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RONALD B. HALEY
For the past thirty-five years
Ronald B. Haley has been identified with industrial interests of Stockton, and
as president of the Peerless Milling Company he is controlling one of the
largest productive industries in the city.
A native of Canada, he was born on Prince Edward Island, March 7, 1867
and in December, 1886 when nineteen years of age, he arrived in Stockton. Entering the employ of the Crown Flouring
Mill Company, he continued with that firm for twenty-four years, gaining a
comprehensive knowledge of the business and during the last year of that period
was connected with the feed department.
In May, 1911 he became a partner of Frank A. Guernsey, who was then
operating the Peerless Milling Company’s plant, which had been built originally
for a blending mill in which the farmers could blend their grain. The venture did not prove a success and Mr.
Guernsey converted it into a feed mill, later withdrawing from the firm, and
subsequently Mr. Haley had several business associates, his present partner being
Ralph C. Jeanelle, who acts as secretary of the
company, while he is filling the office of president. Under his capable management the business has
enjoyed an extremely rapid growth, the present output being 700 tons of feed
monthly, while it originally amounted to but one ton per day. They cater to both the wholesale and retail
trades, the former being taken care of by traveling salesmen, whose territory
extends within a radius of 250 miles from Stockton. In their retail operations they deal direct
with the farmers and owing to the superior quality of their output and their
reliability in all commercial transactions the business has grown to one of
large proportions. They manufacture the Laymore, Growmore and Raisemore brands of poultry feed, the last named being
prepared especially for baby chicks, while their stock foods are known as the Morepork and Moremilk, the former
being for hogs and the latter for cows.
Mr. Haley was united in marriage
with Miss Jennie Sutter, a native of Wisconsin, and a distant relative of
General Sutter. Mr. Haley has never been
unmindful of the duties of citizenship and has served as a member of the police
and fire commission under Mayor George Hudson, rendering valuable service to
his city in that connection. He is a
member of the Young Men’s Institute and also identified with the Stockton Golf
and Country Club, the Elks, and the Foresters of America. His business career has been marked by
continuous advancement and a large industrial enterprise stands as a monument
to his progressive spirit and administrative powers.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1299. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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