Show PRESIDENT J GRANT GIVES interesting INTERVIEW heber J grant on his recent visit to arizona gave the following inter interview to the coconino sim at flagstaff heber J grant of salt lake city president of the mormon church here last eek is a man of rarely interesting personality genial witty suave and handsome he was 73 years old last i saturday and his conversation is rich with facts drawn from observation during Ms active life and especially with facts relating to this country development mr grants prominent nose gives him a jewish look emphasized by his beard he laughingly told how startled some of his friends were at seeing his picture in a paper under headline denoting his death but it turned out to be a picture of nathan strauss speaking of the influence fhe church has had on the development of the west president grant said in the early days its temple was the largest building in ohio later at nauvoo before they were driven from there they had built a town much larger than chicago was at that time in fact it was then the largest city in illinois he has seen the building and rebuilding of every business structure in salt lake city in his early life he was assistant cashier of the zion savings bank he did his own and the cashiers work and was janitor note clerk teller and everything else in the bank the deposits then were somewhat less than the many millions the bank now boasts the offices of the church in salt lake city were pronounced by president dent auson to be the hand he had ever seen auson visited them during his last speaking tour the day before he broke down in his last long illness naturally we felt pretty much puffed up over his compliment mr grant said the best of it is that all the marble onyx granite and other stones in our office building ore native products and the architect and builders were direct descendents of brigham young so we have brains as well as building material half of the land on which hansas city stands really belongs to me president grant said that is it would be it I 1 could get title to it mine by right of original possession but it would be impossible to clear up title he told of recently playing golf in kansas city with three others one of whom laughingly reminded him during the game that on a certain part of the course he was playing on his own links im noted as the man who mixes more religion and business together in a shorter talk than any other living man president grant said mr grant is president and director ao 10 numerous banking insurance mercantile and manufacturing institutions was long member and president of the council of twelve of the church and in 1918 was elected to the first presidency as the office is called the highest in the gift of the church |