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NAHE DATE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF PRACTICE . -TYPE OF PRACTICE archite~t other FIRHS ASSOCIATED WITH ~ indicates NATERIAL AVAILABLE UNDER) BUILDINGS · ~ ') .:a I • ~ \·~/ ~~- NANE e~r:-:.1 ~o .j l,)L~ DATE OF BIRTH .St::. F,:. DATE OF DEATH W.6..L..T~F- _ J. f,-=--'~,--------- 2 7_......._\ ·-is;; I }94-<t, PL.ACE OF PRACTICE . -TYPE OF PRACTICE ~hitesi) FIRMS ASSOCIATED WITH other . \::\e~t~ 'LVl::.cs. (1bb . ( ~ ~ .c) :N\c ~t>\....P . ( ·~ indicates NATERIAf. AVAILABLE UNDER) . (~.s.) ~ _ ( ,pofg~ Wl<-,1 e l4T :;\ uDD f's R. L.E a ~~ 1 N:\') . . . BUILDINGS LD 0':>, · . .kE.., 1}:\ · C I SR.\ e.~ SL.c ~ · Bi L-'Cfo . .w:n 'q<.-. ~ t& b ,~ 'K ( ;w\ t=-A ~'=:::5 v- .to a ~ or ?T· Loic> ~ - ~ C.H \e.t= ·CD I\\ c;a Lt Dtsµ:D Mt ~h N G? c ,n • 7 eu~~h ,~ · . . . I SL <..mJ ~t"f BcCJ<. \-\br· ";;)ef<-\ /\)(dS ~b1AT~tU M, s LJ::_; 4 ~rO'Tn the <ksk of ~ ALLEN D. ROBERTS tl/at.Vt-t. ~ i t/../ &!. JUl<ff ~ -ly~~ If/~, " ·. ·:; :.'· ':·; .: ·.... c' .~ -·-·:·: ~ ·,. • . cH. WALTER J. COOPER ~Clt- fl~~T -~ ! f - o :2·s -/ (J/rVcJ;Vf:~/ ':_. I ..I Walter J. Cooper was Born July 2, 1879 to David B. and Francis F. Cooper in Auburn New York. He was the yongest of four children. siblings were (in chronological order): His Mrs. William Wurster, George "-- ------ - ___.-/ N. Cooper, and B.I. Cooper. 1 On July 3, 1914, Walter was married to Kate Condie, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Condie of Salt Lake City, Utah. One child resulter from this marriage - - David Condie Cooper, born April 12, 1919 in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1 .,A( • (/" Walter Cooper was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, a Fraterna1 5 f 2r.e, ' / organization. He additional was a member of Onondaga Society of New York City, the Commerical Club of Salt Lake City, the Pan Hellanic Association of Utah and the Benevolent and Paternal Order of the Elks of Salt Lake City. Cooper attended Syracuse Uni vers i.tY at Syracuse New York from 1899 to l902/¢After graduation, he formed a partnership under the name of Wright and Cooper . . This partnership focused on heavy industrial buildings, the most notible of which were factories for the L. C. Smith Typewriter Company and the Franklin Automobile Company. The firm Wright and Cooper lasted until 1904 at which time Walter Cooper moved to New York City, New York. From 1904 to 1910, Cooper worked in New York City and in Boston, /--..5 ~'. Massachuttes'. 'The firm for which he worked is unknown. ·,___ .,, Presumeably, he worked these six years for Henry Ives Cobb, an architect practicing in New York City. (There is no record which accounts for these years available in Salt Lake City.) In March of 1910 1 Cooper came to Salt Lake City representing the Office of Henry Ives Cobb. His duty was to -2supervise the construction of the Newhouse Bulding located at the corner of Main Street and Exchange Place. This building is a twelve story, fire proofed, steel frame and masonry construction. Coope¢~pervised the construction of the Newhouse Hotel at the corner of 400 South and Main ', in Salt Lake City also during this time. .(. steel framA and masonry building. This eleven story, fireproof Also, Cooper supervised a theatre in Denver during this period of time, but the location and name of this theatre is unknown. 2 · In the records of the Utah State Historical Society, only the Newhouse Building is refered to in regards to supervision by Cooper. However, the Boston Building is almost a mirror image of the Newhouse and both Buildings are listed together in the photo file, yet not together in any other register. (See Photo No. 1 for the Newhouse Building.) At the completion of Cooper's supervision in Salt Lake City, he returned to New York City. take~ residency. .) however, he returned to Utah in 1911 to In this same year , he opened an office in the Boston Building (across the street from the Newhouse Building) with a partner - C. S. McDonald. The firm was listed under the name of McDonald and Cooper 3• . Following is a chronological listing of buildings done by the partnership of McDonald and Cooper in and around Salt Lake City: The first building permit issued to the firm was in approximately 1911, with constructfog starting on November l, 1911 !?> This building was a twenty story, fireproof steel fram~and masonry office building located at 200 South and Main street. Company. " 0~1/ners of this building were Walker Bank This building was a joint venture with Eames and Young, Archi- tects of St. Louis, Missouri 4 . The builders name and the building permit -3- were not listed in the Register of Building permits. {See Photo No. l.) The second building permit was issued on June 23, 1911 {permit no. 3745, receipt no. 4018) 5 . This structure was to be a two story, frame residence to be 1ocated at son. ~( ::22 ~ // 1151 Herbert Avenue for N. A. Robert- '/1'1-",-,.t!.!..t . ll)d:' The builders name for this home was ~Qlegible. The cost was $5,000. The third building permit was issued August 22, 1911 {permit no. 3872, receipt no. 4149). It was for a three story, reinforced concrete, masonry and fireproof steel building to be used a department store for theALJerbach Company. Located at 64 East 300 South and 302-14-24 South State, it was build by James Stewart Company for a cost of $168,000.00. The fourth recorded building permit was dated January 6, 1912, (permit no. 4049, receipt no. 4339) 6 . A one room, single story, brick garage loacated at 163 West 400 South for E. Fleheeseman. A photo of this building is on file at t he Utah State Historical Society, but is not included in this paper. This building was for repairing vehicles and to be used as a gas station. -1 The cost was $6,000.00 and the building permit fee was $350.00. The fifth building permit was issued July 25, 1912, (Permit no. 4473, receipt no. 4793). 7 An addition and alteration to the existing Mission Theatre for the Keith O'Brien Company, it was located at the corner of 300 South and State Street. This is a fireproof, masonary, six story building for offices built by Stewart Construction Company 8 built for $500.00 with the bulding permit fee of $300.00. The sixth building permit issued for this firm was issued on August 14, 1914 {permit no. 6247, receipt no. 66) 9 . This permit was issued for alterations to an existing one story, brick building on East Broadway. ' -4'1,.,-cJ~/ I The Owner and the builder .we-r R. E. Campbell. Cost of construction was $9,000.00 with the permit costing $1,400.00. In 1916, the McDonald and Cooper partnership was dissolved. It is presumed that the partnership did additional work between 1914 and 1916 but the Salt Lake City Register of Building Permits is not consistant with the listing of architects names. Therefore, it was difficult to track down buildings according to owners name or builders name. Walter Cooper did one commercial building that the author was able to trace. This was the Tracy Loan and Trust building, (permit no. 80075, receipt no. 5869, issued on March 16, 1916). This was a smal•.L one story, three room building of reinforced concrete, fireproof steel frame and masonery to be used as a bank building for Tracy Loan and Trust Company. This building is located at 151 South Main Street10 ~ Built by James Stewart and Company at a cost of $40,000.00 with a permit fee of $45.00, this buil di ng is currently occupied by the Ivory Company of Salt Lake City, (s ee Photo No. 4). (Note: Photgraphs of the corrmercial buildings are on file at the Utah State Historical Society. Some of this photos are included in this paper.) The author of this paper was able to identify two residences by title abstracts held by the current owners. These residences were the main Fitche Family Residence and a home built for Lilian and Cecil '-Fitche. The guest house for these two residences is currently owned by the Chief Mining Company ( the company owned by the Fitche Family.) I have chosen to concentrate on the guest house because of it's relatively intact nature. The main family house has been extensively altered by the current owners. On file at the Utah State Historical Society, is a conversation with Francis Jones, the daughter of William Jones. In this conversation, Ms. -5Jones makes refereance to Walter J. Cooper and discusses his relationship with her father and the Fitche Family. However, there is some confusion as to the current and past owners that is refered to in this conversation. Ms. Jones refers to si x homes that her father built in "Fitcheville", but only two can be directly attributed to Walter Cooper. Lillian Residence and the Fitch Family Residence. to these six homes as: Francis Jones refers The Big House, the Hillsdale House, the Pitts House, the Krane House, and the Garrity House. guest house. These two are the She does not mention the However, she does mention a parsonage and a convent that was built by a man with the last name of Jorganson. architect/builder. Jorganson was an On file in the University of Utah, School of Archi- techture Archives, is a set of plans for the "Sister's Home" done by ~~alter Cooper. It is assumed that this is the same as the convent refered to by Ms. Jones since a parsonage is the residence of a priest. During the same time period as th.e above, Cooper did a residence in Holladay, Utah for Merrill Nibly,drawings of which are on file in the School of Architecture Archives. He additionally designed three houses . in Park City, Utah, none of which the author has been ab le to locate information concerning. The Fitch( Family Residence and the Lillian Fitch~ Residence appear to be in the bugalow style of architecture since the floor plans are compact with only slight projections in plan out of the simple rectangular shape. The plan of the Lillian Residences, for example, is basically rectangular, with a slight extension at the kitchen/laundry area and a bow window at the opposite end of the house in the reception room. {'..i '\1 \_•" ., l· \I' u ~ The exterior of the Lillian residence is a shingle siding, probably cedar, painted dark brown with a six inch exposed face, uniform vertical spacing and a slight gap between each shingle as is typical of the design -6- Greene and Greene in Southern California. The roof presently is red- brown asphalt shingles, but I do not know if this roof is similar to the original or not. The eaves of the roof are exposed rafter ends cut clean and over hang the walls by approximately one foot with underside, between the rafters faced with one inch wide board with eased edges. The balcony as shown on the main floor plan, was designed to be a screened sitting porch with removable screens that could be replaced with glaced panels. The livingroom ceiling is a fake wood beam pattern of dark stained hardwood. The fire place is of ore mined from the Chief Mining Company consisting of copper, iron and gold int-he mortar. gold ore with flees of The reception area contains a cast stone fountain that is still in working order, but that has lost it's original finish. In the study, there is a brick fireplace and oak benches that are on each side, i.e. an inglenook. I have only toucl'~n these areas slightly /\ because the current owners have made some changes, as in the floors, ,, the Balcony (which is now closed in), and the kitchen. I butler5pantry is relatively intact. However, the The above is an abreviated des- cription for the purpose of contrast with this house and the guest house (which will be described in detail.) The Guest House was built approximately in 1920. was built by William Johnston. Presumeably, it (This date is approximate because it was related to the author by Elmer Thomkanson, the current caretaker for the now dormant Chief Mining Comapny. : quainted with Walter Fitche Sr.) Mr. Thomkanson was personally acThe Guest House is still owned by the Chief Consolidated and is presently being used as offices for that company's Mining Engineering department. The only changes that are visable is that the front steps on the south side of the structure have vanished and the rear steps on the north side are relatively recent concrete steps with steel pir:e handrail, (See floor plan and Photo no.a,). -7The house is actually two buildings connected by a bridge (see Photo No. ~ J. The building to the east was locked and the author was unable to verify the floor plan. l.A~e.F: (Mr. Thomkanson was able to let the author . into the SA'laller one with the keys he had in his pocessi on.) The main house is two stories with a full basement. is east/west along the long side of the house. It is set into a hill with the west end and most of the north side above grade. a three story house (see Photo no. Co). The orientation This creates From this end, the secondary house is east and 'up hill' from the main house. The foundations are concrete up to the main floor and finished with a sand finish stucco. The construction and finish of the remaining two floors are wood frame with pebble finish stucco. The roof is a modified hip with (IJ)rmers on the east and on the west ends. dormer. The bridge on the east end creates the east The 'uphill' section is of the same finish and construction but with a wood balcony enclosed similir to the Lillian House original balcony. house. The detailing of the structure is quite similar to the Lillian The roof eaves are exposed rafter ends slightly cut back with a one inch wide board as a soffit. The plan is quite compact and in some respects, similar to Wright's Hoyt and Hunt houses in the compact efficiency. Because the front steps were non-existant on the south side, I had to enter through the pantry. The main orientation, however, is away from Head Shaft and the Fi tche Family residence. road on this side of the house. type or large casement. € -, 'and toward the Chief Perhaps there was a path or The windows are either a small sash /11 The casement windwos are all on the first west end of the house in the living/dining room. floor, This affords a terrific view of the Chief Consolidated Maintenance Buildings, offices and storage yard just a hundred yards down hill. Opening onto and up three steps from the living/dining room is the -8- entry hall, containing the main stairs to the bedroom floor above and (of all things!!) a toilet room. This homes was rather informal in this respect. Down three steps to the east is a bedroom and access to the kitchen. On the west side of the main stairs are stairs to the basement containing the original coal fire boiler and two more rooms at the west end of the house. Windows in this area look out over the Chief. Entrance to the house is through the back door wich is the pantry. This area contains a small built-in cupboard. The small door immediately to the left of the outside door was meant to be a mild delivery portal since it opened directly into the refrigerator in the Kitchen, (to the left as you enter the pantry). To your right is the living/dining room as one laige room, with a brick fire place at the far end. The trim and wood work in this room, as wel 1 as the rest of the house, was very simple and painted. not. I was unable to determine if it was hardwood or A picture rai 1 ran all around the room, very close to the ceiling. It is my estimation that this rail was ten to eleven feet hight. The base boards were approximately ten inches high. As you travel up the main stairs, there are nice views to the north through two small windows. At the second floor is a corridor spine running east and west with four bedrooms opening off of this corridor and leading to the bridge connecting the two houses, (see scond floor plan). At the head of the stairs is a bath room containing two showers, two toilets and two sinks, another informal detail. To the left, as you look at the bathroom, is a large, built-in linen closet. The time period of Coopers work in Eureka (Fitcheville) falls within approximately 1916. For the Fi tche family residence approximately 1918, and for the Lillian/Cecil Fitche house, again 1918. falls in the period 1918 to 1920 and the 11 Sisters 11 The Guest House Home falls around -9- 1922. During this same time period, C9pper did the Beck Hot Springs Nata- ,...----......_'.) torium in Salt Lake City, the Tom{hoawk'', ,_./ Hotel in Green River, Wyoming and banks in Rock Springs, Wyoming, St. Anthony, Idaho and Magna, Utah. However, the author has not yet investigated these buildings and .their dates of construction. It is possible they were done between 1922 and 1925, but no records available indicate any s pe cific work in this period. The Polk Directory did list a Walter J. Cooper, Architect, (the only Walter J. in the Di rectory), from 1911 to 1925. ---~ Cooper evidently moved his ~;JIkt 0·s!J residence four times between the 1919 to 1924 and the 1925 Polk Directories. The 1925 Polk Directory indicated that a Walter J. Cooper had moved to Miami, Florida, however, Francis Jones indicated in her inter- P OS T S C R I P T Lillian Fitch House now owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brackenbury, Eureka, Utah. ·· and Mrs. Max Garbett, Eureka, Utah. The "Sisters" House now owned and being renovated by Doug Wright employed by KSXX Radio in Salt Lake City. Surviving Fitche Family Members: Daughters of Cecil Fitche - Anne Fitche= Mr. and Mrs. James Quigly, Salt Lake City. Currently Living in the Hogle Zoo neighborhood; Adelide Fitche = Mr. and Mrs. Harold Spencer, Salt Lake City. Mark L. Taylor, White City, worked for the Fitche Family as a chauffer and ambulance driver. He may be reached at 571-4987. / ,p::_ &o°'" d rJ.1 I . view, that she thought Coo~er had moved to San Francisco, California. Walter Fitche, Sr., Family Residence now owned and occupied by Mr. I ftv'.O\ 1 E N DNOT E S l. Utah State Historical Society Library, Men of Affairs in the State of Utah, Volume 3, 1919. 2. History of Utah Since Statehood, Volume 3, 1920. 3. Ibid. 4. Ibid. 5. Salt Lake City Register of Building Permits, 1912 - 1920. 6. Ibid. 7. Ibid. 8. Story of Walker Bank and Trust Company, 1936 (booklet). 9. Op. Cit, Salt Lake City Register of Building Permits. 10. Op. Cit, History of Utah Since Statehood B I B L I OGRA P HY Capsule Histories of Corrmericial and Institutional Structures, Eureka Historical District, Utah State Historical Society. History of Utah Since State Hood, Volume 3, 1920. Jones, Francis. Interview conducted September 30, 1976, Eureka, Utah . . Men of Affairs in the State of Utah, Volume 3, 1919. Polk Directory of Salt Lake City, 1910 - 1920. Salt Lake City Register of Building Permits, 1912 - 1920. Sandborn and Sanborn - Ferris Maps. Tintic Mining District Historical Survey, Utah and Juab Counties. State Historical Society. Utah **Note - All of the above are on file with the Utah State Historical Society Library. ··1 l I •,~· 1,:>'I''• . 1~ - -r', ':.' .. ~·-··. ;,\ ,. ~ . ) tI " •· c·· \ .w 1 f\) " l'\. I j_ i ·I I I ' ! lI,. , ,I .. - ··-, I· I ' I I '· s -.' ~ I l 5 I I I .! .r r I I I• I 1· 7 9 I I I• SINCE STATEHOOD H I S 1' 0 R I C ,.L\ L A N" D I. BIOG RA PI-I I CAL 1 I ' ;1 j I ' r ILLUSTRATED VOLUME Ill I ~ I_ _ _ _ _ _ CHIC..\GO·S.\LT L .\KE I THE S . .J. CLARKE PUBLTSHI:'.\G CO~IPANY 1919 ,, , -Hti 1·T.\ll :--:I .. l.' E :-;T ATEII OOD Saint~. in thP wo rk of wi ich th ey hav,, tahcn an artive aml ht:::piul iuterbt. :>.Ir. \\'ilson ha " s e r nd as tcarlH.: r in the Sunday scho ul a n,l ha,: b.-.e,u :a.a;,;ociatccl with Bishop J ames Taylor in th f: old )louncl Fort ward. He was a l~o "·anl' derk fo r tw e lve y ear.., ;,nd in th e bi"hopric for nin e year~ . A t the divi sion o[ th<' ra r ds lte l allo r eu wit !! Bi!<hop :'>I. L. J ones, up to th e r eo rganiwtio n oi the bi ~hopric. H e ha:; also been a member of the Young :-.ren·;; ;1Iu tud l Improvem ent Association :;.1,d w:i · tile fir.; t pre~i.dent ol' the :-.round Fore ward. Hb son . Dav ie! B en j amin. ~p;;nt th r ee years on mi s,; iun ,.. erk in Q(: rmany. J oh n L e;; lie was ior lilirly rnonth::; in the n . i":sion field in England ;,rid ·waltN L. went t o Sco tlcncl on a mis s ion that co,·er •I tw,J and a h a l f y ea r s. l n politi cs :\fr. Wil son is a re pu bli ca n and at all tim es k eep.~ we31. in forme d concerning th e vita l po li tica l problem::; and iss u es oi th e day but h a;; n f'H ·.r been an offi c<> seek e r . )Ir. \Vi Iso n has every r eason to be pr oud of the r eco r<l o( hi~ D';i.w i!y. Aside from thP ;;oocl work which his sons h aYe <lon e in th e church and i n the al!'.my, his daughter }la ry Ell e11 . now }!rs. :'>lcK a y, is a teac h er oi sew in g and :\Irs. P ete ro-Oll!l. ha s bee n a t each er i n primary and kindergarten w ork. She i s a graduate of the schoo~s -0f Salt Lake C ity anti of California. l\Ir. Wilson's entire ca re er has been ch a racte ri ztetl I.Jy progress , for at the age of six year s he began ,,orking in the mines ot' Scotla n d. hi s father be ing nllowed quarter pay for hi s se rvices. He early learned the valu e of indu s try and determination as factors in the attainment of success and as the ~ear s have gone on his persistency of purpose ha s been on e- o! th e !:'trong elements that- bas gained him plact! among the Je::iding orchardi ;:;r,- of Ctah . I :l ji Ii. 11' p ll i i WALTER J . COOPER. r :I I ~ ' ,, I I .! r ' ':t I \\"a lter J . Cooper i s an architect of Salt Lake who has clu we much to b eau t iiy the city through the exerci se of his professional skill and expert kno ,;,i,,l edge. He was born in ~ Auburn, X ew York, July :!, 1879, a son of Da vid B. Cooper, who is :a n at ive of Michigan but in early life became a r es id en t of th e Empire state. He was IJ:'hert:.' married, his wife b eing a native of New York. T hroughout hi s bus iness career h · bas bee n activ e in th e field of life insurance and now h as charge of the general age !.ll't!'" for the Connecticut :'l!utua l Life In surance Company of Xew York, with headquan-ers at Syracuse, ·where he now r esides. To him and hi s wife were born four children: }).lrs . C. 'William Wurst e r , of New York city; Geo r ge X .. a gent for th e Connecticut :.Iu tmra1 Life In sura nce Company, with headquarters at Roch este r, Xew York; B. I. Cooper. :11<n-o is branch manager of the General Chemical Company of Xew York . located at Sy1-;:,,cu ~e. N e w York; and Walter J., of this review. The last named, the younge s t of the family, purs u ed his ~ucation in the public schools of Syracuse, New York, pre pared for college at \\·orcester Acad em}·, ,vorcester. :'llassachusetts, studied archi tect ure at Syracuse Universit,·, andl for a f ew months practiced his profession in Syracuse und er the firm name of Wright & Cooper. This firm did much heavy constructi on work , including factories for such veil known concerns as the L. C. Smith and Brothers Typewriter Company and the Fir-:.mklin Automobile Company. Being desirous of broad enin g hi s experience i\!r. Coopev Temoved to New York city, where for five years h e was c.onnected with three of the l'llllost prominent architectural firms of that city and helped to plan and construct m anny hotels and business structures scattered from Boston to San Francis co. Among t ilese buildings were the X ewhouse and Boston buildings and Xewhous e Hotel, and in 19 ]'6 :\lr. Cooper came west to take charge of the cons tructi o n of a theatre at Denver, Colol!"'.ado. and the Newhouse Hotel in Salt Lake City. On the completion of the contra ct he return ed to the eastern m etrop oli s, where he r emained, howev Ecr, for only a short tim e. The lure of the w e$ t was up on him and in 1 911 he again ca me to S:.ilt L ake, v.-here h e took up his permanent abode and entered into a partnership as a member of th e firm of ;1IcDonald & Cooper . Thi s association wa s m a in ained until Hilo. during w hich time the firm erected many tine r esidences, th eat re s . garage- and comme rcial bttilding, in l"tah and adjoinin.e sta tes, including th e n ew f.r -: pr oof Keith O'Bri en building. Th".'Y were assoc iate a r chited s with Eames & Youn g of St. L oui~. :'>lisso uri , for th e Walki:T Bank bui ldi ng in t his city, the construction of wbich ,v as superintended personally by :.\l;·_ C'oope r. Aiter t h i~ partnership was dissoJ\·ecl )Ir. Coo pe r co ntin u ed 10 practice architectur..>1nd has done con~ id erabl e re,id ~ncP a ncl co mrn i>rcia l work in l" u.ii11 and the surroun din ~ territory , includ ing resid 1:nc f ~ and mine buildi!l~,_ for t:1e C: .le!· Con,:,.,Jid:n erl :\Ti ning \ \"ALTl~R J . c onPEI~ l"L\H ~T.\" C'E . "L-\TEJr n(,!) 44:9 ,·,,nJJ•:iny at Eureka . l·rnh: the bn lali on H ospital ior Salt I. akr: <:aunty, th e n eck Hot ~print.:., :S,-at ato ri um in S a lt L -tke : th e T omahawk H otel at Gret>n Ri\·cr, \Yy orn i m;; i,111k, at lt.iek Spring 0 . 1':y0ming : St. .\u h011y, Id ahu; :\J ac;na, 1:tah; an d th e ,\.h iteha ll II ,t,·I ,·Xtl'Jl.,in n r: n •l th?. iJuil li inc; of t ho Trar y Lo:1n & Tru~t Company in S alt Lake , i; ~-- H e ha. cl u.:;ely ~rndierl en:r y pha ~c or hi. cho,,'n life w o rk , is th oro ughly famil ia r irl: 1h•: !J,•,t t ype~ of architc·rture anll h a -; the faculty of c"mllining in a rn o~ t attra ctive ""Y ut.iliry , 011 ,·enienc<1 :rn•l beaut y . H e is a lso famil ia r with modern m et h orl s of ,.,n.,,rnr tiu n clo,n: t o rl:e ~mall<'~ t rl eta il an! much of ~ alt La li>:: "s a rc h it ect ural b eauty 0 i:-: du P to hi s effo rts. On th e :;t1 of July . Hll-!. in Salt Lak e City. :\Jr. Coo p Pr wa · marri ed to :"l!i ss K ate f'.,,1,Ji, o f th i, cit~·. a <laughter of :-Ir. an ,! :-!rs. P f'lr: r S. C'onc!i e. anrl t hey ha\·e o ne <'h i lrl. David Cund ie Cno per, born April 1~. ln9, in !:;ai r Lake City. ;\Ir. Cooper is a wc mbc r of th e Delta K appa Epsilo n frat e rnitr, the Onondaga Soc ie ty of X ew York, th e , ·c,mme rci a l Club of Sa lt L ake City. th e Pan H elle ni c Assoc ia tion of 1:tah, and of the Dcncvolent P rotec tiv e Onle r of Elks. A m a n of soci a l. ge nial na tur e, his pe rsonal qua liUP,; ma k e for popu lar ity among all who kn o w h im. w hi \.> his dcv •loping s kill ha s placed h im in th e front r ank a mong l" tah',; promin ent areh it ecL<. 0 • WELLS L. BRDIHALL. Wells T.. Brimhall. engaged in the brokerage busin ess in Provo, was born at Spanish Fork, April 26. 1882, his parents being George Henry and Alsina (Wilkins) Brimhall. The father is an eminent educator, being president of the Brigham Young University of Provo, and is mention ed at length elsewhere in this work. After attending the public sc hool s \\' ells L . Brimhall continued his education in the Brigham Young Uni Yersity. For several years thereafter be engaged in ranch ing in Canad a and then went to Europe on a mission, his labors in behalf of the church th ere coverlng the period from 190-l until :!.90i. He spent the time In Holl and and was very s uccess ful in promoting the work of the church in that country. With hi s return to America he engaged in the brokerage business in Provo, in which he ha s now continued for twelve years. He handles a large amount of commercial paper annually and has gained a very gratifying clientage In Hl08 l\Tr. Brimhall was married to ::1Iiss Fern Smoot. a daughter of A. 0 . Smoot and a si ster of A. 0. Smoot, Jr., the pos tmaster of Provo. They now have two children: Sina B., eight years of age; and Smoot B., a lad of five. Mr Brimhall is a member of the Provo Commercial Club, with which he has been CC1 nnected for ten years. He has won notable success for a man of his years and is now conducting a most profitable brokerage business at Ko. 19 Korth Acad emy avenue in Prevo. In addition he is mu ch interested in stock rai s ing, giving his attention to J ersey cattl e, and tie is likewise the owner of valuable mining stocks. 0 J. l\IORGAN JOHNSON. J . Morgan Johnson ha s devoted his entire business career to commercial pursuits anti is now at the head of the Johnson l\lercantile Compa ny, owning and controlling one of the important business interests of Spring City. He was born July 29, 1877, at the place where he still res ides. his parents being Jacob and :"lfargaret ( Anderson) J ohn s on. Th e father wa s born in Denmark, November l, 1847, and came to America ,vith his mother in 1S54 . They crossed the contine nt to Ogden, Utah , and afterward v,e nt to Sacramento, California, in 1863. Th ere J acob J ohnson studi ed law under the direction of Gre en Curtis aqd later. in 1869. r emoved to Carson City, Nevada. In 1870 he became a r es ident of \\-h ite Pine, wh e r e he followed mining, and afterward h e filled the office of d ep uty she riff while living at Elko. H e rem a ined th e incumbent in that pos ition for eigh te en months and in 1Si:l he r eturn ed t o rtah. set tling at Spring City. Th er e h e prac ti ced law a nd fill ed the p osition of coun ty attorney, w as a lso no ta ry public and proba te judge. He was also a member of th e terri to rial legis lature in 1896 a nd aft e rward w 2.s elected judge of th e seYenth judi cia l di s tr ict. He also serv ed as co mmiss ion er for t e n y e::! r5 and was at one tim e l"n ited States attorney und er Ju dge Van tTatrs ~rt of - ttt IDQr §tatr of Utal1 I I I I I I I I I II 1 1I \ I I I U T A H S T A 'f E ----- - - -------- - - - -- C A P I T O L ---- - -- - - CO\!Pl :._ ED BY .-'\, D Pl"BLl:'HED t; :-;DE.R THE 5L l'F.R\ 15!0 ' vF . THE P H ES S CL l . P. 0 F SAL 1 LAKE I I ;11~ e n The () L~~. !:J3~J StJ.~ o' .... - ---- ~ - ' .' 0 ..:f__A. __f_~_.1__-_·,_·__r_,_T • - ... ..-:: )-· ·:_. . . !-~ - - ~- -~ . ·. • ~. . ••• • :. f' . - ~ - ..... :,, -.~. WALTER J. COOPER. XE of the h~t known nrcliited::: of :-,;alt Lnke t 'i y i., "\\'alter ,f. Coope1·. ~Ir. Cooper -,a:' born in 1s;-~1 .n .-\11h1n1. Ke,, Ynrk. Iii$ parent,- ,n•n• 1>nYicl B_ .~i:d J!n-. Fnrnces F_ ( F'rC>t•111;1n) C'oopH. 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