Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-16
AMARILLO BOASTS
ONE OF LARGEST
MILLS IN WORLD
N POSSIBLY TiE MOST SCIEN.
TlFiCiII.y EQtipPFD MIL
IN AMERICA

In the magnificent elevator. nuu-
MN and grain storage plant az the
Clcat West MN a Elevator Co. logltsd
IN the northeastern mart of the cts
between the Fort Worth a Denver Ci,y
md Rock Island Railroads. Amarilt
boasts II the most scientifically ,uu.p.
ped and the most modern Ia every -.
tpcct. az well a. on. Of thu largest a.
tablishmenis Il IT, Kind la the world.
II h rlyalled IN size only by the great
Pillsoury.w ashburn mills iu Mime.
apolis. and In equipmen, by none
The idea u establishing such Hour
mill. with capacity sufficient O. carr fur
the needs Of a great part q the South.
wet. was first conceiy,d hy Frark
Ken. OF Wichita Falls. Texas IN 1915
A keen business man and one Il vide
vision. Mr kell has ever tocn stu.
dent 81 conditions throughout N, great
Southwest and particularly IN Tcxs~
this Inevitably led him to N. Cuncll
sion that the Panhandle had future
q unlimited promise In many respects.
and more particularly as wheat grow.
hig region. lie reasoned that since The
wheat lands ~ the Panhandi,-pialn
country had already proven that they
were unsurpassed anywhere In thc
world. and that slnce they were 40
much cheaper than those of Kans.
and the Dakotas. the industry was
bound 10 make giant strides In this ter.
ritory. From that premise Il was easy
for him 10 reach the conclusion that
amarillo. thu center 81 that great
fshsat-growing region Was the logical
point foe the location Of one or more
great flour mills. such as ,hos. erected
tnany years Ago In Minneapolis when
Its contributAry territory, Minneso,a.
the rakotas and Montana. developer
into great wheat states. Plans for IN.
Establishment q such a mill had gone
Tar forward when the war clouds be.
Ean 20 gather. and Mr.. Kell postponed
putting them into execution until ths
war. should have ended.
TIE war over. the Wichita Falls man.
nfacsurer again took up the task Il
making Ais great dream become
reality. Actual construction work on
the miil was begun In the May follow.
ing the signing q the aTmistice. ~
1919. Under the supervision q y r.
Humphrey. his friend and associate IN
Ing enterprise. the work was pushe
vigorously, and the great seyen-siorv
mill was completed In. Decenber. 1920.
which. when the niagni,ud. 81 the en-
terprlr and the disturbed business
fouditions obtaining through much II
that period. il considered. was a 70.
Variable achievement; II il now In
sctive operation. and though Il has
been ruring hut q short time. orde-s
ere pouring In 10 the mill from all parts
Of Teas. New Mexico and Arizona.
with the prospects IN favor ~ the
eventual expansion 81 IT, sphere n IN
fuenc- throughout the Southwest.
The capacity Of the first unit. now
consfrpeted and In operation. Is 500
barrels per day; the capacity of the sec.
and unit. upon which construction work
has no, yet begun. win be 1900 harrels
giving a total q 200a barrels daily. or
ecunting 900 milling days % the year.
see.eee ,'arrrls per annum. which wouli
allow three barrels 10 each ~ 200. 600
families for the year. calculating five
persons % the family the produc, ~ tho
tive units would thus provide for the
requirements u approximately one mil.
Non people. In making this flour. Il
four and hall bushels 10 the barrels,
..1eo.e ge bushels 81 wheat would 10
tased. and that would mean n payment
10 Panhandle Plains farmers. az the
rate u si.7s per bushel. Of ti.7s5. 009
per year. once the two units ARE In
operation. From these rough estimates
On approximate idea Of the magnitude
a the plant may b. conceived.
Fifty'fvc men are now IN the employ
a. the company. and they are iurnius
cut 800 barrels per day When ,hs
prtsfnf equipment IN running az ful
blast n will min 500 barrels of fiour
and Il 10 estimated that one hundrei
men win b. required 90 do THIS.
kell Il President.
Frank KEEL. q Wichita Falls. IL IN.
president Of the concern. which Is in
eorporated: Z. n. Humphrey IL vice
president and general manager: Ere,
Honea. sales manager; W. r. Sloan,'
chief accountant. and c. o. Morph &
traffic manager This comprises IN,
exscusive staff, with Is baked up b.
a competent sales force.
The basemsn, o. this $4,000 build
Inc y enrupi-d By large receiving bin,
whirh receive the wheat and stores
un'll u = removed 30 the eight lsrg
storage tanks. which have q capacity d
see.a9e bushels Of grain. On the gruun
for II The Tour storage warehouse
whirh has a capacity 81 1900 barrel,
en- the second floor IL located the bui
mess cffices. whieh are capacious an
squippsd with the latest and most n
10 date devices for the conduct ~
voluminous business correspondence,
Tho sock room contains supply Z