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Mr. Hashimoto is a director of the Farmers' & Stockgrow- ers' bank of Salt Lake and is interested in various industrial and financial projects.
Mr. Hashimoto is married. His wife formerly was Lois Hide Niiya. To them was born one son, Edward Ichiro Hashi- moto, now 5 years old.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
JOHN R. EDGHEILL
OHN R. EDGHEILL, former State senator from Juab county, is one of the most progressive citizens of Utah. He is the son of John and Harriet Edgheill and was born at Nephi, Utah, February 6, 1866. He received a common school education and then became an apt student in the school of practical experience. He followed various vocations and finally specialized in the rais- ing of live stock and in the wool growing industry.
Mr. Edgheill is a big sheep owner and also has extensive real estate interests. He long has been recognized as one of the most public spirited citizens of his native city, Nephi. In poli- ties, he is a Republican. Members of his party honored him by electing him to the State senate, where he served creditably from 1911 to 1915. He was active in the State's law making body and at all times stood for measures which he thought would prove of benefit to the whole people.
Mr. Edgheill is married, his wife's maiden name having been Alice Udall. The following children were born to that union : Jacquita, 25 years old; L. U., 23; Louise, 20; Alice, 13, and David Edgheill, 6. The family home is at 1344 Fillmore street, Nephi.
Mr. Edgheill takes a keen interest in public affairs and always may be counted among the boosters for a greater destiny for his home State.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
HARRY B. COLE
ANKING high among the best known stock brokers of the state is Harry B. Cole, 332 Judge Building, Salt Lake City. Mr. Cole has been a member of the Salt Lake Stock Exchange for many years, and en- joys the confidence of a large and growing clientele. No man in the state, perhaps, is better informed on both listed and unlisted mining properties, and his advice is much sought by dealers in stocks. Mr. Cole is the son of Thomas H. Cole and Sarah J. Cole, and was born in Pennsylvania, Jan- uary 10, 1860.
Following completion of the common school courses, Mr. Cole attended Duff's college at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, from which institution he was graduated in 1881. About eight years later, he obeyed an impulse which had been gaining momentum for some time and came to the great west, taking up his resi- dence in Salt Lake. During the greater part of the time since then he has followed the stock brokerage business. In addition to mining stocks, Mr. Cole now is also engaged in handling real estate. He is heavily interested in the Salt Lake Realty Owners company, which has valuable real estate holdings in the city. He also is a big stockholder in the Fortuna Gold Queen Mining company and the Addie Mining company.
Mr. Cole is a Shriner, belonging to Wasatch Consistory. He is married, his wife's name being Emma W. Cole. In poli- tics he is Republican.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
GEORGE A. SNOW
EORGE A. SNOW, progressive citizen of the capital city of Utah, has attained an enviable reputation as promoter and builder of irrigation projects, includ- ing the colonization of vast tracts of virgin land. He is the son of Artimesia Benson Snow and Erastus Snow, and was born at St. George, Utah, October 31, 1863. He acquired the essential rudiments of education in the grade schools of Utah. This education was supplemented by six months' study at the Brigham Young university and three months at the University of Utah. Then he started a course in the great school of experience, where he is still a most pains- taking student.
Mr. Snow is president of the Snow-Moody Development company ; vice-president of the Delta Land & Water company, and vice-president of the Western Securities company. At pres- ent he is engaged in pushing to completion the great irrigation project of the Delta Land & Water company at Delta in the southern part of the State.
Mr. Snow is a member of the B. P. O. E. No. 85 at Salt Lake and is also a member of the Alta and Commercial clubs. In politics, he is a Republican.
Mr. Snow is married, his wife's maiden name having been Effie Luvera Stoddard. Three children were born to that union: Luvera Snow Gentsch, 25 years old; Russell Benson Snow, 21 years old, and Allen Campbell Snow (deceased). The latter, if living, would be 23 years old.
Mr. Snow is an ardent booster for a greater Salt Lake and Utah.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
C. W. SHORES
REAT success in the capture of criminals through many years of service earned for C. W. Shores the appointment as chief of police of Salt Lake City. He was formerly head of the detective force of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad company and chief of the special agents for the Globe Express company. Mr. Shores was born in Detroit, Michigan, about 53 years ago. His early life was passed in Kansas, where he was engaged in the cattle business. He began police work in 1883, when he was elected sheriff of Gunnison county, Kansas. For four terms, or eight years, he served in that capacity. During his term as sheriff, he claimed $4000 in reward money offered by the rail- roads for the capture of train bandits. In addition he received $1000 in rewards from the government for important captures.
Mr. Shores' success as sheriff brought him a reputation as a detective. On quitting the public service, he was given em- ployment by the Rio Grande Express company, with headquar- ters at Grand Junction. He has been eminently successful in running down criminals for railroads and express companies. In 1886, he held the trail of four train robbers for three months, finally landing each of them in the federal prison at Laramie. Following the Cota Paxi train robbery, he trailed the three rob- bers for forty-three days, and effected their arrest and convic- tion. He met with similar success in bringing to account the principals in numerous other robberies.
Mr. Shores is married, his wife's maiden name having been Hattie Stephenson. Two sons, now 32 and 24 years old, were born to the union. Mr. Shores is a member of the Masonic fra- ternity.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
EUGENE M. GRADY
HEN the automobile industry was yet in its infancy, Eugene M. Grady was acquiring the rudiments of knowledge regarding spark plugs, carburetor, trans- mission, clutch, etc., and he is still keeping in touch with the latest developments in this great industry. Mr. Grady is vice-president and manager of the Grady Motor company, which has excellent quarters at 457-61 South Main street. He is considered one of the best informed automobile men in the western country.
Mr. Grady was associated with a number of large automo- bile concerns in the east for a number of years prior to coming west, and the information gained in the actual making of cars now is proving of great value to him in his business here. The Grady Motor company has had the agency for Reo pleasure cars and trucks for about four years in the territory embracing Utah, southern Idaho and western Wyoming. The great number of cars of this make in use in this territory is a tribute to the merit of the cars sold and the efficiency of Mr. Grady's selling force.
The growth of the business of the Grady Motor company, which has more than kept pact with the growth of the automo- bile business in the city generally, necessitated the securing of larger quarters. Now the firm is at its new South Main location, which is fully equipped with modern machinery. Factory ex- perts are employed to give the very best service to Reo owners. One of the features of equipment is the turn table, which per- mits of the easy handling of cars and conserves space.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
JOHN ANDREAS WIDTSOE
ROMINENT among the leading educators of the west is John Andreas Widtsoe, for more than eight years president of the Agricultural College of Utah at Logan. Dr. Widtsoe is an authority on farming, and his services are in great demand as a lecturer. He was born on the Island of Froyen, Norway, January 31, 1872, and is the son of John A. and Anna C. Gaarden- . Widtsoe. His early education was obtained in the common schools of Norway.
Dr. Widtsoe came to Utah while a boy. He attended the normal department of Brigham Young college, from which he was graduated in 1891. Then he went to Harvard, where he obtained the degree B. S. in 1894, following which he captured the degrees of A. M. and Ph. D). from the University of Gottingen in 1899. He took a post-graduate course at the Polytechnicum, Zurich, finishing in 1900. He was traveling fellow of the Grad- nate School of Harvard University, 1898-1900.
Dr. Widtsoe was married to Leah Endora Dunford of Salt Lake City on June 1, 1898. From 1894 to 1905 he was chemist at the Utah Experiment station, and from 1895 to 1905 was professor of chemistry at the Utah Agricultural college. From 1900 to 1905 he served also as director of the Utah Experiment station. He was principal of the school of agriculture at the Brigham Young university from 1905 to 1907. In the latter year he was appointed president of the Agricultural College of Utah, which position he still holds.
Dr. Widtsoe is a member of the American Society of Agron- omy, American Breeders' association, Society for Promotion of Agricultural Science, and numerous other societies. He was president of the International Dry Farming congress in 1912. and is the author of several books on farming.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
ANDREW PAPPAS.
OME of the sturdiest adopted sons of the greatest Republic come from the ancient kingdom of Greece, the land of song and story. Among these sons, who crossed "the seven seas" to reach the land of prom- ise is Andrew Pappas.
Born at Aigus, Greece in 1877, he received the elementary education of the common schools, after which he en- tered the gymnasinm or high school at Naflion, Greece, attend- ing that institution from 1893 to 1898, being graduated in the latter year. For several years Mr. Pappas followed the profes- sion of teaching. He taught for five years, and then, in 1903, came to Utah.
Mr. Pappas is today engaged in the merchandise business. Like many of his countrymen who have come to the United States, he has achieved marked snecess in business and has ac- cumulated a comfortable fortune. His occupation as merchant, has won for him a good name, as well as an enviable income, and so well is he admired by his fellow Greek-Americans, that ne has been chosen president of the Greek community of Utah. This position carries with it much responsibility. For he is at the head of a large number of people, who are strangers here, many of them just arrived, and needing the guidance and as- sistance of one who understands the customs of this new land.
Mr. Pappas comes of good stock in the "Mother Country of the World," his father being Athanasias Pappas and his mother, Constantina F. Pappas. Mr. Pappas is not married.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
EMIL S. LUND
O ONE is better known in the state of Utah than is Emil S. Lund, both from a public and a private stand- point. Mr. Lund was born in Copenhagen in 1850, coming to Utah when 19 years of age. Since his arrival here he has followed the building trade. Mr. Lund has also been noticeably active in state political affairs, and has continually been a strong advocate of free public schools. In 1890 he assisted in the organization of the Demo- cratic party in Utah. Following this he went to California, returning here in 1897. His activities in Socialistic movements have been pronounced.
Mr. Lund became affiliated with the Progressive party, and since the organization of the latter has been a delegate to each convention. He stands strictly for reform measures and the general development of the state.
For two and one-half years Mr. Lund held the position of building inspector for Salt Lake City under the commission form of government. He is firmly in favor of legislation which will give Salt Lake home rule, and likewise the privilege of operating its own public utilities.
He also strongly advocates having all public work and im- provements performed by residents of Salt Lake. Mr. Lund was elected as a state representative in 1914.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
ALBERT NEUMEYER
FFICIENCY in the manufacture of bakery products has been the keynote of work conducted throughout a number of years by Albert Neumeyer, proprietor of the Templeton bakery. Mr. Neumeyer believes that what is worth doing is worth doing well, and the painstaking care he devotes to his business is the result of training received in his native country, Germany. He was born in Crefeld, Germany, and is the son of Louise and Albert Neumeyer.
Mr. Neumeyer was denied the opportunity of attending higher institutions of learning, but succeeded in getting what would be called in this country a good common school education. While yet a boy he was forced more or less on his own resources, and learned through years of apprenticeship the bakery trade. This trade he has followed the greater part of his life.
Mr. Neumeyer came to Utah in 1901, and took up his resi- dence in Salt Lake City. He engaged in the bakery business and soon established his own shop, the Templeton bakery. "Mother's Bread," the principal product of this bakery, has earned an enviable reputation throughout the city, and is con- sidered one of the choicest products of the baker's art.
Mr. Neumeyer is married, and to the union were born the following children : Perry, 11 years old; Paul, 8, and Lucille, 5. The family home is at 728 Roosevelt avenue.
Mr. Neumeyer is a substantial member of the community, and lends every effort possible toward the upbuilding of the State.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
SOLON SPIRO.
RUGALITY and tenacity are the leading traits of the German race. This is shown in its truest sense in the case of the history of Solon Spiro. He is today one of the state's leading mine operators. But he had his beginning in business on a small scale.
Born in Kurnik, Germany, the son of Leopold Spiro and Ernestine (Ascheim) Spiro, he received his early edu- cation in Germany. In 1881 an unele persuaded him to come to the United States and settle in Park City, Utah, and assist in conducting a large mercantile business. He began in Park City the study of ore reduction and the mining business.
With meagre capital he began investing along that line with remarkable success. Success crowned his efforts and by 1899 he was compelled to give up his mercantile pursuits to follow what had hitherto been a side issue with him. Among his greatest achievements in this new work was the formation of the Silver King Consolidated Mining Company, which is among the great- est of Park City's mining properties. He is president and gen- eral manager of the company. Another instance of his ability is shown in his undertaking to win ont in the courts against the powerful Silver King Coalition Mines Company, a neighboring property at Park City. For more than three years the struggle lasted and he finally secured judgment for $750,000. The battle is remembered as one of the most notable legal contests in the mining annals of the west.
Mr. Spiro is president and general manager of the Little Bell Consolidated Mining Company, Park City; director of the Merchants' Bank of Salt Lake City, Utah, and is also a stock- holder in many other mining and business enterprises.
He is a member of the Salt Lake Commercial Club and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. Spiro is married, his wife's maiden name having been Miss Ida Mae Marks, of Cincinnati, Ohio. They were married there on October 16, 1909.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
J. O. CARTER
MONG the younger business men of the state few, if any, have made a more creditable record than J. O. Carter, vice-president and general manager of the Inter-Mountain Insurance company. Within less than a decade from the time he had completed his schol- astic training at the University of Utah, where he graduated in 1903, he had established himself firmly in the local business world and has attained a position of prominence and in- fluence. He organized the Inter-Mountain company four years ago. The institution now has five and a half million of life in- surance in force with an income of approximately two hundred and twenty thousand per year.
Mr. Carter is also secretary and a member of the executive committee of the West States Mortgage Loan company. He was one of the main forces in organizing this company, which has assets of one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. He is also a director of the Utah Consolidated Mining Company.
J. O. Carter was born at American Fork, Utah, in 1879, the son of James C. and Margaret Ann Carter, and grandson of William and Alice Houghton Greenwood, who were active, both in public and private life, in the early settlement and building up of American Fork. Mr. Carter married Miss M. Juliet Cut- ler, daughter of T. R. Cutler, and they have two children : Juliet Margaret, age 7, and Owen Cutler, age 2. Their home is at 918 South Fifth East, Salt Lake City. Mr. Carter is a member of the Salt Lake Commercial club.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
HENRY NEWELL
ORN in Ireland in 1844, Henry Newell has been long enough in the United States to be a good citizen, he says, and to this statement no one will make objec- tion. Mr. Newell is one of the prominent mining men of Utah and his efforts in seeking for Old Mother Nature's hidden treasures have been most successful.
It was not long after his arrival in Utah that Mr. Newell was attracted to the Park City mining district. There he be- came interested in various properties, several of which de- veloped into dividend payers. His knowledge of that camp is probably without peer. He has been over practically every foot of ground and if the rocks had Christian names he would be able to call them all.
Mr. Newell is married. He is a member of the Masonic fra- ternity, the Alta elub and of No. 85, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His home address is 951 East First South street.
Mr. Newell has followed the mining game the greater part of his life and to him it has paid well. He is a director of the Silver King Coalition Mines company, having been elected to the board to fill the position made vacant by the death of Wind- sor V. Rice.
Mr. Newell is a large property holder in Salt Lake, having invested some of his mine earnings in business blocks and other improved realty. He is a progressive citizen and interested in all movements looking to a greater city. In political faith he is a Republican.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
DR. SAMUEL H. ALLEN.
NE of the best known physicians in Utah is Dr. Samuel C H. Allen. He was born August 15, 1862, at Mount Pleasant, Utah. His parents were Samuel Allen and Mrs. Harriet Moore Allen. Dr. Allen comes of old Eng- lish stock, the Allens having lived in Radcliffe, Eng- land, before 1674. Dr. Allen worked on his father's farm until he reached his majority and was graduated as a normal student from the University of Utah in 1880. He taught school from 1881 to 1883. He was a missionary to England for the Mor- mon church from 1883 to 1885. He returned to this country, en- tered Brigham Young University at Provo, and was graduated in 1887. He was the first principal of the Mount Pleasant high school, in 1887 and 1888.
His medical education was received at the College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, at Johns Hopkins University and at the London University medical department. He also at- tended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Md., from 1888 to 1891.
In 1902 Dr. Allen came to Salt Lake City. He is a member of the Salt Lake Commercial Club and the Ensign Club. He served two terms in the Mt. Pleasant city council and was also district school trustee. He is a life patron of the International Council of Women. Dr. Allen is a member of the American Medical Asso- ciation of Vienna, Austria ; medical director of the Inter-Mountain Life Insurance Company ; a director of the West States Mortgage & Loan Company, and a director of the New Castle Reclamation Company.
He was resident physician of the Maryland Maternity Hos- pital, 1890-1891; was Utah county physician, 1893 to 1898, and surgeon of the Rio Grande Western Railway from 1893 to 1901. He is a member of the Utah State Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Health. He belongs to the Salt Lake County and Utah State Medical Societies; and is a member of the American Medical Association and a life member of the Surgeons' club of Rochester, New York.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
GEORGE M. CANNON
EORGE M. CANNON, cashier of the Salt Lake Se- curity & Trust company, and for years one of the most prominent real estate operators in the state. was a Christmas gift to his parents, Sarah M. Monsely-Cannon and Angus M. Cannon, at St. George in 1861, and has the distinction of being the first white boy born in the chief city of Utah's Dixie.
Mr. Cannon was gradnated from the University of Deseret, now the University of Utah, in 1881. Soon after attaining his majority he was elected county recorder of Salt Lake county, and held that position for six years, during which time he copy- righted and turned over to the county the system of abstracts still in use. At the expiration of his term he entered the real estate business and then on January 1, 1891, became cashier of Zion's Savings Bank and Trust company, holding that position until October 1, 1906. During his incumbency deposits increased from $850,000 to $4,700,000.
In politics Mr. Cannon is a Republican. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention, was elected to the State Sen- ate and subsequently was chosen president of the first State Senate of Utah.
In 1906 Mr. Cannon resigned as cashier of the Zion's Sav- ings Bank and Trust company, organizing the real estate com- pany known as George M. Cannon company. At the solicitation of the Salt Lake Security and Trust company, he accepted the cashiership of that institution July 12, 1915, turning over the management of George M. Cannon company to his sons, the older of whom, George M. Cannon, Jr., was graduated in 1915 from the law department of the University of Chicago.
Mr. Cannon was married to Addie Morris and their uinon was blessed with nine children.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
SAMUEL AUSTIN WHITNEY
ASHIER of one of the largest banks in the west, Samuel Austin Whitney has been known in the west- ern states, especially in Utah, since his boyhood, as one who could be trusted in any manner and at any time. His business connections have continually placed him in positions of trust, and those who have had the opportunity of coming in contact with him have found Mr. Whitney true to his word in every respect.
Since having been connected with MeCornick and Company, Bankers, Mr. Whitney has made hundreds of friends. He is always ready to lend a helping hand to any one that will show that he is endeavoring to help himself.
Mr. Whitney, son of Mary Cravath Whitney and Horace K. Whitney, was born February 12, 1877, in Salt Lake City. His early education was acquired in Salt Lake City. Following his public school and high school education Mr. Whitney at- tended the University of Utah, entering that institution in 1890. He finished his course there in 1895, after which he became connected with the firm which he now represents.
Three children, namely Katheryn Whitney, 13 years of age; Hardin Whitney, 11 years of age, and Samnel Whitney, Jr., 3 years of age, were born following his marriage to Miss Kath- eryn Hardin. Mr. Whitney has always been active in the Re- publican party. He is an ardent worker for the Republican cause. As a club member Mr. Whitney is well known and highly esteemed. He is a member of the Alta club, the County club, the Salt Lake Tennis club and the Salt Lake Commercial club. In addition to his duties as cashier of the MeCornick bank, Mr. Whitney is the treasurer of the state board of edu- cation.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
SAMUEL R. THURMAN
EADERSHIP in a great political party and the per- sonal management of a state campaign, carries re- sponsibilities of an unusual order. Men are chosen to bear these responsibilities only when they are known by their fellow men to have unusual ability, keen insight into human nature, and the gift of mag- netism and leadership.
Samnel R. Thurman has these qualities. He has demon- strated them as state chairman of the Democratic party in Utah. He was born May 6, 1850, in LaRue county, Kentucky. He was a son of William Thurman and Mary Brown Thurman. His father died during Samuel R. Thurman's infancy. Mr. Thurman's paternal forbears were preachers, farmers and law- yers; on his mother's side he counts the famous Captain Yates of Revolutionary memory as his forefather.
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