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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1889)
30 bodily injuries that have rendered him a cripple, but his mental endowments are such as to render him pe culiarly fitted for the duties of his present position, to which he was elected on the republican ticket in 1886, by a good majority. lie was speaker of the house of representatives in 1882, and has taken a prominent part in the politics of the state for the past ten years. George W. Weijh, state treasurer, was born in Washington county, Maryland, September i, 1824. In 1812 the family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, where he learned the tinsmith's trade and engaged in that business. In 18G5 he came to Oregon and set tled in Union county, removing to Pendleton in 1875, where he has conducted a successful business. He was treasurer of Umatilla county two terms, from 1870 to 1880, and was aldtrman of the city several terms. In 1880 he became the democratic nominee for state treasurer and was elected. Khenezek B. MctLitoy, state superintendent of public instruction, is now serving his second term in that most important office, having been elected in 1882 and 1880 on the republican ticket. He was born in Washington county, Penn., September 171812, and was educated in the Southwestern State Normal School of that state. In 1801 he began teaching, but soon enlisted in Co. II, First West Va. Vole., serving until discharged in 1803, when he re-enlisted in Co. A, One Hundredth Penn. Vols., and served until the war closed, when he resumed his educational career. In 1873 ho camo to Oregon, where he has since been prominently identified with educational matters. He taught in the public schools of Corvallis till 1875, and then filled a chair in the state agricultural college un til his election to tho position he now holds. He is a prominent member of the G. A. K. and has twice been a delegate to the national encampment, and has served on the stall of tho commander-in-chief. Fit an k C. Uakeu, state printer, is a native Orego nian, who was elected on the republican ticket in 1880, and was born in Portland June 18, 1851 Ho is a practical printer, his education, with the excep tion of six terms at tho public school, having been gained at tho " case." He began at the age of four teen, at LaGrande, and subsequently worked in Silver City and Boiso City, returning to Portland in 1870, serving as compositor on the Evening Journal and Evening Standard and as foreman on the Eveninq Telegram, Evening liec and Rural Spirit, occupying latter position at tho timo of his election. Mr Baker is a prominent member of tho typographical' union and was chosen in response to a demand for a prac' tical man to fill tho office which he holds. He at onco secured a fine plant of typo and machinery and has tho first regular state printer's office, which is lo cated in tho capitol building. MEMBERS OF THE SENATE. L. T. Babin, republican senator from Clackamas county, resides in Oregon City. He was bom in Providence, E. I., March 13, 1842, and came to Ore. gon in the spring of 1801, where he worked as a day laborer for a time, and in the spring of 1862 en. listed in the First Oregon Cavalry and served until discharged. Afterwards, at odd times, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1872. Mr. Barin occupies a prominent position in the republican par. ty of Oregon. In 1872 he was a member of the house of representatives, has been, the city attorney and mayor of Oregon City, was register of the United States land office in that city from 1877 to 1886, and is now chairman of the republican state committee, also of the legislative committee appointed to exam ine into the fish industries of the state. Thomas E. Cauthorn, democrat, is senator from Benton county, and resides at Corvallis. He was born in Mexico, Mo., August 31, 1849, and came to Oregon in 1865. Mr. Cauthorn is engaged in the merchandising business in Corvallis, of which city lie has twice been mayor. He is a member of the board of regents of the state agricultural college, treasurer of the board and chairman of the executive commit tee. John C. Carson, republican senator from Mult nomah county, is one of the oldest business men of Portland, where he is extensively engaged in manu facturing. He was born in Centre county, Penn., in 1825, and came to Oregon in 1851, and began life here as a country school teocher of those pioneer times, which he soon abandoned for a job of carpen tering in Oswego, since which time he has been ac tively engaged in mechanical pursuits, and now owns a large sash and door factory in Portland, besides having interests in other enterprises. Mr. Carson has always occupied a prominent position in public affairs, beginning in 1855, as president of the city council of Portland. In 1870 he was elected as a rep resentative of Multnomah county to the legislature, and again in 1882. In 1884 he was elected to the senate, over which body he presided in 1887, and was re-elected in 1888. George Chandler, democratio senator from Bi ker and Malheur counties, is a farmer and breeder of fine stock, whose post office address is Biker City. He was born September 1, 1845, in Howard county, Mo., and came to Oregon in 1862, settling in county when the first log cabins were being built that portion of the state. He began life there by working by the month, freighting and improving wild lands, and now owns fourteen hundred acres fine land, well stocked with fine cattle and sheep-