Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 2. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 964.
 
EMIL MOHR

     One of the most modern and finely equipped hotels on the Pacific coast is
the Hotel Medford, in the city of that name in Oregon, and its efficient and
popular secretary in Emil Mohr, while its president is W. F. Rau. Emil Mohr was
born in Holstein, Germany, April 12, 1862, the son of John J. and Mathilda
(Metz) Mohr, both of whom were natives of Holstein, Germany, where they spent
their entire lives. The father was graduated from Segeberg College and his life
was devoted to educational work.
     Mr. Mohr, of this review, was reared at home and acquired his education in
the public schools of his native country. In 1881, at the age of nineteen years,
he emigrated to the United States, landing in New York. He did not tarry in the
eastern metropolis but journeyed on to San Francisco, California, where he
secured employment in a grocery store and afterward was engaged in various
occupations. for several years in that city. He later purchased a ranch in
Fresno county and for a time was engaged in ranching. In 1898 he went to the
Klondike and established himself in the mercantile business with headquarters in
Dawson. He built up a large business, having an extensive trade throughout that
section, and remained there for ten years. After leaving Dawson he made an
extended trip, visiting the countries of the old world. In 1910 he returned to
the Pacific coast, settling in Medford, Oregon, where he became associated with
W. F. Rau in the hotel business, purchasing an interest of the Hotel Moore. In
September, 1911, the present management of the Hotel Medford took charge of that
hostelry, which had just been completed. The building is one of the most
elegantly appointed on the Pacific coast and many years ahead of the little city
in which it is situated. Its cuisine is unexcelled either in Portland or San
Francisco and there are seldom any vacant rooms in the house. Forty of the one
hundred rooms which it contains are equipped with private baths and the
remainder all have hot and cold running water. The house is very efficiently
managed by Messrs. Rau and Mohr and is gaining wide popularity.
     Mr. Mohr was married in the fatherland to Miss Hedwig Boettger, in 1910,
and they are the parents of two children, Anita and Edna. In his political faith
Mr. Mohr is a democrat but has always made his political activities subservient
to his business interests. Fraternally he is a member of Dawson Lodge, A. F. &
A. M., also belonging to the chapter and commandery of the same place, and to
Hillap Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., Ashland.  He belongs to the Observatory Lodge, No.
23, I.O.O.F., of San Jose, California, and has membership relations in Medford
Lodge, No. 1168, B. P. 0. E., and Camp Dawson, No. 4, of the Arctic Brotherhood
at Dawson, Yukon territory. Mr. Mohr has already become one of the prominent
citizens of Medford, where he takes an extremely active interest in local
affairs and manifests great faith in the future of his section and his adopted
state. Having had broad business experience and being possessed of unusual
business ability, he quickly adjusted himself to the requirements of the hotel
business and from the beginning his work in that connection has been eminently
successful. Possessing an optimistic spirit and a congenial nature, coupled with
an excellent memory for names and faces, he soon became a favorite with the
traveling public and is personally well acquainted with the majority of the
commercial representatives who make his hotel their home while in Medford. In
Mr. Mohr the city of his adoption has secured a most valuable citizen and one of
whom its people are justly proud.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2007 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.