Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-10-23 | Page 10 | Biographical Sketches

Biographical Sketches W. J. (JAKE) PARKER. A successful business man who has created wealth for tho farmers of Weber We-ber county presents his candidacy for the office of state senator in W. J. (Jatie) Parker. Mr. Parker's business career in Weber county has made him so well known to the voters in this section that extended sketching of his career is almost unnecessary. Born in Farmington, educated in the schools of Hooper and the University Univer-sity of Deseret, Mr. Parker began farming at an early age, and continued contin-ued in that line of work for about 15 years before ho started the small cannery can-nery at Syracuse which gave him initial ini-tial insight into his present business. That cannery put up 96,000 cans of goods in a season, while ,the six factories fac-tories now owned by Mr. Parker at Hooper, Roy, Riverdale, West Weber, Plain City and the Wasatch orchards in West Ogden now can from 7,200,000 to 8,400.000 cans of goods in a single season. Recognition of Mr. Parker's success in his chosen line of work has resulted result-ed in his selection as president of the Utah Canners' association. He is also a director in the Utah National bank. In addition to the activities above outlined, out-lined, Mr. Parker has been engaged to some extent in the grazing industry and has a coal and mercantile business busi-ness at Roy. His friends point to his wide and successful business experience experi-ence as proof that Weber county will be fortunate if it selects him to represent repre-sent it at the coming session of the state legislature, when many important impor-tant and far-reaching matters are expected ex-pected to come up. oo