GUSTAVE H. BACKMAN.
Gustave H. Backman, attorney at law, specializing in probate and real estate practice in Salt Lake City, was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, May 18, 1864, a son of Samuel C. and Anna J. (Anderson) Backman, and in 1877 came to the new world and made his way to Utah.
Gustave H. Backman was at that time a youth of thirteen years. He had pursued his early education in the graded schools of Gothenburg and afterward attended the University of Deseret. He studied law through the Sprague Correspondence System and subsequently became a law student in the office and under the direction of the firm of Goodwin & Van Pelt, while later his preceptor was Judge W. H King After thorough preliminary reading he was admitted to the bar of all the courts of Utah in March, 1899, and has since continuously and successfully engaged in practice He opened an office in Salt Lake City in 1900 and through the intervening years to the present time has enjoyed a large clientage. He has mainly specialized in real estate and probate law and is thoroughly informed concerning those branches of jurisprudence. His public work has covered a considerable scope. He filled the position of private secretary to Congressman W. H. King in Washington, D. C, in 1S99 and 1900 He occupied the position of city recorder from 1892 until 1895 and again was called to that office in 1897 for a second term of two years. He had previously served as deputy county recorder from 1885 until 1892. Over the record of his public career there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil, for he has been most loyal to the duties entrusted to him.
On the 25th of June, 1890, Mr. Backman was united in marriage to Miss Grace Pollard, and their family consists of five sons and two daughters: Gustave P Le Grand and Milton, being associated with their father in his profession; and Ralph Harold, Lucille and Edna, attending school.
Mr. Backman is a member of the Salt Lake City Commercial Club and the Kiwanis Club and is a valued resident of the capital, in which almost his entire life has been passed. He keeps in touch with the trend of public thought and progress and in matters relative to Salt Lake always stands on the side of reform, advancement and improvement.
EDWARD C. BAGLEY.
Edward C. Bagley, a prominent farmer of Salt Lake county, who is the owner of large ranch holdings at Callao, Juab county, in partnership with his brother, Andrew H. Bagley, was born at East Millcreek, in Salt Lake county, January 2, 1865, a son of Charles and Julia (Hanson) Bagley. who are mentioned on another page of this work in connection with the sketch of his brother, Frank E. Bagley. who is president of the Clover Leaf Dairy Company of Salt Lake City.
Edward C. Bagley spent three years as a student in the Brigham Young University at Provo. He was reared upon his father's farm and in early life worked in his father's sawmills and in the fields and upon the ranch. He and his brother Andrew, becoming interested in agriculture, are now the owners of more than two thousand acres of land at Callao, Juab county, which tract is highly developed, being devoted to general farming and dairy purposes. Part of the ranch was purchased by their father in an early day. Their labors have converted the place into rich and productive fields and fine pasture land and their business affairs are being most carefully and profitably conducted. In 1899 Edward C. Bagley was married to Miss Ananada Neff, a daughter of Amos Herr and Catharine (Thomas) Neff, who are mentioned in connection with the sketches of David and Samuel Neff elsewhere in this volume.
Edward C. Bagley resides in Brinton ward, five miles east of Murray, where he and his family occupy a large two-story brick residence, standing in the midst of a valuable tract of land of sixty acres. He purchased this place a short time prior to his marriage and the same year built thereon a new residence. The sixty acre tract is all under irrigation and cultivation and constitutes one of Salt Lake county's fine suburban homes. Mr. Bagley spent a part of each year at Callao following his marriage and up to 1900, when he established a mercantile business, erecting a store building where he lived at Brinton. He also conducted a mercantile establishment at Murray, both places being carried on under the name of the Bagley Mercantile Company. However, he sold both stores, preferring to concentrate his business interests and activities upon the development of his ranch property, which he purposes to make one of the finest in the state.
To Mr. and Mrs. Bagley have been born eight children. Cyrene, who is a graduate of the University of Utah, went on a mission to Europe in 1913, there laboring for two years in France and one year in England, and while in the latter country he was president of the Leeds conference. He is now engaged in the sheep business and resides near his father in a home of his own. He married Martha Davidson, of Logan. Kathleen, the next of the family, was graduated from the Utah Agricultural College in 1916 and is now the wife of Ervin Nelson, a teacher in the Latter-day Saints College at Salt Lake, where they reside. Hattie is a graduate of the University of Utah and is now teaching school. Stewart is a student in the Latter-day Saints College at Salt Lake. Amos Herr is attending high school and Maxine, Isabelle and Edward are pupils in the grades.
Born and reared in this locality, Edward C. Bagley has seen the desert transformed from a tract of sagebrush into a rich, fertile and productive district and has done his part in the work of improvement, for his sixty-acre home was a wilderness of sage and oak brush when he purchased the property that has since greatly increased in value, being many fold worth today what it was when it came into his possession. He has ever been recognized as a man of push and energy, who is never content with the second best. This is evidenced in the excellent improvements upon his farm and in the fine horses and cattle seen upon the ranch. His example is one well worthy of emulation and the record of his success should serve as a stimulus to the efforts of others. He has also been a pioneer in building irrigation ditches and was secretary and treasurer of the Big Cottonwood, Tanner & Utah County irrigation system, filling that position for a long period but not serving at the present time. He is making an attempt to retire from excessive business cares and activities that he may have leisure for the enjoyment of the success which he has acquired. He has been active in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in 1912 was ordained a high priest and has been first counselor to Bishop Quist for seven years. His wife is president of the Women's Relief Society for Cottonwood stake and has occupied that position since the organization of the stake. In politics Mr. Bagley is a republican, giving active and earnest support to the party, but is not an office seeker. His has been a well spent life, fraught with honorable purposes and crowned with gratifying results. He is justly classed with the prominent farmers and representative citizens of Salt Lake county.
FRANK E. BAGLEY.
Frank E. Bagley, president of the Clover Leaf Dairy Company of Salt Lake City and proprietor of the Bagley Dairy Farm, has advanced to a position in the front rank in the line of his business, being the owner of one of the best equipped and most modern dairy farms of this section of the west. In fact expert dairymen say it is unsurpassed by any and the establishment in every way reflects the progressive spirit and business ability of the owner. Mr. Bagley was born in Brinton ward, Salt Lake county, Utah, May 8, 1877, a son of Charles S. and Julia Anna (Hanson) Bagley, the former a native of Woodstock, Maine, and the latter a native of Copenhagen, Denmark. The birth of Charles S. Bagley occurred on January 30, 1835, and he descended from old New England ancestry, the family being early settlers in the Connecticut colony. His father was extensively engaged in the lumber business for those times, operating both in Maine and New Brunswick. He brought his family to Utah in 1855, coming in Captain Edward Stevenson's company, and was one of the first settlers at Payson but died soon after locating there. Charles S. Bagley, after the death of his father, assumed the burden of support of the family and engaged in various lines of activity, including freighting into Montana, hauling supplies from Salt Lake City and Lehi to Camp Floyd, Utah, and assisting in the construction of the telegraph line west from Salt Lake. He also helped in the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. He became identified with the lumber interests of the state first as an employee of Little & Decker, and later with his savings, in company with Francis Armstrong, he purchased a sawmill in Cottonwood canyon, where he was engaged for nine years, during which period they cut as much as one million feet of lumber per year. Upon the death of 0. Porter Rockwell in 1878, Mr. Bagley was called upon to assist Francis Armstrong in administering the estate and when they had completed this task he turned his attention to the raising of live stock on the Uinta reservation and afterward he became a resident of Cottonwood, Utah, where he continued to devote his attention to the raising of horses and cattle for a considerable period. He next purchased a ranch in Juab County, Utah, and there carried on business successfully as a rancher and stock raiser to the time of his death, which occurred January 10, 1913, when he had reached the age of seventy-eight years. The mother of Frank E. Bagley is still living. She came to this country from her native land at the age of eight years, with a party of emigrants, unaccompanied by any member of her family, crossed the plains in 1853 and located at Brigham, making her home with Mr. and Mrs. Ensign. Later she came to Salt Lake City, where she was residing when she was married. Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Bagley became parents of ten children, as follows: Alice, who died at the age of six years; Edward C, who is engaged in ranching at Cottonwood, Utah; Andrew H., owner of one of the finest and one of the first large fruit orchards of the state at East Mill Creek, Utah; Maynetta, the wife of Samuel A. King, of Salt Lake City; Grant C, who died at Provo in September, 1917; Julia B., of Salt Lake City; Frank E.; Mrs. Estella B. Cutler and Mrs. Zola B. Harris, both of Salt Lake City; and Martin Ensign, who passed away at the age of fourteen years.
In his boyhood days Frank E. Bagley attended the schools in the twenty-eighth district of the Cottonwood ward and afterward spent one term at Central Seminary. Subsequently he was for a part of four years, between 1892 and 1896, a student in the State University and when he left that institution he concentrated his efforts and attention upon the live stock business, in which he was associated with his father until November, 1905. He then became secretary of the Taylor-Armstrong Lumber Company and continued to act in that capacity until April, 1912, when he purchased a controlling interest in the Clover Leaf Dairy Company of Salt Lake City. He was first made its secretary and treasurer and in 1915 was elected to the presidency, in which capacity he has since continued. In this connection he has built up the business until he is at the head of one of the most important enterprises of the kind in the state. There is no more modern, better kept or better equipped farm in Utah than the Bagley farm of Salt Lake county. There is a large sanitary barn, electric lighted, for the blooded Guernsey cows. There are also extensive silos and feed lots and everything is of the latest and best design. The Bagley Dairy Farm, like the Clover Leaf Dairy, has every modern equipment and the creamery of the former is unsurpassed throughout the west. The building from cellar to roof is absolutely of fireproof concrete construction and strictly sanitary throughout In fact the rule of the company is absolute cleanliness in the handling of dairy products. Their Clover Leaf butter is produced from the very richest and choicest cream and all is tested before it leaves the plant. In this business Mr. Bagley is actuated by the highest standards and ideals and in fact his labors have set the pace for others engaged in the same line of business. The Clover Leaf Dairy Company now employs more than seventy people.
On the 28th of June, 1906, Mr. Bagley was married to Miss Florence G. Armstrong, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Armstrong, and they have one child, Ethel Daryl, who was born in Salt Lake City, November 27, 1907.
Mr. Bagley is a member of the Commercial Club and is interested in all that has to do with the progress and welfare of the city, the development of its trade relations and the promotion of its civic standards. His capacity for successfully controlling extensive and important interests has been well demonstrated and he is today one of the prominent figures in connection with the stock raising and dairying interests of the state.
HYRUM A. BAGLEY.
Hyrum A. Bagley, a farmer and stockman of Salt Lake county, was born in Brunswick, Maine, February 2, 1854, a son of Edward and Julia A. (Grant) Bagley, who were natives of Maine and crossed the plains in 1855 with ox teams. While en route the mother died, the father continuing the journey with his family and settling in Provo but later located in Payson, where he passed away.
Hyrum A. Bagley was reared and educated in Utah and after attaining his majority turned his attention to farming and the lumber business. Later he purchased the farm in Dahl's Lane whereon he now resides, comprising twenty-eight acres of irrigated land which is splendidly improved, and in addition to this he owns several mining claims. He erected his present fine brick house in 1904.
On July 1, 1878, Mr. Bagley was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Dillworth Brinton, a native of Salt Lake county and a daughter of David and Harriet ( Dillworth ) Brinton, and twin sister of Frank D. Brinton. The parents were natives of Pennsylvania but came to Utah in the early '50s and took up a homestead claim in Salt Lake county. The father built thereon a log cabin and occupied it for several years. Both he and his wife died in this county. To Mr. and Mrs. Brinton were born nine children, of whom six are yet living. Mr. and Mrs. Bagley have become the parents of eleven children, namely: Harriet, who is now the wife of David W. Turner; Eliza, who died in infancy; Clara L., who married Jacob W. Bringhurst and has passed away; Caleb D., of Salt Lake City; Eileen, the wife of Thomas Boam; Alice G., who married Miles E. Miller and died leaving four children; Grant H., an attorney in Salt Lake; Melba, the wife of Charles Laurenson; Evangeline, who is the wife of Edward Weise; David Brinton, at home; and Frank M., at home. Mr. and Mrs. Bagley are rearing three grandchildren, Melba J., Luella I. and Jacob W. Bringhurst, children of their deceased daughter. Mrs. Bringhurst;
The family is widely and prominently known in Salt Lake county, where they have an extensive circle of warm friends. Mr. Bagley is truly a self-made man. Whatever success he has achieved is attributable entirely to his perseverance and energy and the assistance of his capable wife. He has worked diligently as the years have passed and through the capable conduct of his farming and stock raising interests has won substantial success.
REUBEN J. BAILEY.
Reuben J. Bailey, a leading and prosperous sheep-man of Salt Lake county, residing in Wilford ward, was there born August 10, 1864, a son of George B. and Elizabeth (Young) Bailey, who were natives of England, where they were reared and married. Soon afterward they came to the new world, arriving in Utah in 1853. The father was a carpenter in England and after crossing the plains he lived for a number of years in Salt Lake City, where he worked at carpentering and cabinetmaking, some of the pieces of furniture which he manufactured being still in existence. The later years of his life were spent on a farm in Millcreek, now Wilford ward, where he filled the office of ward clerk and was otherwise active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He died upon the homestead farm in 1893, while the mother survived until 1918.
Reuben J. Bailey's educational opportunities were limited to attendance at school in the winter seasons. He was reared upon his father's farm and early in life took up the work of sheep raising with only a few head of sheep. He has steadily advanced in this business and is today associated with his sons in sheep raising under the firm style of the Bailey Company. They own several bands of sheep and have a seven thousand acre tract of grazing land at the head of Silver Creek canyon. They also own a six hundred acre hay farm at Vernon, Tooele county, in addition to which Mr. Bailey of this review has sixteen acres of farm land in the Wilford ward. His entire life lias been devoted to the sheep industry and his persistency of purpose, his indefatigable energy and his sound judgment have been the dominant elements in the attainment of his present-day success.
On September 28, 1887, Mr. Bailey was married to Miss Alice E. Park, the eldest daughter of Andrew D. Park, one of the few men still living who came across the plains in 1847, being then a boy. He now makes his home at Holliday and is retired from active business. Her father, William Park, crossed the Atlantic from Scotland to Canada in 1822 and there joined the Mormon church in 1844. He went to Winter Quarters in 1846 and crossed the plains in 1847, establishing his home in Salt Lake county, where he became a prominent farmer. He had three wives and his descendants at the time of his death, in 1890, numbered more than two hundred. To Mr. and Mrs. Bailey have been born twelve children, seven who are yet living and five lost in infancy. Those who survive are: Leonard R.; Bertha A., the wife of Ivory Stauffer, of Idaho Falls; Erwin D.; Erroll P.; Charles Marvin, attending business college; Vivian E.; and Delores F., both of whom are pupils in the graded schools. The sons are all interested with their father in the Bailey Company. Leonard was sent on a mission to the eastern states for two years, laboring in all the New England states save Maine. Erwin was sent on a mission to Holland, being in that country at the time of the outbreak of the great World war, after which he returned to America and completed his mission in Michigan and Chicago, presiding for a time over the Roseland conference in the latter city. Erwin also served in the United States army as a member of the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment of Field Artillery. He was trained at Camp Lewis and Camp Kearney, and went to France, where with his command he was ready to move up to the front at the time the armistice was signed. He received his discharge January 24, 1919, at the Logan Agricultural College.
Mr. Bailey is a stalwart republican in politics, active in the local ranks of the party. He occupies a fine country home, which was built in 1901, and he is regarded as one of the most progressive business men of the district, his success being attributable entirely to his own labors. His is the record of a strong individuality, sure of itself, stable in purpose, quick in perception, swift in decision, energetic and persistent in action.
WILLIAM BAILEY.
Among those who are filling important public positions in Salt Lake and proving their worth in citizenship by marked fidelity to duty is William Bailey, who is the secretary of the state board of equalization. He was born in Nephi, Utah, January 29, 1864, a son of Langley A. and Sarah (Andrews) Bailey, who are natives of England but came to America in the early '50s. The father crossed the plains with one of the handcart brigades, while the mother was among those who came by ox team to Utah and settled at Nephi, where the father engaged in farming and stock raising. Both parents are still living, the father being now eighty-one years of age, while the mother has reached the age of seventy-eight. The former can read and write without the use of glasses and his penmanship is clear and distinct, his hand being entirely steady, indicating no sign of advanced age. In the family of this worthy couple were seven sons and seven daughters: William, Langley, Thomas, Mrs. Anna Allen, Mrs. Jennie Beck, Mrs. Rose Boyer, Mrs. Kate Bowles, Mrs. Bertha Russell, Pearl, W. H., Wilford, Reed, and two who have passed away.
William Bailey, after attending the public schools at Nephi, continued his education in the Brigham Young University of Provo, in which he completed a classical course with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1883. He then entered upon the implement business in connection with the D. M. Osborn Company of Salt Lake, continuing there for twelve years. He started as a binder expert and was steadily advanced in recognition of his capability and trustworthiness until he became manager of the immense business. He afterward entered business at Nephi in connection with his father and brother and was so engaged until 1898. In fact he is still interested in that business with his brother, the establishment being conducted under the name of the Bailey Furniture Supply Company. William Bailey is likewise connected with dry and irrigation farming, being associated with his brother, Bishop Thomas Bailey, in operating one of the largest farming properties in Juab county, comprising about three hundred and fifty acres. He is also heavily interested in the Juab County Mill & Elevator Company, of which he is secretary and treasurer.
In 1898 Mr. Bailey went to Europe on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and remained abroad for three years, during which time he visited Russia, France, Italy, Switzerland and in fact almost every part of Europe. With his return to his native state he became county assessor of Juab county and occupied that position most capably and acceptably for eight years. In 1913 he was appointed a member of the state board of equalization by Governor Spry and acted as president of the board until 1916, since which time he has been the secretary. He concentrates his efforts and attention upon the duties of the office and in connection gives supervision to his interests as president of the Bailey Furniture Supply Company at Nephi and other business concerns. For seven years he has been a member of the National Tax Association and for three years a member of its executive committee.
On the 10th of December, 1901, Mr. Bailey was married to Miss Kate Udall, of Nephi, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Udall. To them have been born six children and they also have an adopted child. Walter, the eldest of the family, was in France with the United States Army and has since been returned to this country with the One Hundred and First Trench Mortar Battery. Evelyn, born at Nephi in December, 1904, is attending high school. Edwin, born at Nephi in 1905, is a pupil in the high school. William Lee, born in 1907, and Udall, born in 1911, are also in school. Elizabeth, born in 1909, died at the age of eighteen months. Josephine, born at Nephi, June 2, 1916, completes the family.
In politics Mr. Bailey is an earnest republican and was the first chairman of the county central committee of the republican party in Juab county. He stands for all that is progressive in matters of citizenship and he has not only been keenly but also helpfully interested in questions of public concern and in projects which have been put forth for the benefit and up building of community and commonwealth.
NATHANIEL BALDWIN.
Nathaniel Baldwin, engaged in the manufacture of sensitive telephone receivers at Salt Lake City, has in this connection built up a business of considerable extent and is meeting with well deserved success. He was born at Fillmore, Millard county, Utah, December 1, 1878, a son of Nathan Bennett and Margaretta (Oler) Baldwin, who were natives of New York and of Pennsylvania respectively. Nathan B. Baldwin, with his first wife, Sarah Ann Pine, endured many of the hardships and persecutions in the early days of the Mormon church. He was acquainted with the prophet Joseph Smith and was a member of Zion's Camp. He and his first wife crossed the plains in the early days of Utah and settled at Fillmore, where he built the first crude flour mill, which consisted mainly of a pair of burrs driven by a water wheel. He was a stonecutter by trade, but after coming to Utah he took up a homestead and devoted the remainder of his life mostly to farming and burning lime. He remained an active worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and passed away in the faith in 1891. His first wife, Sarah Ann, had four children, two of whom died in infancy. The two others, Nathan B. Baldwin. Jr., and Julia Orletta Stewart, lived to rear families. In the year 1863, Nathan B. Baldwin. Sr., embraced the order of plural marriage and took a young wife, Margaretta Oler, who had recently crossed the plains. Their children were as follows: Andrew Virgil; James William; George Bennett, who died in infancy; Charles Henry, who passed away at the age of twenty-seven years; Junius Eli, who died in infancy; and Nathaniel.
Nathaniel Baldwin was inclined toward school work and scientific subjects and through much adversity succeeded in attending the Brigham Young Academy at Provo for a number of years. He likewise spent one year at the Utah Agricultural College of Logan and for a similar period was a student at the Leland Stanford University in California. He afterward occupied the position of professor of physics at the Brigham Young University and was a teacher in theology and active in various church duties In the year 1905 he was dismissed from the church school service because he maintained a belief in the coming of a great prophet who would bring forth the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon and because he would not accept the manifesto regarding plural marriage as being of divine origin. Then followed a year of great adversity, for he was deeply in debt and had a mother and a family to care for and no regular employment. Later he was employed at the Mountain Lake mine as electrician and air compressor operator. By the aid of improvised electric signals and automatic devices he operated the compressor and lighting plant day and night for about three years. Being entirely alone most of the time, he worked out and patented a number of inventions. Among them was the telephone receiver mentioned above. The Mountain Lake mine shut down and he spent the following two years in the employ of the Knight Power Company at the Snake Creek plant near Midway, Wasatch county. The plant was taken over by the Utah Power & Light Company and Mr. Baldwin was afterward transferred to the upper plant in Mill Creek, Salt Lake county. Here he was sole operator part of the time and had an excellent opportunity to work on inventions, but he abandoned everything except the telephone and determined to put it into commercial shape and realize some profit from it if possible. He wrote to many manufacturers and wireless companies and stations, hoping to sell the patent, put it on royalty, or make and sell the instruments. No one seemed interested. Eventually he wrote to the United States navy, which consented to try a pair of his phones. After testing them, the navy ordered four pairs. Mr. Baldwin made them and filled the order, after which the navy ordered six more pairs. With the aid of one assistant at the power plant Mr. Baldwin filled this order. Then came a call for one hundred pairs, but it was declined because he could not make so many. Then, in the year 1914, he built a little shop in Bast Mill Creek and began the manufacture of the sensitive receiver in a small way. The business has since increased until today the factory has a floor space of five thousand feet and gives employment to from twenty to fifty men. The plant is operated by water power, which generates electricity that furnishes the motor power for the machinery. The sensitive telephone receivers manufactured are superior to any other make now upon the market, for where others do not catch the sound, the receiver made by Mr. Baldwin meets the need. They are used by the United States and foreign governments and by other operators in various parts of the world.
In 1899 Mr. Baldwin married Miss Elizabeth Butler, of Escalante, Garfield county, Utah, and they have five children: Nathan, Thora, Kelvin Alma, Zona and Jared. In 1916 Mr. Baldwin built a modern bungalow which stands in the midst of two and a half acres of land, largely planted to fruit. He also owns an acre and a half where his shop is situated. He is an active worker in the church, is now a high priest and ward teacher. In politics he maintains an independent course, voting according to the dictates of his judgment. He is a man of marked mechanical skill and ingenuity, keenly interested in scientific achievements, and as the result of his close study and investigation along telephonic lines he perfected the sensitive receiver, which undoubtedly will come into general use. for its value is attested by all who have become acquainted with the device. Mr. Baldwin is sole owner of the business and his patronage is steadily increasing.
NICK BALIC.
Nick Balic, who is one of the partners in the Slovonian Store Company at Bingham Canyon, was born in 1885 in the city of Balic, in the State of Yaska, Croatia, then under Austro-Hungarian rule, and so continuing until the recent European war. The father was a butcher of that country and there reared his family, numbering six sons and a daughter, all of whom are now in America, the brothers and sisters of Nick Balic being: Joe, who is now in Chicago; Mike, a resident of Butte, Montana; Dan, also living in Chicago; John, a resident of Ironwood, Michigan; Peter, living at Arbor, Indiana; and Mary, of Chicago.
Mr. Balic of this review came to America in 1903, making his way to Chicago, where he resided for three years. He then went to Chisholm, Minnesota, where he spent two years, and later became a resident of Ladysmith, British Columbia. After a year he went to Seattle, then to Spokane and on to Salt Lake City, spending a brief period in each place. In 1906 he came to Bingham, where he worked in the mines for a time, and since 1904 he has engaged in merchandising in partnership with Tony Strilic, forming the Slovonian Store Company. They are now conducting a profitable and growing business, their sales amounting to about sixty thousand dollars annually.
In 1909 Mr. Balic was married to Miss Tonka Badovinac, who was born in Croatia and came to America in 1909. They are now parents of six children: Walter, Mary, Nicky, John, Alice and Anna.
Mr. Balic is a member and the treasurer of the local Croatian Society and was a delegate to the national convention of that body which was held in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1918. His religious faith is that of the Catholic church, and his political views are in accord with the principles of the democratic party. He has worked his way steadily upward during the period of his residence on this side of the Atlantic, carefully and wisely utilizing every opportunity and advantage that has come his way until he is today occupying a most creditable place as the head of an important commercial enterprise at Bingham Canyon.
HON. SIMON BAMBERGER.
Hon. Simon Bamberger, chief executive of Utah, has said that the two most inspiring moments of his life were when he swore allegiance to the United States on attaining his majority in Missouri and when he took the oath of office as governor of Utah in 1917. A native of Germany, a dislike of the militarism and autocracy of the fatherland was born and bred in him. His birth occurred in Darmstadt, Germany, February 27, 1847. The next year his father, Emanuel Bamberger, participated in the German revolution under the leadership of Carl Schurz. The friends of political freedom and liberty lost their cause, Emanuel Bamberger was imprisoned and impoverished but finally liberated. He had married Helene Fleish.
Simon Bamberger in his early childhood was taught the principles of liberty and equality-principles that have dominated his entire career. He remained a resident of his native country until 1861, when at the age of fourteen years he sought the opportunities of the new world, joining a brother, Herman Bamberger, who had previously crossed the Atlantic. He was entirely unacquainted with the English language and his education was only that of common school training. He made his way to Cincinnati, Ohio, and the necessity of providing immediately for his own support caused him to accept temporary employment in a bowling alley. While thus engaged he utilized every available hour to study the English language by means of such school books as were available and the newspapers. Incidentally he was learning much of the manners and customs of the people among whom his lot was now cast. He was for a brief period at Muncie, Indiana, which was followed by the period of his residence in Cincinnati, and thence he went to Terre Haute, Indiana, and afterward to Indianapolis. The hospitality and kindly treatment constantly extended to him on his travels through Indiana and Ohio were ever a source of marvel to him, awakening his keenest appreciation and bringing him to a realization of the qualities of the typical American citizen. In young manhood he went to Pleasant Hill, Missouri, where in connection with his brother he established a small store, and afterward they became connected with a small wholesale mercantile business in St. Louis. The capital of the firm was limited and, owing to the tardiness of the payment of one of their patrons, Mr. Bamberger found it necessary to go to Cheyenne that he might make collection for a large bill of goods sold to the Cheyenne merchant. On reaching his destination he found that the man had left Cheyenne for Julesburg, to which point he traveled only to learn that the man had gone to Piedmont, Wyoming, on the line of the new Union Pacific, which was then being built through that section. At Piedmont, Mr. Bamberger found the man to whom credit had been extended and arrangements were made for the payment of his bill, but while these were under negotiation a big snow closed all traffic for the remainder of the winter, so that Mr. Bamberger was forced to remain. He met the situation heroically by establishing a small store and trading post and also established a modest banking business in connection with his other interests. His habits of life were such as awakened the confidence of his fellow townsmen. He never used tobacco nor intoxicants, practiced economy, displayed sound judgment and keen sagacity in business affairs and through the winter of his enforced residence in Piedmont he won substantial returns from his business. With the coming of spring he once more went to St. Louis to find that the wholesale house had been obliged to close. But he immediately looked up its creditors and discharged all financial obligations.
The lure of the west was upon him, however, and once more he made his way to Wyoming, turning his attention to mining in the South Pass country. Indians raided the mining camp, causing the loss of all of his investment there, and he walked most of the way back to a railroad station behind a freighter's wagon, acting as cook for his meals and a bed beside a campfire. From Wyoming he traveled to Ogden, Utah, and his residence in the state covers a period of a half century. Becoming proprietor of a hotel in the new but flourishing railroad town of Ogden, he prospered in the venture until a smallpox epidemic placed Ogden practically under quarantine and his hotel, the White House, for lack of guests was consequently closed. Removing to Salt Lake City, he became interested in hotel ownership and in mining and in his long and arduous trips through the Utah mountains was successful in locating various profitable mining claims, which in the course of years constituted the major source of his wealth. He also built a small railroad to a coal field in southern Utah and in later years he was the builder of an electric interurban line between Salt Lake City and Ogden, which has constituted one of his most successful enterprises. His life has become the tangible expression of the belief of William Howard Taft that after a man has accumulated a sufficient capital to provide for his family his life should be devoted to public service. Mr. Bamberger was first called to public office when made a member of the Salt Lake City board of education, on which he served for a number of years. His course in that connection was most progressive. He advocated higher salaries for school teachers and there is no man in Utah who has displayed more practical friendship toward the teachers and the interests of the schools. He was afterward elected to the state senate of Utah and in 1916 was chosen by popular suffrage to the office of chief executive of the state. His election presents an interesting study of cause and effect. His continuous championship of the interests of public school teachers won their support, and in deciding between two teachers of perhaps equal merit his vote has always been cast for the Utah candidate rather than for one residing outside of the state. In 1903, when it was decided to close the city schools four weeks earlier than usual on account of lack of funds, Mr. Bamberger headed a subscription paper with five hundred dollars after his name and secured nineteen other large subscriptions, obtaining altogether ten thousand dollars, so that the educational work was continued. He is a friend of the laboring man and in this connection a contemporary biographer has said of him:" "Senator Bamberger sympathizes strongly with the laborer. His employees to him are not 'hands' but men, and they are treated as such.
Some years ago when gold and silver were scarce and the banks issued checks, Mr. Bamberger and his treasurer might have been seen going up and down the road with a satchel full of cash to pay the men. All his checks went to the bank. And he looks after the welfare of his men as a father does his children. He never knowingly hires a man who smokes cigarettes or who drinks liquor. If he finds one such among his employees, he talks to him like a missionary, and finding him incorrigible, dismisses him. He looks after their morals, too. Once he learned of one of his men who took another woman than his wife to a resort. He called him in. The man was firm in his error. 'Well, then,' said Mr. Bamberger, 'if you want to neglect your wife, that is your business, but you can't work for me and do it.' There has never been a strike among Mr. Bamberger's men." This freedom from all strikes among his men is certainly an indication of the character of the president of the Bamberger Coal Company. Mr. Bamberger is of Jewish birth and belief, but above all individual belief is his sense of justice and right.
It was on the 23d of November, 1881, that Simon Bamberger was married to Miss Ida Maas, of Cincinnati, and since that time they have made their home in Utah. They have four children: Sydney M.. who was born in 1883 and died in 1911: Helen B. Behal, born in 1885; Julian M., in 1889; and Elsa S., in 1895. Governor Bamberger has membership with the Masons and the Elks and his club associations are with the Commercial, Bonneville, Alta and Rotary Clubs of Salt Lake, the Weber Club of Ogden and the Rocky Mountain Club of New York. He is always appreciative of the social amenities of life and true worth can always win his regard.
"Though a German by birth, the loyalty of Governor Bamberger has never been questioned. He has spoken in every section of his state in behalf of the Liberty Loan, the Red Cross and other war activities. Because he has lived in Germany, because he has felt the oppression of German autocracy he realizes more keenly than many native Americans the absolute necessity of a decisive victory over Germany. The governor regards a pro-German as a traitor and he does not hesitate to say so on every occasion. He does not believe in any policy of temporizing with persons who are against the government which gave them citizenship and privileges which they could receive in no other country in the world. Governor Bamberger feels that he owes much to America and he is very glad to devote the remaining years of his life and all of his means to the service of his country."
WILLIAM WESLEY BARTON.
William Wesley Barton, who has devoted many years of his life to public service and is now filling the office of treasurer of Salt Lake county, was born in Woodbine. Kentucky, on the 25th of March, 1866. His father, John Martin Barton, a native of the same state, was born in 1842 and at the time of the Civil war joined the Union army as a member of Company I, Seventh Kentucky Infantry, with which he served for three years, defending the stars and stripes. He devoted his entire life to the occupation of farming and was married in Kentucky to Mary Snyder, a native of that state, who still survives, but Mr. Barton passed away in 1890.
William W. Barton was reared in the place of his nativity to the age of fourteen years, when he accompanied his parents, in 1880, on their removal to Oak Grove, Missouri, where they remained for four years. They next took up their abode in Perth, Kansas, where six years were passed, and in 1890 William W. Barton arrived in Salt Lake City, where he has since lived. He supplemented his early education, acquired in public schools, by pursuing a teacher's and business course in Campbell College at Holton, Kansas, from which he was in due time graduated. He afterward taught school for two years in Kansas and following his arrival in Salt Lake in 1890 was identified as a teacher with its educational interests for twenty-one years. He proved a most capable and eminent educator, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had acquired. He was constantly studying to improve methods of instruction and awaken the zeal and interest of pupils in their work. He acted as principal of various schools until 1911, when he turned his attention to mining in Utah and was thus engaged for three years. On the expiration of that period he became chief office deputy in the county assessor's office of Salt Lake county, being appointed to the position in 1915 and serving for a year. In 1916 he was made a redemption deputy in the county treasurer's office and from January, 1917, until July, 1918, was chief deputy in the county treasurer's office. He then served until the 6th of January, 1919, by appointment as county treasurer, filling out the unexpired term of Raymond C. Naylor, who resigned to enter the army, and in November, 1918, Mr. Barton was elected to the position of county treasurer. Thoroughly familiar with the work through his duties as chief deputy, he has made a most excellent record in the position, carefully safeguarding the interests of the county and proving a most able custodian of the public funds.
On the 24th of December, 1891, Mr. Barton was married in Perth, Kansas, to Miss Eva Adams, who was born near Greenfield, Illinois, and they have become the parents of four children: Mary I., now the wife of Willard W. Colyar, of Cherokee, Oklahoma; Evelyn, the wife of Leonard Davis, of Salt Lake City; W. Sumner; and Frances Irene. Mr. Barton has always given his political allegiance to the democratic party, while fraternally he is a Mason, an Elk and a Modern Woodman and also a member of the Commercial club. He attends the Presbyterian church and his influence has always been on the side of progress and improvement. In fact his entire labors have constituted an important element in the educational, social and moral development of the community, contributing to the uplift of the individual and advancing high standards of civic life.
THEODORE BRUCE BEATTY, M. D.
Dr. Theodore Bruce Beatty, state health commissioner and a well known representative of the medical profession at Salt Lake, was born in Maiden, Illinois. June 2. 1863. a son of F. H. and Mary Jane (Sansom) Beatty, both of whom removed from Ohio to Illinois in early life. The father was a prominent business man at Maiden and Princeton, Illinois, where he resided for many years. In his later life he lived retired in Salt Lake City, and both he and his wife here passed away.
Dr. Beatty pursued his early education in the public and high schools of Princeton, and following his graduation there prepared for the medical profession through private study in Princeton before entering Rush Medical College of Chicago, from which he was graduated with honors as a member of the class of 1884. He later took postgraduate work in the polyclinic of New York city and in Europe. He entered upon active practice in the office of his uncle at Anita, Iowa, removing in 1890 to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he opened an office and has since successfully followed his profession. Upon the organization of St. Mark's Hospital he became a member of its staff and has remained one of the consulting physicians and surgeons to the present time. Through his efforts the state board of health of Utah was created in 1899, since which time he has served as its executive officer, filling the position to the credit and honor of the profession and the satisfaction of the public. He belongs to the Salt Lake County Medical Society, the Utah State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and through the proceedings of these bodies keeps in close touch with the advanced thought and methods of the medical profession. He thoroughly believes in preventive measures and the dissemination of knowledge concerning the laws of health, and as a public officer he is doing everything in his power to check the ravages of disease.
On the 12th of September, 1888. in Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Beatty was united in marriage to Miss Adelaide Post, a daughter of Franklin and Elizabeth (Olin) Post, representing a prominent family of Rutland, Vermont. Dr. and Mrs. Beatty have become the parents of a daughter, Virginia, who was educated in Rowland Hall of Salt Lake and in a young ladies' school of Boston, Massachusetts, and is now the wife of John S. Selfridge, of San Francisco. They have two children, John S. and Theodore Bruce Selfridge.
Dr. Beatty belongs to the Alta Club and to the University Club and is a charter member of the Salt Lake Country Club. He is president of the Utah Charity Organization Society and is interested in all those activities which work for the amelioration of hard conditions of life for the unfortunate. In politics he is a republican and has served as a member of the city council of Salt Lake as well as in the offices already mentioned which are in the direct path of his profession. The greater part of his time and attention, however, has been given to the practice of medicine and surgery and he has won prominence and success in this field by reason of his ability and his conscientious devotion to duty.
DAVID R. BEEBE.
An active business career has brought David R. Beebe into connection with many important projects which have figured in the up building and material development of Utah. He now makes his home at Salt Lake and is interested in mining in this state. His birth occurred in Polk city. Polk county, Iowa, May 4, 1854. his parents being George and Hester (Rogers) Beebe, who were natives of the state of New York, the father having been born in Oswego and the mother in New York city. George Beebe was a farmer and stock raiser of Iowa, where he also built and operated flour mills, having the first flour mill in his section of the state, in which he had located in pioneer times. In 1830 he had become a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York and went through all the hardships and persecutions experienced by the people of his faith in Missouri and Illinois. In 1859 he made his way westward to Utah but returned to Iowa in 1860, the trip being made to visit the parents of Mrs. Hester Beebe, whose father lived at Provo. Eventually, however, George Beebe disposed of his business interests in Iowa and became a resident of Utah in 1876. He built what is now known as the Hoover flour mill, previously known, however, as the Excelsior flour mill. He engaged actively in the milling business and in farming until the time of his death. which occurred in November, 1881. He was a very active and prominent worker in the church in the early days and his wife was a decidedly religious woman, her church meaning everything to her. Their family numbered five sons and six daughters: Martha. Mary, Alvaro. Caroline, David, Horace, Rebecca. Nina, Ozza, Ovando and Angus. One brother and two sisters are buried in Iowa.
David R. Beebe is indebted to the public school system of his native state for the early educational opportunities which he enjoyed and later he spent a year as a student in the Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa, and the Iowa Business College at Des Moines. He was graduated from the latter institution on the completion of a business course and afterward took up the profession of school teaching in Polk city, where he spent one winter. He later operated a steam engine in Iowa and in May, 1875, came to this state, making his way to Park City, where he ran a steam engine in the mills and mines for some time. He spent a few years in that city, after which he taught school at Springville for one winter. He next went to Leadville, Colorado, during the boom days and was engaged in freighting from Leadville to Canon City and later from Buena Vista to Leadville, being thus engaged for three years. In 1880 he returned to Utah and for a year thereafter devoted his attention to farming. He then took up contract work for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, purchasing ties, lumber and other supplies. Later he was bookkeeper for the Provo Cooperative Store, the largest cooperative institution south of Salt Lake. He continued in that position for two years, after which he became general manager for S. S. Jones, then known as the Merchant Prince. He was thus identified with general merchandising for five years, after which he became bookkeeper for the Price Trading Company and thus served for two years. Later he was superintendent at Robinson, Utah, for the Tintic Mercantile Company for a year, followed by several years spent as manager with the Smoot Lumber Company. He then organized the Beebe Lumber Company of Provo and conducted the business successfully for fourteen years, or until the spring of 1919, when he sold out. He is now the president of the Eureka Bullion Mining Company, one of the strong mining corporations of the state. He is also the president of the Lesora Mining Company, having property in the Deseret mountains of Utah. He is a member of the board of the East Tintic Collation, which is a neighbor to the Eureka Bullion. His time and attention are now concentrated entirely upon his mining interests but since the establishment of the family in the state they have been connected with many lines of development here, the father having operated sawmills besides his flour mills in Iowa.
In September. 1881, Mr. Beebe was married to Nancy D. Smoot, a half-sister of Senator Smoot. and to them were born three children: George 0., mentioned elsewhere in this work; Calvin, the manager of the Provo branch; and Reba, now the wife of Thomas Lisonbe. living at Provo.
Mr. Beebe is a very active republican and was recognized as one of the leaders of the party in his state for many years. He has served on the city council for three terms but at local elections casts an independent ballot. He is a past master and past high priest of the Masonic fraternity and a past exalted ruler in the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He has traveled from coast to coast and has been a representative in the national convention of Elks. His former home is at No. 182 East Second South, in Provo, where he had a substantial and attractive residence, justly noted for its spirit of warm-hearted hospitality. There are few phases of Utah's development with which the Beebe family have not been connected and important interests have been controlled by David R. Beebe, whose enterprise and sound judgment have brought him to a most creditable position in business circles. He is especially widely known by reason of his mining interests and is now operating successfully in the Tintic district.
W. F. BEER, M. D.
Among the eminent representatives of the medical and surgical profession in Utah is Dr. W. F. Beer, of Salt Lake City, who has developed a private practice of large proportions and has also become well known as a surgeon of the Medical Corps of the United States army, having been on duty at Fort Douglas, where he won the rank of major. He has charge of the war prison hospital at Fort Douglas. Dr. Beer was born in Salt Lake. November 7, 1866, a son of Benjamin J. and Mary Ann (Livesey) Beer. The father was born in London, England, while the mother's bir.th occurred in St. Louis. Missouri. The former, an Oxford graduate, came to Utah in 1852 and crossed the plains with handcart but later he returned to England. Subsequently, however, he again made his way to the new world to remain permanently. He was a painter by trade and followed that business and also other lines for many years. The mother of Dr. Beer came to Salt Lake from St. Louis, Missouri, her native city. She arrived in Utah's capital on the 21st of November, 1862, and, like her husband, passed away here. In their family were two children, the elder being Benjamin John, also a resident of Salt Lake City.
The younger, Dr. Beer, attended the public schools of Salt Lake and when a boy of but eight and a half years old began to be self-supporting; in fact from that age he made his own way in the world, providing for his later education entirely himself. Having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he entered Columbia University, from which he was graduated with the M. D. degree in 1892. He began practice in New York city, where he remained for a time and then removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where he continued in practice until he again came to Salt Lake City. Here he has won prominence in his chosen profession and is today recognized as one of the eminent physicians and surgeons of Utah. His first military experience came to him in connection with the Utah National Guard, being appointed a captain in the Medical Corps of the National Guard on the 26th of January, 1896. On the 30th of August, 1899, he was commissioned a major surgeon and on the 15th of August, 1900, was commissioned assistant surgeon general of the state with the rank of lieutenant colonel, which latter rank he held upon his retirement from the service in 1905. On the 5th of July, 1917, he was commissioned a captain in the Medical Corps of the United States army and was commissioned a major of the Medical Corps on the 24th of July, 1918. This rank he now holds and is serving as chief surgeon in the war prison hospital at Fort Douglas, Utah. His connection with the National Guard covered eight and a half years. He is now the commanding officer of the war prison hospital at Fort Douglas. He belongs to the Salt Lake County Medical Society, the Utah State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and through the proceedings of these bodies keeps in close touch with advanced professional thought and methods.
On the 21st of September, 1889, Dr. Beer was married to Miss Josephine Luella Taylor, of Salt Lake City, a daughter of Joseph E. Taylor. They have become the parents of three children. William Francis, born in Salt Lake City, March 25, 1896, attended the high school and served in the quartermaster's department of the United States army, A. E. F. He enlisted in October, 1917, and returned in July, 1919, serving twenty-two months and ten days. Vivian Luella, born December 9, 1898, is now the wife of Lieutenant Howard Payne Roberts, of Washington, D. C. Kenneth Verinder, born in Salt Lake City, December 4, 1904, is a junior in the high school. Dr. Beer belongs to the Commercial Club and to the Woodmen of the World. In these associations is indicated the nature of his interests outside of his profession. His time, thought and energy have mostly been given to his duties as a physician and surgeon and he has ever been most careful to conform his practice to the highest professional ethics.
FREDERICK BEESLEY.
Frederick Beesley, secretary and treasurer of the Beesley Music Company of Salt Lake City, one of the oldest and most reliable music houses in the intermountain country, was born January 13, 1864, in the capital city of Utah, his parents being Ebenezer and Sarah (Hancock) Beesley, both of whom were natives of England. The parents came to America in 1859, crossing the plains to Salt Lake City, and for a distance of one thousand miles they pushed a handcart over the hot stretches of sand and through the mountain passes, the cart being laden with all their earthly possessions. They walked the entire distance into Salt Lake City, where the father afterward followed his vocation as a shoemaker. He was active along that line for many years, with several of his sons assisting. His inherited talent for music was early recognized by Dimick Huntington, the director of the Nauvoo Legion Martial band, who engaged him to play flute, and he became widely and honorably known in the musical circles of the state for his work in the Salt Lake Theatre orchestra, the Symphony orchestra, as leader of the Nauvoo Legion Martial band, and as conductor of the Tabernacle choir.
The early education of Frederick Beesley was acquired in a private school of Salt Lake City, while later he attended a night school. He also had one year's work in the Deseret University and afterward took special courses in accounting. Having studied music from boyhood, at the age of nineteen he engaged in music as a teacher, devoting his time to the study of piano, organ and bass viol. He became a member of the Tabernacle choir and held the position of assistant organist. When the choir went to the World's Fair in Chicago, in 1893, he and his sister Ella were members of the chorus that won the prize of a thousand dollars. For thirty-five years he was a member of that organization. In orchestra work Mr. Beesley has been interested since sixteen years of age, having played double bass under the most prominent local conductors. He was a promoter of the Salt Lake Philharmonic orchestra and at present holds the position of secretary and treasurer.
In October, 1885, Mr. Beesley was married to Elizabeth Ellen Solomon, a daughter of Alfred and Ellen (Gyde) Solomon. They have become the parents of seven children, the eldest of whom. Fredric A., is associated with his father in the Beesley Music Company. James G. passed away at the age of nine years. The others are all well and favorably known among the younger people of the community.
The business life of Mr. Beesley has been chiefly connected with two of the well known firms of Salt Lake City-Solomon Brothers Shoe Company and the Beesley Music Company. In 1889 he became a clerk for the former and remained with them for twelve years during the height of their prosperity as manufacturers and dealers in footwear. In this capacity he was enabled to utilize the experience of seven years previously spent with his father in several shoe manufacturing establishments. The Beesley Music Company was organized in 1903. Frederick, with his father and brothers, Alvin, Adelbert and Lorenzo, constituted the board of directors. He was an active factor in organizing the company. The capital stock is all held by members of the Beesley family and business has far outgrown the original quarters. Very desirable agencies, including the Mason & Hamlin piano and the American, phono player are held by this company.
Ecclesiastically, Frederick Beesley is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and at present a high priest. He was a president of the one hundred and ninth Quorum of Seventy from its organization in 1897, and the senior president for ten years. He has filled two missions for the Church to the Hawaiian Islands, on the first of which he was accompanied by his wife. While there he was engaged as school teacher, choir leader and band master, besides fulfilling various ecclesiastical duties. His wife, being an adept at needle work, devoted much of her time in teaching the native women to do sewing and fancy work, which won much admiration when exhibited at local fairs. His second mission to the islands was in 1900. Fifty years have elapsed since the establishment of this mission, it was proposed to hold a semi-centennial jubilee and Elder Beesley was appointed as chairman of the program committee. Apostle George Q. Cannon and others made the trip from Utah to celebrate the event. Two days festivities, including vocal and instrumental music, were arranged for at Honolulu and an enjoyable time was had by a great concourse of natives and missionaries from all over the islands.
Though born in a log house with a dirt roof, the subject of this sketch had such natural traits of character as determination, prudence, ambition, perseverance, integrity, individuality and a constant desire to make the best of his opportunities, so that he has surmounted many obstacles and gained a fair competence among his fellows. He is interested in all that pertains to the welfare of his church and community. He is a prominent figure in musical circles, not only by reason of the position he holds in the Beesley Music Company, but also because of his native talent in the art.
AUGUSTUS CALVIN BEHLE. M. D.
Dr. Augustus Calvin Behle, physician and surgeon of Salt Lake City, was born in Moro, Illinois, January 24, 1871, a son of Dr. William H. and Caroline (Bush) Behle.
The mother was a native of Wisconsin. The father was born in Germany and came to America with his parents when a little lad of but six years, the family home being established in Nebraska, where he was reared to manhood and pursued his education. Becoming an ordained minister of the Presbyterian faith, he served in Iowa for a number of years. He was married in Iowa and later studied medicine and became a practicing physician, following his profession in Iowa, while subsequently he removed in 1881 to Ogden, Utah, and later became a resident of Logan, this state. He afterward went to Idaho but subsequently returned to Utah, settling in Salt Lake City, where he resided to the time of his death in 1900. The mother's parents came from Germany in the early days and settled in Wisconsin, where she was born and reared. Her death occurred in Logan. Three children survive her, namely: Augustus Calvin, of this review; Martha J. O., the wife of Judge Frank S. Dietrich, a resident of Boise, Idaho, and judge of the United States district court; and Esther, the wife of Edward W. Rowles, of Idaho Falls, Idaho. For his second wife Dr. William H. Behle chose Miss Anna Bantly, daughter of Rev. John Bantly, a prominent minister and educator of Iowa. She survives and resides in Nampa, Idaho. Her two surviving children are: Beulah, the wife of Major Frank Estabrook, a well known attorney of Nampa, Idaho, who saw service in Europe during the great world war; and Mildred, the wife of Dr. Frank E. Boucher, of Salt Lake City.
In the acquirement of his education Dr. Behle attended the Cache Valley Seminary, St. John's school at Logan, Utah, and the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute. He thus acquired broad literary learning, after which he entered upon preparation for his professional career. Becoming a student in Rush Medical College at Chicago, he was graduated in 1894 with the M. D. degree. He served as interne in St. Mark's Hospital at Salt Lake and afterward spent a year in postgraduate work in the Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, Maryland, making a study of pathology. He began practice on his own account in 1898 in Salt Lake City and so continued until 1903, when he went abroad, spending the years 1903 and 1904 at the University of Vienna in Vienna, Austria, and visiting the various hospitals and colleges in the leading medical centers of Europe, doing post-graduate and research work. In 1910 he again visited Europe and spent one year at the University of Vienna and in visiting various medical centers on the continent, familiarizing himself with the most advanced methods of the leading physicians and surgeons of the old world. He has made a specialty of surgery in his practice and has performed some notable operations. Colleagues and contemporaries attest his high ability in his chosen calling.
On the 15th of May, 1905, Dr. Behle was married to Miss Daisy M. Harroun, of Salt Lake City, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Harroun, who were pioneer residents of southern Utah. Her mother was prior to her marriage a Miss Coombs and also represented one of the pioneer families of the state. Dr. and Mrs. Behle have become parents of three children: Calvin Augustus, who was born in Salt Lake City in 1907 and is now attending the Bryant Junior high school; William Harroun, who was born in 1909 and is also in school; and Charles Frederick, who was born in 1914.
Dr. Behle is a member of the University Club and also of the Kiwanis Club and is very popular in those organizations. His time and attention, however, are chiefly given to his professional interests. In addition to an extensive private practice he has been connected with St. Mark's Hospital since 1894. being attending surgeon for the past twelve years. He belongs to the Salt Lake County Medical Society, of which he was the president for a year, also to the Utah State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and through the proceedings of these organizations keeps in close touch with the most advanced thought of the profession.
WILLIAM JAMES BENNETT.
William James Bennett, secretary and treasurer of the Bennett Glass & Paint Company, is an officer and director in seventeen other large business enterprises of the state. His interests have ever been of a character that have contributed to public progress and prosperity as well as to individual success.
Mr. Bennett is a native of Salt Lake City. He was born November 9. 1877. a son of Richard and Maria (Foster) Bennett, who were natives of Birmingham, England, and came to America in 1857. They made the trip across the plains with ox team and wagon in the primitive manner of travel of those days before the era of railroad building. The father became connected with the Taylor-Romney Armstrong Company and continued with that company for thirty-five years, or until he retired from active life. He passed away in Salt Lake, May 14, 1914, at the age of seventy-four years. The mother, however, is still a resident of this city. To Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were born four children who are still living, namely: John F., who is president and manager of the Bennett Glass & Paint Company of Salt Lake; Mrs. Joseph C. Sharp, of Salt Lake; Nellie; and William James.
As a pupil in the public schools of Salt Lake William James Bennett acquired his education but when quite young made his initial step in the business world and has since been dependent upon his own resources for his advancement. He has been connected with the paint and glass business for nearly a quarter of a century. The business was incorporated as the Bennett Glass & Paint Company on the 20th of December, 1900, with John F. Bennett as president and W. J. Bennett as secretary and treasurer. The company is a close corporation with a fully paid up capital. They engage in the wholesale and retail paint and glass business and have one of the largest establishments of the kind in the state and something of the volume of the business is indicated in the fact that there are now one hundred and twenty-five people in their employ. The Bennett Gasoline Oil Company is a subsidiary company of the concern and is in itself a large business.
W. J. Bennett is also an officer and one of the directors of the gasoline company and the scope of his activities is further indicated in the fact that he is a director of the Eardley Brothers Electric Company of Salt Lake, the Jordan Valley Dry Farms Company, the Taylor-Tatzack Jewelry Company of Salt Lake and many other important business concerns which make him a factor in the commercial and industrial circles of the city. He is actuated by a most progressive spirit that results in the accomplishment of his purpose and the integrity of his methods has ever been above question.
On the 19th of September, 1904, Mr. Bennett was married to Miss Ethel Farr, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Newton Farr, prominent people of Ogden and representatives of one of the first Mormon families of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have two children: Marjorie L., who was born in 1906; and John W., born June 24, 1914. Mr. Bennett is identified with the Commercial Club of Salt Lake and is interested in the work of that organization as it tends to further the business development of the city and promote all those interests which are of civic worth. His constantly expanding powers have continually carried him into more and more important business relations and the value of his labors as a factor in the material development and up building of the city and state is widely recognized.
