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The doctor has bought a large tract of
valuable land across the river, opposite Ore
gon City, where he has built a pretty and at-
PROFESSIONAL MEN
OREGON CITY COURIER-HERALD NEW YEAR NUMBER.
O. W. EASTHAM.
In 1849, V:n. F. Eastham located a dona
tion land claim on Butte Creek, twenty miles
south of Oregon City. To this wilderness he
brought his young wife, who bore with him
the hardships of pioneer life. A large family
grew up in this pioneer home.
j Year by year the acres of brush grew into
I a fine farm. Neighbors came, and the wilder
ness became a broad expanse of golden fields.
In the early years, among the boys that
5 came to the country spelling school, were
tliose o! Mr. Moreland, Mr. Killm and Mr.
Eastham. Of those boys, Julius Moreland,
lienton Killin and E. L. Eastham became
successful lawyers, whose lives in after life
ran close together. E. L. Eastham became a
widely known and highly respected citizen,
who spent mnch of his time in advancing
the interests of Clacakams County.
Benton Killin and Julius Moreland became
partners in the practice of law, and at this
time constitute one of the leading law firms
of Portland.
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Under these men. of sound, nractiral ideas.
j O. W. Eastham, the youngest brother of E.
I L. Eastham, took up the study of his chosen
j profession. He came to their office with six
J years preliminary training in Portland Uni
jversity, from which institution he had just
:; graduated. Under the direction of Judge
j Moreland, Mr. Eastham studied two years.
' On the suggestion of his able instructor, he
then entered the law department of the Uni
jversity of California, where he continued his
studies two years longer, when he was ad
mitted to the bar of California.
Prepared to settle down to his life work,
Mr. Eastham returned to take up the prac
tice of his profession near his old home.
I On admission to the Oregon bar he en
tered into a law partnership with Hon. G. B.
Dimick, who was already a well known and
eminently successful young attorney. The
firm of Dimick & Eastham has constantly
enjoyed a large and lucrative practice.
Steadily loyal to the county of his boyhood,
and with unswerving faith in its future de
velopment, Mr. Eastham has already become
a substantial property holder in the county
and city. When he forms a close friendship,
he is always to be depended on in the ups
and clowns of business life.
j W. S. U'REN.
Hon. W. S. U'Ren is a lawyer whose name
is a household word in Oregon in connection
with the Initiative and Referendum. Since
December, 1892, Mr. U'Ren has been secre
tary of the Direct Legislation Committee of
Oregon, and as result of the work of these
organizations the people of Oregon will have
an opportunity to adopt or reject the system
in the State Constitution at the June election
next year.
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Mr. U'Ren was born in W isconsin in 1859,
studied law in Denver, Colorado, and was
admitted to the bar in 1881, failing health
compelled him to abandon the practice of his
profession. In 1892 he engaged in the fruit
and nursery business in Milwatikie and Can
by, in this county. He was one of the prom
inent and active leaders of the Peoples' party
in Oregon from 1892 to 1898 and was elected
to the Legislature in 1890 on that ticket.
In 1898 Mr. U'Ren resumed the practice of
his profession in Oregon City, and speedily
acquired a profitable practice and in January.
1901, engaged in law partnership with C.
Schuebel. Esq. The firm of U'Ren & Schtte
bel has had a growing and profitable business,
and affairs entrusted to them receive prompt
and careful attention.
Upon the destruction of the Populist party,
Mr. U'Ren, with many others who had been
prominent in that party, joined the Inde
pendent American Voters and gave all their
political effort and labor on nonpartisan lines
to furthering the cause of the Initiative and
Referendum in Oregon, and there is now
every prospect that it will be entirely success
ful at the polls next June.
DR. FRANCIS FREEMAN,
one of our substantial dentists, came to Ore
gon in 1898, buying Dr. Welch's old estab
lished practice. The doctor was brought up
in Toronto, Canada, and after attending the
University and spending some time with his
preceptor, went to Chicago, graduating from
the American College of Dental Surgery and
also from the North Western University
Dental School, later taking a post-graduate
course in the same institution. After spend
ing several years in successful practice in
Chicago he came West to obtain a more con
genial climate.
Dr. Freeman has now been in Oregon City
three years and is enjoying a lucrative and
increasing practice.
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tractive home, and is a prominent factor in
business and social circles.
C. SCHUEBEL.
No attorney in Clackamas county is better
or more favorably known than Mr. C. Schue
bel. His life has been full of action and use
fulness. He was born in Pennsylvania in
1866, and served some time in the coal break
ers before coming to Oregon in 1878. He
lived on a farm near Oregon City until 1887,
and worked some years in logging camps
and five years in the paper mills of this city,
and studied law all his spare time. He took
a night course in the Portland Law School
and as admitted to the bar in 1897.
Mr. Schuebel has always taken an active
part as a reformer in politics. He was elected
justice of the Fourth District in 1896, and re
elected in 1898, making an envyable record
as a judicial officer. The higher courts never
reversed one of his decisions on appeal, a
tact which speaks volumes for his judgment of
the law.
He was an active member of the city coun
cil in 1898 and was re-elected in 1899. In
January. 1901, Mr. Schuebel and Hon. W. S.
U'Ren formed a law partnership under the
name of U'Ren and Schuebel and have been
remarkably successful both in the growth of
their practice and the trial of contested cases.
For several years past Mr. Schuebel has been
an active member and elder of the Presby
terian church of Oregon City.
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