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rulers of a land so rich in its promises and its opportunities. The Stott family, like others, made permanent settlement in the state, and the youthful days of the future judge were spent amid the environment of pioneer life." After acquiring his early education in the public schools, Raleigh Stott attended the Pacific University of Oregon and was numbered among its alumni of 1869. He most carefully prepared for the practice of law and was admitted to the bar in 1870. He took up the work of his profession in Portland in 1873 and thereafter remained one of the leading attorneys of the city. A local paper says of him that he attained almost immediately a place in the front ranks of the lawyers of Portland, and another said: "Almost from the be- ginning a large clientage was accorded him that connected him with most important litigation heard in the courts. His preparation of cases was thorough, his analysis keen, his reasoning clear and cogent and his deductions logical. He had been a resident of Portland for only a year when elected to represent Multnomah county in the state legislature and thus aided in framing the laws of the state. Then came official dis- tinction in the line of his profession.
Judge Stott was married to Mrs. Susan (Plowden) Stout, the widow of Lansing Stout, and to them were born two children: Susie and Plowden, the latter represented else- where in this work.
Judge Stott was a prominent representative of the republican party and for twenty- five years was continuously a delegate to county and state conventions, frequently tak- ing active part in campaign work as a speaker, his brilliant oratory and sound logic always holding the attention and often bringing conviction to the minds of his hearers. His death occurred October 25, 1901, and was the occasion of deep and widespread regret to many friends that included men prominent throughout this state and nation. The announcement of his demise was received with great sorrow by the court which ad- journed in respect to him, and again at the hour of his funeral. He had in many ways left the impress of his individuality and ability upon the history of his city and state. In 1874 he had been elected to represent Multnomah county in the general assembly and in 1876 was elected district attorney of the fourth judicial district, while in 1880 he was chosen circuit judge of the fourth judicial district, comprising Multnomah, Clatsop, Columbia, Washington and Clackamas counties. His decisions while on the bench were always fair and Impartial, marking him as a broad-minded man and one who had comprehensive knowledge of the law. In fact he is yet spoken of as one who occupied an eminent place as a representative of the profession in Oregon, his course reflecting credit and honor upon his calling.
JOHN FRANKLIN CLARK.
John Franklin Clark, lawyer, and president and manager of the Clackamas Abstract Company, resides across the Willamette river in the town of West Linn, which town he served as a member of the council. Mr. Clark was born in Missouri in 1860, a son of Peter F. and Margaret Jane (Marsh) Clark. The progenitor of the Clark family in America came from England in 1702, and his descendants later removed westward and Peter F. Clark, the father of the subject, was born in Kentucky. William Clark, who is remembered as one of the leaders of the Lewis & Clark Expedition to the west coast, was a member of this family. The grandfather of John Franklin Clark was a soldier in the War of 1812 and many of the Clark family took an active part in the Revolution. The father, Peter F. Clark, fought in the Civil war with the rank of captain in the Union army and in 1874 he removed with his family to Oregon, where he finally located and engaged in farming near Salem. His death occurred in 1919. His mother, Margaret J. Marsh, was a native of South Carolina and was a descendant of French Huguenot ancestors who had settled in the south many years before the Revolution.
John F. Clark received his early education in Missouri, his native state, and later attended the Baptist College at McMinnville, from which he was graduated in 1888 with the degree of A. B. Following his graduation he taught school for three years and soon after the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by his alma mater. The next two years he spent in the machinery business and then took up the study of law. In 1894 he settled in Oregon City and three years later was admitted to the bar of Oregon. For the past quarter of a century he has resided in Oregon City and in addition to his law practice is president and manager of the Clackamas Abstract and
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Trust Company. This plant, which is the oldest of its kind in the county, is one of the most complete and successful in the state.
In 1897 Mr. Clark was united in marriage to Miss Olivia Jacobs, a daughter of John Jacobs, a well known farmer of Lima, Ohio. One child, Margaret Jane, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Clark, and she is a student at Reed College.
Fraternally Mr. Clark is a member of the Elks and the Odd Fellows, in which lat- ter order he has occupied all of the chairs. He is also a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the World and the United Artisans, his activities in these organizations helping to offset his strenuous professional life. He has given his undivided support to the republican party and though greatly interested in public affairs has never sought office, preferring to build up his practice, and he has won for himself an enviable reputation as a lawyer.
EUGENE WILLIAMS.
Among the substantial citizens of Newport is numbered Eugene Williams, who is now living retired in the enjoyment of a well earned rest after many years of active connection with the business interests of the city. He was born in the state of New York on the 7th of March, 1853, of the marriage of Charles H. and Catherine (Dutcher) Williams, also natives of the Empire state. Charles H. Williams was a blacksmith, hav- ing learned the trade under the instruction of his father, and he followed that occupa- tion for some time in his native state and later removed to Illinois, where he engaged in farming. In 1857 he removed to the vicinity of Chicago and there purchased land which he continued to cultivate until 1875. In 1876 he made his way westward to Oregon, settling in Newport, Lincoln county, where he opened a general mercantile establishment. This he conducted successfully for fifteen years, when he retired and turned over the business to a younger brother of Eugene Williams. He was a promi- nent citizen of his community and for two terms served as county commissioner. He continued a resident of Newport until he died on the 5th of May, 1914, at the advanced age of eighty-five years. His first wife passed away in 1898 and in February, 1905, he wedded Mrs. Eleanor Burt, widow of Judge Burt. She survives and is residing with her stepson, Eugene Williams.
The last named was reared and educated in Illinois and in 1875 he became a resident of Newport, Oregon, working in his father's mercantile establishment until 1877, when he started out in life independently, engaging in the saloon business, with which he was continuously connected for a period of twenty-seven years, with the ex- ception of two years spent in the east. Since the enforcement of the prohibition law he has not engaged in active business but is now living retired in the enjoyment of a substantial competence gained through his former years of industry, energy and thrift. He is a man of excellent business ability and is the owner of considerable property in Newport in addition to profitable investments in farm lands.
In his political views Mr. Williams is a republican, and his fraternal connections are with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Red Men. He has resided in Lincoln county for almost a half century and has become well known in this part of the state. He has lived to witness remarkable changes as the land has been reclaimed and converted into valuable farms and ranch properties, while here and there towns and villages have sprung up, introducing the advantages of the older east. In the work of development and improvement the family has borne its full share, and through his industry, energy and perseverance in former years Mr. Williams is now enabled to live retired in the enjoyment of all the comforts and many of the luxuries which go to make life worth the living.
ROBERT JOHN McISAAC.
Robert John McIsaac, merchant, orchardist and postmaster of Parkdale, ranking with the representative business men and citizens of Hood River county, was born in the state of Illinois in 1874 and is a son of Andrew and Mary (Scott) McIsaac, who were born in Scotland and came to America in early life, being married in Illinois in 1872. When Robert J. McIsaac was eight years of age his parents removed to Iowa and
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there he was educated, completing his course in the Morningside College at Sioux City, from which he was graduated in 1903 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy.
Following his graduation the young man started out on a tour of investigation with a view of finding a favorable location. After having covered most of the middle west and Pacific coast countries he came to the Hood River valley and realized that his search was ended, for he was most pleased with the country, its conditions and its prospects. He established his home at Parkdale, under the shadow of the snow-crowned Mount Hood, and at once secured a tract of land, taking up the business of growing strawberries. He has one hundred and sixty acres of fertile land, thirty acres of which is now in apple orchard, from which he ships annually about five thousand boxes of the luscious fruit that has brought fame to the Hood River valley. No single individual has done more for this section than has R. J. McIsaac. When the county of Hood River was created in 1908 he became a member of the first board of county commissioners and has since been one of the potential builders of the county, especially in the northern section. In 1910, when a postoffice was established at Parkdale, he was made post- master and still fills that position. At the same time he established a general mercan- tile business, which he yet conducts and which has grown to substantial proportions, meeting all the needs and requirements of the many orchardists and ranchers who have followed him into the Mount Hood section. Developing with the growth of the population, the McIsaac store has become one of the largest in this section of the state. In addition to his orchard and his mercantile business Mr. McIsaac has taken up the breeding of Guernsey cattle and has selected his herd with an eye to making the Mount Hood section as famous for its Guernseys as for its apples and strawberries.
In 1903 Mr. McIsaac was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude Gregory, a daughter of Charles Gregory, and they have four children, Harold, R. Lyle, Harriet and Malcolm. The beautiful home on the ranch is the abiding place of a very happy family.
Fraternally Mr. McIsaac is a Mason who has attained the Knight Templar degree of the York Rite and has recently crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is keenly interested in everything that pertains to the welfare and progress of his section of the state and his labors have been a potent element in promoting the development of the Hood River valley. He was the president of the Strawberry Growers' Association before its consolidation with the Apple Growers' Association and of the latter he is now a director. No history of the builders of Oregon would be complete without mention of Robert John McIsaac, who located in the wilder- ness and has been largely instrumental in developing it into a populous and beautiful garden spot.
EDWARD WOODBURY BARTLETT.
Since 1909 Edward W. Bartlett has been a resident of Estacada, and in that time he has won for himself a high place in the regard of the people of his community. He was elected to the office of mayor of Estacada in 1918 and is still serving in that position, to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens.
Mr. Bartlett was born at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in 1863, a son of William Pitt and Harriett (Hart) Bartlett, both families being of distinguished ancestry. His father was a native of Maine and later removed to Wisconsin, where he was a pioneer lawyer and legislator of Wisconsin. He held many offices of honor and trust in his community, both elective and appointive, among which were district attorney, legislator for many years, and regent of the University of Wisconsin. He was also a lawyer and in his profession was well and favorably known throughout the middle west, and he served in a legal capacity as representative for many of the largest firms and corporations in that section of the country. The Bartlett family are direct descendants of Josiah Bart- lett, who signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
E. W. Bartlett received his education in the grade schools and high school of Eau Claire and later attended the Michigan Military Academy and the University of Iowa, from which latter institution he was graduated in 1888. In the same year as his grad- uation he was admitted to practice in the state and United States courts and in 1889 came to Oregon, where his father and others had taken up large tracts of timber interest. He visited La Grande, where his father was interested in timber, and with his associates had erected a large mill and set up the Grande Ronde Lumber Company. After visiting Seattle, Tacoma, and other sections of the coast, he returned to La Grande and estab-
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lished a law office. For sixteen years he made his home in La Grande and during the years 1898 to 1906 served as register of the land office, was a member of the city council and held other positions of importance. In 1907 he removed to Portland and there he assisted in the organization of the Des Chutes Improvement and Power Company. He remained there for some time, but in the year 1909 he located at Estacada, where he has since resided and practiced his profession. He soon gained quite a reputation as a lawyer throughout the community and was soon after elected to the office of city attorney, which position he ably filled for two years. As a man of public service he had shown so much ability that in 1918 he was elected to the office of mayor of Estacada, a position which he still holds.
On the 24th of January, 1894, at La Grande, Mr. Bartlett was united in marriage to Miss Jess M. Snodgrass, a daughter of Hon. W. J. Snodgrass, who was not only a pioneer merchant but an outstanding figure in the political life of Oregon. Mrs. Bart- lett is connected with the pioneer De Witt family of Indiana. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett: Helen H. and William Kenneth. Helen is now the wife of Robert L. Smith and they reside at Colton, California. William Kenneth is a graduate of the University of Oregon with the class of 1920. He is an athlete of more than ordinary merit and was a tackle on the University of Oregon football team at the time they defeated Penn University, and he was also tackle on the team that played Harvard. This young man was a member of the American group of athletes who carried off the honors in the Olympic games at Antwerp in 1920. In the art of discus throwing he has won the championship of the northwest and the junior championship of the United States. When the dogs of war were unleashed he volunteered his services in 1917, and went to France as a member of the Ninety-first Division. He fought in most of the battles of France and Belgium and in these battles conducted himself val- iantly, as had many of his ancestors before him. He was demobilized in 1919 and resumed his studies at the University of Oregon. Kenneth Bartlett is certainly a young man of whom his parents have a right to be proud and he is highly respected in the community where he resides.
Since age conferred upon Mr. Bartlett the right of franchise he has been a stanch supporter of the republican party. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Elks and the Knights of Pythias, the former of which he has served as a member of the law com- mittee of the Elks' national body. He has the distinction of being the first man on the Pacific coast to enter the national body of the B. P. O. E. Mr. Bartlett is a great lover of horses, dogs, and sports in general, and his horses and pointers are known all over the coast as the best obtainable. He is Oregon's best booster for good roads and any activity for the public good is assured of his support, as he will give freely of his time and money. Fortunate, indeed, is Estacada in having for citizens Mr. Bartlett and his family.
CASS CANNON.
Cass Cannon, for many years engaged in farming in Umatilla county, is residing retired in Athena, enjoying the fruits of a life of diligence and industry. Like many other prominent and successful men of Oregon he is a son by adoption, his birth having occurred in Harrison county, Ohio, on the 22d of August, 1858, a son of John and Agnes (Cook) Cannon, both natives of the same county and state. For many years John Cannon engaged in farming in Harrison county, Ohio, and later entered the mercantile business, in which connection he won more than a substantial amount of success. Both parents passed away in Ohio. Mr. Cannon was a stanch supporter of the republican party and they were both consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Cass Cannon spent his boyhood in Ohio, where he received his education. In the fall of 1879 he came west to San Francisco, California, thence removing to Athena, where he worked for Thomas Kirk for a period of three years. Later he worked at Heppner one year and then returned to Athena, accepting a position as salesman for the C. H. Dood Company, dealing in machinery. Upon resigning this position he bought one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land, on which he built a box house. He im- proved this land and also leased some adjoining land, all of which he operated until 1913, when he built a fine home in Athena and removed there to lead a life of retire- ment, leasing his ranch.
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In 1882 Mr. Cannon was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Woody, a daughter of Reuben and Jane (Elder) Woody, and a native of Brownsville, Oregon. Her father was born in Boone county, Arkansas, while her mother was a native of Missouri. Both crossed the plains with their parents when only children and were married in Browns- ville, Oregon. The father operated one hundred and sixty acres of improved land in this section of the county until the fall of 1879, when he moved near Athena, also operat- ing land there for a short time. Selling this land Mr. Woody bought one hundred and sixty acres near Helix, Umatilla county, and there resided for eight years. After farming in Farmington for some time he again returned to Athena, where he resided until his death in 1891, at the age of seventy. Mrs. Woody is living at the advanced age of seventy-eight years, making her home with a son, Edwin Woody. Both Mr. and Mrs. Woody were reared in the faith of the Baptist church and he gave his political allegiance to the democratic party. The Elder family were also prominent in the Willam- ette valley, having located near Shedd station. Here the Elders took a ranch donation of six hundred and forty acres and also engaged in mining. Five children have been born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Cannon: Joe, Roy, Leota, Ralph and Agnes.
Since age conferred upon Mr. Cannon the right of franchise he has given his support to the democratic party, believing in the principle of the party as factors of good govern- ment. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World, in both organizations taking an active and prominent part. Mr. Cannon takes an interest in the development and improvement of the community in which he resides and for many years he has been a school director. He has won the high regard of his fellow citizens and is recognized as one of the leading men in the community.
GEORGE CLARENCE BLAKELEY.
George Clarence Blakeley, for years a well known resident of The Dalles, where he has been engaged in the banking business and otherwise identified with the com- mercial life of the city, is a native son of Oregon, born in Brownsville, in 1855. His father, Captain James Blakeley, was a pioneer of Oregon, crossing the plains in 1846 and settling in Linn county, and throughout the remainder of his life was a witness of and a participant in the growth and development of the state. He earned his title of captain by commanding a company which he organized for service in the Rogue River Indian war. The town of Brownsville was built upon the land grant which he held. The family came originally from Tennessee. The grandfather of the subject of this sketch was circuit judge for the long term of twenty-six years. Captain Blakeley built the first flour mill in Oregon; was representative to the state legislature from Linn county; and held many other positions of trust and responsibility. On November 26, 1912, he celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, and in commemoration of the event a medal was prepared, which is now in the custody of the State Historical Society, showing that he was a pioneer of Tennessee, Missouri and Oregon. His death, which occurred early in 1913, was the occasion of much regret by all who had known him. He married Sarah Dick, who was a member of another pioneer family.
George C. Blakeley was educated in the primary schools of Linn county, in Albany College, and in the Oregon Agricultural College. For the first three years after finishing his school work, he followed teaching as a profession. He then took up the study of pharmacy and in 1876 became associated with a large eastern manufacturing firm of chemists, for whom he traveled for the next six years. At the end of this period he retired from the road and located at The Dalles, where he established a drug business, which is now known as the Rexall Drug Store, whose reputation extends beyond the limits of the city in which he started it. Mr. Blakeley is a past president of the Inter- national Association of Rexall Clubs, and on his retirement from that office in 1916 he was presented with a handsome watch, suitably inscribed, as a testimonial of appreciation of his services.
Mr. Blakeley has served his fellow citizens in many positions of trust, although greatly averse to holding public office. He has been a member of the city council and for eight years was county judge of Wasco county, bringing to bear on the duties of these positions a keen judgment and ripe experience. In 1919 Mr. Blakeley was instru- mental in organizing the Wasco County Bank and was elected president of that insti- tution, which is capitalized for one hundred thousand dollars and occupies a handsome building on East Second street.
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In January, 1887, Mr. Blakeley was married to Miss Mary T. Gorman, a daughter of John Gorman, a California pioneer, who came to Oregon in 1860, and who is now at the age of eighty-nine years residing in the city of Portland. Mr. Blakeley occupies a high place in fraternal circles. As a Mason he has reached the thirty-second degree; is past master of the blue lodge; past high priest of the chapter; and past eminent commander of the Knights Templar Commandery. He is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine and a past exalted ruler of the Elks. He is a past president of the Oregon Pharma- ceutical Association, and for fifteen years has been a member of the State Board of Pharmacy, in the affairs of which he has ever taken a warm interest.
WILLIAM ALBERS.
William Albers of Portland, as vice president of the Albers Brothers Milling Com- pany, is active in the control and management of one of the largest enterprises of this character throughout the entire west, the business having been developed to gigantic proportions, with manufacturing plants in most of the leading coast cities.
William Albers was born in Lingen, Germany, December 29, 1869, and is a son of Herman Alhers, who was born, reared and married in Germany and afterward came to Portland, where he continued to reside until called to his final rest. His wife, however, passed away in Germany.
William Albers of this review attended school in his native city and in 1891 came to the United States with his brother, Henry Albers, making Portland his destination. Here they joined an older brother, Bernard Albers, who passed away on the 4th of March, 1908. In 1895 Bernard and Henry Albers established the milling business from which has been developed the present gigantic enterprise. In 1901 the business was incorporated under the name of the Albers Brothers Milling Company, of which William Albers is now the vice president. The success of the enterprise has been due to the adoption of several principles to which the firm has strictly adhered. One of these has to do with the selection of locations "where rail and water meet." This was the thought in mind when the first plant was built in Portland in 1893 and the idea upper- most in selecting their last location on the Oakland pier in 1918. All of their docks are accessible to the largest vessels. They have always maintained the highest stand- ards in the quality of their output and their success is plainly indicated in a com- parison of their sales of 1908 with those of 1918-ten years later: In 1908 their sales amounted to five million dollars, at which time their total floor space in four mills was one hundred and thirty-five thousand square feet. In 1918 their total floor space in nine mills was one million three hundred and twenty-six thousand four hundred and twenty square feet and their sales amounted to twenty million dollars. The Portland establishment, the first of their large milling structures, was erected on the Willamette river in 1910. The building is over a thousand feet in length and includes three hundred and sixty-five thousand square feet of floor space, with an elevator capacity of two hundred and fifty thousand bushels. The company manufactures in its several estab- lishments Albers flapjack flour, Albers oats, Albers Peacock buckwheat flour, Albers wheat flakes, Albers pearls of wheat, Peacock daily bread and Del Monte flour, Carnation oats, Sunripe oats, Carnation wheat flakes, and approximately two hundred other brands, under the Albers, Carnation, Peacock, Del Monte and Sunripe trade-marks; also fifty brands of stock and poultry feeds, including the Carnation dairy feed, Albers molasses feeds, molasses O-Meal, meal and dairy products, hog feed, Albers Porko and Swino and Albers poultry foods, which are widely known throughout the country. Extending the scope of their business, mills were erected at Tacoma in 1902, situated in the heart of the city and amply provided with both rail and water shipping facilities. The floor space there is seventy-three thousand square feet, with a grain capacity of two hundred and twenty-five thousand bushels, and the latest and most complete equipment is in- stalled for cereals and flours. The Albers mills at Seattle are located in the heart of the manufacturing district on the water front. Originally constructed in 1906, the capacity was douhled in 1913. The docks will accommodate four steamers and the spur tracks, sixty freight cars. The total floor space is three hundred and twenty-six thou- sand six hundred and thirty-six square feet. The elevator capacity is four hundred thousand bushels of grain, while employment in the Seattle plant is given to about two hundred and fifty men. At Oakland, California, the mills of the Albers Company are located on the Oakland pier, on the water front of San Francisco bay, and were
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