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Show coin mission or for Indiana to the Paris exposition of j also co the New Orleaos e:-::vs:ticm; was president of tbe .'.v:'iaia board of World's fair managers; a member of the Carriage Builders' National association since its organization- and one of its presidents; was appointed by president Harrison a member of the Pan-American congress during the winter of 13S9 and 1 1690; was a member of the trus-j trus-j tees of the Depauw university and president of the Chautauqua assembly. A SELF-MAD; MAN. i The life rf (lem Studebaker, the Indiana wagon maker who died last Wednesday, contains- a potent obie.;tlesou to the young ard. t;e ;-t.."be 1 in - .J in liat his hands - fofemo: t " mcCf icturers "lAne " world. Mr. tudebaker's visit to Logsn two years ago will be wellremem-, wellremem-, bered . He was born in Adams county, Pen is; Ivania, March 21 1831. When he was 4 years old the! family rnoei t. Wayr.e, now Ashland county, Ohio, in. wagons. J His father, John Studebaker, fallowed the trade of blacksmith-ing blacksmith-ing and wagon making. In 1850 Clem Studebaker went to South Fend, where he taught school during the winter of 1850 and 135L. In the spring of 1851 be found employment i tb'e black-.' black-.' mith department of a company making machines, receiving his boaid and 50 cents a day, When he arrived at South Bendle hal only 2, but by careful saying he was able, in February, 1852, to start in the blacksmith business with an eJc;er brother name! Henry. Later they received a govern- ment contract for 130 wagons, which was executed to the entire j satisfaction of the government.' This gave them a start and from that time the firm grew to' it , present large proportions. j Iu 168 the company was in- corporated as the Studebaker Brothers' Manufacturing company, com-pany, with Clem Studebaker as president. He was for many years a member of tv e New York j book concern of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was twice ! a lay delegate to the general ' conference of the church ; twice ' de'egite to the national republican repub-lican convention; United States Y |