in the mines there and afterward went to the Cache valley, where he engaged in
farming successfully for a short time. He then began preparation for the bar by
privately pursuing the study of law. For years he occupied the position of clerk of
the district court and thus added much to his knowledge of the law and of the work
of the courts. He also took a correspondence course in law and following his three
years' service as district court clerk, from 1902 until 1905, he was admitted to
practice in the latter year and has since devoted his attention to professional duties.
For eight years he filled the position of city attorney of Logan, elected to that office
on a non-partisan ticket, and his reelections indicate the capable manner in which
he safeguarded the legal interests of the municipality. He has also been county
attorney for two terms, discharging the duties of these positions in addition to the
care of a large private practice. To an understanding of uncommon acuteness and
vigor he added a thorough and conscientious preparatory training, and in his practice
has exemplified all the higher elements of the able lawyer. He is constantly inspired
by an innate, inflexible love of justice and a delicate sense of personal honor which
controls him in all his personal relations. His fidelity to the interests of his clients
is proverbial yet he never forgets that he owes a higher allegiance to the majesty of
the law. His diligence and energy in the preparation of cases as well as the earnest-
ness, tenacity and courage with which he defends the right as he understands it
challenges the admiration of his associates.
In 1898 Mr. Law was married to Miss Sarah James, of Logan, a daughter of
David James, one of the pioneer settlers of Cache county. They have become parents
of four children: Bessie, eighteen years of age; Bert, sixteen; Helen, eleven; and
Melvin, seven. All are attending school.
In politics Mr. Law has always been a stalwart republican and aside from the
offices which he has filled in the direct path of his profession those of city and
county attorney he has been a member of the state legislature, representing the first
district in the third general assembly. He was made a member of various important
committees and did much constructive work while serving in the house of representa-
tives. He is a forceful orator who presents his cause clearly and cogently, whether
in the court room or in the defense of some bill in the legislature. He has long been
deeply interested in political affairs and is an active and prominent representative
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of the republican party of Utah. He is likewise a member of the Commercial Boosters
Club and through his cooperation with that organization aids materially in the
development of interests and activities which are of vital significance to Logan.
Along strictly professional lines he has connection with the Cache County Bar
Association and with the Utah State Bar Association and of the former has been the
president. He has a wide acquaintance among the attorneys of Utah, and conforming
his practice to high professional ethics and standards, enjoys the warm regard of his
fellow members of the bar.
RICHARD J. STONE.
Richard J. Stone, mine inspector for the Utah Fuel Company, was born In Wales,
October 16, 1881, his parents being Charles and Mary A. (Jollow) Stone. The father
came to Utah in 1898 and was joined by our subject and his mother in 1900. After
living in Grass Creek for three years the parents and other members of the family
with the exception of our subject went to Alberta, Canada. On the 2d of October, 1910,
they returned to Utah, where the father died on the 22d of the same month. The
mother is now living in Winterquarters at the age of fifty-seven years.
In the public schools of his native country Richard J. Stone pursued his early
education and in 1902 he took a missionary course in the Latter-day Saints University.
He started out in the business world in Wales by working in the coal mines when a
lad of but twelve years and was thus employed for seven years. On coming to Utah
he settled at Grass Creek, where he again worked in the mines until 1913, when he
removed to Winterquarters, where he is now occupying the responsible position of mine
inspector with the Utah Fuel Company.
On the 8th of June, 1910, at Salt Lake City, Mr. Stone was united in marriage to
Miss Florence Sawley, a daughter of Edward and Sarah A. (Stokes) Sawley, who are
natives of England. In 1888 her parents emigrated to Utah, settling at Coalville, and
the father* followed coal mining for various companies until the year 1919, when he
began developing a mine of his own at Coalville. To Mr. and Mrs. Stone have been
born five children: Ethel, who was born March 20, 1911; Charles E., born November
19, 1912; Sarah, December 2, 1913; Richard S., June 30, 1915; and Harold L., December
13, 1917.
In religious faith Mr. Stone is connected with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints and for two years he filled a mission to the eastern states. He has also
been counselor to the bishop of the Grass Creek ward and ward clerk of Pleasant Valley
ward, which position he is filling at the present time, in addition to that of super-
intendent of the Sunday school. His activities are divided between the church and his
business interests and he has done good work along both lines.
ROBERT L. WRIGLEY.
Utah's citizens may well feel justifiable pride in the progressive steps which the
state has taken along the lines of scientific development of its resources and in no field
is this more thoroughly organized and promoted than along agricultural lines. The
possibilities of Utah as a farming state have been thoroughly studied and are being
steadily promoted, and actively identified with this work is Robert L. Wrigley, now
county agricultural agent for Cache county, with offices in the courthouse at Logan.
He was born at American Fork, Utah, November 10, 1884, a son of John Wrigley, a
native of England, who after coming to America resided from boyhood to the time of
his death at American Fork, there passing away December 24, 1892, when fifty-four
years of age. He was a farmer and gardener and conducted his business interests quite
successfully. As a boy he also worked in the Cooperative Store of American Fork. His
religious faith was that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He married
Catherine Cunningham, a native of Scotland, who came to America with her parents,
who, landing on American shores, at once crossed the continent to Utah and settled at
American Fork. Mr. and Mrs. Wrigley became the parents of six children, four eons
and two daughters, of whom Robert L. is the fifth in order of birth. Mrs. Wrigley
is still living and now makes her home in Burley, Idaho.
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The public school system of American Fork accorded Robert L. Wrigley his early
educational opportunities. He pursued preparatory work in the Utah Agricultural
College and was there graduated in 1911 with the Bachelor of Science degree. In the
meantime, however, when a lad of but twelve years, he had started out to earn
his own living. He was employed on the farm of his mother and on neighboring
farms and from his earnings he aided in the support of his widowed mother. When
seventeen years of age he took up sheep herding and from his earnings provided the
means for his college education. His ambition to advance his knowledge and thus
qualify iu greater degree for life's activities and responsibilities indicated the elemental
strength of his character and foreshadowed his subsequent success. Following his
graduation he taught school in Lewiston, Utah, for a year and for five years was teacher
at the Branch in Cedar City. He was also in charge of the farm there and he later re-
entered the Utah Agricultural College for a year's post graduate work. On the 1st
of June, 1917, he was appointed to his present office, which he has since filled, being
splendidly qualified for the position by reason of his practical experience and his
thorough technical training. He largely understands the scientific principles back
of his work, is able to readily judge of the productivity and value of the soil and knows
what can be done to enhance its fertility. He has closely studied every question
relating to agricultural progress in this section of the country and his labors are
proving of great worth to the farming community as his advice is always practical
and his judgment sound.
On the 14th of September, 1910, Mr. Wrigley was married in Logan Temple to
Miss Esther Erickson, a native of Logan, and they have become parents of a son,
Robert L., Jr. who was born in Logan, July 5, 1911, and resides with his parents at 535
East Center street.
Mr. Wrigley belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the
seventh ward. He is also a member of the Logan Commercial Boosters Club, being
deeply interested in everything that has to do with the development of the city, the
extension of its trade relations and the upholding of its civic standards. Influence
or financial aid have had nothing to do with his progress in the world, but persistency
of purpose and determination have brought him steadily to the front and with a recog-
nition of Utah's possibilities, he is so directing his efforts that his labors are at once
effective and resultant.
GEORGE PETERSON.
George Peterson is accounted one of the most wide-awake citizens of Richfield, where
his birth occurred in January, 1885. The years have chronicled his continuous activity
until he is now at the head of one of the leading plumbing and steam fitting establish-
ments in Sevier county, in which connection he takes and executes large contracts. He
has always lived in Richfield, his parents being Jens L. and Annie M. Peterson, who
were natives of Denmark. They were both converted to the faith of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints in their native country and were among the first to aid in
colonizing Utah and planting a strong church within the borders of the state a church
that has continued as a dominant factor in the moral progress and development of this
region throughout all the intervening years.
George Peterson was educated in the common schools of Sevier county and after
his textbooks were put aside first took up the occupation of farming and stock raising
but later turned to industrial pursuits and began learning the plumber's trade. After
completing his apprenticeship he returned to Richfield and worked as a journeyman
until 1912, when he established the business of which he is now the head. Through
the intervening period of seven years his trade has constantly increased and developed.
In the past seven years he has succeeded in building up the largest and most flourish-
ing plant of its kind in Sevier county. He is fully prepared to accept any job of steam
or hot water heating or plumbing and most of the large contracts in or near Richfield
have been executed by him. He had the contract in this line for the Johnston Hotel,
the Martines garage and the Annabelle school building. His shop at Third, East and
Center street is fully equipped for any kind of work in his line and his reputation for
ability and fair dealing is uniformly recognized. -At all times he carries a full line of
plumbing supplies, bathroom fixtures, American radiators and boilers and his business
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has maintained a steady growth through all these years and has now reached gratify-
ing proportions.
In 1907 Mr. Peterson was married to Miss Eva E. Barton, a daughter of Kimber and
Celestial Barton of Mount Pleasant, members of pioneer families of Sanpete county.
Their union has been blessed with four children: Iris, Fern, Elaine and George Vernon.
Keenly interested in community affairs, Mr. Peterson has given hearty cooperation
to many well devised plans for the public good and his fellow townsmen, recognizing
his worth and ability, have called him to public office. In 1917 he was elected to the
Richfield city council for a term of four years, beginning in January, 1918. He has
been recognized as a most wide-awake and progressive councilman and with his asso-
ciates has introduced and carried to successful completion several hundred thousand
dollars worth of public improvements, adding greatly to Richfield's municipal advance-
ment. It is a foregone conclusion that before this council has served out its time
Richfield will be far in advance of what it was in January, 1918. Already six miles
of concrete sidewalk and four miles of bithulic roadway have been constructed, while
a new system of electric lighting for the business section is now under way.
Mr. Peterson is a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints and he has been president of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associa-
tion. Richfield may be proud to number him among her native sons and substantial
citizens. He is a great believer in the future of the town and has made heavy in-
vestments in city real estate. He has built several residences for rental purposes, thus
adding to the improvement of the city and at the same time advancing his individual
fortunes. His path has . never been strewn with the wreck of other men's fortunes,
but at all times he has used his talents and his opportunities for the upbuilding of
interests which have had to do with the material, intellectual, political and moral de-
velopment of the community.
JAMES A. McCAUSLAND, L. D. S.
Since 1889 Dr. James A. McCausland has been continuously engaged in the prac-
tice of dentistry in Utah save for a brief period of six years. He took up the active
work of the profession in 1876 and throughout the intervening years has kept in close
touch with its onward march. He has long maintained his office in Logan and his
practice is very extensive and important. He came to Utah from the middle west
but is a native of Canada, his birth having occurred in the county of Simcoe, Ontario,
on the 4th of December, 1847. He is a son of the late Alexander McCausland, who was
born in the north of Ireland and who settled in Canada about 1810. He was promi-
nent as an educator and farmer there and continued his residence in Canada until
called to his final rest on the 18th of November, 1879, at the very notable old age of
one hundred and six years. His wife, Mrs. Jane (Sutherland) McCausland, was a
native of Canada and a representative of one of its old families of Irish lineage. She
died when about eighty years of age. In their family were eleven children, six sons
and five daughters.
Dr. McCausland, the youngest of the family, was educated in the district and
grammar schools of Simcoe county and his early life to the age of twenty-two years
was spent upon the home farm, where he became familiar with all the duties and la-
bors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. In 1872 he made a trip to Colorado and
also to California and from that time the lure of the west has held him. Determining
to engage in the practice of dentistry as a life work, he pursued his studies under a
preceptor, Dr. N. Pierson, who was a lecturer in the Toronto Dental College. He began
practice in Detroit, Michigan, in 1876, and afterward opened an office in Manitoba,
Canada. Later he went to Oakland, California, but since November, 1889, has been
almost continuously in Utah with the exception of a brief period of four years passed
in Boise, Idaho. He began practice in Ogden, remaining there for two years, and then
removed to Logan, where he is now an active practitioner. He has long been accorded
a prominent position in the ranks of the profession, for he has always kept abreast
with the latest scientific researches and discoveries and, moreover, is most skillful in
the use of the delicate little instruments which constitute the equipment of the den-
tist. He is a member of the First District Dental Society of Utah and at all times he
has held to the highest professional standards. He specializes in making false teeth
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by processes not now taught in the dental colleges but the value of which has been
proved by time.
In Simcoe, Canada, on the 8th of February, 1876, Dr. McCausland was married to
Miss Adeline Gleason, a native of the state of New York and a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joel Gleason, both now deceased. The mother was a Miss Waters, a representa-
tive of one of the old families of the Empire state. Dr. and Mrs. McCausland have
become parents of four children: Georgina Emily, Charles Arthur, Sarah Adeline
and one who died in infancy.
In politics the Doctor maintains an independent course. Fraternally he is con-
nected with Logan Lodge, No. 43, I. O. O. F., and his religious faith is indicated by his
membership in the Methodist church. In these connections are manifest the rules
which have governed his life and shaped his conduct in relation to his fellowmen.
His has ever been an honorable and upright career and his genuine worth is acknowl-
edged by all with whom he has been brought in contact.
HON. MILAS E. JOHNSON.
Hon. Milas E. Johnson, one of the most prominent and influential residents of
Huntington, has in many ways been closely and helpfully associated with the public
life of the community and with the business development of the section in which he
resides. He was born on the Loup Fork of the Platte river, July 31, 1851, while his
parents were crossing the plains to Utah. He is a son of George W. and Maria J.
(Johnston) Johnson. When the Mormons left Nauvoo, George W. Johnson was left
custodian of the church interests. He crossed the plains in 1851, going first to Salt
Lake City but after a year removing to Summit Creek, now Santaquin, where he built
the first house and was the first postmaster. There he remained until the outbreak
of the Walker war, when he removed into Springville. In the fall of 1853 he was
called by President Young to assist in settling Iron county and to learn the Piede
Indian language, and in connection with Nephi Johnson he became the first publisher
of the Piede language, bringing forth a pamphlet. He was afterward called back to
settle Payson but only remained there for the year 1856, when he returned to Santa-
quin. In 1857 he was ordained counselor to Bishop James S. Holman and he like-
wise served as postmaster for two years during the second period of his residence
at Santaquin. By special call he aided in the settlement of Fountain Green, laid out
the town, was ordained bishop and again filled the office of postmaster, so continuing
until 1863. During the summer of 1864 he made a trip to the Missouri river for
goods and in 1867 removed to Mona, there building a home with the intention of
remaining at that place. He was again made postmaster and held the office until 1883.
He also engaged in the nursery business but in 1883 removed from Mona to Hunting-
ton, where he resided for eleven years, assisting in the upbuilding of the town. On the
expiration of that period he removed to Moab, Grand county, where his last days were
passed.
Reared upon the frontier, the youthful days of Milas E. Johnson brought to him
many, varied and sometimes difficult and dangerous experiences. In Sanpete county,
when fifteen years of age, he joined the infantry for service in the Black Hawk war
under Captain Guymon and served for eight months. In May, 1867, he again enlisted,
joining the Drum Corps as fifer and thus serving to the close of the war. He then re-
moved to Mona, where he engaged in the live stock business and also did some min-
ing, but in 1874 returned to Fountain Green. In 1880 the glowing opportunities of
Huntington caused him to remove to this place, where he has taken up his permanent
abode. He has followed farming and mercantile pursuits and has long been regarded
as one of the prominent and influential residents of Huntington, contributing most
largely to its improvement and progress. He held the position of postmaster for
eighteen years, giving to the city a most businesslike administration of the affairs
of the office. In 1882 he was made notary public and his commission has been con-
tinued to the present time. He has also been judge of election and registration offi-
cer, serving for two years under the famous Utah commission. He has likewise been
senator from the twelfth district and thus has taken active part in shaping the legisla-
tion of the state. His activities have extended into still another field, for in 1897 he was
elected commander in chief of the Indian War Veterans and still fills that position for
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the district comprised of Carbon and Emery counties. In 1917 he was elected a mem-
ber of the town board of Huntingdon and has been registration agent to the present
time and also water commissioner for the Huntington River District No. 1.
On the 15th of March, 1874, at Mona, Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Alice M.
Wilkins, daughter of Alexander and Alice M. (Barney) Wilkins. Her father was peace
officer in Utah county for a longer period than any other incumbent in that position
but is now deceased. Mrs. Alice M. Johnson passed away in 1885. The children of
that marriage were: Milas P., who was born March 15, 1875, and married Kate Love-
less, by whom he has five children; George A., who was born March 9, 1877, and mar-
ried Hannah Gordon, by whom he has seven children; Joseph B., who was born August
13, 1879, and married Alice Allen, their children being five in number; Edgar V., who
was born May 27, 1881, and married Ethlind Bradley, their family numbering ten
children; and Inez G., who was born April 7, 1884, and is the wife of John E. John-
son and the mother of seven children. Having lost his first wife, Mr. Johnson was
married August 25, 1887, at Logan, his second union being with Hannah E. Rowley,
daughter of Samuel and Ann (Taylor) Rowley. Her father was a pioneer of 1856,
enduring all the hardships of the early settlers. By the second marriage there have
been born the following named: Rolla V., who was born December 12, 1889, and mar-
ried Zella Kirby, by whom he has two children; Irene A., who was born October 6,
1891, and is the wife of George A. Gardner and the mother of four children; Mar-
garet E., who was born April 25, 1893, and is the wife of Alvin L. Young and the
mother of three children; Senate J., born February 17, 1897; Norma D., February 24,
1899; Milton E. and Mildred, twins, born February 24, 1904; Eliza D., born April 12,
1906; and Lowell S., September 29, 1909.
The religious faith of Mr. Johnson and family is that of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints and he has always been prominent in church affairs. His
political endorsement is given to the democratic party and he has always felt the
keenest interest in political problems and questions. He has done active work for the
party because of his firm belief in its efficacy in good government and over his public
career there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil.
DELBERT GEORGE BURGESS.
Delbert George Burgess, a prominent and successful farmer and stock raiser, was
born in Salina, where he now makes his home, in the year 1878, his parents being
Hiram G. and Sarah (Ivie) Burgess. He was but five years of age when his father
died and later his mother became the wife of J. W. Phillips, under whose watchful- care
the boy was reared. He worked upon the home farm until he had attained his majority,
when he entered mercantile circles and became manager of the Salina Cooperative Mer-
cantile Association. He served in that capacity for five years and then^resigned to enter
the meat business, which he followed for a year. Closing out his interests in that line,
he then went to California, but finding no satisfactory location, he returned to Salina
and purchased three hundred acres of land, becoming a farmer and stock raiser. One
hundred and sixty acres of his land is under a high state of cultivation, utilized in the
production of diversified crops. He also has a large herd of Durham cattle, which is
one of the best herds of the county, and he has won substantial success both in the
development of his fields and in his stock raising interests. He follows the most pro-
gressive methods in the conduct of both branches of his business, nor have his efforts
been confined to these lines alone. He was for twelve years a director of the Salina
Creek Irrigation Company and is now the treasurer of the Salina Hospital. . .
Mr. Burgess has also been very active in the development and upbuilding of his,