The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-16
IMPORTANT BUSINESS
Madison Mill and Grain Co.,
Maidstone Greatest Man.
featuring Institution

have public reference made to the
Madison Mill and Grain Co., in order
that they may gain information of
Madi sons most important mannfactul-
ing institution.
The Madison Mill and Grain Co.
succeeded Larkin & Metcalf about a
year ago. and is under the general
management of w. /. Thompson.
While the mill has not been 10 opera
tion at all times since the succession,
owing to repairs and additions to the
equipment, the mill is and for
some time has been in active opera
ton, turning out its several brands of
-four in large quantity. Modern mill.
ing has developed into a science under
modern methods of equipment, and the
Madison mill has been provided with
modern lines of machinery until it
ranks second to none other, according
to capacity, in the northwest. The
machinery used in the Madison mill lie
equally modern with the mills of Min
neapolis, the great milling center of
the west, the only difference being
the matter of capacity. The products
of the Madison mill are equal to the
products of the best mills in the
country for the reason that the same
modern equipment is used here that is
employed in the larger institutions of
the country. Hence the Madison mill
is on a par with the best institutions of
the kind in the west and capable of
turning out -four and other milling
products equal to the average, and
superior in most cases in view OF the
fact that it's facilities for acquiring
milling wheat is superior to most in
situations.
The plant of the Madison mill and
Grain Co. occupies practically a block
of land, situated in West Third street
and VanEps avenue and extending to
Blanche avenue west. The buildings
comprise the mill proper, engine house,
offices, storage house for -four and
ether products, grain elevator, corn
cribs, coal sheds and wood yards, all
| provided with convenient trackags of
the Milwaukee railroad company. In
addition the company has access to
twenty two elevators, seventeen OF
| which ale situated wet and north OF
this city, and from which they select
the choicest milling wheat marketed,
for use in the Madison mill, giving
them extraordinary facilities for OBJ
tanning superior grain, as above noted.
| They also take from the farmers OF
Lake county all the milling wheat they
CAD produce at the highest cash prices.
In addition t. the plant in this
city, the company has recently pur-
cnased q valuable business site on
Phillips avenue in Sioux Falls where
a warehouse has been erected, provid
ed with railway sidetrack. This
warehouse has been stocked with the
products of the Madison mill and is
in charge of John Meldrum, sales
man. This is designed to furnish q
permanent location for the sale OF
the company's flour and Other products
of the mill. In addition to this perm
anently located station, John Faulkner
has been employed as travelling sales
man and will travel throughout thii
section in the interest of the sale O
the compapy's products to retail deal
ers, merchants, etc. Mr.. Faulkner ]
an experienced man In this line o
work, having been employed in tn
came capacity by Minneapolis mills
In the manufacturing department
j. H. Wines is employed as heat
miller with Ross Hilton as assistant
Both millers have occupied position
and had experience 10 first class insti
tutions Of the kind and will be i'm
portant factors in building up tn
popularity and a high reputation TO
Madison -four.
The brands of -four manufactured b,
the mill are Little Hatcnst, Seal o
South Dakota and Dakota. Thes
names will become household words =
housewives are made more familiarl
acquitted with the products Of tn
Madison Mill and Grain Go. throug
the efforts of their statesmen on tn
, road and otherwise. In addition t
the -four output the company ais
makes a speciality of milling cor
. Ll6dl, u mOucIu AOi u0NAu8 OOOA a.
$ stalled for this purpose. Corn for mel
is carefully selected and prepared fc
milling, and it is the purpose Of tn
r company to build up q widesplea
reputation for the excellence of il
corn meal output.
As stated above, the business
, the Madison Mill and Grain Co.
I under the general management of "
]. Thompson, a business man of riE
experience and especially equipped b
experience in the buying and shiI
ment of grain. He has also had .,
perience in the business departures
of the milling business before becou
ing a stakeholder in the Madison Mi
and Grain Co and accepting the pos
tion Of its general manager. II
handling of the ~company's line Of Ell
vators ia a business in itself, but Il
mill and it's products will take pr
cedence over this line 50 far Al Il
public is concerned and add to I'll
business reputation OF Madison as j
most important manufacturing instit
tion. Mr.. Thompson is assisted
his Office by a force Of bookkeepeIs a
signed to various departments, and Il
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