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All this development required years. Children born in the basin became men and women and saw their own children playing about their doorways before the first signs of transportation relief reached them. And in all this time, night and day, traveling east and west, consulting with Wall street capitalists, and with remote ranchers, William Hanley worked steadily for the unlocking of his country, for its development and settle- ment. With a clear vision, and endless patience in materializing it, he has never once faltered in his devotion to the task he set himself.
He has not been embittered by opposition or disappointment. A philosopher, known as "the sage of Harney county," he is probably the most widely known man in the north- west, and at the same time he is not an easy man to know. He doesn't gossip: he is not interested in trivial matters. He presents a picturesque appearance, that of the ideal plainsman, with his large frame rugged and bronzed-with twinkling Irish blue eyes, iron gray bushy, curly hair, and a kindly, friendly expression that draws all people to him. He has a keen sense of humor and a way of relating amusing incidents that is inimitable. A thorough cosmopolite, he is at the same time a true son of the plains,
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never having lost the distinguishing hall marks. He is a member of the Arlington Club, the Waverly Club, the Portland Chamber of Commerce, and a director on the board for the Oregon 1925 Fair. His home town is Burns, in Harney county, and his principal ranches are the OO and the Bell A.
JOSEPH WOERNDLE.
Arriving in Portland in 1897, penniless and possessing no knowledge of the English language, but endowed with indomitable courage and a spirit of determination that has enabled him to overcome all obstacles and difficulties in his path, Joseph Woerndle has fought life's battles unaided and has come off a victor in the strife. He now oc- cupies a prominent position in business circles of the city as president of the Oregon Investment & Mortgage Company, engaged in a general financing business, and he is also well known in journalistic circles of the northwest as a newspaper publisher, his interests being most capably and successfully conducted.
Mr. Woerndle is a native of Bavaria. He was born at Bernau, August 3, 1880, and comes of distinguished ancestry, the line of descent being traced back to Philip von Wörndle, who was born at Hotting, Innsbruck, July 9, 1755, and became a major of a Tyrolese Rifle Corps and commandant in the militia reserve. He belonged to an old and noble family of the Tyrol and was the son of Joseph Anthony Worndle, justice of the peace of Sonnenburg, who was reinstated in the noblity in 1763 by Empress Maria Theresa as a reward for his military and patriotic services. Philip von Wörndle received the degree of Doctor of Laws at the University of Innsbruck in 1779. He was first judge of the manor court of the Premonstratensian Abbey of Wilten and then became an advocate. In 1787 he married Elisabeth von Lemmen, by whom he had seven children. In 1800 he was again married, his second wife being Johanna von Lemmen. In 1796 he became captain of the company raised among those connected with the uni- versity which served in the campaign against Lecourbe on the boundary of the Tyrol towards Switzerland and also at Lake Garda. In 1797 he was commander of the reserve of northern Tyrol under General Kerpen in the campaign against Joubert, and as such shared in the victorious but bloody encounter at Springes, April 2, 1797, in which the Tyrolese took part. In 1800 he was made military commissioner under Generals Hiller and Jallachich for the upper valley of the Inn. In 1809, under Andreas Hofer, he was Tyrolese under-commissary and head of the national defense for the valley of the Puster. In return for his services he received the Tyrolese commemorative medal and the gold imperial medal. On account of the occupation of the province in 1810 he emigrated to Austria. In 1811 he was a member of the district council at Linz, in upper Austria, and in 1813 he accompanied, as provincial commissioner, the imperial troops under Gen- eral Ismer in the campaign for the liberation of southern Tyrol from the French. On account of accusations lodged against him by Commissary Roschman, Wörndle re- mained in exile from his native country and died at Linz, in upper Austria, August 2, 1818.
The parents of Mr. Woerndle were Kaspar and Maria Woerndle, the former a farmer by occupation. The son attended the public schools of his native land from 1886 until 1893 and then spent four years as a student in the Latin high school at Rosenheim, Bavaria. In 1897 he came to the United States and at once made his way to the Pacific northwest, arriving in Portland, Oregon, in that year, penniless and ignorant of the language and customs of the country. Undismayed by these seemingly insurmountable obstacles, he obtained employment as a section hand, working for a dollar and a quarter per day and sleeping during the night in box cars. He also worked as a lumberjack and millhand, gladly accepting any honest employment that would afford him a liveli- hood. In 1899 he sought a seafaring life, sailing on a vessel plying between Portland and Liverpool, England, but after following the occupation of a sailor for two years he tired of the life and returned to the northwest, where he engaged in general mer. chandising, establishing a chain of stores patterned after the Rochdale Cooperative Stores of Great Britain. He was associated with others in this venture, the first store being started in Frances, Washington, while the parent store, a large wholesale establishment, was maintained at San Francisco, California. He next became connected with the life insurance business, traveling out of Seattle, Washington, and subsequently returned to Portland, where he became advertising solicitor for the "Nachrichten News." Later he engaged in the real estate business and in 1906 entered the law department of the Uni- versity of Oregon, from which he was graduated in 1909, with the LL. B. degree. He
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has since followed his profession, being accorded a large and representative clientage · which connects him with much of the important litigation heard in the courts of the district. He is an able lawyer, well informed in all branches of jurisprudence, and in the application of a legal principle he is seldom, if ever, at fault. He is careful in analysis, clear in his reasoning and logical in his deductions and has ever conformed his practice to the highest ethics of the profession. His initiative spirit and powers of organization have led him into important relations and he is now president of the Transatlantic Estates & Credit Company of Portland and of the Oregon Investment & Mortgage Company, also of Portland, engaged in a general financing business. He is likewise an officer and director in the Portland Marine Ways & Boat Company and the Oregon Ashestos Mines, with offices in Portland. He is a keen and intelligent business man, with a rapid grasp of details and a shrewd discrimination in investment and in the management of his extensive interests he has heen most successful. He has also become well known in journalistic circles of the northwest, owning and publishing, in partnership with A. E. Kern, the "Nachrichten" of Portland, the "Staats Zeitung" of Seattle and the "Washington Post" of Spokane, which are also proving a most judicious investment. He is a man of resolute purpose, carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes, and his connection with any enterprise insures a prosperous outcome of the same.
In St. Patrick's church at Portland, Oregon, on the 5th of April, 1905, Mr. Woerndle was united in marriage to Miss Cecilia V. Sherlock, a daughter of John J. Sherlock, a resident of this city and of Irish descent. Three sons have been born of this union: Joseph A., John K. and Thomas F. Woerndle.
In his political views Mr. Woerndle is a republican and in religious faith he is a Roman Catholic. He helongs to the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Order of For- esters, the St. Joseph Benevolent Society and the General German Aid Society. As a business man his standing is of the highest and in all matters of citizenship his in- fluence is on the side of progress and improvement. Resolute and energetic, he has made steady advancement, each forward step bringing him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. As the architect of his own fortunes he has builded wisely and well. His record is a most creditable one and should serve to inspire and encourage others, showing what may be accomplished when one has the will to dare and to do. He is a man of high principles and substantial qualities and Portland numbers him among her most valued citizens.
FRANCIS GUSTAVUS SWEDENBURG, Ph. G., M. D.
Born in Sweden on the 18th of October, 1867, Dr. Francis Gustavus Swedenburg, who was the son of Henry and Mary C. Swedenburg, was brought to America by his parents in 1872. The father, who had been the manager and superintendent of a large estate in Sweden, took up farming when he located in Wisconsin and followed that occupation the remainder of his life.
Francis G. Swedenburg, after receiving his grade schooling, attended the Val- paraiso University at Valparaiso, Indiana, where he took the course in pharmacy, receiving his Ph. D. degree. He then attended the medical department of the Uni- versity of Minnesota for three years and his senior year was spent as a student in Rush Medical College of Chicago, which institution conferred upon him the degree of M. D. in 1900. For six years he practiced in Wisconsin, during which time he took a postgraduate course in surgery at the Rush Medical College. In 1907 he came to Oregon in search of a suitable location in which to establish his home and practice. After visiting Ashland he determined to locate in that city and there he has remained, rising to the head of his profession. For thirteen years he has been health officer of Ashland and, specializing in surgery, he is chief surgeon of the Granite City Hospital, which he was active in founding.
In 1906 Dr. Swedenburg was united in marriage to Miss Olive Esther Eggleston, who traces her ancestry directly back to the Pilgrims who came to this country on the Mayflower. Some were French Huguenots and others English Cavaliers. Two chil- dren have been born to their union, Genevieve Marie and Marjorie Eleanor, both of whom are very proud of the fact that they are native Oregonians. Mrs. Swedenburg is a woman of unusual culture and refinement and her home is an evidence of her good taste. While a devoted mother, she is active in social and club affairs, being a prominent member of the Civic Improvement Club and similar organizations.
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Fraternally Dr. Swedenburg is a Mason of the thirty-second degree and a Noble of Hillah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is a past noble grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, past exalted ruler of the Ashland lodge of Elks and also belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America. Along the line of his profession he is a member of the Southern Medical Society, of which he was at one time president, is likewise identified with the Oregon State Medical Society and is a fellow of the American Medical Asso- ciation. While the Doctor practices general surgery, he inclines toward abdominal and bone surgery and has won fame along that line. He has the finest library in southern Oregon. Dr. Swedenhurg has become a valuable resident of Ashland not only as a physician and surgeon but as a citizen and town builder has done more than his share. The Swedenburg block on East Main and Second streets is one of the outstanding improvements for which he is responsible. This building houses two stores fronting on Main street and on one of the upper floors, which are devoted to medical and dental offices, Dr. Swedenburg maintains a beautifully appointed and modern suite. The Swedenburg family are well known throughout southern Oregon, readily conceded to be representative citizens of Ashland and vicinity. Their home, which is situated on the boulevard and is of colonial type of architecture, is one of the most beautiful in the city, containing sixteen rooms with every modern convenience and being sur- rounded by spacious grounds five acres in extent. The Doctor also owns a sixty-acre orchard devoted to the raising of pears and apples. He is a lover of nature and largely finds his recreation in the great out-of-doors.
CHARLES SUTHERLAND HUDSON.
Charles Sutherland Hudson is president of the First National Bank of Bend and is widely known throughout Oregon in financial circles. His activities touch the gen- eral interests of society and he is known as a cooperant factor in many projects relating to the social, intellectual and moral progress of the community, as well as to its material development. Mr. Hudson was born at Lake City, Minnesota, in 1874, a son of Louis P. and Sarah (Kimble) Hudson. Members of the Hudson family came to this country prior to the Revolutionary war and the grandfather, who was born in New York, settled in Minnesota in the earliest pioneer days of that state, where he was for many years superintendent of schools. The father, Louis P. Hudson, was an attor- ney at law and was a prominent member of the Minnesota bar.
Charles Sutherland Hudson received his education in the schools of Lake City, Minnesota, until 1888, when the family removed to Kansas and he completed his education at Garden City. He took up stenography and accepted a position at Okla- homa City, Oklahoma, where he remained for some three or four years. The following five years he spent in St. Louis, Missouri, as assistant to the treasurer of the Simmons Hardware Company. In 1902 he took his initial step in the banking business. He was tendered and accepted the position of cashier of the First National Bank at Roff. Oklahoma, and remained in the service of that institution for nearly five years. Sever- ing relations with that institution at the termination of that period he hecame cashier of the First National Bank of Canyon City, Colorado, and was active in that connec- tion until 1909, when he located in Bend, Oregon. Here he organized the First National Bank of Bend and served as cashier until 1915, when he became president, an office in which he is still active. During his residence in Oklahoma Mr. Hudson took up the study of law but after completing the course decided not to enter active practice, his bent being more along financial lines. Since coming to Bend he has been one of the most potential factors in the city's growth. He was quick to realize that if Bend was to grow it must be through the development of the surrounding farms and he has through his hank aided the farmers in every possible way and has advised them to make their farms a paying investment. He holds to the belief that it is of greater benefit to loan money to farmers for the purchasing of live stock and for the cultiva- tion of their land than to lend it for building or other investments and as a result' he has done more to foster and build up the farming and live stock interests of the county than any other one man. He has, however, also assisted in the building up of the city and the bank building is one of Bend's handsomest business structures. The corner portion of the building houses the bank while the remainder of the space is occupied by business houses. The upper floors have been arranged for the courthouse, offices of the county officials and as law offices. In addition to the bank building Mr.
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Hudson owns three of the four corners of Wall and Oregon streets, the heart of the business section, and two of these have been improved by modern and up-to-date buildings.
In 1902 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Hudson to Miss Gertrude McCormick, a native of Kansas City, Missouri, where her parents were old and highly respected residents. Mrs. Hudson graduated from Drury College with the highest honors, winning a scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, but Mr. Hudson persuaded her to give up the university course to remove with him to Oklahoma. Two children have been born to their union: Donald McCormick, a high school student; and Doris, in the grades. Mrs. Hudson is prominent in social circles and is a member of the best clubs.
Fraternally Mr. Hudson is a Mason and an Elk and he likewise holds member- ship in the Knights of Pythias. During the World war he was chairman for all the war drives of Deschutes county and assisted the government in every way. The religious faith of the family is that of the Episcopal church. The high regard in which Mr. Hudson is held in financial circles is indicated by his membership in the Oregon State Bankers Association, of which he is president, and the American Bank- ers Association, which hody he is serving as vice president. The Hudsons have a beautiful home overlooking the Deschutes river and there they frequently entertain their many friends.
GUY W. ROBERTS.
The record of Guy W. Roberts is a splendid illustration of what can be accom- plished through industry, energy and determination when guided by intelligence and sound judgment, for on his arrival in this state in 1908 his cash capital consisted of fifty cents and he is now one of the most prominent lumber manufacturers in western Oregon, has important financial interests and is the owner of a thousand acre ranch in Lincoln county. He has eagerly grasped every opportunity which has come his way and his enterprise and energy have carried him forward to a substantial point on the highroad to success.
Mr. Roberts was born in Grayson county, Texas, November 22, 1880, and is a son of William and Susie (Wright) Roberts, the former a native of Tennessee and the latter of Alabama. The father was a farmer by occupation and ahout 1872 he removed to Texas, purchasing land in Grayson county, which he cultivated for about two years, after which he followed farming in various parts of the state and in Indian Territory for a period of fifteen years, going subsequently to Tennessee, where he resided for six years. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits in Alabama for two years and in March, 1920, he became a resident of Toledo, Oregon, where he has since made his home, assisting his son, Guy W. Roberts, in the conduct of his business interests. He has led a busy, active and useful life and is still an active factor in the world's work, for indolence and idleness are utterly foreign to his nature. The mother passed away in 1910.
Guy W. Roberts was reared in Indian Territory and there attended school, remain- ing at home until he attained his majority, when he sought employment at farm labor. At the end of a year, with his carefully saved earnings, he invested in land which he cultivated and developed for a time and then engaged in the manufacture of brooms. Later he went to Tennessee and there engaged in farm work for a year, but not finding an encouraging outlook for business advancement in that section of the country he left that state as soon as he had accumulated sufficient funds to purchase a ticket to Oregon, arriving in Corvallis on the 12th of September, 1908, with but fifty cents in his pocket. In order to provide himself with a little ready money he pawned his trunk and the next morning started for Newport, but stopped at Waldport, where he remained for a month, and during that period he gained sixteen pounds in weight. Returning to Corvallis, he there worked at the carpenter's trade for about six years and filed on a homestead in the Alsea country, but did not prove up on his claim. He next engaged in the sawmill business at Calloway, eight miles south of Corvallis, starting the venture on borrowed capital. Success attended his efforts and he sub- sequently moved his plant to Alpine, later increasing his operations by the purchase of another mill at that point, of which his brother now has charge. In April, 1918, Mr. Roberts erected a mill on Yaquina hay, in Lincoln county, which he has since en- larged. His mill is equipped for turning out work at a high rate of speed and in its operation he employs twenty men. The first year he cut over five million feet of
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lumber, in addition to erecting a large mill, and the plant will average more than ten million feet on a basis of twenty days a month. Mr. Roberts was one of the organizers of, and is a stockholder and director in the First National Bank of Toledo, which is capitalized for twenty-five thousand dollars and has a surplus fund of twenty-five hundred dollars. There are thirty-two stockholders in the bank, which will soon be housed in a fine modern two-story building of concrete construction. Mr. Roberts is also the owner of a ranch of nine hundred and ninety-five acres in Lincoln county, of which a large portion is in timber, and this he uses for logging purposes. He is like- wise the owner of the best mill site in this section of the country and his interests are thus extensive and important, showing him to be a man of keen business discern- ment and sound judgment. His plans are well formulated and promptly executed and his business dealings have ever been characterized by the strictest honesty and integrity.
On the 5th of October, 1913, Mr. Roberts was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Amber Rickard and they have become the parents of three children: Alvin, Laura, and Earl. Mr. Roberts has always voted the democratic ticket until the November, 1920, election, when he cast his ballot for Warren G. Harding, the republican candidate for the presidency. He is much interested in the progress and development of his com- munity and is serving on the board of commissioners of the port of Toledo and is also a member of the city council. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He stands for all that is truly American in citizenship, upholding the interests of his community and country at all times, and his cooperation can ever be counted upon to further any movement for the public good. Mr. Roberts deserves much credit for what he has accomplished in a business way, for he started out in life empty-handed and has worked his way steadily upward by persistent energy and unfaltering enterprise. His record should serve to inspire and encourage others, show- ing what may be accomplished when one has the will to dare and to do.
ELDON F. CROSS.
Eldon F. Cross, senior member of the firm of Cross & White, dealers in hardware, furniture, plumbing, paints and oils, at Halsey, is thus prominently identified with the business interests of the city in which his life has been passed, for his birth here occurred in September, 1898. He is a son of Joseph O. and Clara P. (Harker) Cross, the former a native of Missouri and the latter of Illinois. In an early day the father accompanied his parents on their removal to Oregon, the journey being made with ox teams. It was a long and arduous trip, fraught with many dangers and hardships, and after reaching this state the grandfather settled at Halsey, where he purchased land, which he cleared and developed, continuing its cultivation for many years. In later life he removed to Portland, where he spent his remaining years, his death occurring on the 31st of January, 1919. His son, Joseph O. Cross, was reared and edu- cated in Halsey and on starting out in life independently engaged in the mercantile business, becoming the founder of the present establishment of Cross & White. This he continued to conduct with substantial success until his death in December, 1908, when about thirty years of age. The mother survives and in June, 1920, she was united in marriage to Mr. La Tolette, their home now being near Weiser, Idaho.
Eldon F. Cross pursued his education in the schools of Halsey and later was for one year a student in the State University of Oregon at Eugene. On entering business life he became connected with his father's mercantile interests, with which he has since been identified, the business now being conducted under the firm style of Cross & White. They have the only hardware store in Halsey and are also engaged in the plumbing business. They likewise handle furniture, paints and oils and their trade has reached extensive and gratifying proportions, owing to their progressive business methods, reasonable prices and reliable goods. Mr. Cross is thoroughly familiar with every phase of the business and in its conduct he has displayed sound judgment, energy and enterprise, employing at all times the most honorable and straightforward methods of dealing.
In September, 1919, Mr. Cross was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Morrill, a resident of Hillsboro, Oregon. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has served as a member of the city council. He is not affiliated with any religious organization, but Mrs. Cross is a member of the Methodist church. His
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