OBIT:

Arthur E. Hascall has for sixteen years been engaged in the stock business and general farming in Umatilla county in the vicinity of Pine Grove post office, where he owns a ranch of four hundred and forty acres. He was born in Durham, Maine, on the 22d of May 1872, a son of Charles D. and Ellen C. (Warner) Hascall, the father a native of the state of New York and the mother of Vermont. In 1885 they crossed the plains to Oregon with their family, locating in this county in December of that year and have ever since made this their home.

The boyhood and youth of A.E. Hascall were largely devoted to the acquirement of an education and to assisting his father with the cultivation of the ranch. When he attained his majority he left the parental roof and went out to make his own way in the world. For two years thereafter he devoted his energies to lumbering, but he gave up this occupation at the expiration of that time and turned his attention to stock raising and general farming. Having been reared on a ranch he was perfectly familiar with both lines of the business and was well qualified to succeed as he had received a good practical training under his father. As his means were somewhat limited it was necessary for him to begin in a small way, but he extended his activities as he prospered and his ranch now contains four hundred and forty acres of good land. His fields are devoted to the raising of such cereals as are best adapted to the soil and annually yield him abundant harvests. A man of practical ideas and good judgement, Mr. Hascall keeps a good grade of stock, believing that the expense of maintaining an inferior animal is as great as for a good animal, while the former always commands a much less price in the market. He is prospering because he has applied himself closely and energetically to his undertakings, his success being entirely attributable to his own efforts.

In 1896 Mr. Hascall was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Palmer, who was born in Shelby county, Iowa, a daughter of S.B. and Mary Palmer, both natives of the state of New York. From their they subsequently removed to Iowa, making their home in that state until the early '80s when they came to Oregon, where they both passed away. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hascall, as follows: Charles B., Cecil S., Mary E., Virgil E., and Daphne A.

The fraternal relations of Mr. Hascall are confined to his membership in Pilot Rock Lodge, No. 155, I.O.O.F., and in matters politic he is a republican and for twelve years served on the board of school directors in his district. He has made orderly progression in development of his interests as he is a man of definite purpose, who concentrates his entire powers upon the achievement of his ambition.

From The Centennial History of Oregon