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Show OVANDO C. BEEBE A business career which began as a messenger messen-ger with the Zion Savings Bank & Trust company on February 15, 1890, has been unusually successful success-ful for Ovando C. Beebe. Finance has been his especial work, although he holds important places on the boards of directors of mercantile and industrial in-dustrial organizations. Mr. Beebe was born in Polk City, Iowa, May 14, 1867, and when nine years of ago came to Utah with his parents. After receiving the common com-mon school education of the city he was sent to Brigham Young university at Provo, attending that institution from 1881 to 1886. After entering business Mr. Beebe joined the Commercial club and was its treasurer for four years, later serving a similar term as the vice-president vice-president of the organization of which he is still a prominent and influential member. Two years after entering the employ of the Zion Savings , Bank & Trust company he was appointed National Na-tional bank examiner, serving in that capacity from 1902 to 1906 and returning to the bank on Oc-ther, Oc-ther, 1, 190G, as the cashier, the position which he has since filled. Mr. Beebe is not a member of any fraternal order, his whole time being devoted to his busi-s busi-s ness interests and1 to his family. Mrs. Beebe's maiden name was Clara M. Woodruff. Their children are Vedi V. Byer, Woodruff C. Beebe, Emma Beebe, Hester Beebe, Margaret Beebe and Ruth Beebe. Mr. Beebe is a director and large stockholder in a number of Utah corporations. Among these are the Zion Savings Bank & Trust company, of which he is a director and cashier; the Knight Savings & Trust company of Provo; the Layton Sugar company; the Oregon-Utah Sugar company; the Heber J. Grant company; treasurer and director direct-or of the Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railroad company com-pany and of the Saltair Beach company; secretary and director of the Deseret Building society; president and director of the Salt Lake Iron & Steel company; vice president and director of the Clayton Investment company, the largest real es- tate organization in the city; and vice-president w and director of P. J. Moran, Contractor, Incor- $ porated. ;; A. F. DOREMUS IN the municipal life of the city no one is better known that A. F. Doremus, former city engineer, engi-neer, former chairman of the Board of Public Works under the councilmanic form of government, govern-ment, former state engineer and at one time a member of the State Board of Health. For many years Mr. Doremus has been recognized as an authority au-thority on engineering problems connected with irrigation work and as a railroad construction engineer. en-gineer. His father was Dr. Henry I. Doremus, one of the foremost educators of his time and under his father's tutelage Mr. Doremus had more than the average opportunity for education. Civil engineering engi-neering became his chosen profession and he directed di-rected his energies toward acquiring a thorough knowledge of his business, which he has followed for almost a half century. In the early days he was connected as an engineer en-gineer with the location work and construction of the Union Pacific, the Denver & Rio Grande, the Atlantic and Pacific, the Oregon Short Lino and other railroads. Entering politics he was elected to the office of city engineer and held the post with both distinction to himself and the city. Much of the present water system was constructed construct-ed from plans which he made. Later he served on the Board of Public Works as the chairman of that body, then became state engineer and was appointed to the State Health Board. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Engi-neers, of the Commercial club and is a director of the "Fairbanks Family in America" of which he is a descendant on his mother's side. HAROLD P. FABIAN SUCCESSFUL as an attorney, Harold P. Fabian, . member of the law Arm of Dey, Hoppaugh and Fabian, is a candidate for the attorney generalship gener-alship of the state on the Republican ticket. Mr. Fabian is a native of Salt Lake and is the son of Ferd J. and Minnie P. Fabian. His father is well known throughout the intermountain region re-gion because of his extensive interests in the canning and brokerage business. Mr. Fabian received his early schooling in Salt Lake and was then sent to the Mercersburg academy at Mercersburg, where he took a course of study for four years preparatory to entering the law department of Yale from which ho received re-ceived the A. B. degree. He then entered the HAROLD P. FABIAN law department of Harvard and received his H L. L. B. M "' Mr. Fabian is married and with his wife has ,H taken a prominent part, in the social affairs of the H city. The family home is at 123 South Twelfth M East street. Mr. Fabian is a member of the Alta, H the University and the Country clubs. H In legal circles Mr. Fabian is looked upon as one of the most successful of the younger attor- neys of the state and his friends are urging his M selection as the candidate of his party at the con- M vention. H H DAVID MATTSON H DAVID MATTSON, present secretary of state, fl and candidate to succeed himself, has been a prominent figure in Utah business and political M circles for a score of years. He began life with M few advantages. Obliged to work on the farm M and herd sheep while boys of his age were going H to school, he patiently bided his time and Anally fl by dint of his own pluck and perseverance ho managed to educate and prepare himself to as- M sumo a notable place in the affairs of his home M community and in the state at large. M Mr. Mattson is of Swedish descent. He was M born at Ogden, Utah, in 18 75 and is of Mormon parentage and belief. His father died while he M was still quite young, and he was placed largely M upon his own resources. The necessity of earn- M ing a livelihood prevented him from regularly at- M tending the public schools. However, by the M time he became of age he had saved sufficient M means to enable him to enter Weber Stake Acad- M emy and spend three years there in pursuit of an M education. M In 1899 Mr. Mattson was chief deputy in the M office of the county recorder of Weber county and , M (Continued on page 38.) M Kj i DA VID MA TTSON iMIt (Continued from page 21.) f) served in that capacity for four years. In 1904 ' he accepted a responsible position with the Ogden State Bank. The same year ho was elected to the office of County Clerk of Weber county, and IW two years later he was re-elected to this office. IJIll In 1908 he successfully launched into state poll- Vjl J tics and was elected to the office of State Treas- I i urer. Four years later his party nominated him i ill for tlie office of Secretary of State, and in that jH yeiri 1912 lie was elected to the office he now I jfi holds. X Mr. Mattson is a Republican in politics and for I " years ho has been a factor in shaping the policies j I i of his party, and in winning its battles. When he I ; s was County Clerk he uncovered the notorious bounty frauds -which were .filching thousands of I ,, dollars from the people of the state annually, j ' and through the prosecution which he instituted j this pernicious practice was successfully stamped out. As State Treasurer ho drove sharp bargains ' for the State in the sale of bonds and the hand- " ling of accounts. During his term in this office !the law had not yet been put into effect requiring ' the payment of interest on public funds, neverthe-n neverthe-n ;' ' less Mr. Mattson by judicious control of the K,i ,Ja state's finances effected a saving approximating W 1 two per cent of the average daily balances car- . ried during his entire administration. 0 I During his term as State Treasurer Mr. Matt-w Matt-w I .. son was also a member of the State Road Com-t Com-t h mission and took an active Interest in its affairs. t j : , W He has always been a good roads enthusiast, and I k f in this position he found a splendid opportunity tf J for turning his practical ideas into actual results. W i 1 He has long been an advocate of permanent road M f construction work along extensive lines, and of Y I i. expending every available dollar of the state's m m l revenues for this purpose, and it is safe to say E ij that no public official or private citizen has been m ; more staunch in support of the good roads moves'; move-s'; ' ment. f ,! Since entering the office of Secretary of State i" . l ( Mr. Mattson has effected decided improvements I i in that department. The office has been thorough- !' ly reorganized, systematized, and placed upon a " sound business basis. In point of arrangement 4 . and organization, the Secretary of State's office now has no equal in the state, and although, the work in the department has doubled in the past few years, it is being handled with precision and dispatch seldom seen in public offices of a similar sim-ilar character. During Mr. Mattson's incumbancy the corporation corpora-tion laws have been so amended as to afford greater protection to domestic corporations and to the public in general. Foreign corporations of a "wild cat" nature have been refused admission admis-sion to do business in the state. Upon the recommendation recom-mendation of Secretary Mattson, the laws have been revised so as to permit of a more close scrutiny and supervision of building and loan associations as-sociations and investment concerns. The annual corporation license tax schedule has been redrafted, redraft-ed, thereby compelling large corporations to pay a proportionate share of tho tax and incidentally increasing the revenues to the state approximately $50,000 annually. The motor vehicle law has been rewritten and made effective, and from this source alone an additional revenue of approximately approxi-mately $100,000 annually has been obtained for road building purposes. All told, by means of this new legislation the Secretary of State has increased the total annual receipts of his office upwards of $150,000. As Secretary of State Mr. Mattson is a member mem-ber ex-officio of the State Board of Examiners, the State Board of Land Commissioners, the Capitol Cap-itol Commission, the Board of Regents of the University Uni-versity of Utah, and the Board of Trustees of the Agricultural College. These five boards, covering a wide range of duties, occupy considerable of his time and attention, and he has entered heartily heart-ily into the manifold labors attendant to each. Secretary Mattson has always been a strong advocate of efficiency in the administration of the state's affairs, and believes In keeping the cost of running the state government down to a minimum mini-mum consistent with such efficiency. Ho believes that the state government should be put on a purely business basis, that it should operate strictly within its means, and that every available dollar should be devoted to substantial road building build-ing purposes and to the development of the state's resources. In other words, in so far as it is prac- DA VID MA TTSON, SECRETAR I OF STA TE ticable, he would make tho state itself a direct party to the upbuilding of its resources and industries indus-tries and the increasing of its population. Mr. Mattson is a man of affairs as well as a public official. He has been a large real estate holder and tax payer in Weber county for years. He is also a real estate holder in Salt Lake City. He erected the Marlon Hotel property In Ogden and is president of the company which now operates it. In his many enterprises, Mr. Mattson has been a heavy employer of labor and a pay roll builder. Due to his democratic manner and his fair-mindedness he is just as popular with his employees as he is with his business and political po-litical associates. His personal associates are to be found in all corners of the state and amongst all classes and conditions of men, and wherever he is personally known he is thoroughly liked and respected. Secretary Mattson is a man of family. Ho was married in 1903 to Blanche Allison of a prominent Utah family. Three children have blessed their marriage Marcus H a boy of .12 ; one daughter, Marion, aged 7, and David Edward, a 4-year-old-son. ALBERT R. BARNES, ATTORNEY GENERAL !l".ll"ll.l. -!.;i'l ' '. '.L '-.- .!iiiiiijjgMByLa |