Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-12-17
BUILDING BOUGHT
FOR CREAMERY
Fred Stenberg of Lake Elizabeth
Will Have Charge Of New Ray
mond Creamery.

The directors for the Raymond Co.
operative creamery held two import
ant meetings last week. Last Tues
day afternoon seven or eight possible
sites for building a new creamery
were visited, investigated and discus
sed. j. Molenaar, and F. HoltZ were
appointed a committee for further in
vestigating couple of tn more favor
, tie sites. Aug. Fenske and County
Agent Rodegeb were delegated to go
! to Clara City and if necessary to Mon
! tevideo to Investigate and if it seemed
advisable buy second hand York
Refrigerating system which was be-
ing offered for SALE Mr. Fenske and
Mr.. Rodegeb attended a creamery
directors meeting at Clara City We'd
nesday afternoon. Clara City having
the first option on the refrigeration
system under consideration bought
same. and they also bought a site for
their proposed creamery and laid
plans for a new building.
1t being important to start the
creamery operations as soon as posi-
bic the directors held another meeting
Saturday afternoon. Several more
sites were considered and discussed.
Upon careful examination and thoro
consideration the board acted upon
the advice of County Agent Rodegeb
and an experienced butter maker, and
bought the property Of Ras. BOSNIAN.
The shop and lot with the house and
lot were bought for $4,000. There was
also some machinery and other equip
ment as an electric motor, stove, shaft
ings, pulleys, belts, etc. bought. Mr..
J. Molenaar and Fred Hollis were ap-
pointed a committee to Immediately
start building an ice house and to buy
ice and saw dust for the coming sea-
l. sons run. It will probably be neces-
sary to ship in ice from Green Lake.
Possession Of the shop will be given
March first. 1t is planned to buy the
machinery and other necessary mater
ials to start remodeling and equipp1ng
at that time to make this building suit
concrete will be resurfaced to permit
of perfect drainage. Several more
windows will be put in to give ample
light, doors will be changed and the
walls plastered with cement so that
they can readily be washed and clean
3D. The ceiling will be painted white
and electric lights installed. The up
stairs will be used as a store room f..
tubs and other supplies. It is planned
to utilize the shed on the north side
to house the refrigerator and the
boiler. BY this arrangement a neat
clean, sanitary, convenient creamery
can be secured with the minimum o.
expense.
If the ground had been bought il
would have cost five hundred to :
= thousand dollars for a desirable site
According to the contractors estimate
at Clara City last Wednesday an(
what it is costing the other creamerie!
that are building or planning to built
next summer it would cost ten thou
sand dollars or more to put up new
| building with four thousand dollar
i for equipment which would neCessari
! ly have to be added. This would ne
cessitate the Association borrowin
several thousands of dollars whicl
would have to be returned with intel
f est 1t would take all next summer t
d build and equip a new building an
d then the creamery if open in the fa]
e would start operation under additions
expense when the COWS are dry. b
: the present arrangement the boar
;. hopes to start operations May frs
Il or before.
The house and lot right across tn
:. street will be used as home for tn
Y buttermaker By wiring and fey
f other minor improvements this Wi
! make an excellent place for the buttel
maker and his family. This puts tn
Il buttermaker conveniently close to hi
,. work that he can be in touch wit
=, creamery at all times. This will ais
e serve as great convenience to pa
rOns of the creamery wanting butter
e salt, etc., as they can always readil
: locate the buttermaker just acros
the street.
y Fred Stenberg, Lake Elizabeth bu
n termaker was present for the meetin
at the request of President Fenske
l. Mr.. Stenberg learned the buttermake
= trade from his father and has been
buttermaker practically all his lift
j. During the past nine years he ha
$ been successfully operating at LAX
o Elizabeth and acting as their secrt
"a tary His discussions and experience
d during the meeting were appreciate
n by the board. When he made his al