Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-04-07
COOPERATIVE CREAMERY
ORGANIZED AT SUNBURC
Proceedings at the Meeting Held
Last Saturday Afternoon.

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About fifty men gathered in the hall
at Sunburg Saturday afternoon for the
! purpose of organizing Farmers Coop
| erative Creamery Association. Upon
request County Agent Rodegeb called
the meeting to order and asked that a
temporary chairman and a temporary
| secretary be elected for the meeting.
| Julius Sandvig was elected chairman
and presided throughout the meeting.
G. L. Fingerson was elected temporary
! secretary. The committee reported on
! soliciting for shares stating that
; more than 100 shares at $50 each had
| been sold. The names Of those taking
shares was read. This showed that the
committee had performed it's duty as
| instructed by the last meeting which
was held January 18th and that every
| thing was in readiness for permanent
| organization.
| The chairman called upon County
| Agent Rodegeb to read suggested by
| laws and Articles Of Incorporation as
gone over and approved by the COM
! mittee that did the canvassing. 1t
| was voted that the capital stock of the
Association should be placed at $780,
! 600 and total amount of Indebtedness at
any one time should not exceed $4,000.
| The governing body Of the Association
| it was decided should be placed in the
hands of five directors to be elected
| at large by the share holders and these
| directors then should elect their officers.
1t was voted that name of the Asso-
| citation should be known as the Sunburg
| Farmers Creamery Association and that
| their annual meeting should be held
| the fourth Tuesday in January. Upon
motion duly carried it was shown that
! the Bylaws and Articles Of Incorpora-
| ton met with the approval of those
| present. In accordance with the By
| Laws the directors were elected by
ballot. Julius N. Sandvig and s. J.
Halverson were elected directors for
| three years. Chr. Ronholdt, Thomas o.
| dahl were elected directors for two
years, and Louis Paulson was elected
| director to serve for one year.
Motion was made and seconded that
| the Association proceed to buy the
old creamery including the business.
| the building, the machinery and all
| that is necessary to continue the busi-
| ness. The committee not feeling COM
petent to judge the condition of the
creamery and equipment secured Mr..
!. A. Fisk Of the State Dairy and
Food Commission to inspect the cream
| cry. The chairman then called upon
Mr.. Fisk to make a report regarding his
| findings. Mr.. Fisk started in by say
ing that he was not in a position to
state price or set a value upon any,
thing in connection with the creamery
of the property of others. He did,
however. state that from his II years
! experience in creamery work and from
his inspection Of many other creamer-
les throughout the state that he saw
| no reason why the creamery could not
be operated successfully for three Of
four years at least by simply making a
few changes and repairs. 1t ~was
brought out that these were necessary
and would be made whether the Asso-
| citation bought the creamery or not
and that the business would be con-
tinued anyway. Mr.. Fisk stated that
the only conditions or requirement that
State Dairy and Food Commission de-
manded was that the creamery should
be kept and run in a sanitary condi-
ton.
The chairman then called upon Sena-
tor P. A. Gandrud as spokesman for
the present owners. His statement
was very clear, frank and fair. Mr..
Gandrud stated that to satisfy certain
farmers he had helped to issue the first
call for meeting to consider a Farm
ers Cooperative Creamery Association
and had invited or requested the
County Agent to attend the meeting.
He said that the present owners were
| not anxious to sell as the creamery
has been making good, in fact the pres
| ent owners would not consider selling
to private parties but if the farmers
| as an Association wanted to buy, the
building and machinery could be bought
| for $4,000. This price was determined
| after an inventory of the equipment
| and they felt that it was very fair
and reasonable figure. He also stated
that they were not anxious to sell and
if the farmers did not care to buy. they
| would continue to run the creamery
until the farmers had their building
constructed and the equipment Install
ed ready to start business. It was
stated that the lots on which the
creamery stands is owned by Mr.
Moen but that he was willing to re.
lease to the Association or sell to then
in case they wished to buy.
A general discussion regarding thu
buying of the creamery followed ii
which several of the farmers took al
active part. Mr.. Fisk answered mum
Der of questions regarding the equip
ment and some other repairs necessary
Some of the farmers present arguet
that they were buying the business a.
we'll as the creamery. The Associa
ton would be ready to start operat
ing at once, money could be saved TO-
the next three or four years to form
a sinking fund for building purposes
and that about three years from nov
at least part of the funds will b.
available for constructing a new build
ing Chances are it will not cost NOR
to build then, than now. The Tn
Association might as we'll operate tn
creamery as the present owners.
was brought out during the discus
sion that to build and to buy new
equipment would cost, at least in tn
neighborhood of about $4,000 and the,
would not be able to start operating
for year. An Association can neve
start operating any cheaper than b,
buying the present creamery and bust
ness. In this way it will be possibl
| to start operating at a small expense
l. At the end Of two or three years tn
Association will know more about tn
business and what can be done.
vote of the share holders were take1
on the proposition the vote being 1
to s, which decided the Association
should buy.
Motion was made that the share
should be paid on or before April goth
SO that, if possible the Association
could take over the creamery and star
operating the first of May. A genera
discussion was entered into regarding
i paying cash or the monthly paymen
| plan. 1t was decided that all regula
patrons of the creamery should be en-
, couraged to accept the monthly pay
!, ment plan as is in operation in prac
tically all of the Cooperative Cream
cries. This will enable the Associa
ton to carry on the business with les
actual cash involved returns 70
butter are received before payment Q
the cream. Again it will permit of
better price for cream as the officer