The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-31
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20 Years Ago
Radiator Factory-The North
western Radiator factory will soon
be open for business. This is the
good news given out by T. Hol-
land, the owner of the patents used
in the business, who arrived here
Sunday night from his eastern trip
to arrange for the machinery. Mr..
Holland is greatly pleased with the
rapid progress made by hustling
Sank Centre citizens in putting up
the building and getting it ready.
Mr.. Holland says this expeditions
method of doing business beats
anything he ever saw. He is al
so enthusiastic over the plant. He
says it is more conveniently ar
ranged than is the factory in Indi-
ana-the home plant. Work on the
erection of the cupola in which the
iron is to be melted, began this
week and will be pushed to compile
ton as rapidly as good workman
ship will permit. The other ma
chinery is on the road and will
be installed as soon as it arrives.
There is every reason to believe
that the factory will be in running
order by the first of February
the time set when the company was
organized. Most of the men to be
employed win be secured right at
home, though two or three experts
will be brought here from else
where and given employment until
the other hands learn the business.
1t is the policy of the company to
give employment to home peo-
pie as far as possible. The factory
will probably start up with thirty
men. The number of employees
will be increased as occasion de-
mands.
Training School-The girls
training school, which was located
at Sank Centre last year, will UNI
doubtedly be built this season. The
Board of Control, at meeting held
near the close of. the year 1908,
made out a schedule of the money
it would need for the different in
stitutions during the year. On this
list the girls training school was
listed for an appropriation of
$175,000 for 1909, and $4,000
for 1910. The governor in his
annual message to the legislature,
endorsed the recommendation of
the Board of Control, and urged
that the project be pushed ahead
this year. In addition to this, Sank
Centre citizens are taking an &C
tive interest to see that the needed
appropriations be made. DR.. J. A.
Dubois visited St. Paul this week
and while there interviewed the diff
ferent legislators from Stearns
county, all of whom promised their
hearty support of the project. The
Federation of Women's Clubs of
the state, it will be remembered,
We're active in securing the passage
of the bill by whose terms the girls
We're to be separated from the boys
and placed in an institution by
themselves. Governor Johnson ap-
pointed Mrs. Geo. WI. Stewart, of
st. Cloud, a committee from the
Federation to take this matter in
charge. AS noted in the Herald at
the time, Mrs. Stewart accompan-
led by Mr.. Leavitt, visited Sank
Centre recently and looked over
the site for the school. It seems
that Mrs. Stewart has been very
dilligent in this matter, for accord
ing to an item in the st. Cloud
Times of last Saturday, she ar
ranged meeting that day of a
committee of the Reading Room
society of St. Cloud and the local
legislators, in the interest of the
appropriation.
Creamery Report Following is
the annual report of the business
done by the Sank Lake Co-opera-
tive Creamery Association for the
year 1908. Pounds cream receiv-
ed, 4,073.89; Pounds milk receiv-
ed, 1895; Average cream test,
rs; Average milk test, 1886;
Pounds of butter fat from cream
1O1, 1884; Pounds butter fat from
milk, 3,238.1 Total pounds of but
ter fat, 104,941.5; Pounds of but
ter sold to patrons, 1868; Pounds
butter sold to merchants, 15,775;
Pounds butter shipper, 1O9,713;
Total pounds butter made 1918
Received from butter sold patrons,
$425.14 Received from butter sold
merchants, 4,118.84; Received
from butter shipped 25, 765.57;
Running expenses -$2,743.11; Paid
patrons 26,742.69; Balance Gnc.
sinking fund $436.3O) 813.75; To-
tai as above $3O,299 .55. The
number of patrons to this cream
cry have steadily increased during
the last two and a half years and
the receipts and amount of bust
ness transacted are consequently
nearly double the amount in former
years. The creamery association
is also in excellent financial condi-
ton and should now continue to
grow stronger from year to year.
The annual meeting was held at the
creamery building on Monday, Jan.
18, and the following officers elect
ed for the ensuing year: H. w.
Botz,, President; A. j. Orth, Vice
President; G. M. Deyoe, Secretary;
R. Gamradt, Treasurer; H. w.
Parker, Al. Wicklund and Vim.
Grams, Trustees. The accounts
and records of the retiring secre-
tary, Chas. "a. Morse, were audited
by III. E. Tobey who presented to
the Board the following report:
s'To the Board of Directors, Sank
Lake COOPERATIVE Creamery As
ISOLATION: sThis is to certify that
! have examined the accounts and
records of your Secretary, Mr..
ChaS A Morse and L find them