The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
5000 Farmers Attend
Land O'Lakes Meeting
Organizations 1927 Business in
Excess of $47,000-Officers
and Heads Elected

Five thousand Minnesota farm
ers, from all sections of the state,
with many of their wives, daugh-
tiers and friends, gathered Thurs
day and Friday, March 8 and g.,
at the Land OIakes Building,
Northwestern Terminal, Minneap-
oils, for the seventh annual meet
ing of the Land OIakes Cream
cries, Inc.
By far the biggest and most i'm
pressive roundup of farmers that
has taken place in Minnesota in
a number of years, this great
Land OLakes meeting will go
down in history as the most sue
cessful and enthusiastic annual
meeting of a cooperative organi-
cation held to date in the Gopher
state.
Having prepared for maximum
crowd of $500 people, officers of
the Land O'Lakes organization
were met with and served dinner
to 1920 people on Thursday, the
opening day of the big two-day
meeting. Visitors continued to
pour in Thursday night and Fri
day morning, however, and by
noon convention badges and pro-
grams had been given out to more
than five thousand visitors.
From the time that President
John Brandt swung his gavel for
the opening of the meeting Thurs
day morning, until final adjourn
ment Friday afternoon at A o'clock
there was not a dull moment or
the slightest delay on the big, di-
versified program, which contained
more amusement numbers than q
high-class vaudeville show, sand.
witched in between addresses and
reports of officers and directors.
Educational features on the
well-balanced program were in
line with the high standard set by
the entertainment numbers, which
were far above the average.
Farmers and their wives who
made the trip to the Twin Cities
for this meeting were amply re.
warded for the time and expense
incident to the trip. All were
loud in praise of the big meeting
which was an eye-opener to hun
dreds who never before had at.
tended a Land OIakes annua
meeting.
Financial reports submitted a
the meeting showed that Lane
O'Lakes Creameries, Inc, did ;
gross business of more than for
ty-six million dollars in the yea
1927. The organization wound vi
the year in the strongest financia
position that it has been in since
it's organization.
At the concluding session Fri
day afternoon, the following of
ficers and directors were re-elect
ed without opposition:
Officers: John Brandt, Presi
dent; Henry Arens, First Vice.
President; E. %. Melsness, Sec
ond Vice-President; A. L. Veig
Ell, Secretary; Isaac Emerson
Treasurer.
Directors: III. r. Berg, Rusl
City; j. III. Rel, Brownton; =
l.. Farley, Spring Grove; C. H
Harkytan, Owatonna; E. M. Ros
enberg, Bertha; C.. j. Rath, Eas
ton; J. o. Bjorklund, Henning
G. G. Baker, Slayton; C.. J. L.
Count, Willard; v. Lockwood
Motley; Stuart Mcleod, Good
ridge; w. F. Schilling, North
field; Jens Jensen, Luck, Wis.
J. C.. Thomson, Minneapolis.
Department Heads: A. j. Nc
CURE, General Manager; Emf
G.. Johnson, Assistant Treasurer
H. F. Meyer, Butter Sales De
partment; n. l.. Sole, Machin
cry and Supply Department; Geo
Turner, Traffic Department: w
E. Boie, Credit Department; w
M. I.oberg, Office; Axel johnson
Superintendent.