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Their son, C. Edwin Stanard, was reared and educated in Linn county, attending the public schools of Albany, and for one year was a student in the State University at Eugene. He then entered business life as clerk in a store in Brownsville, where he remained from 1878 until 1880. Having carefully saved his earnings until he had accumulated the sum of four hundred dollars, he started a little notion store in Brownsville, which he successfully conducted for three years, when he was appointed postmaster of the town by President Harrison and served in that capacity for a period of five years, proving a courteous and capable official. In 1889 he engaged in general merchandising in partnership with a Mr. Cable and this association was maintained for twenty years, at the end of which time Mr. Stanard purchased the interest of his partner and admitted his son, H. Wayne Stanard, into the firm, which then became known as C. E. Stanard & Son, under which style it is now operating. They carry an
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extensive and carefully selected stock of general merchandise and their courteous treat- ment of patrons, reliable and progressive business methods and reasonable prices have secured for them a liberal patronage. Mr. Stanard is a man of keen business discern- ment and sound judgment and in the conduct of his business affairs has met with well deserved success. He has also become interested in farm lands in Linn county, from which he derives a good revenue, and whatever he undertakes he carries forward to successful completion.
In October, 1881, Mr. Stanard was united in marriage to Miss Olive Averill and they have become the parents of two children: H. Wayne, born in October, 1884, is now a member of the firm of C. E. Stanard & Son and is ably assisting his father in the conduct of their extensive mercantile business. He married Edna Hodson, by whom he has two children, Boyce and James; Lela F. married W. F. Whealdon and they reside at Portland, Oregon.
In his political views Mr. Stanard is a democrat and he has been called to positions of public trust, having for several terms served as mayor of Brownsville and has also filled the offices of councilman and school director, his services in these connections proving of great value to the city. His fraternal relations are with the Woodmen of the World and the Masons, his membership being in the Royal Arch Chapter, and in religious faith he is a Baptist. As a business man his course has been marked by steady advancement, for he has closely studied trade conditions and the wants of the public and in conducting his store has made it his purpose to be always ready to meet public needs and demands. He is everywhere spoken of as a citizen of worth, possess- ing many sterling traits of character which have been of value in the upbuilding and progress of the community and which have won for him the high regard of all who know him.
JOHN G. EUSON.
John G. Enson, Portland representative of the General Steamship Corporation, which has its headquarters in San Francisco, comes of a family long connected with maritime interests. He is, as it were, "to the manner born," inheriting his love of the sea from his ancestors. His grandfather was a British naval officer and his father was a British subject and a seafaring man in his early life.
John G. Euson was born in Portland, May 7, 1890, and in the acquirement of his education passed through the successive grades in the grammar and high schools and later attended the Portland Business College. He completed his education in 1907 and at once entered upon the line of activity to which he has since devoted his efforts. He first entered the employ of the American Hawaiian Steamship Company, with which he was connected until 1917, when he entered the United States navy. He entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he received a paymaster's commis- sion and was assigned to sea duty, running to France, the North Sea and the Medi- terranean. On the 1st of October, 1920, Mr. Euson, who had been representative for the Parr-McCormick Company at Portland, took charge of the local office of the General Steamship Corporation, bringing to his new position the experience which he had gained as a former representative of the American Hawaiian, the Columbia-Pacific and the Parr-McCormick steamship interests. The General Steamship Corporation operates a line to South America, New Zealand, Java and Australia and from coast to coast ports.
O. L. PRICE.
O. L. Price, executor of the Pittock estate and vice president of the Northwestern Bank of Portland. Oregon, is an alert, wide-awake and enterprising young business man. He was born April 25, 1877, in Champaign county, Illinois, where he attended the common schools while spending his youthful days on the home farm. The summer months were devoted to the work of the fields and his training was of a character that enabled him readily to recognize the real values of life and its opportunities. He seems to possess in large measure the spirit of enterprise which has been the dominant factor in the upbuilding and development of the northwest and the soundness of his business judgment is indicated in the fact that he was made the sole executor of the Pittock
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estate and also one of the trustees which position puts him in touch in an official way with all of the Pittock interests. His business activities are of a very broad character, for he is now the secretary and a member of the board of directors of the Oregonian Publishing Company, is the vice president and a member of the board of the Portland Trust Company and is on the board of over twenty other corporations representing a varied line of industrial and commercial interests, all identified with the Pittock estate. He is the vice president of the Northwestern Bank and is a man of most sound judg- ment and keen discrimination, readily determining between the essential and the non- essential in all business affairs. His knowledge of the law has been of immense benefit to him, for in 1900 he was admitted to the bar, having graduated from the Pacific College of Newburg. He practiced law for six years and served as legal and confidential adviser to Mr. Pittock, and his comprehensive knowledge of the business thus gained qualified him for the onerous and responsible duties which he took up as executor of the estate.
In 1903 Mr. Price was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Beharrell of Portland, and they have two children, Hazel Mary and Betty. Mrs. Price is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beharrell, who came to Portland in the '80s, and her father is now local manager for Haywood Brothers & Wakefield. Mr. and Mrs. Price occupy an enviable social position and high regard is entertained for them by all with whom they have been brought into contact.
FLOYD D. MOORE.
Floyd D. Moore, now serving for a second term as county clerk and recorder of Polk county, is a courteous and obliging official, thoroughly fitted for the work of his office, into which he has introduced a number of new methods and short cuts which have greatly facilitated the discharge of his duties, making his services very valuable to the public. He has also gained prominence as an educator and is a man of broad culture and high intellectual attainments.
Mr. Moore was born at Moorefield, Nebraska, May 4, 1888, and is a son of A. A. and E. A. Moore, natives of Illinois, where the father followed farming pursuits. Sub- sequently he went to Nebraska and there took up land, which he cleared and developed, his father and two brothers also becoming residents of that part of the state, and it was upon a portion of this land that the town of Moorefield was later founded, being named in honor of the family. In 1901 A. A. Moore drove across the country to Wyo- ming, settling in Wheatland, where for three years he engaged in the transfer business. He then made the overland trip to Oregon, first locating in Merrill, where he conducted a dairy for a year, at the end of which time he removed to Talent, Oregon, and there resided for some time. In 1912 he became a resident of Monmouth, Oregon, purchasing a farm on which he still makes his home, being now sixty-nine years of age, while the mother is sixty-one.
Their son, Floyd D. Moore, pursued his education in the schools of Nebraska and Wyoming. He accompanied his parents on their removal to the Pacific coast country, driving a mule team from Wyoming to Oregon. Desirous of securing the best educa- tion obtainable, he worked his way through the normal school at Ashland, Oregon, where he injured his hip in a game of football. His work in that institution later enabled him to secure a life certificate by examination in 1917 as a teacher in the schools of the state and he then filled various positions in Portland.
In 1910 he went to Portland and later followed work as foreman for a contractor, doing concrete and excavation work. In the year 1912 he became injured while working in this capacity, which necessitated the removal of the hip joint. After recovery from this operation he became engaged in teaching school in the state of Washington and later was principal at Marquam in Clackamas county, Oregon. He was principal of the Sylvan school near Portland for two years. During this time he decided to enter the regular profession and became a student in the night school of the North Western College of Law where he remained for a year and also pursued a business course dur- ing the same time in the Lincoln high school, attending the night sessions in the above mentioned schools. Subsequently he became assistant superintendent of the schools of Polk county, in which position he served for three years, most capably performing his work in that connection. Previous to this, however, he had still further qualified for educational work by attendance at the Monmouth (Ore.) Normal school, where he was an active member of the council of the student body and also gained prominence as an
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orator. He thus became exceptionally well fitted for his work as an educator, impart- ing clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had acquired and doing much to improve the curriculum and the methods of instruction followed in the county. He has ever held to high ideals in relation to the schools and has contributed in marked measure to the educational advancement of the state. He has not, however, abandoned his desire to become a member of the legal profession and is still pursuing his law studies. In 1918 Mr. Moore was elected to the office of county clerk and recorder of Polk county and his excellent service in that connection led to his reelection without opposition, so that he is still in that office. He is systematic, prompt and accurate in his work and all departments of the office are efficiently managed, his services proving most satisfactory to the public. He has also made investments in farm lands and his determined spirit and laudable ambition have been salient features in the attainment of success.
On the 24th of August, 1919, Mr. Moore was united in marriage to Miss Marion Bliven of Salem, Oregon, who for several years was a successful teacher in the Polk county schools. In his political views Mr. Moore is a republican, doing everything in his power to advance the welfare of the party and promote its success. He is promi- nent and active in public affairs in his section of the state and served as chairman of the Roosevelt Memorial Association of Polk county, while for two years he has been president of the local Chautauqua Association. He is a member of the city council and his influence is always on the side of progress and improvement. His wife is a member of the Methodist church and her life is influenced by its teachings. Fraternally Mr. Moore is identified with the Masonic order, in which he has held office, and he also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, being a past chancellor commander of the lodge. He is also connected with Abd-Uhl Atef Temple of the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan at Portland and with the Modern .Woodmen of America, serving as clerk in the last named order at Dallas, Oregon. Mr. Moore is ever ready to give his support to measures for the promotion of the public welfare and as a county official he has discharged his duties in such a way as to earn the encomiums of the general public. He is a self-made man and is deserving of much credit for what he has accomplished, for he started out in life empty-handed and has worked his way steadily upward by persistent energy and unfaltering enterprise. His record should serve to inspire and encourage others, showing what may be achieved when there is the will to dare and to do.
J. O. WILSON.
J. O. Wilson, head manager for the Woodmen of the World, was born in Port Huron, Michigan, August 23, 1883, and was a little lad of six years when in 1889 he accompanied his parents to Montana. His father, Lewis Wilson, became a stockman of that state and the son can readily recall the time when they were forced to mount their horses and in all haste make for the post in order to escape the outrages of the Indians, the family seeking needed protection at the post. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Sophronia Church, has passed away.
In his youthful days J. O. Wilson was a pupil in the public schools near Chinook, Montana, and afterward attended the Montana University at Helena and completed his education by a special business course in Caton College at Minneapolis, Minnesota. He then returned to Montana and for one year was connected with the fruit industry in that state.
On the expiration of that period Mr. Wilson became manager for the Singer Sewing Machine Company, a position which he occupied for three years. He then went to Spokane and took up the fraternal work of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, re- maining in that connection for two years. Later he removed to Portland and acted as district manager for the Woodmen of the World for two years, at the end of which time he was elected clerk of the Portland camp and filled the office for a decade. In June, 1920, he was elected head manager for the entire order in the United States, which has its headquarters at Denver, and he makes trips four times a year to that city. He is the youngest man who has ever filled this position and such was the con- fidence reposed in him that he was elected by unanimous vote. The membership of the order is now over one hundred and thirty-five thousand and there are five thousand in the Portland camp, this being the largest beneficiary camp of any beneficiary order in the
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United States. Mr. Wilson is a member of many fraternal organizations. He possesses the ready adaptability, tact and fraternal spirit that makes him so popular in the dif- ferent organizations and, moreover, he is a most impressive orator. His efforts are contributing much to the upbuilding of the Woodmen of the World and in Oregon alone there are now twenty-three thousand members.
In 1903 Mr. Wilson was united in marriage to Miss Clara Will, a daughter of John H. and Susanah (Schreckenghast) Will, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, both representatives of old American families. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have been born four children: Laverne, Harriet, Lorena and Ilo Will, the last named being ten years of age. Mr. Wilson is the owner of large property interests in Montana, which he inherited from his parents. He is an alert and enterprising business man, possessing splendid powers of organization and executive ability. He has always taken an active interest in repub- lican politics and was one of the managers of the C. A. Bigelow campaign. He stands loyally by any cause which he espouses and manifests a most progressive spirit in his support of anything which he undertakes to do.
CLYDE N. JOHNSTON.
Clyde N. Johnston, district attorney for Lane county, to which office he was elected in the November, 1920, election, is justly classed with the able lawyers of Oregon. He was born in Logan, Hocking county, Ohio, September 19, 1886, a son of Thomas and Josephine (Iles) Johnston, also natives of the Buckeye state. The father was likewise an attorney, who in the early days became a resident of Fostoria, Ohio, where he engaged in the practice of his profession during the remainder of his life, winning a place of distinction at the bar of the state. He passed away in November, 1913, but the mother survives.
Clyde N. Johnston was reared and educated at Fostoria, Ohio, and subsequently en- tered the law school of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which he was graduated with the class of 1908 with the LL. B. degree. He then became associated with his father in practice at Fostoria, thus continuing for one year, and in 1909 came west to Oregon. For a year he taught school at Cove, Union county, and in 1910 and 1911 was in the employ of the Union Meat Company at Portland. He was assistant principal of the high school at Eugene from 1911 until 1915 and in the latter year removed to Junction City, where he opened a law office. He has since practiced his profession in this city and has built up a good clientage, for he has displayed marked ability in the conduct of intricate cases. In November, 1920, he was elected to the office of district attorney for Lane county, for which he was the nominee on both tickets. He is making an excellent record in office, carefully safeguarding the legal interests of his district and at all times proving worthy of the trust reposed in him by his constituents. Since 1915 he has also served in the office of city attorney and is giving excellent satisfaction in that connec- tion, his ability in the line of his profession being widely recognized. He prepares his cases with great earnestness, thoroughness and care, presents his cause clearly and cogently, and by reason of the unmistakable logic of his deductions wins many cases.
On the 9th of September, 1908, Mr. Johnston was united in marriage to Miss Grace Hollopeter, a daughter of Dr. Charles and Eva (Hatfield) Hollopeter, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Kentucky. The father, who was a physician, followed his pro- fession in Fostoria for a number of years and in 1903 came west to Oregon, opening an office in Portland, where he successfully practiced his profession during his remaining years. He passed away in 1917 and the mother survived him for but a year, her death occurring in 1918. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston have become the parents of two children: Janet, who was born June 7, 1915; and Helen, born April 10, 1918.
Mr. Johnston gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has taken a most active and prominent part in public affairs of his locality, serving for one term as mayor of Junction City, and while a resident of Fostoria, Ohio, he served for eight months as chief executive of the city and also filled the office of justice of the peace. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and along the line of his profession he is identl- fied with the Oregon State Bar Association. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. While residing in Eugene Mr. Johnston devoted his summer vacation periods to work as a member of the Fire Patrol in the interests of the timber association and the government and during his connection with
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the high school of that city he also acted as athletic director. While the World war was in progress he served as chairman of his committee for several local drives and thus rendered valuable assistance in promoting the work of the government. The activity of Mr. Johnston in relation to the public welfare has thus been of wide scope. He has ever been loyal to any public trust reposed in him and at all times his record has been such as would bear the closest investigation and scrutiny. He has ever conformed his practice to the highest ethical standards of the profession and Lane county numbers him among her most able attorneys and valued citizens.
THOMAS WHITEHORN.
Thomas Whitehorn, president of the Corvallis State Bank and a leading figure in financial circles in Benton county, is also prominent in other connections, having been one of the organizers of the Pacific States Insurance Company and the Portland Cement Company, and he is likewise the owner of considerable city property. He pos- sesses executive ability of a high order and is a man whose plans are well defined and promptly executed. Mr. Whitehorn was born in London, England, February 7th, 1859, a son of Thomas and Sarah (Stratton) Whitehorn, also natives of that city. The father there engaged in business as a butcher and also became known as a veterinary surgeon. He passed his entire life in his native city and his demise occurred in 1903, while the mother was called to her final rest in 1901.
Their son, Thomas Whitehorn, was reared in the city of London and his educa- tional opportunities were very limited, but he has learned many valuable lessons in the school of experience and through broad reading and study lias become a well informed man. When about twelve years of age he became a sailor, his first employment being on the River Thames. For four years he followed a sea-faring life but at length tired of that occupation and on the 6th of August, 1878, he arrived in Astoria, Oregon. He at first worked as a farm hand and also engaged in fishing on the Columbia river, being thus employed for four years. He then went to Cornelius, Oregon, where for a year he engaged in business and in December, 1883, he removed to Corvallis. For nineteen and a half years he was engaged in the conduct of a profitable business enter- prise in the city and then disposed of his interests, owing to ill health. He was not content to lead a life of inactivity, however, and in 1913 he became one of the organ- izers of the Corvallis State Bank, of which he was chosen president and has since served in that capacity. The bank has enjoyed a healthful growth from the beginning and the success of the institution is attributable in large measure to the business sagacity, enterprise and close application of Mr. Whitehorn. It is regarded as one of the sound financial institutions of Benton county and the other officers of the bank are Jolin Fulton and John W. Hyde, vice presidents, and A. A. Schramm, cashier and O. G. Wooten, assistant cashier, all of whom are substantial and representative business men of their section of the state. The bank is capitalized for fifty thousand dollars, has a surplus and undivided profits amounting to thirty-one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-one dollars, its deposits total six hundred sixty-four thousand, four hundred and four dollars, while its resources have reached the sum of seven hundred forty-six thousand, one hundred and ninety-five dollars. Mr. Whitehorn is a man of splendid executive ability and was one of the organizers of the Pacific States Insurance Com- pany and the Portland Cement Company. He erected the first and largest fraternity house in Corvallis and is owner of considerable city property, including several business blocks. His interests are thus broad and varied and liis name in connection with any enterprise insures its success, for whatever he undertakes he carries forward to successful completion.
In August, 1888, Mr. Whitehorn was united in marriage to Miss Katherine Wells and they became the parents of two sons: Claude D., the elder, is a prominent business man of Marshfield, Oregon; Thomas W. was but seventeen years of age at the time of the outbreak of the World war and leaving school he enlisted in the navy. He was first placed aboard the U. S. Cruiser Frederick, from which he was later transferred to five other vessels. At the end of a year he won promotion to the office of first gun pointer and during his term of service made seven long voyages. He received his dis- charge in August, 1919, and is now continuing his studies at the Oregon Agricultural College.
In his political views Mr. Whitehorn is a democrat and fraternally he is identified
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with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, being a charter member of the Albany lodge, and he is also connected with the Knights of Pythias, having joined the order in 1884. Mr. Whitehorn is a self-made man who has gained success and prominence through individual merit and ability. Although he started out in the business world empty-handed he is today a man of affluence and the most envious cannot grudge him his success, so honorably has it been won and so worthily used. He is everywhere spoken of as a citizen of worth, possessing many sterling traits of character which have heen of value in the upbuilding and progress of the community and which have won for him the high regard of all who know him.
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