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Show BIOGRAPHY OF MYRON TANNER. 22 annoyance by reason, in his judgment, of the reckless and often unbusiness-like manner in which they were conducted. Myron Tanner was by nature a business man, and had he pos sessed a commercial training, made necessary by modern methods of commerce, he would no doubt have been successful in, perhaps at the head, for a number of years, of some of the busi standing He was always, however, manager sold which he to the factory, and the mill be half of of the mill, for of these mills he made a large both the and to factors, longing ness institutions of the town. amount of money. He was factory. Myron Tanner also had for a one year superintendent of the predilection for land and bought three most excellent farms and at the time of his death left of the best farms in Utah one The business of County. farming, however, was not as a rule remunerative to him. Speaking of his past career he said in 1896: "For the last eight years I have not tried to make money. has been to aid my children in obtaining an education, desire My of which I alwavs felt in my business career. That they want the might enjoy advanced education I sold some of my most valuable land and aided them to the extent of my ability. Whether I have done my part in encouraging them to acquire advanced knowledge and to fit themselves for the higher work and duties of life, they must be the judges. "I cannot t this point refrain from alluding to influences that have done much to shape my religious convictions," said "I have always felt that I had been saved from Myron Tanner. boyhood days through an overruling Providence which shape my career in life. On one occasion I was caught by the neck in a gate, when I was a boy, and chocked until I became unconscious and for upwards of three-quarters of an hour showed Once in Kirtland I asked the privilege of going no signs of life. down to the bottoms below the Temple to fish. One of the neigh bors had had a dream about me the night before. The dream troubled him. It was a warning to him that I was likely to lose In the afternoon he looked, he His name was Hales. my life. death in my was to said, towards our house and did not see anv of the children around. He immediately went over the street and called to mv mother and |
