Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-01-31 | Page 10 | Garment Factory May Go to Provo

GARMENT FACTORY . MAY GO TO PROVO. ' Provo, Jan. 30. David Craig lie- J Whirter, president of the McWhirter- Ellison Manufacturing company of Kansas City, manufacturers of worn- en's wear, met with members of the Provo Commercial club last evening ' for the discussion of matters connect- i ed with a factory. ' Mr. McWhirter expects to establish a factory here for supplying his trade i t In the intermountain and coast coun- try. The factory will begin iu a small j p way, with a capital stock of $25,000, J I aud will employ about sixty persons, ' R mostly girls and women. Mr. McWhlr- 1 ter will take $5,000 of the capital, and i $10,000 additional was subscribed at b tho meeting, conditionally on the proj- 1 C. ect passing muster with an Invest!- ; e gating committee, which will also act J I as a subscription committee, of which : the following are members: John S. J Smith, T. F. Pierpont, S. H. Belmont, Alex Hedquist and R. R. Irvine, Jr. ' Jesse Knight subscribed $5,000, and the other $5,000 of subscription wa? f in smaller amounts. .