[1] After college Hare started in the lumber business, acquiring holdings in mills in the northwest part of Oregon.
[3] 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.
[2] Here his company logged parts of the Northern Oregon Coast Range, including a valley that was later named after him.
[2][4] 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.
[1] A railroad station near Manning, west of Buxton, and another stop in Aloha between Beaverton and Hillsboro, were both named for Hare.