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HON. ABNER W. WATERS,

Oue of the tlirfy Senators from Multuomah county, was born iu Ashtabula county, Oliio, November 30, 1833. He received a partial academic educa- tion, having attended the academy at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. He left Ohio in 1844 and settled in Warrick county, Indiana, where lie resided until 1847, when lie moved to Burliiij^ton, Iowa, residing there -dhoiat thiee years. He came to Oregon in 1H.50 and settled at Harrisburg, iu Linn county. He took lip a dotiiition claim and resided there for a period of eighteen years, during which time he was engaged in merchandising and trading in real estate. He recruited Company F, First Regiment Oregon Volunteer lu- fantrv, and served as its Captain three years during the civil war. While in service he was at different times the commanding officer at Fort Hoskins, Fort Vancouver, Fort Walla Walla and Fort Lapwai. In 1868 he went up into Union county, and for several years engaged in stock-raising. In 1874 he purchased a controlling interest in the Salem " Statesman," which he managed until 187(5, when he was appointed United States Marshal, which position he held for four years, [)roving an active and efficient officer. He was married in Linn county to Miss Mary A. McCully, who afterwards died, and in 1866 he was married to'Miss Sarah McCartney, who also passed away during the summer of 1882. He is a iirominent member of the Masonic order and a Knight Templar; he also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, A. O. U. W'. and the Grand Army of the Republic. He was elected in 1880 to represent Multnomah county in the State Senate. He is a hard worker, either on the floor or in the committee room. His personal appearance is attractive and his voice is often heard iu debate. He is an uncompromising Republican and is considered oue of the shrewdest politicians in the State; he is genial as an acquaintance, faithful as a friend and honored as a citizen.

HON. ROBERT OLOW

Is one of those quiet, unassuming, intelligent gentlemen that seldom find their way into parliamentary assemblages, except as lookers on, but when once they do get there in a representative capacity, devote their undivided attention to their Avork in the same conscientious manner as though they were dealing in matters in which they only were personally interested. In the present body he represents Benton and Polk counties. In politics he is a staunch Democrat and has never swerved iu his allegiance to that party. He was born in Berthshire, Scotliind, in 1837, and emigrated with his parents to Canada in 18.52, his early life having been spent on a farm. He left home shortly afterwards ajid lived for a few years in Iowa. He attended school a short time in Scotland and about three months in Iowa, which is all the educational advantages he had save those secured by judicious reading and a general knowledge obtained by intercoui-se with men of intelligence. He came to Oregon iu 1862 and spent the first year in Wasco county, going to Idaho in 1863, where he spent a year in the mines. In the summer of 1864 he was appointed chief herJer, and in fact had charge of the reservation, at Fort Boise, :iud accompanied the United States troops to Camp Warner, where he remained for about three years as wagon and forage mas