The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-02-20
Will Put In Cold
Storage Plant
INDEPENDENT MARKET IMPROVEMENTS
Boutwell, Kirk Prepare to Handle Meat In Car
load Lots. Will Put Up Slaughter House.

The war hsing waeed against the
independent meat markets by Stan
ton is forcing them to put in cold
storage PLANTS fer themselves.
Heretofore they have purchased
their meats of Stanton from his cold
storage plant in this city ne they
needed It but of course under the
present ciroumslances they are un-
able TO do so any longer.
In order to successfully compete
" ith him In the retail trade 1t ia ne
cessary for them 10 get their meats
In carload lots BY buying In these
quantities they are enabled to get
better prices and can also handle
foreign beef the same as Stantun does
and can take advantage Of the mar
kets.
A repre- entaiive of the Armstrong
Machinery company was In the city
Tuesday In consultation with Both
we'll and Kirk and the Milwaukee
store In regard to putting 10 cold
storage plants for each of these two
places
Arrangements we're not closed Will
the Milwaukee store, the matter still.
being under consideration, but
Boutwell, and Kik closed a contract
with the representative of the Arm
strong company to put IN a cold stor-
age plant rs soon as possible
The plant will be arranged with
two boxes, Ia one of which the meat
can be frozen solid aud kept for any
length of time
In the other the temperature will
be kepl just above freezing and It
will be used to keep the meat that is
being used. Connections will also
he made with their counters and
showcases so that tie temperature in
them will be kept at about freezing
point.
The plant will have a capacity OF
over a carload SO thai it Will be pos
sihle for them to buy 10 carload lots
in order to always be sure OF having
a sufficient supply of meat on haDd
aud will also be In a position to take
advantage of the markets.
They have already started the work
OF remodling their building aud get
ling It In readiness for the plant.
The machinery is being prepared
in Spokane and will he shipped out
here 10 about ten days. It will take
another ten days to install IL so will
he about three weeks before they will
have their plant In operation.
orI u f-l- go oI.,
arrangements for a slaughter house
At present there is one on the farm
Of s. X. Wolfe. a short distance from
the city that they are talking of buy
ing However. It will cost consider
able to repair this aud put In
sanitary condition and they nave not
fully deuided as to whether they will
buy It or build a new one.
Il Is their purpose. as sool as they
can get the slaughter house in readi
ness, to buy all the local beef. hogs
aud sheep. that they can. on the
hoof. They also propose to 20 IN
10 the Palouse country and buy
cattle. drive them up aud turn them
out on their ranch to be killed as
they need them.
The establishing of the cold stor-
aRe plant and slaughter house here
Will be a good thing for the farmeis
of this Vicinity as IL will afford them
a local market for their stock.
Stanton has never paid much at
tention to local stock, 1t being his
policy to ship in rather than buy
from the farmers. so there has been
very little inducement for them to
90 into the stock business, ont with
a home market assured there is no
reason why enough stock should not
Le raised TO supply the local markets