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, .SKETCH ES
OF THE
Inter -Mountain States
TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHIES OF MANY PROMINENT AND PROGRESSIVE CITIZENS WHO HAVE HELPED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY- MAKING OF THIS MARVELOUS REGION
1847 1909
Utah . Idaho
Nevada
ILLUSTRATED
Published by
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
Salt Lake City, Utah 1909
Copyrighted by
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PUB. CO. 1909
NOTE. — No copyright restrictions will be urged against newspapers or magazines in the United States, and they are hereby waived, except as to the reproduction of the frontispiece.
THE PUBLISHERS.
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Bancroft Library
A WORD IN ADVANCE
The purpose of this volume, primarily, is to lay before the leading newspaper publishers of the United States some facts concerning many of the leading men who are, or have been, active in the work of develop- ing the States of Utah, Idaho and Nevada. It is believed that the material herewith will be highly valuable to every newspaper of con- sequence in the United States, and that the value thereof will increase with each succeeding year.
Copies will also be placed in the library cars of limited trains that are used in Western traffic as a guide to those who seek investment or who contemplate a change of residence. The leading boards of trade and public libraries will also* be supplied with copies, as will a number of great commercial agencies in the United States, England and France.
A special effort has been made to eliminate any and all matter in reference to the peculiar local contentions, and it is for this reason that the publishers have refrained from presenting even the briefest sketch of the State of Utah, which, as is generally known, has been a storm center for the entire inter-mountain region.
THE PUBLISHERS.
HE story of Utah is a story of pioneer effort, personal suffer- ing and sacrifice, political and religious struggles the like of which no American State has witnessed, barriers broken down, marvelous progress and permanent successes. The development of no State has been hampered by greater obstacles, but the credit for the great work accom- plished, as the years roll by and men deal toward each other with more fairness, is distributed where it rightfully belongs— with the progressive men of the old days as well as to the enterprising ones of the new.
There is no proper place in this publica- tion for a recital of the bitter strife between the "Saints" and the "Gentiles." In the upbuilding of Utah commercially the fanati- cism of neither party works a helpful part. Mormon and non-Mormon have learned some expensive lessons in the past, and each, with increasing enthusiasm, joins the other in bringing into use the remarkable resources of this splendid State.
Utah was settled in 1847. It matters not to the present age and to Utah's future great- ness whether Brigham Young and his hardy followers were directed to the Salt Lake val- ley by divine revelation or located here by chance. They came, they toiled; their settle- ment attracted many of their faith, and many more who did not accept that faith. A fine
city was established, a Territory was organized, the mountain streams were diverted from nature's causeways, enlivening the soil of the arid valleys, awakening interest in agricultural pursuits, while the moun- tains themselves were made to yield a part of their fabulous wealth.
This generation is enjoying those early efforts. The men and women of to-day are perfecting the work begun by the men and women of yesterday. And so accommodating is Nature that all who call find ample means, if not abundance, the reward of their industry.
Utah became a State in 1895. Her prestige has grown in a more marked degree from that date than throughout all the years before. Cities have sprung up, valleys have been dotted with countless homes, the rock-ribbed hills have been probed for the riches within. Capital has found its way into every section of the State and has been profit- ably employed. New population in a continuous stream pours into Utah, adding wealth and bettering the condition of all.
A more healthful section has not been found. Neither is there a State where greater attention is given to education than here. The per- centage of illiteracy is remarkably low. All religions are represented.
Utah contains 87,750 square miles. About one-third the area is capable of cultivation, or is a range for sheep and cattle. Probably three-fifths of the area is occupied by mountain ranges, filled with precious metals, coal, salt, iron and building materials. The remainder is arid.
Great though the total of the mineral product is in Utah, the product of the farms, orchards and ranges is greater, and the annual increase of the irrigated area of the State promises to keep pace with the swift development of the mines. Utah promises to become one of the greatest fruit-growing States in the Union.
There are opportunities for all in Utah.
BITS OF INFORMATION
Utah mines have paid a little more than $80,000,000 in dividends.
There are 2,135,000 acres of land under irrigation, with 10,000,000 more that may be irrigated. About two-thirds of Utah's population engages in agriculture.
Utah produces annually about 265,000 barrels of salt.
There are 7,424,792 acres of national forest in Utah; and for the year ending July 1, 1908, they brought $32,152 cash returns.
There are 8,000 miles of public roads in Utah; 3,000 of them in the mountains.
Population of Salt Lake City, 1908, according to E. L. Polk & Company, 112,346.
Salt Lake City streets are 132 feet wide.
The building front of each block is 660 feet.
No congestion, no darkness.
Business street surface all asphalt— no cobbles.
Salt Lake has 150.054 miles of paved sidewalks and 50 miles more are being constructed.
Area of Salt Lake City (including reservation), sq. miles 47
Miles of streets 330
Miles of streets graded, 311.35 ; and paved, 18.65 . . . 330
Railroads entering city 6
Miles electric street railway 105
Miles public sewers 106
Miles gas mains 90
Miles water mains laid 167
Capacity of water supply per day (av.), gals 39,000,000
Electric street lights 663
Daily newspapers 5
Church bodies 15
Church buildings 44
Volumes in free public library, January 1, 1909 . . . 33,140
Acres in Liberty Park 100
Acres in Pioneer Park 10
Thermal and mineral springs 4
Public schools 27
Teachers in public schools 464
School population 20,114
Per cent, in attendance 94.2
Value of school property $1,461,897
Cost of City and County Building $955,000
Cost of Mormon Temple $1,326,241
Annual death rate per thousand 13
Tax rate, State 5
Tax rate. State school 3
Tax rate, city, mills 13
Tax rate, city schools, mills 9
Tax rate, county 4.5
Tax rate, county schools 2.5
Tax rate, State, city and county, total mills 37
Assessed value Salt Lake City's real and personal property $48,896,349
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PROGRESSIVE AND BEAUTIFUL SALT LAKE CITY
BY C. C. GOODWIN
Progress is in the very air of Salt Lake. Solomon's Temple arose without the sound of axe or hammer in its immediate vicinity, but it was seven years in building and a longer time in preparation. Salt Lake can beat Solomon's Temple now, and were it planted here in all its pristine splendor, it would be voted a squatty affair. And where now there are unsightly structures, in a year's time there will be palaces, which by comparison would make that temple of Solomon's look like a bungalow.
We are speaking, thus far, only of the grand edifices, those of marble and onyx and woven steel, but they are not the strength or promise of Salt Lake's future greatness, they are but evidences of a greatness already here, for such structures can only exist where the hosts outside are working for the wealth that makes the work of the few possible.
Go outside ; on every street there will be heard the ring of hammers, the rhythm of saw and trowel; the hurry, hurry to prepare for those here, and for those who are coming.
And why not ! Commerce and trade have made this a central station.
Education has made this a central seat.
Music has reserved this place for her divine harmonies.
This is the spot to which the sullen mountains send their treasures to have them transfigured. Here is where the sunlight and the pure air make a natural sanitarium.
Here is where all creeds meet to wrestle and decide which is serving best men below and Omnipotent above.
Here is where nature fixed her perfect bathing resorts, and the city cannot keep up with the demand for homes and business places.
Then, after all, the city does not compare as yet with its surround- ings. In the long ago some vagrant artists from summerland strayed away, bringing with them some of the dyes which they use above and which are immortal: Being dusty through travel when they found Great Salt Lake they determined upon si bath.
They laid down their paints and brushes, folded their wings and dove into the clear waters. At first the salt got in their eyes and throats, but they took in the situation quickly, and it was close upon sunset when they came out radiant, their wings once more as white as when they left Paradise, and their appetites were renewed. They had brought along a few pint bottles, but it was then as it is now, they could not get a cracker or a piece of cheese on Sunday in any "public place" in Zion and that time the places were all public.
But their bottles helped them out.
Just then the setting sun hung over the desert to the west and its refracted rays turned the snow on the Wasatch to purple and gold, even after the sun had disappeared. And these visitors, enchanted, seized their brushes and dipping them in the immortal dyes painted the mountains, the lake, the valley; and the picture they made lingers still and makes this a place of enchantment, and when it shall be a little more seen the whole world will want to come and make a home here.
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MINING AND ITS SUCCESSES BY HORACE DUNBAR
Contained within the States of Utah, Idaho and Nevada is a vast mineral empire, whose resources, imperfectly demonstrated as they are in proportion to the possibilities, are as abundant and varied as could be found in any three of the richest and more thoroughly developed States of the Union.
Although mining has been carried on in these three States for many years, there was an extremely wide field to be covered, and it was a field which sorely tried, but never daunted, the hardy pioneer. Lack of proper transportation facilities, of adequate mine equipment, of a ready market for the product of the mines and the doleful scarcity of nature's great boons to mankind— food and water — all have combined to retard the proper exploitation of this immense storehouse of mineral wealth. And even at this late day, when one wonders if there really is any pio- neering possible in the West, a person does not need to go far beyond the railroad tracks to find himself in a wilderness of opportunity untouched and unclaimed by the hand of man, and equally in a wilderness where all the comforts of life are wanting.
Gold, silver, copper and lead comprise the main mineral produc- tion of Utah, Idaho and Nevada. In the early days Nevada was dotted from one end to another with silver camps. Utah witnessed the climb and fall of innumerable gold and silver districts which had made most honorable history for the "West, and Idaho as well has suffered in many spots from declines in mining. The hardships of early mining were responsible for this. There are numerous camps of the West holding mining properties equipped with extensive and expensive machinery. Much of this machinery was brought round the Horn by sailing vessels, thence transported across the deserts by ox teams at a cost of eight cents per pound. The nearest smelter was in Swansea, Wales, and quite naturally only the highest grade ore could be mined and marketed. When silver began receiving death blows at the hands of the govern- ments of the world all the famous camps were abandoned, and not until recent years has capital entered into what at one time were scenes of extensive mining operations which were productive of countless millions of dollars, which formed the foundation for the majority of the greatest fortunes of the United States.
On investigation it was found that all the old camps were teeming with ores developed by the early operators, but whose comparatively modest metallic contents precluded sale under former conditions. Modern metallurgical knowledge and newly installed reduction works brought these resources into instant availability, and the rejuvenation of abandoned camps began on all sides. The early operator also recog- nized only a few formations which he knew were productive of the sort of mineral results he desired. To-day geological formations which he
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•despised are producing returns which surpass results the old-timer achieved.
Instead of equipping individual mines with their own reduction works, capital wisely centered its energies on selecting a central point where smelting operations could be carried on in a manner equally beneficial to all. This policy gave to Salt Lake City the distinction of being the smelting center of the United States. Within sight of the •city the American Smelting and Refining Company, the United States .Smelting, Refining and Mining Company, the Utah Consolidated Com- pany, the Bingham Consolidated Company, and the Yampa Company, all were operating smelting plants up to 1907.
In answer to litigation instigated by the farming element in the Salt Lake valley, the courts closed practically all these plants late in the year mentioned. It was asserted that the fumes from the stacks destroyed vegetation and animal life. This necessitated improved devices to prevent smelting operations from injuring the surrounding farm usefulness, and right successfully have the smelting companies met the issue. Out of the wrecks have risen new smelters, until to-day, early in 1909, the American Company at Murray is operating a lead- silver smelter, and one of the greatest copper smelters in the world at Garfield, on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, near Salt Lake City. The United States Company is smelting silver and lead ores at Bingham Junction. The Yampa Company is treating its own ores at Bingham, and in Tooele County, near the Great Salt Lake, the International Smelting and Refining Company is spending millions of dollars in rushing to completion one of the largest and most modern copper smel- ters in the world. In addition, there is a silver-lead-copper smelter in Tintic, Utah, and a copper smelter at Ogden.
Among the old camps once famous, and now revived to tremendous activity and success are Bingham, Utah, and Ely, Nevada, both copper camps of magnitude. In each camp huge mountains of low-grade copper ore are being eaten down by scores of steam shovels, the ore being hurried via special railroad lines to mammoth concentrating plants, where the low-grade porphyry ore is concentrated to a grade which admits of profitable smelting. Pioche, Nevada, a one-time richly productive silver-lead camp, to-day is answering the call of capital with splendid ore developments, while in all the three States new camps spring up from day to day, which illustrates how imperfectly the field has been covered.
Idaho stands out distinctively as one of the great lead-producing States of the Union, the Coeur d'Alene district being the most famed lead camp in the world. Unlike most lead camps, whose heavy metal values give way at depth to copper or some other metal, nothing but lead, and in ever increasing quantities, has been found with the deepest of work. Nevada during the past five years has astonished the world with its discoveries of new gold fields, following closely on which finds have been the extensive and successful development of silver, lead and copper camps.
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The following statistics will show the mineral standing of the three States, the figures being taken from the year 1907, owing to the incom- plete statistical record for 1908:
In 1907 Utah stood fifth in rank of the gold-producing States of the Union, producing 247,758 ounces— value, $5,121,600; second in silver production, with an output of 11,406,900 ounces— value, $7,528,500; third in lead production, with an output of 54,738 tons ; fourth in copper, with an output of 68,333,115 pounds.
Idaho ranked ninth in gold, with an output of 60,754 ounces— value, $1,255,900; fifth in silver, with an output of 7,888,400 ounces— value, $5,206,300; second in lead, with an output of 111,697 tons; seventh in copper, with an output of 11,471,101 pounds.
Nevada ranks fourth in gold, with an output of 745,507 ounces— value, $15,411,000 ; fourth in silver, with an output of 8,280,500 ounces -value, $5,465,100 ; sixth in lead, with an output of 3,400 tons ; eleventh in copper, with an output of 1,462,450 pounds.
The first large, low-grade, low-cost copper producer of Utah to emphasize its merits by entering the dividend-paying column was the Utah Copper Company of Bingham. Following closely on its heels is the Boston Consolidated Company, with the Ohio Copper Company on the verge of operations in its new milling plant. These great mines are just coming into their own, and the year 1909 should find the copper output for Utah reaching well above the 100,000,000-pound mark. Throughout the State are numerous new copper camps which are developing fast, and vast sections are known to exist where nothing but the wise application of capital will open red metal mines of magnitude.
In Ely, Nevada has one of the mammoth low-grade copper camps of the world, and gigantic concentrating plants and smelters near the mines are now in highly successful operation. The next extensive copper camp of Nevada is known as the Yerington District, but legally named the Mason Mining District. Yerington, unlike Bingham and Ely, contains straight smelting copper ores which require no prelim- inary treatment before they are fit for the smelter furnaces. This dispenses with the installation of expensive concentrating mills, taking less capital to reach the coveted goal of production. Other copper sections of Nevada are being brought prominently to the attention of the world, and that there are other Elys and Binghams in the two States is demonstrated by the liberal expenditures of money now seen on all sides. Recent developments in heretofore untouched portions of Idaho prove that an enormous field awaits the activities of the prospector and investor in its mineral-ribbed mountains. New railroads and new wagon roads continually are being built to sections which once were inaccessible.
In addition to their wealth of mineral deposits, the hills of Utah are seamed with high-grade coal, another undeveloped field which needs only the magic hand of capital to add millions each year to the output of the State. Regarding the coal deposits of Utah, the seventh report
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of the Bureau of Statistics of the State of Utah, for 1907-1908, uses the following language :
"The coal-mining industry as reported by Mr. Petitt, State Coal Mine Inspector, is in a most thriving condition, due in a great measure to the settled labor conditions which have been maintained in the various mining camps for the past few years. The production has increased in quantity and value during the past five years. There is, however, much room for improvement in these respects, more particu- larly when one considers the enormous extent of the coal areas of the State.
"The coal area known as the Book Cliff (Wasatch field), extend- ing" east and west from Castle Dale, in Carbon County, to the Colorado line, and south to the southeastern part of Sevier County, covering approximately 1,600 square miles, is considered both in respect to thickness and development the most important coal field in the State. Other coal areas are: The Coalville or Weber River field in Summit County; in the northeastern portion of the State, the Henry's Fork and A shley Creek coal area ; large coal areas in Uintah County ; the Henry Mountain District, and in the southwestern portion of the State the Colob plateau, showing the wide distribution of coal lands in the State. ' '
In eastern Utah lies one of the most valuable and extensive hydro- carbon deposits in the world. One of the principal products from this seldom-mentioned field is asphaltum, while from these deposits are made paints, mineral rubber, medicines and numerous other materials which find their way into the world's commerce.
Oil of the finest quality, and in a sufficient quantity to justify the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, is being developed in San Juan County, Utah, while the Virgin field in southern Utah gives promise of becoming an important oil center of the West.
The "Mining World" of Chicago, in its issue of April 3, 1909, gives the names of forty-one dividend-paying mining companies in Utah; twenty-five in Nevada and seven in Idaho. In the Silver King Coalition Mines Syndicate of Park City, Utah, the State during the first quarter of 1909 held the greatest silver-lead dividend-paying company in this hemisphere. Considerably over one hundred millions of dollars have been distributed to stockholders in the shape of dividends by Utah mining companies since any record was taken, which excludes close corporations not giving to the world their profit sharing.
In spite of the great production of the three States which compose this empire, and in spite of the many new fields continually springing into fame, a virgin territory awaits the man of money and brains within their boundary lines. New problems confront the mining and metallurgical engineer, offering a remunerative opening for numerous experts from year to year, which cannot help but attract the young and ambitious the world over. These States are merely in the bud, and present an ideal opportunity for safe and constant investment.
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This corporation, which lias its head offices in Boston and has a capitalization of $75,000,000, operates its various mines, mills and smelters under local titles. Its lead and copper mines at Bingham, Utah, are operated under the title of the United States Mining Com- pany; its concentrator and lead and copper smelter at Bingham Junction, Utah, as the United States Smelting Company; its mines at Eureka, Utah, as the Centennial Eureka Mining Company, and the Bullion Beck & Champion Mining Company; its lime quarry as the United States Lime Company, and its Stores Department as the United States Stores Company. At its smelting plant at Bingham Junction, near Salt Lake City, it receives custom ores from all the inter-mountain States. It has developed at this plant its secret process for the handling1 of smelter fumes, so that, whilst it daily treats from 1200 to 2000 tons of ore, its stacks are free from fumes or elements that are in any way damaging to vegetation. It has recently made improvements in its method of concentrating ores by which it will separate, electro-statically, the zinc from the iron, thus effecting, by a new process, a large saving of zinc that heretofore has been wasted. In addition to these Utah properties, the United States Company owns the Mammoth Copper Mining Co., which operates the Mammoth mines and copper smelter at Kennett, California ; also the Richmond-Eureka Mining Co., of Eureka, Nevada. Its bullion output is shipped to its own refineries and smelters at Grasselli, Indiana, and Chrome, New Jersey, operating under the title of the United States Metals Refining Company. In Mexico the com- pany operates in a vast territory, with mines and mills at Pachuca and Real del Monte, under the corporate title of the Compania de Real del Monte y Pachuca.
Altogether the United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Company has an up-to-date organization and a name for fair dealing with its customers that has resulted in the development of an enormous metal business which is constantly expanding. It is ready with a competent field engineering staff to examine any and all mining1 properties of merit as well as to mill, smelt, refine and market all grades of ore, bullion, metallurgical products and metals. Its principal office is at 55 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., and its local office is located on the ninth floor of the Newhouse Building, Salt Lake City, under the control of Geo. W. Heintz, its general manager for Utah, etc.
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DEEP CREEK MINING DISTRICT
Deep Creek is a mining district of unsurpassed mineral wealth. It is situ- ated in the western part of Tooele and Juab counties, Utah, and is about one hundred and twenty-five miles distant from Salt Lake City. It is reached by the new "Western Pacific Railway, now practically completed between Salt Lake City and San Francisco, California.
The most heavily mineralized section of the country is in the Deep Creek mountains, although the mines begin with the Dugway range and continue westward to the Nevada line. The Deep Creek range is some fifty miles in length and is heavily timbered and well watered. Some of the higher peaks have an elevation of 12,000 feet.
The mines of this region have been producing for the past thirty years, and millions of dollars worth of ore has been treated or placed upon the dumps. In the earlier history of the country, several small smelters were operated; but with the gradual decline in the price of silver, they were forced to close. Lead- silver was the only ore treated in those days, and little effort was made to develop the other resources of the country. But during the past few years, mining operations have been extensive, and some of the most remarkable ore bodies ever opened in the State have been developed. Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc and iron have been found to exist in immense quantity; while bismuth, tin, nickel, antimony, tungsten and molybdenum are all found, particularly in the north end of the range. This is the only section of Utah where tin has ever been found. A large body of bismuth-gold ore has been developed on the property of the Lucy L. Mining and Milling Company. This is probably the only prop- erty in the United States that has bismuth ore in quantity and of commercial value. The vein is a very large one and is developed to the depth of over three hundred feet.
The Lucy L. Company has upon the same property a monster copper vein. It has been developed to the depth of five hundred feet and is two hundred and fifty feet in width. The ore is mostly a sulphide.
Assays from the veins of the Lucy L. mine, from miscellaneous samples, run from $1.34 to $33,365.00 gold; from seven to forty-seven ounces silver; from twenty to sixty-eight per cent, bismuth ; from two to twenty-seven per cent, cop- per; from sixteen to thirty-eight per cent, lead; tin, one and sixty-five hun- dredths per cent ; nickel, sixty-five hundredths per cent.
The general office of the Lucy L. Company is in Salt Lake City. The con- trolling interest is held by Wilson Brothers, Frank L. Wilson and Clyde H. Wilson, whose interests extend through forty miles of the Deep Creek range. It has been largely through the instrumentality of the Wilson Brothers that the Deep Creek section has been so extensively developed; and no one is more familiar with the mineral wealth and possibilities of that country, which is amply demonstrated by their splendid properties.
The Clifton Copper Belt Mining Company, whose property is on the same mineral belt and a mile south of the Lucy L., is in many respects similar to the Lucy L. The ores are gold, silver, copper, lead, bismuth, tin, nickel and molyb- denum. The ore bodies most extensively developed are copper-gold and silver- lead. Some of the richest ores in the district are found in this property. The average ore is of uniformly high grade.
The Seminole Copper Company adjoins the Clifton Copper Belt on the south end and the mineralization is practically the same as upon the Copper Belt. The company owns two hundred and forty acres of patented ground in the Clifton District. There is probably no other property in the Deep Creek section of greater merit.
The Wilson Consolidated Mining Company has twelve claims, about two hundred and thirty acres. Six of the claims are in the Clifton District and six in the Willow Springs District, adjoining Clifton on the south. The ores are copper, lead, silver and gold, arid large bodies are exposed.
The Western Pacific Copper Company is located in the higher part of the Deep Creek range, in the Willow Springs Mining District. The property is well watered and timbered and is splendidly located for the economical extrac- tion of the large bodies of ore. This property has the distinction of being the earliest shipper of high-grade copper ore from the Deep Creek country. The ore averages thirteen per cent, copper; twenty-five per cent, lead; twenty- four per cent, iron, and some silver and gold. It is the most extensively devel- oped property in the Willow Springs District.
Since better transportation facilities are now offered, the greatest activity prevails in the different districts, and it is confidently believed that one of the greatest mining booms in the history of the West is just beginning.
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UTAH FUEL COMPANY
Among the many natural resources of the State of Utah which have tended to make the State one of the most prominent and most desirable are its coal beds, which are the richest and largest in the West. That these huge beds and strata of coal have merely been scratched, as it were, is apparent, and that the coal industry in this State will ere long become one of the biggest propositions in the State is generally acknowl- edged by all those conversant with the geological conditions existing in .the coal belt. In 1882 the Pleasant Valley Coal Company was incor- porated at a time when the magnitude of the coal belts was first appre- ciated. This company, with offices in Salt Lake City, began to mine the product and supplied the entire State with fuel for both domestic and commercial purposes.
In the year 1900 the Utah Fuel Company was organized and that to-day it is one of the biggest propositions in the country is due largely to the foresight of those who organized and who have so successfully developed the mines. The capitalization of the company is $10,000,000 and some idea of the magnitude of the company and its properties may be gained when it is known that the properties ship this necessary fuel to Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, Montana and California. While a greater part of the business is confined to the States of Utah and Colorado, still the company ships large quantities of the black diamonds to the States mentioned because of the fact that the coal mined here is of a superior grade and is eagerly sought for by dealers in the other inter-mountain States.
The mines of the company are located at Clear Creek and Castle Gate, from which places comes a superior grade of domestic coal, and at Winter Quarters and Sunnyside. The last named camp is where the coke industry of the company is carried on exclusively. This is one of the busiest camps of the company, and the activity evidenced there is truly remarkable. In Colorado the company has a mine located at Somerset. From this mine a large tonnage is extracted every year and most of the coal from it is used in that State. Conservatively speaking, it is estimated that the tonnage of all the properties of the company is about 2,000,000 tons annually. This shows the magnitude of the company's properties, and, as the coal deposits are seemingly inex- haustible, it is safe to predict that the business of the company will increase wonderfully. The coke production is also very large, amount- ing to 350,000 tons, all of which comes from the hundreds of coke ovens at Sunnyside.
At the present time the company employs approximately 2300 men and this number will be increased as the mines are further developed. The company has its own houses in all of the camps mentioned, and the employes have modern and up-to-date structures to live in at a very small rental and everything done for them that can be done for their comfort and good living.
The officers of the Utah Fuel Company are: E. T. Jeffrey, presi- dent, New York City ; C. H. Schlacks, vice-president, Denver, Colorado ;
A. H. Cowil, vice-president, Salt Lake City; H. G. Williams, general manager, Salt Lake City ; W. 0. Williams, auditor, Salt Lake City ; W.
B. Williams, general superintendent, Salt Lake City; M. P. Braffet, general solicitor, Salt Lake City ; A. C. Watts, chief engineer, Salt Lake City, and E. A. Greenwood, assistant treasurer, Salt Lake City.
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INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE BUILDING
UTAH INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE COMPANY
The Utah Independent Telephone Company is a Utah corporation having an authorized capital of $1,000,000. The company was organ- ized in January, 1903, and one year later the business was established and the company prepared to furnish service. The company has grown steadily from the beginning, and its Salt Lake Exchange at the present time is considered to be one of the largest and best equipped exchanges in the Middle West country.
The executive officers of the company are : H. A. Harvey, president ; Fred B. Jones, general superintendent ; D. B. Mackintosh, auditor ; and Benjamin R. Howell, secretary and treasurer. The directors are: Waldemar Van Cott, managing director; H. A. Harvey, Lawrence
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Green, S. F. Fenton, Heber M. Wells, James H. Moyle, Geo. T. Odell, John D. Spencer, and Heber J. Grant.
The company owns its buildings and real estate in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Park City and Eureka. The company's buildings are con- structed of brick, with steel frames, and are all of modern fire-proof construction. It maintains thirteen exchanges, at the following points : American Fork, Bingham Canyon, Brigham City, Eureka, Logan, Mur- ray, Ogden, Park City, Payson, Provo, Salt Lake City, and Spanish Fork, Utah; and Preston, Idaho, and has established connection with over sixty-five villages and towns in the States of Utah and Idaho. It employs approximately two hundred persons in Salt Lake City alone, and as many more throughout the territory which is served by the company.
The company began business with about 1500 telephones actually installed and at the present time has ten times this number in use. The company has recently established a system of operating between Salt Lake City and Ogden which is known as the ' ' two-number operating, ' ' whereby the residents of either city are enabled to call each other by number instead of by name, and the aid of the long distance operator is eliminated, thereby giving the most rapid service between the two municipalities. The rapidly increasing use of this class of service by the public is an evidence of the satisfaction with which it has been received.
The company has made a specialty of private branch exchanges for business houses, and the rapid growth of this feature of the company's business is an evidence of its popularity with the company's sub- scribers. These exchanges have latterly been rapidly installed in the business houses in the principal towns and cities of the State which the company serves, and are giving most excellent satisfaction. The company furnishes operators for the exchanges, who are taken from the ranks of the experienced employees of the company at the time the system is installed. Business men who have tried this system have never in any case been otherwise than satisfied with the investment.
The company's headquarters in Salt Lake City are at 115 South State Street and a visit to them amply repays the time spent. The entire system of the company is conducted on the strictest of business principles, and the result of this policy is shown by the rapidly grow- ing popularity of the company. The company's progress to date consti- tutes a splendid monument to the efficient management of the com- pany's affairs and the energy and ability of its executive officers. Strict attention to business, uniform courtesy and frank dealing with the public is required of each and every employee of the company through- out the entire system. This policy has gone far toward the upbuilding of the institution.
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UTAH-IDAHO SUGAR COMPANY
The Utah-Idaho Sugar Company is perhaps the largest institution in the United States devoted to the manufacture of sugar from beets. The growth of the company has been remarkable. It now has six large factories and it has planned for the year 1909-10 to produce over 1,000,000 bags. The product last year was 987,013 bags. The capacity of the plants and their location follows :
Lehi, Utah, 1000 tons daily; Garland, Utah, 600 tons daily; Idaho Falls, Ida., 600 tons; Sugar City, Idaho, 800 tons; Blackfoot, Idaho, 600 tons ; Nampa, Idaho, 600 tons ; or a total daily capacity of 4200 tons.
This company has an authorized capital of $10,000,000 preferred stock, and $3,000,000 common stock. It has issued $8,102,180 of its preferred stock and the entire amount of its common stock. The officers of the company follow : Joseph F. Smith, president ; Thomas R. Cutler, vice-president and general manager; Horace G. Whitney, sec- retary and treasurer. The board of directors is composed of Joseph F. Smith, John Henry Smith, John R. Winder, Thomas R. Cutler, Heber J. Grant, John C. Cutler, W. S. McCornick, George Romney and C. W. Nibley. The offices of the company are at Salt Lake City, Utah.
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IRRIGATION IN UTAH
There are few big farms in Utah upon which diversified crops are grown. There are large farms which grow nothing but grain, but these are known as dry or arid farms. Those farms which are under irrigation are necessarily small farms, for the product is extraordinarily large. Three crops of alfalfa are harvested. One acre of ground will return a net profit of $100 if sugar beets are raised. Eighteen hundred bushels of onions are produced to one acre of ground. Eight hundred bushels of potatoes have been grown on an acre. Fruit growers get returns of one thousand bushels of peaches, that is, twenty-five hundred boxes from an acre, other fruits in like proportion. All this is due to irrigation.
Utah is the mother of irrigation. The first irrigating canals were constructed in Utah, more than 50 years ago. One that carries water a distance of 40 miles from Utah Lake to Salt Lake City, built more than 40 years ago, still furnishes water for irrigation for Salt Lake City. Originally, irrigation plants were constructed in Utah by private individuals. The projects at the end of the year 1909 under construction in the State will reclaim 700,000 acres of land.
The total cultivable acreage of land in Utah has been estimated at twenty millions. Of this 2,114,634 acres are under cultivation, while the remainder of acres irrigated is two and a half millions. And the produce from the culti- vated lands in 1908 aggregated over eighteen and a half million dollars, and this upon 22,000 farms.
These figures in brief give some idea of what irrigation has done for Utah. The report of the State Board of Land Commissioners for the year 1908, the last available report, shows that applications have been made to borrow money for reservoir projects to an aggregate amount of a half a million dollars beyond that which the board has money to supply.
The predominating influence upon home life in the irrigated districts is that contentment which comes with the assurance of success. Hopes materialize here, and ambitions are satisfied. To properly work an irrigated farm does not require toil from sunup in the morning until sundown at night, and then an hour or two of evening chores. To the young man, irrigation farming offers a wide field for his energies. The rewards are certain and commensurate with his ambitions. To the men who have reached middle age and see approaching the leisure time of life, it offers the opportunity to enjoy old age in a sunny climate, in a quiet, fertile valley, where the fields smile in their abundance and the lofty mountain peaks in the distance give inspiration to the mind and uplift to the hopes that spring eternal in the human soul.
The quest for gold lured men into the desert, but they never dreamed of the wealth those barren deserts would produce. Those early Argonauts thought the desert would yield nothing except nuggets washed from the sands, or quartz torn by the pick from fissures of rock. To-day, a small desert valley will in a short time yield more wealth than a whole mining camp will' produce.
Utah can never overproduce itself in farm products. Only eleven per cent, of its entire area is available for cultivation ; eight per cent, is now under culti- vation, and there remains only three per cent, to be placed under cultivation. Mining, manufacturing, and other industries are still in their infancy, but they already consume far more than this eight per cent, of producing land can fur-
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nish. The product of the remaining three per cent., when it conies upon the market, will make no change in the relations of a short supply against a demand which sustains the market prices upon all farm products at the highest figures.
In Utah, conditions surrounding irrigation differ in many respects from other sections of the arid region, the difference being in the physical features. The average Utah farm is about twenty-five acres. One cubic foot of water has sup- plied seventy-five acres of land, while the cost of water is less per acre to the Utah farmer than elsewhere in the arid region, ranging from twenty-five to sixty cents per acre. In a few instances it has cost $3 per acre, but it seldom reaches a dollar.
At present the Government has but one project ; that, the Strawberry Valley. There are several big reservoir schemes — the Hatchtown, one which will cost $100,000, and which will bring under cultivation five thousand acres of land in Garfield County ; and the Piute reservoir project, which will bring under culti- vation twenty thousand acres.
When the scientific Western farmer first turned his attention to irrigation, with the whole of the Western lands to pick from, and with the most favorable tracts lying adjacent to deep rivers, the pioneer irrigator could bring his land under the irrigating ditch at a surprisingly low cost; but as the water supply was taken up, and the lands lying in favorable location became harder and harder to secure, the cost of putting water on the lands has constantly risen, and irri- gated lands will always increase in value, for the reason that they are yearly in demand and the supply is limited.
Later on land will be placed on the market by irrigation companies at $500, and even $1,000 per acre, for already many Utah irrigated farms are held at these figures, and find ready purchasers. In some instances it has been possible to put water on the land and place the same on the market at $50 per acre, while the bare cost of watering other lands would be ten times as much, so one can readily see where the reserve supply of lands is coming from, and what the cost will be. Future irrigation plans will include immense reservoirs in the moun- tains, great water storages which will be built at fabulous cost, and these water systems will water high-priced lands.
On January 1, 1908, there were 180,000,000 of acres of land unsettled in the United States. These figures are staggering to the unthinking man, and seem enough for farms for the whole world for years to come, but the thing to really stagger one is that in 1907 the demand was for 20,000,000 acres more land than was cultivated in 1906, so at this rate the entire 180,000,000 of acres will easily be settled within the next nine years. Many authorities believe that the entire amount of lands now held open to settlers will be exhausted within the next five years, and with the great trend of Western immigration, and the marvelous growth of Western cities, and the unprecedented demand for irrigated farms, five years seems a fair estimate of time to place on the final limit when public lands will no longer be open to the settler.
Utah, which was the pioneer of irrigation, has been made to blossom as the rose. Sage-brush plains have become fertile fields, all due to the conserva- tion of the waters, impounding of the water in great reservoirs, and, when needed, a scientific distribution made. This is what has made Utah and what ultimately, with the great treasures stored in the mountain forests, will make it one of the greatest States in the Union.
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Z. C. M. L, the initials of the largest and most important commercial establishment in the Rocky Mountain region, are well known in business and financial circles throughout America and Europe.
Organized October 16, 1868, business commenced in March of the following year, the first year's sales amounting to $1,230,700. Since that time the total sales have reached the enormous sum of $130,000,000, averaging more than $3,000,000 per annum for over forty years. In 1908 the sales were almost $6,000,000.
Since the period of organization the cash dividends have aggregated $3,369,598.15, an average of more than 9 per cent, for the entire period, although for several years past a dividend of 12 per cent, has been paid. The stock is held by about 600 stockholders, who reside in all parts of the world.
The store originally occupied 50 x 315 ft. A store of similar size was soon added, and later a store 60 foot front was built to the north. The Institution now covers a floor space of 200,000 square feet, and a further extension is now being planned. Retail departments occupy the ground floor, the basement and two upper floors being used for wholesale and offices.
The building is heated throughout by exhaust steam and lighted by electricity from its own plant, the steam boilers being located in a separate building in the rear of the premises, and the engines and elec- trical machinery in the basement of the factory building.
Recently a sprinkling system, the first in Utah, was installed at a cost of $26,000, to safeguard the building against fire. The essential feature is a valve made of fusible metal, which melts at a temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and throws water at the rate of 125 gallons a minute, completely saturating every inch of space within a radius of from 9 to 12 feet per sprinkler head. There are 3,700 of these sprinkler heads, placed eight feet apart, over 300,000 feet of pipe being necessary to install the system.
In 1905 a warehouse 120 x 200 feet, having three floors, was erected on Fourth West Street, convenient to both railway depots, just south of Second South, at an expense of $40,000.
Over 500 employees are on Z. C. M. I. 's pay-roll, the salaries totaling over $30,000 a month.
In connection with the store a shoe factory was established in 1870, and in 1878 a clothing factory. The factory building, located in the rear of the store, is 50 x 165 feet in size, and contains four floors and a basement. The capacity is 500 pairs of shoes and 100 dozen denim garments daily.
The Institution has branches at Provo, Utah, and Idaho Falls, Idaho.
The officers and directors are : Joseph Smith, president; George Romney, vice-president; Thomas G. Webber, secretary; A. W. Carlson, treasurer. Directors : Heber J. Grant, John R. Winder, John R. Barnes, John Henry Smith, Francis M. Lyman, Anthon H. Lund, Wm. H. Mclntyre, Reed Smoot, T. G. Webber, L. S. Hills, A. W. Carlson; Thomas G. Webber, general manager.
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THE MINE & SMELTER SUPPLY COMPANY
This company, having branch houses in Denver, Colo., Salt Lake City, Utah, El Paso, Texas, and the City of Mexico, Mex., with general offices at 42 Broadway, New York City, is the largest concern in the world handling mining and smelting machinery and supplies exclusively. Their territory covers the entire Rocky Mountain mining districts from British Columbia to the Isthmus of Panama.
The Salt Lake branch was opened in 1898, having taken over the business of the Utah & Montana Machinery Company, which had been doing business in this city for a number of years.
Like the other branches located in Denver, El Paso and the City of Mexico, this company has made a reputation in Utah in the machinery and smelter supply line which has placed it in the front rank of similar concerns throughout the entire country. During the last eleven years the Salt Lake branch has become the distributing point for mine sup- plies in Utah, Montana, Idaho and Nevada.
The Mine & Smelter Supply Company owns control and manufac- tures the Wilfley concentrating table and the Wilfley slime table. These machines are in use almost exclusively in every mining district in the world where concentration is necessary.
This company is the exclusive representative in its territory of a number of large Eastern manufacturers who manufacture machinery and supplies covered by their line, such as the Henry R. Worthington Pump Co., the Knowles Steam Pump Co., Deane Steam Pump Co., Blake Steam Pump Co. in their pump line; the Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon Co., air compressors; Frost Manufacturing Co., boilers and engines; the Ransome Concrete Machinery Co., concrete machinery; Revere Rub- ber Co., rubber goods.
They have the exclusive sale of the Mine & Smelter Supply Com- pany's assay balance, manufactured for them by Wilfred Heusser in Salt Lake City, which is without a doubt the highest-grade instrument of the kind made. This balance has a number of improvements which appeal to the users of this class of instruments. The Mine & Smelter Supply Company's stock includes all the requirements of mine, mill and smelter from assay supplies to the heavy machinery used in milling and smelting plants.
The Salt Lake office and salesroom of the company are located at No. 121 to 125 West Second South Street and the warehouse is located on Third South and Fifth West Street. The Salt Lake branch is under the management of J. W. Gates.
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THE CULLEN HOTEL
Among the hotels of Salt Lake City, none is more popular, none more famous than is the Cullen, which is run upon the European plan. Modern in every way, with all the conveniences necessary to make guests comfortable, it enjoys a patronage second to none in this great inter-mountain empire. Situated in the heart of the business center of Salt Lake, convenient to all the theatres, it has long been a favorite with the traveling public.
The Cullen contains two hundred rooms with telephones and run- ning water, and there are one hundred rooms with private baths. The sample rooms are very large and commodious, thus assuring comfort and convenience to commercial men.
The Cullen is equipped with a modern sanitary cleaning plant, by which no dust ever arises in hall or room, the cleaning being done by compressed air. It is the only house in Salt Lake that is equipped this way.
Attached to the Cullen is a popular-priced cafe with a cuisine that is as unexcelled as is the service. The cafe has its own refrigerating plant and all the other conveniences which are so necessary to perfec- tion in the art of cooking.
The office is large and is equipped and furnished in a manner that insures comfort and luxury for guests. No more popular hosts live than B. B. Heywood and John Condon, while the office force is made up of practical hotel people who know how to care for patrons.
The Cullen is the oldest hotel in Salt Lake ; it is the most modern ; it is most centrally located ; it is convenient to all railway stations, all cars to which pass the hotel. All this makes it a desirable place to live when sojourning in Salt Lake City.
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
One of the pioneer business institutions of the West, and one that has created a big industry in the inter-mountain country, is the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company, which maintains comprehensive local and long-distance telephone service throughout Utah, Idaho, Mon- tana and Wyoming.
The company's history is interesting. It was started as a small local concern in Utah only a few years after the telephone had been developed to the point where it gave promise of becoming a commercial utility, and has grown steadily until now its lines reach to all parts of the four States that constitute its territory and connect with other lines extending through other States.
It has achieved remarkable success in an unusually difficult terri- tory, where it has covered more area in proportion to population than any other telephone company in the country. Its territory embraces almost every condition of topography and climate to be found in the United States and it has met and solved successfully many problems that it had to meet without the benefit of a precedent in the telephone business anywhere.
It has been a conspicuous factor in the development of its field, commercially and socially, by providing the right sort of quick com- munication between all portions of its territory. It is now operating eight thousand miles of long-distance pole lines, connecting 1200 dif- ferent points in the four States, thus furnishing the universal telephone service that alone is adequate to meet the needs of a busy and growing- region. The thoroughness with which it has developed its territory in the face of so many adverse physical conditions is regarded as mar- velous by the leading telephone men of the country.
It has been quick to take advantage of every improvement of merit developed in the business, and is engaged continuously in extending its system to meet the growth of the territory and in improving existing plants in order to cover the field properly and to be able to give the right sort of service at all times.
The company was formed by Western men under the laws of Utah, and it remains a Utah corporation to this day. Its stock is still held largely by persons living in its own territory, thus making it essentially a "home" institution, while at the same time it has, through its affilia- tion with the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, the advantage of connections with other Bell telephone companies and the benefit of the advice and services of the best minds in the telephone field. Its financial organization is sound and conservative and its rates have always been so adjusted as to earn only a fair return on the money invested in the plant.
The general offices of the company are at Salt Lake City, where the company owns one of the finest fire-proof buildings in the West, built especially with a view to providing ideal facilities for the conduct of the telephone business. The company also owns and occupies its own build- ings at twenty-five other cities in the four States.
THE BRICK AND BRICK-MAKING
A brick is such a common, such a plebeian thing that the average person has perhaps never given it a second thought. Inquiry would probably develop the fact that he had a somewhat hazy idea that it was made of earth and baked in some way — perhaps like a baked potato or a pan of biscuits — and that was about all he knew about it. If this average man were told that there is a concern in Salt Lake making 200,000 brick per day— enough to build ten modern five- room houses— he would probably be incredulous and want to be "shown," and yet it is true.
The Salt Lake Pressed Brick Company is that concern, and in the number of employees and value of product it stands well up in the list of large
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manufacturers in Utah. Its extensive plant is located at Fourteenth South and Eleventh East Streets, Salt Lake City. When the original plant was built, in 1891, it was only after exhaustive explorations for and tests of clay beds con- taining suitable brick material throughout the valley generally, from points in Davis County on the north to the vicinity of Sandy on the south. Time and experience have justified the wisdom of the selection then made. Not only has the clay proved admirably adapted to the manufacture of the finest brick, but it has been found to exist in unexpected quantities. The beds are in some places fourteen feet thick and are known to extend east from the factory for a mile and a half and to considerable distances in other directions. The company now owns 150 acres of these clay lands, and has the material to make brick for years to come. The plant itself covers nearly ten acres of ground. In its con- struction 10,000,000 brick were used, more than were required in building any ether structure or plant in Utah, the great Garfield Smelter alone excepted. The whole plant is lighted and operated, so far as power can be applied, by elec- tricity generated by two water-propelled power plants, one located in Big Cottonwood Canyon and one in Mill Creek Canyon.
The first brick plant built by the company had a capacity of 20,000 brick per day which has now grown to 200,000 per day, and it is harder to keep up with the demand now than it was then. Such success is not usually achieved without merit, the product of the company being a superior article, whether the high-grade white or red pressed brick of which so many handsome buildings in Salt Lake are constructed ; or the common brick used in inside and back walls. This superiority . is due to perfect material, adequate equipment and efficient management combined with " knowing how." These things have given the brick produced by this company a wide fame throughout the inter-mountain country and they are extensively used all over Utah, Nevada, southern Idaho and western Wyoming, going as far west as Goldfield, Nevada, and Boise, Idaho, and north to Butte, Montana. Twenty-five of the largest school buildings in Salt Lake City, besides scores of other large buildings and many hundreds of residences, have been built from the product of this factory. There is a rail- road switch to the factory from the Park City line, affording good shipping facilities.
The clay is plowed from the beds where nature placed it and scraped to the loading chutes where it falls into cars each holding enough to make 2,000 brick, and is run by mule power on an easy down grade to the clay sheds which have a storage capacity sufficient to run the factory through any period of rainy weather that may occur. From here the clay is carried by a system of endless belt conveyors and elevators through automatic machinery which grinds, screens and tempers it, finally depositing it in bins above the presses, which are to form it into brick. From these bins it drops by gravity down a chute into the presses. These are of two types, the mold presses which shape each indi- vidual brick separately under enormous pressure, and the wire cut press in which the continuous column of compressed clay forced from the orifice of the machine is automatically sliced into brick, twenty at a clip. Of the first type of machine there are four in use, two of six molds each and two of four. These are used for making the better grades of pressed brick and their combined
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capacity is 110,000 brick per day. Of the wire cut type there is but one machine in use, but it is a hustler, turning out approximately 100,000 common brick per day. In the new kiln, where the common brick are made, the handling of the brick by hand is all but eliminated. This new kiln was built late in 1907, but was i"0t put into service until the summer of 1908. It is an immense affair, 1160 feet in length, including the storage space, and 110 feet wide. It is what is called an open-top, continuous kiln, and was built from designs original with Mr. J. P. Cahoon, manager of the company. Its capacity is 4,000,000 brick. It consists of a double row of kiln chambers and over each row travels a huge electric crane which picks up 2000 brick at a time and gently deposits them either in the drying department, in a kiln chamber for firing, in the storage space, or in the railroad car for shipping, as may be desired. The brick are handled in crates and the breakage is less than it would be by hand, while the saving in labor can hardly be estimated. Another feature of the new kiln is that it has no stack, there being substituted for it to create the necessary draft, an enormous fan, driven by a fifty-five horse-power electric motor.
The finest pressed brick are burned in the Kessler kilns, six in number and holding about half a million brick. These brick are burned from twenty-two to thirty days and are heated to a white heat. There is one Hoffman continuous kiln having twenty-two chambers and a capacity of 700,000 brick, and one tun- nel continuous kiln with eighteen chambers and a capacity of 550,000. The aggregate capacity of all the kilns is 5,750,000 brick, or 220,000 for every work- ing day, the time required in drying, burning and cooling the brick being about thirty days. In other words, in thirty days from the time a brick is molded it is ready for the market.
A continuous kiln is one in which the fire is burning all the time. It con- sists of a series of connected chambers arranged either in the form of an oval or in two parallel rows, and the fire passes slowly from chamber to chamber, so that some chambers are being filled, others are burning and others are being emptied, all at the same time. This system economizes fuel, and this economy is carried further by utilizing the waste heat from the burning chambers in drying the freshly molded brick. Crushed coal, or slack, is used for fuel and is fed into the kilns through small holes in the top, about a teacupful being put into each hole every half hour. An intense, even heat, that can be regulated perfectly is thus secured and maintained as long as desired. As they come from the kiln all brick except the common are sorted, or shaded as it is called, to secure absolute uniformity of color and quality. Certain red clay produces the red brick, other clay produces the white brick, and the color is also somewhat affected by differences in burning.
The company employs about 200 men and has $30,000 invested in teams engaged mainly in delivering brick throughout Salt Lake City. A roomy, con- venient and up-to-date brick office building is now under construction and will be ready for occupancy in a few weeks. A down-town office is maintained at 126 Main Street, where an interesting display of the products of the factory may be seen. John P. Cahoon is president and manager of the company ; George Curley, vice-president ; Wm. S. Simkins, treasurer.
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HOUSTON EEAL ESTATE INVESTMENT COMPANY
Modest men are those who compose the Houston Real Estate Invest- ment Company, one of the oldest firms engaged in this line of business in Salt Lake City. The officers of the company are : J. W. Houston, pres- ident; A. W. Houston, vice-president; C. W. Johnson, secretary and treasurer. The capital is $10,000. The company was incorporated in 1898, although the Houstons had been in business here for several years prior. Its business has grown in volume, due to careful, conservative management, until it is numbered among the largest real estate cor- porations in the inter-mountain empire.
The offices of the company occupy the first floor in the magnificent Boston Block, fronting on Main Street and Exchange Place. These offices are beautiful in that they are simple in furnishings, modest in appointment, yet handsome, because they are modest— the handsomest real estate offices in the West.
While the capitalization of the company is but $10,000, the surplus and undivided profit account is fifteen times that amount, and the busi- ness has been expanded to large proportions. Several business struc- tures have been erected, as also a number of residences by the company, while the real estate transactions which the company has negotiated and carried through successfully, aggregate a large sum.
It can be said of the Houston Real Estate Investment Company that it does things, does them at the right time, and in the right way. Con- servatism has marked the business career and that is what has enabled the company to build up a business second to none in the real-estate world of Salt Lake.
This work has been carried on; their business has been increased; their clientele has become enlarged without any flourish of trumpets, without any dress parade. The company is a believer in the use of printer's ink — believes in advertising— but has an idea of its own regarding this matter. Its announcements are terse and pointed, and the advertising columns of the newspapers are used to make the announcements. The company has real estate for sale ; it has improved property on the market; it has a number of properties, both business and residence in its rental department. Its insurance, loan and bond department is an important factor in the payments of its annual divi- dends. It will, and does, build business structures to suit tenants. In all this, the company transacts its own business. In other words the transaction is as lawyer to client, as physician to patient, as priest to confessor. It belongs to them alone ; hence the transfers, the sales made, the prices paid, are not emblazoned to the world.
It is the policy of conservatism, of pursuing one method in transac- tion of business that has enabled the company to reach the acme of the individuals who make up the company. No eulogy is necessary. They have lived in Salt Lake City for years, their lives have been an open book, their methods are known and it is this that has made the Houston Real Estate Investment Company known throughout the busi- ness world of Utah, of the inter-mountain empire, and of the entire country.
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Lewis S. Hills was born March 8, 1836, at South Amherst, Massa- chusetts. He is a son of Lewis Hills, a farmer, and of Rhoda Thayer Hills. Mr. Hills was educated in the public and high schools of Spring- field, Massachusetts, and came to Salt Lake City, July 27th, 1862.
On May 1, 1869, associated with the late Capt. Wm. H. Hooper and the late Horace S. Eldredge, he started the private bank of Hooper, Eldredge & Co., with $40,000 capital. This firm was incorporated under the National Bank Act, in 1872, as the Deseret National Bank, and Mr. Hills became cashier, occupying that position until January, 1892, when he became president, and has occupied that office since that date.
The name of Lewis S. Hills is an honored and respected one through- out the entire inter-mountain region. No man has been more con- scientious and honest in his endeavors to build up this beautiful coun- try, nor has any one man accomplished more to that end, than has Mr. Hills. As president of one of the strongest financial institutions in the Western country, the Deseret National Bank, he has for a period of years come in contact with and been financial adviser of countless thousands of persons who have reason to feel indebted to him for his assistance and kindly suggestions as to their welfare. In depression, as well as in good times, Mr. Hills has always been found to be a guiding spirit for many who might have failed but for his good offices and sound advice and judgment. Mr. Hills has many and diversified interests, as he is also a director of the Deseret Savings Bank; the Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution; the Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company; the Home Fire Insurance Company; Beneficial Life Insurance Company; the Utah Fire Clay Company; the Nephi Plaster Company; the First National Bank of Ogden; First National Bank of Murray; Nephi National Bank; Thatcher Brothers' Bank of Logan; Davis County Bank, Farmington; Barnes Banking Company, Kaysville ; shareholder in the Oregon Lumber Company, Amalgamated Sugar Company, Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, First National Bank of Montpelier, Ltd., Wells Fargo Express Company, San Francisco, South- ern Trust Company of Los Angeles, Evanston National Bank, Manti City Savings Bank Company.
Mr. Hills has held the office of registrar of the United States Land Office at Council Bluffs, Iowa; was the first receiver of United States Land Office at Salt Lake City; served two terms in the city council of Salt Lake City; and treasurer of the University of Utah and several corporations with which he was connected. He is a member of the Alta Club, Automobile Club of Salt Lake City, Reform Club of New York City, and Free Trade League of Boston, Massachusetts.
Mr. Hills was married to Theresa Burton, October 17, 1866, and to them have been born six children; namely, Lewis B., Maria T., Edgar S., Eugene R., Herbert T. (deceased), and Harold H. Mr. Hills resides at 425 East First South Street, Salt Lake City.
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WILLIAM HAZARD BANCROFT
It was an old-fashioned rose, not an American Beauty, but just a plain old rose, that made a general manager of a great railroad sys- tem out of a station agent at a little hamlet in New York. That was in the long ago. It was on the Lake Shore road. The time was in 1860. At a little station on the Lake Shore a special carrying the general manager of the system stopped for orders. It was in the summer time. About the station everything was as neat as a pin. There were blos- soms everywhere ; chief among these blossoms were old-fashioned roses. It was an ocular demonstration of What could be done in beautifying, in making the best of surrounding! The general manager was delighted. He questioned the young station agent and operator, praised the appearance of his station. The orders were received. The special proceeded on its way. Two weeks later that station agent was promoted. He has been promoted a number of times since. Several years ago the acme was reached when he was made vice-president and general manager of the Oregon Short Line Railroad. This man is William Hazard Bancroft.
He was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, October 20, 1840, where his father, Samuel 0. Bancroft, ran a grist mill; and was educated in the public schools in his home town. At sixteen years of age he entered the railroad service as messenger boy, learned telegraphy, became an expert operator, was sent to the little hamlet above cited, then to Port Jervis, where he was made dispatcher. Here he was married to Mary J. Baird in June, 1864. Thence his advancement through the various channels of the railroad world. He became train dispatcher on the Kansas Pacific, now the Union Pacific ; then assistant superintendent on the Santa Fe; then with the "Katy" as chief dispatcher. From there he advanced to the superintendency of various divisions of the Denver and Rio Grande ; in 1884-86 receiver of the Rio Grande Western, and for four years afterward general superintendent of same. Then in 1890 he returned to the Union Pacific as general superintendent of the mountain division. In 1897 he was made vice-president and general manager of the Oregon Short Line when that system was segregated from the Union Pacific. Later, in addition to this position, he became general manager of the Southern Pacific Company's lines east of Sparks, Nevada; first vice-president of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad ; president of the Utah Light and Railway Company.
Mr. Bancroft is a member of the Alta and Commercial clubs of Salt Lake City; Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M. ; thirty-third degree Mason, A. A. S. Rite, Valley of Salt Lake. He has never held any political office. He has two adopted daughters, Marie and Adelaide. With the wife of his youth he resides at his handsome home on East South Temple Street, Salt Lake City. His love for blossoms is as great to-day as in the long ago, and roses, including the old-fashioned ones, are in plenty, and beautify, in their season, the grounds about his home.
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DAVID KEITH
DAVID KEITH
Few men, if any, have had more to do with the upbuilding of Salt Lake City than David Keith. His successful work in making of a mere prospect the great mining property known as the Silver King has had so great a bearing, in all its ramifications, on the material growth of Salt Lake City and Utah, that, if this work were presented in its many interesting details, it would read like a fanciful dream.
Almost the whole of the tremendous wealth which the Silver King poured into the laps of its owners has been used by them in making of Salt Lake City "a City Beautiful" in every sense of the term. The Silver King Mine has done more for Utah than any half dozen other suc- cessful properties. The money wrested from the mountains has been kept at home. And the most public-spirited of all those associated in this great property, is the subject of this sketch.
David Keith is a native of Nova Scotia. He was born at Mabou, Cape Breton Island, May 27, 1847. He had no advantages in birth, and at a tender age was employed in the Nova Scotia mines. When yet a boy he left home and went to sea.
Tiring of a seafaring life, he attempted to enter the Federal Army, but his sea captain, who had become attached to him, disclosed his youth and he missed an opportunity to serve in the war of the Rebellion.
In 1867, after a brief time spent in California, he went to Nevada and was employed for a time as a construction "boss" in the building of the Southern Pacific near Reno. Later he found employment in the great Comstock mines and succeeded to positions of trust and responsi- bility. On the decline of this great mining camp, David Keith went to Park City, Utah, in 1883, accepted a situation as foreman of Ontario No. 3 and succeeded to the superintendency of that great property. After several years in the employ of the Ontario he associated with Thomas Kearns, John Judge and Al Emery, in taking a lease on mining claims, from which enterprise sprang the great Silver King, which has made fortunes for its promoters and their families and added immensely to the wealth of the State.
David Keith has valuable and numerous investments in Salt Lake and elsewhere. He has been immensely generous in upbuilding1 the State. He is in the forefront as a philanthropist, and is one of the best liked men in Salt Lake. He organized the Keith-0 'Brien Company and recently disposed of his holdings in that great mercantile house to David F. Walker, but the original name is not changed.
Mr. Keith was a member of the legislature which adopted the Utah Constitution, but beyond this he has neither sought nor held political office. He has a family composed of a wife and five children, four daughters and a son, and occupies one of the most beautiful homes in Salt Lake City.
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SAMUEL H. AUEEBACH
SAMUEL H. AUERBACH
One of the successful merchants of whom Salt Lakers are justly proud, is Samuel H. Auerbach, owner of the wholesale and retail dry goods house of F. Auerbach & Bro ., one of the pioneer business institutions of the State, and a firm whose name is synonymous with upright and honorable fair dealing.
Samuel H. Auerbach was born in the town of Fordon, Prussia, June 15th, 1847, his mothe" being Beulah Auerbach and his father Hillel Auerbach, a dealer in wool and hides. Mr. Auerbach was educated in the schools of his native town, but at an early age came to America to seek his fortune, and shortly after landing in New York, was attracted by the possibilities of the West. He settled in California, where he lived several years, being associated with his brother, Frederick H. Auerbach, in Marysville, a prosperous mining town. In 1866 he moved to Salt Lake City, following his brother Frederick H., who had established the business of F. Auerbach & Bro. in Salt Lake City., in 1864. Since that time, Mr. Auerbach has been an active factor in the Utah business world. He was married December 16, 1880, to Miss Eveline Brooks, by whom he has eight children, namely: Herbert S., Josephine M., George S., Bessie, Selma, Jennie, Frederick S. and Madeline.
While Mr. Auerbach has resided for some years past in New York, he has always given much of his attention to Salt Lake City, where in addition to his mercantile business, he is a very large owner of real estate. From a compara- tively small beginning, the business has grown to one of splendid volume, with employees running into the hundreds, and requiring, perhaps, the largest exclu- sive dry goods stock in the State. While operating- one of the largest retail dry goods businesses in Salt Lake City, the wholesale department sends out a number of traveling men, covering all of Utah and parts of Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada. Mr. Auerbach 's son, George S., takes an active part in the man- agement of the business.
In addition to the dry goods business, the Auerbachs are the owners of the Colonial Theatre, recently erected at great expense, and constituting Salt Lake's most modern and up-to-date playhouse. Constructed after the latest plans and containing all the newest devices in vogue in Eastern theatres, the Colonial is perhaps the best appointed and generally most attractive institution of the kind west of Chicago. The upper stories of the Colonial Theatre Building comprise the Hotel Touraine, a European-plan hotel and bachelor apartments which has no equal in Salt Lake City.
Shrewd, and possessed of natural tact and ability, Mr. Auerbach at an early age readily realized the commercial possibilities of the Mormon metropolis. With a disposition which enabled him to make friends and hold them, his rise in the business world was rapid and substantial, and at no time from the beginning of his career was there ever a shadow of doubt as to the ultimate success of his ventures. While no longer an actual resident of the city, Mr. Auerbach is still looked up to as one of the pillars of the Salt Lake industrial world, and as such is accorded a measure of admiration and respect which is at once a tribute to his ability and a proof of the appreciation of his services to the community.
THOS. R. CUTLEE
THOMAS E. CUTLER
Thomas E. Cutler, vice-president and general manager of the Utah- Idaho Sugar Company and many other important enterprises through- out the inter-mountain country, has been a resident of Salt Lake City for nearly half a century, and during that period has witnessed the marvelous growth of the city from a small town of four thousand souls to the magnificent and wealthy city it is to-day.
Mr. Cutler was born at Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, June 2, 1844, and is a son of John and Elizabeth Cutler. The elder Cutler was a steel manufacturer. After receiving an ordinary common-school educa- tion, Thomas, at the age of fifteen, entered the employ of S. & I. Watts & Co., a mercantile house of Manchester, England. There he remained until March, 1864, when he severed his connection and, with his family, came to Utah and became a staunch supporter of the Mormon faith. He was one of four brothers, three of whom are still living, and prominent in Utah business circles. The family arrived in Utah in the fall of 1864, and early in 1865 Thomas secured employment with the T. & W. Taylor Mercantile Company, of Lehi, where he remained for several years. He next engaged in the cattle and sheep raising business and made considerable money, with which he organized the People's Co- operative Institution of Lehi, a successful business house which has always paid dividends. He is still president of that progressive insti- tution, and was its manager till 1889, when he became manager of the Utah Sugar Company, whose great success has been due to his unusual business capacity.
In 1899 he organized the Lehi Commercial and Savings Bank, of which he is still a director. He is also a director in the Provo Woolen Mills, the most successful enterprise of its kind in the Western country. He is a director of the Cutler Brothers Company of Salt Lake City, and interested in numerous mining ventures, industrial corporations, financial institutions, etc., too numerous to mention. He is vice-presi- dent of the Utah National Bank, director of the Consolidated W^agon and Machine Company, which is one of the largest in the world, president of the Continental Life Insurance Company, and director in about a dozen banks throughout the country. Mr. Cutler is a natural financier, a good business man, generous to a fault, kindly and sympathetic. He was married December 23, 1867, and is the father of an interesting family of fifteen; namely, Emerette E., Thomas E. Jr., Edith Laura, William Henry, Joseph A., Miranda, Luella, Vera, Louis, Irma, Heber C., John F., Arthur, Ernest, and Marion. The only political offices Mr. Cutler ever held were in Lehi, where he lived for thirty-five years, and were of a local nature. Mr. Cutler is a member of the Alta Club and of the Commercial Club, and resides at 2000 South Fifth East Street, Salt Lake City.
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HON. THOMAS KEAKNS
Stories written about mine owners and mining men are more like fiction than real life, for there are so many who jump from poverty to affluence in a day; this, however, after years of privation and suffering and trial. Some day, after weary years, when almost ready to abandon the struggle, almost ready to give up life, the pick of the hammer breaks down a wall of rock and there is the precious metal so long sought.
The story of the life of Thomas Kearns is a story of hard work, of poverty, of privation, of suffering, before the goal was reached. Born near Woodstock, Ontario, April llth, 1862, his forty-seven years of life have been most active. In the early seventies he removed with his parents to Holt County, Nebraska, where they settled upon a farm. He worked on the farm for several years and in the winter attended the public schools.
Tiring of farm life, believing that there was greater opportunity in the mining districts, he left the farm and began the business of freighter, moving supplies into the Black Hills. Later on he entered the employ of the Great Homestake Mining Company, at Lead, South Dakota, as a miner. When he attained his majority he left the Black Hills and came to Utah, first to Salt Lake and then to Park City, at which place he secured employment in the Ontario mine, then the greatest silver mine in the world. He worked his required shift daily, then eight hours was devoted to prospecting and in the study of geology. While working in the mine, he learned everything he could regarding the practical working of mines.
When he studied in the evenings he did that work just as he did all his other work, and as he has since, working with one object in view and that was to achieve success. His prospecting was at last rewarded. Seven years was devoted to the hardest kind of hard work, then the discovery of the metal he had so long sought and the discovery of which made him a great fortune. The Mayflower Mine was opened after many vicissitudes, after many obstacles were overcome. The return from his first shipment came in the shape of $20,000. From this fortune his first work was to provide a home for his parents and a competence for life.
His mine continued to pay. He became one of the owners of the Silver King properties, the greatest silver mine in the United States, which ownership he still retains, although the property has changed its name to the Silver King Coalition. These properties made him a millionaire. The wealth which has come to him from the Silver King has been reinvested in Utah, largely in Salt Lake City, and his holdings of real estate include the choicest of Salt Lake realty.
In the political field Mr. Kearns has served his people as a member of the Park City council, of the Constitutional Convention of Utah, delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1896 and 1900, and Senator of the United States from Utah from March, 1901, to March, 1905.
Senator Kearns is interested in various other enterprises besides his vast mining interests. He is a heavy stockholder and director in the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad; is one of the owTners of the Salt Lake "Tribune," and in other industries. He is a firm believer in Utah and has done everything in his power to aid in the upbuilding of the State and* the City of Salt Lake.
Senator Kearns is married, the maiden name of his wife being Jennie Judge, a native of New York State. Three children have been born them, two sons and a daughter, Edmund J., Thomas F., and Helen M., all living. Senator and Mrs. Kearns are very charitable. Their charity is bestowed without osten- tation. Hundreds of orphan children in Utah and elsewhere shower blessings upon Senator and Mrs. Kearns for benefactions shown in the Kearns-St. Ann's orphanage which they have provided for.
As an employer Senator Kearns has the good will of every one of his hun- dreds of employees. Everything about the various industries in which he is interested has been put in with one object in view, that is, the comfort of his employees, so that work can be done with ease and rapidity.
Senator Kearns and his family reside in a magnificent home on East Brig- ham Street, in Salt Lake City, and at one of the finest ranches in California, near Santa Rosa.
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EZRA THOMPSON
EZRA THOMPSON
One of the real pioneers of Utah and a citizen who has done much for his native place is Ezra Thompson, who was born in Salt Lake City, on July 17, 1850. His father was Ezra Thompson, a -millwright in humble circumstances, and his mother was Lois Trumbull Thompson. Young Thompson passed his early boyhood in his native town, attending public school in winter and in summer herding and working at anything he could find, whereby he could contribute to the support of the house- hold. Ezra was a strong, athletic boy, very fond of manly sports, and was a great baseball player in his youth. Being naturally inclined to outdoor pursuits, he adopted the vocation of a freighter, a very lucrative one in those days. From freighting supplies he drifted into mining, at which he made his fortune. His principal field of operations was the Park City District, where he resided for fifteen years and became connected with some of the greatest mines in that productive district. Among his experiences was a heavy and protracted law suit with the owners of the Silver King. He made a hard fight, but, the decision going against him, he accepted it like the strong man that he is, and has never cherished any animosity over the result. On February 14, 1884, Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Emily Pugsley, daughter of Philip Pugsley, a well-known manufacturer and mining man, since deceased. They are the parents of four children; namely, Lynn H., Norinne, Ezra P., and Clyde R. Thompson. The family resides in a beautiful residence on East South Temple Street, the fashionable resi- dence quarter of the city. Mr. Thompson served two terms in the city council of Park City, and was for two terms mayor of Salt Lake City, a position he filled with honor, dignity and great executive ability. He was first elected in 1899, and served until 1904. He was re-elected by the American party, of which he is a member. Since returning to private life, Mr. Thompson has devoted himself to his mining interests, real-estate holdings, and other business affairs, which occupy his time fully. He is a lover of good horses, and personally very popular and of a charitable and kindly nature. Mr. Thompson is president of the Idaho Gold Mining and Milling Company, and president of the Cardiff Mining and Milling Company, both very productive and valuable mining properties. He is a member of the Alta Club and Commercial Club of Salt Lake City.
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THOMAS WEIR
THOMAS WEIR
Thomas Weir was born February 14th, 1855, near Cambridge, Wash- ington County, New York ; his father, John Weir, a carriage maker ; his mother, Agnes Glover.
He obtained an academic course at Washington County Academy, at Cambridge, New York, and graduated at the head of his class in 1876, from Union College in mining and civil engineering. Mr. Weir went from New York to Nebraska in March, 1877, and in the fall of that year was appointed the assistant engineer of the Missouri River improve- ment work at that point. He was transferred to the Mississippi River Commission in 1878, and given charge of work in the lower river.
In 1879 he resigned and went to Leadville, Colo., and in 1880 was appointed assistant manager of the A. Y. Mine, and three years later was appointed general manager of the A. Y. mine and Minnie mine, both of which properties became prominent dividend-payers under his management. From 1888 to the summer of 1893, he was general man- ager of the Granite Mountain Mining Company's properties at Granite, Montana.
Mr. Weir came to Salt Lake City, February 24, 1894, and in 1896 secured the ground in Bingham that formed the basis of the Highland Boy Mining Company and became its general manager. He erected the first Bleichent tramway in Utah. In 1899 he secured the ground and became the manager of the Boston Consolidated Mining Company. He is also a director of the Ohio Copper Company, president of the Ajax Mining Company, and vice-president of Walker Brothers' Bank. He has never held political office, but he is a member of the Alta Club, the Salt Lake Commercial Club, and an elder in the First Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Weir was married June 15th, 1886, to Miss Clara Pond Tread- way, in Denver, Colo. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Weir is among the stateliest of the many handsome residences that ornament that handsome street, the number being 519 East Brigham Street. It occupies an acre and a quarter of ground on the corner of Brigham and "F" Streets, the extensive velvet lawn and perfectly kept surroundings making it one of the most attractive residences in the city. The house is large and commodious, is of native, creamy colored sandstone, has a total of fifteen rooms, is of Colonial style and provided with all the modern conven- iences which contribute to comfort and beautv.
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COL. THOS. G. WEBBER
COL. THOMAS G. WEBBER
Colonel Thomas G. Webber has been for nearly forty years one of the most progressive and busiest of men in Utah. He has led an active business life and, as director and general manager of the Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institu- tion, and many other important interests in and about Salt Lake City, he has done much towards the upbuilding of Utah.
Colonel Webber was born in Exeter, England, September, 1836, of an old Devonshire family living for centuries in the vicinity of that ancient town. His parents were Thomas Bray Webber and Charlotte B. Webber. His father was a scientific man, a civil engineer and government superintendent of the telegraph lines in Devon and Cornwall, and the son followed the father's profes- sion, and was trained in that line, being placed in an engineer's office shortly after the death of his mother when he was sixteen years of age. While studying his profession the opportunities of the new world appealed to him and he made up his mind to go to the United States. Therefore, in 1855, he sailed for America and shortly after he arrived he opened an engineer's and sur- veyor's office. In 1857, when the Government troops, under General Albert Sydney Johnston, were ordered to Utah, Colonel Webber, then a youth of twenty, entered the United States army. He served in Arizona and California until the outbreak of the Civil War, wThen he went by way of Panama with a portion of his regiment, marching to Fortress Monroe, and, under McClellan, Burnside, Hooker and Meade, he participated in the Peninsular and other campaigns, including the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburgh, Gaines Mill, White Oak Swamp, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Williamsport, and saw plenty of active service. He remained with the army until the fall of 1863, passing through the various grades and becoming com- missary quartermaster and adjutant of his regiment.
Colonel Webber first came to Salt Lake City in 1864, by stage coach from Atchison, Kansas. On May 25, 1867, he was married to Miss Mary E. Rich- ards, a daughter of Franklin D. Richards, who was a patriot and a brigadier- general in the Utah Militia. Colonel Webber afterwards became a lieutenant- colonel of artillery, and later adjutant of the Second Brigade and a member of General Richards' staff.
In 1864 he became, with T. B. H. Stenhouse, one of the founders of "The Salt Lake Daily Telegraph," the first issue of which appeared on the Fourth of July, of that year. Mr. Webber was business manager and remained with the paper until its removal to Ogden in 1869, when he left to accept a position with Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution. He was destined for early promotion, and in October, 1871, he was chosen secretary, and shortly after, treasurer of the Z. C. M. I. In 1876 Colonel Webber went abroad on a religious mission, and toured England, France, and Italy, returning to America in 1878 to assist in the settlement of the late Brigham Young's estate. He again took up the position of secretary and treasurer of the Z. C. M. I., was afterwards elected manager, and has been actively identified with its interest up to the present time.
Colonel Webber is president of the Zion's Benefit Building Society, director in the Zion 's Savings Bank and Trust Company, Home Fire Insurance Company, Postal Telegraph Company, and Utah Light and Railway Company. He was councilman from the Second Municipal Ward for two years, and alderman for four years. He was president of the Salt Lake and Ogden Gas and Electric Light Company from 1896 to 1898, and of the Salt Lake Public Library from 1897 to 1904; vice-president of the Utah Light and Power Company from 1898 to 1903, and a director of the Utah Sugar Company from 1899 to 1902.
Colonel Webber is the father of six children, William T. F., Shirley T. B., Charlotte B. R., Georgiana M. B., Ethelyn E. L. F., and Mildred R. Webber. He is a member of the Alta and Commercial clubs, and resides at 131 Second Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah. Colonel Webber is public-spirited, liberal and charitable, and a man of sterling qualities and kindly disposition, and a credit to any community.
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SAMUEL NEWHOTJSE
SAMUEL NEWHOUSE
Ask the ordinary citizen of Salt Lake City what one man is doing more than any other man for the commercial and industrial advancement of Salt Lake City and Utah, and almost without hesitation the answer will be, "Samuel Newhouse." And while history alone can declare the correctness of the impression, certain it is that Mr. Newhouse has been both energetic and successful in his endeavors in behalf of the inter-mountain region.
As a mining man, Mr. Newhouse knows the business, from the work of the day-laborer in the stope to that of financing the immense enterprises necessary to produce on a paying basis that most stubborn of all metals — copper. In that industry he has surrounded him- self by a staff of able assistants. And he has ever been ready to branch out into new fields, where he has been uniformly successful, or to try new methods, where also victory over the refractory forces of Mother Earth has come, though the experiments may have cost many thousands of dollars.
But it is not in mining alone in the West that Mr. Newhouse has shown his faith, or that he has made money. The wealth that after years of toil and hardship came to him in abundance, has neither been hoarded nor been invested where it would benefit some other part of the country. In Salt Lake City Mr. Newhouse is known as the first man who had the energy and the faith in the city sufficient to build a real sky-scraper. He built two of them. He has invested heavily in residence property in the most beautiful quarter of the city. He is building a hotel to surpass anything of its kind west of the Mississippi. His energy has interested him in all lines of business in the city, and he has won success in all in which he has been interested. Better still, such is the reputation for business acumen which this man has won in the money marts of the world, that he is able to attract an immense amount of capital to Salt Lake City and to the upbuilding of the industries of the inter-mountain region.
Identified though he is with the West, and almost its every mining field, Mr. New- house is a product of the East. He was born in New York City, in 1854, and educated in the public schools of Philadelphia. He read law for a time, and later had ambitions in the journalistic field. It was as such that he came to Colorado, in 1879, but he soon turned his attention from the Leadville newspaper to the freighting business, and thence it was but an easy step to the mines, where he won most success.
In 1883 Mr. Newhouse married Miss Ida H. Stingley, of a Virginia family connected with one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, who later became president. In 1885 he became most definitely connected with the mining business, and a power first in Colorado, and then in the entire inter-mountain mining sections.
His interests being most closely connected with mining fields, then new, Mr. Newhouse found Salt Lake City more central to his properties than Denver, and he came here in 1896, having gained control of his first great Utah property, the Highland Boy Mine at Bingham, now incorporated as the Utah Consolidated. Of this company, Standard Oil later secured the controlling interest, at a price, it is said, of $6,000,000. Mr. Newhouse's interests now include such well-known names in the mining field as the Boston Consolidated, the Newhouse and Cactus mines, and the town of Newhouse, Utah; the Newhouse tunnel, at I. hi 1m Springs; the Denver & Inter-Mountain Railway Company, and in addition, numerous mining properties, in Colorado, Utah and California. He has extensive real estate holdings in New York as well as in Salt Lake City. He has business offices in both New York and London, and his name is one to conjure with among the financiers of the world's capitals, as it is among the hardy mining men who are wresting wealth from the interior of the Rockies.
Mr. Newhouse's public spirit has led him to take part in many of the activities of the city and State. He is a prominent supporter of the Commercial Club and of the Mining Exchange, and it was through his liberal donations that these two organizations were enabled to plan and erect suitable homes for themselves. He is known as a liberal giver to charity, but is not ostentatious in tliis respect. To his friends he is an amiable and pleasing acquaintance as well as a man of remarkable ability, and versatility in ideas.
Mr. Newhouse has a beautiful home on South Temple Street, the architectural beauty of which has made it an object of admiration to stranger and citizen alike.
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M. H. WALKER
MATTHEW H. WALKER
Matthew H. Walker is one of the real pioneers of Utah, and the name of Walker is one of the best known and most respected in the inter- mountain region. Mr. Walker has gone through the rigors and hard- ships of the early settlers of Utah and by his own perseverance and industry has risen, and to-day is one of the leading financiers and busi- ness men of the Western country.
Matthew H. Walker is a son of Matthew and Mercy Long Walker. His father was a woolen merchant and hotel proprietor at Yorkshire, England, where Matthew H. was born January 16, 1845. When but five years of age he emigrated to America, and in 1852 he took the long and tedious wagon journey across the country to Salt Lake City, being but seven years old at the time of his arrival. He has seen the evolution of this great city from a vast wilderness to the splendid city it .is to-day, and to him much of the credit of its magnificent upbuilding belongs; because he was ever foremost and the first to come to the front with his purse and brains when any progressive movement was at hand.
His education was meager, as in those days they had to do the best they could with the facilities they had for schools. But Mr. Walker managed to secure enough education to win for himself the distinction of being one of Utah 's most distinguished and successful citizens, and to occupy a position in the financial and mercantile world second to none in the inter-mountain region.
Mr. Walker is the head of the firm of Walker Brothers, Bankers, for fifty years one of the largest financial institutions in Utah, estab- lished in 1859, and a stockholder in Walker Bros. Dry Goods Company. He is actively connected with the Opex Mines Company, Honerine Extension Mining Company, and many other mining companies through- out the inter-mountain region. Mr. Walker has never held political office of any kind, devoting his entire time and attention to his many business enterprises.
He is a member of the Alta Club, Commercial Club, Country Club, the Young Men's Christian Association, and the Wasatch Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. Walker was married January 1, 1865, to his first wife, who died in 1896, and in 1897 he married his present wife. He is the father of two children, John H. and Frances Glen Walker.
Mr. Walker is to-day rated as one of the foremost financiers and most public-spirited citizens of Utah. The only public office he ever held was that of member of the Board of Education, elected in and holding the position from 1898 until 1902.
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D. C. JACKLING
DANIEL C. JACKLING
The position occupied in the mining world by Mr. D. C. Jackling is unique, not only for the rather brief period of time in which it has been attained, but because in some respects it stands singularly alone. Most noted mining men of the day owe recognition to their ability in determining the existence and value of ore bodies and their relation to mineralogical and geographical conditions. Mr. Jackling's pre-eminence is due to his work in making commercially profitable bodies of ore that at large would be deemed almost worthless. In fact his success in this respect has been so stupendous as to make the works directed by him unrivalled in their kind. It may be said that the Utah Copper Company, because of Mr. Jackling's metallurgical knowledge, covering the widest and most practical grasp of the subject, was really the pioneer in making commercially profitable the handlin» of large bodies of copper ore of such low grade as had previously been looked upon as almost waste. From a three hundred ton mill which he erected for experimental purposes, one now handling eight hundred tons is in operation in Bingham Canyon, and another one with a capacity of seven thousand tons daily is running at Garfield, in this county also. When the small quantity of copper in the ore is considered, the vast tonnage of copper pro- duced is little less than marvelous.
Of the Utah Copper Company Mr. Jackling is vice-president and general manager, as well as being chairman of its executive committee. He holds a like position with the Ray Consolidated Copper Company. The mines of the Ray Consolidated Company, situated at Kelvin, Arizona, are not unlike, in the ores they carry, those of the Utah Copper Com- pany, being low grade. The difficulty, however, has been the distance from railroad trans* portation. Having knowledge of Mr. Jackling's work in connection with the ores of the Utah Copper Mines, and recognizing their similarity to those of the Ray Consolidated Mines, the owners of the latter property naturally turned to Mr. Jackling for his services in its development. That work is now in progress, with the promise of results no less remarkable (not alone in the profits to be made, but in the magnitude of the production) than those of the Utah Copper Company.
Mr. Jackling was born near Appleton City, Missouri, in 1869. He is a son of Daniel Jackling, a successful merchant, and Lydia Jane Dunn. He was educated in the University of Missouri and the Missouri School of Mines, and came to Utah from Colorado in January, 1896, shortly after being married. His business activities have brought him into promi- nence in many directions, but naturally the remarkable success which followed his handling of the Utah Copper Company's properties has won for him a recognition that is equalled by very few men in any line. Besides his connection with the Utah Copper Company and the Ray Consolidated Copper Company, he is a director and heavy stockholder in the United States Sugar & Land Company of Garden City, Kansas, in the Salt Lake Security & Trust Com- pany, in the Utah Fire Clay Company, and in the Garfield Banking Company. He is also a director and member of the executive committee of the Utah Hotel Company, and is vice-chairman of the Utah Commission of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.
While in Colorado Mr. Jackling served two years on the staff of Governor James H. Peabody. In selecting his official family recently, Governor Spry of this State appointed Mr. Jackling general inspector of target practice, with the rank of colonel. He is president of the Alta Club, the oldest and most respected club in this city, a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, a member of the El Paso Club of Colorado Springs, of the Commercial Club of this city, and of the Rocky Mountain Club of New York City.
In every respect Mr. Jackling is a liberal, enterprising citizen. Had the last Mining Congress, held in Pittsburg in 1908, given to Utah the headquarters for the Congress, Mr. Jackling was pledged to raise $50,000 toward the construction of the Mining Temple therefor.
Mr. Jackling is a man of broad views and is mentally equipped far beyond the average. He has a truly remarkable grasp of subjects (not confined to his special line) in their relation to the interests of mankind generally. It is difficult to imagine a vocation in life, or a calling, in which Mr. Jackling, with his intellectual force, would not be eminently successful. In this respect he is distinguished from most notables, who are capable of doing only one thing very well. Upon whatever subject the force of his mind is turned, a clarity of vision is developed and a direction of energy that assure successful results.
Mr. Jackling is a young man, and may well be recognized and reckoned with as one of the potent forces of our growing State, if not of the nation. With Mrs. Jackling he resides in a commodious home at No. 731 East Brigham Street. They have no children.
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JOHN E. DOOLY
JOHN E. DOOLY
Few men are better known on the Pacific Coast and in the State of Utah than the subject of this sketch, John E. Dooly.
He was born June 8, 1841, in the little town of Benton, Lake County, Illinois, his father being Richard W. Dooly, a farmer, and his mother, Catherine Lonergan Dooly.
He was educated in the public schools of his native State. He embarked from the City of New York in his twenty-first year for California, on the steamship " Illinois" for the Isthmus of Panama, thence to San Francisco on the steamship ' ' Moses Taylor, ' ' better known to Calif ornians as the "Rolling Moses."
Mr. Dooly arrived in California in 1863 and engaged in various pur- suits in the vicinity of San Francisco and Stockton. In 1865 he obtained a position with Wells Fargo & Company in Sacramento, California, in which he continued until 1869 when he was appointed agent of Wells Fargo & Company at "Coburn," California, renamed Truckee after the completion of the Central Pacific Railroad. Leaving Truckee in May, 1872, he visited Europe, returning early in 1873, when he was appointed agent of Wells Fargo & Co. at Ogden, Utah, which at that time was the only transfer office of the express company. While repre- senting Wells Fargo & Co. at Ogden, he established the first bank opened in the Junction City, under the name of " J. E. Dooly & Com- pany." In 1877 he was appointed cashier of Wells Fargo & Co. Bank, Salt Lake City, and represented the financial interests of the corporation in Utah until 1902, a period of twenty-six years.
Mr. Dooly was one of the organizers of "The Utah National Bank of Ogden" in 1883, and has been its president for the past twenty-five years. In addition to his banking interests, Mr. Dooly is largely inter- ested in real estate in Salt Lake City, Ogden and in various counties in the State, and is prominently identified with many large corpora- tions, among which are the Dooly Block, the Island Improvement Company, the Syndicate Investment Company, the John E. Dooly Company, and several others.
On September 17, 1876, Mr. Dooly was married to Eleanor M. Tay- lor, who died May 23, 1894. The issue of this marriage was Eleanor F. (Mrs. Ernest Bamberger), Margaret L., Ethel C., John E., and Ruth A. Dooly (who died on May 30th, 1899).
He subsequently married May V. Cavanaugh on October 17, 1897, the issue of which marriage was Mary C. and Richard W. Dooly.
He has at all times manifested a forceful, independent and aggressive interest in public affairs, and has filled with credit to himself a number of prominent positions in public life, among which were: President of the Salt Lake City Board of Education; regent of the University of Utah; chairman of the Territorial Board of Equalization; chairman of the Board of Public Works; chairman of the Republican State Cen- tral committee and a member of the city council.
He is a charter member of both the Alta and Commercial Clubs of Salt Lake City.
He owns a beautiful home situate on a spacious and eligible site at the southeast corner of South Temple and Fifth East Streets.
Mr. Dooly is favorably and extensively known in business circles, and with his family enjoys a prominent social position throughout the inter-mountain States.
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JOHN DERST
JOHN BERN
One of the solid and substantial citizens of Salt Lake City who have done much in the way of development of the mineral wealth of Utah, is John Dern. A native of Germany, he came to America in 1865 when only fifteen years of age, and, like many another man who has won fame and fortune, secured his start on the farm and completed his education in the schools of Illinois. In 1869 he went to Fremont, Nebraska, shortly after the completion of the Union Pacific Eailroad, where he engaged in farming until 1879. Then, extending his lines of activity, he engaged in the grain, lumber, coal and live-stock busi- ness, and later in the field of banking. In 1888 he was elected State Senator from the Tenth Senatorial District of Nebraska, and from 1890 to 1894 was the county treasurer of Dodge County, that State.
In 1890 his attention was turned to mining investments in Utah, and while still a resident of Nebraska he became one of the founders of the Consolidated Mercur Gold Mines Company, a property which, under his direction, has been developed until it is regarded as a bonanza of Utah and has the record of paying $3,385,000 in dividends. Mr. Dern is the president of this property; and is also largely interested in Tintic properties, being president and general manager of the Uncle Sam Consolidated Mining Company at Tintic; vice-president and manager of the Lower Mammoth Mining Company of the same district; presi- dent and general manager of the May Day Mining and Milling Company, and holding a directorship and heavy interests in numerous mining properties in other districts of Utah and Nevada. He is a large investor in Salt Lake City Realty, and has numerous commercial interests in in this city as well as in Nebraska, where he formerly resided. He is con- fident that Salt Lake City will become the metropolis of the inter- mountain region, is broad-minded, public-spirited, and takes an active interest in every move that makes for the welfare of the city and State. He is prominently identified with the masonic fraternity. He is a trus- tee of the Agricultural College of Utah and a member of the Alta and Commercial clubs of Salt Lake City.
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HEBEK M. WELLS
HEBER M. WELLS
Heber M. Wells bears the honored distinction of having been the first Governor of the State of Utah. He was elected in the general elec- tion in 1895, after the ratification of the Constitution, for a term of five years, assuming office January 6, 1896, and was subsequently elected for a second term of four years, during which period the State of Utah progressed rapidly.
His success has been due not less to his high qualities of heart and mind than to his engaging personality. He brought to the office a dig- nity and aptitude for business affairs and executive ability that have never been excelled by any incumbent of that high office, and was a model executive in every sense of the word. When it is recalled that there were delicate and perplexing problems which had been associated with the name of Utah for over half a century, the obligations resting on the shoulders of the young governor can readily be realized, and how well he discharged his duties history vividly recalls. His administration was so satisfactory to his constituents that he was renominated by acclama- tion by his party for a second term. The keynote of his success lay in the fact that he was Governor of the whole people, steadfastly refusing to utilize his exalted position for partisan advantage or private gain. In fact, his whole life has been devoted to harmonizing the contending ele- ments of the community in which he was born, and seeking to bring about that amity and mutual confidence which he has always insisted was so necessary for the proper upbuilding of the State.
Mr. Wells is from a family of pioneers whose name has always been one of the most prominent in Utah. His father, Daniel H. Wells, was a prominent lumberman, a former mayor of Salt Lake City, and one of the most influential leaders of the Mormon church. His mother was Martha Harris Wells. Heber M. Wells is a native of Salt Lake City, born August 11, 1859, and was educated at the University of Utah. After graduating he immediately entered business life and has led an active life and been prominently identified with the development and growth of Utah up to the present day.
Mr. Wells is manager of the Utah Savings & Trust Company, a director in the State Bank of Utah, two of the most prominent and progressive financial institutions in the State. He has served as recorder and auditor of Salt Lake City, and has always been a leader in munic- ipal and State affairs. He is a member of the Alta Club, Commercial Club, Sons of American Revolution and Sons of Utah Pioneers.
Mr. Wells was married first to Mary Elizabeth Beatie, who died in 1888, and four years later he married Teresa Clawson, who died in 1897, and in 1901 he married his present wife, who was Miss Emily Katz. He is the father of seven children, namely: Manning B., Heber D., Mary B., Martha, Florence, John K. and Burton K. Wells. He resides at 61 First Avenue, Salt Lake City.
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J. S. BKA2TSFOKD
JOHN S. BRANSFOBD
A Missourian by birth, a Utahan by adoption ; a progressive, public- spirited citizen, who believes in the present and has faith in the future of Salt Lake City— this is John Samuel Bransford, Mayor of Salt Lake City.
Mayor Bransford is fifty-three years of age. He was born in Rich- mond, Ray County, Missouri, August 26, 1856. His father, Milford Bard Bransford, was of English descent. His mother, Sarah Allen Cooper, was of German descent. Sturdy stock they were, too. They lived at Richmond, Missouri, until 1864. Then, when Mayor Bransford was eight years of age, his parents decided to remove to California. Their journey was across the plains by ox team, the final destination was Quincy, Plumas County. The journey was a long and laborious one, and was beset with many dangers, and there were many trials and hard- ships, but the new home was reached after six months. Here Mayor Bransford lived until 1899, when he came to Salt Lake City, arriving here February 16, 1899.
Mayor Bransford 's education was obtained in the public schools of Plumas County, California. Afterwards he took a course in a busi- ness college.
When twenty years old he engaged in the mercantile business in his California home, and continued in business until 1886. In that year he was elected assessor of Plumas County on the Democratic ticket, which position he held for four years. In 1890 he was chosen sheriff of the same county, and this position he held until 1899.
Meanwhile Mayor Bransford had visited Utah and became interested in several mining properties. These demanding his attention, he retired from the position of sheriff in California and came to Salt Lake City. Soon after his arrival he was elected president of the Salt Lake Stock and Mining Exchange, which position he held for one year.
Mayor Bransford is the vice-president of the Silver King Mining Company, a director in the Keith-O'Brien Company, in the State Bank of Utah, in the Utah-Mexican Rubber Company, and is president of the Tabasco-Utah Development Company, located in Mexico; is also president of the Rogers-Evans Company, general insurance, which is the largest insurance agency in the State. He is also a director in several other companies.
He is a member of the Alta and Commercial clubs, and also of the Elks, and a charter member of the Bear River Duck Club.
Mayor Bransford was appointed Mayor of Salt Lake by the City Council, on August 13, 1907, to fill out the term of Mayor Ezra Thomp- son, who resigned. He was nominated by his party, the American, to succeed himself, and was elected by an overwhelming majority. His vote was within two hundred and fifty votes of all those cast for opposing candidates.
Mayor Bransford was married to Rachiel Stella Blood in Granville, Plumas County, California, on July 31, 1878. Mrs. Bransford 's father was one of the prominent mining men of California. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bransford, Stella Irene and Wallace Wilford. Mayor and Mrs. Bransford reside in the Bransford Apart- ments, in Salt Lake City.
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C. W. NIBLEY
CHARLES WILSON NIBLEY
Charles Wilson Nibley, now presiding bishop in charge of the tem- poral affairs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was graduated to that position from a long and successful career of aggres- sive business enterprise which made itself felt throughout the whole Northwest. Eastern Oregon and Western Idaho have been his especial fields, and the lumber and sugar industries have benefited most by his energies, although his activities have by no means been confined to these branches of commercialism.
Mr. Nibley is by birth a Scotchman, and, although he came early to this country, yet his make-up possesses many of those characteristics which have made the Scot a leader among pioneers in every land. Born near Edinburgh, Scotland, February 5th, 1849, Mr. Nibley came to America with his parents, James and Jean Nibley, when he was six years old. Five years later, in 1860, the family came to Utah, and at Wellsville, in Cache County, the elder Nibley resumed the life of farmer, which he had followed in Scotland. Three years later, when the boy was fourteen years old, he went to Brigham City to live, and in the year 1869 he went on a mission to the Eastern States. On his return thence he engaged in railroad work, and afterwards, following a trip to England, he started on his business career in Logan, about 1880.
His ability at once made him prominent in religious and social as well as business affairs in the Cache County seat. Soon he began to seek wider fields for his energy, and about 1889 turned his attention to the Northwest, where, until he assumed his present position, he attained his greatest success. The prominent part he has taken in commercial and industrial progress is indicated by his prominence in organizing the Oregon Lumber Company. He is vice-president of the Sumpter Val- ley Railroad, president of the Payette Valley Railroad, and founder of the La Grande Sugar Company. He is also president of the Lewiston Sugar Company, president of the Grande Ronde Lumber Company, and the San Vicento Lumber Company. In the development and coloniza- tion of the Grande Ronde and Payette valleys he has played a most important part.
He is known as a man of active and progressive business instincts, of irreproachable integrity, and of sound judgment. Withal, he is prominent in religious work, and also well liked socially. He is a member of and takes an active interest in the work of the Salt Lake Commercial Club.
Mr. Nibley was married in 1869, and has seventeen children. His home is at the corner of West Temple and North Temple Streets, facing Temple Square.
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JOHN C. CUTLER
JOHN C. CUTLER
John C. Cutler, second Governor of the State of Utah, was born in Sheffield, England, February 5, 1846, at which time his father was engaged as a manu- facturer of cutlery, in Sheffield. The early boyhood of the Governor was spent in the city referred to, where he received the rudiments of a common-school education. At twelve years of age, with an earnest desire to be self-support- ing, he obtained a situation in the city of Manchester, in the wholesale house of S. & J. Watts & Co., which position he held until his eighteenth year, when he removed with his parents from England, locating, in 1864, in Utah.
After landing in New York, the family went by boat to Albany, thence by rail to St. Joseph, by boat up the Missouri River to a place called Wyoming, near Nebraska City, and by ox team from that place to Salt Lake City, arriv- ing in the fall of the year named. During the first year of their residence in Utah, the boys of the family wrere engaged in the labor common to the time, including canyon work, farm work, etc.
The Governor commenced his commercial career in Utah by obtaining a clerkship in a business house. In 1877 he became agent and later on manager of the Provo Woolen Mills, and in 1885 he and his brothers, Thomas R., Heber S., and Joseph G., formed the firm of Cutler Bros. Co., and he also assisted in the establishing of beet sugar factories and other home manufacturing enter- prises of Salt Lake City. In various of these companies he is still director.
Governor Cutler has always taken a lively interest in home manufacture. He was one of the first to make knit goods in Utah, a line of manufacture which his firm still follows with marked success, and he is largely interested also in the beet sugar industry. For years he was a director in the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society, which conducts the great State Fair each year with the aim of encouraging home manufacture by bringing Utah products promi- nently before the people. In these various capacities he is a large employer of labor; and if anything can be said to be his hobby, it is giving employment to home people and keeping money at home. He was also for some years trustee and treasurer of the L. D. S. University. In addition to his connection with the Cutler Bros. Company, Governor Cutler is identified with the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company and the Deseret National Bank. He is vice-president of the Beneficial Life Insurance Company, director in the Home Fire Insurance Com- pany, Thatcher Bros. Banking Company, the Deseret Savings Bank, the First National Bank of Murray, the Bank of Randolph, Bank of Garland, the Utah County Light and Power Company, and the American Security Company, and president of Daynes Jewelry Company.
The Governor is a member of the Board of Governors of the Commercial Club, and a member of the Alta Club, both of Salt Lake City. He was married in 1871 to Miss Elizabeth Taylor, and from the union seven children, four sons and three daughters, have been born. Of the sons, John C., Jr., is a promi- nent stock broker, Herbert E. is manager of Cutler Bros. Company, and Alfred T. is assistant manager of that firm. Of the daughters, Elizabeth is the wife of Edward E. Jenkins.
In politics, Governor Cutler has been an earnest Republican since national party lines were formed in Utah. He has not been a seeker after political office, on account of the close, urgent attention required in his private business. Yet he has found some time to give to public affairs. From 1884 till 1890 he was clerk of Salt Lake County and ex-officio clerk of the Probate Court. For a number of years he acted as United States Jury Commissioner. In 1904 his friends prevailed on him to become a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor. Mindful of the high honor involved in being chief executive of an important State, he accepted the nomination and was elected in November, 1904.
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D. F. WALKER
DAVID FREDRICK WALKER
The history of the inter-mountain country would be incomplete without the name of David F. Walker, who for over fifty-seven years has been one of the leading business men and most prominent and progressive citizens of Utah. David F. Walker was born April 19th, 1838, at Yeadon, Yorkshire, England. He was the third of the four famous Walker brothers, all of whom contributed so much to the upbuilding of Utah. His father was Matthew Walker, who was a wool merchant and hotel proprietor in England. He died in St. Louis, in 1850, on the way to Utah. His mother was Mercy (Long) Walker, who passed away in Salt Lake City in December, 1863. David F. Walker was educated in the public schools of England. He arrived in Salt Lake City, September 20th, 1852, being then but a boy of fourteen.
David F. Walker's first occupation in life after arriving in this country was as a peddler of notions in St. Louis, where he stayed for two years. Upon Iiis arrival in Salt Lake he entered the employ of William Nixon, formerly of St. Louis, but then knowrn as "The Father of Utah Merchants," who conducted a general merchandise store. Mr. Walker remained in this position until the spring of 1859, at which time (July 1st) the firm of Walker Brothers was established at Camp Floyd about forty miles southwest of Salt Lake. The four brothers made up the firm. David F. Walker was the prime mover in starting the business, having got the first stock of goods on credit, the stock consist- ing of $90,000 worth of goods. The firm, which was originally formed for the purpose of selling supplies to the soldiers then encamped at Camp Floyd, remained there until the departure of the troops, when the stock was removed to Salt Lake City and the foundation laid for the present mammoth store which is second to none in Utah in every respect. The business was continued by the Walker brothers until 1886, and on January 20th of that year, Mr. Walker retired from the firm, selling out his interest to the remaining three brothers. In 1888 Mr. Walker went to San Francisco and entered business there. He built a magnificent country residence at San .Mateo, California. It has four acres of lawn and covers six acres of rare plants and other foliage. The house has a frontage of one hundred feet and a ninety-foot depth, and is built in old Southern colonial style. Mr. Walker takes great pride in his California home and loves to work about the grounds among the plants and flowers, which is his chief recreation.
Mr. Walker was first married to Emeline Holmes, May 18th, 1859. She died' in August, 1876, and their children were Emeline, Sarah, Ann, David F., Jr., Henry W., Maud, and Stella May.
On October 25th, 1883, Mr. Walker was married to Althea Hunt, who came from an old New York family and was born, in the old Ninth Ward in New York City. To them have been born three children, of whom two are living, Althea Margaret and Clarence Hollister.
Mr. Walker is a member of the Pacific Union Club, and the Burlingame Country Club, of San Francisco, and a former member of the Alta Club, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mr. Walker's residence in Salt Lake City is at No. 75 C Street.
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FKANK KNOX
FRANK KNOX
From a farmer boy to the presidency of one of the great financial institutions of the inter-mountain empire, is the record of Frank Knox, president of the National Bank of the Republic, of Salt Lake City. Born at Washington, Iowa, March 25, 1857, his early life was spent on a farm, his father being a farmer and stock-raiser. His parents were of English-Scotch descent. Both his maternal and paternal grand- fathers fought in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and distinguished themselves for bravery and gallantry.
Frank Knox began life, as said, upon a farm. During the winter months he attended the district school and later entered an academy in his native town, where he studied for two years. Then he was ten- dered a position in the First National Bank of Washington, Iowa, which he accepted, and in 1878 he was promoted to be bookkeeper. One of the directors of the bank, John Bryson, of Chicago, then tendered Mr. Knox the superintendency of his extensive lumber interests in Kansas, a handsome salary being attached to the position, and Mr. Knox accepted it. Later he purchased an interest in the business which he retained until 1882, when the firm sold out their Kansas yards. Then Mr. Knox was tendered and accepted the position of assistant cashier of the First National Bank of his native town. He was soon after pro- moted to be cashier. In 1885 he resigned his position and went to Osborne, Kansas, where he organized the First National Bank of that place, becoming manager and cashier, which position he held until 1889, when he sold his interests and removed to Salt Lake City.
In 1890 he organized the National Bank of the Republic of Salt Lake City of which he has, since its organization, been president. The National Bank of the Republic carries the largest deposits of any National Bank in Utah. It is a government depository.
Mr. Knox is largely interested in mining in Utah and Nevada. He is a member of and vice-president of the American Bankers Associa- tion, and is regarded as among the leading bankers and financiers of the country. He is a member of the Alta and Commercial Clubs of Salt Lake City.
Mr. Knox has never held political office. He was nominated by the Republicans for mayor of Salt Lake City in 1903, but was defeated by his Democratic opponent. He was married in 1882 to Miss May Gran- ley, daughter of George and Margaret Granley of Morris, 111. Two sons were born to them, both living. Mr. Knox resides in a handsome home on the corner of East First South Street and Fourth East Street, Salt Lake City.
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F. P. GRIDLEY
F. P. GRIDLEY
F. P. Gridley, general manager of the Central Coal & Coke Company, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the United States, is a resident of Salt Lake City and represents the extensive interests there of the above corporation.
Mr. Gridley was born at Parkman, Ohio, April 10th, 1854, but immediately afterward his parents removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where young Gridley resided until he was twelve years of age. In 1865 his father, James U. Gridley, became interested in the West and removed with his family to Omaha, Nebraska, where he engaged in the business of freighting and cattle. Here Mr. Gridley remained until 1893 when he came to Utah and has been actively engaged in business here ever since. On March 27th, 1895, Mr. Gridley was married to Miss Kate Russell, a native of Utah, at Ogden, and they have two children, Jack and Katherine, and reside at 255 Sixth East Street.
Mr. Gridley is a member of the Alta Club of Salt Lake City, and also of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
The Central Coal & Coke Company, which is incorporated under the laws of Missouri, with general headquarters at Kansas City, is officered as follows: Chas. S. Keith, president and general manager; Chas. Campbell, vice-president; J. C. Sherwood, vice-president and general auditor; E. E. Riley, treasurer. It operates upwards of forty coal mines in the States of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming; and also several large saw mills in the yellow pine dis- tricts of Louisiana and Texas. The total output of the mines of this company for the last year was 2,500,000 tons, and of the mills 112,000,- 000 feet. The company owns in the neighborhood of 175,000 acres of virgin timber land in the yellow pine districts and 80,000 acres of cut- over land. The total number of employees is about 7500, and the annual business of the company will approximate $15,000,000.
The Wyoming mines owned by the Central Coal & Coke Company are located at Rock Springs, where they mine their well-known "Pea- cock" Rock Springs coal, which is the ranking coal in the western mar- ket. This coal is distributed from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast and throughout the States of Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho, where it is used very extensively for domestic, mining, smelt- ing and steam purposes.
This company has also been operating for several years in Salt Lake City a large retail yard, where they have handled their own prod- uct and built up a very extensive business.
The general western manager of the Central Coal & Coke Company is Mr. F. P. Gridley, with offices at No. 38 South Main Street, Salt Lake •City, from which the operations of the mines are directed and the general wholesale and retail business handled.
W. MONT. FERRY
WILLIAM MONTAGUE FERRY
Born in Grand Haven, Michigan, March 12, 1871, William Montague Ferry grew to manhood in the Wolverine State, securing1 his early education in the public schools of Michigan and in the Michigan State Military Academy. Afterwards he entered Olivet College, graduating from that institution in 1891, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He is now a trustee of his Alma mater.
Shortly after his graduation he came to Utah, in 1893, going to Park City, where he became identified with mining interests and engaged in business with his father. For a while he was with the famous Silver King Mine, now known as the Silver King Coalition, one of the greatest dividend-payers in Utah or the country. Concluding that he would devote his life and energy to the mining industry, he entered the Colo- rado State School of Mines at Golden, taking a course in mining and metallurgy.
After leaving the School of Mines he again came to Utah and entered the service of the Ontario Mining Company, a property which has paid thirteen million dollars in dividends, and was assigned to the Marsac mill in the leaching and refining department, and later in the refining department alone. In 1898 he left Park City, locating in Salt Lake. He later became identified with Walker Brothers, Bankers, the Utah Sav- ings and Trust Company, the Mason Valley Mines Company, the Silver -King Coalition Mines Company (director in each), and other mining companies.
Mr. Ferry is a Republican in National politics. Locally, that is, on State and city issues, he is an American, having been elected a member of the city council of Salt Lake by the American party in 1905, for a term of four years. He is chairman of the finance committee of the council.
He was married at Nashville, Michigan, June 3, 1896, to Miss Ednah Truman. The fruit of this union is twin sons, William Montague, Jr., and Sanford Truman, who were born October 4, 1898.
Mr. Ferry is a member of the Alta, Commercial, Country and Uni- versity clubs of Salt Lake City, president of the Civic League of the city, and a director of the Young Men's Christian Association. With his family he resides in a handsome home at 453 East South Temple Street, Salt Lake City.
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E. P. FERRY
EDWARD PAYSON FERRY
Edward Payson Ferry was born April 16, 1837, at Grand Haven, Michigan, his father being William Montague Ferry, Presbyterian missionary to the Indians at Mackinac Island and pioneer settler of Ottawa County, Michigan. His mother was Amanda W. Ferry.
His father had to civilize the Indians before he had them ready to Christianize and it took him several years. But he educated them in the ordinary branches of English, got them to the point where they could read it and have some understanding of it. In time the Indians were so grounded in the language and in the doctrines of Christianity that some of the better educated ones were sent to other Indian tribes to do for those tribes what had been done for them. This was one of the most successful missions ever sent out by the Presbyterians among the Indians, and its influence has long continued.
Edward Payson Ferry early showed aptitude for commercialism and branched out into the lumber trade, engaging in the saw mill busi- ness and acquiring timber lands. The business grew to such proportions that the matter of transportation became an important need and a line of lake steamers was acquired. Meanwhile he became interested in banking and was elected president of the First National Bank of Grand Haven.
Mr. Ferry early became impressed with the mining possibilities of the WTest. He located in Park City, Utah, in 1878, with the intention of superintending the investments of himself and associates. Later he acquired mining ground by discovery, or by grubstaking prospectors, or by actual purchase.
He married Clara V. White in Michigan in 1870, and five children were born to them. Of these one died and two sons and two daughters are living and married, as follows : W. Mont. Ferry, Edward Stewart Ferry, Miriam Ferry Reynolds, and Edith Ferry Merrill. His chief interests now are in the Silver King Coalition Mines Company, Walker Brothers, Bankers, and the Utah Savings and Trust Company. He has other mining interests and has much Salt Lake real estate. In politics he is Republican nationally. Locally he was identified with the old Liberal party and was one of its first members in the State Legislature.
In his busy life he has spared time for and enjoyed the amenities of social life. He is a member of the Alta Club, and honorary member of the University Club, and a Knight Templar.
Edward P. Ferry's activities in the entire West were so extensive and so widely comprehensive that before he was here many years he recognized the inevitable empire of this region. He was active in the organization of the Trans-Mississippi Congress, and was made president of that organization in Denver in 1891. He served the congress with credit to himself and to the Territory of Utah which he represented.
He is now 72 years of age, and for a number of years his health has been impaired and he has not actively engaged in business. His extensive interests are managed by his sons, W. Mont Ferry and Edward Stewart Ferry.
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CHARLES E. LOOSE
CHARLES E. LOOSE
One of Utah 's most prominent and progressive mining men and one who has achieved great success and distinction in politics, as well as business, is Charles Edwin Loose, of Provo, Utah. Mr. Loose was born at Quincy, Illinois, September 19, 1853. His parents were Robert and Betsy Jane Tenny Loose, and from them he inherited a strong physique and determination of character that has made him successful in all his undertakings. His father- died while Charles was an infant, and his mother, who was a woman of education and refinement, taught in the public schools of Quincy, Illinois, after the death of her husband. She continued there until 1860, when with her family she came to Utah.
When Charles E. Loose was sixteen years of age, which was the year that witnessed the completion of the transcontinental railway, he went to California and there engaged in mining, which occupation he has followed successfully ever since. In the year 1885 he returned to Utah, opening up and developing mines in the Tintic District. In 1892 he removed to Provo permanently, and since that date has been an important factor in mining, financial and political circles, and is always n qny movement tending towards the upbuilding and public welfare of that city. He is a strong Republican and immediately affili- ated himself with that party, and has always been a potential factor in all political affairs— city, State or national. In 1900 Mr. Loose was sent as a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Philadel- phia, where he assisted in nominating the late President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. After the election he was chosen the elector to carry the electoral votes of Utah to Washington.
In 1902 Mr. Loose was elected State Senator from the Seventh Senatorial District. Mr. Loose is principally engaged in mining, but is a strong figure in finance also, being vice-president of the Provo Com- mercial and Savings Bank, and is also a large owner of and investor in real estate and business blocks. He has always been liberal with his wealth and has supported many worthy charities, and any movement tending to the betterment of conditions in Provo and throughout Utah.
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A. F. DOREMUS
A. F. DOEEMUS
With a national reputation as a railroad construction and irrigation engineer, Abraham Fairbanks Doremus has performed no mean share of the work in building up the fame of Salt Lake, his native city.
The son of Henry I. Doremus, one of the most prominent educators of his day, and of Harriet Fairbanks, of the old American family of the name, Mr. Doremus was born in Salt Lake, May 24, 1849. Living here at a time when the present excellent school system was yet in its infancy, the young Doremus had the inestimable advantage of securing more than an ordinary education under the tutelage of his father. Being unusually proficient in mathematics and manifesting1 a fondness for the study, his mind early turned toward civil engineering, and he directed his energies toward acquiring a thorough knowledge of this profession.
Shortly after reaching man's estate, Mr. Doremus married Miss Pauline Eichards, the daughter of Dr. Willard Eichards. Five chil- dren blessed the union of whom three are now living. They are Mrs. Hattie D. Hagman, Henry E. Doremus and Cornelius E. Doremus.
The acquirements of Mr. Doremus as a civil engineer early attracted the attention of the great railroad corporations, then engaged in open- ing the West to commerce, and his services were in great demand, not only in Utah, but in Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Nevada. He engaged in the work of location and construction for the Union Pacific, Denver & Eio Grande, Oregon Short Line, and various other railroads.
Interested in the science of irrigation from his youth, Mr. Doremus was and is now an authority on the subject, and his talents have been used in planning a number of large enterprises of this character in the West.
His services to the city and State have been recognized by the people, Mr. Doremus having held the office of city engineer, chairman of the Board of Public Works, state engineer of Utah, and a member of the State Board of Health. He was the Eepublican party nominee for mayor of Salt Lake, but in a close contest was defeated by John Clark on the "Citizens" ticket.
Mr. Doremus is a member of the American Society of Civil Engi- neers, and a director of the "Fairbanks family in America." He is a member of the Commercial Club. Mr. Doremus is president of the Tooele City Water Company and is interested in the Blackfoot Stock Company. His residence is in Progress Flats, one of the handsome apartment buildings of the city, which is owned by Mr. Doremus.
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LOUIS COHN
LOUIS COHN
Louis Colin, one of Salt Lake City's most progressive and successful merchants, was born in Doberzyn, Poland, Russia, April 18, 1842. He was educated in the Government public schools there, and in 1859, at the age of seventeen, he emigrated to New York, in which city he clerked in a dry goods store for two years, when he went to California and entered the mercantile business in Sierra County, where he kept a general store for the next four years, in which he was quite successful. In 1865 he left California, driving his own team from Poker Flat, made famous by Bret Harte, and started for Salt Lake City, where he arrived after a tedious six weeks' journey. Shortly after arriving in Salt Lake he started a general store under the firm name of Cohn & Munter, which continued for two years, when the dry goods establish- ment known as The California Store was formed by Mr. L. Colin and his brother, Alexander, which, after many ups and downs, was finally merged into the Cohn Dry Goods Company. That firm went out of business, and in 1887 the present house was established and has been very successful ever since, and is to-day one of the leading dry goods houses in Salt Lake City. The success attained by this house was due mainly to the business ability and good judgment of Mr. Louis Cohn, who believes in sticking close to business and hanging on even when severe reverses happen. He has always been a firm believer in Salt Lake and the community and when he came here he determined to stick, which he did and has made a success of his business. His brother and partner, Mr. Alexander Cohn, died in 1902, and the company was incorporated in 1907, and his widow retained her husband's full share of the business.
Mr. Cohn, besides being president of the L. & A. Cohn Dry Goods Company, is connected with the Kaysville Brick Company, and has numerous mining interests. He was a member of the city council for two terms during the administration of Mayor Scott, also in 1894, while Mayor Baskin held office, and was subsequently fire and police com- missioner.
Mr. Cohn was married April 20, 1876, to Miss Carrie Lippman, and they have two children, Edna C. and Sylvia Cohn Druehl. Mr; Colin is a member of the Alta and Commercial clubs, a thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner, and was grand master of the Masonic fraternity in Utah in 1872.
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DAVID EVANS
DAVID EVANS
Among the most prominent of the pioneer mining men of Utah and one who has won success and distinction as a citizen, lawyer, public official and mine operator, is David Evans, whose name stands for all that is square and upright in business circles and as a man.
David Evans is a native Utahan, born at Lehi, on January 28th, 1852. His parents were David Evans, a prosperous merchant and farmer of Utah, and Barbara Ann Evans.
Mr. Evans's early education was obtained in the public schools at Lehi and the Brigham Young Academy at Provo; he subsequently having an inclination toward the legal profession, took the law course at the University at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and after graduating there- from he returned to Utah and practiced his profession with much suc- cess. His first work was as City Attorney at Lehi. Later he was Assistant United States Attorney for Utah, and was elected a member of the upper house of the Utah Territorial Legislature and of the Constitutional Convention. Mr. Evans was brought up on a farm, and practiced law in the Utah courts for twenty years, then retired to engage actively in mining, at which he has achieved wonderful suc- cess. Mr. Evans is interested in the King David Mining Company, Crown Point Mining Company, Iron King Consolidated Mining Com- pany, and many other mining properties, too numerous to mention. Mr. Evans is a large owner of and manager of nearly all of the min- ing companies mentioned and also owner of considerable real estate in and around Los Angeles, Cal., and especially around Venice and Ocean Park. Mr. Evans is now a resident of Venice, Cal., and he has done much towards the improvement and building up of that place which is one of the real beauty spots of California, and a noted resort which is daily visited by thousands of tourists and much appreciated by the residents of that section of California. Venice is located directly on the shores of the Pacific and built after the fashion of Venice, Italy, from which famous city it derives its name. Picturesque canals run through the town and all kinds of amusements are afforded the visitor, includ- ing band concerts, which are given daily. Ocean bathing is also an attraction, and the climate is perfect the whole year around. Venice is in every respect an ideal spot and contains many beautiful residences of some of the wealthiest people of the country.
Mr. Evans was married to Leah Naegle, of Lehi, Utah, December 1st, 1882, at Salt Lake City, and to them were born three children; Lucile, aged fourteen; Irma Louise, aged ten, and Leah (deceased). He is a member of the Jonathan Club, the leading club of Los Angeles, a Mason and Shriner and a life member of the American Mining Con- gress. While Mr. Evans is a resident of Venice, California, he makes Salt Lake City the headquarters for all of his mining operations and divides his time pretty equally between Utah and California.
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JESSE KNIGHT
JESSE KNIGHT
One of Utah's leading and most respected citizens, and one who has devoted most of his life to the development of Utah's mineral resources, is Jesse Knight, of Provo. The Knights were pioneers and were iden- tified with the Mormon Church at its very birth, and closely connected with the early settlement of Utah. Newel Knight, father of Jesse Knight, was one of the first converts to Mormonism and held many responsible positions in the church, and was a close friend and adviser of Joseph Smith, first president of the church. Jesse's mother was Lydia G. Bailey, and she was married to Newel Knight at Kirtland, Ohio, in November, 1834, the prophet officiating. It was the first mar- riage ceremony he had ever performed. The Knights settled at Nauvoo, Illinois, where, on September 6, 1845, Jesse Knight was born. He was the sixth of seven children born; namely, Sally, James, Joseph, Newel, Lydia, Jesse, and Hyrum. The elder Knight died in 1847, and for three years following the widow had to battle with all the privations of frontier life with seven small children. In 1850, after three years of hardship, Mrs. Knight and family started for Salt Lake, where they arrived, after a troublous journey, in October of that year. Here she became a school-teacher and thus supported her family. The earliest recollection of Jesse is attending his mother 's school, and herding cows.
At the age of sixteen Jesse started out in life for himself, and chose Provo as a home, working at any employment he could obtain. When the Black Hawk War broke out he became a scout in Capt. Alva Green's cavalry company. In 1868 he worked on the railroad, helping to build the Union Pacific. On January 18, 1869, at Salt Lake, Jesse Knight, then twenty-three years old, married Miss Amanda McEwen, a daughter of John and Amanda McEwen of Provo. Mr. Knight was still doing- freighting and teaming in the canyons for the railroad. He was at Tintic when the first mines were discovered, and made some locations. He hauled the first ore from the Mt. Nebo mines to the Homansville smelter in Tintic. He next went into the cattle business near Payson, where he had forty acres of land at the beginning. He added to his holdings and reared his family there. He went to buying and selling cattle and investing in mines, but it was not until many years later that he realized any profits from his mining investments. His claims in Tintic became valuable, and he soon was worth $30,000 ; a large sum of money in pioneer days. He next located the Humbug Mine, which ultimately became one of the sources of his wealth. He then went to Provo in order to give his children better educational advantages for religious and scholastic training. He went broke again, owing to his open-hearted, generous nature and charitable disposition. But in 1896 a rich strike was made in the Humbug Mine, and Jesse Knight was on his feet again. He next bought the Uncle Sam Mine, paying for it $26,000, and in the next three years had cleared $300,000, his income averaging $10,000 a month.
The children of Jesse Knight are : Oscar Raymond, Jesse William, Amanda Inez, Jennie Pearl, and Addie lona Knight. His sons are connected with him in business. The business interests of Jesse Knight are many, and cover a wide field. Mr. Knight has done much for the welfare of Utah and its people.
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W. J. HALLORAN
WILLIAM J. HALLORAN
It would be difficult indeed to find a man embodying all the qualifications of a good citizen, a gentleman and a business man more desirable for a town or city than the subject of this sketch, William J. Halloran. Having staked his chances in this city of Zion for over twenty-two years, he has been before the public eye, and that he to-day is looked upon by all who know him as one of the first citizens of Salt Lake is due to his inherent ideas of honesty and integrity, combined with his wonderful resourcefulness and business acumen. A booster and plugger for Salt Lake and her resources, he has become so promi- nent in the growth and development of the city that nothing is ever suggested and thought of concerning civic improvements or aggrandizement that is not first submitted to this first citizen of the City of Salt Lake.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, on the 25th day of November, 1859, his father was John Halloran, for years with the Grand Trunk Railroad, in the freight department, and his mother Bridget Halloran. He received his earlier educa- tion in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, his people having moved to that town when he was a mere lad. The West always had charms for him, and, although he had reached man's estate before he responded to the call of this country, he came and located in Salt Lake City in November, 1887.
Young, imbued with the never-give-up spirit and chuck full of determina- tion, he soon became a prominent man in business circles of this city. He made friends readily; and not only that, he kept them. Always energetic, busi- ness opportunities came and he was at the door to meet them. To-day he is known by all classes for his shrewdness and methods of fair dealing. He is interested in several companies, prominent among them being the Halloran- Judge Company, of which he is the senior partner, and which is one of the best- known real estate firms in the city. He is also prominently identified with the Merchants' Bank, the Utah Savings and Trust Company, the Continental Life and Investment Company, the Studebaker Bros. Company of Utah, and the Newhouse Hotel Company.
While not a politician in any sense of the word, he is prominently identified with the American party and its success, and for four years he was on the Board of Public Works under this administration, and was an earnest and con- scientious worker for civic improvements. He is best known, however, as presi- dent of the Commercial Club, now serving his third term in that office. He has ever labored for the perpetuity of this organization and it is needless to men- tion the innumerable propositions which have been attempted and accomplished by this organization and through the individuality of its president. The most recent thing which has reflected credit on the kind of men who are members of .the organization and who work hand in hand with its president, is the cam- paign waged to raise the $150,000 for the Y. M. C. A. Nothing that he has ever helped to accomplish gives him greater pleasure than the building of the new six-story fire-proof Commercial Club home, which is to be completed this year, at a cost of $300,000.
Although a very busy man with his many business duties, he is very promi- nent in social and club life. He is a member of the Alta Club, Knights of Columbus, Elks Lodge, and also president of the Knights of Columbus Associa- tion and the Knights of the Maccabees. His home life is an ideal one and he enjoys spending his few unoccupied hours in the bosom of his family. Married in 1883, in St. Clair, Michigan, his union has been blessed with three children, namely, Ruel G., Mary E., and Florence K. He has a beautiful residence at 717 East Second South Street, and it is very often the scene of social activity.
Mr. Halloran 's friends predict for him a continued successful and prosper- ous career, and while Fortune has smiled upon him since he has been here, it is predicted that the coming years hold out for him a greater measure of success. He has one pet phrase which tells the tale of his successful career, and that is, "There is no such word as fail."
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BOYD PARK
BOYD PARK
Boyd Park is one of the most prominent jewelers in the United States, and his establishments in Salt Lake City and Denver, Colorado, are second to none in the jewelry trade. Mr. Park is a native of Scot- land, and was born at Ellerslee, December 28, 1837, being at the present writing nearly seventy-two years of age and still actively engaged with the business founded by him nearly forty years ago. He is a son of Alexander Park, who conducted a silk-weaving establishment at Ellers- lee, Scotland, and Margaret Stephenson Park.
Mr. Park received his education in the schools at Bridge of Weir, Scotland, and his first occupation was working in the silk mills of his native place. In May, 1849, while still a boy, he arrived in New York City, and began the career which was destined to make him a successful man. Shortly after his arrival in this country he went to Troy, New York, where he learned the jeweler's trade thoroughly, with the firm of William L. Adams. Starting as an apprentice in 1852, he worked his way to the top. He remained there until 1862, when he removed to Poultney, Vermont, and became associated with Jervis Joslin, remain- ing there until the spring of 1866, when he went to Denver, Colorado, and in May of that year he established the first WTestern store of the well-known firm of Joslin & Park. In December, 1867, he extended his business, and opened a store in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and he conducted that place while his partner, Mr. Joslin, established a like concern in Leadville, Colorado, under the firm name of Joslin & Park. In 1871 the Salt Lake establishment was opened under the same firm name, which remained until the death of Mr. Joslin, when Mr. Park pur- chased from his estate his interest in all of the stores, and has since continued the business, doing a manufacturing and retail business of great magnitude. The manufacturing department is one of the best equipped and does the largest volume of business of any house west of Chicago.
Mr. Park is one of the best known and most respected citizens of the inter-mountain country, and is always foremost in any movement for the public good and welfare of Salt Lake City. He was a member of the Library Board for several years, was president of the Bank of Commerce for a number of years, and has been, and is now, actively identified with many of Salt Lake City's largest industries.
Mr. Park was married in January, 1869, to Miss Jennie Culver, of an old American family dating back to Revolutionary times, and to them were born two children: Samuel C. and Margaret B. Park. Mr. Park is a member of the Alta and Commercial clubs, and of the Masonic fraternity, being a Knight Templar and a Mystic Shriner.
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JOHN SHARP
JOHN SHARP
John Sharp, eldest son of the late Bishop John Sharp of the Twentieth ecclesiastical ward of Salt Lake City, and his father's right hand man in all the elder man's activities in this section, was born in Clachmannanshire, Scotland, December 28, 1841, and arrived in Utah, in September, 1850, with his parents, John Sharp, a coal miner, and Jane Patterson, his mother; also a younger brother, James Sharp, since deceased.
He was educated in the public schools of Salt Lake, and in 1866 was married to Hannah Neslen, a daughter of a well-known English family in Utah. There was but one son born of this union, John Neslen Sharp.
When Bishop Sharp arrived in Utah, Brigham Young was quick to recognize his con- structive ingenuity. He was given a contract quarrying stone for the big Tabernacle, the Tithing House, and for the old Council House, which was built where the Deseret News building now stands and was burned down in September, 1883. The subject of this sketch was associated with his father in this contract, which they completed on time and with profit to themselves. When the Union Pacific was building, Brigham Young proposed to furnish the necessary men and teams to build the grade, and a contract was awarded to him and sublet to Bishop Sharp for the grade from the head of Echo Canyon to Promontory. Eighty per cent of the completed work, according to the estimates of the company's engineers, was paid each month, and when the entire job was completed and accepted, the whole figure was paid. It left John Sharp, Sr., a wealthy man, and the subject of this sketch, having been busy on the grade as a supervisor and marshal of the working forces, profited with his father.
John Sharp the younger is a shareholder and a director in the Horn Silver Mining Company, whose mines are at Frisco, Utah, and in the Frisco Consolidated Mining Com- pany, and has been for some years president of the Twentieth Ward Grocery Company. He was also one of the heaviest stockholders, after his father, in the Utah Central and one ot the incorporators of the Utah Southern and Utah Southern Extension railroads, and until the taking over of those lines by the Union Pacific, in 1889, he was for some years the general freight and passenger agent of these lines.
When Utah was made a State and Heber M. Wells had been elected the first governor, he appointed John Sharp State Fish and Game Commissioner. He assumed charge of this office May, 1896, holding it continuously until March, 1907. It was on his recommendation that the first legislature appropriated $5,000 for the first State fish hatchery, and during these eleven years, embracing the two full terms of Governor Wells, and the first half of Governor Cutler's term, under the administration of John Sharp, the appropriations for the maintenance of the department never exceeded $9,000 for any biennial period, by the legislature.
There was very little remuneration attached to the office. John Sharp was always a game sportsman, a fisherman who wanted to have the finny tribe protected for the men who indulged in fishing for pure sport and not for the market, and the same rule applied with John Sharp to game birds on both land and water. He accepted the appointment out of pure love of legitimate sport and to work for laws that would prohibit the slaughter of fish and game by the wholesale for market. Early in John Sharp's administration of the fish and game department he established the practice of closing alternate trout streams for a season, having already planted many thousands of healthy young fry in the streams from the State fish hatchery, or, as sometimes happened to good advantage, a consignment of fry would be sent to him from some of the Government fish hatcheries.
John Sharp is now in his sixty-eighth year. His life has been full of activities and he has reaped a great harvest. He has retired from active business, and is enjoying life at his comfortable home with the wife of his young manhood. He has reared one son, and there are several grandchildren, the eldest grandson being named John. There is a direct record of this line of Sharps of nine first sons whose names are John. The bishop was the sixth and he had record of five generations of Johns before himself. His son John, the subject of this sketch, is the seventh; John Neslen Sharp is the efghth, and his son, John Miles Sharp, is the ninth.
John Sharp is still the ardent sportsman and will be whipping the streams yet for years for the finny tribe, or shooting the grouse and the prairie chicken and sage hen, and when the opportunity offers occasionally goes out with his rifle for larger game. He is an expert with the rifle, revolver and shotgun, either in field shooting or target practice.
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E. B. CRITCHLOW
EDWARD B. CRITCHLOW
Edward B. Critchlow was born October 2nd, 1858, in Warren County, Mississippi, his father being John J. Critchlow, a college pro- fessor at Washington College, near Natchez. Later he was an agent in the Indian service under the United States Government. His mother is Mabel H. Critchlow. He arrived in Salt Lake City, May 5th, 1873, and was educated in the Collegiate Institute at Salt Lake City, Prince- ton University and Columbia Law School. He was married January 20, 1886, to Mary W. Martin, of Burlington, New Jersey, and they have seven children: Elizabeth, Francis B., George A., Maurice M., Anna J., Margery W., and Walter M.
The properties Mr. Critchlow is principally interested in are the Twin Falls Waterworks Company, the Susanna Gold Mining Com- pany, the Utah-Colorado Cattle and Improvement Company and Bing- ham-New Haven Copper and Gold Mining Company.
He served three years as Assistant United States District Attorney for Utah, being appointed and serving during 1885, and re-appointed in 1890 for that year, and again in 1891. In 1895 he was elected a mem- ber of the first State legislature on the Republican ticket. He is a member of the Alta, University, and Country clubs and the Princeton Club of New York. He is a member of the law firm of Henderson, Pierce, Critchlow & Barrette.
Mr. Critchlow 's home is a comfortable and commodious residence at 430 Seventh East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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A. KICHTER
ADOLPH RICHTER
Adolpli Ricliter, who is one of the leading real-estate men of Salt Lake City, is in every sense of the term a self-made man. He was born in Germany, August 10, 1859, and was educated in the schools of Stettin. Graduating from the high school there, he found himself being influenced by a desire to seek a new home in America. Deter- mining on this step, he reached New York in 1878 and sought and secured employment for a while in the Fulton Street market.
About a year later he came west and joined a surveying party which the government was sending to Alaska. This early exploration and surveying trip was a most valuable and interesting experience for Mr. Richter, and when it was completed he returned to the States, remaining a while in San Francisco and later locating in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Here he was employed for another year and went from the Black Hills to Colorado, working at Leadville, Aspen and other mining camps, acquiring a knowledge of mining men and mining interests that has proved invaluable to him.
He came to Salt Lake in 1891, and was a pioneer of the slogan that Salt Lake is a city of opportunities. From the day he opened a real-estate office in Salt Lake until to-day he has been one of the most successful men in his line in the country. He devotes his entire time and attention to the real-estate business, and his name is perhaps better known than many other prominent citizens of the town. He is proud of the city of Salt Lake and is always willing to lend his moral and financial aid to anything and everything that will accrue to its best interests.
While not a club man in any sense of the word, and although he does not bother with politics, he is prominent in the Commercial Club and is one of the prime movers in the Salt Lake Real Estate Associa- tion.
He was married to Miss Lucy A. Deakin in May, 1893, and, while he has no children, he is very domestic in his tastes and habits and spends much of his time at his comfortable home at 87 L Street.
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P. L. WILLIAMS
PARLEY LYCURGUS WILLIAMS
Parley Lycurgus Williams, attorney for the Harriman railway sys- tem in Utah, is a native of Illinois, born in Perry County, April 7, 1842. His father, Samuel Williams, was a farmer, and his mother was Andromache Moore. Mr. Williams' early life was spent on a farm. He was educated in the common schools and in the McKendree College at Lebanon, Illinois.
When twenty-six years of age he was admitted to the bar in Wyo- ming, to which State he had gone to begin the practice of his profession, and soon after his admission to the bar he was elected District Attorney. Wyoming was then a territory, and his jurisdiction extended over a large area of country.
After serving one term as District Attorney, he came to Utah, arriving in Salt Lake City in December, 1871, and he has since resided and practiced his profession in the capital city of Utah.
In 1887, when the government escheated the property of the Latter- day Saints Church, Mr. Williams was appointed attorney for the receiver; of the property, United States Marshal Dyer, and continued in that position until the receivership ended and the property was returned to the church. The first important case in which Mr. Wil- liams was engaged in Utah was as attorney for the defense in the case of the People vs. Robert T. Burton, who was charged with the murder of Mrs. Bella Bowman during the "Morrisite war" of 1862. The case was bitterly contested and Mr. Williams was victor, the jury returning a verdict of not guilty.
Mr. Williams became interested in the railroad world in January, 1872, when, with a number of other gentlemen, he organized the Salt Lake Street Railway.
Mr. Williams has always been pronounced in his convictions. When on July 4th, 1885, the flag on the city hall was half-masted, as an insult to the flag and a demonstration of treason against the government, Mr. Williams was the first to denounce the outrage, and was the principal speaker at an indignation meeting held in the Fed- eral Court room, two days later.
In 1886, Mr. Williams was appointed Territorial Superintendent of District Schools. In 1893-4 he was a member of the upper house in the Territorial legislature. These, in addition to the position of Dis- trict Attorney in Wyoming, are the only political offices Mr. Williams has held.
When the segregation of the Oregon Short Line Railroad from the Union Pacific occurred, Mr. Williams was appointed attorney for the system. Afterwards he was appointed attorney for the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads in Utah, and for the Utah Light and Railway Company.
Mr. Williams was married in 1876 to Catherine Sharp. Five chil- dren were born to them, viz: Kate, Parley Lycurgus, Samuel, Paul, and Hugh. All of them are living. Mrs. Williams died in 1901.
Mr. Williams is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Alta, University and Country clubs. He resides with his children at No. 177 Thirteenth East Street, Salt Lake City.
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SAMUEL M INTYRE
Many a tale of frontier life in the Great West can Samuel Mclntyre tell, when he will, and his is a life that is typical of the successful pioneer. As stockraiser and mining man, Mr. Mclntyre has won success through untiring personal effort, and with a breadth of view characteristic of the man who spends much time in stock-raising regions, he has not been slow to branch out into other pursuits as the development of the inter-mountain empire warranted.
Samuel Mclntyre was born December 16, 1845, in Grimes County, Texas, of Scotch-Irish descent. His father was William Mclntyre, a native of Louisiana, who later became a farmer and land dealer in the Lone Star State. His mother was Margaret Anglin Mclntyre.
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When the boy was seven years old, the family came West, and Mr. Mclntyre is a pioneer of 1853. He received his education in the public schools of Salt Lake City, and for a time in his early manhood was engaged in the "freighting" business, as it was then called. In this capacity the young man made trips in the early days to Montana and California, along the trails of the pioneers, thus acquiring an experi- ence and an education which no amount of school learning could ever give him. The sturdy self-dependence which he acquired at that time has accompanied him throughout a career already both long and useful, though no one who knows him would call Mr. Mclntyre an old man yet.
In 1867, or when he was but twenty-two years old, Mr. Mclntyre made his first start for himself in the cattle business. Even now it is a life of freedom, and not without its hardships; and in those early days it was even more so. In 1870 Mr. Mclntyre drove cattle into Utah from Texas, and in 1872 he went to Kansas and back on a similar errand.
Energy such as this, amid the opportunities presented in the Western field, could not but be rewarded, and Mr. Mclntyre is still known throughout the West as one of its most successful stockmen. He is the owner of extensive ranches at Halleck, Nev., and at Tintic and Lemington, Utah, carrying in all about 10,000 head of both cattle and horses. Mr. Mclntyre still personally sells most of this stock at the ranches.
His interest in the stock, however, does not cease with raising the animal and preparing it for market. He is also interested in the Inter- mountain Packing Company, which does an extensive export business in meats.
With horses, too, Mr. Mclntyre has not confined himself to raising stock, but he has also done much in the way of improving the breeds grown in Utah. In this, too, he has been successful, and Crabapple, the famous pacer with a mark of 2 :08, was raised and bred on a Mclntyre ranch.
With the development of the West in other lines, this pioneer stockman has also kept pace. He is, as has been mentioned, interested in the packing industry, and also in mining, financial and real-estate enterprises. He is president of the Mammoth Mining Company, with properties in Nevada, and a director of the Melcher Mine, of Idaho. He is director of the Utah Commercial Savings Bank, and has exten- sive real-estate interests in Salt Lake City.
Mr. Mclntyre lives in a fashionable quarter of the city, at 130 Fifth East Street. His wife was Mary Alexander, and he married her in 1872, on Independence Day. They have had eight children, namely: Robt. Alexander (deceased), Samuel G., William LeRoy (deceased), Frank, Stella, Lapere, Earl Lester and LeRoy.
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O. W. POWERS
Judge 0. W. Powers, one of the most prominent jurists cf Utah, was born June 16th, 1850, at Pultneyville, Wayne County, New York, near Palmyra. His ancestors occupy honorable places in the history of England and Ireland, and many of them appear con- spicuously in Colonial and Revolutionary times.
In tlie place of his birth he passed his early boyhood with his parents, who were farmers. He secured his early education at a district school and at Sodus Academy and the Marion Collegiate Institute of Wayne County.
Determining to become a lawyer, Mr. Powers procured a copy of the Revised Statutes of New York, which he studied very sedulously. At the age of eighteen he was given his choice of taking a course at Cornell University or the University of Michigan. He chose the latter, and graduated in 1871.
After his graduation Mr. Powers returned home and worked on tne farm for a time, in order to obtain the means with which to begin the practice of law.
In 1873 he removed to Kalamazoo, Michigan, landing there with less than one hundred dollars, and with no experience either at the bar or in a law office. He succeeded in obtain- ing a position as clerk with the law firm of May & Buck, and received for his services his board and permission to sleep in a room back of the office. After three months they allowed
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him a salary of ten dollars per month in addition to his board and lodging, requiring him, however, to put into the firm five hundred dollars worth of law books, which he procured by borrowing the money.
He advanced rapidly in his profession and was soon ably handling important cases. In the midst of his law practice, he found time for some political work. In 1874 he took the stump for the Democratic Party, and was thereafter a member of every Democratic State Convention of the State of Michigan, and for many years held the position of County Chairman for the Democrats of Kalamazoo County, directing his party in several hard- fought campaigns.
In 1875, Mr. Powers succeeded to the business of May & Buck and associated himself with Mr. W. H. Daniels. In 1876, he was elected City Attorney of Kalamazoo. In the presidential campaign of that year, he stumped the State for Samuel J. Tilden. He also took part in the campaign in Indiana, speaking through the northern part with Governor Hendricks and Daniel W. Voorhees. A strong friendship grew up between Judge Powers and Governor Hendricks and thereafter the former was a staunch supporter of the great Indiana statesman.
In 1880, without his consent, Judge Powers was unanimously nominated for Congress from the Fourth District of Michigan, which had been almost uniformly represented by a Republican. He was defeated by Julius Caesar Burrows, now United States Senator.
In 1882, Mr. Powers wrote "Chancery, Practice and Pleading," and in 1884 he wrote "Powers' Practice," both of which are recognized authorities.
In 1884 he was elected to the Democratic State Convention and was also, the same year, one of the four delegates at large from Michigan to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago..
In 1885, he was again elected City Attorney of Kalamazoo, and during the same year he was appointed, by President Cleveland, Associate Justice of the Third District of Utah, and in May of that year he took the oath of office and entered upon his duties, with head- quarters at Ogden.
On August 16th, 1886, Judge Powers ceased his duties on the bench, and was succeeded by Judge H. P. Henderson, of Michigan. He then returned to Michigan, where he became editor of the "Daily Democrat" at Grand Rapids.
On October 26th, 1887, Judge Powers was married to Miss Anna Whipple, daughter of George Whipple, an old resident and merchant of Burlington, Iowa. They had two children, Don Whipple Powers, who died in 1889, and the other, Roger Woodworth Powers.
In 1887 Judge Powers returned to Utah and began the practice of his profession in Salt Lake City, where he has built up a large and lucrative business.
In 1888, the Liberal Party, which had been growing very strong, selected Judge Powers for its leader. He was made chairman of the Liberal Territorial- Committee, and conducted a vigorous campaign throughout Utah. In 1889, he was called iipon to take the chairman- ship of the Liberal Party of Salt Lake City. He accepted and laid out the work for the hottest political campaign ever fought in Utah. The. election resulted in a victory for the Liberals, for the first time in the history of the State, by a majority of 841 votes.
Judge Powers remained the leader of the Liberal Party until its dissolution, in 1892.
In January, 1897, Judge Powers was a candidate for the United States Senate, but before the balloting he withdrew in favor of Hon. Moses Thatcher. The latter was, however, defeated by Hon. Joseph Rawlins.
In 1898, Mr. Powers again became a candidate for United States Senator and was one of the leading candidates during the whole session of the legislature, which failed to elect a Senator.
On August 26th, 1899, an attempt was made by an ex-convict, named John Y. Smith. to assassinate Judge Powers by means of an infernal machine loaded with giant powder and fulminating caps. The would-be assassin was captured, and the day after his con- viction he committed suicide.
In 1900, Mr. Powers was appointed United States Senator by acting Governor Nebeker, but he declined the appointment. The same year he was Democratic nominee for Presidential elector. In 1904, and again in 1906, he was the unanimous choice of his party for Con- gress. In 1908 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, where, in a strong and eloquent speech, he seconded the nomination of William J. Bryan for President of the United States.
Judge Powers is the head of one of the leading law firms of Utah and is employed in cases of the greatest importance. His practice is very large, extending over Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Washington and California; and comprising all branches of the law. As an advocate, he has few equals and probably no superiors; as an orator, he is forceful and brilliant. His late case at Washington, D. C., in which he. secured the acquittal of Mrs. Anna M. Bradley, charged with the murder of Ex-Senator Arthur Brown, which case is still fresh in the minds of the people of the United States, is one of his most notable achievements.
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W. S. M CORNICK
William S. McCornick, banker, mining magnate, promoter of railroads, and builder of great enterprises, is one of the stalwart figures of the great State of Utah, and one of the foremost and best known men of the inter-mountain country. He was born near Picton, Ontario, Canada, September 14, 1837. His parents were George and Mary McCornick, and his mother's maiden name was Vance. They were farmers, and Mr. McCornick spent his early days at hard manual labor, doing what fell to his lot to assist his parents. His education was obtained at the public schools, but, as he was a boy of more than ordinary intelligence, he determined to succeed, and educated himself in a practical man- ner. He remained at home until twenty-one, when he decided to make his own way in life. Being lured by the golden opportunities that California then offered, he went there and lived for two years as a rancher near Marysville. Early in the sixties the fame of the great Comstock lode drew him to Nevada, where he spent the next eleven years, engaged in lumbering and mining, and here laid the foundation of the great fortune now credited to him. He lived a year in Virginia City, seven in Austin, two in Hamilton, and one in Belmont. He then turned to Salt Lake City, arriving on May 5, 1873. In June of the same year he established the banking business which has grown with the city, and which today, under the name of McCornick & Company, is beyond ques- tion the largest financial institution of its kind between the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean.
Mr. McCornick 's experience as a mining man in Nevada gave foretaste for larger operations in the same line in Utah. Eecognizing early the wonder- ful mineral resources and possibilities of Utah, and prudently investing much of his wealth in mines, he is to-day a large owner in some of the most valuable mining properties in the west, notably the Silver King, Daly "West, Centennial- Eureka, and Grand Central, all of them among the heaviest dividend-payers in the region. He is also interested in the American Smelting and Refining Company, and an officer and director in many of the most important industrial, mining, and financial concerns in the inter-mountain country.
The calm, farseeing judgment of Mr. McCornick has not only resulted in his financial eminence, but has redounded to the advantage of the State at large. An almost unerring gift for distinguishing between men who are born to suc- ceed, and those seemingly destined to fail, backed by money accumulated through recognized ability, has enabled him to foster both public and individual enterprises that have inured to the lasting advantage of Salt Lake City and the State of Utah, and in many cases, public and private, the timely help of this man, and a keen foresight of the issues, has saved many from personal failure, and allied business interests from financial disaster.
Mr. McCornick, while not a politician, has always taken a deep interest in public affairs, and has worked zealously to better conditions and to help the State. In 1888 Mr. McCornick was elected to the common council of Salt Lake City. Some years later he was again elected and served the city as Presi- dent of the Council. For almost twenty years he was president of the Board of Trustees of the State Agricultural College, which has grown into a great institution, and that largely through his progressive management. He takes a deep interest in education. He was the first president of the Alta Club, is a lover of fine horses, and has possessed a stable containing some of the swiftest roadsters in Utah.
Mr. McCornick was married in January, 1867, to Miss Hannah Keogh of Bellville, Ontario,— a union which resulted in the birth of ten children: William (deceased), Emma, Henry A., Harry (deceased), Clarence K., Willis S., Lewis B., Anna, Albert V., and Genevieve. Every advantage that educa- tion and travel offer has been accorded their children, and largely shared by Mr. and Mrs. McCornick.
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P. J. MOEAN
P. J. MORAN
Running along the side of the Wasatch Range, which guards the eastern side of the Salt Lake valley, and away above what is known as the bench, on the mountain side, is a conduit. One can walk through the conduit for a distance of eight miles. It carries a part of the water supply for Salt Lake City and is known as the Big Cottonwood Conduit. It is the greatest piece of work of its kind on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, and among the largest in the country. It will always stand as a monument to its builder, Patrick J. Moran.
Born in Yorkshire, England, January 23rd, 1863, left fatherless at the age of seven years, engaged in active work at ten years of age, Patrick J. Moran has carved his own way through the world and, is in every sense of the word a self-made man. His parents settled in Yorkshire in 1853, his father being Laurence Moran of County Mayo, and his mother, Bridget Durkin, was from County Sligo, Ireland. His father died in 1870, and his mother died in 1902.
Mr. Moran's early life was spent in hard work, and he has been actively at work ever since he was ten years old. His education was acquired in the workshop and by hard study of later years.
When fourteen years old, Mr. Moran came to America, landing at Baltimore in April. After four months' residence in that city he went to Cincinnati, where he was apprenticed to a steam-fitter, and in that city he learned this trade. After mastering his trade he went to Chicago, where he worked as journeyman fitter until 1887, when he removed to Omaha, remaining there and working at his trade until September, 1887, when he came to Salt Lake City, since which time he has made this city his home.
After two years in Salt Lake City, working at steam-fitting, he began business for himself as contractor in steam-heating and ventilating work. While in this business he put in most of the heating plants in the public school buildings of Salt Lake;, also for the new State University in Salt Lake, the Agricultural College at Logan, mo'st of the prominent business blocks and residences in Salt Lake City, and churches arid schools throughout the State.
In 1900, when the first contract was let by the city for the installation of water-works construction, Mr. Moran was awarded the contract. Three years later he entered the asphalt paving business. Almost all of the asphalt paving on Salt Lake, streets has been put there by Mr. Moran, and of his work it can be said that it is of the best possible kind. Nothing was ever slighted, and he has earned the reputation of doing the best work of ; any con- tractor in any city in the country. He has a great fortune invested in his plant, which includes everything modern for expedition and thorough work, and he employs an- army of workmen.
In addition to the paving and the construction of the Big Cottonwood aqueduct, he has other contract work in the way of constructing .concrete masonry for the plant of the American Smelting and Refining Company at Garfield, Utah, the largest plant of its kind in the United States. He has also the contract to build the Weber Canyon wooden-stave pipe power line, an immense piece of work for the Utah Light and Railway Company. .
Mr. Moran was elected in 1891 to the Territorial Council by the Liberal Party, and in February, 1892, was elected on the same ticket as a member of the city council for a term of two years from the fourth precinct of Salt Lake City/ These are the only political offices he has ever held. He is a member of the Alta and Commercial clubs, and also of the Elks.
Mr. Moran was married in 1891, to Miss Dollie Shoebridge, of Salt Lake. Six children were born them, four boys and two girls, all'living with his family. Mr. Moran lives in a handsome home at 1106 East South Temple . Street.
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GEO. T. ODELL
George T. Odell, one of Utah's foremost prominent and progressive citizens, and for nearly half a century prominently identified with the growth and upbuilding of Utah, was born in London, England, Dec. 4, 1848. He is a son of Thomas George and Ann (Newman) Odell, who emigrated to Utah in April, 1861, crossing the Atlantic in the sail- ing vessel ' ' Underwriter, ' ' and arriving at Salt Lake City, September 30, 1861. The elder Odell was a printer and publisher. The opportunities for education in those early days of Utah were not advantageous, and, although George Odell was of a studious nature and ambitious to acquire an education, he did not have the facilities of the boys of the present generation, and had to acquire what knowledge he did
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obtain in the educational line by hard practical knocks as he grew to manhood, he being but thirteen years of age when he arrived here. The family first located at Ogden, Utah, and the early life of young Odell was spent on a farm until 1869, but he had some newspaper experi- ence in the meantime, being a reporter on the " Ogden Junction," a paper then being edited by Mr. Penrose, and printed by Odell 's father. He subsequently, in 1869, entered the service of the Central Pacific Railway as brakeman, and later as conductor. Leaving the service in 1878, he went into the produce and shipping business in Ogden. He next went to Bullionville, Nevada, in charge of the mercantile interests of the Bullionville Smelting Company.
In 1882 he came to Salt Lake City, permanently settled here, and in 1883 formed the vehicle, machinery and implement business of Grant, Odell & Co., which later was merged into the following institutions and in the order named: First to Grant, Odell & Co. (Inc.), then to the Co-operative Wagon & Machine Co., and on February 13, 1902, into the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Co., which latter concern took over the business of the Consolidated Implement Co., with Mr. Odell as general manager. To the credit of Mr. Odell it may be said that since the interests have been merged the business has steadily grown, until to-day it is the largest concern of its kind in the world, all of which is gratifying to Mr. Odell and due largely to his efforts, ability and energy. They now have some stores all through the Western country, all operated by their own employees, and the commercial rating of the institution is the highest attainable. Mr. Odell is a man of diversified interests, as is evidenced by his activity as an officer or director in many of Utah's most substantial institutions, being con- nected with, as a director or official, the following corporations: The Bank of Garland, Capitol Hill Improvement Co., Consolidated Wagon & Machine Co., First National Bank of Montpelier, Glen Lumber Co., Heber J. Grant & Co., Karns Tunneling Machine Co., Montana Inde- pendent Telephone Co., Odell-Wright Investment Co., Apex Mines, Pittsburg-Salt Lake Oil Co., Rexburg Drug Co., Romney Lumber Co., Sugar City Hardware & Lumber Co., Sugar City Townsite Co., Teton Lands, Wright Mercantile Co., Witcher Dam Co., Beeman & Cashin Mercantile Co., of Evanston, Wyoming, and many others. Mr. Odell is well known in Eastern business circles, is a Free Mason and a mem- ber of the Alta and the Commercial clubs of Salt Lake City. He was married to Miss Florence Caroline Grant at Ogden, Utah, May 11, 1871, and they have five children, Thomas George, Joshua Frederick, Flor- ence Louise, Adelaide Eugene and Ethel Marie. The family reside at 254 Fourth East Street, Salt Lake City.
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HENRY WALLACE
Prom making molasses to making confectionery, and then to making crackers, until lie became the head of the National Biscuit Company, the largest manufacturer of crackers in this inter-mountain empire, and, while doing this, to look after various other matters, including a mission to the old world, would indicate that the person who did all this must have wonderful vitality and nerve and push. This is the career of Henry Wallace, head of the National Biscuit Company in Utah. Born in Somersetshire, England, April 27, 1840, his parents
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being of good old Scotch stock, his father a cloth-weaver, Henry Wal- lace soon learned what it was to labor; and, after acquiring an educa- tion in the National school, he was apprenticed to a confectioner and baker in Frome, England, which trade he mastered.
When in his fourteenth year he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and since then has been a firm believer in that faith. At twenty-two years of age he went to London, and in his twenty-third year he left England for Utah, sailing from Liverpool, May 12, 1862, and arriving in Salt Lake City, October 5th of the same year. His trip across the plains from St. Joseph was made with the Hancel Harmon party.
On arriving here, Mr. Wallace worked with Levi North at Mill Creek, making molasses. He then worked at the carpenter's trade for about nine months, during which time he made seats for the Taber- nacle at Bountiful. Then he engaged with William Eddington, who ran a general store, bakery and lunchroom. This was in 1863. Four years later he bought out the business, which he continued until 1875, when he closed up the business and entered the company of Jennings and Saddler, and at once was put in charge of the grocery department. He remained ten years with this firm, and in April, 1885, he formed a partnership with George Husler and purchased the business of the Utah Cracker Company. This business was continued until 1889, when the firm dissolved, Mr. Wallace purchasing his partner's interest, and continuing the business until 1892, when he sold his establishment to the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company, Mr. Wallace 'remain- ing as manager. Six years later, when the National Biscuit Company was formed, the American Company in Salt Lake was dissolved and Mr. Wallace was made manager of the new corporation, which position he still retains.
Mr. Wallace has always been a business man. Politics has had no allurements for him, although he has been tendered many nominations. He did consent to serve the people twice, once as a member of the Salt Lake City Council in 1907, and as school trustee of the Seventh District. It was while in the latter position that a contest between the Mormons and non-Mormons occurred over a tax voted by the former for the erection of a schoolhouse, which was finally decided by Judge Zane in favor of the Mormon trustee.
Mr. Wallace was married on February 7, 1863, to Miss Ellen Har- per. Nine children were born to them, all of whom are living. They are : Henry J., William R., Howard A., Eosetta E., George H., Mary Ellen, Walter A., Mabel K., and Ashley H.
Mr. Wallace is one of the best known citizens of Salt Lake City, and is a hale, hearty and vigorous man. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of but one club, the Commercial Club of Salt Lake City.
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RON. JOHN T. CAINE
HON. JOHN THOMAS CAINE
John Thomas Caine was born in the parish of Kirk Patrick, Isle of Man, on January 8, 1829. When but six years of age he was virtually an orphan, his father having emigrated to America, his mother being1 dead, and having no brothers or sisters. .He was taken into the home of Hugh Cubbon, his grandfather. Later he went to live with an aunt, Mrs. William Cowley, who took a motherly interest in the little fellow and sent him to school.
At an early age he was urged to obtain some knowledge of the tailor's trade, with a view of fitting himself to take a position in an uncle's merchant tailoring establishment. This work did not appeal to him, and, being ambitious to seek his fortune in America, he laid his plans accordingly. An opportunity to gratify his desire came in the form of a small sum of money, left him by his grandfather, and he sailed for America in 1846.
His knowledge of the tailoring business stood him in good stead upon his arrival in New York, and he was thus enabled to earn a liveli- hood without difficulty. It was while in New York that he embraced the Mormon religion and became an active worker in that faith.
In 1850 Mr. Caine married Margaret Nightingale, and two years later found the Caine family in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he employed various ways of earning a livelihood, chiefly that of teaching school. He was called upon a mission to the Hawaiian Islands, where he remained for over two years.
Soon after his arrival in Salt Lake City, Mr. Caine became a mem- ber of the original Deseret Dramatic Association, and later was one of the prime movers in the building of the Salt Lake Theatre.
John T. Caine has the distinction of having represented Utah in the Congress of the United States by a longer period than any other man. He was first elected to the Forty-seventh Congress as successor to George Q. Cannon, whose seat had been denied. He was thereafter elected as Territorial representative to the 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st, and 52nd Congresses. He was immensely popular with the people of Utah, and his services in Congress were highly satisfactory to them. He was afterwards very prominent and influential in securing the admission of Utah as a State.
On September 5, 1895, Mr. Caine was unanimously nominated for the first governor of the State of Utah, on the Democratic ticket, which ticket, however, was defeated. In 1896 he was carried to victory for State Senator on the same ticket.
Mr. Caine is the father of thirteen children. Though a public man, whose duties have kept him from home a great deal of the time, Mr. Caine is a lover of his home and devotedly attached to his wife and children.
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E. J. EADDATZ
EMIL JOHN EADDATZ
A resident of America since August, 1869, Emil John Baddatz has carved out for himself a notable place among the prominent citizens of Utah.
Mr. Baddatz was born October 5th, 1857, in the far-off city of Stettin, Germany, his father being Otto C. Baddatz, a merchant of Stettin, and his mother Wilhelmina C. Baddatz. He was educated at the Stettin High School and later in the schools of St. Louis, Missouri, where he made his home prior to coming to Colorado in 1875, and to Utah in 1886. In June, 1890, he was married, in St. Louis, to Miss Emma Gruth of that city, and a family of four girls and one boy, namely, Pearl, Flora Belle, Eunice, Lucille and Harold have since blessed the union.
Mr. Baddatz early turned his attention to mining matters, and for some years past has been president of the Tintic Standard Mining Company, the B. & S. Promoting Company, the Electric Utility Com- pany, the Duluth and Utah and the North Beck Mining Company. He is also a director in the Lion Hill Consolidated Mining Company, the Polar Star, the Honerine Extension, Montana Mining Company, and the Honerine West Mining Company, in all of which concerns his efforts have been notably successful.
Mr. Baddatz is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Shriner, and a leading light in the local lodge of Elks. In 1875 he came to Denver, and since then has been steadily engaged in mining in Colorado, Nevada, California and Old Mexico. In 1886 he took charge of the Calumet and Silver King Mines in Stockton, Utah, and since that time has made his headquarters in Salt Lake.
It would be difficult to find a man more nearly typical of his profes- sion than E. J. Baddatz. Possessed of a good stock of health, a kindly disposition and an inherent sense of fair play, these qualities have placed him in an enviable position among the members of his profes- sion. Socially, as in a business way, Mr. Baddatz has been a success. Known as a man of versatile education and wide experience, he is at once popular with old and young, and many a time he has been known to go out of his way to extend the helping hand of friendship to some less fortunate brother in adversity. Mr. Baddatz 's home life is a very happy one, his beautiful home at 1140 Second Avenue being frequently the scene of merry parties and other entertainments, at which a good time has always been a foregone conclusion.
Prom the standpoint of a position of prominence earned by his own industry and ability, Mr. Baddatz is enabled to look back over the past where failure is but little known and forward upon a future rich in the promise of this world's goods.
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JOS. A. SILVER
JOSEPH A. SILVER
President and general manager of the Silver Bros. Iron Works Company, Joseph A. Silver is prominent not only in Salt Lake busi- ness circles, but in the iron and steel industry, in which, as far as the West is concerned, he may well be classed as a leader.
From his youth up Mr. Silver has been connected with the great business which bears his name. He has devoted his time and energy to it, and this, combined with a strong sense of honor in business deal- ings, has made his name and that of his firm a synonym for high integrity, not only in Utah, but in the other States where the enormous business carried on by the company extends. From a small beginning, made a number of years ago, the industry carried on by the Silver Bros. Iron Works Company has grown until it is one of the largest of its kind west of the Mississippi. A small shop at its inception, it now covers an entire block. The buildings housing the plant are all modern in design, the equipment is of the latest, and the patterns the most improved, and capable of turning out a superior class of work of all kinds in this particular branch of manufacturing.
Prior to 1898 the business was not incorporated, being carried on by a partnership composed of Joseph A. Silver, John A. Silver and Hyrum A. Silver. But in that year the concern was incorporated, John and Hyrum Silver withdrawing from the company and leaving Joseph A. Silver, its practical founder, in control. Even at that time the demand for the products of the company, created by the honest work turned out, and the reputation which Mr. Silver early established for fair dealing, was such as to tax the capacity of the plant. Desiring to enlarge the production, Mr. Silver associated with himself in the enter- prise several of Utah's captains of finance, prominent among whom is Mr. Lewis S. Hills, president of the Deseret National Bank, widely known through his excellent business judgment, and the fact that a pleasing personality has won for him a large circle of friends.
With such men as Mr. Hills allied with him, Mr. Silver, proceeding along modern lines, began the work of remodeling and enlarging the plant of the Silver Bros. Iron Works Company, using his long experi- ence in the business to such advantage that the manufactory is classed among the best of its kind in the country. Its equipment enables it to take and execute in the most satisfactory manner all kinds of con- tracts relating to the work of a foundry and to iron and steel designs. Back of this great industry, employing its hundreds of men, and of which Salt Lake is proud, stands Joseph A. Silver^ to whose strict integ- rity and dogged persistence are due the great works of which he is the guiding hand.
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J. H. MOYLE
JAMES H. MOYLE
James H. Moyle, one of Utah's most representative attorneys, is a native of Salt Lake City, having been born there September 17, 1858. His father, James Moyle, was a successful builder and contractor, and his mother was Elizabeth Wood Moyle. J. H. Moyle was educated in the district schools of Salt Lake City, and later took a course at the Uni- versity of Utah, graduating in 1881. He subsequently took the course at the University of Michigan Law School, from which he graduated in 1885, and was a student for three years also at the University of Michi- gan in its School of Political Science.
Mr. Moyle was admitted to the bar of Utah and of Michigan in 1885, and later to the Supreme Court of the United States. He was Assistant City Attorney and Deputy County Attorney for one year, and was elected County Attorney in 1886, and re-elected in 1888. The same year he was elected a member of the State legislature. He was chair- man of the committee in 1889 which visited the principal Bef orm Schools of the United States, and upon whose report our Territorial Reform School was established. He was chairman of the Democratic State Committee in the campaigns of 1898 and 1899, and his party was victorious in both. During the last day of the legislature in 1899, Mr. Moyle was the caucus nominee of the Democratic Party for United States Senator; but no Senator was elected because of so many mem- bers being held by obligations to A. W. McCune, from which he would not release them. Hence the deadlock.
Mr. Moyle was the choice of the Democrats as their candidate for governor in 1900 and 1904, and in the latter campaign led his ticket in number of votes received by him. He also has taken a keen interest in live stock, its conventions and organizations, and was for many years a director of the Utah Fair Association. He was also for many years a trustee of the Reform School, and for two years was president of the Board of Trustees of that institution. While Mr. Moyle is active in business, farming, live stock, and mining, he has been more attentive to his large legal practice. The law firm was originally Richards & Moyle ; later on, Moyle, Zane & Costigan; and at the present time, Moyle & Van Cott, and their clientage and law business is one of the largest in the State.
Mr. Moyle is a director in the Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company, the Deseret Live Stock Company, the Utah Commercial and Savings Bank, the Silver Brothers' Iron Works Company, the Inter- Mountain Packing Company, the Utah Independent Telephone Com- pany, the Utah Consolidated Plaster Company, the Blackfoot Stock Company, and many other important enterprises, especially mining companies, too numerous to mention.
Mr. Moyle was married to Alice E. Dinwoodey, November 17, 1887, and they are the parents of eight children, of whom six are living, namely: Henry D., Alice E., Walter G., Gilbert D., James D., and Sarah Virginia Moyle.
Mr. Moyle is a member of the Commercial Club and president of the Utah Democratic Club. He resides at 405 East First South Street, Salt Lake City.
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DAVID ECCLES
DAVID ECCLES
David Eccles, one of the most prominent, progressive and best known citizens of the entire inter-mountain region, was born at Paisley, Rentfrashire, Scotland, on the 12th day of May, 1849, the same year that gold was first discovered in California. He is the son of William Eccles, who was a wood-turner by trade, and of Sarah Hutchinson Eccles.
Mr. Eccles received a common-school education in Scotland; and in the spring of 1863, when fourteen years old, emigrated with his parents, brothers and sisters to America, arriving at Ogden City, Utah, in October of the same year. Mr. Eccles first made his home in that city, but soon moved to Ogden Valley, and became the sole support of his father's family, working for wages in the timber and on the farms.
In 1867 Mr. David Eccles decided to go farther West and went into Oregon. After looking around for a location, he finally settled at Oregon City, and thereupon went to work for a couple of years in the adjacent forests of Oregon and Washington. In 1869 Mr. Eccles returned to Ogden Valley, resumed his work in the timber, until in 1873, by thrift and economy he had saved enough money to be able to invest in a sawmill. He thereupon entered into partnership with Messrs. Gibson and Van Noy, who in 1874, under the firm name of Gibson, Eccles & Van Noy, opened a lumber yard upon the present site of the great lumber business now owned by Mr. Eccles in Odgen City. This firm continued in existence until 1880, after which Mr. Eccles continued the business alone until 1889. Avhen he organized the present Eccles Lumber Company.
In the meantime, however, Mr. Eccles had not lost sight of the very promising lumber prospects of the State of Oregon. He felt satisfied that the forests of that State and of the State of Washington presented excellent opportunities for profitable investments; and, acting upon that idea, Mr. Eccles again went to Oregon in 1886, and there began the many lumber and other interests he now owns in the State. Among other things, Mr. Eccles built two railroads in the State of Oregon; one (the Sumpter Valley Railroad) running from Baker City into the John Day country, and the other (the Mount Hood Railroad) running from Hood River City toward Mount Hood.
Mr. Eccles' interests in the West are so many and so varied that it is perfectly safe to assert that no other man in Utah is engaged in so many important and successful business enterprises as he is. Mr. Eccles is president of several banks, prominent among which are the First National Bank of Ogden and the Ogden Savings Bank, besides being heavily interested in many other banks throughout the State. He is also president or principal director of the Amalgamated Sugar Company, the Lewiston Sugar Company, the Ogden Rapid Transit Company, the Sumpter Valley Railroad Company, the Eccles Lumber Company, the Oregon Lumber Company, the U. O. Lumber Company, the Mount Hood Railroad Company, and many other smaller industrial and mercantile institutions. Lately Mr. Eccles and his associates purchased the Sparks-Harrell ranches in Nevada and Idaho, at a cost of about a million dollars, and organized the same under the name of Vineyard Land and Stock Company, of which corporation Mr. Eccles is president and principal stockholder. Mr. Eccles is also president of that gigantic and well-known railroad-constructing corporation, the Utah Construction Company, which is now building a railroad for the Western Pacific from Utah to California, constituting the largest railroad contract ever let to any one company west of Chicago; and this immense undertaking was largely made possible by Mr. Eccles' financial standing and personal integrity, which was and is so well known in railroad circles both East and West.
On December 27th, 1875, Mr. Eccles married Miss Bertha N. Jensen, a native of Den- mark, and he is now the father of a large family of boys and girls. Despite Mr. Eccles' many interests, he has nevertheless found time to serve the community in which he has resided. From 1885 to 1887 he served as alderman, and from 1887 to 1889 he was mayor of Ogden City, and it was because of his push and enterprise that the present City Hall was built during his administration.
Though Mr. Eccles is accounted among the wealthiest men in the State of Utah, he is quite unassuming and easy to approach. He is a man with a generous and kind disposition; one who bears malice toward none, and his charities are many and unostentatious. Indeed, he is in every respect a model citizen, a splendid business director, and a man of great value to the community.
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LAFAYETTE HOLBROOK
LAFAYETTE HOLBROOK
Among the most prominent of Utahans is Lafayette Holbrook of Provo, who was twice mayor of that city, serving from 1893 to 1897.
Mr. Holbrook is a native of Utah, born in Salt Lake City, September 7, 1850. His ancestors were early New Englanders, his grandfather, Moses Holbrook, being a native of the Bay State, born in Sturbridge in 1779. His father, Chandler Holbrook, who was an engineer, and his mother, Eunice Dunning, were born in New York and were pioneers of Utah. They resided in Salt Lake City until 1852.