The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-06-16
TWO CREAM ER|ES
FOR KENNEW|CK
Local Men take Stock in Concerns
to Develop New Industry
in the Valley

In two months time Kennewick
will have two creameries in opera
ton and a start will have been
made towards making this city one
of the big dairying centers of the
state. Two companies have come
into existence this week, one known
as the Kennewick Creamery COM
pany and the other as the Columbia
Valley Creamery.
The idea is not a new one as it
has been one of the pet schemes of
Fay F. Dean for the past two years
and the matter has been under con-
sideration since January by w. F.
Blaisdell and friends at the Bank
OF kennewick. When twas learned
that several parties were interested,
a meeting was held Saturday and
arrangements were made for the
incorporation of Creamery Com
pany with a capital stock of $1O,-
600 divided into 1000 shares with
w. F. Blaisdell, H. A. Howe, G.
M. Annis, E. M. Sly, R. E. Pratt,
M. H. Church and Fay F. Dean as
trustees. Later unexpected COM
plications arose as several of the
trustees Of the proposed company
were unwilling to give Mr.. Dean a
controlling interest in the stock, in
suring him a position as manager.
Mr.. Dean decided to have nothing
to do with the company and found
little trouble in finding other busi-
ness men in the city who were en-
thusiastic about the possibilities of
dairying and had capital to invest,
and were willing to form a new
company.
The division of interest leaves one
company, the Kennewick Creamery
Company, practically headed by w.
F. Blaisdell, one of the men with
interests in the Bank of Kennewick
who has been in kennewick for the
past four months and after careful
investigation of the conditions here,
feels that this is to be one of the
biggest industries ever developed in
the valley. The other trustees of
the company are l. M. Ely, who
has extensive interests in the Ken
newick Packing company. w. NJ.
Frans, L. S. Grassland and H. G..
Tweedt. Articles of incorporation
were signed and filed and the cap
ital stock of $40, 900 in 1000 shares
and it is understood that there are
plenty of available funds in case
they are needed. w. F. Blaisdell
left Monday for his parents home
in GAINESVILLE, Minnesota, and will
interest his brother and other east
ern creamery men now in the dairy
business near st. Paul and expects
| them to lend their support to this
enterprise. Mr.. Blaisdell's brother
is an experienced creamery man
having had many years experience.
Building operations will begin as
soon as site can be secured.
Incorporation papers for the Col
umbia Valley Creamery will be filed
within the next few days and work
is to be commenced Immediately.
The site is adjoining the Ice Plant
and the two will combine in the re-
frigeration processes.
The directors of the Columbia
Valley Creamery Company are John
Rudkin, NJ. H. Church, E. Knautz
and Fay F. Dean. The fifth di-
rector has not been elected as yet.
E. NJ. Sly, one of the stockholders
estimates the cost of the creamery
to be in the neighborhood of five
thousand dollars. The capital
stock is $1,000.
1t is understood that both COM
panies have closed deals for several
hundred dairy COWS which will be
sold to the farmers. Many of the
valley people have expressed their
willingness to support the creamery
with their patronage aed will make
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