| Show rimO MOTORS OF 01 gah GOOD dal T THINGS H ar slugs IN BOX ELDER MR ME S N COLE the bird that soars on highest wing builds on the ground her lowly nest and she that doth must sweetly i i sing sings most at night when all things rest in both the barkand lar kand kaDd nightingale i we see what honor hath humility beame j the above stanza of poetry came into our mind today as we thought of mr S N cole from this we do not infer that bat sir fr cole lis the personification of humility but we will say there is that n native tive modesty that quiet unassuming attitude about sir cole that impresses people like all cueli u c 1 natures lie he bears acquaintance 0 and the chances are arc that eliat the moro more A one knows of him the better lie hu will vill like him still waters run rull leep deep is a part of a quotation that k is 19 applicable to mr cole but the he r rest of the quotation if you iipp pen to know it would not fit liim him V at all mr cole is as placid as calm and clear and clean at bot tom as he is on the surface yo you can probe as deep as you like and I 1 find at every point those stern rugged 0 gems of honor uprightness and integrity 0 that can call be seen at first glance but let us its T halt lest we eulogize it modest for a writer even in a special edition to compliment too highly a mans good points it sounds like flattery we desi desire re however in all candor to s say ay that it is not our purpose in this edition to flatter anybody we desire to tell tile the plain unadorned truth and tell it frankly mr S N cole is a good citizen and lie he lives in tre in onton Treni onton is proud of him because lie he is honest honorable affable progressive and box elder county is proud of him for the same reasons lie he is calm reserved de deliberate liberat e conservative unprejudiced ile he came here to make an honest living and a good home for his famil family y lie he lias bas succeeded remarkably and is a good exemplar for his nei neighbors gli ile he was successful before lie came here and we believe ili his largely attributable to the virtues we have mentioned these basc spell success in any man lie be only success we know materially teri ally speaking mr fr cole lias has I 1 also been successful and has ex property in aitt i cr i e j 1111 ox elder county lie ife has a large farni farm r is an al 4 1 s stockman is is president i 1 I ent of the cole banking company itally and is interested in a number i of kotlier enterprises tike like most pron prominent Aeilt men mr cole has an interesting infer esting history lie he was born near wauregan waukegan kegan gaii lake county illinois forty seven years ago ife he was born and reared on the farm he enjoyed farm life because he loved animals and liked to see sec things grow this did not deter him however from trying ili his liand land at other thing lings ti working for various varion firms firm and companies at one time lio started to learn telegraphy I 1 but ili his fathers fat liers health failing lie he was obliged to return home and assume the management of the farni faridi his education in ill addition to what lie received in ili his native town was received in chica chicago 0 o where lie he attended the Athe athenaeum find and business college colleg 6 at tile age of 26 lie married miss helen 11 mcgregor an accomplished lady who has pro proven P en acry congenial helpmeet and companion mr and mrs cole have three living eh children ildren jean a promising young lady now in the box elder high sch school ool helen aged 9 and john aged 6 it is worthy of note that zion city founded by john alexander dowie is located in part on the cole homestead the same having been sold by mr cole to dowies representatives about the year 1899 it was just ten years ago that mr cole came west at the instigation of an old friend and neighbor john ferry who interested te him in lands in bear river valley mr cole was identified for a considerable time after coming coining to the he valley with the bear river orchard and beet su sugar ar company acting as treasurer for the company W B forsythe llie J 1 G hammond and D A orbison were president vice president and secretary respectively of this company with th the company mr cole obtained very valuable experience peri ence they were straightforward 0 practical men of affairs and lie learned to honor md and esteem them highly lily mr air cole is now identified with I 1 I 1 the bear river land COM company PaDy which operates a farm and ranch including in tile the neighborhood of acres this company is ii much interested in fine breeds of cattle especially in hereford cattle cattie and in clyde horses as may be 10 noted elsewhere in this paper three years ago mr cole move moved d from corinne to Treni onton ile he became leading I 1 stockholder and president of the cole banking coni company paDy a literal descendant of tile the old outline guthrie bank the oldest bank organized in box elder county as may be noted in the article by lion iron jno D peters in tin this s issue from 1904 1004 to 1908 mr alfr cole was treasurer of box elder county an interesting incident in connection with this is that during liis his term of office he was summoned to washington during tile the smoot investigation to controvert the lie slander widely circulated that none but a mornion mormon could told office in utah mr fr cole I 1 is S an all out and out gentile with no ifor mormon proclivities whatever and yet at it that time lie he was treasurer of a county that was overwhelmingly mormon mr cole is unbiased and thinks a mornion mormon is as good as anyone else so ion ions a as lie he behaves himself its as well and the cormons mormons think mr fr cole is as good as any mormon Nf ormon who behaves himself no better so that they hey get along very nicely together and their feelings of confidence respect friendship are reciprocal such a man mail as mr cole would ivin win respect in any community and we have room for at least others just like him fu box bosz elder county |
