The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-09
IN ANNUAL SESSION
MINNESOTA FARMERS, CYCLONE
AND TORNADO AND FARMERS
MUTUAL HAIL ASSOCIATIONS
COMPANIES ELECT OFFICERS
Losses Have Been Small for aOfI,
Concerns During the Past Year
Creamery Insurance
Men Next

Inc Minnesota Farmers Homo Mutual
Cyclone and Tornado Insurance COM
pany and the Farmers United Mutual
Hail Association of Minnesota, which are
Kindred organizations, comprising prac-
1cally the same membership, but con-
Quoted separately, under different boards
Of officers both held their annual meet
lngs at the state capitol yesterday. To a
great extent the delegates to both meet
lngs were the same, and for that reason
It was necessary to hold the sessions at
different times. About thirty or thirty
five of the counties Of the state were rep
resented. Both organizations are COM
posed entirely of farmers Of the state,
and In writing insurance confine their
business strictly to the farmers, insur1ng
only such property as is owned by farm
erS.
The Hall association took up its blis,-
ness in the morning. Secretary F. NJ.
Payne, of Pipestone, submitted his re-
port winch showed that the amount of
insurance in force was 81, 500 600. and the
losses paid for the year had been s24, 243. e.
and therefore that the assessments had
oeen about IL per cent. The operating
expenses for the year were 81. 922l32, maxi
ing the total disbursements. including
losses paid, $27, 1854
H. 2. Bjorge, of Otter Tail county. p
j. Frieberg, LIE Sueur, and A. e. Beck.
Oh Dodge county, were appointed a COM
mlttee TO report upon revision of the bv-
laws The principal change was to
CAdnse the cate for the annual meetings
from the second Wednesday in January
to the third Tuesday In the same month
In the afternoon the former officers
ana directors were all reelected. The
oH1cers are: Andrew French. Plainvfew
president; N. w. Wadsworth, Madelia
vice president; F. M. Payne, Pipestone
secretary; N. Juliar, Mankato. treasurer
inc directors are the four officers named
ana J. 9. Currier, Nicollet; J.. M. Duen.
Eyota; August StrehIow, Bethany; Fl. p
Ortonville -
The cyclone company held its meeting
IN the afternoon, between the two sas-
slonssof the hail association. !. B. Yates
Oh MadeI1a, the secretary reported that
the company had insurance in force tn
the amount Of S1,S10,34 and that tbn
losses for the year 1901 had been but
$3.50 Which made the assessment but
10 cents on each 500. Furthermore. #
was shown that for the four previous
years there had been no assessments.
The following officers were elected. r.
n. Bulls, West Concord, president. n
stewart, Redwood Falls. vice president,
!, p. Yates. Madelia, secretary; August
Menske, Waseca, treasurer. The board
OF directors includes, beside the officers
named, r. J. Hall, Morris; H. E. Won.
Moehnke, Dover; Otto Triton, sleepy
Eye; P. Fl. Grogan, St James, and Ira.
Crawford, Beaver Creek.
The Minnesota Farmers Co-operati tive
creamery and Cheese Factory Insurance
assoclatlon, which Is a kindred organfza-
tion TO the two above mentioned, will
fi1oor
3, and the state and national associo.
tIons of cooperative and mutual insrr-
ance companies will convene in st. ParI
March 4 next. It is expected that three-
fourtns of the states in the Union will no
represented at the national convention.