The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-12-12
BOOSTING PACKING PLANT.
AuCtiOneer Harry c. Cranke, Gives In
terview TO Lewiston Paper.

That the proposed meat packing (
| plant TO he erected AT Lewiston to
serve central Idaho, southeastern
/ Washington and Northeastern Oregon
! is receiving considerable boosting of
late from different people of the sec
| tions interested, goes without saying
The latest TO come to our desk is an
interview in the Lewiston Tribune of
Monday morning in which Harry G
Cranke tells of the advantages To he
! received by stocllmcn of this section
by the installation Of this plant Fol
| lowing is the story as told by Mr.
Cranke in the Tribune:
Tho farmers and siockmen ,of
Idaho county are keenly interested in
the proposed packing plant TO serve
central Idaho. Southeastern Washing
P'ton and Northeastern Oregon and
there is every assurance strong finan-
cial support will be given by the Ida
ho county citizens said Harry G.
Cranke. livestock auctioueer who ar
rived Sunday from Grangeville en-
route to Portland to assist iii the auc-
ton sales of registered livestock Mr..
Crankc was in Grangevillc to confer
with Seth Jones relative to the pre-
liminary organization preparatory to
presenting the packing plant PROPOSE
tion OF the stockmen and farmers of
the districts to he served.
The idea of the home packing
plant to serve the districts Indicated
was conceived by Mr. Jones several
years ago continued Mr.. Cranke
land for the past year he has been
quietly working on the matter. A few
months ago he organized IA conference
= | in t,rDn,eANilln pf IAnhA stack
men and farmers and since that time
} the matter has been generally dis
cussed by the Idaho county citizens.
During the past several days
have talked with large number of
| Idaho county farmers and stockmen
and without an exception the senti-
ment is favorable for locating the
plant in Lewiston. Lewiston is recog-
! nized as the logical point because of
; its accessibility from the districts to
, be served. from the standpoint of be
ing served by two railroad systems
and water transportation, the favor
able winter climate for feeding and
7 the advantages of market at home
i for the by-products of the packing
plant
g There are two factors that would
: make the Lewiston district an impor
I tant finishing point and one is the
+ production of mill feeds and alfalfa
+ hay and the possibility of great corr
$ prGdnation on the summer fallOw
y lands in the immediate district tribu
n tary to the city. A very large percen,
i Of the area of summer fallow lands IL
I the Lewiston district can be yer,
II profitably devoted +. me growing o
$ corn for winter feeding and duriny
Il the winter months great herds of hog
l, ana cattle would he driven to theS,
/ farms to consume these feeds. Thu
II farmer who is familiar with the valu,
II of the fertilization secured from win
n ter feeding will quickly grasp the i'm
II pOrtance of such an industry for tn
/ Lewiston valley and it is the purpos
u of Mr.. Jones and the prominent stock
+ men and farmers associated with hiI
l. in this movement to so present a
phases of the packing plant indust,,
2 that assistance can be secured /
e every quarter.
4. "There is perhaps no better know
b. stockman in Idaho than Seth Jone
ID and there is perhaps no Idaho count
y citizen who more fully enjoys the cor
d, fidence of the stockmen, farmers an
n business men of that section. M
Is Jones is receiving assurance of stron
re support in Idaho county for the pacl
II ing plant proposition and with til
a. time now ripe for the diversion {
capital to industrial activities, it
very probable the plan will take defil
IT lite form within very short time,
re ut is needless to advance the argl
OF Eent of the benefits to be secure
ne from packing the meats of this va,
lg empire at home over shipping to on
er side packing centers and paying Il
lie freight on the meat products that no
er fill the shelves of our stores There
Ill no reason why the home-packed me;
a products should not supply our me
n chants and by dividing the freigl
es and handling costs between produce
o. aud consumer, all the people will
as benefitted .