The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-16

III GNtnFle ~ proud OF nothing else,
1t ought to be proud OF the fact that
Il Is the home OF Capital Flour" one
year ago Capital Flour" was n pro-
duct hardly known: today two-thirds
Of the homes In Guthrie will have
no other. One year ago single
merchant In Guthrie was handling
Capital Flour" and the export trade
wGs very small: today nearly every
merchant In Guthrie handle It. and
the great demand from southeast
Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas far
exceeds the supply Now. rs @. w.
Post always ends up his arguments
There Is q reason" for all this
changed condition OF Things.
The Guthrie Milling company Is an
old institution in Guthrie. having Deen
built a number OF years ago. Two
years ago Il was entirely rebuilt, and
one year ago last August Il vas pur.
chased by its present owners The
company is Incorporated with capital
stock of 100000. and the mill has
capacity OF 500 barrels Of flour per
day Mr. F. A. Wheeler is president
OF the company NJ. J. w. Wheeler
Is vice president and Mr. r. o. Yates
Is secretary and treasurer Mr. +. A..
Wheeler and Mr. Yates both reside
IN Guthrie. coming here from Weather.
ford. They are all experienced mill
men, having been IN the milling busi.
ness for many years.
The Guthrie Milling company's Of
flce, mill, and elevators are all located
at the foot OF villas street, whore a
Of srf-., la
occupied The company employs
from forty TO fifty men the year
around, and the mill runs day aud
night-never stopping The equip
ment Is the very latest and best hav-
ing been purchased from the Great
Western Machinery company which
manufacturers nothing but the best.
and whose mac0lnery stands for ex-
cellence the worli over
The Guthrie Milling company. now
known all over the country as the
home OF Capital Flour" also does
an enormous feed and grain business,
handling thousands Of bushels Of grain
on the brokerage plan. They have
three salesmen on the road pushing
their business, giving especial atlen'
ton to "Cgpital Flour"
As already stated, when the present
management took charge one year
ago. the business had run down. the
mill was idle most Of the time, and
only one merchant In town was han
ding the main product, Capital
Flour" The new management Inn
me1iately set to work to make the
name OF Capital Flour mean some
tnang They began applying their
skin, using only the best hard wheat,
with the remarkable result that IA
one years time two-thirds OF the
homes IN Guthrie were using Capital
Flour" In ipreierence 40 all other
hours. nearly every merchant IN town
was haniling it. and an export de-
mand was coming In greater than
they could really supply.
During the coming year, the com
pany Is determined TO make Capital
Flour" still better than II now II. and
more Of it also. There Is nothing
that suits q housewife better than
good flour. and the m1iurity Of the
| housewives OF Guthrie have already
come 20 realize that Capital Flour
IS the kind that Is good. The very
TACT that IN years time the new
Capital Flour" has overcome a bad
reput In twothirls Of tae homes Of
Guthrie aud Is now the preferred hour
where it was dispised. is excellent
proof of t5e excellence cf the flour.
Tho Guthrie Milling compsny is a
Guthrie Institution and the owners
would Ike to see their product used
I'm every home I'm town. They are not