32
THE DALLES TIMES-MOUNTAINEER.
V T I I . -. H - 1 t J - . ..
I 1 m . . mi - n- - u mmmm
- r- I?
M 1 f !
Pi;n 'Tit
HEISLER & SOX, MILLERS.
One of the largest business enterprises of Dufur is the
one above named. Its capacity is 50 barrels per day, and it
is a most beneficial enterprise to the farmers near at hand,
who are thus enabled to obtain a good price for their wheat
with the advantage of a short haul, a saving to them of a
good many dollars annually. The mill is of the roller
process, having seven stands of rollers, and eight bolters,
and was built in 1885, and purchased by its present owners
from Mrs. E. B. Dufur, February 17th, 1897. A feature of
their trade is a large exchange business with the farmers
of the county, exchanging for wheat its manufactured pro
ducts. Wm. Heisler was born in Pennsylvania, and in 1849 fol
lowed the rusu to California, but returning again to his na
tive state, remained there till 1852 when he came to Oregon.
He has nine children, four boys and five girls; two of his
boys being married, W. H. living near the mill and being
interested in it, and Monroe living in Dufur.
it had a capacity of twenty ban-els, being a burr mill with
one bolter, today it has thirty barrels capacity, and five
bolters.
His brand of flour is "The Best," and in the opinion of
consumers it does not belie its name. He has spent $3,000
this year improving his water power, and with a ditch one
and a half miles long, and sixty-three feet water fall, can
run all seasons of the year. He does a large exchange busi
ness with the farmers, being fixed to grind corn, roll barley,
or in fact any thing a farmer wants in that line. He has
always made a specialty of their trade, and by honest busi
ness methods, and by the production of a superior grade of
flour and millstuffs, has built up a reputation of which he
may well be proud.
A. E. LAKE.
A. E. Lake, who is operating a large saw mill near Warn
ic, Wasco county, was born in Portland, Dec. 5, 1856. At
BOHXA'S HOTEL.
Edward Bohna, one of Dufuis most substantial citizens,
and at present one of its councilinen, was born in Ohio
in 1838. He went to California in 1853, and returning to
the east he again came to the Golden West in '59, settling
in California that year, where he remained until 1862, dur
ing which year he came to Oregon.
In the spring of 1878 he came to Wasco county, and set
tled on "15-Mile" creek. The new townsite of Dufur being
just laid out, he went to work at his trade, that of a black
smith, working a few months for wages, and then pur
chasing the business interests of his employer. For many
years Mr. Bohna had a monopoly of the general black
smithing trade of all the southern portion of Wasco county,
and being a first-class mechanic rapidly accumulated a
competency. Being a progressive man he invested his
money in real estate, and has built a greater number of
substantial buildings in the town of Dufur than any other
two of her citizens. The large handsome hall now owned
by the Odd Fellows, and the Central Hotel, with its com-
r
,1 '-J
i.
-1
my n
ROY D. BUTLER.
Roy D. Butler, the enterprising young merchant of Boyd,
Oregon, was born January 10, 1874, in Warren county, 111.
At the age of four he moved with his parents to Wasco
county, receiving his education at Dufur. At the age of 21
he began teaching a school at Boyd, and continued doing so
for a year and a half. He then established himself in the
confectionary business in Dufur, and remained there until
September last, when he bought out C. H. Southern, of
Boyd. He carries complete and seasonable lines of dry
goods, groceries, hardware, boots and shoes and an assort
ment of standard drugs, and he has by close attention to
business largely increased his predecessor's trade. He aims
to sell goods as close as they can be, believing that policy
will pay eventually.
M. J. COCKERLINE.
One of the best and most successfully managed flour mills
in Wasco county, is located at Boyd. It is owned by M. J.
Cockerline, of whom it can be truthfully said that he has
virtually passed the majority of his life in the milling busi
ness. Born in Canada in 1859, at the age of 15 he came to
the United States, and two years later we find him em
ployed in a mill at Salem, Oregon, where he remained for
four years, then building a mill at Turner, Or., he ran it for a
year, and selling it to Mr. A. Shaw, moved' to San Francisco
and was connected with the "Golden Age". Milling Co., for
two years, . He then took the management of a mill at Pa
checo, Cal., for eighteen months, also had charge of Nelson
& Co.'s mill at Merced Falls, Cal., for eight months. Owing
to continued sickness he had to give up business and spent
five months in the Hawaian islands. . On his return to this
country, he spent some time traveling through Colorado and
Montana. Being greatly improved in health he bought out
the Palouse City Mill, and successfully ran it for three
years. Selling it, he went to Los Angeles, and remained a '
year. Then returning to Oregon, he located at Boyd, and
bought the mill operated there by T. P. Boyd. At that time
X y
- y s
' .7
1
i
;t .i--.-v-.t-3 .r- : -r -
i-v&Zr rm-yyMkyi - yyyy-ry, I
i
1
A,
the age of six he moved, with his parents, 16 miles east of
the city, on a farm. He obtained his education at Forest
Grove, and on his arrival in Wasco county taught school for
two years at Wapinitia and Wamic. In 1886 he started a
saw mill, three miles east of his present location, which he
successfully operated until July 4, 1892, when it was burnt
out. Rebuilding at once in his present location, a steam
plant that has a capacity of 12,000 feet, he is doing a large
business and is deservingly popular.
In 1882, he married Miss Josie Bradley, of Pleasant
Home, Oregon, and has five children, three girls and two
boys. He has lately built himself a commodious residence
in Wamic. It has thirteen rooms, all finished with hard
wood, and would be a credit to any community.
V ryo
1 r ff
: v i
V i
- II I - - - i - i ' mmd
EDWARD BOHNA.
modious barn, built when Dufur was but a village, were
erected by him, and are evidences of his good judgment
and faith in the future growth of the place.
He is just completing a handsome cottage on Church
street, in which he proposes to pass his declining years at
ease.
He has for many years been a prominent member of
Ridgely Lodge, I. u. O. F., taking great interest in every
thing pertaining to tnat order.
The citizens of Dufur have acted wisely in placing Mr.
Bohna in its council, for none more than he has the good
of the city at heart.
V v . - . y,: Q- IfemL.; hi
I ' y m O'
1 . , , " r- j' L - . "; k,t t . 1
A. E. LAKE.
LAKE'S SAW MILL.