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On the 20th of May, 1905, in La Grande, Oregon, Mr. Cochran was married to
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Miss Nellie Virginia Ghormley, a native of Rochelle, Indiana, and to them have been born two children: Ruth Melissa and Jane Virginia. Politically Mr. Cochran is a republican. During the World war he served on the legal advisory board and was most active in support of federal interests. He was made chairman of the legal com- mittee of the State Council of Defense, chairman of the Committee of Seventy for the instruction of drafted men as to their civil rights and privileges and was also active along various other lines which had to do with the prosecution and financing of the war. He has attained high rank in Masonry, being a Knight Templar and also a member of the Consistory and the Mystic Shrine. He has membership with the Knights of Pythias and is well known in club circles. He is president of the Irvington Club and a past president of the Portland Rotary Club. He is also gov- ernor of the twenty-second district, comprising Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, of the International Association of Rotary Clubs. His religious faith is indicated in his connection with the Westminster Presbyterian church of Portland and he is serving as a member of its board of sessions. His interests extend to all of those activities which have to do with the material, intellectual, social and moral progress of the community and his labors have been an effective force along many lines of advancement.
ELBERT BROWN HALL.
A man of keen business discernment and sound judgment, Elbert Brown Hall has made for himself a prominent place in the business circles of Klamath Falls as pro- prietor of Hotel Hall. He has been in the hotel business for many years, growing with the town, and his present hostelry is located in the center of the business district. A fine new annex has recently been added, the main feature of which is a beautifully appointed sun parlor in which many of the largest social functions of the town are staged. Commercial travelers from all over the state highly commend Hotel Hall as having the hest rooms and sample rooms for an establishment of its size in this section of the country.
Mr. Hall was born in Centralia, Illinois, September 25, 1871, a son of Hibbard and Margaret Alice (Brown) Hall. On the paternal side the ancestry is traceable to the early Quakers of western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, who settled in that region at the time when there was no state dividing line. Hibbard Hall moved into Illinois at an early day and it was in that state that he married and established himself in the machine shop business.
Elbert Brown Hall was educated in the grade schools of Centralia, Illinois, and after graduating from the high school there he went to Greeley, Colorado, where he accepted a clerkship in a store. At twenty-two years of age he owned a half interest in the establishment but shortly afterward met with quite a loss when fire destroyed the building and the greater part of the stock. He did not, however, allow that mis- fortune to break his spirit and packing up his few personal belongings started to prospect in Colorado but failed to get good results from his labor and subsequently removed to a small town in Boulder county, that state. He opened a general mer- cantile store, in connection with which he ran a hotel in an adjoining building, and there he remained for three years. Achieving more than a substantial amount of success in the conduct of his hotel he determined to specialize along that line. De- sirous of trying his luck at running a hotel in a larger town he went to Denver hut remained in that city only one year. Southern California then attracted his attention and while there he became interested in land sales in southern Oregon. Within a year he went to Portland and soon afterward removed to Klamath Falls, arriving in that city in 1905. There he engaged in the real estate business and in farming for about three years. He then entered the hotel business, in which he has since engaged for a period of over ten years. When he first located in Klamath Falls the business section of the town was situated along the banks of the Link river on the old site of Linkville. For three years he conducted the Baldwin Hotel, which is still stand- ing in the west end of Klamath Falls, but he disposed of that property and moved eastward with the city's growth, purchasing the Livermoore Hotel, in the conduct of which he was successful for many years. Shortly after the erection of the White Pelican Hotel he took over that hostelry and conducted both houses, the Livermoore having been renamed Hotel Hall. Severing his connections with the White Pelican,
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Mr. Hall has since 1919 devoted his entire time to the management of Hotel Hall and Hall Annex, the latter being the handsomest and most modernly constructed building in Klamath Falls.
In Los Angeles in 1902 occurred the marriage of Mr. Hall and Miss Catharine L. Cook, a native of California. In the social affairs of Klamath Falls she takes a promi- nent part and she is readily conceded by her many friends to be a charming hostess. She takes an active interest in the conduct of the hotel and it was under her able direction that the sun parlor in the White Pelican Hotel was built. Upon the erection of the Hotel Annex, therefore, it was only natural that it should contain a sun parlor and this is one of the most beautiful and artistically appointed spots in the city. Mrs. Hall entertains a great deal.
To his many friends Mr. Hall is affectionately known as "Bert." He has been active in public connection and as president of the Chamber of Commerce has ren- dered valuable service to his city in promoting its interests. It was under his able direction as executive of the chamber that twenty-five thousand dollars was secured for civic betterment. Fraternally Mr. Hall is an exemplary member of the Masons, being a Knight Templar and Shriner, and he is likewise past exalted ruler of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. While his interests are now centered in Klamath Falls he still owns some three hundred acres of land in southern Oregon in addition to a forty acre almond orchard in California. Mr. Hall will ever be identified with the hotel business in Klamath Falls and he will continue to advance as the city advances. A little thoughtful consideration of the career of Mr. Hall brings one to the conclusion that he has in most of his operations been impelled by the spirit of the pioneer. He has sought out new plans and new conditions likely to favor his projects and after he has made them available and profitable, he has sought out still others and after those, others. The wisdom of his selection has been proven by the success which has crowned his efforts.
LAKE D. WOLFARD.
Lake D. Wolfard is numbered among the native sons of Oregon whose connec- tion with the state dates back to pioneer times. He was born at Silverton, Marion county, January 29, 1857. He is a son of Dewalt and Kate P. Wolfard, the latter a native of Dresden, Ohio, born in April, 1830. The father's birth occurred near Bel- fort, in Alsace, France, in January, 1825, and he was brought to the United States by his parents in 1827, when but two years of age, the family crossing the Atlantic on one of the old-time sailing vessels. They located on the French grant in southern Ohio, where Dewalt Wolfard was reared and after attaining his majority he was there married. In 1853 he journeyed across the plains with ox team and wagon, travel- ing by boat down the Ohio and up the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to St. Joseph, Missouri, from which point he traveled across the country to his destination in the northwest. On arriviing in Oregon he sought a favorable location, taking up his abode at what is now Silverton. There he engaged in general merchandising and was the pioneer in that line of business in his section of the state. He continued a merchant of Silverton until 1872, when he removed to Colfax, in eastern Washington, making the trip by wagon, boat and rail, being obliged to transfer his goods several times from boat to rail and to wagon. On reaching Colfax he again established a general merchan- dise store which he successfully conducted for several years. In his later days he removed to Spokane, where he lived retired, enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil.
GEORGE D. GOODHUE.
Among those who contributed to the business activity and development of Port- land was numbered George D. Goodhue, now deceased, who for many years was engaged in handling dairy products in this city. He came to the Pacific coast from Michigan, his birth having occurred at Owosso in the latter state, in 1855. His parents were Samuel and Marinda (Davidson) Goodhue. The father came to Oregon with the Hudson Bay Company, making the trip by way of Cape Horn and casting
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in his lot with the pioneer settlers of the northwest at a period when the work of settlement and development seemed scarcely begun and when the few residents of this section were largely engaged in hunting and in lumbering.
Thus reared on the western frontier George D. Goodhue obtained his education in the public schools and in the Willamette University of Oregon. When his text- books were put aside and he started out in the business world he first engaged in ranching. Later he turned his attention to the dairy and creamery business, which he followed at Salem and subsequently at Portland. In the latter city he handled all kinds of dairy products and built up a business of very gratifying proportions. He was actuated by a most enterprising spirit in all that he undertook and contributed much to the development of the dairy trade in the northwest. He likewise engaged in the poultry business and brought forth the first poultry journal that was ever compiled in Oregon, thus doing much to stimulate interest in poultry breeding and the conditions under which poultry is raised. He continued to handle dairy products and supplies up to the time of his demise and was one of the substantial and pro- gressive business men of Portland.
In 1880 Mr. Goodhue was married to Miss Agnes Heckman, a daughter of Henry and Mary Emeline Heckman, who were natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Goodhue also came to Oregon in 1875, settling at Waldo Hills but afterward removing to Salem. To Mr. and Mrs. Goodhue were born six children: R. A .; Edna L .; Della E., the wife of Max Alexander of Seattle; Prudence; Dorothy R .; and Elizabeth Jane.
The death of Mr. Goodhue occurred November 12, 1918. His family lost a faithful husband and father, the community a substantial citizen and his friends one whose loyalty and helpfulness could be counted upon at all times. From the pioneer epoch in the development of Oregon he was a resident of this state and he felt keen pleas- ure in what was accomplished through the enterprise and progressiveness of the citizens in the upbuilding of a commonwealth which has taken its place among the leading states of the Union.
JOHN GRAHAM ODELL.
John Graham Odell of The Dalles, who is district manager of the central district of Oregon for the Tum-a-Lum Lumber Company, one of the most important and extensive lumber interests of the northwest, was born in Dayton, Washington, in July, 1882, his parents being A. E. and Della (Graham) Odell. His father was a native of the state of New York and the Odell family has for many generations been prominent in that section of the country. One of his cousins, Benjamin Odell, was governor of New York. A. E. Odell left his native state when sixteen years of age and removed to Wisconsin, where he joined the Union army and fought through the Civil war. After the close of the war he made his way to the Pacific coast and established himself as a contractor at Dayton, where he married and reared his family, becoming a leading and influential citizen of that part of the country. The Grahams, from whom John G. Odell is descended in the maternal line, were an Ohio family who located in Oregon in 1852, settling in the Willamette valley, where the birth of Della Graham occurred. She has spent her life in the northwest, witnessing the pioneer development of the state in large measure.
John G. Odell was educated in the public schools of Dayton and of Walla Walla, Washington. and also attended Whitman College. Following his graduation he turned his attention to the sawmill business in connection with his father and for fourteen years remained in that line of work. After serving for two years in connection with a mercantile enterprise at Dayton he accepted in 1912 the position of manager for the Tum-a-Lum Lumber Company at Grass Valley, and soon afterward was promoted to district manager. He proved his capability in the latter connection and in 1919 was transferred to the central district of Oregon as district manager, with headquarters at The Dalles. He still holds that post, the district embracing Wasco, Sherman and Hood River counties, with six lumber yards under his supervision. Mr. Odell's long experience has given him intimate knowledge of the lumber trade from the point when the timber is brought to the mill until it is placed as a finished product on the market.
In 1907 Mr. Odell was married to Miss Aral Holmes, a daughter of W. P. Holmes, a business man of Dayton. They have three children: Edwin Holmes, John Graham
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and Kathrine. Mr. Odell belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, is also an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias and in the latter organization has filled all of the chairs. He has won a most enviable reputation both as a business man and a citi- zen. His knowledge of the lumber trade is complete and as district representative of the largest lumber concern in this section of the northwest he occupies an important place in the business world.
J. P. SCHADE.
J. P. Schade spent the greater part of his life in Portland, where during his later years he owned and conducted a jewelry store. He was but fifty five years of age at the time of his death, his birth having occurred in Westbaum, Germany, October 19, 1861, his parents being Joseph L. and Anna M. Schade, who on coming to America made their way across the continent and settled on the east side in Portland, where the father purchased three lots that are still owned and occupied by the family.
J. P. Schade was a young lad when brought to this city and here acquired a public school education, after which he learned the watchmaker's trade. He was ambitious to engage in business on his own account and eventually purchased the jewelry store of J. B. Miller, which he conducted to the time of his death. There were no unusual nor spectacular phases in his life record, which was that of a capable and successful merchant. His fidelity to the principles of honorable manhood and citizenship made him one of the substantial residents of his adopted city.
In 1887 Mr. Schade was married to Miss Anna K. Weick, a daughter of William and Rachel Weick, both of whom were natives of Germany. On coming to America they settled in Illinois and some time afterward removed to Portland. To Mr. and Mrs. Schade were born three children, Lawrence J .; Ida A., the wife of Raymond J. Hinkle; and Frances C., the wife of Charles English, who is now acting as manager of the jewelry store owned by Mrs. Schade.
In his religious faith Mr. Schade was a Catholic and died in that belief February 23, 1916. He belonged to the Catholic order of Foresters, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Woodmen of the World and the Einfrat Society. In politics he main- tained a liberal course, casting his ballot according to the dictates of his judgment, nor did he ever seek or desire public office. His interests centered in his business that he might provide a comfortable living for his family. Those who came in contact with him recognized his worth and he enjoyed an enviable reputation as a progressive and reliable business man.
WILLIAM GEORGE WEBER
One of the best known manufacturers of central Oregon is William George Weber, who is conducting a harness and saddlery manufactory at Hood River, where he has developed a business of substantial proportions. He was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1860, his parents being John and Caroline (Rebmann) Weber, who were repre- sentatives of old families of Missouri and Ohio, the ancestral line being traced back more than a century.
William G. Weber was educated in the graded and high schools of his native city and was first employed as a stripper in a tobacco factory, where he worked for three years. He was ambitious, however, to gain advancement and realized that edu- cation constituted a most potent force in that direction, so that he again took up his studies. At an early age lie learned the trade of saddler and harness maker and trav- eled extensively in search of a location for a permanent home. He worked at his trade in Wyoming and in various parts of Montana and on coming to the Pacific coast settled first in Walla Walla, Washington, and there resided for eight years. He then removed to Milton, Oregon, establishing a harness and saddlery shop which he con- ducted for four years and on the expiration of that period opened a harness factory at Joseph, Oregon, where he continued for eight years. While there residing he was active in the public life of the community as a member of the city council. He was also the general agent of the Wallowa Stage Company, which handled the entire trans- portation of that section until the building of the railroad.
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In 1914 Mr. Weber removed to Hood River and established the business which he now conducts. His factory and show rooms are located at First and Oak streets. The introduction of the automobile for pleasure driving and to a large extent for com- mercial use has narrowed his business to specializing in the manufacture of heavy farm harness and fancy saddles. He makes on order anything in the line of harness and carries a large stock of leather goods. He has also added an automobile depart- ment to his business and is agent for the Stevens Salient Six. He likewise handles the Miller and the Lancaster tires and carries a full line of automobile accessories. In this connection he is building up a very substantial business, which is adding materially to his income. .
In 1884 Mr. Weber was united in marriage to Miss Laura Murray, a daughter of Cornelius Murray, a pioneer farmer of The Dalles, and a granddaughter of Dr. Na- thaniel Robbins, one of the early physicians of Oregon, who not only successfully engaged in the practice of medicine but also represented his district in the first legis- lature of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Weber have become the parents of two sons and a daughter: William H., living in Salem, Oregon; Georgia Irene, the wife of Harry Wilson, a well known underwriter, now of Seattle, Washington; and Frederick Earl, who is associated with his father in business. During the World war he was athletic secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, having accepted that position after trying vainly to get into the service, being repeatedly rejected on account of the con- dition of his heart.
Mr. Weber and his family are most widely and favorably known in Hood River and he has never had occasion to regret his determination to try his fortune in the west, for here he has found good opportunities and in their utilization has made steady progress.
WILLIAM RUSSELL MACKENZIE.
One of the business men of Portland is William Russell Mackenzie, who since 1892 has here conducted independent interests as a certified public accountant in which connection he has been accorded a large clientage. He was born May 24, 1853, in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, and is the son of Hugh and Jessie (Russell) Mackenzie, of Elgin, Scotland, which town was the home of his maternal grandparents, while his grandparents in the paternal line were from Sutherlandshire, Scotland.
Spending his youthful days in his native town, William R. Mackenzie pursued his education in the public and grammar schools until he completed the full course by graduating with the class of 1870. His start in the business world was made as mes- senger boy with the Great Western Railroad Company of Canada on the Ist of Decem- ber, 1870. Winning promotion, he served successively as junior clerk, ticket clerk and freight clerk and at length was appointed local cashier at St. Thomas, Ontario, for the road, thus continuing until November 1, 1875, when he went with the Canada Southern Railway Company, becoming in turn andit clerk, treasurer's assistant and car accountant. His next promotion brought him to the position of private secretary to the treasurer and he thus served until December 31, 1879. On the 1st day of May, 1880, he entered the service of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company as traveling audi- tor, this road later becoming known as the Union Pacific Railway Company. Each change in his business career has marked an upward step. He was made stationery agent for the Union Pacific Railway Company, and was appointed traveling audi- tor for the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, so continuing until the 1st of August, 1892. He has since engaged in business for himself as a certified public accountant and his clientage has long since reached profitable proportions.
While along business lines Mr. Mackenzie has made consecutive progress, he has not confined his efforts to interests from which he alone has reaped the benefit. In fact, he has cooperated in many movements wherein the public has been a large direct beneficiary. He is a trustee of the Young Women's Christian Association and a member and trustee of the First Presbyterian church and of St. Andrew's Soclety. He is also identified with the Mazamas, the Order of Scottish Clans, and has taken the various degrees of Masonry, holding membership in Willamette Lodge, No. 2, A. F. & A. M .; Portland Chapter, No. 3, R. A. M .; Washington Council, No. 1, R. & S. M .; Oregon Commandery, No. 1, K. T .; Oregon Consistory, No. 1, A. & A. S. R .; and Al Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He had the honor of being chosen representative Vol. 11-48
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of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland to the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Oregon and he has also been president of the Masonic Board of Relief of Portland. He is likewise a member of the American Institute of Accountants and chairman of the committee on constitution and by-laws, and he has been elected to the presidency of the Oregon State Society of Public Accountants. He was auditor of the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition from 1904 until 1907 and has also served as clerk of the Riverview Cemetery Association. He likewise has membership with the Commercial, Arlington and Multnomah Amateur Athletic Clubs.
Mr. Mackenzie was first married December 13, 1876, to Anna Young McLean, the eldest daughter of John McLean, a barrister of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. She died November 14, 1878, at the age of twenty-two years. There was one child by that marriage, Bruce Gilchrist, who died September 2, 1878, at the age of eleven months. On the 1st of June, 1881, Mr. Mackenzie wedded Josepha Bowman Gun, the only daughter of the late Dr. James Gun of Durham, Ontario. She became the mother of seven children and her demise occurred on the 7th of September, 1900, when she was thirty-eight years of age. Five of the children have passed away, those living being: Charles Arthur Cochrane, an accountant of New York city; and Grace Seaforth, who is at home. On the 12th of May, 1903, Mr. Mackenzie was again married in Victoria, British Columbia, to Mrs. Jean Strong (French) Maclean, the widow of his brother- in-law, the late James A. MacLean, and a daughter of the late Edwin C. French, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Mackenzie are well known socially. He is a man of high personal standing, of marked business integrity and ability, unassuming and unaffected, but the sterling worth of his character is recognized by all with whom he has been associated.
HENRY KRATZ.
Henry Kratz, president and manager of the Henry Kratz Shingle Company, Incor- porated, of Clatskanie, and former mayor of the city, has shown that pluck and energy will bring any young man to the foreground in America. He was born in Germany in 1865, a son of Adam and Katharine (Schmidt) Kratz, and received his education in the old country. He assisted his father with the farm work until he reached the age of twenty-two, when he decided to try his luck in America.
He first came to Ontario, Canada, where he secured work in a sawmill and used his spare time in bettering his knowledge of English. He remained in Canada about a year, and learning of the vast timber interests of Oregon, he came to this state in 1889, settling in Clatskanie, where for four years he labored in the lumber business. Having saved his earnings, he started a business of his own in 1893. In 1895 he built a store on Bridge street, which was one of the first four structures erected in the town, and opened a merchandise store which he conducted for fifteen years. In 1908 he sold his business and erected a shingle mill on the river, about a mile from the business section, and has continued to operate it since. This mill has been destroyed by fire twice, but Mr. Kratz on each occasion has quickly rebuilt it. In addition to his interests as president and manager of the Henry Kratz Shingle Company, Mr. Kratz is one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Clatskanie and the presi- dent of the institution, which has enjoyed an exceedingly substantial growth since its organization and is an important factor in the development of the community. He is the owner of two store buildings on Bridge street and is about the largest holder of city property in the town. He has a farm of sixty acres a half mile out of town, which is cut-over land, a portion of which he has cleared and brought to a high state of cultivation.
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