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He married Rose Wallace, a daughter of Henry Wallace, a pioneer of this state, in November, 1897. They have five children.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
WILLIAM MALLORY BRADLEY.
ILLIAM MALLORY BRADLEY, one of the best law- vers in Utah, is a native of Elkhorn, Walworth county, Wisconsin. He was born November 17, 1861, and was a son of Henry and Nancy Jane Bradley. He gained his early education in the common schools of Wisconsin, and afterward attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, from which he was graduated, receiving his degree of L. L. B. in 1883.
He married Luella May Brewster, and three sons were born. They are Henry F. Bradley, 25 years of age; Bruce M. Bradley, 23 years of age, and Allen P. Bradley, 21 years of age. The fam- ily home is in Salt Lake City.
Mr. Bradley is a member of no fraternal order, his whole time being taken up with his legal work, his extensive reading, and with his family.
He is a Republican "by birth and by choice," as he expresses it, and has taken an active part in many campaigns, stumping for his party candidates and issues.
Too deeply engaged in his law practice, and in the interests of his clients to give time to public life. Mr. Bradley has never sought nor held public office.
He is a member, however, of the Alta Club and the Univer- sity (Lub of Salt Lake City, and of the Rocky Mountain Club of New York City. He is not a member of any corporation.
Mr. Bradley has condneted some of the most noted cases in the annals of litigation in Utah, and has wen for himself an en- viable reputation as a jurist and pleader. A shrewd examiner. and an eloquent, forceful speaker with convincing logie in his ar- gument, he has won reputation and fame, and is most highly re- spected by those with whom he has had legal or business dealings.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
WILLIAM H. BINTZ.
A MONG the merchants of Salt Lake City who came to the intermountain region from the East, is William Henry Bintz. Mr. Bintz was born in Lyons, New York, and received his education in the public schools of his na- tive city. His father was George Henry Bintz and his mother Mrs. Elizabeth Bintz, both of that city. It was in 1887 that Mr. Bintz came to Salt Lake. He soon entered busi- ness as a merchant and merchandise broker.
Mr. Bintz is married, his wife having been Miss Margaret Carroll. They have had three children: Mrs. John C. Daly, 29 years of age ; W. H. Bintz, Jr., 27 years of age, and C. C. Bintz, 24 years of age.
Mr. Bintz is an enthusiastic supporter of the city and state which has enabled him to secure such an enviable business as that which he controls today. He belongs to the Salt Lake City Com- mercial Club and is active in that organization. He is a firm be- liever in "sticktoitiveness" and has won success by his adaptabil- ity to new methods and circumstances.
Mr. Bintz is one of the typical "solid" merchants of Salt Lake City, whose interests stand as a bulwark protecting the umniei- pality's prosperity and business success against attack of ill for- tune or unsound methods.
As president of the W. H. Bintz Company he occupies a po- sition of trust and responsibility in the commercial world of the intermountain region.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
DANIEL ALEXANDER.
D ANIEL ALEXANDER, one of Salt Lake City's leading attorneys, of the firm of Stewart, Stewart & Alexander, was born in Ogden, Utah, September 20, 1884. His par- ents were Daniel and Mrs. Julia Fransdorf Alexander. He received a common school education, after which he entered the University of Utah, receiving the degree of B. A. upon his graduation in 1906. In 1909 the degree of LL. B. was conferred by the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Alexander was reared in this state, and has made his home here all his life. He is married, his wife having been Miss Minnetta C. Baer.
He is a member of the Independent Order of B'Nai Brith; a Greek letter fraternity, Tan Kappa Alpha, and also to an honor- ary debating fraternity, and the Salt Lake Commercial Club.
Mr. Alexander is well known in the ranks of the legal profes- sion of the city and the state. In politics he is a Republican and an active party worker. He is a member of the American Acad- emy of Political and Social Science ; a member of the national ex- eentive board; and also of the National Farm School, of Doyles- town, Pa.
His interests are not confined to the law alone. The diversity of his activities is also illustrated even more clearly from the fact that he is a director of three commercial concerns: The Greene- wald Furniture Company, the Utah Colonization Fund Company (Inc.), and the Notable Feature Film Company.
He is deeply engrossed with the diversified interests of the state and city. His life, marked by the many duties which befall the man of affairs, is one of breadth of conception, and has the strength which is obtained by specialization; in this case, to a pre-eminent degree, in the practice of law.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
DAVID ANDREW.
REPRESENTATIVE of the medieal profession who is most highly esteemed among his fellow practitioners as well as by his clients, is Dr. David Andrew, who, like the majority of the physicians of Utah and Salt Lake City, is not one who puts the dollar at the head of the list of his desires. He is attentive to his patients and has earned deep gratitude for his personal interest in the eases which have been intrusted to him. His profession is his life and it is recognized that Dr. Andrew is a deep student of his profession. His habits and general ideals concerning humanity are such that he is beloved by all with whom he comes in contact socially or during times when he is watching at the hedside of a patient. He is always ready to give a helping hand to those in distress or who may need to utilize his knowledge of medicine.
Polities, corporation matters and fraternal organizations never appealed strongly to Dr. Andrew and as a consequence he has . never become a member of any fraternal or social organization. His medical studies occupy all of his spare time. He is a men- ber of the Commercial Club, and like the majority of the members of that organization is always ready to help in matters concerning the welfare of the state or of the club. Dr. Andrew is a son of Sam- ael W. Andrew and Mary Fullmer Andrew. His early school days were spent in Salt Lake City. Dr. Andrew has never married. Ilis medical education was received at the Jefferson Medical Col- lege of Philadelphia, Pa., from 1907 to 1910. He always had a great desire to become a physician, even in the days when he was attending the public schools of Salt Lake City. He was gradu- ated in 1910. His excellent work since his entrance in the field of practice in Utah will eventually place him second to none in his profession in this state.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
DAVID E. BURLEY.
៛ REQUENTLY the offices of the leading officials of rail- roads have been likened to those positions held by mili- tary officers on the general staff of a great army. The positions are not at all dissimilar and the responsiblities are equally great. Authority and responsibility go hand in hand. so the world's history shows, and the "weeding out" process, whereby only the men of true character and worth are selected for the foremost positions, goes on re- lentlessly. Thus it is that the men who reach the topmost ranks are the men of true worth and ability. In the case of David E. Burley, the rule has held goed that it is truly "a survival of the fittest."
Mr. Burley was born in Butler county, Ohio, March 8, 1849. His father was Joshua Burley and his mother Mary Ann Ward Burley.
After receiving a common school education he went to the Asbury University, located at Greencastle, Indiana. He attended that institution two years and then took up railroad work as his profession.
It was on January 21. 1891, that Mr. Burley came to Utah. He is today general passenger agent of the Oregon Short Line railroad, with headquarters at Salt Lake City. He has a suite at the Bransford apartments, this city. Mr. Burley finds time for social recreation and is a member of the Alta Club and of the Country Club, both located at Salt Lake City. He is a mem- her also of the Masonic order.
Politically Mr. Burley is a Republican, being a staunch he- liever in the "Old Guard" Republicanism as set forth by former President William Howard Taft.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
EDWIN H. CLARKE.
T O MORE devoted band of "boosters" is at work today in the interest of Salt Lake City and Utah generally, than the real estate men. Among the best known of the realty men of this city is Edwin Holder Clarke. Mr. Clarke is a native son. He was born at Salt Lake City, June 27, 1873. He comes of English and Scotch- Irish descent, his family having immigrated into the United States from New Zealand in 1871. His father was Gus M. Clarke and his mother Mrs. Louie M. Clarke.
Mr. Clarke received the common school education in Salt Lake and then entered upon the work which he has developed to such large proportions.
He is today a salesman for the Bettilyon Home Builders Com- pany, and is considered an expert in realty lines, having charge of the real estate department of this firm.
Mr. Clarke is a member of the Native Sons of Utah, the Mod- ern Woodmen of America, the Royal Neighbors of America, the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoos, and the Spanish War Veterans.
The first and the last organization in this list reveal the char- acter of the man and show that he is patriotic to his State and to his country at large.
From September 1, 1903, to March 31, 1914, he was a mem- ber of the United States Forest Service, holding the position of ranger, supervisor and assistant district forester, with headquart- ers at Orangeville, Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah, and also at Washington, D. C.
He is married, his wife having been Miss Sarah J. Christen- sen. They have no children. Mr. Clarke is a Progressive. He is a director of the Bettilyon Home Builders Company, and also vice- president of the Truss Rail Joint Company.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
ALBERT RAYMOND BARNES.
I N THE fall of 1912 it did not take the Republican State convention long to choose its candidate for Attorney- General of Utah. Albert Raymond Barnes had served the State in that capacity for one term and had done much for the State-among other things, enforcing the inheritance tax law. The income from this measure from such estates as that of the late E. H. Harriman has been sufficient to erect a capitol which will cost more than $2,000,000 when completed.
Accordingly, Mr. Barnes was popular with his party and also with other Utahns of other political faiths. He was re-elected and has been attorney-generalizing thus far in his second term as successfully as in the first term.
Attica, in the corn and author belt of Indiana, was the birth- place of Attorney-General Barnes in 1867. His parents were Dr. Francis Barnes and Lucinda Raymond Barnes. Law books looked better to Mr. Barnes than historical novels and he took up the study of law.
He was graduated from the academic department of North- western University at Evanston, Ill., and later from the law de- partment of Michigan University in 1899. In November of that year he came to Salt Lake and hung out his shingle. He married Miss Josephine Naisbitt of Salt Lake City and is the father of one son, Francis Raymond Barnes, three years of age.
Mr. Barnes is a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows and the Sons of the American Revolution. His club is the Commercial Club of Salt Lake City.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
JAMES F. DUNN.
E MPIRE BUILDERS" is the title conferred in demo- cratie America upon those leaders in industrial enter- prises, the railroad officials. These are the men who gnide the steel trail through the desert wastes, the sky- piercing mountains and the traekless forests. These are they who win from the grip of the wilderness the land which later is made to blossom like the rose.
One of the best known railroad men in the West is James F. Dunn.
Mr. Dunn was hom at Skaneateles, Onondego county, New York. His parents were James and Mrs. Co.ilia Murren Dunn.
Mr. Dunn received the common schooling afforded in the country and then entered an academy at San Jose, Cal., having meantime moved from the East to the Pacific coast.
It was in 1895 that he came to Utah, and began to make a reputation for himself in railroad eireles in the intermountain country. Slowly, but surely, he rose in the ranks of his chosen profession until today he is superintendent of motive power of the Oregon Short Line railroad, with headquarters at Salt Lake City, Utah. Although his duties are many and pressing, and his responsibility great, Mr. Dunn finds time for social duties. He is a member of the Alta C'Inh, the Salt Lake Commereial Club, the Bonneville ('lub and the Western Railway Club.
Ile is a Republican and is devoted to the interests of that party.
Those who know him unite in praising the character of Mr. Dunn, and it is believed by his railroad confreres that his work has not yet reached its height, but that he will rise to higher sta- tions in the railroad world.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
LEWIS TELLE CANNON.
EWIS TELLE CANNON was born in Salt Lake City, April 22, 1872. He is a son of George Q. Cannon and Martha Telle C'annon, and attended the common schools in Salt Lake and afterward the University of Utah, tak- ing special studies to fit him for his profession. He entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1892, remaining four years and graduating from the department of architecture. He returned to Utah immediately upon his grad- uation, and for a short time was engaged by the Utah Light & Power Company at Ogden in the construction of a large electric plant there. He then became professor of mathematics in the Ag- ricultural College of Utah at Logan, remaining two years.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called him on a foreign mission and he served for three years in Germany and Switzerland, learning German and French while there. He returned to Utah in 1901 and married Miss Martha Howell, a daughter of Congressman Joseph Howell of Cache valley. The children born of this union are Martha Howell Cannon, 12 years of age ; Mary Aileen Canon, 10 years of age ; Howell Quayle Can- non, six years of age and Louise Howell Cannon, one year of age. Mr. Cannon is a member of the Salt Lake Commercial Club and the Timpanogas Club. the Utah Association of Architects and the Intermountain Technology Association.
He is also senior member of the firm of Cannon & Fetzer, architects. Salt Lake City. He is a Republican in politics, and is a director of Zions Savings Bank & Trust Company, and a director in the George Q. Cannon Association; a director in the National Savings & Trust Company, and one of the executors of the George Q. Cannon estate.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
CHARLES FRANCIS BARRETT.
a SUPERINTENDENT of city waterworks has troubles all his own. From its source the superintendent must watch, regulate and tabulate the life-giving and dirt- destroying fluid through the faucets, spigots and taps to the ultimate consumer. All of which comprises consid- erable job, and the superintendent must be more or less "eminently fitted" for the work.
Charles Francis Barrett, superintendent of the city water- works system of Salt Lake, passes muster with the "A-1" brand. In the problem of the water which must come from the great watershed supplying this city, Mr. Barrett has a problem worth while, and he is doing much to solve it.
Mr. Barrett was born March 19, 1873, at Fort Douglas, Utah, which is situated on the United States military reservation, near Salt Lake. His mother was Hannah M. Nelson Barrett and his father was Maurice James Barrett, a native of Ireland and mem- ber of a family prominently identified with the early settlement of Baltimore, Maryland.
The public schools and the Brigham Young University at Provo, provided Mr. Barrett's education. He later graduated, through a correspondence course, with the degree of mechanical engineer. He came to Salt Lake in 1902 and two years later be- came general foreman of the water service of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad. He was appointed superintendent of the water works of Salt Lake City, January 1, 1912.
Mr. Barrett was married to Miss Myrtle Budge and is the father of Maurice Barrett, 10 years of age. He is majority stock- holder of the Boyle Drug Company of Salt Lake, is a Republican in politics and a member of the Salt Lake Commercial Club.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
GLEN R. BOTHWELL.
ANY an Eastern man has been lured to the West by the promise of the great open country just developing. And of these many a one has found opportunities which seemed denied him in the more settled East. Among those who have found success awaiting them in the new West is Glenn R. Bothwell. Mr. Bothwell was born in Morison, Ills., on October 9, 1861. He was reared in the East, and received the education of the common schools.
It was not until 1888, however, when he had reached the age of 27 years, that he came to Utah.
The change of location marked the commencement of a new career. The opportunities of the new country were taken ad- vantage of immediately. Mr. Bothwell became interested in real estate, and in mining.
He acquired holdings which proved of great value and today he is among the best known residents of this State as a real estate holder and mining man.
Among the various corporations of which he is a member are the American Falls Canal & Power Company, the Aberdeen Townsite & Investment Company, the Bingham Conger Copper Company and others.
Mr. Bothwell is a loyal stepson of the western commonwealth where he has scored such a success, and is an active member of the Salt Lake Commercial Club.
Politically he is a Progressive and is an enthusiastic sup- porter of the principles of Theodore Roosevelt.
He is married, his wife having been Miss Jessie E. Glenn. Five children have blessed this union: Ina C. MeConaughy, 30 years of age; Zuyda E. Martineau, 26 years of age; Charlotte Bothwell, 22 years of age; Roy Bothwell, 19 years of age, and Floyd Bothwell, 15 years of age.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
GEORGE D. ALDER.
EORGE D. ALDER was born November 17, 1866, at St. Louis, Mo., a son of George Alfred and Lydia Dun- ford Alder. His parents came to Salt Lake City in September, 1867, over the old "Mormon Emigration trail." Mr. Alder began his education at the school of Mary Clark, in the old Social Hall on State street, and later the University of Deseret, and is an alumnus of that in- stitution.
His business experience began at the age of 15 years as an employe of his grandfather, George Dunford, the pioneer boot and shoe merchant of this city. From that position he entered the employ of Walker Brothers, and remained for five years in their mercantile establishment, afterward going into the shoe business with his father and later became manager for the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of Portland, Me. A year later he purchased the general agency of the National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier, Vt., becoming general manager for the Intermountain States, a position he has held for twenty years.
Mr. Alder has devoted his whole time to his business, which has now reached splendid proportions. In politics he is a Demo- erat and for twenty years has been secretary of the Utah Demo- cratie Club. He is interested in a number of institutions, besides being owner of considerable real estate. This includes Alderwood farm, his country home in the Cottonwoods. Mr. Alder married Miss Dean Caine, daughter of the Hon. John T. Caine, a former delegate to Congress from Utah in 1889. Seven children were born, five of whom survive. They are: Mrs. Van V. Midgley, John C., Edwin C., Katherine C. and Carleton C. Alder, the fam- ily residence being at 55 First avenue. Salt Lake.
Mr. Alder has been an enthusiastic worker in the Commer- cial ('lub since its organization.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
ALFRED BEST.
A LFRED BEST, one of Salt Lake City's leading musi- cians and musical teachers, was born in Salt Lake coun- ty, February 13, 1877. His parents are Alfred Best and Eliza Conk Best. From childhood he showed a love for music and when 14 years of age he began to study instrumental and vocal music, taking up the study of voice culture when 17 years of age, under local teachers. Later he studied in New York City under Dr. Frank G. Dossertt.
For two years he was instructor of music at the University of Utah. He was one of the principal tenors of the Henry W. Sav- age Grand Opera Company, during 1905 and 1906. Prof. Best was the first Utah singer to sing principal part in grand opera.
In 1907 he married Miss Emma Dean of Salt Lake City and soon after they left for Berlin, Germany, where Prof. Best spent three years studying with Maestro Georg Fergusson and for one winter with Kappehneister Carl Mueller, director of the Wagner- ian festivals in Bayreuth.
During his stay in Europe he appeared at many notable places. On June 29, 1910. he sang at Antwerp in concert, with the Societe Royale D'Harmonie orchestra of sixty-five pieces, directed by Coustant Lenæits. He appeared later in two concerts at Os- tende with an orchestra of 125 pieces, directed by M. Rinskopf.
Returning to Salt Lake City he opened a studio and later accepted the directorate of the vocal department of the Utah Con- servatory of Music from which position he retired to private practice in 1914.
In June, 1913, Prof. Best and his pupils produced " Cavaliera Rusticana," the first grand opera produced in Utah by local talent. Prof. Best sang the role of Turridu. He is a member of the Salt Lake Rotary Club and is the father of three beautiful daughters.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utal
WILLIAM JAMES BARRETTE.
I HE legal fraternity of Utah has a representative of the bar in William James Barrette who would honor the bar of any state. Mr. Barrette's practice and the manner in which he attends to the many demands of his large clientele, places him in a position where it is impossible to say that he is surpassed by any other member of his profession. Mr. Barrette was born February 17, 1867, in Daven- port, Iowa. For the greater part of his youth he remained in Iowa, gaining his early training and education in the city of Dav- enport.
He entered Grinnell College, Iowa, in 1887, and received the degree of A. B. in 1890. In 1891 Mr. Barrette entered the Wash- ington University Law School, remaining there through 1892.
Mr. Barrette is a believer in the independent political policy. When an issue presents itself he stands for it, whether it is the offspring of one political organization or another, if the prin- ciple involved appeals to him as being right.
His wife's maiden name was Elizabeth Suiter. His children are Walter Sniter Barrette, 17 years of age; Pierce Cook Bar- rette, 12 years of age ; Elizabeth Barrette eight years of age, and William James Barrette, Jr., six years of age. Mr. Barrette is well known in Utah club circles, being a member of the Alta Club of Salt Lake, the Salt Lake Commercial Club, the Salt Lake Coun- try Club, the University (lub of Salt Lake and the Salt Lake Ten- nis Club.
Distinction has been gained by Mr. Barrette in fraternal so- cieties, he being a highly esteemed member of the Masonic organ- ization. In 1907 he was the grand master of the masonic lodge in Utah. At the present time Mr. Barrette is a member of the Salt Lake City Board of Education. Under the present Salt Lake commission form of government Mr. Barrette was the first cor- poration counsel.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
THOMAS ROBINSON CUTLER.
HOMAS R. Cutler is a son of John and Elizabeth Rob- inson Cutler. He is a native of Sheffield, England, and was born June 2, 1844. He came to Salt Lake City in October, 1864, and. has lived here since that time. He married Miss Laura E. Coons in this city, and is a mem- ber of the Alta Club and the Commercial Club of Salt Lake City.
Mr. Cutler's activities have been centered wholly upon com- mercial and financial enterprises in which he has attained an emi- nent degree of success. As general manager of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company he has large responsibilities, comes in close touch with the hundreds of employes in the various plants of that com- pany and with the many farmers supplying sugar beets to the various factories.
Mr. Cutler is a Republican, but has never held public office. His activities have been wholly taken up in commercial and in- dustrial lines.
He is a director in the following corporations: McCornick & Company, bankers; the Utah State National Bank; the Bank .,f Garland; the Bank of Monroe; the Consolidated Wagon and Ma- chine Company; the Continental Life Insurance Company; and vice-president of the Inter-Mountain Life Insurance Company.
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