This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RAND Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nZB.2ACE/278 Message Board Post: The Hood River News, Hood River, OR., December 25, 1925, page 1 OLD RESIDENT OF HOOD RIVER PASSES News was received here on Monday of the death of the Ed. Rand, a brother of Andy Rand of this city. Mr. Rand died suddenly from heart failure at Baker, Ore., where, as a deputy state fire marshal, he was investigating a recent fire. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Luella Rand, daughter, Ethel T. Rand, son Dewey Rand, and brother, Andrew Rand, of Hood River. Ed. Rand, who was 62 years old, had lived in this state 40 years. He first settled in Hood River and married here before he left for Sumpter, in Eastern Oregon, when the gold boom hit the district. When Ed Rand went to Sumpter it had the reputation of being the wildest open town in the Northwest. Leading men of the town made Ed. Rand chief of police with such success that he quickly introduced law and order on the town. Later he was elected sheriff of Baker county and served four years, and then became chief of police of Baker city. During the war he was with the internal revenue department with headquarters in Portland and after the war returned to Baker, where as chief of police he cleaned up the town. For the past three years he has been deputy state fire marshal. Ed. Rand bore a striking likeness to his brother Andrew, of this city, and was a frequent visitor here. ------------------------------------ The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., December 24, 1924, page 5 ED RAND DIES DUDDENLY AT BAKER Ed Rand, 62, deputy state fire marshal, and widely known throughout the state, died suddenly of heart disease early Sunday in Baker, where he was conducting an investigation with James A. Meek, of San Francisco, representing the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Advises of the death were received at the fire marshal’s office at noon and his family, residing at 911 East Flanders street, Portland, notified. Mr. Rand came to Oregon 40 years ago, settling first at Hood River, where he was married, and after several years going to Sumpter, then at the peak of a mining boom and a city of between 4,000 and 6,000 population, known as the then wildest mining camp of the Pacific northwest. Appointed chief of police, Mr. Rand “tamed” the outlaw element of the camp, establishing a reputation for law enforcement under frontier conditions seldom equaled on the Pacific coast, his most famous exploits being the capture of the notorious three Carter brothers single-handed. From Sumpter Mr. Rand went to Baker, and served four terms as sheriff of Baker county, continuing to be a nemesis to outlaws. He served for a number of years also as chief of police of Baker City, and for a time was engaged in the real estate and insurance business with William Lachner, of Baker. Well sheriff of Baker county Mr. Rand had a tilt with Oswald West, then governor, which attracted nation-wide attention. Ordered by Governor West to “close up” Copperfield, a settlement little with more than a corporal’s guard of residents, Sheriff Rand informed the governor that under advice from his district attorney, it would be impossible for him legally to obey the governor’s orders. The governor then declared martial law in Copperfield, sending his secretary, Fern Hobbs, then in command of a small number of national guardsmen. During the war Mr. Rand served as an agent of the internal revenue department, with headquarters in Portland, resigning to return to Baker at the invitation of its citizens to serve as chief of police during a “clean-up campaign.” Following this service he returned to Portland and for the past three years has been deputy fire marshal for the state. Mr. Rand was a member of the Elks lodge, of Baker, and Al Kader temple of the ystic Shrine, of Portland. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Luella Rand; a daughter, Miss Ethel Rand, and they son, Dewey Rand, all of Portland, and a brother, Andrew, of Hood River. Funeral services were held yesterday from the Finley Undertaking parlors in Portland. Andy Rand went down to Portland after learning of his brother’s death. This was posted for reference only. I am not related to, nor am I researching this family. If you have additional information about the person or event listed above, please post it as reply to this message.