Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-05-12
GRANTS PASS FLOUR
MILL TO BE ENLARGED
The Proprietor Expects to Have
Plant Grinding Wheat
by Sept. lst.

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another industry is to be added to the
already large list that gives the pay
roll that is one Of the leading factors
in the prosperity of Grants Pass, for
the flour mill is to have its capacity
enlarged and it will be operated so soon
as the new wheat Is in. This mill
was built two years ago by l. G. Moon
and N. O. Boynton, but just when
they had it completed, they became
financially involved and discontinued
work and locked up the building and
not wheel has been turned since,
The financial obligations were assumed
by H. A. Corliss, the well-knownImin-
ing man Of this city and now to pat
his investment ON paying basis, he
has decided to put in more money aud
put the mill in permanent operation.
He will employ frst-clsss miller
and will likely be grinding wheat by
the first of September or possibly
sooner.
No -four mill in Oregon has better
constructed building or better equip
ped with the latest machinery than
the Grants Pass mill. The mill
building is S6x40 feet, Of three stories,
with an addition 20x30 for the engine
and boiler house. Adjoining the mill
is a warehouse 30x70 feet that will
hold 30, 900 bushels Of wheat. Both
mill building and warehouse are set
on heavy concrete foundations and
each has framework that is extra
strong and which will prevent the
buildings ever getting rickety. The
equipment Of the engine room is 40
horsepower engine and 90 horse.
power boiler, both new and of the
best make. The equipment of the
milling department is complete in
every respect, embracing every ma
chine in an up-to.date mill from a
grain cleaner to an automatic sacker
for putting up the -four. IL is equip
ped with rolls Of 40 barrel capacity
per day Of 10 hours, but additional
rollers will be put in to increase the
capacity to 100 barrels per day. To
do this will require no additional
equipment in the other departments as
they have the capacity to do the work
required to get daily product of 100
barrels of -four. II may be that
electric power will be used instead of
steam, for Mr.. Corliss will investi.
gate the relative cost Of the two sys-
TENS and will use whichever is the
cheaper.
The operation OF this mill will be a
q eat benefit to Grants Pass and all
Josephine county, for ii will make
good home market for the wheat,
oats. barley and corn for the farmers,
and will make the feed problem less
Expensive to the teamsters, and the
grooers will not then be compelled to
carry such big stocks of -four as now,
for the high freights make 1t necessary
to order by car lots. While the wheat
crop for this year s certain to bo the
largest ever in Josephine county, yet
there will not be enough to meet the
requirements Of l00-barrel mill and
1t will be necessary to ship in large
quantity of wheat As the freight
rate is less on wheat than on flour aud
feed, an advantage for the local mill
will thus be had that will enable it
to successfully compete with outside
mills. The Ashland and Medford
mills are run almost continuously
each year on imported wheat, as little
grain raising Is carried on in Jackson
county. the farmers devoting most of
their land to fruit and alfalfa 1t is
the general opinion Of farmers that
grain raising will increase in this
county. There are number of
causes that make this fact certainty.
The area of titled land is rapidly in.
creasing each year, and as the bes,
farm lands in Josephine county lie at
a distance from the railroad the bot.
terment Of the roads, that is now be-
ing carried on by the county court,
will enable grain to be proftably
grown on land that is now only de.
voted to stock and hay. The rota.
tion Of crops that the farmers have
begun to practice, to their profit. is
also adding to the grain area of Jose
phine county. And another factor is
that the mining industry is giving EN-.
ployment to such large number Of
teams that the demand for feed is
very large, and is steadily increas ing,
thus making grain raising the more
profitable. With all these favorable
conditions, there is no reason why Il
grist mill in Grants Pass should not
be profitable investment to the
owners, as we'll as a big factor in the
city and countys prosperity.