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Show Introduction 9 ants, President of Lassiter Kuma Oil Ltd., Tanner Arctic Oil Ltd., Secretary-Treasurer and Director of a number of companies.'?" Of one of the companies he says: "I turned down an offer of over a million dollars for the shares in just one of my oil companies because when we strike oil in the Arctic I expect them to be worth much and more." What the author believes to be the most unique success story among the Tanners is that of Nathan Eldon, son of Nathan William, who moved to Canada in 1897 and built his home in the Aetna area. Hard working rural folks each member had to contribute his full share to keep the family solvent. On reaching his majority, Eldon entered the teaching profession, where he taught school several years at Hill Spring and Cardston. In 1935 he ran for political office and was elected to the provincial legislature of Alberta. Then in rapid succession he became speaker of the Assembly, the first Latter-day Saint to be so honored, and minister of Lands and Mines. After serving in the government for sixteen years, he resigned the accept position of president of the newly organized Merrill Petroleums of Canada. In this position he began to achieve busi to ness success and took his initial rewards which were Two years steps toward the larger financial ahead. later, in 1954, he was asked to head the Trans-Canada Pipelines Ltd., project which was being formed and which required rare judgement coupled with the ability to manage many people with widely divergent points-of-view. This was ac complished, and with its successful completion Eldon acquired valu able interests in Canadian oil which have made him comparatively wealthy. a multi-million dollar 2:0 Brought up in the desert lands of the Southwest where financial opportunities were few in pioneering days, a number of Seth's descend ants have, nevertheless, achieved notable successes in a variety of fields. 21 Donald Tanner, son of Joseph Baldwin Tanner and grandson of Seth, was born in Tuba in 1895 and moved to Allison, Colorado, where he prospered in the milling business. Donald's son Halworth B. Tanner, born in 1917 in Liberty, New Mexico, has continued the tradition and is presently a prosperous miller at Cortez, Colorado. He supplies 150 Indian trading posts with flour. |
