New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-03-26

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TO ERECT DtJILpiRo h.
On. N. THIRD FIJI / !
E'ps ~ y. BY WM. HlIhdh1RL IN
1857 AND. LATER SOLD
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BY aituassssdia for, many years at ti1s
foot1 Of D1nt 1I1Hi1Ils Wiz be, mooped
toathhe city during: the fill of tkiis ear
n' present plans are carried out: Is
new site Tor the erection Of !. modern
building has already been bought frnn
Cbas. GruMendorf on the north side
Of Third North street. It ia double
lot 81 = hundred feet vide and si1ty iiiis
fleet deep: lTIhe TRANSACTION was made
Last week, March Is and the sum paid
for the lots was 81, 500. ...=
\ First Creamery In RAgion
The. Milford & Cottonwood creamery
was the first creamery in this part Of
the country and is counted among the
Oldest Ia the whole Northwest, including
the states Of Wisconsin and Illinois
It was as early as in 1872. when Mankato
st. Peter and all other towns in the
surrounding territory did not know
what a creamery looked like, that VIM.
Hurnmel who did a thriving business
IN butter-making at that time thought
ut good thing to start creamery
When once possessed with the thought
it gave him no rest until he had put it
| to its practical test and found Others
among the early settlers Of New Tin
who took q lively interest in the propo-
sition and were willing to share the
financial responsibility.
IL. sa. Primitive Methods
E. G. Koch and Henry Crone finally
decided to join him in his new enterprise.
Il seems that none Of them were thoroiy
acquainted with the requirements OF
such an institution for, as later develop
ments showed. the building and its
equipment was more fitted to house
a brewery than a creamery. The pre-
eminent problem in their minds evidently
was how to get near some running
water. They found the place they were
looking for at the foot of the hills and
here they started to build the structure
that is still a place of activity.
Several Times Remodeled
1t was not unprogressiveness or lack
OF an understanding Of proper business
methods on the part. Of the. originators
but simply the fact that they were
inexperienced and that was the real
cause Of their mistakes in this regard.
'''here were no farm schools and hardly
any literature on: this subject&which today
is of.so much importance in our farm
life. Humn1ei, Crone and Koch vert
not slow in recognizing that changes
and improvements Of their original
plans were necessary from time to time
These were made according to the needs
and machinery installed when this was
invented and thrown on the market.
In those early days Mr.. Hummel
used to drive around to the different
farms and get the cream. Later OF.
they had about IA teams and everything
was done by hand, The cream was
taken of with a dipper, from cans
"a inches high and inches in diameter.
Crone Sole Owner
Mr.. Hu1nmel later on.retired from the
business and he and Koch sold their
shares to Henry Crone who became
sole owne: of the creamery. August
Hummel, son Of VIM. Hummel, remained
for some time as manager for Mr..
Crone.
Today the creamery is entirely owned
by farmers Of this neighborhood, the
shareholders at present numbering S..
To Build Soon
The work on the new building which
will be either of brick or cement blocks
will be started as soon as the plans
and specifications are in and approved.
Jacob Haubrich has written to two
different firms, one at Dassel and the
other at Minneapolis, to send ii plans
and specifications They are expected
in a few days, and meeting 81 the
stockholders has been called for next
Saturday, March %. The building viii
probably be one and half stories high
the upper part to be used as storage
room for butter fat, and equipped
with the latest snae chimes used in craa,ner-
les Of the present day.
Howe's pictures drew, 4 ca acity.
house At q Turner Hail Friday evening,
and that after week Of crowded houses
at the American, The enterta innaent
business IS flourishing in New Ulm
since SIN the flu ban is of. Everybody
is glad to have = chance to pet out
and md mingle with his acquaintance
'i and TO see something new a