Show G SALT SAIl LAKE COUNTY'S EFFICIENT OFFICIALS r- r I p John C Mackay one of oC the board o of county count commissioners of Salt SaU Laki Lako county has served In Jn this capacity for roi forne five n years ears and occupies an exalted position tion In the estimation of the tho taxpayers taxpayer because of the active Interest he man fet feats In the administration of hs hIs cr crE r lice flee Mr Mackay facka takes tho the position that a public trust should be honestlY administered and notwithstanding thai that ho ha has large private Interests consequent cone conse- quent upon his leading position among the tine business men of ot Utah he ho finds amPie ample am- am Pie time timo within which to look after the I public weal Born florn In Salt lIt Lake November 3 3 1857 Mr Mackay attended the pu public schools and was graduated from the sity He lIe launched upon a business anil land lanti development de career Immediately more especially confining K attention to Irrigation projects To these pursuits was Wa later latr added that of or stock railing raising and he lf Is found found today one ot or the most mOlt representative owners of these Interests Interests Inter Inter- ests In the tho state Ills His work worle has been responsible also also- for Cor bringing Ing under cultivation W man many thousands of oC acres of at now flow fertile but desert areas urea Mr Mackay 1 has been respectively vice president of the North Jordan Jurdan Irrigation Irrigation Ir 11 Ir- Ir on company compan and an officer In other enterprises of this character lie Ho Hois lieIs lieis is president of the Western estern Wyoming Land and Live Stock company compan ono one crt erf the strongest corporations doing business business busi busl- ness In this branch of ot Industry In the Intermountain countr country Meanwhile Mr Mackay Mackay's as s Identification with the states state's affairs has been conspicuous through h his service as a member of the state I legislature In 1891 when he was a most Important member of that body bod Everywhere In Utah John C. 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Mackay Is known favorably as a private citizen land expert stockman statesman andall and andall all 1111 round patriot doing In his unus- unus Burning sUming modest way wo what w he ho could and can to heighten the tho prosperity of the commonwealth and of every fellow I citizen in It r i r r J 0 ff V Mrs Margaret Witcher county of or Salt Lake count county enjoys the I unique distinction of oC having been tho the first woman candidate for county clerk clerkIn clerk clerkIn In nl Zion to receive recognition by bya a political convention Her nomination for for fa this position by the tho Republicans In the the tall fall of ot 1908 occurred under circumstances circumstances cir cir- unprecedented In the politIcal poUt poUt- Ical history ii of the common commonwealth w ot n th the constitution of the state gives the th right of oC suffrage e to to women and th thy have been exercising I It since admission of the state to the Union inV the men candidates had been Consistently ff gobbling all a the plum plums plums' from the convention basket until Mrs e r br broke ke the tho combination She had not t sought the this office Jin yet et several women omen delegates hall had concluded concluded concluded con con- It was time for recognition of oC omon n on n the the Republican ticket They fm found I a 0 moment for their co coupe n on this occasion because thero there were several rival men candidates forthe fo for Cor Corthe the county My clerkship Party leaders leaded realized ii that tho the nomination of oC a worn worn- nn an would break nil all these men men- s 8 Con com and create harmony among the tho factions actions and nd f In ln concluding thore- thore therefore fore Coro l to vInce place Mrs Witcher's name before before be bo- fore the convention se eral political r ends were attained which might other- other otherwise wise have c been boen uns unsolved reil when the convention convention con con- nM adjourned Announcement nt o f lien her name nani as a n can- can took the breath th out of all rivals and threw the lc convention Into great reat excitement The men whoso whose names had been Leen presented gracefully withdrew tad and f Mrs l JS Witcher Heher the nomina- nomina n unanimously She made a n popular candidate anti ad added strength to the ticket As f nn an official Mrs Mrs- Witcher has hasl en H len riven l en ample evidence of at ability to conduct cono con- con duct the count county clerks clerk's office fully ull as satisfactorily o to the taxpayers as hermen hernen her herlien men lien predecessors In that position She SheI Is s doing this furthermore with grace I tad and tact surrounds the office with I much mich womanly dignity and yet maintains main main- ains therein the same samo atmosphere of Business ss accomplishment which would exist If ir the ine position of oC county count clerk cleric yore wore occupied by a 3 man I I Mrs l Witcher Wilcher Is a daughter of oC Judge C. 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Zane one of the long life He- He Rf publicans of or Utah and who for Cor many I IC years cars this his district served on the federal bench for I k I 3 y it itS it'S t S 'S I k f pr j 4 t 5 r 54 I t pi F 4 fr c 44 CI 1 44 iN J I 4 j rj jT j bJ 1 ii i T i b THE CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING SALT LAKE I yi 4 7 f aines II S E L Clinton Cllnton Salt Lake county commissioner pioneer business man fa famous famous fa- fa amous a- a throughout tho the West as one of the tho greatest experts on wool is a a. distinguished character In the city's commercial and business history Ho Hohas Hohas has had to do with the making of ot much of It and at this thin time he points with pride to having contributed as much If It not more moro than tho the average citizen of or tho the state to Its present high stage of development Born In 1861 1851 In Salt Lake when whon tho the community was but a a. struggling village vil nI- lage Inge he enjoyed tho the limited advantages then afforded for tor an education In the tho primary schools At tho the early ago age of 17 he entered railroad service and continued therein for sixteen years Naturally of a seeing fur temperament Mr l Clinton then engaged cm aged In the wool business became a buyer buor for Cor the big Boston firm of Hecht Lieberman and for two twenty years ears successively remained In this trade In this line Une of endeavor he brought upward of to wool producers of Utah and surrounding states and earned a reputation for expertness In this line lino Mr Clinton was subsequently re responsible ro- ro for tor the tho organization of tho Utah Fire Clay company utilizing natural natural natural nat nat- ural resources worth millions of dollars dollars dol dol- dollars dol- dol of ot It lars and was the first president He TT U. U WI I as president also nin of nf the tho Plaster and rind Manufacturing company Institution for fifteen 5 years another ears another which has utilized natural moneymaking money mak ing resources of the state to Its largo financial advantage enviable position position post post- His Ills advancement ad to an tion In the tho business and financial worlds of tho the state wore of at necessary consequence and arid he ho stands out conspicuously conspicuously con con- as one ono of the very successful sue suc and wealthy citizens at nt this time Ills IUs son James H. H Clinton Jr represents represents rep rep- resents the Clinton family In tho the Bolso Boise National bank while another son son S. S Clinton has graduated from Lynno Lynne Stanford and Harvard universities with high honors I r b t I iTh t Walter J J. Burton sterling Salt Lake Lako citizen pioneer business man and one of the tho board boord of oC county commissioners dates datos his residence hero here back to tb tho time Ime of his birth his ancestors having bavin been bean among the first colonists settling settling- on tho the site of this splendid western metropolis In Ho no was among the earlier attendants at ot the Salt Lako Lake public schools lIe Ho attended tho the University Uni Uni- ver of Utah and In a general way secured a general education equipping equipping equip equip- ping him for practical life Ufe For Tor ten years Cars thereafter he acted as traveling traveling- agent for tor the Provo Woolen Wool Wool- en mills covering a large largo territory successfully successful and Introducing tho the products products prod prod- nets of this establishment to Its great financial advantage Next Mr r. r Burton was T found round engaged profitably In tho the architectural business for tor several years Subsequently Subsequent ho he became identified with the tho Utah Fuel company compan and served as chief clerk In Its Salt Lake retail offices Ho Ito has since then aligned himself himself himself him him- self moro more or less lesH Intimately Intimate with tho the fuel business and organized several years ago tho the Burton Durton Coal Coni and Lumber Lumbar company with principal offices now at 1 17 j West est Second South street and of which corporation ho Is treasurer and manager For the last seven years this Institution has steadily grown un until Until until un- un til It Is now doing one ono of the largest volumes of this character of business In tho the city and Is among the best known commercial firms of Zion Always Alwa's having been alive to tho the public pub pUb- lie lic weal and welfare Mr r. r Burton had nevertheless taken but a Q personal In Interest Interest Interest In- In terest In tho the affairs of at tho the city and commonwealth i but ho he received last la t fall a well merited compliment to his ability abl as a n business man and representative citizen In his election to a Q place on the tho board of county commissioners commis of oC Salt Lake Lako county Few citizens citizens citi citi- zens zone were considered better bettor qualified for this position by the tho taxpayers nono none were regarded with higher esteem personally personally per per- It was considered by tho the voters that If Walter J. J Burton Durton wore were entrusted business business business busi busi- tho handling of or tho the publics public's with ness of ot this department taxpayers' taxpayers funds would bo be adequately conserved |