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L. L. ADCOX.
As president of the Adcox Auto & Aviation School, L. L. Adcox is conducting the largest and most successful institution of the kind west of Kansas City. He is an expert mechanic whose business initiative and progressiveness are making his school a model of its kind, its methods of instruction being extensively adopted by leading institutions of this character throughout the country. Mr. Adcox was born in Beebe, Arkansas, in 1887, and is a representative of an old southern family of English descent. He is a son of Joseph and Lilly (King) Adcox, the former of whom was engaged in business as a jeweler.
L. L. Adcox had the advantage of a high school education, which he supplemented by home study, pursuing correspondence courses with the American Technical Society and the International Correspondence Schools. In 1899 the family moved to Oregon, first locating at Alhany and subsequently taking up their residence at The Dalles. After five years' experience in driving and repairing automobiles Mr. Adcox determined to establish a school which would thoroughly equip men for this line of work. The sudden growth of the automobile industry had created an unprecedented demand for skilled mechanics in this particular line of work and he at first followed the lead of others, opening a combination repair shop and school in 1914. The results, however, did not satisfy him and his initiative spirit led him to establish a school independent of any repair shop. That his innovation was a decided improvement on the old methods of instruction is indicated in the fact that graduates of his school were notably successful in the mechanical field, having thorough theoretical as well as practical knowledge. After a few years the little school began to make such a showing that men throughout the Pacific northwest who had mechanical leanings began to think of it first when considering a course to fit them to enter the automobile field. Today the Adcox Auto & Aviation School undoubtedly is the largest school of its kind west of Kansas City and it graduates a larger percentage of students who make good in a big commanding
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way than any other auto school in America, having during the winter months as many as five hundred students enrolled at a time. The school is fitted out with the most complete equipment obtainable and everything possible is done to develop the student's skill and proficiency, so that with his specialized knowledge his services are much in demand and he is thus able to command a large salary. In 1914 the school was incorporated as the Adcox Auto School but is now known as the Adcox Auto & Aviation School. Its present officers are L. L. Adcox, president; Sarah Kesley, vice president; and Hans Rue, secretary and treasurer. Its equipment includes forty- eight different motors and to its students it offers ten different courses.
In 1913 Mr. Adcox was united in marriage to Miss Mary Kesley, of Canada, and they have a large circle of friends in the city, their residence being at No. 585 Siski- you. They are members of the Methodist church and fraternally Mr. Adcox is identi- fied with the Woodmen of the World. Although yet a young man Mr. Adcox has al- ready accomplished much and judging from his past achievements his future will be well worth the watching, for he is at all times actuated by a spirit of energy, progress and determination that has carried him forward to a substantial point on the highroad to success.
NORMAN E. IRVINE, M. D.
Dr. Norman E. Irvine, devoting his attention to the practice of medicine and surgery at Lebanon and at all times keeping in touch with the advanced thought and methods of the profession, has won well deserved success and prominence. He is a native son of the state, his birth having occurred at Arlington, September 1, 1892. His parents, William and Ina Irvine, were natives of Scotland and in 1880 they emi- grated to America, making their way across the country to Oregon. They located in Arlington, where the father has continued to reside, being now engaged in the con- fectionery business. The mother passed away on the 30th of January, 1911.
Their son, Norman E. Irvine, was reared and educated in his native city and after completing his high school course entered the State University of Oregon as a student in the medical department, from which he was graduated in 1917 with the M. D. degree. The following year he served as interne in the Good Samaritan Hospital at Portland and then came to Lebanon, where he became a partner of Dr. Booth. Although one of the younger members of the profession Dr. Irvine has already gained a position of prominence in medical circles and his colleagues and contemporaries speak of him in terms of high regard, recognizing his skill and ability, which he is constantly pro- moting hy wide reading and study.
On the 26th of June, 1920, Dr. Irvine was united in marriage to Miss Eve S. Flood and they have made many friends in the city. Dr. Irvine is a republican in his politi- cal views and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Episcopal church. He has attained high rank in the Masonic order, belonging to the Scottish Rite Consistory and to the Shrine. He is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks aud his professional connections are with the Oregon State and Central Willamette Medical Societies. During the World war Dr. Irvine gave proof of his loyalty and public-spirited devotion to his country by his enlistment in the United States navy on the 11th of December, 1917. He was stationed at Portland as a member of the Reserve Force of the navy and was discharged on the 13th of December, 1918, at the close of a year's service. Dr. Irvine is a young man of energy and determination, and actuated by a laudable ambition he is advancing steadily in one of the highest and most ennobling professions in which mankind can engage.
MAJOR F. G. ANDREAE.
Major F. G. Andreae, director of the Spaulding Logging Company of Salem, is also prominently identified with paper manufacturing interests of the northwest as secre- tary of the California-Oregon Paper Mills of Los Angeles, California, and director of the Oregon Pulp & Paper Company. He earned his title in the World war, in which as a member of the Royal Naval Air Service he rendered important and valuable service to the allied forces, serving throughout the period of that tremendous conflict.
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Major Andreae is a native of England. He was born in London, May 9, 1887, and there acquired his education, taking up the study of mechanical engineering. He was for two and a half years a student in a technical college at Karlsruhe, Germany, after which he spent three years in training in the London & Southwestern Railway Shops and also a year in the Birmingham Small Arms factory. He thus acquired a thorough knowledge of mechanical engineering and in 1909 and 1910 engaged in air- plane work in association with his cousin, H. P. Martin, the enterprise with which he was at that time connected now being known as the Martinsyde Air Craft Company. During the period of the war this corporation was active in constructing many air- planes for the British government. In 1910 Major Andreae was sent to Canada by a large banking firm in London with which his uncle is connected, to look after their interests in an extensive sawmill at Ocean Falls, British Columbia, which they were financing. This plant has since been transformed into the Crown Willamette Paper Mills, the largest enterprise of the kind, on the Pacific coast, in which Frederick W. Leadbetter, the father-in-law of the subject of this review, is heavily interested. In the early part of 1913 Major Andreae returned to England and took up flying-a sport which made a strong appeal to him. In the spring of 1914 he again came to America and traveled throughout the southern states and as far north as Vancouver, British Columbia. During this time the World war broke out and while on his way back to England he passed through Portland, Oregon, where he met Miss Georgiana Leadbetter, to whom he became engaged. Following his arrival in England he obtained a com- mission in the Royal Naval Air Service on the 2d of November, 1914, and on the 1st of February, 1915, went to France, where he was in the air, service until September, 1919, winning promotion from sub-lieutenant to the rank of major. At the close of the war Major Andreae returned to the United States, and taking up the pursuits of civil life, he is now serving as a director of the Spaulding Logging Company of Salem, Oregon, and also of the Oregon Pulp & Paper Company and he likewise acts as secre- tary of the California-Oregon Paper Mills of Los Angeles.
On the 29th of May, 1915, while engaged in war service, Major Andreae was united in marriage to Miss Georgiana Leadbetter, a daughter of Frederick W. Leadbetter, a prominent capitalist of the northwest and a leading citizen of Portland. They have become the parents of two children: Henry Frederick and Christopher John Strathern, aged respectively five and four years. Mrs. Andreae went to London in November, 1914, and became a Red Cross nurse and it was while serving in that capacity that she married Major Andreae. They reside in Salem and spend much of their leisure time in the open, being exceptionally fond of sailing. Major Andreae is a patron of the various sports and is a true sportsman, being a good loser as well as a good winner. While his life in the aviation service was an extremely dangerous one he found the game most fascinating, requiring a cool head, quick wit and courage of a high order, and it is difficult for him to content himself with the prosaic duties of every-day life. As a business man, however, he is thoroughly competent and reliable, wisely directing the extensive and important interests under his charge, and his efforts have met with a substantial measure of success. He possesses a most attractive person- ality and is a man of high principles and substantial worth, whom to know is to esteem and admire.
CHARLES P. BISHOP.
Charles P. Bishop, a leading merchant of Salem, is conducting one of the largest retail enterprises in men's furnishings in the state, outside of Portland, and as the manufacturer of the famous Pendleton Indian blanket is widely known throughout the United States. He is alert and energetic in the conduct of his commercial interests and his thorough reliability as well as his industry constitutes an important feature in his growing success.
Mr. Bishop is the son of W. R. Bishop, who was born in Carroll county, Indiana. in 1826 and in 1836, when ten years of age, went to McLean county, Illinois. The year 1850 witnessed the arrival of W. R. Bishop in California, where he followed various occupations, engaging in mining and teaching and also in preaching the gospel. While residing in that state he was married in 1853 to Elizabeth J. Adams, a native of Missouri, and in January, 1856, they made their way to Oregon, settling on a one hundred and sixty-acre tract of land four miles east of Lebanon. There they resided for six years
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and then took up their home on the Calapooya river, remaining until 1873, when they went to Brownsville, there spending six years. On the expiration of that period they removed to Portland, where the father lived retired until his death in 1913. He had survived his wife for one year, her demise having occurred in 1912.
Their son, Charles P. Bishop, was the eldest in a family of seven children. After completing his education he entered commercial life as a bookkeeper at Brownsville, serving in that capacity from 1879 until the late '80s. In 1889 he established himself in business independently, organizing, in association with the late Thomas Kay, the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill Company in Salem. In 1891 Mr. Bishop acquired the cloth- ing business known as the Salem Woolen Mills Store in Salem, and from a modest beginning he has gradually extended his operations from year to year until he is now at the head of one of the largest retail enterprises of the kind in the state, outside of the city of Portland. He deals in men's furnishings, handling the best the market affords in the line of men's wearing apparel, and his progressive business methods, reliable dealing, reasonable prices and courteous treatment of patrons have secured for him a large and constantly growing patronage. He has a thorough understanding of the principles of merchandising and a keen insight into business conditions and is maintaining a high degree of efficiency in the operation of his interests. In 1909, in association with his sons, C. M. and R. T. Bishop, he purchased the machinery of the Pendleton Woolen Mills and erected a new building, in which he installed the machin- ery he had purchased and also additional equipment. He thus became the owner of a thoroughly modern and well equipped plant and in 1910 began the manufacture of the now' famous Pendleton Indian blanket, which is sold throughout the United States. He displays sound judgment in the conduct of his affairs and by reason of his enter- prise and diligence has won a substantial measure of success.
In 1876 Mr. Bishop was united in marriage to Miss Fanny Kay, a daughter of Thomas Kay, who was a prominent manufacturer of Salem, and they have become the parents of three sons: Clarence M., Roy T. and Robert Chauncey. They are enter- prising and progressive business men who have inherited much of their father's execu- tive ability and sound judgment. Roy T. Bishop was the organizer and is now the manager of the Oregon Worsted Company at Sellwood, Oregon, engaged in the manu- facture of worsted yarns and suitings on an extensive scale. The sons purchased the Washougal Woolen Mills in Washington, which they are now operating, and they are conducting a shirt and woolen hosiery factory at Vancouver, Washington. They also purchased the Eureka Woolen Mills of California and their interests are most extensive and important, the family occupying a leading place in woolen manufacturing circles of the Pacific northwest.
Charles P. Bishop has gained prominence in public affairs and for three terms was mayor of Salem, giving to the city a businesslike and progressive administration, which proved most beneficial in its effects. In 1907 Mr. and Mrs. Bishop made an extended trip abroad, visiting many European points of interest and returning to this country in 1908. In his business he has made steady progress, his capable management and indefatigable industry constituting the basis upon which he has builded his pros- perity. His record measures up to the full standard of honorable manhood and those who know him recognize in him a citizen whose loyalty to the public welfare has never been questioned, while his integrity and honor in private affairs are matters familiar to all with whom he has been associated.
ROBERT COPPOCK.
Since 1910 Robert Coppock has been residing retired in Athena. For many years he engaged in farming in Umatilla county and is now enjoying the fruits of his dili- gence and industry. Like many of Oregon's most prominent and successful men he is a son by adoption, his birth having occurred in Henry county, Iowa, on the 2d of April, 1844. His parents were Aaron and Mary (Ratcliff) Coppock. In 1849 Aaron Coppock left Iowa and started for California in ox drawn wagons. After establishing himself temporarily in that state he sent for his wife and family and in 1852 they were preparing to join him but before they started he was killed in the mines. It was said that the father was killed by some men in the mines, their object being to get his money. The family then came direct to Oregon, and the winter of 1852-3 was spent in Oregon City. In the spring of the following year the mother and children
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went up the river to Jackson, thence to Peoria, and spent some time at the home of Joe Glover. Later Mrs. Coppock took up land in this section but her death occurred before she had proved up on it.
The boyhood of Robert Coppock was spent in various places, and his education was obtained whenever the occasion presented itself. In 1855 he removed to Linn county, and made his home with Alec Brandon, working out on farms and also doing some carpenter work, which trade he had learned in early youth. In 1861 he made a trip to the Oro Fino mines near Lewiston, Idaho, and here as a result of his labor and close application he achieved a substantial amount of success. He soon returned to Oregon and settled in the Willamette valley and in 1872 he moved onto rented land near Athena. After operating this land for some time he purchased one hundred and sixty acres, which he improved and cultivated, raising a most gratifying wheat crop, which he hauled to Wallowa for sale, it taking three days to make the trip. Success attended this agricultural venture of Mr. Coppock and he gradually added to his original tract, purchasing eighty acres of fine improved land and subsequently the farm of his half brother, A. R. Price, which consisted of two hundred and seventy-five acres. This land adjoined his original farm and he operated it successfully until 1910, when he removed to Athena and retired. Here he built a beautiful new home three years ago and is a prominent and active citizen.
In 1866 occurred the marriage of Mr. Coppock and Miss Emma Whipple, a native of Pennsylvania. Seven children were born to this union, five of whom are still living: Mattie, Alfred, Linnie, Arthur, and Frank. Clifford died at the age of four years and Edith is also deceased. The death of Mrs. Coppock occurred in 1903, when she was fifty-eight years of age, and was a severe blow to her family and many friends, for Mrs. Coppock was prominent and active in the club and social circles of Athena and community.
The political faith of Mr. Coppock is that of the republican party, in the interests of which he has always taken an active part. He has neither sought nor desired public office, preferring rather to devote his time to his business interests. There is no more public-spirited citizen than Mr. Coppock and every movement for the general good may depend upon his undivided support. Fraternally he is a member of the Masons and his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church.
HON. CHARLES L. McNARY.
The life record of Hon. Charles L. McNary, lawyer, jurist and statesman, is a most distinguished and creditable one and Oregon may well feel proud to claim him as a native son. In 1919 he was elected to the United States senate and he brought to this office ripe experience, abilities of a high order and a keen desire to fulfill his obliga- tions and discharge his duties with credit to himself and for the highest welfare of his state and country.
Mr. McNary was born in Marion county, five miles north of Salem, on the 12th of June, 1874, and is a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of the state. His grandfather, James McNary, came to Oregon at an early period in its de- velopment, settling on a tract of land near Milwaukie, in Clackamas county, and experiencing all of the hardships and privations of pioneer life, including hostile attacks by the Indians. Hugh L. McNary, the father of the subject of this review, was a native of Pike county, Illinois, and as a boy crossed the plains to Oregon with his parents, the family arriving in this state in 1845. During the succeeding ten years he remained at home, assisting his father in the cultivation and improvement of the farm. For a time he conducted a brickyard in Oregon City and subsequently went to Linn county, Oregon, where for several years he engaged in teaching school, also taking up a donation land claim. At length he came to Marion county, acquiring a farm near Salem, on which he resided until 1879, when he moved into the city and there his demise occurred in 1883. In 1860 he had wedded Margaret Claggett, a native of Kentucky, who came to Oregon with her parents in 1852, the family having pre- viously resided in Missouri. Mrs. McNary passed away in 1878. By her marriage she had become the mother of ten children, five of whom survive: John H .; Ella, the wife of W. T. Stolz of the Stolz Vinegar Factory of Salem; Mary, who married H. T. Bruse, a retired farmer; Nina, who resides in Salem with her sister, Mrs. Stolz; and Charles L., of this review.
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The last named was reared at home and in the acquirement of his preliminary education attended the public schools of Salem. After his graduation from the high school he attended Leland Stanford University at Palo Alto, California. In October, 1898, he established an office in Salem and engaged in general practice with his brother, John H. McNary, and they soon won a liberal clientage, having charge of many important litigated interests, which they most successfully defended. Mr. McNary's knowledge of the law is comprehensive and exact and for two years he filled the chair of medical jurisprudence in Willamette University, subsequently serv- ing as dean of the law department of that institution. In 1904 he was called to public office, being appointed deputy district attorney under his brother, John H. McNary, and serving in that capacity until January, 1913. His high professional attainments soon won for him greater honors and on the 1st of June, 1913, he was appointed by Gov- ernor West to the office of justice of the supreme court of the state of Oregon, and con- tinued to act in that capacity until the 1st of January, 1915. While upon the bench his decisions indicated strong mentality, careful analysis, a thorough knowledge of the law and an unbiased judgment. He then resumed the private practice of law in association with his brother, John H. McNary, with whom he continued until May, 1917, when he was appointed by Governor Withycombe as United States senator to fill out the unexpired term of the late Senator Harry Lane. In May, 1918, he was nomi- nated for the office on the republican ticket and in 1919 was elected to the United States senate for a term of six years, his tenure of office to expire on the 4th of March, 1925. At the primaries he defeated R. N. Stanfield, who was elected in 1920 over Senator Chamberlain and at the election he defeated Governor West. He at once took rank with the foremost men in the senate and has won for himself a position as a statesman of the first rank. His course has at all times commanded public con- fidence, for he has wisely and conscientiously used the talents with which nature has endowed him, placing the welfare of the commonwealth and country before personal aggrandizement or party interests.
In Salem, on the 19th of November, 1902, Mr. McNary was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Breyman, a native of that city and a daughter of Eugene Breyman, who was born and reared in Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1852 and located in Amity, Polk county, Oregon. He was one of the pioneer merchants of the Willamette valley and a most capable business man, who met with success in his undertakings. Mrs. Breyman was in her maidenhood Miss Margaret Skaife of Marion county. Mrs. McNary died in July, 1918, as the result of an automobile accident, and her sudden demise came as a great shock to her immediate family and to a large circle of friends whom she had won, owing to her many fine qualities of heart and mind.
Mr. McNary has filled all of the chairs in the Masonic fraternity, the Elks and the Odd Fellows, and is a most worthy exemplar of each order. He has taken an active interest in all public questions and municipal affairs since attaining his manhood and can always be depended upon to champion every movement that tends to promote public progress and advancement. For two years he was president of the Salem Board of Trade, assuming the duties of that office in 1909. In the same year he became one of the organizers of the Salem Fruit Union, of which he served as president for a considerable period. He is a man of the highest integrity and personal worth and no public trust reposed in him has ever been betrayed in the slightest degree. His sympathetic understanding of the perplexing problems of human society, his abiding sense of justice and his deep insight into the vital relations of our complex civiliza- tion have already won him the admiration and esteem of the people at large, while in his own state he enjoys in unusual measure the warm personal regard and friend- ship of the great majority of those who know him.
His brother, John H. McNary, was born January 31, 1869, and in the public schools of Salem he acquired his preliminary education, after which he attended the Univer- sity of Oregon, being admitted to the bar in 1894. He at once entered upon the active practice of his profession and in 1900 was called to public office, being elected county recorder of Marion county, in which capacity he served until 1902, while from 1898 to 1904 he served as deputy prosecuting attorney of the third judicial district. In the last named year he was elected prosecuting attorney for that district, which com- prises Marion, Linn, Polk, Yamhill and Tillamook counties, continuing in that office until January, 1913, having in the meantime engaged in the private practice of his profession in connection with his brother, Hon. Charles L. McNary, now serving as United States senator from Oregon. Mr. McNary's legal learning, his analytical mind,
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