Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-05 | Page 13 | Craig Are in Canning

1 Craig Are in Canning 1 Business Plants Launched in '80's Grow to Large Proportions; Propor-tions; Both Men Still Active Pioneers in the Utah canning business. busi-ness. Isaac N. Pierce and William Craig continue as two of the more prominent figures of the Utah in-j in-j dustrlal affairs, although it was In the, 'eighties that they launched their business busi-ness establishments which havo be-! come lhe real foundation of this industry. indus-try. Eloth continue active in business I life in which they have been aggres-1 sive upbuilding factors, Mr. Pierce not only being prominent In financial and' realty affair-, but also president of the Utah Water Storage association, while Mr. Craig continues to head tho 'vVilllilm Craig Canning compan. it was In 1S88 that Isaac N. Pierce, because of his long leadership In the Utah Canning company, started that enterprise at the same location that '.he great plant of the corporation now occupies. Through the troubles of early vears for an Infant Industry he worked arduously for Its upbuilding and It was only recently that he sold his interests to those associated with liim, retiring from active participation In the company's affairs. However his son, John Pierce, had embarked in the Brlgham Cily Canning company along with other residents of Brig-ham, Brig-ham, and In that concern the Ogden pioneer car.ner keeps up his Interest, while ulwav-i maintaining a close association as-sociation with the canners, who havo found him a source ot excellent information infor-mation and advice. I Ol Ml 11 R IJG I OMPAXY. William Craig entered the cannery I business in this state only a short time I after I. N. Pierce. lie continues as president of the William Craig Canning Can-ning company. it was by the activity of William Craig that the large plants at Five Points and at Roy were developed and j tho Ren I.omond plant at North 1 iqden resumed operation, He has taken a , paternal interest In other companies as well, and the Perrj Canning company com-pany In Rovelder county is one that I was founded with his assistance. HONORED Bl ITIZ1SNS. Both of these pioneers are known to hundreds of people In gden, as ! well as throughout the stale, and both I have been distinctly honored by the general citizenship of the community. William Craig has been state senator 1 from Weber county, a position in which he continued his conservative j but upbuilding policies used in his business. busi-ness. I. N. Pierce has been repress nt-I nt-I alive from Weber county In the legis-I legis-I lature, and today is president of the 1 Utah Water Storage association, a semi-public, organization which Is ar-j ar-j ranging fifr the development of (he 1 water supply for Utah They have j been active in civic affair and have I held prominent places with various 1 civic bodies. The names of IisaF.c N. Pierce and William Craig have become so linked , with affairs of the oommunit) and I the slate that their direct connection ! with the canniiiK business has become j one of its esential development powers. pow-ers. 00