Imperial-Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Hall, Almon A. 1884 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

ALMON A. HALL.—Prominent among the wide-awake and progressive business men of
Calipatria, is Almon A. Hall, proprietor of the Calipatria Drug Company. Mr.
Hall came to the county in April, 1914. He Avas born in Woodstock, Ontario,
Canada, February 17, 1884, a son of Asa and Matilda (Irwin) Hall. Mr. Hall's
father is now serving as deputy city auditor of Los Angeles, and his mother
passed away in Los Angeles and is buried in the Hollywood cemetery. The
ancestors of Mr. Hall are of old Scotch origin, and his forefathers were among
the first to settle in Canada. Almon A. acquired his education in the Azusa,
California, public schools, graduating from the high school of that place in
1903. For three years he took charge of his father's orange grove. From 1906 to
1914 Mr. Hall was secretary to Percy H. Clark of Los Angeles. In 1914 he came to
Imperial County and served as secretary to the manager of the Imperial Farm Land
Association. He is a man of culture and talent, whose mind has been broadened by
coming in contact with men of affairs. Mr. Hall has made most judicious
investments in the valley and in addition to being proprietor of the Calipatria
Drug Company, he farms eighty acres of valuable land on which he grows cotton
and corn. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic lodge, holding membership
in Arlington Lodge of Los Angeles. He is a member of the Scottish Rite of
Imperial Valley. Both in his business and agricultural pursuits, Mr. Hall is
carrying on his labors after the most approved modern methods, and is meeting
with well deserved success.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918


Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco


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