The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 359

JOSEPH F. SCHREINER.

Joseph F. Schreiner, prominently identified with ranching interests in the
Yakima valley, was born in Scott county, Minnesota, December 16, 1871, a son of
Stephen and Gertrude (Ley) Schreiner, both of whom were natives of Germany, but
came to the United States in childhood and were married in Minnesota. In 1887
Stephen Schreiner made his way westward to Yakima county and purchased one
hundred and twenty acres of land two miles southwest of the Yakima depot and in
the following spring he was joined by his family. He engaged in farming for
fifteen years. The land which came into his possession was entirely wild and
undeveloped but with characteristic energy he began to concert it into a
productive farm. He succeeded in having the land irrigated and continued the
work of improvement, making notable changes thereon. He engaged in raising hay,
grain and hops and in 1894 planted sixteen acres to hops. In 1904 he disposed of
that property and retired to Yakima, spending his remaining days in well earned
rest. He passed away in 1910, having for two years survived his wife, whose
death occurred in 1908.

Joseph F. Schreiner acquired a public school education in Minnesota and at St.
John's university and was thus well qualified for life's practical and
responsible duties. He engaged in ranching with his father until twenty-one
years of age, when he started out in the business world independently, being
employed as a clerk in the store of Ditter Brothers for several years. Later he
rented his father's place, which he continued to cultivate for four years, and
in 1902 he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land four miles southwest of
Yakima. Since then he has given his attention and energies to the work of
improving his ranch but has sold forty acres of it. He has purchased, however,
eighty acres on the edge of the Yakima Indian Reservation and he planted six
acres to apples and pears, while the remainder of his ranch is devoted to the
raising of alfalfa. He likewise has a half interest in another tract of one
hundred and sixty acres on the reservation, and in addition to general farming
and fruit raising he conducts a large dairy, for which purpose he keeps many
Holstein cows.

On the 17th of February, 1898, Mr. Schreiner was united in marriage to Miss
Louise La Bissonire, a daughter of George La Bissonire, an early settler of
Yakima county. Mr. and Mrs. Schreiner have six children: LeRoy, Marie, Stella,
Catherine, James and Lucille, all at home. The parents and their family are
members of St. Paul's Catholic church and Mr. Schreiner is identified with the
Knights of Columbus. He belongs to the Broadway Grange, of which he has been
master. In politics he has maintained an independent course. In 1910, however,
he was a candidate for county assessor on the democratic ticket.

His son James is engaged in the raising of fine Jersey hogs, upon which he has
taken various prizes, winning the second price at the state fair in 1916. For
almost a third of a century Joseph F. Schreiner has lived in Yakima county and
throughout this entire period has carefully directed his energies along the
lines of general farming, fruit raising and dairying. Whatever he has
undertaken he has carried forward to success, for in his vocabulary there is no
such word as fail.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.