Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Johnstone, Arthur J. July 1, 1874 - 
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Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     ARTHUR J. JOHNSTONE.  In the proper operation of any large business the 
auditing department is of great importance and demands not only an accurate 
knowledge of accountancy but also sound and discriminating judgment. To a 
marked degree these qualities are possessed by Arthur J. Johnstone, who is 
rendering most efficient service as auditor for the Portland Electric Power 
Company, a position for which he is well qualified by natural aptitude and 
training.

     Mr. Johnstone was born in Portland, Oregon, on the 1st of July, 1874, and 
is a son of James S. and Annie (Collier) Johnstone, both of whom were born in 
Inverkeathing, Scotland. They were married in Portland, Oregon, in 1871. Mr. 
Johnstone came to the United States in the early '60s. Annie Collier in 1870. 
Except for the first two years of their married life, when they lived in The 
Dalles, Oregon, and Victoria, British Columbia, their residence was continuous 
in Portland, but both are now deceased.

     Arthur J. Johnstone is indebted to the public schools of Portland for his 
educational training and was first employed by Canning, Wallace & Company. 
Later he went to work for Olds, Wortman & King, with which firm he remained 
ten years, and on January 9, 1905, he entered the employ of the Portland 
General Electric Company, now the Portland Electric Power Company. Through his 
loyal and efficient service he won deserved promotions and in 1921 was made 
auditor of the company, which position he is still filling.

     On September 17, 1902, Mr. Johnstone was united in marriage to Miss L. 
May Foster, who was born in Fargo, North Dakota, and was brought to Portland 
by her parents in her childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone have a daughter, Janet 
May, now a senior in the University of Oregon.

     The republican party receives Mr. Johnstone's stanch support and he is a 
thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, being a member of the Oregon 
Consistory, No. 1, and also of Al Kader Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He has 
been successful in his material affairs and is secretary of R. T. Johnstone & 
Co., Inc. His earnest life and excellent personal traits have won for him a 
high place in public esteem and a well merited popularity.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 687-688



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