central states mission. Mr. Davis was one of the four organizers of Delta Commercial
Club, of which he has ever since been an active member, his opinions carrying great
weight in its councils. He has never sought to figure prominently in politics, preferring
to concentrate his efforts and his attention upon his business affairs, and his industry
and determination have brought him steadily to the front in commercial circles of
southern Utah. This does not mean that he has been remiss in the duties of citizen-
ship, for he takes a most active and helpful interest in all plans and projects for the
general good.
EDWARD A. FRANKS.
Edward A. Franks, state deputy marshal at Kenilworth, Carbon county, was
born in Paris, France, January 1, 1850. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Franks,
who on coming to the United States landed at Boston in the early '50s. They settled
at Macon, Georgia, and there the father worked at the carpenter's trade. He after-
ward joined the Confederate army as a member of the Western Division, as did
one of his sons. They served under General Beauregard and participated in the
battles of Vicksburg, Inca Springs, Memphis, New Hope Church and Chickamauga,
where both the father and son were killed. In the meantime Edward A. Franks and
his mother removed to a little farm, and at the death of his father and brother he
was a lad of but thirteen years. However, with his mother's consent he enlisted on
the 1st of February, 1864, in the Confederate army, joining the Eighth Georgia Cav-
alry. Mr. Franks participated in the Battle of the Wilderness, or Seven Pines, in the
siege of Gettysburg and in the battles of Burgess Mill, Reams Station, Fort McCray
and Richmond. He also was present at the surrender of General Lee to General
Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.
After the war Edward A. Franks returned to the old home, where he remained
for three years. He then took up railroading, workhig his way westward to Texas,
and in 1880 he joined the police force at Las Vegas, New Mexico, thus serving until
1884, when he resigned and removed to Utah. He then operated a hoist at the Horn
silver mine at Frisco, Utah, and in 1885 he returned to Salt Lake City, where he was
appointed deputy marshal under E. A. Ireland, doing guard duty at the penitentiary
and also office work in Salt Lake City. He was afterward reappointed under Frank
H. Dyer and subsequently by E. H. Parsons, thus serving until 1891. During these
years the Edmunds-Tucker law was being enforced and a number of renegades inhabited
the country. It was during this period that the famous trial of Fred (Hope) Wel-
come was held. In 1891 Mayor Scott was elected and J. M. Young was made chief
of police to assist the city in maintaining order. At that time Mr. Franks organized a
special police force, cooperating with Mr. Young in ridding the country of rough
characters, satisfactorily completing that task in 1893. He then opened the Franks
detective office and did private work for the express company, conveying silver
bullion from Pioche, Nevada. In 1897 he went to Alaska, returning to the United
States after the Spanish-American war. He was then engaged by Chief C. W. Shores
to do special work for the Rio Grande and Utah Fuel Company. In 1910 the "Greek
war" occurred at Kenilworth, Carbon county, to which place Mr. Franks was sent
with ninety men and soon -succeeded in quieting the disturbance, a few of the Greek
miners being killed, while the others left the country. The following year Mr. Franks
returned to Kenilworth in the employ of the Independent Coal & Coke Company,
where he has since remained in the capacity of state deputy marshal. He assists
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the county when needed and aids in guarding the interests of the coal company. He
is a wonderfully well preserved man notwithstanding the fact that he will celebrate
the seventieth anniversary of his birth in January, 1920.
Mr. Franks was married at Salt Lake City, in 1884, and has two daughters re-
siding in the capital: Mrs. Nora Bond, living at 442 Church street; and Miss Hazel
B. Franks, who is a noted pianist and teacher of music living at 1342 South Fifteenth
street East.
In politics Mr. Franks has long been a stalwart advocate of democratic principles.
He is a member of the Society of Confederate War Veterans and his religious faith is
indicated by his membership in the Methodist church. Few men have taken more
active part in bringing about law and order when at times chaos has seemed to pre-
vail in Utah and he was particularly notable in this connection during the decade from
1885 until 1895. His aid and influence have ever been on the side of right, justice
and improvement and his life history, if written in detail, would present many an
incident more thrilling than that of any tale of fiction.
EMIL G. KOHLER.
Emil G. Kohler, deceased, was a well known representative of the live stock busi-
ness at Heber. He was born in Switzerland on the 14th of August, 1870, and was a
son of Gottlieb and Elizabeth (Mueller) Kohler, who were also natives of the land ol
the Alps, whence they came to America in 1886. The father died in Utah, but the
mother is still living. Their family numbered thirteen children, of whom eleven
survive.
Emil G. Kohler spent the first fourteen years of his life in his native country
and there pursued a public school education. He came to America in 1884 and took
up his abode in Washington county, Utah, where he lived for two years, working as
a common laborer during that period. In 1886 he removed to Wasatch county and
afterward turned his attention to the hide, pelt and wool business, which he success-
fully followed until his death, being considered one of the best judges of hides and
pelts in America. He extended the scope of his activities by becoming a wholesale
butcher and dealer in live stock. He was the organizer of the Heber Exchange Mer-
cantile Company, of which he was president, and during his entire business career
was actuated by a most progressive spirit that recognized and utilized the opportu-
nities of the region. He was the owner of ten acres of land, upon which are splendid
improvements, and the entire tract is well irrigated. Here his widow and children
are comfortably situated.
On the 21st of December, 1898, Mr. Kohler was married in Salt Lake City to Miss
Lizzie M. Kupfer, and to them were born ten children, seven of whom are living: Alma
J., Lucile, Harry, Orson, Eva, Bessie and Glen. Mr. Kohler was a member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was twice sent on missions to
Europe, there laboring from 1895 to 1897 and again from 1903 to 1905. Following his
return he resumed the business in which he was engaged and which claimed his
attention up to the time of his death, which occurred December 11, 1919. He was
laid to rest in Midway cemetery. In politics he was a republican and for a number
of years served on the town board of Charleston. An upright, honorable man, he
was highly respected by all who knew him and he left a host of friends as well as
his immediate family to mourn his loss.
P. K. NIELSEN.
P. K. Nielsen, of Murray, is the manager of the Eagle Publishing Company, which
edits and publishes various papers, including the American Eagle of Murray, the
Sandy City Star, the Midvale Times and the Magna and Garfield Messenger. In' con-
trol of the interests of this business he manifests a most enterprising and progressive
spirit and has become a well known factor in newspaper circles in the state. He was
born in Christiania, Norway, April 14, 1888, and is a son of Peter L. and Karen (Olsen)
Nielsen. On coming to America in 1899 the family crossed the continent to Utah,
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having left Norway on the anniversary of the birth of P. K. Nielsen. The trip across
the Atlantic was made on the steamship Anconia. The father was a contractor and
builder in Norway and after selling his business there became a contractor and build-
er of Salt- Lake City, in which business he continued for many years, but is now
living retired. In the family of Peter L. and Karen Nielsen were six children: Enar;
P. K., of this review; Lydia, the wife of B. P. Hovick; Jennie, the wife of O. G. Jorgen-
sen; Parley A., who has recently returned from France after eighteen months' servjce
with the Motor Corps, having driven a truck there; and Norman E., who completes
the family.
P. K. Nielsen was graduated from the Latter-day Saints Business College and
afterward spent eight years as foreman in the composing department of The Bikuben,
the Danish paper of Salt Lake City. He was then sent on a mission to Norway, where
he remained for two years or from 1907 until 1909, and he organized the first Young
Men's Mutual Improvement Association that was formed north of the Arctic circle.
He was choir leader at Trondhjem while there and at the close of two years', service
in the land of the midnight sun returned to America. For nearly a year thereafter
he was with the Deseret News, at the end of which time he became connected with the
Eagle Publishing Company at Murray, which was then publishing only the American
Eagle, with a subscription list of about four hundred and fifty. Since then the com-
pany has taken over or established the Sandy City Star, the Midvale Times and the
Magna and Garheld Messenger and the total subscription is nearly three thousand.
The officers of the company are: John P. Gaboon, president; J. S. Barlow, vice presi-
dent; Philip Bentz and Mrs. J. S. Barlow, directors; with P. K. Nielsen as one of the
directors and the manager. The American Eagle was established at Murray by a Mr.
Williamson in 1901 and has been published continuously since under the same name.
The Eagle Publishing Company was incorporated and took over the plant on the 25th of
February, 1908. The paper maintains an independent political attitude.
On the 7th of June, 1910, Mr. Nielsen was married to Miss Anna E. Thorup, of
Salt Lake City, and they have four children: Virginia Lavelle; Leone Elizabeth;
Loraine Carroll; and Mildred. Mr. Nielsen owns a six-acre lot, well improved, where
he lives in South Cottonwood. He remains an active worker in the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a member of the Seventy and secretary of the Seventy
Quorum and is chorister of the South Cottonwood ward. He is actuated by a most
progressive spirit, manifest in the work of the church and in his business career, and
as manager of the Eagle Publishing Company he keeps in touch with the most
advanced methods of journalism.
MAUREL JOSEPH WARNER.
Maurel Joseph Warner is a garage proprietor of Fillmore, in which town he was
born in 1892, being a son of Mflo D. and Mary (Smith) Warner. He was educated
in the district schools and in his youth worked around his home town at various lines
of endeavor. He early developed a taste for mechanical work and went to Kansas City,
where he pursued a course in automobile mechanics at the Missouri Automobile School.
He was graduated with honors and then returned to Fillmore, after which he estab-
lished the Warner Garage, which is a Ford service station.
It was not long after he had completed his studies that Mr. Warner entered the
army and in May, 1917, was sent to France as an engineer with the American expedi-
tionary force, serving in that country with distinction. Upon his return to Fillmore
in May, 1919, he resumed charge of the garage and has here introduced the best, and
latest equipment. The Warner Garage is located on the main street of Fillmore and
directly on the Arrowhead Trail. It is a brick structure fifty-one by one hundred
feet and has a rear repair shop forty by sixty feet. The main building is devoted
to the storage of cars and contains also the office and accessories department, which
is as complete as can be found anywhere. The line of . tires handled embraces the
best makes. The repair shop is equipped with the latest mechanical devices for the
repair of any make of automobile. One section is devoted to vulcanizing and another
to welding. As Fillmore is the first stop on the Arrowhead Trail between Salt Lake
City and California, Mr. Warner realized the necessity of having here a garage that
could supply the needs of the many motorists traveling between the north and south,
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and the travelers recognize the fact that he has succeeded in his purpose of giving
to the tourists the best possible service.
In 1916 Mr. Warner was married to Miss Eva Swallow, a daughter of James
Swallow, a well known and respected farmer of the county. Mr. Warner is uniformly
regarded as a valued citizen, actuated by a progressive spirit such as is manifest in
the modern business world. He has come to be relied upon by travelers as one who
can furnish expert service. Being a graduate mechanic himself, he refuses to give
employment to any but expert workmen, and his five assistants have been selected with
care. His business has now reached large proportions, and he is justly accounted one
of the progressive young business men of Millard county.
CARL B. ARENTSON.
Carl B. Arentson, a western man by birth, training and experience, exemplifies
in his life the spirit of western enterprise and progress which has been the dominant
factor in the upbuilding of this section of the country. He is now United States forest
supervisor for the Wasatch National Forest, a position which he has occupied since
1916. He was born in Hailey, Idaho, in 1887, a son of George W. and Minnie (Tratier)
Arentson, who were married in Hailey. The father's birth occurred at Fair Haven,
Michigan, in 1852. The family removed to Mackay, Idaho, and there Carl B. Arentson
attended the public schools, while later he became a student in a business college at
Boise, Idaho, from which he was graduated with the class of 1908. He then entered
the United States Forest Service and in May, 1910, was sent to Salida, Utah, where he
remained until June, 1916. At that date he was transferred to Salt Lake to become
United States forest supervisor of the Wasatch National Forest. His work in behalf
of the forest reserve has been most valuable. He has been instrumental in helping
formulate the conservation policies and establish the system of range and watershed
control that has stabilized the stock raising and farming industries of the state.
He now has jurisdiction over six hundred and four thousand acres of the moun-
tainous timbered and grazing land lying adjacent to Salt Lake and upon the capable
administration of this land depends to a great extent the welfare and progress of the
farming and stock raising communities of a large section of Utah. Mr. Arentson is
most conscientious and careful in the performance of his duties and his course
has elicited warm commendation from all who know aught of his work. He personally
has ranching and stock raising interests at Mackay, Idaho.
On the 23d of June, 1909, in Boise, Idaho, Mr. Arentson was married to Miss
Ethel Crane, a daughter of the late George Crane, and they have two children: Robert
Willard, born in 1913; and Alice Jean. The parents are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church and in social circles of Salt Lake they occupy an enviable position,
having many warm friends who esteem them highly. Mr. Arentson gives his politi-
cal allegiance to the republican party, of which he is a stanch champion, but never
a bitter partisan. He has never sought or desired office save the one which he is now
filling and the record which he has made in this connection is most creditable. He
has closely studied all the questions bearing upon the subject of conservation, de-
velopment and progress in the west and there are few men better able to speak upon
the subject of the natural resources and opportunities of this section of the country
than he.
EDWARD CARROLL.
Edward Carroll, a well known merchant of Orderville, was born at Heber, Utah,
January 23, 1875, his parents being Charles N. and Keziah (Giles) Carroll. The
father, one of the pioneer residents of Utah, first settled at Provo and after a number
of years removed to Heber, becoming one of the first three men to take up their
abode at that place. The early homes of the settlers were log cabins, as timber was
plentiful, but owing to Indian troubles these cabins were built in the form of a hollow
square and in fact constituted a fort when other people came and joined them at the
new settlement. There Charles N. Carroll remained until he removed to Orderville,
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where he followed cattle and sheep raising. He served the people in many positions
of public honor and trust and was an ardent church worker.
After attending the district schools at Orderville, Edward Carroll has been en-
gaged in farming and raising stock. He has carefully conducted his interests along
this line and his efforts have resulted in the attainment of a substantial measure of
success. In 1912 he assumed the management of the Orderville Cooperative Store
and he and his brother, Fred G., have purchased nearly all of the stock in the company.
They carry a large line of general merchandise and thus meet the demands of the
purchasing public. Their prices are reasonable and they put forth every effort to
please their customers, recognizing that satisfied patrons are the best advertisement.
The brothers are recognized as prominent business men of the valley, and aside from
his farming and mercantile interests Edward Carroll is a stockholder and one of
the directors of the Iron Commercial & Savings Bank of Cedar City and is the man-
ager of the Great Western Cattle Company.
At Manti, Utah, in 1896, was celebrated the marriage of Edward Carroll and Miss
Maria H. Bowers, daughter of Isaiah and Harriet (Hoyt) Bowers. Her people were
early settlers of Nephi, and in 1868, Mr. Bowers was sent to settle the Muddy, but was re-
leased by President Young when that district became Nevada territory, owing to the high
taxes imposed by the new territory. They then removed to Orderville, where they are
now living. To Mr. and Mrs. Carroll has been born a son, Edward G., whose birth
occurred February 28, 1899, and who married Rita Chamberlain.
Mr. Carroll holds ever to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, in which he was reared, and has done effective work along various branches
of the church activities. For many years he was president of the Young Men's Mu-
tual Improvement Association, was the first counselor to the president of that organiza-
tion in the county, has been superintendent of the Sunday schools of the ward for
seventeen years and also superintendent of the Sunday schools of the Kanab stake.
He is likewise a member of the High Council. His study of political questions and
conditions has led him to give his allegiance to the republican party, and for one
term he filled the office of county attorney, for four years was probation officer and
during the period of the World war he proved his patriotic loyalty to his country by
active and effective service as a member of the County Council of Defense. He has
attained considerable prominence in community affairs and has exerted much influence
over public thought and action. His sterling worth is widely recognized, and he is
highly respected by all who know him.
REX P. WINDER.
Rex P. Winder, state milk inspector for Salt Lake county, was born September 9,
1879, and is a son of John R. and Elizabeth (Parker) Winder. His father was a promi-
nent churchman, who is mentioned in connection with the sketch of William C. Winder
on another page of this work.
Rex P. Winder attended the high school, thus having good educational advantages.
He was reared upon his father's farm with the usual experiences of the farmbred boy
and devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits until 1903, when he went on a two
years' mission to England, being first connected with the Leeds conference and afterward
with the London conference.
On the 18th of April, 1906, Mr. Winder was married to Miss Evelyn Fisher, a daugh-
ter of James Fisher. She was born at Millcreek, where her father was a pioneer orchard-
ist, being one of the first fruit raisers of Utah. The Fishers were of French descent and
came to America with General Lafayette during the Revolutionary war, representatives
of the name fighting with him for American liberty. They were among the early
settlers of Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and in 1850 the family was established in
Utah. To Mr. and Mrs. Winder have been born three children, James Rex, Mildred
Evelyn and Lawrence Byron. Their home is at No. 390 East Twenty-seventh, South,
where in 1912 Mr. Winder built a modern residence on land which was a part of his
his father's old home. At present he is in charge of milk testing in Salt Lake
county, being one of the state milk testers. He is doing important work in this con-
nection in providing the public with pure milk.
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Mr. Winder is first counselor to Bishop Miller of Miller ward of the granite stake
and before his connection with the bishopric was president of the Young Men's Mutual
Improvement Association in Miller ward. He is also a ward teacher and his wife
is a block teacher in the Relief Society. Both are very active church workers and
are most highly esteemed people, enjoying the confidence and goodwill of all who
know them.
J. H. JOHNSON.
J. H. Johnson, a farmer living in Grand county, near Moab, was born at Council
Bluffs, Iowa, June 13, 1850, his parents being George W. and Eveline (Burdick) John-
son. The father came to Utah in 1851 and after resting for a brief time at Salt Lake
City continued his journey to Spriugville. After a few years he was called by President
Young to go to Cedar City and later removed to Payson and subsequently to Fountain
Green. In connection with Sanford Holman he built the first house at Fountain Green
and later removed to Santaquin, where he lived for a few months. He next went to
Spring Lake Villa and he was at Payson and at Santaquin during the Walker war,
while during the Black Hawk war he was located at Fountain Green. After the
Indian troubles were over he settled at Mona and there resided for a number of
years. Subsequently he became a resident of Moab, where he lived with two of his
sons until death called him to his final rest. He filled the office of postmaster at
Mona. While for many years he was widely known as a prominent physician, he
did not practice in later life. He served as bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints at Santaquin and he filled all of the minor positions in the church.
J. H. Johnson attended the public schools of Cedar, Santaquin and Fountain
Green and also devoted every available moment to study at home, reading by the
light of the fireplace, in which were burned pitch logs that had been cut into small
wood. He started out in the business world with his uncle, B. F. Johnson, at Spring
Lake Villa and worked on the railroad when it was being built to Utah through
Weber canyon. He also worked in Nevada and California and afterward returned
to Mona, Utah, where he built a home and was employed along various lines. During
the Black Hawk war he was an express rider under John D. Holliday. In 1884
he became a pioneer at Moab and first secured a squatter's claim. When the land
was surveyed he homesteaded and is the owner of a farm eight miles south of Moab,
upon which he still resides with his wife, with whom he has traveled life's journey
for forty-nine years. For a long period he handled horses and cattle and in recent
years he has also engaged in sheep raising. In 1890 and in 1891 he visited old
Mexico. His experiences have been many and varied. He was but a year old when
his parents crossed the plains from Iowa to Utah, so that he was reared upon the
western frontier and he has been familiar with many phases of its development and
reclamation. He has borne his part in the work of railroad building, has lived through
the era of Indian terror when all life was precarious because of the possibility of
Indian attack, and as the work of settlement has been carried forward he has be-
come connected with the development of newer sections of the state. As the years
have passed he has prospered in his undertakings and in addition to his valuable
farm and stock raising interests he is now a stockholder in the First National Bank
of Moab.
It was at Mona, Juab county, Utah, on the 25th of August, 1870, that Mr. Johnson
was married to Miss Julia Halls Eagar, a daughter of John and Sarah (Johnson)