--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 26 number: 6 published: 1923-04 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Joseph Quinney, Jr.: New President of the Canadian Mission", *Improvement Era* 26, no. 6 (April 1923): 538–539.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2606unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2606unse start_page: 538 end_page: 539 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1923-04) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2606unse publication_year: 1923 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1923, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Joseph Quinney, Jr.: New President of the Canadian Mission Joseph Quinney, Jr. The New President of the Canadian Mission, Who Succeeds President Nephi Jensen Joseph Quinney, Jr., was born in Weber Canyon, Weber county, Utah, December 25, 1870. He is the eldest of a family of thirteen chil- dren. He was educated in the public schools of Logan until he was thirteen years of age, at which time he started out to provide for his own support. Since that time he has been dependent entirely upon his in- dividual efforts for the success achieved in life. He was first employed as a delivery boy by Zion's Cooperative Mer- cantile Institution and later he became a salesman. He worked his way upward through intermediate positions to the headship of the accounting department. He was with Z. C. M. I. in Logan for a period of seven years. JOSEPH QUINNEY, JR. 539 He was then called on a mission to Samoa, where he served for four years, being very successful in his labors. Upon his return he became asso- ciated with Sidney Stevens Implement Company, also with the Cache Val- ley Mercantile Co. After serving these two institutions for two years he became a representative of the Amalgamated Sugar Company, first accept- ing the position of general accountant, later that of manager of the Logan plant. When the Lewiston sugar plant was built he also became manager of it, and eventually was made district manager of the Amalgamated in- terests in Cache Valley. During the year 1916, two years after the world's great war was de- olared, Brother Quinney was sent to Russia to purchase sugar beet seed for the local sugar interests. Many parts of Europe were visited by him including all parts of Russia, Siberia, China, Japan, and many of the islands of the south seas. Upon his return from Russia, he resumed his duties as district manager, and in the year 1917 was promoted to the im- portant position of agriculturist for the company; later he was given the position of general secretary. Aside from his activities with the Amalga- mated Sugar Co., he is a director of the Thatcher Brothers Banking Co., Hotel Eccles, and chairman of the executive committee of the Brigham Young College. He served also for a period of four years, as trustee of the Utah Agricultural College. He filled one term in the Utah State Senate, as senator from Cache county. His ecclesiastical responsibilities have been many, he having come up through the various quorums of the priesthood. He is at present the first counselor to President Budge of the Logan stake presidency, having served since the organization of the Logan stake of Zion. Prior to this time he served as second counselor to President Ballif in the old Cache stake. He served in both ward and stake positions before his elevation to the stake presidency, and has had wide experience in the educational, civic, and religious development of the state. In 1892, April 22, he married Ida Theurer. The fruitage of this mar- riage were six sons, five of whom are now living — one in Salt Lake City; one in Casper, Wyoming, one in Los Angeles, California, one now on a mission in Germany, and one attending school at Logan. Three of Elder Quinney's sons have been on missions, two in Germany and one in Samoa. Elder Quinney was set apart Feb. 6, 1923, to preside over the Ca- nadian mission, by President Heber J. Grant, Charles W. Penrose and Melvin J. Ballard, President Grant being mouth. President Quinney has been a careful student of the gospel for many years. He has read widely. His sympathies are wide and generous; and his love for God and the great latter-day work unbounded. His many friends rejoice that his rich experience and faithful devotion may be used in directing the labors in one of the great missions of the Church.