Show ntnnrmnrcnnnrminnnnuuuuuuinnnuinnnnuuuinnvnnuuinni 1 F rI I THE LIBERTY PARK MILL I L rulruruuln J Written for the New In Heplemlwr of last year n notice opt are1 In the Hall Lake Dally paper which rea1 an follow fly order of the Oily Council nf Step lemlier Nth lin III are hereby no Helled for the Old Mill building al Liberty 1nrk purchawr lo clear off and carry away nil of sold building and level ground In irkmanllke man nor 11101 recelved on or before Oct 1 To many the above 1 oinclal notice came ai the I lint Intimation that the hliloilcil eld landmark which hid stood all a monument of the Indus try and Irugglea of the tilonerr people of Utah since She early year of their advent Into the alley wa lu lulTer the lan ilnlltm of chllliitlon which through the voice of the City Council had condemned con-demned II M n blot upon the beauty of our public park OITi Lublic C fnor The building i wo one of the first utid flouring mllli erected In the alley and the I eecand one erected within the ITU enl confine of tile city It had Hood for nearly five decade a wltnei of the Vicissitudes and monument ctf the Pluck and Industry of Hie Utah MO neenand the new that this momenlo oIl IHIII ilrugglei and achievement wan to lie rulhleinly obliterated brought forth from thoeo whom Hot had been blended with the atru tin let of them day of which Ihe mill stood no n trlklnlf slid characterlittic monument vigorous protein against Iho tlnnece Very nacrlllce nf tile landmark Prom Iho early nettler who had Plodded 1 back and forth from Its door Atilt the grain hardly won from the ungracious foil from the aired archl feet volto had dralsinI and coonotructoxI the edillco from those who had been histloVeSeItin bar n and renre1 on the hlilorlc lite and from children 01 tho Planters ho desired to pave > that which stood an nn object lesson of the early IMf Oflhelr pnrenl troteit were at ono uttered prltoli > and publicly through the medium or tile Prove and by nrlllo I r solonal effort with 11 Iw 10 131tho progress nt Iwtnirllon which had been dccldeil upon toy tile City Council lllihop Trcderlck Keilir whoo voice hat bwi 1 but recently illlleil In doath wn the titillate tit the mill atilt ono of tile lait public effort mad by tile ngrd lonrcr I In behalf of the city ho 1 had helped to chat wa Hie following I flies lolrrd through the I > eret New nt tile time of the Inception of the motenunt for the mill I a preenatlon I tr I1DIi r1 lrl I built the I old louring mill that stands In I ll I > erty I Park for President nrlglinni lounB In ISM I I would l say beautIfy Its surroundings and make It attractive and thousands of people will take Plensuro In viewing one of the old landmark of the early d lull of 1tah I um state that the majority ot rober thinkIng people will olie my lentknent which li Space the old millrun mill-run the Chan fatntlynow reildlng In llountlfulwho llteil on the site Iw I foro the Prevent mil was erraled still whose rooflree It became unit afterward after-ward remained for many yrarvcame a representative In tile percent of n cTmghier whn had been born under the I old mill rafter and who wronall r rafTru dot 7rl in PclllKinid I fit mdoorn of the council In the cause of the historic oil honie Iud teadniplo > e of tile 1IotIlIIon who had worked on the mill ilJin and rum and nt the grill In days of in actlilty and imeruinei nine came forward with a Plea for lu Kcirrvatlon and Hie Miill nienl which actunteil It was doubtless olcoj by many tongue not heard In public utterance Th Niews 01 Ih Pioneers deserhod Dnll elldm1 1111 In the first lorall IIr1 Map taken for the mills proper vUltionft movement whoot rredll Ile tariffs In Mr Silencer CLiwton who up oil nullng the Proposed action of tile onto licit Immnllatly oonfrrre1 wllh niFinbrri of tho nimmlltee on public ground wllh I n Hew lo hating pro until iu III imllnki I stayed until n petition 1 for iparlng the structure could be brought b fore Hi council The riHiueit wn compiled wllh nnd Mr tlawion at one brought the mailer mai-ler before tile male Illlorloal society with She result that n petlllon wrw pre pand and nlgned by ILK member both Slid IV Ills 11 atilt m n bh 1 ollotung up Ship a llm Mr Mm I I lit hlll a pIIIIn rllIhHd Ihrth out till lit hilil Ias MKn 1 1 b I a larr number or pronnIA nl 11Inl vdiIng u vigorius Jot hI Suits of the old landmark Ann Hating a I list tiunbllng blixk u the tilt I tillIau f I Mr I t lav ion aorur d the loll it bills r > r inn mill roco > lrucllou and lubmlttod them to the council at the me time with the two petllloni The mailer was delayed throughout I the is titer bul wa brought before the city council early In June slid turned oar 10 t lie committee on Public ground who InitruciM the city Fri glue r Mr Prank II Raise to make up ftHrincAtloni I ai to thi < Creamery reconstruction Thli being completed the matter wool referred bark to the council wllh Hie rciult thai favorable acllvn wan taken and Inlructloni were lulled I lo the ontrulor A U l nillBwho at once comm nrlol I the j woik or r Ar ring the historic Nlince Th old LIty Park mill or llrle hm 1onnl mill an II Is I molt lanlI I lit I r culled I was built In lnliIllihop 1rederlik Keller being the architect r and Mr lUnard Latrnder John lIck sell and Charles Wtlckln the elclty walermailer tucceedlng one another as mllleri In the Institution The File was at first occupied by a lawmill belonging lo old rather Chase who afterward In connection with President lirlgham Young put up Ihe preeenl tincture which enjoys Idlp the dlMlnclliin I ot being the wonl Krlit mill I bull If1 within the proment city IImliolh1 al the month of City Creek canyon lielonglng lrel llrlg ham Young being the first In 1171 the site with other property urruundlng the mill wan purchaie1 from the llrlgham Young title for Uberly ark the mill at that time be ing Intact but not In not Since then II has stead Idle an object of Interest lo those who know lu history it curlon Ity to those who do not 1 and of prey to tile thiughtle depredillon of into chevloue urchin until I Ihe action of the City Coumll lilt I lenr called public at rlo too ihe I need ot In protection I and preservation In Inspecting the ravages that would he 10 Ise repoIrrill In the Inlll tile ltlvtlxatlnc committee found that siorkinn Actloc In acordance lilt pre1oux 1 Instructions had take off lite conhl loner that lurmounted thoirocsf and removed 6 Start I 01 the noble mid hot I lime had Played n Son I r t In the attempted demolition with Pun dry cnimtillngii and i art Inloell of whlih 11 li I purpoieil to I repair wllh its little sarrillmlo as possible of III ate llm lite etldence of age The Interior of Hie mill had suffered nt the handi of the aforeald predator urchin who hate deilro > ei or carried car-ried 1 off much of the machinery of the mllllhelr landallim houeter fortunately for-tunately nwrlng perforce i object of limit eminent value In the ihape of the old mlllitonei which wore still In oil dance and Intact Theist mlllitonea are Imbued with doubleIntereit from the fact that they were brought from franco by 1reol dent John Taylor In SAM And were cr1led In a wagon acroe ihe 1lolnt In find their use In the Islet orle nlll which und building during the licit year Tit work ot repairing le I now going n atilt hauler rehabilitation la I IKM I tile without dtryi nit the dlitlnclli appearance Anti character ul She 1lnoo will be occoi npllitied Ihe Square of tile retuntr lion at 1 Percent prouils Inl an early completion ot the work Hut one new feature will bo iwrmltteil In the reconiruiilonihat toting tile Placing of the datt > UU and the Ini tial II 1 under Slow northern 18 hiT hi-T llmie whole Intelligent and put rlollc effort hate iwured the Actions iilUhmonl of the Important project loo much credit nnot be given In the prneriallon of ho old mill the city atilt iHMpli ot Utah hale secured the Perpetuation o the monument Whole eight lnu1 verve to a Constant rem fail rr of Iho hrolm unceasing eftorl erpiliallon of n monument mhome nil made ponlbl the fruition which wit and Shoals of later days mint lot l hold In the Progress and ever bright tiling promise of hv State Ilulldo1 In the lay when famine branded In threats of the draert noil atilt visitation ot the drendeil crickets still Itioul blight i 11Olnl ai nil ppl ionic nf the pimple Industry and pluck Ihonlh rare 01 deprivation And tits 0uOIImnl1t In I only right that It houlol lan1 honrrrlh Ali n rotalrillor und Impnlh of herolim and Particle once 10 those of ui whoMloti are cast In easier datru Uor 0 picture li I drawn with touches 1101 In II Inlnl and Hi dnrk decay A Ih IIIlnlf l 9111a almidy told or tile Sits 01 another dy A nmanrs Ihuln in M n out wheel that i hlrlcd to Hie ulr rhynte nn n Its nol wa the um n of human I wral In the itrucctti of olden t Safe llllthl It I awung In the cheerful light Of the harvests golden told Jlutely u hung when HM locusts blight Hwept 01 er Hi waving field When the eon came wllh their Changed frought To the toll worn 4oner I The mill with lie Found 1 or III Hence w rout hi alit An echo of woe or rhr And II inda titer ootill with Its crumbling rran Where Ilse Mae and mildowp live And She Only 1101 that our hAs m etl In The laurel of sparing give |