Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-30
STORAGE CELLARS
Being LEASED BY
POTATO GROWERS
Join With the Fruit Grow
ers in Arranging for the
Storing and Shipping of
Products.
lstaff Correspondence

Emmett, May 30.-The fruit growers
and potato growers In the territory be-
tween Emmett, Weiser, Mountain
Home and Boise are in most places
leasing warehouses and cellars for
jc.nt storage purposes for the coming
marketing season, or are building new
storage cellars for the same purpose.
John U. Mcpherson, the superinten-
dent of the potato department of the
North Pacific Fruit Distributors, was
in Emmett Wednesday. He conferred
with the officials of the Emmett local
association of the Idaho Oregon sub
central Of the North Pacific Fruit Dis
tributors, and a decision was reached
whereby the fruit and potato growers
of Emmett will jointly use the local
associations warehouse and cellar for
storage and shipping purposes.
What Other Towns Are Doing.
! Mr.. Mcpherson stated the results OBJ
tanned in the other towns
At New Plymouth arrangements
have been made by the fruit and potato
growers for Joint use of the big base
ment of the associations fruit packing
house there.
At Payette the fruit and potato
growers will lease a convenient build
ing for joint storage and shipping pur-
poses
AT Weiser building has already
been leased by the fruit and potato
growers for joint storage purposes.
AT Brogan, Ore, the fruit and po-
tato growers are making over suit
able warehouse there for joint use as
a place TO store fruit and potatoes.
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big Grange hall southwest of town
has been secured for joint storage use
by the fruit and potato growers
At Parma the fruit and potato grow
ers will make joint use of a suitable
building having a large basement par
TALLY finished. This basement will be
completed before fall so that 1t will be
good place for storage and shipping
purposes.
At Notus the potato growers are
making arrangements to lease a build
ing suitable for storage and shipping
purposes.
At Caldwell, Wilder and Houston the
potato growers will cooperate in the
building Of potato storage cellar at
each place. The Caldwell cellar will
be the first of the three to be built,
and it will be built this year. Next
year the one at Wilder will be built,
and the following year one will be
built at Houston
At Nampa arrangements are being
made to lease a building suitable for
fruit and potato storage purposes.
AT Kuna the potato growers will this
year build a storage cellar having
capacity for 20 carloads.
AT Mountain Home the potato grow
ers are building warehouse and
storage cellar to cost $4,000.
New storage cellars for potatoes are
being built all through the Twin Falls
country.
Will Ship Many More Potatoes.
Mr. Mcpherson stated that the local
potato growers associations in the ter
ritory named have already signed con-
tracts for growing and shipping
through the agency of the North Pa
cific Fruit Distributors many more
carloads of potatoes than they grew
last year. He said he is now looking
into the matter of securing potato
sorting machines for each potato
growers association affiliated with the
North Pacific Fruit Distributors.
Next Annual Meeting.
The next annual meeting of the Do
tato growers associations will be held