California Genealogy and History Archives
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UBURTO
L. DIKE Born
in Cleveland, Ohio, December 7, 1865, Uburto L. Dike was the son of
Latimer M. and Lucinda J. Dike, prominent residents of that place. In
1873 they moved to Cawker City, Mitchell county, Kans., where he
attended school until sixteen years of age, coming then to California
and locating in Los Angeles, where he was graduated from the high school
at the age of twenty. One year in a business college fitted him for
employment and he went to work in the office of the Bear Valley
Irrigation Company at Redlands, first as stenographer and later as
bookkeeper of the concern. Remaining in this capacity until 1891, he
then bought out the Redlands Abstract and Title Co., which he conducted
for about seven years, also doing a large real estate business. In 1902
he removed to Los Angeles and organized the U. L. Dike Investment Co.,
but in 1906 located permanently in Sacramento, where he found a fertile
field for real estate investment. He subsequently organized the
California Colonization Company, of which he is secretary and treasurer.
As its name implies this company was organized for colonization
purposes. It has agencies all over the east and their object is to
interest people in this coast country for location on lauds which the
company controls. Mr.
Dike was married in Los Angeles to Miss Elva Dunstan, who passed away
five years later. |
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Source: Transcribed by Peggy Hooper 2011 |