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Show SOUTH JORDAN MILL BURNED." Plant of South Jordan Milling Co. Completely Destroyed Saturday ' Night, With Loss of $17,600. The plant of the Bouth Jordan Milling company, two miles south and n mile west of Sand, was lotnlly deitrojed hj fire Saturday night, mulling an estimated esti-mated loss of llT.fiilO The mill contained from Cxi to Wi bushels nf wheat and about V. 0.XI pounds of flour. Nothing was sived The Insurance Is In tho Home Investm. nl compnny and Is between J.1O1X) an.l .W lhr.e men were working In the mill Hnluntav nlghl when the tire broke out The night miller. William Shepj Ick was on Ihe Ural Poor and his two assistants on the second About 1(1 a hurst nt Itiime came from the hi. It nf th. grinding grind-ing room where Mr Shlpplik wus nt work lie nn.l Ihe other men had birely Illue 10 mripv from Ihe building which burned with great rapidity riuro wero no means nt hand of lighting the tiro and Its spread was so rapid tint It Is doubtful It the mill could hnvo bun a-iv . .1 1 even with the best nppllinces. Within lliree hours It wus In lishea The plint nn opernli.l bj water power, there was nn tiro In the building und there was no lamp where the blaze started so the theory of spontaneous combustion, n common thtng In grist mills, Is gen e rally accepted The mill was erected about five jears ago at v cost r,f 31i1 (SW It was four storlos In height nnd nnd n capacity of seventv. live barrels per dn. The principal slock holders In ihe company are II. M Holt and W W Ilrekstend The latter, who runs n grocery on South State street, ell I not learn of his loss until 3 o'clock jis. tcrdnv afternoon He will 1,0 to South I Jordan today to glein further particulars 1 He statel last night that the mill would 1 probably be rebuilt at once. 1 The conflagration came at a partleular- Ilv Inopioitune time ns this Is Ihe season of the ear when the formers bring In their grists to be ground nnd the mill usually runs night und day until Christ mis. |