Career
After college Hare started in the lumber business, acquiring holdings in mills in the northwest part of Oregon. He was also involved in civic affairs in Hillsboro, serving on the city council from 1890 to 1894. In 1893, Hare was elected as the 13th mayor of Hillsboro, serving in office from December 5, 1893 until December 4, 1894, a position previously held by his father. He also had a dairy farm of 350 acres (1.4 km2) near the city along the Tualatin River, named Holyrood in honor of his wife’s ancestors from Scotland.
In 1897, he built a sawmill near what is now Beaverton followed by a mill near Buxton in 1912. Here his company logged parts of the Northern Oregon Coast Range, including a valley that was later named after him. A member of the Republican Party and a Mason, Hare retired from the logging business in 1917 and moved to Portland, but remained active in the Ancient Order of United Workmen forestry fraternal organization.
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