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Mr. Chappell is a graduate of Yale university, the Polytech- nic school at Hanover, Germany, and the Mining Academy at Friedburg, Germany, of Friedburg-Wilhelm university, Berlin, and of the Yale Scientific department, graduating from the latter institution in 1881. He came first to Utah in 1911.
Mr. Chappell is married. His wife's maiden name was Gertrude Campbell, and they have one daughter, Jeannette Chappell. Mr. Chappell is a member of the University club, New York, and of the St. Andrews Golf club, New York.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
WESLEY EDWARD KING
TTORNEY-AT-LAW and connected with several cor- porations, a man who has made a reputation through- out the state during his few years' residence in Salt Lake City, one who is considered second to none in his profession, is Wesley Edward King, who, since his arrival in the state has become identified with many matters in which the public has taken unusual interest. His business associates and social acquaintances are numbered among the best known and most influential men in the com- munity.
Mr. King, the son of Harriett Forshee King and William Lovejoy King, was born May 4, 1876, at Kinmundy, Illinois.
Mr. King entered the University of Illinois in 1892. After remaining there five years he left, engaging in business until 1901. He graduated from the law department of the Illinois institution in 1902. Early in 1908 Mr. King came to Salt Lake.
Besides being a practicing attorney Mr. King is the man- ager of the bond department of the Aetna Accident and Liability company and manager of the Wesley King Agency company. He is vice-president of the Bettilyon Home Builders company and the Jersey Creamery company. He was married several years ago to Miss Wilhelmina Marie Groweg.
While in attendance at the University of Illinois, Mr. King was accepted as a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He was also one of the three men who, three years ago, organ- ized the Rotary club of Salt Lake City. He is a member of the membership committee of the Salt Lake Commercial club; organ- izer of the local Surety association, the local Illinois Alumni association, and the Alpha Tau branch in Salt Lake. Mr. King is also a member of the Masonic fraternity and a member of the Mystic Shrine, as well as of the Naval and Military order of the Spanish-American war. His work in connection with the Salt Lake Commercial club has gained many friends with that organ- ization. Mr. King is a member of the University club, the Press club of Salt Lake and the Salt Lake Ad club, in each of which organizations he is prominent and active.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
WALTER W. BYRNE
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F ENGLISH-IRISH descent, born and educated in the United States, Walter W. Byrne is an adopted son of Utah. He occupies an enviable position in the ranks of the mining men of the intermountain region, and has brilliant prospects of continued success in that line.
It is the case, usually, of the west drawing its citizens from the east, but in this instance the intermountain region acquired one of its leading citizens from the west coast. Mr. Byrne was born at Grass Valley, California, in 1868. He came to Utah in 1900.
His parents were Michael Byrne, Jr., and Mrs. Mary Eliz- abeth Byrne. His mother was of English extraction and his father of Irish descent.
He received a sound business training at Heald's Business college at San Francisco, being graduated in 1887.
He has represented the Giant Powder company, all the way from Mexico to Alaska, for the past sixteen years, and is well known by all prominent mining men in the western country. This concern, which he so ably represents, is one of the leading companies in that line of business. It was incorporated seventy- five years ago, and manufactures all classes of explosives for blasting, as well as caps and fuse.
Mr. Byrne has a genial nature, and is well liked in business and social circles. He is unmarried and makes his home at the Hotel Utalı, Salt Lake City. Politically Mr. Byrne is a "stand- pat" Republican.
He is heavily interested in mining properties in Utah, Idaho, Nevada and California. He is a member of the Salt Lake Com- mercial elnb, and is a most enthusiastic "booster" for Utah.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
FRED C. HATHAWAY.
RED C. HATHAWAY, after attending the Univer- sity of the Pacific near San Jose, Cal., taking a pre- paratory course in 1900 and 1901, with a view to entering the profession of law, decided instead to engage in the life insurance business, and has since followed that business.
He was born at Yreka, Cal., July 30, 1879, of William and Mary A. Hathaway. His mother's ancestry came from England and his father's forefathers were sea captains. His father, a woolen manufacturer, came west after serving on the Union side during the Civil war.
Mr. Hathaway, who married Ada L. Anderson of San Jose, Cal., has three children, W. Neil, Fred C., Jr., and Ada Louise Hathaway. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, and a member of El Kalah Shrine, Salt Lake City.
He is manager of the intermountain branch of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, and is a member of the executive committee of the Utal Association of Life Under- writers. He is a Republican in national politics. He is a mem- ber of the Salt Lake Press Club and the Commercial Club of Salt Lake.
Mr. Hathaway's rise in the insurance world has been rapid. He began at Albuquerque, N. M., as a clerk in the Mutual office; became assistant cashier; was transferred to Portland, Ore., be- coming cashier; and later became superintendent of agents in the San Francisco office. Then he became assistant manager in that office and three years later came to Salt Lake to manage the intermountain field. He is the youngest manager the company has ever appointed. More than 100 salesmen work under his direction. He is a regular contributor of articles on agency or- ganization and other insurance topics to eastern insurance mag- azines. He also is president and organizer of the Utah Associ- ation of Life Insurance Companies and General Agents.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
REMBRANDT HOWARD PEALE.
EMBRANDT HOWARD PEALE, one of Salt Lake's best known brokers, comes of famous line- age. He is the great grandson of Charles Wilson Peale, the celebrated painter of portraits of George Washington.
Mr. Peale was born in Chicago, Ills., on April 22, 1875. He received his education in that city, attending the common schools of that city and later, one of the high schools. Further than this along educational lines he has gained by ex- tensive reading and study on his own part, and by close obser- vation of men and affairs, applied to his chosen work.
He is married, his wife's maiden name having been Miss Mayme C. Chambers.
Mr. Peale has been active in the business life of several of the larger cities of the United States. In addition to Chicago, he has carried on his profession of broker in Denver, Kansas City, Mo., San Francisco and Salt Lake.
He was in San Francisco until after the earthquake, coming to Salt Lake from the coast in 1906. For a time he had his branch office of his firm here and his main office in the northern California city. But now he has transposed them, making Utah's capitol his headquarters and his home, and is proud of the city of his choice.
He is a broker in government land serip, handling practic- ally all the serip used in the western country by the railroads, the cattle companies and the big corporations.
He is a Republican and has a record as a steadfast worker for the interests of that party.
As a loyal Utahn he belongs to the Salt Lake Commercial Club in fact as well as word, and is well known in the actual affairs of that "boosting" organization. He also belongs to the 1 Alta Club and is a member of the Masonic order and of the B. P. O. Elks.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
SAMUEL WHITE STEWART.
MONG law firms of Utah, none is more prominent or successful than the firm of Stewart, Stewart & Alexander of Salt Lake City. The most prominent and successful of this prominent and successful firm is Judge Samuel White Stewart, senior mem- ber.
Judge Stewart was born May 21, 1867, at Draper, Salt Lake county, Utah. He was the son of Isaac M. Stewart and Eliza- beth White Stewart. He was educated in the public and private schools of Salt Lake City, the University of Utah and the Uni- versity of Michigan. He graduated from the Michigan school in 1892 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
He began practice in Utah and was admitted to the bars of the supreme courts of the United States, of Utah and of Michi- gan. He has served in the state legislature and was chairman of the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives of the Third legislature in 1898.
From 1901 to 1905 he occupied the bench of the Third Ju- dicial district and twice since 1905 has been the nominee of the Democratic party for the district bench. In 1907, he was its nominee for the supreme court. From 1908 to the present time, he has been a member of the State Board of Corrections. He is a member of the American Society of Jurisprudence, president of the Stewart Ranch Company and vice-president of the Kamas State Bank of Kamas, Utah.
Judge Stewart was married September 19, 1894 to Ella M. Nebeker and resides at 35 East First North Street, Salt Lake City.
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STEPHEN H. LOVE.
MONG the complexities of business which have arisen during the days of careful organization, the adjust- ment of freight rates has to be watched constantly and the community protected in its rights to secure and hold equal advantages in trade. Thus there has arisen in every large city in the country a Com- mercial Club to look after the business interests of the city. One of the departments of the larger commercial clubs is the traffic bureau, which is as a sentry guarding the interests of commerce. It is as the head of the Salt Lake Commercial Club Traffic Bu- l'eau that Stephen H. Love is perhaps best known today through- out the state and the country.
Stephen H. Love is a native of Utahı. He was born in Salt Lake City in 1865. His forbears were Scotch and among the sturdy pioneers who first settled in Utah.
Mr. Love received a good fundamental education and has studied business with the concentrated thought that has spelled the word "Success" in large letters. In some cases the word "ex- pert" has been cheapened by overuse. But in the case of Mr. Love, his business associates and railroad men alike refer to him as an expert on rates.
Mr. Love is now traffic manager of Zion's Co-operative Mer- cantile Institution of Salt Lake City, a position which entails great responsibilities. The work is in direct line with that of his office as president of the Salt Lake Commercial Club's Traffic Bureau. Mr. Love is also president of the Security Storage & Commission Company, the Moapa Farm & Orchard Company, the Wandamere Amusement Company and other concerns.
He is a Progressive in politics. He was state senator for eight years and was twice president of the senate. He ran for congress from Utah, but met with defeat.
He is a member of the Salt Lake Commercial Club, the Ro- tary Club, the Bonneville Club and other social organizations. He is married, his wife being formerly Miss Eleanor Wilding.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
A. S. ERICKSON
WOOL agent who handles wool totaling ten to twenty A million pounds annually is not found every day, even in a state as largely devoted to wool growing as Utah. Therefore, the name of A. S. Erickson has become prominent in Salt Lake. Mr. Erickson has for sev- eral years been the resident agent for the B. Harris Wool company of St. Louis, one of the largest concerns dealing in wools and operating in this section. Every pound of the large annual total is handled through Salt Lake City by Mr. Erickson, which may account in a measure for the prominence of this city as a shipping point and wool clearing center.
Mr. Erickson was born in Grantsville, Utah, in May, 1869, the son of Mary Ann Erickson and Swen Erickson, who came to Utah with one of the pioneer companies in 1857. His education was secured in the public schools and at the Brigham Young col- lege in Logan, from which he graduated in 1891.
In the fall of 1905 Mr. Erickson located in Salt Lake. He was married to Miss Emily L. Boothe and has five children. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Commercial club of Salt Lake City.
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THOMAS A. CALLISTER
HOMAS A. CALLISTER is a son of Edward Callister and Ann Cowley Callister. He was born in Salt Lake City January 15, 1868, and has lived in this city vir- tually all his life. Mr. Callister's parents were natives of the Isle of Man, and came to Utah seven years after the first little band of pioneers deter- mined to settle in the valley of the Great Salt Lake. The elder Mr. Callister was a tailor, one of the pioneers in that useful trade in Utah.
Because of the predominance of agricultural and live stock interests in the early days, Mr. Callister became thoroughly familiar with the live stock industry. It was natural that he should have engaged in that business in his early manhood. He is now interested largely in the Callister Land & Live Stock com- pany, which has extensive holdings. He also is interested finan- cially and actively in the Star Printing company, which has an up-to-date and complete job printing establishment in Postoffice Place, Salt Lake City.
Mr. Callister attended the public schools of Utah in his boy- hood, but gained a far wider practical education on the range and over the type cases. He is married. His wife was Miss Bertha James. They have the following sons and daughters: Retta, 22 years of age; Ella, 17 years of age; Elbert, 14 years of age; Ralph, 10 years of age; Mildred, 7 years of age, and Kenneth, 2 years of age.
Mr. Callister is a Republican, and is active in the work of that party. He stands high in the councils of the party through- out the state. He is a member of the Native Sons of Utah, but has not affiliated with other secret or fraternal organizations.
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Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
ERNEST C. McGARRY
ELIEVING that great gold mines will be developed at Fortuna, just twelve miles east of Beaver City, Beaver county, Ernest C. McGarry, mining operator, has been devoting his energies to putting that part of the state on the map in big red outlines. Mr. Mc- Garry is president of the Fortuna Independence Min- ing company and is interested in other property in the district. While still a young man, he has enjoyed phenomenal success in his mining operations and has won a name as an authority on the Beaver gold district.
Ernest C. McGarry is the son of James and Elizabeth Mc- Garry and was born in Beaver City, Utah, in 1881. The father came to this state from Vermont, while the mother was a former resident of California. Mr. McGarry, senior, was a veteran of the Civil War.
Ernest C. McGarry, following completion of the public school course, attended the University of Utah, from which he was graduated in 1901. Several years after leaving the uni- versity, he was married to Hortense Christian, from which mar- riage was born one daughter, Agnes, now 9 years of age.
When news of gold strikes in the mountains east of the city reached Beaver considerable excitement was aroused. Mr. McGarry went into the district and was successful in getting hold of some most likely looking property. He became asso- ciated with E. A. Hodges, the latter being superintendent and manager of the various properties jointly owned. Mr. McGarry lives at 1388 South Ninth East, Salt Lake City.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
WILLIAM J. MOORE
TTRACTED by the possibilities of development in the western part of the United States, William J. Moore left his home in Elgin county, Ontario, Canada, in 1880, and went to Watertown, S. D., where he re- mained ten years. Then he came to the new empire of Utah, locating in Salt Lake City ir 1890, and en- gaging in the real estate and insurance business.
He achieved commercal success and built for himself an excellent standing among his business associates.
Mr. Moore was born Sept. 25, 1859, and attended St. Thomas high school, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, afterward attending Helmuth academy, Toronto. His next scholastic experience was in the Belleville Commercial college, Belleville, Ontario, from which he was graduated after obtaining a thorough business education.
Mr. Moore continued in the real estate and insurance busi- ness in Salt Lake City until 1903, when he was appointed a deputy in the office of the county treasurer. He is a Republican, and has taken a deep interest in politics. He has attended every Republican state convention held in Utah during his residence in this state. He remained in the office of the county treasurer until 1915. He has been chairman of his party's precinct organi- zation many times.
Mr. Moore is an enthusiastic and earnest member of the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows. He is affiliated with Utah Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F., of which he is secretary, and with the grand lodge of Utah. He is grand scribe of the grand lodge, and is secretary of the Odd Fellows' Building association. He also is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees.
Mr. Moore is married and has two children. He taught school two years in his early manhood at London, Ontario, Canada. The family home is at 1154 South Eighth East street, Salt Lake City.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
CHARLES N. SWEET.
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URING the thirteen years he was employed in the traffic department of the Harriman Railroad system, Charles N. Sweet acquired knowledge of thousands of concrete facts concerning the western states, and his knowledge of the resources of these states be- came encyclopaedic.
The greatest lesson that was implanted in his mind during those thirteen years of service was that the resources of Utah and the nearby states had scarcely been touched, and that in that field lay wealth and success for those men of foresight and courage who would venture upon the task of intelligently directing the development.
Mr. Sweet left the railroad service ultimately, and took a prominent position in the development of those resources that build up great payrolls, add industries to the state and wealth to those interested.
He identified himself most closely with the development of the coal fields of Utah, and is associated in this with his brother, Frederick A. Sweet. With his associates he opened the Inde- pendent Coal Company's great mines to productive operation, giving employment to hundreds of workmen. A new company, the Consolidated Fuel Company, was formed later, becoming one of the greatest producers in the west. Mr. Sweet is also inter- ested in the Standard Coal Company, and in other coal properties in Utah and Nevada.
He is a son of Alfred E. Sweet and Mary A. Sweet of Salt Lake City. He was born in Illinois in 1876. He was graduated from the common schools and took a course in the Bradley Horo- logical College at Peoria, Ill., after which he entered the railroad are numbered among his ancestors. They were of German and English descent and several of them fought on the side of the colonies in the Revolution. Members of later branches of the family fought on the Union side through the Civil war.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
NEWELL BEEMAN.
CTIVELY engaged the great part of his hfe in various enterprises in connection with iron and coal fields and several other lines of business .
At the present time his activities have practi- cally ceased, but his standing in the community has never diminished.
Mr. Beeman was born July 21, 1844, in Phelps, Ontario county, New York. His mother was Elvira Colwell-Beeman, of a well-known New York state family, and his father, 'Thomas Bee- man.
For a period covering more than 31 years Mr. Beeman was superintendent of the Rocky Mountain Coal & Iron company. Dur- ing that period Mr. Beeman became associated with many finan- cial institutions in the West, and is now interested to a great ex- tent in different lines of business.
Among the various enterprises with which Mr. Beeman is financially interested are the W. H. Dayton Drug Company, of which he is president and treasurer; he is also vice-president of Morningstar, Beeman & Company; president of the Salt Lake Photographic Supply Company; president of the Beeman & Cashin Mercantile Company, Evanston, Wyo .; part owner of the Evanston Electric Light Company ; a stockholder in the Evanston National Bank, and vice-president of Beeman & Neuber Mercan- tile Company of Rock Sprinks, Wyo.
Mr. Beeman attended Bryan and Stratton's Commercial Col- lege in Buffalo, New York, from which institution he was gradu- ated in March, 1863. He first came to Salt Lake City in Septem- ber, 1890. He was married twice, his first wife's maiden name having been Damaris A. Peck. Two daughters were born by the first wife, namely: Edna Louise, now Mrs. Walter H. Dayton, and Damaris Annette. His second wife was formerly Anne J. Harvey, from which union one daughter, Alice Isabel, now Mrs. W. F. Bowerman, was born.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
P. W. MADSEN
ELF-MADE is the distinction claimed for himself by P. W. Madsen, prominent banker, business man and realty owner. Mr. Madsen's technical education was obtained in the school of experience. He has no sheepskin to show for this, but has a goodly quantity of the world's goods which came as reward for untir- ing application to business throughont many years.
Mr. Madsen was born in Denmark in 1852, and is the son of H. H. Madsen and Louise Madsen. While a boy, he had little opportunity to go to school, but with a naturally alert mind he was quick to learn from the few books he was privi- leged to own. He had a retentive memory and, once learned, the facts were never forgotten.
Mr. Madsen came to Utah in 1875, and shortly thereafter engaged in business for himself. He now is owner of a large furniture store on First Sonth street. Much of his attention is devoted to the Western Loan & Savings company, of which he is president and manager. IIe is also interested financially in banks at Lehi, Springville and Mt. Pleasant.
Mr. Madsen was married to Miss Elise C. Jensen, and to them were born eight children: R. W. Madsen, E. W. Madsen, Mrs. Hardy, Mrs. Lonise Lund, V. R. Madsen, H. H. Madsen, Mrs. F. Meredith and J. W. Madsen, Jr.
Mr. Madsen is one of the best known merchants of the city. He is a charter member of the Commercial club, and is active in boosting for his adopted city and state.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
FRANK E. M'GURRIN
RANK E. MeGURRIN is a son of Ellen Malone and Manis MeGurrin and comes of pure Irish ancestry. He was born at Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 2, 1861, and came to this city in 1886. He had the ad- vantage of only a common school education in his boy- hood, but has traveled extensively, is a careful and studious reader and has acquired a broader range of useful knowledge than comes to the majority of men.
Mr. MeGurrin is a Republican in political affiliation and is a member of the Alta club, the Commercial club and the Country club of Salt Lake; of the Victoria club at Riverside, California, and the Sequoia club at Oakland, California. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and is married, though there are no children. Mrs. McGurrin was, before her marriage, Miss Jane Darling.
Mr. MeGurrin has held a prominent place in the business world for many years and is closely identified with many large and growing financial institutions. By profession he is a banker and he is president and general manager of the Salt Lake Se- curity and Trust company, and is also president and manager of the Commercial Bank of Tooele, Utah.
Among his other business interests lie is a director in the Inter-Mountain Life Insurance company; a director in the Mu- tual Realty company ; a director in the Hammond Packing com- pany; a director in the Realty Bond and Share company; a di- rector in the Brunswick Realty corporation, and a director in the Tooele Building association.
Mr. McGurrin's enterprises covering a wide range of real estate, building, banking and trust company fields, have enabled him to be extremely useful and helpful to investors with small means who have sought homes for themselves and safe and remunerative investments for their savings. His family home is in Salt Lake City.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
DR. JOHN ULRICH GIESY.
OLLOWING in the footsteps of the creator of Sher- lock Holmes, Dr. John U. Giesy of Salt Lake, is both a medical and surgical practitioner of skill and ex- perience, and the creator of a noted detective detec- tive character in fiction. Dr. Giesy is well known at home for his skill as a physician and surgeon. But he is known nationally as the creator of that strange modern de- tective character, "Semi-Dual," who brings the modern science of psychology to play in the solution of seemingly baffling cir- cumstances. This strange but wholly logical character is well known and eagerly looked for by the thousands of readers of those popular magazines that have featured Dr. Giesy's writings. As a writer of short stories and serial magazine stories, Dr. Giesy is achieving a national reputation.
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