success. Mr. Ralston is now president and owner of the Marietta Trust Company of Portland, a holding company for Mr. Ralston's interests. He has also been interested in various other enterprises, but now devotes his attention to his investments, owning much valuable business and residence property in Portland. In addition to his two thousand-acre tract in eastern Oregon, he has a farm of one thousand acres on the Kaiama river in Washington.

On the 23d of August, 1888, j\Ir. Ralston was married in Portland to Miss Ada K. Johns, a daughter of J. M. Johns, an early settler who practiced law at Salem for many years. They have four children : Lonner O., Jr., born August I, 1889; Hazel L., born July 22, 1892; Ruth A., born April 27, 1894; and William C, born March 7, 1899. The family reside at No. 608 Market street.

Mr. Ralston is inclined to the republican view in politics, yet may be termed non-partisan in that he does not hold himself bound by party ties and exercises his right of franchise as his judgment dictates. His fraternal relations are with the Knights of Pythias, and he is a member of the Grace Methodist Episcopal church. Recognition of the possibilities and keen foresight into the situation that exists has led him to invest largely in Oregon property and the growing state, with its splendid outlook, is repaying him in a substantial way for his faith in her development.

Hiel Bronson Hathaway

Among the descendants of worthy pioneers enjoying the fruits of many years of toil is Hiel B. Hathaway, a prosperous farmer whose home is in the region of Vancouver, Washington. Mr. Hathaway was born in Illinois, on Christmas day, 185 1. He is a son of J. S. Hathaway, a record of whom appears elsewhere in this work, and Isabel E. Hathaway, who is now living in Vancouver and who came with her husband across the plains in 1852 and the following year settled in Clarke county, where she has since resided.

The subject of this review grew up as a member of a family of nine children. His memory does not carry hrm back to the time when he came by way of the overland trail to his future home in the northwest, as he was then an infant. The family located on a farm about three miles below Vancouver in the state of Washington and there he was reared, gaining his education in the district schools and growing up under the most favorable conditions for the development of good character and true manhood. He followed dairying on the farm and by industry and thrift acquired the means by which he v.^as able to purchase two hundred and fifty-six acres of land near the mouth of the Willamette river on the Columbia, which he improved by clearing away the timber, building fences and cultivating such portions as were necessary in carrying forward the operations of his farm. He finally rented this place for dairy farming to other persons, and in 1885 bought one hundred and twenty acres of land on Fruit Valley road in Felida. Here he farmed for some years on an extensive scale but has sold ofif portions of the original tract and now retains seventy-two acres, which he finds amply sufficient for his purpose as a eeneral farmer. He is a stockholder in the Patrons of Husbandry Light & Fuel Company, and has been connected with other organizations aiming to develop the resources of this region.

In 1892, Mr. Hathaway was united in marriage to Miss Anna Mabel Skeels, of Shoals, Oregon. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway: Edna Vella, Harvey Delbert, Elmer Clinton, Piatt Gifford, Zilda Ollis and Beryl Bates, all of whom are living at home.

Mr. Hathaway is a member of the Felida Grange and also of the Church of God of Felida and, as is indicated by his career and the associations with which he is affiliated in fraternal and business relations, he is a man of upright character, respected by his neighbors and one who willingly lends a hand in pushing forward any movement that will advance the permanent interests of the region. Since his earliest remembrance, he has been identified with the Pacific coast, and especially with the district around the mouth of the Willamette river, and many are the changes he has witnessed here. By industry and good management he has acquired a competence for his declining years, and he is one of the fortunate individuals who can look back on a life of no great mistakes, but rather of many kind and gentle acts which have added to the peace and happiness of others.

Captain Cleveland Rockwell

Captain Cleveland Rockwell, whose life was devoted to the government service, was for many years connected with the United States coast and geodetic survey of Oregon, and in this connection became well known in Portland, Astoria and other points in the state. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in November, 1838. He traced his ancestry in direct line back to Governor Bradford of Massachusetts and was a representative of the family in the eighth generation. Liberal educational advantages were afiforded him and, following his course in the Polytechnic School at Troy, New York, he attended the University of New York, from which he was graduated with the class of 1856. Immediately afterward he entered the United States coast survey and was stationed for active duty on the Atlantic coast, serving in that connectiin until 1861, when he was detailed to the war department for topographical duty and was attached to the staff of different commanding officers with the rank of captain. Prior to and after the battle of Bull Run he was engaged on the survey from Alexandria to Chain Ridge for the defense of Washington. Following the close of hostilities between the north and the south he was one of the commission to the United States of Colombia in South America which surveyed the Magdalena river and was there six months. Assignment to duty in California brought him to the Pacific coast after a service of several years on the Atlantic coast, particularly in New York and Boston.

In 1868 Captain Rockwell came to Oregon and was made chief of the United States geodetic survey of this state with headquarters at Astoria. His work here was of signal benefit to the northwest, especially in the promotion of navigation interests. He surveyed the mouth of the Columbia and the coast for forty or fifty miles south, covering a district that was practically unknown at that time. Later he made the survey of the river from its mouth to Portland and up the Willamette to Oregon City and his charts and maps of this great waterway have done much to assist navigation. After several years of active work in this line he retired, spending the last years of his life in well earned rest. He was recognized as a prominent representative of the branch of the service with which he was connected. His scientific attainments in that direction were of a superior character. He took the deepest interest in his work, continuously studied to improve his efficiency and his opinions concerning questions of importance to his department were largely accepted as authority.

Captain Rockwell had almost reached the age of three score years and ten when called to his final rest on the 21st of March, 1907. His was a work to which the laity gives little consideration and is comparatively uninteresting, but its importance can scarcely be overestimated and the thoroughness and accuracy with which he accomplished the tasks which he undertook have wrought results of lasting benefit to the northwest. His topographical surveys are held as the standard at the Fort Leavenworth school.

During his youth Captain Rockwell made quite a study of water colors in English schools and became an artist of note. At his death the Oregonian said of him : "Now that Cleveland Rockwell's hand is stilled, his fame as a marine painter will grow, for he had great talent, loved the scenery of Oregon and limned it on canvas with consummate skill. In other parts of the United States and abroad, his title to fame rests chiefly on his splendid work, 'The Columbia Bar,' painted for the late Captain George Flavel, of Astoria, twenty-five years ago. This picture, reproduced in etchings and photographs, has found its way to galleries and private collections around the globe. In Portland many homes are enriched by a Rockwell canvas, whose worth, since his death, is greatly enhanced. Captain Rockwell was essentially a marine painter. He created finer water effects than any other artist who preceded or followed him. For soft coloring and delicate touch, one must look far to find the equal of his 'Sunrise at Cathlamet.' In his 'Clatsop Beach and Tillamook Head' and 'Highlands of the Columbia' he shows the true artist. Always his favorites, he employed the shore of the Pacific and Oregon's great river as subjects for his brush, giving to every product the stamp of genius. He was a very modest man and content with the admiration of his friends. If he had done his early work in an age of publicity and could have permitted the use of modern megaphone methods to exploit it, he would now fill larger space in the world of art. Here at home his name and fame are secure."

Captain Thomas Mountain

In the early days when navigation had no competitor in railway transportation Captain Thomas Mountain figured prominently in connection with the shipping interests of the northwest. He is today one of the most venerable river men of Portland, having for a number of years lived retired. The width of the continent separates him from the place of his birth, which occurred in Salem, Massachusetts, April I, 1822. His entire life has been given to marine connections. In 1836 he went aboard the school ship, Ohio, on which he remained for two years, and in 1838 joined the Peacock, when that vessel started out to discover the North Pole, going as an apprentice and remaining on that vessel until she was wrecked, being one of the crew at that time. In August, 184 1, he came up the Columbia but returned to New York on the Oregon in 1842 and the succeeding three years of his life were spent as an employe in the Brooklyn navy yards.

At the time of the Mexican war Captain Mountain joined the navy and did active duty on the brig Sampson and at the close of the war he returned to the Pacific coast, going to California as boatswain on the clipper ship. Sea Serpent, which he left in San Francisco. He remained on shore for a time employed in various ways and then sailed before the mast on the brig Tonquin to Portland. A brief period was here passed, after which he returned to San Francisco and made his way to the mines. He did not find the opportunities that he had hoped to secure in the search for gold and again made his way to the city. There he shipped on the clipper. Flying Cloud, which was bound for China, and following the voyage to the Orient he went to New York, the Cloud being at that time one of the important vessels in trans-oceanic service, having made a record of eightynine days and six hours from New York to San Francisco. On the next voyage the Cloud made the round trip to San Francisco in eleven months.

All this time Captain Mountain remained as one of lier crew bat on again reaching the Golden Gate returned to Portland and became a deck hand on the Multnomah and Express. Later he returned to the steamship Columbia, in which he had come out as second mate in 1^50. Afterward he was employed on the steamship Northerner and in 1859 went to tlie Sound on the steamer Julia, with which he remained for about eighteen months, running between Steilacoom, Seattle and other Sound ports, in 1861 he returned with that ship from the Sound and subsequently took command of the Cowiitz. lie was afterv/ard on the Wilson G. Hunt and from there went as mate on the Julia with Captain James Strang. Later he was mate on the i>lew World until he left that position to superintend the mounting of the cannon at Fort Stevens.

In 1867, however. Captain Mountain took the New World around to the Sound and while on the trip sustained a serious injury to his leg, which brought about an enforced idleness for four years. He then retired from the water and took charge of the wharf property for Ben HoUaday, who was at that time operating extensively in navigation and railway interests. His next business connection was with the Oregon Steamship & Navigation Company and he continued with its successors, the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, remaining in their service continually until the time of his retirement. He is one of the best known representatives of marine interests in this part of the country and was a prominent figure at the commemorative celebration at Sequalitcher lake. He has now come to an honorable old age and is spending the evening of his days quietly and pleasantly. His wife died July 31, 1896. He was at the Cascades at the time of the Indian outbreak and is today an honored member of the Pioneer Society of Portland.

Mrs. Elizabeth Hayes, who lives with Captain ^Mountain, her father, is the widow of Captain John Hayes, who was born March 29. 1847. His life record covered the comparatively brief span of thirty-two years, being terminated on the nth of December, 1879. He was a native of Brooklyn, New York, and when twenty years of age left the east and came to Portland in 1867 on the Ajax, one of the vessels belonging to Ben Holladay. Throughout the period of his connection with marine interests he was associated with Captain Plolladay's line, serving for some time as captain of the California, running between Portland and Sitka. At the time of his death, however, he was a government pilot on board the Wolcott, a revenue cutter. On the 13th of November, 1870, Captain Hayes was united in marriage at the old home to Miss Elizabeth Mountain, who is now devoting her time to her father's interests.