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Show THE CITIZEN ms, R3AN AEKSOT PUBLIC OPINION Letters to OT I notice where the First I? Se- curity Company have entered into. Salt Lake through the National .0 , Copper Bank. I notice also that nearly all the banks in heir chain of twenty-fiv- e banks are in the North and not any in the southern part of Utah, and I wonder how long it will be before these southern banks and their personnel are acquired by. this company or some other banking institution. Leaving Provo out of consideration and looking at the banks and bankers in the smaller towns south we first come to the Mendenhall Bank at Springville with which I am only Going into slightly acquainted. Spanish Fork We find the First National in charge of Henry Gardner, an excellent banker and the very highest type of man. His assistant is Leon Williams .who will be heard from in years to come. In the same town is the Commercial Bank with Pratt Thomas in charge and he is another example of an excellent banker. At Payson we find the st Payson State Bank with Tom as President and Ray Monsen as Cashier. Two splendid men and also bankers.- In this bank is an assistant cashier who in my opinion will be in the very near future an executive of a much larger institution. Charley Dixon is a student of banking and finance, and a young man of great ability. A few years more of seasoning and he will make a mark for all young men to shoot at. At Nephi is one of the strongest banks in the state and a recognized efficient banker at its head. He has been the guiding spirit in The Jericho wool pool for years and has the respect and confidence of farmers, sheepmen and the whole community. G. M. Whitmore or Monty as he is known to his friends would fit in as President or Chief executive officer of any large institution in the country. His cashier, N. C. Andrews is an able and efficient assistant. Mt. Pleasant has two strong Tol-hur- - - - " 0 Public Opinion are to be addressed tor The Citizen , 420 Ness Building, Salt Lake City. Constructive criticism is sought on affairs concerning business, political and banks which have talked consolidation for many years and the only social development. Tetters reason this has not been effected, should be sighed, and if dewe are told, was because they sired to appear under another could not agree upon the personnel of the newer institution. I admit name, that should be designated. it is mighty difficult to choose between men like N; S. Neilson and Senator W. D. Candland, and the Editor, The Citizen cashiers, Ed Wall and Will ChrisI desire to take exception to tiansen. your editorial A question of intelMoA. Anderson at the Bank of ligence in which you state : It is Sundwall at Peter Fairview, a roni, question of the intelligence of ther are F. H. Rasmussen at Ephraim men of letters who are. attempting all able bankers and. each one a to prove a theory that 'has no 'use his in particular whatever in the conduct of any power for good At Manti, another angle of Mans affairs community. today. strong bank guided by some of the ' On the contrary it is extremely older men but really in charge of to know the origin and important an excellent banker, Ray Dyreng.' evolution of life. The study of biol-og- y Gunnison Bank is slowly and offers today one of the greatest a from struggle surely recuperating , fields for amelioration of human administration able the under and, suffering, and the elevation of the of Ira Overfelt, is bound to sue--, race. - , . ceed. Salina has an excellent bank and also an able and experienced banker in the person of H. B. Crandall, its cashier. He is undoubtedly one of the best bankers in Southern Utah. AmGoing south I almost passed erican Fork. This article would not be complete had I done. so. Here the Chipman Banks the bank of American Fork, the bank at Pleasant Grove and the State Bank at Lehi are under the direct charge of one of our very best and efficient bankers, in the person of W. S. Chipman. He is also a director of one of the leading banks of Salt Lake. One can't help but wonder how long it will be before these strong Southern Banks with their excellent personnel are also absorbed in a merger with some of our city institutions. .1 recall some ago one of these bankers whose name is mentioned in this article told me that the bankers of Salt Lake did not realize the possibilities of Southern 'Utah and up to this time it seems as if this was correct. ' - so-call- ed If you seek for utilitarian results from the research in this field, examine the menu of any meal you may choose. Corn, through a knowledge of breeding and evolution, has been developed from nothing but maize, or wild grass to a succulent food. Oranges, grapefruit, apples, plums, and countless other fruits have been made staples of human diet through study of their origins, and selection through all having a basis in the biological research of life and evolution. Biology has produced wheat which will resist rust and smut, it has given us fatter hogs, healthier fowls, more productive fields and more nutritive foods. Go further. What biology has done to produce better strains of plant and animal life, it can, and will do for man. The study of human origin, evolution and growth will some day produce a knowledge . of breeding, mating and selection which will eliminate feeble mindedness, insanity, underdeveloped or crippled children. The newspapers and magazines may take up such a story for the morbid .reader-intere- st there is in but to accuse science and- - reit search of lacking in intelligence is laughable. The greatest future contributions to man must come from a knowledge of man himself, and of life. 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