Show WHERE ARE THEY TIlEY NOW NOW NOW- How Sideline Grew Into Tremendous Structure Editor Editors note nole and Salt I Lakers are scattered to the four corners corner of the world Once prominent locally once Inthe inthe in IS the local news nome have hate gone forward to more prominent fields of endeavor Some may have hae dropped Mopped front from the new i picture The Telegram Tele In a series aerie of articles will refresh h Its III readers renders memo memo- ries rice By y MORRIS GUSS Boyish appearing Floyd B. B OdIum Odium Od Od- Od- Od ium lum former Salt Lake City lawyer today is ts a millionaire investment magnate His meteoric rise In the field of big business grew out of an original pool which turned into a present-day present financial structure Mr Odium time one-time member of the Utah Power and Light company company com coin pany legal staff and George Henry Howard now president of United corporation made up a pool to trade in the market as a side side- line The pool proved a success and soon attracted investment money thus starting evolution of the sideline sideline side line into the Atlas corporation n. n Names Synonymous The name Atlas and Floyd B B. Odium are synonymous Sharp judgment in buying and selling of course is credited with the success of the diversified d holdIngs holdings holdings hold hold- ings of the Atlas firm Mr Odium practices no black magic to make his profits His keen judgment has been his gift to the vast enterprise he controls Well known by many Salt Lakers Mr Odium visited here about three years ago He married the former Miss Hortense of this city a niece of John G. G former state insurance commis commis- They were divorced October October October Octo Octo- ber 7 1935 after she assumed the presidency of Teller Bonwitt-Teller one of the largest retail stores in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City Their business association association asso asso- was uninterrupted Q Quiet iet and Retiring The year old head of this concentration concentration concentration con con- of American wealth Isa is isa isa a quiet and retiring man He came out of the west with F I w 1 k 1 4 FLOYD B. B Ills His Rise Meteoric l the h look of a junior bank clerk which he still has and almost that sa same e clerks clerk's simple manner of liv fly ing Salt Lakers who know him In Intimately intimately in- in intimately assert that he frequently yearns for rugged mountain scenery ry enjoys fishing and hunt hunt- ing This he he accomplishes by flying flying fly fly- ing ingin in his private plane from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City to his summer home in Logan canyon Mr Odium has an unusual and somewhat expensive hobby hobby long long distance telephoning He once once talked for 93 minutes from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City 1 London The charge was staggering Mr Odium after hanging the receiver up said Had quite a chat with him |