Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-02-06
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Creamery Company.
A Rousing Meeting-Temporary
Organization. - About 800
Cows Promised And Sixty
Shares Of Stock Pledged.
. Creamery an Assured Fact !
Our Milbank Delegation
Report. An Interesting and
Instructive Address by Geo.
Mitchell, President Of the
Milbank Creamery Company

As per call the adjourned meeting for
the purpose of organizing "a Creamery
20 . was held at the opera house ON
Wednesday, and was %eminently srccess-
ful. The meeting was called TO order by
A. II. Kramer. chairman. Thos. Cloyd
was then elected to the chair and WsS.D.
Adams secretary. The minutes Of prev
ious meetings were read aud approved. 4
report OF the delegation WAS then called
Tor and Mrssrs. Alters, Anderson, Hinzr,
BlOclier. HolmqIist and Goodwin ad-
dresser! the meeting. We publish Mr..
Goudwiu'S ~ marks in full in another
co'unin, they make a complete report
AMI were Endorsed by the entire deIeg3i-
tiou-are about the substance 0i what
all the other g.ntlrmra said on the sub
Ie't. Mr.. HInze spoke in ~grrndnand Mr.
ii Jl,nqulst ia scandinavian, alter
they had concluded their remarks in en-
gliSll. The report w's Received with Ell
TIRE satisfaction by the meeting. Mr..
Mitchell, president o the VI Iblnk cream
cry then took the floor and gave our
people the benefit of his experience III or
CANNING, placing shares, securing cows,
etc which was very interesting as we'll
az valuable. he then gave an exhaustive
statement OF the operations, EXPENSES
and profits of the Miibank pant and
much 9th r information oi interest aud
vaIu' la CLOSING his remarks the gentle
man invited the audiences to ask ANY
questions in regard to the enterprise.
Many awaited t~tlenISel yes OF the Oppor-
tunity aud il every Instance tleaus wrrS
were ~entirei.r satisfactory. We regret
til At giTe and space will not permit y, d
complete report 81 Mr., Mitchell remarks.
A hiution WAS then carried that a lem
por iry organization be- made which wss
done by the election of Henry .Paui
President; i. /. Goodwin, Secretary;
Cnls. ii. Compton, Treasurer; Matthias
Johnson, Cilas. Ebert aud Alouzu Alters
Dlrectors.
fned ca nmancel the work ia earnest ::
~ crowd was cauvLssed to sLScertalh
how Inany COWS could be s,currsi and how
siihr y vi stock could b. placed allowing
none but farmers to taxi stock itud bul
oie share to b. isSur,i to racii ~ ~, tnts
resulted IN notes being given ror about
60 shares aiI,i the product ri 265 cows
i'ni,g pledged, aud Secretary Goodwin
informed Us that Iron present APPEAR
a.icrs by the time ri the meeting Oh sll,lr.
n1i,i-rs Friday, Fet'. II. the mumDri o
= rareS wild b. Increased to at least 100
aud COWS Ia 400.
The ace qu stIon was tie next thug tn
re eve attention ana iarII-rs to ill.,.
nniIoer Oi 90 agreed tu do tlir hauiIug
grGttiS. Sidce the meeting u suitable.
place has bee.I provided ia wnlcn the Ice
eau be packed and 10 ali proDdDilli tn:
necessary amount WI To- puc up Dtior.
tn" next i>sue oi til. fEPoRrEK r.qictir,
it, re ldrrs
The creamery question waa by TIM
meeting practically settled and the FRI
day meeting viii, Beyond all peradvei
turr, cOlnpletr The organization ilId
building operations will began at oacr.
THIS was by long odds the largest a ten.
dance oi farmers at any meeting ever hri,I
III Webster, and the action cannot h,i,,
bu; be encouraging TO the promoters o.
the scheme, as it shows that the farmers
81 this neighborllood are thoroughly
alive to the situation and ar. re ldy To
IA 'Iold OF the enterprise aud push tito
a successful issue. TO those who could
not attend this meeting, We would sug-
gest, sc Someune who did attend and
talk with him stt. one OF the above del.
eSauon, get their views, and then get ON
the band-wagon aud be- one oi the enter
prisIng, prugressiv" farmers. We will
guarantee you will never regret it. Make
" u movement of the farmer, Tor the.
farmer, aud by the farmer.