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JAMES SLAUSON
SLAUSON, JAMES,
Capitalist, Los Angeles, California,
was born at Austin, Nevada,
Oct. 7, 1865. His father was Jonathan
Sayre Slauson and his mother Sarah R. (Blum) Slauson. He moved to
California when a child, settling in San
Francisco in 1870, went to Los Angeles
in 1874, where he has since resided.
In 1880 he began
his business career when he entered the Los Angeles County Bank, since dis-incorporated. He
remained with this banking firm for five years.
He accepted the secretaryship of the Azusa
Land and Water Company in
1885. In 1890 he set out six hundred
acres of orchard land, owned now by the Azusa Foothill Citrus Company, of which
he is president, and from that time has been developing agricultural undertakings
in connection with his banking interests.
Mr. Slauson has been identified with agricultural pursuits in Southern
California for many years, and his work in dealing with big land
organizations and in promoting agricultural enterprises has been uniformly
successful. He is actively interested in
a number of corporate organizations, among which are the following: Azusa
Foothill Citrus Company, president; Azusa Agricultural Water Company,
president; First National Bank, Azusa, director; Equitable Savings Bank, Los
Angeles, director; Western Union Oil Company, director; Sixth Agricultural
Association, director; Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, president.
He is director of
the California Club, vice president of the Bolsa
Chico Gun Club, active member Los Angeles Country Club, Annandale Country Club,
University Club and Sunset Club, of which he was president in 1910. He is a director and treasurer of the Los
Angeles Symphony Association.
Transcribed 7-4-08
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 108,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2008 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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