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Show J ~ ~ - at the bottom, as janitor at $25.00 per month in the First National Bank located on the northeast corner of 24 th and Washington Boulevard. (now the si te of Z.C.M.I.). Mr. Hyrum S. Young, Cashier, hired young James and no~iced that he was both a hard worker and a bright young man. James was told by Mr. Young that if he could get some money from his father, Mr. young would tutor him in the banking business as James was an apt student and seemed to be a natural-born banker. Father Job would not give James the money, so Mr. Young loaned him the sum. Seven years later when Mr. ung retired as cashier, the young bank clerk, ames Pingre became the new cashier. By the early 1900's, ames wa president of seven banks: --Pingree National Bank, Ogden --First National Bank, Morgan --First National Bank, Coalville --pirst National Bank, Layton --Commercial National Bank, Smithfield --National City Bank, Salt Lake City --First National Bank, Preston, ID Other business interests included Boyle Furniture of Ogden {Secretary-Treasurer), Ogden Furniture and Carpet (Secretary Treasurer), Morgan Canning Company where "Those Good Peas" were produced, Utah Construction Company (owned one-sixth of the stock), Pingree-Anderson Milling Company of Morgan, Union Portland Cement Company at Devil's Slide (Secretary-Treasurer), Ogden Packing and Provision Company (Secretary-Treasurer), Ogden Medicinal Springs Company now known as Rainbow Gardens (Vice President), and several others. James was also involved in three sugar companies: the Ogden Sugar Company (Treasurer), the Hooper Sugar Company, with his father, his brother Frank, and his son Earl, and· the Layton Sugar Company, with his brother, Hyrum. The funeral was held at the Ogden Tabernacle on 26 Feb 1924, with Apostle Richard R. Lyman as one of the speakers. He said of James, "Mr. Pingree was in no sense a small man. He was a man of great vision. He \-las fearless. I ,m glad to pay him a tribute of respect, admiratiQn and honor. I admired him.because within his bosom he had a tender heart. He had a great love for his family and for this I admired him. A rich man was James Pingree and his children are his jewels." A newspaper editorial about him printed: "James Pingree had tremendous will power and organizing ability. In his later years he was under strain and stress, yet his courage never seemed to desert him. But he must have felt the heavy hand of sorrow as his vigorous frame yielded. Carrying his weight of difficulties, buffeting the storms, his vitality was sapped and he laid down his burden." Thomas Harding, Mayor of Morgan, stated: "James Pingree was one of Morgan County's best friends." He listed the many businesses that James established in and around Morgan, along with numerous other works he accomplished. Mayor Harding then stated that he had done many thousand dollars worth of business with James and found him honorable in every respect." |
