Town History
The Cable Roller Mills
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Feb 23, 2005, 18:07

During the year just past the Cable Roller mills of Post Falls ground 140,000 bushels of wheat of which the immediate vicinity furnished by about 40,000 bushels.  During the year the mill shipped 150 cars of mill products.  Owing to the scarcity of cars they are required at times to load to the maximum capacity.  

Under ordinary conditions the above amount would have made at least 200 car loads.  During the year 1900 much less will be shipped, as the local demand has about doubled during the last six months.  The proprietors have installed a complete electric plant, and have increased the storage capacity about 20,000 bushels.

The mill has had a general overhauling and is now without exception as complete a mill in every detail as there is in the Inland Empire.  Dart Bros. provide the best market in the country for wheat, as they at all times pay from two to four cts. per bushel more than the Spokane market. In exchange they give from four to five pounds more flour to the bushel than is given elsewhere.

The operating force consists of six regular employes.  George J. Thompson, the head miller, is a man of wide reputation in the milling fraternity, he having filled the position of head miller in some of the best mills in the country. <!--page-->

C. H. Potter, the millwright and second miller, needs no introduction to the milling public.  He is conceded to be the best millwright in the Inland Empire.  It was he who placed the machinery in all of the large mills in the country.  He was the millwright for the Barnard & Lee manufacturing company, (now locally the Barnard-Syphers Co.)  He knows all the intricacies of the process of manufacturing flour, and is a most valued adjunct to the concern.

C. H. Dart, the present manager, has had charge of the business but a little over two years.  Though a partner in the concern since the mill was built he was a silent one.  Since he took the management he had the proud satisfaction of seeing the mill more than double its annual output.  Through his modesty he attributes the growth of the business solely to the growth of the country  and the liberal use of printer's ink.

G. R. Klopf is their efficient book keeper.  About two years ago he resigned a position with a bank at Nellsville, Wis., where he had faithfully served for 15 years.

S. E. Bennett is the shipping clerk and all around general assistant.  L. H. Graham is the flour packer.  All of the above force of men are men of families, it being an established principal of the management to give married men the preference.

With the management of any mill in the hands of such efficient men as the Cable Roller Mills possesses we can safely bespeak a prosperous future for them.  The best wishes of THE SILVER BLADE, as well as the whole community is with them.

The Silver Blade - January 27, 1900 - Volume V., Number 41