POLK'S WASCO COUNTY DIRECTORY 1910 DUFUR Page 125 - 126 Abnet - Dodds Is in the central part of Wasco County, fifteen miles south of The Dalles. Incorporated as a city in 1894, now contains Methodist and United Brethren churches, a bank, a school, two hotels, and various secret organizations. Population 700. It is the teminus of the Great Southern Railroad and is also connected with The Dalles by an auto stage making two trips daily. The surrounding lands are of extreme fertility, the soil being especially adapted to the cultivation of wheat. Long distance telephone. Mail, daily. Abnet Michael, farmer. BAKER ANDREW C (S P Baker & Son). Baker Gracia, cashr Ballard Theatre. BAKER SHERMAN P (S P Baker & Son).BAKER S P & SON (Sherman P and Andrew C), Architects, Contractors and Builders, Telephone Connection. BALCH CHARLES P, Farmer. BALCH HOUSE, Best Hotel in the City. Brick, Electric Lights, First Class Accommodations. Ballard Carey G, conf. (conf=confectionery). Ballard Theatre, C G Ballard propr, motion pictures. Beavis George, oil buyer. Bird Frank, lab (lab=laborer). Bleim Conrad, mngr Dufur Lumber Co. Bleim Louis, hlpr Dufur Lum Co. (hlpr=helper). Bleim rudolph, millwright Dufur Lum Co. Board of Education, P W Knowles, L B Thomas, J W Ward, F J Brown clk. Brandes Bertha, clk Johnston's. Brigham Waldo, supt Wasco Warehouse Milling Co (Electrical dept), Water Commissioner. Brooks Leslie, tmstr Dufur Lum Co. (tmstr=teamster). Brown F J (Dodds & Brown). Butler E C, farmer. Cantrell Richard, lab. Cantrell Wm H, lab. Carmichael D R, jeweler. Carson Georgia, clk C G Ballard. Carson Lettie, comp Dufur Dispatch. Carson Thomas J, clk Hinman-Knowles & Co. Carson Wm, lab. Central Hotel, M C Painter propr. Christian Church, Rev P P Underwood pastor. Collins Eugene J, fruit grower, Ramsey precinct. Cooper Charles C, harness mkr.(mkr=maker). Corcoran Jerry, farmer. Craft J A, lab. Craft Wm (Craft & Co). Craft & Co (Wm Craft, John Glavey), cigars. Cristle Mrs Mary, boarding. Denni Ralph, farmer. Dickens John W, harness mkr. Dixon James W, livery. Dodds Hiram C (Dodds & Brown), sec-mngr Dufur Drug Co. Dodds & Brown (H C Dodds, F J Brown), phys. 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