Chapter 31
-- Compiled by the Cumberland Women's Club
and Published by the Cumberland Advocate
1874-1974
(used by permission of the Cumberland Advocate)
Donated by Linda Mott
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The Cumberland Milling Company
O.A.
Ritan and S.W.
Hines incorporated a steam grist mill, The
Cumberland Milling Company in 1890 with O.A. Ritan as President, O.W.
Mosher, S.W. Hines and Frank
Algeo. Their buildings were located at the
corner of Front and Elm Streets and consisted of a hay warehouse, a mill,
elevators ad store house. The company manufactured all kinds of milling
stuffs and were dealers in flour, hay, grain and bulky produce. Later F.W.
Miller and B.H.
Waterman became stockholders; Waterman soon
selling back to the company when he left Cumberland. Improvements were
made over the years and about 1919 steam power was discarded in favor of
electricity, obtained from the lines of the Apple River Milling Company.
Mr. Ritan retired to Oregon and the officers in 1922 were O.W. Mosher,
President, F.W. Miller, Vice President, S.W. Hines, Treasurer, and Frank
Algeo, Secretary and Manager. The company manufactured all kinds of flour
and feed, their brands of flour being known as
"Veribest"
and "White Rose."
This
company was in business until 1935 when J.H.
LeJeune became manager and it became the Farmers
Co-op of today.
to Cumberland
Farmer's Union Co-op
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