Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Bohaskey, Arthur R. 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 469 - 470
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     ARTHUR R. BOHOSKEY is one of the most prominent figures in the livestock 
business in the Columbia River valley. He makes a specialty of sheep and his 
operations have steadily increased until now he is the largest individual 
handler of sheep in the northwest, as well as one of the leading buyers of 
wool. He was born in Flint, Michigan, and is a son of Michael and Katherine 
(Nixon) Bohoskey. His father died in Chicago, and in 1909 his mother came to 
Portland, where she lived until her death. Arthur R. Bohoskey received his 
education in the public schools of Flint, Michigan, and Chicago, Illinois, and 
then entered railroad work, being employed as a telegraph operator and 
stenographer. In 1909 he arrived in Portland and became an assistant buyer for 
the Union Meat Company, working under William Shepherd when the Union 
Stockyards were opened in that year. In 1910 he became chief buyer of sheep 
and hogs for the Union Meat Company (now Swift & Company), holding that 
position until 1917, when he resigned and went into business for himself, 
dealing in sheep and wool, and also running sheep on the range. He now 
operates under the name of Bohoskey & Company, though he is still the sole 
owner of the business. He still confines his activities entirely to sheep and 
wool, and in 1927 bought and sold over sixty thousand head of sheep and two 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds of wool, which record he is exceeding in the 
present year. He has a large feeding plant at Lyle, Washington, where he can 
feed fifteen thousand sheep at one time. He makes a specialty of Mt. Adams 
lambs, and takes practically the entire production of that locality, which he 
sells in all the coast markets and sends to Chicago. The results which he has 
attained are remarkable when it is considered that he has done it all alone, 
his success being based on his persistent determination, his sound, practical 
judgment and square dealing.

     In 1913 Mr. Bohoskey was united in marriage to Miss Constance Woodward, 
of Portland, whose father, Samuel L. Woodward, a former member of the city 
council of Portland, is associated with Mr. Bohoskey. To this marriage have 
been born three children, Mary Elizabeth, Woodward and Constance. Mr. Bohoskey 
is a member of the Masonic order, in which he has attained the Knight Templar 
degree, is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, and belongs to the Multnomah Athletic 
Club. In his political views he is a stanch republican and he is an exemplar 
of that kind of citizenship which stands for progress and the public welfare. 
He is a man of great energy and marked business capacity and his integrity and 
sterling worth have commended him to the good opinion of all who have come in 
contact with him.

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