Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-02
DAN|ELSEN PLOW
FACTORY OPENS
Institution for Manufacture Of
Implements Commences 0per-
atoms at Independence.
WELCOMED BY MAYOR OF CITY
win Give Employment to Several
Hundrcd--Hhtory of Enterprise
stock Owned by Utah Men.

Kansas City, Jan. 1.-The Danielson
Implement company, OF which the
Mormon Church OF Utah Is n large
stakeholder and the majority of whose
stock Is held by Mormons. opened It's
large new pillow factory ~ Independence,
Mo. today. The building is on ground
from which the Mormons were ousted
by armed force in the Mormon war, 10
years ago. The ceremonies included
an official address of welcome by j.
Allen Prewitt, the mayor of the town,
who is not N Mormon. The plant. when
in fun operation viii employ 300 to 400
men. 1t viii manufacture various aSri-
cultural implements as well as plows
The ground on which the Danielsen
factory stands, referred to in the ABOVE
dispatch, Is part Of the tract that was
set apart for townsite and temple
purposes by the Church of Jesus Christ
Of Latter-day Saints in 1881. little
more than two years after the land was
dedicated, the saints Were driven from
Jackson county by armed mobs, which
was the Mormon war" referred to In
the dispatch. After considerable liti-
cation between the Reorganites and
temple site was purchased by the
Church from the latter and later some
of the surrounding land was purchased
for the purpose of erecting large plow
mandatory. the opening of which Is
recorded above.
HISTORY OF PLANT.
Some idea of the extent of the in
dustry just launched at Independence
may he gained from briefly reviewing
some of the history of the concern.
on June 81. 1907, ground was broken
and dedicated at Independence, jack
son county. Mo-, for an agricultural
imalement factory to be erected by the
Danlelsen Pillow company, large cor
poration whose officers and stockhold-
ers are mostly Utah men,
The building, erected and equipped
with machinery in the short space Of
FIVE months, Is 260 feet long and 100
fee wide. and Is constructed Of STEEL
brick and glass, with cement :ioor Tx
perts have pronounced II one of tho
best, most modern and most convenient
factory structures In the United States
II stands on a tract of II acres. owned
by the company, between the main line
of the Missouri Pacific road from Kan
sas City to st. Louis. aud the Lexlns-
ton branch of that road
This concern manufactures a large
variety of agricultural implements, of
which Mr.. w. @. Danielsen. president
Of the company, and its principal pro-
moter, is the inventor and patentee. 1t
IL a mammoth development from Il
small beginning 2S years ago. Mi.
Danielsen began business In Mendon,
Utah. as the proprietor of n country
blacksmlti: shop, In which he built the
first Daniefsen plows,
de was then unable to speak tine
English language. being native of
! Denmark. He made many improve
ments in his pillow, which he patented
| from time to time, until 1t now has a
national reputation as the best pillow
| on the market.
For some years Mr.. Danielsen has
| owned factory In Logan, Utah, where
the plow bearing his name and other
implements invented by him, have been
manufactured. But for the last four
years this factory has been unable to
supply one-fourth of the demand made
upon It, and Mr.. Danielsen was obliged
to select an eastern point where raw
material would cost less than In Utah,
and where a factory would be nearer
the center of the agricultural regions
OF the United States, He therefore,
selected Independence, which is near
the geographical center OF the Ameri-
can Union.
THE DANIELSEN PLoW.
Something of the plow which this
concern will manufacture will be of in
terest, as its development and perfec-
ton was the direct cause of the cree
lion of such an enormous mandatory.
The demand for the pillow is not confined
TO the agricultural regions of the Unit
ed states, but many orders are re-
ceiVed from abroad. The pillow Is of
the disc design, and is carried on four
wheels. The two rear wheels work on
"a pivot, whereby each wheel carries
it's proportion of the weight. BY a lever
attached 10 the axle the two wheels
can be turned in either direction. The
two front wheels are controlled by the
draft link, whereby the pillow can be
turned to right or left without upset.
ting The four wheels mako the run
much more steady and always hold the
furrow. The one lever raises and low
ers the discs independent OF the frame.
Whatever depth of the blowing, the
frame is stationary, and each disc car
be set TO cut seven to ~ inches IN
width and any depth desired, which Is
an important point In breaking new
land. Each wheel is adjustable and
can be set To run I'm its proper line,
making the pillow run light and steady.