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Show REFLEX JOURNAL BULLETIN LEADER, OCTOBER 28. 1982 Iii History Regency Aida W. Whitesides Could Make Great Molasses iKINfcIA GAIIILKIM the sharpened edge of the sticks. 1 his knocked the corn-hk- e leaves from the stocks. This process was repeated through the entire cane patch. 1 iuic three year olj Rulon hiiexuJes, a graJun of W. lum W, tt hitexules wax telling shun his grandpa once. He wid, "One thing my grandpa W NEXT THE harvester took a ean do well is make good ll.dasoes," very sharp hoe and cut the cane stocks off at ground level. The stocks were lined up in two row patterns with the tassel ends trom one row facing the tassel ends from the adjacent row. Bundles of the cane were tossed onloa wagon very tightly so they would not fall olf cn route to the molasses mill. Wil l KM W. Whitesides, a tolercnt, kind grandpa, father, tnend and neighbor, could among many other things really excel in molasses making, He took pride in producing good molasses, a skill he had teamed from his father. Lewis VI hitcsidcs. a pioneer of 1852, Lewis Whitesides con- BEFORE THE cane stocks were piled near the mill for molasses extraction, the tassels of seeds were removed. The best seeds were bundled and hung up in the bam rafters to dry. These were used for seed the next year. Poorer quality seeds were fed to animals. Pigs and cattle got as much nourishment from the cane tassels as they did from com and grains. structed a mill for the manufacture of molasses on the south side of Holmes Creek opposite his house as house. Ilk SOLI) molasses to Layton and Kaysville resi-- , dents and at the Salt Lake market places. 'I he gallon price was based on the pnee of a bti'.bcl of wheat. l ew i Whitesides operated his mill for about 30 years. WILFORD Whitesides remembers his father saying that a good cane field would yield as much cattle feed as a field of barley. Cane was piled near the molasses mill on poles laid on the ground. This was done so air could circulate underneath the cane and keep it from freezing. Each load of cane was separated from other loads by a pole railing. ILI UM W. Whitesides used a mill similar in style and concept to the one operated by his lather. I Its mill was located hack in his field some distance south of Wilford Whitesides home (672 E. Gentile. l.aytonl. I here was a road that w ent to the mill straight in from Gentile. It turned and went near the home of Ed White-sideLater he moved the mill into his yard, Just south of 714 W . . : s. L. Kim. CANE WENT sour if it froze the field before it was harvested or if it froze on the ground while waiting to be processed through the mill. The piles of cane were covered to protect them from frost and wetness. It was not unusual to be extracting molasses long af- he molasses mill started or operating in in st early September and con- tinued working until late in the fall season or early winter on the weather and the amount of sorghum raised during the year. ter snow covered the ground SORGHUM or sugar cane is ;the field crop used to produce because these precautions were taken to prevent the cane from freezing. The cane was piled in sections according to the owners. Each field of cane produced a different quality molasses. A fanner who raised cane would be very upset if his molasses. The small round black or dark brown seeds are planted in rows and hills like com. The cane plants grow tall and have the appearance of corn except there are no ears. ! The cane had to be harvested when the tassels containing the seeds were mature but before the cane stocks were dry. The green cane had the molasses juices stored in them. top-quali- product was mixed with a batch of poorer quality cane. MR. W HITESIDES worked his mill on shares. He received one gallon of molasses for every three he produced. Two-thirof the finished product went to the farmer who produced the cane. A good acre of sugar cane would produce about 163 gallons of molasses. ds HARVESTING was done by walking up and down the cane Vows with a 1x4 stick about 2'2 or 3 feet in length in each hand. :The sticks had a handle whittled at one end. An edge of the one dollar to 52 25 a gallon. The two mam pan tf the molasses mill were the extractor and the cooker or evaporator. THE EXTRACTOR Mr. W'hitesides used was a system of heavy, large metal gears manufactured by Blymyer, Norton and Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The cane to be sent through the extractor was piled near the gear system. A man fed the stinks a handful at a time into the top of a shoot that was located on the side of the mill. Tins same person was responsible for removing the "Bugas-s- a (gassic) or processed cane from the other side of the rollers. THE BAGASSA was very dry. It could not be used for animal feed. Farmers would haul it away to be used to cover hay and straw stacks. Sometimes it covered potato pits. Mr. Whitesides used the Bagassa to pave the trail the horses made as they walked in a circle, turning the large mill rollers. The horses were hitched to the three iron mill rollers by a long pole or sweep. The top part of this pole that was attached to the mill rollers had to be curved. Mr. W'hitesides would walk along the local creek banks searching for a pole that had a curved top suitable for a sweep. One pole could last many seasons. MR. WHITESIDES used a team of horses to turn his mill. The team was changed for fresh horses every two hours. The horses were very gentle. They seemed to enjoy their work. Frequently young children would ride on the broad backs of the work animals as they walked in their endless circular path. ONE DAY tiny Lucy W'hitesides was walking towards the person who was feeding cane into the mill. She fell down right in front of the working team. The gentle animals stepped over Lucy, leaving her uninjured. The sweet cane juice, and liquid, was extracted from the cane through the rollers. It ran out of a spout at one end of the mill into an oak half barrel. Cheese cloth in this barrel strained debris from the liquid. FROM THE barrel it ran through a gravity-fe- d pipe to the cooking or evaporating (board was sharpened. The vat. This vat or cooker was abman doing the harvesting first DURING THE period of out twelve to fifteen feet long (walked between two rows of time Mr. Whitesides operated by four feet wide. It was made icane striking the leaves with his mill, molasses sold from of galvanized metal with compartments to be opened and closed as the cooking of the progressed. These comjuice REPORT OF CONDITION OF had homemade partments Consolidating domestic subsidiaries of the wooden gates that slid opened "SECOND NATIONAL BANK OF LAYTON : and closed to allow the liquid 1962. published in f in the state of Utah, at the close of business on September 30, to be moved along. under title 12. United Stales Code. sponse to call made by Comptroller of the Currency, The cooker set on a Section 161. burner. The coal-fe- d National Bank Region Number Twelfth Charter Number 16225 fire at the front in a fire box ASSETS : provided a very warm temper re-- home-fashion- DOLLARS ! 1 ' 5 t 2 ; ; 2 - ! 2 v AMOUNT IN THOUSANDS Cash and due from depository institutions U. S. Treasury securities Obligations of other II. S. Government agencies and corporations Obligations of Slates and political subdivisions All other securities Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell a. Loans, Total b. Less: Allowance for possible loan losses c. Loans. Net Lease financing receivables g Bank premises, furniture and fixtures, and other assets representing bank premises Real estate owned other than bank premises All Other assets TOTAL ASSETS ature at one end. T he smuke and tome lire traveled along i slot to the far end of the cooker w here it went up a 20 foot high smoke vtack. T he fire had tube hot tended with exactncss-io- o of a fire would scorch the li quid. If the fire was not hot enough, the molasses wuuld never cook. Many people added a small amount of baking soda to the COoking candy. IHF DEMAND for MR. W HITFSIDFS used ho special skills in determining the temperature of the cooker He had no gauges, thermometer or scientific figuring. His knowledge came from experience. patience and long Hatch To Address Layton Chamber Sen. Orrin Hatch, a nationally-known senator currently ending his first term of office, will address members of ihc Layton Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 4 at the Cham- practice. The cane liquid entered the evaporator cooker in a stream about the sic of a finger. B the lime the cooking and evaporation process was completed hours later, the volume of liquid was reduced to a stream the sie of a drinking straw. THE STEAM ing the cooking unwanted flies sects away from molas-se- t diminished as the supply of refined beet sugar increased. Soon, it wasnt practical to continue operating the molasses mill that had served people from Souih Davis Coumy to bers monthly noon luncheon at Oakridge Country Club. THE SPEECH will come two days after the Nov. 2 general election. Sen. Hatch is given off durprocess kept and other inthe molasses. facing a challenge from Demo- cratic opponent. Salt Lake Mayor Ted Wilson. Sen. Hatch has received national recognition as chairman of the Labor and Human Resources committee. He also Cheese cloth strainers removed unwanted debris. At night the cooker was covered with large sheets of un- bleached muslin. Mr. Whitesides tended to his molasses mill and cooker until well past from dark. Unfinished molasses could not be left in the mill or the setting vat or it would sour. Mr. Whitesides had to stay with the molasses-makinprocess until all the liquid was well into the cooking stage. serves on the Judiciary Committee. the Small Business and lent Reg. SIS 30 $12 Flamingo Aida 12x18" reg. S2.49 yd $209 in all White and Ecru only frrttt) stiff District 21 Cliff LcFcvrc a tucked the drunk driving problem by law. pushing successfully for an alcoholism treatment He and other members of the Constitutional Revision Gimmission did something about the property taxes on your home. Thcv gave you the opportunity for tax relief by voting for Proposition 1. Cliff works for tax equity by pressing for a severance tax. LcFcvrc works to keep the high costs of Medical care and hospital care down through his efforts on the Utah I IcaJth Cost Containment Foundation. He votes consistently for a strong public school FAST, REASONABLE BRIMLEY REPAIR system to serve our kids. Cliff listens to you and acts on your concerns. SERVICE 546-313- a White 00 For Senator Appliances Swamp Coolers Phone 14 18 rt. CLIFF LeFEVRE TV HE TRUSTED very few people with working on the cooker. The only time he left his post was for dinner or occasionally to attend a funeral. Yardage ct White and Ecru 18 Six Quick Reasons Why You Should Vote For SERVICE g ll.ct.Hvt, Committee and the Budget and Agriculture committees. REPAIR day-brea- k PjKltnQiff LcFcvre 4 Even during these brief periods away from the cooker, someone responsible was assigned to watch the cooking vats carefully. Children walking home from school would stop by the molasses mill to get their lunch pails filled with "skimmings. 4-4- - 4-4- - THE BEST QUALIFIED 4- 4-- AND TRAINED CANDIDATE 4-- sweetened pumpkin pies, baked beans and molasses MR. WHITESIDES was a champion candy puller. He could really whip the pulled molasses taffy around, one of his children recalls. Molasses candy was sometimes made with fresh cream. ELECT 4- - MOST FARM families used molasses in great quantities. It cakes. Mr. Wilford W'hitesides and Mrs. Alice Whitesides Johnson, two of William W. White-side- s children, say they used molasses in abundance'."'!! was always on our table. Biscuits were twice as good when we could fill our plates with the molasses then dip it up with hot baking powder biscuits or good warm homemade bread. Molasses candy was a very favorite treat. Similar to taffy, we would cook the molasses until it was thick enough to pull. All our friends loved to share this experience. FOR UTAH STATE SCHOOL BOARD 4- - 44- 4- 4-4-4-4- - 4-4-4-4-4- - 4- - 4 4- 4- 4- - 4- 44- 4- - 4- - 4- 4- - 4-- EDUCATION 4- - 3263 South 350 West Bountiful, Utah 4-44- EMPLOYMENT 4- - 4-- Consulting Engineer and Construction Manager 4-- STATE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE 4- - Chairman House Public Education Committee Majority Leader Eight years Utah State Legislature Chairman House Appropriations Committee STATEWIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION SERVICE -- Twice selected by the Davis County Board of Education to Sene - 1982 Political ad paid by Erma Redd - Has worked in Utah Banking. Active in Church and Community Affairs Vice President of the Association of Retarded Citizens for Davis County. Honorary Chairman of The Northern Utah Chapter of the March of Dimes. Member of Utah Council of Small Business. A member of Clinton City Planning Commissoin. Has own Retail and Wholesale Business. of a million annually. h Handles Past member of Clinton City Fire Dept. 359,000 None 26,000 4,309,000 Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and ; 940,000 corporations : Time and savings deposits of individuals, partnerships, and 2 2,174 corporations 2 : None Deposits of United States Government and subdivisions in of the States political ; Deposits United States 2 523,000 2 All other deposits 1,000 2 Certified and officers' check 85,000 Total 3,723,000 Deposits ; a. Total demand deposits 1.186,000 , b. Total lime and savings deposits 2 2,537,000 2 Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to 2 None repurchase Interest-bearin- g demand notes issued to the U. S. Treasury and other liabilites for borrowed money None ; 2 Mortgage Indebtedness None 2 All other liabilities 5,000 2 TOTAL LIABILITIES 3,728,000 Subordinated notes and debentures None one-fourt- j LET QUALITY QUALIFY THE MAN EQUITY CAPITAL 2 2 2 None (par value) Preferred stock a. No. shares outstanding Common stock a. No. shares authorized b. No. shares outstanding Surplus Undivided None 10,000 10,000 (par value) 100,000 170,000 , profits Reserve for contingencies and other capital reserves j7 TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL ; TOTAL LIABILITIES AND 311,000 581,000 4,309,000 EQUITY CAPITAL A ? MEMORANDA outstanding as of report date: Standby letters of credit, total ; Time certificates of deposit in denominations of $100,000 of more ; t Other time deposits in amounts of $100,000 or more t Average for 30 calendar days ending with report date: 22 Total deposits 5 Amounts 32,000 350,000 None ..3,876,000 bank, do WEATHERS, Vice President, of the above-name- d 2:,solemnly SWEAR that this report of condition is true and correct, to the - best of my knowledge and belief. Correct Attest: 2 DOROTHY WEATHERS :,), DOROTHY - October 21, 1982 t: We, the undersigned directors attest the correctness of this statement j sources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, C 2'the best of our knowledge and belief is true and correct. :2. JOHN S. MORGAN 5. RALPH W. FIRTH E. HARRIS ADAMS Z Directors of re and to We would appreciate your VOTE for mm ihiaiot for Davis County Treasurer There are many critical issues facing the state of Utah today. We need strong leaders in our counties who are willing to face the challenges of the future. Dave Hansen is experienced in the business world and has demonstrated great integrity in his involvement with the public. He will be a tremendous asset to Davis County. I urge your support for him on Novembr 2nd. Scott Matheson, Governor Ad paid for by Davfd 4- 4- 4- - 4-4- 4- 4- - 4- 4- - 719,000 None 145.000 2,919,000 29,000 2,890,000 None 4- 4- 4- - -- - None 162,000 .000 4-- 4-- as a: Member Utah State School Board -- - 1976 Member Utah State School Board -- Selected by the State Board of Education to serve as: Chairman of the Utah Systemwide Education Planning Commission - 1979-198- 1 Published Goals of Education For the 1980s Selected by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to Represent Utah on the Education Commission of the States 1972-197- 3 4-4- 4-- RESIDENCE Chemical Engineering University of Utah LIABILITIES 1 Souih Weber for many years, Mis. Johnson says today's molasses just isnt as ginij as the anther Colored liquid her father made. 1 do wish that once more I could find molasses as good as Fas and I could tasie once more the still warm sorghum that was made fresh the very day of the lasting." $159 12x18" reg 2,00 Hansetv |