The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-02-01
SECURING A FLOUR MILL.

At last it is safe for the Gazette to
Announce that long felt want in this
community is about to be supplied. 1t
has been felt for years that Oroville.
at the juncture of rail communication
east, west and south, was an Ideal
point for a FIGURING mill, but in the
past efforts to secure that important
industry have failed through various
causes. At last a plan has been de-
vised for securing MILL The citizens
of the town and farmers of the ada
cent country have started in on bus
mess basis and with much determine
ton with the aim of organizing a
joint stock company to supply the
deficiency.
Some days ago, Francis Huot, of
Plains, Montana, miller of years OF
Experience who recently disposed Of a
mill at his home town, was induced
through the efforts of members of the
Commercial Club to come to Oroville,
look over the situation and express
| his opinion as to the wisdom and ex-
pediency of establishing a flour mill
at this point After spending a number
of days in Oroville, going over much
| of the farming country, comforting
with wheat growers and carefully ex-
amining the quality of grain grown in
this locality, Mr.. Huot was very favor
ably impressed with the proposition
from the standpoint of busines in
vestment, the advantages of transpor-
tation, and the quality of flour that
the quality of wheat insured. He had
travelled far over Montana, Idaho, Ore
gon and eastern Washington in search
of location and declared that he
found none more favorable than this
place. He expressed his willingness to
equip a mill of 100 barrels daily capac-
ity with the necessary machinery If he
could secure the aid and encourage
ment of the people, and that aid and
encouragement to be in the way of
site, building and necessary accessor-
les for conducting the business out
side of the machinery.
This proposition was presented to
meeting of citizens of the town and
a number of neighboring farmers held
at the library building Monday after
noon, and in conjunction with his Of
fer Mr.. Huot explained in straight
forward language that every one pres
ent could readily understand the ad-
vantages and benefits that would be
derived from flour mill by the far
mers of this section. His statement
made such favorable impression that
a committee appointed to formulate
plans for securing mill and carrying
Lewis, president of the Commercial
Club, and composed of residents of
the town and well known farmers, got
together at once and decided upon or
ganizing joint stock company with
capital of $4,000, placing the shares
at par value of $50. A subscription
paper was drawn up and stock to the
amount of nearly $4,000 subscribed OH
the spot. There seems to be no doubt
Oh the part of the committee that q
| sum sufficient to comence building
at an early date will be secured. The
work of soliciting is in the hands of 4
committee composed of such active
and widely known citizens as Geo.
Schlief, o. S. Rice, Charles Lewis, w.
o. Steele, Med. Hershberger, H. J.
Schwenne w. E. Grant, Dell Hart,
Chas Powell and others, who possess
the same strain of public spirit.
1t is hardly necessary for this pa
per to dwell upon the mutual benefits
flour mill will be to both the town
and the country While Mr.. Huot, the
miller, may be a stranger to our peo-
| pie, he comes with the highest recon-
mendations, both as to his qualifica-
tions as a miller and as to his trust
worthless and inegrity as business
man and citizen, from sources that are
unquestionable. 1t can be said that
should the plans now under consider
alton be carried out the Oroville mill
will produce a grade of flour that can
compete with anything on the market
in that line. That means a ready mar
..ket for all that the mill can produce.
insuring the venture to be paying
one from the start Then the mill will
provide a market at home for wheat,
where the highest market price will
be paid for grain, while the farmer
has the advantage of cheap food
stnffs for his stock directly at home,
to say nothing of other advantages
over shipping his grain to market
at distance, among which is that Of
handling his grain in bulk, an annual
saving of good many dollars. Again,
a flour mill would be an important ad-
dition to the industries of the town.
However, taken at every angle and
the farmer himself would in the end
find the mill of inestimable and last
ing benefit, for the advantages to be
derived from it's presence will not be
confined to single year but for all
thine to come.