Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Vol. 3. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 191. ALTON D. HURLEY A product of the west, Alton D. Hurley is liberally endowed with the qualities of energy and determination, which have brought him to the front in the dairy industry, and Salem numbers him among its most able and successful businessmen. He was born September 13, 1894, in Trail county, North Dakota, and is a son of Harry D. and Theodora M. (Miller) Hurley. His father settled in Dakota in 1876 and later served in the territorial legislature. He was a well-to-do farmer and retired in 1904, establishing his home in Seattle, Washington. Alton D. Hurley was a boy of ten when his parents migrated to the Puget Sound country and his public school training was received in Seattle. His higher education was obtained in the Oregon Agricultural College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1917, and he began his commercial career with the firm of Libby, McNeill & Libby. Later he was superintendent of a dairy in San Diego, California, and from 1918 until the close of the year 1920 was connected with the Seattle health department. He next became production manager for the Associated Dairies of Seattle and in January, 1922, came to Oregon, locating in Salem. In association with H. C. Watson and L. J. Kavanaugh, he purchased the Fairmount Dairy and in June, 1922, bought the interests of his partners. The dairy is situated at No. 910 South Commercial street and was established in 1893 by John Schindler. His sons, Jonathan and Ernst, later took over the business, which they conducted until 1922. Mr. Hurley is president of the business, which is housed in a building fifty by eighty feet in dimensions, and he also owns a fifty by eighty foot lot in the rear -of the plant. He sells butter, eggs, milk, cream and cottage cheese, buying from the ranchers in this district, and handles from one thousand to fifteen hundred gallons of milk per day, which is obtained in the open market and only the highest grade is purchased. He operates seven delivery cars, using the Dodge machines and Graham trucks, and has fifteen employes. His dairy was the first to distribute its product to the hop yards near the city and he controls this trade. The plant is immaculate and completely equipped. Mr. Hurley combines a scientific knowledge of the dairy industry with foresight, executive force and initiative and has created the largest business of the kind in Salem. He enjoys his work and maintains a high standard of service. An astute financier, he wisely and successfully administers the affairs of the Capital Securities Corporation, of which he is the president, and is also a director of the Barrels Mining Company of Cottage Grove, Oregon. In Portland, Oregon, Mr. Hurley was married May 10, 1918, to Miss De Etta Ingham, who attended the State University and was graduated from the State Agricultural College. They have become the parents of two children, Claire and Jeanne, aged respectively seven and six years. Mr. Hurley is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and in Masonry has attained the thirty-second degree. He is one of the influential members of the Salem Chamber of Commerce and his political views are in accord with the platform and principles of the republican party. A tireless worker, he has demonstrated what may be accomplished when effort and ambition combine, and his salient characteristics are such as awaken confidence and inspire respect. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in April 2012 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.