Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20
GREAT west Mill and ELEVATOR IS
ONE OF LARGEST Mills IN WORLD

The Great West MN 4 Elevator
Company'A flour mill and storage
plant, located In the northeastern
part of the city between the Fort
Worth A Denver city and Rock
Island railroads. N the mast
scientifically equipped establish.
mont m It's kind In the world, ns
well ns one OF the largest II In
rivnlled In size only by the great
I1llsb1r, .WasitDuin nnus ~ Aiinne.
apols and In equipment by none.
Frank KEEL. 81 Wichita Falls. Texas.
WINS the man who conceived the idea Il
establishing In Amarillo a flour mill
with sufficient capacity 20 care for the
needs ~ great part ~ tho Southwest.
Mr' kcll first thought ~ doing this In
1872 ana made his preliminary lnyesti.
cation of conditions here In that year.
n Keen business man and one II wide
vision Mr.. Hell has ever been u student
al conditions throughout the great
Southwest. and particularly In Texas:
his studies Inevitably led him 60 the
conclusion that the Panhandle. Plains
territory had future ~ unlimited
promise IN many respects, and more
particularly NJ u wheat growing region.
lie reasonrd that since the wheat
lands II the Panhandle Plains country
had already proven that they were un.
surpassed anywhere in the world and
that since they were so much cheaper
than those of Kansas aud the Dukoias,
the Industry was bound to make giant
In
premise II was easy Tor him to reach
tho conclusion that Amarillo. the
center ~ that great hcat.gowing 70.
zion was the logical point Tor the loca
tlon ~ one or more great flour mills.
such as those erected many years ago
In Minneapolis when It's coniributory
territory. Minnesota. the Dakotns. and
Montana. developed into great wheat
states. Plans for the establishment IL
such mill had gone Tar forward when
the war clouds began Go gather. and
Mr.. kcll postponed putting them into
execution until the war should have
ended
he'll Picks Manager
The war over. the Wichita Falls
manufacturer again took up the task os
making his great dream become
reality. Actual construction work On
the mill was begun In the month u
MAY following the signing ~ the armls.
tee, IN 1919. Mr. kcil knowing that
he could not personally supervise either
the erection ~ the mammoth mill and
elevator plant OF it, management after
II had been bullt. east about Tor the
best man available tn take up the re-.
snonsihle duties ~ managing the ~.
fairs ~ the Great West Mil 4 Elc.
Natur Company. which ho intended 10
become one ~ the great corporations
OF the Southwest Ed u Humphrey
was at that time the assistant manager
81 the Oklahoma city MIN 4 Elevator
Company. also owned by Kcll. MIR
kcl had watched the rapid upward
progress ~ young Humphrey for a
number ~ years. and by that time was
thoroughly convinced that he need look
no further for his man. Humphrey
was given the job and he has since then
proven that Frank Kcll made no mis-.
take In hts selection. T.. Il. Humphrey.
as general manager 81 the Great West
Mill 4 Elevator Company's plant, has
had charge ~ operations since ground
was first broken. lie has built his own
ideas. be- has built himself into the
plant. and In consequence Amarillo now
has one u the largest and certainly
the hes, equipped GJur mill in the
world. II Is said by men who arc
Judges 81 work. that II was a truly re-
markablc achievement TO complete In
December 1870 that gigantic task
which WIS begun In May, 1919. The
mill is now In active operation. and
though IL has been running for but q
short time. orders are coming In To II
from all parts Of Texas. from New
Mexico. Arizona. California, Colorado,
Kansas and oklahoma, with every
prospect that IN the not far distant
future Il will bc shipping flour Ia the
housewives Of every state In the great
Southwest
The capacity Of the first unit; now