The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-04

! iSluIu 1IOtl MS 1eAaS eXOedlIOn, the
accomplishment of which consumed
nine months, all of which time was
Spent in the saddle, he was ordered to
England. He has also had six years
OF active experience in the sheep bust
ness and it is due to that experience
that he is the ardent protectionist he
is today. In 1880 he engaged in the
mercantile business at Frisco Cat that
time the great camp was IL the hey
day Of it's glory, his firms title being.
Bennett. Holbrook & Co. In 1885 he
purchased the interests of his partners
and in 1887 sold out, removing to Salt
Lake city. There he engaged in bust
ness. the firm name being Snow, Hol-
brook & Co, which afterwards was in
corporated under the name of the Utah
Implement company. In 1889 he as
sumed the management of a branch
house at Logan, but in a few months
resigned. From there he came to
Provo and ever since has been one of
its leading citizens. He was one Of
the original incorporators of the Provo
Commercial and Savings bank and is
now one of the leading spirits and
director of the Provo Power company,
an enterprise which has for it's object
the bridling of the creeks waters
for manufacturing purposes and which
involves the expenditure of $1,000,O00.
HIS MINING INTERESTS.
Mr. Hoibrook is also heavily iden5i-
fed with the mining interests of the
state. In his youth mining was a fad
with him. At the age of 16 he thor
oughly prospected the Sawtooth range
in Willard county and was Jne of the
first prospectors TO examine the coun-
try of which Marysvale is now the
depot of supplies. From 1883 to 1885
he was interested in develoe&ng Patter-
son district, Nevada. His experience
there cost him $4,000, and ever since
he has been satisfied with the mineral
deposits of Utah He purchased the
hex mine, a gold producing property,
in the Detroit district, his associate be-
ing S. T. Mount, they subsequently,: <ell-
ing a onehalf interest to Allen G.
Campbell. 1t is a paying investment,
and Mr.. Holbrook still retains a one
quarter interest. The company was in
corporated early this year and OF it he
is president and Viii H. King a direc-
tor. He is also heavily interested in the
Grand Central mine, in the Eureka
Tintic district, and It's president, and
is also interested in and a director of
the Elmo and Utah Consolidated Min
ing companies in the same district.
HIS POLITICAL EXPERIENCES.
In 1898 Mr. Holbrook was elected
mayor of this city. His administration
was a signaily successful one and to
his enterprise and untiring efforts the
city owes many of the Improvements
which has made it SO pretty and at
tracsive As illustrative of the nature
of the man this little story Will not be
out of place. For years the city ceIne-
terry had been a barren and deSolate
spot, owing to the absence Of water
Mr.. Holbrook believed that 1t was pos
sjble TO make Proves Gods Half Acre
q garden spot, and he agitated the ex-
tension of the water mains to it. The
question of expense was an important
one. and the state of the citys treasury
would not admit of an appropriation to
cover the cost. So he resorted to
public subscriptions to make good the
amount that the city could not pay.
He headed the list with a goodly sum
and personally solicited other public
spirited citizens to join in the enter
prise. He succeeded and then for thirty
days he worked in the trench with pick
and shovel and assisted in laying the
mains. Now Proves cemetery is one of
the most beautiful spots in aft Utah,
and the district supplied with water
from the mains is one of the most
profitable in the city's water system.
Last year, during the retrenchment
period, the city decided that it was nos
able to pay for lighting the streets of the
city by night, and for period cover
ing many months Mr.. Holbrook paid
for the service out of his own funds
In 1895 he was reelected and will no
doubt complete his term, which ex-
pires in May, 1898.
ALWAYS A REPUBLICAN.
Mr.. Holbrook has always been g. Re
publican in politics, although for many
years identified with the Peoples party
He hailed that party's disbandmens as
d release from political thraldom and
has since then been an untiring worker.
In 1891 he assisted in organizing the
Republican party in this city and be-
cause Of his aggressiveness and zeal
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