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Mr. Gulliford has been for several years a member of the Independent Order of Vol. 111-18
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Odd Fellows, while his wife is a member of the Rebekahs, in which order she has filled all the ch irs, and she is also a member of the Eastern Star, in which she has twice held the office of noble grand. Mr. and Mrs. Gulliford are earnest members of the Christian church, in all the good works of which they take a warm interest. They were largely instrumental in the building of the Eugene Bible University, one of the best theological universities in the west. Gulliford Hall, a school for girls at Eugene, is another monument to the philanthropy of this model couple.
HENRY E. OFFICER.
Henry E. Officer, veteran of the World war, is now manager of the lumber depart- ment with the A. O. Andersen & Company, prominently known in shipping circles in connection with the export and import trade of the Pacific coast, as well as with the lumber business. He was born in Buttersville, Michigan, August 24, 1887, a son of George Officer, who was born in Blackburn, England, in 1859, and in 1883 came to the United States. He was married in Buttersville, Michigan, to Sarah Halstead, and they now reside in Conway, South Carolina, this city having been their home since 1893.
Henry E. Officer was reared in Conway, where he attended the public schools and afterward became a student in the University of South Carolina at Columbia, pursuing his studies there for three years. In 1909 he came to Portland, Oregon, and entered the employ of Dant & Russell, with whom he continued until 1918, when he became associated with A. O. Andersen & Company, being made manager of the lumber department.
On the 25th of June, 1918, Mr. Officer entered the service of the country as a private and was assigned to a machine gun outfit at Fort Kearney, California. He arrived in France on the 24th of August and was on duty there until March 6, 1919, after which he returned to the United States and on the 2d of April was honorably discharged at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. He saw service in France from October 25, 1918, until November 11, between St. Mihiel and Verdun.
In his political views Mr. Officer is a republican and fraternally is a Knight Templar Mason. He also belongs to the Mystic Shrine and is identified with the leading organization of lumbermen, the Hoo Hoos. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. All who know him, and he has a wide acquaintance, speak of him in terms of high regard. The officer under whom he served in France, as a mem- ber of the American Expeditionary Forces, writes of him: "A splendid soldier, and I know him to be honest, trustworthy and capable in any effort he should undertake." This opinion is one in which all who know him concur. He is accounted one of the progressive and enterprising young business men of the northwest, and in the conduct of his affairs is fully utilizing the opportunities at hand in the development of the trade for the corporation which he represents.
JOHN FRANCIS LOGAN.
John Francis Logan is a Portland attorney who is spoken of as a "rare combina- tion of a good business man, a wise counselor and a forceful advocate." He is well read in the law, of broad vision, possessed of high ideals, industrious, energetic, loyal and dependable. Moreover, he is a fluent and persuasive speaker and far above the average as a trial lawyer.
Mr. Logan has always resided on the Pacific coast. His birth occurred in San Jose, California, November 1, 1868, his father being James Logan, a native of Ireland, who in his boyhood days came to the new world and in early manhood engaged in railroad building in the state of New York. He made his way westward as one of the first builders of the old Central Pacific Railroad in 1865, and in 1868 he was employed in rebuilding San Francisco following the earthquake of that year. In 1871 he sustained injuries which caused his death. In early manhood he had wedded Margaret Birmingham, a native of New York and of Irish lineage. She became a resident of Oakland, California in pioneer times and still makes her home there.
John Francis Logan enjoyed the educational opportunities offered by the public
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schools of Oakland, and after completing a high school course came to Portland in 1889, when a young man of about twenty-one years. Here he entered the law school of the University of Oregon in 1890 and two years later was graduated, after which he was admitted to the bar with the class that made the highest record of any that graduated from that institution, Mr. Logan ranking second in scholarship in the class. In 1891 he was elected the first law librarian to succeed Banford A. Robb, the first librarian, and continued to fill that position until 1903. In 1892 he entered upon the active work of the profession and has since remained a representative of the Portland bar. He has been highly successful in his chosen profession, mainly because of his logical mind, his love of work, his loyalty to his clients and his charming per- sonality. He reads broadly along many lines but has given much time to legal read- ing and has compiled a digest of words and phrases in Oregon Reports, which he distributed among his friends, who highly prize the work. Almost from the begin- ning of his practice in Portland he has been accorded a large clientage and has been connected with many of the most important cases tried in the courts of the state. In presenting a cause before the court he marshals the evidence in the case with the precision of a military commander and in forensic argument he is a master of invective. Possessing comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence, he also has the ability to accurately apply these principles to the points at issue and he seems to lose sight of no fact which will in any way bear upon his case.
During the World war Mr. Logan served on the legal advisory board and was an official speaker, traveling throughout the state to present the real issues to the people. Since 1911 he has been chairman of the parole board and in the same year he became a member of the board of civil service, of which he has been chairman since 1916. He was one of the commissioners of the state of Oregon to the Panama- Pacific International Exposition, held in San Francisco. His political support has always been given to the republican party and he has served as chairman of the county central committee and taken an active part in the work of the organization. In 1909 he was made one of the charter commission to frame a city charter. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and is keenly interested in the plans and purposes of that organization for the upbuilding of the city, the extension of its trade relations and the development of its civic standards. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, is a life member of the Multnomah Club and also has membership in the Press Club. His religious faith is that of the Unitarian church and he is ever ready to extend a help- ing hand wherever needed. His friends-and they are many-speak of him as a fine story teller and as one who is familiar with good literature, while in social gather- ings or on the platform he is an earnest, entertaining, forceful and persuasive speaker.
CASPAR JUNKER.
By his own unaided effort Caspar Junker has risen to his present position in Sandy, Clackamas county. There has been no man who has done more for the upbuilding of Sandy that Mr. Junker, and in every project tending to the advance- ment of that place he has been foremost and has given liberally of his time and money.
A native of Germany, Mr. Junker was born in Hessen, that country, January 12, 1865, a son of Hieronymus and Katerina (Röder) Junker. His parents were natives of Germany and spent their lives in that country, the father passing away in 1871 and the mother in 1894. Hieronymous Junker was a prominent contractor and builder of his native country and in his business employed between fifteen and twenty men. He was the father of six children: Caspar, the subject of this review; Katerina, who is the wife of Henry Koch, residing in Sandy; Mary, who died in California, and was the wife of L. Schafer; Hieronymous and Heinrich, both of whom are living in Ger- many; and Carl, who died in Germany in 1871.
Mr. Junker received his education in the schools of his native country, where he remained until he was twenty-three years of age and then came to America. On landing in this country he made his way direct to Sandy, arriving here October 10, 1888. He at first engaged in farming for a time, working on the farm of his brother- in-law, Henry Koch. He later went to Portland and engaged in the hotel business, remaining in this line of business for seven years. Removing to Sandy he purchased a hotel which he conducted until February 4, 1910, when he sold his interests there.
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He has since given his attention to the handling of mortgages and loans and has been very successful in his financial operations. He now owns twenty-seven acres within the corporation of Sandy, on which he has built eight business houses. He also owns a beautiful residence here. On his retirement from the hotel business in Sandy he practically withdrew from active business life. Mr. Junker erected the only concrete building in Sandy and this building is located in the heart of the business section of the town. He owns six hundred feet on the Main street of Sandy. Being ever on the alert and always ready to assist in making Sandy an up-to-date town, Mr. Junker made a very important improvement in the town. Sandy did not have water works and Mr. Junker sank a well and laid about seven hundred feet of pipe line. He erected a pumping station on a part of his twenty-seven acres, and this station is now sup- plying all of his stores and a dwelling house with water. As a man of prominence in the community he has served for many years on the city council and at present is mayor of the city. He has always been interested in the intellectual and moral wel- fare of his community and has served as chairman of the school board for many years.
In the year 1895 Mr. Junker was united in marriage to Miss Katie Schwankhart, a native of Bavaria, Germany. She was born November 10, 1862, a daughter of Johann and Magdalena S. Schwankhart, who were both natives of Germany. The father died in that country in 1887 and the mother yet lives in her native country, having attained to a good old age. Mrs. Junker is one of eight children, four of whom are living: George and Hans, both residing in Germany, and the latter is a teacher; Fannie, who is the wife of Hugo Ungefroren of Alaska; and Mrs. Junker, the wife of the subject of this sketch. Mr. and Mrs. Junker are the parents of five children: Katie B., who was born August 26, 1896, and is the wife of Frank Schmitz, who is in business with Henry Junker in Sandy; Mary M., born August 30, 1898, who is now taking a course in music at O. A. C. in Corvallis; Henry, born December 4, 1900; Fred, born November 1, 1903, who is a student at the high school and will continue his education at a university. He proposes to become a cartoonist, in which art he gives much promise; and George, who died in infancy.
The sole fraternal affiliation of Mr. Junker is with the Foresters of America, and in this organization he takes an active interest. Since age conferred upon Mr. Junker the right of franchise he has been a stanch supporter of the republican party and has always taken an active interest in local party work. He is a faithful and a consistent member of the German Lutheran church. For thirty-two years Mr. Junker has been a resident of Sandy and in that time he has amassed a fortune, which is the result of his own labors, for Mr. Junker is a self-made man in the broadest sense of the word. He has done more towards the upbuilding and develop- ment of Sandy than any other man, is capable and enterprising and a highly honored citizen, and enjoys the high esteem and love of his fellowmen.
JOHN KOSCIUSKO KOLLOCK.
It is in the great crises where unusual demand is made upon the individual that the real nature stands forth. Patriotism during the great World war was measured not by words but by deeds, and among those who proved their intense loyalty by active service was John Kosciusko Kollock, who filled the position of executive secre- tary of the Oregon State Council of Defense and did much other important work for the interests of the country. His record reflected honor and credit upon the great Polish patriot, Kosciusko, whose name he bears. In times of peace John K. Kollock devotes his attention to the practice of law and has made a most creditable record as a representative of the Portland bar.
He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 3, 1870, his parents being F. N. and Mary (Green) Kollock, the former a native of New Brunswick, New Jersey, while the latter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was in the year 1893 that the parents made their way westward to Portland, the father becoming general agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in this city, where he soon won many friends by reason of his genial qualities and splendid business qualifications.
The studious habits of John K. Kollock caused his parents to give him excellent educational advantages and in 1888 he became a student in Amherst College, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1892. Determining upon
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the practice of law as a life work, he next matriculated in the New York Law School, in which he completed his course in 1895, receiving the LL. B. degree upon hs gradu- ation. In July of that year he was admitted to practice at the bar of New York and in August of the same year he was admitted to practice at the bar of Oregon. A contem- porary historian has said of him: "Mr. Kollock has always been a student and steadily worked his way up until he became recognized as one of the able practitioners and a lawyer whose opinions as to the merits of a case are entitled to thoughtful consid- eration. He prepares his cases thoroughly and his briefs and arguments show a mind that clearly detects the salient points and arrives at a logical conclusion. He belongs to the modern school and loses no energy or time in his arguments or papers in unnecessary verbiage. The severe mental training he received at Amherst, one of the most thorough educational institutions of the country, and at the law school, where the ability of prospective members of the bar is put to the severest test, has been of inestimable value in a career calling for contact with the brightest minds and often demanding a reserve power of which the ordinary man has little knowledge."
On the 23d of December, 1896, Mr. Kollock was united in marriage to Miss Frede- ricka S. Massey, a daughter of Judge Frederick S. and Minnie Louise Massey, of Brooklyn, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Kollock are members of St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal church and he is identified with Masonry as a Knight Templar and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He also has membership in the University Club, in the Press Club, in the Chamber of Commerce and in the State and American Bar Associations. When the country entered war with Germany he stood loyally for every interest that upheld the forces of American government and contributed to the support and interests of the soldiers in camp and field and was made executive secretary of the Oregon State Council of Defense. This included a wide range of service and he was also state inspector of the American Patriotic League during the war period. He belongs to the Sons of the American Revolution, for one of his ancestors fought under General Washington in the war for independence. In politics he has always been a stalwart republican, working untiringly for the interests and success of the party because of his firm belief in its principles. As few men have done he seems to realize the importance of the profession to which he devotes his energies and the fact that justice and the higher attributes of mercy he often holds in his hands. His reputation as a lawyer has been won through earnest, honest labor, and his standing at the bar is a merited tribute to his ability.
WALTER RALEIGH SWART, D. M. D.
A rising young man in the professional circles of Astoria is Dr. Walter Raleigh Swart, who has since June, 1916, engaged in the practice of dentistry there. He has built up an extensive and lucrative business and enjoys the confidence and good will of his many patrons.
Walter Raleigh Swart was born at Woodland, Washington, in 1892, a son of Eldrith and Hattie (Runyon) Swart. His father was born in Kansas and is a mem- ber of the Swart family, who have lived in America for many generations, having originally settled in Pennsylvania. Eldrith Swart came to the coast in 1889 and settled in Clarke county, Washington, where he first engaged in farming and later in the mercantile business, achieving a gratifying amount of success in both lines. Eldrith Swart is still living, making his home in Woodland. He is retired from active business life and is enjoying the fruits of his former labors.
Walter R. Swart is indebted to the grade school and the high school of Woodland, Washington, for his early education, and being ambitious for a professional career, he paid his way through college by his own labors as a newsboy and later as a clerk. He took a course in a business college and the knowledge thus obtained served to furnish the funds necessary to pay for his professional training and in 1915 he was graduated from the North Pacific Dental College at Portland, with the degree of D. M. D. He began his practice at Ridgefield, Washington, but a short time later he decided to locate in Astoria, and in June, 1916, opened his office there. In the four years he has been practicing in Astoria he has succeeded in building up a successful and gratifying practice and the other members of his profession hold him in high regard.
In 1917 Dr. Swart was married to Miss Millicent Alice Slade, a native of Sioux
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City, Iowa. Both Dr. and Mrs. Swart are consistent members of the Presbyterian church and are prominent in the social life of Astoria. Mrs. Swart is a charming hostess and has exceptional musical talent.
In the fraternal circles of Astoria Dr. Swart is well known, being a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is fond of all outdoor life, an enthusiast in all sports and is a hunter and fisherman of ability. Although the practice of Dr. Swart is general he prefers the crown and bridge work.
LEONARD V. HOSFORD, D. C., Ph. C.
Dr. Leonard V. Hosford, chiropractic physician of Portland, is a man of high pro- fessional attainments whose ability in his chosen life work has won for him a very extensive practice. Dr. Hosford is one of Oregon's native sons and a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of the state. He was born in Lincoln county, a son of Willis and Daisy (Springer) Hosford, and his paternal grandfather was Irwin Hosford. The Hosford family has been since pioneer times an honored one in Oregon's history.
In the public and high schools of his native state Leonard V. Hosford pursued his studies and completed his education in the east, being a graduate of several colleges there. He is known as one of the foremost leaders of chiropractic science in the west and was formerly professor of Chiropractic Philosophy and Practice in the Chiropractic College of Portland, Oregon, and also of Davenport, Iowa. He has supplied his office with all of the modern appliances necessary for chiropractic treatment, having one of the most extensively equipped offices this side of Chicago, employing as assistants four physicians and a nurse and he maintains a well appointed suite of rooms in the Dekum building. By broad reading and study he keeps abreast with the advancement that is continually being made in the science of chiropractic and thus is constantly promoting his skill and efficiency. He has been most successful in the treatment of patients and has won for himself a practice that is considered the largest of any chiropractic physician on the west coast.
In 1915 Dr. Hosford was united in marriage to Miss Esther Besse, a native of South Dakota, and they have become the parents of two children: Deloris May and Esther Lenore. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He resides in a most attractive home at 310 East Fifty-seventh street, Portland, Oregon. Dr. Hosford's life is guided by high and honorable principles and his course has ever been directed along lines which command the respect and confidence of his fellowmen and associates in practice.
ARTHUR LYLE VEAZIE.
Arthur Lyle Veazie was born at Dallas, Oregon, September 8, 1868. His father, Edmund Fuller Veazie, was a native of Bangor, Maine, and his mother is a native of Oregon. The father died in Wasco county, Oregon, in 1877, while the mother, who was born in 1847, still makes her home in Portland. The family history is closely con- nected with the pioneer development of Oregon. Felix Scott, great-grandfather of Arthur L. Veazie, with his wife, Ellen Scott and a large family, crossed the plains to the Pacific coast in 1845. He was born in West Virginia, December 13, 1786. He moved to St. Charles county, Missouri, in 1819; was a member of the senate for several terms and served as lieutenant governor of that state. The opportunities of the far west attracted him. He spent the winter of 1845-6 at Sutter's Fort, now the site of Sacra- mento. In the spring of 1846 he journeyed northward to Oregon by pack train and lived in Yamhill county until 1849 and then settled in Lane county. He engaged suc- cessfully in mining in California and with several associates returned by way of the sea to the Atlantic coast, where they invested their money in fine horses and cattle and started across the plains to Oregon with their stock, but the entire party was slain while en route, in the year 1858. His son, Felix Scott, Jr., opened the first wagon road through the Mckenzie Pass in 1861, taking a train of loaded freight wagons through with ox teams from Eugene to eastern Oregon.
It was also in the year 1845 that John Eakin Lyle, a grandfather of Arthur L.
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Veazie, came to Oregon. He was born near Knoxville, Tennessee, and was married in Oregon in 1846 to Ellen Scott, who had crossed the plains with her father, Felix Scott. John E. Lyle was the first school teacher of Polk county and a monument marks the site on which he conducted his school, which was advertised in the Oregon Spectator of Oregon City, March 19, 1846, as follows:
"Jefferson Institute is located in the Rickreall Valley, one mile west of the resi- dence of Col. N. Ford. The first session of this school will commence on the second Monday of next April, and continue twenty-four weeks. Scholars from a distance can be accommodated with boarding in the neighborhood. Terms of tuition, $8.00 per scholar.
"JOHN E. LYLE, Teacher."
"N. Ford, James Howard, William Beagle-Trustees."
"March 7, 1846."
The paper which contained this advertisement was the first published in Amer- ican territory west of the Rocky mountains, and its first issue was February 5, 1846. Mr. Lyle always took an active interest in education, giving a considerable part of his donation claim at Dallas for the founding of La Creole Academy, besides laboring with his own hands in the erection of the first building used by the school. He died January 22, 1872, at Florence, Idaho, while engaged in mining. His daughter Har- riet, on April 18, 1867, at Dallas, hecame the wife of Edmund F. Veazie. They were the parents of four children: Arthur L. and Jesse Clarence, both residing in Portland; Julia Grace, the wife of Professor Irving M. Glen, of the University of Washington; and Edith F., who married Edwin R. Bryson of Eugene.
Edmund Fuller Veazie was born November 7, 1833, at Bangor, Maine, a son of Jesse Veazie and Martha (Catlin) Veazie. He acquired his education in local schools and in the state of Massachusetts. After following teaching as a profession for sev- eral years, he was drawn to Kansas by the slavery troubles, like many other young men from New England, and after a time made the journey to California, engaging for several years in gold mining there and in southern Oregon. Returning then to his old occupation of teaching, he had charge of La Creole Academy at Dallas and of the Jefferson Institute in Linn county. In 1869 he removed to what is now Crook county, Oregon, where he engaged in stock raising until his death, which occurred by drowning in the John Day river in June, 1877.
Arthur Lyle Veazie attended the La Creole Academy and the University of Oregon, from which he was graduated in 1890. He afterward became a student in the law department of the same institution and is numbered among its alumni of 1893. Through the intervening period of twenty-eight years he has successfully followed his profes- sion and is a high type of attorney, thorough, attentive and bringing an excellent order of ability to matters entrusted to his care. He is always courteous and liberal with his clients and those with whom he has business relations. One who has known him well speaks of him as a model member of the bar whose example might be fol- lowed with profit. He has made a specialty of real property law, though exceptionally well qualified in all lines that ordinarily confront the general practitioner, and is a good trial lawyer as well as a safe advisor. He has an extensive general practice. For many years he taught real property law in the law department of the University of Oregon at Portland. A convincing speaker, he presents matters clearly and in a manner showing the application of thought and research.
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