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mately twenty firms are now engaged in this industry in Oregon, and the industry is rapidly growing.

Herbert Hoover an Oregonian. Soon after the declaration of war by the United States against Germany in April, 1917, President Wilson appointed Herbert Hoover National Food Administrator in the interest of food conservation, not only for our own benefit but for the aid of our allies. Mr. Hoover was born in West Branch, Iowa, on August 10, 1874, but losing his mother through death when he was 1 1 years old he was sent to live with his uncle, Dr. H. J. Minthorn, in Newberg, Oregon. Herbert Hoover was one of the first students to register in Pacific Academy at Newberg, as a few years later he was one of the first to register as a student at Stanford University. In 1886 Dr. Minthorn moved to Salem and became an ac tive promoter of real estate enterprises and young Hoover served as a boy of all work in the office; milking the cow, caring for the horses, and driving prospective purchasers about the country. Later he became a student at Stanford University, graduating from that institution in 1895. After spending a few months in the U. S. Geological Survey and two years at mining engineering in Eastern Oregon, Idaho and California, he was appointed engineering adviser of the Chinese government. HERBERT HOOVER