The Lamar register., 1918-08-21
cHAs. W. WATERMAN STRONGLY
SUPPORTED FOR THE
v. 8. SENATE.
HAS BRAINS AND ABILITY
HEyTs RECOGNIZED As ONE OF
- THE ABIEST MEN IN
THE WEST.

tnis country nave the people given -
much attention to securing men o.
ability, men who have done things
men who have records OF achieve
ments. to conscript them for public
places as today. In this move to fur
nish the nation with the brains. the
ability and the integrity of a great
country. that when this war is over We
Will be bigger, richer. greater and
above all country where the govern
ment is populas with the people. Colo
rado is not behind other states.
Among those who. by reason OF
their accomplishments In business and
professional affairs and In service
rendered state and country. the peo'
pie wish for public service no man Is
more prominent than Charles w. Wa
terman OF Denver.
Charley Waterman-syery one calls
him Charley for he is Il hale fellow
well met and in the language OF the
booa sSodN utd W
all who know him even by reputation
as one Of the ablest men In the West
lie is the man wno fought the fight OF
the people of Denver against the Wa
ter Company and won that fig.t SO
that Denver now owns its own water
plant
Charley Waterman WAS born In
Wsitsfield. Vermont. in Noyembs
1851. on rocky hillside farm fifteen
miles from a railroad. He attended
school when five years old. but on &C
count OF sickness did not atteno pub
lie school again until he was twelve
From the ages OF ~ to II he at
tended district school In his native
town. In the autumns of 1878 he
attended high school at Worthwhile.
Vermont, the next fall entering the
Academy at st. Johnsbury for twenty
weeks. All other education necessary
for admission to the university In
1880. he secured at home. In the win
ter OF 1882 he taught school In his ma
tive town. At the end OF his sopho-
more year he became principal of the
high school at Moores Fork. D. Y. the
next year returning TO the university.
from which he graduated in 1855 with
the degree OF Bachelor OF Arts.
That fall he became principal OF
the high school at Croton, New York.
and the next fall principal of the high
school at Ft. Dodge, Iowa. remaining
there for two years. entering the law
department OF the University OF Mich
isan in 1888. graduating the follow
ing June with the degree of Bachelor
OF Laws. completing in one year the
regular two-year course He was ad.
mitted to practice in Michigan. also In
Colorado. having removed to Denver
In August. 1883.
Charley Waterman's ancestors In
the Colonies came to Salem, Mass,
from England in 1929. and afterwards
became associated with Roger VIII.
Jams In the Providence plantations.
Charley Waterman is the eighth OF
that original ancestor. His father and
mother were both of rugged New Eng
land stock and with little worldly pos
sessions. While they were able to
feed and clothe their children, they
"~'N NV "bi' "
In securing education. so that Charley
Waterman was forced to earn all ex.
penses attached to his different
schools
Upon coming TO Denver he was =
stranger Some OF the first year he
was employed at a small salary in the
city attorneys office. but In April.
1891. became an employe of the firm
Of Walcott & Vaile. who soon realized
his worth and In 1909 he became =
member OF the firm OF walcott, Vails
& Waterman, which firm continued
until the death of Senator Walcott in
March. 1905. after which the business
was carried on under the name OF
Vale q Waterman until 1908.
Charley Waterman has been init
mately connected with the building
and growth of Colorado. He ha. rep
resented and been closely associated |
with men who built up the greatest |
concerns in the state. |
and has been influential in procuring
investments OF millions of dollars in |
enterprises. all of which |
have been. and still are. successful.
Personally he is a man OF superior |
attainments. pleasing. affable, genial
to a degree and popular with all who
know him.