The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-04-15


alton district, an irrigated district.
Harry Jones, Of Wapato Wash. rep
resenting Yakima on the Board of Con-
troll, is a native of Jackson county, Wis.
He is 63 years of age. MIR. Jones was
reared on the farm. He caIne west in
1872. spending three years and return
ing to Wisconsin. In 1878 and 1879 he
was under sheriff of Saint Croix county
Wis. In 1880 he entered the employ Of
the Mccormick Harvesting Machine
Co., and for number of years he was
manager of their general agencies To-
Gated at Fort Dodge, la. Sioux Falls,
5. D., and Sedalis, Mo. lie resigned
his position to become cashier of the
First National bank at Fort Dodge in
January 1891. The following year he
removed to Albert Lea, where he be-
came president of the First National
bank. In 1906 Mr.. Jones located at
Wapato, where be helped TO organize
the Wapato State bank. He was cashier
Of this Institution, which later became
the First National bank of Wapato.
MIR. Jones is now vice president and
manager of the bank. MIR. Jones has a
4U-acre orchard near WapatO.
W. II. Paulhamus, of Puyallup. chair
man of the executive committee, is so
years of age, having been born March
4. 1865. His early boyhood was spent
at Altoona and Sharon, Penn. and
Youngstown, Ohio. At the age of Is
he went to Aberdeen, S. D., where he
entered the banking business. He later
went to Sumner, Wash. where he con-
tinued as a banker until 1894. Hood
River already knows of MIR. Paulhamus'
success as manager of the Puyallup
and Sumner Valley Fruit Growers AS
sociation, which is marketing a huge
lot of red raspberries. He is not only
one of the largest growers of red rasp-
berries in the community, but conducts
model dairy fam.
Truman Butler, who is a member of
the executive committee, is we'll known
to Hood River people. He was born at
Ottawa, Kan, January 4, 1872. Better
Fruits comment on Mr.. Butler is as
follows:
With his parents he moved to The
Dalles, Ore, when he was 10 years old,
where he resided for Is years, attend
ing the public schools there. followed
by course of one year in the famous
old educational institution known as
the Wasco Independent Academy at
The Dalles. Later on Mr.. Butler at
tended Lane University at Lecompton,
Kansas, which college later merged
with another small college in Kansas.
After his course at Lane University
Mr.. Butler took position with The
lpll At
tlon Co., remaining with this company
for seven years as purser on the river
steamers between Portland and The
Dalles, and also as agent for the com.
pany in Portland. In 1900 Mr.. Butler
came to Hood River, and with his father
Leslie Butler, established the first bank
in Hood River, known as the Butler
Banking Co. MIR. Butler has resided
in Hood River for Is years, and while
he has been very active in the develop
ment of and prosperity of Hood Rive
valley. With his father he started tn,
first bank in Hood River with a small
capital which has grown to a capital o.
Sl00, 900 with large surplus. He hal
not limited his field of work here to thl
upbuilding of the bank alone, but hal
earnestly worked for the betterment o.
the community in which he resides. BY
those who know him well he is consid
cred constructive, creative man oi
ability, with good, sound judgment, ant
man of constructive methods. Mr.
Butler has assumed position on the
By-Product committee of ten, TO which
| he has devoted much time and has all
ready rendered efficient service which
is highly appreciated by the fruit dis
tricts of the northwest. Ii is believed
that MIR. Butler will render able anC
valuable services to the fruit growers
in his position as member of the ex
ecutive committee.
OF A. ID. Moe, who represents Hoot
River on the Board of Control, Bette
Fruit says:
A. d. Moe was born in Prince ton
Wis. August 81, 1860, and is therefor,
49 years of age. His education wa
received principally in public schools
Early in life he learned the printing
trade. In 1891 he established the Sout
st. Paul Reporter, at st. Paul Unio
Stockyards, devoted to the live stocl
industry, which he conducted with sue
Ctss lUT Al years. III lJuG Ht IlUNeu I
Grand Forks, where he became propri
etor and editor of the Grand Fork
Daily Plaindealer, which he ably an
successfully conducted for two years
In 1904 Mr.. Moe came west and settle
in Hood River. purchasing from Sar
Blythe the Hood River Glacier, whic
was the first newspaper established a
Hood River. Mr. Moe has been edito
and publisher of the Glacier ever since
The paper is recognized as paper o
quality and influence. In 1906 Mr.. Mo
bought 80 acres of land, which h
cleared and set to orchard, which
now in bearing. During his residenc
in Hood River he was member Of th
city council for four years, secretary Q
the Commercial club for two years an
has been a director of the First Ne
tional bank from 1909 to 1915. Bein
a successful business man is sufficien
assurance that Mr. Moe will act wit
good business judgment in the ne'
position which he has assumed. In &C
. dition, being director of the First M
ional Dank is further evidence of sounC
ness of business ideas, his conservi
tiyeness and safeness.
,