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Show 1 Lew Hills THE retirement of Mr. Hills from the active j" presidency of the Deseret bank, after forty years of unremitting and devoted service, is an event which should not pass unnoticed. Speaking Speak-ing to a reporter of his retirement, he mentioned , the changed methods of handling a banking business busi-ness which have come about since he engaged in the business, and mentioned particularly the advantages ad-vantages and great saving of labor which came with the adding machine. He did not think of it, but the adding machine was modeled after his own character, for it works automatically, twenty- four hours a day if required, and never makes a mistake. Mr. Hills was a born banker. Ho knew by instinct in-stinct the requirements of the place, and followed them with absolute devotion. At the same time he evinced a rare sagacity in dealing with men. He always kept a finger on the pulse of progress and knew when the business of the city required a stimulant and when a sedative. Behind all that he did was the guiding hand of justice. What he did was what duty prompted and there was no variation from this. He was noiseless in his work; he never obtruded his opinions or sought control of anything except the business in which J he AVas engaged. But that very control as direct--i ed by him was an influence of good every day. -He chose the field best fitted for his order of mind fr and wrought out a perfect and mighty success. Looking back along the path up which he has toiled, there should bo few regrets and not one self-reproach to vex the rest that has come to him; and while giving up the impelling labor that has absorbed his life so long he can carry with him into retirement the certain knowledge that he possesses the full respect and warmest good wishes for his future welfare of the people of this city and state. |