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Show 18 BIOGRAPHY OF MYRON TANNER. ing was that of buying and selling goods which proved more remunerating than hauling goods for others. Myron Tanner was always proud of the excellent credit which he enjoyed whenever he was in need of money or goods, and fre quently related with manifestations of pleasure the words of confi On his first experience in mer dence in him spoken by others. chandising he relates the following circumstance: "TIle first lot of goods I bought was from a man named Felix Bachman. I told him I wanted a load of goods and would give him security on prop ' erty I owned in San Bernardino worth several thousand dollars. replied that he did not want any security, the family name He He then brought through with him goods for others and the one which he The venture proved so fortunate that he had bought on credit. was able soon to pay for the goods, and immediately set out again to repeat the experiment in merchandising; but the second time he took with him enough money to defray traveling expenses and buy two loads of goods. It was on this second trip that Myron, his oldest son an infant, died. was good enough for him." from California one load of LIFE IN PROVO. Up to 1860 he made four round trips between Utah and Los Angeles, and had done so well that he concluded to buy a grist mill, though himself was not a practical miller and had never had He bought the old any experience in the management of a mill. Kelton mill and the Kelton home in the northwest part of Provo and moved his family there from the old herd ground about three miles northwest of Payson where he was engaged most of the time he and his family had lived during in business between California and Utah. business venture proved to be a very successful one, especially in view of the fact that not long thereafter when the mining excitement broke out in Montana, the demand for flour This new "During the days of up to $25 a sack. than better financially any similar period the Montana boom I did the milling busi with familiar himself made He soon in my life." brought that commodity farms, and kept teams moving almost stantly for years hauling flour from Provo to Salt Lake City. ness, bought two new con He |
