Carey, Charles Henry.  "History of Oregon." Vol. 3. Chicago-Portland: Pioneer
Historical Pub. Co., 1922.  p. 632.
 
CLYDE GIBSON HUNTLEY

     No name in Clackamas county carries with it more weight than does that of
Clyde Huntley of Oregon City, who as a citizen, business man, and legislator has
never failed to fill creditably every position to which he has been called. He
is like many other of Oregon's prominent men, a native of another state, born in
Indiana in 1867. His father, S. Huntley, was engaged in the manufacturing
business, being a prominent man of his community, and died when Clyde Huntley
was a small lad. His mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Gibson, was, like his
father, of pioneer stock, and she gave her boys such education as could be
obtained in the common schools of Indiana and a wealth of careful training and
the example of nobility of character.
     After receiving the best education afforded him in early life Mr. Huntley
engaged in the drug business in his native state and was rewarded with a
substantial measure of success. But in 1890 he decided to follow the advice of
Horace Greeley to "go west", and so in that same year he removed to Portland,
where he soon obtained a position in the commissary department of the O. R. & N.
Company, where he remained for some time. But soon his liking for the drug
business again asserted itself, and he removed to Oregon City and E. G.
Caufield, who was then president of the Oregon City Bank, became associated with
him in the drug business under the firm name of Caufield & Huntley. Subsequently
Mr. Huntley purchased Mr. Caufield's interest in the firm and in 1901 he took
his brother, William A. Huntley, into the firm, the style thus becoming Huntley
Brothers. Mr. Huntley's success as a business man was not to pass unnoticed and
as he was ever interested in the affairs of his community he was elected a
member of the Oregon City council, where he served three terms. From 1903 to
1907 he served in the state legislature and while a member of that body
introduced much progressive legislation, notable among which was the corrupt
practices act, which has since become a part of the law of the state. Being also
a prominent man in the drug business he was soon appointed on the State Board of
Pharmacy, where he served with ability for ten years. He then took a brief
vacation from his duties on the board but was later reappointed and is now its
very efficient secretary.
     The Huntley Drug Company, as the firm is now called, has one of the finest
pharmacies in the state. In size of stock carried, in floor space, and in
prominence of location, it has no superior outside of Portland and few, if any,
of the stores in that metropolis can compare with it in popularity and size. The
Huntley Drug Company is known as the Rexall store and carries a complete line of
the Rexall goods.
     In the year 1898 Mr. Huntley was united in marriage to Miss Lura Allen
Miller, a daughter of Thomas Miller, who is a member of one of the pioneer
families of the state and for half a century has been a county official of
Clackamas county. One daughter, Mildred S., has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Huntley, and she is a student at the University of Oregon.
     Politically Mr. Huntley is a member of the republican party and is the
Clackamas County member of the Republican State Central Committee. He devotes
much of his time and energy to working for his party, his city and his state,
and in 1908 was elected as a delegate to the National Republican Convention
which nominated Judge Taft. In 1921 Mr. Huntley was appointed Collector of
Internal Revenue for the District of Oregon. Due to his pleasing personality in
his business and political life and his devotion to the general good, as well as
his comprehensive understanding of questions affecting state and national
welfare, he has exerted an immeasurable influence on the city of his residence
and fortunate is the state in having him as a citizen.

 
*******************

Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2010 by Diana Smith.  Submitter has
no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.