Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-04-28

Clarence and Mark Kenyon of Great
Fails Head New Enterprise.

Two former DEBORAH boys. Clar-
cnce and Mark KENYON. sons of A
Z. Kenyon, Of DEBORAH, located at
Great Falls, Mont, are at the heaC
OF the Kenyon Killibug Company. 4
concern which is rapidly becoming
one OF the important business insti-
tutions of Great Falls.
The gentlemen are. already engag.
| ed in shipping large quantities of
the product to distant sections Of
the United States. Clarence Kenyon
is one of Great Falls leading drug
gists, and conducts one of the finest
drug stores in TIE west. We take the
following concerning the company
from the Great Falls Daily Tribune,
of April IS:
Bugs, insects and all their broth
ers. cousins and aunts in 80 states
will take the knockout this summer
from a Great Falls product. Three
thousand statesmen representing large
country are expected to sell half
million pounds Of this bug destroyer
and 0 times that quantity next sea-
son, when it will be known better.
These figures are given by Clar-
ence f. Kenyon, president of the
Kenyon Killibug company. 10 show
the favor his new idea bug powder
| is winning with plantgrowers where
ever ii has been tried. After year
of demonstrating and letter writing
the killibug company is at work in
earnest turning out daily orders and
advancing so rapidly that the Off
GERS are talking Of the nearby time
when a special factory building will
be needed.
Now the plant is in the Stimpert
Implement company's warehouse, in
! the east side Great Northern yards,
where the bus killers have 1000
square feet OF floor space. In big
storage room there is two carloads
of one-poUnd tins and a car load OF
| pastebCaTd containers for holding diff
ferent size lots of packages. The
machines in which Killibug is made
after Mr.. Kenyon's original formula
are in the second story. What orders
are on hand for filling will make
it necessary to operate some parts
of the plant "a hours a day. Mr..
Kenyon expects to have 20 persons
working in the factory the first OF
next month.
Killibug is packed in one-pound
cylindrical boxes, with a sitter top
so that it may lie sprinkled over pc
tato vines by tapping the bottom. Al.
though the powder is called primar-
| lily a potato bug killer it has been
found inst as fatal for any kind Of
insect that feeds externally on to-
matC and watermelon vines, tobacco
! plants and cucumbers. One Kentuc-
| ky wholesaler has asked for the eX-
elusive territory in his state for Kill
bug as a ridder of tobacco bugs.
The Kenyon company is putting
forth its powder as q rival TO Paris
green and aresonate OF lead insect
poisons.
Mr.. Kenyon racEed the first boxes
Of Killibug last summer and when
the bugs were starting their descent
on the potato vines he began a dem
OnstTation campaign. His younger
| brother, II. r. KENYON, left Great
Falls in an automobile, with the tom
neau field with bug powder. When
he came to potato patch he stop
ed and went into consultation with
tie owner. The mysteries of the
neN product explained, the demon
StTa o. went over the patch, pow
I.1a inn h
.Tee and the potato grower was ask
d 10 report tie result. Two hun
dred Latchos around Great Falls
were sprukled through June, July
and auGJS. ana every grower report
/ Cd killing a success. One mans
vines were treated during q higb
wind His report was as cUmmenGa
/ tory as he others. Sample packages
also were sent TO eastern states.
Ia September the first sters
towards a publicity campaign were
taken. Since then the company's Of
/ lice force has sent more than $1,000
letters, addressed to wholesale drug
dist5 and seed houses in every state
1t is from these letters that the pres
ent orders are resulting.
The company was Incorporated
November last year as the Kenyon
Killibug company" It's officers
are: Clarence f. Kenyon, president,
Louis l.. Angert, vice president, and
Mark E. Kenyon, secretary-treasur-
err. The only subscriptions made to
the capital stock of $4,000 have
been 10y members of the company. Its
corporate life is 40 years.
Mr.. Kenyon selected the two ma
.hines used in making the powder.
The bigger piece is a Hunters
Lightning Sitter and Mixer Into
it's hopper the ingredients are dump
ed in proper proportions. The ma
chine is operated by seven and one
| half horse power motor. 1t Will
mix and turn loose 1900 pounds or
Killibug every 20 minutes. On this
floor is a heavy grinding machine in
which the gums used in the powder
are pulverized. From the sitter the
finished product goes into hopper.
On the lower floor the powder is
drawn through pipe and packed In
boxes. Three labelling lathes, made
after the company's design, complete