Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-28
milk CONDENSERY
PLANT FOR NAMPA;
LOCATION ASSURED
Will Be Located on the Site
Of the Old Sugar Beet Fac
tory-Big Industry for
Boise Valley.

: Nampa, Sept 2S.-Plans for estab-
fishing mammoth milk condensery
plant i'm this city which have been IN
progress the past six or eight months,
have Just been consummated by the
business men of this city and Portland
capitalists and it's construction will be
commenced in the immediate future.
Citizens of this city are highly elated
over having secured the plant, for they
regard il OF vast import to the city in
business way, and declare that 1t in
surcs a phenomenal growth and prog
.ess
The plant will be located upon the
site of the old sugar beet factory, and
thc building for it will be 67x200 feet.
one-haIf of the building will he two
story and the other one story. The
can and shook warehouses will form
an Il" at the east end of the build
ing. The building is to be large enough
to accommodate triple line plant,
and other units will be added from
lime to time. Its daily capacity will
he $50 cases of milk. II is expected
that the company installing the plant
which is to be known as The Nampa
Milk company, will be ready for ac-
i've operation some time belore tne
first of February.
ALL THE STOCK SOLD.
The company is made up of broker
age firms and its entire stock has
, been taken. The decision of the COM
pany to locate the plant in the city
was made after a careful study of both
the city and all the Boise valley. in
which INVESTIGATION, it was ascertained
that there are 10,052 cows in Ada and
Canyon counties, and 1000 additional
COW in territory which can be made
tributary. The field for supply is held
50 be abundant, and the consensus of
opinion among leading business men
of the city is that the secural of the
/ condenseTy indexes a wonderful prog
ress for the dairy industry through
out the entire Boise valley and that II
I spells prosperity for the farmers of
AN it's several communities. Approx
mately 50 men will be carried on the
pay roll of the new industry from its
very inception in the industrial life
Of the city and this number will be
constantly increasing.
In addition to manufacturing con-
densed milk, the factory will manufa =
ture q line of calf feeds. Two interur-
ban cars will be run each day to col
Sect the milk in the different interuc-
ban cities and towns, and loading plat
fors will he constructed at all interur-
ban railroad crossings and at all
forms which furnish as much as one
can of milk day. To facilitate trans
portation progress an interurban switch
will also be constructed into the plant
The output of the industry means the
purchase from the farmers of the Boise
valley Of approximately 10000 pounds
of milk daily.
THE SITE DONATED.
The site for the industry which Is
valued at something like $4,000 is do
mated TO the company by the business
men of the city, and the general i'm
preston is prevalent that their invest
ment in the interest of the city's flu
/ ture greatness will prove highly prof
ia BILE one.
Clark Smith who recently located in
the city from Seattle, is to be the To-
cal manager of the condensery, and
no man in the Pacific northwest, per
haps. is more conyersant with the dairy
industry than he.
In the business district of the city
the fullest measure of enthusiasm pre-
walls over the contamination of the con-
tinued efforts which have been exer-
cised to secure the factory and citizens
Of the city without exception declare
that through locating IT here, the city
! has scored the most notable achieve
! nent in it's entire history.