The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-12-30
OLINGER is
OFFICER DEAN
CONSTABLE is A NATIVE
But Few New Officers viii Take Their
Posts in Hood River County
the Coming Year

Hood Rivers official family will be
but little changed the coming year.
II. l.. Hasbrouck. elected county
judge, to fill out the unexpired term of
Judge Blowers, has already been sworn
in. District Attorney Baker, County
Clerk Shoemaker and Coroner Sifton
are the only other new officers. Mr..
Shoemaker, who has been in charge of
the office. has for the past two years
been in fact deputy. Mrs. Shoemaker
having been elected to the position in
1918.
As the official new term for most of
the county Offices begins next week, a
short biographical sketch Of each may
be interesting. The dean of them all
is E. S. Ollnger, aged 72. and a con-
stable almost continuously since 1881,
when he received his first appointment
from Judge Savage. Hood River was
then a part of Wasco county. Mr..
Olinger is a native of Oregon, having
been born near Salem in the Waldo
ills section. He may also be termed
the dean Of Oregon Volunteer fire
fighters. He was a member of
Salem volunteer department for many
years, and before coming to Hood
River was with that body of fire.
fighters when they made noted trip
from Salem to aid in suppressing bad
fire that originated in the old st.
Charles hotel. At that time it was
necessary to cross the Willamette by
ferry. Despite the fact that the fire.
men were eager to get their apparatus
to the scene of the cunflagration, the
ferrymen. Mr.. 0linger recalls, stopped
his boat midstream while he collected
fares.
County Commissioner F. H. Black
man, now senior commissioner of the
county court, is native of Wisconsin,
aged 81. He participated actively in
civil and official affairs in that state.
He came here from Kenosha with his
family in 1911. Mr.. Blackman had for
merly served as a county official, in a
capacity similar to that of his present
incumbency. in the Wisconsin county.
George Sheppard, newly elected
commissioner, is a native of England.
although his boyood days were spent in
Indiana. He came to Hood River Ia
years ago.
Judge Hasbrouck is a native of Ore
gon, having been born in Lane county.
He is 55 years old Most of his life.
however, has been spent in the Middle
West, where he was engaged In the
jewelry business and as an optometrist.
He has resided in Hood River for the
past Is years.
Sheriff Thomas F. Johnson. who is
entering on his sixth successive term
as sheriff. is a native of Kentucky.
He is AZ years old Sheriff Johnson and
family have resided here for the past
l6 years.
County Assessor Jasper Wickham,
whose term extends over for another
two years, is filling his third term in
the office. He is Go years old and a
native of Iowa. MIR. Wickham and
family have lived in Hood River valley
since 1889.
County School Superintendent l. B.
Gibson is native of Pennsylvania.
aged 48 wears. He has resided in Hood
River for the past II years.
sCnunty Engineer Cruikshank is
native Of Kansas, aged 40 years. He
removed from the Middle West to
Tacoma. Wash, in 1890, coming here
in 1912.
County Clerk Shoemaker aged 20 is
a native of Hood River county. A
further itemization of his biography
and popularity would be superiluous.
Mrs. Jessie M. Bishop, who will be-
gin the third term as treasurer. is
native of Minnesuota. She was APP
pointed to her first incumbency filling
the unexpired term of her late hus-
band, +. A. Bishop.
DIR. Sifton coroner-elect is a native
of Ontario, Canada, aged So. He
practiced for a number of years in
North Dakota. On first coming to Ore
gon he located in Portland. He has
resided here about six years. DIR. Sif-
ton served during the war in the med
ical corps. having been assigned as
medical officer with the Spruce divi-
sion.
William Edick, deputy sheriff and
assistant in the ASSESSOR office, is
naive of Illinois aged 40. His family
however, came to Oregon when he was
but three years old.
Traffic Officer Vernon Murray, as
the members Of the budget board. in
his recent activities, con-
sidered his services indispensable, may
be considered a member of the official
family. Mr.. Murray's activities. as
joint city and county traffic officer have
far more than paid their way and be
has left citizens in general with a
healthy respect for traffic laws.