Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Hattrem, Weber A. March 10, 1888 - 
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     WEBER A. HATTREM, who gave tangible proof of his patriotism and devotion 
to his country by gallant service during the World war, has advanced far on 
the highroad which leads to success and is well known in business and 
financial circles of Portland as an investment banker. He was born March 10, 
1888, in Sauk Center, Minnesota, and was but a year old when his parents, A. 
J. and Josephine (Johanson) Hattrem, migrated to the state of Washington. They 
settled in Seattle and the father embarked in the real estate business, later 
becoming a dealer in hops. He passed away May 10, 1923, and the mother now 
resides in Chicago.
     
     In the grammar and high schools of Seattle, Weber A. Hattrem pursued his 
studies and earned his first money as office boy for the F. W. Woolworth 
Company. His diligence and trustworthiness won him rapid advancement and at 
the end of one and a half years he was made manager of a store. On the 1st of 
January, 1913, he arrived in San Francisco, California, and for a short time 
was advertising manager for Fred Hartsook & Company, photographers. Later he 
went to Cleveland, Ohio, and was employed for a few years as a salesman by the 
Wellsbach Company. In 1916 he located in Portland, Oregon, becoming a credit 
reporter for the Bradstreet Company, and remained with the corporation until 
1918, when he enlisted in the United States army. At the end of a year's 
service he was honorably discharged and then returned to Portland, accepting a 
position in the bond house of Morris Brothers in February, 1920. He soon 
became recognized as one of their most capable representatives and decided 
upon an independent venture, severing his connection with the firm shortly 
before its failure. On the 1st of February, 1921, he became a dealer in high 
grade securities and in April, 1923, incorporated the business under the name 
of the Municipal Reserve & Bond Company, of which he is the president. The 
firm originates its own issues of municipal, corporation, school district and 
town bonds, dealing only in safe investments, and also handles first 
mortgages. Mr. Hattrem has a detailed knowledge of the business, which he 
conducts on a conservative basis, and gives special attention to the financial 
needs of each individual, thereby converting a casual customer into a loyal 
client.

     In Portland, Mr. Hattrem was married October 31, 1917, to Miss Josephine 
Rebecca Martin, a native of Nebraska, and they now have two sons: Weber A., 
Jr., and Donald William, aged respectively eight and six years. Mr. Hattrem 
has no fraternal or club affiliations and spends his leisure hours at home, 
being devoted to his family. A strong republican, he works in a quiet way for 
the success of the party but is not a politician. In all matters of 
citizenship he is loyal and public-spirited and his honesty and fidelity to 
duty are well known to the residents of Portland, who entertain for him high 
regard.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Page 
705

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