Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-02-10
CHEESE FACTORY
OPENS AT RUPERT
Company Will Follow Plan of Start.
ing Factories Wherever Suf-
fioient Cows Are Available

Inc IOllOWlnS dTllcle TSldlluS u
a new cheese factory, published il
the Minidoka County News, Rupert
will make good reading for our peo-
pie The people in the vicinity OF
Rupert seem to be greatly in earnest
in pushing their dairy program, and
the results will be watched with a
great deal of interest by other COM
munities in Idaho:
Unannounced, unattended, young
H. F. Laabs, son of F, w. Laabs,
cheese man who was in Rupert just
before Christmas looking into condi-
tions here with the idea of starting
a string of cheese factories, arrived
in Rupert Sunday morning. with the
declaration that he is ready to CO."
The first of the factories will be
started here at once. Young Laabs
comes from Curtiss, Wis.
"The first of the string of facto-
ries we will start will be in Rupert, :"
the cheese man told News repre-
sentative Monday 81 am here to
stay AS soon as preliminary ar
rangements can be completed for the
old cheese factory here, will send
for a cheese maker and we will be
ready for business. The plant needs
some equipment, but this can be got
ten with little trouble. 1t is in good
shape and we'll soon be turning out
a fine quality of cheese. Our con-
nection with the j. F. Kraft Com
pany insures us market that Will
also be most beneficial to the dairy
men.
81 have met with a cordial recep-
tion since / came to Idaho few
days ago. Ex-Governor Devils and
Mr.. Shepherd of Jerome were with
me Saturday and are most interested
in our plans. After the Rupert fac
tory gets under way we expect, If
satisfactory arrangements can be
made, to open the factory at Paul
that has been closed for some time.
u.lr plans also call for a factory near
q zelton and one in Jerome in the
near future, and others will follow
as our organization gets going
Asked about the price that would
be paid for butterfat, the cheese man
said it would be based on the Plym-
outh, Wisconsin, price of cheese.
I'VE expect to be able to pay prac-
tically the same price as is paid in
Wisconsin. When / left thert but
terfat was bringing Sc cents. Dur
ing November and December the
price paid was so cents Plymouth
sets the price for cheese just as Ell
gin, Illinois, does for butter, and the
price we pay for butterfat is thus
regulated. Our marketing connec-
tions with Kraft Bros, who are de-
sirous of developing the Southern
Idaho field for their new big remak-
ing plant in San Francisco, assures
the farmers will get top price for
their milk" he said.
Those of us who know what the
cheese factories have done for Wis
consin realize the great possibilities
here. The country is ideal for the
business, and, while our proposition
is somewhat of an experiment, we +
feel sure it is going to mean much
to this part of the state.'
Plans call for an experienced
cheese maker for each factory, with {
Mr.. Laabs acting as manager and SUI
pervisor over all of them. He ex-
poets to establish at least a dozen
"Of course this won't be done in /
a day, or month, but we will grad I
ually extend our operations. We s
want to be able to ship in carload {
lots and must have the factories to G
get the product necessary. We will
be in position to market the prod
uet of the Acequia factory, if they
desire it, and will probably take care S
Of the product of other factories al
ready established in this part of the ?
state. if proper arrangements can be ?
made" 1
]. L. Kraft Company, Chicago, t
who first sent Mr.. Laabs, Sr., here a
10 investigate the conditions, are the a
largest cheese manufacturers in the v
world The Kraft Company first be- v
came interested in Southern Idaho as
1 dairy section last summer, when,
through the efforts of ex-Gov. Da
gis, a dairy excursion was made v
through this part of the state, with Il
many eastern dairy specialists form b
ng the party. At that time Mr.. o
Kraft stated that his company would d
pay the Idaho cheese maker the. same n
srice for cheese as is paid ~ Wis7 y