Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-23
lHRllT AND ENERGY WIN
How a Nebraska Man Conquered For
tune in Utah.
STARTED AS A DAY LABORER
Alvn NeIson. Who Borrowed Money
10 Pay Railroad Tare, i Vow
wealthy Wan ct
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provo t-tah. oct tspecial)-AlVe
Nelson. formerly OF Fairbury Neo.. ls Ot.
Of the Nebraska men who has MADE anu
is making good i'm Utah. Mt Nelson Is
dc cashier OF the Provo state hanh az
Proc t-tab. Provo is the third largest
,,t, I'm the state and the Provo STATE
hank IS the second important bank IN the
civ. Mr.. Nelson left Fairbury hileel
wears ago. lie g. rather proud OF tne iao'
that he left there without cent ana came
20 the west TO repair the fortunes s"at-
tered bv q series OF hard luck lhclaehts'
s,,,,n, which was the dying Of his entire
drove OF hogs, the compul DRY snool.Ns Va
hts borses and the hard times OF that WIN
go ,,har there was not enough feed in
/ Nebraska for it's people. much less its h'e
stock
when no came 20 Utah Mr.. Nelson was
oov,rollod to borrow $50 with which 20 pay
his fare to Utah and this was ms sore
capital He first went to salt Lake Olty'
where he went to work as laooTer loI
the Utah Nursery company THIS was 'A'
ola trade. as at Fairbury he had been en-
Moved by C j. Carpenter, a nursery man
of that CITY. BY careful living, thriIt anu
rteid economy Mr.. Nelson accumulate
a small stake and at the end OF three
wears he removed TO Provo, where WIN
"a II Bower. another Nebras kan, ne es-
tablished the Provo Nursery compahs' h'
had an amazing success with TINS enter
prise and with the development OF Cle'
valley as a fruit growing center MI Nel
son and MIR. Bower prospered BEYOND Ihei'
most sanguine dream 49,.
A. the end of six years Mr.. Nelson
found himself with enough money to pro
mote the establishment OF second bant
To the making of d success OF his NURSERY
business and the same fearless darinl
that led him to make start in a new
coupt,-y with only $50 has helped to maxi
the Provo state bank one Of the sounoes
and most conservative banking institution
in the state.
Mr.. Nelson is very much devoted to TN
best interests of his adopted state II
thinks that the opportunities afforded o!
Utah are such as to give very man WIZ
comes to this state a good start to"ar'
cornnetence. He sounds a warning no.
AGAINST too much optimism, however,
THE man who comes to the west SAL
= he. all too frequently thinks that he !
to be handed a Twins for the asking an
. that q few hours work each day WI
make him rich. This Is all mistake. l.
a few instances men have come here with
out money or ITleuub anu nave SNNeNNN~
: beyond any possibility OF comparison a
d home In such instances success has bee
d purchased by labor, sacrifice thrift an
grinding economy. AS a rule the averag
d man is unable to fight the forces Of SUI
. roundings and nature In the west unles
The has capital, character and experience
< one must work in the west as in an
u other place for what he gets and Will
Z the country 10 alive with opportuniue
; some money is required that the ne
conner may avail himself of them. WhS
: l mean may be explained by one instance
wv II. Ray the vice president of tn
bank, some ten or twelve years ago bougl
d an immense acreage on Provo Bench Il
IS per acre Recently he has sold some
this land for 500 per acre, or 40 time
4 what he paid for II. Mr.. Ray had tt
Il capital, however. wherewith to make h
+ purchase and the nerve and character
e hold on until the development OF Il
9, country made it immensely profitable
sell"
Ie Mr.. Nelson is very glad to hear fro
q. his old Nebraska friends, and every no
n and then one Of them drops in to NAL
p an investment in the country which HI
ID been so good to Mr. Nelson.