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Utah Since Statehood
Author is Noble Warrum - 1919
 GEORGE D. ALDER.
Occupying a position of prominence in business and particular insurance circles, made possible by ability and merit, George D. Alder, general manager of the National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier, Vermont, is one of the sterling citizens of Salt Lake City and Utah. The spirit of western enterprise and progress finds exemplification in his career, which has been characterized by orderly progression, and each forward step has brought him a broader outlook and increased opportunities. George D. Alder was born in St. Louis, Missouri, November 17, 1866, and is the son of George Alfred and Lydia (Dunford) Alder, who came to Salt Lake City in September, 1867, by team over the old Mormon Emigrant trail, bringing the young Alder with them. The father was born in Cheltenham, and the mother in Trowbridge, England, both coming to America early in life, and were married in St. Louis, where George D. Alder was born. Alder senior was a veteran of the Civil war and also of the Mormon Battalion, which had its existence in the early days in Utah.
With the removal of the family to Salt Lake, George D. Alder became a pupil in the school conducted in the old Social Hall on State street by Mary Cook and afterward attended the University of Deseret, now the University of Utah, and is an alumnus of that institution. His business career really began at the age of fifteen under the tutelage of his grandfather, George Dunford, who was the then pioneer boot and shoe merchant of the city. Later he entered the employ of the Walker Brothers mercantile establishment, where he remained for a period of years, later joining his father in the conduct of a retail shoe business and finally entering the life insurance business as manager of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of Portland, Maine, for the state of Utah, later purchasing the agency of the National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier, Vermont, assuming the position of general manager for the last named company for the states of Utah and Wyoming in November, 1893. He still holds that position to the satisfaction of the company. He has built up an extensive business in this connection, devoting his entire time to the agency. It is one of the substantial life insurance agencies of the west and there is no phase of the business with which he is not familiar. In addition Mr. Alder is interested in other enterprises in the city and state and makes his home at his country place "Alderwood" in the Cottonwoods.
George D. Alder was united in marriage to Julia Dean Caine, daughter of the Hon. John T. Caine, delegate to congress from Utah for about ten years, on September 10, 1889, and they are the parents of seven children. John Caine and Edwin Caine Alder, twin sons, enlisted in Uncle Sam's Army, joining the Aviation Signal Corps and while the fortunes of war did not give them a chance to see foreign service they were ready for the call and served with honor for twelve and twenty months respectively at Waco, Texas, and later at Arcadia, Florida. Mr. Alder's religious faith is that expounded by the dominant church in Utah and in his political views he has always been an earnest democrat, giving unfaltering allegiance to that party and has been secretary of the Utah Democratic Club for a quarter of a century. He is a member of the Bonneville and Commercial Clubs and in the latter has taken a most active part, being the first chairman of "the membership council of the club, a new phase of the club's work instituted about two years ago. He is also a member of the executive committee of the National Association of Life Underwriters, a member of the executive committee of the General Agents Association of the National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier, Vermont, past president of the Utah Association of Life Underwriters and a member of its executive committee at the present time. Thoroughness is one of his marked characteristics, and besides mastering every detail of his own business he has found time to give time and mature thought to civic problems. Strong, forceful and thoroughly reliable, he commands the highest respect and confidence of all who know him.
W. H. Allington is at the head of the Granite Planing Mill Company and has developed in this connection one of Salt Lake's leading industrial establishments, splendidly equipped with modern machinery for making the finer grades of planing mill work. Mr. Allington is a native son of Salt Lake City. He was born December 20, 1873, of the marriage of Henry and Ellen (Reading) Allington, who were natives of England, and, coming to America, became pioneer settlers of Utah in the early '60s. They had previously removed from England to New Zealand and later decided to establish their home in the new world because of their conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The father was for a time quite active in church work. Later he became a salesman in a lumberyard conducted by Squire Wells. In 1875 he with his family returned to New Zealand, remaining there until 1889, when they again came to Utah, and subsequently he devoted his attention to farming, in which he engaged to the time of his death. Both the father and mother of W. H. Allington passed away in Utah. They had a family of seven children: Frederick Mosedale, living in Holliday, Utah; Mrs. Gertrude Katherine Larson, now deceased; W. H., of this review; and Mrs. Louise Hart, of Salt Lake City. Albert, Alfred, and Lillian May all died in New Zealand.
W. H. Allington attended school in New Zealand until his sixteenth year, after which he began learning the cabinet maker's trade, which he followed for fifteen years. It was in 1909 that the Granite Planing Mill Company, of which Mr. Allington is now the head, was established. The business was started with about ten men and has been steadily developed. Mr. Allington became one of the stockholders at the organization and in January, 1913, was elected to the presidency of the company. Under his guidance the trade has steadily grown and developed and he now has a splendidly equipped plant capable of turning out any kind of wood work-sash, doors, stairs, fine cabinets and store fixtures. Something of the volume of the trade is indicated in the fact that employment is now given to twenty-five people.
On the 2d of June, 1897, Mr. Allington was married to Miss Elizabeth Howard, of Holliday, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lockhart A. Howard. They have become parents of eight children: Elmer Howard, who was born in Holliday, Utah, January 22, 1899, and attended the Granite high school, while now he is a traveling salesman for the Western Supply Company; Walter H., Jr., who was born July 20, 1901, and has pursued his education in the Irvin Junior high school, now learning cabinet making at the Granite Planing Mill; Irvin Rex, who was born December 31, 1903; Kenneth Percy, who was born in 1906 and passed away in 1908; Louise Mary, whose birth occurred on the 13th of June, 1909; Gilbert Crystal, whose natal day was September 16, 1913; Allen Lockhart, who was born in Holliday, April 17, 1916; and Elizabeth Vilate, born in Holliday on the 12th of April, 1919.
Mr. Allington is a stalwart republican in his political views and gives unfaltering support to the men and measures of the party. Always a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he was in November, 1910, called upon to fill a mission in Great Britain. He labored in the London conference until December, 1912, and during the last nineteen months of that period served as president of the South London conference. When he was relieved of missionary duty he started for home, arriving in December, 1912, in time to have Christmas dinner with his family. He belongs to the Business Men's League of Sugar House and takes a keen and helpful interest in promoting commercial and industrial activity in Salt Lake, thus contributing to the city's up building. His energy and capability have brought him steadily to the front and he has been very active in developing a comparatively small business enterprise into one of substantial proportions. For six years he has been at the head of the business, which has gradually grown to be one of the important planing mill interests of the state. Mr. Allington is regarded as a man of thorough reliability always a man of his word-and his friends, who are many, speak of him in terms of the highest regard.
 EDWARD MARTIN ALLISON, Jr.
Edward Martin Allison, Jr., devoting his attention to law practice in Salt Lake City since 1901 and a member of the bar for almost a third of a century, having been admitted to practice in 1887, was born in Lehi, Utah, December 13, 1863. His father, Edward M. Allison, Sr., was a native of York, England, and came alone to the United States when about fifteen years of age. He first made his way to New Orleans and in early manhood came to Utah. He was afterward married in Lehi to Eliza Brown and his death occurred in this state in the year 1914.
With the establishment of the family home in Coalville, Utah, Edward M. Allison, Jr., was there reared and attended the public schools, passing through consecutive grades until he was qualified for entrance to the University of Utah, from which he was graduated with the class of 1884. He thus secured the broad literary foundation upon which he has reared the superstructure of professional learning. Qualifying for the practice of law, he was admitted to the bar of the Utah supreme court in 1887 and of the United States supreme court in 1891. He entered upon the practice of his chosen profession as assistant county attorney in Summit county, Utah, and afterward served as county attorney there. In 1888 he removed to Ogden, where he entered into partnership with Judge P. H. Emerson under the firm style of Emerson & Allison, a relation that was maintained until the death of Judge Emerson in March, 1889. Mr. Allison then became the associate of James N. Kimball, under the firm style of Kimball & Allison, of whom he was a. partner for about three years. He afterward practiced alone until 1897. when he joined the Hon. C. C. Richards in the firm of Richards & Allison. He was thus active at the bar of Ogden until November, 1901, when he removed to Salt Lake City and became junior partner in the firm of Bennett, Sutherland, Van Cott & Allison. With the retirement of Judge Bennett the firm name of Sutherland, Van Cott & Allison was assumed and the name was continued without change until 1906, when they were joined by W. D. Riter and R. B. Harkness under the style of Sutherland, Van Cott, Allison, Riter & Harkness. In the succeeding year, however, the senior partner, Senator Sutherland, and the junior partner, R. B. Harkness, withdrew from the firm and the style of Van Cott, Allison & Riter was then used until 1918. For eighteen years a member of the Salt Lake bar, Mr. Allison has always occupied a prominent position in the ranks of the legal profession here. He has much natural ability but is withal a hard student and is never contented until he has mastered every detail of his cases. He believes in the maxim. "There is no excellence without labor," and follows it closely. He is never surprised by some unexpected discovery by an opposing lawyer, for in his mind he weighs every point and fortifies himself as well for defense as for attack. There are few lawyers who win a larger percentage of their cases before either judge or jury than does Mr. Allison. He convinces by his concise statements of law and fact rather than by word painting and so high is the respect for his legal ability and integrity that his assertions in court are seldom questioned seriously. Judges and clients also respect him for his careful counsel.
Mrs. Allison previous to her marriage to Mr. Allison in November, 1918, was Miss Frona Garst of Chicago. By a former marriage Mr. Allison has three children: Philip D.. Edward B. and Rowene.
In politics Mr. Allison is of republican faith and has served as a member of the state senate. While in Ogden he filled the office of city councilman for one term and for a similar period was city attorney. On the 24th of July, 1891, President Benjamin Harrison appointed him assistant to the attorney of the United States for the territory of Utah and he served under Hon. Charles S. Varian, occupying that position until 1893. His connection with the state senate covered the first, second, and third sessions after the admission of the state into the Union, at which time he was the representative of Weber county in the upper house, and during the third session he served as president of the senate. He belongs to the Utah State and American Bar Associations and that he is appreciative of the social amenities of life is indicated in his membership in the Alta, University and Country Clubs of Salt Lake. Perhaps no better estimate of his character and ability can be given than by quoting from one who has known him long and well and is able to speak with authority concerning him. Ex-United States Senator George Sutherland says of him: "He is a clear-headed lawyer, with an alert, analytical mind, always resourceful, a good judge of human nature and a skillful cross-examiner. He is therefore a good trial lawyer and has been especially successful in the conduct of jury trials. He is a strong debater, a charming after dinner speaker, a ready and interesting talker with a fund of good stories, which he tells with rare ability. In the official positions he has held his services have always been characterized by devotion to duty, by a keen grasp of essentials and an adherence to sound principles. With an unusual equipment of common sense, he has seldom, if ever, been beguiled by the spectacular or visionary in politics.
OLAF A. AMUNDSEN
Olaf A. Amundsen is at the head of the Amundsen Company of Salt Lake and Ogden, owners of high class photographic studios, with wide reputation for work of superior order. Mr. Amundsen is a native of Norway. He was born April 11, 1873, of the marriage of Johan Peter and Mark (Olsdater) Amundsen, who came to America in 1888 and settled in Ephraim. Utah, where the father engaged in the manufacture of shoes. Later he removed to Salt Lake, where his death occurred in 1900. The mother survives and is still living in Salt Lake. Their family numbered nine children; Axel M., of Salt Lake; Jennie, the wife of Jack Sloan, of Seattle, Washington: Mrs. Laura Christensen, also of Seattle; Mrs. Hilda Ellingson, of the same city; Henry J. and Hyrum, both of Salt Lake City; Alma and Nellie, of Salt Lake City; and Olaf A" of this review.
The last named attended school In Norway, but only thirty days after coming to America. He crossed the Atlantic with his parents when a youth of fifteen years and later he supplemented his early education by study in night schools. However, he had attended the high school of Christiania, the Sophleanberg school and Kings School of Arts. After he came to Salt Lake he took up photographic work and was also connected with the photographic establishment of George Steckel at Los Angeles. Later he was Identified with the photographic studio of Theodore Marseau on Fifth avenue in New York and in 1911 he returned to Salt Lake with broad and valuable experience and organized the Amundsen Photo Studios. He is the president, manager and treasurer of the company, with Hyrum Amundsen as vice president. They conduct studios in both Salt Lake and Ogden and their business is one of extensive proportions. Their work displays the highest standards of photographic art. They keep in touch with the most, advanced methods at all times and with all the latest processes and, moreover, an artistic sense and appreciation on the part of the proprietors enables them to got splendid results through light and shadow and pose.
On the 8th of February, 1918, .Mr. Amundsen was married in Vancouver, Washington, to Miss Lois Rhodes, of Lehi, Utah, whose parents, Alonzo and Dorah Rhodes, reside at Lehi. Mr. Amundsen had been previously married, Miss Constance Floyd of Salt Lake having become his wife in 1892. By that marriage there were four children. Mrs. Pearl Willis was born in Salt Lake City in 1895 and now has three children, one by Mr. Willis and two by a former marriage to Mortimer Goodfellow. Oliver and Olive, twins, were born at Richfield. Utah, in July, 1897. The former is a graduate of the schools of Salt Lake and married Miss Lillie Evans, of Ogden, by whom he has one son. Don Evans. Olive became the wife of Edward Schultz, of Salt Lake City. George Anton, the youngest of the family, born in Salt Lake in 1901, completed a high school course by graduation in 1918.
The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Mr. Amundsen belongs to the Wasatch Ski Club, to the Norwegian Club and also to the Salt Lake Commercial Club. He is a self-made man whose progress is attributable entirely to his own labor and ability. Taking up photographic work, he applied himself earnestly to the mastery of every phase and process of the business and has developed one of the largest photographic studios in the west, his Salt Lake establishment and his branch at Ogden employing twenty-five people. He made thoroughness and efficiency his watchword in the conduct of his business and his record demonstrates what can be accomplished through determination and individual effort. The name of the Amundsen Company is recognized as a synonym for the highest standards of photographic work.
 ANDREW A. ANDERSEN.
Dr. Andrew A. Andersen, engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Salt Lake, was born in Handers, Denmark, August 3, 1885, a son of Soren C. and Maren (Jensen) Andersen, both of whom were born in Denmark. They emigrated to America in 1899 and took up their abode at Redmond, Utah, where the father engaged in building and contracting. They have since resided in this state and here they have reared their family of six children, one of whom, John, Is deceased. Those still living are: Mrs. Zina Munk, a resident of Salt Lake City; Peter S., who still makes his home in Denmark; Peter B., of Redmond, Utah; Andrew A., of this review; and Lorenzo, residing at Redmond.
Of this family Dr. Andersen was the second in order of birth. He attended the public schools of Denmark and also continued his studies in the public schools of Redmond, Utah. He was for a time a high school pupil and later attended an academy before entering the University of Utah as a student in the medical department, from which he was graduated with the class of 1910. He later entered the College of Physicians & Surgeons at Baltimore, Maryland, and was there graduated in June, 1912. He served as an interne for a year in Mercy Hospital at Baltimore. Maryland, gaining that broad and valuable knowledge and experience which only hospital practice affords. On leaving the east he settled at Afton, Wyoming, where he remained for a year and a half and then resumed practice in Laramie, Wyoming. After a brief period, however, he took up his abode at Brigham City, Utah, but about that time trouble began on the Mexican border and he enlisted in the Field Hospital service of the United States army and was given the rank of lieutenant. He remained active there for six months, when he was honorably discharged and returned to Utah, locating at Salt Lake, where he resumed the private practice of medicine and surgery. He was later commissioned a captain in the medical department of the United States army and now holds that rank, having been assigned to duty with a Utah regiment. He is not at present devoting his attention to active military duty but gives his undivided thought and effort to his professional work, making a specialty of obstetrics and gynecology. He is a member of the State Medical Society and keeps in touch with the latest advanced thought of the profession and its scientific researches.
On the 31st of August, 1910, Dr. Andersen was married to Miss Edith Woolley, of Salt Lake, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Woolley, who were of a prominent family of early pioneers. Dr. and Mrs. Andersen have become parents of three children: Andrew A. and John S., twins, who died in infancy, and Andreas, who was born in Laramie. Wyoming, in 1915.
The Doctor maintains an independent course politically. He belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also to Phi Beta Phi, a college fraternity, and to the Danish Brotherhood. He was a youth of thirteen when brought to America by his parents and has ever been a loyal American citizen, interested in the country and her welfare and actuated in his professional career by the progressive spirit which has always been the dominant factor in the up building of the west.
HARRY S. ANDERSON.
Harry S. Anderson is the vice president and assistant manager of the Utah Bill Posting Company, conducting an extensive business in outdoor advertising. He was born in Liverpool, England, April 21, 1869. a son of Scott and Mary (Bruce) Anderson, who were natives of the land of hills and heather and in 1881 came to America. They remained for several years in New York prior to removing to Utah. The father was a well known public speaker, noted for his forceful lectures on the evils of intemperance. He also delivered public addresses upon other questions and his words never failed to hold the attention of his listeners and in many cases bore fruit. He traveled extensively throughout the country as a lecturer and finally located in Salt Lake, where he passed away in 1904 at the age of sixty-seven years. His widow survives and is living in Salt Lake at the age of eighty-three years, being still strong and active. In their family were twelve children, of whom six are yet living, namely: Scott W., president and manager of the Utah Bill Posting Company of Salt Lake; Mary, who is a well known writer and the editor of a paper called The Children's Friend; Harry S.; Kate; Minnie; and Frederick R. All are residents of Salt Lake.
In early life Harry S. Anderson attended the public schools of Salt Lake and later pursued a course in surveying and drafting. He became connected with the office of the city and county engineer of Salt Lake and eventually became chief clerk of the state land board, holding that position for ten years, when he resigned to engage in the advertising business. He became connected with the Utah Bill Posting Company prior to his resignation from the state land board and is now a director, the vice president and assistant manager of the business. In this connection he has developed interests of extent and importance.
On the 22d of November, 1905, Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Opal E. Hicks, of Salt Lake, a daughter of Joseph N. and Helena Hicks, representatives of pioneer families of the capital city, their father having crossed the plains to Utah with one of the earliest companies which came to the state. He is still living. To Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have been born two children: Richard, who was born in Salt Lake in July, 1910; and Margaret, in 1914.
Fraternally Mr. Anderson is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and in club circles is well known, having membership in the Bonneville Manufacturers' Association. Rotary and Ad Clubs. He is an enthusiastic sportsman and belongs to several gun clubs. He is a most alert, energetic business man and progressive citizen and has a wide circle of friends in Utah's capital, where the greater part of his life has been spent.
 JOSEPH ANDERSON.
Joseph Anderson, general manager of the Anderson-Taylor Company, wholesale grocers of Salt Lake City, was born in Sanpete county. Utah, September 7, 1862. His parents, Andrew and Annie (Olson) Anderson, were natives of Sweden and came to America in 1858. They crossed the plains to Salt Lake valley with an ox team and the father engaged in farming in that district. Subsequently he removed to Sanpete county, where he died in 1904, while the mother passed away in 1906. They had a family of six sons and two daughters, but the daughters have passed away. Five of the sons, however, are yet living: Swen, who makes his home in Orangeville, Utah; Lewis, living at Manti; Andrew, also of Orangeville; Erastus W., of Fountain Green; and Joseph, of this review.
The last named, the youngest son in the family, attended the public schools of his native county and in young manhood went on a mission for the Mormon Church to Sweden, spending two years in his work in that country. Upon his return he took up the profession of teaching in his home county, devoting three years to that task, and later he conducted a cooperative store at Fountain Green for a period of two years. In 1889 he came to Salt Lake City and occupied the position of secretary and treasurer with the Equitable Cooperative Store for four years. In 1893 he resigned and with a capital of but twenty dollars established business on his own account. It required great courage and determination to take this step with such limited means, but he secured additional credit to the sum of five hundred dollars and in this way made his start. At the beginning he was not only president of the company but also bookkeeper, salesman and buyer. His first year's sales amounted to five hundred and two dollars and eighty cents. From this small beginning has been developed a business that ranks with the foremost wholesale enterprises of Salt Lake. On the 1st of December, 1918, the books showed assets approaching four hundred thousand dollars. The business was incorporated with Lewis Anderson as president, W. G. Crawford as vice president and S. F. Taylor as secretary and treasurer, with Joseph Anderson as director and general manager. The success of the undertaking from the beginning is attributable in marked measure to the efforts, progressiveness and determination of Joseph Anderson, who now ranks with the foremost merchants of Salt Lake. He has closely studied every phase of the business and has so directed his energies that substantial results have accrued.
On the 17th of April, 1890, Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Olive Taylor, of Salt Lake City, a daughter of Stanley and Hannah Taylor, representatives of one of the pioneer families of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have become parents of nine children. Joseph Milton, born in Salt Lake in 1891, pursued a three years' course in the high school and afterward wedded Miss Mary Jaderholm, of Salt Lake, by whom he has two children, Mary Adele and Bonita. Howard T., born in 1892, supplemented his high school course by study in the University of Utah, from which he was graduated on the completion of a course in the medical department. He is now a student in the medical department of Harvard University. Lewis Clyde, born in 1894, was a member of the United States Navy during the European war. He was connected with the submarine chaser division, doing active duty in that capacity in the English channel. Wallace E., born in 1896, saw service in the United States Navy, being first machinist mate on a submarine chaser. Gladys, born in 1898, is now attending the Salt Lake high school as a student in the business department. Maude, born in 1900, is a student in the Agricultural College of Utah at Logan. Wendell R., born in 1902, is a student in the Latter-day Saints high school. Nellie, born in 1904, is attending the graded schools. Norman, born in 1906, is also pursuing his education.
In his political views Mr. Anderson may be termed an independent republican, for while he usually supports the men and measures of the republican party, he does not consider himself bound by party ties. He is a member of the Commercial Club and he is interested in all that has to do with the progress and up building of the city, the extension of its trade relations and the maintenance of its high civic standards. In his personal career he has worked his way upward through determination and diligence that has taken no account of obstacles and difficulties save to make them serve as an impetus for renewed effort on his part. Step by step he has advanced and is now occupying a creditable place in commercial circles of Salt Lake City.
WILLIAM ANDERSON.
William Anderson is now living at Long Beach, California, where he is interested in the Lathrop Knitting Company. For a number of years, however, he was president and sole owner of the New Grand Hotel Company of Salt Lake City and was one of the well known and successful hotel men of the intermountain country, where his activities in other lines of business, principally that of mining, have also been attended by a measure of success that places him among the financially solid men in this section of the west. The partial review of his career which follows, simply goes to show what it is possible for a man to accomplish if he has the necessary push, energy and business judgment, combined with the courage of his convictions.
Mr. Anderson was born in Denmark, November 26, 1862, a son of Andreas and Christine Anderson, who were also natives of Denmark, where they were reared, educated and married, spending their entire lives in their native country. The father was a weaver by trade and was also a musician of note, devoting much time to musical art. He gained wide fame in his native land by reason of his musical talent, displaying marked skill and splendid technique as a composer of national music. To him and his wife were born four children: Hans, who is now a man of wealth residing at Hubbard, Dakota county, Nebraska; Carl, a well known contractor residing at Homer, Nebraska; George, still living in Denmark; and William, of this review.
After spending a brief period as a pupil in the public schools of Denmark, William Anderson later attended night school in order to further his education. He early started out in the business world by turning his attention to the arts. He was instructed in painting under a noted master of Denmark, Professor Peter Larson, and became proficient under his experienced instruction in painting and decorating. Music was also a natural gift of Mr. Anderson and he took up the study of music after he had attained high efficiency in painting and decorating. In 1882 he decided to come to America, expecting to open a studio as a decorator. He did not find conditions here, however, as he had expected and, being without funds, which made it necessary that he secure immediate employment, he accepted work on a farm at ten dollars per month in the summer, while in the winter he worked for his board, sleeping in the haystack when the weather was bitter cold. His employer had a calf as well as forty acres of un-shocked corn, and as winter came on, Mr. Anderson decided to bargain with him. He agreed to shock the forty acres of corn if he might receive the calf in payment. The farmer assented and after several weeks of hard work, doing his other tasks in the meantime, Mr. Anderson realized his ambition of becoming owner of the calf; but one cold night the little animal climbed to the top of the haystack and fell off, breaking its neck. Thus his hard labor went for naught. The boy. however, was not discouraged. He built a fire, thawed out the frozen carcass, skinned the calf and after tanning the hide as best he could made himself a pair of shoes, which he wore for a long time afterward. Giving up his work with the farmer, he continued on his way to Omaha, Nebraska, where he secured a position in the shops of the Union Pacific Railroad. He worked at various odd jobs in the shops until he was transferred to the shops at Eagle Rock, Idaho, now Idaho Falls. There he labored through the day and his love of music caused him to devote his evening hours to the art. He often played publicly at night and after his foreman learned that he thus spent his evenings he was called into the office and told that if he was so able a musician he had better give up his employment in the shops. This advice he took. He played at the first public dance ever given in Idaho Falls, Idaho. After losing his position in the shops he went to Blackfoot, Idaho, where he secured the contract to decorate the Union Pacific depot. From that point he worked his way to Bellevue, Idaho, herding mule teams in the night and sleeping in the wagons while on the road in the day. After reaching his destination he again worked at his trade of decorating until someone stole his tools, thus depriving him of the means of earning his living in that way. He next began work in a road camp, performing whatever task he was asked to do. Thus he secured a fresh start and went to work for the Union Pacific Railway at Missoula, Montana. When he had spent a brief time there he abandoned his position, however, and began work in a coal camp at Spring Mountain, Montana, splitting logs for the charcoal fires. He saved his earnings, letting his wages stand with the company until the company went bankrupt and again Mr. Anderson was left without funds. He was offered and accepted a team of horses for his pay and with this team went to Salmon, Idaho, where he secured a position in the mines. There he worked as a miner for a time and afterward went to the Viola mines of Idaho, where his labors enabled him to accumulate seven hundred dollars. With this sum he started for Alaska, where gold had been discovered. He reached Juneau. Douglas Island, Alaska, on the 10th of June, 1886, in company with Charles Bently and Tom Donnelly. His ability as a musician became known there and his services were in constant demand. Having no adequate instrument on which to play, he built a bass viol out of an oil can, and while this was being made he had to await the return of the mails in order to get strings for his instrument, sent him from the States. He then organized his orchestra and became the leader in Jimmy Thompson's dance hall at Douglas Island, where he continued to play with a big salary until he decided to return to the States the following spring. Mr. Anderson then made his way to Philipsburg, Montana, where he engaged in mining and working a road gang on the Georgetown Hill. After a short time he secured a position in the Pyrenees mines as a timber man and had charge there for two years. He next resigned to accept a better position with a wholesale and retail liquor house at Philipsburg, with which he continued for three years without losing a single day from work. He subsequently went to Black Pine, Montana, where he engaged in business on his own account until 1893, making a large sum of money in the conduct of his interests there. On selling out he removed to Salmon, Idaho, where he again engaged in business and in connection with the conduct of his cafe he established a small brewery, remaining at Salmon for two years. When he disposed of his business there he bought out Senator Shoup's location at Salmon, which he still owns and on which he has erected a modern business block, opera house and hotel, known as the Anderson block and Hotel Lemhi. Removing to Colton, California, he built the Anderson Hotel of that place, which he conducted for five years and which he still owns. After having successfully closed a deal for the lease of the property he removed to Salt Lake and secured the lease of the Grand Hotel, which at that time was in a fair way of going out of business, but through able management he made this the most popular family hotel of Salt Lake. The business was incorporated under the name of the New Grand Hotel Company, with Mr. Anderson as president and sole owner, and he very successfully conducted the same until June 1, 1919, when he disposed of it. While a resident of Salmon he often grubstaked prospectors and in the event of their locating any valuable mining prospects he was to share fifty-fifty. One of these proved a wonderful investment, for his partner discovered the famous Goldstone mine, which he sold to Mr. Hubbard for a large sum. Mr. Anderson also grubstaked and started John Guler. a well known miner and prospector, who out in the hills discovered the famous Bunker Hill property, which he and Mr. Anderson sold to A. W. Lehman of Chicago for seventy-five thousand dollars. This mine has now blocked out more than one million dollars in ore. Mr. Anderson is also interested in many other valuable mining properties, including the Three Kings Consolidated Mines of Park City, of which he was the president until he resigned in 1919. This property is a big producer and the ore assays two hundred and eighty-five dollars per ton in silver and lead. He is also half owner of the Grand group of mines of South Fork, Mill Creek, Utah, which property consists of nine unpatented claims.
In 1893, at Black Pine, Montana, Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Ida Will, and they have two children: Mary, who was born at Salmon in 1897 and is a graduate of St. Mary's Academy, where she completed her course on the 10th of June, 1918; and Christina, who was born at Salmon in 1906 and is now attending St. Mary's Academy.
Fraternally Mr. Anderson is an Elk and in politics is a democrat. He served for two terms as a trustee of Salmon and for one term was chairman of the board of supervisors. Otherwise he has not sought or held public office but has always concentrated his efforts and attention upon his business. His activities have been varied, his experiences many and of times of a most interesting character. While he has met many hardships, trials and privations, he has nevertheless made steady advancement, undiscouraged by obstacles and difficulties that he has encountered, and while he did not realize the vision that brought him to the new world-the hope of winning success as a decorator-he found in other fields the opportunities which he sought and became one of the capitalists of Salt Lake City and the owner of valuable hotel properties in other parts of the west.
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