The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-01-18
Black RIM. Butter and Cheese.
s%4lrnw,cx, JAZZ. II, 1889.

Black Hills Butter and Cheese.
s~Alr1w1ck, JAN. ii, 1889.
To THE SrAR:-I think Mr.. Editor,
the following important move will in.
terest the readers Of your valuable pa
per. Without further comment I will
proceed with what 1 have to say. A
preliminary meeting of some Of tho
farmers Of this Great Soft Water Belt
was held at the Office Of E. b. Cook, a.
few days ago. On motion, Mr.. A. w.
Myres, the "butter king" took the
chair, while Mr.. Cook was given pen
and paper and ordered to act as secre-
tary. Then Mr.. Myers in a few we'll
chosen words, stated the object Of the
meeting was to organize butter and
cheese association, setting forth with
great force the advantage Of such an
association. not only to the farmers in
the immediate vicinity of the belt, hut
to the whole county. For as he said
there was no better dairy land in the
world. We have all the natural adj
vantages to begin with; our land has
no superior so far as richness Of soil,
and its adaptahil;ty for farming and
dairy purposes, it being iuterlincd in
all directions with pure running water,
while soft drinking water could be
found in any part Of it by digging S
to 20 feet, and as far as climate is ION.
cerned, why, it is q we'll established
fact that for hcalthfulness it cannot be
surpassed in ans part of the United
States. Judge Bratton remarked the
formation of such an association would
and ought to interest all hands in this
part Of the county, for it would attract
a great many settlers to great belt,
anyway his name could be set down for
it first, last and all the time. j. w.
AdamsNn favored the project and
thought 1t advisable to call q meeting
Of the citizens and organize and incor-
porate a company, to be known as the
Black Hills Butter and Cheese Associa-
ton. Object. the manufacturing Of
putter and cheese, aud handling and
selling milk. Mr.. Cook vas in favor
of this move, stating, that after a care
full canvas Of the belt, he felt satisfied
that we already had COWS enough to
make a start, and that Smithwick was
a good shipping point, handy to get to
from all sides. He could see no reason
why Fall River County butter and
cheese should not have, in the near fu-
ture, as great a name a the famous
Grange County butter Of old York
State. Stating further, that is a wrong
and mistaken idea, that A No. / butter
could not be made in the west. Anyone
can be convinced, that such statements
are false, Ivy testing Of the golden but
ter made by Mrs. A. w. Myers, Fannie
Jogerson, Mrs. .Adamson and others.
These are only a few Of the many good
butter makers IN the belt. That the
object of this meeting aught to DO talk
ed up, and his advice was to keep the
ball rolling until it met with final sue
cess. A number Of others were heard
from. all Of whom signiied their APP
prevail Of the enterprise, and all cx-
tending an invitation to all surround
ing farmers that wished to join them
in this important nov TO come for
ward with their advice, help and good
will, for no one can fail to sec the grea.
benefit to our county in this move. We
propose to make Smithwicks the cen.
trail market for butter, milk &C., where
farmers can get cash for all they have
to sell. Building a cheese factory was
talked over, and the meeting adjourn.
ed to meet at the call Of the chairman
Dick Moon.
DIR. Bland in his efforts to defeat the
wishes OF the neople ont here in Dako.