Charles M. Thomas

THOMAS

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 1/12/2009 at 23:17:34

Jackson Sentinel
July 5, 1918

Former Maquoketa Boy is Prominent in Oregon Politics

Friends of Charles Thomas, a former Maquoketa boy and attorney, will be glad to read the following item taken from the Medford, Oregon Tribute:

“Charles M. Thomas, member of the legislature from Jackson Co., Ore., and republican nominee for state senator from that county, will deliver the oration in Eugene, July 4. The committee invited Mr. Thomas several days ago, but he was unable to give a definite answer at the time, but at their request held the offer under consideration, and Saturday morning R. S. Bryson received a letter accepting.

“Mr. Thomas was one of the strong men of the last legislature, and when his name was suggested the men who represented Lane county at Salem were strong in their advice to the committee to secure him.

“Mr. Thomas is a native of Iowa and was temporary chairman of the republican state convention of Iowa in 1912, and is a speaker of eloquence and ability. He is one of the proprietors of the Talent Orchard company, one of the largest fruit-growing establishments of the Rogue River valley, but after the death of the late Senator Vawter was induced to take up his law practice in Medford, where he has risen to high rank in two years.

“He is a graduate of the state university of Iowa and was a member of the 1896 football team of that institution which won wide fame and the championship of the Mississippi valley.

“Mr. Thomas has been especially active in all war work in Jackson county, and has been in great demand in southern Oregon as a speaker. Lane county people can congratulate the committee and themselves in having secured him for the occasion. –Eugene Guard.