Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-06-20
GRE { ECLAT AT
FORMAL i! OPENING !
OF CREAMERY
!. Addre.. |! Made lad By ? President 'i lei
Of Company and BY Citizens
IA laIny Hundreds i U, i e IS. Inspect
New Plant. {.

i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - 4. .SOAAgsSAys 0"AANA
occurred from three to- six Tuesday
afternoon. brought many hundreds Of
people together to examine the build
ing. machinery and other equipment,
to sample the product Of the plant,
to meet in social wy the hosts of
the occasion, and to listen to the ad-
dresses given by the president and
the manager OF the creamery and the
citizens who spoke.
The third floor of the building was
used as the meeting place Of the as
semblage, and the refreshment booth
was also located there. Chairs had
been provided for the speakers, while
inverted butter tubs were used as
seats for, the. audience. The Ruby
orchestra furnished the music for the
occasion. Il: ". IS 81
"a B. Default, past president Of: the
Commercial club and one Of the
former stockholders and. directors Of
the creamery, presided at the meet
ing and gave the first address, He
statsd that the affair was q com,
munity matter, that the creamery was
destined tofbe d help not only to the
resfdsntssofsthe city, but also to; those
Of an the SURE oundipg country: >
M. peNault stated that the COM
pany which had acquired the prop
erty from the original local stock
holders had an organisation and bust,
ness policy that would attract cream
from = wide range Of territory. There
VIM be some 80 Or 40 men employed
In the plant BY the beginning Of aIl-
other suinmer, d he predfc ne
present nuMbs n shout -. lat.
,,ThFes earloaas,o OF butter are now be- be-
Ing manuiactured. each week. sss ss
IA creamery Of this sire. said 4 q. &,
DeNaalt,swill do more than anything
else to adyertiseIthe city, And It will
aid In building up jamestown as q
supply center for various lines OF
merchandise. Some years ago. most
Of the supplies needed came from St.
xPaulland Minneapolis. After a time,
Fargo trade supplanted much of the
business that had gone to the Twin
Cities. Now Jamestown should be 3
base serving q large territory, and
the residents should work with that
end in view. AS the churches and
hospitals are not to serve personal
ends or.to serve only the people OF
the city, so the business of the city
as q whole should be sos managed
that, it will meet the needs Of the
whole community. Mr.; Default sug-
gested that it was up, to the mer-
chants Of the city to see that they
charged reasonable prices.
Began Business in Eighties.
President Bridgeman was the next
speaker. He stated that the company
had commenced as an ice cream man. man
ufacturing concern In 1888, and that
they had first begun to churn their
EXCESS cream In 1897 in Duluth. They
now have eighteen plants, and while
the Jamestown factory is not the
smallest, 1t is exceeded Id size by
several others. The company will do
million dollars worth Of business
in June and as much in July. the
president stated. All Of the cream
cries together produce 400. 900 lbs.
of butter . week.
2s Mr.. Bridgeman stated that he was
satisfied that North Dakota and Min
nesota. were destined to become greai., li,
dairy states. perhaps the greatest8tn
the country. Iowa can raise corn
more successfully, but in the north :l'
there are better grasses and clovers
and the cool summers are such an an
/ aid to- stock that the advantages OF 2
more southern climate are more than
Offset.
"a The local plant, when arrange
ments are compile will handle
eggs ana p0ulIlr ahG -
ture Ice cream to sell IN Wholesale
amounts. All lines ofS the Jbusine.slss = Z
will be run absolutely o. the t;1 SQUARE
and II any mistak kes ore mad becauss %
d fo,f the inexperie enced once force g q
the business ID being aFganilEse.d 1 :. they 'yy
vim be- promptly rectified nm
he Made the Butter
lssl Senator Thomas Pendray vas II ia, a
troducs . the next speak ker. u Ia ,s be;
ginling his talk he saidt :s' 4, I V hits "
Nh. Bird roman rspresenutt4F one %, snd enc
vi ths crea amery business 4 epresea.i "a y.
n u; ths III \ otherf;;; do do M king. '' &;