La Junta tribune., 1914-01-10
BIG MILK PLANT At LAMAR
Plant Opens In u Blaze III Glory and
Thousands Of People from the
Valley Participate

SIX thousand people participated
In the ceremonies incident to the
opening of the big milk plant at La
har last Monday. Every town In
the Arkansas Valley. from Canon
City. Colo. to Syracuse. Kan. was
well represented. Pueblo having n
delegation OF thirty or more of her
leading citizers and La JuntA q do<
80 or more. not including half dOz-
ci. 'armers from the surrounding
territory. The day was almost
perfect one. Lamar not having had
sas yet any OF the strenuous weather
that has made life a burden for the
last month In the rest OF the state.
The day was almost like spring. as
Lamar has been out OF the snow zon.
almost altogether. and there WAS
none OF the beautiful In sight any
where.
II was a day of rejoicing In La
mar. and the spirit was In evidence
everywhere. During the day there
were automobile parades. school
children on parade. and various and
sundry races and entertainments that
one usually finds on the programme
OF a Fourth OF July celebration. The
big doings. however. came off at
night, when the factory was crowd
ed almost to suffocation with the
thousands OF people that were pres
ent 10 participate. Governor Am
mons aud number of other noted
speakers made addresses The gov
.rnor is an enthusiast on the dairy
business. and he took occasion on
every possible opportunity TO eN-
press his delight at the establish
niout of the magnificent factory at
Lamar lie said
There is not state better fitted
naturally for dairying than Colora-
do. sci, we are importing annually
s5.poo,oVo worth OF dairy products.
There n NO state better fitted for the
.-.S1tsy Industry. yet ". import an
nnaliy s5.o00.oo0 worth OF poultry
products There IL no state better
lifted for live stock production. yet
We import annually $4,000. 600
worth OF live stock products.
There Is n lesson In those figures
aud the people OF Lamar and the Ar
kansas Valley are among the first
TO learn that lesson, We mus, cap
italixe our resources for all they are
worth when ". do there viii b. no
state NOR. prosperous than Colora-
do
The mammoth plant at Lamar COW
.rs two acres. II II well equipped
al this time to tax. care of the milk
from e.5oo cows. Without addition
al building. but with the installa-
ton OF more watts which viii be add
ed later. tn. plant viii handle the
product from 5000 cows.
The Hclye,ia company asked no
financial assistance. They were Of
fered n piece OF ground FOR n fac
tory site. aud refused H. All they
wanted was "a bond for 10000 to
assure them the people around La
mar were In good faith and meant
business. and as u further guarante.
that n certain number OF COWS would
lps. nj their command. Tn. company
WAS ready to do it, part II Lamar
would give sufficient guarantee of
good faith.
The bond was secured With less
than n days effort At the end of
thre. years thre. thousand cows
must be provided. They were to
have three hundred to start with. In
stead they have six hundred. Four
thousand and sas"a.slnndred cows
have been subscribed.
The company pays two cents per
pound for milk Ay.rag. cows viii
milk four gallons. top cows, eight
gallons Tn. H.lveta company's
price Of two cents per pound holds
for n specified length of time, II
then becomes n sliding scale. The
company has had eight OF thes"
plants IN the tn. United States
some IN operation as long ar ten
years. The price paid for milk has
never been lower than $50 per hun
dred..
The Lamar plant Will pay out to
the farmers Of that part of th" val
ley abou, $4,000 monthly AT this
time. Later. as the number OF COWS
Increase. the monthly checks VIII ag-
xregaie sTb,o0o. That viii help
somc.
la Juntp has ~ chance. n good
chance. To secure "a milk cobdenrary
The busIness men OF La Junta are