Williston graphic., 1918-07-18
FARMERS CREAMERY MEETING AND
ANNUAL PICNIC WELL ATTENDED
Important Questions AdoptedMany Prominent Speakers Give
to Guests-Large Crowd am From Creamery Served
Interesting Taks-lce Gre

At the Annual Farmers picnic aild
meeting of the stockholders of the
Farmers Creamery and Produce Co.,
that was held at the Experimental
Farm here last Saturday large
crowd of Williams County farmers
and towns people heard many pleas
ing addresses. The meeting of the,
Stockholders of the creamery was
opened by the President of the con-
cern, Mr.. John Bruegger ct one
o'clock. Mr.. Bruegger made short
address telling what the creamery
had accomplished during the past
year and what they expected to ac-
complish in the future. Many inn
portant questions for the good IF the
creamery and the community were
passed at the meeting. The stock
holders decided to build a new cream
cry and coldstorage plant during the
coming year which will cost around
100000 to be built on the Newton
property across from the Williston
Steam Laundry on First Ave. East
and the directors have been outhor-
lied to purchase the property as soon
as possible. Much stress was laid
by Mr.. Bruegger upon the question
of the farmers furnishing more
cream and the fact that if they ex-
pected to make success in the coun-
try they must milk more cows. A
remarkable showing has been made
during the past year due to the care
full management by Mr.. Erickson and
the faithful work on the part Of Mr..
Bruegger and the institution is one
that the community can well be proud
of. During the month of June over
$1,000 was paid out to the farmers
for cream. After the business meet
ing of the Creamery was finished the
speakers Of the afternoon We're intro
ducetl and the first on the program,
Mr.. Alex Karr Of Jamestown, N. D.,
and editor Of Community Life pave
a very interesting and Instructive
talk on community cooperation. Mr..
Karr proved to the people by figures
and facts that it was absolutely nee
essary for the people of the entire
community to cooperate at this time
in order to accomplish anything now
or in the future.
Great stress was laid by Mr.. Karr
upon the propaganda that was being
circulated through North Dakota by
the catalogue houses and sucking the
| life blood out of the community with
their trade. This was the second
time that Mr.. Karr has paid visit
and spoke in Williston in the past
year and much benefit has been gain
ed from his visits here and it is hoped
that some of his lessons on co-opera-
ton can be carried out successfully
in the near future.
The second speaker on the program,
Mr.. F. C. Upton of Minot, gave an ad-
dress on the conditions in England
and France as found by him on his
recent visit there proved most i'll
teresting. Perhaps from no speaker
of the many that have been here
lately have the public learned more
Of the real facts concerning the war
than from Mr.. Upton's talk. Mr.
Upton was sent to France to help
assemble and demonstrate a large.
shipment of tractors that had been
sent there from this country He
started with his voyage across and
told the whole story of his Journey.
He said "the people in this part Of.
the country do not realize that the
war is on as very little of the activl-
ties of the army are witnessed here
Where you see hundreds of men in
this part of the country, You sec thou
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