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in Omaha, in 1869. Mr. Callahan was united in marriage to Miss Elizabetli O'Conner, who arrived in this city the previous year. To them were born eleven children, three of whom are yet living: Mrs. Minnie McGahan, Edward J. and Clara G. The death of Mr. Callahan occurred January i, 1900, when he was fifty-seven years of age. He held membership in the Holy Family Catholic church. In politics he was a democrat, active in the work of the party, and frequently made campaign speeches. He was a member of the volunteer fire department in Omaha, joining in 1878 and remaining active therein for a number of years. He was genial, cordial and likable and he made friends wherever he went and among all classes of people.

Dr. Warren Y. Thompson, an Omaha physician and surgeon, was born at VVestpoint. Nebraska, July 24, 1888, a son of Thomas D. Thompson, a native of Pennsylvania and a representative of one of the old families of that state of Scotch and Irish descent. The father came to Nebraska in 1878 and was one of the first physicians and surgeons of Westpoint and that section of the state. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and is still active in his profession, having devoted all of the years since his graduation to the private practice of medicine and surgery. He married Elizabeth Yoder, a native of Pennsylvania and of Swiss descent. They became the parents of nine children.

Dr. Thompson, the fifth of the family, pursued his education in the schools of Westpoint until he completed the high school course and afterward entered Creighton University for the study of medicine, winning his professional degree in 1909. Later he became a student in the University of Chicago, which conferred upon him the Bachelor of Science degree in 191 3. The following year he won the M, D. degree at Rush Medical College of Chicago. After completing his course at Creighton he was interne for a year in St. Joseph's Hospital in Omaha and for six months was assistant in the State Hospital at Ingleside, Nebraska. He entered upon private practice in Omaha in 19 10 and he has specialized to a large extent in diagnosis and internal medicine. He comes of a family long connected with the profession. His grandfather, Levi Thompson, was a prominent physician of Pennsylvania and had four sons who were physicians. Kimball E. Thompson, an elder brother of Warren Y. Thompson, is a physician practicing at Westpoint, Nebraska, and two younger brothers are now in college and will graduate in 191 7 with the M. D. degree. The family seem to have special aptitude as well as liking for the practice of medicine and wherever they have located they have won distinction and success in their chosen field.

On the 24th of May, 1916, Dr. Thompson was married in Omaha to Miss Mary Kenworthy, a native of this city and a daughter of W. S. Kenworthy. Politically Dr. Thompson is a republican but he has neither time nor inclination for office. He belongs to the Omaha-Douglas County Medical Society, the Nebraska State Medical Association and the American Medical Association and he concentrates his thought, purpose and energies upon his chosen calling, in which he is making steady advancement.

Frank S. Morey

Frank S. Morey, proprietor of the Emerson Laundry of Omaha, was born in Kewanee, Illinois, February 13, 1862, a son of Stephen James and Jane (Griffith) Morey, who were natives of New York, but at an early period in the development of Illinois they became residents of that state. For a considerable period the father engaged in farming and when his labors had brought to him a substantial competence he retired to a city home in Kewanee and there passed away in 1891. at the age of sixty-eight years. His wife, who was born in 1823, died in 1889.

Frank S. Morey. the youngest in their family of nine children, pursued his education in the schools of Illinois and of Creston, Iowa, after which he secured farm work in Iowa, spending three years in that way. He then went to Council Bluft's. where he entered the employ of the Beebe & Runyan Furniture Company. He afterward went to Kansas, where he was employed at farm labor for three years, after which he returned to Council Bluffs and was once more with the firm of Beebe & Runyan for two years. He afterward worked for the street car company of Omaha for seven and one-half years and in August, 1902, purchased an interest in the Emerson Laundry, of which he is now sole proprietor. That his is an important enterprise is shown by the fact that he now em.ploys forty-five people, indicating a large patronage. He has one of the modern laundries of the city, well equipped with the latest improved machinery, and the excellent work turned out insures a continuance of a liberal patronage.

Mr. Morey married Miss Jennie Derrick, who died in Washington county, Kansas, May 12. 1893. a daughter of R. E. Derrrick and Ruth Derrick, who were married in that county. ^Ir. and Mrs. ^lorey had two children. Dore, born in Washington county. Kansas, in 1890, married Miss Mary Allen, of Kansas, and has two children, Durle and Dwight. They reside in Manhattan, Kansas. Claude, the second son. born in Washington county, Kansas, in 1893, married Miss Fay Mellor, and is living at Orange, California. They have one child, Russell Franklin. On the 23d of August, 1900, in Omaha, Mr. Morey was married by the Rev. Savage to Miss jVIinnie Doll, a daughter of Leopold and Mina Doll. Her father died in 1901, but the mother is still living.

]\Ir. Morey exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party and fraternally is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He also belongs to the Omaha Automobile Club and along trade lines is connected with the Laundrymens Association and the Manufacturers Association. A spirit of determination characterizes all that he does. He will brook no obstacles that can be overcome by earnest and honorable effort and in the conduct of his business he has advanced steadify toward the goal of prosperity.

Dr. George C. Winterson, practicing his profession in Omaha since 1910, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 8, 1878, a son of Dr. C. R. Winterson, who is a prominent representative of the medical profession in that city. The family, of English origin, was founded in America during the colonial days of this country and has long been represented in Maryland, where Gasway Winterson, grandfather of Dr. G. C. Winterson. was a large slaveholder prior to the Civil war. Dr. C. R. Winterson has been health officer of Elk Ridge, a suburb of Baltimore, for the past twenty-five years and is a very prominent physician of that section. He married Sarah Craggs, a representative of the v.-ell known Levering family of A.Iaryland - the same family to which belonged the prohibition presidential candidate of that name.

Dr. George C. Winterson was the second in a family of six children and in the attainment of his education he passed through consecutive grades in the public schools of Baltimore and became a high school pupil. His more specifically literary course was pursued in New Windsor College of Maryland, from which he was graduated in 1898 with the Bachelor of Arts degree. He then prepared for a professional career and won his M. D. degree upon completing th.e course of study in the University of Maryland in 1902. Early practical experience came to him as interne in the University Hospital of Baltimore and a year after his graduation he entered upon the general practice of medicine in Nev/ Windsor, Maryland, where he also lectured on hygiene and physiology in the school which he had previously attended. He remained in active practice therefor five years and then, his health becoming impaired, he sought a change of climate by removing to western Nebraska. For a year he practiced at Red Cloud and in 19 10 came to Omaha, where he has since successfully followed his profession. He is now chief physician and surgeon for Swift & Company of South Omaha and has a large general practice which is constantly growing in volume and importance. His interest in his chosen calling prompts him to keep in close touch with modern research work and discoveries relative to the laws of health and he benefits by the interchange of thought and experience as a member of the Omaha-Douglas County Medical Society and the Nebraska State Medical Association.

In November, 1902, in Baltimore, Dr. Winterson was married to Miss Jeannette Day, a native of that state and connected with the Owings, Warfield and the Day families of Maryland. The mother was a cousin of Governor Edwin Warfield, while the Owings were an old and prominent Marjdand family of English descent. Mrs. Day is now living in South Carolina. Dr. and Mrs- Winterson have become parents of a son, George McPherson, who was born in Baltimore, February 20, 1905. Mrs. Winterson has membership with the Daughters of 1812.

Fraternally Dr. W^interson is connected with the Benevolent Protective Ordei of Elks, the Ancient Order of United W^orkmen and the Woodmen of the W'orld and is major of the uniform rank of the latter and also surgeon for the organization. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he belong", to the Order of St. George, while both he and his wife are members of the Episcopal church. He is a gentleman of broad and liberal culture as well as high professional attainments and both he and his wife have won many friends during the comparatively brief period of their residence in Omaha.

Wtlliam P. Deverell

Many fine buildings in Omaha stand as a monument to the skill, ability and enterprise of William P. Deverell, who came to this city in 1881 and since 1884 has been numbered among the contractors of Omaha. He was the third in order of birth in a family of nine children, five of whom are yet living. Their parents were Thomas and Elizabeth Frances (Pardon) Deverell. The father, a native of Ireland, went to Canada as a boy and was there reared to manhood. In that country he met and married Miss Pardon, after which he provided for his family by engaging in business as a contractor and builder. He continued to reside in Ontario up to the time of his death, which occurred in 191 1, when he was eighty-one years of age. His wife was born in Ontario and there remained to the time of her demise, which occurred in 1908, when she was seventy-seven years of age.

In his youthful days William P. Deverell was a pupil in the public schools of Ontario county, Ontario, and afterward learned the trade of mason and builder under the direction of his father, thoroughly mastering every phase of the business as he assisted him in his contract w^ork. In 1881 he sought the opportunities offered in the growing west and for one year thereafter worked at his trade in Omaha, and then located in Harrison county, Iowa, where he remained until 1884, when he returned to Omaha and decided to start in business on his own account. Within a very short time he had won a satisfactory and growing patronage. He has erected many of the principal buildings now standing in

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Omaha, including the store of the Nebraska Clothing Company at Fifteenth and Farnam streets, the Avery A'lanufacturing Company at Tenth and Harney streets, the buildings of the John Deere Plow Company, the Kingman Implement Company and the first and second buildings of Byrne-Hammer & Company. He erected the residence of F. P. Kirkendall, the Her Grand Theater, the Krug Theater, the Schlitz Hotel, the Madison Hotel, St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Cecelia's Roman Catholic Cathedral, the Plouse of the Good Shepherd, the L. C. Nash residence, the George Hoagland building, occupied by Thompson, Belden & Company, and many others.

In June, 1881, Mr. Deverell was married to Miss Jessie Yarnold, of Ontario county, Ontario, Canada, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Yarnold, and granddaughter of a retired officer of the English navy. Dr. Benjamin Yarnold, a brother of Reginald, was a physician and served in the medical corps of the Union army during the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Deverell have a daughter, Florence P., who was born in Harrison county, Iowa, and is a graduate of the Omaha high school. The parents hold membership in the Episcopal church and Mr. Deverell gives his political support to the republican party. He belongs to the Commercial Club and thus indicates his deep interest in affairs relating to the welfare and progress of his adopted city. He is also a member of the Builders' Exchange and of the Master Builders' Association, and he has forged constantly forward in his profession until he has long since left the ranks of the many and stands among the successful few. His nature is such that he can never be content with mediocrity and his powers, growing through the exercise of effort, place him in a position of leadership.

Dr. Claude T. Uren, an oto-laryngologist, enjoys more than local distinction by reason of his marked ability. He is a young man in close touch with the latest researches and discoveries of the profession along his chosen line, and at all times he keeps abreast with the trend of modern progress. He was born in Lead, South Dakota, June 18, 1887. His father, Thomas Uren, a native of England, came to America at the age of nine years with an aunt, his parents having died during his early youth. The journey to the new world was made in 1870 and settlement was made in Michigan, where he was reared a'nd educated. About 1880 he removed to South Dakota, becoming a pioneer rancher and stockman of that state, his business being successfully conducted. He was also quite active in local political circles in Lawrence county as a supporter of the democratic party. He was also prominent in Masonry and became a member of the grand lodge of his state. His death occurred, however, in Lead. South Dakota, May 28, 1894, when he was but thirty-two years of age. He left a widow and two children. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Gertrude Hoffman, was born in Hartford, Indiana, and was of German lineage. The children of this marriage were : Claude T., and Wilbur, who is twenty-five years of age and is serving in the British army. After losing her first husband Mrs. Uren becamethe wife of B. R. Stone and had one son, B. R. Stone, Jr.

Dr. Uren attended the public schools of his native city and was graduated from the high school with the class of 1905. He pursued academic work in the University of Michigan and in the same institution prepared for his professional career, winning the M. D. degree in 1910. Following his graduation he spent two years in study in the ear. nose and throat hospital at Ann .Arbor, Michigan, and was instructor for one year in the State University there. He began active practice in Omaha in November. 191 2, and has since followed his profession here, concentrating his efforts entirely upon his specialty. He is now lecturer

On the 19th of January, 191C, Dr. Uren was married in Omaha to Miss Irma Wiedemann, a daughter of Mrs. Anna Wiedemann, of this city. They are members of the Episcopal church and Dr. Uren is also connected with the Young Men's Christian Association. He belongs to the Phi Beta Pi, a college fraternity, and is also connected with the University Club and the Omaha Field Club. Along strictly professional lines he has membership with the Omaha-Douglas County Medical Society, the Nebraska State Medical Association, the Omaha Eye and Ear Medical Association and the Sioux Valley Eye and Ear Academy. He possesses many sterling traits of character which have won him high regard in his social connections, while professionally he has displayed that laudable ambition and deep interest which have gained him marked proficiency in his chosen field and won for him a high and deserved reputation.

Chester O. Oline

Chester O. Oline, who in the conduct of important business afifairs displays notable intelligence, keen insight and unremitting energy, is now at the head of the Oline Grain Company, with office in the new Grain Exchange building of Omaha. Nebraska may be proud to claim him as one of her native products, for he displays the alert spirit of the west and the progressiveness that has ever characterized this section of the country. He was born in Monroe, this state, July 4, 1887, his parents being Oliver and Mary ( Wickbloom) Oline, the former a native of Sweden and the latter of Illinois. They became pioneer settlers of Platte county, Nebraska, where the father engaged in farming until his death, which occurred in 1895, when he was fifty-two yars of age. His widow now resides in Pasadena, California, at the age of sixty-two years. In the family were eight children, of whom Chester O. was the sixth. Three have now passed away, while those still living are, in addition to the subject of this review: Mrs. S. W. Lightner, of St. Edward, Nebraska; Mrs. Henry McClenahan, of Primrose, Nebraska; Mrs. J. E. Swanson, of Arapahoe, Nebraska; and H. E., living in Lynch, Nebraska.

Chester O. Oline became a pupil in the district schools at the usual age, afterward pursued his studies in the public schools of Monroe, later in the high school at Lynch, Nebraska, and subsequently took his preparatory course in Bellevue College, while from the Nebraska State Normal School at Peru he was graduated with the class of 1908. He then taught school for several years at Wakefield. Nebraska, where he occupied the position of superintendent of schools, and afterward he entered the State University, in which he studied for a year. He became connected with the grain trade, to which he devoted three years in the service of others. It was then that he organized the Oline Grain Company and under that name is doing a splendid business of which he is sole proprietor. The Omaha World-Herald said of him : "He stands at the very top of his profession because he has applied the principle of brains to his business, and because he has devoted his time to a complete study of the grain business from the standpoint of grower and producer as well as sales agent." His record seems almost phenomenal, so fast has he advanced to the front. He is acquainted with every phase of the grain business, and behind his work as commission agent are experience, honesty, aggressiveness and mental alertness.

On the 22d of June, 191 1, Mr. Oline was married to Miss Evelyn Van Wickle, of York, Nebraska, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Van Wickle, who are connected with the nobility of Holland and became pioneer settlers of Nebraska, still making their home at York. Mr. and Mrs. Oline have a son, Robert, born in Omaha in 1914.

In politics Mr. Oline is a republican and fraternally is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America. He finds scope for social activities in the Omaha Club and he belongs to the Commercial Club and to the Omaha Grain Exchange. Working his way upward entirely unaided, he has advanced step by step and each forward step has brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities which he has eagerly utilized. His position is indeed creditable and his reputation a most enviable one.

Dr. William Henry Latey is one of Salt Lake City's contributions to the citizenship of Omaha, for he was born in the Utah capital in 1861. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Latey, was a native of England and in the first half of the nineteenth century came to the new world, spending his last days in Omaha, where he died at the age of seventy-two years. William Latey, father of Dr. Latey, was born in England in 1836 and in early manhood came to the United States, arriving in Omaha in 1869. For many years he engaged in business here as a grocer but later turned his attention to general contracting and erected many buildings which have added to the substantial improvement of Omalia. He was married in Salt Lake City to Elizabeth Jenkins, a native of Wales, and her last days were spent in Omaha, where she passed away in 1900. About 1906 William Latey put aside business cares and has since lived retired.

Brought to Omaha in early childhood, Dr. Latey acquired a public school education and afterward took up the study of dentistry in Omaha, where he has practiced continuously since 1886. In the intervening period of more than thirty years he has made steady progress, for study keeps him in touch with the trend of modern thought and investigation along dental lines. He possesses that mechanical skill and ingenuity which must be added to scientific knowledge if one wins success in the profession, and his work receives the endorsement of many who have been his patrons for a long period.

On the 19th of January, 1887, in Omaha, Dr. L'ltey was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary F. Hodges, daughter of the late James Hodges. They have two daughters, Inez F. and Bessie H. Dr. and Mrs. Latey attend the Episcopal church and he gives his political support to the democratic party. He belongs to the Athletic Club of Omaha and is well known in the city, where an ever increasing acquaintance has marked a continuous growth in his circle of friends.

Dr. Philip Levey, devoting his attention to medical and surgical practice in Omaha, was born February 4. 1889, in New Haven, Connecticut. His father. Harris Levey, a native of Russia, came to America about 1865 and established his home in New Haven, where he resided until 1910, when he came to Omaha, where he is now engaged in the wholesale leather business and is one of the prorninent and prosperous merchants of his city. He married Rose Ash, also a native of Russia, in which country their marriage was celebrated. Ten children have been born to them, of whom Dr. Levey is the sixth. , , - ,

In the attainment of his education Dr. Levey attended the graded and high schools of New Haven, Connecticut, and afterward entered Yale University. In 19 10 he came to Omaha to complete his medical education and was graduated from the medical department of Creighton University with the M. D. degree in I9n He served as interne in St. Toseph's Hospital for twelve months and then opened an office for the private practice of medicine, in which he has since con- tinned. He has never specialized bnt has remained in the general field of practice, and the ability which he displays in coping with intricate professional problems has won for him a liberal i)atronage. He belongs to the Omaha-Douglas County, the Nebraska State and American Medical ^Associations and he is a first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps of the United States army. In addition to his professional interests he is a director of the United Trading Company of Omaha.

Dr. Levey became a Mason in Omaha and he also has membership with the Woodmen of the World and the Omaha .\thletic Club. His political endorsement is given to the republican party on questions of national moment, but at local elections he votes independently, considering only the capability of the candidate.

Nathan Mantel

There are leaders in every line of endeavor and Omaha has her full quota of men who are capable of directing important interests and promoting large business projects. Well known in this connection is Nathan Mantel, of the N. Mantel Company, jobbers of fine cigars. A native of Ohio, Mr. Mantel was born in Bucyrus, February i, 1880, a son of Louis and Henrietta (Rothchild) Mantel, both of whom were natives of Germany. Li early life they came to the new world and settled in Ohio, where the father engaged in the shoe business, and the success which he won through well directed effort enabled him in his later years to Jive retired, enjoying the fruits of his former toil. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, and his wife passed away in Bucyrus, that state.

Their youngest child was Nathan Mantel, wdio in his youthful days attended the public schools of Ohio and afterward pursued a business course. He, too, then became connected with the shoe trade of Ohio and continued active in that line for several years. In 1903 he removed to Omaha, which city he had previously visited at various times on business trips. Following the establishment of his home here he was connected with various concerns but ultimately established business on his own account as a jobber of cigars.

On the i8th of June, 1907, in Omaha. Mr. Mantel was married to Miss Hattie Rehfeld, a daughter of Mr. and ]\Irs. Herman Rehfeld. They have two children : Rita Lillian, born February 6, 1909; and Nate, born August 20, 1912.

August J. Eggerss

August J. Eggerss, president of the Eggerss-O'Flyng Company, and the Omaha Fibre & Corrugated Box Company, was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, February 8,- 1866, and of that place his father, Charles Eggerss, was a native, born in 1833. He there married Minna Peters and in 1880 they came to the United States, making their way to Shelby, Shelby county. Iowa, where they became owners of a farm. In i88r, however, they removed to a farm in Harrison county, Iowa, and there the father passed away in 1889. His widow has survived him for more than a quarter of a century and now resides in St. Paul. Minnesota.

August J. Eggerss was largely reared in Harrison county, Iowa, where he remained until 1886, when at the age of twenty years he went to Milwaukee. Wisconsin, and spent four years with the Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company in the capacity of shipping clerk and bookkeeper. He next removed to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was employed in the paper box factory of Charles Weinhagen & Company until July, 1892, and this gave him his initial experience in the line of business in which he has since been active. Coming to Omaha in

August J. Eggeess

1892, he purchased the paper box factory operated by John L. Wilkie. On the ist of January, 1893. the business was incorporated under the name of the Omaha Paper Box Company, located at Nineteenth and St. Mary's avenue. A removal was made to 1208 Jones street on the ist of January, 1893. In 1896 he took over the Omaha Cigar & Paper Box Factory, since which time he has manufactured cigar boxes in addition to all kinds of paper boxes. In October, 1902, the present quarters at Fifteenth and Leavenworth streets were completed and the company has since occupied that plant. In January, 1903, Mr. Eggerss joined hands with Mr. Ivyl O'Flyng, who for some years had been engaged in the printing business under the name of the O'Flyng-Parker Printing Company. The new firm adopted the style of the Eggerss-O'Flyng Company, and the manufacture of folding cartons was added to their line. Mr. Eggerss has ever made it his mot:o to supply the demand - in other words, to give satisfaction to his patrons. In 1912 he organized the Omaha Fibre & Corrugated Box Company, which has its special work under the same roof with the other factory.

On the 23d of March, 1895. in Shelby county, Iowa, Mr. Eggerss was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Meitzen, daughter of Albert ^Nleitzen. They have two sons, George W. and Ernest J. In fraternal organizations he has passed in Masonry up through both routes - the Y ork and Scottish Rites - and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Woodmen of the World and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Something of the nature of his recreation is indicated in the fact that he belongs to the Athletic Club of Omaha, the Carter Lake Club and the Music Verein. His loyalty and progressiveness in citizenship find evidence in his membership in the Commercial Club and the Ak-Sar-Ben.

Fred W. Fitch, lawyer of Omaha, was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 18, i860, a son of the Rev. Lemon E. Fitch,; a native of New York, who was born in 181 1, in Washington county, New York, and died at the age of seventy-eight years. The father was for- many years a Christian minister but during his later life was connected with the Seventh Day Adventist church. He was descended from one of the old Puritan families of Massachusetts and was of Scotch- Welsh ancestry. It has been said that his great-grandfather had an original grant or patent from King George to Long Island, New York, and distributed the land among the colonists. Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was named for and after his ancestors. Representatives of the family took part in the French and Indian wars, the Revolutionary war and the War of 1812. Lemon E. Fitch was educated for the ministry in Genesee College and his first pastoral assignluent was at Bath, New York, where he met Ruth A. Morrison, who later became his wife, they being married at Bath, May 22, 1834. The following year they left New York and settled at lackson, Michigan, where the Rev. Fitch materially assisted in the upbuilding of" the city and was one of the prime movers in the erection of the first courthouse there. He was afterward assigned to pastoral duty in a town then called "IMontellona," Illinois, where he established a Christian mission and also cultivated a little farm, which he owned. From 1837 until 1847 he resided at different places in Illinois, where he filled ministerial missions, experiencing much of the pioneer life and Indian depredations, and later he resided at Milwaukee. Wisconsin, and at Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he engaged in preaching for fourteen years. He was one of the old time abolitionists ^ and aided the cause of emancipation. From 1862 until 1870 he resided at Angola, Indiana, and thence removed to Anita, Iowa, where he passed away in June, 1889 and was buried with Masonic honors, by that fraternity, of which he was a Hfe member. His wife. Ruth A., was born February 7, 18 16, at Bath, New

York, and was of Scotch lineage, her father being Alexander Morrison. By her marriage she became the mother of fourteen children, six of whom are still living. Mrs. Cordelia Briggs, formerly of Oakland, California, is now deceased. Henry resides at Tola, Kansas. Mrs. Mariette Bradford is a resident of Sparta, Michigan. Mrs. Lillian Gilbert makes her home in Santa Rosa, California. M rs. Julia Ferguson is living at Ordway, Colorado. Fred W. is the next of the family. Edward C, who died at Marshalltown, Iowa, February 4, 1912, was a Civil war veteran. He enlisted in Company B, First jSIichigan Engineers, and served for a little more than three years. He was wounded in the battle near Vicksburg, was then honorably discharged and died at the Soldiers Home in Marshalltown, Iowa, his remains, however, being interred in the Evergreen cemetery at Anita, Iowa. John T., another son of the family, was also a Civil war veteran, serving with the Seventh Indiana Cavalry Regiment attached to the command of General Smith. He was wounded in the battle of Okolona. William L. died in Kansas in June, 1916. Others of the family were : Mildred, who died in Indiana ; Newell Asa, who died in Grand Rapids, Michigan ; Matilda, in Montellona, Illinois ; and Flora, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The mother was a noble Christian woman, kind and charitable, was a true neighbor, a steadfast friend and a devoted and loving mother. She was born February 7, 18 16, and was buried on the eightythird anniversary of her birth, in the family lot in Evergreen cemetery at Anita, Iowa.

Fred W. Fitch, dependent entirely on his own resources and ambition, attended the public schools and graduated from the high school of Atlantic, Iowa, in 1881, and by teaching in the public schools of Iowa, was able to finish the four year military and scientific courses at the State University at Iowa Cit)', in 1885. When nineteen years of age he entered the law office of George S. Wedgewood at Atlantic, Iowa, and subsequently read law with the firm of Kauffman & Nurse, leading lawyers of Des Moines. After completing his state university course he came to Douglas county, in 1885, and for one term taught school, in the Hughes district, Avest of Omaha. Early in 1886 he entered the law office of Bartlett & Cornish, leading lawyers in Omaha, and in the same year he was admitted to practice at the Douglas county bar, but remained in the employment of his preceptors until the fall of that year, since which time he has been in active and continuous practice. For a time he devoted his energies to the general practice of law but in later years has specialized largely in corporation, real estate and damage cases. From 1904 until 1906 he had charge of all criminal cases in Douglas county, and was the first deputy county attorney of Douglas county to enforce the inheritance tax law. He made an enviable reputation as a criminal lawyer and won many notable cases. His colleagues and contemporaries speak of him in terms of high regard and recognize his special fitness for the profession. He has served as the general attorney in Nebraska for the Erie Railroad Company, and the F. B. Vandegrift Company, of New York city, who are custom house brokers, in receiving and forwarding bonded goods, and has been instrumental in making Omaha one of the chief distributing points for importers. He holds membership in the Omaha and the Nebraska State Bar Associations.

On the 4th day of October, 1888, Mr. Fitch was married in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Miss Margaret McElhinney, a native of Bedford, Iowa, and a daughter of the late Rev. Samuel McElhinney, who for many years was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Mount Ayr, Iowa. They have two children : Hugh R., who was born in Omaha, October 22, 1889, and at the present time resides in Seattle, Washington; and Warren, who was born in Omaha, October 13, 1894, and is employed in the treasurers department of the Nebraska Telephone Company, and who is a graduate of the Omaha high school.

The mother is a member of the First Presbyterian church of Omaha, and Mr. Fitch is a Mason of high rank, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, while in the blue lodge he has devoted much time to the lectures and work of the order. He also is a Knight of Pythias. :\Ir. Fitch is a stanch republican and has always been an active party worker. In civic matters Omaha has benefited by his cooperation, for he has been long and constantly identified with leading issues for the betterment of the city. He has always taken an active part in the team work of the Ak-Sar-Ben and for many years has served as chairman of the reception committee of that organization at the initiations at the den, he and his committee meeting and welcoming the strangers, guests and excursionists, escorting them to the den. and providing for their entertainment. In 1894 he was one of the organizers of the 1 ourist Wheel Club and became a member and ofificer of the "Century Road Club." Later he took an active interest in the League of American Wheelmen, an organization which advocated and legislated for better roads. In this connection he traveled to many parts of the United States, attending National League Meetings and advocating better roads and cleaner streets. He also served as secretary and president of the Associated Cycling Clubs of Omaha, and during 1896 and 1897 he was very active in having Omaha named as the convention city for many societies and organizations. In 1904, 1905, and 1906 he was active in founding A-arious improvement clubs, the first of which was the Sixth Ward Improvement Club, organized in 1890. at which time he was a resident of the sixth ward of Omaha. The outgrowth of this movement was the organization of the Federation of Improvement Clubs of Omaha, which in 1907 became the Federation &i: Improvement Clubs of Douglas county, in which he held office as president for four years, while at this writing he is chairman of the executive committee. He was also vice president in 1912. Air. Fitch was one of the organizers in the southwest part of Omaha of Avhat is known as the "South West Improvement Club," of which he is now the secretary, this being one of the largest "booster clubs" in the city, or state. He was a candidate for a cadetship at West Point in 1880 and passed a successful examination therefor when the congressional district was changed, throwing Cass county in another congressional district, represented in congress by Col. W. P. Hepburn, of Clarinda. Iowa, with the result that Mr. Fitch was denied the opportunity that he had long sought. He subsequently entered the State University of Iowa, in which he pursued a full military course under Lieutenant Colonel Thurston, detailed from the regular U. S. Army, while also taking a scientific course. He offered his services to the Government during the Spanish-American War, was accepted and assigned to duty, but was prevented from active service by the ending of that conflict in 1898. His interests have been broad and varied and in a large measure have affected the general welfare of his community. He is continually working for the adoption of higher standards of patriotism and citizenship, for higher ideals and for improvements in civic affairs. He has been a man of action rather than of theory and his labors have been productive of immediate, practical results in civic, educational, and improvement affairs. Twice a candidate for judge of the district court of the fourth judicial district of Nebraska, he was permitted, much to his satisfaction, to pursue the even ways of his chosen profession.

Charles C. Morgan

Twenty-one years have been added to the cycle of the centuries since Charles C. Morgan became a factor in the business circles of Omaha, where he is now well known as the vice president of the C. W. Hull Company. He was born in Denison, Texas, October 16, 1877, a son of James F. and Marilla (Cooper) Morgan, the former a native of Alabama and the latter of Illinois. They were married, however, in Denison, Texas, where the father had gone in early life, and there for many years he followed mercantile pursuits. For a considerable period he was associated with Colonel Poff and later became a partner in the firm of Pierce-Morgan & Company in which connection he conducted general merchandise stores in Denison and (iainesville, Texas. He died in 1912, at the age of sixty-eight years, hut Mrs. Morgan still makes her home in Denison.

After attending the puljlic schools Charles C. Morgan, the eldest child of the family, entered a preparatory school in Parkville, Alissouri, in which he was a student for three years. In 1896 he arrived in Omaha and entered the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company, with which he remained for eight years, emi)loyed in various departments. In 1904 he resigned and became connected with the C. W. Hull Company as confidential clerk and traffic manager. In 1 9 12 he was elected to the vice presidency, in which connection he still continues, thus becoming one of the executive heads of the undertaking. He had previously served as secretary of the company for six years and since his connection therewith he has labored earnestly and effectively to develop and upbuild the business.

In December, 1900, in Wausa, Nebraska, Mr. Morgan was married to Miss iilanche Cook, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cook, then of Wausa but now residents of Spencer, Nebraska. Mrs. Morgan was born in Blair, this state, and is now the mother of three children : Elizabeth and Catherine, twins, born March 12, 1904, and Marion, born July 16, 1906, all attending the Omaha public schools.

Mr. Morgan maintains an independent political course, casting his ballot according to the dictates of his judgment. That he is not remiss in the duties of citizenship is shown by his membership in the Commercial Club and his active support of various measures which are looking toward the expansion of the city's trade interests and the upholding of its civic standards. He is today well known and popular in Omaha's business and social circles and his advancement to his present creditable position is due entirely to well directed energy and thrift.

Lodowick F. Crofoot

Lodowick F. Crofoot, an attorney practicing at the bar of Omaha as senior member of the firm of Crofoot, Scott & Fraser, was born in Pontiac, Michigan, October 9, 1865, the descendant of an old New York family. His father, Michael E. Crofoot, was born in New York state in 1822, where he prepared himself for the practice of law, and in 1845 located in Pontiac, Michigan. Shortly after going there, he met and married Annie E. Fitch, a native of western New- York. His career At the Michigan bar was long and distinguished, his practice being so extensive that he maintained offices in both Pontiac and Detroit. He died in Pontiac in 1884, and his wife died there in 1910.

Lodowick F. Crofoot spent the period of his minority in his native city, attending the public schools and preparing for his professional career, influenced thereto by inherited tendency and environment, as well as natural predilection. He graduated from the Law Department of the Lhiiversity of Michigan in 1888, was admitted to practice in Michigan in 1887 and in September, 1888, settled in Omaha. He spent three years in gaining practical experience in several law offices, and in 1891 became a member of the firm of Breckenridge, Breckenridge & Crofoot. On leaving this firm, he continued practice alone until May, 1900, when he organized the firm of Crofoot & Scott. This association has since been maintained, and in June, 191 3, W. C. Fraser became a member of the present firm. The firm represents in Omaha the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company and the American Smelting & Refining Company, besides other large corporate interests. From the beginning Mr. Crofoot has enjoyed a clientage of a distinctively representative character, and is acknowledged one of the strong and able members of the bar, and he is always careful to conform his practice to the highest standard of professional ethics.

of the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Company, a director and vice president of the Hawkeye Portland Cement Company of Des Moines, and a director and treasurer of The C. B. Nash Company, Investments, of Omaha.

On the 26th of June, 1896, Mr. Crofoot was married to Miss Mary Nash, second daughter of the late Edward W. Nash. They have five children, namely, Edward B., Virginia, Lodowick F., Jr., David and Michael.

Mr. Crofoot gives his political allegiance to the republican party, and is well known in club circles of his adopted city, holding membership in the Omaha, Omiaha Country and the Happy Hollow Clubs. He takes a keen interest in the sport of sailing, each summer cruising and racing in a sixty ton schooner, on the New England coast, and in that connection holds membership in the New York Yacht Club of New York, the Eastern Yacht Club of Marblehead, Massachusetts, and the Portland Yacht Club of Portland, Maine.

Nature endowed him with keen intellectual force, which he has used wisely and well in the attainment of professional success and prominence. Added thereto is an appreciation of the social amenities of life that renders him popular wherever he is known.

Thomas Frederick Sturgess

Thomas Frederick Sturgess, editor of the Twentieth Century Farmer, has through the avenue of his chosen business activity contributed much toward the development of agricultural interests and the utilization of the natural resources afforded in this direction in the west. He -was born on- a farm in Knox county, Nebraska, November 13, 1863, and throughout the entire period of his life has been closely associated with western interests. His- father, Henry Sturgess, was born near Southampton, England, and when twenty years of age came to the United States. Soon after reaching this country he made his way to what is now Knox county, Nebraska, and took up a -homes-tead whereon he passed away in 1887. It was on the 26th of October, 1862, that jn L^auquicourt county, now Knox County, Nebraska, he wedded Maria M. Paxton, who is yet living. It was during the infancy of their son, Thomas F., that in 1864 the family were driven away from their homestead by the Sioux Indians. They experienced all of the hardships and privations of frontier life but lived to witness a remarkable change and transformation as the work of progress and improvement was carried on, and Mr. Sturgess took a helpful part in advancing the public welfare. At the time of his death he was serving as clerk of Knox county, Nebraska.

Thomas F. Sturgess began his education in the district schools of that county and continued his studies in the high school at Niobrara, Nebraska, but never had the benefit of college instruction. He was but eleven years of age when he entered the composing room of the Niobrara Pioneer, a small weekly paper, there learning to set type and do other work relative to newspaper publication. He remained on that paper until he attained his majority and rose to the position of editor and manager. When about twenty-one years of age he acquired an interest in the Creighton Courier, published at Creighton, Nebraska, and was editor of that weekly for several years. He afterward went to Hastings, Nebraska, and became connected with the job printing department of the Daily Tribune, with which paper he was associated for three years. He next came to Omaha and went to work as a printer on the Dispatch, an afternoon paper. Later he was connected with the Republican, a daily paper, until it suspended publication in 1889, and in 1890-1 he was a compositor on the World-Herald. He afterward spent a year in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as a compositor in the office of the Daily Republican and after his return to Omaha was for five years engaged in editorial work for the American Press Association. In 1898 he was called to the editorial service of The Bee and a year later organized the Twentieth

Century Farmer, which he has since edited and managed, making it a valuable paper in farming communities. Its circulation is now more than one hundred and ten thousand. He is thoroughly acquainted with problems that confront the agriculturist and is continually disseminating knowledge of the utmost value in connection with the scientific development of the fields and raising of stock. He was a member of the Omaha advisory committee and of the executive committee for the National Swine Show, held in Omaha from the 2d to the 7th of October, 19 16. He was also secretary and manager of the National Corn Exposition, held in Omaha in 1908 and 1909, which were the first two national corn expositions ever held.

His activities have indeed covered a wide scope and have at all times been actuated by a spirit of helpfulness. He votes with the republican party and in 1898-9 was a member of the state legislature of Nebraska from Douglas county, during which time he gave earnest consideration to problems of vital interest to the commonwealth and supported much constructive legislation. In this connection he is actively interested in the Commercial Club, doing all in his power to further the welfare of the city and uphold its civic standards.

On the 24th of July, 1907, in Omaha, Mr. Sturgess was united in marriage to Miss Leola G. Arnold, daughter of Rice Arnold, of this city. By a former marriage Mr. Sturgess has a daughter, Helen. Mr. and Mrs. Sturgess are members of the First Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which they take a very active part. Mr. Sturgess is serving on the official board and for nine years was superintendent of the Sunday school, which position he resigned in September, 1916. During his superintendency the school made a splendid record, its average attendance being three hundred and six pupils each Sunday during that entire time - an attendance probably not equalled by that of any other Omaha Sunday school for the same period. It was with the deepest regret that the school received his resignation, for he was endeared to pupils and teachers of the school. He was a member of the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association for fourteen years or until 1916, when he resigned. During this time the present building of the association was erected. Fraternally he is a Royal Arch Mason and also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. For two years he served as a trustee of the Nebraska Methodist Episcopal Hospital, at the end of which time he resigned, and he is now president of the public welfare board, consisting of five members. He has ever subordinated personal interests to public good and with a conscientious regard for his obligations of citizenship and his duties in relation to his fellowmen, he has put forth every possible effort to upbuild his community and his state and to inculcate higher standards of living for the individual.

Weston A. Eddy

Weston A. Eddy, who has made his mark in the business world, is now manager of the Atlantic & Pacific Oil Company and secretary of the United Oil & Supply Company of Omaha, his life record proving the forcefulness of close application and thorough attention to all details as well as to the major points in his business. Such a record of successful achievement is an indication of the fact that "Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war," and Mr. Eddy well deserves to be one of Omaha's "captains of industry." He was born at Parkman, Ohio, October 18, 1877, a son of Sanford and Ellen IMatilda (Bell) Eddy, who were also natives of the Buckeye state, where they remained until long after their marriage. Sanford Eddy engaged in the oil business as general sales manager for the Globe Oil Company of Cleveland, Ohio. He passed away at Wichita, Kansas, in 1900 at the age of about fifty-two years, his birth having occurred in 1848. His widow is now living in Los Angeles, California. In their family were three children, but Tira and Frank Henry are both deceased.

Weston A. Eddy, the youngest, spent his youthful days as a pupil in the public schools of his native city and afterward was graduated from the Euclid Avenue Business College of Cleveland, Ohio. He next secured a position with the Merchants Banking & Storage Company of that city, where he remained until his seventeeth year, when he became assistant sales manager with the Globe Oil Company and took a crew of eighteen salesmen to Texas, where he conducted a successful sales campaign for the corporation. A year later he became a salesman for the Enterprise Oil Company and afterward spent a year with the A. G. Harbaugh Oil Company. When that connection was severed he organized and became president of the Eddy Oil Company with headquarters at Cleveland, Ohio, but after a year and a half he sold his interest in the business and organized the Rex Chemical Company of Cleveland for the handling of oil specialties. He became manager as well as owner of the business but ultimately sold his interest to the, Buckeye Oil Company and in 1902 came to Omaha as sales manager for the Atlas Oil Company, starting in this state with but two salesmen. He so organized and developed the business that he soon had forty-two salesmen in the field and conducted a very profitable business for the Atlas people but gave this up on the ist of January, 1916, when he became general sales manager for the Manhattan Oil Company with headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. In the meantime he organized the Atlantic & Pacific Oil Company, of which he became manager. This was incorporated in January, 19 17, with a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars, and he is also the secretary of the United Oil & Supply Company, these two being his most important business, enterprises at the present time. He is, however, interested in and has promoted other business concerns, including the Auto Power Company of Omaha, of which he is the vice president. This company has been organized for some time and has begun building power plants.

On the 29th of July, 1901, Mr. Eddy was married to jMiss Florence Harriet Marsh, of Chicago, a daughter of Mr. and- Mrs. 'John ;Marsh, of Cleveland, where they still make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Eddy have a daughter, Ellen Elizabeth, born in Omaha, October 22, 19 13. The parents are attendants of the First Methodist Episcopal church and take an active and helpful part in its work, Mr. Eddy serving as secretary of its benevolent committee. His political support is given to the republican party. In trade relations he has membership with the Independent Oil Men's Association. He belongs to the Commercial Club and he was one of the organizers of the Carter Lake Club, which he has very materially assisted in clearing of debt. In fact he has been an active worker for its interests and upbuilding and he is very popular and widely known among its membership. His life record has been characterized by continuous progress that makes him well worthy of the proud American title of a self-made man.

George A. Wilcox

George A. Wilcox, secretary and treasurer of the Omaha Stove Repair Works, was born in Glenwood, Iowa, May 21. 1856, a son of Newell R. and Amanda M. (Bennett) Wilcox. His paternal grandfather was Roswell Wilcox. Newell R. Wilcox was born in Barrie, Orleans county, New York, May 15, 1833, and was married in Hastings, Barry county, Michigan at the age of twenty-two years. In 1855 they removed to Iowa and in June, 1856, became residents of Nebraska, taking up a claim in Sarpy county, near Springfield. Mr. Wilcox spent his last davs in Omaha, where he passed away April 12, 1910, and his widow died in this city Tuly 7, 191 3. He was a first Heutenant of the First Regiment, First Brigade, Nebraska Militia, when he volunteered as a Union soldier during the Civil war, enlisting at Bellevue in 1862 as a member of Company D, Second Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry. He joined the army as a private and rose to the rank of sergeant. After the war he engaged in the hotel business as proprietor of the Wilcox House of Bellevue for many years, and from 1868 until 1871 he was sheriff of Sarpy county. In community affairs he was prominent and active and he always maintained pleasant relations with his old army comrades as a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, his local connection being with Dalgren Post, No. 44, G. A. R., at Papillion, Nebraska.

After pursuing his education in the schools of Bellevue, George A. Wilcox in 1875 entered the employ of Clarke Brothers, general merchants of Bellevue, with whom he remained for two years. In December, 1877, he came to Omaha and for eighteen years was associated with the N. B. Falconer Dry Goods Company as bookkeeper and confidential man. From 1895 until 1897 he was president of the German Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Omaha, after which he became treasurer of the Omaha Stove Repair Works, a business organized in 1884. In 1914 he was elected to his present position of secretary and treasurer and is now active in the management of his department. The business is one of the important industrial enterprises of the city.

On the 8th of October, 1878, in Bellevue, Sarpy county, Nebraska. Mr. Wilcox was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Margaret Myers, her father being Henry ]\Iyers, who was born in Pennsylvania, August 9, 1826, and is a resident of Bellevue, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox are the parents of three children, as follows : Ethel C, who is the wife of Dr. Luther M. Leisenring, of Placerville, California; Glenn Albert, who was born March i, 1890. is a graduate of the Mexico (Mo.) Military College and wedded Aliss Lucille Kreymborg, of Omaha; and Byron L., at home.

The parents are members of the First Baptist church of Omaha, of which Mr. Wilcox is a trustee. He is a Royal Arch Mason and he belongs also to the Omaha Athletic Club. He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party and he is regarded as, one of the prominent citizens of Omaha by reason of his business prominence, his attractive social quaHties and his public-spirited citizenship.

Dr. Hiram H. Avery, actively engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Florence, was born about five miles west of Omaha, May 22, 1890, and is a son of Hiram R. and Minnie (Duve) Avery, the former a native of Canada, while the latter was born in Hamburg, Germany. She was a daughter of Herman Duvc. Hiram R. Avery came to Nebraska about 1865. He was only fourteen years of age when his father died, after which the family continued on the original farm, which Hiram R. Avery still cultivates, having an excellent property, his fields being rich and well tilled. He has long been accounted one of the representative and valued agriculturists of Douglas county.

Dr, Avery is one of a family of five children. He began his education in the district schools and afterward attended high school at Kansas City, Missouri. Desirous of becoming a member of the medical profession, he entered the Hahnemann Medical College of Kansas City, from which he graduated in May, 1914. Immediately afterward he returned to Douglas county and opened an office in Florence, where in the intervening period of three years he has built up a large and growing practice. In his professional work he has been very successful, closely studying his cases, while his judgment in complex matters is seldom, if ever, at fault.

Dr. Avery holds membership with the Missouri Institute of Homeopathy and he belongs to the Phi Alpha Gamma. Fraternally he is connected with the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Eagles and in the latter organization is examining physician. He is a young man of pleasing address, popular among all classes, cordial, genial and at the same time thoroughly alive to the interests, demands and responsibilities of his profession.

Robert B. Wallace

Robert B. Wallace, president of the Cooperative Reference Company, was born in southvv'estern Ohio, July 22, 1859, a son of John and Mary (Brown) Wallace, who were also natives of the Buckeye state. The father engaged in cabinet making but at the time of the Civil war put aside all business and personal interests and enlisted as a member of the Forty-Seventh Ohio Regiment, with which he went to the front. He became lieutenant colonel of his regiment, and on one occasion he was taken prisoner. His death resulted from the hardships of southern prison life in 1866, when he was but thirty-six years of age. His widow still survives and is living in Omaha at the age of eighty-two years. They had but two children, the eldet being George G., also a resident of Omaha.

In his youthful days Robert B. Wallace attended the schools of Omaha and afteiward became a pupil in the college at Monmouth. Illinois, from which he was graduated in 1881. He then entered the newspaper field in Pawnee City, Nebraska, where he remained until 1884 when he removed to Omaha and became connected with the Omaha Dispatch. He was employed on that paper in various capacities for seventeen years or until 1901, after which he devoted two years to publicity work. He next spent three years in the office of the city tax commissioner and for five years was with the Payne Investment Company as advertising manager. Since 1913 he has been in business for himself.

On the 8th of April, 1885, Mr. Wallace was united in marriage to Miss Lottie Ridell of Omaha and they have two children, Therese L., now Mrs. W. J. Turnbull, and a graduate of the Omaha high school ; and Fred Brown, who also completed the high school course.

Mr. Wallace belongs to the Omaha Ad Club of which he is serving as president for the second term. He belongs also to the Commercial Club and the University Club. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in Central United Presbyterian church. His life is actuated by high and honorable principles and has been characterized by manly conduct in every relation, winning him the high and enduring regard of all with whom he has been associated.

Dr. John Mach, president of the firm of Mach & Mach, Inc., leading dentists of Omalia, is a man who has achieved distinction in his profession and his life record stands in contradistinction to the old adage that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country, for Dr. Mach is a native son of Omaha and yet he maintains a foremost position in the ranks of the dental profession here, a position which he has earned through merit and ability, based upon broad study and wide experience. He was born May 8, 1877. His father, John Mach, a native of Austria, was born in 1845 and, attracted by the opportunities of the new world, came to the United States m 1863, when a youth of eighteen years. He established his home in Omaha and for forty years was connected with the Union Pacific Railway shops. He was here married to Josephine Mizira, also a native of Austria, and in 1913 he was called to the home beyond, but his widow still survives.

reviewing the broad field of labor in consideration of a choice of a life work he decided upon dentistry and with the view of preparing for professional activity entered the dental department of the University of Omaha, from which he was graduated with the class of 1898. He then opened an office and from the beginning success has attended his eflorts. He soon demonstrated his ability to do excellent dental work and in the intervening years he has kept in close touch with the profession in all of its onward march. He today has the largest practice of any member of the dental profession in Omaha. His offices are fitted up in the most attractive style and are considered to be the best equipped in the country, the mechanical ec[uipment including every modern device that will facilitate and render more efficient his work of preserving the teeth of his patients. Dr. Mach has become financially interested in several important business concerns of the city.

In October, 1909, in Omaha, Dr. Mach married Miss Dorothy M. Hansen, .1 daughter of A. William Hansen, of Chicago, who died in 191 1. Dr. Mach belongs to the Omaha Field Club and to the Ak-Sar-Ben and he is widely known as a progressive and public-spirited citizen and one ever loyal to the best interests of Omaha. A lifelong resident of the city, his many admirable traits of character have rendered him socially prominent and popular, while his ability has gained him professional distinction.

James Charles Dahlman

James Charles Dahlman, Omaha's efficient mayor whose administration has brought about many practical reforms and introduced many progressive measures, has for a quarter of a century been an active and influential factor in democratic circles in Nebraska and is well fitted by nature and by acquired ability for the leadership which is his. A native of Texas, he was born in Dewdtt county, December 15, 1856. His educational opportunities were limited but he has made his school training and subsequent experiences a source of individual activity that has been practical and substantially resultant. His early life was spent in a frontier country, many miles from a railroad or w^aterway, and during that period he attended a small neighborhood school where the methods of instruction w^ere somewhat primitive. Much of his subsequent career has been devoted to the live stock business, with experiences from those of herder in early youth to manager of an important live stock company in later years. He came to Nebraska in 1878 as cowboy on the N ranch, then located twelve miles east of the present site of Gordon. Shortly after settling along the Niobrara river he joined the first cow outfit that explored the sandhill country, which has since been developed into one of the richest sections of the state. After working wath the N outfit for three years he was advanced to foreman to trail large herds of cattle from Oregon and the Indian territory, to the Dakotas, Montana and western Nebraska. In 1883 and 1884 he was brand inspector for the Wyoming Stock Association and was stationed at \^alentine. then the terminus of the Northwestern Railroad. Subsequent steps in his connection with the live stock industry brought him to the management of one of the important companies operating in Omaha and his business ability is recognized by his co]leagu<"s and contemporaries, who find him watchful, alert, progressive and enterprising - in fact possessed of all those qualities which make for legitimate success.

While carefully conducting business interests in the employ of others or for the direct benefit of himself, James Charles Dahlman has also been actively interested in politics, ever recognizing the duties and obligations as well as the privileges and opportunities of citizenship. He w-as elected three times as sheriff of Dawes county on the democratic ticket and in 1885 became mayor of Chadron, which position he filled for two terms, during which period he was instrumental in securing the' establishment of a gravity water plant in that city. In 1892 he was elected a delegate to the democratic national convention and in 1896 was similarly honored and from 1900 to 1908 he was democratic national committeeman. During the latter year he was a member of a subcommittee of the national committee having charge of the arrangements for the democratic national convention at Denver, where W. J. Bryan received his third nomination for president. In 1895 Governor Holcomb appointed Mr. Dahlman to the Trans- Mississippi Congress at Omaha and he was one of the committee of five appointed by the chairman to draft a resolution declaring that the exposition should be held. He arranged with W. J. Bryan to lead the fight which resulted favorably for Omaha. In 1896 Mr. Dahlman declined appointment to the position of chief of police of Omaha. The same year he became chairman of the democratic state central committee and so continued until 1900, carrying Nebraska for Bryan in 1896. Ten years later, or in 1906, he was elected mayor of Omaha and is now serving for his fourth successive term - an honor of which he has every reason to be proud, as it represents the endorsement of his administrative measures by his fellow citizens and is a record scarcely equalled by that of any other mayoralty incumbent in the country. In 1910 he was nominated for governor at the democratic primaries but was defeated at the general election.

In 1884, at Union, Iowa, Mr. Dahlman was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Abbott, of Winterport, Maine, by whom he has two children : Ruth, who was bom September 18, 1885, and is now the wife of Austin J. Collett a graduate of the University of Nebraska and a mechanical engineer by profession ; and Dorothy, whose natal day was June i, 1898.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Dahlman is an Elk, a Knight of Pythias, a Woodman of the World, an Eagle, a Stag and a United Workman. He also has membership in the Ak-Sar-Ben and the Omaha Commercial Club and his name is on the membership roll of the Omaha Field Club. His record, as gained from the consensus of opinion on the part of his fellowmen, constitutes an important chapter in the history of Omaha and of the state. Everywhere he is spoken of in terms of admiration and respect, for his life has been varied -in its activity, honorable in its purpose and farreachirig and beneficial in its effects.

Jake Mitchell

Jake Mitchell, manager of the Laemmle Film Company of Omaha, was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, August 21, 1873, his parents being Simon and Minnie (Oppenheimer) Mitchell, who were natives of Reichenbach, Germany, whence they came to the new world with their respective parents, the families settling in New York city. In early life Simon Mitchell engaged in the meat business and later was in the government service for ten years, his death occurring while he was connected with the mail service in 1895, at which time he was fifty-eight years of age. His wife passed away in 1907, at the age of seventy-one years. In his family were six children, of whom three have passed away, while those still living are : Mrs. Louis Pollock, of New York city ; Lee, residing in Chicago ; and Jake, of this review.

The last named attended school until fourteen years of age and then, like many another boy who has risen to prominence and success in the business world, he began selling newspapers and shining shoes. When he was but fourteen years of age he entered the government employ as special delivery messenger and remained in the government service for fifteen years, working his way steadily upward. He afterward became assistant postmaster at Ridgway, Pennsylvania, and laterwent upon the road as a commercial traveler for a short period. Removing to Chicago, he became correspondent for Sears. Roebuck & Company, continuing with that house for one year. He then went to Cleveland, where he was engaged in the oil business for a year and afterward removed to Evansville, Indiana. He entered into the moving picture business in connection with the Laemmle Fihn Service as office clerk and worked his way upward to the position of manager. On severing that connection he went to Oklahoma, where he was with various film companies for five and one-half years. He then came to Omaha as publicity man and manager for the Laemmle Film Company in 191 5 and has continued to act in that capacity. The Laemmle Film Service of Omaha has been one of the industries that has aided in bringing the motion picture business up to the high standard it now enjoys. It has ever been the purj^ose of the company to send out only the best films. As manager Mr. ^Mitchell has under his direction forty-two employes for this territory at the big service station of the company on Farnam street. The Universal films, sent out by the company all over the country, show many celebrated actors and actresses. Thirty-one new reels are released each week, including features. In addition hundreds of reels that have been used are sent to territories where they have not been shown before. The service covers about four hundred shows in the territory adjacent to Omaha. The term Universal now is synonymous in moving picture circles with the highest quality of service, and Mr. ]\Iitchell is making it his purpose not only to maintain the high standard already achieved but even to raise this, utilizing every possible means that will j^resent the highest class of pictures to the public.

On the 31st of January, 1910, Mr. Mitchell was united in marriage to Miss Hilda Heilbron, of Owensboro, Kentucky, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Heilbron. Fraternally he is connected with the Elks Lodge at Ridgway, Pennsylvania, and he also has membership with the Travelers Protective Association and the Knights and Ladies of Security. He bends his energies to his business and his unremitting diligence and laudable ambition have constituted the factors which have led to his continuous advancement, as he started out to earn his own living when a young lad in his teens.

Frank E. Clark

Frank E. Clark, an investment broker of Omaha, was born June 23, 1869, at Silver Creek, New York, the younger of two children, his sister being now Mrs. G. W. Davis, of South Omaha. His parents were Smith and Eliza Anna (De Wolfe) Clark. The former, a native of Silver Creek, New York, was a representative of an old Massachusetts family of colonial days. The ancestors came from England and the name was originally spelled with a final e. Both the grandfather and the father of Frank E. Clark were carriage and wagon manufacturers of New York. In 1885 Smith Clark removed to North Platte, Nebraska, where he successfully engaged in the coal business for some years, but is now living retired. While residing in the Empire state he took an active part in politics as a supporter of the republican party and filled various offices, including that of member of the New York assembly.

Frank E. Clark pursued his education in the schools of Silver Creek and of Buft'alo, New York, and made his initial step in business in connection with his father. He removed to Omaha in ]\Iarch, 1892, and became connected with the South Omaha National Bank, in which he spent eighteen months as bookkeeper, but ill health due to close confinement forced him to resign his position. In January, 1894, he became connected with the Omaha & Council Blufifs Railway & Bridge Company, with which he continued in an official capacity until May 31, 1899. He next took charge of the ore desk for the American Smelting & Refining Company, with which he remained until November 15, 1903. He then became credit man for John G. Woodward & Company, of Council Blufifs, where he remained until May 31, 1906, resigning that position to accept a position with Mr. Barton. On the ist of June, 1906, he entered into business relations" with Guy C. Barton and after Mr. Barton's death was trustee of the estate and since the estate has been settled he has handled the business affairs and finances for Mrs. K. C. Barton and her minor children. He is likewise a director of the Sheridan Coal Company and in business circles of Omaha he is regarded as a most capable and resourceful man.

On the i6th of June, 1896, in Council Bluffs, Mr. Clark was united in marriage to Aliss Bernice Bennett, a native of Glenwood, Iowa and a daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Evernham) Bennett. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have three children: Jayne B., who was born December 23, 1898; Elizabeth, July 26, 1908; and Devah, August 13, 1913.

Mr. Clark exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party. He was made a Mason in Council Bluff's in 1895 and belongs to Bluff City Lodge, F. & A. M., and Council Bluff's Chapter, R. A. M. He likewise has membership in the Happy Hollow Club and the Omaha Commercial Club. He is serving on the Omaha board of education and progressive school methods find in him a strong endorser. He is also a director of the Young Men's Christian Association, is an elder in the First Presbyterian Church and superintendent of its Sunday school. In a word he takes a very active interest in church work and does everything in his power to promote moral progress and the adoption of higher standards of living, his life record standing in contradistinction to the commonly accepted belief that business success and an honored name cannot be won simultaneously.

Alexander Peebles Thomson

Alexander Peebles Thomson, president of the Partridge-Thomson Company, grading contractors and dealers in coal and feed, has in this connection built up a business of considerable proportions and has thereby won a place among those who are contributing in substantial measure to the commercial improvement of Omaha. He was born in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland, Pebruary 23, 1850, a son of Mathew and Elizabeth (Riddell) Thomson, who were also natives of the same country, where they spent their entire lives, the father's business being that of hotel keeper. Their family numbered three children, Mathew, Annie and Alexander, who reached adult age, but the first two are now deceased.

Alexander P. Thomson acquired a common school education in Scotland and when a youth of sixteen years started out to provide for his own support. He studied telegraphy and for five years was connected with the Caledonian Railroad of Scotland. In June, 1872, he arrived in Lincoln, Nebraska, an entire stranger and immediately took up a homestead of eighty acres in Clay county but farmed for only six weeks. He did not find the occupation congenial and instead sought employment with the Burlington Railroad Company, starting as a laborer in filling coal buckets. He continued with the company thirty-one years, during which period he filled various positions, each change indicating advance made, and during the last six years of his connection with the railroad he was traveling auditor. /\fter leaving the railroad service he entered the firm of Partridge & Shelly, coal dealers, becoming the junior member, the name becoming the Partridge, Shelly, Thomson Company. Later Mr. Shelly withdrew and the firm became the Partridge-Thomson Company, and continued as such until May, 19 16, since which time he has been sole proprietor, although he conducts the business under the old firm style. He has a large retail trade in coal, ice and feed and is also conducting an extensive grading contracting business. The Partridge-Thomson Company was incorporated and its present officers are: A. P. Thomson, president; J. J. Thomson, vice president ; and ^lathew A. Thomson, secretary.

On the 2ist of June. 1872. Mr. Thomson was married in Arbroath, Scotland, to Miss Margaret Leslie, a native of that place and a daughter of Air. and Mrs.

Peler Leslie, who came to America with Mr. and Mrs. Thomson and passed away in Nebraska, the mother dying in Omaha, while the father's death occurred on the original homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Thomson have become parents of five children: Elizabeth, the wife of Rev. Walter S. Squires, a Presbyterian minister of San Francisco, California; George L., who married Jessie Langdon and lives in Seattle, Washington; John J. and Mathew A., who are associated with their father in business ; and Leslie R., who is a student in the State University at Lincoln. John J. married Jennie Waldorf, of Western, Nebraska, and Mathew mairied Jennie Barnum, of Omaha.

Politically Mr. Thomson is a republican and fraternally is connected with the Masons and the Modern Woodmen of America. He also belongs to the Builders Exchange and his membership relations extend to the Westminster Presbyterian church, of which he is a trustee. His life has been one of untiring activity since he made his initial step in the business world when a youth of sixteen. For forty-five years he has made his home in Nebraska and is thoroughly identified with the interests and activities of the west, exemplifying in his life the enterprising spirit which underlies the wonderful development of this section of the country.

Axel H. Andersen

Axel H. Andersen, an Omaha importer of Danish books, also owner and editor of The Misteltenen, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 7, 1877. His father, R. Andersen, a native of the same country, is a manufacturer of Copenhagen, where he conducts a large and profitable business. He wedded Mar}^ Petersen, also a native of Denmark, and they became the parents of eleven children, of whom Axel H. is the third. The son pursued his education in the public and high schools of Copenhagen and also attended private schools. When a lad of fourteen he was apprenticed to learn the dry goods trade, at which he worked until seventeen years of age, when he crossed the Atlantic alone to the new world, attracted by the business conditions of this country. He made his way to Chicago an entire stranger and was first employed at gardening. Not long afterward he secured a position in a retail grocery store and later was employed in a dry goods establishment, in which he continued for four years.

Removing to Omaha, Mr. Andersen became a resident of this city in 1898 and was with the Bennett Company retail department store. He afterward spent three years in travel throughout the Rocky ^Mountain states and on his return to Omaha in 1903 he became editor and business manager of the Folketidende, so acting until the paper was discontinued. Mr. Andersen then became associated with Sophus F. Neble as editor of ihe Danish Pioneer, in which connection he continued for ten years. In 1913 he entered his present business, in which he has been quite successful. He is now publisher of The Misteltenen and also importer of Danish books as well as associate editor of the Danish Brotherhood's oflicial publication with headquarters in Omaha.

On the 17th of April, 1909, Mr. Andersen was married to Miss Helen Fredericksen, a native of Kansas City, Missouri, and a daughter of the late R. T. Fredericksen, an early settler of Omaha and a leading and influential citizen. He was a prominent Mason, belonging to St. John's Lodge, and for years was editor of the Danish Pioneer. He passed away in Omaha in 1912, at the age of forty-eight years, after a residence of about twenty-five years in Omaha. He first made his way to Kansas City when at the age of seventeen years he came to the new world. His widow, who bore the maiden name of Anna Mailand, is still living in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Andersen have a son, Donald R., born January 8, 191 1.

Politically Mr. Andersen is a democrat where national issues are involved but casts an independent local ballot. Fraternally he is a Mason, having become a member of the order in Omaha in 1913. He is also identified with the Danish

Brotherhood and is secretary of one of the local organizations. When he arrived in the United States he had a cash capital of but two dollars. Whatever success he has since achieved, and he is now one of the substantial citizens of eastern Nebraska, is attributable entirely to his own labors, his commendable ambition and his unfaltering industry.

Emil Franta

Emil Franta, operating in real estate circles in Omaha, makes a specialty of handling farm lands and ranches and in this connection has done much toward the development of his state by securing favorable locations for homeseekers and thus bringing to the state a desirable class of citizens. He was born in New York city, July 12, 1874, a son of John and Elizabeth (Lieberman) Franta, who are natives of Bohemia, whence the former came to America in 1866 and the latter in 1863. Mr. Franta resided in New York city for some time and became prominent in musical circles there. In 1888 he removed to Crete, where he continued to devote his life to musical interests. He still resides in Crete at the age of ninety years, while his wife has reached the age of seventy-seven.

Emil Franta was the seventh in their family of nine children. In his youthful days he was a pupil in the New York city schools and in his boyhood became driver of a wagon for an express company. Later he was employed by William Wickey 8c Company of New York city and at Crete, Nebraska, he worked in a store for a time. Later he devoted seven years to the occupation of farming and in 1898 he came to Omaha, where he took up contracting and carpenter work, having previously learned the trade in Crete. In Omaha he secured a position with the Burlington Railroad and afterward with the Union Pacific, remaining in the shops for a year, when he took up building lines, being especially active in the building of residences. It was a rather logical step therefore into the land and real estate business, in which he is now engaged, and while he negotiates sales of city realty, he is making a specialty of handling ranch and farm property.

On the I2th of February. 1901, Mr. Franta was married to Miss Mary Hermarker, of Omaha, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hermarker, and they have one child, Mary J., who was born in South Omaha in 1905. Mr. Franta has made a creditable record in business circles, for starting out in life at an early age empty handed, he has steadily progressed in every field of endeavor to which he has turned his efforts and attention and has gradually reached the creditable position which he now occupies in real estate circles in Omaha.

Dr. Charles Rex Kennedy, a well known surgeon of Omaha, was born in Plattsmouth. Nebraska, March 25, 1882, and represents one of the pioneer families of the state, his father, Ezekiel W. Kennedy, having come to Nebraska during the period of its early development. He was born in Indiana in 1828 but was married in this state to Allie Colvin, a native of Union county, Ohio. He had come to the west about i860, settling in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, where he passed away in 1905, and his widow, surviving him for more than a decade, departed this life in Omaha in 1916.

At the usual age Dr. Kennedy became a pupil in the public schools of Plattsmouth and passed through consecutive grades to the high school. At length he determined upon the practice of medicine and surger}^ as a life work and matriculated in the medical department of the University of Nebraska, from which he was graduated in 1905. Through the following year he served as interne in the

Nebraska Methodist Episcopal Hospital and then entered upon the private practice of his profession, since which time he has specialized in general surgery, in which field he has displayed marked skill and ability. He is now assistant surgeon to the Nebraska Methodist Hospital and local surgeon for the Union Pacific Railway Company. He is likewise urologist for the Douglas County Hospital and is associate professor of surgery in charge of the genito-urinary department of the medical department of the Nebraska State University at Omaha. He belongs to the Omaha-Douglas County Medical Society, the Nebraska State ]\ledical Association, the American Medical ^Association, the Missouri Valley Medical Society and the Association of Railway Surgeons and is a fellow of the College of Surgeons of the United States.

On the 25th of December, 1909, at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Dr. Kennedy was united in marriage to Miss Annabelle Daggett, daughter of Daniel D. and Mary (Savage) Daggett. They have a son, John Charles, born May 30, 191 1. Dr. and Mrs. Kennedy attend the Methodist Episcopal church and in his political views he is a republican. He belongs to the Nu Sigma Nu, a college fraternity, and he has membership relations with the Carter Lake Club, the Athletic Club of Omaha and the Young Men's Christian Association. These connections indicate clearly the nature of his interests and the rules which govern his conduct. He is a man of upright character who holds to high ideals in private life as well as in professional connections, and his ability has advanced him steadily until he now occupies 1 most creditable and enviable position as one of the younger surgeons of the state.

Conrad George Fisher

Conrad George Fisher, deceased, was the pioneer in the meat packing industry in Omaha. His life covered wide and varied experiences as soldier, miner, packer and ranchman and reached out along lines of usefulness, benefiting many while promoting his individual business aftairs. A native of Ohio, his birth occurred in Zanesville, Muskingum county, on the 31st of July, 1844. His father, John George Fisher, was born November 18, 1804, a native of Baden, Germany, and died July 12, 1883, in Zanesville, Ohio. His mother was in her maidenhood Miss Elizabeth Eberlien, was born in Saxony, Germany, October 17, 1808, and died in Zanesville, March 7, 1872. She was married in Baltimore, Maryland, June 10, 1837. Of this union eight children were born, of whom six lived to manhood and womanhood, Conrad George, the fourth of the family, being the only son to reach adult age. His sisters were : Mrs. Elizabeth Burkhalter, of White Cloud, Kansas, who died October 11, 1916; Mrs. Maria Hutmaker, of Omaha, Nebraska ; Mrs. Kate Hankinson, of Zanesville, Ohio ; Mrs. Frances (Fisher) Fisher, of Omaha, who died September 15, 1900; and Mrs. Susan E. Phillips, of Portland, Oregon.

John George Fisher was a harness maker and also a merchant. When Conrad Fisher was but five years of age his father would frequently take him to his place of business and taught him to stitch, as all work in that line was then done by hand. When the little fellow grew sleepy his father would lay him on a side of leather under the work table and there he would take his nap. When he was nine years of age he made a beautiful rolled leather riding bridle as a Christmas present for his uncle which took the premium at the fair. In later years, when he was the owner of many horses and other stock, his knowledge of the trade gave him great satisfaction and afforded comfortable harness for his teams. When old enough to enter school he began his education, but would work in his father's shop both before and after the school session, ofttimes until nine o'clock at night. After those hours all the money he made at odd jobs was his. His mother added to his little savings and finally he had some money to loan. All through his life he was a careful, saving man.

Conead G. Fisher

Conrad G. Fisher was not quite seventeen years of age when, in response to the country's call for troops, he enlisted for three years at Zanesville in 1861, from Muskingum county, Ohio. He really enlisted in the early part of the summer hut the time was equalized and many boys did not get credit for the full time enlisted. Therefore his record shows him enlisted September 20, 1861, which makes him somewhat over seventeen years, but he enlisted some months before he was seventeen years of age. He was mustered into the United States service at Camp Goddard, in Zanesville, as a private of Company A, Sixteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Robert W. P. Muse and Colonel John F. De Coursey. For several months the regiment was stationed at Camp Tiffin, near Wooster, Ohio, and actively engaged in drill Avork. On the 20th of October they started for the front, reaching Lexington, Kentucky, January 12, 1862, and were then engaged in repairing and building military roads in order to convey supplies to General Thomas' forces at Mill Springs. The battle there was fought on the 19th of January, 1862, and won Tanuary 31st. The regiment then marched to Loudon, arriving at Cumberland Ford on the 12th of February. A reconnaissance in force was made toward Cumberland Gap and the regiment was brigaded with the Forty-second Ohio . and the Twenty-second Kentucky, forming the Twenty-sixth Brigade, Seventh Division, Army of the Ohio, under command of Brigadier General George W. Morgan. On the 28th of April there was a brisk fight with the enemy on the top of Cumberland mountain. On the morning of June 17th the regiment marched up Powell's valley to the rear of Cumberland Gap, when it was discovered that the enemy had abandoned that stronghold and retreated toward Knoxville, Tennessee. The Sixteenth was the first to enter the enemy's abandoned intrenchments and raise the national colors. On the 6th of August the regiment was ordered to relieve the Fourteenth Kentucky at Tazewell and participate in heavy skirmishing. The supplies having been almost completely exhausted, General Alorgan ordered a retreat toward the Ohio river and the suffering of the men on this march was very severe. On the 3d of October the command arrived at Greenupsburg, Kentucky, on the Ohio river. Utterly worn out, ragged, sleeveless, their appearance was forlorn in the extreme. The regiment then moved to Charleston, Virginia, and to Point Pleasant, Virginia, where it embarked for Memphis, Tennessee. On the 20th of December it moved with Sherman's command on transports to the rear of Vicksburg and participated on December 29, 1862. in the disastrous assault of Chickasaw Bayou, in which affair the regiment suffered terribly. Conrad G. Fisher was in action at Mill Springs, Kentucky, and in all the other engagements of his regiment until he received a gunshot wound in the right forearm, breaking the small bones of the arm, at Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi, December 29, 1862. He was sent to the hospital at Paducah, Kentucky, where he was treated for about three months and discharged on account of the wound. He was always at his post of duty ,_ achieving a gallant record for meritorious service and soldierly conduct at all times. He was honorably discharged at Paducah, April 9, 1863, by a surgeon's certificate of disability on account of a gunshot wound. For sixteen years after his discharge the pieces of shattered bone came out. This, aside from great suffering, caused him many times to go out of business and into the saddle in buying and selling