Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 2.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 68.
 
W. H. STEUSLOFF
 
     The spur of necessity has developed the strongest and best traits in the
nature of W. H. Steusloff, whose life from an early age has been one of
unremitting industry, and his constantly expanding powers have brought him to
the front in his chosen line of endeavor. He has long been identified with the
meat industry and is one of the men responsible for the inception and growth of
the business of the Valley Packing Company of Salem. A native of Germany, he was
born in 1859 and was a boy of seven when his father, Henry Steusloff, brought
the family to the United States, settling in Buffalo, New York.
 
     Both parents died before W. H. Steusloff reached the age of ten years and
when but a child he was thrown upon his own resources. He earned a livelihood by
working on farms and spent some time in Illinois, going from that state to
Wyoming and later to Nebraska, where he followed the occupation of stock-buyer.
For seven years he was employed in the Omaha plant of Swift & Company and in
1898 came to Salem. His brother, F. W. Steusloff, had located at Pendleton,
Oregon, in 1888 and in 1894 moved to Salem. He joined W. H. Steusloff in the
retail meat business and they operated under the name of Steusloff Brothers,
Inc., of which F. W. Steusloff was president until his death in August, 1926. He
was a business man of high standing and was chosen president of the Chamber of
Commerce. In politics he was a democrat and his public spirit was expressed by
service on the board of aldermen. He attained the thirty-second degree in
Masonry and was a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. His brother, W. H. Steusloff,
succeeded him as president of the firm of Steusloff Brothers, Inc., and
successfully continues the business, retaining the original name and policies.
 
     The Valley Packing Company was formed in 1919 by the Steusloff Brothers and
Curtis B. Cross, who had been wholesale and retail dealers in meat, and the
business has been in operation since January 1, 1920. The present officers are:
C. B. Cross, president; W. H. Steusloff, vice president; Elmer McKee, secretary;
and William Walton, treasurer. The plant is located on the Pacific highway at
the north city limits and has a spur track off the main line of the Southern
Pacific Railroad. The main structure is of reinforced concrete, three stories in
height and eighty-three by one hundred and twenty-four feet in dimensions. With
one exception this is the largest packing plant in Oregon and its capacity per
week is one hundred and fifty cattle, two hundred and fifty sheep and one
thousand hogs. It is modern and sanitary and is under the inspection of the
United States government. The property is situated on the Pacific highway in the
vicinity of the fairgrounds and the output of the plant bears the Cascade
trademark, which is a guarantee of the best grade of meat products. The industry
is operated on a highly efficient basis and the business of the company covers
Oregon and also extends to the states of Washington, California and Nevada. The
firm has about fifty employes and its weekly payroll amounts to twelve hundred
and sixty-five dollars.
 
     Mr. Steusloff was married in 1888 to Miss Hannah Hasche, of Chicago, and
their family numbers three children: Dorathea, at home; Lena May, the wife of G.
F. Chambers, who is sales manager for the Valley Packing Company; and Claude,
who is connected with the buying department of the firm.
 
     Mr. Steusloff is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America and is a
thirty-second degree Mason. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and gives his
political allegiance to the democratic party. He is a member of the First
Presbyterian church and has served on its board of trustees for fifteen years.
He knows every phase of the meat industry, of which he has made a life study,
and was a member of the first live-stock commission of the state. High
principles have guided him at all points in his career and his is a record in
which notable business ability and the recognition and utilization of
opportunity are well balanced forces.

     
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in July 2016 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.