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>70 one of the commissioners to select the 9,000-acre }?rant of Afjricul- iiral College lands, which were by them located in Southern Oregon. Was by Governor Grover appointed one of the Capitol Building CommissionerH .and was elected Chairman of the Board. It was under their supervision that by far the greater portion of the work on this building was performed, and its general character is commended by all who have given it a care- ful examination. During the last few years Gen. Miller has been actively engaged in the stock business, with his headquarters on the range in Lake county, his family meanwhile living on his farm near Salem. He has five children, all daughters, two of whom are married and have families of their own.

HON. JOHN BURNETT. There are few names more familiarly and favorably known to the old res- idents of this State than that which heads this paragraph. He was V)orn in Pike county, Missouri, July 4, 1831. He came to California in 1849 and en- gaged in mining, and in 1858 came to this State and settled in CorvalHs, and in the year following was married to Miss Martha Hinton, of that jjlace. He soon afterwards commenced reading law with Judge Kelsey, and was admitted to practice in 1860. He took an active part in raising the first company in the regiment of volunteers called for in Oregon in 1864, and in the same year entered into partnership Avith the late Judge Thayer in the practice of law, which continued five years. In 1868 he was elected Presi- dential Elector on the Democratic ticket, and in 1870 was elected County Judge of Benton county. In June, 1874, he was elected Associate .Justice of the Supreme Court to fill the unexpired term of Judge Thayer, deceased, which expired in September, 1876. In 1878 he was elected State Senator from Benton county, which position he resigned in 1880, to accept the Dem- ocratic nomination of Judge of the Supreme Court. Gov. Thayer after- wards appointed him Judge of the Second Judicial District to fill the un- expired term caused by the resignation of Judge Watson, which term ex- pired July 1, 1882, since which time he has been engaged in the active practice of his profession at Corvallis, where he still resides. Judge Burnett's early educational advanta-'es were very limited, his mother being left a widcnv with small means and a large family. He labored hard to assist in the support of the family and obtain an education. His love for home and mother was very strong, as his affections were very deep-rooted. He is a plain, every-day sort of a man, just such a one as commands the re- spect and esteem of all who know him. He is of ordinary height, ruddy features, sandy hair and whiskers. As an attorney he stands high in the profession and is universally considered the very personification of honor and integrity.

HORACE CARPENTER, M. D.

The subject of our sketch is one of the oldest and most successful physi- cians in the State, and his name is a household word in many narts of the Willamette valley, where he has practiced for years. He was born in Con-

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