San Joaquin County Biographies
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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 of 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 to 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 is 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.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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