Show DANIEL STEVENS A mammoth businessman of millard county just as a story of any community Is 1 incomplete without mention 0 of its natural resources just so it Is not a a story without mention of 0 its citizens of accomplishment mon men who through the application of their Jl I talents and good judgment have caus caused edthe the place they call home to yield ithem remunerative suc success cios are the strongest advertisement any community can have they are the acid test bathe hat ha the t he land in which they live Is good no story ot of county could be complete without t mention of 0 mr air daniel stevens one of the countes Coun tys oldest and abd strongest business men in gener general al th the story estory of mr air stevens success Is typical of that of th the great majority majori tk of successful men in that that from a small beginning he lia stead 11 lly ily grown and expanded with tile the community in which lie lives some as years ago daniel stevens entered the he mercantile business in a small wa way and in an unimposing frame building on the main street of fillmore sonic some time later he purchased we life fillmore coop co op a small one room brick structure located on the corner corner Z of his present business block in this city in 1905 been be lie en ed barged this building by adding a larger ar first story room to he be used as a dry goods department and a second story for furniture Y in 1917 mr stevehn stevens started business la in delta in a aenied rented building and in 1923 built one of the largest and ana finest stores in the county lathat in that thriving community again dalar enlarging ging it in 1926 I 1 now he has just completed the masterpiece of the greater part of a lifetime of conscientious ind lad i intelligent effort it is in an imposing business blockon block on oli main st PA of his home town and hughly modern department and grocery store and ar k a a modern thirty loom hotel with cafe connection into this building andus stevens caused tobe t be placed only tha fill est construction and marlais marl als that t money can call bu buy and the addition to Fill mores busl business uless uis ais erict that causes the heart ot every patriotic citizen of this fair little city to quicken with pride through honest service daniel S bens wells has wrested continued sue suc horn from this prosperous little city 11 ewt ll Z now alth although bugh ablerto brulls ot of his labor and retire to a land that offers more of 0 the frills ot life alte chooses to return what lie has gained by way of growth and civic improvement arid and dedic dedicates etes the remainder ot of his life to continued service and the training of his children to follow in his footsteps mr stevens Is isa a builder a true husbandman oe of the field ot of commerce never attempting to mine his business by the rapid gain of ex hor bitant prices but ever fertilizing with good will and fair dealings that he may continue to reap from year to year the success of his business career is founded upon the fact that he has constantly tried to otter offer the public the very best obtainable and la in his new hotel business this feature has carried over the new stevens hotel offers the traveling public the very best beat in hotel accommodations the plumbing the beds in tact fact everything la Is as good 14 as found in any hotot hotel in the western states regardless of size or cost ot of construction mr air stevens personally Is a very modest man ile he attributes all his success to the success and reliable and continuous prosperity of the community in which it was his lot to be called upon to io live here he has struggled and succeeded here he will live and improve |