The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-03
DETAILED ACCOUNT
OF CREAMERY MEET
Exactly What Took Place
At Y. M. G. A.Thursday
OFFICERSWERE ELECTED
Mankato Designated As Annual
Gathering Point For
District

The organization meeting of District
No. 8 was held at the auditorium of the
Y. NJ. G. A. at Mankato. January 70.
Meeting was called to order by A. J..
Veigel director of the State Creamerles
association from this district. l.. e. NC
MILAN, county agent of Blue Earth coun-
ty, was nominated and elected temper
airy secretary John Brandt of Litchfield.
called on and in a short address stated
very clearly the purpose Of the meeting
and told of the work accomplished in
district No. !, and some Of the things
now being done through the state as
ISOLATION. He explained how in the
short time of seven months. district No.
/ had saved $S,179.eG on freight alone
three T the creameries in this district
had samples of butter on exhibit at the
National Dairy show which attracted
form quality Of the twenty-three sam
pies.
Mr.. yeigel made some pointed remarks
on freight rates showing that there was
local freight and car load lots shipment.
He also emphasized the buying of coal
butter tubs. and other supplies in large
Mr. Turner of the Chicago, Northwest
ern Railway company, was called upon
and he said 1t was the desire of his COM
pany to cooperate In ss every way possible ae,
emphasized the value of car lot shipping,
not only is there an actual saving IN
freight, but the butter arrives at its des-
tination quicker and in much better con-
dtion. He pledged the cooperation of his
company to the newly elected field man
of this district and expressed their will
ingness to help him in making up the car
County Agents Mcmillan of Blue Earth
county and Lyness of Waseca county
gave short talks telling Of their nts1
their support towards future success.
County Agent Denfeld Of lie Sueur coun-
ty expressed himself as very much in
The election of a. director Of each
creamery was then taken up and the
following directors elected:
Anbo s = Z. WIgIey, lake = cr snIef r,
2; Jake Fox. Eagle Lake; R. H. Camp
bell. Good Thunder; Adolph osten. Lake
GGEast s SsS e. Mantaao x ccysfS
Keller, Mapleton; Paul Kunkel. Rapidan;
Henry Good, Vernon Center; Amboy Co.
Sp;, Creamery Ass,n; Judsop Coop:
Assn. Good Thunder Coop. Creamery
Creamery Co., Mankato Coop. Dairy
Rapidan Creamery Co.. Vernon Center
Waseca county-Ed werdin. James
cahiil,. JanesviiIe: Rueben Schultz. Wells.
R 4; Olaf Lame, New Richland; Fred w.
Eichorst, Waldorf Alma City Dairy
x z;'s. Elysian co.Gp cEeamsry James
cry, New Richland Coop. Creamery As
sociation, Otisco Creamery Assn, Plumb
Valley Creamery Assn. Smiths Mill Co
op. Dairy Assn, Waseca Creamery Assn.
ID: E: Johnson, Madison Lake; Frank G.
Wood, Waseca.
LIE Sueur County--Thomas Kehoe, Le-
R. 8; Martin Schwartz. Ottawa, Sharon
Coop. Creamery, Montgomery Creamery
Co. Ottawa Coop. Creamery.
tb Mr. dr eeieei orG fbs up the matter Of
ISOLATION from district No. s. Motion
made and carried unanimously that A.
L. Veigel. Mankato, act as director for
George f. Austin of Lake Crystal was
nominated and elected alternate director
to the state association.
Motion made and carried that a per
diem of $500. and ten cents a mile one
way be paid the directors of the asso-
citation while attending meetings
Motion made and carried that all
creameries not attending the first organ
izatton meeting may join later and elect
their directors.
Motion made and carried that each
ector to attend meetings in case the dir
ector cannot attend.
The election of the member of the ex-
H. Becker, Montgomery, was elected first
vice director F. G. Wood, Waseca, sec
ond vice-director, H. E Salsbery. Amboy.
secretary treasurer. Martin Schwartz.
Ottawa, director at large.
Motion made by Mr.. Austin of Lake
Crystal, Mankato be designated as
meeting place for one year. Motion car
ried. ~
Motion made that we hold our annual
meeting the third Thursday in February.
1923 Motion carried:
Nominations for field men were called
for and the following applicants were
nominated Fred Hanson, Garden City:
Mr.. Dinney OF Montgomery. Mr.. Hanson
was elected. 16 votes for Mr. Hanson.
Mr.. Brandt complimented Unit No 5
on the method OF doing things and said
II was the best unit meeting he had at
tended yet, and that If they kept going
as they had started they would be set
ting the pace for district No. /.
Mr.. Fisher, president of the Butter
makers association. was called on for a
talk and in few well chosen words
pledged his support and the support Of
the buttermakers towards the success
OF the newly organized unit A great
deal of credit is due the buttermakers
for their help in making the meeting a
success .- ~.
Motion made and carried that we start
our field man at work February first.
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