The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-07
AD CLUB BANQUET
WAS INTERESTING
EXPECT TO START WITH 25O
MEMBERS-SOME OF MOS
cows BIG INDUSTRIES

That MOSCOW has bank deposits
of more than $3,5OO,O0O; has stocks
of merchandise invoicing $985,000,
employing clerks and bookkeepers in
these stores numbering It's, who
draw more than 100000 per year,
are few of the facts that are to be
given to the public through the Mos
COW Advertising Club, recently or
ganized and which held it's first ban
quet last night
+ These are but few of Moscow's
many resources, but were given to
the club last night by Scott Ogden,
president, at the banquet in Plumm-
er's cafeteria. Since his election as
the first president of the club, three
weeks ago when it was organized,
Mr.. Ogden has been familiarizing
himself with conditions in Moscow
and the figures he gave were surpris-
: ing even to Moscow citizens.
Among other industrial facts given
! by President Ogden were the state
ment that the Idaho National Har-
vester plant which makes combined
| harvesters, bean, bean and grain
threshers and everything that is
made Of metal" has a plant valued
at 100000 and an annual payroll Of
$4,000. The Hagen & Cushing pack
ing plant with an output of more
than million year, which paid
$700,000 for pork, beef and mutton
on the hoof to the farmers of this
section during 1919 and exported 90
per cent Of its product, supplying
Moscow with the other eight per cent.
He mentioned the vinegar factory
with an annual output of 80 carloads,
each carload containing 80 barrels
of vinegar and which used more than
1000 tons of Gull apples last year,
The Moscow Fire Brick and Clay
Products Company with an invest
ment of 100000, had payroll of
more than $4,000 last year and plans
to double it's output this year. 1t
ships its products as far east as
Chicago and as far north as Alaska.
The Moscow FIGURING mills made
more than 100000 pounds Of flour
last year and 720 carloads Of grain,
each car containing about 1000 bush
els, was shipped during the year. The
Moscow creamery, comparatively
young institution, which began a few
y
five going the year round and work
ing nights in the busy season. Mr..
Wilson, the proprietor, announced
was 100000 pounds and 10000 gal
Ions of ice cream was made during
the year, and that $4,000 was paid
to farmers close to Moscow for cream
during the year. The creamery is
doing larger business now than in
September and paid $65,000 for
cream in December.
Mr. Wilson said that he knows of
no place in the northwest where
cold storage plant for handling eggs
and other farm products would pay
better than in Moscow and cited the
fact that June, here, is cooler than
April and May in many places and
that eggs can be bought up to July
l with safety to be held for cold
storage. A pea canning plant was
also mentioned as an industry that
could be operated profitably here.
President Ogden called attention
to the educational Advantages Of Mos
cow. The University of Idaho and
the state agricultural college are
located here and have about 1000
students enrolled from all parts of
the state and from many other
states. The grade schools have an
enrolment of 785 while there are 285 |
students enrolled in the high school.
The high school has a library of more
than 1000 volumes and the city has a
Carnegie library of 5000 volumes,
while the library at the University Of
Idaho is as large as both the others.
He called attention to the fact that
Moscow has 70 blocks of paved
streets, record that he believed is
unequaled by any town of its size
in the northwest.
Short talks were made by j. S.
Heckathorn, president of the chamber
Of commerce, who indorsed the ad.
club idea as a valuable assistant to
the commercial body, and pledged his
support to it. Others who spoke in
favor of the ad. club and agreed to
"stand their share Of the expense"