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Show ?" 1C. - Jfc lXX iWi.Wv H it i i S7 5 THE DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE xir i V CITY SATURDAY DECEMBER 21 e t s 1929 (ADVERTISING - SECTION)' GDEW IF; i Centering his activities upon the hanking hunt, ness, G. E. Bennett, vice president and general manager of the First Security Corporation, has become one of the leading f.gures in Intermountain banking circles. Mr. Bennett was horn in Nebraska in 1888 and came to Idaho in 1997. The Tmtic Standard mine, one of the countrys Mr. Cook has been an aggressive organ er and developer throughout hj actiie career. In 1915 he Oiganized the Columbia Trust company, of which bivts still president. During the past year he was honored byl his colleagues by being elected President of the Utah State Bankers Assur latton. Mr. Cook was born in Lackawanna County, Penney llama. Ills first stop when he came west in D.S2. was Leadv.ile, Colorado and moved from there to Halt Lake (' ty in 1890 lie his always been ac. t.vo in mining and flnanclil enterprise and w ,is cifsrly associated in th eatiy h. story of 'he Ctah Cofpr Company. Mr, Caok served a term as lb e.l nt of Hie t bamtier of Commerce and bas be-- var.ous other cff.r.al pcsitlons for that organ'zaUon, including C! airman of the Mut.ng Committee'and member of the Finance Committee. At the present time bis aLtiv.tas h into r.sny felds aside from h poitle3 at the bang. Lcntly ne accepted the prea.de my jkfihc American Mines Metals company, a company film.! aiorg the investment trust ide is for the mining indti.y. o He is chairman of the Ex"i utive t'unimitee of lvf t'tah Indurtriai Development Association, A member of the Alta Club and Country Ciuo. ores, owes Its existence lara pri due era of silver-lea- d to th soie de'ermination and unfaltering hope of J Raddatz, a captain of Utah Industry. Itiddats was born in Germany in 1857. In 15C8. he migrated to Cni ted States, settling on s farrh in Missouri. At the are of 18, Mr. RadiUtx uct'ked b.s way across the continent to Denver in a Wagon train and in 1878 started work In the Silver Clift mine in Colorado. During 1S8S he went to Durango, Mexico, where he operated a mine for tha fct. Louis Stamping company for a year, then returning to Red Mountain, Colorado, for the name company. He returned to Utah in 18SS to take charge of the H.lver King and Catumet Mines in Stockton. fcJlow ng tl,.'s, he operated mines at Ophir and at Mertur, l'!i. h. Later he became associated with the Honerine Plica and wh'le there in 1907 began forming the nucleus for the Tinic Standard. After years of search, commercial ore was struck at the Tlntic Standard in 1918. Since that time the Tiniie Standard haa produced over to1), 000,000 and paid more than In dividends Th company ts now one of the largest p, od icers in the slate and controls two tier producing inine E Mr. t ia Ac. 817,-00,0- al-- An aggresive worker and a man of constructive Ideals, Mr. Orem has been suc.cs, ful in num.rous branches of bunness and industry- - throughout Utah and the west. Coming to Sait Lake City at the age of 18 la ISSfl. he for the first six years as a traveling salesman for Pylie Manufacturing company. Which was organized bv his father. The vast resources of the state, however, attracted the young man and he took up mining He preamp d and was President of the Independent Coal & Coke company and was also instrumental m the organization of the Castle Valley Coal company and Castle Valley Railroad, which is now controlled by the U. 8. Fuel company. In 1900. Mr. Orem was one of the organizers o? the Ctah Apex Minfng commpanv. which under his direction .opened one of its largest ore bod.es ti. he and nc a tts known the Nevada Douglas Consolidated Copper company which produced 8J.000.000 during hi management In 1912. Mr. .Orem resigned his work in other places to devote his entire time to the construe. a1 ibterurban !in and man'gement of the l!in -- Suit LakeJ rattway. one of the greatest achievements of his career. he,t ente-dw- -- h ri T HE endowments of CTAH In potential wealth industrial world, W. H. Wattis of Ogden has been a builder all his l.fi and as president and general manager of the Coin Construction company, he has stamped the came cf the state on most of the giant construcs of the west, including the tion ne'zy dau that stores the water for San Francisco. and the Calif., great American Falls dam, destined to be the largest western irrigation project. This compary has constructed part of all the transcontinental railroad- - lines cf the west The company is now build. ng the Echo dam in Weber canyon. In recent years Mr. Wattis has been vice president and the general manager of the Huger company, largest of the sugar beet companies that f rve the two states. Cnder his direction the companv has expanded over the west and now entered Canada. The management of Mr. Wattis has steered this company through times that have been fxtrenidv hard for the industry that nourishes so Ho has beea forced through many irrigated va!!i ttt h- atrh la retlmflilsh the position of active manstill but holds a position 'on the board of diager. rectors. At the last state convention. Mr Wattis was nominated by an overwhelming majority to be the ah Jtepuolirga rardidate for governor and at this convention was honored with the solid vote of the Republicans of hi$ practically own county. proy-etj- Ctah-Idah- o - of-Ut- oncehidden t have been revealed fo startle ths Great as these gifts of nature are, they are in a form that serves no one until they abe deon the part of men with both vision and Judgment. l'lah has been given this leadership and reliance of the people on industrial leaders has never fa. led. of the First Sccu. !v Vice President and Osncral Manager of The J M. fr 71; c.,-,- rr r. r. Ord r. Utah and General Manag r. The Browning Arms Company. nt veloped. This has required sound leadership V1 1 Raw material are given. The ability and the ca p tal must be assembied Add to business Judgment and tenacity, needed in the s'ate. loyalty to counter and feliowmnn. and we have the qualities that nake the nation s greatest asset. Utah ha. Is the men that are building the state. R. 3. Berry. of the Companies distributing natural of The Ohio Oil Company gas in the Halt Lake Valley is Iso President of the Oil it Gas Company, the operating subsidiary of The Ohio Oil Company. Mr. Perry for years has ' been a prominent figure in the oil and gas industry in the producing states of the union. nt nt k -ifc wvea f ' . w4-J- h 4A 1 Hi AJ t |
