POLK'S WASCO COUNTY DIRECTORY 1910 MOSIER pages 134-135 Ake - Duv MOSIER The Town of Mosier, the shipping and commercial center of the district, is located on the Columbia River, as well as on the main line of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, and though but five years old has made very good growth. It has good schools with a ten-grade course in the town, and six district schools in the surrounding territory, the rapid growth of school population already demanding expansion of present facilities, and plans for same are now under consideration. There are several church buildings and congregations are maintained by the Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist, Adventist and Christian churches. Among the business interests represented are the Mosier Valley Bank, the Mosier bulletin, a newspaper having its own plant and building, a hotel, two sawmills, two planing mills and box factories; the usual supply of stores, barber shop, blacksmith shop, a butcher and a baker, a livery and feed stable, a boarding house. Population about 500. Akers Wm N, fruit grower. Allington Floyd A, agt O R & N Co, Western Union Telegraph Co and American Express Co. American Express Co, F A Allington agt. Arthur Percival L (Arthur & Burt Drug Co). ARTHUR & BURT DRUG CO (P L Arthur, E H Burt), Drugs, Sundries, Phonographs and Records. Bateham A P, fruit grower. Bennett Charles T, clk Alex Stewart. Booth Bertha, tchr High School. Bothfur Henry F (McGregor & Bothfur). Brooks C C, fruit grower. Brown John W, fruit grower. Burggraf John (Burggraf & Vogt). Burggraf & Vogt (John Burggraf, Wm Vogt), real est. Burt Edward H (Arthur & Burt Drug Co). Burtchett John, meatctr D P Harvey. Carlson C J E, fruit grower. Carroll G L, fruit grower. Carroll John M, sec Mosier Fruit Growers' Assn. Carroll J P, fruit grower. Chaffee Reverend R H, pastor Methodist Episcopal Ch. Chamberlain George, real est. Chatfield R D, fruit grower. Chown Walter E, gen mdse. Christian Church, Reverend H Campbell Clark pastor. Clark Reverend H Campbell, pastor Christian Ch. Cobb Elvira (wid Elisha). Cole James, barber. Copple David G, restaurant. Croft M H, fruit grower. Davidhizer E W, fruit grower. Davis W A, fruit grower. Dunsmore Clarence, farmer. Duvall David M, carp. Duvall Grace E (no occupation given). Duvall Ralph M, carp. Duvall Roy L, elec. Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ for recently updated information regarding Wasco County. Links are at the bottom of the page. Historic The Dalles Days Friday, October 4, and Saturday, October 5, 2002 The Dalles, Oregon