Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Burke, John L. July 2, 1876 - 
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Source: .History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 815 - 816
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     JOHN L. BURKE.  The Portland Feeder Company, of which John L. Burke is 
president, is engaged in fattening livestock for market and theirs is the 
largest enterprise of the kind on the coast. Mr. Burke was born in Batavia, 
Illinois, on the 2d of July, 1876, and is a son of William and Mary L. 
(Lonergan) Burke. The family moved to Idaho in 1882 and the father there 
engaged in the cattle business, which he successfully carried on until 1908. 
Both parents are now deceased.

     John L. Burke obtained a good public school education in Idaho and then 
engaged in the livestock business, in partnership with his brother, Frank W. 
In 1908 Mr. Burke and another brother, William, organized the Burke Commission 
Company at Portland, which they conducted until about 1915, after which the 
two brothers became identified with the Portland Feeder Company, of which John 
L. Burke is president, William Burke is vice president and George A. Smith is 
secretary and treasurer. Frank Burke also was connected with the business 
until 1918, when he sold out, and his death occurred on July 3, 1928. The 
Portland Feeder Company was organized in 1909 by Frank W. Burke and others, 
and does a general livestock feeding business, having large feeding yards in 
Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Utah. The company buys cattle and sheep in these 
states and fattens them for the market, handling about three thousand cattle 
and twenty-five thousand lambs a year, and so judiciously has the business 
been managed that continuous success has resulted.

     In July, 1915, Mr. Burke was united in marriage to Miss Julia Walloich, 
of Sioux City, Iowa, and they are the parents of four children, Frank W., 
Barbara, John L., Jr., and Robert William. Mr. Burke gives his political 
support to the republican party and has shown keen interest in public affairs. 
He is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Waverly Country 
Club, the Multnomah Athletic Club and the Portland Chamber of Commerce. 
Possessing marked business ability, sound and conservative judgment and a 
pleasing personality, he holds a high place in the respect and esteem of all 
who know him.

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