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of P. G., antl a member of the Encampment. He is of low build, wiry frame, bright eye, sharp features, black hair and whiskers, and an excellent pleader.

HON. LOUIS T. BARIN A well-known and highly-esteemed resident of Clackamas, is an active, en- ergetic citizen and a gentleman that takes a lively interest in the welfare and prosperity of our fair young State, of which he has been a resident for over a score of years. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1842, and came to Oregon when he was twenty years of age and settled in Oregon City, where he took up a piece of government land and for the first few years interested himself in improving it. He enlisted in Company E of the First Regiment Oregon Cavalry, and was elected First Sergeant, which po- sition he held for three years, receiving an honorable discharge at the end of his term of service. Returning to Oregon City he commenced the study of law in 1869, in the office of Johnson it McCown, and was admitted to the bar in 1872, and in the same year was elected a member of the House of Representatives from that county. His wedding took place during the session, the bride being Miss Josephine H. Harding, of Oregon City. He was elected City Prosecuting Attorney in 1874, and was re-elected in 1875. During the years 1877 and 1878 he was Mayor of Falls City, and was con- sidered an efficient officer. He received the appointment of Register of the United States Land Office in January, 1878, under President Hayes, and was re-appointed by President Arthiir in February, 1882. He is of the average build, rather heavy set, and an active politician. He prides himself on be- ing an uncompromising Republican, and has stood by his political princi- ples in times and places that try men's hearts. He is still in the prime of life and has a Ijright future before him.

SOLOMON ABRAHAM, ESQ.

In this, (»ur republican f(nm of government, men who earn a national reputation, as a general thing, indulge in a greater or less degree in the [)olitics of our country. There are some men, however, who possess remark- able business sagacity, and as such acquire an enviable reputation among their fellow men, and who, although you never hear their names mentioned as aspirants for public office, nor would they accept one were it tendered them, are none the less interested in the political welfare of their country and wield a powerful influence in their respective neighborhoods, their work, although quietly performed, being none the less effective. Such a man is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Russia-Poland in 18;}2 and came to this country in 1850. Landing in New York City, with the enterprise characteristic of his race, he resolved on becomings mer- chant. Possessed, however, of scant means, his stock .in trade consisted of such only as c.juld be carried in a basket and peddled from door to door. Industpy and f Digality combined, however, soon gave him a little start in the world, and he came to Orpgon and in 1852 opened a small retail establish-