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Chief Justice MeCarty is a member of Salt Lake lodge No. 85. B. P. O. E., the Knights of Pythias and the Loyal Order of Moose, all of Salt Lake City.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
HARRY S. JOSEPH
T IS needless to say that Harry S. Joseph is a Repub- lican. All those who have followed the course of politics in Utah know this fact. He has been a candi- date for congress on a number of occasions, and while he has invariably finished with the "also rans," he has furnished more than the average interest to these campaigns.
Mr. Joseph is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born June 14, 1866, and came to Utah June 10, 1887. He is a son of Augusta Bamberger Joseph and Solomon Joseph. He is a civil engineer, mining man and waterworks owner, and in following these avocations his time is largely taken up. He has time always, in season, however, for the great game of politics.
Mr. Joseph is identified with a large number of mining and other corporations. He is president and general manager of the Silver Shield Mining and Milling company; vice-president and general manager of the Beaver City Water Service com- pany ; president of the St. Joseph Land company, and president of the St. Joseph Water and Irrigation company.
Attending the University of Cincinnati from 1884 until his graduation with the degree of C. E. in 1887, he came at once to Utah, settling in Salt Lake. He married Miss Mamie Morris, but there are no children.
Mr. Joseph is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Salt Lake lodge No. 85, and of the Unity club. He is prominently identified with the Republican party, in state, county and city affairs, and has always been a stalwart among the leaders of that party. He knows many of the finer points of the greatest game in America, and his resources in a campaign are sometimes considered remarkable. He is a forceful speaker and a convincing campaign orator.
Mr. Joseph's home is at 80 H street, Salt Lake City, and this is the center of a delightful social sphere in which he and his wife move.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
CHARLES FRED JENNINGS
S ASSISTANT purchasing agent for the Utah Copper company, and associated interests, Charles Fred Jen- nings holds a position of trust with one of the largest mining institutions in the country, and one that is known in every civilized country in the world. A line of work that requires the greatest skill and the widest knowledge of general conditions is the position which is so ably filled by Mr. Jennings, who is not only a favorite with his work- ing associates, but with his social acquaintances.
Mr. Jennings, son of Sophronia H. and Mark Jennings, was born in Laramie, Wyoming, July 10, 1873. His ancestry dates back to June 23, 1677, on which date they landed at New Salem, New Jersey.
The ancestors on both sides of the family served in both the Revolutionary and the Civil wars. Like the ancestors, Mr. Jen- nings has always been an adherent of the principles of Repub- licanism, and is always a worker along those lines when the opportunities present themselves.
After completing his work in the public schools, Mr. Jen- nings entered the Wyoming university at Laramie, Wyoming, which college he attended until 1890.
Seven years later, July 13, 1897, he came to Salt Lake City, having been a resident of the state of Utah ever since. That he is well liked and highly esteemed by his fellow men is evi- denced by the fact that he is a highly respected member of local clubs and a member of the local Masonic fraternity. His mar- riage to Nellie Crandall took place after his arrival in Utah, the family now including two daughters and two sons: Grace, 9 years of age ; Fred C., 6 years of age; Mark J., 3 years of age, and Elizabeth, 1 year of age. Mr. Jennings is a member of the Alta club and the Transportation club, both of Salt Lake City.
Men of Affairs i- The State of Utah
WILLIAM ROSS WALLACE.
SSOCIATED actively with the Democratic party in Utah since the early days, William Ross Wallace is a conspicuous figure in the annals of that party in the West. Mr. Wallace was born in Salt Lake City December 10th, 1866. His father was Henry Wallace and his mother Mrs. Ellen Harper Wallace of Lon- don, England.
He was a student at the University of Utah, for four years.
Mr. Wallace's wife was formerly Miss Annie McChrystal. They have four sons, John M., twenty years of age; Henry A., seventeen years of age ; William R., Jr., fifteen years of age; and Alexander C., thirteen years of age.
Mr. Wallace is a stockholder in the National Biscuit com- pany and a director in the Utah National bank. He is also a prominent stockholder in Z. C. M. I. and in the Utah-Idaho Sugar company.
He is promoter and officer of the Utah Conservation com- pany. In addition to this he is also a member of the Bennett Paint and Glass Company, with branches in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Logan and Provo.
Like many other Utah men interested in a special line, the lure of mining has atracted him. Mr. Wallace has invested in this line profitably. He is president and principal owner of the Ridge and Valley Mining Company of the Tintie Mining District, Juab county, Utah. Besides this, he is also interested in Bristol, Nev., and in Deep Creek, Utah.
Mr. Wallace is a true westerner in ideals. He is now Demo- cratic National Committeeman for Utah.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
GEORGE MUELLER.
1 RESIDENT of several large western corporations and well known: as an influential business man George Mueller, who has been a resident of Salt Lake City for more than twenty years has since he arrived here through his untiring efforts built up a business and a reputation with business men of which any person should be proud. At the present time he is following the business of wholesale baking, and at the same time is the proprietor of a popular cafe in this city. In addi- tion to these interests Mr. Mueller is president of the Royal Bak- ing Company and the president of the Royal Confectionery Company.
Mr. Mueller was born in Germany. His parents were Junda August and George Mueller. His father followed the profession of a school teacher. George Mueller's school days were passed in the public schools of Germany.
After arriving in Salt Lake City he took a course in the night schools where he remained for considerable time. His ef- ficiency and honorable conduct soon gained for him the esteem and respect of his associates, both in a business and social life. His membership in the Commercial Club has extended over a long period and since his connection with that organization he has shown his friends that he is an ardent worker and always ready to give what assistance is within his power toward the betterment of the club.
Mr. Mueller has never taken what might be termed an ac- tive part in po'itical campaigns. He arrived here from Cali- fornia in 1890 and has been a resident since that time. Mr. Mneller was at one time married. Two daughters, who are now living with their father, are Norma, sixteen years of age, and Ruth, thirteen years of age. Mr. Mueller has real estate inter- ests in the state in addition to his interests in corporations. His residence is at the Prescott apartments, Second South and Sixth East Streets.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
JOHN C. D. CLARK.
OHN CHARLES DOBIE CLARK, general man- ager of the Utah Gas & Coke Company, was born at Champaign, Illinois, and educated in the public schools of that place with a supplementary course in a business college.
He entered the gas business as an employe of the Chicago Gas Light & Coke Company when the use of gas was restricted almost entirely to lighting. Beginning in 1885 he served in all departments and had much to do with the creation of others made necessary by the expansion of the gas business. He was commercial agent of the People's Gas & Coke Co., suc- cessor to Chicago Gas, in 1903, when he went to St. Louis, to be commercial agent of the Laclede Gas Co., a position he held for four years.
Mr. Clark was one of the first men in the public utilities service to appreciate the necessity for popularizing a form of business that had been conducted with almost aristocratie ex- elusiveness in its earlier stages. No small measure of his suc- cess and that of his companies was due to his policy of appeal- ing to the friendliness and common sense of the man in the street and the woman in the kitchen.
He delighted in taking down the bars between the "mag- nates" and the public. In the slang of the day, "he was the guy who took the ice out of service."
In 1907 he returned to Chicago and remained as commercial agent of the People's company until 1911. In that year he re- signed to enter the service of the American Public Utilities Com- pany, of Grand Rapids, Mich., which had just purchased the control of the Utah Gas & Coke Co. in Salt Lake. He was desig- nated as manager of the Utah company and arrived in Salt Lake April 6, 1912.
Mr. Clark and his wife reside at No. 8, Prescott apartments, Second Sonth and Sixth East Streets. They have two sons, Horace H., of Oak Park, Ill., and John C., of Bridgeport, Conn.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
JOHN JASPER MCCLELLAN.
F to charm the ears of a million hearers with melody that inspires the most sublime thoughts is to have fame, John Jasper MeClellan, Utah's premier musi- cian has established himself in the people's "Hall of Fame." It is impossible to arrive at an accurate estimate of the number of persons who have listened to his playing as organist of the Mormon Tabernacle organ, but it is safe to say that more than a million listeners have fallen un- der the spell of his magie power.
John Jasper Mcclellan was born at Payson, Utah, April 20, 1874. He gave evidence of his love for music in childhood, and in his earlier years was largely selftaught. When he was seven- teen years of age he entered the music department of the Univer- sity of Michigan at Ann Arbor and studied successively with Albert W. Platte, piano and theory ; Johann Erich School, piano; Dr. Albert A. Stanley, theory and organ; and Alberto Jonas, piano. Tle went to Berlin in 1899 and was a pupil of Francis Xaviar Scharwenka, piano; and Ernest Jedliczka, piano and theory. He filled the chair of music at the University of Utah for three years. He was named as organist for the Mormon Taher- nacle in October, 1900, which position he retains. He has played in concert in many parts of the United States. He is dean of the Utah Conservatory of Music, which he founded. His greatest work toward the development of trne musical taste among the masses, is as organist for the Tabernacle, where he gives free organ recitals of the world's best music. He was condnetor of the Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra, and his most notable com- position is "Irrigation Ode. " He has composed many songs and hymns, his music always being of an inspiring and unlifting char- aeter. The fari'y makes its home in Salt Lake City.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
JOHN HENRY FREDERICKSON
ORN on a farm near Champaign, Illinois, December 5, 1870, John Henry Frederickson spent his boyhood there. His parents were Erasmus Frederickson and Johanna Hansena Thorne Frederickson, natives of Denmark. He taught school one year before entering the University of Illinois. He studied civil engineer- ing from 1887 to 1891.
His wife formerly was Miss Sarah Shelby. They have two children : Myra Shelby, 4, and John Henry, Jr., 2 years of age.
Mr. Frederickson is a member of the University, Country, Salt Lake Commercial, Tennis and Alta clubs, and of the Amer- ican Society of Civil Engineers, New York, and the Western Society of Engineers, Chicago.
From 1892 to 1898 he was assistant engineer of bridges and buildings for the Illinois Central, in charge of the designing and drafting office, Chicago. From 1898 to 1900 he was locating and construction engineer for the same road. He located and super- vised construction of branch lines in Mississippi, including the Omaha extension, and Stuyvesant docks at New Orleans. From 1900 to 1914 he was with James Stewart & Co., contractors and engineers, at St. Louis and Pittsburg up to 1905, and then until 1908 being at New Orleans as manager of the southern office, when the company rebuilt the Stuyvesant docks in six months; the Union station and other buildings, making a total of $7,000,- 000 for the work. From 1908 to 1909 he was with the Stewart- Kerbaugh-Shanley company in New York as manager in charge of their state road contracts. From 1909 to 1914 he has been with James Stewart & Co. as manager at Denver and Salt Lake for all territory west of Kansas City. Among the buildings they have erected in Salt Lake during this time are Walker Bank building, Walker store, Auerbach building, Orpheum theater, and the Utah state capitol.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
PAUL JONES
T. REV. PAUL JONES, Bishop of Utah, was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, November 24, 1880, both his father, Rev. Henry L. Jones, S. T. D., and his grandfather, Rev. Lot Jones, D. D., having been cler- gymen of the Episcopal church. Bishop Jones grad- uated from Yale university in 1902, and from the Episcopal Theological school in 1906. After being ordained deacon in the Episcopal church he came to Utah, in September, 1906, and with the Rev. D. K. Johnston was put in charge of St. John's mission, Logan, where he remained until September, 1914, being in sole charge from 1911. He was advanced to the priesthood in December, 1906.
In Logan, Bishop Jones was active, not only in the works of the church, but through the Commercial club took a prominent part in the work of civic improvement. He was one of the organ- izers of the Commercial Boosters club, a charter member of the Associated Boys clubs of Utah, of which he was later president, and an organizer of the Logan Health league.
In 1908 a new church and club house for students were built, and the Common Room club, an organization for young men, was started. For six years he and Mr. Johnston published a monthly magazine called "The Portal," dealing with subjects of religion and civic interest, which was widely circulated about the state.
In September, 1914, Bishop Jones moved to Salt Lake City to become archdeacon of Utah. Following the death of the late Bishop Spaulding, he was elected bishop and was consecrated December 16, 1914, in St. Mark's cathedral, Salt Lake. As bishop he is president of the board of trustees of St. Mark's hospital, rector of the Rowland Hall school for girls, and in charge of all the work of the Episcopal church in Utah.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
JOHN F. WILLIAMSON
ROM civil engineering to coal field operative is a natural step, and this step was taken by John F. Williamson, who, in addition to his present interests, worked-and worked hard-as a civil engineer on several of the most important railway lines in the country.
John F. Williamson is a descendant of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and of a branch of the family which answered the call of the west following the revolution and settled in Ohio.
The city of Piqua, Ohio, was his birthplace. He was the son of Isabella Andrews Williamson and Albert J. Williamson. He obtained his education in the public schools of Ohio and took a special course in civil engineering in the Ohio State university at Columbus.
Following his gradnation in 1887, he came west with the vanguard of engineers for the railway lines, and was engaged in the work of locating the right of way for the Western Pacific railroad; track and bridge engineer for what is now the El Paso & Southwestern road; engineer on the Santa Fe system; division engineer for the Missouri Pacific, and has, at one time or an- other, been connected with railroads in all parts of the United States for a period covering twenty years.
Mr. Williamson is chief engineer for the Southern Utah railroad and president of the Helper Western railway. From railways, Mr. Williamson has turned his interest, in part, to the development of the Utah coal fields, and is president of the National Fuel company, a large and growing concern of this state, owning property covering 1323 acres and conservatively estimated to contain 80,000,000 tons of coal.
Mr. Williamson is a member of the Republican party, and is unmarried. His home is in Salt Lake City.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
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IRA H. LEWIS
SSISTANT cashier of the Denver & Rio Grande Rail- road company and of the Utah Fuel company is the high position of trust to which Ira H. Lewis has risen. The position is not one that may be gained by the work of a few days, and neither by a so-called pull. It is one that could have only been acquired by many years of steady toil and diligent and unceasing effort. Trust in him has always been properly placed, with the result that he is highly esteemed by the directors of the Denver & Rio Grande system, of which he is an able and trusted representative.
Mr. Lewis, son of Sarah Jane Martin and George W. Lewis, was born September 4, 1860, at St. Joseph, Missouri. Although his boyhood school days were spent in the city of his birth, his later training was received at the Kansas State Agricultural col- lege, at Manhattan, Kansas. As other matters intervened which made it impossible for him to complete his course at the Kansas college, he attended that institution only during the years 1874 and 1875. His first appearance in Utah was March 15, 1890, shortly after which he became connected with the corporations of which he is now assistant cashier. He is a Democrat. His wife was formerly Miss Blanche V. S. Smith. Some time after his arrival in Salt Lake City he was admitted to membership in the local Masonic order, of which fraternity he has since been a member in excellent standing. As a club member Mr. Lewis is well known throughout the state, at present being a member of the Salt Lake Commercial club, the Alta club and the Salt Lake City Transportation club.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
DR. T. WILLIAM STEVENSON.
IFE presents golden opportunities to the profes- sional man. The physician, for instance, who throws himself into his studies and preparatory work with that enthusiasm which marks the true disciple of Esenlapius, leaves behind him glitering milestones of mental and scientific achievement. The victories of the student are his.
Looking over the career of Dr. T. William Stevenson, one is impressed with the great variety of work, not of the dull, rou- tine, spiritless type, but work of the high class required by that inost exacting of taskmasters, the medical calling.
Born in Salt Lake City on April 12, 1878, Dr. Stevenson came of distinguished line. His grandfather being a surgeon in the British army; thus it was, that he came honestly by his love for that profession.
His father was Edward Stevenson and his mother Lonisa Yates Stevenson. After the rudimentary training of the graded schools of his native city, Dr. Stevenson entered the state nniver- sity here in 1893. He was graduated from that institution in 1896 and went next to the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Md., where he took up his medical studies, enter- ing there in 1904. He was graduated June 3, 1908.
He returned to Salt Lake City and took up his practice as a physician and surgeon. He has won an enviable reputation for his achievements in his chosen calling and is among the fore- most physicians of his native state today.
Dr. Stevenson is married, his wife being Mrs. Elnora Me- Kay Stevenson. They have four children: T. William Jr .. nine years of age; Charles Calvert, seven years of age; Edward Me- Kay, six years of age; and Gordon, four years of age.
For three years Dr. Stevenson was abroad, traveling through Europe from 1896 to 1899. He is a linguist of no mean ability, speaking both French and German fluently. In polities Dr. Ste- venson is a Republican. He was chosen assistant county physi- cian in 1911 and 1912 for Salt Lake county.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
NOBLE WARRUM.
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OSTMASTER NOBLE WARRUM was born at Greenfield, Indiana, on September 29, 1865, being one of the men whom the east has sent out to help in the great task of developing the west. His father was Noble Warrum and his mother, Mrs. Annie Wood Warrum.
Mr. Warrum received his collegiate training at two of the finest educational institutions in the country: De Paw Univer- sity and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Mich. He attended the former institution from 1882 to 1884 and the latter from 1886 to 1888. He received his law training at Michigan State University and after finishing that course, remained east for two years, removing to Utah in 1890.
Mr. Warrum is married, his wife formerly having been Miss Julia Hagen. Two children have blessed this union, Noble Warrum the Third, 19 years of age; and Andrew Warrum, 16 years of age.
Mr. Warrum is a member of three secret societies: the Ma- sonic order, the B. P. O. E. and a College Greek letter fraternity : the Phi Kappa Psi.
He is a staunch Democrat, was editor-in-chief of the Herald for five years, and is among the leaders of his party in Salt Lake City as well as in Utah. The office of city recorder was held by him for two years with credit to himself and to the commission which placed him in this responsible position. He was appointed postmaster of Salt Lake in April, 1914, resigning as recorder to accept that office.
Mr. Warrum is a member of the Salt Lake Commercial Club. He is one of the type of citizens known as "boosters" and is ever to be relied upon to labor for the good of the com- muuity at large.
He was a member of the Constitutional convention of the state, after which he served in the first state senate. He was a colonel on the staff of Governor Heber M. Wells, and was pro- bate judge of Cache county for two years.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
FRANK A. DRUEHL.
OMING to Salt Lake City in 1890 to open a modest drug store, Frank A. Druehl has become one of the leading citizens and business men of this region. While he was born in the town of Butzow, Mecklen- berg-Schwerin, Germany, January 7, 1852, his father having been Louis F. Druehl and his mother Char- lotte Druehl. After having received a common education, he was apprenticed as a pharmacist at Rena, a neighboring city, and received his certificate when seventeen years of age.
Shortly afterward he came to this country, arriving in Chi- cago in 1869. He obtained employment as a clerk in a drug store, remaining there until 1871.
He sold out his store in Chicago and came to Salt Lake City, starting in business with James L. Franken at Main and Third South Streets, under the name of Druehl & Franken. The firm prospered, and in 1895 it bought out the A. C. Smith Drug Com- pany, which was in business at the corner of Second South and Main Streets. The corporation which succeeded the partner- ship and which is controlled by the same man still operates these two stores, as well as others, and transacts one of the largest drug businesses in the west.
Mr. Druehl was an organizer of the Utah Pharmaceutical Association and was elected its first president. He was also one of the organizers of the United Drug Company, which has head- quarters in Boston and is now one of the largest drug mann- facturing and distributing corporations in the world.
He has been prominently identified with the Independent Coal & Coke Company and the Pacific Land & Water Company since their organiation. He is also a director of Walker Broth- ers Bankers. He is a member of the Masonic order and of the Commercial Club of Salt Lake City.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
RUSSEL L. TRACY.
F the large force of men employed by the Tracy Loan and Trust Company, there is not one who is not loyal to the last fibre of his being to Russel L. Tracy, president of that company. Mr. Tracy considers the welfare and happiness of those men who are asso- ciated with him in business as carefully as he con- - siders the welfare of the members of his own family. That sense of responsibility which he has assumed for the happiness of the men and women about him has won their deep and strong attach- ment, and their utmost fidelity.
Mr. Tracy was born at Mansfield, Ohio, in 1860, a. son of F. E. Tracy and Anna L. Tracy. He attended Oberlin College, Ohio, and came to Utah in 1892, making his home in Salt Lake City from that time. He is married, his wife having formerly been Miss Luella Smith. They have one son, Russel L. Tracy, Jr.
Mr. Tracy is a member of the University club, the Salt Lake Commercial club and the Country club. He is one of the most earnest workers in the Commercial club for all things that tend to the steady and permanent growth and development of Salt Lake City and of Utah.
Mr. Tracy is closely, but silently identified with a number of large movements for the amelioration of the condition of the unfortunate, and of those whose opportunities are limited. The newsboys of this city have learned to love him, because of his kindness to them. Every Thanksgiving since he came to Utah, all the newsboys of the city have been his guests at an elabor- ate dinner, and as jolly a merrymaking as can be provided for full-blooded, healthful youngsters.
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