MARK J. SCOTT.
 


	One of the most substantial and progressive citizens of Saskatoon is
Mark J. Scott, proprietor of Scott's Dairy, which was founded to supply
the families of Saskatoon with the best milk procurable and which is one
of the representative enterprises of its kind in the province.  Mark J.
Scott was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 9th of November; 1860,
a son of John and Sophia (Frader) Scott, likewise natives of Nova Scotia.
John Scott was a sea captain and was drowned at sea in June, 1864. Mrs.
Scott died on the 6th of December, 1882.  They were the parents of
fourteen children, Mark J. being next to the youngest. Nine of the chil-
dren are living.
	In the pursuit of his education Mark J. Scott attended the public
schools of Halifax and after putting his textbooks aside engaged in clerk-
ing for a few years.  He then became an apprentice to the blacksmith  
trade and followed that line of work for three years, after which he made 
his initial step into the dairy business.  He delivered milk in Halifax
for a period of five years and then went to work for a packing house at 
Providence, Rhode Island. Later he moved to Boston, where he worked	
for five years, and subsequently returned to his birthplace and again en-
gaged in the dairy business. After ten years he disposed of his interests 
and located in Manitoba where he farmed for three years. He again re  
turned to Halifax and for two and one-half years conducted a grocery
store. The west was to Mr. Scott a land of promise, and in December of
the year 1909 he again located in Manitoba, where he resided until May 
of the following year, when he came to Saskatoon for a short time. From 
this city he went to Edmonton and from there to Winnipeg. On the 31st 
of July, 1910, he came back to Saskatoon and took over the dairy of 
George Sim. Three years later he sold out to J. E. Caldwell of Ottawa,
but on January 16, 1915, he bought the business again. When he made 
the purchase the dairy was in a very bad condition and business was very 
poor. Starting in a small way Mr. Scott devoted his entire time and at 
tention to the enterprise and increased his space as more was demanded.
In 1922 he erected his present fine, modern plant, which is one of the most
up-to-date in the entire province.  The machinery is all operated bymotor.
	Scott's Dairy has had a phenomenal growth since 1915. At first only	
a small part of the old building, a space of about thirty by forty feet,
was occupied by them.  The demand for the dairy products increased 
with such rapidity that it became necessary to provide additional ac-
commodation and the handsome structure of reinforced concrete now
houses the dairy and supplies the necessary room. The success enjoyed
by M. J. Scott & Sons may be attributed to their putting on the
a superior product manufactured under sanitary conditions. The hand-
some new home of Scott's Dairy contains the general offices, the mana-
ger's private office, retail salesroom and offices, laboratory, where tests
are made, a butter room and a pasteurizing and bottling room. There
is also a cold storage plant. The retail salesroom and offices are plainly
but handsomely furnished.  The laboratory is provided with the most
scientific equipment for testing for butterfat content and in the butter
room great attention is paid to producing a uniform quality and that of
the best-the Peerless brand of butter. In the pasteurizing and bottling
room public health is safeguarded by pasteurization, followed by cooling,
after which the milk and cream is bottled by a machine, avoiding han
dling.  For the first five months of 1923 the increase of the output of  
Peerless butter was one hundred thousand, seven hundred and sixty-six 
pounds over the same period in 1922.  Mr. Scott ships butter in large
quantities to Winnipeg and Toronto.  From the 1st of January, 1922,	
to the 1st of June, 1923, he has made three hundred and seventy-nine
thousand, three hundred and sixty-eight pounds of butter and all except
three carloads have been sold in Saskatoon. Mr. Scott also manufactures
the Velvet brand ice cream and up to June, 1923, he had an increase of
three thousand gallons of ice cream over the amount made up to the
same period of the preceding year. He ships the ice cream to all parts
of the province and into Alberta and also part of Manitoba. Forty-five
people are employed by the dairy and twelve retail wagons and four
trucks are in constant operation.  Mr. Scott also operates a dairy in
Watson. He is delighted to show visitors his plant and he considers his
time well spent when explaining the mysteries of pasteurizing milk and
cream, butter making and the manufacture of ice cream.
	On the 6th of February, 1883, Mr. Scott was married to Miss Priscilla
Fader and to them the following children were born: Hewett H., residing
in Winnipeg; Mabel Grace of Saskatoon, the widow of E. J. Rider, and
the mother of three children; Violet, James M. and Borden, the last two
of whom are attending Moose Jaw College; Laurie John, engaged in busi-
ness with his father, is married and has two children, Muriel and Roy;
Walter M., also associated with his father in the dairy business, is the
father of three children, Douglas, Beatrice and Gertrude; Ethel L. is
the wife of William Bishop, a resident of North Bay, Ontario, and they
have one child, Dorothy; Howie Watson, actively engaged in the dairy
business in association with his father, is married and has had three
children, one of whom died in infancy and the others are Lorne and Elsie;
Marion died in 1921, and two other children died in infancy. Mrs. Scott
died on the 6th of December, 1905. On the 9th of November, 1910, Mr
Scott was married to Mrs. Adeline F. Nunn Stewart.
	Fraternally Mr. Scott is identified with the Masons, holding member-
ship in Saskatchewan Lodge, No.16, and also in the chapter, and he is
identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He belongs to
the Kiwanis Club, the Saskatoon Club and the Canadian Club. His re-
ligious faith is that of the Baptist church. He is a member of the local
Board of Trade and along strictly business lines is connected with the
Manufacturers Association, the Retail Merchants Association, and the
Wholesale Merchants Association.




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