Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-06-02
Saratoga Briefs.

Ine farmers and dalrymen abou
Saratoga have organized co-opera
tive creamery association with some
sixty patrons, have erected good
substantial building and put in the
latest approved machinery and ap
pliances and with G. j. Hoopman as
butter maker, start up with the open.
ing of the present month. The en-.
tire cost OF the plant will vary but
little from $1,000 Mr.. Hoopman has
had large exnerienco
IN the creamery bust
ness with the largest creamery in the
north part of the state under the di-
rect training of Mr.. E. D. Capper of
the Chester cooperative creamery,
and hence is we'll equipped for the
position given him.
Mrs. E. Miller is spending the sum-
mer with her daughter at Warner,
Brown comfy, South Dakota, Alfred
Miles, q son in law has charge of her
hotel and farm here during her alb
sence, and right we'll do they main
tain its reputation.
The merchants of Saratoga are the
kakac Bros. who carry a large and
we'll settled stock of general merchan-
disc. One of the brothers traverses
the surrounding country with a good
stock of everyday needed articles,
receiving in exchange eggs and such
other articles as are portable and in
looking after collections. In this way
they have built up a large and well
deserved patronage.
D. L. Nichols is the village black
smith also does the wood repairing
required to keep farm implements in
order and is a needed and useful APP
pendage to the prosperity of the vii
lage.
The village has two churches and
to equip the Union church of the
place with suitable spire, belfry and
bell, church fair will be held in the
near future at which numerous and
useful articles being prepared by the
ladies of the vicinity will be on sale.
Stopping an hour or two during
Wednesdays rain with Mr.. and Mrs.
Scriven, We were permitted to not
only enjoy their hospitality, bnt to
learn many important facts concern
ing the church work its people are
engaged in.
A curious freak of electricity, the
repetition of which is not desired, oc-
Cured at Mr.. Pembleton's, northeast
OF Saratoga. The fluid came down a
tree standing close to the house leav.
ing which it passed into the building
splitting to splinters two posts of a
bead stead, in which man and his
wife were sleeping, and setting the
mousse on fire. Happily the occupants
OF the house were not stunned SO but
they fought and subdued the flames.
Hundreds of acres of timothy ID cad
ows in the vicinity are entirely de-
stroyed by the drought of last fall.
Ps."euAoSe, Stlu WOrmS or other
causes and is being plowed for flax.
The recent heavy rains did great
damage to fences, bridges and crops
i'll the vicinity of Crane Creek and it's
tributaries. The flood at Saratoga
was up to the bridge, flooding the
bottom lands and covering many
places with sand and other debris.
A need of the village is a re-organ-
lzation of the school districts about
1t SO as to give the village public
school, one of the essent ial elements
to the growth and permanent pros
perlty of the place. The growth and
business improvements of Saratoga
gives an added value to every farm
within its business range, and the
farmers Of the adjoining school dis
tricts should consider this fact in con.
aection with this matter. Now the
nearest public school to this thriving
and Important business center is one
nile and half away.