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UTAH

SINCE STATEHOOD

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME IV

CHICAGO-SALT LAKE

THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY

1920

HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSIPt

PROVO, UTAH

HON. MOSES THATCHER

BIOGRAPHICAL

HON. MOSES THATCHER.

Moses Thatcher was boru February 2, 1S42. in Sangamon county. Illinois, the sixth of eight children born to Hezekiah and Alley (Kitchen) Thatcher. Among the vivid memories of his childhood were incidents of the expulsion of the Mormon people, with whom his parents were identified, from the beautiful city of Nauvoo. He was a very little boy when his father's family made the long and arduous journey across the plains and mountains, arriving in Salt Lake City in the fall of 1S47 with the second company of pioneers. In the spring of 1849 the family continued on to California, where his parents conducted an eating house near Auburn in the mining district. Here he earned considerable money, tor a lad. by running errands and caring for the horses of travelers.

At the age of eleven he began to formulate his plans and seek an education. On the 29fh of December, 1856, at Rio Puta, in Yolo county, California, he was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Elder Henry G. Boyle. He was ordained an elder on the 23d of March, 1857, and, although but fifteen years of age, was called on mission from which he gathered experience and knowledge of value throughout his life.

With the coming of "Johnston's Army" a call was issued by President Brigham Young directing all saints to assemble in Zion, so Moses Thatcher, in company with his brothers, John B. and Aaron D.. started by team for Utah, arriving on New Year's Day of 1858. Notwithstanding the exciting and unsettled times, Moses Thatcher found time to attend school between shifts while serving on the special police force of Salt Lake City.

Returning from the exodus southward, after the army had been withdrawn, Moses Thatcher accompanied his father to Cache valley where he assisted in getting out tim- ber for the construction of the Union Mills. The following year he attended the Uni- versity of Deseret and was ordained a "Seventy" by President Young.

When Moses Thatcher was married to Miss Lettie Farr in April, 1861, he built the first frame house In Logan as their home. He was prominently identified with each step in the development of this beautiful city, materially, morally and educationally, up to the day of his death.

From the time of his marriage, Moses Thatcher remained in Logan, herding cattle on the Promontory, helping capture Indian marauders and otherwise taking an active part in the labors and duties incident to pioneer life in the untamed west, until April, 1866, when he was called to the European mission field, presiding over the Cheltenham and Birmingham conferences during the ensuing two years.

Upon his release Mr. Thatcher returned to Logan, where he organized the firm of Thatcher & Son for the conduct of a mercantile business later merged with the business of W. H. Shearman, becoming the Logan Cooperative Store, with Moses Thatcher as manager. In the conduct of his mercantile interests his keen discernment and executive ability built up an extensive trade for the house. In August. 1870, he became an active factor in railway circles, being chosen director and secretary of the Utah Northern Railway Company, organized at that time. Subsequently he was made general super- intendent of the road.

Later, he was connected with his brother, George W. Thatcher, in Thatcher Brothers' Bank, one of the strong financial institutions of the state. He was president of this bank at the time of his death, besides being a vice president or director of other bank- ing concerns in Utah.

Mr. Thatcher's business interests were varied, extensive and important. He be- came the owner of a fifty thousand acre ranch in Chihuahua, Mexico, where he engaged in the raising of fine cattle. He was also a director of the Utah-Mexican Plantation

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Company, and was generally regarded an authority on Mexican matters. He was presi- dent of the Farmers Utah Loan Association, and president and general manager of the Thatcher Milling & Elevator Company and other strong corporations which constituted a valuable element in the business development of northern Utah and southern Idaho.

In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, secular interests and church work are closely interwoven. While directing important business affairs Mr. Thatcher continued an active worker in the church, being superintendent of the Cache valley Sunday schools until April, 1877. He was a member of the territorial legislature, repre- senting Cache and Rich counties, and as a member of the constitutional convention in 1872 took a leading part in the proceedings of that body. When the Cache valley stake was organized. May 21, 1877, Moses Thatcher was chosen president and continued to flu that position until April 9. 1879, when he was ordained an apostle by President John Taylor to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Orson Hyde.

When colonization in Mexico was under consideration, Moses Thatcher was sent to that country on a mission, his associates being Elders James Z. Stewart and Milton G. Trejo. The following year he went to the City of Mexico on his second mission, returning in 1881. At the October conference in 1882 he was chosen, together with ErastUB Snow, to explore in Mexico for the purpose of finding a suitable place for set- tlement. Returning in February, 1883, he made his report, and, in the following July, left on a mission to the northern Indians, his work in that connection causing him to travel twelve hundred and fifty miles. In December of the same year he was called to assist Delegate John T. Caine at Washington, D. C, where he labored until April, 1884, when he rejoined his family in Logan.

But he was not permitted to long enjoy the comforts of home life or the oppor- tunities incident to that period of business development. In October of the same year he was sent on a most successful mission to the Shoshone Indians, who were discon- tented and showing signs of becoming actively hostile. In January, 1885, Mr. Thatcher again went to Mexico, in company with President John Taylor, and explored the Mag- dalena river in Sonora. Later, he was made chairman of an exploring and purchasing committee, and while acting in that position made several trips to Mexico before the plan of purchasing seventy-five thousand acres of land was consummated. Altogether, he visited Mexico twenty-three times.

Mr. Thatcher acted as assistant to President Wllford Woodruff in the presidency of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association for several years, and his writ- ings in the Contributor were among the clearest and most effective of that day. Dur- ing the seventeen years of his apostolic service he traveled on an average of eighteen thousand miles annually in the interest of his church and people. Notwithstanding his tireless activity in this direction he found time to aid public progress along other lines and to develop business interests necessary for the maintenance of his family, and the dispensation of many charities.

In politics Moses Thatcher was a stalwart democrat, elected as such to the con- stitutional convention of 1895, which framed the fundamental law of the state. Once he was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States senate, but later declined the position when it was offered him by a majority of the Utah legislature.

Mr. Thatcher was ever devoted to his family, which numbered fourteen children. These were Mrs. Ida T. Langton, who died in 1907, Mrs. Emma Jepperson, Moses, Jr., George P., deceased, Lee, Preston A., and Vida (children of Mrs. Lettie Farr Thatcher): Clarice, Karma, Floyd, and Clayton I., (children of Lydia Ann Clayton Thatcher); and Ashby, Elton and Arthur, (children of Georgia Snow Thatcher).

The death of Moses Thatcher occurred on the 21st of August, 1909. His funeral services were held in the Logan tabernacle on the afternoon of August 26th. when all business in Logan was suspended in honor of the man who had played so important a part in the establishment of its excellent material, intellectual, political and moral standards.

Special trains from Salt Lake City brought men eminent in the councils of the church and the funeral services were attended by many thousands, hundreds being unable to gain admission to the tabernacle. Men bore testimony to his "faculty of making and keeping friends," to his "winning personality" and to his "gift of oratory," which made him a power in the championship of any cause which he espoused. Perhaps no clearer idea of his character and ability can be given than is found in resolutions passed and tributes paid at the time of his passing. His high standing in banking circles is Indicated by the following:

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"Whereas, the hand of death has removed from our midst Honorable Moses Thatcher, whose demise occurred in Logan City, Utah, August 21, 1909.

"Whereas, Mr. Thatcher had been vice president and director of the Deseret Na- tional Bank from September 6. 1888. and vice president and director of the Deseret Savings Bank since its organization, June 18. 1889. until the time of his death. There- fore, be it Resolved that the board of directors of these two institutions unite in ex- pressing the sense of loss they have sustained in the passing of their friend and asso- ciate; that they recall the many years of pleasant relationship which existed between Mr. Thatcher and themselves, only interrupted by the delicate condition of his health. which of late had deprived them of his genial companionship and his wise counsel; that they fully appreciate his long and able services and unite in tendering their sincere sympathy to his family in the great loss which they have sustained."

FYom the pen of the veteran journalist, Judge C. C. Goodwin, came the following tribute on the 28th of August, 1909:

"It is most difficult to give a clear idea of what Moses Thatcher was in life, in a few lines in a newspaper. He was a most winsome man personally, a natural orator, a subtle thinker, a natural leader of men. He failed in his ambition when it was not right that he should fail, and we are convinced that he became a candidate for senator in the firm belief that his church was out of politics, that its leaders would not inter- fere and that permission given to republican apostles would not be withheld from democratic apostles entering the arena."

Moses Thatcher was a remarkable man in many respects. With the manners of a Chesterfield and the winsome smile of a refined woman, he combined the courage and relentless will of a Jackson. All who knew admired him for his gentle ways, his soothing voice, his sympathetic heart, his great and glowing soul. But his unconquer- able determination to pursue the right course as he understood it, led him into many a bitter controversy which he maintained to the end regardless of consequences to himself.

As an exponent of the gospel of the church to which he belonged, he had few equals. Eloquent, persuasive, magnetic, and sincere, he charmed his audiences at home or abroad, and his work in the missionary field made a place for him in the hearts of his people, which nothing but his memory will ever fill.

He loved the mountains of his home state and spent the summers in his canyon camp. With the vision of an artist he enjoyed the beauties of nature and with the language of a poet he spoke his appreciation of their charms. Few men have com- bined with such nice proportion the qualities of the dreamer and the fighter, the artist and the banker, the philosopher and the man of affairs. For Moses Thatcher was all of these, and a gentleman to the core.

PETER O. HANSEN.

Peter O. Hansen, dealer in monuments at Logan, was born in Salt Lake City, March 3, 1860. His father, H. F. Hansen, was born in Denmark and came to the United States in 1852. He crossed the continent to Utah, settling at Salt Lake, where he en- gaged in the business of stonecutting and also followed the occupation of farming tor a time. He was very active in church work, serving on a mission to Denmark and otherwise advancing the faith in which he believed. He likewise participated in the Indian wars as a soldier of the United States government and received a pension in recognition of his service. He died in Hyrum, Utah, in 1910. honored and respected by all who knew him. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Maria Rasmussen, was also born in Denmark and their marriage was celebrated in Salt Lake City. Her death occurred in the year 1909.

Peter O. Hansen attended the schools of Hyrum and spent his youthful days upon the home farm, early becoming familiar with all the experiences and the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the farm-bred boy. When he left home he turned his atten- tion to railroading, spending one season in the employ of the Oregon Short Line. He afterward worked at his trade of stonecutting and engraving on stone, following that pursuit at Hyrum until 1890. when he removed to Logan and established business on his own account at No. 270 North Main street. He was for many years engaged in tak- ing contracts for building stone for construction purposes but now concentrates his

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energies upon fine monuments. He displays artistic skill In this as well as expert work- manship in carving and has built up a business of large proportions.

On the 11th of March, 1885, Mr. Hansen was married to Miss Sarah Jensen, who has passed away. They became the parents of three children, two of whom are deceased, the surviving son being Orrin P., who served with the United States Army In France, having responded to the call of the colors after America entered the war. For his sec- ond wife Mr. Hansen chose Udeta Rose, of Hyrum, and her death occurred on the 19th of July, 1895. She is survived by three children, Valare, Elva and Monta.

Mr. Hansen has been very active and helpful in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and throughout the greater part of his life has served as choir leader, possessing a fine tenor voice and a love of music which makes him particu- larly fitted for choir leadership. In business he has ever been a most Industrious and energetic man and the success which he has achieved is indeed well merited. His high character is reflected in his countenance and his cheerful manner and kindly disposi- tion have won for him many stanch friends through the period of his residence in Logan.

WALTER FITCH, Sb.

Walter Fitch, Sr., is a prominent figure in the mining circles of Utah. He makes his home at Eureka, where he supervises the mining interests which he and his sons projected some twelve years since. He was born in London, England, January 20, 1854, a son of Alfred Fitch, a descendant of the old Fitch family of Essex and Norfolk counties, England. The son Walter was seventh in order of birth in a family of nine children. He came to the United States in 1874, going to the mining region of Upper Michigan, where he engaged in mining work, ultimately having charge of and becom- ing the manager of a number of mines there and in Minnesota, representing prominent Boston and Pittsburgh interests. After twenty odd years service with these he was superintendent of the underground operations of the Calumet and Hecla and afterward was general manager of the United States Mining & Smelting Company of Utah, giv- ing up these to take up like work for himself.

It was in Michigan that Mr. Fitch was married to Miss Exilda Marcotte, a native of -the state of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Fitch's three sons and two daughters were all born in Michigan. After living there for thirty years Mr. Fitch and his family moved to Utah, where he and his sons have, for the last twelve years, been engaged in building up the business of their company — the Chief Consolidated Mining Company. The scene of their operations is in the Tintic mining district and it was here they made their search for and found the mines which now rank as the largest in the district and as silver producers are among the largest in the country. After living in Salt Lake City for two years the family, in 1909, decided to live at the mines, and to this action Mr. Fitch believes large credit is to be given for the successful results gained.

The eldest of the sons, Howard Fitch is engaged in the geological department of the work. He served during the World war with the One Hundred Fifteenth En- gineers of the Sixth Army Corps, and was with the troops for eleven months in France. Cecil Fitch and Walter Fitch, Jr.. both graduates of the Michigan College of Mines. were the active factors in the development and opening up of the mines of the Chief Consolidated, Cecil has been twelve years at the work and is now the general manager, while Walter, Jr.. after devoting seven years to this, took up mining work on his own account and now has a very successful business as a contractor of mining, operating in several states. The eldest daughter, Lillian, became the wife of J. Fred. Johnson, who holds the position of superintendent of the Chief Consolidated Company. He served with the One Hundred Sixteenth Engineers of the Forty-first Division in France. Maud, the second daughter, is well known to the people of the state and in her own town for her activities and her benevolent and enterprising characteristics. She served in the World war with the English, Hackett-Lowther Ambulance Unit, which operated with the Third French Army in the Compiegne and Saint Quentin campaigns. She received the decoration of the Croix de Guerre

The Fitch family are communicants of the Catholic Church and are its strongest supporters in their own village. Mr. Fitch and his sons are members of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers and of its local chapter, and also of

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the AUa and University Clubs. Mr. Pitch is a member of the Commercial Club of Salt Lake City and of the Rocky Mountain Club of New York, the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America, of the Houghton Club of Michigan, -one of the vice governors of the chapter of the American Mining Congress and one of the regents of the University of Utah. He is president of his own company — the Chief Consolidated. He became a citizen of this country in 1876 and has always been a republican in politics.

LORENZO CHARLES McALISTER.

Lorenzo Charles McAlister was for many years a well known citizen of Logan and his death, which occurred November 23. 1914, occasioned deep regret among his fellow townsmen. He was born in Logan, March 3, 1S74, a son of John A. and Clarissa C. (Snow) McAlister. The mother was born August 19, 1854, and was a daughter of the distinguished Lorenzo Snow. The father was born in England, August 22, 1851, and came to Utah when a small boy with his parents, the family home being established in Logan, where the father engaged in the harness making business, al pursuit to which John A. McAlister also turned his attention.

Lorenzo C. McAlister acquired his education in the public schools of his native city aind in the Brigham Young College and the Agricultural College. He afterward took up the occupation of farming, which he followed for a time, and in 1900 he entered the postofBce as a clerk. He rose from that position to assistant postmaster and later re- ceived appointment through civil service examination to the position of civil service examiner on the 7th of August, 1908. He remained in the oflBce to the time of his death and made a most excellent official by the prompt and faithful manner in which he dis- charged his duties.

It was on the 30th of March, 1894. that Mr. McAlister was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Zollinger, a daughter of Ferdinand and Louisa (Myer) Zollinger, who were natives of Switzerland. Coming to the new world as converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they crossed the plains in 1S62 and established their home in Providence, Utah. To Mr. and Mrs. McAlister were born eight children, all of whom are yet living: Irvine L.; Venice, who married William Lindsay of Logan; Louise, who married C. Durrell Hendricks, of Lewiston, Utah; Grace; Sara; Dorothy; Dean F.; and Clarissa.

Mr. McAlister was always a devout churchman and was a member of the Seventy. He possessed many sterling traits of manhood and of citizenship and all who knew him spoke of him in terms of warm regard, while deep regret was felt at his death.

GUY BRANDER LEWIS.

An outstanding figure in financial circles in southern Utah Is Guy Brander Lewis, cashier of the Richfield Commercial & Savings Bank at Richfield, Sevier county. He was born at Alden. Iowa, in 1869, a son of Alden P. and Margaret (Brander) Lewis. The father was a veteran of the Civil war and became a well known merchant of Alden, but soon after the birth of his son Guy he removed with his family to Kansas, where the boy was educated in the schools of Clyde. Upon attaining his majority he became a resident of Richfield and associated himself with J. M. Bolitho in the general mer- chandise business, which was later taken over by the firm of Lewis & Meteer. In 1899 G. B. Lewis assisted in the organization of the Richfield Commercial & Savings Bank, of which he was elected cashier. With a capital of only twenty-five thousand dollars the bank opened its doors and though barely two decades have since passed it Is today the foremost banking institution in southern Utah with available assets of one million, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The bank occupies its own building, a three- story brick structure, and the name of its efficient cashier is known throughout the state, for he is recognized as a potent factor in the growth and advancement of southern Utah.

During the thirty years that Mr. Lewis has lived In this state he has made himself useful as a citizen in many ways. His fellow townsmen have never called upon him for any service without a prompt response. He has many times been a member of the

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city council and also its mayor, exercising his official prerogatives in both connections in support of many plans and projects valuable to the community at large. It is his belief that a good citizen should respond to every worthy call made upon him, and unlike many bankers, he is of the opinion that a bank should not be a mere note shaving insti- tution but should at all times be ready to help the business interests of the community to the fullest extent. When the Liberty loans were called for by the government Mr. Lewis was the natural choice for the position of county chairman and the result was that Sevier county went over the top in every loan. As executive of the County Council of Defense he did more work than was really demanded of the office and put forth every possible effort to promote the welfare of the country and advance the interests of the allied armies in the fields.

Mr. Lewis married Miss Annabelle Clark, a daughter of W. H. Clark, who was one of the sterling citizens of Richfield and for many years an efficient public servant, having filled the offices of county assessor, sheriff and various other positions for many terms. In church affairs, too. he was very active and for many years was a member of the presidency of the Sevier stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have been born three children: Mabel M., who was a student of the University of Utah and the University of California at Berkeley; Lottie L, the wife of Norman Andreason, of Richfield; and Keith Clark, who is now upon the high seas in the United States navy, in which branch of the service he volunteered at the be- ginning of the war against Germany.

Mr. Lewis is a prominent Mason, belonging to Hyruni Lodge, No. 12, A. P. & A. M.. cf Richfield and has been treasurer of the lodge for many years. He is also an Odd Fellow, becoming one of the charter members of Richfield Lodge, No. 29, I. 0. 0. F., in which he has filled all of the chairs, while for more than fifteen years he has been treasurer of the lodge. He has been its representative to the Grand Lodge, has served as grand marshal and treasurer of the Grand Lodge. He is a man of optimistic nature, of friendly disposition and social qualities and it is his belief that a smile begets a smile and that words of good cheer cost nothing, yet have marvelous effect. His many friends are his silent partners and the rapid growth of the Richfield Commercial & Savings Bank is due largely to the kindly disposition as well as to the business ability of Guy Lewis, its popular cashier.

JOSEPH F. SQUIRES.

Joseph F. Squires, assistant postmaster at Logan, was born on the 11th of February. 1871, in Salt Lake City, a son of John F. Squires, a native of England, who came to America with his parents, John and Catherine (Fell) Squires, w^ho in the year 1S53 arrived in Utah, having crossed the plains with ox team and wagon in Captain Jacob Gates' company that was thus traveling to the colony established by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. John F. Squires was born in 1846 and was largely reared and educated in Salt Lake, where he took up the business followed by his father, that of barbering. He learned the trade in the shop of his father, who was one of the first barbers of Salt Lake and who for years served as President Brigham Young's private barber and was thus associated with him for many years. John P. Squires came to Logan, Utah, in January, 1876, and was the forest supervisor for many years. He is now living retired, enjoying the fruits of an active and well spent life. He served nn a foreign mission to England from 1888 to 1890 inclusive and he was president of one of the Seventy Quorums for a number of years and took a most active and helpful part in church work. While he was on his foreign mission Brigham Young, Jr.. was president of the British mission and Mr. Squires accompanied him to all of the Scandi- navian countries. He married Alice Penn Maiben, a native of Brighton. England, born October 16. 1847. She came to America with her parents in 1853 and crossed the plain > with the same company as the Squires family, wlking the entire distance. John F. Squires and Alice Penn Maiben were married in Salt Lake. August 7, 1868, by Daniel H. Wells. They became the parents of twelve children, eight sons and four daughters, of whom Joseph F. was the second in order of birth. The mother survives and now makes her home in Logan.

Joseph F. Squires obtained a public school education in Logan and afterward spent a year as a student in the Brigham Young College. When his textbooks were put aside

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he began learning the barber's trade, which he followed as a journeyman for ten years, working with his father. On the 15th of December, 1896, he entered the Logan post- office as general delivery clerk and from that position has worked his way steadily upward until he is now assistant postmaster and during vacancies in the office of post- master he has served as acting postmaster. In 1S97 he was appointed assistant post- master by Orson Smitli and later by Joseph Odell, in which position he h-is continued to the present time, proving most capable through the prompt and efficient manner in which he discharges his duties.

Mr. Squires was married in Logan Temple. September 25. 1895, to Miss Retta Ballif. who was born in Logan, a daughter of the late Serge L. and Harriet (Vuffry) Ballif. The mother is still living and both were representatives of pioneer families of Utah. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Squires, have been born seven children: Joseph P., Chester B., Serge L.. John Maiben. Harriet, Rulon B. and Luther B.

The family are adherents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which Mr. Squires is serving as counselor to Bishop William Evans of the third ward. He belongs to the Logan Commercial Boosters Club and he gives his political allegiance to the republican party. During the great EuropcTn war so recently ended he was a member of the committee having in charge the Liberty Loan sales in the third ward and was very active in various branches of war work. His son. Joseph F. Squires, Jr., served in the Eighty-second Infantry Supply Company, stationed at C^mp Kearney. California, and was honorably discharged in January, 1919, the company being demobil- ized at the Presidio in California. The son, Chester B. Squires, was a member of the Student Army Training Corps at the Utah Agricultural College. Regarding his business career, Mr. Squires may well be termed a self-made man and deserves all the credit which the term implies. Starting out in life empty-handed, he h^s worked his way steadily upward through persistency of purpose and laudable ambition, assisted by his good wife, who has indeed been a true helpmate to him. They are widely and favorably known in Logan, where they have now long resided and where their circle of friends Is almost coextensive with the circle of their acquaintance.

ANTHON W. MADSEN.

Anthon W. Madsen. residing in Scofield, is numbered among the prominent repre- sentatives of cattle and sheep raising interests in Utah, in connection with his two brothers, Andrew C. and Neil M. He was born in Mount Pleasant, Utah. June 18, 1871, a son of Andrew and Johannnh (Wedergren Andersen) Madsen. The fuher came to Utah from Denmark in 1856. while the mother had arrived in this state from Sweden in 1S55 Both settled at Brigham. During the move of 1S57 they went south to Ephraim, being married there December 26, 185S, and they became pioneer residents of Mount Pleasant, taking up their abode at thRt place in 1859. There the father con- tinued to reside until his death, which occurred December 15. 1915. when he h^d reached the age of eighty years. It was he who purchased the first sheep herd and brought them into Sanpete county, which now has more sheep than any similar district in the world. He filled various positions in the church and at the time of his death was a high priest. He was also a member of the city council of Mount Pleasant for twenty years and in many ways he contributed to the development and upbuilding of that sec- tion of the state. He built the first amusement hall and he was the superintendent of the cooperative mercantile company, known as Mt. Pleasant Z. C. M. I., for a number of years. He likewise served as a trustee of the school and there was no plan or meas- ure for public progress or benefit that failed to receive his endorsement and support. He served all through the Black Hawk war. In 1909 he was the prime mover in erect- ing the monument in Mt. Pleasant in honor of the pioneer veterans and he was like- wise one of the organizers of the Mount Pleasant Historical Society For many years he figured as a most prominent factor in the interests and development of Mount Pleas- ant. To Andrew and Johannah (Wedergren Andersen) Madsen were born five sons and four daughters, namely: Louise B.. Andreas. Annie. Emma, Andrew C, Lauritz L., Anthon W., Neil M. and Hilda E. Those still living are Andrew C. Anthon W., Neil M. and Hilda E.

Anthon W. Madsen obtained his education in the common schools of Mount Pleas- ant and after his school days were over he and his brothers became associated with

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their father in stock raising and farming and the conduct of other business interests. They are now owners of property in Sanpete, Utah and Carbon counties. The three brothers still do business together under the name of the Madsen Brothers Land & Live- stock company. Anthon W. Madsen is acting as manager of extensive ranching and stock interests and business properties in Scofield, Carbon county.

In Salt Lake City, on the 26th of March, 1919, Anthon W. Madsen wals married to Miss Ellen Norris, a daughter of William and Ellen (Moss) Norris. Her father died in England in 1911 and in 1916 she came with her mother to Utah. Mr. Madsen is a republican in his political views and in 1911 was elected to represent Carbon county in the state legislature. He served as fish and game warden for eight years, occupied the position of town marshal of Scofield and has been deputy sheriff. His public duties have ever been discharged most promptly and efficiently and he has labored untiringly for the interests and benefit of his community and the commonwealth at large. In the business world he has made for himself a creditable name and place and is today one of the well known cattle and sheep raisers of Central Utah, where the flocks constitute a chief source of the wealth of the state.

GEORGE W. THATCHER.

In the death of George W. Thatcher there passed away one who had been an out- standing figure in connection with the development and progress of Logan and the state. He is justly classed with the builders and promoters of Utah, so extensive and important were his business interests and extended was his connection with the work of progress and improvement. From the earliest epoch in the settlement of Utah he was identified with its interests. One needs but to picture him as a pony express rider to know that he experienced all the hardships and privations of pioneer times, and a review of his business career will indicate how largely he contributed to the upbuilding of the state.

George W. Thatcher was born in Springfield, Illinois, February 1, 1840, a son of Hezekiah and Alley (Kitchen) Thatcher. In the spring of 1844, his father, having accepted the gospel as preached by the Latter-day saints, moved his family to Macedonia. This was about the time when mobs began to rise in Illinois, where the Mormon people had found a brief refuge after their expulsion from Missouri. After the martyrdom of Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum at Carthage Mr. Thatcher's father bought a one hundred acre farm near the city of Nauvoo, from which the family was driven at the time of the expulsion of the saints from that city. The spring of 1846 found the Thatchers traveling westward through Iowa, and they were at the Bluffs when the Mormon Battalion was mustered into service. After a hard winter and much priva- tion the family started west to the Rocky Mountains and arrived in Salt Lake valley in September, 1847. While George was but a boy of seven years, yet many of the tasks he was called upon to perform in the long journey across the plains would have taxed the strength and courage of a much older person. The experiences passed through In his early youth during the drivings of the saints and the crossing of the plains no doubt did much to prepare him for the responsibilities in after life. The experiences and hardships of pioneer life were by no means ended when he arrived in Salt Lake valley, for in the spring of 1849, after having raised one crop, father Thatcher left with his family for California and after three months of travel landed in Sacramento on the last day of June. At that time there was not a house in that now important city. The next eight years of his life George spent working in the mines and on the ranch where he developed into a very powerful youth, being a great rider, jumper and very fleet of foot. In 1857 he with his father and mother and one or two brothers and sister Harriett, returned to Salt Lake City. In this early day of no railroads in the Rocky Mountains nor yet stage lines, the mail was carried over a great part of the wildest country through the mountains by pony express. George, being of the cour- ageous kind, secured a position as express rider and the division given to him was one of the wildest of the express route. He had quite a number of hair raising experiences during his services as pony express rider. Upon one occasion, very early in the spring while the snow was very deep but the sun quite warm, George not being very well, having a sharp pain in his side, had got oft his horse, taken hold of the horse's tail and was running behind when a large wolverine jumped on him knocking him down

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and breaking his hold on the horse's tail. Having learned to think and act quick. George doubled up and rolled over like a ball and as the animal rushed upon him again managed to get his feet under it and with great force threw it several yards away. Springing to his feet he sped along the trail and before the animal could catch him he had succeeded in reaching and mounting his horse. In out-distancing the wolverine one can well imagine that the oft repeated statements that George W. Thatcher in his youth was one of the fastest sprinters that ever, lived was true. Sev- eral years later, after having been out on an Indian campaign for a number of months and stiff and sore from exposure, he was met on his return to Salt Lake by one of his friends who accosted him saying, "George, there are some fellows down here in my

blacksmith shop who say they have a man who can beat any d Mormon that ever

lived, running a hundred yards. 1 told them that I knew a man who could beat their sprinter no matter how fast." It resulted in a match being made, and though only a few days were given him to get into shape — less than a week — he succeeded in beat- ing his man quite easily. This man with whom he ran was George Adams, the world's one-hundred yard champion sprinter, at that time holding the world's record of nine and four-fifths seconds. He, with quite a large company, was on his way to the coast and Australia. Their departure, however, was delayed for some time owing to the fact that they bet practically their entire outfit, horses, mules and wagons as well as cash, on the race, which left them stranded.

As the years passed on. Mr. Thatcher utilized the opportunities that came in connection with the development of a new district and his carefully conducted busi- ness affairs at length brought him to prominence as a mill owner and a banker. With the extension of railway lines west, he became a contractor and completed a number of important grade sections. In 1877 he accepted the position of superintendent of The Utah & Northern Railroad, which then extended from Ogden, Utah, to Franklin. Idaho. The road was building north and he was given complete charge of the letting of all contracts and the purchasing of all material. It was but a short time after his taking charge that the Utah & Northern was purchased by the Union Pacific interests. Recognizing his worth to the corporation he was retained and continued the building of the road north to Garrison. Montana. One can well imagine the difllculties and ob- stacles that were met with and which had to be surmounted in building a railroad through Idaho and into Montana in the early '80s — the blockades from the heavy snows in the winter; the extreme cold weather, at times more than forty degrees below zero: the washouts from floods in the spring; the establishing of sawmills and organizing of logging companies, etc.: and a hundred and one other things that are comparatively easy today that were extremely difficult then. Many anecdotes are told of Mr. Thatcher's resources and quick action when the necessity required. Upon one occasion when mak- ing a trip over the road, several men. the toughest kind of characters, who h^d been discharged for making trouble, got on the train. Mr. Thatcher was in the rear car and saw the men get on and intuitively knew that they had got on to get him. His companions were several cars forward so that he was practically alone in this car save for these men who were behind him. He got up and went forward and the men followed him, the first one a big husky fellow with his hand on his gun for a quick draw. Mr. Thatcher knew that one false move on his part spelled death. In order to appear unconscious he put his thumbs in the arm-holes of his vest and without turn- ing around went through the car whistling. He passed out onto the platform and into the next coach and to the other end of that car. the men following close behind him. The coaches in those days were not heated by steam but by a stove and each stove was furnished with a very heavy, hooked poker made of about three-quarter inch iron and about four or four and one-half feet long. As he cime abreast of the stove, he seized the poker and whirled around holding the weaoon above the first man's head. This was so quickly done the man had no chance to draw his gun. "Now what do you want?" was the query. The man stammered out something about getting on the wrong train. Just then the conductor and the brakeman came along, the train was stopped and the men put off.

His orders to his men were always short and very much to the point, the foUowing story being a good sample. Upon a hot summer day a passenger train pulled into the station of Camas. When they tried to fill with water they found the big water tank was empty, and the nearest water was in the creek which was quite a distance away anfl hard to get at. The conductor was at his wit's end; he rushed into the station and sent the following wire: Vol. rv— 2

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"Geo. W. Thatcher, Supt. Logan, Utah. Tank empty— fill— how?" (signed)

"Geo. S Conductor."

In about five minutes he received the following answer:

"Geo. S , Conductor, Camas, Dip. — how." (signed) "Geo. W. Thatcher."

During the building of the Utah & Northern, north, the Union Pacific decided to build another line into the northwest connecting with their main line from the east at Granger, Wyoming. Mr. Thatcher was also given charge of the building of this road which he completed as far as Huntington, Oregon. The great task and respon- sibility of building and operating the long lines of railroad began to affect his health which was the cause of Mr. Thatcher resigning from the Union Pacific in September, 1882, and organizing in January, 1883. the Thatcher Brothers & Company Bank, taking charge of same. Later the bank was incorporated, January 3, 1889, G. W. Thatcher being made president which position he held until his death.

In 1893 Mr. Thatcher was appointed one of the Utah commission by President Grover Cleveland, which position he held until the commission was dissolved by Utah's becoming a state. Honored and respected by all, no man occupied a more en- viable position in commercial and financial circles, not by reason alone of the success he attained but owing to the straightforward business principles which he ever fol- lowed. He was decisive in his actions, had a quick temper and was at times sharp of tongue, but whenever he discovered that he had wronged a person, no matter how humble that person, he would immediately go to the one wronged and make It right.

On the 4th "of April, 1861, George W. Thatcher was united in marriage to Miss Luna C. Young, of Salt Lake City, a daughter of Brigham Young and Mary Ann (Angel) Young. Mrs. Thatcher was born August 20. 1842, at Nauvoo, Illinois, and by her mar- riage became the mother of the following named: Virginia Mary, Alice Young, who died in infancy, Nellie May, George W., Nettie Young, Brigham Guy, Kathryn, Luna A.. Constance, and Phyllis.

Mr. Thatcher was an active and zealous member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in 1871 was sent on a mission to England, where he labored for one year. His interest in the cause of education is shown in the fact that he was made president of the Brigham Young College board by Brigham Young. He was elected mayor of Logan and gave to the city a businesslike and progressive admin- istration. He died in Logan, December 23. 1902, at the age of sixty-two years. His life had been one of signal benefit and service to the community which he represented, and his name is associated with events of vital importance to the history of the state that time cannot efface.

LORENZO TOOLSON.

Lorenzo Toolson. engaged in merchandising at Smithfield and also an active figure in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, now filling the office of bishop, was born August 18. 1863, in the town which is still his home, his parents being Lars and Ingra (Johnson) Toolson, who were natives of Sweden and came to Utah In 1880. They were among the first residents of Smithfield, where the father took up farming and stock raising and was also identified with various public interests and enterprises. He became a director of the Cooperative Mercantile Company and in the church he was a high priest and filled a mission to Sweden about thirty years ago.

Lorenzo Toolson acquired his education in the public schools of Smithfield and in the Brigham Young College, which he attended for one term. He then took up farming, which he followed until 1911, when he purchased a large store at Smithfield, becoming a partner of Bishop Winn. This they conducted together for two years, after which Mr. Toolson purchased the interests of his partner and has since carried on the business alone, meeting with substantial success in its conduct. He carries a large and well selected stock and is accorded a liberal patronage.

In 1886 Mr. Toolson was married to Miss Alice Harper, a daughter of Richard and Susan Harper, and they became parents of four sons and six daughters, of whom nine are yet living. The children born to this union are Lorenzo Vern, who filled a two-year mission to England; AUie, who married Ezra Neilson and resides in Smithfield, where Mr. Neilson passed away in 1913; Richard, who married Gertrude Ashcroft, and filled a two-year mission to England; Ingra, who married William Hurren; Tacy, who married

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George Chambers; Sybil, who married Willard Hansen; Slone, who married Les Hansen; and Adrien and Daphne, who are at home. The mother of these children passed away November 22, 1914. In 1916 Mr. Toolson wedded Helen P. Pilgrim, a daughter of Thomas and Annie (Peacock) Pilgrim, who were natives of England and came to Utah in the years 1864 and 1S59 respectively. Richard Harper arrived in this state in 1861.

Mr. Toolson was ordained bishop in July. 1919, by Apostle Talmage. He served for ten years as a member of the irrigation board and for six years was its chairman. In 1913 he was elected a member of the city council of Smithfield and exercised his official prerogatives in support of all plans and measures for the benefit and upbuilding of his native city.

CHARLES W. RAPP.

Charles W. Rapp, chief of the fire department of Logan, was born in Ogden, Utah, October 7, 1887. His father, C. S. Rapp, is a native of Nebraska, where he engaged in business, spending some time there as a bookkeeper. He is now living at Ogden. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Mary Wadsworth, was born at Hooper, Utah, the daughter of a pioneer of this state, who drove across the plains at a period long ante- dating the building of the railroads.

Charles W. Rapp obtained his education in the public schools of Ogden and after his textbooks were put aside worked for others for a short time. He then became connected with the fire department of his native city and throughout his entire life has been numbered among the fire fighters whose bravery has contributed much to the safety of the cities in which he has labored. He has worked his way upward through all of the departments at Logan since coming to the city and in 1917 was made chief of the fire department, which has three pieces of motor apparatus, a triple combination, and all the finest chemical appliances for fighting fire. There are seven men in the department and they have done splendid work through their care and watchfulness and through their efforts when any conflagration breaks out. The loss through fire in Logan in 1918 amounted to only two hundred and sixty-five dollars. This is the best equipped fire department to be found in any city of the size in Utah and Mr. Rapp is a member of the State Association of Firemen.

In 1911 Mr. Rapp was married to Miss Ora E. Pinkham, a native of Hooper, Utah, and a daughter of D. E. Pinkham, one of the pioneers of the state. They have become parents of two children, Velda Cleora and June Evely. The former is now in school.

Mr. Rapp belongs to the Logan Commercial Boosters Club and to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He turns for recreation to hunting but he allows nothing to interfere with the faithful performance of his duties as a fireman. He has had practically lifelong experience in his work and is today at the head of a very finely equipped and up-to-date fire department, in which he takes great pride, having the full cooperation of his men. who, like himself, are young, vigorous and brave, so that the department has made an excellent record.

FRANK ROBERT SLOPANSKEY. M. D.

Dr. Frank Robert Slopanskey. of Helper, is the division surgeon for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company and also engages in the general practice of medicine in Carbon county. Kansas numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred at Cuba, in Republic county. January 3, 1880, his parents being Frank and Anna (Stadheer) Slopanskey. The father was born in Bohemia. July 31. 1845, but was brought by his parents to the United States in 1850, the family home being established at Racine, Wisconsin. In 1863. at the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the American army as a member of Troop M, Second Volunteer Regiment of California Cavalry. In 1867 he began the study of medicine in Racine, Wisconsin, and completed his course by graduation in 1872. In 1871 he married Miss Anna Stadheer and after completing his medical course he removed to Kansas, settling at Cuba. Republic county, where he took up the first homestead at New Tabor. There he began practice but afterward again became a resident of Cuba, where he built the first drug store. He was very successful

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in his commercial and professional activities and remained a valued resident of that district until his death, which occurred February 15, 1900, when he was fifty-five years of age. To him and his wife were born nine children, the brothers and sisters of Dr. Slopanskey being John, Anna, May, Kate, William, Josie, Charles and Edward, all ol whom are living.

At the usual age Dr. Slopanskey entered the public schools of his native town and there pursued his studies until 1898, when he removed to Denver, Colorado, where he completed a high school course. He, too. determined to make the practice of medicine his life work and in 1900 matriculated in the Gross Medical College and in 1905 was graduated from the Denver & Gross Medical College in affiliation with the University of Denver, under Chancellor Henry A. Buchtel. For a year he served as interne at the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Hospital at Salida, Colorado, and thus gained through varied hospital practice valuable practical knowledge concerning hiS chosen life work. On the 30th of May, 1906, he removed to Helper to accept the position of division surgeon with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and he continues as the representative of the railroad at this place, where he also engages in general practice. He is an able physician, having a wide knowledge of the science of medicine, and his ability is mani- fest in the capable manner in which he has handled rriany involved and intricate cases. He is likewise the vice president of the Helper State Bank and is regarded as one of the representative citizens of Carbon county.

In Salt Lake City. September 5, 1908, Dr. Slopanskey was married to Miss Cecil May Budge, a daughter of Alexander and Zina (Prodsham) Budge, of Ogden, Utah. Her father was a conductor on the Oregon Short Line Railroad for many years, running out of Ogden. but both he and his wife are now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Slopanskey have two children: Evelyn Claire, who was born in Salt Lake City, August 23, 1910; and Helen Grace, who was born in Helper. August 9. 1913.

In his political views the Doctor has been an earnest republican since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He was chairman of the medical advisory board of Carbon county during the period of the World war, was a volunteer in the Medical Service Corps and he now holds the position of health officer and town physician. He is mayor of Helper, his term of office to continue until January, 1920. He has given to the city a businesslike and progressive administration, seeking ever the welfare and benefit of the district in which he lives and giving earnest support to those Interests which are a matter of civic virtue, of civic progress and of civic pride. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and is a charter member of Carbon Lodge, No. 16, A. F. & A. M., at Price. He belongs also to the Utah Commandery at Park City and to the consistory and Mystic Shrine at Salt Lake City. He likewise has membership in Helper Lodge, No. 56, I. 0. O. P., and in Onward Lodge. No. 15, K. P. He is a loyal follower of the teachings of these orders, exemplifying their beneficent spirit in his life through the readiness with which he is constantly extending a helping hand to those who need assistance. He belongs to the Salt Lake County Medical Society, also to the Utah State Medical Society and is a fellow of the American Medical Association. His intense loyalty and earnest support of the government during the period of America's connection with the great World war was manifest in many tangible ways. He acted as local chairman at Helper in the five Liberty Loan drives, in the two drives for the Red Cross and the Soldiers Welfare Fund and in all these various drives his town exceeded its quota in the county in record time. In recognition of his work a steel helmet was sent to him, given by the government, and the county had the honor of having a battleship at Oakland ' christened Utah-Carbon, as a tribute to the loyal citizens of Carbon county who so generously exceeded the quotas in all war subscriptions and activities.

CHARLES A. REESE.

Charles A. Reese, who passed away July 24, 1919, was prominently identified with public interests of Logan, where he was well known for a long period as a representative and substantial citizen. He was born at Green Plains, Wales. November 16, 1859, a son of Charles and Sarah G. (Griffiths) Reese, who in 1860 came to the new world, making their way first to Missouri, where they resided until 1861 and then continued their westward journey to Utah, establishing their home at Hyde Park, where they remained

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.until 1871. In that year they took up their abode on a homestead claim on the banks of the Bear river at what is now known as Benson.

Charles A. Reese obtained his education in the schools of Hyde Park and Benson and in the Brigham Young College. He afterward took up the occupation of farming, with which he combined the buying and selling of cattle, continuing active along those lines for thirteen years, meeting with a fair measure of success in his undertakings. He afterward engaged for a time in the butchering business and he became identified with the development of the oil interests of the state. He began the drilling of a well under the name of the Utah Oil & Gas Company and the work is still being promoted.

On the 9th of October. 18S2, Mr. Reese was married to Miss Mary A. Reese, a daughter of David and Ellen (Gustavson) Reese, the former a native of Wales, while the latter was born in Sweden. They arrived in Utah, April 12, 1859, and the father was among the first settlers of Logan. He engaged in ranching and stock raising and was otherwise prominently identified with the business development of his section of the state. He conducted the first livery stable and also opened the first opera house in Logan. He bought cattle, which he drove over the trail to Cheyenne, and he was promi- nently identified with public activities and interests. In the church he proved a loyal and consistent member and became a high priest. His death occurred in 1904. To Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Reese were born ten children, eight of whom are still living. Their son, George W., became a member of the Forty-eighth Field Artillery on the 3d of September, 1918, and was at Camp Kearney until after the armistice was signed, receiv- ing his discharge February 19, 1919. The family is well known in Logan, where the stepmother of Mrs. Reese is still living at the age of eighty-six years, so that three generations of the family are here represented. They occupy an enviable position in social circles and the hospitality of the best homes is freely accorded them.

JAMES HENRY BAKER.

James Henry Baker, president and manager of the Citizens Lumber Company of Richfield, is a most thoroughgoing business man, who during the greater part of his life has been connected with the lumber trade and has developed high efficiency along that line. Iowa claims him as a native son, his birth having occurred in Decorah in 1882. His father, James H. Baker, was mayor of the city, where he also conducted business as proprietor of a grain elevator. He married Lizzie C. Flanders, a member of a prominent family.

Their son, James Henry Baker, was educated in the graded schools of his home town and upon attaining his majority embarked in the lumber business in connection with his brother in Decorah. After four years' experience there he removed to Waterloo, Iowa, where he resided for the succeeding four years and was again engaged in the lumber trade. He then accepted a position with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company, which was building its Puget Sound division, the corporation en- gaging Mr. Baker to establish a line of lumberyards along the right of way, While thus engaged he made his headquarters for six years in Seattle, Washington, after which he resigned his position with the railroad company to remove to Salt Lake and established a line of yards on his own account. He conducted the business until 1916, when he sold out to the George E. Merrill Associates and accepted a position as manager with the company. In 1917, however, he resigned and removed to Richfield, wliere he pur- chased the plant of the Sevier Valley Planing Mill Company. He then reorganized the business, changing the name to the Citizens Lumber Company, and has since been its president and manager. Throughout practically his entire business career he has been closely associated with the lumber trade and there is no feature of the business with which he is not thoroughly familiar. Close application and enterprise have been domi- nant factors in the upbuilding of his trade and he is now at the head of a growing and profitable business in Richfield. The spacious yards of the Citizens Lumber Company are located on Center street, just west of the track of the Denver & Rio Grande, and there they carry a full line of kiln dried lumber in all sizes, together with paints, oil, varnish, cement, plaster and general building material. The contract for the material for six and a half miles of street improvements in Richfield was secured by this concern.

In 1900 Mr. Baker was united in marriage to Miss Jessie May Pierce and to them has been born a son, Frank, who is now a student in the Richfield high school. Mr.

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Baker is essentially a popular man because of his social nature and disposition. In Masonic circles he has attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite and he is also a member of the Hoo Hoos, an organization of lumbermen. He likewise belongs to the Richfield Commercial Club and is foremost in everything that tends to develop the city and promote its municipal interests. All of the war activities, the Thriff, Stamps, and Liberty loans and the Red Cross, found in him a stalwart champion and generous supporter. His entire life has been actuated by a most progressive spirit and step by step he has advanced, each forward step bringing him a broader outlook and wider opportunities.

HON. JOSEPH HOWELL.

Without special advantages at the outset of his career, Hon. Joseph Howell made steady progress. His advancement was not marked by leaps and bounds but by the steady progression which results from the utilization of each opportunity for intel- lectual and moral development. His constantly expanding powers led to his selection for important positions of honor and trust In connection with the state and the church. He was born in Brigham city, Utah, February 17, 1856, and a contemporary writer has said: "Reared amidst the most humble surroundings, his parents, friends and neigh- bors never realized that the barefooted, sun-tanned youth herding cows in the Boxelder hills was destined to become one of Utah's most capable and successful business men, an empire builder and a representative of his fellow citizens in the largest and most distinguished people's forum of the world — the United States congress."

In the public schools Joseph Howell mastered the lessons therein taught, but at that period the educational system of the state had not been developed to its present high standard. He afterward attended the University of Utah, then the University of Deseret, and when his college days were over he went to Wellsville, where his rare abilities were soon manifest in positions of public life. The recognition of his powers and capabilities came to him when Bishop William H. Maughan chose him as his counselor. He was also selected for the office of mayor of Wellsville and was made a member of the board of regents of the University of Utah. He likewise became a member of the board of trustees of the Brigham Young College and his association with two of the oldest and most prominent of Utah's educational institutions indicated his deep interest in the intellectual progress of the state.

Mr. Howell was also called upon for legislative service and for three terms repre- sented his district in the territorial general assembly and for one term in the state senate. Throughout all these activities he was the same commanding figure, wise In council, cool-headed, keen and conservative in judgment, just and charitable, winning the respect and esteem of both friend and opponent alike. In the fall of 1902 he was nominated for congressman-at-large by the republican party and was elected. He served in the fifty-eighth congress and so creditable and satisfactory was the service that he rendered to the law-making body of the nation that he was reelected to the fifty- ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first, sixty-second, sixty-third and sixty-fourth congresses. During the fourteen years in which he served in the national halls of legislation he was a faithful servant, his ability and the esteem in which he was held by his fellowmen being evidenced by the positions which he held on the most Important committees of the house of representatives. He ever placed the general welfare before personal aggrandizement and proved a very approachable man. ready to listen to argument or reason. He was nevertheless firm in his convictions, strong in his party ties, an honest and conscientious worker. If every day at nightfall he did not record something done, he at least recorded something pursued with honest and intrepid resolution.

Mr. Howell was married at Wellsville to Miss Mary E. Maughan, a daughter of Bishop William H. Maughan, and again and again he attested the fact that her com- panionship meant more to him throughout all the varied activities of his useful life thEin all else in the world. They became the parents of ten children, five sons and five daughters, namely: William M., Joseph M.. Luther M., Reese M., Wesley, Mrs. Mattie Cannon, Mrs. Barbara Richards, Mrs. Mary Stoddard, Mrs. Ruth Felt and Vic- toria, all of whom are yet living.

The first break in the family circle came in the death of Mr. Howell on July 18, 1918. His home lite was simplicity itself. The most complete and absolute confidence

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existed between the father, mother and children. They shared with each other every interest, every pleasure, every sorrow and every joy.

Of Joseph Howell it has been written: "He was a typical representative of western life, one of those heroic figures nurtured by the mountains and the snow; a native Utahan who grew up with the state, kept abreast of the times aad made stepping- stones of obstacles on which he climbed to success and power: a self-made man. prac- tical, intelligent and strong, whose accomplishments are visible evidence of his indi- vidual worth. Joseph Howell was a very dependable man. Men had confidence in him. in his integrity and in his judgment. They knew where he stood, and once having •put his hand to the plow,' they knew he would prove steadfast and true. He was more than an ordinary man. in fact he was an extraordinary man. otherwise he could not have received such a long train of recognition at the hands of the people of his city, county and state and held so many responsible positions of trust on boards of directors of banks and other important institutions in which he was largely interested."

JOHN OHLIX.

Business enterprise in Logan finds a worthy representative in John Ohlin, junior partner in the firm of Johnson & Ohlin. proprietors of the Royal Bakery. There have been no spectacular phases in his life, but constant devotion to the work in hand and reliability in business methods have constituted the basic elements in the attainment of his present-day success, which is represented in a large and growing business. He was born in Skaraborg I Ian). Sweden. June 21, 1876. a son of Anders and Maria Christina (Anderson) Ohlin, both of whom were natives of the same place. The father has followed the occupation of farming with moderate success and still resides at the old home place at the age cf eighty-one years. His wife, who was born in 1838, passed away in October. 1907, at the age of sixty-nine yeirs. They had a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters, of whom four are yet living.

John Ohlin. who was the sixth in order of birth, pursued his education in the schools of his native country to the age of sixteen years, when he left home in order to provide for his own support. He was first employed as a farm hand and later spent a year in work at the brick mason's trade but did not find that vocation to his liking. He then went to Stockholm. Sweden, where he served an apprenticeship at the baker's trade, after which he worked as a journeyman baker for eleven and a half years. He next entered the life insurance business and was a traveling representative for one of the leading life insurance companies of his native country. He continued in the business there for five and a half years and in 1909 he was converted and baptized in the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From that time until 1913 he aided the missionaries in Karlstad in their religious activities and as a result of his labors he was obliged to leave the country. Accordingly he sailed for America and on the 31st of January. 1913. arrived in Salt Lake City an entire stranger. On the 11th of February of that year he took up his abode in Logan and immediately found employment with Herman Johnson at the baker's trade. He worked in that capacity for six months and was afterward employed by Mr. Wersten. the proprietor of the Royal Bakery, with whom he remained for five months. He spent the succeeding half year again in the employ of Herman Johnson and in July. 1914, in connection with Max Johnson, an employe of Herman Johnson, formed the present firm and established business on their own account in a small way. Frdm that humble start they have developed a trade that is today most extensive and theirs is now the largest bakery in northern Utah. Their patronage is steadily increasing, owing to the excellence of their product, which finds a ready sale on the market.

On the 29th of July. 1S98. Mr. Ohlin was married in Stockholm. Sweden, to Miss Gerda Anderson, a native of that country. They had six children, two sons and four daughters: Irma. who passed away in 1918 at the age of twenty years. Anna, Niels, Olof, Carrie and Elsie.

Mr. Ohlin was made a citizen of the United States. February 8, 1919, in Logan. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party where national questions and Issues are involved but at local elections he casts an independent ballot. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of the sixth ward and is one of the ward teachers. He belongs to the Logan Commercial Boosters Club and he is interested in all

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that has to do with the welfare and progress of city and state. He is more than satisfied with America and her institutions and has become a loyal resident of this land. He now resides at No. 164 East Third street, South, in Logan, where he owns a pleasant home, and as the years have passed he has made for himself a creditable and enviable position in the business circles of his adopted city.

JAMES MEIKLE.

James Meikle is a retired rancher living at Smithfield. He was bom in Glasgow, Scotland, July 5, 1839, a son of William and Margaret (Jackson) Meikle. The father died in Scotland and the mother came with her family to Utah in 1856, settling at Salt Lake City. She made the trip across the plains with the first handcart company and for four years remained a resident of Salt Lake City, after which she removed to Smith- field, being among the first residents in this section. Here James Meikle and his brother established the first tannery and continued in that business until 18S9, when the brother passed away. James Meikle then turned his attention to farming and carefully developed his fields as the years passed. He remained active in agricultural pursuits until a recent date, when he retired from business and his sons now conduct the farm.

On the 3d of January, 1864, Mr. Meikle was married to Miss Harriet Louise Peacock, a daughter of William and Phillis (Hyam) Peacock, who were natives of Herefordshire, England, and came to Utah in 1863, settling at Smithfield. Mr. and Mrs. Meikle became the parents of nine children, seven of whom are yet living. Mr. Meikle's second wife was Lavina Noble, a daughter of William and Mary Ann Noble, and they had six children, five of whom survive.

In 1882 Mr. Meikle went to Scotland on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and remained abroad for two years, spending one year in Birming- ham, England, having charge of the conference. He has been actively identified with Utah for a period of sixty-three years and has therefore been a witness of practically the entire growth and development of the state. He has contributed much to the im- provement of Smithfield and has been called upon to fill a number of public offices. He served for fourteen years as chief of police of Smithfield and for two terms was a member of the city council. He is an Indian war veteran, having participated in the Indian troubles in northern Utah and southern Idaho and he is vice commander of the Indian War Veterans of Cache County at the present time. He has been prominently identified with the building of canals and roads and with various other public activities which have been of great benefit to the community and to the state at large. Mr. Meikle has now reached the advanced age of eighty years, having come as a youth of seventeen to Utah, and through the intervening period he has continuously remained a resident of this state save when filling a mission in Great Britain.

ELMER GEORGE PETERSON.

Elmer George Peterson is a man who speaks with recognized authority upon problems vital to the farmer and he is now filling the important position of president of the Agri- cultural College of Utah at Logan. He was born at Plain City, Utah, August 26, 1882, a son of Augustus and Agnes (Geddes) Peterson. The father, a native of Denmark, came to Utah as one of the pioneer emigrants in the early period of the colonization of the state. He devoted his life to farming here for many years but is now residing in Preston, Idaho. The mother was born in Plain City, Utah, a daughter of William Geddes, one of the pioneer residents of the state, and she, too, is still living.

Elmer G. Peterson was educated in public schools of Idaho, Oregon and Utah and was graduated from the Agricultural College of Utah with the class of 1904. He after- ward received a fellowship at the University of Chicago and the following year he accepted a position as assistant professor in Cornell University at Ithaca, New York. He later transferred his labors to the far northwest, becoming professor of bacteriology in the Oregon State Agricultural College in 1910. In 1912 he came to Logan as director of the extension division and in 1916 was elected to the presidency of the Agricultural College of Utah, in which position he has since remained, being therefore at the head

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of an institution which has exerted an immeasurable influence tor good upon the agri- cultural development of this region. He has written much upon questions of keenest interest to the farmer and he has contributed many special articles to magazines, news- papers, bulletins and circulars— articles which have been widely read and in large measure adopted to the benefit of all who have followed his ideas.

On the 3d of September, 1913. Mr. Peterson was married to Miss Phoebe Nebeker, a daughter of Hyrum Nebeker, of Logan, mentioned elsewhere in this work. They now have one daughter, Marion, three years of age.

Mr. Peterson votes with the Republican party but has never been active in politics as an office seeker. He enjoys outdoor life and especially fishing, but his duties as president of the Agricultural College of Utah are very exacting, as he is at the head of an institution numbering over twenty-five hundred students. From early life he has given close study to the scientific phases of agriculture and to experimental and research work, and his comprehensive knowledge enables him to speak with authority upon many questions which have to do with the welfare, progress and prosperity of Utah's farming population.

THOMAS FITZGERALD.

Thomas Fitzgerald is a member of the city council of Price and is devoting his attention largely to his official duties, for he has practically retired from business, deriving his income from judicious investments which he has previously made. He was born in Pennsylvania, June 27. 1851, a son of Thomas and Isabel (Lakays) Fitzgerald, who were natives of Ireland and emigrated to the United States In early life, settling in Pennsylvania. The father was foreman of the North Branch canal for a number of years and when the canal was abandoned he assisted in building the Lehigh Valley Railroad on the canal site. He passed away in 1888, at the age of seventy-nine years.

In the acquirement of his education Thomas Fitzgerald attended the public schools of Pennsylvania, passing through consecutive grades to the high school. In early manhood he came to the west, seeking the broader opportunities which he believed were offered in this section of the country. He took up the business of placer mining and was thus engaged in Idaho, where he also conducted a restaurant for several years. In July, 1895, he established his home at Price, Utah, where he has since resided, covering a period of almost a quarter of a century. He has now retired from active work but owns a good business block which he manages and which returns to him a substantial annual rental.

In Salt Lake City, in 1896, Mr. Fitzgerald was married to Miss Minnie Nielson, a daughter of Jens and Caroline Nielson, who were residents of Emery county, where the father followed farming. Both he and his wife passed away In 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald have become the parents of six children: Isabelle, who was bom in Sep- tember, 1897. and is now teaching at Castlegate, Utah; William J., who was born in February, 1899, and enlisted immediately after war was declared against Germany, serving for two years with the Twenty-first Infantry; Thomas N., born in September. 1902; John, in January, 1906; Charles E., in June, 1908; and G«rald I., !n January, 1911.

In his political views Mr. Fitzgerald is a democrat and Is thoroughly conversant with the leading issues and problems of the day. He is giving his city efficient service as a member of the city council and his aid and influence are always found on the side of progress and improvement. He has led an active and useful life and his industry, enterprise, sound judgment and judicious investments have constituted the basis of his well deserved success.

BISHOP WILLIAM EVANS.

With various lines of Logan's development pertaining to her material, social and moral progress William Evans has been closely associated. He Is now engaged in the manufacture and sale of ice, is identified with agricultural Interests and is a prominent representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, In which he is filling .the office of bishop. He was born in South Wales March 14. 1866, a son of Evan and

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Mary J. (Davis) Evans. He remained in his native land until he reached the age of seventeen and then crossed the Atlantic to the new world and made his way at once westward to Utah, taking up his abode in Logan. Here he turned his attention to farming, in which he is still engaged, giving his attention to general agricultural pur- suits and stock raising. His ranch comprises eighty-seven acres of good land, all of which is irrigated and now under a high state of cultivation, while many accessories and improvements of the model farm have been added thereto. In 1905 he established a plant for the manufacture of ice on Sixth West street, and has since conducted tlie business, the plant having a capacity of ten tons of artificial ice daily, in addition to which he handles natural ice and his trade in this connection has reached extensive and gratifying proportions, his interests having become one of the important business enterprises of the city.

In community affairs Mr. Evans has also taken a most active and helpful part. He was a member of the Logan city council for ten years and filled the office of deputy county assessor from 1915 until 1919, assessing Logan during that period. On November 4, 1919, he was elected city commissioner for a four year term. In the work of the church he has been a recognized leader and in 1907 was appointed to the office of bishop. He had been superintendent of the Sunday school for seven yeirs, had filled the office of president of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association frr nine years and previous to this filled a mission to Great Britain. In 1914 he m^de a trip to South Wales, accomp'inied by his wife, and spent six months in his native land.

On the 20th of November, 18S7, Mr. Evans was married to Miss Emma R. Williams, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Watkins) Williams, who were natives of Wales. They came to Utah in 1853, settling in Parmington. where they resided for six years, after which they removed to Logan, being among the first six families to locate in that city. The father engaged in farming throughout his active business career and passed away in 1906. To Mr. and Mrs. Evans have been born twelve children, nine of whom are yet living, namely: William, Jr., Phyllis. Benjamin W., Gwyneth, Virginia and Harold, twins, Gladwyn, Alton and Atton. The family is widely and favorably known in Logan and Mr. Evans' position in public regard is a most enviable one owing to the excellent record which he has made as a churchman, as a business man and as a citizen.

CHRISTIAN NEPHI JENSEN.

Christian Nephi Jensen is numbered among those who through their activi- ties have upheld Logan's reputation and standards as a great educational center. He is now president of the Brigham Young College and a prominent figure in educa- tional circles in the state. He was born in Ephraim, Sanpete county, Utah, June 18, 1880, a son of Jens Peter Jensen, a native of Denmark, who in 1866 became a resident of Utah, establishing his home in Sanpete county, where he has long fol- lowed the occupation of farming and still makes his home. He has been very active in the upbuilding of that county and in the promotion of its church interests. He was president of the high priest quorum and filled various missions for the church. The mother, who in her maidenhood was Dorothea Gregersen, was born in Copen- hagen, Denmark, and she became the wife of Jens Peter Jensen in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City. Her death occurred in February, 1912.

Christian N. Jensen was educated in the primary schools of Ephraim, in the famous Snow Academy, the University of Utah, and Utah Agricultural College, com- pleting his course in the last named institution as a member of the class of 1908. He won the degree of Bachelor of Science at the Agricultural College of Utah in Logan and later he pursued post-graduate work in the University of California and in Cornell University at Ithaca, New York, winning the degree of Master of Science in Agriculture in 1909 and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in February, 1912. both in Cornell University. That he chose as a profession a calling for which nature eminently intended him is indicated in the marked progress that he has made. He occupied the chair of botany and plant pathology in the Agricultural College of Utah for a year and a half or until 1913, when he was appointed by the trustees of the Brigham Young College at Logan to the responsible office of president, in which capacity he has since continued. He has further been active in the educa- tional field as a member of the board of examiners of the church board of educa-

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tion, which supervises the entire church school system of the state. Formerly he was an instructor in Snow Academy and was superintendent of schools at Manti, Utah, as the successor of Professor A. C. Nelson. He is a charter member of the Phi Kappa Iota and also belongs to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and to the National Educational Association. He likewise holds member- ship with the Physo-Pathological Society of America, and is an associate member of the American-Scandinavian Foundation. His life work and interest centers in the cause of education and he has ever been a broad reader, a deep thinker and a discrim- inating student.

In 1911 Mr. Jensen was united in marriage to Miss Marian Lee Choate, a daughter of Frank T. Choate, of Romulus, New York, a relative of Ambassador Joseph Choate, well known American statesman, who for many years represented his country as ambassador to England. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen have two children, Frank Christopher and Lee Gregersen, aged respectively eight and seven years.

Continuing his work in the church, Mr. Jensen has been on the Sunday school board throughout his entire life and there is no phase of the activity of the church with which he has not been closely associated. He is well known in college fraternal circles, belonging to the Delta Theta Gamma, a fraternity of the Agricultural Col- lege of Utah, and to the Sigma-Xi. a fraternity of Cornell University, and the great science fraternity of America. He is a man of charming manner and pleasing per- sonality, a most thorough and capable educator and a man of scholarly attainments with whom association means expansion and elevation.

AUGUST ERICKSON.

For more than fourteen years August Erickson has been closely associated with mercantile interests in Salina and is now one of the proprietors of The Fair, the leading department store of the town. He was born in Sweden in 1872. a son of Erick and Johanna (Pearson) Erickson. He pursued his education in the schools of his native country and when a youth in his teens was converted to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This led him to come to Utah in 1892, when twenty years of age, at which time he took up his abode in Salt Lake City, there following the tailor's trade, which he had learned in his native country. He was thus employed until 1903, when he removed to Salina. but in the same year he was called to go on a mission to Sweden and labored in his native country in behalf of the church until 1905. He had served on a mission in his homeland prior to coming to the new world and in both missions had the satisfaction of baptizing many into the faith. It is one of the joys of his life that many of his converts are now pleasantly located among people of their faith in Utah and Idaho and are valued members of the church.

After his return to Salina in 1905. Mr. Erickson became manager of the clothing department of the Salina Cooperative Association and later was made manager of the company. He resigned in 1917 and established The Fair in association with B. L. Jensen. This is now the leading department store of Salina, carrying a full line of general merchandise and enjoying an extensive trade throughout the northern part of Sevier county. The firm also conducts business under the name of the Salina Meat & Supply Company and has established an extensive branch of The Fair at Payson. On his ov.n account Mr. Erickson also operates a ranch of sixty acres near Salina, devoted to the crops best adapted to soil and climatic conditions here. He likewise breeds cattle and altogether is one of the progressive and prosperous business men of Sevier county.

Mr. Erickson has given but little attention to politics yet consented to serve for one term as a member of the city council of Salina. He has ever since his conversion been an active member of the church and has filled the office of president of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association and president of the One Hundred and Seventh Quorum of the Seventy. In 1911 he was ordained high priest and was called as first counselor to Bishop K. W. Bird of the first ward, while in 1917 he was set apart as bishop of the first ward of Salina.

In 1899 Mr. Erickson was married in Salt Sake City to Miss Elizabeth Johanson. a daughter of J. A. Johanson, a well known farmer of Sevier county. They have but two children: Nima, the wife of J. F. Davidson, of Springville; and Wanda, a high school pupil. In every relation of life — in business circles, in the church and in put>lic

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connections— Mr. Erickson has faithfully performed every duty assigned him and has been loyal to every trust reposed in him. He thus enjoys the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens and by reason of his progressiveness and enterprise in business he has won a place among the successful merchants of Sevier county.

JOHN W. GARDNER.

John W. Gardner, attorney at law, practicing in Logan, was born in Pine Valley, Utah, February 5, 1880. His father, John A. Gardner, also a native of this state, was born at Big Cottonwood, Salt LaRe county, and was a son of the late Robert Gardner, a native of Scotland and one of the founders of the American branch of the family. Robert Gardner and two of his brothers, Archibald and William Gardner, crossed the Atlantic to Canada in 1815 and in 1847 became residents of Utah, being among the first contingent of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to locate in this state. Robert Gardner and his brothers in the early days conducted a number of grist and saw mills and thus contributed to the material development of the common- wealth, while at the same time they were very active in church affairs. Archibald Gardner was a bishop at Big Cottonwood for a number of years and the brothers were among the leading and representative men of that section. John A. Gardner, father of John W. Gardner, was reared and educated in southern Utah, his parents having removed to Washington county in pioneer times, aiding in the colonization of that section at the request of President Brigham Young. Robert Gardner took a very active and prominent part in the development and religious administration of the district. John A. Gardner followed in the business footsteps of his father and con- ducted several sawmills in Washington county for many years. He also engaged in farming and stock raising and in both lines of business met with substantial pros- perity. He is now making his home in Logan. He has likewise been very active in the work of the church and was in the bishopric for a period of twenty-five years. He also served on a mission in the eastern states, including New York and Pennsylvania, in 1897 and 1898. His political endorsement is given to the democratic party and for twenty years he was county commissioner of Washington county. The mother of John W. Gardner bore the maiden name of Celestia Snow and was born in Lehi, Utah, a daughter of William and Ann (Rogers) Snow, members of the prominent Snow fam- ily that came to this state in 1847. Mrs. Gardner is still living and by her marriage became the mother of seven sons and three daughters, of whom John W. Gardner is the eldest son and second child.

John W. Gardner began his early education in the public schools of Pine Valley and continued his studies at the high school at Cedar City, Utah. He later entered the Brigham Young College at Logan, Utah, where he obtained his first degree. Bachelor of Arts, in 1908. He later matriculated in the Agricultural College of Utah at Logan and next became a student of the University of Utah, where he obtained his Master's degree in 1910. In 1908 he began teaching at the Brigham Young College and his teaching there, though not continuous, covered a period of five years, during the greater part of which time he was a member of the presidency of the college.

He studied law at the Leland Stanford Junior University and the University of California for the period of three years and was admitted to the Utah state bar in 1912. Since 1916 he has practiced law continuously in Cache coupty and during the years of 1916-1918 he served this county as county attorney.

He is interested in all that has to do with the material development, moral up- building and civic progress of the community in which he makes his home. In politics he is a democrat and an earnest advocate of the principles of his party. He is an active member of the Logan Commercial Boosters Club. During the period of the World war he was a member of the Logan Liberty Loan committee as well as federal appeal agent and member of the local draft board in the selective service of the United States.

In Salt Lake Temple, on the 3d of June, 1908, Mr. Gardner was married to Miss Cynthia Hill, a native of Ogden. Utah, and a daughter of J. J. and Martha (Stowell) Hill, who belonged to old and distinguished families of Ogden. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner are the parents of four children: Eldon J., who was born in Logan, June 5, 1909: Eugene, born in Logan, March 22, 1913: and Lucile and Marian, twins, born June 15,

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1918. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Gardner was a successful teacher, connected with the Brigham Young College from 1906 until 1908 inclusive. They occupy an attractive home at No. 445 West First South street, which is the property of Mr. Gardner and which is the abode of warm-hearted hospitality.

Mr. Gardner has been very active in church work. He has been Sunday school superintendent for the past six years and on the Cache stake board for four years, while for three years he has been on the Mutual stake board. He served on a mission to New Zealand from 1900 to 1904, covering more than four years, and was very suc- cessful in his labors.

In a profession where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and ability Mr. Gardner has made steady progress and is today recognized as one of the strong and able members of the bar of Logan. The thoroughness with which he pre- pares his cases, the clearness with which he presents his cause and his loyalty to the highest standards of the profession are the salient elements in his success. His devo- tion to his clients' interests is proverbial, yet he never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. He belongs to both the Cache County and the Utah State Bar Associations.

BISHOP JOSEPH CAMPBELL.

Bishop Joseph Campbell is the treasurer of the Cache county school board and a teacher in the Providence public schools. He is also a bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and thus he is actively connected with the educational and moral progress of his section of the state. He was born October 26, 1861, ia Providence, where he still makes his home. His father, Joseph H. Campbell, is a native of Ohio and of Scotch descent, the family having been founded in America by the great-grandfather of Bishop Campbell, who on crossing the Atlantic to the new world established his home in the state of New York and afterward removed to Ohio. Joseph H. Campbell was reared in the Buckeye state until 1850, when he ac- companied his parents on their emigration to Utah. His father, Benonia Campbell, died on the plains while en route to Nebraska. Joseph H. Campbell was at that time a youth of fourteen years, and with his brothers and sisters he continued the journey to Salt Lake, where he arrived in the month of September. During his youthful days he followed agricultural pursuits but later engaged in business on his own account. In 1857 he went to Cache to seek a location and in 1859 took up his abode as a per- manent settler within the county, devoting his attention to farming and stock raising throughout the remainder of his active business life. He won substantial success in that undertaking and is now living retired in Providence, enjoying the fruits of his former toil. He is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in 1863 filled a mission at Missouri river points and conducted the emi- grants from that section of the country to Utah. He has been active in various other Unes of church work and has ever been regarded as one of the substantial and valued citizens of Cache county. The mother of Bishop Campbell bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Mathews and was born in Wales. She came to the United States with her parents and in 1856 made the trip to Utah with a hand-cart company, walking the entire distance over the hot, sandy plains and across the mountains. She was a daughter of the late Hopkin and Margaret (Morris) Mathews, both of whom died in Providence. Mrs. Campbell passed away August 22, 1916, at the age of seventy-two years. She had become the mother of nine children, six sons and three daughters, all of whom are yet living.

Joseph Campbell, whose name introduces this review, was the eldest child and in the district schools near his father's home he began his education, supplementing his early opportunities by study in the Brigham Young College of Logan, in which he completed the normal course. His early life to the age of twenty years was spent upon the home farm, during which period he became familiar with all of the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He then took up educational work. In which he has since engaged with the exception of a period of four years, spent upon a mission. He has done excellent work as an educator, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he has acquired and inspiring teachers and pupils under him with much of his own zeal and interest in the work. He has continually studied

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to improve the methods of instruction which he has employed and has kept in touch with the modern ideas of the most advanced educators of the country. He is also the vice president of the Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank of Logan and in addition he conducts a ranch at Providence.

-It was on the 30th of September, 1887, at the place of his nativity, that Mr. Camp- bell was married to Miss Ella Hammond, a native of Providence and a daughter of M. D. and Freelove (Miller) Hammond, the former now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Camp- bell have become parents of eight children, six daughters and two sons. Ella Irene, the eldest, is the wife of Godfrey J. Fuhriman, who is living at Ridgedale, in the Pocatello valley of Idaho. Vesta is the wife of Leon Alder, also living at Ridgedale, Idaho. Elizabeth is the wife of Bernard Hansen, whose home is at Sheridan, Wyom- ing. Genevieve is the next of the family. Joseph Milton married Vera Thorpe and is a resident of Providence. Alta and Alva, twins, and Glenn complete the family.

Mr. Campbell is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is bishop of the second ward of Providence, having been ordained May 1, 1909, by Apostle Hyrum M. Smith. He served on a mission from 1890 until 1893 in England and was president of the Norwich Conference during the latter part of that period. His second mission was to the northern states and while there he served as president of the Northern Illinois Conference for nineteen months, with headquarters in Chicago. In politics he is a democrat and while never an active politician he has ever been a supporter of those plans and measures which work for public benefit and progress and during the period of the war was chairman of the Council of Defense at Provi- dence.

E. TAFT BENSON.

E. Taft Benson, cashier of the Farmers' & Merchants' Savings Bank of Logan, was born September 29, 1882, in the city which is still his home. His father, Brigham Young Benson, is a native of Salt Lake City and a son of Ezra Taft Benson, who was born at Mendon, Massachusetts. The father is still living and is yet an active business man, identified with various interests. He has a farm of eleven hundred acres, is the president of the Trenton Clarkston Mill & Elevator Company and presi- dent of the B. Y. Benson & Sons Company of Trenton, Utah. He has developed his interests until they have become extensive and important projects in the commercial and industrial life of the community. The mother of E. Taft Benson bore the maiden name of Margaret Adams and was the third female child born in Logan, her father being Hugh Adams, a native of Scotland, who became one of the pioneer settlers of Logan and one of the promoters and upbuilders of Cache county, and who passed away in July, 1917.

E. Taft Benson acquired his early education in the district schools of Trenton and continued his studies in the public schools of Logan, being graduated from the high school with the class of 1907. He completed a course in the University of Utah as a member of the class of 1911 and thus was well qualified by thorough training for life's practical and responsible duties. He took up the banking business and was first associated along that line with James Pingree, of Ogden. For two years he filled the position of deputy state auditor and had charge of the auditing work in public insti- tutions. He next became connected with the Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank of Logan and is now cashier of that institution. His labors have contributed to its reputation as a substantial and thoroughly reliable financial concern and there is no phase of the banking business with which Mr. Benson is not thoroughly familiar, for he has made a close study of the business and has constantly broadened his knowledge by investigation and experience. He is always a popular, courteous and obliging official, doing everything to promote the interests of depositors to the extent of not jeopardizing the safety of the bank.

In 1914 Mr. Benson was united in marriage to Miss Burdette Clawson, a daughter of Sidney B. Clawson, of Salt Lake City. They have three children: Richard Taft, Robert B. and Jack. While a prominent banker and active business man, efficient and popular along the line of his chosen life work, Mr. Benson is also widely known in various other connections. He belongs to Phi Delta Theta, national college fra- ternity. He is a member of the Red Cross and has been active in the work of the

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was sent on a mission to England for thirty months and was secretary of the European mission from 1911 until 1913 inclusive. He is a member of the high priests quorum and is keenly interested in all branches of church work. He Is likewise a member of the Commercial Boosters Club of Logan and his active aid and cooperation can be counted upon to further any in- terest that will promote the upbuilding of the city. He has been an extensive traveler in European countries. He finds his chief hobby and recreation in travel abroad. He has visited many points of ancient, modern and historic interest in the different Euro- pean countries, gleaning much valuable knowledge concerning various lands and their peoples, and his well stored mind makes association with him a matter of expansion and elevation.

EUGENE SANTSCHI, Sr.

For almost a third of a century Eugene Santschi, Sr., has resided in Carbon county and is now general foreman for the United States Fuel Company at Hiawatha. So long has he been connected with the interests of this corporation and so closely has he been associated with the mining activities of Carbon county that he is known to every man, woman and child in the district, all of whom affectionately term him "Dad." He is now filling the office of mayor of Hiawatha and in matters of citizenship main- tains a most progressive attitude, seeking ever the welfare and upbuilding of the town.

It was in Switzerland, on the 8th of May, 1859, that Eugene Santschi was born, his parents being Harry and Elizabeth Santschi, who remained residents of the land of the Alps, never coming to the new world. Eugene Santschi was left an orphan when a lad of only seven years. He acquired his education in the schools of his native country, where he pursued a high school course, and when a youth of seven- teen years he came to the United States, landing at New York on the 4th of July, 1876. He then went to Alton, Illinois, and, having previously learned the business of manufacturing and handling coke in Germany, he there secured employment with the Alton Gas Company, with which he remained for twelve years. It was during that period that he was married. In 1888 he came to Utah, making his way at once to Castlegate, and he has practically remained in Carbon county since that time. At Castlegate he was employed by the Utah Fuel Company, first as a contractor, then as foreman and later as superintendent of the coke ovens, remaining wtih the corpora- tion for a period of fifteen years. He then retired from active business, but indolence and idleness are utterly foreign to his nature and after five years he was so wearied at doing nothing that he went to Dawson, New Mexico, for the Dodge Phelps interests, superintending their coke ovens for two years. He then returned to Salt Lake and almost immediately afterward came to Hiawatha as general foreman for the United States Fuel Company and has here since remained. He is also a stockholder in the Carbon County Bank and a stockholder in and the president of the New Bullion Mint- ing Company of Eureka.

At Alton, Illinois, in March, 1882, Mr. Santschi was married to Miss Emma Chausse, a daughter of Abraham and Julia Chausse, who were also natives of Switzer- land and came to America in early life. The father followed farming but is now de- ceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Santschi have been born two sons and a daughter. Eugene, born at Alton, Illinois, in 1882. married Amanda Holmgreen, of Logan, Utah. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. After his gradua- tion he went to Fort Douglas, Utah, and he was on active duty in the Philippines. He also served in the Boxer war in China and for two years was military instructor at the Utah Agricultural College of Logan and afterward military instructor at West Point. At present he is a lieutenant colonel on the general staff in Washington, D. C. Helen, the only daughter, born at Alton, Illinois, in 1884, is the wife of Captain Freeman Bassett, of Salt Lake City, who organized a company of cavalry in Utah county and went to the Mexican border, where he rendered distinguished service to his coun- try. Harrj', born at Alton,. Illinois, in 1886, joined the army at the outbreak of the war with Germany and was at Camp Lewis, from which point he went to France, serving for sixteen months as an interpreter in the intelligence department in Bor- deaux, France, after which he was honorably discharged and returned home in May,

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1919. This is indeed a notable record of service on the part of the two sons and the son-in-law of Mr. Santschi.

In his political views Mr. Santschi is a republican and was the first county com- missioner of Carbon county, while at the present time he is filling the office of mayor of Hiawatha for the third term. What could be more conclusive evidence of his ability and fidelity to the interests of the community? His administration has been of a most progressive character in which he has brought about needed reforms and improvements that have worked for civic; betterment and for the upholding of high civic ideals. His personal characteristics are perhaps best indicated in the name by which he is known to every man, woman and child in the section in which he resides. It indi- cates his geniality, his approachableness and his deep interest in the individual and In the community at large.

JUDGE HENRY NEPHI HAYES.

Judge Henry Nephi Hayes, presiding over the sixth district court of the state of Utah, his district embracing the counties of Sevier, Wayne, Piute, Garfield, and Kane, ■was born at Pleasant Grove, Utah, January 28, 1867. His father, John J. Hayes, was a native of Ireland and was a preacher of the Methodist church. He came to America in 1853, after being converted to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and settled first at Lehi and then at Pleasant Grove, Utah, where he followed the occupation of shoemaking. He was a man of education and of studious nature and his constant companions were the Bible, the Book of Mormon and the Deseret News. He prided himself on being able to name the chapter wherein was to be found any three verses that were quoted or read to him from the Bible. He was an earnest and consistent believer in the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and labored faithfully and effectively to advance the cause. For many years he was president of one of the quorums of Seventies. The mother of Judge Hayes was in her maidenhood Rachel Wagstaff, whose people were English converts to the Mormon teach- ings before coming to America. This family name is found in every history of Utah that has been written, so prominent and active a part have the members of the family taken in the upbuilding of the state.

Judge Hayes was educated in the public schools of Pleasant Grove and in the Brigham Young University at Provo, from which he was graduated with the class of 1887. He then took up the profession of teaching, which he followed in Sevier county until 1895, during five years of which time he was county superintendent of schools, and afterward he matriculated in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he specialized in the study of law. He was there graduated with the degree of LL. B. with the class of 1897 and was admitted to practice at the bar of that state. Returning to Utah, he was in the following year elected county clerk, a position which he filled for two years. He was subsequently elected county attorney of Sevier county for two dif- ferent terms. For twelve years he filled the position of president of the board of education. What the Judge considers as the best effort of his life was performed while he was a member of the state board of land commissioners under Governor Cutler, which position he held for four years— being the only democratic member of the board at the time — in using his influence to promote the building of the great Piute reservoir and the state canal leading therefrom. The canal supplies water to more than twenty thousand acres of land in southern Utah and it was Judge Hayes who was instrumental in helping the many farmers who have been benefited by the improvement which he was thus a potent factor in promoting. He has closely studied the opportunities and conditions of his section of the state and has labored untiringly to further development and improvement along the lines of permanent benefit.

In 1892, Judge Hayes was married to Miss Emma Heppler of Sevier county. Ten children were the issue of this marriage, eight of whom are living: La Verne, who was in France for twenty months attached to the adjutant general's office of the Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces; Grant E., who is operating the farms belonging to his father in Sevier county; Henry Dean, who is a student in a preparatory college of the east, preparing for admission to the Naval Academy at Annapolis; Maxine, who is a high school pupil; Elese; Beth; Zar, and Kathleen.

In politics Judge Hayes Is an old-time democrat and was for many years chairman

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of the county democratic central committee. He is the president of the Richfield Com- mercial Club and is county chairman of the Red Cross. He takes an active interest in all public affairs and can be relied upon to aid every worthy enterprise that prom- ises benefit for his town, county or state. In 1916 he was elected judge of the sixth district court for a term of four years and has given general satisfaction to lawyers and litigants alike. His knowledge of the law is comprehensive and exact and is com- bined with justice and fairness in his decisions, so that but few of them have been reversed by the supreme court. His name is inscribed high upon the judicial records of the state and as lawyer and jurist he stands among the distinguished representa- tives of the Utah bar.

GEORGE W. CURTIS.

George W. Curtis is now living in Logan but for a long period was actively iden- tified with farming interests in Cache county and through his industry along this and other lines he acquired a competence that now enables him to rest from further labor. He was born in Payson, Utah, January 30, 1854, a son of George and Emma (Whaley) Curtis. The father was born October 7. 1823. at Silver Lake, Oakland county, Michigan, near Pontiac, while the mother was born in Sheffield, England, and came to America in 1850. The father, George Curtis, arrived in UUh in 1848, first settling in Salt Lake, but after a time removed to Provo, later to Sanpete county and ultimately to Payson. where he spent his remaining days. In early life he devoted his attention to saw- mill work and he became one of the promoters of the Salem canal, while otherwise he contributed to the development and upbuilding of the district. The Curtis family was one of the first twelve families to locate in Payson, and Joseph Curtis, brother of George Curtis, was active in the building of the Payson Tabernacle, which was in continuous use until a short time ago, when it was destroyed by fire. George Curtis was a mem- ber of the Quorum of Seventy, was also a high priest and was foremost in all plans and projects for the advancement of public work and the educational and moral de- velopment of the community. In 1849 Brigham Young called on him to go to Sanpete to establish a settlement, but after a short time he returned on foot to Salt Lake and a little later went to Provo, from which point he made his way to Payson. In con- nection with John Bellows and using an old harrow and a yoke of oxen, he made a road to Spanish Fork. Thus his activities brought him into close association with the work of early development and improvement of his district. He was the father of seventeen children, eleven of whom are still living, and he passed away February 5, 1911. Mrs. Mary (Openshaw) Curtis, the second wife of George Curtis, was born in Brightmet, Lancashire, England, March 25. 1839, and came to Utah in 1856, pulling a handcart all the way across the plains. In 1857 she became the wife of Mr. Curtis.

George W. Curtis whose name introduces this review attended the schools of Payson. but the educational system was but slightly developed at that period. When a lad of seventeen years he took up the work of freighting from Salt Lake and Sandy to Pioche, Nevada. He also went with the first soldiers to Beaver, Utah, driving a six-mule team, and he continued in the freighting business for six years. During that period he likewise worked on the home ranch and in 1877 he entered the employ of the Ontario Silver Mining Company, working in its mill until December 28, 1897, or for a period of twenty years. In 1898 he began farming at Newton, where he re- sided until 1915, when he sold the property and removed to Logan, where he now occu- pies a large and beautiful modern residence.

In 1880 Mr. Curtis was married to Miss Permelia Haws, a daughter of Nathaniel and Lucinda (Crockett) Haws, who were natives of Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis became parents of three children: Dr. George Nathaniel Curtis, of Salt Lake; Emma L., now the wife of Dr. D. K. Allen, also of Salt Lake; and Zeeta.

While connected with agricultural interests Mr. Curtis devoted his attention to general farming, producing diversified crops. He is now resting from further labors but is a stockholder in the Farmers Banking Company of Cache Junction. He was elected to the city council of Forks city to fill out an unexpired term of six months but otherwise has not held public oflSce. While at Newton he was ordained a mem- ber of the Seventy. There is practically no phase of the development and settlement of the west with which he is not familiar and the work instituted by his father in

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the upbuilding of Utah and the reclamation of its arid lands has been continued by him and throughout his entire life he has followed constructive methods in the con- duct of his business interests and is now the possessor of a handsome competence as the reward of his labors.

JAMES W. QUAYLE.

One of the attractive mercantile establishments of Utah is that owned and conducted by James W. Quayle. Utah claims him as a native son, his birth having occurred at Farmington, in Davis county, June 5, 1856. His father, the late James Quayle, was a native of the Isle of Man and came to America in 1853, making his way direct to Utah. He settled at Salt Lake and afterward took up his abode in Davis county. In 1860 he established his permanent home in Logan and there engaged in farming and stock raising, which business he followed continuously and successfully to the time of his death, passing away in 1913 at the advanced age of eighty-two years. His was an active, useful and honorable life, gaining for him the warm regard of all with whom he was associated. He was an earnest and helpful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in 1871 and 1872 served on a mission in the eastern states. His political endorsement was given to the republican party and he was mayor of Logan for several terms, putting forth most earnest and effective effort for the upbuilding of the city, the advancement of its welfare and the upholding of its high civic standards. He married Elizabeth Gillions, a native of England, who came to America in 1854 and at once crossed the continent to Utah. It was in Salt Lake City that she gave her hand in marriage to James Quayle and they had a family of four children, of whom three are living, namely: James W., of this review; John, a resident of Logan; and Philip, who is now making his home at Willard, Utah. The mother passed away in 1863, when thirty years of age.

James W. Quayle pursued his education in the public schools of Logan and during the greater part of his early life was upon the home farm. In fact he has always been closely connected with agricultural interests and is still following farming. During his father's life he was continuously associated with him in the work of developing the fields and in 1885 he further extended the scope of his activities by establishing his present business.

Mr. Quayle has been married twice. In 1899, in Logan Temple, he wedded Miss Adelia Bird, now deceased, who was a native of Utah and a representative of one of the old pioneer families of the state. Mrs. Quayle died in 1900 and in 1903 Mr. Quayle was again married, his second union being celebrated in Salt Lake Temple when Miss Nellie M. Ruud, a native of Norway, became his wife. They have two children, James W. and Adelia. Their religious faith is that of the Mormon church and Mr. Quayle served on a mission to the southern states in 1885 and 1886, while in 1887 he was sent on a mission to England. He still remains an active factor in this work. He is also a member of the Logan Boosters Club. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and in 1909 he served as a member of the city council.

GEORGE E. MILES.

George E. Miles, who is serving as mayor of Smlthfield and is assistant cashier of the Commercial National Bank of that city, was born December 25, 1879, in Smith- field, a son of Edwin Ruthven Miles, Jr. His father was born in Big Cottonwood, October 3, 1858, a son of Edwin R. and Jane R. (Wakefield) Miles, who emigrated to Utah at an early day. They settled at Big Cottonwood and in 1860 removed to Smith- field, where Edwin R. Miles, Jr., acquired his education and for several years taught school. He also engaged in farming and at times followed carpentering. He likewise had charge of the Farmers Union Roller Mill and was at one period engaged in mer- chandising. He was a very active business man who carried forward to successful completion whatever he undertook and his activities contributed to the material upbuild- ing of the district in which he lived. At the time of his death, besides his many business interests and activities, he was bishop of the Smithfield first ward. He was the president

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of the Smlthfield Lumber Company, president of the Commercial National Bank, presi- dent of the Smlthfield Brick & Tile Company, president of the Smlthfield Improvement Company and at all times was a most energetic, farsighted, sagacious and prosperous business man whose labors proved a dynamic force in the improvement and development of his section of the state. He was also a most earnest churchman and was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, December 29, 1867, by Robert Melkle. He was ordained a deacon, May 16, 1868; ordained a priest, January 6, 1878; ordained an elder, January 5, 1879; and ordained high priest and bishop, November 11, 1906, being set apart to preside over the Smlthfield first ward. During his service as bishop he brought to a successful conclusion the work on the new tabernacle. In the Endowment House at Salt Lake City, on the 9th of January, 1879, he married Anna G. Smith. His children were: George Edwin, Jane, Ruth. Edwin. Ruthven, Leonard Smith, Johann Pearl, Hazel Verne and Maurice Kent. The father died October 1, 1914.

George E. Miles acquired his education in the district schools of Smlthfield, in the Utah Agricultural College at Logan and In the Brigham Young College of Logan, in which he completed a commercial course and was graduated. In 1901 he was called upon for active church work, being sent on a mission to California which covered two years. In 1903 he became identified with the Young Men's Cooperative Company at Smlthfield and so continued until 1904. In the early part of 1905 he became identified with the Cache Valley Implement Company of Logan and later in the same year, or on the 1st of September, 1905, entered the Bank of Smlthfield as teller, thus serving until 1910. He was then promoted to the position of assistant cashier and later became a director and so continues to the present. In 1912 this bank was nationalized under the name of the Commercial National Bank. In addition to his banking connections Mr. Miles is the vice president of the E. R. Miles General Merchandise Company, is also a stockholder in the Smlthfield Implement Company and was its president until January, 1919. He has thus been an active factor in business circles and is an alert and energetic young man whose future will be well worth watching.

In 1905 Mr. Miles was married to Miss L. Rae Nelson, a daughter of Joseph and Lydia Nelson. In his political views Mr. Miles is a democrat and on the 5th of November, 1918, was elected mayor of Smlthfield. He is now chief executive of the city, to which he is giving a businesslike and progressive administration. He has closely studied the needs and the opportunities of the city and he works to meet the former and utilize the latter to the benefit of the entire community. He is actuated in all that he does by a spirit of western enterprise that produces substantial results.

HON. ASA BULLEN.

Hon. Asa Bullen, an able and successful member of the Utah bar, and Judge of the city court of Logan, being the unanimous appointee of the Logan bar, was born in Richmond, this state, September 6, 1886, and is a representative of a prominent family. His parents were Herschel and Mary Josephine (Whittle) Bullen, the former a native of Maine, while the latter was born in Utah. In the year 1848 Herschel Bullen came to this state. He sailed around South America to the California coast, where he remained for a year, and in 1848 he arrived in Salt Lake City. His life was devoted to farming and to railroad contracting and he was connected with the building of many railway lines throughout the west. At the same time he always owned a farm, which under his direction was carefully, systematically and profitably cultivated. For two terms he served as a member of the state land board, occupying that position for eight years. He died in Richmond, June 27, 1910, while the mother, Mrs. Mary Josephine Bullen, survived until May 7, 1916. One of their sons, Roy Bullen, is mayor of Logan and another son, Herschel Bullen, Jr., is owner and publisher of the Logan Republican.

Asa Bullen, member of the bar of Logan, began his education in the public schools of Richmond, passed through consecutive grades to the high school and afterward became a student in the Brigham Young College and later in the Utah Agricultural College, being graduated from that institution with the Bachelor of Science degree as a member of the class of 1910. His preparation for a professional career was made In the Harvard University Law School, which conferred upon him the LL. B. degree In 1913. In October of the same year he was admitted to practice before the bar of Utah and has since remained an active representative of the profession in this state. He is a member

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of the Logan Bar Association and he has always continued in general practice, preparing his cases with great thoroughness and care and presenting his cause with a clearness and cogency that leaves no doubt as to the correctness of his position. In addition to his work in connection with the large clientage accorded him, he is an instructor of com- mercial law in the Utah Agricultural College.

On the 20th of November, 1913, Mr. Bullen was married to Miss Georgia Vivian Hatch, a daughter of H. E. Hatch, a prominent banker of Logan. They have two children: Phillip Asa, who was four years of age on the 8th of February, 1919; and Richard Hatch, who was born May 8, 1919.

Mr. Bullen gives his political endorsement to the republican party and has been a close student of the vital problems and questions of the day, but the honors and emolu- ments of office have had no attraction for him, as he has preferred to concentrate his energies upon his professional duties. His devotion to his clients' interests is proverbial, yet he never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. Unwearied Industry and rare learning are combined in the conduct of his cases and he is regarded as an able, faithful and conscientious minister in the temple of justice.

JOHN H. ANDERSON.

John H. Anderson is the president of the First National Bank of Logan, his native city, and occupies an enviable position in financial circles. He is honored and respected by all, not alone by reason of the success which he has attained but also owing to the straightforward and honorable business methods and principles which he has ever followed. He was born September 24, 1864, in Logan, a son of Johannas Anderson, who was a native of Sweden and came to America in 1859. He did not tarry on the eastern coast but made his way direct to Brigham, Utah. In 1860 he removed to Logan, where he engaged in farming, following that pursuit very successfully until his life's labors were ended in death in Logan on the 2d of August, 1910, when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-two years. He was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and took an active and helpful part in its work. The mother of John H. Anderson, who in her maidenhood was Johanna Mortinson, was also born in Sweden and was there reared and married. She had become the mother of two children when with her husband she came to the new world. She was born in 1821 and had therefore reached the age of sixty-two years when she passed away in 1883. Their family numbered five children, two sons and three daughters, but John H. is the only one now surviving.

In the public schools of his native city John H. Anderson pursued his studies and his early life to the age of eighteen years was spent upon the home farm. He was then called on a mission to Sweden and served for two years and three months in the land of his ancestors. Upon his return he was called to the Logan Temple as a worker, devoting eight years to his labors there. Upon completing his work there he entered the service of Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution at Logan as a clerk and later became manager of a branch of the business in Logan, which he conducted successfully until the organization closed out its business. Mr. Ander- son then established business on his own account as a general merchant, beginning with a small stock of goods but rapidly increasing his stock to meet the growing demands of his trade. In this way he developed one of the leading general stores in northern Utah and in point of time is today one of the oldest merchants of Logan. He also conducts a general store at Mendon, Utah, and he was one of the organizers of the Cache Sugar Company. In his mercantile pursuits he has met with very substantial success, carrying on business along progressive lines that have brought very gratifying returns. Entering banking circles, he is now the president of the First National Bank of Logan and his name constitutes a potent force in both com- mercial and financial circles.

In Logan Temple, on the 18th of November, 1885, Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Annie C. EUiason, a native of Logan, Utah, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Elliason, pioneer people of this state. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have nine children, five sons and four daughters. John, who was born in Logan, and is asso- ciated with his father in the mercantile business, married Coila Montrose and

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has three children: John. Luella and Naomi. Charlotte, also a native of Logan is the wife of J. R. Larson, of Logan, by whom she has three children: Annie Ber- nice, Lafay and Louis Clare. Joseph, who is associated with his father in business, married Melicent Willmore, by whom he has two children: Nedra Lucille and Ruth May. The other children of the Anderson family are Geneva, Luella, Wood- ruff, Melvin, Marie and Merrill, all of whom were bom in Logan and are yet at home. The family residence is at Xo. 162 East Fourth North, where Mr. Ander- son owns a very fine home. An ardent supporter of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, most active and earnest in its work, Mr. Anderson was ordained a bishop at Mendon in 1900 and thus served for three years. He also served as bishop of the fourth ward of Logan from January, 1913, until 1918, or for a period of four and a half years. He was also ordained a high counselor, which office he now fills, and he was president of the Scandinavian organization of Logan for about ten years. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and in 1910 and 1911 he served as mayor of the city, giving to it a businesslike and progressive administration. He is a member of the Logan Booster Club. His aid and influence have always been on the side of progress, reform and improvement and his activi- ties have been of a most practical and resultant character. He is today one of the foremost business men of Logan and at the same time is accounted one of its most progressive and loyal residents.

WILLIAM EDWARD RUFF.

William ETdward Ruff, who has charge of the machine and blacksmith shop for the Spring Canyon Coal Company at Storrs and also follows blacksmithing and mechanical work independently, was born in Coalville, Utah. May 24, 1881. He is a son of George and Sarah Elizabeth (Grayson) Ruff, natives of England. The father was born January 18. 1850. while the mother's birth occurred April 25. 1851. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Grayson. She passed away December 27. 1908. at Scofield, but the father is still living and is now bishop of Scofield ward. He came to Utah in 1879, settling in Coalville, and in 1900 removed to Scofield. He has been with the Utah Coal Company since that time, working as blacksmith for the company, and is very capable, as well as a jovial and genial man whose life has at all times been guided by high principles. The brothers and sisters of William E. Ruff who survive are Mary E,, George H., John James. Joseph H. and Wilford.

William E. Ruff received his education in the common schools of his native town and in the Summit Stake Academy and the Latter-day Saints University, and In 1900 removed to Scofield with his father. He began work with the Utah Fuel Company at Winterquarters after having learned the blacksmith's trade with his father at Coalville, being employed by the Utah Fuel Company in the blacksmith shop at Winterquarters until 1912. In that year he removed to Ephraim. where he opened a shop, but in 1913 returned to Pleasant valley and took charge of the mechanical work of the Utah mine at Scofield. Desiring a change, he removed with his family to Ogden and there worked in the shops of the Southern Pacific Railroad, but after a year the allurements of a mining town proved too great and he returned to Spring Canyon in 1916, settling at Storrs, at which time he look charge of the machine and blacksmith shop of the Spring Canyon Coal Company. In addition to his work for that corporation he does blacksmithing and mechanical work. He is a good workman, thorough, resourceful and reliable, and is well known in the mining districts of Carbon county and the state.

On the 19th of February. 1902. Mr. Ruff was married to Miss Margaret A. Morgan, who was born in Salt Lake City, November 21, 1SS2, a daughter of Robert and Alice (Miller) Morgan. Her father came from the eastern states to Utah and on the 5th of July, 1881, wedded Alice Miller, who was born in Salt Lake. July 5. 1862. She is a very devout member of the Mormon church and now resides at Ogden. She had three children: Mrs. Ruff; Hazel Alice, now deceased; and Robert J., who joined the United States army in Texas in January. 1918. He was a member of the band of the Three Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry of the Ninetieth Division. In June. 1918. he went to France and was at the front at Coblenz. After the armistice was signed he was sent to Bern Castle on the Rhine and remained with the army of occupation until his return in June, 1919. To Mr. and Mrs. Ruff have been born the following named children:

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Sarah Alice, who was born at Scofield, February 12, 1903; William Grayson, who was bom at Scofield, October 8, 1904; Verlon Edward, born December 9, 1907, at Scofield; Marguerite, who was born in Scofield, December 13, 1910; Melva and Marie, twins, who were born May 16, 1916, at Storrs, and are now deceased; and Mary Elva, who was born at Storrs, July 23, 1917.

The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Mr. Ruff has served as clerk of the Scofield ward, as teacher in the Sunday school and as president of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association but resigned the latter position upon his removal to Ogden. His political endorsement Is given to the democratic party. He has never been active in politics, however, aside from exercising his right of franchise, for business and church activities have claimed his attention. For nineteen years he has been identified with the mining interests of western Utah and the success he has achieved is attributable entirely to his own labors, for he has won his advancement through industry, perseverance and capability.

JAMES LARSEN.

The spirit of modern enterprise and progresslveness finds expression in the record of James Larsen, of Logan, who is a coal merchant of the city and who is also identified with important farming interests in his section of the state. He was born in Logan in 1874, a son of Lars C. and Clara (Jensen) Larsen, who were natives of Denmark. The father came to Utah in 1861 and the mother crossed the Atlantic and made her way to this state in 1862. Mr. Larsen took up his abode at Logan and engaged in driving a freight team from Council Bluffs to Salt Lake for Gordon Pitts. At Logan he engaged in farming, in which business he continued until about ten years ago, when he retired from active life. He Is still living at the ripe old age of seventy-eight years. He assisted in building some of the main canals of his section of the state and in the promo- tion of other valuable public enterprises. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was presiding teacher of his ward and also filled two home missions.

James Larsen obtained a public school education in Logan and was reared to the occupation of farming, which he followed for a number of years in early manhood. He was but eighteen years of age when in 1893 he was called on to fill a mission to Sweden, where he labored for two and a half years. Following his return to his native state he became actively identified with the business interests of Logan. In 1904 he formed a partnership with Mourits Mouritsen in the coal and wood trade, opening a yard at Sixth West and Center streets. They have the only cement yard in'Logan and not only is their equipment of the most modern character but their patronage has reached very gratifying proportions and is still growing. Throughout these years Mr. Larsen has also continued his agricultural pursuits, operating a dry farm on Blue creek in Boxelder county of four hundred and eighty acres and also an irrigated farm of several hundred acres, devoted to the raising of hay, grain and sugar beets. In all of his business affairs he has displayed a spirit of marked progresslveness that never recognizes the possibility of failure. Obstacles and difficulties in his path seem to serve but as an impetus for renewed effort on his part and he successfully accomplishes whatever he undertakes.

On the 17th of February, 1902, Mr. Larsen was married to Miss Olga Petersen, of Preston, Utah, a daughter of M. C. P. and Sina Petersen, who were natives of Denmark and came to Utah in 1882. settling at Bear Lake, whence they removed to Preston in 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Larsen have four children: Clara Ardella, Myrtle M., Jessie S. and James C.

Mr. Larsen has been keenly interested in public affairs and filled the office of city commissioner from 1914 until 1918, during which time the first paving of the city streets was done under his supervision as street commissioner. He also brought water down to tlie city from the canyon, this water being drawn from a large spring that is covered with a big cement building, thus insuring its purity. As city commissioner he gave his aid and influence in behalf of many plans for the improvement of municipal conditions whereby the welfare of Logan's inhabitants has been promoted. He is like- wise an active worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was counselor to Bishop Yates of the Logan third ward for about ten years. He likewise

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served as ward clerk for several years and at present is a member of the old folks committee. He is widely and favorably known in Logan, where practically his entire life has been passed. His salient characteristics are such as have won him warm regard and he now enjoys the friendship of the majority of those with whom he has come in contact.

HYRUM CHRISTOPHER JOHANSEN.

In 1904 Hyrum Christopher Johansen entered the employ of the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company and such was the progress made and adaptability displayed that in 1916 he was appointed manager of one of the company's largest branches, that of southern Utah, over which he is now presiding, with office in Richfield. He is a young man of exceptional business ability and enterprise, actuated at all times by a laudable ambition that has found expression in indefatigable effort, in unfaltering loyalty and keen business discrimination.

Mr. Johansen was born in Denmark in August, 1886, a son of Peter R. and Mary (Olsen) Johansen, who in 1887 came to America, making their way across the country to Salt Lake. Their son Hyrum attended the common schools of Salt Lake and completed his studies in the Latter-day Saints University. He was first employed by the Salt Lake City department of survey, with which he remained for two years, after which he entered into a partnership relation for the conduct of a florist's business under the firm style of Madsen & Johansen. In 1904 he secured a position with the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company, one of Utah's giant industries, and for twelve years the young man gave such exceptional service to the company that in 1916 he was appointed manager of one of its largest branches, though barely thirty years of age at the time. The southern Utah branch, over which he presides, covers a territory of sixty by two hundred miles and embraces the counties of Sevier. Piute, Garfield and Kane and extends from Sevier to the Arizona line, with six special agencies, two of which. Mount Carmel and Fredonia, are located in the state of Arizona. The headquarters in Richfield occupy a store room on Main street sixty by one hundred and fifty feet in dimensions and the warehouse covers twelve thousand square feet of space. The Marysvale branch is second only to that of Richfield. Mr. Johansen is well qualified to fill the onerous duties of the office to which he was appointed by his firm. He does not know the meaning of the expression, "I'll try to do it." His motto is: "I'll do it," and he does. This is the reason that at thirty-three years of age he is manager of a large branch of the biggest concern of its kind in Utah, with supervision over many employes, most of whom are older men than himself.

Mr. Johansen is a consistent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a teacher and home mission worker and a member of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. He is also the counselor of the Elders Quorum of the third ward.

In 1905 Mr. Johansen was united in marriage to Miss Mabel C. Poulson, whose father, Andrew Poulson, is a prominent farmer of Salt Lake county. They have become the parents of four children: Orville, Clarence, Phyllis and Mary. Such in brief is the history of Hyrum C. Johansen, who has left and is leaving the impress of his indi- viduality and ability upon the history of southern Utah as a business man, as a churchman and as a citizen. His sterling worth is attested by all who know him and his acquaintance is a very wide one.

MARINER S. ECCLES.

Mariner S. Eccles, vice president of the Eccles Investment Company of Logan, in which connection he is conducting an important business, was born September 9, 1890, in the city which is still his home, his parents being David and Ellen (Stod- dard) Eccles. The latter was a daughter of the late John and Emma Stoddard, who were pioneer residents of Cache valley. The father, David Eccles, is mentioned on another page of this work.

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for the early educational opportunities which he enjoyed, while subsequently he com- pleted his studies in the Brigham Young College at Logan, Utah. He was then called to serve on a mission, going to Scotland, where he labored for the church. He spent two and a half years in that country and was quite successful in his work there. It was during his residence in Scotland that he met the lady whom he later made his wife. Six months after his return his fathet died and Mariner S. Eccles gradually took over part of his father's vast business interests. In 1915 the Eccles interests at Logan were incorporated under the iirm name of the Eccles Investment Company, of which Mrs. Ellen (Stoddard) Eccles is the president, with M. S. Eccles as the vice president and general manager. They have control of important and extensive prop- erty and investment interests which are carefully directed through the efforts of Mr. Eccles of this review. He was also the organizer and is the president of the Hotel Eccles Company, which erected a fine four story hotel building in Logan and which fully sustains the slogan of the company: "More than a hotel — a home." Furthermore the Eccles hotel interests and management have been extended, for the company is also owner of an excellent three story brick hotel at Blackfoot, Idaho, and an attractive three story hotel at Rexburg, Idaho. Mr. Eccles of this review is a man of keen busi- ness sagacity and sound judgment who readily recognizes the essential in all business affairs and makes wise use of his time and opportunities. Aside from the interests already indicated which have profited by his cooperation he is the vice president of the Thatcher Brothers Banking Company, is the president of the Hyrum Bank, vice presi- dent of the Richmond Bank, vice president of the Blackfoot City Bank of Blackfoot, Idaho; a director of the Amalgamated Sugar Company; a director of the Ogden, Logan & Idaho Electric Railway; a director of the Lion (Wyoming) Coal Company; a direc- tor of the Oregon Lumber Company and of the Anderson & Sons Lumber Company. The recital of his investments and business connections indicate how important a part he has played in the industrial, commercial and financial development of his state. He is likewise vice president of the Trenton Bank and is the president of the Vitamin Wholesale Grain Company of Logan.

On the 9th of July, 1913, M. S. Eccles was married in Logan Temple to Miss May Campbell Young, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and a daughter of John H. and Sarah (McDonald) Young. They have become parents of two children: Mariner Campbell, who was born in Logan, April 7, 1914; and Eleanore May, born in Logan, November 17, 1916. Mr. Eccles found his wife in Scotland, from which country came his grand- father in the maternal line, while the latter's wife was a native of England, and both were pioneer residents of Utah.

The religious faith of Mr. Eccles is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and he Is a stalwart advocate of its principles, believing firmly in the party platform as a factor in good government. He acted as chairman of the City Council of Defense during the period of the war and his earnest support and cooperation were given to every move- ment calculated to advance the interests of the country in its relations with the allied army and in the work of supporting the soldiers in the field. The objective and sub- jective interests of life have in Mariner S. Eccles been carefully balanced. He has never allowed the accumulation of wealth to so monopolize his time and attention as to exclude his cooperation with movements having to do with the general progress of community and state. On the other hand, in all business affairs he has displayed keen discernment and unfaltering enterprise and has carried forward to successful completion whatever he has undertaken. The worth of his work in both connections Is readily recognized and the consensus of public opinion places him in the foremost rank of business men in this section of the state. He is yet but a young man, having only passed the twenty-ninth milestone on life's journey, and his future career will be well worth the watching.

GEORGE LE ROY REES, M. D.

Dr. George Le Roy Rees, a physician and surgeon of Smithfleld, was born in Ben- son, Cache county, Utah, July 18, 1883, a son of John and Sophronia (Molem) Rees. The father was born at Merthyr Tydvil. South Wales, while the mother was a native of Illinois. She arrived in Utah in October of 1847, while Mr. Rees reached this state

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about 1853. He lived for a time at Salt Lake and afterward removed to Bountiful, where he resided for three or four years, when he came to the Cache valley, being one of the first settlers at Hyde Park, where he engaged in farming, following that pur- suit throughout his entire life.

Dr. Rees acquired his early education in the public schools of Benson and was afterward graduated from the Brigham Young College at Logan in 1904. Through the succeeding winter he taught school at Benson and in the spring of 1905 started to England on a mission which covered twenty-six months. Following his return he again taught school for two years and in the spring of 1911 he won the Bachelor's degree at the Utah Agricultural College at Logan. In the fall he entered Rush Medical College, the medical department of the University of Chicago, and was graduated there- from in 1915. For a brief period he served as interne at the Dee Hospital in Ogden, after which he practiced for eighteen months in Wellsville. He then opened an office in Smithfield, where he has since engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, and his capability and recognized powers have won for him a liberal patronage.

On the 5th of July, 1911, Dr. Rees was married to Miss Veda M. Munk, a daughter of Andrew and Mary Munk, and they have two children: Vincent L. and Mabel Alda. Dr. Rees joined the Medical Corps during the great World war but was not called upon for active service. He was also a contract surgeon and treated the soldier boys at the Utah Agricultural College during the influenza epidemic. He keeps in close touch with advanced professional thought and methods and his powers are increasing through his wide experience, making him one of the capable physicians of Cache county. He is the president of the Cache Valley Medical Society, to which office he was elected for the year 1918-19, and he is now county physician for the central dis- trict.

NIELS CHRISTIAN POULSON.

The activity and prominence of Niels Christian Poulson in connection with munici- pal and church affairs is indicated in the fact that he is now mayor of Richfield and a bishop in the church. He was born in Richfield in 1875 and is a son of Niels and Caro- line (Petersen) Poulson, who were natives of Denmark. Following their conversion to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints they came to America and settled in Sevier county in 1873. Upon locating in Richfield the father assumed a commanding place in the new city and his labors constituted an element in its con- tinued growth and progress. He was for fifteen years the street supervisor and upon the building of the Marysvale branch of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad he was elected by the people to supervise the work and look after the interests of the resi- dents of the valley. As a director of the canal company Mr. Poulson had much to do with the building of the irrigation ditches of the valley and is regarded as the father of the water system of Sevier county. A prodigious worker and born leader, he left to his son and namesake a heritage greater than gold — an untarnished name and an ex- ample well worthy of emulation.

Niels Christian Poulson whose name introduces this review was educated in the graded schools of his native county and in the Brigham Young University at Prove and the Latter-day Saints University at Salt Lake. When his education was finished he returned to Richfield and became connected with the mercantile business. He was engaged in trade, however, for only a year when he was appointed by President Mc- Kinley to the position of postmaster of Richfield and through the succeeding thirteen years filled that oflice to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens regardless of party poli- tics. During his incumbency in the position the ground was purchased for the pres- ent handsome federal building at Richfield. About the time of his retirement from the office of postmaster the church called him to a mission to the northern states, where he labored for over two years and was secretary of the mission and on his return to Utah he was appointed bishop of the first ward of Richfield, which post he still fills.

About the same time Mr. Poulson entered the grocery and produce business in connection with his brother and remained active along that line until June, 1919, when he retired from commercial pursuits. He is now giving his entire time and atten- ton to his municipal and churchly offices. In the fall of 1917 he was elected mayor of Richfield and is still serving in that capacity. His administration has been one of

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progress and advancement along every line and his own industry sets a splendid ex- ample to others. He feels no hesitancy in demanding the best possible service from city employes, for he is himself giving undivided time, thought and effort to the duties of his position. Since he became mayor many thousands of dollars have been spent for sidewalks and more would have been invested in that way had not the war stopped work of that character. The matter of public highways has always been a question of deep interest to Mayor Poulson and other progressive citizens but for a long period there was much opposition to the improvement of the roads by those who did not wish to pay additional taxes. Mr. Poulson and his supporters, however, felt the necessity of good streets and called a mass meeting of the citizens to talk over the situation. The evening selected for the meeting was in a particularly bad season of the year when the mud was knee deep in the streets. In his talk to the people the Mayor asked this one question over and over: "How long are you going to walk in the mud and stall, your teams with gum to the wagon hubs?" His argument won out and an election was called, at which only thirteen votes were cast against the improvement of the; streets, so that six and a half miles of concrete roadway is now being built in Rich- field, the Mayor happily watching the work. With equal capability, promptness and efficiency Mayor Poulson handled Uie inHuenza epidemic of 1918. The doctors of southern Utah were inoculating the public at a cost of four dollars per individual. A friend of the Mayor's remarked to Mr. Poulson that he had just paid out twenty-eight dollars to have his wife and six children inoculated against the disease. Mr. Poulson figured that the serum must be expensive and not a poor man's serum, so he wrote to the state board of health, asking the price thereof. The reply was that all the serum was furnished free of charge by the board. The Mayor immediately acted. He at once wrote to the board of health for a supply and for the services of a trained nurse to administer the serum. Then he announced to the citizens that they could be inoculated free of charge by calling at the city hall. Twenty-seven hundred citizens responded to the offer, so that Mr. Poulson saved to the people something over ten thousand dollars at a cost to the city government of thirty-five dollars per week — the salary paid to the Salt Lake nurse. Mr. Poulson is indeed a man of broad vision, of keen discernment and sound judgment. He acts with the utmost promptness in cases of emergency and works for the progress and benefit of Richfield and Sevier county.

Mr. Poulson was married to Miss Dora Staples, a daughter of George Staples, a pioneer of Elsinore and a much respected man. They are the parents of six children: L/aurel Mae, Helen Mar, Rich, Carol, Garth and' Shirley Deane, all of whom are attend- ing the schools of Richfield. Such in brief is the history of Niels Christian Poulson, who has spent his entire life in Richfield and whose activities have ever been directed tor the benefit and upbuilding of his community along material, political and moral lines. His labors have been far-reaching and effective and over his public career there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil. In office he has ever been faultless in honor, fearless in conduct and stainless in reputation.

HEZEKIAH EASTMAN HATCH.

Centuries ago, in the golden age of Greece, Euripides wrote: "It is a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends." The truth apparent at that time has remained unchanged to the present. Had Hezekiah Eastman Hatch taken this as a life motto, his life record could not have been more fully the expression of the Greek philosophy. He occupies a com- manding position in financial and business circles and has exerted marked influence along other lines and of him it is said that "every one is his friend." Honored and respected by all, Hezekiah Eastman Hatch, of Logan, occupies a most enviable posi- tion in financial and business circles, not alone by reason of the success he has achieved but also by reason of the straightforward business principles that he has ever followed. There is much in his life record to stimulate and encourage others and the story may well be carefully read and pondered.

Mr. Hatch was born in Lehi, Utah, December 16, 1855. His father, Lorenzo Hill Hatch, was a native of Lincoln, Vermont, born January 4, 1826. He came to Utah in 1850, crossing the plains with one of the old-time wagon trains. In 1863 he removed to Franklin, Idaho, and was a resident of that state for fifteen years, winning a sub-

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stantial place among the farmers and business men of Idaho and Utah. For an ex- tended period he served as a bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his labors were untiring in behalf of the upbuilding of the church and the ex- tension of its influence. He died in Logan in 1910, his memory remaining as a blessed benediction to all who knew him. The mother of Hezekiah E. Hatch was Sylvia Savonia Eastman. She was born in Vermont and passed away in Logan in 1903. She had a family of five children, all of whom are yet living.

After mastering the branches of learning taught in the district schools of Frank- lin, Idaho, H. E. Hatch of this review became a resident of Logan in 1872 and was a pupil in the city schools until 1874. He afterward engaged in farming for a brief period, but when about a year had elapsed he took up telegraphy and accepted a posi- tion as telegraph operator at Franklin, Idaho, where he also acted as assistant post- master until October 12, 1875. He next became connected with the Utah Northern Railway, now the Oregon Short Line, at Franklin. Idaho, and so continued until November 23. 1882. In the meantime, however, or in 1878, he went from Franklin, Idaho, to Ogden, Vtah, where he was given charge of the railway station, relieving Richard W. Young, now Brigadier General Young of the United States army. Sub- sequently he returned to Franklin, Idalio, and for a few months again had charge of the railway oflSce there, after which he was transferred to Logan, Utah, where he became local station agent and assistant train dispatcher. He was thus employed during the construction of the Oregon Short Line between Franklin, Idaho, and Butte, Montana. He left his railway position on the 23d of November, 1882, and in connec- tion with Moses Thatcher, George W. Thatcher, of Logan, and \V. D. Hendricks, of Richmond, Utah, and S. T. Joselyn. of Omaha. Nebraska, all now deceased, he organized the banking business of Thatcher Brothers & Company. He was made the cashier of the bank, with George W. Thatcher as president. This partnership continued with mutual pleasure and success until January 3, 1889. when a reorganization was effected, the business being taken over by the Thatcher Brothers Banking Company, Incor- porated, of which George W. Thatcher became the president. Lewis S. Hills vice presi- dent and H. E. Hatch cashier. Until 1910 Mr. Hatch remained in the position of cashier, when he succeeded the late Moses Thatcher in the presidency and so remains as the head of this splendid banking institution, regarded as one of the strongest and most reliable not only in Cache county but in this part of the state. They occupy beautiful and commodious quarters in tlie Eccles Hotel building and from the be- ginning the business of the bank has steadily increased in volume and in importance. Mr. Hatch has further extended his efforts in banking circles, being now the president of the West Cache State Bank of Trenton, Utah, a director of the State Bank of Rich- mond, Utah, and a director of the Hyrum State Bank of Hyrum. Utah. Farsighted, his keen sagacity has enabled him to recognize and utilize opportunities that others have passed heedlessly by and he is today a dominant figure in business circles in this state. He is the president of the Promontory-Curlew Land Company, operating very successfully, having owned and controlled some four hundred thousand acres of land, of which more than two hundred thousand acres has now been sold and Is being rapidly developed and settled by farmers and stockmen. At the time of the organ- ization of the company Mr. Hatch became its vice president and treasurer. He is also the president of the Thatcher Milling & Elevator Company, Incorporated, having one of the oldest mills in Utah, founded by the firm of Thatcher & Sons in 1860. Mr. Hatch is likewise the president of the Farmers' Utah Loan Association of Logan, a corporation making long-time loans on farm mortgages, and in this connection an extensive business has been built up.

The efforts of Mr. Hatch have not been confined alone to enterprises which have had to do merely with the welfare of the stockholders. For two years he was presi- dent of the Commercial Boosters' Club of Logan, which has been a most potent element in the development of the city, the expansion of its trade relations and the promotion of its civic standards. He was likewise the vice president and a member of the ex- ecutive committee of the Utah State Bankers' Association and has done everything in his power to maintain the high standards of service among the banking fraternity of the state.

On the 16th of October, 1884. Mr. Hatch was married to Miss Georgia Thatcher, a daughter of Joseph W. Thatcher, one of the very prominent pioneer settlers of Utah who contributed much to the upbuilding and development of his part of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Hatch are now the parents of seven living children and also lost two.

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Hezekiah Sumner, mentioned elsewhere in this work, married Olive Baker and left four children at the time of his death April 15, 1919, namely: Alice Pay, Marjorie, Prances and Sumner. Georgia Vivian is the wife of Asa BuUen. of Logan, also repre- sented on another page of this volume, and they have two children, Philip Asa and Richard. Hannah died in infancy. Ella is the wife of W. W. Anderson, of Logan. Joseph Eastman recently served as a first lieutenant with the United States army in France. Lorenzo Boyd, who married Annie McQuarrie in 1918, has been recently discharged from the army at Camp Lewis. La Payette Thatcher, nineteen years of age, was a member of the Student Army Training Corps and was discharged in Novem- ber, 1918, and is now attending the Agricultural College at Logan. Waldo Morrison, seventeen years of age, is attending Brigham Young College in Logan. Adrian William, a youth of fourteen years, is a public school student of Logan.

Mr. Hatch has ever remained an active and consistent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and for twenty-five years has been an untiring worker in the Sunday school, acting as superintendent for ten years. His political allegiance has always been given to the democratic party, but he has never been an office seeker. However, he has served as city commissioner for Logan and prior to that time was commissioner for Cache county. His activities have thus largely touched those lines which have to do with the general interests of society in the material, social and moral development of the commonwealth. While he stands at the head of many large and important corporation interests, he is a man of most democratic spirit who judges his fellowmen not by wealth but by individual worth and numbers his friends among young and old, rich and poor. While he has prospered, the most en- vious cannot grudge him his success, so honorably has it been won and so worthily

ANDERS KROUGH HANSEN.

With various lines of activity having to do with the public affairs and moral development of Richfield, Anders Krough Hansen has been closely associated. He was born In Draper, Utah, in December, 1870, a son of A. K. and Aurelia (Quistgaard) Hansen, who were natives of Denmark. The father came to Utah in 1863, first settling in Salt Lake.

His son and namesake was educated in the Sevier Stake schools and in the Brigham Young University at Provo. Taking up his abode at Glenwood, Sevier county, he engaged in farming and sheep raising from 1883 until 1903, or for a period of two decades, after which he removed to Richfield. During the twenty years of his con- nection with Glenwood he was prominent in the public life of the community, serving as mayor of the city, and since taking up his abode in Richfield he has for many terms been a member of the city council and in office has put forth every possible effort to promote the public welfare. In county affairs he has also been active and has at different times served in county oflices, including that of assessor, to which position he was twice called by popular suffrage. In 1918 he was elected county commissioner and is occupying that ofiice at the present time.

In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mr. Hansen has also been a consistent worker. He has filled the position of ward teacher and has passed on through the priesthood to bishop's counselor. He was prominent in the building of the Second Ward church and has occupied the position of ward president. Along still other lines, too, he has been active for the benefit and upbuilding of the section of the state in which he makes his home. For seven years he was the president of the Sevier County Pair Association and under his guidance its annual fairs became known as among the best in the state. No enterprise that means progress, whether of a public or private nature, ever seeks his aid in vain.

Mr. Hansen's place in business circles, too, is a prominent and enviable one, for he is now a director of the bank of James M. Peterson, a director of the Model Mercantile Company of Richfield and of the Jumbo Plaster & Cement Works, one of the largest Industries of Sevier county. He likewise operates a farm of a thousand acres, upon which he raises general crops, but a part of it is grazing land and he devotes much time and space to the raising of graded sheep. Whatever he undertakes he carries forward

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to successful completion, for he is a man of determined spirit, in whose vocabulary there is no such word as fail.

On October 13, 1897, Mr. Hansen was married to Miss Amelia Louise Heppler, of Richfield, the wedding being celebrated in Manti Temple. The Heppler family occupies a prominent position in connection with the history of southern Utah. The father, Andrew Heppler, was for many years probate judge at Sevier, while W. S. Steegmiller, an uncle of Mrs. Hansen, was for a quarter of a century president of Sevier stake. He also many times represented his county in the state legislature and presided over that body as speaker. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen have six living children, namely: Arendell Kelsch, Leland Anders, Lina, Alta, Phil and Floy. One child, Velva, died at the age of eighteen months.

In social circles the family occupies an enviable position and Mr. Hansen has long been recognized as a most forceful and resourceful man whose labors have been a potent factor in the development of city and county along material, intellectual, social, political and moral lines.

LEON FONNESBECK.

Leon Fonnesbeck, attorney at law of Logan and also an inventor, was born Feb- ruary 2, 1886, in the city which is still his place of residence. His father. Christian Fonnesbeck, is a native of Denmark and came to the United States in 1877. He at once made his way to Logan, where he carried on business as a shoemaker and farmer for a number of years. He is now living in Boxelder county. He has long taken an active and helpful interest in public affairs and church work, serving as postmaster and in other official positions and putting forth effective effort as well in behalf of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which he has represented in mis- sionary labors. He married Anna M. Jacobson, also a native of Denmark and still living.

Their son, Leon Fonnesbeck, began his education in the public schools of Logan and passed through consecutive grades. He entered the Agricultural College of Utah, in 1901, and there he pursued his high school and college studies from 1901 until 1909. In the meantime he taught school in 1906 and 1907 and upon his graduation from the Agricultural College won the degree of Bachelor of Science. He next entered the University of Chicago in preparation for a career at the bar and was accorded the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence on his graduation with the class of 1912. On the 2nd of August of the same year he was admitted to the bar in Salt Lake City and has since engaged in active practice. In the fall of 1918 he was elected county attorney on the democratic ticket by a good majority smd has since ably defended the legal in- terests of Cache county. He belongs to the Cache County Bar Association and aside from his profession he is well known by reason of his inventive genius. He pos- sesses a mechanical trend of mind and has been allowed patents on various inventions, notably on farm machinery. These include improvements on the rotary plow and a motor plow. He is actively interested in farming, being the owner of land which he has brought under a high state of cultivation.

In 1915 Mr. Fonnesbeck was married to Miss Jean Brown, a daughter of Frank and Amy Brown, of Cedar City, Utah. They met when students in the University of Chicago, Mrs. Fonnesbeck there winning a Master's degree. She is a woman of marked culture and capability who is a well known contributor to magazines, and she is now engaged in writing a history of the Mormon Battalion. She gave her hand in marriage to Mr. Fonnesbeck in Salt Lake City and they have become the parents of one child. Marguerite, who was born November 13, 1916.

It would be impossible for a man of Mr. Fonnesbeck's native powers, qualities and mental trend to remain indifferent to questions of public concern. In fact he has done not a little toward promoting public progress and improvement along various lines, leaving the impress of his individuality upon the material, intellectual and moral as well as the professional development of his part of the state. The extent of his interests is shown in the fact that he is now a member of the legal advisory board of Cache county, that he belongs to the Commercial Boosters' Club of Logan, that he is an active worker in democratic circles and equally active in Sunday school work and in the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. All this is in addition to his professional

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interests and his researches and experimental work resulting in various valuable inven- tions. He is a man at all times alert and energetic, awake to the possibilities for advancement in city and state affairs, and his achievements have ever been of a char- acter valuable to the community at large.

WILLIAM J. ELWOOD.

William J. El wood, superintendent of the coal mine of the Independent Coal & Coke Company at Kenilworth, Carbon county, was born in Ashland, Kentucky, June 25, 1873, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Elwood. The father had extensive mine experi- ences in England and developed a number of coal mines in the state of Kentucky. The son obtained a common school education in his native state and afterward attended the National Normal University of Ohio, while still later he pursued a correspondence course in engineering. He was a youth of sixteen years when he became identified with the development of the coal deposits of Kentucky, working as a miner in that state. In 1889 he was employed by the coal department of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company at Red Lodge, Montana, working as inside inspector and as mine foreman for about nine years. He was then recommended by B. F. Bush, former president of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, for the position of mine superintendent at Castlegate. After a year spent in that connection he was transferred to Sunnyside. where he occupied a similar position. Seven years later he was appointed general mine inspector for all the properties of the company and thus step by step he was working his way upward and becoming more widely known as an efficient factor in the development of the rich coal resources of Utah. After a year spent as general mine inspector he was elected to the state legislature and on the expiration of his term of service he accepted a position with the Independent Coal & Coke Company of Kenilworth at an advanced salary. Later when official changes were made he was promoted to the general superintendency of the mine at Kenilworth and is now occupying that position. He invented and obtained a patent on the Elwood automatic de-railing switch, a number of which are now in use by the Independent Coal & Coke Company on their locomotive tram, and other useful devices around coal mines, one of which is the retarding block now in use at the tipples of all mines in the state.

On the 14th of February. 1901, at Red Lodge, Montana, Mr. Elwood was united In marriage to Miss Rachel Wood, of that place. Their children are five in number, namely: Curtis, who was born in 1902; Gladys, whose birth occurred in 1904; James, whose natal year was 1911; William, born in 1912; and Kenneth, who was born in 1917.

Mr. Elwood gives his political allegiance to the republican party and it was upon that ticket that he was chosen a member of the state legislature, in which he proved a loyal supporter of many measures calculated to benefit the commonwealth at large. He is a Mason of high rank, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and is a most loyal and worthy follower of the craft. His entire life has been devoted to mining interests and he has thoroughly qualified by study and experience, recognizing fully the obligations that come with responsible positions in mining circles. As general superintendent he is giving uniform satisfaction not only to the corporation which he represents but also to the men who serve under him and who find h m always just and fair.

C. H. JOHNSON.

C. H. Johnson, manager for the Continental Oil Company at Logan, where he was born in 1883, is a son of Jacob C. and Berth oline (Madson) Johnson, who were natives of Denmark. Jacob C. Johnson came to Utah In 1878 and the mother arrived in this state a few years later, while their respective parents removed to Utah in 1890. Jacob Johnson first took up his abode at Logan, where he did contract railroad work in con- nection with his brother for about three years. He then became identified with the express business and in 1891 became a factor in connection with the oil business of the state. He managed the first plant of the Continental Oil Company at Logan and con- tinued in charge of the business for twenty-three years, when he resigned. His record

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was indeed a most creditable one, for his long connection with the corporation indicates most clearly his capability, loyalty and fidelity. He was city judge for a year prior to his death, which occurred March 9, 1917. He had also filled the office of constable for two years at an earlier period. In the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints he took an active and helpful interest. He was an elder in the church, was first counselor to the president of elders of the fifth quorum, and did everything in his power to advance the interests of the church. The mother of C. H. Johnson is still living at the age of sixty-two years.

Reared under the parental roof. C. H. Johnson acquired his education in the schools of Logan and in the spring of 1908 went on a mission to Denmark, returning on the lOth of May, 1910. He then entered the employ of the Continental Oil Company. He had previously had experience along that line, having worked in the business with his father tor about five years, and when the latter retired as manager the son was appointed his successor and has continued in the position to the present time. Mr. Johnson displays keen sagacity and enterprise in its control and that he is a worthy successor of his father Is indicated In the fact that he has continuously been retained in the position.

In 1912 Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Lillie Paull, a daughter of Charles and Alice (Fry) Paull, who were natives of England and came to Utah about 1867. He set- tled first at Logan and was employed at mill work in the Logan canyon. In 1871 he took up railroad work and for two years was employed as a fireman, after which he served as engineer for thirty-eight years, pulling the train at the time the golden spike was driven at Promontory which indicated the completion of the two lines by the joining of the two extensions that had been made from the east and the west. At all times he was chosen as the engineer to run the train for the president, as he was considered most careful and reliable in this connection. He, too, was a stanch follower of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have become parents of two children, Paull W. and C. Hillman. Mr. Johnson and his family are well known in Logan, where they have an extensive circle of warm friends.

Like his father, Mr. Johnson remains a devoted follower of the church and is the first counselor to the Fifth Quorum of Elders. He is an alert, energetic and enteroris- ing man and these qualities have made him a capable factor in business life, while his progressiveness in citizenship has caused him to be numbered among the most sub- stantial residents of Logan. Every plan or project that has to do with the upbuilding of the city may be sure of his support and cooperation.

FRANK HERBERT.

Important business and public interests in Sevier county have profited by the co- operation, business discernment and indefatigable energy of Frank Herbert, of Salina, who was born at Joseph, Sevier county, in 1879. a son of Charles M. and Martha (Wells) Herbert. The father crossed the plains in 1857 and took up the occupation of farming in the vicinity of Redmond. Utah. He was an exemplary citizen and a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and for a long time he was first counselor to the bishop of Redmond.

Frank Herbert obtained his education in the district schools of Redmond and Salina and worked upon his father's farm until he was twenty years of age. In 1900 he was married and during the nineteen years which have since been added to the cycle of the centuries he has made for himself a most creditable name as a capable and reliable man of affairs. He is today conducting a profitable business, of which he is the owner, under the name of the Herbert Transfer Company at Salina and he is also the agent of the Continental Oil Company. He owns and operates a farm of two hundred and fifty acres north and west of the city, devoted almost exclusively to dry grain farming.

It was in 1900 that Mr. Herbert was married to Miss Bertha Neilsen. a daughter of H. C. Neilsen. of Sevier county. They have become the parents of six children: Gilyard F.; Veda V.; Leonard N.. who was killed at the age of fourteen years by the fall of a horse; Woodrow. Fay and Annie, who are attending the Salina schools.

The fellow citizens of Mr. Herbert, recognizing his fitness for public office and responsibilities, called him to the position of county commissioner, his popularity being demonstrated in his election, which brought him the third largest vote of any

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candidate on the two county tickets. He took his seat in January, 1919, for the two years' term. He is a recognized leader in democratic circles and is chairman of the central committee of Salina. He also served on the Liberty Loan committees and on the committee for the sale of War Savings Stamps and his aid and influence were most generously given to the support of all measures having to do with the country's welfare during the period of the great World war and the promotion of the interests of the soldiers in the field. He is young, aggressive and capable, popular throughout southern Utah and present indications are that his future career will be well worth watching.

FREDERICK GEORGE WILKINSON.

One of the attractive business houses of Logan is the book, stationery and wall paper store of Frederick George Wilkinson, whose business enterprise and progressive- ness have brought him prominently to the front in commercial circles. He was born in London, England, February 5, 1874, a son of John William Wilkinson, a native of London and one of the early settlers of Logan. The father was a book binder and became the founder of the present business, establishing the first and only book bindery in northern Utah, in connection with which he dealt in books, stationery and wall paper. He won a very creditable and prominent place in the business circles of Logan and became one of the directors of the First National Bank. In all trade relations he manifested sound judgment and keen discrimination and his efforts constituted an ele- ment in the upbuilding of the district. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and died in that faith in Logan when seventy-three years of age. The mother of Frederick G. Wilkinson bore the maiden name of Sarah Ann Leigh. She was a native of England and came to America with her husband and family. By her marriage she had seven children, three sons and four daughters. The mother has also passed away.

Frederick G. Wilkinson, the youngest of the children, was educated in the public schools of London, England, and of Utah and continued his studies in the Utah Agri- cultural College at Logan. When twenty years of age he started out to earn his own living and was first employed by his father in the present business, with which he has since been connected, covering a period of twenty-five years. Upon his father's death he took over the business, which he has carried on to the present time, enlarging its scope and making it one of the profitable commercial concerns of the city. He is thor- oughly acquainted with the trade and has put forth every effort to please his customers. He is also a director of the Logan Garage & Supply Company.

In January, 1897, Mr. Wilkinson was married in Logan Temple to Miss Angellne J. Smith, a native of Logan and a daughter of E. W. and Ann (Johns) Smith, the former now deceased, while the latter is still living. The mother was a member of the "Hand- cart Brigade" that walked across the plains and the father was also a pioneer settler of the state. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson have been born four children: George M.. J. Leigh, Oliver and Sarah.

The family reside at No. 138 North First street, East, where Mr. Wilkinson owns an attractive home. He belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he is a member of the Logan Commercial Boosters Club. In these connections and associations are found the rules which govern his activities and indicate the trend of his Interests. He Is a wide-awake and progressive business man and public-spirited citizen who enjoys and the respect of all who know him.

BISHOP W. L. WINN.

The activities of W. L. Winn, of Smithfield, have contributed to the material and moral development of Cache county. For a considerable period he was closely and prominently connected with ranching interests and' throughout his life he has been an active worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was born In Smithfield in 1866, a son of Thomas G. and Elizabeth (Nelson) Winn. The father.

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a native of Pennsylvania, came to Utah in 1849. Tlie motlier, a native of Denmark, arrived in this state in 1855. Thomas G. Winn settled at Lehi, where he engaged in farming until the spring of 1860 and then removed to Smithfield, where he also fol- lowed agricultural pursuits until his death, taking active part in the development of this section of the state. He was a son of John Winn, a native of New York, who in 1833 was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Oliver Cowdry at Kirtland, Ohio, and came with his son, Thomas G., to Utah, aiding in the settlement and colonization of this state. He filled the office of constable for twenty years and was the builder of the public road from Smithfield to Logan. He also served as captain of the Minutemen and participated in various skirmishes with the Indians. His death occurred May 10, 1903.

W. L. Winn of this review obtained his education in the public schools of Smith- field and in the Brigham Young College of Logan, from which he was graduated in 1885. He then took up the occupation of general farming, to which he had been reared, having early become familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. He made further arrangements for having a home of his own by his marriage on the 14th of November, 1888, to Miss Edith Weeks, a daughter of David and Hannah (Riches) Weeks, who were natives of England. Her father came to Utah in 1852 and settled in Lehi, while in 1860 he removed to Smithfield, where he followed farming. Mr. and Mrs. Winn became the parents of twelve children, of whom eleven are yet living, namely: William F.. Wallace W.. George T., David G.. Milton F., Glenn R., Parley N., Edith Stella, Leonard, Elva, and Blanche. Wesley, the seventh In order of birth, is deceased.

Mr. Winn and his sons own and operate four hundred and eighty acres of land, of which two hundred and forty acres are under irrigation, while the balance is devoted to dry farming. They plant about fifty acres to beets, which in 1918 produced a crop of nine hundred tons. The sons William F., David G. and Glenn R. are all graduates of the Brigham Young College of Logan and thus were accorded liberal educational advantages to qualify them for life's practical and responsible duties.

Deeply interested in community affairs, Mr. Winn served as city councilman from 1896 to 1898, was city marshal from 1902 until 1904 and was for two years a school trustee. In the work of the church he has also been untiring and was superintendent of Sunday schools for six years, or from May 5, 1900, until November 11, 1906. He was then ordained bishop of Smithfield. second ward, and so continued until March 1, 1919. In 1898-99 he filled a mission to the northern states and he was also called to fill a mission in the Logan Temple. In 1909 his soui, William P. Winn, was sent on a mission to the Friendly Islands, leaving on the 25th of November, 1909. and there laboring for four years, returning on the 1st of March, 1915. Mr. Winn's earnest purpose has enabled him to make valuable contribution to the material, political and moral progress of his community.

HEZEKIAH SUMNER HATCH.

Hezekiah Sumner Hatch, who passed away on the 15th of April, 1919, was well known as a representative of the real estate and insurance business in Logan, where he was born February 8, 1886. He was a son of Hezekiah Eastman Hatch, mentioned at length on another page of this work. He supplemented his public school education, acquired in Logan, by study in the Brigham Young College and in the Utah Agricultural College, and thus well equipped for life's practical and responsible duties, entered into a field of activity in which he made steady progress. However, in 1904 he was sent upon a mission to England, spending two years in that country in proclaiming the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Through his business life in Logan he was identified with real estate and insurance and for four years was associated with Junius Wild. He then started in business independently and soon con- trolled important real estate interests, negotiating many important property transfers. He also had a well established insurance department, representing the New York Life Insurance Company and the Home Insurance Company of New York. His clien- tage in both branches of his business was extensive. In addition to this business he was a director of the Thatcher Clothing Company, a director of the Cache Knitting Works, a director of the Thatcher Milling & Elevator Company and of the Farmers'

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Utah Loan Association. He was thus connected with important corporate interests and In the management of his affairs displayed sound Judgment and unfaltering enter- prise, making his cooperation a valuable factor in the successful conduct of the different concerns with which he was associated.

On the 30th of June. 1908, Mr. Hatch was married to Miss Olive Baker, of Men- don, Utah, a daughter of George W. Baker, one of the pioneers of that place. They had four children: Alice, Marjorie and Frances, aged respectively eight, five and three years; and Hezekiah Sumner, who is a year old.

In his political views Mr. Hatch was a democrat with independent tendencies. While he usually supported the men and measures of the party, he did not consider himself bound by party ties and liis chief consideration was the welfare of community and commonwealth. He belonged to the Commercial Boosters' Club of Logan and put forth every possible effort for the upbuilding of the city, the extension of its trade rela- tions and the development of its civic pride. He was a worthy representative of an honored family — a thoroughgoing business man who carefully upheld the traditions and principles that have ever guided those of the name of Hatch.

WILLIAM W. HALL.

William W. Hall, representative at Logan of the Borden Condensed Milk Company, was born at Wellsville. Utah, January 4. 1S72, and is a representative in both the paternal and maternal lines of pioneer families of the state. His parents were Samuel P. and Margaret (Williamson) Hall, the former a native of Liverpool, England, while the latter was horn in Scotland. The birth of Samuel P. Hall occurred March 17, 1841, his father being Thomas Hall, who brought the family to the United States in November, 1843. arriving at New Orleans, whence he made his way up the Mississippi river to Nauvoo, Illinois, having become a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At Nauvoo he and his family resided for a time and then removed to St. Louis, where they lived for three years. They afterward became residents of Cincinnati, Ohio, and while there residing the mother suffered from cholera but sur- vived the dread disease. Mr. Hall was an iron moulder by trade and on leaving Cin- cinnati he made his way down the Ohio river to Madison, Indiana, where he resided for about six months. He afterward returned to St. Louis, where he remained for a year, when a Mrs. Gillam assisted him in securing a team of horses, two yoke of oxen and a yoke of cows, and he then started for Utah in 1851, arriving in Salt Lake City in October. There the family lived until the spring of 1860, when they removed to Wellsville. The same spring Samuel P. Hall started for California and on reaching Willow Springs was hired to ride the pony express, being thus engaged until 1861. His route was from Willow Springs to Dugway, in the middle of the desert — a distance of forty-eight miles. On the 2d of February, 1864, he wedded Margaret Williamson, whose parents were pioneer settlers of Wellsville. Samuel P. and Margaret (William- son) Hall became parents of eight sons and a daughter. The mother died April 19, 1891. and on the 20th of November, 1893, Mr. Hall was married again and had two daughters by the second union. The experiences of Mr. Hall were many and varied through the pioneer period. In the days when he rode the pony express he was often in the saddle with Colonel W. F. Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill. He afterward became actively engaged in farming and stock raising and he was also prominently connected with irrigation interests. He became president and secretary of a ditch com- pany and in connection with David Stoddard and others built the first canal in Cache valley, the project being developed under the name of the Eastfield Irrigation Canal Company. Mr. Hall was in various other ways closely associated with the develop- ment and upbuilding of the district. He served as justice of the peace for several years and at the time of the fight with the Indians at Battle Creek, Idaho, he helped to care for the wounded soldiers who were brought to Wellsville. He led a very active and useful life up to within three years of the time when death called him on the 15th of October, 191S. His father had resided for many years at St. George and worked on the temple there and also engaged in the cultivation of gardens and vineyards. He filled three missions to England, while Samuel P. Hall made six trips across the plains to bring emigrants to Utah. > William W. Hall, whose name introduces this review, acquired his early education

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at Wellsville and spent two years at the Brigham Young College of Logan and one year at the Salt Lake Business College. He was afterward for two years in Idaho, where he engaged in hauling ore for the Custer Mining Company. He was then an engineer in placer mining at Bannock, Montana, for two years. On the 15th of November, 1899, he married Miss Nettie Larsen. a daughter of Lars A. and Christina A. (Larsen) Lar- sen, who were natives of Denmark and during an early period in the settlement and development of Utah became residents of Boxelder county. Mr. Larsen was a wheel- wright by trade. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hall: Oreta, Loyal, La Grande and Boyd.

About the time of his marriage Mr. Hall spent two years on a mission in the north- ern states and following his return engaged in the creamery business at Wellsville. He afterward entered the employ of the Cache Valley Condensed Milk Company of Logan, with which he remained for ten years, and during the past four years he has been representative of the Borden Condensed Milk Company at Logan, to which city he removed in 1901. He had previously been financially interested in the Cache Valley Condensed Milk Company. In 1913 he became one of the founders of the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Logan and for the past two years has been its vice president. He also owns eighty acres of irrigated land and one hundred and sixty acres devoted to dry farming, these tracts being cultivated under his supervision.

In community affairs Mr. Hall has always taken a deep and helpful interest and recognition of his devotion to the public welfare came to him in his election to the state legislature in November, 1902, for a two years' term. He was also made a delegate to the irrigation congress held in Chicago in 1900 and was a member of the Logan school board for four years. He cooperates in all plans and projects for the general good and is thoroughly familiar with the conditions and opportunities of the west, laboring earnestly to improve the former and utilize the latter for the welfare of the state.

JAMES HASLAM STEWART.

James Haslam Stewart is the county recorder of Cache county and makes his home in Logan. He was born September 17, 1883, in Wellsville, this county, and is a son of James G. Stewart, who was likewise born in Cache county and a grandson of James Stewart, who was the founder of the branch of the family in Utah. He was of Scotch descent and on making his way to the western country settled in Cache county, where he resided until called to his final rest. He was a blacksmith by trade and was also an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His son and namesake followed farming during the greater part of his life and has been numbered among the representative agriculturists of Cache county. He, too, belongs to the church, in which he has been active, and he served on a mission to Alberta, Canada. He married Nellie Haslam, a native of the Cache valley and a daughter of Captain James H. Haslam, who was one of the pioneers of Utah and carried to Brigham Young the message of the Mountain Meadow massacre, while at the time of the trial of John D. Lee he also brought the information pertaining thereto. He was a very promi- nent and influential citizen, becoming one of the first settlers of Cache county. He engaged in business as a blacksmith and molder and he was likewise a man of con- siderable musical ability and organized the first band of Cache county. His name figures prominently upon the pages of Utah's history. His daughter, Mrs. Nellie (Has- lam) Stewart, is still living and by her marriage she has two children, the younger being Robert H. Stewart, who is now county agricultural agent of Boxelder County, Utah.

James H. Stewart, the elder son, pursued his public school education at Wells- ville and afterward entered the Utah Agricultural College, from which he was gradu- ated in 1910 with the Bachelor of Science degree. Following the completion of his course he taught school for four years in Cache county and then entered public office. He was elected in November, 1918, to the position of county recorder, in which capacity he has since served with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. His political support has always been given to the democratic party and he is an earnest believer in its principles as factors in good government.

In the Logan Temple on the 28th of June, 1911, Mr. Stewart was married to Miss Elizabeth Darley. a native of Wellsville and a daughter of William F. and Jemima (Thirkell) Darley, who were pioneer residents of Utah, both now deceased. Mr. and

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Mrs. Stewart are the parents of two children: James Kenneth, born in Wellsvllle, December 25, 1912; and Edna, born on the 18th of November, 1918, at Logan.

Mr. Stewart holds to the religious faith of his fathers and is an ex-president of the Deacons Quorum and has also been teacher, elder and member of the Seventy. He was formerly secretary of the Twenty-eighth Quorum of the Seventy and he is the present acting counselor to the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association of the Seventh ward. He belongs to Phi Kappa Iota, a Greek letter fraternity, and he is interested in everything that has to do with public progress and improvement and is a member of the Commercial Club. In a business way he has made substantial advance- ment also and he early displayed the elemental strength of his character by working his way through school and college. He was determined to have an education and put forth every effort to accomplish that end. He thus became well qualified for life's practical and responsible duties and in the conduct of his professional and ofiScial inter- ests he has displayed marked ability as well as thoroughness and trustworthiness.

JOSEPH QUINNEY, Jb.

Joseph Quinney, Jr., general secretary of the Amalgamated Sugar Company at Logan, was born in Weber Canyon, Weber county, Utah, December 25, 1871. His father, the late Joseph Quinney, was a native of England and became one of the early settlers of Utah, removing to this state in 1868. He first took up his abode in Weber county and was there engaged in railroading for a time but in 1874 removed to Cache county, where he resided until his death, passing away in 1917, at the age of sixty- nine years. He was for many years associated with Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution and also with the Thatcher Brothers Banking Company as an accountant. In business affairs he displayed marked ability and energy, resulting in the success- ful achievement of his purpose. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was sent on a mission to England covering the years 1891 and 1892. His political endorsement was given to the democratic party, of which he was a stanch advocate, and he did everything in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of his party. He served for a number of years as city auditor of Logan and made a most creditable record in public oflJce. The mother of Joseph Quinney, Jr., bore the maiden name of Sarah Ann Bradshaw and she, too, is a native of England, coming to America about 1868 and taking up her abode in Utah the same year. It was in Salt Lake that she gave her hand in marriage to Joseph Quinney. She still survives. She became the mother of twelve children, seven sons and five daughters, of whom ten are living.

Joseph Quinney, Jr., the eldest of the family, was educated in the public schools of Logan to the age of thirteen years, when he started out to provide for his own sup- port and has since been dependent entirely upon his individual efforts for the success that he has achieved in life. He was first employed as a delivery boy by Zion's Co- operative Mercantile Institution and later he became a salesman. He worked his way upward through intermediate positions to the head of the accounting department and was with Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution for a period of seven years. He was then called to a mission in Samoa, where he served for four years and was very successful in his labors. Upon his return he became associated with the Sidney Stevens Implement Company in the accounting department and served in that capacity for a year. He next became a representative of the Amalgamated Sugar Company, accepting the position of general accountant, and later he was advanced to the position of manager of the Logan plant. When the Lewiston sugar plant was built Mr. Quinney became manager of the latter and eventually was made district manager for the com- pany in the Cache valley. During the year 1916 he went to Russia to purchase sugar beet seed for the company and visited many parts of Europe, Siberia, China. Japan and various points on the European continent as well as all parts of Russia. While thus engaged he prosecuted his duties as a purchaser of sugar beet seed and also studied foreign conditions. Upon his return he resumed his duties as district man- ager and during the year 1917 he was promoted to the position of general agricultural superintendent for the company, later being given the position of general secretary, in which capacity he is now serving. Thus he has steadily worked his way upward from a humble position to one of large responsibility and importance and he fully

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meets every requirement that is made upon him in this connection. Aside from his service as general secretary of the Amalgamated Sugar Company, he is also a director of the Interurhan Railway and a director of the Thatcher Brothers Banking Com- pany. He fills the presidency of the Cache Auto Company and he is the secretary and treasurer of the Lewiston Supply Company of Lewiston, Utah. His business interests and activities are thus most extensive and important.

On the 22d of April. 1892, Mr. Quinney was married in Logan Temple to Miss Ida Theurer. a native of Utah and a daughter of John and Barbara Theurer, early settlers of Providence, Cache county, Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Quinney have become the parents of six sons, of whom five are living, while Newell, the first-born, is deceased. The others are: Seymour Joseph, who served in the United States Army during the Euro- pean war; Glenn T.: Ariel T., who was also a member of the army; Conrad; and John.

Mr. Quinney was for four years a member of the board of directors of the Agri- cultural College at Logan and has been keenly interested in all that has pertained to the material, intellectual and moral advancement of the community in which he makes his home. He has membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is a member of the presidency of the Cache stake and in fact is active in various organizations of the church. His political allegiance is given to the repub- lican party, but he has never been an aspirant for office. He belongs to the Logan Commercial Boosters Club and his aid and cooperation can be counted upon at all times to further every plan and movement for the general good. During the period of the war he was chairman of the Red Cross for a year and was a most active, earnest and effective supporter of all interests that tended to promote the cause of America and her allies in the field and uphold the work of the American army. He has two sons who responded to the call of the colors, Seymour Joseph who is now prac- ticing law in Salt Lake City, being stationed at Camp Lewis, Washington,, while Ariel T. was at Lake Charles. Mr. Quinney and his family reside at No. 167 West First South in Logan, where he owns a very fine residence that is richly and tastefully furnished. His present financial condition is in marked contrast to his condition when he started out in the business world. He made his initial step in a humble place at a wage of eight dollars per month and today he is one of the foremost factors in con- nection with the sugar industry of the west. Through the steps of an orderly progres- sion he has worked his way steadily upward and the accomplishment of his well de- fined purpose has brought him prominently to the front in commercial circles in Utah.

GEORGE V. CLEMENSEN.

George V. Clemensen, agent for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company at Helper both before and since his return from overseas service with the American army in France, was born at Mount Pleasant, Utah, September 28, 1892. a son of George M. and Elizabeth ( Nielsen 1 Clemensen. The father came to Utah with his parents when but three years of age and the mother was born in Mount Pleasant. They have spent their lives thus far in ilount Pleasant and have reared a family of four children: George V., Frank N., Eleanor and Florence. To their children they have given good educational advantages and the family is one of prominence in the community, highly respected by all.

George V. Clemensen attended the public schools of Mount Pleasant and the Wa- satch Academy there, thus being well qualified by liberal educational training for life's practical and responsible duties. He took up railroad work at Sunnyside when twenty-two years of age and remained there for a year in an office position. He after- ward spent six months at Greenriver and in 1916 he came to Helper as agent. He is still with the Denver & Rio Grande, having returned to his position after serving with the colors on the western front during the great World war. He entered military service in December, 1917. going to Camp Lewis, Washington, as a member of the Three Hundred and Sixty-first Infantry. In June. 1918. he sailed with his command for France and participated in some of the fiercest drives, including the hotly contested engage- ment in the Argonne forest, in which he was wounded in October, 1918. He was dis- charged in March. 1919. after having spent several months in the hospital recovering from his injuries. One of the most noted characteristics of the American soldier in this war has been his modesty. There are few that claim any special credit for what they

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have done and yet it is a well known fact that while the efEorts of the allied forces should not be minimized it was America's entrance that finally turned the tide of ■war, stemming the advance of the Germans toward Paris and forcing them to retreat toward the Rhine. Mr. Clemensen was among those khaki clad boys, who. undaunted in the face of danger, went into battle with a smile on their faces and a song on their lips, never giving an inch of ground nor faltering in the face of the fiercest fire.

Mr. Clemensen is a supporter of the republican party and in religious faith is a Presbyterian. He is spoken of as a clean cut and aggressive young business man who worthily receives the respect and goodwill of all who know him.

ROBERT BAXTER.

Robert Baxter is a retired rancher living at Hyrum. He has been a resident of Utah since 18.o5 and has been connected with the development, upbuilding and im- provement of Cache county to an unusual degree. His activities have always been of a most helpful character and the results attained have been most desirable and benefi- cial. Mr. Baxter was born in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, November 2, 1848, his parents being Robert W. and Jane (Love) Baxter, who in the fall of 1S55 crossed the Atlantic with their children and made their way across the country to Utah with Richard Ballantyne's company. Robert Baxter, then seven years of age, walked every foot of the wpy from Council Bluffs to Salt Lake. He was but six months old when his mother and father became very ill of typhoid fever and as it was expected that they would not recover he was given to an old Irish woman, who took care of him. When his parents had been restored to health, however, he returned to them and came with them to the new world, as indicated. On reaching Utah the family settled in the nine- teenth ward of Salt Lake, where the father followed his trade as shoemaker, working for Bishop Raleigh and Robert Golden, with whom he remained for about six years. He was also employed as a tanner and during that period he purchased Warm Springs from a man by the name of Toben. acquiring the property about 1856. He and his wife conducted the bath house there and operated the place until the spring of 1S60, when they removed to Wellsville. Cache county. The place was then called Maughan Fort, Peter Maughan being then the president of the stake.

■ The family met with many hardships, trials and privations in the early days. While going up the Platte river en route to Utah the train with which they traveled encountered thousands of buffaloes and the animals in the train becoming frightened, stampeded and injured several people. When the train reached Salt Lake they found that all crops had been destroyed l)y grasshoppers and there was little to be had. Robert Baxter, Sr.. possessed only twenty-five cents in money on reaching his destina- tion and this he used to buy bread. After the money was gone the family largely had to live on bark and roots and whatever they could get for a year. In 185S the father was sent to Echo canyon to aid in the work of keeping Johnston's army out. His son Robert was then but ten years of age and upon him devolved the task of going to the mountains for sagebrush in order to maintain a fire. In the spring of 18.58 the Baxter family joined the others on the move south but in the fall of that year returned to Salt Lake.

Robert Baxter of this review well remembers the handcart companies which came into Salt Lake. He and others would go up the canyon to meet them, for the settlers at that time received mail only twice a year. Because of pioneer conditions Robert Baxter had little opportunity to secure an education as no schools had been established in the early days. His youth was a period of earnest and unremitting toil. In 186S Mr. Baxter went as a teamster across the plains after emigrants. The party met with disaster, at Green river, losing their ferry boat at Robinson's ferry. There were eighteen boys upon the boat and eight head of beef cattle, together with four yoke of oxen tied together. A severe storm occasioned the breaking of the boat and six of the men were drowned, while one yoke of Mr. Baxter's cattle was lost. He was the last man to get out of the water alive, landing three-fourths of a mile below the point where Sandy empties into the Green river. He afterward continued on his way to Laramie, Wyo- ming, where he obtained a carding machine, which was one of the objectives of his trip. He then returned with the machine to Wellsville and thus brought the first carding machine into the Cache valley for Stoddard & Haslam. In 1877 he removed

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to a farm at Mount Sterling, becoming the first settler there. The land which he secured was wild and unimproved, not a furrow having been turned, but with charac- teristic energy he began to break the sod'. He homesteaded eighty acres, and that he has prospered as the years have passed is indicated in the fact that he now owns about a thousand acres of farming and grazing land. With every phase of development in the community he has been closely associated. It was he who secured the establish- ment of the postoffice at Mount Sterling, where he acted as postmaster for a time. He donated to the community its first schoolhouse and six of the men moved the building onto a lot which was given by his brother for the purpose. Robert Baxter also established the first rural free delivery in Mount Sterling and College Ward fact this was the first rural route of the county. He also acted as the first school trus- tee in Mount Sterling and filled that position for five years at a salary of but five dol- lars per year. He was likewise the first road supervisor and the first justice of the peace and he became the president of the Wellsville Canal & Irrigation Company, which built the canal at a cost of thirty thousand dollars. Of this company Mr. Bax- ter still remains the president. He was likewise the first mail carrier in Cache county serving under the United States government, carrying the mail from Wellsville to Logan from 1863 until 186S. The bridges were often washed out and he therefore had to swim the river with the mail sack on his back whether it was winter or summer. Mr. Baxter was likewise at Smithfield when the great Indian fight occurred there. He served on the first and only grand jury that ever met in Cache county. There has been no phase of the community's development and improvement with which he has not been closely and helpfully associated. For the past ten years he has resided in Hyrum and assisted in establishing the Hyrum State Bank. He was elected vice president, one of the directors and member of the loan committee of the bank, which is capital- ized tor twenty-five thousand dollars. He also established a feed and seed mill and a sawmill. He began the publication of the first newspaper, called the Courier, and opened the first drug store. His activities have indeed been of a helpful character and the welfare and upbuilding of the county have been greatly promoted through his labors. On the 13th of December. 187.5, Mr. Baxter was married to Miss Mary Ellen Barnes, a daughter of John and Elinor Barnes, who were natives of England and of Illinois respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter became parents of nine children and in addition they reared three orphans. Joseph M. who was in Vladivostok, Russia, as a member of Headquarters Company of the Thirty-first Infantry, returned home in November, 1919. He had been in the service since May 9. 1918. The family have always remained faithful adherents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which Mr. Baxter is a high priest. His son LeRoy filled a two years' mission to Florida. Archie was sent to England on a two years' mission, and John filled a mission to California. No history of Cache county would he complete without reference to Robert Baxter. owing to the important part which he has taken in promoting its development and up- building, and he is today one of its most honored and esteemed residents.

JUDGE CHARLES T. BARRETT.

Judge Charles T. Barrett unostentatiously but capably is leaving the impress of his individuality and ability upon the judicial records of Utah. He served as police court Judge of Logan by appointment of Mayor Thatcher from 1917 until June 1. 1919, when the office was discontinued by legislative act. At the present time he is serving as judge of the juvenile court of Cache county, through appointment of Governor Bam- berger in 1918, and he is likewise chief building inspector for the city of Logan.

Mr. Barrett was born at Logan, July 5, 1862. a son of Charles and Esther (Reed) Barrett. His father was born in England and came to Salt Lake City, Utah, in the fall of 1859, crossing the Atlantic in a sailing vessel. He settled in Logan in the spring of 1860. He was married to Esther Reed in the summer of 1861 at Salt Lake City and devoted his life to the occupation of farming, remaining a resident of Cache county to the time of his demise. He was active in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, served on a mission and did everything in his power to further the cause. His death occurred in 1909. while Mrs. Barrett survived until 1916.

After attending the public schools of Logan. Judge Barrett continued his educji- tion in the Brigham Young College and is numbered among its alumni of the class of

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1882. He devoted five years of his life to the profession of teaching in Cache, Davis and Weber counties and afterward became an active factor in building operations as a carpenter and arcliitect. His judicial duties now claim his entire time and attention. For two years he served as judge of the police court through appointment of Mayor Thatcher and in this connection heard only city cases. The fairness and equity which he displayed in the police court was undoubtedly a feature that caused his appointment to the position of judge of the juvenile court of Cache county by Governor Bam- berger in 1918. He is a man of kindly spirit, well balanced and ideally equipped in mind and temperament for the work of judge of the juvenile court, where the presiding officer makes it a point to get into close touch with the offenders, win the confidence of the children and make strong appeal to their better natures, the court serving not as a place of punishment but as a means of assistance that children may be rightly guided with a view to making them thoroughly reliable, dependable and self-respecting citizens. Those who know Judge Barrett have no doubt as to his capabilities for the important duties that devolve upon him in this connection. He has turned from his professional career to take up this important work and his service is proving of great benefit. His real life business has been that of a builder and architect and he thor- oughly trained for his professional duties as a student of architecture with the firm of Smith, Woods & St. Thomas of Ogden. He then entered upon the practical work of the profession and the evidences of his skill and ability in this direction are found in many important structures which have been erected by him.

In 1884 Judge Barrett was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Frances Shelton, a native of North Carolina and a daughter of William B. Shelton. They were married in Logan and to them have been born seven children. Charles Elmer, thirty-four years of age and now a well known sanitary engineer of Utah, married Odessa Henninger, of Ogden, and they have three children. Mabel is at home. Alonzo T. is one of the professors in the Ogden high school and married Hazel I. Scott, of New Haven, Con- necticut, by whom he has one child. Edward Lewis, an entomologist with a floral company and also in the employ of the United States government, living at Farming- ton, Utah, married Jeanette Osland and they have one child. Lulu and Eva are teachers in the schools of Logan, while Milton is still attending school.

Judge Barrett belongs to the Commercial Boosters' Club. He has been an active worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, served