| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME business affairs and they eventually went into bankruptcy It wasmatter of pride to the Beckwiths though that eventually all who had lost money asresult of the family empirefinancial crash were paid off dollar-for-dollar Frank had studied Latin for two years in high school and later continued his pursuit of that language as well as Greek He taught himself typing and Pittman and Howard shorthand Working in the family bank had given himsolid foundation in that business He married Mary Amelia Simister on August 25 1898 at Coalville Utah which was her home town and the young couple lived in Evanston for two years before moving to Salt Lake City There he successively worked inbank and in various business offices and taught night classes inbusiness college Fortime he was associated with GoodwinWeekly published by former Salt Lake Tribune editor Charles Goodwin He later acknowledged that whetted his desire to see his name credited to printed articles He returned his family which now included an infant daughter to Evanston and there two more children son anddaughter were born To eke outliving he worked at several occupations and pursued his hobby lathe in his small home workshop One item he developed was patented and sold and he frequently wrote articles fornational machi nistpublication In 1907 the Beckwiths returned to Salt Lake City where they boughthome and he engaged in several occupations As hobby he utilizedcylinder-type Edison phonograph to make his own recordings which he could play back unique skill in that day He also continued to pursue shorthand and became quite skilled Through it all though his mind was focussed on the banking business And in February 1913 he had an opportunity to go to Delta as cashier of the first bank to be established in that young community The area where an irrigation system had been developed was looking towardbright future in farming newspaper the Millard County Chronicle had been 423 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
