Twin Falls County ID Archives Biographies.....Eastman, Jess O. 1888 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

    JESS O. EASTMAN, who is engaged in the real estate, loan and insurance
business at Buhl, Idaho, was born at Harvard, Illinois, February 4, 1888, and is
a son of Otis and Harriet Eastman. He was a resident of Illinois through the
period of his boyhood and youth pursuing his education in the public schools of
that state, and on reaching his majority he sought the opportunities of the
west, making his way to Twin Falls, Idaho, where he entered the employ of the
Idaho Department Store. There he continued till 1911, when he came to Buhl and
for a time with Charles J. Kalina was in the clothing and men's furnishing goods
business on Broadway where the office of the power company now stands. In 1913
he purchased his partner's interest in the business and continued to conduct the
store alone till 1915, when he sold to Sarlat Brothers and assumed the
management of the men's department of a general store known as the Golden Rule.
He continued in that position for three and one-half years and in 1919 he opened
a real estate office in the Citizens State Bank building. He handles both real
estate and loans and is agent for the Prudential Life Insurance Company. 

    In 1911 Mr. Eastman was married to Miss Harriette Crumb, a native of
Harvard, Illinois, and a daughter of Herbert D. and Mary Crumb, her father being
president of the Harvard State Bank. To Mr. and Mrs. Eastman have been born two
children, Elizabeth C. and Patricia M. 

    In politics Mr. Eastman is a republican and an active worker in the party,
handling the western campaign for this section of the country, and he has been
since 1914 a member of the republican county central committee. He has served as
a member of the city council of Buhl and is a member of all branches of the
Masonic lodge, including the Mystic Shrine; also of the Elks. 

    In 1911 Mr. Eastman inaugurated a movement for a free municipal swimming
pool in the City Park and is directly responsible for the success of this very
popular resort. He has always taken a very active part in the progress and
development of Buhl and community. In January, 1919, he was elected president of
the Buhl Business Men's Association, which through his efforts and suggestions
was reorganized as the Buhl Chamber of Commerce and is now one of the strongest
commercial organizations in the state. Mr. Eastman is now serving his second
term as president. In 1919 he organized the Buhl Improvement Corporation, Ltd.,
which corporation purchased the unplatted portion of the Buhl townsite, and was
elected chairman of the board of directors. The purpose of the corporation is to
plat lands, build homes, etc. 


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