Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-12
n. A. VALLEZ' RESIGNATION
Superintendent Of The Utah Sugar Company
the Recipient Of Tokens Of Esteem.
Brief Biography Of James II. Gard
ner Who Takes the Coveted
Position at Lehi.
ESPECIAL TO THE NEWS

ESPECIAL TO THE "NEWS."l
Lehi, Utah. Feb, l2,-Mr. Henry A.
Vallez has resigned his position as Su-
perintendent OF the Utah Sugar COM
pany and has accepted the same posi-
ton with the Binghampton Sugar Co..
Of Binghampton. N, Y, and will leave
E. that destination in a couple Of days.
Last evening at the Union hotel a
lovely banquet was given in honor Of
Mr. Vallez, by the employees Of the
Utah Sugar company. the menu con-
sisted Of the following;
Wines, claret port, beer, fresh oys-
tiers, striped bass, tenderloin steak.
chicken, lobster salad, celery, desert.
Right after INDUCING in this happy
repast Representative Mosiah Evans
master Of ceremonies, in neat speech
called on Manager Thomas II. Cutler
for an address. Mr.. Cutler cheerfully
responded and paid high tribute TO
Mr. Vallez as superintendent and
stated what great success had been at
tanned by the Utah Sugar Co under
the superintendency of Mr. Valez. At
the close Of Mr.. Cutters remarks he
PR 80 Vallez as a token OF re-
spect and esteem, with an opal stud in
49, Of the Utah Sugar company
and an umbrella with the inscription
Henry A. Vallez, Feb. II. 1901" in be-
halF - the employees Mr.. Vailez
tho-'o7 Manager Cutler and the com
PAW for their remembrance and
catJ hot nnlu ha
was severing his connection with
~ Utah Sugar company vas
that he had been offered a more paying
position. Speeches were also made oy
Director Barlow Ferguson. the heads of
each department and also by Dr. r. Il.
Steele, ole Elllngson. cashier Lehi Com
merclal and Savings bank, and VIM. u.
Racker, superintendent of the Peoples
Coop Institution. Through the kind
ness of Manager Cutler the purity then
adjourned over TO his commodious res
ldence and the evening was spent very
pleasantly. Mr.. Cutler had secured an
orchestra Of three pieces Messrs. Car
rington, Youngberg and symns Of Salt
Lake City, and during the greater part
Of the evening they dlscoursed beau
tiful selections intermingled with songs
and recitations by Lehi people There
We're 81 persons present all employees Of
the Utah Sugar Co. with the exception
OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wing, Mr.. and
Mrs VIM. Il. Racker. Dr. and Mrs. r.
u. Steele, Barlow Ferguson and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. ole Ellington and
Mrs. G. A. Granger. wife Of the Utah
Sugar Co.'S former superintendent. The
party broke up about ~ o'clock Wishing
Mr.. Valez every success In his new
field of labor.
Mr.. James II. Gardner OF Lehi City,
Utah. who has been recently appointed
superintendent OF the Utah Sugar Co.,
to succeed Mr.. Henry A. Vallez. was
born IN Mill Creek. Salt Lake county.
July 9th. 1859. At the age OF IL he
commenced 10 work In his fathers saw
mills in Cottonwood Canyon. working
there four years. In the year 1850 Mr..
Gardner was called on a mission to the
Sandwich Islands and on his arrival
was selected to work In the Church
sugar mill there, then under construo-
ton. and at its completion was APP
pointed superintendent OF It's operations.
the Church having paid a professional
German sugar maker to instruct him
In the art OF sugar manufacture. After
remaining there three and half years.
he was honorably released TO return
home and foT number OF years fol-
lowed the pursuit OF farming. In 1851,
having In the meantime married Miss
Rhoda Huffaker OF South Cottonwood,
he moved with his wife 10 Idaho. and
for about four years engaged In the
ranching and stock raising business.
While at this place Mr.. Gardner super
intended the construction OF the Har-
rison canal near Idaho Falls Since
1880 Mr.. Gardner has been Identified
with the Utah Sugar Co., first as sugar
boiler and then as mill foreman.