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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
3
The Elko Milling Company reports rapid growth after incorporation and a successful conversion of public opinion. By paying farmers market cash for all grain, local planting surged and this season saw five times as many acres planted, boosting flour sales to full capacity.
The Elko county mill urges patrons to buy local flour and support farmers. It notes thousands of bushels purchased from Metropolis district and other areas, money staying local, and plans to add alfalfa meal machinery to expand markets for home grown grain and alfalfa.
A collection of endorsements from Elko Milling Company customers in 1917 praising Wheat Rice Flour and Whole Wheat Flour. Letters from M B Shipp Ogden UT T B Rowlands Southern Pacific Co Elko Dorsey Mrs Kr Dorsey and others commend bread quality keeping attributes and superiority over competing flours.
The Elko Milling Company promotes four leading flour brands used by The French Bakery of Elko and other lines including sterilized rolled barley and oats. It notes government price controls on flour and urges customers to buy the best Elko brands. Dealers listed span Tobar Clover Mercantile Tobar Lumber Co Wells Nutall Store Deeth Overland Lumber Tuscarora A W Sewell Owyhee J A Sewell.
The article outlines several flour brands including Snow Fall Flour a blend with twenty percent Turkey Red wheat noted for its soft wheat content. It also covers Turkey Red Flour praised for Nevada wheat quality and higher bread value, Wheat-Rice Flour famed for Etko Milling Company blends, Our Pride Flour with half Turkey Red and Spring Wheat, and the O K brand from Idaho Falls MHL & Elevator Company offered as an outside mill option.
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