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Vein Bauer, a well known business man of The Dalles, where he has been residing for about thirty years, was
born in Brunn, Austria, in 1873, a son of Jacob and Johanna (Schandle) Bauer, also natives of Austria, where they
were engaged in farming. He was educated in the schools of Brunn and at an early age he gave evidence of his objection
to the militarist government under which he was forced to live. When he had reached the age of fifteen, in 1888,
he decided to come to America and become a citizen of this country. On reaching these shores he came to Oregon,
settling in Wasco county, where he homesteaded a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, taking up the only kind of
work he knew anything about. During his thirty years residence in this state he has been successful from the very
beginning and he is now the owner of seven hundred and twenty acres of the most valuable wheat land in Wasco county,
his crops netting him a handsome competence.
In 1906 Mr. Bauer removed to The Dalles and has since rented his farm property. He devoted the first two years
of his residence in the city to the automobile business, which he disposed of in 1908, and established the real
estate business with which he has since been identified. There is a prevailing opinion that Mr. Bauer handles more
real estate in The Dalles and surrounding country than most others in the same line in Wasco county, this being
especially true during the past ten years. He has also other commercial interests. He was largely instrumental
in the organization of The Dalles Hotel Company and has served on the board of directors for five years. Within
the past twelve months he put several valuable properties on the market, among others being The Dalles Garage site,
the Albert Hotel property, and the business corner at Second and Court streets. He conducts agencies for many large
insurance companies, writing fire, marine and live stock insurance, and is a representative of several important
insurance companies.
In 1897 Mr. Bauer was married to Miss Anna Neabeack, a daughter of W. H. Neabeack, one of the best known farmers
of Wasco county. Mr. and Mrs. Bauer are the parents of one son, Fred J., who is a resident of Portland. Mr. Bauer
is one of the best posted men on real estate in the county and is universally esteemed as one of the best citizens
of The Dalles, a live wire and a valuable asset to the city's growth. He gives practical support to all projects
designed to promote the welfare of the city of his adoption, and the weight of his influence is always thrown on
the side of civic advancement.
From:
History of Oregon Illistrated
Vol. 3
BY: Charles H. Carney
The Pioneer Historical Publishing Company
Chicago - Portland 1922
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