| Show SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF SENATOR PETERS under the caption chos who in the utah legislature the salt lake tribune published a photo with the following sketch of the life af 0 john IV peters in its issue of saturday senator peters was born in perry near brigham city in about the time se senator cottrell came to this county he Is the conof son 0 J D peters who afterward became a member of the constitutional convention conventi and who is now a trustee oi 0 the utah agricultural colle college ge senator peters is a graduate of the utah agricultural college where he received the degree ot of I 1 bachelor of science he did postgraduate work in political science for one ond year at the university of california he taught for a time in the box elder high school and later went on the farm more recently lie he has been caring for merchandising interests at brigham senator peters served in the fourteenth and fifteenth legislatures from the senatorial district which at the time of 0 his election was made up of box elder and tooele counties he introduced trod the bill which resulted in III the re apportioning ot of the senatorial districts of utah more in accord with the principle of representation by population ula tion under that bill his county became a separate senatorial district and Is Is a sort of dramatic justice that he should be made its first senator ile he was republican floor leader in the fourteenth session his appo ment as floor leader of 0 the democratic Democrat io party la in the senate being the present governor george H dern bern senator peters was a member of the brigham city board of education and after the consolidation consolo dation of the dox box elder county board of education he also served two terms as mayor ot of brigham city from 1917 to 1921 during his incumbency lie he was instrumental in installing the managerial form of 0 government in brigham as far as the laws of utah would permit among the achievements of that administration were the laying of the first street pavement in brigham some square yards and the construction of what was then and probably dro bably still Is the largest pally owned hydroelectric power plant in utah it generates horse horsepower I 1 t a actual energy and furnishes the power for the lighting ot of the brigham white I 1 way also install installed eLl while the senator was mayor senator peters is a member ot odthe the box elder commercial club and member and past president of the brigham I 1 city rotary notary club I 1 in addition to the chairmanship al ready mentioned of the committee on state and municipal affairs senator peters holds membership on the committees on appropriations and claims revenue and taxation judiciary and highways senator cottrell is chairman of the committee on commerce and industries vice clia chairman irman of 0 the committee on public health and labor and member ot of the committee on appropriations and claims rules and state and municipal affairs |
