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he never cared for nor held office. He prefered that his attention should be devoted to his business interests and to his home, the latter being ever the center of his universe. Capability and fidelity in business won him the confidence and good-will of those with whom he came in contact, and wherever he went he was recognized as a man of many sterling traits.

WILLIAM BOLLONS.

Among the railway officials of the northwest who by faithful service have gained the confidence and respect of higher officials and of the public generally may be named William Bollons, division superintendent of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, with headquarters at Portland. Since starting out in life for himself Mr. Bollons has been identified with the railroad interests and, therefore, has made it the principal study of his life. He was born in England but came to America when he was quite young and was educated on this side the Atlantic. He began in the railroad business as a water boy for the Peninsular Railroad, now the Grand Trunk Railway. Advancing through various positions he became connected with the Chicago & Alton Railway and later with the Santa Fe Railway, with headquarters in Chicago. Coming from that city to Portland in 1890, he entered the employ of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company as roadmaster, later being advanced to the position of general roadmaster and division engineer. His headquarters were originally at Pendleton, Oregon, but since 1904 he has been a resident of Portland and since the spring of 1909 has been division superintendent of the road. Also for five years, from 1904 to 1909, he acted as division engineer of the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon. Mr. Bollons was united in marriage to Miss Mary Doherty, and four chil- dren have been born to this union, William, Jr., Andrew, Eleanor and Madeline. Socially Mr. Bollons is identified with the Masonic order and is in hearty sym- pathy with the spirit of brotherhood inculcated by that organization. His success as a railway officer has been due to the application of the same principles that have brought success to many other wide-awake men and consists of conscien- tious discharge of duty, the ability to act promptly so as to produce definite and satisfactory results and a well directed ambition to carry to a definite conclu- sion any responsibility undertaken, regardless of pains or labor involved. It is safe to say that any man of fair mental capacity who will be guided by principles here named will attain a laudable degree of success in any worthy enterprise to which he may devote his attention. Mr. Bollons has many friends in the north- west, who appreciate his enduring qualities, and the record which he has made is a fair prophecy of continued attainment in a vocation to which he seems by nature and experience eminently adapted. DUDLEY EVANS. (Written by a college friend.) Dudley Evans is a native of Virginia — the part now called West Virginia. He was born near Morgantown on the 27th of January, 1838. At the age of fif- teen he entered Monongalia Academy and continued there until prepared for the junior class in college, which he entered in the autumn of 1857 and continued to the end of the course. After graduation he taught one term in the Morgan- town Academy and then went to Louisiana, where he was teaching when the Civil war began. Coming back to Virginia, he entered the Confederate army as a high private in the First Virginia Infantry. In 1862, after the battle of Seven Pines, he was commissioned as a captain in the Virginia state forces, which later were transferred to the control of the Confederacy. In 1863 he was ST)