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. ******************* 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.