The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-08-23
HEPPNER'S NEW
ELEVATOR FINISHED
Farmers 1O1 ,000-Bushel Capacity
Elevator Is Now Ready to Re-
ceiye Grain.-Will RevOlu-
tiOnize Grain Handling.

Heppner's new 0,00-bushel ca
pacity elevator is now completed
with the exception of installing the
separator which has not yet arrived
from Portland When the separator
arrives, contractor ]. W. Johnson will
be ready to turn over to the Heppner
Farmers Elevator Company the first
structure of its kind ever built in
Morrow county.
The elevator was built at a cost of
approximately $4,000 and is stand
ard in every respect, having modern
equipment throughout. The actual
construction work was in charge of
F. G. Miller, a man who has been
building elevators for the past thirty
years and has witnessed the various
steps of progress that have taken
place in elevator construction during
that time.
while the idea is prevalent
among some farmers that all the
grain is handled in bulk said Mr..
Miller, that is true, but it does not
mean that we cannot take care of any
grain that may come in sacked. 1t
takes a little longer to dump this
sacked grain for the reason the sacks
must be cut open and emptied. The
sacks are returned to the farmer.
Sacks will be used some at first, un-
doubtedly, until there becomes uni
versal use of the wagon bin and the
grain handled in bulk in every re-
spect. This is the real purpose of the
grain elevator; it eliminates the
grain bags and makes for greater eff
cheney in handling throughout.
In explaining the process of opera
tion, Mr.. Miller showed represen-
tative of The Gazette-Times recently
just what would take place. The
farmer drives up into the elevator
with his wagon bin, onto the big
scales. Instantly the gross weight of
the grain is taken, the grain dumped
to the bins and 1t goes on its way to
the cleaners. From the cleaners 1t
passes through three pairs of auto
matte scales, on its way to the var
ious bins in any part of the big build
ing.
There are twenty huge bins In the
elevator for the storing of grain. The
process of unloading grain from the
formers wagon bin and the loading
into cars may take place at the same
time In connection with the eleva
tor system Is barley roll. Farmers
may bring in barley, have it rolled
and take it back home with them the
same day, q
Some Of the features of the eleva-
tor are included in the two big Alpha
gas engines OF 20 horse power each.
which furnish ample power for fun-
ming all the machinery. In this con-
nection there will be installed COM
plete lighting system for the Farm
ers Warehouse property.
The elevator is So feet in height
from the ground to the tip of the
roof.
A feature of the gas power, is the
reinforced concrete water tank built
by Mr.. Johnson. 1t is housed in a
little building of the same material,
built especially for this purpose.
Another feature of the engine
room is the fact that it is absolutely
fire proof.
The elevator will be able to han
die $4,000 bushels of grain a day,
loading in and out.
The directors of the Heppner Far
mers Elevator Co., are c. f. Jones,
R. W. Turner, Robt. Thompson, Os-
car Keithley and w. G. McCarty.
Andy Hayes will be in charge of
The elevator with Chas Swindig as
his chief assistant.