Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-30
BEST IN THE STATE
The Valley City Mills Again In
Full Operation.
FAMOUS LILY WHITE FLOUR
a Compists Equspnsnt Of New Ma.
ehinsry ksesnry Placed N the hiilA
bFisf hsation 81 improvements.

The yallsy City FIGURING mill Is now
IN fuli operation. using the Dew nsschifl-
cry whlch wks erected thls summer.
work beng completed Ia time 10 b-gin
with this years fee wheat crop. Frt
people realize the sarge auount % busi
Gees done By the Valley City hillieg
Company. simply because tie geatl--
men composing il believe in constant
attention 10 duty. allowing some ore
els- 90 praise its volume OF business aad
speak "a glowing terms OF lie prospects
Cnss.uming and unpfetentious their
full roller foufing mill. gF.rds steadily
day and right anH thc auount of pro-
dncts turned ont each year. II stated
would be q such huge Dimensions That
he sum would 6e oDfe than surprising.
For some nontn past thorough and
comrlets chaEge has been taking place
within tie iaterior OK the mill. each floor
has received its share III attention aud
a. result. she old Valley City nill In
which they began business about 10
years ago. stands today as ono OF the
Elrst thoroughly complete az any 10
&c found In the state An entire new
equipment 81 machinery has been
erected, parts Of which have been 50
placed as 20 De convenient and labor
saving Visitors 10 TIE mill have many
surprises in store FOR them. and are sure
To praise the company for the compact
ne.s and convenience Of every arrange
ment of tbs machinery. noticeable
throughout the whole structure.
4 representative o. Tar HrKALD made
a tour through the mills recently and
FOR the benefit Of all brief mention ia
made OF the many and decided and note
worthy improvements o. the Valley City
FIGURING Mills. Hnt isst IL az sll ininr-
ested in fire mecbGnicni appearances. a
personal Welt 20 this new mill. where
you Will be right royalty welcomed. will
afford the visitor pleasure and profit.
Among the new machinery added are
twenty double scts OF elevators, thus
making forty elevators which run from
the fret floor 10 the top az the mill.
Heretofore the elevators werc scattered
here and there. many OF them starting
in the basement. Now they are con-
centrated IN line in the center OF the
building. Machinery operated in the
basement has been transferred 20 the
floors above, thus doing away with the
annoyances often caused by nigh water.
The mills new wheat cleaning machinery
with their perfect dust collectors and
the boiling system with its complete
and systematic arrangement are the
very best obtainable regardless OF ex-
pense. They also have full line OF the
Willford and Northway dustless puri-
fiers. and upon stepping into the mill
one is surprised to find instead OF clouds
OF dust. rooms that are as clcan as the
floors OF any manufacturing establish
ment.
Neither care nor expense has been
considered by the company in making
improvements. They have secured the
best machinery to be found, and as a
consequence better Touring mills than
those this article refers TO cannot be
found in the State. Mr.. VIM. n. Rowe,
manager, and Jessie Owen. their head
miller, superintendent the entire work Of
reconstruction, and TO chem much credit
is due for careful attention TO details
and the good judgment exercised in
planning and arranging for the best pos
sible results OF modern milling.
Ii Is superfiuous to 60 into details re-
garding the products OF the Valley City
milling company's mills Their brands
OF -four are too we'll known in western
Michigan to need an introduction. Suf-
fee it to say that with their newly
equipped mills. II possible, even better
qualities OF -four will be placed on. the
market In the future than in the past.
The Valley City milling company has
no less than nine brands and several
specialties. each Of which he popular and
widely known. Their best known win
ter wheat brands are Roller Champion.
Matches. Lily White. Snowflake. White
Loaf. Harvest Queen and Gold Medal.
Only the best grain is purchased and
the highest prices are paid for the cere-
ais. In fact everything is done 10 make
the fours from the Valley City Milling
Company just what everybody claims
they are-the best on the market.
Last winter their Model Mill was care
fully equipped for grinding Minnesota
and Dakota lard spring wheat. and
their brands. "Swcnsbsrg Best" .Cros-
by's Superior" Model Patent and Bakers
Delight. have given tho best OF salts
faction. and are fast gaining an enviable
reputation. The famous brand 81 Lily
Whits' has become household word.
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