The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-10-06
FLOUR MILL ENTERPRISE
MEETING With SUCCESS
David Mccall Reports Gratifying Re-
suits in His Efforts to Organize
Local Stock Company.

tion of which has heretofore ap-
peared in the Standard, is now reach
ing stage where it can be stated
that the building Of the mill is prac-
tically assured. David Mccall, the
originator of the plan,4 and who is
the active promoter of the enter
prise informs US that he Is meeting
with gratifying success in the or
ganization of the company. The
business men of Fallon and the
farmers of the surrounding country
are interested as shown by the re-
port of the committee appointed by
the Farmers Cooperative Associa-
ton, which follows.
Fallon, Nevada, Oct. 2, 1915.
To the Board of Directors Farm
ers Cooperative Association
We your committee on Flour Mill
beg leave to report as follows:
We have consulted with Mr.. David
Mccall and have secured as much in
formation from other sources as we
could in the limited time at our dis
posel
Mr. Mccall offers to take an active
part in organizing and financing a
company to build and operate a flour
mill in Fallon, with a view to be-
coming manager of the business He
claims to have had long and success
full experience in this particular line
of work and we find his reputation
vouched for by such responsible bust
ness men as j. c. Jones his partner
in the Jones G. Mccall Co. and the
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stock
ton, Cal
Mr.. Mccall estimates that mill
of 100 barrels capacity daily can be
built and fully equipped for a total
Investment of $4,000. This amount.
would be raised by stock subscrip-
tions of the company. Mr.. Mccall
will subscribe $1,000.
The total production of wheat in
the valley this year is approximately
10000 tons, and we are assured by
wheat growers of long experience
in the valley that excellnt milling
wheat can be produced.
The total consumption of -four in
the valley and tributary mining
camps is approximately $500 barrels
per year
Good wheat will produce about
one barrel of -four to 800 pounds of
wheat, leaving 104 pounds of bran
and middlings. The bran and mid
dlings should pay the entire cost of
milling including a good profit.
At the present market price 300
pounds of wheat is worth about
$3.50 and a barrel of -four about
$500. Allowing $3.50 per barrel
for retailers profit there still re-
mains a margin of $500 per barrel.
or total of $4,000 annually which
would be saved to the local commun-
ity by local mill.
A large part of this saving repre-
sents freight on wheat shipped out
and -four shipped in. This saving
might be profit to the mill company,
increased prices to the wheat grower,
decrease to the -four consumer, or
any combination of these, but in any
case would be clear gain to some
part or all of the local community.
A wheat grower owning stock in the
mill would be in a position to pro-
fit in any case.
Incidental benefits that may be
expected to accru to the community
at large are:
Establishment of a cash market
for grain; exchange or toll service
for wheat growers; Standardization
or grading of market wheat and i'm
provement of seed; cheaper feed
stuffs by saving freight; local ex-
penditures for labor, power, taxes
and supplies; advertising value to
attract settlers.
We believe II is not practicable
or feasible for the FARMERS Co
Operative Association to undertake
to finance or control this enterprise
because it is too large a business for
either the cash or credit resources
of the association at the present
time
We think, however, that the as
sociatioh should give its encourage
ment and moral support to this en-
terprise with a view to promoting
the general good OF the community.
We believe that Mr.. McCall's pro-
posed plan of organization is prac-
ticable and that the local conditions
of production and consumption, to-
gether with a freight cost that will
prevent disastrous competition from
outside, are sufficiently favorable to
render the enterprise profitable to
its shareholders We reccomend
that every one who can afford to do
so. subscribe for at least one share
of stock in order to assist in estab-
fishing a valuable and much needed
addition to our local resources.
A. ID. Drumm,
Thomas Williamson,
w. A. Larson.
Mr.. Mccall states that by later
estimates received he is convinced