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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30

this county and has always known
what hard work means. He is ag-
gressive in business pursuits and If
nominated for sheriff of Wayne
county would conduct that office
in a business-like manner, at
tending personally to the duties of
the office.
Mr.. Stark has always been a good,
straight Republican, has stood by the
ticket and always worked in the in
terest of the party.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30
Largest Ore Contract Made.

The largest contract for foreign
ore ever made was closed on Friday
in Europe by Charles NJ. Schwab for
the Bethlehem Steel company. The
deal involves the purchase of about
100000 tons of Swedish ore, to be
imported within the next four years
The freight rate to South Bethlehem
being so cents per ton, gives the ore
to the Bethlehem Steel company for
something like $3.50 a ton or an
aggregate cost OF 100000.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30
THE COUNTY
INDIAN ORCHARD.
[speclal TO the Citizen.I

INDIAN ORCHARD, Pa, June 20.
Indian Orchard Grange No. 1920
will celebrate on the Fourth of July
on their grounds near the hall. Any
one looking for a good time will
find it by attending this picnic.
There will be amusements for both
old and young.
e. E. Avery of the Bethel Fruit
farm is the busiest man in this vi
cinity. He has a fine field of culti-
waited Strawberries which he is hav-
ing picked and marketed. This
work gives employment to nearly all
of the girls here and at the lake.
G. W. Taylor, Torrey, is building
a barn for Richard Ham.
The young people of this place at
tended Katie Nonnenmacher's birth
day party which was held at the
home of her parents at Swamp
Brook one day last week. A fine
lunch and refreshments were served
to a large crowd. Mr.. and Mrs.
Nonnenmacher did all that they
could to entertain the party. All
present enjoyed themselves very
much.
An Episcopalian church will be
erected in the near future near the
Indian Orchard cemetery. A build
ing of this kind will be a good thing
for the community at large.
William Hawken and family,
Honesdale, were recent visitors at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs, ]. w.
3 Spry.
A. NJ. Henshaw was called to En-
dicott, N. Y, last week to attend
the funeral of his nephew, Reed
Stone, which was held yesterday.
Charles Spry of the Old Red
Rock Farm was visitor at Poyn-
telle last week. He enjoyed the trip
very much,
Bessie Decker, Beachlake, was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. j. w. Spry,
last week.
Frank Biddlecome, Boyd's Mills.
was at this place last week in the in
terest of the Big Eddy Telephone
company.
Mrs. William Hitler, Susquehanna.
is the guest of her mother, Mrs. c.
Smith.
Ethel BunneIl was a recent guest
of Carbondale friends and relatives.
Edward Nonnenmacher, Swamp
Brook, is assisting Richard Ham and
q. w. Taylor at mason and carpenter
work.
Philip Murray, Jr., Honesdale.
was a recent visitor at John Frey's
of East Beachlake. He returned
home Monday morning.
Mrs. p. l.. Braman was a guest of
her daughter, Mrs. Edward Rice. of
White Mills, last week.
N. j. Garrett, Scranton, was the
guest of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Garrett, on Saturday and Sunday.
Melva Wrenn, Hawley, is visiting
her cousin, Nellie Hall.
The ladies of this place enjoyed
a pleasant day with Mrs. H. H.
Bunnell on Wednesday last. Mrs.
b. treated them to some oranges
grown by the latter.
w. c. Spry has finished his con-
tract with the Borden's and is now
getting ready to haul city boarders.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Myers of the
Hickory Grove farm, spent Sunday
last at Beachlake.
Len Cole, Montrose, was a pleas
ant caller here last week. He in
forms your representative that his
youngest son died last Spring.
The grangers here have purchas-
ed tract of land of Ernest Harvey.
Freddie Schwartz was a pleasant
caller here on Saturday last. He
was enroute for his home at Homes
dale.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Avery are en-
tertaining their daughter, Mrs. Sch
weighofer, Scranton.
Several from Honesdale spent
Sunday at Beachlake.
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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30
Keystone Guard Again.

A dispatch from Harrisburg states
that James w. Ballard, receiver of
the Keystone Guard, Bradford
county fraternal insurance concern
has asked the Dauphin county court
for an order to restrain James Co
dell, Jr., Chicago, from distributing
100000 of assets of the Guard.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30
LEE STARK FOR SHERIFF.

The subject of this sketch comes
from the first settlers of Wayne
county, the Whites being his mater
nal grandparents, and the Starks his
paternal ancestors Both are among
the best class of people that inhabit
Wayne county to-day and for many
years have ranked high in the diff
ferent townships in which they have
lived.
Lee Stark was born on a farm in
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30
Falls Dead On First Day OF.

Antonio Lukasiewich, Pittsburg
who had taken no vacation in 27
years, fell dead on Friday last as
he was accompanying his daughter
and fancee to the license bureau.
Heart trouble was the cause of
death.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30
DAMASCUS.
Especial to The Citizen.

Especial to The Citizenl
DAMASCUS, Pa, June 29.-Or-
Vile Welsh and pastor Minch have
returned from the Great World AL
lance in Philadelphia representing
100000 Baptists. They will con-
duct an echo meeting at Damascus
Baptist church next Sunday morning
at IL o'clock. All are invited.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30
Sunday School In Convention.

The annual convention of the In
ternational Sunday school in session
at San Francisco, has an army of 49,
946,5O4 pupils. There has been a
gain of nearly million and a half
during the past three years.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30
Drowned in Pond,

Forest City experienced sad
death last week in that of Blasa
Hagaman, a foreigner, who was
found drowned in seven feet of water
in a hole near Clifton breaker.
Hagaman has wife and several chill
dren on their way here from Poland.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30
PITH OF THE NEWS.

LOcusts to Blame For Late Trains.
The engineers on railroads in New
Jersey offer as an excuse when trains
are late that the 17-year-old locusts
get on the rails and cause the driv-
ing wheels to slip, thereby losing
time.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30
Worlds Baptist Head.

Rev. DR.. Robert S. Macarthur, of
New York city, has been chosen pres
ident of the Baptist World Alliance.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30
Pennsylvania r.. H. Into Scranton.

For a number of years an effort
has been made on the part of the
Pennsylvania railroad to get into
Scranton from Wilkes-Barre. The
plan is to connect their tracks with
the Delaware & Hudson and thence
up the Wyoming valley.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30
Three Eggs Weigh a Ponnd,

This story comes from North
Scranton and we have reason to be-
lieve it. Two of the eggs measure
eight and half inches and the other
seven and quarter.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30
First SprouI Bill Roads.

The road between Mifflin and
Lewistown will be the first road
built under the Sproul bill. Homes
dale is in line for Improvements this
summer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30

Freddie Brown is visiting friends
at Canadensis, Monroe county.
Elgin Kerr has secured employ
ment at Mount Pocono.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-06-30
Plenty Of Power for Complete Water System

Just the thing for
volum m e pu mp,
pressure pump or
tank system.
Affords am pie
power for small
Electric Lighting
Plant.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30

which to report to the Office the
amount of cream received from
each customer. Upon arriving at
the farm the driver empties the YES
sells containing cream into his weigh
ing pail and weighs it. He then en-
tiers the number of pounds received
on his report blank to the credit
of the customer from whom re-
ceived. His next step is taking the
sample to be tested for butterfat.
To do this he first stirs the cream
thoroughly in order to have the pro-
portion of butterfat the same
throughout the entire body, then
pours a small quantity in one of
the sample tubes. This sample Is
replaced in the sample rack opposite
a number which corresponds with
the number of the customer on the
cream report blank. This operation
is repeated at all the stops. The
cream is then shipped to the fac
tory in ten gallon cans together
with the sample case containing the
cream samples to be tested.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30

or cold, rain or shine. 1t was such
a big step in advance of the old plan
that neither the farmer nor the pub
lie has realized the benefits of it.
With the inauguration of this new
system it was possible to extend
the business of the creamery enOr-
mously from what it had been. The
cream routes were at once extended
in all directions. Car loads of cream
are shipped daily to Plymouth from
the east, west. north and south.
Over one hundred and fifty routes
now furnish cream to the factory.
The stations where these routes GEN.
ter are Hanna, Hamlet, Grover
town. Bourbon, Atwood, Etna Green,
Warsaw. Pierceton, Larwill, Col
umbia City, Coesse, Mentone, Clay
pool. Akron. Culver, Camden. Sc
dalia. Flora, Burlington, Cutler.
Stillwell, Walkerton, Tyner, Argos,
Walnut. Tiosa, Rochester, Denver.
Macy. Bunker Hill, BENEFITS, Gal
weston. Walton, Sbarpsville, Upton,
Elwood. Kempton. Hillisburg, Area
dia. Cicero and Fishers.
During the past season there were
received at the three factories the
cream or milk from 10000 farmers.
During June these factories made
about 100000 pounds of butter per
week.
The work on the routes is done in
the following manner: The driver
is supplied with cans. weighing pail.
scales, sample hox containing SAM
pie tubes, and a report blank on
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30

as to heat the cream to temper
allure of 100 to 165 degrees Fahren-
heit by the use of live steam, and
then to again cool it. The object of
heating the cream is to destroy all
undesirable germs, or bacteria. and
thus insure better keeping quality.
From the pasteurizer the cream is
run into large watts holding 800 gal
Ions each where it is held until the
next morning, or until it is ready to
churn. These watts have a coil of
pipe running through them which
can be revolved by means of a pulley
connected t. them on the outside Of
the vat. These pipes are also con-
nected so that hot or cold water NAV
be circulated through them as desir-
ed. In this manner the cream is
constantly stirred and either heated
or cooled to the proper temperature
Big Cummings.
The churning is done in large
churns holding enough cream to
make from 800 to 1900 pounds of
hitter, depending on the richness of
the cream. The operation is prac-
tically the same as in the small
churns. When the churning is COM
pleted the buttermilk is drawn off
and quantity of water put in the
churn. The churn is then run a few
minutes to wash all the milk out of
TIE butter and the wash water then
drawn off. The butter is now ready
for working, or mixing. The churns
are constructed with a set Of rollers
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
Cleanliness Everywhere.

One of the first and strongest i'm
pressions on the visitor to the
Schlosser Creamery plant is that of
cleanliness everywhere. You are COM
PEELED to think ''clean. clean. clean
wash, wash. and scour everywhere
Pure water. pumped from the deep
factCry veels. is used in abundance.
A sixty horse power boiler. driving
forty lcrSe power engine gives
power for the machinery of the
pant. as well as steam and hot
water fer washing the cans and
ether utensils in the most thorough
manner possible.
One Of the most important things
10 remember Is that in order to make
the best quality of butter it is
necessary to have all machinery. tin
ware. and everything with which
the cream or butter comes in con-
tact. scrupulouslv clean Milk. cream
and butter are articles that take on
surrounding bad odOrs and favors
very readily All that can possibly
be done in this factory to keep these
bad flavors out of the product is
done
The factory is equipped with It's
own ice-making plant and cold stor,
age warerOom.
The business ability which has
characterized the management of the
Schlosser Creamery is clearly shown
by the success of the business. By
its very nature the conduct if
creamery Is a most difficult task. and
the business characterized by keen
competition and small profits To
succeed. it is absolutely necessary
to know the business thoroughly. to
economic rigidly, and to take ad,
vantage IL the factory equipment of
the very latest labor saving appli-
ances. The closest application of all
these. together with an experience
of all the years of their business
lives Rave given the Schlosser Broth
ers success where failure would have
overtaken the ordinary firm or in
10 dividual. >'It
But not only have Schlosser
Brothers succeeded because of thee
things, so absolutely necessary to
success, but they have thought out
and applied new methods, which
have been adopted by the creamery
world because of their scientific cor
rectness aud value They have
been pioneers and leaders in the
business, and are so recognized by
the creameries of Indiana. In the
office their system is of the best
and the utmost exactness of bust
ness precision, carefulness and COM
potency is found
Plymouth and the whole of Mar
shall county should realize fully the
Importance of this magnificent in
stitution In our midst, both because
of its size and distinction among
creameries Of the country, and be-
cause of the large amount of money
it brings into the county.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30

driver sends in with the samples.
The operator then takes the first
sample and weighs out nine grams of
the cream into a small long necked
bottle. To do this weighing, twelve
of these bottles are placed on deli
cately constructed balance or scales.
made expressly for this purpose and
the scales is then balanced. The
scale weight is then moved on the
beam tc correspond with nine grams
and enough cream from the first
sample is put in the bottle number
one until the scales is again in bal
ance. This operation is repeated un
til the twelve bottles are filled.
They are now removed to a tray,
the operator being always careful
to see that the bottles are kept in
the order in which they were filed.
There is then added to each sample
enough sulphuric acid to dissolve all
the solids in the cream excepting the
fat. They are next put in the test
ing machine and run for about five
minutes. This machine is a rapid
ly revolving wheel around the outer
edge of which are hung small
buckets each holding one of the test
bottles. The rapid revolving mo-
ton forces the heaviest liquids to
the bottom of the bottle and as the
fat is the lightest part it is forced
to the top. The machine is stopped
and enough hot water added to near
ly fill the neck of the bottle. The
machine is run again couple of
minutes to force the fat to the top
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30

The production Of five million
pounds of butter each year makes
SCHLOSSER BROTHERS, with
headquarters in Plymouth, the larg-
est manufacturers Of butter in In
diana, and one of the largest cream
cry companies in the United States.
The use of the latest methods in the
business classes it also as the best
creamery In the Nation.
Organized as co-partnership at
Bremen, Ind. in 1884, by Henry,
Philip and Jacob Schlosser. the busi-
ness has grown, as a result of stren-
Gus work, economy and study t
methods, to its present magnificent
proportions. At the beginning in
Bremen, the annual output was only
a few thousand pounds of butter.
The keenest foresight at that time
could hardly have had glimpse of
the present output of 100000
pounds of butter in addition to a
large amount or sweet cream SOLO
and ice cream manufactured and
marketed.
The first extension of the bust
ness came with the purchase of
crtameries at Wanatah in 1890;
Hanna, in 1892: and North Liberty,
1895; these plants being consolidat-
ed with the Plymouth plant later.
Their South Chicago house was open
ed during the year 1893. The Plym-
outh factory began business in 1901.
and has been in charge of Mr..
Samuel Schlosser since its begin
ming The Indianapolis business. in
charge of Mr.. Henry Sehlosser, was
started in 1909.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
Methods of Operation.

Nearly every creamery business Is
operated on one of the following
four plans Whole milk creamery
with SHINING stations: direct ship
pers: cream receiving stations: or
tie gathered cream or route sys-
TEN.
Sehlcsser Brothers business Is op-
Grated en- the gathered cream plan.
The chief reason for this is that it
Is the most economical system for
the producer. as each wagon makes
a regular trip over given route,
gathering in one day the cream from
twenty-five to fly farmers. a little
thought will make it evident to any
one that it is much cheaper for one
wagon TO collect the cream from a
large number OF customers than it
Is for each producer to take his
milk or cream to the plant himself.
IF each farmer delivered his own
cream he would lose on an average
about two hours time at each deliv-
erv for a horse and man. Thirty
farmers would thus lose sixty hours
or more at each delivery. while the
one man from the SchlOsser Cream
cry. doing all the cream collecting.
takes not more than ten hours for
the work.
By this system, also, the cream is
delivered to the factory at regular
intervals which insures its arriving
In good condition. This is very de-
sirable for both the creamery and
the producer Especially during hot
weather it is desirable to have fire.
quent deliveries of cream to the fac
tory and this is the season when far
mers have the least time to take
their cream themselves. If they
had to make their own deliveries
they would frequently be compelled
to neglect it. to their own loss and
the disadvantage of the factory.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
Packing the Butter.

1t is then taken out Of the churn
and packed in various sizes and
kinds of package. Part of it is
put up in one pound prints. When
this is done the butter is first pack
ed in large box-shaped tray which
holds 900 pounds. This tray is run
into a refrigerator to set six to ten
hours until the butter is hard. The
sides and ends of the tray are then
removed and the block Of butter is
forced against set of fine wires ar
ranged so they will cut the butter in
to small blocks weighing exactly one
pound each. These prints are wrap
ped in parchment paper and packed
in boxes containing thirty and fifty
pounds each. The consumer re-
ceives from these boxes the rich.
temnting and delicious Coax Grove
Butter
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
Accuracy in Testing.

After all this cream is received at
the factory, difficult problem is
yet to be encountered in the proper
testing of the product, so that the
correct pay may be given to the far
mers who sell the cream. Accuracy
is the watchword of Schlosser Bros.
in this department. Every possible
precaution Is used to guard against
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30

on the inside which makes it pos
sible to work the butter without re-
moving from the churn. The proper
quantity of salt is added to the
butter and the churn is run on
slow gear The rollers in the churn
revolve and the butter is forced be-
tween them. In this manner the
large mass of butter is worked in a
few minutes.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
The Largest Creamery in ndana the Best in the United States
- and One of the Largest in the Nation ---

errors. A careful record is kept Of
each customer s tests, and every test
made is compared with previous
tests from the same customer. If
there is an abnormal variation a
duplicate test is always made to be
sure no mistake was made on the
first test
A picture of the. testing room is
given herewith in order to help give
a clear idea the wrk and the inn
portance the factory management
attaches to this part of the business.
The Babcock Test.
This part of the work is probably
the least understood by the farmers
and on this account there is P ten
dency for some to question the ac-
curacy of the test. The Babcock
Test, the method used by all cream
cries, will determine just as accur-
ately the percentage of fat in
given sample of cream as any scales
will indicate the weight of an arti-
Gle. However it has been the prac-
tice of some creameries to offer a
high price per pound for butter fat
and then, in order to even up, pay
the farmer for a lower percentage
of butterfat than the cream ac-
tually contained.
When tie drivers sample case is
delivered to the test room the en-
plcyee who received it sees first
whether all samples have been plac-
ed In their proper number as shown
by the daily cream report which the
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
The Schlosser System.

Inasmuch as this system of cream
collecting was developed by the
Sehlosser Creameries, under many
difficulties, it is appropriately call
ed the Schlosser system. The man.
agement at the Plymouth plant was
the first to work out the idea. At
ter it had been SUCCESSFULLY estab-
lished, many other creameries of the
country followed suit and adopted
the same system for themselves. 1t
was one of the most important
changes in the creamery business of
the United States. and the credit
of it is due to Schlosser Brothers.
1t effectually displaced the old
method Of the farmer bringing his
milk to town each day, hot weather
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
Factory Methods.

Most people are familiar with the
process of making butter on eht
farm. The method at the Schlosser
Creamery does not differ material
ly from this, except. of course, it is
done on an immensely larger scale.
When the cream arrives at the
factory it is emptied into :e-
eeiving vat which sets on a scales.
The cream from each route is
weighed separately and is also test
ed for the percentage of butter fat
Weight and test is compared with
tie total of the weights reported by
the driver so as to guard against
mistakes and, also. to see that the
driver is doing his work properly
From the weighing vat the cream
Is run through a pasteurizer. This
is machine constructed so
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30

of the water, when it will all be
contained in the long neck. This
sample is now ready to read.
The necks of the bottles are grad
uated, each mark representing one
half of one per cent. The percent
age of fat is determined by the
length of the column of fat, or in
other words by the number of marks
it covers.
AS mentioned before, the first
consideration in doing the work in
the test room is accuracy. All en-
ployees having anything to do with
the test have particular instruc-
tions along this line.