THE DALLES TIMES-MOUNTAINEER.
W. L. Bradshaw, Circuit Judge of the Seventh District,
was born in Putnam county, Mo., September 28, 1858. His'
early youth was spent there, crossing the plains with his
parents to Oregon in 18G5. They located in Yamhill county,
at Lafayette, where he received his preliminary education.
In 1878 ana 1879 he attended the State Agricultural College,
and then entered the St. Louis Law School, graduating in
1881, and on his return to Oregon in October of that year,
was admitted to the bar. He immediately entered into part
nership with his father E. C. Bradshaw, which co-partnership
continued until his father moved to The Dalles in Jan
uary, 188G. He continued practising alone in Yamhill
county till March, 1889, and then removed here opening an
office, and practising until May, 1891, when he was appoin
ted by Governor Pennoyer to till out the unexpired term of.
Judge Bird. At the election of the following year, he was
elected for the full term of six years, expiring Julj', 1898.
He was one of the charter members of The Dalles Com
mercial and Athletic Club, and at the annual election of
1896, was elected as one of the directors, and later was
elected president by the board.
Judge Bradshaw is a man of sterling ability and attain
ments. Although an old school democrat, his career on the
bench has won for him the respect and confidence of mem
bers of all parties.
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JUDGE BRADSHAW.
A. A. Jayne, the prosecuting attorney of the Seventh
Judicial District, is a man of exceptionally keen insight
into human nature. In the court room he is suave and
shrewd. Learned in the law, copious in ideas, ready with
expedients and fluent of speech he scores great successes
as a pleader. The prosecutor in a new western community
must be to a certain extent a law giver. There are no
firmly established precedents to govern him in the thous
ands of exigencies that arise. He must be a man of orig
inality; he must have the courage to insist 'upon his con
victions; and must have the external powers to convince
others that his convictions are based upon proper interpret
ation of evidence, or construction of law. Among these
lines Mr. Jaj'ne could have few equals. He is a young man,
having been born thirty-seven years ago at Washington.
Iowa, where he received his education, which included an
academic course. He began- reading law in Edgar L.
Jayne's office in Chicago, in 1885. In November, 1888, he
was admitted to the bar in Colorado by the Supreme Court
of that state, supporting himself by shorthand work in the
interim.
Coming to Oregon in 18S9, he located at Arlington, and
began practising with signal success. Was elected District
Attorney in 1894, by the Republican party, of which he is
a consistent member, and on the expiration of his term
was re-elected with a larger majority. He moved to The
Dalles in the spring of 1897, and associated himself with
John Michell in the general practice of his profession.
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A. A. JAYNE.
Probably no man in The Dalles today has more friends
than E. B. Dufur. Born in Willanistown, Orange county,
Vermont, March G, 1843. he moved with nis parents to Iola,
Wisconsin, at the age of twelve, and then again in 18G0 ac
companied them to Oregon. He here finished his public
school education by attending school in district No. 3, and
later took an academic course in the Portland Academy
and Female Seminary. His father, on his arrival in Ore
on, had located about six miles from Portland, on the Co
lumbia Slough, and the entire family stayed together, be
ing engaged principally in dairying. E. B. was engaged in
mining one year in the Boise Basin, with marked success,
but sent the proceeds to his parents. In the summer of
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E. B. DUFUR.
'72 he and his brother, Andrew J, bought the Joe Beezley
place on 15-Mile Creek, where the present town of Dufur
is located, and became engaged in stock raising and fann
ing, which occupation he followed until 1882, meeting with
marked success. During this time he had been a hard and
studious reader, inculcating the principles which must be
familiar to one who appears before the courts as an ad
vocate and representative of another's interests. Entering
the law office of Killen & Moreland, at Portland, he was
admitted to the bar in October, 1884. After staying a few
months in Dufur, he moved to The Dalles, February 17,
1885, and began practicing. In '74 he was elected a mem
ber of the legislature from Wasco county, which at that
time comprised the west portion of Morrow, all of Sherman,
Gilliam, Crook, and the present Wasco counties, as well as
the northern portion of Lake. He made the race success
fully on the independent ticket, which movement was made
in the interest of retrenchment and reform in the matter of
cutting down excessive fees and expenses.
He has been a consistent Democrat all his life, being a
firm believer in the principles of that party, and as its can
didate has twice made the race for district attorney, but
the district being largely Republican, was defeated in both
instances by small pluralities; in fact, by only 31 votes the
first time. In 189G, against his strong remonstrance, he
was nominated by his party for State Senator for the dis
trict, comprising Wasco, Sherman and Gilliam counties.
Making a strong personal canvass, he overcame the Re
publican majority of these counties, being elected by a
margin of 21 votes.
His first wife, formerly Miss Francis Zimmerman, died
January 30, 1880, leaving three children. Mrs. Menefee.
Douglas and George Dufur. June 18, 1882, he married
Miss Carrie Menefee, sister of his partner, and has two
sons, Burnie aim Kendah.
His face is a familiar one among several fraternal or
ders, being a member of the Maccabees, Knights and Red
Men, having gone through every chair of the two latter
here. Closing, we will state that he is greatly in love with
his profession, and follows it closely, taking more pleasure
in its pursuit than in all the honors and successes achieved
in other fields.
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JOHN MICHELL.
The subject of this sketch is well-known in The Dalles,
having been connected with the Times-Mountaineer from
1882 to 1895, when he sold out his business to the present
proprietor. As a journalist he enjoys the reputation of be
ing a fearless and able writer, and has never failed in
possessing the courage of his convictions. Under his edi
torial management the Times-Mountaineer was one of the
leading Republican papers of the state; but, while a strong
partisan, Mr. Michell always opposed bossism and the rule
of cliques in political organizations. Coming to The Dalles
in 1865, he has been from early boyhood associated with
the growth and prosperity of the city. While following
the vocation of a compositor on the Mountaineer and Ore
gonian he devoted' his leisure hours in studying law, and
was graduated from- the Michigan University in 1877. Re
turning to The Dalles in June of that year, he began the
practice of law; but, believing he could carry on journal
ism in connection with his profession, he associated himself
with R. J. Marsh, in 1889, and became editor of the Times.
The demands of journalism becoming very urgent he gave
up a fair law business to devote himself entirely to edi
torial work; but never relinquished the idea of eventually
returning to the practice of his chosen profession. As edi
tor and manager of the Times-Mountaineer he was suc
cessful in establishing a powerful factor in the development
of the northwest on a substantial financial basis. He is
one of a very few newspaper men who have made honest
journalism a paying investment. Mr. Michell enjoys a
good reputation as a public speaker, has delivered ad
dresses on different subjects before many audiences, and
made the campaign in Wasco county, Oregon, and Klicki
tat county, Washington, for the Republican ticket in the
fall of 189G. In June, 1S9G, he was elected to the State
senate froin Wasco and Sherman counties by the largest
vote of any candidate on the ticket, although he was a pro
nounced advocate of the gold standard, and would not
pledge himself for or against any man for United States
Senator. Last spring he associated himself in the practice
of law with Hon. A. A. Jayne, of this city, and we have no
doubt he will soon have a high standing in the profession.
Being a hard student all his life, he has acquired a good
education, with some knowledge of the classical lauguages.
Mr. Michell is a member of several fraternal societies,
having passed the chairs in the Odd Fellows, Knights of
Pythias, the Elks, Red Men and Maccabees. In the last leg
islature he was a member of the senate judiciary commit
tee and chairman of the committee on printing.
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FRANK MENEFEE.
Associated with the foremost of the successful attorneys
who practice at the bar in the Inland Empire, is Frank
Menefee, who. while not so far advanced in j-ears as many
of his legal contemporaries, has leen a resident of this
city since it did not make the many claims to distinction,
which it now aoes.
Mr. Menefee was born in The Dalles in 1SGG. and received
his education at the Wasco Independent Academy. He be
gan reading law in E. B. Dufur's office in 1887. and was.
admitted to the bar in 1889. After being associated with
Mr. Dufur for several years, he became his partner. Nothing
comes easier' to Mr. Menefee than hard work, and that he
has succeeded in his chosen profession is as much due to his
untiring energy as to any other cause.
He is a consistent republican, and nas held several of
fices, being elected city recorder in 1S91 and 1892, and hav
ing been appointed to fill the unexpired term of G. V. Bol
ton, as mayor, in March, 1S95, was elected in July, 1895.
and again in 189G.
Mr. Menefee is a member of a number of different oi
ders, but takes a particularly active interest in Pythian
ism, having gone through the chairs, and acting as D. G. C.
for four years, ami was a delegate to the grand lodge in
1894 and 1895.
Possessing unquestioned integrity and an ability and en
ergy acknowledged by all who know him, Mr. Menefee has
a future before aim which promises honorable distinction.
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DR. O. C. HOLLISTER.
Dr. O. C. Hollister, one of our leading physicians and sur
geons, was born in Clinton, Iowa, thirty-six years ago. A
graduate of the Chicago Medical College, Medical Depart
ment of the North Western University, he commenced the
practice of medicine fully equipped with a fine technical
education. He first began the practice of his profession
with his father, a prominent physician of Iowa, and upon
the latter's tieath removed to The Dalles, where lie has
been engaged in active practice for the past ten years.
From the first he has enjoyed a large and lucrative business
and possesses the entire confidence of the fraternity in
Wasco and adjoining counties as is evidenced by frequent
calls for consultation.
Dr. Hollister is a member of the American Medical As
sociation, the Association of Military Surgeons of the Unit
ed StatesAOregon State and Mississippi Valley Medical So