18 UTAH INTERNATIONAL: A BIOGRAPHY OF A BUSINESS David Eccles created twenty-seven corporations, including the predecessor of the First Security Bank. A founding stockholder of the Utah Construction Company, Eccles became its second president. a deal with Warren W. Corey to share the net proceeds on an equal basis, inasmuch as some profit had slowly begun to develop. Writing from Astoria to E. O. in Ogden, W. H. reaffirmed his solid partnership with his brother: “Of course you are in with me.” E. O. had remained at home untangling his business affairs, including a purchase for $3,000 of a herd of sheep that he sold eight months later for $9,200. The financial impact of the Portland-Astoria disaster hit the Wattises and Coreys hard, leaving a deficit of $69,465.88 owed to First National, Citizen’s Bank of Ogden, and Astoria First National Bank. The Wattises had to give up nearly two city blocks near downtown Ogden to First National Bank of Ogden, along with one hundred separate land parcels, to satisfy their obligations. Amos B. and Eva Corey lost their property on Van Buren Avenue between