The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-07
Royal Milling Company Owns
the Flour Mills
THE PRICE WAS $4,000.
Mr.. Peplow Will Remain as Manager 70
the Present-The Reason Given
for the Purchase.

Papers were executed and placed en-
lille IN the Office of the county clerk
and recorder of Flathead county yes
terday, transferring the G. A. Peplow
4 Co.. and the K. l. G. Touring mill
of kalispell to the Royal Milling in
terests, says the Great Falls Tribune.
The consideration named IS 100000.
The deal places the Royal mill inter-
ests in possession of all the Touring
mills in northwestern Montana and is
one of the largest industrial deals that
has taken place for some time, in this
section of the country.
William M. Atkinson, general man
ager of the Royal Milling company
of Great Falls, and Attorney Sam Ste
phenson returned yesterday from
Kalispell, where they have been for
the past week negotiating ,ne deal.
Today the mills at kalispell pass TO
the new owners and from this on they
will be operated by the purchasers.
For the present, c. A. Peplow will act
as manager of the new northwestern
plants, but it is thought he will have
other business to attend to and that
a manager will be sent from Great
Falls. Just who it will be has not yet
been determined upon
Ever since the establishment of the
Royal Milling company in Great Falls
it has been doing business in Flathead
county through it's kalispell elevators.
However not having any place to
grind wheat, it was compelled TO ship
Whatever it was able to secure in the
Flathead valley to the Great Falls
mill. Now this will not be necessary,
as it will all be ground in Kalispell.
The change in the policy of the
company will not affect Great Falls.
for the reason that all the wheat that
can be secured here will be taken care
of at this point and there is an
abundance to keep the local mill run
ming and more should it be increased.
For many years past the company
has enjoyed the large trade all along
the line of the Great Northern. To
care for this the Flathead wheat has
to be shipped here and then the man.
ufactured product returned to the To-
cal trade of that section. The same
was the condition of the company's
coast trade. BY the ownership of
the kalispell mills large amount of
freight will be saved, besides much
convenience gained.
The capacity of the Royal Milling
company is greatly increased by the
new deal and the Kidding of the nor
thern part of the state of the mills
purchased, as competitors, places the
company in position where it will
be able to get a larger amount of
wheat should it be the intention to in
crease the capacity of the different
plants or any of them, at any time.
In the same connection it is stated
that the prospects in the Flathead
this year are that there will be a
wheat yield OF 100000 bushels, which
is the best that mas ever been had.
In all parts of the country there is
prosperity. The valley is but a short
distance from the vast wheat fields
of eastern Washing,o n. where the
crops every year are of good aver
does not produce all the wheat need
ed at the new plants, there is an abun-
dance of it to be had just across the
state line.
Attorney Sam Stephenson. in speak
ing of the crop outlook of the valley
yesterday. in an interview said:
During my trip l was over good
portion of the Flathead valley and
everywhere there is prosperity. The
wheat yield will be in the neighbor-
hood of 100000 bushels. Crops of
every kind are in good condition and
the growers are cOrrespondingly hap
py.
There will be an immense fruit
yield there this year. Apples, plums
and all other kinds of fruit are ripe.
There has been a good settlement
in that section of the state during
the past year. However. there is still
large amount of land to be had and
The settlers are looking forward to
many homeseekers coming this ia.
and next spring and engaging in the
fruit business.
"Kalispell is booming. There are a
great many new buildings being put
up and people are flocking there from
every direction. There are a great
many of the old Great Falls people in
Kaiispell. Many of them l had lost
track of and they are doing well in
that CITY,"