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He was vice-president of the Salt Lake Stock and Mining ex- change from 1908 to 1911, inclusive, and president of that organi- zation during the years 1911 and 1912, being ever prominent in its proceedings and undertakings.
Among the well-known business men of this city, and born in Utah, Mr. Browning is enthusiastic over the city and State and is ever to be depended upon in "boosting" Utah and its interests.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
DR. CHARLES NEWLAND RAY
HE ability of Dr. Charles Newland Ray as a physician and surgeon was recognized in January, 1916, when he was appointed by the board of county commission- ers of Salt Lake county as county physician, succeed- ing Dr. C. C. Snyder. He is a progressive citizen and takes a keen interest in any movement having for its object the betterment of civic conditions. He is a son of Susan E. Kern-Ray and Thomas T. Ray, and was born in Bedford, In- diana, September 10, 1874.
Dr. Ray's early education was obtained in the common and high schools of his home city. Then he attended the state normal school at Terre Haute, and the Louisville Medical college at Louisville, Kentucky, from which he was graduated as physician and surgeon in 1898.
Following his graduation, he came to Utah in October, 1898, to practice his profession. Ile has been uniformly successful in his practice and has made a wide circle of friends.
Dr. Ray was physician and surgeon for Utah Copper com- pany at Bingham, Utah, from 1907 to 1913, coming from there to Salt Lake City.
Dr. Ray is a thirty-second degree Mason and is well known among the Masonic fraternity.
Dr. Ray is married, his wife's maiden name having been Lulu G. Bourgard. To this union the following children were born: Florence E. Ray, 12 years old, and Charles H. Ray, 7 years old.
In politics Dr. Ray is a Republican.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
WILLIAM HENRY WATTIS
ILLIAM HENRY WATTIS, president and general manager of the Utah Construction company, stands high among the progressive and influential citizens of the state of Utalı. He has earned a reputation for doing big things and his executive ability has done much to make the construction company one of the largest of its kind in the country. He was born in Uintah, Utah, August 15, 1859, and is the son of Mary Jane Corey-Wattis and Edmund Wattis.
While the activities of Mr. Wattis are wide in their scope he is best known perhaps in the railroad construction field, where he is recognized as an anthority. In addition to being head of the Utah Construction company, Mr. Wattis is presi- dent and general manager of Vineyard Land & Stock company; director and member of the executive committee of the Amalga- mated Sngar company ; director Ogden, Logan and Idaho Rail- way company; vice-president and director Lion Coal company ; vice-president and director, Dee Memorial hopital; director, Nevada Copper Belt railroad, and director Teton Valley Land company.
Mr. Wattis is a prominent elnb man, being a member of the Weber club, Ogden, Utah; Transportation club, Salt Lake City, and Bohemian club, San Francisco. He is an Elk and a Mason.
Mr. Wattis is married, his wife's maiden name being Marie Dorothy Stander. To this union were born the following chil- dren: Estella Wattis Rhivers, Florence Louise (deceased). Mary Jane and Edmund B (deceased). The family home is 2649 Jefferson avenue, Ogden, Utah. In politics Mr. Wattis is a Re- publican.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
MOYLAN C. FOX
MONG the most prominent bankers and mining men of the state is Moylan C. Fox of Salt Lake City. He has diversified interests throughout the west and is one of Utah's big men of affairs. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and is the son of Louisa Fox and Stephen Moylan Fox. His early youth was passed in his home city, where he was given the advantage of a good rudimentary education.
In 1875 mining received an impetus in the territory of Utah and reports of activities were scattered over the country. Mr. Fox was attracted westward with hundreds of other young men and arrived in Utah in March of that year. From the start, he made a snecess at his mining operations and today has big hold- ings in a number of properties.
Mr. Fox is a member of the board of directors of the Con- tinental National bank and his opinion on financial matters is given much weight. He is president of the Enreka Hill Mining company and of the Improved Brick company.
Mr. Fox is a member of the Alta and the Commercial clubs. His address is Alta club, Salt Lake City. In politics he is inde- pendent. He believes Utah has a still greater destiny as a min- ing center and has done much to interest eastern capital in prop- erties in this state.
The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fox: Lawrence and Moylan C. Fox, Jr., and Mrs. Edson Adams, Pied- mont, California.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
DR. JOHN T. KEITH
HAT Dr. John T. Keith has unbounded faith in a Greater Utah and Greater Salt Lake City is shown by his heavy investments in improved and unimproved realty in the state's capital. He is known as one of the most progressive citizens of Utah and he never overlooks an opportunity to boost for his adopted state. Dr. Keith is the son of Mary E. Flack-Keith and T. E. Keith, and was born in Vienna, Illinois.
Dr. Keith received a good common school education and then became a student at the normal school and later at the Wesleyan university at Salina, Kansas. Following his graduation from the Wesleyan university, he studied dentistry at the Kansas City Dental college at Kansas City, Missouri, and secured his sheepskin.
Dr. Keith practiced his profession in Wyoming and other western states before coming to Salt Lake City to take up his residence. Soon after his arrival here he began making invest- ments in real estate. He put Ilaxton Place, running south from East South Temple street, on the market. It is one of the beauty spots of the city.
Dr. Keith retired from active practice a number of years ago and now devotes himself to his varied interests. He is man- ager of the Hotel Investment company and is connected with many other companies. He is a Mason and a member of the University club.
Dr. Keith is married, his wife's maiden name having been Katherine Blythe. One danghter, Katherine, aged 12, is issue of that union. The family home is No. 1 Haxton Place, Salt Lake City.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
GEORGE WELLINGTON SNOW.
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O man has done more for Salt Lake City in an en- gineering way than G. W. Snow, former city en- gineer who recently again has been called from a lucrative position of his profession to the service of Salt Lake City.
Mr. Snow was born in Salt Lake Angust 30, 1856. With the exception of a course at Lafayette College at Easton, Pa., and journeys required by his profession he has been resident here ever since. His parents, Zerubbabel and Mary Augustus Hawkins Snow, were pioneers. His father be- ing the first U. S. Territorial Judge of Utah.
Prior to going east to school Mr. Snow was an undergradu- ate of the University of Utah and on his entering his profession came at once to Salt Lake City. His first reputation as a lo- cating engineer was gained with the Rio Grande Western. Later he was surveyor general of Utah and city engineer of Salt Lake City and chief engineer of the Utah Fuel Company.
Mr. Snow was married to Emily E. Randall of Nephi, Utah, March 12, 1882. There are five children : Mrs. Cora Snow Morri- son, of San Diego, California, Miss Eva Snow, G. Lyle Snow of the city engineer's office, Salt Lake City, Mrs. Winifred Snow Pinney of Salt Lake City and Cedric R. Snow.
Mr. Snow is a member of the Sons of the American Revolu- tion and the Native Sons of Utah.
As the head of the bureau of mechanical inspection Mr. Snow's office is in the City and County building.
The family residence is at 1900 South Ninth East Street.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
ABRAHAM MEEKING, JR.
MONG the numerous occupations which are particu- larly identified with the twentieth century and the rapid developments of modern invention, none per- haps is more strictly up-to-date than is that of the automobile livery.
The ancient methods of city transportation are now meeting new rivals in transportation. The automobile liver- ies which have sprung up of recent years in most of the larger cities of the United States, are of even greater convenience than are the trolleys.
And it is a mark of the thoroughly "down-to-date" charac- teristic of Salt Lake City, that this intermountain metropolis has such an automobile livery for the benefit of the public. Identified with this latest of enterprises is Abraham Meeking, Jr.
Mr. Meeking is not only a native son of Utah, but a native son of the capital of this state, where he is now carrying on an extensive and well-paying business. He was born in this city August 8, 1874. His father was Abraham Meeking, Sr., and his mother, Mrs. Caroline Lambourne Meeking.
Mr. Meeking is married, his wife having been Miss Mamie O. Owens. Their home is blessed by a charming little daughter, Caroline, twelve years of age.
Mr. Meeking is president and manager of the Utah Automo- bile Livery & Taxicab Company of Salt Lake City. But he finds time from his pressing business duties to enjoy fraternal and (lub life. He is a member of the Masonic order, the local Elks' lodge and the Woodmen of the World, besides belonging to the Rotary club and to the Salt Lake Commercial Club.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
JOSEPH NELSON.
ORE than anything else which is needed by a grow- ing western state, is the means of transportation; not only of passengers but of merchandise. The growth of cities depends on the lines of communica- tion which extend out from them in all directions, covering the local field and like great fingers, draw the suburban and closely adjacent country into nearer communi- cation with the rapidly developing metropolis.
Salt Lake City has a line which is doing much to develop the nearby country, and of recent date, the land through which this road passes is being given more and more attention with regard to cultivation.
This road is the Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railway. The subject of this sketch, Joseph Nelson, is closely identified with the growth and steady development of that great undertaking.
Born in Moroni, Utah, December 30, 1861, Mr. Nelson was instilled with the native pride of his state, and has ever shown the most unbounded faith in her greatness. He came of Scan- dinavian stock which has given to America so many of its great and most intelligent citizens-Scandinavia his parents being natives of that peninsula. His father was Jens C. Nelson and his mother Mrs. Annie Anderson Nelson.
Joseph Nelson received his education at the Brigham Young University at Provo, attending that institution from 1881 to 1887. He taught school for fifteen years in Salt Lake City. He was engaged for years in the sheep and wool business, and for seven years beginning in 1891, was cashier of the Utah National Bank of Salt Lake, and had much to do with its growth and development.
Mr. Nelson was married to Miss Leonora Smith, but she has since died. leaving five children. They are Joseph, 17 years of age; George S., 15; Alvin S., 13; Alice, 12; and Franklin S., 7 years of age.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
GEORGE HENRY DERN.
HE general manager of the Consolidated Mercur Gold Mines Company, George Henry Dern has been identified with many of the extensive mining operations in the western states and is well known as an authority on all matters pertaining to the mining business. Mr. Dern is not only well known in mining circles, but is highly esteemed socially and a man whose integrity is beyond question. His occupation since his arrival in Utah has always been in some capacity in connection with mines or mining interests.
George Henry Dern, son of John and Elizabeth Dern, was born September 8, 1872, near Scribner, Dodge county, Neb.
His parents were both born in Germany, the name of Dern being very familiar in that part of the old world.
His early education was acquired in Dodge county.
His collegiate course was taken at Lincoln, Neb., at the Uni- versity of Nebraska. Mr. Dern attended that college during the years 1893 and 1894. He came to Utah December 14, 1894, and immediately engaged in business. From 1904 to 1909 he lived at Mercur, as he was then connected with the Consolidated Mercur Gold Mines Company, which is one of the greatest of its kind in the world, having already produced to exceed $15,000,000 in gold and paid more than $3,000,000 dividends.
His wife was formerly Miss Lottie Brown, of Fremont, Neb. they have three children: Mary, John and William. In club and fraternal circles Mr. Dern has become identified extensively in Salt Lake City and the West. In 1913 he was accorded the honor of having been chosen as the grand master of the Masonic Order for Utalı. Mr. Dern is also a popular member of the Salt Lake Commercial club and University club. He is also a director of the American Mining Congress and a member of the American Political Association, and of the American Economic Associa- tion.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
DR. ROBERT WILLARD HALL
FTER practicing his profession in Colorado from 1905 to 1911, Dr. Robert Willard Hall obeyed the injunc- tion given many years ago, by a noted man, to "Go west," and he came to Salt Lake City. This choice was prompted by the brilliant future promised to Salt Lake City by all the signs that go to determine the destinies of cities. He has not regretted his choice. of cities. He has not regretted his choice.
Dr. Hall is a native of Cherokee, Iowa, and he was born July 18, 1875. His parents were James C. Hall and Lucy A. HIall. He attended the district and high schools of Iowa, round- ing out his classical and professional education at the Iowa State university, which granted him his degrees March 25, 1898.
Dr. Hall then began his practice in Colorado, where he earned success and a large practice. Dr. Hall's work is exclu- sively limited to the treatment of pyorrhea, and in this he had built up a large clientele.
Dr. Hall is married, and has two children, James Clifton Hall, 11 years of age, and Lucile Mileen Hall, 8 years of age. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has attained the thirty-second degree. He also is a member of Salt Lake lodge No. 85, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was sec- retary of the oral hygiene section of the Panama-Pacific Dental congress held at San Francisco, and has written many technical articles dealing with his specialty, in the dental magazines of the country. His offices are in the Kearns building.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
ROBERT W. NICOL
S THE HEAD of a great electrical corporation with branches in thirteen cities in three intermountain states, Robert W. Nicol of Salt Lake City has proven himself a genius for organization, and a success as a business man. Robert W. Nicol, president of the Capital Electric company, is a native of Quincy, Illinois. He was born November 20, 1861, and his parents were William and Elizabeth White Nicol, who came to the United States from Glasgow, Scotland, in 1856.
Mr. Nicol began the study of the application of electricity to daily needs, in his boyhood, having been fascinated by the wonderful power. He followed this line until he engaged in the electrical supply business, which was followed, upon his arrival in Salt Lake City in 1889, by the organization of the Capital Electric company.
This is one of the greatest electrical supply houses in the western half of the United States, and besides the parent in Salt Lake City there are branch houses in Butte, Helena, Great Falls, Missoula and Billings, Montana ; Boise, Idaho Falls, Twin Falls and Pocatello, Idaho; and Provo and Price, Utah. The houses in Salt Lake are the Capital Electric company and the Salt Lake Electric Supply company. These various concerns, over all of which Mr. Nicol exercises personal supervision, cover the three states in which they are situated, thoroughly for both the wholesale and the retail trade.
Mr. Nicol is married, and has a son and a daughter. The son bears his father's name, Robert W. Nicol, and the daughter is named Nellie June. The son is 9 years of age and the daugh- ter two years younger.
Mr. Nicol is a member of Salt Lake lodge No. 85, Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the Salt Lake Com- mercial club.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
RICHARD J. EVANS
ICHARD J. EVANS, one of Utah's most successful and wide-awake mining operators, was born at Rock- land, Ontonagan county, Michigan, January 27, 1865. He came naturally by his interest in mining, as his father, James Evans, was a prosperous mining man, who, with his wife, Eliza Gundry Evans, settled in Michigan at an early age.
Following his gradnation from the common schools of Calu- met, the subject of this sketch took up mining work, but in 1888 he gave up, for a time, these operations and entered the Inter- national Business College at Saginaw, Michigan. He was gradu- ated from this institution and in 1891 took charge of the college as manager. After severing his connection with the college, he took charge of the Saginaw "Courier-Herald," a Republican newspaper, which he managed for five years. He is credited with running the first exclusive newspaper train across the state of Michigan.
After leaving the "Courier-Herald" Mr. Evans decided to follow the mining business, and came to Salt Lake City as the most likely base of operations. The snecess attending his efforts from the start is attributed in great measure to the experience gained while working as a youth in the Calumet and Heela mines.
Mr. Evans promoted the American Falls Canal and Power company at Snake River, Idaho, from 1902 to 1904. He is now identified prominently with a number of the large mining com- panies of Utah and Nevada and has varied interests, including real estate holdings.
Mr. Evans is a member of the American Mining Congress, the Commercial club and of El Kalah Temple, Mystic Shrine, A. F. and A. M. Mr. Evans is always striving to interest cap- ital, not only in intermountain mines, but in all classes of sound investments in the West.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
Q. B. KELLY
HENEVER you mention Utah to a member of the American Institute of Banking, the banker immedi- ately thinks of Q. B. Kelly, the popular cashier of the Citizens State bank of Bingham. Mr. Kelly is a native son of Utah. He was born in Fillmore, February 28, 1869. He is of Scotch-Irish descent. His mother was Margaret Mellville-Kelly and his father John Kelly. Mr. Kelly was educated in the public schools of Utah, and in 1882 entered the Salt Lake Collegiate institute. He was graduated in June, 1886, and has since been engaged in ac- counting and banking.
In 1888 Mr. Kelly began his active banking career as mes- senger for the old T. R. Jones bank. He resigned this position because of "pen paralysis," and moved to Colorado, where for a few years he became a rancher. His health improving, Mr. Kelly then became a school teacher in Colorado and later fol- lowed salesmanship in Colorado and Idaho.
He returned to Salt Lake City in 1905 and worked in some of the banks of the capital city, afterward going to Bingham. He was president of the Salt Lake chapter A. I. B. in 1910, dele- gate to the 1910 convention of the association and endorsed by the Salt Lake chapter of bankers for the executive council of the A. I. B. in 1912.
On April 30, 1902, Mr. Kelly married Miss Laura Dalrym- ple. They have three children: Maxine, 11 years of age; Dun- ton, 8 years of age, and Rowine, 4 years of age.
Mr. Kelly is president of the Bingham Canyon Commercial club. He is also a member of the Bingham Canyon lodge I. O. O. F.
In addition to his connection with the bank, Mr. Kelly is active in the affairs of Utah. He is a Republican and is at all times willing to assist all movements inaugurated for the good of the state. Ile is an enthusiastic advocate of the good roads campaign.
len of Affairs in The State of Utah
ALFRED F. HUST
LFRED F. HUST, president of the Monroe Studio company, is recognized as one of the leading photo- artists of Utah and the intermountain country. He has brought to photography the keen comprehension of the artist and as a result his work is considered par excellent by thousands of people. He was born in Saarbruecken, Germany, November 10, 1882, and is the son of Mary F. Hust and Nicolaus Hust. Following the acquirement of a thorough preliminary education, he studied at the Art Insti- tute of Saarbruecken under Professor F. Kraft and was gradu- ated in 1900.
Mr. Hust came to the United States in 1905 and soon there- after engaged in the business of making artistic photographs. His work has won him a large clientele and in addition awards and prizes at various exhibitions. Among the awards received were the gold medal offered by the Intermountain Photograph- ers' association and the first prize at the Utah State fair. Under his immediate supervision, most of the photographs for the Press Club Book, "Men of Affairs in the State of Utah," were taken.
Mr. Hust is a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Loyal Order cf Moose. He also is an active member of the German club and the German Turnverein.
Mr. Hust is married, his wife's maiden name having been Charlotte Zimmerman. To this nnion were born four children; Edith, 11 years old; Melvin, 9; Lottie, 7, and Raymond, 3.
In polities Mr. Hust is a Republican.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
MORRIS LATIMER RITCHIE
ORRIS LATIMER RITCHIE, judge of the district court of the Third Judicial district, is one of the most prominent jurists and lawyers in the State of Utah. His judgment on problems of law and his decisions in legal cases generally are voted sound by members of the bar. He was born in Lewistown, Illinois, Jan- mary 24, 1858, and is the son of Mary Louise Latimer-Ritchie and Henderson Ritchie. His early youth was spent in Lewis- town.
The intermountain west proved the magnet that finally drew young Ritchie to it. In Jannary, 1891, he arrived in Salt Lake City, and here he has made his home ever since. When the people of Utah divided on party lines, following the en- trance of the territory into the constellation of States, .Judge Ritchie lined up with the Republicans, having previously been affiliated with the G. O. P. in Illinois. He has been prominent in the councils of the party, and his advice has been sought and given in campaigns of the past. He was honored by election to the position of district judge, which he now holds.
Judge Ritchie is married. His wife's maiden name was Lily Munsell. To them were born : Rosamond, aged 23; Oliver Henderson, 21, and Elizabeth, 13. The family home is at 1171 First avenue.
Judge Ritchie is a member of the Masonic and A. O. U. W. fraternities and of the Alta club. He is one of the leading cit- izens of the State.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
WILLIAM O. KAY
MONG the young men of Salt Lake who have made strides along the road of success during the past few years is William O. Kay. Mr. Kay was born No- vember 21, 1877, in Ogden, Utah. He is the son of Ovedia M. Kay and David M. Kay, one of the most prominent men in the state of Utah. His grand- father, William Kay, was also a prominent bishop in the Mor- mon church.
Mr. Kay spent his early life in Ogden, being educated in the public schools of that city. Not being content with the pro- gress of the industries in the town of Ogden, Mr. Kay began to branch out.
While his interests are centered in the company in which he is general manager, Mr. Kay has become financially interested with a great many other enterprises in various sections of the state.
In polities Mr. Kay has always been a staunch and reliable Republican, but has been so actively engaged in business life that he has never been a candidate for office.
In social life he is a member of the Elks and of the United Commercial Travelers. The career which Mr. Kay has made for himself has marked him as one of the leading business men of the community and his success has been achieved by his own industry and application to his business. He is well and popu- larly known throughout the inter-mountain region. In addition to his position as general manager of the W. O. Kay elevator company and in connection with the wholesale grain and seed business Mr. Kay is a director of the Guardian Casualty and Guaranty company; president of the W. O. Kay Investment company; president of the O. K. Ranch company; president of the Union Trust and Bank company; director of the Cache Junction Banking company and president of the Tropical In- vestment company.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
WILLIAM A. LEATHAM
ILLIAM A. LEATHAM was born on February 12, 1872, and has made his home in Salt Lake City the greater part of his life. He received his early edu- cation in the public schools and later attended busi- ness college. During the first term of C. M. Brown as county assessor of Salt Lake county, Mr. Leatham entered the office as a deputy. He remained there during Mr. Brown's incumbency and was made chief deputy when Amos Gabbott was elected as assessor. In 1912 he was nominated on the Republican ticket for county assessor and was elected to the position by a handsome majority. He was nominated for a second term in 1914 but went down to defeat with the Republi- can ticket in Salt Lake county.
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