Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-05-05


CARL EVANS SELECTED AS DEMO
At the June Primaries the Democrats
of this congressional district will be
called upon to vote their choice OF
man to be a candidate on the ticket at
the November election for the office of
Congressman. At a called meeting OF
Democrats of the district held at Cal
mar recently, Mr.. Carl Evans, of this
city, was the unanimous choice to be
the banner bearer-the man to unhorse
the Hon. Gilbert N Haugen, who has
occupied the position since the Blythe
Updegraf scrap some eighteen years
ago. That the voters over the district
may know something of the new man
of the hour we will state that:
Mr.. Carl Evans is one of the leading
business men of West Union and ac-
cording to the usual manner of express
sion, he is "self-made" man, having
attained an enviable standing among
the business people Of the county
wholly through his own efforts.
Carl Evans was born near the town
of Clermont, in Fayette county, Iowa,
on March Goth, 1872. His early life
was spent on a farm, but as he ap-
preached the years of maturity his pa
rental home was established in Cler-
mont, where the elementary education
attained in the country schools was
supplemented by thorough course in
the excellent high school which has
always been the pride of Clermont Mr..
Evans was graduated from this insti-
tuition in 1890, from which time he
dates the period of self-dependence.
His first permanent business engage
ment was in the capacity of an en-
ployee of a local creamery, where he
put in summers work, after which
he turned his attention to mercantile
pursuits. He was employed in the
Paul Filings store at Clermont, and
after a few years under this splendid
business man, Mr. vans came to
West Union, and e,tered the employ
of w. B. Thcm :, leading clothing
merchant. al i. store, he and Geo.
P. Schatz ...s resent partner, gather
ed I'D the ner points of the business,
saw u T, cir earnings and in 1902 en-
barr, business for themselves-snd
tn y n wv own one Of the finest cloth
ing stores to be found in northern Iowa.
I &c firm owns two good farms near
ne town which they rent and stock on
the share plan, and this means that
MIR. Evans is some farmer as well as
merchant. Mr.. Evans is one of the
stockholders and director in the Fay
cite County National Bank, and for the
past three years has been president Of
our Chautauqua Association.
In 1896 Mr.. Evans associated himself
with the Presbyterian Church in West
Union, having been reared under the
tutorship of a religious mother, the
transformation was not, necessarily, a
great one. But he entered upon the
duties Of a religious life with the same
zeal and energy which has always char
acterized his business life. In short
time he became an elder in the church,
and from that to other prominent po-
sitions, which places him at the head Of
religious matters, not only in West
Union, but elsewhere, even outside the
state In 1909 he was one of the COM
missioners to the general assembly of
the church, which met at Denver,
Colo.
In the field of literature, and in the
matter of progression in fraternal So
cieties, Mr.. Evans maintains his well
established life record for going to
the bottom of things" He is an hon
ored member of an Historical and Lit
erary Society, known locally as the H.
| A. L. Club, unique organization hav-
ing an existence only in West Union.
1t was organized in 1879, and its exist
ence has been maintained throughout
all the intervening years with growing
interest and popularity. Mr.. Evans
started in Masonry in 1897, when he
became a member of West Union
Lodge No. So. He followed this soon
after by joining Unity Chapter No. 81,
Royal Arch Masons, at Elgin. He
then became member of Langridge