Arizona republican., 1919-01-04

m feW days. ! handle. This plant has a capacity of 15 900 tons annually.
 Some idea of the far-reaching ef- fleets of the cottonseed industry in Phoenix can be gathered from the fact that they are now shipping col tonseed cake and meal as far north as the Canadian line and Washington. Large quantities are used by the sheep men of Idaho. Utah and Nevada. The business is only in it's infancy as there is not the slightest doubt that because of the raVages 0 fthe boil weevil in the south every available acre in this southwest country of Arizona. South ern California and the northern dis trict of Lower California in Mexico will is a few years be producing one l mill in a few years be producing one million bales of cotton per year.
 And with the close of the oil-bearing business to the Germans as q result of the war the oil mills of the Pacific coast have a wonderful era of pros pcrity ahead in handling the various vegetable oil-bearing substances, cot tonseed, sOya bean. peanuts and copra, of which latter $25,000,000 worth came | in the port of Seattle alone last year i and in one day recently 1i,000 tons of l cocoanut oil was brought to San Fran | cisco.
 1 The Phoenix Cotton Oil company is l what is known as a three-press hy- ! draulic oil mill. with a daily capacity ! of 50 tons. having a value of about ! $4.500 per day. The mill starts opera l tions early in October and runs until ! fcl, 1 than $500,000 worth of cotton oil, more than $25O,O00 worth of cotonseed meal and cake about $45.00O worth of hulls, i about $25.000 worth of linters. They have on the payroll between 40 and 90 men. with a weekly payroll of about S1.000.
 Explain Process
 As explained by Mir. McDevitt to the Rotarians during their excursion through the plant the first process of l the cottonseed is through the huller | where between 500 and 600 pounds of 1 huls are taken. The kernel or meat is then ground and cooked before being formed into d cake wrapped in camel $ hair cloth which is then placed in the hydraulic press and with a pressure of 1000 pounds 10 the square inch there is extracted about 300 pounds of oil to the ton.
 There is nothing left to guess work. Each day and nights run is analysed for the amount of protean remaining in the cake which is sold entirely on chemical analysis under rules and at q price fixed by the food administra tion.
 Judge E. W. Lewis presided at the luncheon and introduced the host and chairman Of the day, MT. McDevitt. Others who spoke at short length were Secretary Knott of the Cotton association who told of the success of that organization in securing labor which saved one 10 one and a half mil lion dollars to the cotton growers or this district in the picking of their crop.
 Others Speak Dwight E. Heard paid a tribute to the untiring zeal and energy of Mir. McDevitt and proposed three cheers which were given with a rousing good will.
 Roy GoQdrich stated that the absen-
 tee landlord system of cotton growing
 had proven successful in his case
 Bert Davie of Marionette explained that he did not call Mr .McDevitt any kind of d fool, but rather over-optimis- tic when he predicted that there would be 100, 900 acres of cotton growing in this valley and that the price would be 15 cents.
 J. C. Nevitt. attorney for the South west Cotton company stated that the Southwest company was planning even greater things for next year. L. J. Martin. manager of the Phoenix
 Cotton Oil company was introduced
 by Mir. McDevitt who paid a tribute i to his manager.
 Captain C. H. Hartke told how Mir | McDevitt had pursuaded him to make | Phoenix his home, although at the time of coming here he had not the slight est intention in that respect Charles Christy spoke at short | length and Paul s. Kantz told how
 sorry he was to leave Phoenix fol l sfansas.
 1 Mr. McDevitt presented 10 each Ro- 1 tarian q souvenir of the occasion ir the form of a box containing samples 1 of the cottonseed during every stage l of it's progress through the mill and 1 into the various products.