JOSEPH J. LA BEE.

Joseph J. La Bee is numbered among those men who came to Salt Lake with limited capital but through their own exertions and the utilization of the opportunities that have been presented have risen to leadership and success in the business world. He is now the president of the F. W. Gardiner Printing & Binding Company and as such is in control of an extensive business. A native of St. Louis. Missouri, he was born January 3, 1864. and is a son of Joseph and Celina (Jobin) La Bee. who were natives of France and came in early life to the new world, making their way first to Canada and thence to St. Louis, being among the early French people to locate in that city. The old French name of L'abbe was Americanized to its present form. The father was a ship builder by trade and was employed on government docks in South St. Louis, building boats for the government and also for private parties. He died in St. Louis in 1867 and his wife there passed away in 1875. They were parents of two children, Mrs. Celina Krause, who is now a resident of California, being the younger.

Joseph J. La Bee was a pupil in the schools of St. Louis, after which he began learning the printer's and bookbinder's trade. Subsequently he traveled as a journeyman to various parts of the country, working in almost all of the large American cities. In 1890 he took up his abode in Salt Lake, where he was employed in the line of his trade, and in 1896 he organized the F. W. Gardiner Printing & Binding Company, which has been developed from a very small printing plant with one press to a large establishment. This is in fact one of the most modern printing plants in the entire west and from its organization Mr. La Bee has been at its head. It is a close corporation and Mr. La Bee has been the directing spirit in the development and conduct of the business from the beginning. The company now employs more than fifty men and turns out a vast volume of business annually.

On the 20th of December, 1897, Mr. La Bee was married to Miss Elizabeth Hartig, of Salt Lake City, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hartig the former a master mechanic and a representative of one of the early families of St. Louis. Missouri. They now have a daughter. Pauline, who was born in Salt Lake in 1900, was educated in the city schools and is now the wife of Chester R. Colborn.

Mr. La Bee is a prominent figure in fraternal circles, holding membership with the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Royal Arcanum and the Modern Woodmen of America, In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and in the Knights of Pythias lodge he has filled all of the chairs. He also belongs to the Kiwanis Club. He is one of Utah's self-made men having worked his way up entirely unassisted, an unfaltering determination and marked persistency of purpose having been salient elements in the attainment of his present-day success. He has kept in thorough touch with the progress that has been made in the printing art through all these years and the excellence of the work turned out from his establishment constitutes one of the strongest features in his growing prosperity.

JOHN GEORGE LABRUM.

John George Labrum, now living retired in the South Cottonwood ward, was born in Simpson, Buckinghamshire. England, November, 29, 1849, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (George) Labrum, who were also natives of that country. The father followed farming in England until 1851, when he came to America. His death occurred of cholera the same year at St. Louis, Missouri. Eleven years later the mother crossed the Atlantic with her children, leaving England on the 14th of May. 1862, and arriving at Salt Lake on the 1st of October of the same year. They crossed the Atlantic on the sailing vessel William Tapscott and were six weeks on the water. They proceeded westward by rail to St. Joseph, Missouri, thence up the Missouri river to Winter Quarters, Florence, Nebraska, and while crossing a branch of the river near Florence. John G. Labrum was almost drowned, being rescued by one of the teamsters, Robert Ogden. This resulted in a close acquaintance springing up between them and Mr. Labrum drove Mr. Ogden's four yoke team of oxen nearly all of the way across the plains, thus allowing his rescuer to look after other matters. Mr. Labrum's mother walked all the way and carried a child most of the time as well. After a few days spent in Salt Lake the family went to Millcreek, where John G. Labrum entered the employ of William Luck, who had come to America with the former's father and was with him when he died in St. Louis. The mother afterward became the wife of William Woolton at Millcreek and lived to the advanced age of ninety-one years, passing away in 1909. It was on the 15th of July, 1863, that the family suffered a heavy loss by fire, their house being destroyed together with all their personal effects. Mr. Labrum worked for his stepfather for one season after the fire and the next year he and his brother, Henry G, leased a farm on shares, while a sister became their housekeeper.

For two years John G Labrum was associated in business with his brother Henry and afterward was with his brother, Thomas G., for a year. Later all three brothers combined their business interests and carried on farming on shares until 1868. In 1867 John G. Labrum and his brother Thomas went to Dixie, returning in 1868. The former then herded cattle and worked on the Union Pacific Railroad in Echo canyon. He was afterward again associated with his brother Henry in farming on shares, spending his time in that way until his marriage, when he purchased his present place and built thereon a little two-room cottage. He began clearing the land, which was at the time a wilderness of sagebrush. His original purchase made him owner of thirty-three acres. During his early years, in addition to cultivating his land, he did teaming in the canyon and also hauled rock for the Salt Lake Temple and assisted in building the tabernacle at Salt Lake. As the years passed he prospered in his undertakings and in 1888 he built a two-story brick residence, which at that time was the largest home in the locality.

It was on the 9th of December, 1872, that Mr. Labrum was married to Miss Ann Elizabeth Wheeler, who was born and reared in Salt Lake county, a daughter of Thomas A.  and Ann (Walker) Wheeler, whose parents were from Herefordshire, England, and came to America in 1853. For years her father was employed by President Woodruff at Salt Lake and later in life he took up farming, passing away in 1900, while his wife died in 1897. To Mr. and Mrs. Labrum have been born twelve children, nine of whom are yet living, while three of their children passed away in infancy. Those who survive are: Eva E., now the wife of Richard McCloy; Sarah I., the wife of Oliver Powell; John W., a farmer of Bennion ward, Salt Lake county; Lulu E., the wife of George F. Shaw; Thomas O., who is bishop's counselor in Bennion; George F. and Rulon H., who now follow farming although they were engaged in school teaching for a number of years; Mabel, the wife of Caleb L. Fisher; and Fern L., who was graduated from the normal course of the University of Utah and is now pursuing a business course in the Latter-day Saints University at Salt Lake. Liberal educational opportunities have been accorded the family and all of the children are high school graduates, while George and Rulon completed the normal school course in the University of Utah, as did Mabel and Fern. Thomas O.  went on a mission to New Zealand, where he labored for three years, and George F. went on a mission to England for more than two years.

In addition to his other interests, John G. Labrum engaged in the sheep business for a number of years. He was for many years a supporter of the democratic party, served as chairman of his precinct and was a delegate to county conventions. In later years he has been a republican and has been judge of elections for many years past. For ten years he was special representative of smelters to adjust damages of the crops for farmers. He was the first water commissioner appointed by the court for Little Cottonwood creek arid for years adjusted claims for the irrigation companies. Since December 26, 1886, he has filled the office of high priest in the church and was bishop's counselor for fourteen years and while in the bishopric had charge of all amusements in the ward. He has been ward teacher and assistant Sunday school superintendent and also first assistant in the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association.

His wife has been president of the Relief Society for seventeen years and in her younger days was counselor to the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association and was secretary of the Relief Society for six years. Mr. Labrum is now living retired, while his sons carry on the work of the home farm, which is in a high state of cultivation. It has been planted to fruit, there are good buildings upon it and the place is thoroughly attractive in every way. while Mr.  Labrum stands as one of the valued and highly respected citizens of his community, honored by all who know him and most of all by those who know him best.

WILLIAM G. LAMBERT

William G. Lambert is the secretary, manager and one of the directors of the Lambert Paper Company, wholesale paper dealers of Salt Lake City. The position which he has attained in business circles well entitles him to a place among the representative residents of this city and, moreover, he is prominent in social and church circles and as a member of one of the old and honored families of the capital.

Mr.  Lambert was born in Salt Lake, June 10, 1877, a son of Charles and Euphemia (Gillespie) Lambert. The father was born in Manchester, England, and the mother's birth occurred in the south of England. In the year 1849 Charles Lambert crossed the Atlantic to the new world and made his way to Salt Lake, where he later engaged in business as a stone mason and bridge builder. Developing his interests along the latter line, he conducted a very extensive business, being one of the prominent bridge builders of Utah almost to the time of his death. He passed away in Utah, at the age of seventy seven years. The mother, who had come to Utah in 1857 and was married in this state, died in May, 1918. In their family were five children, of whom one has passed away, while those still living are William G.; Isaac G.; Thomas G., of Salt Lake; and Mrs. Elizabeth Porter, of Fillmore, Utah.

William G. Lambert, after mastering the branches taught in the graded schools of Salt Lake, put aside his textbooks in order to enter the business world. He was employed as a clerk along various lines and later engaged in farming. He then became connected with the wholesale paper business which had been organized and was carried on by his half brother. George C. Lambert, of whom he became an employee in 1895. He entered the business as any other outside man would have done and won advancement through close application and merit. He worked his way upward through various departments, winning successive promotions until he became an officer of the company and one of its directors. After the business was taken over by the Zellerbach Paper Company, George C. Lambert withdrew. William G. Lambert became the secretary and general manager in 1916 and has since served in the dual capacity. The company employs thirty-four people and handles thirty thousand pounds of paper per day. shipping to all parts of the country. This business is gradually assuming large proportions and the success of the enterprise is due in no small measure to the experience and capability of Mr. Lambert, who often accompanies his salesmen on their trips to become better acquainted with the trade and the methods of business. 

On the 30th of October, 1901, Mr. Lambert was married to Miss Olive F. Patten, of Salt Lake, a daughter of Thomas C. and Mary A. Patten, pioneer residents of Utah.  Mr. and Mrs. Lambert have two children: William P., born April 17. 1903. and now a high school student in Salt Lake; and Olive Lucille, born October 30, 1905.  Mr. Lambert is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in the years 1903 and 1904 was on a mission for the church in England. He gained much valuable knowledge and experience while thus laboring for the up building of the church in a foreign field. He is a member of the Rotary Club and of the Commercial Club and his standing in business circles is indicated in the fact that he was one of the directors of the Manufacturers Association of Utah. His entire life has been passed in the city which is yet his home and that his course has ever been an honorable and upright one is indicated in the fact that many of his staunchest friends are those who have known him from his boyhood to the present time.

SIDNEY R. LAMBOURNE.

Sidney R. Lambourne is a native of Salt Lake City, where he is now acceptably filling the position of superintendent of parks. He was born September 22, 1880, a son of William and Martha Lambourne, who were among those pioneer settlers that came to Utah with ox teams across the country in the pioneer period which antedated railroad travel. The father became an active factor in business circles as the head of the wall paper and carpet department of the Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution and continued his residence in Salt Lake City until called to his final rest in 1899. The mother survived until 1913. In their family were ten children, two of whom have passed away. The others are: Alfred, who is an artist of Salt Lake; Charles; John; George; Eugene; Ernest; Mrs. Louis Cutler; and Sidney R., who is the youngest of the family. 

The youthful days of Sidney R. Lambourne were largely devoted to the acquirement of an education in the graded and high schools of Salt Lake. He afterward became connected with the florist's business as a partner of his brother Ernest and subsequently he was engaged in the marble and monument business, which he afterward sold. He was associated with his brother in all of his business activities until appointed to the office of superintendent of parks in 1916. He has since filled this position in a most efficient and commendable manner, having charge of all of the city parks, boulevards and public properties. He has done everything possible to improve and beautify the park and boulevard system and his labors have been most effective. 

On the 6th of August, 1897, Mr. Lambourne was married in Salt Lake to Miss Beatrice Brown and they now have five children. Sidney, born in Salt Lake in 1898, is a graduate of the high school and is now assistant cashier with the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company of Idaho Falls. Idaho. He married Miss Florence Roper, of Salt Lake, and they have one child, Adele Laurie, born in Salt Lake in 1900, who was graduated from the high school and is chief clerk to Mr. Sharp, chief of the city detective service. Harry, born in Salt Lake in 1903, was graduated from Henager's Business College, as was his brother Laurie. Beatrice, born in 1905, is attending high school, and Robert, born February 28, 1916, completes the family. Mr. Lambourne is well known and has many friends in this, his native city.

WILLIAM A. LARKINS.

William A. Larkins is one of the well known construction engineers and building contractors in the west. He resides in Salt Lake City, but his operations have covered a broad territory, and not only in Utah's capital but in many other districts are found substantial business blocks and fine buildings which are a monument to his skill and ability. Mr. Larkins is a native of New Zealand. He was born May 6, 1884, of the marriage of Frederick and Ann (Pike) Larkins, both of whom were natives of England and in early life removed to New Zealand, where the father engaged in the manufacture of confectionery and wholesale candy trade. He remained a resident of that island until called to his final rest, while the mother of Mr. Larkins of this review passed away in San Francisco, California. They were the parents of six children. 

William A. Larkins, the youngest of the family, spent his boyhood days as a pupil in the schools of San Francisco, California, and of Boston, Massachusetts, completing the high school course in the latter city, after which he entered the Boston Technical Institute.  He was there graduated as a mechanical engineer in 1905 and at once entered upon his professional career in New York city, where he remained for two and a half years. He then returned to the west with its broader opportunities and more rapid growth, again taking up his abode in San Francisco, where he won an enviable reputation as a building contractor, continuing there for eight years. On the expiration of that period he removed to Ogden, Utah, where he lived for four years and in 1917 became a resident of Salt Lake City, and commenced building operations. Here he has rapidly won a foremost position among the leaders in his line.  He is now engaged on the erection of the building for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. This is a solid fireproof concrete structure, four stories in height with deep basement, and covers one-third of a block at No. 320 West Second South. When completed it will be one of the most modern business buildings in Salt Lake City. He was awarded the contract for the Granite high school, additions to the science building, gymnasium and boiler house. He has also erected a building on West Second South street for the A. Keyser Company, this being a duplicate of the building for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, which adjoins the Goodyear building on the east.  Mr. Larkins belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, also to the Salt Lake Commercial Club, the Country Club of Salt Lake and the Weber Club of Ogden.  His social qualities make him very popular in these organizations and his genuine worth is recognized by all who have come in contact with him.

JOSEPH Y. LARSEN.

Joseph Y. Larsen, who is engaged in farming a tract of land of fifty-five acres at Holliday and has for many years been an active factor in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, filling the office of bishop since February 5, 1911, was born at Big Cottonwood, now Holliday, September 16, 1865, a son of Lars and Sophia (Mathewson) Larsen, both of whom were natives of Denmark, where the father learned and followed the tailor's trade until coming to America in 1862. He made his way across the plains to Utah with ox team and wagon and cast in his lot with the early settlers of this state. The mother came to the new world in 1863 and walked all the way across the plains. After reaching his destination Lars Larsen took up the occupation of farming where his son. Joseph Y., now resides. He remained an active church worker and was president of the Scandinavian organization at Holliday. He passed away June 25, 1880, while his wife died on the 27th of August, 1910. 

Joseph Y. Larsen was the eldest in their family. He obtained a district school education and throughout his entire life has followed the occupation of farming, now having fifty-five acres of land which he carefully develops and improves. He raises the cereals best adapted to soil and climatic conditions here and also raises some fruit.

Mr. Larsen was married to Miss Christina Swanner, who passed away, leaving no children. In 1900 he wedded Olga Hansen, who was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and came to America in early girlhood. Her mother afterward crossed the Atlantic, but her father died in the old country. Mr. and Mrs. Larsen have become parents of seven children: Wilford Joseph, Irvine, Delbert, Olivia, Theron, Irene and Mabel.  Throughout his entire life Joseph Y. Larsen has remained an active and faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was counselor in the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association for a number of years before being ordained bishop and he has also been Sunday school teacher and ward teacher. In 1895, 1896 and 1897 he served on a mission to Scandanavia and labored both in Denmark and Sweden, being banished from the former country and continuing his labors in Sweden.  His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he is active in its local ranks.  As a pioneer settler he has witnessed the entire development and growth of this section of the state. He was born here in the period of early settlement, his birthplace being one of the old-time dugouts. He has seen the desert transformed from a region covered with wild sagebrush into highly cultivated farms and has borne his part in clearing away the brush, in digging ditches and in otherwise rendering the land capable of cultivation. His work has been productive of good results in this connection and equally resultant have been his labors in behalf of the church.

A. ROBERT LARSON.

A. Robert Larson, filling the office of postmaster at Sandy, where he is also identified with business affairs as a partner in the grocery house of Bjork & Larson, Was born in Trollhattan, Sweden, June 23, 1878, a son of John G. and Elida (Johnson) Larson.  It was in the year 1891 that the family came to America. The father was a blacksmith by trade and thus provided for the support of his wife and children. The family numbered two sons and four daughters, the sisters of A. Robert Larson being: Mrs.  Amelia Madsen, who resides upon a ranch on Mill creek; Mrs. Anna Forsberg, who passed away in 1900; Mary, wife of J. A. Christenson, a photographer at Murray; and Hulda, wife of Andrew P. Davidson, of Salt Lake City. 

A. Robert Larson pursued his education in the graded schools of Utah. He was a lad of thirteen years at the time of the emigration of the family to the new world and after his textbooks were put aside he took up the blacksmith's trade, which he learned under the direction of his father. He worked along that line until 1900, when he was sent to Sweden on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, continuing his labors there in behalf of the church for three years. Upon his return to Utah he established a blacksmith's shop at Midvale and throughout the intervening period has led a most active life in connection with business affairs in the communities in which he has made his home.

While in Midvale Mr. Larson was united in marriage to Miss Alma Johnson, of East Jordan ward. She was born in Sweden and was brought to America by her parents when nine years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Larson have been born four children: Golden R.. thirteen years of age; Delmuth R.. aged eleven; John Marvin, a lad of seven; and Iver Clifton, four years of age.

Mr. Larson continued in the blacksmithing business at Midvale until 1904, when he removed to Sandy, where he also established a shop, which he conducted until appointed to the office of postmaster on the 5th of January, 1916. He still remains a factor in the commercial circles of the city as a partner in the grocery meat market of Bjork & Larson.

Mr. Larson and his family are all members of the Sandy Ward Church. He is a horse shoer in the National Guard and his political support is given to the democratic party. He has long been active as a worker in its ranks and has served on the democratic county central committee for a period of six years. He has been a member of the city council of Sandy, was also mayor of the city filling the unexpired term of W. W. Wilson, and is now the postmaster, at all times proving a capable official, loyal to the duties entrusted to his care. He was the president of the Salt Lake Water Company, which supplied water for Sandy and which property has now been acquired by the city of Sandy. He has also been fire chief for nine years and is interested in every plan or project which has to do with the up building and development of the district in which he makes his home. His cooperation and aid can at all times be counted upon to further any movement for the general good and he enjoys a well deserved reputation as a capable official.

JERROLD RANSOM LETCHER.

Jerrold Ransom Letcher, of Salt Lake City, journalist, lawyer, public official and in politics, a democrat, is the second son of William Hamilton and Evalina (Ransom) Letcher, and was born at Marshall, Saline County, Missouri, June 23, 1851. He removed with his parents to California in 1860, but returned in 1868, located in St. Louis, attended the high school and upon completing the course entered the State University at Columbia.

At college he was a member of the Union Literary Society and editor of the "University Missourian," served as captain in the University Battalion, played on his "Class Nine" and affiliated with the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. Upon finishing the course in 1873, he was given the "Norwood Prize" for thesis in physiology, received "honorable mention" for examination on international and constitutional law, and was awarded the "Stephens medal" for the best oration at commencement, taking the B. S. degree in the largest class then graduated. He then entered the law department, was graduated LL. B. in 1875, and the following year was also awarded the M. S. degree, by his alma mater.

Relocating at Marshall, he formed a partnership with his father in the practice of law; for a time acted as associate editor of the "Saline County Progress" and also collected data pertaining to the early history of his native county. In 1878 he went to Colorado, subsequently locating at Ouray in the San Juan Region, and engaged in the practice of his profession. He was elected a member of the fourth general assembly for the session of 1883, being the choice of the minority for speaker, served on important committees, and at the close was given a handsome testimonial by his associates.  He was selected as a delegate to the democratic national convention which convened at Chicago in 1884, served as a member of the committee on credentials, and participated in the campaign which followed.

In 1890 he removed to Utah, and locating at Salt Lake, engaged in journalistic work and the practice of law; was active in the reorganization of political parties, and the establishment of a party journal upon which he served for a time as reporter both in the court and political department%; in 1892 he acted as chief clerk of the thirtieth territorial assembly, assisted in organizing "democratic societies" and served as president of the Pioneer Club; in the campaign of that year he made the tour in company with the candidate for delegate to Congress and acted as special correspondent for the party journal; in 1894 he was appointed a member of the last "Utah Commission" and was one of the committee which delivered the constitution of the proposed state to the President for approval; after admission, he was named by the judges of the eighth circuit as clerk of the new Federal district and served as clerk of the circuit and district courts, for nearly twenty years. Upon the advent of the democratic party to power in the state in 1917, he was named as assistant secretary of state, which position he now holds.

In 1894 he was married to Sara, daughter of John L. and Nancy (Porter) Black, a native of Knox county and a graduate and instructor in "Syndical College" at Fulton, Missouri. They have two sons.

OSCAR B. LINDBERG.

Oscar B. Lindberg is the president and manager of the Utah Bank & Store Fixture Company of Salt Lake City. Studying carefully every phase of the trade, he organized the interests of the house and so developed its trade connections that today it is one of the large and successful commercial enterprises of the city. Mr. Lindberg is a native of Sweden, having been born in Skane May 27, 1870, his parents being Jean and Ingrid (Bengtson) Lindberg, who were also natives of Sweden, where they spent their entire lives, the father being there engaged in cabinet making and also conducting business as a building contractor for many years. He is still living at the age of ninety, but the mother passed away in Skane in 1893. In their family were nine children, six of whom survive, namely: Hannah, now Mrs. N. Lundberg,

who is living in Provo, Utah; Christine, now Mrs. Andrew Palmer, residing in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Mrs. Annette Hogberg, of Minneapolis; Peter, residing in Sweden; Sophie, now Mrs. Anton Johnason, who also lives in Sweden; and Oscar B.

After leaving school Mr. Lindberg of this review took up the cabinetmaking trade and pursued a special course in designing. He served a four years' apprenticeship at the trade and on the expiration of that period secured a position as a designer in a large furniture factory in his native land. He served in that capacity for several years and then decided to try his fortune in America, after which he sailed for New York city, where he was employed as foreman or superintendent in several firms in his line of business, later being foreman at the plant of the Tiffany Fixture Company, at that time one of the largest fixture manufactories of New York city. His capability won him rapid advancement and he soon reached the position of superintendent. He remained at the head of that important business for eight years and then determined to try his fortune in the west. In 1908 he located in Salt Lake City, where he soon found employment in the line of his work. He carefully saved his earnings until his industry and economy had brought him sufficient capital to establish business on his own account. At that time the American Fixture Company was in the hands of a receiver and in 1918 he and associates bought out the assets and machinery and took over the lease and incorporated the business under the name of the Utah Bank & Store Fixture Company, of which he became the president and manager, which position he has since held. Since the business has been taken over by the new management it has steadily grown and developed and has already reached a most gratifying position among the profitable enterprises of this character In Salt Lake City. The development of the trade is shown by the fact that they now employ from twenty to twenty-five experienced workmen.

Mr. Lindberg was married in October, 1890. to Miss Dora Johnson. They had two children: Fred, who was born in 1891; and Ebba, born In 1894. Both are now residents of New York city. Mr. Lindberg married Miss Mary Steinmetz, in Salt Lake City In 1909, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Casper Steinmetz. Mr. Lindberg is not a club man, nor does he seek prominence in public life, preferring to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs. What he has undertaken he has accomplished. His training was most thorough and his capacities and powers have brought him to the front along the line of his chosen life work.

JOSEPH S. LINDSAY.

Joseph S. Lindsay is figuring prominently in public affairs as one of the commissioners of Salt Lake county and also as county health commissioner, while in commercial circles he is also widely known, being proprietor of the Lindsay Auto Company of Taylorsville and of the Murray Auto Company of Murray, Salt Lake county. He is likewise identified with general merchandising at Taylorsville and is connected with many other business interests of Salt Lake City and county. He was born September 29, 1872, in the county in which he still resides, a son of Joseph S. and Emma (Bennion) Lindsay. The father, a native of Liverpool, England, born March 31, 1849, came to America with his parents, John and Elizabeth (Shanks) Lindsay, in 1851 and after a few years' residence in St. Louis, Missouri, they crossed the plains, reaching the great Salt Lake valley in 1859. Here Joseph S. Lindsay, Sr., was reared to manhood. He afterward located on a ranch and became a large stock raiser and farmer of this state, in which he continued to reside until called to his final rest on the 2d of February, 1918. Joseph S. Lindsay participated in the Black Hawk war in 1867. As a representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints he filled two missions, laboring in Ireland from 1891 until 1893 and in the Liverpool conference in England from 1906 until 1908. He gave his political allegiance to the democratic party and ably served as constable and justice of the peace. The mother of Joseph S. Lindsay. Jr., the subject of this review, was born in Salt Lake county and still resides upon the Lindsay family homestead at Taylorsville. By her marriage she became the mother of eleven children, three of whom have passed away. Those living are: Mary E. Bennion, of Logan; Joseph S.; Samuel J. and Edgar, both of Salt Lake county; Cora Bennion, of Forestdale; Alice Marsden, of Taylorsville; Mrs. Lula Summerhays; and Ileen.

After attending the public and high schools, mastering the various branches of learning therein taught, Joseph S. Lindsay pursued a commercial course in the Agricultural College of Utah at Logan. He then started out in the business world on his own account, becoming identified with mercantile interests at Taylorsville. where he opened a store in 1894. This business has grown under his personal direction far beyond his most sanguine expectations and by reason of his success he decided to expand his interests and established a house at Magna. This business also has had a steady growth and his interests there are incorporated under the name of Lindsay, Rowsell & Company. He likewise established the Murray Auto Company at Murray and the Lindsay Auto Company at Taylorsville, Utah, both of which are close corporations, Mr. Lindsay owning the greater per cent of the stock. He engages in the sale of Ford cars, parts and accessories, having the entire agency for Salt Lake county outside the city of Salt Lake. In two seasons the two houses of which he was the founder sold over six hundred Ford cars. Mr. Lindsay is also a director and officer of the Murray State Bank at Murray and of the First National Bank at Magna. He is a man of very sound judgment and keen sagacity, carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. He allows no obstacles or difficulties to bar his path if they can be overcome by persistent and honorable effort and opposition seems to serve as a stimulus for renewed diligence and determination on his part.

On the 13th of January, 1892, Mr. Lindsay was married to Miss Ethelyn Towler, of Salt Lake, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Towler, and they now have five children.  Vernetta, who was born in Taylorsville in 1898, was graduated from the high school and has spent one year in the University of Utah. Lona, born in Taylorsville in 1902, is now a high school pupil. Joseph, born in Taylorsville in 1904, is also attending high school. Ethelyn T., born in 1907, and Lamar, born in 1910, are both in the graded schools.

Mr. Lindsay is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in 1900 and 1901 served on a mission to England. He served as bishop of Taylorsville ward for ten years, or until the stake was divided, and for the past four years has been a member of the Cottonwood stake presidency. In his political views Mr. Lindsay has always been an earnest democrat since age conferred upon him the right of franchise.  He was for two terms a member of the Granite school board and for four years previous to the establishment of the rural delivery system served as postmaster at Taylorsville.  He was elected county commissioner of Salt Lake county in 1916 and reelected in 1918, being also health and charity commissioner of the county. In this department Mr.  Lindsay is at present preparing to erect a two hundred thousand dollar building at the infirmary for the aged and infirm. He is making a splendid record in these positions, bringing to bear in the discharge of his duties the same admirable qualities, perseverance, wisdom and energy which mark the conduct of his private business affairs.

NICHOL M. LONG.

Nichol M. Long is the president and manager of N. M. Long & Company, conducting a real estate and investment business at Salt Lake City. His activities in this connection have constituted an important element in the material development and Improvement of Utah's capital, for he has promoted and handled a number of the important subdivisions of Salt Lake, which he has transformed from unsightly vacancies into beautiful residence districts.

Mr. Long is a native of Agno, Switzerland. His birth occurred December 6, 1884, his parents being Anthony and Selina Long, who were also natives of the land of the Alps, whence they came to America in 1891, making their way to Salt Lake City, where the father still resides. He has retired from active business and is enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil. The mother passed away in Salt Lake in 1918.  In their family were four children.

Nichol M. Long, the youngest member of the household, attended school in his native town and after the emigration of the family to the new world he received private instruction from Judge Louis Brown, pursuing his studies at night, while during the day he worked as a clerk in mercantile establishments. Gradually he advanced, developing his own capacities and powers, making his services of greater value to his employers and thus being able to command a larger salary. Eventually, however, he determined to engage in business on his own account and opened a real estate office at No. 205 South West Temple street. He there handled general real estate lines and afterward removed to the Kearns building, where he extended the scope of his activities to include insurance. He was at that location until 1918, when he decided upon a ground floor location and removed to the present modern office which he now occupies at No. 749 South State street. He is today at the head of the firm of N. M. Long & Company, Inc. They handle real estate and investments, making a specialty of suburban acreage and farm lands. These are proving most attractive subdivisions, becoming popular with those who desire to own homes in a pleasant residential section.  The property is being rapidly improved with a fine class of residences and Mr. Long deserves much credit in connection with the up building of the city as the prime mover in the development of home sites. He is not only at the head of N. M. Long & Company but is also one of the directors and the secretary of the J. P. Newman Investment Company.

On the 17th of June, 1906, Mr. Long was married to Miss Edith Newman, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Newman. They have adopted two children: Inez, who was born in 1901; and Avelon, born in 1903, both of whom are attending St. Mary's Academy.

Mr. and Mrs. Long hold membership in the Roman Catholic church and he is a third degree Knight of Columbus. In politics he maintains an independent course, voting for men and measures rather than for party. He has never sought or desired office, preferring to concentrate his time and energies on his business affairs, which are being rapidly developed and which have brought to him a substantial measure of success. He has closely studied every phase of the real estate market, watching the trend of the city's growth and has thus been able to make judicious investments and profitable sales, while his labors at the same time have proved an important element in adding to Salt Lake's beauties.

JUDGE FREDERICK CHARLES LOOFBOUROW.

Judge Frederick Charles Loofbourow, who since his retirement from the bench of the third judicial district in 1916 has engaged in the private practice of law in Salt Lake City, was born in Atlantic, Iowa, in 1874, a son of Charles Franklin and Fannie H. (Hodgkins) Loofbourow, the former a native of Ohio, while the latter was born in New Hampshire. In early manhood the father removed from the Buckeye state of Iowa, where he followed the trade of a millwright and in that state was married. He had previously served as a soldier of the Union army during the Civil war, enlisting in an Ohio regiment. Both he and his wife have passed away, the death of the mother having occurred in December. 1902.

Frederick Charles Loofbourow was a pupil in the schools of his native city until 1889, when he came with his parents to Salt Lake, after which he continued his education in the schools of this state. He was graduated in 1892 from the Ogden Military Academy and after determining upon the practice of law as a life work matriculated as a law student in the University of California, from which he was graduated in 1896 with the LL. B. degree. Returning to Salt Lake, he entered into business relations with his father, an association that was maintained until the latter's death. In his practice he has made steady progress. He was admitted to the supreme court of California in 1896 and to the supreme court of Utah in the same year. It was also in that year that he was admitted to practice in the United States district court of Utah and later was admitted to the bar of Idaho. From 1896 until 1905 he practiced in partnership with his father, Charles F. Loofbourow, and on the 1^st of January, 1905, became district attorney of the third judicial district, in which capacity he served with marked ability until March 23, 1911, when he was appointed Judge of the district and took his place upon the bench. In the fall of 1912 he was elected to the office and continuously served until December, 1916. He then resumed the private practice of law and through the intervening period has been accorded a large and distinctively representative clientage. 

On the 31^st of October, 1901, in Helena. Montana, Judge Loofbourow was united in marriage to Miss Maud Huntington Read, a daughter of the late Francis Read, who was a native of Kentucky and served for four years as a soldier of the Confederate army during the Civil war. They now have three children: Frederick Read, Leonidas Thoroughman and Francis Healy.

Judge Loofbourow and his wife are members of the Unitarian church, in which he is serving as president of the board of trustees. He belongs to the Bonneville Club and he gives his political allegiance to the republican party, hut the honors and emoluments of office outside the strict path of his profession have no attraction for him. His public-spirited citizenship, however, is above question and his cooperation can be counted upon to further all plans and projects for the general good. He is a man of most courteous demeanor yet firm and unyielding in all that he believes to be right. In his practice he has been absolutely fair, never indulging in artifice or concealment, never dealing in indirect methods, but winning his victories, which are many, and suffering his defeats, which are few in the open field, face to face with the foe.

FRANK E. LOSEE.

Frank E. Losee, vice president of the McConaughy-Losee Lumber Company and thus active in control of extensive lumber interests in Salt Lake and other sections of Utah, was born in Broome county. New York, January 1. 1876. his parents being William H. and Henrietta (Ticknor) Losee, who were also natives of the Empire state. Removing westward, they settled in Polk county, Nebraska, where the father engaged in farming until his life's labors were ended in death in 1903. The mother is still living and now makes her home in Salt Lake City. Their family numbered six children: William E.. who is treasurer and manager of the MeConaughy-Losee Lumber Company of Salt Lake City; Nora E., the wife of Robert E. McConaughy, president of the McConaughy-Losee Lumber Company; Delia, the wife of Allison B. Baxter and Florence, the wife of Chester W. O'Neil, both of Salt Lake; Grace, the wife of Archie W. Hamilton, living in Lincoln, Nebraska; and Frank E.

The last named, spending his boyhood in Nebraska, attended the schools of Stromsberg and also the Bryant Normal School of that state. He then took up the profession of teaching, which he followed in Nebraska, devoting three years to educational work.  Not long afterward he came to Salt Lake City and secured a position with the Salt Lake Hardware Company. Later he became connected with the Bothwell & McConaughy Real Estate & Investment Company and in 1899 the MeConaughy-McCartney Lumber Company was organized with Mr. Losee as a partner in the undertaking. In 1907 Mr.  McCartney sold his interest to Mr. Losee and the firm name was changed to the Mc-Conaughy-Losee Lumber Company, Mr. Losee thus becoming a partner of Robert E.  McConaughy. The business has developed from a small concern to one of large proportions, with Mr. Losee as the secretary. He is also a director of the Soldier Summit Lumber Company and is a well known representative of the lumber trade of Salt Lake.  The thoroughness with which he has performed every duty devolving upon him in business connections, the determination which he has displayed in carrying his plans forward to successful completion and the reliability which has ever featured in his business have Deen the salient elements in the attainment of his present day success.

On the 8th of June, 1904, Mr. Losee was married to Miss Harriet L. King, of Salt Lake, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. King, and they now have two children Frances, who was born in May, 1905; and is a junior in the high school; and Lenora, who was born in February, 1907, and is also attending school.  In politics Mr. Losee maintains an independent course, voting according to the dictates of his judgment without regard to party ties. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and with the Woodmen of the World. He belongs to the Lumbermen's Club of Utah and in all these organizations has won popularity by reason of attractive social qualities and sterling traits of manhood.

STEPHEN H. LOVE.

Stephen H. Love, of Salt Lake City, whose activities have been of wide scope and great importance, has recently been a member of the Food Administration Sugar Distributing Committee of the United States. It was the logical consequence that he be called to this office owing to the fact that he is sales manager of the Amalgamated, Layton and Utah-Idaho Sugar Companies, positions giving him intimate knowledge of the sugar resources of the country. Moreover, he is a man of marked business ability and executive force, qualities also necessary in the discharge of important public duties. His life story is one of substantial progress. Utah numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred in Salt Lake City in 1865. He comes of Scotch ancestors who were among the pioneer settlers of this state. He acquired a good fundamental education and throughout his later years has been a student of every activity and experience which has featured in his life.

He has come to be regarded as an expert upon many questions, especially those having to do with traffic and transportation. His efficiency along these lines is indicated in the fact that he was chosen the head of the traffic service bureau of Utah and also became traffic manager of Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution of Salt Lake City, heavy responsibilities devolving upon him in both connections. He has thoroughly investigated all problems of traffic and the adjustment of freight rates and few men can speak with equal authority and knowledge upon questions relating thereto. In the conduct of private business interests he has become the president of the Security Storage & Commission Company, also of the Moapa Farm & Orchard Company and other business enterprises.

Mr. Love married Miss Eleanor Wilding and theirs is one of the attractive homes of Salt Lake City. Mr. Love belongs to the Bonneville Club and the Rotary Club as well as to the Commercial Club. His political allegiance is given to the progressive party and he has figured prominently in political circles, serving for eight years as a member of the state senate and acting twice as president of the senate. He was also at one time a candidate for congressman. With the need for able men to handle public affairs in connection with government control of the railroads and food distribution, Mr. Love was called upon for service as a member of the San Francisco freight traffic committee and the Food Administration Sugar Distributing Committee for the United States and was made manager of the committee for this district. He brings to all public questions the same thoroughness and close application which he has displayed in the conduct of private business affairs, and while success has come to him in the latter connection, his labors have been equally beneficial and resultant in the former.

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