Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-11-28
SUGAR, BUTTER AND SALT.
These Are the Things That Medicine Lodge
10 Crying For.

~ OryluB Eor.
The court house was well filed las
Saturday with citizens Of this city anC
vicinity who had assembled to consid
er the advisability of organizing a sor
ghum sugar manufacturing company
and creamery company. A call had
been published In the city papers, and
besides, circulars had been sent out
inviting all the farmers around here Il
attend the meeting.
E. L. Caruthers was selected as chair.
man and II. l.. Shannon secretary. The
chairman stated the object of the meet.
ing and read letter from the commits
/ siOner of agriculture and an article Civ
ing the views of Prof. Cowgirl, state in
spector of sugar. Hon. T. \. McNeal
related his experience in recent visit
to the Conway Springs sugar works and
gave in detail the figures connected
with raising cane and manufacturing
sugar and syrup, as he obtained them
from the superintendent and others of
| the works.
Several others told what they knew
about sorghum sugar, and then, on mo-
ton. the chairman appointed commit
tee of five to draw up the articles of in
corporation for a compan. and SUBJ
scriptiOn paper for the stock, the COM
mittee being composed of the follow
ing citizens: Eli c. Benedict, C. b.
Currie, 5. X. w. Field, w. W. Cook
and L. A McNeal.
This committee retired and later re-
ported form of the articles of incor-
poratiOn, providing tor the formation
OF the company with a capital stock of
500, 600, divided into shares of 500
each, the affairs to be managed by sew
en- directors and the corporation to last
for SO years.
On motion, this same committee was
continued as soliciting committee. to
report at an adjourned meeting to be
held Saturday afternoon, December lst
Persons who desire to subscribe to the
stock of the company in cash or in cane
can do so by calling upon any member
of the committee this week.
The creamery question was next
brought up. j. NJ. DeLisle announced
that he had client who was willing to
furnish one-half the necessary capital
for building and operating a creamery
if the citizens of this community would
furnish the other half.
Mr.. burst thought that a creamery
was the one thing needed to make our
people prosperous.
Mr.. Graves had had experience in a
creamery and cheese factory and he
thought the enterprise entirely practic-
able at Medicine Lodge.
Others present showed great inter-
est in the establishment of a creamery
and on motion, the chair appointed a
committee of five on organization, as
follows: j. NJ. Delisle, Henry burst,
DIR. l. w. Stout. A. E. Grouse and Geo
Esmond.
This committee was instructed to so
arrange the formation of the company
that majority of the shares of stock
would be owned and controlled by home
people.
After retiring for few minutes, the
committee returned and reported that
it had agreed on the organization of a
company with capital stock of So 600
divided into 500 shares of SO each.
This, 1T was explained, would pay for
the machinery, the building and for an
ice house and cold-storage room. The
committee was continued in office and
instructed to solicit subscribers to the
capital stock of the company until Sat
urday, Dec. 1st, at the adjourned meet
ing to be held in the court house.
During the meeting it was asked how
many OF those present would take stock
in the sugar company. Nearly every
one present slgnifed their intention or
taking stock. The same question was
asked about the creamery and practic-
ally every one present agreed to take
stock in it.
When the sugar factory and the
creamery were put in operation, the
more enthusiastic citizens present want
ed to know why salt we'll could not
be bored. Messrs. Cunningham, Long,
and Van Slyke gave views on the SUBJ
ject and it was resolved that the city
council should be asked to bore a pros
pect hole, using the water power of the
city, If there are any accessible funds
The chair appointed as committee to
look after the salt well, Messrs C. 1.
Long, p. d. Cunningham, Henry Nor
gan, d. J. Aber and ID. Van Slyke.
The meeting then adjourned until
Saturday afternoon, December LIST, at
2 o'clock.