Portland, Oregon - Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders : in Connection with the An (part 8 of 25)

Reared in his native land, Bernard H. Albers who was the eldest of a family of nine children, continued his education in the schools of his native town until graduated from the gymnasium of Lingen. His early business training was received in connection with the grain trade conducted by his father, and he was largely familiar with different phases of the business when, in 1887, he crossed the Atlantic to America, having become convinced by reports which he had heard that the business opportunities of the new world were superior to those offered in the fatherland. He landed at New York and thence made his way to Terre Haute, Indiana, where for two years he was employed in the wholesale grocery house of Hulman & Company. But the far west called him, and in 1889 he came to Portland. He had no capital with which to engage in business on his own account, and here secured employment in the feed store of Rogge & Storp, with whom he remained for four years. But his laudable ambition promptedf him to engage in business on his own account and, carefully saving his earnings as an employe, he at length invested his capital in the establishment of a busi-? ness under the firm name of Albers & Tuke, in 1893. The new enterprise prospered from the beginning, although established on a small scale. Mr. Albers had already become recognized in Portland as a reliable and enterprising young business man, and his fellow townsmen not only encouraged him by giving him trade, but continued as his patrons, owing to the reliable methods which he followed in the conduct of his business. The growth of the trade demanded larger quarters, and in 1898 Mr. Albers erected a commodious milling establishment at the corner of Front and Main streets. The following year he extended the scope of his business, establishing the United States mills, which have since been utilized by the company for the manufacture of rolled oats and other cereal products. Changes have occurred in the ownership of the business, Mr. Tuke withdrawing, while in 1895 the Albers & Schneider Company was incorporated with Mr. Albers as president and manager. A different organization was effected in 1903 and the business reincorporated under the name of the Albers Brothers Milling Company. They do business on Lovejoy street, where are found warehouses and splendid shipping facilities, including dock property. Their hay business has proved a source of large revenue. During the Spanish- American war the firm was offered the contract for supplying all of the hay shipped from Oregon to the Philippine Islands for government use there. A hay compressing plant was established at Forest Grove by Mr. Albers in 1900. The growth of the business has been continuous until the Albers Brothers Milling Company is in control of the most extensive enterprises of this character upon the Pacific coast. Their trade covers a large part of the east, as well as California, Arizona, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Alaska and British Columbia. Aside from the extensive plant in Portland for the manufacture of rolled oats and other cereal products, the company has mills at Tacoma, Seattle and San Francisco. Mr. Albers possessed a genius for organization and an aptitude for successful management, and the extensive business as it stands today is a monument to his enterprise, executive ability and administrative direction.

Mr. Albers was married twice. In October, 1892, he wedded Hermina Sommer, who died in June, 1899. and in April, 1902, he married Miss Ida Agnes Wascher, a daughter of William Wascher. There were four children by the first marriage: Agnes, Theresa, Hermina and one who died in infancy, while the children of the second marriage are Bernard, Alfred and Ernst.

Mr. Albers held membership in St. Joseph's German Catholic church. Fraternally he was connected with the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent and

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Protective Order of Elks. He also belonged to the Commercial Club, and to the Manufacturers Association, and in those connections did all in his power to promote the business enterprises and far-reaching trade interests of the city. His death occurred very suddenly at Arrowhead, California, March 4, 1908. Not only Portland, but the entire northwest lost one of its most prominent and representative citizens when Bernard Albers was called from this life. What he undertook in the field of business he accomplished, and his rise was almost a phenomenal one, for within only a comparatively few years he rose from the position of a humble employe to rank with the foremost grain merchants, millers and manufacturers of the Pacific coast. His vocabulary contained no such word as fail. He knew that honorable effort intelligently directed will always win in the end, and he took that method of reaching the high financial position which his ambition set up as his standard. He availed himself of every legitimate opportunity that arose for the promotion and expansion of his business, and his name became in the northwest a synonym for enterprise and progressiveness. Aside from all his splendid business qualifications, he manifested those sterling traits of character which everywhere command respect and confidence, possessing an engaging personality and a charm of manner that won him friends wherever he went.

Frank Branch Riley

Frank Branch Riley, popular in the social circles of Portland, and gaining year by year, added prominence as a representative of the legal profession in Portland, was born at Osceola, Iowa, August 4, 1875, ^ son of Edward Francis and Martha (Smith) Riley, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume. He attended the public schools of his native town until 1899, and in the scholastic year of 1890-91 was a student in the Columbia School of Oratory and Dramatic Art in Chicago. In October of the latter year he came with his parents to Portland, Oregon, and entered the high school, from which he was graduated in February, 1893. In 1894 he completed the work of the senior year at the Columbia School of Oratory, now the Columbia College of Expression, and returning home resumed his preparation for college at Portland Academy, being graduated therefrom in June, 1897.

In the fall of that year Mr. Riley entered upon a four years' course in the Leland Stanford University, specializing in the departments of law and economics, and was graduated May 25, 1900, with the degree of A, B. He was prominent in the undergraduate life of the university, and was associate editor of the student body publications, leader and dramatic reader of the Glee Club, president of the Sword and Sandals, and a member of the Greek letter fraternity of Zeta Psi, the class societies of Sigma Sigma and Theta Nu Epsilon, and the legal fraternity Phi Delta Phi. In 1900-01, he completed his law course in Harvard Law School at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and afterward traveled in Europe. Admitted to practice at the Oregon bar in 1901, he became junior member of the firm of E. F. & F. B. Riley, attorneys and counselors, with offices at 509-510-51 1 Chamber of Commerce building. He has specialized in the law of real estate and probate, and his developing powers, manifest in increased ability in handling involved and intricate legal problems, have won him a constantly growing clientage. Moreover, he is secretary and general counsel of the Clackamas Title Company and secretary-treasurer of the Oregon Association of Title Men.

On the 6th of August, 1902, Mr. Riley was married to Miss Lottie Von Strombeck Brand, also a graduate of the Leland Stanford, Jr., University of the class of 1900. They have one son, William Brand Riley, born November 11, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Riley are well known socially in Portland, and he is a popular member of various clubs and societies. He belongs to the University Club, the Waverly Golf Club, the Portland Commercial Club, the Apollo Club (men's chorus), and is a director of the Portland Automobile Club. He is also secretary of the Mazamas, a mountaineering club of the northwest, and is the author of various articles on mountaineering, while his contributions of dramatic criticism to magazines and newspapers have come to be widely known. As a representative of the younger business and professional men of Portland, Mr. Riley is frequently heard in public meetings on questions of civic interest, and gives freely of his talents as an organizer and promoter of benefits and public performances for charaties.

Philip Streib

Philip Streib, president of the First State Bank of Milwaukie, has in the years of his residence in the west prospered by reason of his well directed energy and unfaltering perseverance. He was born in Baden, Germany, on the 30th of May, 1864, and his youthful days were there passed in the attainment of an education, and later in learning the trades of brewer, maltster and cooper. He was employed in that way for a time, and later took a thorough course in a brewers college, so that he gained a comprehensive knowledge of the business which was his source of income for some time.

In the year 1881 Mr. Streib came to America. At the same time his parents, Ludwig and Louisa (Steiner) Streib, crossed the Atlantic and six months later made their way to Portland. They are now living upon their son's farm in Washington county. On crossing the Atlantic Philip Streib located first at Toledo, Ohio, where for nine months he was employed as a brewer. In May, 1882, he came to Portland and has since made his home in this section of the country. Here he worked at his trade in the Gambrinus Brewery for a time and was afterward employed in the Henry Weinhard Brewery until 1889. In the meantime he carefully saved his earnings and in 1885 purchased a farm in Washington county, upon which he took up his abode on leaving the employ of Mr. Weinhard four years later. He was then engaged in the cultivation of that farm until 1893, when he returned to Portland and followed the hotel business as proprietor of the Old Metropolis Hotel at the corner of First and Main streets. He conducted the business for eleven years, but ere the close of that period has purchased thirty-four acres of the Llewellyn place in Milwaukie. In 1904 he disposed of his hotel and removed to the Llewellyn place, which he operated for a time and then subdivided, selling a part of it in town lots. In fact he has disposed of all of it save twenty lots that are within the city limits of Milwaukie. He still owns his farm of eighty-five acres in Washington j:ounty. After subdividing the property at Milwaukie he organized the First State Bank in February, 1909, and was made its president, which position he still fills. Already this has become recognized as one of the strong financial institutions of the district, its business growing rapidly from the start.

On the 15th of October, 1887, Mr. Streib was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Munch, of Toledo, Ohio, and they have become parents of a son and daughter, Philip and Elizabeth, both at home. Mr. Streib is well known in German-American circles, has been a member of the German Aid Society since 1885 and about the same time joined the Turnverein. In this he takes a very active part, has served as president and also as trustee of the organization in Portland. Fraternally he is connected with the Elks lodge in Portland and the Odd Fellows lodge in Milwaukie. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and in 1904 he was elected a member of the city council of Milwaukie, serving continuously until December, 1908, when he was chosen mayor of this city. His administration has been businesslike and progressive and has been characterized by needed reforms and improvements. He is interested in all that pertains to the general welfare and while his labors have largely benefited himself through the conduct of his business interests, he has also found time to cooperate in measures for the general good and is now a prominent representative of that class of men who are bringing to the outlying districts the same spirit of enterprise that constituted a most effective force in the upbuilding and growth of Portland. Like others he has introduced into his home community those elements of city life which work for substantial advancement.

Ralph Warren Hoyt

There is no greater stimulus to individual activity and enterprise than that which is found in the life history of such men as Ralph Warren Hoyt, who has worked his way upward from a humble position in the business world. Having a newspaper route in his boyhood days and thus supplementing the little salary which he received in minor positions, he gradually won promotion by his worth and ability until he was made cashier of the Merchants National Bank, from which position he resigned January 7, 1910, thus completing twenty-seven years with this bank. Born in Portland, July 9, 1864, he is a son of Henry Lafayette Hoyt. who went to California in 1849 and came to Portland in 1852. The Hoyts came of Puritan ancestry and settled in Massachusetts and Connecticut, being descended from Lieutenant Stephen Hoyt, who fought at the battle of Bunker Hill and also at Saratoga at the time Burgoyne surrendered his troops. To the same family belonged Richard Hoyt, who served in the Fortieth Infantry in the war of 1812, and died in Portland, Oregon, July i. 1866. Hoyt street of this city was named in his honor. Coming to Portland in pioneer times, the Hoyts were closely identified with the river interests. All of them, with the exception of George W. Hoyt, who was clerk for the Oregon Steamship & Navigation Company for many years, were steamboat captains. Captain Henry Lafayette Hoyt, father of Ralph Warren Hoyt, formerly owned the steamer Multnomah, one of the first boats on the Willamette river. He was also United States shipping commissioner for many years and likewise filled the office of deputy collector of customs. He wedded Miss Mary Louise Abbott Millard, a daughter of Dr. Justin Millard, one of the early settlers of Oregon, who with his family crossed the plains in 1852.

In the public schools of Portland Ralph Warren Hoyt pursued his education until graduated from the high school with the class of 1882. In the morning and evening hours during a part of his school days he was employed by C. C. Morse, who was engaged in the picture and music business. Following his graduation he entered the employ of H. S. Rowe, agent for the Oregon River & Navigation Company at the Ainsworth dock, and at the same time distributed the Morning Oregonian. On the 7th of January, 1883, ^i^ accepted the position of janitor and messenger in the Willamette Savings Bank, which in 1886 was converted into the Merchants National Bank. He still continued to carry papers until about 1890 and in the meantime was making steady progress in the bank, working his way upward through different positions to that of cashier, and investing from time to time in bank stock until he became and still is one of the principal share-holders. His fidelity to the interests of the bank, his capability in the discharge of specific duties and his enterprising spirit contributed in large measure to its success. Moreover his record is a notable example of the fact that merit and ability will come to the front anywhere, for the newsboy with his paper route of a few years ago became an active factor in the conduct of the business and in the active management of one of Portland's strong moneyed institutions. As the years have passed he has become an investor in other corporations, in a number of which he also has voice in the management.

On the 2ist of January, 1893, in this city, Mr. Hoyt was married to Miss Edith M. Neilson, the youngest daughter of Captain W. W. Neilson, who came across the plains in 1852. He was a steamboat man, owning several boats and barges on the Willamette river, and was a splendid representative of that class of worthy pioneers who became the builders and promoters of the great northwest, utilizing its natural resources in the development of trade and commerce. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt have been born two daughters, Kathryn and Louise, who are still living, while one child died in infancy.

Aside from his connection with banking, Mr. Hoyt has taken active part in public affairs which have left and are leaving their impress upon the development of city and state. He served for six years as a member of the Oregon National Guard, and for four years filled the office of county treasurer, to which position he was elected on the republican ticket. He is doing splendid work as president of the Portland Rose Festival. His humanitarian spirit is manifest in his cooperation with the Portland Newsboys Association, of which he is treasurer. He was also treasurer for several years of the Oregon Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Fraternally he is connected with Willamette Lodge, No. 2, F. & A. M., and has attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite, while in Al Kader Temple he has crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He holds membership in Portland Lodge, No. 142, B. P. O. E., Chinook Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men and Portland Camp of the Woodmen of the World. He also belongs to the Commercial Club, the Arlington Club, and to the Apollo Club, which is a male chorus. His principal diversion has been music. He organized an amateur band of which he was leader for many years, and has been organist in city churches for about twentyfive years. Music has always been a source of recreation to him and he has utilized his native talents in this direction to stimulate and promote musical interest in the city. The various practical elements of public progress receive his indorsement and he has labored earnestly and effectively toward the upbuilding of a greater and more beautiful city, cooperating in plans and projects for its commercial growth and for its achievement along aesthetic lines.

Walter James Honeyman

Walter James Honeyman, well known in the business circles of Portland as a successful merchant and equally widely known because of his activity in behalf of projects that promoted the moral development and municipal welfare of this city, was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in the year 1857. Reared in the land of hills and heather, he supplemented his early education by study in Madras College at Cupar and entered business life in Dundee. He was for a time a resident of Glasgow, where he continued in business until 1881, the year of his arrival in Portland. Attracted by the opportunities of the new world, he crossed the Atlantic and, seeking the growing western section of the country, he was for six years connected with the firm of Allen & Lewis of this city. He then began business on his own account and for some time was the senior member of the firm of Honeyman & McBride, dealers in fish twines, nets and other fishermen's supplies, and at the same time conducted an importing business in tailoring goods. Both branches of the business were successfully carried on, close application and unfaltering enterprise characterizing both and constituting a factor in a substantial measure of prosperity. Mr. Honeyman made for himself a creditable position in mercantile circles. Possessing the sterling Scotch characteristics of mtegrity, industry and unfaltering determination, and concentrating his energies upon his mercantile interests, he won a place among the leading merchants of Portland.

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On the 29th of August, 1876, Mr. Honeyman was united in marriage to Miss Jessie M. Ritchie, and they became the parents of four children: Arthur, a well known business man of this city ; Bruce, who completed a course in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston and is now an architect and contractor ; Ruth ; and Kenneth. The last named supplemented his public school course by study in the Portland Academy.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Honeyman held membership in the Calvary Presbyterian church, taking an active and helpful part in its work and cooperating in its various organized movements for the extension of the work as a factor in the moral progress of the city. Mr. Honeyman joined the church soon after its organization and for a number of years served as one of its ruling elders. His wife, too, was in entire sympathy with him in his church activities and has served as president of the Young Women's Christian Association of this ctiy. Publicspirited and progressive, Mr. Honeyman manifested a deep interest in everything relating to Portland's welfare, and this interest found tangible expression in his connection with the Municipal Association, of which he was president. He passed away in Portland on the 3d of June, 1904, and his loss has since been keenly felt in business, social and church circles. He left the impress of his individualty upon all those lines, and his labors were ever effective and resultant forces for success in those fields of endeavor which promote high citizenship.

A. W. Moore

While never a resident of Portland, A. W. Moore was connected with the development of the northwest and was a factor in the pioneer history which has made possible the present development of this section of the country. His widow is now a resident of Portland and was here as early as 1854. Mr. Moore was bom in Chelsea, Vermont, April 23, 1820, and the public schools of his native town afforded him his early educational privileges, while later he attended an academy there. In early manhood he engaged in merchandising in the east and then sought a home in the far west, settling at Olympia, Washington. After his arrival he engaged in teaching school and later was appointed postmaster of that city which, however, at that time, was a small town, Mr. Moore serving as the first incumbent in the position. He held public office during the greater part of his life in the west, and over his record there falls no shadow of wrong. His fidelity and his capability were unquestioned. He was clerk of the supreme court for a number of years and also served as private secretary to Governor Pickering, while at different times he held nearly all of the county offices. He regarded a public office as a public trust, and was prompt and systematic in the discharge of all of his duties.

On the 13th of May, 1872, Mr. Moore was united in marriage to Miss Emily York, a daughter of John W. and Mary P. (Collier) York, the wedding being celebrated at her father's home at Corvallis. They had one child, Mary E., who is now the wife of Dr. George E. Houck, of Roseburg, Oregon, and has one son, George H. Mrs. Moore was born in Waterloo, Illinois, where her parents had settled at an early day. They came west in 1852 across the plains and established their home upon a donation claim near Corvallis. At that time there was a small cabin but scarcely any other improvement had been made. They resided there for a time but the father, who was a Methodist minister, had church appointments at different places and caused their removal from time to time. He remained active in the ministry almost up to the time of his death, which occurred when he was eighty-four years of age. His wife had passed away in early womanhood, being only thirty-one years of age at the time of her demise.

The death of Mr. Moore occurred on the 8th of June, 1875, his remains being interred in the cemetery at Olympia. In poHtics he had always given stalwart support to the republican party and had firm faith in its principles. His life was actuated by high and honorable principles, the Presbyterian church finding in him a faithful member. He served as one of its elders and did all in his power to promote its growth and extend its influence. Those who knew him remember him as a man of many admirable qualities and of upright, honorable character. Following her husband's death Mrs. Moore came to Portland, where she has since made her home, and she has a very wide acquaintance and many friends in this city.

Thomas O'Day

Thomas O'Day, for twenty-one years a representative of the bar of Portland, two years of which time were spent upon the bench of the circuit court, was born in Connecticut, July 4, 1852, his parents being Daniel and Catherine (Welsh) O'Day. His education was acquired in the public schools of Illinois, where his parents removed when he was an infant and was supplemented by a course in law at the State University of Iowa, from which he was graduated in June, 1877. Thus qualified for practice, he opened an office in Bedford. Iowa, and in 1879 removed to Neligh, Nebraska, continuing in active connection with the bar at that place for ten years or until his removal to Portland in 1889. In 1887 he was nominated by the democrats for justice of the supreme court of Nebraska.

The characteristic thoroughness with which he has ever prepared his cases, bringing him intimate knowledge of every phase of the question and the law applicable thereto, soon brought him into prominence and led to his appointment to the circuit court bench here in August, 1907. He served thereon until August, 1909, and has since engaged in the private practice of law. His keen analysis enables him to prepare not only for the expected but also for the unexpected, which appears quite as frequently in the courts as out of them. His courtesy toward the court and his deference to the opposing counsel, together with his consideration for witnesses have won him the kindly regard of all with whom professional relations have brought him into connection, and his ability is manifest in the court records which indicate the many verdicts that he has won favorable to the interests of his clients. Since arriving in Portland Judge O'Day has participated in much important litigation.

In November, 1882, Judge O'Day was married to Miss Agnes Earl. He is a member of the Episcopal church and gives his political allegiance to the democratic party, which finds its principles ably supported by his intelligent arguments. He regards, however, the practice of law as his real life work and his devotion to his clients' interests is never questioned.

Edward Ryan

Thirty-one years' connection with the trade of a brick and stone-mason in Portland has made Edward Ryan well known as a representative of industrial interests here. His birthplace was Ireland, where he was born on the 14th of March, 1853. When about seventeen years of age he went to Elizabeth, New Jersey, there to learn the trade of a brick and stone-mason, and he also took up^ plastering and other work of a similar nature. His education had been acquired in New York. He closely applied himself to the trades which engaged his attention, and his ability in that direction increased as practical experience made him familiar with the business. He left the east in 1877 to become a resident of San Francisco, where he remained for about two years, and while in that city he worked at his trade.

The year 1879 witnessed Mr. Ryan's arrival in Portland, which at that time was a city of about seventeen thousand population. He at first entered the service of Robinson & Son, prominent contractors of Portland, with whom he remained for a year. He then began contracting on his own account, forming a partnership under the firm name of Wilson & Ryan. This was continued until 1895, when the business interests between them were dissolved, since which time Mr. Ryan has continued contracting alone. He built the Congregational church, Sisters Hospital, St. Helen's Hall, the Washington block, and the Sunnyside sewer, which at that time was the largest sewer ever constructed north of San Francisco. It was built of brick and stone from the river to Thirty-third street. He was also awarded the contract for the erection of the Selling & Hirch building. At the time of construction, these buildings were among the largest in the city. It required three million brick to construct the hospital alone.

On the 25th of January, 1880, Mr. Ryan was united in marriage to Miss Jane Farrell, a native of Ireland, and unto them were born five children, of whom one died in infancy. The others are : William M., John F., Edward, Jr., and Mary A., all living in Portland.

Industry has been the keynote which has unlocked for Mr. Ryan the portals of success. Thoroughness and diligence have characterized all of his work, and in business circles he has become recognized as a man to be trusted. Moreover, he keeps in touch with the progress that is being constantly made in building operations and thus, during the thirty-one years of his connection with Portland, he has been accorded a gratifying patronage.

Edward Killfeather

Edward Killfeather has been a resident of Portland since 1879, and has occupied a prominent position as a representative of the industrial interests of the city. As a contractor and builder he has been closely associated with the improvement and development of Portland. He was born in Enniskillen, Ireland, and when about five years of age came to America with his mother, his father, James Killfeather, having previously crossed the Atlantic. This was in 1868. The father was a brick mason by trade, and during the period in which he lived in America before the arrival of his wife and children he prepared a home for them in Pittsburg.

The son, Edward Killfeather, acquired a limited education in the schools of Pittsburg, but when about ten years of age began to learn the bricklayer's trade, and while he is now a well informed man, it is due to the fact that he has learned many valuable lessons in the school of experience and has broadened his knowledge by reading and observation. About 1876 he went to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he worked as a journeyman for two years; he then traveled by rail to Fargo, North Dakota, and from that point by stage to Sprague, Washington. He then began work on the bridge across the Snake river for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, being engaged on that task until the bridge was completed. On the expiration of that period he came to Portland, where he has since lived. For about two years he worked as a journeyman and then began contracting. He cut stone for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company for the bridges at John Day and at Des Chutes. He also cut stone and worked on the Oregon City courthouse, and has also been connected with the building of the shops of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, Hotel Portland, the Canadian Pacific bridge at Yale, British Columbia, and the

Wright building in Tacoma, which was one of the first pressed brick and cut stone buildings of that city. After he began contracting he had the contract for the cut stone for the Grand Central Hotel, the Portland Trust building, the wall around the Portland high school, the building for the Ancient Order of United Workmen, at the corner of Second and Taylor streets, and also for the building of the Provincial Home at Oswego, Oregon, for the Sisters of Mercy at a cost of seventy thousand dollars. He had the contract for the residence of M. C. George, the high school in Lebanon, Oregon, and the first pressed brick building in Marshfield, Oregon.

Mr: Killfeather has gradually worked his way upward to a prominent position in business circles, and has ever been a man of influence among the working men of the city. For about two years he was president of the stone cutters' union, and is still an honorary member. He filled the position of president when he was still working as a journeyman. He was likewise president of the federated trades. He has always believed in good wages and fair treatment of his men, and since becoming a contractor has endeavored to do by others as he would have them do to him.

Mr. Killfeather married Miss Nora Buckley, a daughter of Jeremiah Buckley, a native of County Cork, Ireland. They have become parents of five children, but three of the number are deceased, Emmet having died at the age of three years ; Jeremiah at the age of two years ; and John when but one year old. The living children are Edward, who is still in school, and Nora, a graduate of the Portland high school.

The parents are communicants of the Catholic church and Mr. Killfeather belongs to the Catholic Order of Foresters, and to the Clannagael; he is also connected with the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Knights of Pythias. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, and he is somewhat prominent in the local councils of the party, having served as chairman of the county central committee, while in 1896 he was a presidental elector. His salient characteristics qualify him for leadership and he is recognized as a man of considerable influence in political and fraternal circles and among Portland's trade representatives. From the age of ten years he has been dependent upon his own resources and his labors have brought him a substantial measure of success.

Harry Otis King Sargent

Harry Otis King Sargent, whose ability in the profession of law is indicated by the large and distinctively representatve clientage accorded him, has also become widely known in connection with horticulture, concerning which subject he displays enthusiastic interest. He was born at Windsor, Nova Scotia, November 19, 1865, and is the oldest of the seven children of the Very Rev. John Paine Sargent, M. A., D. D., dean of Qu'Appelle, Canada, and Elizabeth (King) Sargent, a daughter of the late Harry King, barrister at Windsor, Nova Scotia. He pursued his education in the schools of Nova Scotia and in King's Academy, at Windsor, and in 1880, when a youth of fifteen, accompanied his parents to Manitoba, after which he worked on the survey of the Canadian Pacific Railway, also at farm labor and for the Indian department, his time being thus occupied between the years of 1880 and 1884. He also served for five years as a member of the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police from 1884 until 1889, and received the queen's medal for services in the Riel rebellion of 1885.

Mr. Sargent came to Portland in 1890 and engaged in teaching music while studying law until admitted to practice by the supreme court of Oregon in 1897. He at once opened an ofiice in Portland and has since built up a substantial law practice. His legal learning, his analytical mind, the readiness with which he grasps the points in an argument, all combine to make him one of the most capable lawyers that has ever practiced in Portland, and the public and the profession acknowledge him the peer of the distinguished representatives of the bar in this city. Aside from his law practice he is widely known as an enthusiastic horticulturist and owns several hundred acres of land devoted to the cultivation of apples and walnuts near Sheridan in Yamhill county, Oregon. His interests in this connection were conducted along scientific lines and his success has been such as to enable him to speak with authority upon the special features of the work to which he gives his attention.

On the 5th of August, 1899, -^^- Sargent was married to Miss Florence A. Swope, a daughter of William P. Swope. They have one child, Richard Strong, who was born June 9, 1905. In his political views Mr. Sargent is a republican, manifesting a citizen's interest in questions of the day, but with no desire for political preferment. He is prominent in the Knights of Pythias fraternity and is a past chancellor and past chief grand tribune of the order for the domain of Oregon. Early recognition of the fact that industry and perseverance must constitute elements in success, along those lines Mr. Sargent has labored for advancement, and, wisely and conscientiously utilizing the talents with which nature has endowed him, he has won a prominent position in those fields to which he has directed his labors, and his upright policy has at all times gained for him the confidence and admiration of his colleagues and associates.

Rev. Josiah L. Parrish

The most fanciful tales of fiction present no story of greater courage than the Rev. Josiah L. Parrish displayed on many occasions when he treated with and lived among the Indians of the northwest. Fear seemed to him unknown and although his position at times was one of great danger, his absolute truthfulness and justice won him the good will and friendship of the red men. Had all the white settlers been as honorable throughout the settlements of America, there would never have sprung up this feeling of continuous hostility between the two races. In planting the seeds of civilization in the northwest. Rev. Parrish did a work the value and extent of which can hardly be overestimated. A native of New York, he was born in Onondaga county, January 14, 1806, a son of Benjamin Parrish, who was born in Connecticut in 1777, at which time the Revolutionary war was in progress. He was of English lineage, his ancestors being among the Puritan settlers of New York. Arriving at years of maturity, he married Miss Sally Lamberson, who was born in New Jersey and was of Dutch lineage.

Josiah L. Parrish, the eldest son in a family of ten children, was sent to the public schools, and also worked at the blacksmith trade with his father in early youth, beginning so young that he had to stand upon a stool to blow and strike. When he was sixteen years of age the family removed to Monroe county and later to Allegany county. New York, and Josiah L. Parrish was employed on the Erie canal at Rockport. In 1839 he went from Allegany county to New. York city, and on the 9th of October of that year sailed for Oregon as a member of the party that accompanied Rev. Jason Lee, where they arrived in May, 1840. The company consisted of Rev. A. F. Waller, Rev. Gustavus Hines, Rev. L. H. Judson, Rev. James OUey, Rev. J. L. Parrish, Dr. J. L. Babcock, Mr. George Abernethy, Mr. Hamilton Campbell, Dr. John H. Richmond, Mr. H. B. Brewer, Mr. W. W. Raymond and their families, and Miss C. A. Clark, Miss Elmer Phelps, Miss Almira Phelps and Miss Orpha Lankton.

blacksmith he worked at that trade for some thne, doing the blacksmithing for the missionaries and others. He also did harness making, made and repaired wagons and tools, and in fact did all such mechanical work as was necessary in a new community where no supplies were to be obtained. He devoted three years to blacksmithing at the old mission on the Willamette river ten miles below Salem, and was then sent as a missionary to the mouth of the Columbia. James Bumey, who had an Indian wife, was the only white man there. An Indian called King George piloted their boat up the river. Rev. Daniel Lee assisted Mr. Parrish in starting his missionary work, but soon he felt at home in the new locality and continued his labors unassisted. Many Indians were at Vancouver and came aboard Mr. Parrish's boat. Although he could not speak a word of their language, from his boyhood he had been familiar with the Indians of the east and their customs, and to them he gave tobacco which they, put in their pipes and smoked. They^ must have swallowed the smoke, for it appeared to make them very sick and they would fall down as if dead, but soon recovered.

Mr. Parrish established his home on the Clatsop plains seven miles south of the Columbia river, where he and his wife and three children lived. He learned the Indian language, taught the red men how to work, and also preached to them the simple faith of the gospel. He worked at splitting rails and at everything that needed doing, and instructed the Indians by saying: "Come, boys, let us do this," and working with them. He always told the exact truth and never allowed himself to betray the least fear. The Indians, learning that they could trust him implicitly, became his fast friends, and would do anything for him, while many of them embraced Christianity. In 1849 Rev. Parrish was appointed Indian agent, his territory extending from California to British Columbia. In this connection for five years it devolved upon him to settle the differences between the Indians and the white race. Many times he narrowly escaped with his life, and on other occasions suffered great exposure, but the red men became his friends and trusted him completely. After he had filled the position of Indian agent for five years, he was reappointed for a four years' term, but his wife's health compelled him to resign. Following the discovery of gold in California a number of white men were sent from Port Auford to find a trail that would connect with the trail for California. On the Coquille river they encountered about two hundred hostile Indians who killed several of the white men and those escaping endured great suffering before reaching Port Auford. On the day of their return Mr. Parrish arrived by ship at Port Auford and was accompanied by Dr, Dart, superintendent of Indian affairs. The latter, desiring a conference with the Coquille Indians, asked Mr. Parrish to take forty well armed men and go and find them. He answered : "1 will go if you will let me take my own way. All I want is three red blankets, a whole bolt of red calico, a pony to take the goods on, some hardtack and salmon and a trusty Indian who can talk Coquille, and also some tobacco." Dr. Dart said, "They will kill you." But Mr. Parrish replied: "I know the Indians better than you do," and with the outfit for which he had asked he took his departure, saying: "You may look for me back in two and a half days." When a mile and a half below the Indians' camp he halted and made his camp, after which he sent his guide forward with the red blankets to present to the three chiefs, telling the man to stay with the Indians over night and ask them to come in the morning unarmed and see him. In the morning when a short distance from his camp he saw two Indians approaching, and stepped behind a large rock out of their sight and from that point returned to his camp. They came to the rock and peeked around it, and he beckoned for them to approach, giving to them tobacco and calico, and bade them sit down. In half an hour his Indian guide returned with twenty-eight Indians armed and painted for war. Mr. Parrish beckoned for them to come nearer, gave each a bit of tobacco and asked them to be seated. A half ring was formed with Mr. Parrish and his

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Indian Jack in the middle. The purport of his talk to them was that he was a chief representing his people, and if they would treat his people well it would be allright. He told them he had known Indians from his boyhood and was acquainted with their customs and habits. He then took off a large red sash which he had tied around his waist with a bow knot on one side, and telling the head chief to stand up, Mr. Parrish approached him, tying the scarf around him, and said: "This is my heart and my talk, what is your heart?" The chief stood a moment then turned to his son, took a sea-otter skin from his shoulders and handed it to Mr. Parrish. That ended the treaty, after which the Indians all partook of hardtack and salmon furnished by Air. Parrish.

Subsequently General Palmer was made superintendent of Indian affairs and in 1854 Mr. Parrish became Indian agent of the district from California to Coos Bay, during which time he succeeded in making several treaties with the Indians which resulted in great good to the country. He gave them blankets, shirts, shoes and hats and was with them five months, organizing their district and becoming thoroughly acquainted with them.

An incident that has been related indicates the absolute fearlessness as well as the resourcefulness and fidelity of Mr. Parrish. The story is told as follows: "He was informed at Port Auford that miners near the California state Hne had had trouble with the Indians, and that a white man had been killed by three Indians, and there was danger of the miners making war on the Indians to obtain satisfaction. Mr. Parrish was to arrest the offenders and give them a fair trial, and thus make peace according to law. He had learned that the Indians who had killed the white man were near the California state line, so he went down the coast, treating with the different tribes as he went down. At one place the whites had burned out the Indians and there was a very excited and warlike feeling among the Indians. He sent out word to them that the man of peace had come. The Indians were naked and wild, their women having only a string around them, from which hung strips of cedar bark down to the knees. He staid with the Indians for six days and treated with them. He told them that they had three Indians who had killed a white man, and they must deliver them to him to be dealt with according to law. They agreed to deliver them the next morning, but when the morning came the guilty ones had gone. He singled out twenty of them and said: T will take these to Port Auford if you do not deliver the men.' So the next day they brought in two of them ; the other had escaped up the Rogue river. He then sent two chiefs after the man and told them to meet him at the mouth of the Rogue river with the man. and he started back with the others. When he arrived at the mouth of the river the chiefs were not there, so he took a canoe and went to see where they were. After he had gone up ten miles he met the chiefs. They reported that they could not get the Indian, that they had had trouble and had come near fighting. Mr. Parrish said: 'Never mind, turn back with me.' When he arrived at the village he told them that he was like the sun, that always accomplishes its designs, and he must have the man. They said he had gone. Mr. Parrish asked if the man had any friends, then, and the chiefs turned out his wife and sister. Mr. Parrish told them to get into his canoe and also told the chiefs to get in. Then he talked to them and told them he would take them to Wright's cabin, down the river, and remain there until morning. If they brought the man, they could retum ; if not, he would take them to Port Auford. At that they made a great yell of terror, and he started, saying good-by. On the way down there was an eagle trying to get a duck. When the canoe reached where he was he was foiled in his attempt and alighted in the top of a tree. As the boat was being pushed rapidly down stream he raised his rifle and shot the eagle. The Indians were filled with amazement at his power. He put the Indian chiefs and the women in the cabin and he kept watch in front of it during the night. About nine o'clock in the morning a woman came with food for them. She asked if he was going to take them to Port Auford and he said : 'Yes, unless they bring the Indian.' She went off crying. In about an hour one hundred Indians came, driving the man before them, and he was perspiring at every pore. Mr. Parrish approached him and offered his hand to shake, and said, 'Where is your heart?' He said he didn't know. Mr. Parrish said : 'Will you go with me to Port Auford or will you be like a dog and run in the brush when you get a chance?' He said: 'I will go with you, as living as I live.' Mr. Parrish tied a cord around his arm, then untied it and put it in his pocket. When they reached the place where Mr. Parrish's horse was, Mr. Parrish rode on a trot, and the Indian kept up. They had a peninsula to cross, where there was much water, but the Indian plunged in and followed through. Darkness overtook them eight miles from Port Auford, and they made a fire of driftwood. Mr. Parrish told the Indian to lie down, which he was glad to do. Mr. Parrish watched him until two o'clock in the morning, when the tide went out, and they started on and arrived at Port Auford, where he met General Palmer and his party, and the men he had sent with the two Indians were there also. The Indians were kept for six weeks and as there was no legal court, through the solicitation of Mr. Parrish they were allowed to go to their friends. At the time they had killed the man they had just escaped from their burning houses and that mitigated the crime, and it was believed that a court would have acquitted them."

On returning to Salem Mr. Parrish found his wife ill. He had been with the Indians for five months and although General Palmer wished him to return, he resigned his post as Indian agent. His wife never recovered and after a lingering illness passed away about 1870. During nearly all of this time Mr. Parrish was engaged in preaching. He was stationed in Portland as a minister in 1849, and preached at many other places in the state.

It was in 1833 that Mr. Parrish was married to Miss Elizabeth Winn, a native of New York, and unto them were born four children. Their eldest son, Lamberson W., died during the first year of the family's residence in Oregon, passing away in September, 1840. The surviving sons are: Norman O., of Salem; Samuel B., at one time chief of police at Portland; and Charles W., now a lawyer of Canyon City. He was one of the first white children born in Oregon, his birth occurring at Clatsop Beach in 1844. In 1870 Rev. Parrish wedded Miss Jennie Lichtenthaler and they had two daughters, Grace and Josie. The mother passed away in 1887 and the following year Rev. Parrish wedded Mrs. M. A. Pierce, a native of Indiana and the widow of J. O. Pierce, a pioneer of Washington county, Oregon. She had one child by her previous marriage.

As the work of civilization advanced Rev. Parrish did valuable work in promoting the interests of the communities in which he lived and the state at large. He was one of the first trustees of Willamette University and contributed liberally to its support. He was elected a life honorary president of the board of trustees and occupied that position for a quarter of a century In the early days he had invested quite largely in land in the Willamette valley near Salem, and also became the owner of considerable property in Portland which rose rapidly in value with the growth of the city. He built several business blocks here and at one time lost forty thousand dollars by signing notes and bonds for people whom he tried to help. Although he gave most generously of his means for the advancement of those things nearest his heart, he still had enough left to keep him comfortably in the evening of life. To him was accorded the honor of driving the first spike for the Oregon & California Railroad in Portland, and on that occasion, which was made a memorable one, he and others delivered notable public addresses. In 1889, wielding a broad-ax, he drove the first spike for the first street railroad in Salem. The broad-ax which he used was brought to Oregon in 1833 and was used for all the work required for the missions where such employment was necessary, including all the hewing for the mission farm below Salem. In 1840 it was taken to Clatsop and used in hewing the timber on the mission there. It was lost in the Willamette river while being taken there but was recovered after lying on the river bottom for

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For seventeen years without remuneration Mr. Parrish preached the gospel of repentance and of Christian faith to the convicts of the state penitentiary. His was indeed a long, useful and noble life, splendid in its achievement and its purpose. The cause of the church and the cause of education found in him a stanch champion and an effective worker, but more than all else he did, perhaps, was his work among the Indians, proving to them that the white man would hold faith, that his word was to be relied upon and that he would deal justly with his ignorant red brethren of the forest. His whole life was the antithesis of "man's inhumanity to man ;" it was the expression of the spirit of Him who came not to be ministered unto but to minister.

Henry C. Bohlman

While success is the legitimate goal of business endeavor and men are naturally seeking for advancement in their chosen fields of labor, it is the exception and not the rule for men to concentrate all of their energies and their time upon business, to the exclusion of all else. Many men are mindful of their relations to their fellowmen, and put forth earnest effort to aid those who are nearby travelers on life's journey. While Henry C. Bohlman is one of the owners of a successful business enterprise, he is also secretary of the German Aid Society of Portland, having occupied the position since 1904. He was born in the city of Altoona near Hamburg, Germany, February 2, 1836, and was there reared and educated. He learned the trade of a sheet metal worker in his native country, and at the age of nineteen years he started out to work for himself as a journeyman, visiting all the principal cities of the fatherland ; thus he obtained broad practical experience. He then returned to Hamburg and afterward went to St. Petersburg, Russia, where he was employed on the first water works installed in that city. He returned to his home after a summer spent in St. Petersburg, and on the lOth of July, 1864, he left Germany for America, where he arrived during the period of the Civil war. Gold was then at a premium, and for every dollar he had in gold he received two dollars and a half in greenbacks. He remained in New York for only seven days and then started for San Francisco, whence he went to Sacramento by steamer. By lucky chance he caught the steamer of the regular line ; he took this because he had the fever and feeling very sick wanted to leave immediately. The Yosemete, that he had intended taking, blew up in the Sacramento river and several hundred passengers were killed. Mr. Bohlman thought he was indeed fortunate in taking the other vessel and thus escaping that fate.

In Sacramento he began work as a locksmith with his uncle, for he could find no employment at his trade. He assisted his uncle in carrying out a contract for locks to the amount of eleven thousand dollars, but he had a brother-in-law and a sister who were living in Portland, and it was this which induced him to come to the Rose City in 1865. Here he first worked for Captain Friedman, who later sold out to Goldsmith & Lowenberg. Mr. Bohlman remained with that firm until 1874; he then started in business for himself as a sheet metal worker and tinsmith and closed out the business in 1877. He was then employed as foreman by the firm of Corbett & Macleay at Astoria, where they were conducting business under the name of the Anglo-American Packing Company. Mr. Bohlman was employed there during the salmon canning season, and in the winter months resumed work at the tinsmith's trade. It was only the condition of his health, which caused him to close his shop during the summer months. For eleven years he acted as foreman for the Anglo-American Packing Company, and throughout that period conducted business as a tinsmith in the winter sea- sons. In 1887 he went to Alaska where he became superintendent of the canneryowned by Captain W. Berry. He would spend six months of the year there in connection with the canning business, and the remainder of the year was devoted to the sheet metal business. He also made several trips into the interior of Alaska, and with the help of Indian labor established the cannery at Matlakahtla, Annet island, for Missionary Duncan. A part of the time he had his two sons, Herman and Edward, in Alaska with him. In the early '70s he sent his sons to New York, where they learned the plumbing business. Edward had previously served an apprenticeship as a machinist with v/hat is now the Smith- Watson Company, but in 1893 both brothers went to New York. Herman T. Bohlman is a practical plumber, having learned the trade in the New York plumbing school. Edward F. attended the Pratt Institute where he studied pattern making and also worked at the machinist's trade. When the sons returned to Portland they joined the father in the conduct of a plumbing and sheet metal working business, and the firm has enjoyed an extensive and growing trade ever since that time.

In Portland, on Christmas day of 1867, Mr. Bohlman was united in marriage to Miss Augusta Von Der Liihe, who came from Hamburg to become his bride. Unto them have been born four children, Edward F., Herman T., Otto and Bertha C. A sister of Mr. Bohlman had married a brother of Mrs. Henry Weinhard in Sacramenta, California, and it was through Mr. Weinhard's influence that Mr. Bohlman came to Portland, and it was in the Weinhard home that he wedded Augusta Von Der Liihe.

Mr. Bohlman is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and of the Knights of Pythias. His religious faith is manifest in his membership in the German Reformed Church, and since 1872 he has been a member of the German Aid Society. This indicates his deep interest in his fellowmen and his helpful spirit toward them. He has ever been ready to extend a hand of assistance when needed and his sympathy enables him to understand others, to speak a word of encouragement or to give material aid at a timely hour. His life has been one of usefulness to himself and to liis fellowmen, and the success which has crowned his labors is well merited.

Arthur F. Elerath

Arthur F. Elerath, who is engaged in the contracting and wrecking business, was born in Trenton, New Jersey. November 6, 1881, and although but a young man has become well established in his chosen field of labor in Portland. His parents were John R. and Rebecca (Herman) Elerath, both representatives of old families of the east. When Arthur Elerath was six years of age his parents removed to California, where they established their home in 1887, locating first in Pasadena but after a brief period removed to Los Angeles. The father there engaged in business as a contractor until 1890, when he removed with his family to Portland.

Arthur F. Elerath acquired his education in the schools of Los Angeles and Portland up to 1893, when the family went to Honolulu and in that beautiful tropical city he completed his studies. He learned the brick-mason's trade under his father's direction and about 1900, when nineteen years of age, returned from Hawaii to the United States, since which time he has made Portland the city of his residence. Here he has engaged in contracting for eight years. Previously, however, he served as a journeyman, being employed by Al J. Bingham, John Seed and other prominent contractors of the city. When he felt that his experience and ability were sufficient to enable him to carry on business successfully on his own account he began taking contracts and has since erected the Scott Hotel, has remodeled the Calumet Hotel, built the Swetland building, the Buchanan building and many other important structures. He was also the builder of the

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Blake-McFall warehouse on Fourth and Ankeny streets, and the importance of the contracts awarded him indicate the high position to which he has attained as a contractor of Portland. He also carries on a wrecking business, in which connection he tore down a historical building - the first schoolhouse ever built in Portland - its situation being at the corner of Fifth and Ankeny streets. He also dismantled the buildings of the Thompson estate, where there is to be erected a new hotel on the block bounded by Third and Fourth, Pine and Ash streets.

On the 6th of May, 1902, Mr. Elerath was united in marriage to Miss Dency Hoover, a daughter of Charles and Maggie (Semple) Hoover, who were early settlers of Oregon. The two children of this marriage are Byron A. and Bethene, eight and seven years of age respectively.

Mr. Elerath belongs to the Congregational church, while his wife is a Methodist in religious faith. His political support is given to the republican party and he is interested in all matters of progressive citizenship. He is also secretary for the Master Mason's Association and is regarded in Portland as one of the rising young business men of the city, who has already won for himself wide recognition by reason of his ability. His laudable ambition is carrying him far beyond the point of mediocrity and he has passed many another on life's journey who perhaps started out with better equipment than he.

Almost sixty years have been added to the cycle of the centuries since J. P. Finley came to the Pacific coast. He was then a young lad of seven years, his birth having occurred in Saline county, Missouri, near Jonesboro, December 30, 1844. A few years later gold was discovered in California and there occurred a stampede to the western county such as never was known before or since in the history of America. There was an almost endless caravan across the plains and on the mountain sides as the travelers wended their weary way to the district in which they hoped to rapidly acquire wealth.

The Finley family is of Irish and Scotch origin. Asa William Finley, the grandfather of J. P. Finley, was born in the north of Ireland and was brought to the United States by his father at an early day. The original home of the family in this country was in Virginia but later a removal was made to Missouri, where Asa William Finley carried on general farming and stock-raising, owning a tract of land, to the cultivation and development of which he devoted his energies until his life's labors were ended in death about i860. He was a man of fine character and high principles, whose life was in harmony with his professions as a member of the Presbyterian church. He was married while residing in Virginia and his family included James W. Finley, who in 1852 crossed the plains to California, accompanied by his wife and seven children. The wagon in which they traveled was drawn by oxen and for six months they wended their weary way across the long hot stretches of sand and through the mountain passes until at length they reached their destination. Settling on a farm two and a half miles south of Santa Clara, James W. Finley there engaged in the cultivation of grain and the raising of stock up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1865.

Our subject's mother, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Campbell, was born in Kentucky and was a daughter of William Campbell, a native of Virginia, who on leaving that state established his home in Kentucky and later went to Missouri. His brother became a resident of Oregon in 1846 and in the same year William Campbell went to California, as did Wallace Finley, both establishing homes near Santa Clara, where Mr. Campbell died at the age of ninety-six years. His daughter Mrs. Finley died of mountain fever in 1852. She was the mother of seven children. Rev. William A. Finley was formerly president of the college at Corvallis, Oregon, while later he became president of the college at Santa Rosa, where he is now living retired. Newton G. is a resident of Santa Clara county, California. Sarah E. is the wife of the Rev. Joseph Emory, at one time a teacher in the college at Corvallis and later a minister of southern California. J. P. is the next of the family. Hugh McNary is a farmer of Benton county, Oregon, and a graduate of Corvallis College. Anna E. is the wife of Dr. T. V. B. Embree, of Dallas, Oregon, James B. was a railroad man of Wadsworth, Nevada, but is now deceased.

Although J. P. Finley was only seven years of age when the family went to California, he still retains some vivid recollections of the long journey. After arriving at their destination he became a public-school student and later attended the Pacific Methodist College. He entered business life when sixteen years of age as a carpenter's apprentice in San Jose, California, and he also pursued a course in mechanical drawing. After three years spent as a journeyman he started in business for himself and in a brief period won recognition as a leading contractor and builder of Santa Clara county, California. Between 1870 and 1874 he was the builder of many of the finest residences of the state and also a number of public buildings. In the former year he became interested in the furniture and undertaking business in Santa Clara, in partnership with C. C. Morse, who was the leading seed man and was known throughout the world. In 1874 Mr. Finley became a partner of J. P. Pierce in the lumber business, engaging in the manufacture of sash, doors and all building appliances on an extensive scale at Santa Clara. The business was conducted under the name of the Enterprise Mill & Lumber Company, with Mr. Finley as superintendent and general manager, and in the course of years the gradual extension of the trade made this one of the best known and most extensive concerns of the kind in the state. Later the business was merged with that of the Pacific Manufacturing Company, and in 1879 its scope was extended to include the manufacture of burial cases. The success of the business was such that at Mr. Finley's suggestion a branch house was opened in San Francisco in 1880. At that time the California Casket Company was formed, W. P. Morgan purchasing one-half the stock, while the stockholders of the Pacific Manufacturing Company became owners of the other half. The new enterprise met the demands of a constantly increasing trade and after the enterprise was securely established Mr. Finley devoted his time to traveling through the state in the interests of the company. He first visited Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Nevada and Utah in the interest of the business in 1881 and the continued growth of the trade made it necessary to estabUsh a branch house in Portland, so that in 1886 the Oregon Casket Company was incorporated and in April, 1887, ware rooms were opened on Fourth street, between Flanders and Gleason streets. Mr. Finley took charge at this point and during the succeeding six years devoted his whole time and attention to the development of the trade in connection with the Portland house. About 1890 Mr. Finley's partner, Mr. Pierce, with whom he had been associated for a number of years, met with reverses and, owing to that and faihng health, the interest owned by the Pacific Manufacturing Company in the California Casket Company was sold to a Mr. Morgan. In 1892, owing to a disagreement between Mr. Finley and Mr. Morgan's manager, the former withdrew from the management of the Oregon Casket Company and also disposed of his interest in the Pacific Manufacturing Company, thus severing his connection with two of the most important business houses of California, which owed their existence and continued success in large measure to his efforts. It was he who formulated the plans for their conduct, advised the extension of the business by establishing the branch houses and otherwise promoted the growth of enterprises of large value in industrial activity.

It was in December. 1892, that Mr. Finley became interested in his present enterprise as a partner in the firm of DeLin, River & Finley. They established a general undertaking business, which they conducted for a year, but Mr. River withdrew and the firm became DeLin & Finley. After a brief period Mr. De- Lin sold his interest to C. R. Reiger, who joined Mr. Finley in 1896 under the firm style of Finley & Reiger. After a brief pediod, however, Mr. Finley became sole owner and thus continued until he admitted his son to a partnership under the firm style of J. P. Finley & son. A contemporary biographer has said :

"It is no exaggeration to say that the undertaking establishment of J. P. Finley & Son in Portland is not only the finest on the Pacific coast but nowhere in the United States can there be found a place embodying the many original ideas to be found here. In the conduct of his business Mr. Finley has drawn his inspirations from the most successful concerns of the kind in the world and his own special aptitude and regard for all that is tactful and elegant have contributed their quota to at least environing a more or less gloomy occupation. To the obliteration of this phase of his business, Mr. Finley has devoted liis best energies and deepest thought, with the result that his recently completed building at the corner of Third and Madison streets is all that is typical of all that is thoughtful, considerate, tactful and elegant."

Mr. Finley has erected a fine, improved building at the corner of Third and Madison streets for the conduct of his undertaking business as previously stated, drawing his own plans and personally superintending the erection of the building. Many new and original ideas are to be seen throughout this model plant. The chapel is one of the most handsome to be seen and by an ingenious arrangement of curtains and an alcove it is possible to shield the mourners who 'io not desire to be seen by the people in attendance. This is something that is greatly appreciated by those who shrink from the gaze of the public in their hours of affliction. The morgue, with its cement floor and modern appliances, is fully up to date, while the embalming room is fitted to meet all the requirements of a constantly increasing business. Adjoining the chapel is an elegantly appointed room in which relatives and sorrowing friends can sit with the departed one if so wished. The basement is fitted up into three show rooms where all styles and priced caskets can be seen. In addition to the roomy reception hall and private office is a beautiful Turkish room, where absolute privacy is assured to those who wish. The second story of the building is arranged for living apartments, where Mr. Finley and his foreman reside. From this brief description one cannot realize the completeness of the place. Everything that human mind can contrive to relieve what in most cases are very somber surroundings can here be found, and to the inventive mind and ingenuity of Air. Finley is due all.

In 1869 occurred the marriage of Mr. Finley and Miss Catherine Rucker, a native of Missouri, who crossed the plains in 1852. Their children are Anna L., Arthur L. and William L. Arthur L. is associated with his father in business. In 1895 they secured large real-estate holdings and have since dealt largely in property, taking advantage of the conditions made possible by the Lewis & Clark Exposition, so that they now have very extensive holdings. During the past few years, however, the father has taken little active interest in business, the management devolving upon his son Arthur L. and upon George W. Baldwin, who has been foreman for eight years and recently purchased some stock in the company.

Mr. Finley belongs to various social and fraternal organizations, including the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Artisans and the Eagles. In municipal affairs he takes keen interest, especially in those projects which are calculated to promote civic virtue and civic pride. He belongs to the Portland Board of Trade and also to the Chamber of Commerce. His political allegiance is unfalteringly given to the republican party and he is a recognized leader in its ranks because of his active efforts in its behalf, yet he has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking. His fellow townsmen, however, have several times called him to positions of public trust. He was elected coroner in 1902 by more than ten thousand votes and in the discharge of the duties of his office won favorable comment. His position is never an equivocal one, whether it concerns political views, municipal affairs or business projects. His ideas are the result of careful consideration of a question, and he stands stanch in support of what he believes to be right. In business he has followed but one course, and that is the one which recognizes that "honesty is the best policy." Those who meet him socially find him of cordial disposition and kindly spirit - a man to whom the word friendship is no idle term. He improves his opportunities to extend a helping hand and speak an encouraging word to a fellow traveler on Hfe's journey and his own life history points out the possibilities for attainment to one who is willing to dare and to do, being unafraid of the arduous labor which is an indispensable concomitant of all success. A few years sufficed to show that it was a vain dream for many by whom the tide of emigration had been turned in this direction, and while it was seen that the stories of the mine were often fabulous, the Pacific coast yet had splendid opportunities to offer to those who would take advantage of her natural resources. The Finley family were among those who came in 1852 and from the age of seven years J. P. Finley has been not only a witness of, but a factor in, the marvelous growth and development of the Pacific country.

Chauncey Ball

The year 1849 witnessed the arrival of Chauncey Ball upon the Pacific coast. Arriving at San Francisco, a long voyage southward around Cape Horn and then north to the Golden Gate was completed. He was identified with the pioneer development of California, was acquainted with the early mining history of the northwest and in 185 1 came to Oregon, from which time he was closely associated with the material development and progress of the state. That he was one of the early settlers of Portland is indicated in the fact that when he took up his abode on East Forty-seventh street North he had to cut a road from the Base Line road to that place. His history in detail is of interest, showing much of the conditions that existed here in the early days as well as the subsequent development.

Chauncey Ball was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, September 3, 1827. His parents, Henry and Nancy (Jones) Ball, were natives of Maryland and in early life became residents of Pennsylvania, where both he and his wife spent their remaining days. For some years he conducted a store in Albina.

In the schools of his native county Chauncey Ball acquired his education and his first work was on a boat on the canal and lakes. He was a young man of about twenty-two years when he came to the Pacific coast, making the voyage around Cape Horn on a steamer commanded by Captain Miller. This was in 1849 ^^^ his object was a desire to obtain wealth in the mines. For a time he followed mining, but, not meeting with the success which he had anticipated and feeling that other fields of labor would prove more profitable for him, he purchased a schooner, with which he plied the waters of the Sacramento river. He owned a farm up the river and hauled his own and his neighbors' produce. While a resident of California he also joined with others in a project to turn the waters of the Eraser river in British Columbia. He had saved forty thousand dollars up to that time. The men interested in the enterprise thought they could get much gold in this way, but a flood came and Mr. Ball lost all that he had saved. His experiences in California were those which have made the history of that time a most picturesque, romantic and thrilling one. The towns of the state were largely composed of tents and there was little organization of law or society, but those who beheved in justice were at length forced to band themselves together and formed what were called vigilant committees, to suppress crime and lawlessness. Of such a committee Mr. Ball served as a member. Attracted b)' the rich agricultural lands of Oregon, he went to Jackson county in 1851, took up a claim and upon his ranch raised wheat, which he had to haul over the mountain by team and wagons to San Francisco in order to market it. Finding that the cost of transportation ate up all of the profits, he left the ranch and never returned, even to secure his gun, clothing, etc. He then began driving cattle for R. L. (Dick) Perkins, with whom he worked for one season, after which he came to Portland and was appointed deputy marshal under Captain Hoyt. For four years he filled that position and was otherwise closely associated with early interests and activities in the city. He became one of the charter members of the No. 4 volunteer fire department and served as its secretary for four years, during which time Robert Holman was fire chief. Mr. Ball opened a blacksmith and wagon shop on Front street four years after coming to Portland as a partner of Mr. Graden. They conducted the business for two years and then sold out, at which time Mr. Ball took up his abode where his widow now resides, purchasing nine acres of land from C. M. Wiberg. The place was then all timber, but they cleared a small space on which to build a house. They also had to cut a road from the Base Line road in order to reach their home. Mr. Ball built a box house, with two rooms, with a large fireplace in the center in which great logs could be burned. He then engaged in the fruit and berry business, which he carried on extensively. He proved that berry culture was not only possible but profitable and introduced many fine varieties. He came to be recognized as an authority upon the cultivation of fruit and was honored with the presidency of the Multnomah Fruit Growers Association, of which he also served as secretary. He took several prizes at different fairs for fancy fruit and produced some of the finest that has ever been raised in the county. In 1887 the Portland Mechanics Fair awarded him a fine medal for his horticultural exhibit.

At different times Mr. Ball was called to public office and in every public connection proved himself worthy of the trust reposed in him. He served as a police officer of Portland from 1864 until 1868 and for two yedrs was constable of the city. He served under Captain Mills as a member of the old Washington Guards, which was the first company of militia ever formed in Portland, and he was chief engineer at the old customs house for eight years and served as watchman for one year while the building was being erected.

On the 13th of August, 1865, Mr. Ball was married in Oregon City to Miss Margaret C. Edwards, a daughter of Josiah V. and Permelia (Westfall) Edwards. They began housekeeping on Third and Washington streets in a small cottage. Mrs. Ball was born in Cedar county, Missouri, November 12, 1842. Her father was a farmer by occupation and with his family crossed the plains in 1864, settling in Clackamas county, where he purchased a farm. He afterward removed to Thurston county, Washington, where he secured a tract of land and carried on farming until he reached advanced age, when he and his wife came to Portland to live with their daughter Mrs. Ball. Both passed away in her home, Mr. Edwards when eighty-five years of age and his wife when seventy-one years of age. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Ball were born five children, all yet residents of Portland. Henry C. married Maud Anderson and has three children, Cyril C, Kenneth J. and Beatrice. E. J. married Helen Hobighost. C. H. married Minnie Wehlem and they have two children, Wilbur H. and Agnes D. Mildred B. is at home with her mother and Laura is the wife of B. C. Markham. They, too, make their home with Mrs. Ball.

Mr. Ball attained to the Knight Templar degree in Masonry and in his life exemplified the beneficent spirit of the craft. He also belonged to the Order of Druids and to the Exempt Firemen's Association. His Christian faith was manifest throughout his entire life and the Central Baptist church numbered him among its devoted members. He served as deacon and also as teacher in the Sunday school and did all in his power to further the work of the church. He died in that faith June 9, 1910, and was laid to rest in the beautiful Riverside cemetery. He had resided upon the Pacific coast for more than fifty years and actual experience had made him famliiar with the life and conditions of the west from the period of its early development to the period of present day progress and advancement. He was closely associated with Portland's history through his business connections, his official service and his public-spirited citizenship He possessed many sterling traits of character, which were recognized by the many friends whom he made as the years went by and who at his death felt deep sorrow at his passing. His life record, however, had covered the long span of almost eighty-three years and to his family he left the priceless heritage of an untarnished name.

Edward Quackenbush

While the attainment of success in legitimate business is commendable, the man who places the correct valuation upon life must realize with Lincoln that "there is something better than making a living;" that to aid one's fellowmen by kindly encouragement and assistance, by the establishment of projects and influences that will work for betterment in his life and thus raise the standard of civilization, is a task infinitely higher and nobler than that which is represented solely by efforts for the attainment of prosperity. Mr. Quackenbush is numbered among those who have done important service in the development of Portland along business lines and still more important work through his advocacy of those purifying and wholesome reforms which are growing up in the social and political life of the community and by his cooperation with those projects which have their basis in the material development of mankind.

A native of New York, he was born in Knoxville, Schoharie county, on the 30th of July, 1839, a son of John L and Margaret Quackenbush. The father was a merchant and farmer and one of the prominent leaders of the whig party in his community prior to the organization of the republican party, when he joined its ranks. He was a stanch advocate of Henry Clay and a warm personal and political friend of William H. Seward, Thurlow Weed, of the Albany Journal, Governor Marcey and other distinguished New York whigs. In the maternal line Edward Quackenbush is of German descent and is connected through direct lineage, traceable for two hundred and fifty years, with some old Holland families such as the Webbers, Browers Bogardus's and Quackenbushes, descendants of whom settled in New York and came to be the legal owners of a large estate which the Holland government also claims and also the legal owners of fiftyseven acres of the celebrated Trinity property on lower Broadway in New York city.

Edward Quackenbush attended the common schools until fifteen years of age, subsequently studying general and political history, composition, philosophy, English grammar and higher mathematics. At sixteen years of age he was a clerk in a village store in West Union, Iowa, cheerfully giving his small earnings to his parents, who had taught him habits of industry, frugality, sobriety and honesty. He entered eagerly into all athletic sprrts and boyish politics and was an early opponent of slavery. It was his ambition to study law but he was unable to gratify his desire in that direction. Denied the privilege of enlisting in the Union army in 1861 because of ill health, he went to California, where he served as cowboy and farm hand for a time. The secession spirit was so rampant that he joined the Summer Guard, a company of the Second Regiment of California Militia, and because of the intense loyalty of the members oi the_ company was often called upon for police duty. He declined all official positions, devoting his spare time to acquiring a thorough knowledge of mihtary tactics as then taught. The company was under secret orders for many months and the regiment assembled at a given signal the day following Lincoln's assassination and quelled the rioters who had already destroyed several newspapers plants, but undoubtedly saved property to the value of several hundred thousand dollars for many dwellings, business houses, saloons and churches had been listed for destruction because the owners were southern sympathizers.

While in California Mr. Quackenbush became porter and later bookkeeper in a wholesale fruit house in San Francisco, and subsequently was bookkeeper with A. Roman & Company, proprietors of a wholesale book store on Montgomery street. Because of a return of pulmonary trouble he went to Arizona in March, 1863, and was there cashier for a wealthy syndicate which was prospecting that country principally for mines. In December of the same year he returned to San Francisco and opened an office as an expert accountant but return of ill health caused him to go to Mexico in March, 1865, as secretary and accountant for the Trinnfo Gold & Silver Mining Company, owning a group of valuable and well developed mines. In December, 1865, Mr. Quackenbush arrived in Portland and became bookkeeper for Knapp, Burrell & Company, an agricultural implement and commission house. But ill health two years later forced his resignation, at which time he turned his attention to the hardwood lumber business, which would permit him to be out of doors. In 1869 he was offered and accepted the position of cashier with the pioneer banking house of Ladd & Tilton, there remaining for twelve and a half years, four years of which time he spent as manager. In 1882 he became a member of the firm of Sibson, Church & Company, grain and commission merchants, .which for several years did an extensive business in shipping and milling 'wheat. The firm dissolving in 1887, Mr. Quackenbush turned his attention to the -real estate and investment business, developing and improving Piedmont and other city properties. Since 1885 he has largely engaged in clearing and peopling unimproved farm lands, being an early advocate of small farms and diversified crops. He is now president of the Investment Company, incorporated in 1887, and owns a large amount of city and country property. For several years he was a director of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, the stock and property of which were purchased by Henry Villard, the business then being recognized under the name of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company. With others Mr. Quackenbush established the first telephone company of Portland and upon its franchise and property the present Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company of Portland was founded. Many other enterprises had felt the stimulus of his cooperation and sound judgment until his life history has become an integral chapter in the history of the city, the material upbuilding and development of which has been promoted in extensive measure through the business enterprises which he has instituted and conducted. He was one of the organizers of the Board of Trade, which in the '70s became the present Chamber of Commerce, of which he has been a continuous member.

The majority of mankind would feel that the extent and importance of business interests which have claimed the attention of Mr. Quackenbush would be enough to occupy the time and energies of any individual, and yet he has been a most active and helpful figure along other lines. From boyhood interested in political questions, he was a member of the Lincoln Wide-Awakes and Glee Club in i860 and participated in the active campaign in northeastern Iowa. Since then he has been a member of various republican clubs and his attitude on vital questions might be expressed in the statement that he is a Lincoln-Roosevelt republican, thoroughly opposed tO' dishonesty and misrule in political affairs. When personal acquaintance makes it possible, he votes for men and not for machine politics, and at all times heartily favors genuine reform movements. He has never consented to accept political office but has been an official member of many organizations for the uplifting and betterment of mankind. He was one of the promoters of the organization of the present Young Men's Chrisian Association of Portland in 1868, was president during the first two terms and maintains active membership to this time. He is a charter member and was secretary of the Portland Seamen's Friend Society, organized in 1877, and later was for many years its president. He aided in organizing and became a charter member of the Oregon Anti-Saloon League in October, 1903, and in securing the adoption of the local option law for this state. He is now treasurer and a member of the headquarters committee of that organization. He likewise belongs to various other associations, religious, reform, social and athletic. Since 1867 he has been a member of the First Presbyterian church and an elder therein since 1876. He is sincerely interested in any Christian movement that deepens the conviction of man's need of a Savior and his sense of responsibility to God.

On the 5th of September, 1867, Mr. Quackenbush was married to Miss Anna Clarke Hastie, of English and Scotch ancestry who came to America in colonial days. She was born near Portland, Maine, and was educated and taught in the public schools of San Francisco, residing there for nine years. She came to Oregon in 1865. From girlhood she has been an active worker in the Presbyterian church and Sunday school and in various other church organizations and benevolent societies. The two children of the family, Edward H. and Fred, are both at home.

Such is the history of Edward Quackenbush, whose life has been largely one of service for the benefit of his family and the community. While deeply interested in all that pertains to Portland and Oregon, he has in public matters given aid support especially to those things which have for their object the development of spiritual and moral character of the people, realizing that in any community where those characteristics predominate the safety and integrity of the political and commercial interests are assured.

Captain George W. Hoyt

To omit from these pages the life record of Captain George W. Hoyt would be to sever an important link in the chain of the pioneers which connects the past with the present history of Oregon. He was born in Albany, New York, in 1828, a son of Richard and Mary (Cutler) Hoyt, who became residents of Albany, New York, about 1827. Both were descended from early Puritan settlers of New Hampshire. After becoming a resident of the Empire state Richard Hoyt was extensively engaged in the manufacture of saddlery and trunks in Albany.

It was in that city that Captain Hoyt of this review spent his youthful days and acquired his education. He was a young man of about twenty-three years when in 1851 he reached the Pacific coast, settling first in California. The following year, however, he came to Oregon and engaged in steamboating with his brother, Captain Richard Hoyt. He was for a long time agent for the Multnomah, one of the early steamers of the northwest, and afterward purchased an interest in the steamer Express, running between Portland and Oregon City. Soon after the organization of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company he entered its employ and remained with that company and its successors for nearly thirty years. No higher testimonial of faithfulness, capability and trustworthiness could be given than the fact of his long association with the business. In 1890 he resigned and entered the custom-house brokerage business in connection with his brother Henry. In this he was continuously engaged up to the time of his death, which occurred on the 9th of September, 1892.

Captain Hoyt returned to his native city for his bride, being married in Albany, New York, in December, 1865, to Miss Martha A. Graham. Unto

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Captain Hoyt was ever deeply interested in the welfare and progress of this part of the state and ever stood fearlessly in defense of what he believed to be right. He was a strong opponent of everything that seemed like misrule in public affairs and, elected on the reform ticket, he served for three years as a member of the city council, during which period he exercised his official prerogatives in support of all movements which he deemed to value to the community. He ever placed the public welfare before partisanship and the city's progress before personal aggrandizement.