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REPKESENTATIVE MEN OF OREGON.

He was born in Henderson county, Illinois, in 1848, ana, with iiis parents readied Oregon the same year, settling in Lane county, where lie has re- sided ever since. His parents died in 1878 at a ripe old a^e. The subjoct of our sketch lived on the farm until he was twenty-two years of age. when he commenced clerkinjj for Bristow & Co., of Eujjene City, of which firm he is noAv the successor, and carries on business on the same old corner where years ago he was but a clerk, and his sales at the present time amount to abojit !B50,000 annually. He was married in 18(53 to MissM. .\. Hazleton, who died a few years later. Mr. Hendricks has ever been an active sup- porter of the cause of education, and was highly instrumental in securing the location of the State University in that city, being the oldest membei-'^ of the Board of Regents, and has been Chairman of the Executive Com- mittee of that institution ever since its firat organization. In 1868 Le was married to Miss M. A. Stewart, and his family consists of three daughteis. He has been mainly instrumental in the incorporation of the mnnicii)al government of Eugene City, and was one of the original charter members of the City Council, having served in that body several years, and is now Mayor of the city. He was appointed Assistant Adjutant-General with the rank of Major on the staff of Brig. Gen. Jno. F. Miller, and during his term of office took an active interest in the organization of the State mihtia. He is a prominent member of the I. O. O. F., with the rank of P. G., and served three years as County Superintendent of Public Instruction. In 1880, during his absence from the city and while in San Francisco on a business trip, he was nominated as State Senator from that county, and was elected by a handsome majority. He is active and conscientious in the dis- charge of his official duties, and is considered one of the most influential citizens of our fair young State.

HON. PAINE PAGE PRIM,

Senator from Jackson county, is a gentleman who has been proinineutly connected with the history of our State for a number of years past. He is a Democrat and is held in high esteem by his party. He was born in Wil- son county, Tennessee, in 1822. He followed the plow on his father's farm until well alou-- i:i years and graduated in the law department of the Cum- berland University at Lebanon. He came to Oregon in 1851, his means of transportation being the primitive emigrant wagon of the day. He settled in Linn county and moving to Jackson county in 1852, commenced the practice of law. His knowledge of the profession, and his keen perception of technicalities, soon attracted the attention of litigants and he found liim- self possessed of a lucrative practice. The year 1857 marked two important epochs in his life, the most prominent being bis marriage with Miss Teresa M. Stearns, which event was closely followed by his election as a meml)er of the State Constitutional Convention. He continued the practice of law until the organization of the State Government in 1859, when Jie was ap- pointed Supreme Judge and ex-officio Circuit Judge of the first Judicial District. This position he held until the act of 1878 was passed, making a separate Supreme Court, when he was appointed one of the Associate Judges. Being re-nominated in 1880, he was defeated, and, on doffing the