The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-12-16

The annual meeting Of the Com
merclal club held at the Kootenal
Inn Friday evening was the best at
tended of any meeting of the club
held this year, between fifty and sixty
Of the leading business men of the
city being present.
The meeting was called for the
purpose of electing cfiioers for the
ensuing year and also to listen to the
report of John Cham bers and r K,
Peters on the creamery subject,
The members of the club we're
very we'll satisfied with the work of
the officers for the past six months
and they we're all unanimously re-
eleted.
They are Edward holman president
II Buck vice. president. H r Taylor
secretary, aud Fred Davis treasurer,
After the election of officers had
been disposed Of. President holman
called upon Mr. Chambers and Mr.
Peters to report on the creamery
matter. Both gentlemen reported that
they had found most of the farmers
whom they had visited enthusiastic
over the matter and ready to patroni
ethe creamery as soon as It WIS estab
lished.
4 They had two hundred and thirty
COWS pledged, actually signed mp for
the creamery. That is. as Mr. Peters
explained, the farmers had signed an
agreement to furnish the or eamery,
the butter fat from two hundred and
thirty COWS the year around A far
mer that was milking ten or ell eve q
COWS would sign up for five or six,
taking account of the time that they
would necessarily be dry during the
year Therefore the two hundred aud
ahirty lows signed up really -@P.ss
ented three hunoysl and fifty
They also reported very good suec.
esq In getting subscriptions for the
stock among the farmers aud that
thirty seven hundred dollars Of II
had been subscribed by them leaving
a balance Of eleven hundred still
remaining TO be taken up before the
deal could be considered closed
An effort WAS made to raise thii
amount among those present but the
general opinion seemed to be that In
order to insure the success of thu
creamery 1t should be a strictly CO.
operative affair and that the STOCK
ought to be taken by the farmers.
It would then be their institution
entirely and they would be doubly
interested in keeping the number Of
COWS up so rs to insure its success.
All present recognized the value
the creamery would be to the com.
munity by the influence It would
have in developing the farming indui
try by/atfording a ready market for
cream Asnd by promoting the raising
of osiv9s and hugs from the by bro.
duct. the milk after the cream wal
separated from It.
1t would furnish the farmer with
ready money coming in regularly
each month which would naturally
make him better customer for the
stores aud the city would reap indlr.
cot benefit 10 that way.
In order to assist In promoting thl
industry It was agreed that the com
mercIal club would furnish a site fol-
the plant free of charge aud would
also continue the services of Mr.
Chambers to work among the farmer
TO try aud get them to subscribe TO-
the balance OF the stock.
Il was also suggeted t at after Nj
Ohambe and Mr. Peters had finished
their work among the farmers. II
there still remained any stock no
taken that the business men Of tn
city would guarantee to take It Up.
The two gentlemen continued thel
work Of SECURING subscriptions ant
at noon Monday had raised the am
cunt subscribed up to forty thre
hundred dollars.