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FIRST PUCE SHORT STORY POWER FOR FLOUK Lois Ivory Hansen 144S South 1700 Zast Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 The day was warm; in fact, for mid-September, it was hot. The land was dry. A good rain would be welcomed. Only the trees and bushes near the top of the beautiful Eastern Range of the Wasatch Plateau displayed the colors of red and gold and predicted that antiimn would come. The sparkling water of the mill race Hans stood. Here was housed the newly enlarged and reconstructed water wheel that turned the machinery of the Union Roller Mill of Fairview, Utah. Hans Peter Hansen, the miller, stood on the platform, and as his eyes gazed at the landscape he breathed the freshness of the air and drank in the beauty of the valley. This was his land-the land he loved, the land where he was born and where he would live and die. This mill land was especially cherished. Many years grain on this site.' John Walker believed anything was had adjusted the rollers, tightened the belts, lubricated the bearings, and repaired the roof. The mill race had to be dug deeper. A stronger flow was necessary to speed the operation and provide power to turn the machinery. shot water wheel provided the power. Hans remembered the many days he and John had worsted di^gnns ditches to deepen the trouch in order to supply enough water to fill the buckets that surrounded the wheel and forced it to turn. The amount of Ilour they could produce in a day was mini- zontal one that turned on a vertical shaft and produced 63 |
