WILLIAM H. ANTHENS.

WILLIAM H. ANTHENS.
William H. Anthens, mayor of Douglas and one of the well known representatives of industrial activity in the city, where he is conducting a blacksmith shop and garage, was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on the 25th of February, 1868, a son of John and Helen (Colsen) Anthens, the latter now deceased. He acquired his education through private study and in the school of experience, for in early boyhood he had to go to work in order to provide for his own support. For a time he devoted his attention to music as a source of livelihood and he also took up blacksmithing. He has conducted an orchestra for the past seventeen years and has been a prominent figure in musical circles in the various communities in which he has resided. Mr. Anthens' residence in Wyoming dates from 1895, at which time he took up his abode in Cheyenne, where for a year he worked at the blacksmith's trade. He then removed to Douglas and for seven years was connected with the Florence Hardware Company. In 1905 he erected his present brick building and about a year ago he extended his activities to include not only blacksmithing but the garage business as well. He also has an automobile agency, handling the Dodge, Jackson and Studebaker cars. He has built up a business of large and gratifying proportions in this line as well as in blacksmithing and he employs four men. His life has been one of untiring activity, resulting in the attainment of a substantial measure of success. On the 3d of August, 1901, Mr. Anthens was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Paul and to them have been born four sons and three daughters; Katie, William, Howard, Frank, Pauline, Harriet and Richard, all at home. Fraternally Mr. Anthens is connected with the Woodmen of the World and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, while in Masonry he has taken the degrees of lodge, chapter, commandery and also has crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His political support is given to the republican party and he is a recognized leader in its local ranks. He served as a member of the city council of Douglas for four years and was then elected mayor of the city, in which position he made so creditable a record that he received endorsement of his first term's service by reelection and he is now serving for the second term. He has been instrumental in bringing about various needed reforms and improvements. His activities resulted in the passage of an order allowing the saloons to remain open only from seven o'clock in the morning until eleven o'clock at night. During his administration cluster lights have been installed in the city. a fire truck has been secured and the city hall has been built. He stands at all times for progress and improvement, looking ever to the best interests of the community, and his efforts have been farreaching and resultant. The worth of his work is widely acknowledged and Douglas honors him as one of its most represtntative and valued citizens.

William H. Anthens, mayor of Douglas and one of the well known representatives of industrial activity in the city, where he is conducting a blacksmith shop and garage, was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on the 25th of February, 1868, a son of John and Helen (Colsen) Anthens, the latter now deceased. He acquired his education through private study and in the school of experience, for in early boyhood he had to go to work in order to provide for his own support. For a time he devoted his attention to music as a source of livelihood and he also took up blacksmithing. He has conducted an orchestra for the past seventeen years and has been a prominent figure in musical circles in the various communities in which he has resided.
Mr. Anthens' residence in Wyoming dates from 1895, at which time he took up his abode in Cheyenne, where for a year he worked at the blacksmith's trade. He then removed to Douglas and for seven years was connected with the Florence Hardware Company. In 1905 he erected his present brick building and about a year ago he extended his activities to include not only blacksmithing but the garage business as well. He also has an automobile agency, handling the Dodge, Jackson and Studebaker cars. He has built up a business of large and gratifying proportions in this line as well as in blacksmithing and he employs four men. His life has been one of untiring activity, resulting in the attainment of a substantial measure of success.
On the 3d of August, 1901, Mr. Anthens was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Paul and to them have been born four sons and three daughters; Katie, William, Howard, Frank, Pauline, Harriet and Richard, all at home.
Fraternally Mr. Anthens is connected with the Woodmen of the World and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, while in Masonry he has taken the degrees of lodge, chapter, commandery and also has crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His political support is given to the republican party and he is a recognized leader in its local ranks. He served as a member of the city council of Douglas for four years and was then elected mayor of the city, in which position he made so creditable a record that he received endorsement of his first term's service by reelection and he is now serving for the second term. He has been instrumental in bringing about various needed reforms and improvements. His activities resulted in the passage of an order allowing the saloons to remain open only from seven o'clock in the morning until eleven o'clock at night. During his administration cluster lights have been installed in the city. a fire truck has been secured and the city hall has been built. He stands at all times for progress and improvement, looking ever to the best interests of the community, and his efforts have been farreaching and resultant. The worth of his work is widely acknowledged and Douglas honors him as one of its most represtntative and valued citizens.