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In 1902 occurred the marriage of Dr. 'Smith and Miss Mabelle Florence Stock- well, a native of Coon Rapids, Iowa, who had been his sweetheart in school days. They have become parents of one daughter, Lois. She is a pupil of the Astoria schools and inheriting a natural talent for music is already accounted a most promising musician. Mrs. Smith takes a prominent and active part in the social life of Astoria and is a most hospitable and gracious hostess. She is a model mother and to quote her hus- band, "the finest housekeeper in the west."
Fraternally Dr. Smith is associated with the Masons, in which order he has at- tained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine; he belongs also to the Elks, the Moose, the Modern Woodmen and the Woodmen of the World. As a member of the Astoria Chamber of Commerce and the State Chamber of Commerce he is actively connected with the civic affairs of his town, county and state and as vice president and member of the board of governors of the Kiwanis Club he is prominent in the social circles of the community. He is also a member of the American Legion, in the activities of which he maintains a deep and sincere interest and is serving as a member of the executive committee. He is held in high regard by the other members of his profession throughout the state and a brilliant future seems assured him.
THOMAS QUAID.
For a decade prior to his death Thomas Quaid was a resident of Portland, but it is the town of Heppner that stands as a monument to his enterprising spirit, his busi- ness ability and his progressiveness. It was Mr. Quaid who laid out the town and con- tributed in most substantial measure to its development for many years. A native of Ireland, he was born in the city of Dublin in 1844 and was but sixteen years of age when he came to the United States, settling first in Ohio, where he was employed as a farm hand for about two years. On the expiration of that period he sought the opportunities of the growing west and made his way across the country to Oregon, taking up his abode in Jacksonville. He remained there for a short time and after- ward had a pack train between Umatilla and Boise, Idaho. To that business he gave his attention for two years and then with his brother went to Birch creek in eastern Oregon, where they engaged in cattle raising for many years. Mr. Quaid drove more than one thousand head of cattle overland to Wyoming. He had paid forty dollars a head for some of his herd, but he raised a great many of the number and on reaching his destination sold all at ten dollars per head. Two years later he engaged in sheep rais- ing in the vicinity of Heppner, where he had taken up a homestead. From time to time he purchased other land there, adding to his possessions until he was the owner of seven thousand acres devoted to the raising of wheat, alfalfa and all kinds of crops. Upon his land was a fine stream of running water and his fields were most
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carefully and profitably cultivated, while his sheep raising interests were also con- ducted along progressive and satisfactory lines. He became one of the most promi- nent sheep men of eastern Oregon, nor was his success the only result of his labors. At various times he gave generous assistance to many a poor man who was struggling to gain a start and not a few of these are today among the wealthy citizens of the state. It was Mr. Quaid who purchased the ground whereon Heppner now stands and he platted the town and paid the first freight bill on goods hauled into the place. He assisted in erecting nearly all of the buildings of Heppner and his efforts were a most important element in the upbuilding of the town and in the development of the sur- rounding country. He was at all times prompted by a most progressive spirit and his efforts brought results that were gratifying as factors in the progress and improve- ment of the state as well as in the advancement of his individual fortunes.
In 1874 Mr. Quaid was united in marriage to Miss Pauline Smith, a daughter of Harvey and Elizabeth Jane (Greenwood) Smith, the former a native of Missouri and the latter of Iowa. Both became residents of Oregon when about eighteen years of age and they were married near Salem. To Mr. and Mrs. Quaid was born a daughter, Catherine, the wife of W. C. Hofen of San Francisco, California.
With his retirement from business Mr. Quaid removed from Heppner to Portland in 1906 and purchased property on West Twelfth street, where he resided to the time of his death, which occurred May 28, 1916. In the meantime he had acquired the ownership of several pieces of valuable property in this city and he left his family in most comfortable financial circumstances. He was a lifelong democrat and while in Heppner served as a member of the city council, giving his support at all times to those measures which he deemed of benefit in the upbuilding of the community. Fra- ternally he was connected with the Knights of Pythias and was a Mason of high rank. He was always a worthy follower of the teachings of the craft and guided his life according to the principles upon which it is based. For a half century he was identified with the Masonic organization and was most highly esteemed by his fellow members of the order and by all who knew him in every relation of life. Oregon numbered him among its most valued and honored citizens.
ARTHUR HENRY BREYMAN.
An eminent American statesman has said: "The thing supremely worth having is the opportunity coupled with the capacity to do well and worthily a piece of work, the doing of which shall be of vital significance to mankind." Such an opportunity came to Arthur Henry Breyman in that he took up his abode in the northwest during its formative period and contributed in substantial measure to the commercial progress of Portland for many years. Thoroughness and reliability at all times characterized his business career and he became well known as the founder and successful manager of the Breyman Leather Company. He was likewise extensively and profitably engaged in agricultural and stock raising pursuits in the northwest and his activities along that line contributed to his substantial success.
Mr. Breyman was a native of Bockenem, Hanover, Germany, his birth there occurring May 2, 1838. His father was an officer in the German army and fought in the battle of Waterloo. For a conspicuous act of bravery during that engagement he was awarded by Wellington, then in command of the Hanoverian troops, a medal which is still in possession of his descendants. During the latter part of his life he was one of the bodyguard of the German emperor.
Arthur H. Breyman spent his youthful days to the age of seventeen years in his native country and after his father's death started out in the world on his own account. He shipped as a sailor boy on a sailing vessel that crossed the Atlantic to New York and while walking along the streets of that city one day he met his brother, Eugene, who had already been in America for several years and was at that time engaged in business in Oregon. Arthur H. Breyman was influenced by his brother to come to the northwest. He lived, however, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1855 until 1859 and then made his way to the coast by way of Cape Horn, settling first in Yamhill county, Oregon, where he worked for his brothers, Eugene and Werner, who were then conducting a mercantile establishment at La Fayette. Arthur H. Breyman con- tinued in their employ until his industry and economy had enabled him to secure the capital wherewith to purchase a small stock of goods. He then went to Dayton
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and later to the mining town of Canyon City, where he conducted a store and was also financially interested in the mines for several years. Disposing of his interests there he removed to Salem, Oregon, where he once more engaged in the dry goods business, becoming one of the leading merchants and prominent residents of that place. While there he was associated in business with his brother-in-law, Mr. Boutell, for about five years. He afterward removed to eastern Oregon, where he engaged in buying and dealing in cattle and subsequently he established an extensive business at Prineville. Again he turned his attention to general merchandising, which he followed for five years and he also bought and sold live stock. In 1882 he removed his family to Portland but retained large interests in the cattle industry in the Yakima valley and later purchased the ranch and live stock interests of the Baldwin Sheep Company near Prineville, after which he organized the now famous Baldwin Sheep & Land Com- pany, of which he remained president for several years. He operated extensively as a dealer in both sheep and land and eventually disposed of his business to Jack Edwards. After taking up his abode in Portland he continued to supervise his property and business affairs elsewhere and at the same time made judicious investments in city property, realizing that with the growth and development of Portland this land must eventually substantially advance in price. He also became a factor in commercial circles here, becoming engaged in the leather, harness and saddlery business in con- nection with his son, William Otto Breyman, under the firm style of the Breyman Leather Company. He remained as president thereof until his death, when he was succeeded by his son as president, while his wife, Mrs. Phoebe (Cranston) Breyman, became the vice president. A large plant was established and the business was conducted along most progressive lines, in keeping with the spirit which ever actuated Arthur H. Breyman in the management and direction of his manifold and important interests.
It was on the 25th of January, 1867, while in Salem, Oregon, that Mr. Breyman was united in marriage to Miss Phoebe Cranston, a daughter of Ephraim and Roxanna (Sears) Cranston. The father was a native of Rhode Island and a representative of one of the oldest families of that state, the ancestral line being traced back through several generations. The historical records of the family contain the names of eleven crowned heads of Europe. Further mention of the Cranston family is made on another page of this work. To Mr. and Mrs. Breyman were born five children: William Otto, who became his father's successor as president of the Breyman Leather Company, married Hattie Sherlock and to them were born two daughters: Charlotte, the wife of Edward Thompson; and Harriet. Bertha Roxanna, the second of the family, is the wife of O. M. Ash, of Portland. The others are: Floy Louise; Edna Cranston, now deceased; and Arthur C., who is a traveling salesman for the Breyman Leather Com- pany and who married Frances Batchelor, by whom he has one daughter, Phoebe Frances.
The death of Arthur H. Breyman occurred January 17, 1908. He was a Lutheran in his religious faith and a republican in his political belief. He stood loyally by every cause which he espoused and manifested the utmost devotion not only to the land of his adoption but to the specific district in which he lived, giving his aid and cooperation to all plans and measures for the general good. He successfully accom- plished what he undertook and at all times his labors were of a character which con- tributed to public progress and prosperity as well as to individual success. He was interested in the welfare of his fellowmen and the upbuilding of his adopted city and he gave generous aid in each case when substantial results could be secured thereby. Those who knew him-and he had a wide acquaintance-recognized the worth of his character and there were many who felt the deepest regret that he was not spared for many more years of usefulness as a citzen. His associates found in him one who held friendship inviolable, while in the family circle he was a devoted husband and father, gleaning the greatest joy of life from his promotion of the welfare and happiness of those of his own household.
LEROY CHILDS.
Though but thirty-two years of age Leroy Childs of Hood River has forged ahead and occupies the post of entomologist and superintendent of the experimental station of the Oregon Agricultural College at Hood River, which is one of the most important in the west. He was born in Alhambra, California, in 1888 and is a son of A. O. and
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Nettie (Nye) Childs. His parents are natives of Michigan and are directly descended from Revolutionary stock on both sides. Mr. Childs is a direct descendant of Samuel Childs, one of the pilgrims who landed in Massachusetts between 1620 and 1624.
Leroy Childs was educated in the primary and high schools of Redlands, Cali- fornia, near which town his father owned a large orchard. His collegiate course was pursued in the Leland Stanford University at Palo Alto, California, from which he was graduated in 1913 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Already proficient in entomology and plant pathology, he took a position with the United States forest service as field pathologist and retained that post for six months. He afterward ac- cepted a position with the California State Commission of horticulture as assistant secretary and in 1914 he was made assistant entomologist at the Oregon Agricultural College and shortly thereafter was transferred to Hood River. He has through scien- tific training and broad practical investigation and experience, become splendidly qualified for the position which he now fills and he is rendering valuable aid to the state in bringing to the fruit raisers and farmers of central Oregon a knowledge of the best methods of caring for their orchards and their fields.
In 1915 Mr. Childs was married to Miss Hazel Holmes, a daughter of John T. Holmes and Sarah (Vanalstyne) Holmes. Mr. Holmes was a native of Michigan and a prominent lumber dealer of that section. Mr. and Mrs. Childs have two sons, Leroy Winston and Allison Oliver. Mr. Childs is the author of many works relating to fruit pests and the bulletins issued by the college and written by him have become recognized as standard. He has been particularly successful in his dealings with apple scab and fruit leaf roller and the service he has rendered to the fruit growers of central Oregon and especially the Hood River valley has been of untold value to them through the standardization of their spraying practices. Mr. Childs owns in partnership an orchard of forty acres north of Dee, in the upper valley. Twenty-two acres of this ranch is planted to pears, making it one of the largest pear ranches in the state. The other eighteen acres is in apples. Mr. Childs laughingly declares that it is a fine thing to own one's own ranch, for it permits him to try all his knowledge on his own trees without fear and he gladly gives the orchardists the benefit of his methods and his actual experience. It is safe to say that in the development of the material welfare of the state Professor Childs has certainly done his full share.
ALBERT ALFRED PRICE.
Pluck, energy, ability and courtesy are the factors that have made Albert A. Price one of the leading merchants of Oregon City, where he manages a men's ready- to-wear store. It is characteristic of him that he carries forward to successful com- pletion whatever he undertakes and in spite of his misfortunes in a business way he has a flourishing trade as a result of his perseverance. Mr. Price was born in Lamber- ton, Minnesota, the son of Simon, and Bertha (Weller) Price, a family well and favorably known in that state.
Albert Price was educated at the Lamberton schools and at the West Side high school of Chicago. He took a course at the Bryant and Stratton Business College at Chicago, and was graduated from that institution in 1901. He then became a clerk for Marshall Field & Company and remained with that firm for two years, when he decided to come to Oregon City where an older brother was engaged in business. He worked as a clerk in his brother's establishment and when the brother decided to close out his business Albert Price borrowed one thousand dollars and leased the building, the stock having been sold out. His first act was to offer the landlord an increased rental in return for a new modern front in his store. He then put in a full stock of men's apparel and this was the first men's clothing store in Oregon City. He later leased the corner of Seventh and Main streets and erected upon the land the largest store in Clackamas county. Mr. Price laid in a stock which so commended itself to the citizens of Oregon City that he soon had the trade which had formerly gone to Portland. With this enlarged business he associated his brothers, A. R. Price and H. I. Price, under the firm name of Price Brothers. This commercial ven- ture was launched in 1918 and despite conditions due to the war was a success, and so continued until November, 1919, when a disastrous fire destroyed building and stock. As the property was insured for only one-third of its value Albert Price saw the accumulation of nearly twenty years of hard work turn into smoke. Nothing
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daunted, he started to rebuild immediately and on October 1, 1920, he was occupying the rebuilt establishment. The business is now conducted as the Price Brothers De- partment Store, a corporation of which Albert A. Price is president, A. R. Jacobs, vice president, and H. I. Price, secretary and treasurer. The new establishment is beyond question one of the finest department stores in Oregon. The floor space is thirteen thousand, six hundred feet, and each department is a complete store where many clerks are employed.
The same vim and energy he has displayed as a merchant have been shown in civic matters, for Mr. Price has but one slogan, "If it's good for Oregon City, I'm for it," and he has demonstrated that he means it. He was a charter member of the Oregon City Commercial Club and was elected Grand Trunk of the Live Wires of that organization. For ten years he has fought in the front rank for adequate fire protec- tion, and this was secured in 1920. Mr. Price is one of the six men responsible for the present water system of the city. Pure mountain water is now the refreshing sub- stitute for Willamette river water.
Albert A. Price was married in 1908 to Miss Sadie Topolar, daughter of a pioneer merchant of Oregon City. They are the parents of one child, Beatrice, who is a student at the Oregon City school. Mrs. Price is an active club woman, a Red Cross worker and in every way a social favorite.
Mr. Price has membership with the Masons, the Elks, Woodmen of the World, and the Moose lodge. He was elected dictator of the Royal Order of Moose when it was crumbling to decay, and brought its membership up to six hundred. Unselfish public spirit has won for Albert Price the friendship and goodwill of the people of Oregon City.
HON. JOHN WILLIAM WHALLEY.
Hon. John William Whalley arrived in the "Golden West" when the attention of all America, and to a large extent of the entire world, was centered upon California, owing to the discovery of gold in that state. He was then a youth of sixteen years who had been attracted to this country by the broader business opportunities which he believed he could secure in the United States. A brief period spent in the mines was followed by several years' residence in California and then he came northward into Oregon, where for many years he was closely associated with various interests that have contributed to the upbuilding and development of the state. The ancestral line can be traced back through many generations in England, where those who bore the name were yeomen, owning and cultivating the estate of Coventree, near Dent, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to which district earlier representatives of the fam- ily had removed from Norfolk. The branch of the Whalley family of which John W. Whalley was a representative was connected with the same family as Edmond Whalley, who won distinction as a member of the army of Cromwell. The family name figures prominently in connection with the records of the church, of the military history of England and of the bar, the elder sons in succeeding generations managing the estate, while the younger sons of the family entered upon professional careers. The Rev. Francis Whalley joined the ministry as a clergyman of the Church of Eng- land and under appointment of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Lands he was stationed at Annapolis, Nova Scotia, at the time of the birth of his son, John William Whalley, on the 28th of April, 1833. Two years later the father returned to England and was appointed rector of Rivington parish, in Cheshire. Later he became chaplain of Lancashire council and afterward served in the pastorate of the churches at Churchtown, Lancashire, New Hutton, Old Hutton, Kendal and West Moreland. His wife was of Welsh descent and her ancestors for more than two centuries occupied, under lease, Overton Hall, belonging to the estate of Lord Kenyon. This lease terminated during the lifetime of William Jones, the grandfather of John W. Whalley, who thereupon left his native land and crossed the Atlantic to Canada, while subsequently he became a resident of New York city, there residing until his death, his remains being interred in St. Paul's churchyard on Broadway.
John W. Whalley was one of a family of three sons and a daughter, one of his brothers being the Rev. Richard Whalley, who for many years was a rector of the Church of England and always remained a resident of that land. A contemporary writer, speaking of John W. Whalley, said: "He was reared in a home of high moral
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atmosphere and superior intellectual attainments. He was a precocious child, being able to read Caesar when only nine years of age and Ovid at the age of ten." The salary of a rector did not permit him to enjoy the benefits of a college education and when a lad of but thirteen he began making his own way in the world aboard the merchantman Speed, which sailed from Liverpool for New York city in 1847. This voyage convinced him that he had no taste for a seafaring life and he then sought other means of self-support. He made his way to New Jersey to visit his mother's people and there formed the acquaintance of his uncle, William Jones, who was the author of a treatise on bookkeeping and owner of a college and a teacher of that science. For about a year Mr. Whalley remained in his uncle's office and in March, 1848, returned to his native land with the expectation of taking a position in the Bank of England. Failing in securing the coveted place and having recognized the superiority of business openings in the new world he determined again to come to the United States and in February, 1849, sailed for California as an apprentice on the Antelope. The gold excitement was at its height when in July of that year he reached the Pacific coast. He at once went to the mines, spending the winter of 1849-50 on the south fork of the American river, a short distance below Columbia. He next removed to the Middle Yuba and afterward was at Sacramento, Redwood and Yreka but did not win the anticipated fortune in the gold fields and turned his attention to other pursuits which he believed would prove more profitable to him. He accepted the position of teacher of a school at Little Shasta and followed the profession in California until 1864. During 1861 and 1862 he was superintendent of schools and in that connection laid the foundation for marked educational progress in his district. He also began writing for local papers and for the Hesperian Maga- zine, a San Francisco publication. He possessed a splendid command of language, displayed a fluent and graceful style, and his writings were characterized by beautiful imagery. He won more than local fame as a writer of poetry, his lines being copied extensively by the press throughout the United States.
It was Mr. Whalley's ambition, however, to become a member of the bar and he utilized every opportunity to study law, his reading being first directed by Judge Rose- borough, of Yreka. In 1861 he was admitted to practice in Siskiyou county after passing the required examination before Judge Dangerfield. He continued his work as a teacher until 1864, however, and then opened a law office in Canyon City, Grant County, Oregon, thus becoming a representative of the bar of this state. He there entered into partnership with L. O. Stern but soon afterward removed from Canyon City to Portland, where in the same year, 1868, he formed a partnership with M. W. Fechheimer, who while a student in the law office of Mr. Whalley had frequently told him of the advantages which Portland offered. Under the firm style of Whalley & Fechheimer they made rapid progress and were soon regarded as among the ablest members of the bar of the northwest. They specialized in bankruptcy law and for several years devoted their attention largely to practice in that department of the profession. Moreover, with prescience they recognized the possibilities for investment and purchased considerable property which, owing to the rapid growth of the city, increased greatly in value, so that he gained a fortune from his operations in real estate. The partnership was dissolved in 1883, as Mr. Whalley wished to make an extended trip abroad and accompanied by his daughter Susan he spent eighteen months in travel in Scotland, England, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. He was an interested and discriminating observer and student of those things which featured most largely in the historic past as well as those elements of modern day life in Europe and returned to America with his mind greatly enriched by the experiences of foreign travel.
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