lines contributing in substantial measure to his growing success. He is today the first
vice president of the Commercial National Bank of Ogden, which is capitalized for one
hundred thousand dollars, has a surplus of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and
undivided profits of seventy-five thousand dollars.
At Iroquois, Canada, on the 13th of October, 1870, Mr. Fell was married to Miss Annie
Marigold Grier, of that place, a daughter of James and Eliza Grier. They have be-
come the parents of four children: Carrie, Winnie, Gilberta and Goldie. They occupy
a prominent position in the social circles of Ogden, where Mr. Fell is also a popular
member of the Weber and Bonneville Clubs. Their religious faith is that of the Metho-
dist church and in political belief Mr. Fell is an earnest republican who for many years
has been a recognized leader in the ranks of the party. From the 1st of January, 1912,
until 1916 he was mayor-commissioner of Ogden, and it was Mayor Fell who conceived
the idea of developing sufficient artesian water to supply the city. After securing all
information possible and giving the matter careful consideration, the board of com-
missioners decided to tap a large subterranean flow believed to exist ten miles east of
Ogden, in Ogden valley. The drilling of wells was begun in the fall of 1914 and prac-
tically completed in 1915. Ample artesian water of chemical purity was developed to
supply the forty thousand people of Ogden liberally. The wells have been flowing for
five years without any material decrease in the flow. There has been no typhoid in
the city since artesian water has been used. The cost of drilling twenty-seven wells,
purchasing and laying two miles of thirty-six inch continuous wood store pipe, 3.38
miles of twenty-four inch Mathewson joint steel pipe and connecting up with the city
distributing system was one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. It has been valued
at from two to six million dollars. The city has drilled wells in Artesian Park, two
thousand feet east and one hundred and fifty feet east and west and in every case
tapped the subterranean flow. This proves beyond question that there is a large stream
or lake of one hundred and fifty by two thousand feet. During the time that these
wells were being drilled, many geologists visited the wells, and when the whole matter
was explained and a reason given for everything done, also what was outlined for the
future, the work was endorsed in the strongest terms by all. Dr. Frederick J. Pack of
the University of Utah said of the artesian wells in the Ogden valley: "That Ogden
city has its water supply problem practically solved can hardly be questioned by any-
one acquainted with the conditions. The above is a photograph of one of twelve arte-
sian wells recently drilled in Ogden valley just below Huntsville. These twelve wells
are now producing in excess of six million gallons every twenty-four hours, or more
than half as much as that used by Ogden city when the draft is highest. In most
western cities the water supply problem commonly offers considerable difficulty, and
this is particularly true as the cities become large. Ogden officials have for many years
known that their supply was gradually becoming inadequate and have outlined many
plans for its increase. The growing demands of intensified agriculture have made it
more and more difficult to procure water from the farmers. At one time the city ad-
ministration considered very seriously the advisability of impounding the flood waters
of the south fork of Ogden river at a point some distance above Huntsville. The pro-
ject, however, was at least temporarily abandoned. The existence of artesian water in
the lower parts of Ogden valley has been known for many years, but it was left to
Mayor A. G. Fell, head of the water department, to conceive the idea of its adoption
to the needs of the Ogden municipality. He carefully and very intelligently gathered
a great deal of preliminary information. He secured options on large tracts of desirable
territory and finally began drilling near the close of October, 1914. A test well of two-
inch diameter encountered a large flow of water at a depth of practically one hundred
feet, and another still larger some twenty-five feet deeper. Twelve four-inch wells were
successfully completed within the next fifty days and then drilling stopped for the win-
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ter. The wells have been flowing continuously since November of last year without
any appreciable diminution in volume. Drilling has recently been resumed with an
eight-inch casing. It is proposed with this well to go down to a depth of several hun-
dred feet primarily for the purpose of testing out the lower strata. Ogden valley pre-
sents as nearly ideal conditions for the existence of artesian water as can well be im-
agined. The valley proper is somewhat circular in form and contains the towns of
Huntsville, Eden and Liberty. Abundant streams of water drain in from the north,
east and southeast and all converge toward a point near the southwestern part of the
valley, where they unite and then pass from it through the narrow defiles of Ogden
canyon. It is just at this convergent point that the wells have been drilled. One of
the most promising features of the whole affair is that, although the twelve wells have
been drilled within a radius of less than two hundred feet, none of them seems to de-
crease the flow of the others. It is a remarkable sight to witness twelve wells within
an area of scarcely more than one acre pouring forth such tremendous quantities of
water. And still this is but a very small fraction of that which can be developed by
further drilling. Mayor Fell, the city commissioners and the people of Ogden certainly
are to be congratulated upon this invaluable acquisition." While the development of
the artesian system was a work which alone would make the administration of Mr. Fell
remembered, there were also other valuable measures instituted for the benefit of the
city and his administration was ever of a most progressive character. His entire life
has been actuated by a spirit of advancement that has resulted in the holding of high
ideals and the accomplishment of high purposes.
HANS A. PEDERSEN.
Hans A. Pedersen is conducting a large, growing and profitable real estate
and loan business at Logan under the style of H. A. Pedersen & Company, but
while making steady progress along business lines, he has not confined his efforts
and attention solely to activities of that character. On the contrary he has rendered
valuable public service as a legislator and as judge of the juvenile court, his work
being of the utmost benefit in these particulars. Mr. Pedersen is a native of Nor-
way. He was born August 13, 1862, a son of Peder Hansen, who came to the
United States in 1880, crossing the Atlantic to New York and thence making his
way direct to Utah, with Logan as his destination. In this state he followed the
occupation of farming for many years and passed away in Logan when about
eighty-two and a half years of age. The mother, who in her maidenhood was Rachel
Christensen, died at the age of eighty-four and a half years. They were members
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the work of which Mr. Hansen
took an active part and filled the office of high priest.
Hans A. Pedersen acquired his early education in the public schools of Norway.
He was a youth of eighteen years when he came to the United States and his
education was continued in the Brigham Young College of Logan, from which he
was graduated as a member of the class of 1891. In early life he learned the
carpenter's trade, which he followed for a number of years, and later he gave his
attention for some time to farming and cattle raising and is still actively interested
in those pursuits. Whatever he has undertaken he has carried forward to success
because of his determination, his persistency of purpose and his sound business
judgment. In 1891 he was sent on a mission to Norway, where he labored in
the interests of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints until 1893. He
afterward spent five years in the real estate business in Logan and then again
went on a mission for the church, covering three years. Once more he returned
to Logan and reentered the real estate field. He has since built up an extensive
business as a real estate and loan agent, conducting his interests under the firm
style of H. A. Pedersen & Company. He is thoroughly familiar with land values,
knows the property that is upon the market and has gained a large clientage.
In 1890 Mr. Pedersen was married to Miss Mary Jappsen, a native of Denmark,
who came to the United States when seven years of age with her father, Hans S.
Jappsen, one of the pioneers of Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Pedersen have become parents
of ten children: Lorentz H., deceased; Rachel O.; Leah, the wife of F. W. Blair,
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of Logan; Marie Maria; Alice E.; Thelma; H. Ariel; Marcus J.; Luther J.; and
Philip J.
Mr. Pedersen is a director of the First National Bank of Logan and a member
of the Commercial Boosters Club of Logan, being keenly interested in all that
pertains to the public welfare and the progress and upbuilding of the city in
which he makes his home. In 1906 and 1907 he represented his district in the
state legislature, sitting on the republican side of the house, and was made chair-
man of the important committee on education. He gave thoughtful and earnest
consideration to many vital questions which came up for settlement and was
prominent in his advocacy of many important legislative measures. He has filled
the office of city judge for six years and was juvenile court judge for twelve years,
making a notably splendid record in the latter position. He is justly accounted
one of the leading citizens of northern Utah, his activities having ever been directed
along lines which have constituted elements in the progress, prosperity and up-
building of his section of the state. In matters of public concern he has ever
placed the general welfare before partisanship and the best interests of his com-
munity before self-aggrandizement. His broad humanitarian spirit was manifest
in his splendid service as juvenile court judge, his work indicating a ready under-
standing of the child.
JAMES ANDREW KELLY.
James Andrew Kelly is the owner of a fine department store in Fillmore, his
native city, and success has come to him as the result of close application, unfalter-
ing perseverance and determination. He was born in Fillmore in 1875, a son of
John C. and Mary J. (Melville) Kelly, who were representatives of old families of
the state, the Kellys having arrived in Fillmore in 1854, while the Melville family
was here established in 1855. The mother of James A. Kelly was among the first
children born in what was then the capital of Utah, and both families have written
their names conspicuously on the pages of Utah's history, especially in connection with
the development of Millard county. The prosperous town of Delta was established by
James A. Melville, an uncle of Mr. Kelly. Another of the family was for many years
bishop of Fillmore. The Kellys have likewise been prominent, and -John C. Kelly, the
father of James A. Kelly, became a leading stockman, conducting a profitable business
for many years.
James A. Kelly was educated in the district schools of his native city and early
started out to provide for his own support. Whatever success he has achieved is the
direct reward of his earnest and persistent labor, and he has justly won the proud
American title of a self-made man. From the time that he was fourteen years of age
he worked on farms and stock ranches and thoroughly mastered the business intrusted
to his care. In 1901 he turned his attention to merchandising in Fillmore and that
he has succeeded is evidenced in the fact that his present department store embraces
an area of sixteen thousand, eight hundred square feet. The building is a brick struc-
ture, seventy by eighty feet and three stortes in height, being the handsomest busi-
ness block in the county. He conducts a department store such as is found in the
larger cities, and his stock of goods in every department is complete to the least
detail. He has ibf most attractive and the largest establishment of its kind in southern
Utah. Mr. Kelly also owns an abattoir on the outskirts of the city, where he slaughters
for his meat department, and the store is supplied with an up-to-date refrigerating plant
in which to keep perishable stock. His business has now reached very gratifying pro-
portions, and the integrity of his methods is one of the elements of his success.
In 1902 Mr. Kelly was married in Salt Lake Temple to Miss Frances Thomson,
a daughter of Daniel Thomson, a pioneer who for many years was president of the
Millard stake. Four children have been born to them as follows: Geneva, Frances,
Madeline and Romala.
Mr. Kelly has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking although he
has frequently been tendered positions of public honor and trust. He was the first
president of the Millard county high school board and filled that position to the
satisfaction of parents and students alike. In October, 1919, he was nominated for
the position of city councilman. He is keenly interested in everything that pertains
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to the progress and welfare of his community and has been a most important factor
in its business circles. His success is well deserved, for in him are embraced the
characteristics of an unbending integrity, an unabating energy and industry that
never flags. Justice has ever been maintained in his relations with his patrons and
with his employes, and he has demonstrated the truth of the saying that success is
not the result of genius but the outcome of clear judgment and experience.
AUGUST MILLER.
No history of Delta would be complete without mention of August Miller, who
started upon his business career in the town as proprietor of a little stock of goods
which was displayed to the public in a tent. Today he is the owner of a well housed
furniture and house furnishing goods establishment and is enjoying a very substantial
and gratifying trade.
He was born in Erie county, Ohio, in 1855, and is a son of Christopher and Eliza
(Glazier) Miller, members of old pioneer families of Ohio. He acquired his educa-
tion in the schools of Erie county and later in the schools of Michigan, to which state
his parents removed during his boyhood. Until he was twenty-four years of age he
worked upon his father's farm, early becoming familiar with the best methods of till-
ing the soil and caring for the crops. He then took up the butchering business, at
which he worked in St. Louis, Denver and Glenwood Springs, Colorado, and he also
became identified with the furniture trade in Glenwood Springs. He was also at one
time active in connection with the sale of furniture in Cripple Creek. In 1906 he
removed to Utah and in 1912 went to Delta, where he has prospered in no small de-
gree Delta at the time of his arrival was largely a town of tents. On a borrowed
capital of ten dollars Mr. Miller opened a furniture store in a tent and during the
seven intervening years his business has developed to a most enviable degree. He now
occupies a brick store building thirty by one hundred feet, and his stock embraces
a full line of furniture, house furnishing goods and stoves. His store is the only
strictly furniture store in Millard county and a liberal patronage is accorded him.
Mr. Miller is also a member of the board of directors of the Delta Chronicle and is a
stockholder in the Delta Alfalfa Mill. He is thus lending his cooperation and sup-
port to various important interests of the town and is contributing in marked measure
to its development and upbuilding.
In 1888 Mr. Miller was united in marriage at Glenwood Springs, Colorado, to Miss
Margaret Bailor and to them have been born the following named: Mrs. Blanche Oar,
of Lakeside, Oregon; William E., living in San Diego, California; Mrs. V. C. Kent,
of Fort Meyer, Florida; John A., a resident of Delta; Helen, who is in Jacksonville,
Florida; and John A., who manages the sheet metal and tin shop in Delta in associa-
tion with his father. The last named was one of that glorious band of American troops
who wrote the word victory over the history of the great World war. He served in
the navy for sixteen months and was honorably discharged in February, 1919, having
been most of the time on a submarine chaser.
Mr. Miller is a member of the Delta Commercial Club and is keenly interested
in the work of that organization toward promoting the benefit and upbuilding of the
city. No movement calculated to improve conditions here in any way seeks his aid
in vain. He is actuated by the same spirit of patriotism that wfs manifest in his
son who joined the navy. In fact the family have always stood for progress and im-
provement, and they are among Delta's most highly esteemed residents.
ALFRED F. STOUT, JR.
Alfred F. Stout, Jr., manager for the Hurricane Flour Mills at Hurricane, Wash-
ington county, and also interested in farming in that locality, was born in Rockville,
Utah, November 1, 1876, his parents being Alfred F. and Mary (Langston) Stout.
The father was a prominent sawmill man and lumber dealer of southern Utah but
has now retired from active business and is enjoying a well earned rest from further
labor at Provo.
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Alfred F. Stout, Jr., obtained his education in the district schools of Rockville
and when his textbooks were put aside became the assistant of his father in saw-
milling and lumbering. He was engaged in that Jine of business from early manhood
until 1916, when he assumed the management of the Hurricane Flour Mills, which he
has since operated. At the same time he looks after his individual farming interests
and is doing a good business along that line. He is a most efficient miller and pro-
gressive business man and is regarded as one of the prominent citizens of his town.
At St. George, on the 24th of March, 1898, Mr. Stout was married to Miss Dora
Hall, a daughter of John C. and Keziah (De Gray) Hall, who were early settlers of
Rockville, where the father followed farming but is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Stout
are the parents of six children: Myron, who was born June 30, 1903; Erma, born
April 15, 1908; Verle, October 27, 1910; Cyril, March 7, 1913; Eldwin, who was born
April 2, 1915; and Grandon D., born April 21, 1917.
The family have membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
and Mr. Stout gives his political endorsement to the republican party, which he has
supported since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He stands loyally for
all activities and interests which are of value to the community and maintains a
progressive attitude in relation to public affairs as well as to private business interests.
DAVID P. TERRY.
David P. Terry, who is engaged in general farming and cattle raising and in con-
nection with the development of his land is specializing in the production of hay and
has become an extensive manufacturer of molasses, makes his home at Rockville, Utah,
and was born in this city on the 5th of December, 1870. He is a son of James P. and
Mary (Richards) Terry, who were natives of Canada, the former coming to Utah in
1849 and the latter in 1851. They were married at Millcreek on the 2d of November,
1856. For a time Mr. Terry maintained his home at Draper and afterward removed to
the Jordan river, in which stream his third child was later drowned. Mr. Terry vol-
unteered to go to Dixie and settled in Rockville on the 1st of January, 1863, which was
the anniversary of his birth. The first crop which he raised there was cotton and he
put up the first cotton gin and grist mill in Rockville. He also developed a splendid
orchard and vineyard and in addition to the production of cotton he engaged quite
extensively in raising sugar-cane. Like all the people on the river, he also had con-
siderable stock and thus through his activities he contributed in substantial measure to
the development of the business interests of that locality. He was also active in the
work of the church, serving as bishop's counselor, and he filled a mission to Canada
and the northwestern states. He served likewise in civic offices, acting as road super-
visor and as county selectman. In 1899 he removed to Hinckley, where he died August
12, 1918, having long survived the mother, who died May 17, 1901.
David P. Terry obtained a common school education at Rockville and remained
under the parental roof until twenty-one years of age. He afterward bought a small
farm and began cultivating his land and raising stock. As the years have passed he
has continued to handle cattle and has added to his farm, becoming one of the substan-
tial agriculturists and stock raisers in this part of the state. Like his father, he has
also specialized in the production of sugar-cane and each year he manufactures from
five hundred to a thousand gallons of molasses.
On the 25th of December, 1890, at St. George, Utah, Mr. Terry was married to Miss
Phoebe Daley, daughter of Martin and Ellen (Fisk) Daley. Her father was a native
of New York and he served as a captain in the Civil war. He never removed to the
west, but the mother after his death came to Utah in 1887, settling at Rockville. She
taught school in the Virgin river settlement, also acted as postmistress at Rockville and
took a great interest in the development of the silk industry. Her death occurred Feb-
ruary 27, 1912. The daughter, Phoebe Daley, was educated in New York and was seven-
teen years of age when she came with her mother to Utah. She also taught school in
three of the Virgin river towns, being thus engaged to the time of her marriage, and
she again taught while Mr. Terry was on his mission to the southern states. To Mr.
and Mrs. Terry have been born the following named. David Marvin, the eldest child,
born in Rockville, October 21, 1891, married Lamar Timothy and has two children.
Gertrude, who was born at Rockville, November 21, 1898, became the wife of Leo
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Hirschi and has one child. The others of the family are: Mary Marcia, who was born
October 22, 1893; James Arthur, born October 25, 1896; Orra May, born December 7,
1902; John P., January 26, 1907; and Evlyn, January 30, 1913. Eight children of the
family died in infancy. The son James Arthur joined the army in September, 1918,
and was sent to Camp Kearney, becoming a member of the Thirty-second Infantry.
He was discharged in January, 1919.
Mr. Terry has been a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. He filled a mission to the southern states as traveling elder, mostly in Georgia,
in 1899 and was absent two years. He also was active in the Young Men's Mutual Im-
provement Association and in the Sunday school, being especially interested in the work
among the young people. His political endorsement is given to the democratic party,
but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him, as he has
always preferred to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs, which
have been carefully and wisely guided.
JOHN WILLIAM ROSS.
The spirit of western enterprise and progress finds expression in the business
career of John William Ross, who is the general manager of the Sevier Farmers
Equity Association and who is also the owner of a fifty acre farm north of Richfield,
to which he devotes considerable attention. His life record is an interesting story
of personal endeavor crowned with success. Mr. Ross was born in Millcreek, Salt
Lake county, October 2, 1870. His parents were John and Sarah Ann (Wells) Ross,
the latter a daughter of Samuel Wells, for many years an iron worker of Salt Lake
City. John Ross was a farmer, who during the pioneer epoch in the history of the
west, started for California, where he intended to locate. During his brief stay in
Salt Lake an acquaintance loaned him a copy of the Book of Mormon and during its
reading the young man saw the light, abandoned his trip to California and was
baptized in the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, remaining
ever a true worshiper in the church. He filled many offices, serving for twenty-one
years as bishop's counselor in Joseph Ward of Sevier county. In 1867 he made
several trips by team to the Missouri river, bringing in the converts who were