Clackamas County OR Archives Biographies.....Brothers, Hogg 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 95-96
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     Among the progressive business organizations to which Oregon City is 
indebted for its commercial growth and standing is the firm of Hogg Brothers, 
composed of Fred L. and Otto T. Hogg. In 1913 the business was started with 
one store room at No. 804, the present location, and later the members of the 
firm purchased the building which they now occupy. Subsequently they erected a 
large addition and the structure, which consists of two stories and a basement 
and is one hundred and thirty-two by two hundred and ten feet in dimensions. A 
warehouse, sixty-six by one hundred and five feet, with three floors was 
constructed in the rear.

     The firm sells furniture and household furnishings of various kinds, 
having exclusive lines King-Fisher upholsteries and mattresses, MayTag washing 
machines, Doernbecher furniture, frigidaire refrigerators and stoves made in 
the Portland Stove Works. The stock also includes shelf and heavy hardware, 
electric and gasoline water pumping equipment for residences and farms, 
Westinghouse, Standard and L. & H. electric ranges, pianos, phonographs and 
crockery. Practically everything required in furnishing an up-to-date home is 
carried by Hogg Brothers, who have a well trained organization of thirty-five 
persons and send their traveling men throughout Clackamas county, in which 
every rural route is circularized once a month. This is the largest concern of 
the kind in the county and, outside of Portland, one of the largest in the 
state. Within a period of fourteen years the partners have created this 
extensive business, carefully planning each step in its development and 
closely watching every new avenue opened in the natural ramifications of the 
trade. In the management of their affairs they bring to bear mature judgment, 
supplemented by initiative, foresight and executive capacity, and upon the 
enduring foundation of commercial integrity they have reared the 
superstructure of success.

     Fred L. Hogg was born in Germany in 1887 and is a son of Frederick and 
Louisa Hogg, who left that country in 1891. After reaching the United States 
they journeyed to Iowa, spending about a year in that state, and since 1892 
have resided in the vicinity of Oregon City. For generations members of the 
family had been merchants and brewers but Frederick Hogg wisely refrained from 
entering into competition with local business men, being unfamiliar with the 
language and customs of the land of his adoption. He purchased a ten-acre farm 
and has since devoted his attention to its cultivation and improvement. Mr. 
and Mrs. Hogg became the parents of five children: Fred L.; Otto T.; a native 
of Iowa; Edith, who became the wife of Harry Gouldstone and passed away in 
1923; and Carl and Oscar, who are also connected with the firm of Hogg 
Brothers. Three of the children were born in Oregon and all of the sons are 
unmarried. The daughter was first a bookkeeper for the firm and later acquired 
an interest in the business.

     Fred L. Hogg completed his public school education at Park Place, Oregon, 
and later attended the Behnecke & Walker Business College in Portland. His 
first money was earned by working as a delivery boy for the Busch Furniture 
Company, with which he remained for eight years, acquiring a thorough 
knowledge of the business, and his brothers, Otto T. and Carl, were also in 
the employ of that corporation for a time. In 1913 Fred L. and Otto T. 
organized the firm of Hogg Brothers and the venture has proven a pronounced 
success. All of the sons are identified with the Benevolent Protective Order 
of Elks and Fred L. Hogg is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the 
Kiwanis Club. He manifests a deep and helpful interest in community affairs 
but has never sought public office. By nature he is modest, frank and 
companionable and possesses many excellent traits of character, as his fellow 
citizens attest.

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