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In 1890 Mr. Clarke was united in marriage at Dufur, Oregon, to Miss Eva L. Slusher, whose parents were well known pioneer residents of Wasco county. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke have three children: Beryl, a student at the University of Washington; Thomas, a sturdy, handsome boy; and Charlotte, who with her brother, is a student in the graded schools of Hood River.
Mr. Clarke is a member of the Masonic order and is a past master of the lodge and a past high priest of the chapter. He has also heen worthy patron of the Eastern Star and belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, to the Benevolent Pro- tective Order of Elks and to the Knights of Pythias. He is likewise a member of the United Artisans and along professional lines is connected with the Oregon State Pharmaceutical Association. He belongs to the Commercial Club, of which he has been president, and to the Hood River Branch of the Oregon Retail Merchants Association. He enjoys the distinction of being the pioneer business man of Hood River, for all of the establishments which preceded him in the city have either changed hands or been discontinued. Mrs. Clarke is the owner of a ranch of eighty acres at Dufur, twenty acres of which is in orchard and the balance in wheat and meadow. Mr. Clarke is a great lover of fine horses and has owned some of the best produced in the state, including Scarlet Letter, one of Oregon's most widely known sires, a fine Hambletonian. The home of the Clarke family in Hood River is a handsome colonial dwelling standing in the midst of large grounds adorned by many beautiful flowers and trees, and the family occupies a most enviable position in the social circles of the city.
REV. FIDELIS VOLLEBREGT.
Rev. Fidelis Vollebregt, who since 1919 has served as pastor of the Sacred Heart Catholic church at Newport, is a native of Holland. He was born in Delft, April 22, 1857, and is a son of Simon and Margaret (Von Alphen) Vollebregt, also natives of that country. The father was a carpenter by trade and spent his entire life in the land of the dikes, passing away in 1857, while the mother also remained a resident of Holland throughout her life, her demise occurring on the 1st of August, 1900.
Father Vollebregt was born a few months after the demise of his father and was reared and educated in his native land. In 1878 he began studying for the priest- hood and seven years later, or in 1885, he was ordained a Catholic priest. He remained in Holland until 1890, when he came to the United States, making his way to Superior, Wisconsin, where for two years he acted as assistant pastor, when he was appointed to the pastorate at Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, having charge of nine missions. He remained there until 1894, when he returned to Holland to visit his mother. Once more crossing the ocean, he again took up his pastoral work in Wisconsin, being placed in charge of five missions at Aniwa. From there he was sent to Manawa, where he had control of three missions, and was then transferred to Duck Creek, Wisconsin, remaining at that place until 1897. In that year he went to Boise, Idaho, where for three and a half years he acted as assistant to Bishop Gloricun. In 1910 he was called to Harrison, Idaho, there having charge of St. Mary's church. He was very successful
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in his work at that place, securing the erection of a new church edifice and residence, but owing to ill health was compelled to seek a lower altitude and in 1919 became pastor of the Sacred Heart Catholic church at Newport, Oregon. He has found the climate here very beneficial to his health and he now has charge of three missions, one being at Toledo, another at Siletz, on the Indian reservation, and a third at Taft, Oregon. At Newport, Toledo and Taft he has under his charge two hundred and fifty souls, estimating five to a family, and at Siletz he has charge of about one hundred and five Indians. The church at Newport was established in an early day and Father Vollebregt has here erected a residence which is his own property. Since coming to America he has worked most zealously in behalf of the church and while located at Superior, Wisconsin, he secured the erection of a church and school at Turtle Lake, at Phlox, and at Aniwa he erected a priest's residence and at Manawa a priest's house. while at Murray, Wisconsin, he built a church, While in charge of St. Mark's church at Harrison, Idaho, he built a church edifice, and a priest's house at St. Maries, Idaho, and at Plummer, Idaho, he also erected a church. His labors have thus con- tributed in substantial measure to the spiritual and material upbuilding of the church, and he is a man of fine intellectual attainments who is not only beloved by his parish- ioners but who also has many friends among those adhering to other denominations. He is a member of the Boise Council of the Knights of Columbus and in his political views is independent.
RICHARD GORDON SCOTT.
Fortunate is the man who has back of him an ancestry honorable and distin- guished, and fortunate, indeed, is Richard G. Scott, who can trace his ancestry on both sides beyond the life of the American republic. He is the son of Henry B. and Leonora (Cranch) Scott, and was born in Burlington, Iowa, in 1880. His father is one of the best known and most prominent citizens of Iowa and is responsible for the building of more towns in that state than any other one man in the country. Backed by ample capital, Henry B. Scott was a land developer and he and his associates pur- chased huge tracts of land and laid out many of the large farms and thriving munici- palities which have made Iowa one of the great states of America. The Scotts are of English and French extraction and came to America many years before the Ameri- can Revolution. Many of this family are heralded in the history of this country, all having been prominent in the upbuilding of every state in which they have lived. The Cranch family is English and also emigrated and settled in this country before the American Revolution. This family has also given to America some of her most prominent sons, one having been John Adams, the second president of the United States, a direct ancestor of Mrs. Scott. In every war in which the United States has taken part some member of the Scott and Cranch families has been found on the role of the country's defenders, and in times of peace they have been no less conspicuous in per- forming their civic duties. So from a red-blooded family of soldiers and prominent men, sprang Mr. Scott.
Richard G. Scott received his elementary education in the schools of Burlington, Iowa, and later attended the high school at Framingham, Massachusetts. He entered Harvard after completing his preparatory education and was graduated from that institution in 1902, with the degree of A. B. His first work after his graduation was in the machine and implement business in Aurora, Illinois. He remained in this line of work for some eighteen months, but not finding it to his liking he resigned and took up the real estate business. Soon convinced that his bent was in the agricultural line he took up a homestead in Canada. He resided there but a short time, however, for his heart was in America, whose fortunes his forebears had had such a large part in shaping. So after a short stay in British Columbia he came to Oregon and com- menced farming at Grant's Pass and there lived for two years. In 1909 he purchased one hundred and twenty-five acres at Sherwood and set out an orchard, and planted some of the land to grain and raised stock. The success of this venture was seriously interfered with by the appearance of the hog cholera.
Having the blood of many soldiers running through his veins Mr. Scott endeavored to enlist in 1917 in the World war, but was refused because of his age and the fact that he was a married man. Not being discouraged, however, he set about to do all he could to help his country at home. Having made a study of home gardening, he
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assisted in the campaign for home gardens and so ably did his work that in 1918 he was tendered by the State Agricultural College the position of county agriculturist of Clackamas county, a position which he still fills to the satisfaction of the State agricultural department and the farmers of the county. Mr. Scott has diligently and intelligently served the people of Clackamas county and has given much attention to the destruction of the Canada thistle which had almost gotten beyond control of the farmers. In order to cope better with the weed situation Mr. Scott was appointed by the county court as weed officer of the community, thus giving him the control of the situation, and under his energetic rule the weed is being rapidly driven out of the country. He is also a warm supporter of the better stock movement. He tries to impress upon the farmer the fact that the only way to make certain of the value of the cow as a milk-producer is to keep a daily record of weights and to make tests for fat at least once monthly. In every instance where this method has been tried it has been found to save the farmer much money, and it also gives him a better idea how to go about improving his stock. This thorough knowledge of his work has caused Mr. Scott to be regarded as an ideal county agent. Always being interested in any organization which has to do with the work which occupies so much of his time, he is a member of the State Grange, in the activities of which organization he takes an active part.
In 1908 Mr. Scott was united in marriage to Miss Grace Cranch Eliot, a daughter of Rev. Dr. T. L. Eliot, who is the distinguished Unitarian divine of Portland. The Eliots are an old American family who were established in America before the Amer- ican Revolution. Dr. Eliot was the first president of Reed College and had much to do with the founding of that institution. To Mr. and Mrs. Scott four children have been born: Henry Eliot, Richard Cranch, Abigail Adams, and Peter Chardon. These children have been named after the different branches of the distinguished families from which they sprang.
Mr. Scott has no taste for political office, preferring to he simply a law abiding and progressive citizen. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and aside from this organization and the State Grange he devotes his time to his business. His life is and has been one of continuous activity, and today he is numbered among the substantial citizens of his county. His interests are thor- oughly identified with those of Oregon City and at all times he is ready to lend his aid and cooperation to any movement calculated to benefit this section of the country or develop in any way its wonderful resources.
WILLIAM MARION CAKE.
For more than a third of a century William Marion Cake has been a representa- tive of the Portland bar and has long occupied a place of prominence in the legal circles of the city. He was born in Fostoria, Ohio, November 21, 1861, his parents being Dr. William M. and Sarah (Mickey) Cake. The father was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1825, and became a member of the medical profession, serving during the Civil war as brigade surgeon with the Fifty-third Ohio Infantry. He was on duty for more than three years and was slightly wounded at the battle of Shiloh. After the war he practiced medicine in Fostoria, Ohio, until 1889 and then came to Port- land, where his remaining days were passed, his death occurring in 1908. His first wife died in Memphis, Tennessee, and he later married Ada Louise Roberts of Ohio, who survives him.
William M. Cake was a pupil in the schools of Fostoria and afterward entered Oberlin College of Oberlin, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1884. His interest in the legal profession led to a desire to become a member of the bar and he matricu- lated in the Cincinnati Law School, there completing his studies by graduation in 1886. He then turned to the west, believing that he might find in the Pacific coast country a profitable field. Accordingly he arrived in Portland in July, 1886, and through the intervening years has remained a member of the bar of this city, one of the firm of Cake & Cake, which firm has retained its identity without change for more than a third of a century. His advancement has been continuous. His develop- ing powers in handling intricate and involved legal problems have brought him promi- nently before the public as an able lawyer and for a long period he has been classed with the eminent representatives of the profession here. In 1896 he became city
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attorney of Portland and two years later was elected county judge of Multnomah county, serving upon the bench for a term of four years. He is also a director of many of the important business concerns of Portland.
On the 13th of October, 1884, in Marion, Ohio, Mr. Cake was married to Miss Lulu B. Riley and they have become the parents of four children: William M. Jr., who was born October 30, 1886, and was graduated from the Oregon University in 1910; Ralph Harlan, who was born July 26, 1891, and was graduated from the Oregon University, since which time he has been associated with his father in law practice; Helen Marion, the wife of William Heusner; and Harold Hasseltine, who was born in 1897, the two latter also having graduated at the University of Oregon.
Judge and Mrs. Cake are members of the Congregational church and he is a thirty- second degree Mason, member of the Mystic Shrine and also of the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is well known in club circles, being a representative of the Waverly, University and Multnomah Amateur Athletic Clubs, and of the last named was president for three terms and took active part in making purchase of grounds and erecting the club building. His political endorsement is given to the republican party, but outside the strict path of his profession he has never sought nor desired office. In fact he has never wavered from his chosen line of life work and it has been by reason of his close application and his fidelity to the high ethical standards of the profession that he has gained for himself the prominent name and place which are his today.
JOSEPH GORDON MCKAY.
Joseph Gordon Mckay, the leading druggist of Rainier and the mayor of the city, was born in Wisconsin in 1866, the son of Duncan L. and Marion (Drinkwine) Mckay. Duncan L. Mckay was a native of Scotland and on coming to America was engaged for a number of years in the timber and lumber business in Minnesota and Wisconsin, prior to coming to Oregon. The Drinkwine family had been residents in America from Revolutionary days.
Joseph G. Mckay received his early education at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and attended high school in Minnesota. His parents had settled at Bend, Oregon, in 1906, but he remained in Minnesota until he finished his high school course and joined his family on the coast in 1907. He assisted his father in the timber business in Bend until 1910, when he entered the Oregon Agricultural College and was graduated as a pharmacist in 1912 with the degree of B. S. Returning to Bend, he purchased an inter- est in a drug store, which he sold out in 1915. He then bought the Rainier Pharmacy, which he still conducts. His store is located on the corner of Water and Harrison streets and is one of the finest in the state. Mr. Mckay supervises every prescription that goes out of his establishment and has built up a reputation for care and attention that has won him many customers and friends. While particularly active in civic affairs, he has always declined public office but in 1920 he was drafted, much against his inclination, as the republican candidate for mayor, and was elected to that office.
Mr. Mckay was married in 1916 to Miss Leona Springer, daughter of James Springer, a well known educator of Bend, Oregon. They have no children. Mr. and Mrs. McKay are members of the Methodist church and are popular in social life in · Rainier.
Mr. Mckay is a Mason, a member of the commandery, and has membership in the Loyal Order of Moose. He is accounted one of the most prominent and successful citi- zens of Rainier, both professionally and socially.
GUY LYMAN WALLACE.
Guy Lyman Wallace, who, dating his residence in Portland from 1908, has here been identified with the insurance business and with the practice of law, now con- centrating his efforts and attention upon professional interests as a representative of the bar, was born in Cortland, New York, February 3, 1875, and is a representative of Scotch ancestry. His grandfather, Lyman Wallace, was born in Scotland but in his childhood days was brought to the new world by his father, Lyman Wallace, who set-
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tled in White Plains, New York. Henry E. Wallace, the father of Guy L. Wallace, was born at White Plains, New York, in 1849 and was married in Cortland, New York, to Miss Harriet E. Miller. He became a contractor, devoting his life to building operations, and he was always a consistent member of the Presbyterian church. He passed away in Cortland, New York, in 1885, having for three years survived his wife, whose death there occurred in 1882.
Guy L. Wallace pursued his early education in the schools of his native city and afterward spent a year as a student in Cornell University at Ithaca, New York. At- tracted by the opportunities of the west he made his way to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1895, and there became a law student. Seven months later he went to Fargo, North Dakota, where in 1896 he was admitted to the bar and entered upon the practice of his chosen profession, continuing as an active attorney there until 1908. In the latter year he came to the coast, settling at Portland, and in 1909 organized the Commer- cial Underwriters Insurance Company, of which he was made president and gen- eral manager. He continued as the chief executive of that corporation until 1916, when he resumed the general practice of law, in which he is now engaged.
On the 4th of December, 1909, in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Wallace was married to Mrs. Marie Dewey Smith, née Duncan. They are members of the Presbyterian church and fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His political allegiance has been given to the republican and progressive parties and in 1897 he was appointed United States commissioner for the Fargo district of North Dakota and occupied the position for more than a year. In 1898 he was made referee in bankruptcy for North Dakota and so served until 1906. It was also during the period of his residence in Fargo that he engaged in the real estate business from 1900 until 1908, handling farm lands. He has never sought political office since com- ing to Portland but always keeps well informed on the questions and issues that divide the two great parties. During the war period he acted as examiner of ques- tionnaires. He is now concentrating his efforts and attention upon his law practice and the thoroughness of his work receives the warm endorsement of his many clients.
MAJOR CLARENCE R. HOTCHKISS.
The name of Hotchkiss has long been an honored one in connection with the mili- tary history of the nation, and filled with the same spirit of patriotism which led his ancestors to defend American interests as soldiers in the Revolutionary war, the War of 1812 and the Civil war, Major Clarence R. Hotchkiss has given unmistakable proof of his devotion to country through distinguished service in the Spanish-American and World wars. He has also attained high standing in professional and business circles of Portland and his is a most commendable record, for he is a self-made man who has fought life's battles unaided and has come off a victor in the strife.
Major Hotchkiss is a native of Pennsylvania. He was born June 5, 1880, a son of Charles Frederick and Melissa Mary (Taylor) Hotchkiss, the former a farmer and contractor, who devoted his attention to those occupations in the states of Penn- sylvania and New York. Following the death of his wife, which occurred in 1887, when the son Clarence was but seven years of age, the father married again and some years later was killed in a railroad accident. The son was thus thrown on his own resources at an early age and in the summer he worked as a farm laborer, attending* country school during the winter. By means of rigid economy he managed to save sufficient money to enable him to attend an academy for two terms where he received some instruction in military drill. In the meantime he had joined the national guard and at sixteen years of age he was granted a certificate for military efficiency, having from early childhood been desirous of being a soldier. At the outbreak of the Spanish- American war in 1898 he was just completing an apprenticeship as machinist in a little town near his birthplace and although only seventeen years of age he enlisted imme- diately, but his regiment was never ordered to Cuba. Securing his discharge, he re- enlisted in a regular regiment and went to the Philippines with one of the first expeditions, going by way of the Suez Canal. Arriving in Manila just at the outbreak of the insurrection, he followed the fortunes of the army through all of that cam- paign, was made a non-commissioned officer, and at twenty an acting officer of the Philippine Scouts. With the outbreak of the Boxer rebellion he transferred to the artillery as a private in order to get to China, but the battery to which he belonged
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remained only a short period at one of the Chinese ports when it was ordered back to Manila and thence to California. Entering the United States Artillery School, Major Hotchkiss made rapid progress on account of his knowledge of mechanics and in the summer of 1901 received his discharge from the army as a corporal gunner. He was then twenty-one years of age, had taken part in a number of engagements in the Philippines, was rated as an expert rifleman in the infantry, a gunner in the artil- lery and an experienced horseman in the mounted service.
In order to earn sufficient money for his college course Major Hotchkiss engaged in the work of training gunners on a Columbian gunboat in San Francisco harbor and in the fall of 1902 became a student at Eastman College, New York. He had just completed his final examinations at this institution in the spring of 1904, when he received a letter from his former company commander in the regular army, offer- ing him an appointment as one of the guard at the St. Louis Exposition. This he accepted, becoming sergeant of the Jefferson Guard at the World's Fair. While on duty there he became acquainted with the members of the New York state commission to the Lewis & Clark Exposition in Portland, where he had charge of the forestry, fish and game exhibit from that state. He was so pleased with the country that he decided to remain in Oregon and became a student in the law school of the State University. Following his graduation from that institution of learning he was admitted to the bar and is now engaged in practice, specializing in cases relating to real property. He became the organizer of the C. R. Hotchkiss Company, the Stewart-Hotch- kiss Company and the Realty & Trustee Company, which in 1912 were merged into the Realty & Mortgage Company, of which he was made president, serving in that capacity until called to the colors on the 25th of March, 1917.
Soon after coming to Portland Major Hotchkiss joined the Third Infantry Oregon National Guard and passed through every non-commissioned and commissioned rank until he became captain and adjutant in 1911. He held this position for five years, under various regimental commanders, and accompanied the troops to the Mexican border in 1916. When called into service for the World war in 1917 he was assigned to command Company E, One Hundred and Sixty-second Infantry, a unit of the Forty-first Division, and after two and one-half years' service, twenty-one months of which was overseas, he was discharged in October, 1919, as major of infantry. Before returning to this country he attended the American University in France, from which he was graduated. Major Hotchkiss held many important commands during his service in the World war and has many testimonials from superior officers. His company was rated as one of the best in the American Expeditionary Forces and at one time was assigned to General Pershing's headquarters. Later it represented the American army in the Lord Mayor's day parade in London, and was highly com- plimented by the reviewing officer, who said in part: "I have never seen a company so well drilled or uniformed since I left West Point." Upon entering the army Major Hotchkiss was obliged to sacrifice his business interests, and since returning home he has followed his profession, specializing in the law of real property and cor- poration organization. With a nature that cannot be content with mediocrity he has closely applied himself to the mastery of legal principles in the branches of law in which he specializes. His time and attention are chiefly given to his law practice and in a profession demanding keen intellect and individual merit he is making continuous progress, ranking with the foremost lawyers of Portland. He is edit- ing the "Oregon Veteran," a magazine devoted to the interests of soldiers, and is also preparing for publication a work entitled "With the First Hundred Thousand."
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