Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-02-06
Webster Cooperative
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 war eminently sIccess-
ful. The meeting was called to order by
A. ii. Kramer, chairman. Thos. Cloyd
was then elected to the chair and W.S.D.
Adams secretary. The minutes of prey
GUS meetings were read and approved. A
report o. the delegation war then called
Tor and Mrssrs. Alters, Anderson, Hinzp,
Blociier, HoImquist and Goodwin ad-
dressed the Injecting. We publish Mr..
Gondwin's re- marks in full in another
coiudnn, they make a complete report
aud were Endorsed by the entire delegt-
tIon-hre about the substance OF what
all the other g.nrleunrii sail on the sub
le't. Mr.. Hinze spoke in ~grrundnand Mr..
ii Jlmquist in scandinavian, alter
they had concluded their remarks ia en-
giiSli. The r'port WAS received with en-
ire satisfaction by the meeting. Mr..
Mitchell, president o. the NJ 10 INK cream
cry tIi"n took til" floor and gave our
I"ople the benefit oi his -xp+rirnct. in or
StnizIng, placing shares, securing cows,
etc tIcli WIS Very interesting as we'll
as valuable, he then gave an exhaustive
Statement OF the operations, EXPENSES
AMI profits Of the Milbank pant and
much 9th r information Oi interest aud
vaiu'. Ia closing his rrIna ks the gentle
man invited the audience to ask ANY
Questions la regard to the enterprise.
Mahy awaited themselves Oh the %
tunltr aud ii every Instance theansHrr$
were entirely satisfactory. We regret
that lire and space will q permit OF "a
complete report oi Mr.. MitcheIl's REMARKS.
a motion was then carried that a lem
por iry organization bp made which was
done by The election oi Henry Paul
Pr' %si'ient; j. i. Goodwin, SECRETARY;
Cnts. II. Compton, Treasurer; Matthias
Johnson, Cnas. EDrrt aud AIomzo Alters
DIRECTORS.
rleI ca nmrIceel the work in earnest j:
tie crowd wds canvdssrd to tlSc.rtai.,
now many COWS could be- Srsurtsi and how
SlIhr n vi stock could be- placed allo Wig
none but farmers to tax. stock aud but
one share to b.. iSSIsa! to each ui.ti, tins
resulted III notes being given Ior abUu.
90 shares aud the product oi 265 COWS
teihg pledged, aud Secretary Goodwin
ihiornird Us that irom present upp.ur-
alters by the time ri the meeting uI share
npi'i-rs Friday, Feb. II. the number O
8 'areS will b. Increased to at l-;,st 100
aud COWS "a 400.
The ice QUESTION was the next thing to
re eve attention and ,arlIrrs to r,,,.
nunoer oi 90 agreed to do Tn. hauling
grst,Is. Since the MEETING IL suitable
place hats Dee.i provided la wnIcu the ice
can be- packed and IN AL probability tai.
nts;r'>sary atlodht VIII ID. paC up b.iurr
the next Issue oi tI- isEpoRrER rtacu->
it's re id-rs
The creamery question war by this
meeting practically settled aud the Fra
day meeting wiIl, b .yond AL prrudvri
tnr", complete the organization und
building operations will begin at once.
This was by long odds the largest artrl,.
dance oI Farmers at any meeting ever hpI,i
in Webster, and the action cannot lrrtn
bu, be encouraging to the promotOrs @.
the scheme, as iG shows that the farmers
oil this neighb0rhood are thoroughly
alive to the situation and ar, re ily To
hold OF the enterprise aud push tito
AZ successful issue. To those who could
attend this meeting, we would sug-
gest, y someone who did attend and
ak with him !: See one oi the above del.
get their views, aud then yet ON
the band-wagon and be- one of the enter
Progressive farmers. We will
guarantee you will never regret it. Make
Il movement ri the farmer, Tor In.
and by the farmer.