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Warner Buck Snider, also known as W. B. Snider or Buck Snider (September 7, 1880 – July 18, 1965), was a city recorder, county sheriff, rancher, and Oregon state legislator. He was a Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives for two terms, from 1933 through 1936. After leaving the legislature, Snider returned to cattle ranching. He served as president of the ''Oregon Cattlemen's Association'' and actively advocated for grazing rights and highway construction in eastern Oregon. == Early life == Snider was born on September 7, 1880 in Willow Ranch, California, just a few miles south of the Oregon border. He was the son of Charles and Mary Edith Snider.〔("Buck Snider Praised by Voter" ), ''Evening Herald'', Klamath Falls, Oregon, 6 December 1932, p. 8.〕〔("Warner Buck Snider, 7 Sep 1880" ), Oregon, Births and Christenings, 1868-1929; citing Willow Ranch, Modoc County, California, reference 25496, FHL microfilm 2,229,219; accessed via ''FamilySearch'', 21 May 2015.〕〔("Warner B Snider" ), United States Census, 1900, Cogswell Creek, North Lakeview, South Lakeview, and Crooked Creek Precincts South, North, and, Lake, Oregon, United States; household of Charles U. Snider, citing sheet 1A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1,241,347; National Archives and Records Administration: Washington, District of Columbia; accessed via FamilySearch, 21 May 2015.〕〔(Warner Buck Snider draft registration card ), World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration 1917-1918, citing Lake County, Oregon, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509, FHL microfilm 1,852,059; National Archives and Records Administration: Washington, District of Columbia; accessed via ''FamilySearch'', 21 May 2015.〕 Arriving in 1869, Snider's father was one of the first settlers in what later became Lake County, Oregon. His father managed the Willow Ranch store in California, before opening a business in nearby Lakeview, Oregon. In 1890, President Benjamin Harrison appointed his father superintendent of the United States Land Office in Lakeview. He left the post in 1894, when President Grover Cleveland took office, and was re-appointed to the office in 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt.〔''An Illustrated History of Central Oregon Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam Wheeler, Crook, Lake, and Klamath Counties State Of Oregon'', Western Historical Publishing Company, Spokane, Washington, 1905, p. 900.〕 Snider grew up in the Goose Lake Valley, an area the straddles the Oregon-California border. He attended school in Lakeview, where he graduated from Lakeview High School in 1898.〔〔Cooper, Forrest E., ''Introducing Dr. Daly'', Maverick Publications, Bend, Oregon, 1986, p. 54.〕 As a young man in his early 20s, Snider was elected Lakeview's city recorder. In this capacity, he maintained city records, and on occasion, performed civil weddings.〔〔("Lake County Very Rick in Opportunities" ), ''Oregon Dailey Journal'', Portland, Oregon, 27 August 1903, p. 13.〕〔("Hammersley—Heryford" ), ''Lake County Examiner'', Lakeview, Oregon, 8 October 1903, p. 4.〕 Although he was quite young, Snider was a popular city official. When he ran for re-election in 1903, he was unopposed. In that election, Snider received more votes than Lakeview's mayor, who was also unopposed on the ballot.〔("Heryford for Mayor" ), ''Lake County Examiner'', Lakeview, Oregon, 5 November 1903, p. 1.〕 When Lakeview established its first volunteer fire department in 1904, Snider was elected the organization's secretary.〔("A Fire Co. Organized" ), ''Lake County Examiner'', Lakeview, Oregon, 21 April 1904, p. 1.〕 In 1905, he was elected treasurer of the ''Lake County Development League'', a group that promoted economic growth in the county.〔("League will Send Out Invitations" ), ''Lake County Examiner'', Lakeview, Oregon, 30 March 1905, p. 1.〕 During this time, Snider married Frances Matilda Jones, whose father owned a large cattle ranch in Paisley, Oregon.〔〔Avery, Elroy McKendree and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, ''The Groton Avery Clan'' (Volume II), Nabu Press, Cleveland, Ohio, 1912, p. 975-976.〕〔("Lakeview and Vicinity" ), ''Lake County Examiner'', Lakeview, Oregon, 1 November 1906, p. 8.〕〔("Latest in Stock News" ), ''Lake County Examiner'', Lakeview, Oregon, 20 October 190, p. 1.〕 In 1906, Snider started keeping the county tax assessment account books for the Lake County Sheriff.〔("Lakeview and Vacinity" ), ''Lake County Examiner'', Lakeview, Oregon, 15 March 1906, p. 8.〕 Later that year, he began serving as part-time deputy sheriff.〔("Lakeview and Vicinity" ), ''Lake County Examiner'', Lakeview, Oregon, 31 May 1906, p. 8.〕 Snider continued as Lakeview's city recorder during this period. He also advertised his services as a land title document researcher and producer of local land title maps.〔("Official Directory" ), ''Lake County Examiner'', Lakeview, Oregon, 9 July 1908, p. 6.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Warner B. Snider」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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