Hindman, Homer
HOMER HALLOCK HINDMAN
Homer Hallock Hindman, who for many years was a prosperous
farmer and stock raiser of Oregon, demonstrated in his life
the possibilities for the attainment of success, as his
prosperity came to him as the direct reward of persistent
and earnest labor. He was born in Iowa, January 3, 1862, his
parents being William and Sarah Hindman. The father was a
native of Pennsylvania and in early life removed to Iowa,
where he was married, his wife being a native of Nova
Scotia. He took up the occupation of farming and in the year
1864 came to the Pacific coast, settling first in Baker,
Oregon, in which locality he secured a homestead claim. He
then turned his attention to the cattle business, in which
he was very successful. In fact he was associated with many
interests and activities which constituted valuable forces
in the early development of the region. He was mining for a
time, at Auburn and in 1915 he retired from active business,
removing to Los Angeles, California, where his remaining
days were passed, his death there occurring in 1917. His
wife had died before the removal to Oregon, passing away at
the age of about fifty years.
Homer Hallock Hindman acquired a common school education in
Baker City, Oregon, and later pursued a course in a business
college at Portland. He afterward returned to Baker and in
connection with his brother followed farming and stock
raising, his business affairs being most profitably and
wisely conducted. Year after year their interests increased
and at the time of the death of H. H. Hindman in 1904 the
brothers owned about eight hundred head of fine stock and a
good farm. Subsequent to his demise the stock was sold, but
his widow still continues to hold her
interest in the farm.
It was on the 13th of November, 1889, in Baker City, that
Mr. Hindman was married to Miss Grace Oakes, a daughter of
Omega and Isabella Oakes, both of whom were born in
Pennsylvania. The father removed to Iowa after the Civil war
and engaged in photography there until 1875, when he came to
the west, establishing his home at Roseburg, Oregon. In 1887
he removed to Baker City, where his remaining days were
passed. He had rendered active service to the Union army
during the Civil war and as he grew old he was accorded a
pension and retired from active business. He passed away in
January, 1918, but his widow survives and Is now making her
home with her daughter, Mrs. Hindman. To Mr. and Mrs.
Hindman were born the following, named: Isabelle, whose
birth occurred in Baker City, November 17, 1898, and who was
married August 16, 1920, to Jack R. Dooley, their home being
now In Marshfield, Oregon; Richard C, who was born in Baker,
May 16, 1903; Dorothy, who was born June 16, 1904, and is a
student in the high school at Baker City; two children who
died in infancy; Fay, who was born in Baker in 1891 and on
the 11th of October, 1915, became the wife of Bernhard Baer,
becoming the mother of a son. Homer, on the 318t of July,
1916, while her death occurred on the 9th of August
following, her little son now making his home with his
grandmother, Mrs. Hindman.
Mr. Hindman was at one time a member of the state militia.
He paid very little attention to politics, however, but on
one occasion, in 1892, was a candidate for the office of
sheriff. He voted with the democratic party and fraternally
he was connected with the Elks and with the Knights of
Pythias.
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Smith, Allan
ALLAN ADOLPHUS SMITH
Allan Adolphus Smith, who since 1910 has engaged in the
practice of law at Baker, was born in Humboldt, Iowa, April
15, 1885, and is a son of Jacob and Louisa Smith, the former
a successful farmer and prominent business man of Iowa. The
family came originally from Pennsylvania, where
representatives of the name had lived through several
generations.
In his student days Allan Adolphus Smith attended the
Highland Park University at Des Moines, Iowa, and also
became a student in Humboldt College at Humboldt, Iowa, from
which institution he was graduated in 1908. He then took up
the profession of teaching, becoming head of the commercial
department of the high school at Baker, a position which he
occupied from 1908 until 1910. In the latter year he became
associated with the Hon. John L. Rand in the practice of
law. for he had previously devoted his leisure hours to the
study of law and had qualified for admission to the bar. In
1916 he opened offices of his own, since which time he has
practiced independently at Baker. He has wide and accurate
knowledge of legal principles and prepares his cases with
great thoroughness and care, while his presentation of his
cause is always clear, strong and logical. Aside from his
chosen calling he has become identified with other interests
and is now a director of the Eastern Oregon Light &
Power Company.
On the 19th of June, 1912, at The Dalles, Oregon, Mr. Smith
was united in marriage to Miss Mabel A. Garrett, a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Garrett, of Millston, Wisconsin, and
representatives of the well known pioneer Mills family of
the latter state. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been born two
children, Lois and Hugh.
In his political views Mr. Smith has always been a democrat
and from 1919 until 1921 he represented his district in the
state legislature. Unable to fight as a soldier he did his
bit in the war activities and took a prominent part in all
the various drives. He is now vice president of the Baker
Chamber of Commerce, to which position he was chosen in
1918, and he has been a director thereof since 1913. He is
also a director of Baker Chapter of the American Red Cross
and in other ways has been closely identified with the
substantial development and progress of the community and
with all that makes for good citizenship and the upholding
of high ideals.
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Brown, Prentiss
PRENTISS BROWN
Prentiss Brown, elected superintendent of schools at Baker,
Oregon, in April, 1920, bringing to bear in his present
position the qualities well developed by thorough training
in the State University, was born in Lebanon, Linn county,
Oregon, October 30, 1893, his parents being William Marsden
and Flora Luphanna (Crandall) Brown. The father was born in
Iowa, August 7. 1869, and when eleven years of age became a
resident of Kansas, where he remained until 1891 and then
took up his abode in Lebanon, Oregon. He taught school for
five years and afterward founded the Lebanon Criterion, of
which he was editor and publisher for the period of a
decade. Subsequently he turned his attention to the practice
of law and also engaged in the banking business, becoming
one of the representative and prominent men of Lebanon,
contributing in large measure to its growth and upbuilding.
Prentiss Brown, after mastering the branches of learning
taught in the public schools of his native city and
following his graduation from the Lebanon high school with
the class of 1912, attended the University of Oregon,
winning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1916. While in the
university he took active part in athletics and forensics
and was president of his class during the junior year.
Following his graduation he taught history and was athletic
coach in the high school of Centralia, Washington.
On the 7th of April, 1917, Mr. Brown enlisted for service in
the World war, joining the Field Artillery at Seattle,
Washington. He was later transferred to the Presidio at San
Francisco, California, and was ordered to report to the
Officers' Training Camp. In August, 1917, however, he was
discharged for defective vision, after which he was employed
as head of the history department in the Walla Walla high
school and later was elected principal of the high school at
Baker. After two month's work in the latter position he
resigned in order to enter the army, the standard for visual
requirement having been lowered. He re-enlisted in October,
1918, and was again with the khaki clad boys, serving with
the heavy artillery until he received his second discharge.
Returning to Baker he was elected to the superintendency of
the schools of this city in April, 1920, and is giving
excellent satisfaction as the head of the school system, tor
his standards are high and he has introduced various
improved methods.
At Corvallis, Oregon, on the 318t of August, 1916, Mr. Brown
was married to Miss Ida May Humphrey, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter S. Humphrey. Her mother, a native of Iowa,
crossed the plains by wagon in 1880 with her father, David
Perin who settled near Monroe. Walter S. Humphrey was the
son of an Oregon pioneer, Albert Humphrey, and was born near
Eugene in 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have become parents of
two children: Flora May, born May 1, 1918; and Barbara
Ellen, born September 12, 1919.
In his political views Mr. Brown is a republican and at all
times keeps well informed concerning the vital questions and
issues of the day. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church and is serving on the board of directors of the Baker
Y. M. C. A. and also of the Red Cross for Baker and Grant
counties. He has. Membership in the Baker County Chamber of
Commerce, the Baker Country Club and the National
Educational Association. He is also a Mason, identified with
Lebanon Lodge, No. 44, A. F. & A. M.; and he belongs to
Baker Lodge, No. 33S, B. P. O. E.; the Delta Tau Delta, a
college fraternity; and to Baker Post, No. 41, of the
American Legion, of which he is adjutant. Progressiveness in
the educational field, patriotism in citizenship and high
standards in every relation of life have made Prentiss Brown
a man whom to know is to esteem and honor and he has a host
of warm friends in Baker and throughout this section of the
state.
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Halliday, Wilbur
W. A. HALLIDAY
Wilbur A. Halliday is engaged in the insurance business at
Baker, Oregon, where he is also conducting an extensive
automobile business. He is actuated in all that he does by a
most progressive spirit and step by step has advanced to a
place of prominence in connection with the business activity
and consequent development of this section of the state. He
was born at Grants Pass, Oregon, in 1882, his foster parents
being Thomas W. and Emma H. (Ferguson) Halliday, both of
whom were natives of Ohio. They came to Oregon in pioneer
times, settling at Vale and there the father followed
farming for a number of years. He has been called to the
home beyond, but the mother is still living.
Wilbur A. Halliday acquired a common school education at
Vale, and Ontario, this state, and also pursued a partial
course in the Agricultural College at Corvallis, Oregon.
This was followed with a commercial course in Portland and
thus liberal training well qualified him for life's
practical and responsible duties. He came to Baker in 1905
and was here employed in an insurance office for a time,
while later he entered a law office and subsequently was
connected with one of the banking institutions of the city.
He established business on his own account in 1907 by
opening a real estate and insurance office and after eleven
years, or in 1918, he withdrew from the real estate
business, but continued his insurance agency. About this
time he turned his attention to the automobile business by
securing the agency of the Overland, Oakland and Willys
Knight cars and further broadened the scope of his business
to include the sale of tires and accessories. He established
the largest and most complete automobile repair shop in the
city and today his automobile business is one of extensive
and gratifying proportions. He annually sells a large number
of cars, while his trade in accessories and tires is
gratifying and the size of his repair shop is at once
indicative of the large amount of business which he does in
that connection. He also owns a farm and some real estate
and has become one of the leading and prosperous citizens of
Baker.
It was here in 1907 that Mr. Halliday was united In marriage
to Miss Ethel Parker, a native of Baker and a daughter of
Thomas and Verdie (Lewis) Parker, who were pioneer settlers,
their names being recorded on the list of the early
residents of the state. In pioneer times the father was
manager of a hotel and afterward filled the position of
county clerk. He lived for some years at La Grande, but
afterward returned to Baker and both he and his wife have
departed this life. Mr. and Mrs. Halliday have two children:
an adopted daughter, Elizabeth, who was born in Baker,
October 2, 1916; and Wilbur, who was born in Baker, December
1, 1917.
During the World war Mr. Halliday took active part in all
the various drives and had charge of the Red Cross drive,
collecting in one drive over thirty-one thousand dollars,
giving practically three-fourths of his time to the work.
Politically he is a republican and while never ambitious to
hold office has always been most loyal to those interests
tending to advance the welfare of community, commonwealth
and country. Fraternally he is both a Mason and an Elk. He
belongs to the Commercial Club and his religious faith is
that of the Baptist church. He has served as secretary of
the Young Men's Christian Association and in 1919 was made
vice president thereof in recognition of the great interest
and splendid work that he has done for the society. He
assisted in raising the earliest fund of five thousand
dollars for the association, whereby a lot was purchased
preparatory to the building of the Y. M. C. A. home and with
the two drives that followed the association became the
owner of a fifty thousand dollar property free of debt. This
was accomplished largely by the personal solicitation of Mr.
Halliday and his work in the various drives in behalf of the
project. He stands for all those forces which make for
honorable manhood and for the uplift of the individual, as
well as for all interests which contribute to community
betterment. His life has been a busy and useful one and his
records prove that success and an honored name may be won
simultaneously.
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Stewart, Nelson
NELSON H. STEWART. D. D. S.
Dr. Nelson H. Stewart, enjoying an extensive dental practice
in Baker, his present professional position arguing well for
further success and advancement in the future, was born in
Indiana in 1880, a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Harris)
Stewart. The father followed farming as a life work and
remained in the east until called to the home beyond.
Dr. Stewart of this review acquired a common school
education in Indiana and then began preparation for the
practice of dentistry as a student In the North Pacific
Dental College, from which he was graduated with the class
of 1903. He at once entered upon the active work of his
profession in Portland, but later removed to Astoria and in
1911 came to Baker, where he has since enjoyed a splendid
practice, save for a brief period spent in British Columbia.
It was after the birth of his first child that he went with
his family to Vancouver, returning to the United States
following the close of the World war in December, 1918.
At Canyon City in 1916 Dr. Stewart was married to Miss Mayme
A. Baisley, a daughter of Ollie and Drusa (Payton) Baisley.
Mrs. Stewart and her mother are natives of Oregon, having
been born in Baker county. Her father, who was born in
Missouri, followed farming for a long period and later
turned his attention to merchandising at Baker, but is now
again a ranchman, living at Durkee, Baker county. The mother
is deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Stewart have two children: Marion,
born in Baker, in 1917: and Robert, born in 1919.
Dr. Stewart gives his political endorsement to the
republican party, but has never sought nor desired office.
Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and
also with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Baker
and is highly esteemed in these organizations. He has also
won a creditable place in professional circles, his ability
growing with the passing years, owing to his wide study and
experience.
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