The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-07
$4,000 IMPROVEMENT
Guthrie Milling Company
to be Made Largest in
The Southwest

By July 8. 1905. tso Guthrie Mullins
lsnnpanv oi which Ike t'nde .so0d is
president Fannie ST. Stone, vice presi-
! dent. and w. A. Hampnrey secretary
iroasurer win have made The necessary
improvements and chnugcs in iis mill
n this city to maks Ga the largest and
tlosi np TO cate plant in the southwest.
lear by year The company has been
building additions and making small
changes but this year $s5o0o has bcen
expended 1lic min is already the iars-
est in tbe territory ana It's trade bias been
extensive. Sow it Will reach out into
a,w fields qnd broaden It's scope or bus-
iucss n overf channel OF commerce.
THE buhding now occrpied by The mill
viii bc almost entirely gemodcled. It VIII
be enlarged ahG cons ructed more soldly
tiar before
Work Is now in progress in building
tho wnoie structure three stories high.
a. Is now only partially three stories.
iieslde, this there is 70 oe what Is known
as a Texas built on top ga sort of
otpola) nine feet nigh and fourteen feet
%, width the entire length Of the
tuildirg
/ AT present the huilaing IS 30 by So feet
/ in size Forty feet OF this Is three sto-
iies high and The other forty feet is two
stories as mentioned heretofore -he
entire % by so. feet sin be made three
stories. giving nearly double the floor
space OF the present building.
I The entire building VIII be covered and
sided with The bcst OF galvanized iron.
4 making Il practically FIRE proof as far
ts any danger from the exterior. Is COM
cemed.
The old engine. which Is one of the
largest in the country. win be taken out
and In its place VIII be put "a new COM
/ pound engine with a coudensing plant Of
1aC horse power. This alone has re-
quved an expenditure OF $500
With this new machinery. which is
modern and the best that is manufac-
( tured, the Cuthric Milling company win
have Increased iis capacity Immensely.
/ lt wiz be able t. turn out 900 bar
r,ls is a good run.
Ia connection With tho magnificent inn
provements on the main building OF tho
rlill an elevator thir,y-two feet square.
seyenty-hve Feet high. with capacity
D. 10000 bushels. VIII be built
With a complete rcmodeHng Of the
building and machinery the Guthrie Mill
ing company will Doe surpassed tn no
way by my other mill ia either Kansas,
Oklahoma or Texas.
During the past this mill has been SELL
ing its output to foreign countries as
well as at home. England. France. RUS
sin and Germany have purchased hour
from this company Now the manage
nient win be fixed so that they can meet
try ana all demands no matter how large
% many they may be.
'.he Wichita mills have been supplying
Lood deal of foreign trace owing to the
fact that other mills have not been able
10 compete with them II viii now be
seen that one Of the greatest mills with
one Of the greatest trades will be in
Guthrie.
che proprietors OF the min are plae-
ing a great amount Of money In Guthrie
ana base every hope Of the future upon
The success OF the capital here Invested
Goou business management has placed
them in the highest notch OF the busi-
ness world. las gained for them wide
reputation and win doubtless make then
mill the most widely anown plant in the
west
4 with business ability # Is necessary
tc have the strength and influence that
money win give. This Is not lacking with
this institution Along with this IL l.
necessary that q reputable business Dc
established ana maintained through pam
iCs as well as tnrouLh other fluctuations
Of the char geable marts OF the world
This has been and win continue 10 be
done
The people ut Guthrie and OF the en-
tire territory nave the souncest faith ana
confidence In the management OF the
Gu,hrie Milling company. They stand
behind them ana viii assist them in fur
thermg their worthy enterprise.