The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-08-29
North Star Wooden Mills, etc.
FRANKLIN, l. T.,
August p, 1888.


BGStorS Herald:
Here at Franklin, l. T., is located
a fine wooden mill, on beautiful
stream called Maple creek. Politely,
Mr.. Buckley, the active manager,
showed us through the building, its
appliances, machinery, etc. From
the first received wool we followed
its WanderiDgs from the bathtub tol
the finely finished blankets, jeans,
Iinseys, yarns, etc. On enquiring 1
found the northern excelsior isl
owned by the Franklin Coop. store,
whose management seem to be i'm
bued with the spirit, genius and
purp ,se of cooperation, the fosterer
of the excellent, the good, the needed
of heme production. l ascertained
that the cost of construction
of this truly excellent mill and its
present supply of machinery was
$4,000; its capacity of manufacture
each season is 10000 pounds.
1t will manufacture this season
mine months) 1000 pairs of a No.
Blankets, 60 pieces OF Jeans, 1901
pieces dress goods, 80 pieces white
linsey and 1000 pounds of yarn.
Speaking of yarn, which is the
Stars speciality, I saw Mr.. Parkln-
son, the real head and president Of
this and the Coop. store enterprise,
test the strength Of his yarn by tak~
ing fve-pound sbunch promiscu~
Ously, take a single thread, add
weights 215 pounds and thus by a
single thread lift the bunch from
the floor; a beautiful test of the pu-
rity and strength of the wool.
The same gentleman informed
me that their goods were in demand
beyond the present capacity OF the
mill. To the fostering care and
purchase by toe Ogden z. G. NJ. l.
of their goods they owe the favor
able aspect Of the healthy dividend
paying North Star, and were thus
enabled to keep up their pay roll to
eighteen hands. 1t is pleasing, in
this connection, to note that in no
sense has the Ogden z. c. NJ. l. for
gotten its creative object, namely,
to nurse, by judicious help, and
purchase from the struggling yet
needed enterprises, the homemade
goods, and thus exclude where pos
sible, the imported.
1t Is painful to be Informed thai
some of the Salt Lake county
wooden mills have closed their doors
because of a lack of appreciative
purchase OF their honest produc
tions, and to see on the shelves Of
many stores and in the sample bud
get of local drummers homemade
90 de not favorably presented.
We need enterprises of great pitt
and moment to give our time
wasting youth substantial employ
ment.
l must mention, before CLOSING
this hasty and imperfect sketch o
the WeGl-conducted North star mill
a select production of theirs, viz
white, all wool blankets, pure
honest, and they who WOO tn
drowsy god within it's ample fold
5 must bless Superintendent Parkin
/ son for so fine production.
Villas, beautiful homes dot tn
streets of Franklin, and as you win
in and about its hooks and corner
: of valleys and canyons you see tn
evidences of thrift and energy. o.
yonder, from my point of Observs
ton, stands Lewiston, fed and SUI
4 tanned by the now famous Thoms
Lewiston ditch, fifteen miles lOnt
leaving verdure on its wandering
AS 8 farther evidence Of perseve
ance under difficulties l may meI
ton the fact that about fifteen me
) from Christmas to the May follow
4 ing brought the " aters of Cub rive
, eleven miles to refresh themselv'
and some thirsty land they have c
= said ditch by a fume forty-nir
feet high and 100 feet long whic
comes across a deep ravine, seven {
eight heavy irrlgating stream
Fhlee such bitches as this last me-
toned Cub river and Middle ditto
a bless and beautify these arid plain
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