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xxii University of Pennsylvania, taking one course of lectures. In September, 1876, he went to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he continued his study of law and completed his course, graduating with high honors in March, 1877. In this connection we might add that while visiting Eastern cities Mr. Moores wrote some very interesting letters home, a number of which found their way into the columns of the "Oregonian" and "Statesman" and were read with deep interest, and were highly indicative of far more than ordinary talent in that line. Many of his friends have urged him to adopt journalism as a profession, appreciating his ability as a writer. He has, however, since his return to Salem in 1877, applied himself wholly to the practice of law, in which profession he lias made rapid progress. In 1880 he was elected Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, and in that position evinced surprising executive ability and was generally conceded to be as efficient an officer as that body ever employed. He was married November 1, 1881, to Miss Sallie E. Chamberlin, and is said to make a model husband. The responsibilities of married life, however, have not deprived him of his proverbial love for fiTn and frolic, and he is still the life of any social gathering in which he may be a participant. He is highly esteemed by all who know him, and we predict for him, with confidence, a life of honor, trust, prominence, and, we hope, of affluence, as he is certainly deservingjof the greatest and best of Fortune's favors. Mr. Moores is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is at present P. G. of Chemeketa Lodge, No. 1.

An humble attache of the State Department, was bom in Tecumseh, Michigan, March 8, 1846. Left an orphan at an early age, he was reared by his grandparents. Dr. and Mrs. William Bacon, now residents of Niles, Michigan, and who, by the way, if they live until February next, will celebrate the sixty-eighth anniversary of their marriage. With them "Frank" moved to Princeton, Illinois, in 1850, where his early life was spent and where he received the benefits of a common school education. He there learned the tinner's trade, which occupation he followed until coming to Oregon in June, 1870. In September of the same year he received the appointment of night clerk in the Portland postoffice under Hon. L. H. Wakefield, where he remained until the spring of 1872, when he went to Salem and for a few months acted as local editor of the "Statesman." In December of the same year he accepted a position on the editorial staff of the Portland Daily "Bulletin," where he remained until the summer of 1874. In January, 187.5, he was appointed mailing and delivery clerk in the Salem post office under Colonel T. B. Rickey, and there remained until the spring of 1876. He then returned to Portland and was the first city editor of the Daily Evening "Telegram" of this city. He was afterwards associated with W. S. Chapman, Esq., in the editorial management of the Daily "Bee," which position he resigned in September, 1878, to accept the office of Assistant Secretary of State under Hon. R. P. Earhart, who that month assumed his official duties. Mr. Hodgkin, in September, 1881, was commissioned Assistant Adjutant General on the staff of Brigadier General E. Meyer, with the rank