In that year he came to Story county and established himself in the grain and coal business at Nevada, purchasing a mill and elevator combined, which he remodeled to make a commodious elevator building. He has thus been prominently identified with the business interests of Nevada continuously since and is widely recognized as a prosperous and influential resident of the town. In 1902 he assisted in the organization of the People's Savings Bank, was chosen its president and has served in that capacity to the present time.
Keith R. Frazier was reared under the parental roof and supplemented his preliminary education by a course of study in the Nevada high school, while later he attended the University of Iowa. He early became familiar with his father's business in principle and detail, ably assisting in its conduct. On the 1st of October, 1902, he and his brother, Pearl Frazier, became partners of their father under the firm style of R. A. Frazier & Sons. In 1907 our subject disposed of his interest in the concern and, in association with his father, purchased the business of Shaw & Binder in Colo, where he has since dealt extensively in lumber, grain and coal as the head of the firm of K. R. Frazier & Company. He is likewise a stockholder in the Story County Independent Telephone Company and enjoys an enviable reputation as a young man of excellent business ability, sound judgment and keen discrimination.
In 1907 Mr. Frazier was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle McDole, of Eddyville, Iowa. Mrs. Frazier is a devoted and consistent member of the Presbyterian church, exemplifying its teachings in her daily life. Mr. Frazier is well known here and in all of his dealings with his fellowmen has demonstrated his right to their regard and confidence.
EDGAR WILLIAMS Stanton.
Every citizen of Ames is justly proud of the Iowa State College and the position to which it has attained among the educational institutions of the country. It is the visible evidence of the labors and devotion of a number of men to the profession to which they have consecrated their lives. It is a widely acknowledged fact that the most important work to which a man can direct his energies is that of teaching, whether it be from the pulpit, from the lecture platform or from the schoolroom. The foundation of character-building is laid in youth and the impressionable mind of the young readily receives the lessons that have important bearing upon his entire future life. The realization of this fact has made Professor Stanton hold to high ideals not only in methods of instruction in the particular branches assigned to him in his college work but also in the personal conduct and the trend of thought and interests which constitute an ever present example for the student.