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On the 17th of October, 1908, Mr. Whitehouse was united in marriage to Miss Grace Grey Reed, the ceremony being performed at Salt Lake City, Utah. Mrs. Whitehouse is a daughter of Jame's and Georgiana Reed, of Boston, Massachusetts, and is a highly educated and accomplished lady. Professionally he is identified with the Oregon Chap- ter, A. T. A., the State Board of Architects of which he is serving as treasurer and he is also an associate member of the American Institute of Architects. He is an alumnus of the American Academy of Rome and a member of the Portland Archaeological Society, the Portland Art Association, the University, Waverly, Country and Multno mah Clubs and of the last named organization is an honorary life member. Like his father he has also become prominent in Masonry, having attained the thirty-second degree in the consistory and also belonging to the shrine and in his life he exemplifies the beneficent teachings of the craft. He stands high in his profession and is proving a worthy successor to an honorable father in contributing to the extent of his ability toward the upbuilding of the northwest.
ELLIS F. LAWRENCE.
Possessing an intimate knowledge of his profession agained through thorough and comprehensive study in leading technical institutions of America and Europe, Ellis F. Lawrence is classed with the able achitects of Portland and the northwest, his labors proving a potent element in the upbuilding and beautifying of the city. A native of the east, Mr. Lawrence was born in Malden, Massachusetts, in 1879, a son of Henry Abbott and Annie J. (Howells) Lawrence. The name is an old and honored one in connection with the history of this country, representatives of the family having gallantly defended American interests as soldiers in the Revolutionary war. The father was prominent in business circles of his city as a manufacturer of artists' and engineers' supplies, building up a large trade in that connection.
The son, Ellis F. Lawrence, received liberal educational advantages, graduating from Andover Academy and also from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which conferred upon him the degrees of B. S. and M. S. In order further to perfect his professional knowledge he went abroad and for nearly a year studied in Paris. Re- turning to his native land he opened an office in Portland as a member of the firm of McNaughton, Raymond & Lawrence, an association that was maintained for four years, after which Mr. Lawrence practiced alone for a time. In 1910 he formed a partnership with W. G. Holford with whom he still continues and they have been accorded a large and representative clientage. They occupy a well appointed suite of offices in the Chamber of Commerce building and their office force consists of eight employes, the excellence of their work and their reliability in executing contracts winning for them high standing in the profession. Many examples of their handiwork are to be seen in Portland, among which may be mentioned the Lumbermen's Bank building, Westminster Presbyterian church, Albina Branch Library, Fernwood grammar school, the Peninsular Park buildings and also many fine residences. They also con- structed the buildings for the University of Oregon and Whitman College and as leading architects they are well known throughout this section of the country.
In 1905 Mr. Lawrence was united in marriage to Miss Alice Millett, of Portland, Maine, and they have become the parents of three children: Henry Abbott, Denison Howells and Amos Millett. Mr. Lawrence has become prominent in many professional connections and for two years has been a director of the American Institute of Archi- tects. About six years ago he became the organizer of the school of architecture of the University of Oregon of which he is now serving as dean. He is a member of
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the committee on education in connection with the American Institute of Architects and of the publicity committee of the state organization of the American Institute of Architects and is likewise identified with the Oregon Chapter of that society. He was also for one and a half years a member of the city plans commission and is con- nected with the Chamber of Commerce, the City Club and the University Club. He stands high in his profession and through his labors has not only gained Individual success but has also contributed in substantial measure to the upbuilding and heautl- fying of his city. He is alert and enterprising, thoroughly in sympathy with the spirit of the northwest and doing all he can to promote its progress and improvement. In every relation of life he measures up to the highest standards of manhood and citizenship and is accounted one of Portland's most valued citizens.
M. G. MCCORKLE, M. D.
Dr. M. G. McCorkle, one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Portland who has here practiced his profession since 1902, is a native of Tennessee and a representa- tive of an old southern family. He was born September 30, 1871, a son of J. J. and Ruth (Hendricks) McCorkle, the former a retired farmer and banker now residing In Johnson City, Washington county, Tennessee. They became the parents of sixteen children, of whom thirteen are living.
M. G. McCorkle, the fourth in order of birth, attended the district schools in the acquirement of an education, later pursuing a course in an academy and for one and a half years was a student in Milligan College, where he took up literary work. He next entered the Lincoln Memorial College at Knoxville, Tennessee, which he attended for three years and this was followed by postgraduate work in the City Hos- pital of New York city, where for two years he served as interne. In 1895 he opened an office at Mitchell, Oregon, where he remained for one year and then went to Wood- burn, where for six years he continued in practice. In 1902 he took up his residence in Portland and here he has remained in the intervening period building up a large practice. He maintains his office at No. 804 Selling building and was the first physi- cian to locate there. He has studied broadly, thinks deeply and his efforts have been of the greatest value to his patients, for he is seldom at fault In the diagnosis of cases and his sound judgment and careful study enable him to do excellent profes- sional work. He Is attached to Good Samaritan Hospital and has been especially successful in the treatment of surgical cases. He is also a man of good business ability and has important interests in oil lands in Wyoming.
In 1896 Dr. McCorkle was united in marriage to Miss Blanche George of Brooklyn, New York, who previous to her marriage was a successful teacher, and they have be- come the parents of a daughter, Lucile, who pursued an English course in the Uni- versity of Oregon, and graduated therefrom. The family residence is at No. 481 East Eighteenth street, North, and their home is noted for its warm-hearted hospitality.
In Masonry Dr. McCorkle has won high rank, having attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite Consistory and the York Rite, and also holding member- ship in Al Kader Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Portland. He is likewise identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen of the World and the nature of his recreation is indicated in the fact that he Is a member of the Port- land Gun Club and the Portland Golf Club. Actuated by laudable ambition his pro- fessional career has been one of continuous advancement and his life work has been one of broad usefulness. He is at all times actuated by high and honorable principles and his course has ever been directed along lines which command the respect and confidence of his fellowmen and of his professional colleagues and contemporaries.
JOHN N. MATSCHEK.
John N. Matschek, who for many years was a prominent and successful candy manufacturer and wholesaler of Portland, conducting business under the name of the Star Candy Company, was born in Austria, June 6, 1860, a son of John N. and Antoinette Matschek, who came to the United States with their son John in 1868, estab-
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lishing the family home in Portland. The father engaged in farming and dairying in the employ of Mr. Sedlock on the land where now stand the old and new Failing schools-a district bounded by Reede, Porter and Corbett streets. It was at that place that John N. Matschek passed away and his wife's death occurred within a block of the old home in the year 1912.
John N. Matschek attended the public schools of South Portland until he reached the age of thirteen years and then started out to provide for his own support by entering the employ of the Alisky Candy Company. While thus working he obtained all the schooling he could by employing his leisure hours in promoting his education. He continued with the Alisky Candy Company for thirteen years and then established business on his own account at First and Market streets, manufacturing and whole- saling candy under the name of the Star Candy Company, which company was con- solidated into Matschek Haradon Company and still later to the Matschek Candy Company. He conducted this business to the time of his death, which occurred on the 12th of June, 1914, when the business was sold.
In early manhood Mr. Matschek had wedded Miss Mary Elizabeth Bates, a native of Virginia City, Nevada, who came to Portland with her people in 1871. She became the wife of Mr. Matschek on the 27th of December, 1886, and to this marriage were born two children: Pearl Lucille, now the wife of C. A. Alphonse, manager of the Hyatt Talking Machine Company of Portland, and the mother of one child, Lucille Elizabeth; and John N., who married Helen Marsden Rogers, a native of Pennsylvania, and has one child, Helen. John N. Matschek is a Scottish Rite Mason who belongs to Harmony Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A. M., of Portland, and to the various Scottish Rite bodies, while with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine he has also crossed the sands of the desert.' He is likewise a member of the Elks Lodge, No. 142, of Portland and belongs to the Multnomah Club, to the University Club, the Old Colony Club and the Kappa Sigma, a college fraternity. He is thus widely and prominently known in social relations and in business circles occupies a creditable position as president of the W. C. Allen Candy Company, operating at Nos. 125 and 127 Twelfth street In Portland. They are importers and jobbers, representing the Sweet Candy Company of Salt Lake City, Utah, and they buy in every market of the world. Something of the volume of their business is indicated in the fact that they now employ ten sales- men. Thus the name of Matschek is still prominently connected with the candy trade of the northwest, for it was in this line that the father started out in business and in the same line he continued throughout his active life, winning progress and pros- perity as the result of close application, thorough reliabllity and undaunted enterprise. The son displays the same qualities and the name of Matschek has long been an honored one in the trade circles of this section of the country.
HON. WALTER B. JONES.
Hon. Walter B. Jones, a prominent attorney of Eugene and representative from Lane county to the upper house of the general assembly, was born in Waupaca county, Wisconsin, November 5, 1879, a son of George G. and Adeline (Rogers) Jones, also natives of the Badger state. The father followed farming in Wisconsin until about 1891, when he came west and is now living retired near Portland, Oregon. The mother passed away in July, 1918.
Walter B. Jones acquired his preliminary education in the schools of his native state and after completing the work of the grades engaged in teaching school during the winter months, while through the summer season he pursued the study of law, thus continuing for three years. He then became a student in the University of Wis- consin at Madison, working his way through that institution, and later pursued a night course in law at the University of Minnesota. In 1907 he was admitted to the bar in Minnesota and subsequently went to Spokane, Washington, where he became con- nected with the Diamond Ice & Fuel Company, remaining with that firm for a period of three years. In September, 1910, he came to Oregon, opening a law office in Eugene, where he has since followed his profession, and has won a place among the leading attorneys of his part of the state. He is a strong and able advocate, presenting his cause clearly and forcefully and applying legal principles with accuracy. He has built up a good clientele during his ten years' residence in Eugene and is the possessor of a valuable law library. In addition to his law practice Mr. Jones has important busi-
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ness interests, being secretary and treasurer of the John-Jones Coal Company of Coos county and one of the directors of the American Universal Implement Company of Portland.
On the 26th of December, 1903, Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Susie B. Seaver and they have become the parents of six children, four of whom are deceased: Walter B., Jr., died in Spokane, Washington, in 1907; Rodman died in September, 1920; while two died in infancy. Those who survive are Marjorie and George.
In politics Mr. Jones is a republican and in 1917 his fellow townsmen, appreciative of his worth and ability, called him to public office as representative from Lane county to the lower house of the general assembly. That his services in this connection were entirely satisfactory to his constitutents is indicated in the fact that in 1919 he elected to represent his county in the state senate, of which he is proving an able member, giving earnest and thoughtful consideration to all the vital questions which come up for settlement. He likewise received the appointment of juvenile officer and served in that capacity for four years. Mr. Jones is also prominent in fraternal circles, holding membership in the Masonic order, the Indepedent Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the World and the Knights of Pythias, and he attends the Methodist Episcopal church. For six years he served as secretary of the Lane County Fair Association and thus in many ways has substantially contributed to the development and upbuilding of his city, county and state. Mr. Jones deserves great credit for what he has accomplished in life, for he is a self-made man who through his own efforts secured a college education, and wisely utilizing each opportunity for advancement is now entitled to classification with the leading attorneys and representative citizens of his section of the state.
JASON T. ANDERSON.
Jason T. Anderson, a veteran of the World war, who rendered valuable service to the country during the most critical period in its history, is now serving as post- master of Harrisburg, discharging the duties of this position most capably and effi- ciently. He was born in this city July 3, 1891, a son of Thomas J. and Emma (Thomas) Anderson, the former a native of Missouri and the latter of Iowa. In 1872 the father went to Nevada and remained a resident of that state until 1880, when he came to Oregon, securing employment in a store in Harrisburg, with which he was connected for a period of fifteen years. He was then elected to the office of county assessor, in which he served for one term and then returned to Harrisburg, where he engaged in the real estate and insurance business from 1902 until 1916, when he was appointed postmaster, which office he continued to fill until his death on the 19th of May, 1919, when he was sixty-one years of age. He was prominent in the public affairs of his community and for fifteen years was city recorder of Harrisburg. The mother survives and is now a resident of Portland, Oregon.
Jason T. Anderson was reared and educated in his native city, attending the public and high schools. On completing his studies he was variously employed until 1916, when he was made assistant postmaster of Harrisburg. In April, 1918, he enlisted for service in the World war and was sent to Camp Lewis, Washington. He was assigned to the Twenty-second Engineers and was transferred to Montgomery, Alabama, becoming member of Company C. From there he was sent to Camp Merritt and on the 30th of June sailed for France. He participated in some of the heaviest fighting of the war but fortunately escaped without injury, and at the battle of St. Mihiel was placed in charge of a working party which for thirty-two days was subjected to the most intensive and continuous shell fire. During this most trying ordeal he handled his men with great coolness and good judgment, winning high commendation from his superior officer, First Lieutenant Ridgley of Bremerton, Washington. Mr. Ander- son was made first-class sergeant and was discharged May 12, 1919, because of his father's dangerous illness, arriving home twenty-four hours before the latter's demise. The son was then appointed acting postmaster and after successfully passing the re- quired examination received a permanent appointment as postmaster in February, 1920. He is a most courteous and obliging official and the duties of the office are promptly and efficiently discharged.
On the 12th of October, 1919, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Velma Purkerson and they have many friends in Harrisburg. He is a democrat in his political
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views and fraternally he is a member of the Rebekahs and the Indepnedent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to both the lodge and encampment. Mrs. Anderson's religious affiliation is with the Christian church. Mr. Anderson is always loyal to any cause which he espouses and faithful to every duty and he is a patriotic, public-spirited citizen, interested in all that has to do with public progress in the community, his aid and influence being always on the side of advancement and improvement.
GEORGE M. POST.
George M. Post, a leading architect of Portland now serving as secretary of the state board of architecture, is a native of the east. He was born in New London, Connecticut, in 1883 and is a representative of an old New England family, members of which fought for American interests as soldiers in the Revolutionary war. He is a son of Owen L. and Mary W. (Palmer) Post, the former a carriage-maker by trade and of their family two sons survive: George M., of this review; and Robert P., a resident of Stamford, Connecticut.
George M. Post acquired a high school education and deciding on the profession of architecture as a life work he secured work in an office of that character, also continuing his studies at home and since 1900 has taken postgraduate work in archl- tecture. Going to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he there opened an office in 1907, but at the end of a year sought the broader opportunities offered in the west and in 1908 made his way to Salem, Oregon, where he was associated with L. R. Hazeltine for two years. Subsequently he conducted his professional work independently for a period of seven years and then became a resident of Portland where he has since engaged in architectural work, devoting his attention to general architectural practice. His ex- cellent work and thorough reliability in the execution of contracts have won for him a large patronage and many of the fine residences of Salem are examples of his skill and handiwork as are also many commercial and public buildings, including the public library at Salem, Oregon.
On the 28th of May, 1907, Mr. Post was united in marriage to Miss Eliza M. Ryan of New London, Connecticut, a daughter of William S. and Sarah (Bond) Ryan, rep- resentatives of prominent New England families, the Bonds being well known in financial circle's of the east. The only child of this union is Hanford P.
Mr. Post is secretary of the state board of architecture' which owes its existence largely to his efforts, for he was the chief factor in securing its passage through both branches of the legislature and since its organization has served in the capacity of secretary. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and is also identi- fied with the Sons of the American Revolution, the City Club and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Episcopal church. He maintains his offices in the Railway Exchange building and resides in a beautiful home at No. 630 East Twentieth street, in the attractive suburban district of Irvington. His professional standing is high and through his activities he has contributed in substantial measure to the development and improvement of Portland which has greatly benefited by his citizenship. He is ever actuated by high and honorable purposes in all relations of life and his many commendable traits of character have won for him a large circle of warm friends.
J. H. GARNJOBST, M. D.
Dr. J. H. Garnjobst, who since 1913 has been associated in medical practice with Dr. E. E. Fisher, an eminent physican and surgeon of Salem, who specializes in general surgery, is now devoting his attention to the general practice of medicine and is regarded as one of the most brilliant young men to be found in the profession any- where in the state. He is a veteran of the World war, in which he, gained extremely valuable medical experience, thus greatly promoting his professional skill and ability.
Dr. Garnjobst is a native of Nebraska. He was born at Crofton on the 1st of February, 1889, and came to Salem with his parents, W. F. and Anna R. (Hohf) Garn- jobst. After completing his public school education he became a student in the medical department of the University of Oregon, pursuing a course in internal medicine and Vol. 11-15
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surgery, and was graduated from that institution in 1912. For a time he followed his profession in eastern Oregon and since 1913 he has been associated in practice with Dr. E. E. Fisher, a very successful surgeon of Salem. They occupy a fine suite of offices in the United States National Bank building, equipped with all of the most modern apparatus for surgical operations and every modern appliance for the treat- ment of disease. Dr. Garnjobst is thoroughly acquainted with the scientific basis upon which his work rests and is correct in the application of his knowledge to meet the needs of his patients. During the war with Germany he was commissioned first lieutenant and was sent overseas, heing made chief of the X-Ray department at Base Hospital, No. 98, in France. He saw a great deal of service among the wounded in France and thus gained broad knowledge and experience which have since been of inestimable value to him in his professional work. While on leave of ahsence he traveled throughout the French Alps, acquiring through close observation a valuable fund of information, and he relates may interesting anecdotes of his experiences abroad.
On the 12th of June, 1912, Dr. Garnjobst was united in marriage to Miss Ruth E. Thostrud, a native of Cashton, Wisconsin, and they have become the parents of a daughter, Ruth Jean. Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and with the Masons, belonging to Salem Lodge, No. 4, and to Oregon Consistory, No. 1, of the Scottish Rite at Portland. Although one of the younger members of the profession, Dr. Garnjobst is forging steadily to the front, actuated at all times by a spirit of enterprise and laudable ambition, and his pronounced ability is attested by his professional colleagues and contemporaries.
ADAM WILHELM, SR.
The name of Adam Wilhelm is closely associated with the history of Benton county and the development of western Oregon. His keen business discernment and highly developed powers of organization have carried him into important relations and many of the largest business enterprises in this section of the state owe their inception to him. There is great honor due him not only on account of the individual success which he has achieved, but also because of the part which he has taken in the work of upbuilding and development in the northwest, which has greatly prospered by his activities, and he is numbered among the builders of Oregon, who by their labors have made possible that superior civilization which is now one of the characteristics of the commonwealth. As head of the firm of A. Wilhelm & Sons he is operating the largest department store in western Oregon outside of Portland, maintaining branch establishments at Corvallis and Junction City, and he is also one of the prominent financiers of the state, being the organizer and largest stockholder of the .Monroe State Bank and a stockholder in the Benton County State Bank at Corvallis and the Corvallis State Bank and also in a bank at Spokane, Washington.
Mr. Wilhelm was born at Mintz, Germany, December 10, 1846, a son of Adam and Agnes (Foust) Wilhelm, also natives of that country. There the father engaged in the making of wine and in 1848 he emigrated to America, making his way to Wis- consin, where he purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land in the vicinity of Sheboygan. This he improved and developed, continuing its cultivation for a period of thirty-five years. He also engaged in the hotel business at Sheboygan, and in 1883 he came to Oregon, taking up his abode in Monroe, where he continued to reside the remainder of his life. He passed away about 1910, when eighty-three years of age, and the mother died in 1907 at the age of seventy.
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