Barney Keep was an OSU alum who became a celebrity in Portland radio, at KEX for 35 and "ruled the morning drive for most of that time." From a scrapbook in the Barney Keep Collection -- pasted in with no other context and (as far as I know) nothing else related to beer.
Photo caption: "Familiar Willamette Valley scene is a red barn with row of cupolas indicating stover-type hop kilns. Still in use, this belongs to AJ Ray and sons, south of Newberg." From news article in The Sunday Oregonian Northwest Roto Magazine "Vanishing Valley Landmarks," November 20, 1955. Story and photos by Dr. John R. Goldsborough.