August F. Neuber is classed with the representatives of commercial enterprise and business leadership in Wyoming, being the president of the Beeman & Neuber Mercantile Companv of Rock Springs. He was educated in the schools of his native country, but at the age of eighteen years bade adieu to friends and native land and sailed for the new world, attracted by the broader business opportunities which he believed he could secure on this side of the Atlantic. He arrived in America in 1876 and made his way at once into the interior of the country, settling in Geary county, Kansas. There he was first employed at farm work and followed agricultural pursuits for several years. Later he secured a position as a clerk in Kansas and subsequently acquainted himself with all branches of merchandising. His first business venture on his own account was made in Nevada, Missouri, where he began merchandising. There he conducted a store successfully for three years, at the end of which time he sold his interests and removed to Evanston, Wyoming, where he arrived in 1803. He was there employed by the Beckwith Mercantile Company, one of the pioneer commercial concerns of the state. They conducted a number of branch stores throughout Wyoming and their position was one of leadership in mercantile circles. Mr. Neuber continued at Evanston for ten years and in 1903 removed to Rock Springs, where in connection with Newell Beeman, A. E. Bradbury and A. B. Quinn, he formed a partnership and established the present business, which in point of volume of trade in this line is the largest in the city. They carry an extensive stock of dry goods, clothing, shoes, furniture, rugs, etc., having a well appointed department store. Their establishment covers a space of sixty by one hundred and seventy-five feet and they employ on an average of eight salespeople annually and at times their sales force exceeds that number. The business is constantly developing along substantial and gratifying lines and the success of the enterprise is due in no small measure to the efforts and ability of Mr. Neuber, who also conducts a department store at Idaho Falls under the name of the Neuber & Berry Company. Mr. Neuber is the president of the Beeman & Neuber Mercantile Company of Rock Springs, is the principal stockholder in the undertaking and conducts the business under his supervision. His is the policy which directs the interests of the house and the success of the undertaking is attributable in large measure to his efforts. He is a sagacious and farsighted business man, alert to every opportunity opened in the natural ramifications of trade, and through the simple weight of his character and ability he has come into important commercial connections.
    Politically Mr. Neuber is a republican but is not an office seeker. He came to America a poor boy, anxious to make the most of his opportunities, and as the years have gone on his efficiency and determination have brought to him a measure of success that is most substantial. He is now justly classed with the self-made men of Rock Springs.