Show The Beginning of or M Mak Ig T Piper Paper P in n Utah Ot t First Successful Run Finn Was on the tho Block Blo k Just Fifty Flit I Years ACa A lo Today Thomas Howard Ik atI Ninety Old and Halo null find Hourly Telfs T I l s How lIow loll Mo Ito Did Dill It for YOI the News r 1 I i l r tl I p e eo I o a a ao I I o y t 4 o oo I o I r a i C l y 0 I 0 4 r l a o 1 i n 1 r 1 1 t THOMAS HOWARD Who I Ago ABO o Toils Made limit HID I Pallor Vest 18 oT or rho Missouri lJ years ago ego today on the tho I m lib In n this city the lime first paper made rant e west invest of 01 the tho Missouri river was uns tot for to I the Iho Deseret News by Thomas Howard who timo still Ives M Od O years of age hale hille hearty and time tho ho pie pic picture ture robust t health n ti of Halt bait Lake fA 1 A rc ot or the Deseret De erot Now met Mf Mt this morning end Imd luul n a I most III Jat II lh him To ro tho the News Newl man nil ho told lolli the tho story of the thc first effort to tolIu make le j r r ami and qt of the failure that followed that trill trial und and of President it Youngs l e deter dere determination r to go on thu tho crl ments until should come COllie as its It did I received my lilY call sold said Mr Howard train from President Young who called out my name 1111 nano mo frum the stand In III Inthe Inthe the old bowery boory The rime task Ink Clint followed was n a 1 difficult one one troll from runt the time very con COli conditions cons that nt surrounded tho the pioneers of at Utah Hut glut we vent went to work nork 1 a a 11 anil wo we II u did what hat we wc C wel cic e set sel to todo do du With a manifestation of ot pride that shone from the tho ruddy countenance iff tr Mi At II fovad he continued Oh hurl tIny day 01 UI rapier ruthel tint that night 60 GO eats ago today to for 1 worked all nil night long The 1110 Thelast thelast last hours of ot the tho experiment Vuro lIre they the anxious indeed 1 they the were The we Wo 10 used u ell Ives as hi to part that lieli hind had bent been to Utah nor for tiie tIO of ut sugar HUgill and It had to lu be he adapted to 10 our needs And time tho main In well It win was about whatever we Wc could get el Among those who took a n lot IDiot of In Interest terent terest In lit thin thu th detail of ot the experiment besides President Young Voting You 11 1 Ware l lE William Will 11 11 Howard nn Irl not n 1 of or ormine mine William Clayton John Johll Kelly Iol and I 1 think nil of ot these theme stood mid and saw uw time the t that had been hren tinned d out At least they th y saw It In III Home eeme of ot time the he last stages singes of ot manufacture For Iere or 10 hours Ino during the tho t night before we got Rot ie results ulta I 1 had work worked ed mud watched watch ell over time tho and making the tho pulp 11 U 11 Those men all nil In at lit Intervals und watched the work with marked Interest Everyone I 1 of ot them was IlaA as us proud of oC the pro product duct when It came out oft us as thought though It II had been heel of ot the finest quality LONG IONO LINE UNI or OI PAPER MI Mr Howard comes cOllies from n II family of ot paper many ot oC hit hili are 11 now II W engaged In III Its Itu n or nr nix Ix nephews being thus limits enl cm em lit at t the prudent present ulna time In iii different of ot the United Slates Uati while are lire still working nt lit IN time business bUlIe ll In lit theold the tho theold old ohl world Ihl meet 1001 of Mi loll story I tot deolin t wit It a 1 that Ihl mil m IS v ire err rr J h t Ih I 0 of ot ofal ei al t r t Itt Sty I y t loN n n mn to Al cm an l 1 n us no far tint hack as nil I lave have any nn knowledge lid Ot of were all nil In some souk Ilm WilY ny with time the of or paper Ho 80 It I scans only natural as us I pope bom urn In hl the old mild country nand reared under old mild country that I should follow In lit their footsteps flow Ilow er when 1 s et I 1 loft left tilt the homo home of ot ill um an nil ancestor the cast my m lot with the Plo Pio Pioneers n era of or the far fa western put part of oC tho the now world I not only expected to tn leave behind me lime the graves of ot lilY my forefathers ers era but Ilso to 10 give ghee up the time milt which hind been practised cd by h tho thu family for generations gents Events however honeter will show that although I was Inns placing 1000 miles lilies between my ehll en homo In tho mho wilderness of or western America and the tho internal In heat yet jet et I Iwas was nut not entirely able nulo CIst oft off the mantle of my amy fathers father IN I SIT SALT LUCIs IAIn I d on un a n sailing vessel nt at Liverpool March 4 I 1851 1881 cud oUI after n a no voyage o of ot een cn weeks alecks aul three days loaded landed nt ut N V There I 1 took bout boot for tor Or Council C muffs which place was reached l In III thren Than be he began bee gan time the tedious journey the tho plains with ox teens teams tOil Wo WI reached the till alloy Milley 1111 of ot the 1111 Suit Salt Lake Lucke Oct Del 1 I 1851 1861 18 I MAKING AkING IN UTAH During the next month November the th III Ii t attempt to In build a 1 paper mill mild millaH wits aH made This fills project woe was mantle made on nn Mill MITI Creek six miles south of oC Snit Salt Lake City Young there seas wai n a Pape In III the tho coun commit country try Irr requested mo mini to confer 1011 for with Sid Hid t l 1 hey ncy Ill In locating u II null mill Mr tk had lull Imil In ht build building I Him saw v rills mills mind and hind had told lohl Mr Voting Youn tin that t ho could build a n 1 paper mill The scheme however advanced no further than hunt the mill m tare e and pit for foe to tho the water waterwheel waterwheel wheel wh el nH Ot Mr 11 had neither tho the par nor the till skill for tor forthe forthe the So Ho o thin this first abortive nt ot ate tempt Will was MI In 1852 1862 U It may be he observed that lint Brigham 0 II II I na as early earl as I 1850 1560 advised 1 time Ihn people to Io their rings on os they ld he be soon needed 1 In lit tho limn milking making of paper I hut but tho limo people at Il that time had scarce scarcely ly h rigs II s enough h to rover cove their bodies bodles so that dart this attempt II II pi to collect material immaterial mot met with little success nH OH will be ue seen see II later III Iti the your year following 1863 I hind had nn an Interview with II I III Young In hi re regard reo gard to 10 using lulng the which had hall peon to Still Salt 1 l eke ike Ie for far time the pure pur pose of ot establishing n II beet sugar fac factory ac tory tort tOI bit bul hunt had tint not yon ct ot been put put to use useIn To In 11 me the most valuable parts of this were the hydraulic presses aid the 1111 beet grinder Consort Consent was wal to myself and Thomas to III Hi use what we could of at hit Inn ma and 1111 the water power then used by the shops on nn Temple block for forthe forthe the lure ot of paper 0 r Mi Mr Houle sad Mini I went t to In work std converted the tho beet heel grinder Into n 1 r rag R engine of 80 pound Ity ItY IW II HANI After masking making other III In and addition to 10 thu ilia machinery vo we 0 commenced to l lhand b by hand hag June 47 7 7 I Sri On n that tiny day we II so NO f far r n nt as I 1 leave iota bun able to l len learn Ill the Ihl first paper r fractured d west went of ot th the lI river It Itens wn ens bj by b hand Iud and was IBs dried J amid In III time the sun SUII Wo made news newspaper paper on Oil which th Ih the Deseret News was printed wrapping paper for far the tho stores boards hoards for tor paper buxom and what hlll stern wern I erB mot most mo t in III demand boards for Cor women s sun Hun bonnets bonnel TO OFT CI FT There Thero was wn nt tit that time great cult h Ili III ining raw material Al Ad Although 0 though people had hlll hun twee h en publicly ad all advised four years before to save their rags for tor paper I found nn on hand when we wc were ready rend to begin operations only about 10 UI pounds nt ot material This lUll I nl of short hart clippings from the tho ends of ot carpet rags raga We 0 con tinned ed however na nn best we WI could for tor six nix month months when then I hen time the sugar nr factory II hll h WIll was being baing built about three tittles miles from front Halt Smell City iti It demanded Its 1111 machinery According to 10 our pic pres prest t I bus loux u tree 1111 e were lIero obliged to In give 1110 up tip the tha hydraulic presses rs ell rte Ill and thus ended paper papa ranking making 1111 kIll I by b hand bund in Itt 1 l t tah luh ih Of Ot vomit com no so the th paH r wu tau pro 1111 lured under such was sit rily of Inferior qua One gentle gentleman ruin man that time the Deseret Dellert looked us mis It were 1110 on Oil Another noth that lie he did tat not 10 11 how ho It looked 1110 kIll an aft l ng as ashi hi h IM a able uble ble to 10 teal rend It thin Ihl In iii bilof batet ID Is I I tho lie hn history ot of paper hum making ing by hy hand hued handon huedon on Temple block In III Halt Hult Luke Ike City v y or II In the Ih year ear ISO ISOO Young In connection with wIlh tiles purchased u mm ad Inch cylinder In III Phila Philadelphia I delphia This 1110 chi III with wish thu time anger lII spry fixtures WIH I hauled by h ox ux teams tennis the river to Holt Halt Lake LakeIn In January Hill Hili Young sent fent for Cor me ate to convert t tho the sugar factory a II building reel feet Into too a 1 paper trill mill the till spring ot of 1861 with time the ns na of ot V 1 Derrick Durrick this title mina 1 n os put In III place Much of the wood woodwork work and fixtures hi in Snit Salt Lake Finally all nil wan tuns In III und and on oo July M 24 1801 1601 I Imalle malle till the I ape r 1 by 11 machine now HOW IT 11 WAS VAS DONK DONi I had at nt this than limn two rag rog engines wh eni h capable of ot taking I O pounds of or rags and timid this rag pulp we thickened II n I with p palter i Vu VII tit nl that time limp conri coall e pallor a n Ilia honk hook and writing paper palter a n 1 few tell tinted envelopes timid n II few tel boards We e 1 hind had hIno no nn Hinton al nr em M for fill bleaching or 01 t I 1 managed to tu produce nn tut iii n nil il ii III Iff rent blench by h using MY sizing tom for the he batch hat ll of writing pa paper Paper 10 per I 1 with whim n little io ln which I wits fortunate to 10 get ret hold told of My en ett envelopes elopes wore mere tinted with copper andas and AH nH a n mordant I J 1 obtained a n wagon load land landof of If erode crude alum from remit time the th part of at U It could not properly be hc called calell alum It wa was rather dirt strongly Impregnated with the alum salt It served nerved 11 my limy III however very er well ONE ma 1110 H MILL MUI This mull mill continued with Indifferent success until the thu year j T when time the machinery u r wita lOM moved mo Ir I to lO the tho new lIew Iran Ito 11 null mill ym which had hlll br been en built nt tit till the mouth of oC the ll canyon 13 miles autos tom Crom Halt Luke Larks City Cly The mill moved n 1 owing to of ot water waterpower power pomer at lit the old ohl Me site In Um 11 addition to the old ohl machinery a 1 stew new CO tacit Inch machine MX six Ix rag ing engines ell each cant 1 with a n 1 1 tor for 1000 pounds i s of ot u rags n a rotary boiler holier together to with nil all nf or the thc recent Improvements pu placed c d 1 In III h t till the w mill n at nt the tho new Bite e This s new Ul multi mill was Iwas well constructed l It Jt had hada a II of oC five tive tons ton of paper hours hour lly II h that time iliac tow had plentiful IUn tI OH on 1 A we I f d at ol the told aril tse tutu wan ass lack of m IV u f ii here was barely burely suI rn lo in run the tho machine two tto due duyn In III the tha week We Ve depended upon rill cot coton en t ton tOil on rt gunny Hacks amid waste A small entail of woolens w used In the tho wrapping paper IP I while the hulk bulk hull of oC the woolen rags rR 1 wax was WOI used in ht II making docks for b beds dc The rime mill can tUI ed t tm tinned m In to II operation until April 1 I 1893 ispa when whon It wile WAS destroyed hy by h bythe the Hie No paper Is III g In hi Utah today |