Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-08-22
EXPERT PRONOUNCES ROGUE
VALLEY CREAMERY MODEL.
MACHINES RUN SMOOTHLY
First Butter Will BE Made Thursday.
August 2Sth, ana Cream Routes
Will be Established.

Power was turned ON at the Rogue
Valley creamery for the first time
Thursday morning, and the various
machines, compressors, churns, ETC.,
started off as smoothly as though
they had been in operation for
months. The installation of the ma
chinery of the plant has been in
charge of A. l.. Workman, here from
San Francisco representing the De-
Laval company from whom the most
of the equipment was purchased. He
had the machinery all in lime Thurs
day morning, and a short time after
the switch was thrown turning the
electric current into the motor frost
commenced to form on the pipes
from the ammonia compressor, and
the temperature in the refrigerating
room commenced to drop toward
zero with rapidity But there we're
no evidences Of a frost about any
other portion of the plant. 1t was
model Of modern creamery construc-
tion, and Mr.. Workman said that
there was none better of like ca
pacity on the coast. He had only
praise for the plan and arrangement
of the building, and said that In Its
construction Manager Bates had
shown that he had followed the best
authorities as we'll as working In
original ideas that stamped the
Rogue Valley creamery as even in
advance of the latest elsewhere.
Mr.. F. E. Weissenfush, who has
been engaged as the butter maker,
arrived in the city Wednesday night,
and is already at home in the cream
cry as he takes great pride in the es-
tablishment. Mr.. Weissenf1ush comes
on the recommendation Of the De-
Laval people, who has been employ
ed in the installation Of machinery,
and is thoroughly acquainted with
the manipulation of all the machines
in the local creamery He is an ex-
pert butter maker, and acted In that
capacity with the Damascus cream
cry at Portland before going with
the DeLaval people. He is enthus-
iastic over the Rogue Valley cream
cry. and says that with so complete
an establishment there will be no ex-
cuse for anything but the very best
quality of butter.
Butter making will commence on
Thursday, August 2Sth, and the
wagons will start out over the cream
routes on the morning of that day
DairymeD who are to ship by ex-
press will also be notified to get
their cream here on that day. The
present arrangement is to have wag-
ons start out over the New Hope and
the lower Rogue river routes, and
the Wilderville shipment will come
in by auto stage. From Merlin,
Hugo, Wolf Creek and other dis
tricts to the north, and from Rogue
River. Gold Hill and Evans creek,
the cream will come by express, and
large number of farmers in those
districts have agreed to ship here.
The price to be paid If the pres
ent market conditions are maintain
ed next week will be 80 cents per
pound for butter fat This is the
price which Mr. Bates is paying at
the Valley Pride creamery of which
he is also the manager. and uniform
prices will be maintained at the two
institutions. During the month oil
July a price Of 81 cents was main
tanned at the Valley Pride while 9TH
er creameries we're only paying 2S
cents. this speaking well for the man
agement of Mr.. Bates, who has not
only returned the best prices 70 the
farmers. but who has made the
creamery heavy payer OF dividends.
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