Cheney Grain Growers, Inc.

1909-10        Farmers Union Warehouse Co. incorporates (formerly Farmers Grain & Supply). Name immediately changed to Cheney Union Warehouse. President D. Weaver, Secretary Chris Betz, Directors Charles McDowell, Joe Huetter, and Mr. Rudolph. Albert Betz was the first manager followed by Mr. Penhallurick, then Tom Graham, then A.W. Jensen.

1930-05: Cheney Union Warehouse Co. transferred to Cheney Grain Growers Inc.

1930-06: Cheney Grain Growers Inc. purchase warehouses in Amber & Rodna from the O'Neill Grain Co.

1930-07: Cheney Grain Growers Inc. purchase warehouse in Tyler

1931-06: mortgaged entire property and purchased 50' x 162' warehouse at Rodna from General Mills Company. May 1934 mortgaged property to Spokane Bank of Cooperatives for improvements at 4.5% interest.

1932-07-15: Officers for the fiscal year are: William J. Sutton, president; Albert C. Owes, vice president; Chris Betz, secretary-treasurer; and Chris Lambert and Jack Penhallurick, directors.

1934-05-22ish: A crew of 16 men is working this week on the new 100,000 bushel grain elevator for the Cheney Grain Growers. Cost of the new construction is estimated at $18,000.

3 July 1942: Elmer Luiten of Ritzville has accepted the position as warehouseman at the Cheney Grain Growers elevator here, it was announced this week by A.W. Jansen, manager. He succeeds Carl Hays, who resigned.

1954-01: Cheney GRain Growers annouced they will build a $114,000 elevator.

1954-08-14: The new elevator of the Cheney Grain Growers, Inc., has a capacity of 155,000 bushels and cost $114,000.

1960-05: Cheney Grain Growers Inc. add a steel storage tank to their facility in Cheney.

1974-07: Elmer Luiten retires having served 28 years as manager of the Cheney Grain Growers Inc. and four years as a warehouseman. Gordon Young named manager.

1979-06-07: Cheney Grain Growers have purchased the materials to erect two new 53,000 bushel metal storage buildings.

2006-02-23 A grain bin in downtown Cheney collapsed, spilling 65,000 bushels of grain on the ground adjacent to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks.