The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-27
Plans Under Way for
New Warehouse
@ May Soon Ma
terialize
I'll DIVIDENDS p AID
Despite Existing Condi-
tons Generous Divi-
dends are Paid

1 uc oAdChLOOI OtdtO 1AOW CA .
held their annual stockholders meet
ing and election of officers Monday
afternoon, and the report of the
years business was very satisfactory.
They have the warehouse 50x270
feet in size, one story and full base
ment, with capacity of 130 cars.
Last year they expended $9899 for
wages and handled 165 cars of the
1919 crop, following with 157 cars
already from the 1920 crop. They
handle large amount of coal, and
last year they handled 140, 900 sacks.
For the past seven years and a
half it has been under the manage
ment Of James Pendlebury controlled
by board Of seven directors. Last
years board was reelected for the
present year consisting of E. A.
Doud, president; w. c. Sollenberger,
vice president; Lee Meyer, secretary,
I. J. Spraker, G. A. Packham, George
Yost and w. T. Bithell directors.
They had very good year in 1920
and but for the bad condition of the
money market that gave them diff
ficulty in making their collections
they would have been able to erect
q new warehouse at Collins, accord
ing to plans already adopted. Fail
ure to make their collections pre-
vented them from building the new
warehouse there. They also have
plans for the construction of another
large warehouse at Wapello and If
they have a good year in 1920 they
hope to build them both. BY erect
ing one at Collins it saves the farmer
q haul of three miles coming in from
that part of the country to the Black
foot warehouse. The one to be built
at Wapello will save them a longer
haul or make it possible for them to
haul potatoes and ship them thru
that warehouse when they might not
be able to move them at all at pro-
fit if they did not have that one.
The building Of these two new ware
houses will in no way affect the busi-
ness to be done in the warehouse
at Blackfoot; it has been taxed to its
capacity all this season and they
have generally had standing appli-
cation from parties at Idaho Falls
for ten, fifteen or seventeen carloads
which they desired to ship down from
there for storage and sorting, but
have had to turn them away for want
of capacity.
Mud Gave Trouble
During the fall of 1920 there was
SO much rain they had a great deal
of, trouble with the wagons sinking
in the mud around the Blackfoot
warehouse. The drainage was not
very good and loaded wagons fire.
quently stuck in the mud so they had
to call out half a dozen men from the
warehouse to help get them out,
sometimes finding it necessary to
tighten the loads before they could
move the wagon. Manager Pendle-
bury said they lost nearly enough
time of their own and the farmers
time thru delay, having one or more
wagons stuck in the mud or waiting
on the one that was stuck to have
covered the expense of paving that
street by the side of the warehouse.
1t is included in the paving work to
be done when spring opens and they
Aa great deal more dispatch for the
coming season. Mr.. Pendlebury says
that he and all of his board of direc-
tors much prefer investing money in
paving to investing it in losses and
delay in a busy season when teams
are stuck in the mud. There has
, been some opposition to paving that
1hrt of the street, but it did not arise
in the Potato Growers association
and they are anxious to have the
work carried to completion.
Paid a Dividend
Notwithstanding the lack of COM
plete collections for the season Of
1920, the Potato Growers association
are paying a stock dividend Of 8 per
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