The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1067 

L. L. HEER.

L. L. Heer, president of the Valley Iron Works of Yakima and thus closely
connected with the industrial development of the city, was born in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, in 1864. He acquired a public school education in the east and
there learned the machinist's trade. Later he occupied the position of manager
with the Morgan Engineering Company of Alliance, Ohio, and subsequently became
assistant works manager with the Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company of Cleveland. He
continued his residence in that section of the country until his removal to
Yakima and he was also at one time general foreman for the Fraser & Chalmers
Engine Works at Chicago. His training has been most thorough and comprehensive
along the line in which he is now engaged. The Valley Iron Works, of which he is
proprietor, was established in the old town of Yakima in the '80s by Mr.
Schichtl, who conducted the business under his own name and subsequently sold to
Mr. Holstein, who in turn was succeeded by the Moffett Patent Manufacturing
Company, from whom Mr. Heer purchased the business changing the name to the
Valley Iron Works in 1911. He has greatly enlarged and improved the plant and
occupies a building fifty by one hundred and fifty feet. He does a general line
of machine shop work and repairs and employs about twelve skilled mechanics. Mr.
Heer's experience in that direction well qualifies him to direct the labors of
these in his service, and to supply the knowledge that must underlie efficient
workmanship.

In 1893 Mr. Heer was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Ellett, of Alliance,
Ohio. and they have become parents of a son and two daughters, but William is
now deceased. The others are Helen and Lois.

Mr. Heer is a republican in his political views and while well informed on the
questions and issues of the day and an earnest supporter of the party with which
he has voted since attaining adult age, he has never been an office seeker. He
belongs to the Yakima Valley Business Men's Association and he concentrates his
efforts and attention upon his individual interests, which are most wisely and
carefully directed and which are now bringing to him substantial success.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.