Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-19
MEMBERSHIP LISTS
TO CLOSE SATURDAY
ASSOCIATION WILL START SUP.
PLYING ARMY CAMP NEXT
WEEK.

the ThurstOn County Dairy & Farm
Products Association will be closed
Saturday, the directors announced
this week, delivery of eggs and veg
etables to Camp Lewis will start next
week and Of milk by the first of the
month, If the construction of the
central milk station and warehouse
at the camp and the installation Of
the machinery can be completed by
that time.
BY Saturday the directors expect
to have from 1875 to $50 fully paid
up members, all Thurston county
farmers, except few in the Salzer
valley of Lewis county. They will
continue their campaign for members
after that date, for they want to con.
fine the membership almost entirely
to this county II possible. The MEM
bership fee, after that date, however,
will be higher than for the charter
members and will be fixed by the
directors at a meeting Saturday.
Local Farmers First.
I'VE want Thurston county farm
ers to get the fullest benefit Of the
Camp trade" Director George Kelly
said this week. but II we cannot get
all the members we need in this coun-
ty in the next couple Of months. we
will have to take those in other coun-s
ties who are. trying to get in. ]
"Here ID the biggest proposition
for farmers on the Pacific coast" he
continued. land yet . lot Of them In
this county. instead Of jumping n
and taking hold. are waiting a go
what's going to happen We are not
goin9 to wait any fongsr-we ara GO
ing right ahead and start supplyine
the camp as soon - We can"
State Dairy Inspector g. q. Car
man, who was present, called atten-
ton to the fact that the Association
will handle more milk every day than
the two largest plants in Seattle, tia
largest city In the state. How much
ice cream or how many eggs and veg
etables the Association will be called
on to supply. It has been impossible
to estimate. though from 800 to 400
gallons of ice cream day are now
being sold at the camp. s
At the start the association viii
not be able to fll the d6mand for the
items in its concession from its men
bers in this county. but will take an
It can get here and until 1t does get
completely established, will buy sup
plies in the open market. All the
milk, eggs. vegetables and ice cream
furnished the Camp. however, will be
handled through the Association
from the time It starts. from what
ever source they may come.
Only Local Products.
What the directors want to do is
to get enough members among the
farmers in this county to obtain all
the needed supplies from them. Then
they will shut down on the other
dealers and handle only Thurston
county products. Until they are able
to do this, however. they will handle
all they can get from this county and
buy what they have to elsewhere to
supply the demand.
The Association has employed
James D. Love, for some months
manager of the creamery Of the
Olympia Dairy Products company in
this city. as manager Of the milk sta
tion at the camp and expects to en-
ploy the latter part of this week an
other man to handle the eggs and
vegetables. Plans for the building az
the Camp have been approved and
construction is to start next week,
and the necessary machinery has
been bought.
The Associations building will be
located near the bakery at the Camp
about three blocks from the Pacific
highway. 1t will be 40x14O feet in
size. the milk depot occupying 40x100
feet Of it. The Association will use
the vat system Of pasteurizing milk
at the beginning, and will also install
a bottle washer and sterilizer. a bot
tie filler and capper and several ice
cream freezers of the continuous
type. y
"The plant will be one of the most
sanitary ON the Coast--it will have to
be. to comply with the government
regulations" Inspector G, g. Carman