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W. J. Bishop was horn on the 24th of July, 1881, in New York, while his brother, George V. Bishop, was there horn on the 31st of March, 1884. Their parents were J. W. and Margaret (La Vie) Bishop; the former, also a native of the Empire state,
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has passed away, but the mother, whose birth occurred in Georgia, is living and makes her home in Portland.
The educational opportunities of W. J. Bishop were those which usually fall to the lot of the average boy. No special advantages were his at the outset of his career, but by determination and energy he has steadily worked his way upward. He became a resident of Portland in 1902 and he and his brothers took the initial step in truck transportation between Salem and Portland. They operate sixteen trucks that have a capacity of one hundred tons per day and they employ sixty-two people. They have warehouses in both Woodburn and Salem and their business is one of extensive and gratifying proportions. They are also numbered among the largest hop growers of the state and as dealers in hops their business is exceeded by none. They have three hundred and twenty acres planted to hops and during the summer employ one hundred and seventy-five perple, while in the picking season their employes number one thousand, so that they are most prominent figures in con- nection with a growing industry in the northwest.
George V. Bishop spent seventeen years in the employ of the Bank of California of Portland and when he left that institution he was filling the responsible position of credit man. A. C. Bishop, who is also a member of the Willamette Valley Transfer Company, is in charge of the hop industry owned and controlled by the brothers. The company is incorporated for one hundred thousand dollars, of which only twenty- two thousand three hundred dollars is outstanding. The brothers have been connected with the hop industry for many years and they have long been recognized as most progressive men of Oregon, accomplishing what they undertake and Iaboring along lines which contribute to the welfare and benefit of the state as well as to the advance- ment of their individual fortunes.
In 1906 W. J. Bishop was united in marriage to Miss Minnette Canklin of Port- land, and they have become the parents of two children: Robert Morton and Albert Lyle, aged respectively eleven and five years. George V. Bishop was married to Miss Molly Kunz of Portland and they have two children: George, aged twelve, and Richard, aged six. A. C. Bishop is likewise married, having wedded Mary Graham of Bedford, Indiana.
The Bishop Brothers, with offices at 408 Flanders street in Portland, are indeed well known and their worth as business men and citizens is widely acknowledged. The Willamette Valley Transfer Company has become one of the important business interests of the city and added to their previously developed hop industry has made them most active factors in the business life of the northwest.
B. L. STEEVES, A. M., M. D.
Dr. B. L. Steeves, who since 1909 has specialized in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat at Salem, where his professional skill and ability have won for him a liberal practice, is also prominent in financial circles as president of the Salem Bank of Commerce and his standing in both professional and business circles of the city is an enviable one. He has also figured prominently in other con- nections, having at one time been lieutenant governor of Idaho. Dr. Steeves is a native of Canada. He was born in the province of New Brunswick, July 7, 1868, and is a son of Aaron and Lydia (Steeves) Steeves, who were also natives of that province. They became residents of the United States when in 1886 they made their way west- ward to Oregon, settling in Salem, whither two of their sons, D. B. and C. W. Steeves, had preceded them. During the period of their residence here they gained many warm friends and the father died in the capital city in 1893, his wife surviving him for ten years.
B. L. Steeves pursued his education in the public schools of his home locality and afterward attended the Prince of Wales College on Prince Edward Island. When eighteen years of age he took up the profession of teaching, which he followed in the east until 1888, when he came to Oregon and continued his studies in the Willamette University of Salem, from which he was graduated with the class of 1891, winning the Master of Arts degree. Desirons of entering upon the practice of medicine he entered the medical department of the Willamette University at Portland in the fall of 1891 and was there graduated with the class of 1894. Thus well equipped for the practice of his profession he opened an office at Silverton, Oregon, where he remained
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for three years. In 1897 he removed to Weiser, Idaho, where he engaged in general practice for twelve years, building up a large practice during that period. He also became a prominent factor in political circles and in 1905 was elected lieutenant gov- ernor on the ticket with Governor Frank R. Gooding. He filled the position for one term with credit and honor to himself and his constituents, his political service con- stituting a most commendable chapter in his life history. In the meantime he had not abandoned his practice but in 1909 he disposed of his professional interests in Idaho and returned to Salem, where he took up a special line of work, confining his attention to the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, in which he had become especially interested. He pursued postgraduate work in New York and in Philadelphia and thus greatly promoted his proficiency and skill in his profession. He owns one of the principal business and office buildings of Salem, located at the southeast corner of State and Liberty streets. Here he maintains a well appointed suite of rooms, supplied with all the modern appliances and equipment to be found in the offices of the most progressive physicians. He has ever kept in touch with the trend of modern professional thought, research and investigation through wide reading and study and his pronounced ability is attested by his professional colleagues and contemporaries and also by the large patronage accorded him. He has ever held to high professional standards and is thoroughly conversant with the most advanced methods of ophthalmology, rhinology and laryngology. Dr. Steeves has also attained prominence in financial affairs as president of the Salem Bank of Commerce and his business interests are most capably and successfully conducted. His home is situated at the corner of Church and Chemeketa streets and his residence is one of the finest in the city.
In 1893 occurred the marriage of Dr. Steeves and Miss Sarah Hunt, a daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Smith) Hunt. Her father and mother came to Marion county, Oregon, in 1847, heing among the honored pioneer residents of this part of the state. They secured a donation land claim which has never been divided and which is now the property of their son, Jeptha. Dr. and Mrs. Steeves have hecome the parents of two children: Laban and Muriel; the former completed a medical course at the State University, while the latter was graduated in 1921 from Willamette University.
In his political views Dr. Steeves is a republican and he keeps well informed re- garding the questions and issues of the day. He served as mayor of Salem in 1915 and gave to the city a most businesslike and progressive administration. He and his family hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and he has served on its official board. He was a delegate to the General Conference at Saratoga Springs in 1916. To the work of the church he makes liberal contribution and does all in his power to further its interests. He is president of the board of trustees of Willam-> ette University and served as president of the Oregon State Medical Association until the 1st of July, 1920, having been elected to that office in Seattle in 1918. In his chosen life work he has made continuous progress and his skill and ability today place him in the foremost ranks of the medical profession, not only of Salem but of the entire state. His life is actuated by high and honorable principles, commanding for him the respect and esteem of his fellowmen, including his colleagues and con- temporaries in the profession, and he is prompted in all that he does by laudable ambition and broad humanitarian principles.
HON. JAY H. UPTON.
The name of Upton has long been a distinguished one in connection with the judicial history of Oregon, members of the family having risen to positions of emi- nence at the bar of the state, and Hon. Jay H. Upton, a leading attorney of Prine- ville, is ably sustaining the traditions of the family in this regard. He is likewise a prominent figure in public affairs, representing the seventeenth district in the state senate, this being the largest senatorial district in Oregon. In public office he has ever stood for development and for constructive measures and he is leaving the impress of his individuality upon the legislative history of the state. He is also engaged in farming on an extensive scale and his labors in behalf of irrigation interests have been most effective and beneficial.
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tinguished ancestry, the family having been established in America as early as 1640, and representatives of the name have since figured prominently in the public life of the nation. He was born in Colfax, Washington, April 28, 1879, and when but six weeks old was taken by his parents to Portland, which was the family home at that period, so that practically his entire life has been passed within the borders of this state. He is a direct descendant of John Upton, who emigrated from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1640, and another. representative of the family served on the staff of Washington at Valley Forge. The paternal grandfather, W. W. Upton, occupied a prominent position in public affairs, becoming one of the first justices of the supreme court of Oregon. In 1876 he was appointed comptroller of the United States treasury and served through the administrations of President Hayes, Cleveland and Harrison. He also stood high in Masonic circles, receiving the honorary thirty-third degree and his life was guided by the beneficent teachings of the order. He had five sons: James B., Charles B., William H., George W. and Ralph R., all of whom became prominent members of the har, Charles B. practicing his profession in Oregon during its territorial days and after its admission to state- hood. He is now deceased. William H. Upton, who has also passed away, hecame an eminent jurist of Washington, serving as superior judge at Walla Walla. He was also a well known Mason, serving as assistant grand secretary for the state of Washington. George W. Upton, now a resident of Warren, Ohio, married Harriet Taylor, who for twenty-five years has been active in the cause of woman's suffrage, serving as national treasurer of the organization. At the last election she acted as vice chairman of the national executive committee of the republican party and she is a woman of superior mental attainments. James B. Upton, the father of Senator Upton, was admitted to the har in California and in 1866 came to Oregon, becoming one of the pioneer lawyers of the state. He opened an office in Portland and there continued in practice until his retirement in 1884. In 1888 he removed to Tillamook county, taking up a homestead on Nestucca hay, and was one of the first to locate in that section after the Nestucca Indian reservation was opened up for settlement. He was one of the players on the old Pioneers, a famous hasehall team of the early days, of which Frank Warren, William Wadhams, V. Cook, Joe Buchtel and others were also members. At Oregon City, Oregon, in 1869, he married Amanda Shaw, a native of Missouri, who crossed the plains to Oregon in 1852, settling in the Tualatin valley. She was a daughter of Jefferson Shaw and her demise occurred at Portland in 1910, while Mr. Upton there passed away in 1919. They were widely known and highly respected pioneer residents of the state. The five surviving mem- hers of their family are: Jay H. and Charles S. Upton, who are residents of Prine- ville; Mrs. Anna Maude Scott, of Moro, Oregon; Mrs. Marietta Ostrander and George E. Upton, whose homes are in Portland.
In the grammar and high schools of Portland Jay H. Upton acquired his edu- cation, subsequently entering the law department of the University of Oregon, from which he was graduated in 1902. In 1898, while attending high school, he enlisted for service in the Spanish-American war, becoming a private of Company H, of the Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry, with which he was sent to the Philippines. He served throughout the period of hostilities and also during the insurrection on the islands, making a most creditable military record. Following his graduation he opened an office in Portland, where he continued to reside until 1913, building up a good clientage. Subsequently he removed to Prineville, where he has since remained, being accorded a large and distinctively representative clientage connecting him with much important litigation tried in the courts of the district. He has much natural ability but is withal a hard student and is never content until he has mastered every detail of his cases. He believes in the maxim "There Is no excellence without labor," and follows it closely. 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 able lawyers of his section of the state and his upright policy has gained for him the confidence and admiration of his professional colleagues. Mr. Upton has not confined his attention to the practice of his profession but has also done notable work along irrigation lines. He has been instrumental in securing the passage of much beneficial legislation in this connection, laboring untiringly for the promotion of irrigation projects, and for two years he was president of the Oregon Irrigation Congress, in which capacity he rendered most valuable service, resulting in the splendid agricultural development of the state today. It was through his efforts that the Ochoco irrigation district was organized and developed, whereby twenty-two thou-
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sand acres of arid and unproductive land at Prineville has been irrigated and re- claimed. He is also extensively interested in agricultural pursuits, successfully oper- ating an irrigated farm in central Oregon.
In his political views Mr. Upton is a republican and in 1913 he was elected representative from Multnomah county to the state legislature, where he made a most creditable record. In 1921 he was again called to public office, being elected state senator from the seventeenth district, which includes Crook, Deschutes, Jeffer- son, Klamath and Lake counties and is the largest senatorial district of Oregon, com- prising nearly one-quarter of the area of the state. He has done valuable work as a legislator and has been instrumental in framing legislation which has been of great value to the state. He gives to each question which comes up for settle- ment his earnest consideration and his endorsement of any measure is an indication of his honest belief in its efficacy as a factor in good government or as an element in the promotion of the best interests of the state. He possesses exceptional aptitude for legislative activity and is a forceful speaker who occasionally ascends gracefully to high flights of oratory. He is a hard working member of the senate and has never used his natural talents unworthily nor supported a dishonorable cause.
In Portland, Oregon, on the 28th of April, 1909, Senator Upton was united in marriage to Maude Joyce Cannon, a native of Roseburg, this state. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church and is prominent in fraternal circles, belonging to Lodge No. 142, of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of which he is a past exalted ruler; to Eyrie No. 4, of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, of which he is past president; and to the Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chancellor com- mander. He is also identified with the United Spanish War Veterans, of which he is a past department commander for Oregon. He has made a splendid political record, characterized by marked devotion to duty and the fearless defense of what he believes to be right. His entire life has been spent in Oregon and he has taken a most active and helpful part in promoting the work of progress and improvement, leaving the impress of his individuality for good upon many lines of the state's development. He is a man of high ideals and exalted standards of citizenship whose irreproachable character and incorruptible integrity have won for him the high and enduring regard of all who know him.
W. G. ALLEN.
W. G. Allen. who has long been connected with the development of the fruit industry in Oregon, is now acting as manager for the Hunt Brothers Packing Com- pany at Salem, in which connection he is supervising important and extensive inter- ests, his services proving very valuable to the concern. He is energetic, farsighted and capable in the conduct of the interests intrusted to his care and under his management the business of the company has steadily grown. He also manifests a large measure of executive ability and financial insight and in business matters his judgment has ever been found sound and reliable and his enterprise unfaltering.
Mr. Allen is a native of Kansas. He was born July 31, 1876, and came to Newberg, Oregon, with his parents, William K. and Mary E. (Hill) Allen, the former of whom passed away in 1905 at Newberg, Oregon, while the latter is now a resident of Wenatchee, Washington. The father was identified with the early prune-drying industry of the Willamette valley and Vancouver, Washington, and he became the originator of the tunnel system of drying all kinds of fruits and vegetables, gaining a position of promi- nence in connection with canning interests of the northwest. In association with his father, W. G. Allen purchased the Wallace cannery in Salem and also a cannery in Eugene, the Salem plant being remodeled, after which it was sold in 1902. In 1900 the son went to Eugene, acting as manager of the cannery there for ten years and also continuing to serve in that capacity after the plant became the property of the Eugene Fruit Growers Association. In the spring of 1911 he returned to Salem and took charge of the plant of the California Fruit Canners Association, now known as the California Packing Corporation, remaining with that company until 1913. In 1914 Hunt Brothers erected a large plant on Front and Division streets, covering an area one hundred by five hundred feet, and of this Mr. Allen became manager in 1914. The company does an extensive business, canning everything in the way of fruit. They export and sell to jobbers throughout the United States and in the
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busy season employ about five hundred people, their pay roll being about two thousand dollars a day. Their products have become well known hoth in this country and abroad and they expect to keep pace with the growth of the fruit industry in this section of the state. Mr. Allen is proving entirely equal to the responsibilities which devolve upon him as manager, and owing to his intimate knowledge of the business is most capably directing the labors of those under him. He gives careful oversight to every phase of the enterprise and is constantly seeking to increase the efficiency of the plant, to improve in every way possible the quality of the products and to extend · the trade to new territory. He is a keen, intelligent business man with a rapid grasp of details and his initiative spirit enables him to formulate plans which have re- sulted in the enlargement and substantial growth of the undertaking. He is the owner of a fine prune orchard of two hundred and fifty acres, all in hearing, at Dundee, in Yamhill county, and he also has a loganberry farm of twenty-five acres, located east of Brooks, in Marion county, while he likewise is the owner of a straw- berry farm of fifty acres all in bearing, on his five hundred acre farm located in the Mission bottom of Marion county. His horticultural interests are capably conducted and bring to him a substantial addition to his income.
On the 1st of January, 1900, Mr. Allen was united in marriage to Miss Florence Cook, a native of Iowa, and they have become the parents of three children: Wayne, Kenneth and Harold, the youngest being two years of age. Mr. Allen's success is due in large measure to the fact that he has continued in the field which he entered as a young man and as the years have passed he has gained wide experi- ence, which makes him an authority in his line of work. His plans are carefully formed and promptly executed and he has ever based his activity in business affairs upon strict integrity and close application. He is always loyal to any cause which he espouses and faithful to every duty and his record as a man and citizen is a most commendable one.
HON. CHARLES WILLIAM FULTON.
When one determines the capabilities of a man, he must regard the depths from which he has climbed as well as the heights to which he has attained. In a word, he must measure the obstacles and difficulties which have confronted him and which have been overcome. Judged by this standard, the record of Charles William Fulton is a remarkable one, for he had many handicaps in youth, worked hard to' secure an education and received his legal training only at the cost of earnest, self-denying effort. Teaching school through the day, he allowed himself few social pleasures and devoted his evening hours to the study of law, thus making thorough preparation for the bar. In this is indicated the nature of the man, who became one of the leading attorneys and most highly respected citizens of Portland and a distinguished statesman of Oregon.
Mr. Fulton was born in Lima, Ohio, August 24, 1853, a son of Jacob and Eliza A. Fulton. The father was a carpenter by trade and a soldier of the Civil war, serving as second lieutenant of a company in the Twenty-ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry during the period of hostilities between the north and south. He had removed with his family from Ohio to Harrison county, Iowa, in 1855, and it was here that Charles W. Fulton began his education in the common schools, while later he continued his studies in the high school of Magnolia, the county seat of Harrison county. In 1870, when seven- teen years of age, he accompanied his parents on their removal to Pawnee City, Nebraska, and there attended the Pawnee City Academy for two years. This constituted the extent of his educational advantages, but even these were not enjoyed as a gift from the hands of fate. He was but nine years of age when his father went to war and it was neces- sary for him to do much service in support of the family and his opportunities to pur- sue his studies were greatly curtailed thereby. Notwithstanding difficulties and obstacles, he persevered and when he ceased to be a student he became a teacher. While thus connected with the district schools he devoted the hours which are usually termed leisure to the study of law, his thorough preliminary reading securing him admission to the bar in April, 1875. Two or three days later-on the 6th of April- he left his Nebraska home for Oregon, arriving in Portland on the 20th of the same month. His only suit of clothing was the one he wore and he had but ten dollars and a quarter when he reached his destination. He did not know a single person in Port- land nor on the entire Pacific coast. He believed, however, that success awaited him
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in return for earnest, honest effort. It was his intention to secure a clerkship in a law office, but after making application to every attorney in the city and later apply- ing to every livery stable in the city for work he became discouraged at the prospect here and went to Albany, where he met a young man, James K. Weatherford, who a short time before had been elected to the office of school superintendent. He told Mr. Fulton of a school which he believed he might secure at Waterloo, Linn county, eighteen miles from Albany. That afternoon he walked to the school and secured the posi- tion. The next morning he walked back to Albany, where he sold his watch for three dollars and a half in order to obtain money with which to pay for his teacher's certifi- cate, and then successfully passing the examination, he started the following morn- ing with twenty-five cents in his pocket for Waterloo. He capably conducted the school through the ensuing term and in the following July went to Astoria, where he entered upon the practice of law. He came to Portland in March, 1909, and estab- lished himself as one of the leading lawyers of this city as well as one of the promi- nent lawmakers of the state.
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