Arthur Orison Dillon

Dillon was Secretary-Director of the Chino Chamber of Commerce for seven years.

July 7, 1873 [Lexington, Minnesota] – January 24, 1958 [Ontario, California]

[TEMP: ARTHUR ORISON DILLON, son of Peter Orison Dillon and Belle Anne (Cottingham) Dillon was born at eight o’clock A M. Monday, July 7, 1873, in Lexington, LeSueur County, Minnesota. Attended the public schools. Student at State Normal Schools at St. Cloud and Mankato, Minnesota. Deputy United States Marshal in Washington, 1894. Taught school for several years. Graduated with the degree of L.L. B. at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, 1906. Be@an the practice of law at Seattle, Washington, 1906. Removed to Upland, California, 1911. He held the office of City Judge of Chino from 1916 to 1920. Was acting editor of The Chino Champion in January and February, 1919. He was Secretary-Director of the Chino Chamber of Commerce for seven years. Contrtbuted verse to following newspapers: School Education, The Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota; The Times, Los Angeles, California; The Tribune, Los Angeles, California ; The Bulletin, Pomona, California; The Champion, Chino, California; the Report, Ontario, California, and He removed to Ontario, California in July, 1922 .]

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