Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-10
CLUBMEN MAKE
TRIP TO Mill
FORLUNCHEON
Kiwanians Entertained by Roy.
al Milling Company at
Weekly Meeting.

4 summer picnic in October was en-
ioyed by members of the Great Falls
KiWanis club who journeyed to the
Royal Milling company plant Monday
noon as the guests of the company Of
ficials at a luncheon and inspection of
the flour mill.
The luncheon was served in buffet
STYLE from long tables on the lawn in
front of the mill and red hots," apple
pies in large numbers, and cups of milk
and lemonade were set before the Wis
iting Kiwanians.
On the arrival of the club members
they were met by officials of the com
pany and exchanged their caps and
hats for round, flat top caps that
turned the session into a meeting of
the cooks and chefs of the city. The
caps carried the slogan of Rex flour,
the chief brand of the Royal mills.
Some of the Kiwanians and mill Off
cials enjoyed the day to the greatest
in best picnic style by appearing in
their shirt sleeves.
Sherwood Makes Talk
Among the officials of the company
who joined in acting as hosts to the
club were J. w. Sherwood, general
mui1hktE, %. III. lktIu, W. - SutnC
land and Lowell Watkins, also a mem
Der of the Kiwanis club.
The milling process from the time
the wheat is received from the car on
the track to the time it goes into the
sacks as Rex flour was explained
briefly by Sherwood in a talk before
the club members began their inspec-
ton trip. He told of the methods of
washing the grain and drying it, the
grinding process and the like. He
closed by speaking of the business pol
icy followed by the company in the
expansion of the business.
Il am glad to tell you club men that
the Royal mills is a successful bust
ness be said. "As business men you
know that means something. The COM
pany has always paid a dividend. some
times five per cent, sometimes 10 per
cent, occasionally II per e and
once or twice as much as 20 per cent.
ut must be remembered that the
shares in the company are worth con-
siderably more than par and it takes
Is per cent dividends to pay less than
10 per cent on the actual investment
in the mills. The average dividend is
in the neighborhood of seven or eight
per cent on the actual investment. 1t
must be remembered that the Royal
mills is a unit of a large organization.
Men are interested in it who have
large wealth feel that such a return
is a good one compased with the
smaller return from government bonds,
for instance"
Sherwood showed the growth that
has taken place on the technical side
of flour milling. He said that 10 years
ago nothing was done along this line,
that five years ago there was little
and that the present work, developed
already to a high degree. was the de-
velopment of the last three or four
| years. Now, certain demands based
on technical qualifications of the flour
are often written into sales contracts.
be said. To meet these demands, the
! company has a large laboratory work
ing at all times.
The club members were divided into
groups for the trip through the plant,
| an official of the company taking
charge of each group. The trip was
made first through the new plant, with
improved and large machinery. then
| through the first mill of the company.
| This mill. built in 1892. had a capacity
of go barrales a day. Today. the mill
1 uaS ii tapdNllt VI osbOp oIINA a "a
In the new plant, space has been left
and features built in that will permit
the opening Of another unit whenever
demands justify it.
Abrams Drive Chairman
In the business session of the club,
| which took but a few minutes after the
luncheon. a report of the action of the
round table on the community chest
idea and music arts association was
| given. The club voted to refer the re-
| port to the board of directors, its ac-
ton to come before the club at its next
meeting. Jack Abrams was named
| chairman of the Salvation Army drive
| committee.
Almon LeFebvre. reporting for the
| directors, said that the directors felt
! that the Salvation Army fund should
be held to $1,000 this year or the same
as that of last year. He mentioned
! that when the first drive was made,
the organization asked $1,000. The
next year this was increased to $4,000
due to the demands of the farmers as
a result of crop failures. With con
| ditions back to normal, the directors
felt that $1,000 should be enough for
the regular army work and that the
| additional i ,500 could be applied on