Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 3.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 330.
 
JULIUS ALM

     That America is the land of opportunity to the man of character and
industry has been strikingly exemplified in the career of Julius Alm, who is now
one of the prosperous and influential merchants of Silverton, Marion county, for
he came to this country a poor boy, ignorant of our language and customs, and by
the force of his character and his determination, directed by sound common
sense, forged ahead to his present position of honor and independence.
     Mr. Alm was born in Norway in 1862 and is a son of Gunerius and Oline Alm,
the family deriving its name from the name of the farm on which it lived.
    Julius Aim received lids education in the public schools of his native
country and then was employed in stores for a time. In 1885, when about
twenty-three years of age, he emigrated to the United States, going direct to
North Dakota, where, as soon as he had acquired a working knowledge of the
English language, he obtained employment in a store. He remained in North Dakota
until 1893, when he came to Silverton, Oregon, and was here employed in stores
until 1903, in which year he established his present business, opening a small
grocery and men's furnishings store. He. prospered in this enterprise and as his
business increased he found it necessary to move to larger quarters, locating
where the opera house now stands. There he remained until 1908, when he bought
his present property and erected the substantial building in which he is now
located, thus obtaining more space and better facilities for handling his
growing trade. In 1922 Mr. Alm admitted his sons Otto and Henry to a partnership
in the business under the firm name of Julius Alm & Sons, while another son,
Julius, Jr., is employed in the store. Mr. Alm founded his business on sound
principles, courtesy, accommodation and square dealing, and through the years
has maintained mutually pleasant relations with all who have patronized him, so
that his trade has shown a steady and substantial increase.
     In 1892, in North Dakota, Mr. Alm was united in marriage to Miss Carrie
Havelmoen, also a native of Norway, from which country she came to the United
States at about the same time as her future husband. To Mr. and Mrs. Alm have
been born nine children, namely: Chris, who lives in Los Angeles, California;
Otto, who is married and is in business with his father, as is Henry, who is
next in order of birth; Frank, of Longview, who is credit man for the Columbia
River Mercantile Company; Julius, Jr.; Dina and Bertha, twins, who are students
in the University of Oregon; Nina; and Carl, who died in infancy. All of the
children were born in Silverton. Mr. Aim has shown a commendable interest in the
welfare of his community and has served one term as a member of the city'
council. He is a past president of the Chamber of Commerce and is vice-president
of the First National Bank. He is a Scottish Rite Mason and a Noble of the
Mystic Shrine, and belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the
Woodmen of the World and the White Shrine of Jerusalem, while he and his wife
are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. Genial and friendly in his social
relations, he has a wide acquaintance throughout this section of the county and
is held in high esteem by all who know him.
     
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