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OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD NEW YEAR NUMBER.
JAM liS M. TRACY
Was born in Jefferson County, New York,
in 1841. In 1849 he with his father started
for Oregon by way of the lakes and wintered
that year in Iowa. The following spring
they continued their journey, spending the
winter in Salt Lake on account of the small
ness of their party in going through the In
dian country. In spring of 1852 a party large
enough to ward off Indian attacks was or
ganized, and on June 29 of that year the
subject of our sketch arrived and located on
the place he now lives, and where he has
lived ever since, with the exception of an
absence of three years in Douglas County,
where he was engaged in the mercantile
business, from 1870 to 1881. After disposing
of his business there to his father, he re
turned to his present home and has follwcd
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farming ever since. Before going to Doug
las County, 1870 to 1877, he was engaged
in the mercantile business at Logan. Mr.
Tracv's home farm consists of 500 acres,
which is well improved, 300 acres being in
cultivation. Altogether he has about 1,000
acres of land in Clackamas County, besides
considerable valuable Main street property
in Oregon City and land in Douglas
County. He is also owner of a complete
threshing outfit with latest blower. Mr.
Tracy was a member of the State Legisla
true in 1891, has held offices of road super
visor, school clerk, school director, and was
the promoter of the Logan creamery.
J AM ES U. CAMPBELL.
Was born on Prince Edward Island in l8(.
where he acquired his early education and
taught school for a number of years. When
about 20 years of age he moved to Colorado,
where he was employed about a year in the
railroad office of the Denver & Rio Grande
Company. He then engaged in mining near
Eureka, New. and the following year came to
Oregon, being connected with the Oswego
Iron Works for a while, and afterwards was
employed in the steam-pipe covering business
in Portland. Mr. Campbell took up the study
of law while a student at Prince of Wales
College, and renewed it in this city, being ad
mitted to the bar in 1893. In 1894 he became
the law partner of Hon. George C. Brownell,
and in 1890 was appointed deputy district at
torney of the fifth district, a position he still
holds In politics he is a staunch republican.
and in 1898 was made secretary of the County
Central Committee, and is now chairman of
the same. When war with Spain was de-
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dared, he enlisted with Company I, Second
Oregon, and was made First Sergeant. He
received two subsequent promotions, and was
mustered out as First Lieutenant. As an of
ficer he was kind and courageous, took part
in every engagement in which his company
participated, and was held in the highest es
teem by every man in the regiment. Mr.
Campbell now enjoys a splendid law practice,
and is one of the rising young attorneys of
this state.
EVA EMERY DYE
The author of "McLoughlin and Old Ore
gon" and "Stories of Oregon," has for 10
years given close and careful study to the
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history of the Northwest. The "McLough
lin" appeared in June, 1900, published by A.
C. McClurg & Co., of Chicago. It has now
gone to the fourth edition and is having a
large sale in England as well as in Canada,
and the United States.
The "Stories of Oregon," published by
Whitaker & Ray, of San Francisco, has been
adopted for the public schools of Oregon.
Mrs. Dye is now at work on the story of
Lewis and Clark, to be a companion volume
to the "McLoughlin.".
FRANK JAGGAR.
Was born in 1857 in Bonaparte, Iowa, and
after living six years in Missouri, one year
in Philadelphia, and six years in Ohio, he
came to Oregon in 1872. He has since re
sided on his present fine farm near Cams,
on Molalla road, which contains 320 acres, of
which 100 acres is under plow. Besides this
he has considerable property in Oregon City.
Mr. Jagger ran the first twine binder in that
country. He has been school clerk continu
ously for 16 years, and was county commis
sioner of Clackamas County for four years,
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from 1894 to 1898, during which term a large
number of important roads were built or
improved with plank, crushed rock and
gravel, some of the most important being the
Molalla, Highland, South Oregon City, Os
wego, Stafford, New Era, Viola, Eagle
Creek, Macksburg and Sandy roads. Mr.
Jagger is miblic spirited and a firm believer
in good roads and his work while commis
sioner speaks well for him. He is one of the
most comfortably fixed citizens of Clacka
mas County and enjoys the esteem of the
community.
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Chinese Pheasants.
Oregon's Game Birds,
(courtesy Albauy Herald)
We are under obligations to that enter
prising agricultural paper of Salem, the Pa
cific Homestead, for the use of the engraving
of J. R. Shaver's Herefords, on page 6.