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•mil hiis at (lirtereiit times beeu associated as partner with R. E. Bybee, Esq., 'm.l lion John Oatlin, and was a few years since invited to become a part- ner in the well-known and leading law firm of Dolph, Bronaugh, Dolph & Simon Mr Bronaugh is really a fine-looking gentleman, tall and com- m-mdin^'stiitue, well-proportioned, with pointed features, a fine forehead, well slui'ped hea-d, dark auburn hair and beard, the latter being very heavy and sprinkled with gray hairs. As a pleader he has very few superiors, and is thoroughly at home in all branches of his profession.

WILLIAM H. HOLMES, ESQ. Oregonians naturally feel an increased interest in the ambitions and aspi- rations of a young man who was born and raised right here in our own State. To such we are prone to give a helping hand and an encouraging w(')rd," to the detriment, perhaps, of an equally worthy young man whose nativity was elsewhere. This fact, however, is not the only reason why Mr. Holmes is so popular among those who know him. He has won, and fully deserves every iota of esteem and regard in which he is held by his in- dustry, integrity and enterprise. Ho has stepped outside the ruts of rou- tine hfe in town or country, and is making for himself a reputation that will, m time, give him prominence and honors among his fellow men. He was' born in Polk county in May, 1850, and received his education at La Creole Academy, most of his early life being spent on a farm. He read law with Thayer k Williams, of Portland, and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He soon afterwards opened an office in Salem, where he has since resided. He was nominated by the Democracy in 1880 as their candidate for Repre- sentative, and accepted his defeat in a strong Republi.-an county very grace- f ally. In 1882 he was nominated for Prosecuting Attorney for the Third Judicial District, which, while nearly 1,100 Republican in 1880, gave Mr. Holmes 16 majority, his friends in Polk standing solidly by him regardless of politics. He will make an efficient officer and gain friends daily in his official capacity. He is a Royal Arch Mason. He was married August 13, 1875, to Miss Josephine Lewis, of Polk county. Mr. Holmes is highly es- teemed by all with whom he is intimately acquainted.

COLONEL WILLIAM P. MILLER. Here, too, is an Oregon pioneer, although his locks are not yet whitened with age, as are the majority of those who away back among the '40s braved the danger and endured the hardships attending a trip across the plains. Mr. Miller rarely alludeo to the incidents of his early life in Oregon. He lives and acts in the present, and it requires no small amount of " reporto- rial pumping" to mduce him to open the flood-gates of incident and romance with which his memory is stored. YVe cornered him a few days since, how- ever, and from him learned that he was born in Missouri March 12, 1S36, his early life being spent on a farm, during which time he attended the common schools, in which he secured such education as he now possesses. He came to Oregon in 1845, and in common with emigrants of that day was