Carey, Charles Henry.  "History of Oregon." Vol. 3. Chicago-Portland: Pioneer
Historical Pub. Co., 1922.  p. 157.
 
RALPH A. HOLTE

     Prominent in the financial circles of Umatilla county is Ralph A. Holte,
who is cashier of the Bank of Stanfield. He is a native of North Dakota, born in
Ellendale, that state, on the 23d of March, 1886, a son of N. T. and Rosa
(Arneson) Holte. The father was born in Norway, while the mother is a native of
Monroe, Wisconsin.  When nineteen years of age N. T. Holte came to the United
States and after residing for some time in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he came to
North Dakota. His first residence in that state was at Fargo but be later
removed to Ellendale, where he engaged in the furniture business which he is
still conducting, his business having reached extensive proportions. The
marriage of N. T. Holte and Rosa Arneson occurred in the place of their present
residence. Mr. Holte is a stanch supporter of the republican party and an active
member of the Odd Fellows.
     Ralph A. Holte spent his boyhood in Ellendale, receiving a good common
school education and later he entered the State Industrial school at that place.
After putting his textbooks aside he engaged in the undertaking business with
his father for a short time, after which he accepted a position as assistant
cashier of the First National Bank of Ellendale. In 1910 he removed to
Stanfield, Oregon, to accept a like position in the Bank of Stanfield and he has
continued in that connection to the entire satisfaction of the bank officers and
the patrons. This bank was organized in 1909 by Dr. Henry Waldo Coe, Prank Sloan
and R. N. Stanfield of Portland and has a capital stock at twenty-five thousand
dollars. In addition to his banking affairs Mr. Holte is interested in a
lumber-yard in Stanfield in connection with his father-in-law, M. R. Ling.
Mr. Holte is president of this business and it has grown to extensive
proportions. As a family man he is interested in the educational advantages of
Stanfield and to that end is serving as school clerk.
     In 1909 Mr. Holte was united in marriage to Miss Georgia A. Ling, a
daughter of M. R. and Sarah E. Ling, and a native of Lime Spring, Iowa. Her
parents are also natives of that state but are now residing in Oregon, where her
father is engaged in the lumber business with Mr. Holte. To the union of Mr. and
Mrs. Holte two children have been born: Marion Joyce and Alpha Elizabeth.
     Mr. Holte is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and though
the greater part of his time is devoted to his work he is active in the
interests of that organization, also in the Masons, and is a member of the
Portland Shrine. He is a republican in politics, being a firm believer in the
principles of that party as factors in good government. In his position as
cashier he has the confidence and respect of all with whom he has come into
contact and has won for himself a host of friends. He is loyal and enterprising,
possessing the progressive spirit of the times and accomplishing what he
undertakes.
 
 
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in March 2007 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.