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FIRST COLUMBIA SOUTHERN TRAIN INTO "WASCO.
THE COLUMBIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Was incorporated March 4th,' 1897, for the purpose of con
structing and operating a railroad from Biggs to Prineville,
traversing the rich wheat fields of Sherman county, and the
stock and wool districts in "Wasco and Crook counties. Sur
veying was commenced on the 23rd of March, and construc
tion on June, 19th, and by October 6th it was completed to
Wasco.'
The line as construceted is first-class and standard gauge,
being laid with 561b. rails, and 7x8 ties, the ties being'laid
3000 to the mile, and the equipment of the line in every re
spect is complete.
At Biggs connection is made with the O. R. & N. Co.,
with which a general interchange of traffic is made. Since
completion of the line to "Wasco, it has been taxed to the ut
most in handling the traffic tributary to it, which consists
principally of wheat and lumber, coal, wood, machinery
and merchandise, wheat being sent out and the balance be
ing brought in.
Their corps of surveyors are in the field, and the early
completion of the road can be looked for.
The incorporators were: E. E. Lytle, J. M. Murchie and
D. C. O'Reilly. E. E. Lytle, the president of the road, is a
railroad man of almost twenty years experience, commenc
ing in 1879 with the Pennsylvania R. R. as telegraph oper
ator; in 1881 he became the passenger agent of the same
road at Tyrone, Pa., which position he held until 1889. He
then accepted a position with the Union Pacific as agent at
The Dalles, and acted for the O. R. & N. Co. in a like capa
city, until Sept 11, 1897.
D. C. O'Reilly, the general manager of the Columbia
Southern Railway, entered railroad service in 1881, as mes
senger in the telegraph and general freight office of the Un
ion Pacific Railroad, since which he has been consecutively
clerk of the general freight department of the same road;
1889 to 1891, chief clerk of same department; 1891 to 1893
traveling freight agent; 1893 to July 4, 1894, assistant to
general western freight agent same road at Portland, Or.;
July 4, 1894 to October 1, 1897 assistant general freight
agent Oregon Railway & Navigation Company. .
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L. CLARK.
UNION LUMBER COMPANY
Was incorporated September 6, 1897, by John Medler, A. D.
McDonald, John McPherson and Lucius Clark. They have
extensive yards at Wasco and Biggs, and carry .Jumber,.
wood, coal, building, material, builders- hardware and farm
machinery, and their facilities are such that they can save
money to any intending purchaser in those lines. They are
successors to the already well established business of L.
Clark, he being one of the incorporators and general man
ager. Mr. Clark was bora in Peoria county, 111., in 1860, and is
self educated. At the age of 17 he went to Kansas, but only
remained there two years. He then started for the Coast,
locating at Columbus, Wash, following railroading for two
years--Then starting -in the lumber business, he has by
energy and fair dealing built it up to its present proportions.
Married Miss Ada L. Berrian September 6, 1883, and has
four children.
THE SHERMAN COUNTY BANK.
This vigorous banking institution was organized Decem
ber, 12, 1891, and has achieved an excellent reputation in
the commercial world. The careful conservative manag
ment which its affairs have received is evidenced by the
steady expansion of its business. Among the original stock
holders were WT. M. Barnett, V. C. Brock, John Medler, Levi
Armsworthy and C. J. Bright, John Medler being president,
and V. C. Brock cashier. They do a general banking busi
ness, making collections, selling exchange on all the leading
Eastern cities, as well as San Francisco and Portland.
The officers and employees of tne bank, by their courteous
and affable, yet firm business treatment of their patrons
and the business public, have won for the institution the
esteem and confidence of the commercial world at home and
abroad.
COLUMBIA COMMERCIAL COMPANY.
The Columbia Commercial Co. was incorporated in 1894.
with W. H. Moore, president; C. R. Bone, vice president;
and E. O. McCoy, secretary and treasurer., succeeding Mc
Coy & Bone. They have warehouses at Wasco, Des Chutes,
Biggs and Rufus, Oregon and Columbus, Washington, buy
ing grain in Sherman, Morrow, Gilliam and Klickitat coun
ties. They also advance money on consignments, and have
unlimited storage facilities.
Mr. E. O. McCoy, the active manager, is a native son, be
ing born in Benton county in 1858. At an early age he
moved with his parents to Eastern Oregon, in Umatilla
county, near Walla Walla, Washington, where he attended
school, and had the advantages of a business education.
Came to Sherman county in 1883, being one of the first to
take up land for farming purposes, and to-day he owns 3050
acres of agricultural land.
He was married to Miss Christine McDonald, of The
Dalles, in 1S84, and has three children. Mr. McCoy is not
only devoted to Lis wife and children, but thoroughly en
joys the comforts of home, as evidenced by the erection of
the palatial residence he has lately built of the Swiss col
onial style: by many it is considered the most beautiful
residence in The Dalles.
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DR. JESSE EDGINGTON.
The regular school of medicine has not among its fol
lowers a more faithful and conscientious supporter than Dr.
Jesse Edgington. For many years he has been in the front
ranks of progress for which the science claiming him as a
devotee has been noted. Born in the Empire state in 1849,
at an early age he accompanied his parents to Indiana,
where he received a liberal and thorough education. In
1875 he took up the study of medicine under Dr. Wesley
Wilson, one of the best known practitioners in Warrick
county, Indiana, also attending the Indiana Medical Col
lege of Indianapolis. Then- taking two courses in the Ken
tucky School of Medicine at Louisville, he graduated from
that institution in 1878. '
Returning to his home in Warrick county, Indiana, he en
tered into active practice, and met with gratifying success.
Catching the "Western" fever in 1888, he, with his wife
and family, started for the Pacific Coast, locating finally
in one of the garden spots of the Inland Empire.
Since coming to Sherman county he has taken a very ac
tive interest in its growth and welfare, lending aid to every
enterprise of public interest. He has lately endeavored to
give up his country practice to the younger practitioners of
the county, devoting himself to his clientage in the city. He
lately returned from Chicago, where he took a post-grad
uate course in the Polyclinic School of Medicine.
Married to Miss Annie Hartley, of Warrick county, Ind..
in 1878, he has five children), two boys and three girls, and
his charming home, of which we give an illustration, is the
center of a large and warm circle of friends.
Dr. Edgington affiliates with Woodmen, Knights of Pyth
ias and Masonic orders, holding the position of W. M. in the
latter for a year.
DR. OLIVE HARTLEY.
"Seek not to walk by borrowed light,
But keep unto thy own;
Do what thou doest with thy might,
And trust thyself alone!"
These words written by one of her own sex, may well
serve to illustrate the pathway Dr. Hartley has trodden;
the faith she has had, and still maintains in her own inher
ent abilities; the forcible manner in which she carries her
ideas to a successful issue, and the calm confidence which
she at all times possesses, even though it may be veiled un
der the ladylike demeanor which forms one of her principal
charms.
Born in 1871 in Clinton county, 111., she remained there
until four years of age, then moving to Southern Indiana
with her parents. She in due course of time attended the
public schools. After graduating she attended the State
Normal at Terra Haute during the summer months for a