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About Junction City bulletin. (Junction City, Or.) 189?-1901 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1901)
"ISW ! I OA L, s , i j v. the lirctorH were wise in their choice no one in Junction City will deny. Home ono ha said ; hen you have found your place you will know it. There will be no doubt alxiut it. If you are where you 1-elong, you will lie strong, resourceful, original. You will not J wondering H the time whether you have found your proter inhere. You will Ik; sure of it. and that he expected to liaiulk fully 300, 000 pound. Jlc Iih an nij(,! orch ard of 75 acres, where are grown enormous quantities of the . luscious Jonathan, Baldwins, Gravenstoiti, Yellow Bcldflcur and other varieties. Large shipments are annually made to Portland, where they coum.and the very highest market price. In politic Mr. L'ushnell, like hi it i it ii it,, i ii :.. .. i i CVcrylMMly 110 Will aiivw . you .eid-mianii' iuiiht, i a pronounce!) mi- in tin right place, you will be con- vocate of the principle of tin rrolu- Mtion joirty. j le in a mfinwr oi the Christian ctiurcli, and an (arnt worker in the church and Sunday whod. He in now wrving hw third term in the City Council. In view of the largo intcroHln Mr. 15hncll ImH at ctakc, it ifi hut natural that he tthould take more than an ordinary in- PI BI.I' M-HOrtL'nniJUXH. for Culifornitt, taking with hint ox ti'ama mid drove of rattl, hut re maining only mIk.iiI a month in the Ooldcn Htato, hotKk paiwHKO to lort land.Or., and thenco jrHTodHl to Val U Walla. Ho now came to Lam-county, and in Juno, there waa or Kiinizod at (irand I'rairio, Lane ooun. ty, Oregon, Company I), Third Kegi inont.rvond Brigade, On'gon Cavalry, of which ld. Kolmimwa olecteil the Captain, anfl after a nhort service wan promotel to tho lieutenant Colonel -y of tho regiment ly (Juv. Uihha, Tho Third Hegiment, under Vol. Kol om, quickly attaineil a rareelliciency in drill, and at the tUate Fair coihik' tition in 1WU ohtaiiml firt honora. For the lirnt two year after coming to (hi aoction, Col. FoUom taught aohonl near Junction City, after oh taining a clerkship in tho land ollice under U. J. IVngra. OctoU-r 1, 1WU. Iio was apjointel to tho revenue Her vice, in which ho Aerved acvcu yoara, in 1H71 U'ing revenuo aenr for Lane and Linn count lea. Ho wa united in niarriiice April 7. 1872. to Mina Iaura 8. Crow, a native of Van Huron county, Iowa, daughter of John Crow, a pioneer of 1852, after which ho purchased and nettled on tho prop erty known ha tho "Dr. Ilemmenway lonation claim," five mi lea wett from Junction Citv. In 1875 he took up hi residence in town, and in 18711 erected hi beautiful heme, a view of which ai'iH-ars in thin ismio of tho Bulletin." Col. Fnlanm ha Hlwaya taken an nctive interet in matter educational itmi religiouH. Hewn at ono time Mayor of Junction City. In ditic lie i n staunch Hepuhlican. Ho i moniWr of tho Masonic fraternity. G. C MILLET. Ono of the most valuable and iiicturesque farms in Lane county i that of (t. U. Millet, n extonus iront the eastern limit of Junction City to tho Willamette River, and comprises 1150 acre. It i indeed n ideal farm. Hero annually i harvested from 10, 000 to 15,000 bushel of grain. Pur ing the summer month when the Held are full of waving grain, the fruit tree laden with lusciou apples, pear, cherries and prune; wild IdacklK'rrie and raspherrie ripe and but awaiting a hand to pluck them, while the doer shady ikk! and swift flow-ins ranid of the beautiful Wil lamcttc hold counties numls'rs of niatdtled trout, a drive through thi modern and highly cultivated farm for a diiv' outing on the banks of Oreiron' most romantic river, I treat that will long be remembered by thou fortunate enough to enjoy it Am shown in the accompanying half tone. Mr. Millet 'a residence i almost hidden bv tho dense, foliage of the ; shade anil fruit trees which nurroutu- it on all Hide. Immediately in front of tho house, and wend in ir it way to the river, run a brook, whose and lilied water ure well shaded by over hanging biancl.e. It i an inviting sjst during the hot and sultry day of midsummer. To the right of the house are the out buildings, which are un-to-date in every detail. There i a laree wind null on the place, which i used for chopping feed a well a for pumping water. (I. C. Millet ciime to Lane county front Waterloo, lUaekhawk county, Iowa, in 1872. For a few year he worked a a farm hand in the sum mer. and wont to school in the winter, doing chore for his board. In 1878 ho rente I a Hrtion of the land lie now owns, and, in 1880 purchased 500 acres, paying $12,000 down. He ha gradtiMlly added to hi holdings until today they represent U50 acres of land and a total investment ul fM.UUU. At tho itrcscnt time he ha COO head an tented and haony. anl at least com pimitiveiy successful." W. C. Wash i.urne is in tho right place. He i honest, straightforward, wnseientious, and obliging in so far a safe and sound method of transacting busines will allow him to be. The very nature of hi calling demand a man of thi sort. Mr. Washbume fully realize that if thi portion of the Willamette Valley U to kep pace with the rapid development now go ing on all over the country, it must I done through tre concentration oi energy and unity of purpose of the young men oi tne vanry hh- inmi ulf. tho Mill'iorn UrotbeM. H. C. Bushnell and other, who ere long will J lie called uin to take up the frop- erty interest which tneir pioneer father have oracticaliy caneu lor themselves out of the wilderness and i carry them on to a financial condi tion of which their parent never even dreamed. For thi reason all public spirited movements receive hi hearty co-otioration.; ' ' ' W; C. Washburne ha one of the nicest residence properties in town, a cut of which is printed in tut edition, and in the beautifying" nd improve ment of which he Uke a commenda ble uride. He also take great inter- et in the fraternal sietie, holding membership in the W oodmen of the World, I. O. O. F., A. F. & A. M. and E!k, U-ing one of three memlier of the latter order in Junction City. Ho hold the office of Banker in the Wocslmen, which i very appropriate in view of hi chosen vocation. MILLIORN BROTHERS. With "youth, energy and integrity" a watch word, the Milliorn Bro. are bidder for a share of the patron age of Junction City and the outlying district in their line, groceries. The firm i composed of Harry M. Milliorn and John E. Milliorn, ons of J.-P. Milliorn, one of the hardy pioneer of the day of '52. They are probably the youngest men engaged in com merce in the town. They are ener getic, possessed of that sine qua non, an unimpeachable integrity, and have all of the oualifiction which make industrious men uceessful in what . ... , - interest of the jLee Bros., changing the firm name "to Mueller & Hill. The jieople of Junction City and vicinity knew Mr. Mueller a year pre vious, an he held a "relief" position with Lee & Hill during the month of CVpteiiii r; I81W. ' Mr. Mueller en terei the drug busines at Manitowoc, Wis., with Henry Hinrichs, in 188i. After serving an apprenticeship of two year he left Manitowc for Mil waukee to accept a ioition with K. O. Uueiiel, and lator with Fr- X. (Jrkb. . From 18JI4 to 18'J8 he wa with drug firm in Chicago, and in the epring rf 181.1t came to thi coast. He has Ik-ch rt-gistered in Wisconsin, Illinois and Oregon, and enjoy the reputation of being a firnt class pharniHcist. A I? -1 4 f J. A. Bl'SIINKIXA 80XS WAREHOl'SE AND ELEVATOE. tcrest in public matters which he doe. In March. 1896, Henry C. Bushnell . F. V. A. CRAIN,7 " ' An interior view of whose jewelry store appear in thi issue, waa born in wa married to Miss Lirva Bkagg. (Tompkins, county, Jfew " York, and They have one of the nicest home in came to Lane county, with his brother Junctiou City. T T i J. A BUSHNELL A SON'S FRl'IT DRIER. of hogs,, 400 head of sheep, and 50 head of young cattle on the farm. Mr. Millet ha the reputation of being tho most scientific and liest jiosted farmer in, this part of ihe Willamette Valley ; ; tt V. C WASHBURNE. Cashier of the Farmer & Mer chants' Bank, wa liom aliout three mile southwest of Junction City, and received hi education in the public schools of thi vicinity, the Univer sity of Oregon and the Portland liiiHines College. He is a son of C. W. Washburne. Mr. Washburne' first .employment wa in 181)0, when his father established the Springfield Hour mill. Thi position he held until May 1, 181)3, when the Btmrd of Director of the Farmers b Merchants' Bunk elected him to the position of Cashier of . that institution.; That rr To A1 w "i : 1 MM fill 1 HI fv II. ,i J Wi- P-1 . : rr i . it. b 4 t -1 :r.i.,e..f,ii,J C F. HURLBURT. No better example of thrift, energy and pertinacity in business can be found than that furnished by U. . Hurlburt, who 10 years ago purchased the bankrupt stock of . B. Hand Baker and by hard work and close ap plication to business, together with kind and courteous treatment of hi customers, he ha succeeded in estab lishing a general merchandise trade that in amount of sale and size of stock carried exceed any house of it kind in Junction City. Mr Hurlburt came to Lane county with his parent from Page county, Iowa, when, he was la year olu, locat ing in Eugene. After an educational course at the University of Oregon, he entered the employ of Patterson, Edri & Co., millers, as bookkeeper. Thi position he held for four years. Subsequently he served in a clerical capacity in the office of the county clerk. lie then came to Junction City and engaged in merchandising, in which line he has been markedly successful. , In July. 1UOO, Mr. Hurlburt wa married to Mis Sadie Cummins, of this citv. and their residence is con spicuoua among the beautiful homes m Junction. , ' . Mr. Hurlburt belong to the Knicht of Pythias, Odd Fellows, i A. 0. U. W. and Elk. He takes a great interest in fraternal work, and also in whatever .is best for the material welfare of his chosen city. from Minneapolis, 31 inn., in 1874, locating in Eugene, wherei they en gaged in the jewelry business until J8D2, when the subject of this sketch moved with hi family ; to Junction City. Since that Mr. Crain haa. car ried on hi chosen avocation, with varying success, to date. During his busines career in this city he has met with reverses that would have taken the heart out of men better physically endowed by nature to stand the strain of an up-hill battle for mer cantile supremacy. Fire destroyed his place ot business in 1893, entail ing a loss of f 400, followed by two robberies, the combined loss in which amounted to f GOO. Notwithstanding these discouragements, Mr. Crain, who is permanently crippled and whose health is really feeble at all times, can be found at hi post of duty daily attending to the wants of the people in his line. He enjoys the reputation of being a first class jewel er in every respect. , ; - Mr. Crain is a devout Christian, a member of the Methodist church, and on many occasions has occupied the pulpit in the absence of the pastor. As a matter of fact, he has been a local preacher for over 30 years, and at one time tilled that position for a whole year for the Methodist denom ination in Eugene. He has also been the prime. mover in the erection of more than one house of worship. In all things of an educational and re ligious nature Mr. Crain takes a deep interest. He is the author of quite a number of poems of merit. 1 W. C. M ASIIBURXE'S RESIDENCE. ever walk of life they adopt. They are largo shippers of poultry, 'butter and eirirs. ' and. in season, handle thousands of wild duck, geese, etc. Their stock of groceries is as complete as can lie found anywhere in the valley. In all enterprises of a p"blic nature the Milliorn Brothers take a loremost and active part. II. M. Milliorn is a member of the Woodmen of the World and I. 0. O. F., leing Clerk o: Junction City Camp No. 446, W. 0. W . In the state election in June, 15KX). he was the nominee of the Pent ocratie party for county clerk, and although defeated at the polls, (tho county being about 300 Republi can normally), he made a neat, clean and satisfactory race, and, had he been , elected, would have filled the position with credit to himself, am his party. i ', i . - -, ':y,: . H. C BUSHNELL, v,!.' j Son of James A. Bushnell, was born about five miles southeast of Junction City, in 1871. He received his edu cation at the Monmouth Normal Col lego, graduating in the class of '02. Mr. Bushnell is associated in busi ness with his father under the firm name of J. A. Bushnell A Son. This firm conducts tho water works, fruit dryer and warehouse and elevator.. The fruit dryer is one oi the main industrial concerns of the city during the fruit season, affording a ready market for the fruit product of this section. The drier has a capacity of COO to 700 bushels payday. Last season, when tho prune-crop was far short of an average yield, Mr. Bush nell dried over 100,000 pounds of this staple fruit. In conversation recent ly he stated that tho outlook , this year was good for a large yield, and THE PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS. The drug store of Mueller & Hill is one of the wide awake mercantile con cerns of Junction City, and : pne of the oldest and best known houses of tho kind iu Lane county, having lieen conducted for years under the farm name of E. U. Lee & Co. J. Hanks Hill began his drug life in May. 1898, with E. V. Lee & Co. After faithfully applying ,. himself throuch hi apprentice year, he, in Amrust. 1899. bought an undivided one half interest in the stock and fix tures of the company, making the firm name read Lee & Hill. In the fall of 1900 he took a course of pharmacy and its branches under Prof. Ray, o Portland, arriving in Junction with hi registered certificate in December last. Mr. Hill is a son of Count y Commissioner J. 1. Hill. In August, 1900, Fred A. Mueller, at the time with E. L. Smalley, of Milton, Or., purchased the remaining THE CASCADE DRUG COMPANY. The Cascade Drug Company is a new addition to the buMness interests of Junction City, and is composed of Claude O. Gillett and Royal : W, Pit ney, son of W M. Pitney, one of the pioneer men of the town. , ;.'v. ' Claude O. Gillett, manager of the firm, was born in Warrick county, Indiana, August 30, ,1875. At the age of 18 he entered the drug store of M. W, Hoffman & Co., of Evansville, Ind., serving his apprenticeship of two years. After clerking in various stores in that city, he entered the Northern Indiana School of Pharm acy, graduating in August, 1900., Royal W. Titney was born near Junction City, Maich 21, 1876. He was educated in the common schools and at Corvallis Agricultural College. He is a son of W . M. Pitney, a pio neer of '53. Mr. Gillett and wife came to Oregon in October, 1900, and after spending a few months in Southern Oregon, i ... ; ' - - ) - , , M .- .. - ' ). v; rf-i ""'4 '" . v-i" ". -i I' rt..,;?' : ' .'JiM'. i ...... . i ., 1, 4 - r:' ,. i l "i.,'.-i.n!'i4i . ; ' )' ' - i "- " ' '...,,-':". , i . . ' ' - .r! . .; .. .(; .'. ,. . .; :..; INTERIOR OF MILLIORN BROS.' GROCERY STORE.
