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The Lake Irene Telephone Company was organized, April 13, 1915, with the following incorporators : E. F. Miller, Louis Steinke, A. J. Abbott, Theodore Haarstick and O. A. Lyon. The principal place of business of the company is at the village of Parkers Prairie. The capital stock of this corporation was limited to fifteen hundred dollars, which is divided into fifty shares of the par value of thirty dollars each. The first officers of the company were as follow: President, E. F. Miller, vice-president, Louis Steinke; secretary and treasurer, A. J. Abbott. These officers, together with Theodore Haarstick and O. A. Lyon, constituted the first board of five directors. The company has nineteen telephones in operation in the town- ship of Parkers Prairie, the total length of the main line being eight miles. The present officers are as follow: O. A. Lyon, president; Albert Zunker, vice-president; A. J. Abbott, secretary; Louis Steinke and H. L. Olbeck- son, directors.
The company now known as the Clitherall Mutual Telephone Company was first organized as the Clitherall Rural Telephone Company on March 30, 1910. The first officers of the company were as follow: I. L. Streeter, president; J. A. Anderson, vice-president; Ira Marsh, secretary; Charles Paulson, treasurer; P. P. Brodin, H. C. Rasmusson and John Klimp, direc- tors. This company continued as a voluntary association for nearly five years before it was incorporated. On November 20, 1915, it filed incor- poration articles under the name of the Clitherall Mutual Rural Telephone Company, with five thousand and forty dollars capital stock of which two thousand five hundred thirty-two dollars is now paid up. The company has sixty-one telephones in operation. The officers elected when the com- pany was incorporated are still serving, viz: Nils Anderson, president ; O. C. Ukkelberg, vice-president; C. H. Leth, secretary; S. E. Halverson, treasurer; Christ Johnson, P. P. Brodin and H. C. Rasmusson, directors.
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The Vergas Telephone Company was organized, October 15, 1909, with an authorized capital stock of ten thousand dollars, of which three thousand one hundred forty dollars is now paid up. The principal place of transacting business of this corporation is at the village of Vergas. The original incorporators were W. B. Carman, of Detroit, and James Nesbitt and A. G. Schwartzrock, of Vergas. The board of directors consisted of the incorporators. The first officers were as follow: W. B. Carmen, presi- dent; James Nesbitt, secretary, and A. G. Schwartzrock, treasurer. The annual stockholders' meetings are held on the second Monday in January. The stock of the company is now owned by L. W. Oberhauser, A. G. Schwartzrock, P. F. Schroeder, James Nesbitt, C. D. Chaffee and Mrs. Charles Hoffman. The one hundred seventy-four subscribers of the com- pany are in the village of Vergas and the surrounding townships of Candor, Hobart, Edna and Dora. The present officers are as follow: L. W. Ober- hauser, president ; James Nesbitt, vice-president and manager; C. D. Chaffee, secretary and treasurer.
The Aastad & Buse Telephone Company was organized, December 8, 1913, with the following incorporators: J. C. Easterday, John Thorson, M. E. Bergerud, H. H. Kastelle and Otto Hole. The original capital stock of this corporation was one thousand dollars, which has since been increased to ten thousand dollars. The first officers were as follow: J. C. Easterday, president; John Thorson, vice-president; M. E. Bergerud, secretary and treasurer. These officers, together with H. H. Kastelle and Otto Hole, con- stituted the first board of directors. The fifty-eight subscribers of this com- pany are nearly all in Aastad and Buse townships. The present officers are as follow: John Newman, president; M. E. Bergerud, secretary and treas- urer ; H. H. Kastelle, E. O. Brevig and A. Johnson, directors.
The Excelsior Rural Telephone Company was organized, May 18, 1914, with the following incorporators: Fred Lother, Albert H. Beske, Henry Luther, Fred Boese, A. O. Quam and James M. Quam. The amount of the capital stock of this corporation is three thousand dollars, consisting of fifty shares of sixty dollars each. The first officers were as follow: Fred Lother, president; Albert H. Beske, vice-president ; James M. Quam, secre- tary and treasurer. These officers, together with Henry Luther, Fred Boese and A. O. Quam, constituted the first board of six directors. The only change in officers since the company was organized has been in the presi- dency. J. W. Roehl is the head of the company. The fifteen subscribers of the company are in the townships of Fergus Falls and Carlisle.
The Swan Lake Telephone Company was organized, January 19, 1915, with the following incorporators: Andrew Anderson, Chris Weiby, J. Rob- erts, Phil DeLagoon and John Krogstad. The place of business of this
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corporation is in the township of Buse. The original capital stock of this corporation was limited to one thousand dollars, consisting of twenty-five shares, at the par value of forty dollars per share. The first officers of the corporation were as follow: President, Andrew Anderson; vice-president, Chris Weiby; secretary and treasurer, J. Roberts. These officers, together with Phil DeLagoon and John Krogstad, constituted the first board of five directors and no change has been made in the officers since the company was incorporated. They now have eight telephones in operation.
The Wrightstown Telephone Company was organized on June 1, 1913, with a capital stock limited to ten thousand dollars. The principal place of transacting business of this corporation is in Wrightstown. The incor- porators were as follow : E. A. Perkins, residing at Bertha, in Todd county ; F. Townley, of Wrightstown, and R. V. Smith, of Parkers Prairie. The first officers were: F. Townley, president; E. A. Perkins, treasurer, and R. V. Smith, secretary, who also comprised the first board of directors.
At first the company installed a central exchange at Wrightstown, but it was soon found impractical to maintain it and in the fall of 1915 it was discontinued. The central switchboard is now at Bertha, in Todd county. The company has expended seven hundred dollars in wiring and equipment sufficient to provide for forty-five subscribers. The present officers are as follow: Julius Schwantz, president; John C. Lieder, secretary; E. A. Perkins, treasurer.
The Aurdal Rural Telephone Company was organized, March 10, 1914, with the following incorporators: Johan E. Boen, A. E. Braaten, O. G. Torgerson, John Teisberg. Alfred Bergerud and William Kumm. The prin- cipal place of business of this corporation is in the township of Aurdal. The capital stock of this corporation was four thousand dollars, to be divided into eighty shares of the par value of fifty dollars each. The first officers of the corporation were as follow : President, John E. Boen; vice-president, A. E. Braaten, and O. G. Torgerson, secretary and treasurer. The follow- ing are the directors of this corporation: John E. Boen, A. E. Braaten, O. G. Torgerson, Alfred Bergerud. Wilhelm Kumm and John Teisberg.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders on February 8, 1916, the following officers were elected: President, N. M. Nelson; vice-president, John Teisberg; secretary-treasurer, Onan Torgerson: directors, Alfred Bergerud. Oluf Hove and A. Engebretson; linemen, H. Bergerud and H. Anderson. At this meeting it was voted to assess each shareholder fifty cents for the expense of keeping the lines in order. It was also decided to have a line built along the state road in the northern part of the township during the ensuing spring. The shareholders voted not to sell shares of
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stock in the future for less than fifty-eight dollars a share. The company now has sixty-seven telephones.
The Effington Mutual Telephone Company was organized, April 6, 1914, with the following incorporators: Richard Wangerin, Albert Thun, William Korbenick, Albert Hollaty, August Dickoff, August Hallatz, Otto Korger, Frank Ost, Gustav Wangerin and Emil Korbenick. The capital stock of this corporation was limited to one thousand dollars, of which amount five hundred eighty dollars represents the paid-up capital stock at the present time. The first officers of this corporation were as follow : President, Richard Wangerin; vice-president, Albert Thun; secretary, August Hallatz; treasurer, William Korbenick. The officers, together with August Dickhoff, constituted the first board of five directors. During the two years this company has been in operation the first officers, with the exception of the secretary, have remained unchanged. The present secre- tary is W. C. Mielke. The company now has twenty-five telephones in use.
The Dane Prairie-Buse Telephone Company was organized, February 17, 1914, with the following incorporators: Arnt Huseby, Charles E. Drews, Albert Bjorgum, Ernest A. Rossow, John J. Fossen. Albert A. Ander- son, Pete Halsness, Tom Tvedt and Odin Back. The capital stock of this corporation is two thousand dollars, consisting of fifty shares, of the par value of forty dollars per share. The first officers of this corporation were as follow : President, Ernest A. Rossow; vice-president. John J. Fossen; secretary and treasurer, Albert Bjorgum. These officers, together with Tom Tvedt and Albert A. Anderson, constituted the first board of five directors, and they are still serving in their respective capacities. The com- pany has eleven telephones in operation.
The Pelican Telephone Company was organized, March 18, 1904, with a capital stock which was limited to twenty-five thousand dollars. Of this amount eighteen thousand dollars has been issued to stockholders. The names of the persons forming this corporation were as follow: J. P. Wal- lace, O. M. Carr, N. P. Moen, C. L. Ward, C. D. Haugen. Knute S. Sten- erson and O. J. Morrison, all of whom reside at Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. The first officers were as follow: President, J. P. Wallace ; vice-president, O. M. Carr; treasurer, N. P. Moen; secretary and manager, C. L. Ward. The principal place of transacting the business of this corporation is at the village of Pelican Rapids. This is the largest telephone company in Otter Tail county outside of Fergus Falls, and now has a total of five hundred fifty-six telephones in use, one hundred ninety-one in the village of Pelican Rapids, and three hundred sixty-five in the rural districts surrounding the village. The present officers of the company are as follow : C. D. Haugen, president ; Ole G. Helseth, vice-president ; O. M. Carr, treasurer : O. J. Mor-
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rison, Erick Aarness and P. R. Peterson, directors; J. F. Logan, secretary and manager.
The Richville Telephone Company was organized, March 10, 1908, with the following incorporators: James Shaw, T. K. Johnson, O. A. Zim- mer, C. A. Friberg, Jr., J. Oswald, Frederick Prentice and C. F. Franz, all of Richville. The original capital stock of this corporation was limited to five thousand dollars. The principal place of business of this corporation is at Richville. The incorporators constituted the first board of directors. The local company is owned and operated by the business men of Richville.
The Park Region Mutual Telephone Company was incorporated, March 10, 1906, with a capital stock of ten thousand dollars, which was divided into two hundred and fifty shares, of forty dollars each. The following persons constituted the board of managers until the first regular meeting of 1907: Thomas Larson, president; Theodore Sjorval, vice-president; E. S. Evenson, treasurer; Carl H. Christianson, secretary; N. E. Nelson, L. A. Boe, C. B. Erickson, M. N. Rovang and L. P. Olsen, directors. The chief purpose of this corporation was to purchase the rural telephone line which was at that time in operation under the name of the New Independent Telephone Company. The principal place for the transaction of the busi- ness of this company is at Underwood, in the township of Sverdrup.
At a meeting of the company in the village of Dalton on February 6, 1912, at which time S. M. Skrove was president and C. E. Olsen was secre- tary, an amendment was made to the original articles of incorporation, placing the amount of the capital stock at twenty thousand dollars, divided into five hundred shares of forty dollars each. The company now has four hundred seventeen telephones in use, with two switchboards, one in Under- wood and the other in Dalton. The present officers are as follow: Louis Anderson, president ; C. E. Olson, secretary ; L. A. Boe, treasurer ; John Ben- son, M. N. Rovang. C. E. Larson, Fred Watloo, Henry Bye and S. M. Skrove, directors.
The Fergus Falls & Jewett Lake Rural Telephone Company was organ- ized, January 10, 1916, by the following incorporators: W. R. Chapin, president : P. J. Dohrer, vice-president; Herman Keilmeyer, secretary and treasurer; directors, George Merz, William Homan and Walter Drechsel. The capital stock of the company was fixed at one thousand five hundred dollars. This company started out with fourteen subscribers.
The Amor-Dead Lake Telephone Company was organized, March 30, 1914. with the following incorporators: F. H. Langvick, John Lien, J. E. Ritchey, H. Larson, Oscar Hult, C. J. Swanson. John Long, Peder Lien and Sven Holmgren. The original capital stock of this corporation was three thousand dollars, but it has since been increased to three thousand six
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hundred dollars. The principal place of business of this corporation is in the township of Amor. The first officers of the corporation were as fol- low: President, John Lien; vice-president, J. A. Gaylord; secretary and treasurer, F. H. Langvick. The management of this corporation is vested in its officers and a board of three directors elected each year by the stock- holders of the company.
Although this company has been in operation less than two years, it already has a hundred telephones in use. The company plans to make exten- sive improvements in both lines and service during the spring and summer of 1916. The company has united with the Dent-Star Lake Company in installing an exchange at Amor. The company has a line running to Battle Lake, where connection is made with the Northwestern. The present officers of the company include the following: John Lien. president; F. H. Langvick, secretary and treasurer; H. N. Bixby, C. O. Hult and S. T. Put- nam, directors; T. Johnson, general manager and lineman.
The Heinola Telephone Company was organized, July 1, 1909, with a capital stock of twenty-one hundred dollars. The names of the persons forming this corporation were as follow: Henry Anderson, Ottertail; J. P. Aarni, M. H. Korkalo, John Carlund, F. O. Haapasaari, Jonas Ojala and Fred Wapola, all of New York Mills. The first officers of this cor- poration were: J. P. Aarni, president; Henry Anderson, vice-president ; M. H. Korkalo, treasurer; John Carlund, secretary; Jonas Ojala, F. O. Haapasaari and Fred Wapola, directors. The principal place of business of this corporation is at New York Mills. The business of this company has increased so rapidly that it has been found necessary to increase its capital stock. At the present time the company has five thousand nine hun- dred twenty-one dollars and fifty cents invested in equipment. It has eighty-one and a half miles of wire at the present time and is planning to make extensive additions to its lines this year. The company has one hun- dred twenty-four subscribers and is adding to this number all the time. The present officers follow : John Perala, president; J. E. Niemela, vice-presi- dent; John Carlund, secretary; William Anttila, treasurer; William Oman, Edward Blomberg, Jacob Tumberg, directors.
The Henning-Vining Telephone Company was organized, May 1, 1911, with a capital stock limited to four thousand dollars, and up to the present time forty shares, valued at twenty dollars each, have been issued. The names of the parties forming this corporation were as follow: Anton B. Trana, Melvin B. Lund, John Guisnes, Ole K. Nyhus, all residents of Vining; Arnt Monson, Lars Bendickson, Charles W. Brandborg and John S. John- son, the latter residents of Henning. The first officers selected to serve this corporation were as follow: Arnt Monson, president; Lars Bendickson,
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vice-president ; Melvin B. Lund, secretary and treasurer. The annual meet- ings of the stockholders of this corporation are held on the second Saturday in June of each year.
The line of the Henning-Vining Company is built from East Battle Lake to Henning and Vining and makes connections with the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company at Henning. There are now forty-one telephones in use. The officers for 1916 are as follow: John Guisnes, president ; E. E. Ramberg, vice-president; O. A. Lund, secretary and treas- urer. These three officers and H. E. Berggren and Arnt Monson constitute the board of directors.
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The Henning-Almora Telephone Company was organized on January 14, 1914, with the following incorporators: W. J. Henderson, George W. Moats, Edward Parks, George F. Johnson, Nels N. Holt, Jacob M. Hursh, Joe Saby, O. J. Smith, Fay W. Butterfield, J. D. Linquist and Andrew Nelson. The capital stock of this corporation was limited to three thousand dollars. The first officers of this corporation were as follow: President, Jacob M. Hursh; vice-president, J. D. Linquist ; secretary, W. J. Henderson; treasurer, George F. Johnson. These officers, together with George W. Moats, O. J. Smith and Joe Saby, constituted the first board of directors.
This company has now been in operation about two years and in that time has issued capital stock to the amount of five hundred dollars. There are nineteen telephones in use at the present time. The officers for the cur- rent year are as follow : Nels N. Holt, president; O. J. Smith, vice-presi- dent ; R. Sydow, secretary and treasurer. These three officers, with George Turner, Andrew Nelson, E. E. Inman and Mr. Shaw, constitute the present board of directors.
The Parkers Prairie Farmers Telephone Company was organized on January 25, 1910, with the following incorporators: Axel Olson, Frank E. Larson, N. P. R. Nelson, Charles Moll, Martin Berg, August M. Liljgren, C. Nelson, J. G. Nelson, C. U. Carlson, Axel T. Nelson, Oscar W. Lind- quist and Charles Lindblad. The first officers of the corporation were as follow : President, N. P. R. Nelson; vice-president. Axel Olson; secretary, Frank E. Larson; treasurer, Charles Moll. These officers, together with August M. Liljgren, Martin Borg and Alfred Mohngren, constituted the first board of directors.
The company was organized for the purpose of giving telephone service in the township of Parkers Prairie, Elmo, Woodside, Eastern and Effington, and any other townships, villages or cities, not exceeding two thousand inhab- itants, within the county of Otter Tail and other counties in the state of Minnesota.
The company is now operating with a capital stock of one thousand five
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hundred sixty dollars. It has thirty-two miles of main line, which it operates in three sections. One line runs northeast of Parkers Prairie, another line runs northwest of the village, while the third runs north into the village of Almora and there connects with the Folden Telephone Company's line. The company plans to build about twelve miles of new lines in the spring of 1916 into and through the township of Elmo, thereby adding twelve new subscribers. The Parkers Prairie Telephone Exchange Company does all of the switching for the Farmers Telephone Company at the rate of three dollars a year. The present officers are as follow : Martin Berg, president ; Ole Hanson, vice-president; Charles Moll, secretary and treasurer.
The Deer Creek Telephone Company was organized, September 27, 1906, with the following incorporators: Harold A. Baker, Arthur D). Baker and John O. Smith. The place of business of this corporation is located at the village of Deer Creek. The capital stock of this corporation was limited to twenty-five thousand dollars, and up to the present time three thousand two hundred sixty dollars has been issued. The original govern- ment of this corporation was vested in a board of three directors, who were also appointed as the officers. These first officers were as follow: Presi- dent, Harold A. Baker; vice-president, Arthur D. Baker; treasurer and secretary, John O. Smith. These officers are still serving in the same capa- city. The company now has about two hundred sixty telephones in use.
The Perham Rural Telephone Company was organized, January 28, 1909, with a capital stock limited to four thousand dollars, divided into one hundred shares of forty dollars each. The principal place of business of this corporation is at Perham. The names of the parties forming this cor- poration were as follow: F. D. Sieling, Albert Benke, Charles Allstadt, Louis Schroeder and George Allstadt. The officers of this corporation con- sist of a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and a board of five directors elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders.
During the seven years that this company has been in operation it has found it necessary to increase its capital stock until at the present time it amounts to twelve thousand dollars. The company now has three hundred fifteen phones in use. The present officers are as follow: Jacob Jung, president ; F. D. Sieling, vice-president ; Charles Allstadt, secretary; William Wessel, treasurer. These officers, with the addition of Joseph Stold, con- stitute the board of directors.
The Compton Rural Telephone Company was organized. April 15, 1913. with a capital stock limited to one thousand dollars. The company now has thirty-eight miles of wire, most of which is in Compton township, the rest of it being in Deer Creek township to the west and Todd county to the east. The Compton, Oak Valley & Hewitt telephone lines have a joint
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exchange at Hewitt, the three lines-locally known as 3, 29 and 37-termi- nating at Hewitt. Line 29, with thirteen subscribers, is a direct line between Deer Creek and Hewitt via Compton township. Lines 3 and 37, with thirteen and twelve subscribers, respectively, extend from Hewitt into the surrounding community, the whole system being under the following man- agement : J. B. Lehman, president; Swan Johnson, vice-president; A. W. Chapman, secretary and manager; H. A. Bowman, treasurer; William Lahrman, A. W. Greibenow and F. G. Trollier, directors.
In addition to the incorporated companies which have been mentioned, there are a number of voluntary associations which have not yet taken out incorporation articles. Six of these companies are connected with the Fer- gus Falls exchange. Their names, the number of their subscribers and secre- taries are as follow : Dayton Hollow Rural. eleven, N. E. Gray: Hoot Lake Rural, six, J. C. Eveland ; Wall Lake Rural, twelve. Elmer Peterson; Horse Shoe Lake Rural, eleven, H. M. Hanson; Red River Rural, five, Helmer Kvern; Swan Lake Club, ten. (operate only in summer ).
There is one unincorporated company out of Battle Lake, the Camp Cor- liss line, with five subscribers. Roy Corliss is secretary of this line. There are three unincorporated lines which connect at Henning: Nubbin Ridge Rural, with twenty-seven subscribers. A. T. Olson, secretary; Leaf Lake, with twelve subscribers; Henning-Leaf Lake Rural, with thirty subscribers.
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CHAPTER XXVI.
CREAMERIES OF OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
The Bluffton Co-operative Creamery Association was organized, May 31, 1906, with a capital stock of twenty-five hundred dollars, divided into one hundred shares of a par value of twenty-five dollars per share. The original incorporators were J. T. Anderson, Henry Vorderbruggen, Doran Wattrun and Paul Fisher. The first officers were James T. Anderson, president; Dorannick Wattrun, vice-president; Frederick Weichman, secre- tary, and Henry Vorderbruggen, treasurer. The first board of directors was composed of James T. Anderson, Henry Vorderbruggen, Paul Fisher, Lorentz Stoderl and Hobert Schwartz. During 1915 the company trans- acted business to the amount of fifteen thousand twenty-two dollars and thirty-three cents. The present officers include the following : C. Vorder- bruggen, J. Enders, H. G. Imdieke and J. A. Otte. The directors are G. Wegscheid, J. Regan, A. Walz and H. E. Ward.
The Ottertail Farmers Creamery Company, located in the village of Ottertail, was organized on July 18, 1906. The amount of the capital stock was limited to four thousand dollars, divided into one hundred and sixty shares of twenty-five dollars each. The following is a list of the incor- porators Henry Miller, Schultz Bros., E. H. Weibe, Fritz Thalman, Henry Bartels, H. Clasen, J. F. Muller, Wm. Schultz, Fritz Ehlers, Heinrich Bolland Sr., H. G. Lueders, Theodore Wegenar, Henry Thalman, Fritz Lueders, Herman Thalman. Marx Gleesing. F. L. Weibe, Herman Grefe, Henry Cordes, Heinrick Bolland Jr., Gustaf Kempf. H. Truhn, H. D. Wiebe, Wm. H. Kempf, F. H. Wiebe, H. W. Wiebe, Fritz Ohlrogge, Wm. Mor- row, Dick Thalmann, John Wiebe, W. H. Rieman, Dick Grefe, William Janke, Joseph Boehl. Fred Dunker, William Guelzow and Charles Wegenar. The first officers were as follow: J. F. Muller, president ; Henry Cordes, vice-president; Herman Grefe, secretary; Henry Miller, treasurer. The officers, together with William Schultz. Herman Thalmann, Wm. H. Kempf, William Janke and H. G. Lueders, constituted the first board of directors.
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