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Show ~-- ....... --.,.- ...... 19 mitt ®lb Neff <irblt 1iJllill concluded- or ahorts WIUIi wa .. ted. It was aU a.ed for bread and people were _ger even for the .weeph.... for' the Boora of the mill• .:.... '....' ; Mr. Neft charged a toll of one-tenth for grinding, and In one part of: the mUI there was a bin for .. toring his IIhare of the grain. I. 1848 when tire lUormon Plonee.ra were suffering _ _vere"', Heber C • . Kbaball made the •• tool.hIDg prophee)" tlrat ,,,lthID a ahort tbne "lItatell goods" woald be aold Oft tile atreeta of Great Salt Lake cheaper thaa iD New York or . BoatoD or 51. Loul ... Thl .. prophec)" wa .. reeehoed ,rith aatonl.hme.D!t b)" all aDd dlabeJie'f'ed b)" maD)". It wa., however. litera)))" fullllied. In 1849 gold lIeekerll beg_ to awB'I'ID ncro..a the plalo. to California. Great Salt Lake valle)" becaDle a half-way place aad trading POllt for thl .. overlaDd emigration. UPOD 'reaclrlDX the valle)", the emlgraDts aDde... ~O&d tire wlldemella and Ua hardahlps. The)" realised they must travel as Jlghtl)" all posalble with on·1 7 the bare ne_NIUea of life. So the)" .topped In Salt Lake "aUe7 to re ..t, repair their wago ..... and reerult their IItre.. gila for the hardellt part of the 101ll'Jle7 aerollll the Nevad. delle"" and the Skrra Nevada mountains. The)" were 'oDI)" too enger to trade their goods for wlt.at f.... the" collld get, a .. d repair- work b7 Mormon mechanic•• The II1ormoD8 were able to obtalD the bellt 'manufaetured goodll f . . - the ~lIt cheaper than the)" were lIold la New York. Indeed, when the emlgnaUf couldn't trade their supplies the7' woald gl.! e them awa)" to Uglrte. their wagon.. ,Jolra Neff, out of aU this. mlglat have hecome rich. The gold hunters were eager to get hi., Sour at anT prlee and offered him $100.00 a sack orl $1 pouDd tor It. It He retuaed to sell It to them at aD)" price when hlll owa people were atarvlns. He declined to IIpeculate In anY ·wa)". Whe.Qi he might have obtained aueb a price for It. be aold hi. Oour In ....n Job to the ..tanriDg .ettle.... for six ceDts aj -POUDeL To man7 "'ho could Dot pa)" anytbb»g. he · gave doup aDd prov..llon.. la 1864, Joba Neft remodeled his Bour milL He .put In a rock toundatlon for a Ib.semeat aad boarded up the top part of tbe .truC!tare with ..awed Il$Iher. Mr. Nell died la "Ia)" 1888. anll hi. two SOD". John aDd Franklin XeA' eoatlaoed to operate the milL 'Vben Franklin Neff died It passed Into po,,- ses,,'oa 01 hla son, SeTlllour. Ia 18&2 "Ir. Spafford bought ,vhat III no,. Oak.. wood. Be tore ·do,,", part of the mill and remodeled It Into a d .. n~'C hall. Some time' later It was elltirel7 deJlloUshe.l. -A.R.S. PATRONIZE THE ADVERTISERs-..THEY lIADE THIS PROGRAlI POSSmLE |
