The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-05-19
IMPORTANT MEETING
Farmers Confer With Princeton Com
mercial Club on Central Mar
ket and Public Scale.
Consensus of Opinion is That Both
Should Be Established in the
Village of Princeton.

Should Be Established in the
Village of Princeton.
A regular meeting of the Princeton
Commercial club was held at the
armory on Tuesday evening with DR..
McRae presiding and a goodly num-
Der of members in attendance.
The president stated that the princi-
pal topic before the club for discussion
and consideration was the question as
to whether or not central market
and public scale should be established
in the village.
AS per invitation delegates from the
township units Of the Farm Bureau
association tributary to Princeton
were in attendance for the purpose of
comforting upon the subject at issue.
County Agent Hammargren was also
present as we'll as Fred Manke and T.
F. Scheen, local potato buyers.
President McRae called upon Louis
Normandin, president of the Mile
Laos County Farm Bureau association,
for statement as to what the men,
bers of the organization wanted along
this, line. Mr.. Normandin responded
by stating very clearly and concisely
that what the farmers wanted was one
central market equipped with a relia-
BILE scale, and that weigh slip be
issued as the official weight Of any
particular load.
This opened up the subject for full
discussion, and delegates, business
men, potato buyers and members of
the village council expressed their
views on the proposition. It finally de-
veloped that it was the consensus OF
opinion of the majority that central
market and, scale would be good
thing for the farmers and for the
village, and that this should be under
the control of the farmers themselves,
or stock company composed of far
mcrs and business men of the village
who saw fit to buy stock for the pur-
pose of helping the project along.
An investigating committee consist
ing of Ed. Evens, A. E. Allen, C. H.
Nelson and DR.. McRae, which had
visited various towns, reported that
most of the public scales were paying
concerns, especially that at Cambridge
which is owned by the farmers. This
pays much larger dividend than that
at Braham which is owned by the vii
lage.
County Agent Hammargren re-
ported that the village scale in North
Branch was not giving as much salts
faction as the scale at Cambridge.
The scale at Elk River is owned by the
village but it seems that it is not much
used. The farmers own and manage
the scales in Zimmerman and 1santi
and in both cases the arrangement is
found entirely satisfactory.
The point was raised that unless
some means can be devised for max
ing such public scale the official scale
for buying and selling, and making
the weight slip from the same official
slips. in the village, the proposition
might not meet with entire success.
Upon motion the village attorney
was instructed to take up with the at
torney general the question of whether
or not a village ordinance could be
legally posted compelling all weigh
ing to go over the public scale, and
also to consult the attorney general
as to just how far any such proposed
ordinance could legally go compelling
buying and selling in the village to
be governed by the weights as given
out at any such proposed central mar
ket scale.
|; A committee of 10 was, on motion
appointed to consult with the village
| council relative to the installation of
a central market and public scale
such committee to be composed OF
five farmers and five club members
The committee: Louis Normandin
VIM. Royal, Fred Murphy, Walter
Mark, o. w. Blomquist, c. S. Morton
F. w. Manke, E. K. Evens, D. A. Nc
Rae, J. M. Armitage.
County Agent Hammargrcn gave a
short talk which was we'll received. He
stated, among other things, that, 81
per cent of the farmers in the sur.
rounding territory held a friendly
feeling toward Princeton and would
like to make it their central market
He said that once in a while he ran
across a knocker, but they were few
and far between.
Mrs. Bergdoll Sentenced.
Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll was on