The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-12-07
COndenSery for
Meridian Assured

A milk condensary plant costing
approximately $4,000 and having a
capacity of $4,000 pounds daily is
to be built at Meridian by the Boise
Cooperative Creamery Co, says the
Capital News, of Saturday
Authorization for the building Of
the plant was given Saturday after
noon at a meeting OF majority Of
the stockholders in the Boise Com
mercial club rooms, in Boise There
were nearly 100 stockholders in at
tendance and all were enthused over
the proposition of building conden-
sary in the Boise valley, recognizing
from experience that it Is the best
dairy center in the United States.
The meeting was presided over by
t. H. McDermott, president OF the
Boise Cooperative Creamery Co. He
explained briefly the market such
plant would afford for the disposal
of all the milk produced at q better
market price than could now be OBJ
tanned and further pointed out that
If the farmers did not put in such a
plant, that it would not be long be-
fore some big corporation would do
So
of the matters discussed, J. A. Fen
ton, in behalf of Meridian. stated
that the citizens of that village, in
the center of the valley and the hub
of the wheel of great dairy center.
would furnish a site and deal most
fairly with the company Il it would
locate its plant there. He pointed
out that the site would be on a spur
of the Oregon Short Line Railway,
and also adjoining the Interurban
line, besides being close to the main
highway which was led by arteries
of good roads leading from all points
in the county. Meridian stockhold-
ers, he stated, stood ready to support
to their utmost the condensary, no
matter where it was located, but for
such plant, he believed Meridian
furnished the ideal site.
Several others, who did not live
at Meridian, spoke in its favor and
finally motion was made TO locate
the condensary there. A vote gave
the enterprising village the conden-
sary without dissention.
The stockholders then voted to
authorize the expenses Of, a prelim-
S,ao fy.xTax RI
$500.
Committees Appointed.
A committee composed of stock
holders of the different dairy centers
of the valley was then appointed to
wait on all stockholders in their pre-
cincts to ascertain TO what extent
they would sign up for loan to
build the plant. The committee is as
follows:
Eagle-W. Carringer, Neal Jen.
nings. S. w. Southwell, E, R. Sui
livan. and H. j. Renk.
Ustick-G. L. Entwistle, 3. F
Hurst, E. N. Jackson, c. Lilligard
L. o. Snider.
Bowmont-B. z. Evans, A. n. Cor
James Rogers, Frank Crane, Walter
Baltazor.
Meridian-H. A Wines, Henr!
Jackson, ]. A. Fenton, 5. H. Gron
dahl
McDermott-F. L. Record, A. R
Powell, H. G.. Williams, Earl Mar
cum, and John Jepsen.
General Organization.
The officers of the company wer
instructed to confer with committee
from the Nampa and Caldwell Co
operative creameries, who wer
present, to see if general organiza
ton for the building of the plan
might not be made.
H. A. Ireland, OF Caldwell, gov
ernment agricultural agent, spok
concerning the value of a condensar
and also of the need of breeding tn
best stock. He emphasized the fac
that there are not as many dairy cal
tie in the Boise valley at present 3
a year ago, and declared that til
high price of feed had caused man
to sell out, ship, or send very goo
cows to the block. which aligh
have a telling effect upon the dair
industry another year
He smoke of the necessity of brinl
ing the best bulls into the valley I
raise the standard of the stock an
also lamented the fact that daiI
herds were so scarce this wintt
that a COW testing club could not
maintained.
VI Mr.. Ireland predicted, however,
a bright future for the dairy industl
in the Boise valley and predicJe
that a large number Of higher graz
dairy stock could be found in Il
valley within a few years.
Attention is called to the announc
ment of the sale of some eXcelle'
land by the Nampa & Meridian