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This committee reported progress at the October meetings of the Swine Breeders' Association by which time fifteen hundred dollars in shares and the product of three hundred and twenty- five cows had been subscribed. A special meeting of the asso- eiation was held November 25, a booster meeting for the creamery. It was addressed by Prof. F. M. Washburn, Associate Professor of Dairying, University of Minnesota, who talked on the subject, "Cooperative Creameries."
An organization committee to carry on the work of organiza- tion was elected at a meeting held December 19. The members that served on this committee were Nels Mattson, chairman, Ralph Loomis, secretary, Joseph Sester and H. T. Rauenhorst. The ereameries of Glencoe, Biscay, Fairfax and Franklin were visited by this committee in getting ideas for a creamery in Bird Island. A permanent organization was effected January 22, 1915.
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By-laws and Articles of Incorporation were adopted. Officers and directors chosen were: President. Nels Mattson; vice president, Joseph Sester ; secretary, Ralph Loomis : treasurer, John J. Ilop- man; Wolfgang Bauman, George W. Johnson, Joseph Prokosh, John Torbert.
It was decided not to commence building operations until four thousand dollars in cash capital had been subscribed. When this amount had been secured the mark was advanced to four thou- sand dollars capital to be subscribed by would-be patrons and it was also required that the produet of 800 cows be promised for the creamery's raw material. People in town willing to help in starting a creamery subscribed for sixty shares. Shares were $25 each. Interest on shares being limited by the by-laws to six per cent if any is paid, it is clear that these subscriptions were not made with the expectation of profit.
Fifty-six hundred dollars in shares and the product of 815 cows had been subscribed before the last of July, 1915. The re- quirements were not raised again. The Creamery Engineering Company of Dassel, Minnesota, was employed to draw plans for the building. The plans call for a building of hollow clay build- ing blocks, the side and rear walls to be covered with stuceo and the front wall with a veneer of white glazed brick. The dimen- sions are 28 feet 2 inches by 56 feet four inches. The equip- ment will include a 10 horsepower boiler for heating and pasteur- izing, two electric motors for power, two 300-gallon cream vats, a churn of 900 pounds capacity and a four-ton refrigerating machine. Much building space has been saved by the use of elee- tric motors for power and by using machine refrigeration. The use of this machinery will also greatly reduce operating expenses.
The contract for erecting the building was awarded to Frank Hagen of Franklin, Minnesota. At this time, November 1, the walls of the building are complete. Indications are that the building will be finished on contraet time, November 29, 1915. The machinery should be installed and the creamery in opera- tion before Christmas, 1915. The present officers and directors of the creamery are: President, Joseph Sester; vice president, John Torbert : secretary, Ralph Loomis ; treasurer, John J. Hop- man; Wolfgang Bauman. George W. Johnson. Joseph Prokosh, William Korrect.
After getting along without a ereamery for thirteen years, Bird Island is to have another creamery as the result of fourteen months agitation of the idea of having a modern creamery to provide a local market for cream. With the expenditure of sim- ilar effort in making the creamery a success as was expended in getting the building, the Bird Island community will take front rank as one of the prosperous communities following the dairy in- dustry in Minnesota.
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The Boon Lake Cooperative Creamery Co. began business Dee. 8, 1897, on the northwest corner of section 27 of Boon Lake town- ship, for the purpose of taking in milk and making butter. The company consisted of about thirty farmers, among whom may be mentioned : HI. D. Boorman, JJohn Eggert, W. W. Forbes. Or- ville J. Edner, William Kurth, Fred Linstadt, Hugh Carrigan, Peter Bensten, and Fred lorchs. The capital stock was placed at $3,500. The first officers and directors were William Kurth, Orville J. Edner, Fred Linstadt. I. D. Boorman, John Eggert, W. W. Forbes and Peter Bensten. A house was purchased for the butter maker May 10, 1912. The present officers are Herman Rannow. president : Charles Reinke. vice president : A. W. Barf- kneeht, secretary ; William Kurth, treasurer. Directors-A. Barf- knecht. John Reinke and B. F. Sheppard. In 1914, 1,286.555 pounds of milk were received; 166,796 pounds of cream; 86,- 290.24 pounds of butter fat : $22,380.04 paid to the patrons for butter: $29,435.49, receipts from butter. There were sixty-four patrons, owning together about six hundred cows.
The Brookfield Cooperative Dairy Association was incorpo- rated in Boon Lake township, 1899. with the following officers: August Hoefs, president : C. F. Zabel, secretary ; H. E. Danielson, treasurer. The directors were John MI. Zabel. H. P. Anderson, William Wehking. Butter-making operations were started March, 1900. The butter maker's house is owned by the creamery and was erected about the same time as the creamery building. The present officers are: IT. Soltow, president ; Herman Zabel, sec- retary and treasurer. Directors-A. Wojahn, K. Koglin, H. Arndt. E. Kemp and H. Weseloh. The report for 1914 is as fol- lows: Milk received, 526,696 pounds: cream received, 54,444 ponnds : butter fat, 31.623.19 pounds. Paid to patrons in check, $7.429.52. Average number of patrons, 35.
The Buffalo Lake Creamery is located on the corner of Main street in the heart of the village of Buffalo Lake, Minn. It is an independent creamery, owned and managed by John E. Swanson. The building was erected during the summer of 1913 and butter making was begun Jan. 5, 1914. In 1914, 258,489 pounds of eream were received. 85,057 pounds of butter made and $18,450.72 paid to the 165 patrons. The dairy cows in this neighborhood are of the Holstein, Jersey and Shorthorn breeds. The creamery has proven a sneeess from the first and the output for 1915 is about double that of 1914 showing a steady increase. The village as well as the community as a whole consider the creamery one of their best institutions and are doing their best to make it a sneeess. Several years ago there was a farmers' creamery at Buffalo Lake which after passing through many hands, finally came into the management of Andrew Hanson who operated it for some time until it was elosed about four years ago.
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The Danube Creamery. Nov. 11, 1912, N. I. Hugger opened the Danube Creamery for business. It was built and operations started in 1908, but at the time Mr. Hugger opened it, it had for some time been standing idle. There are now some 200 patrons owning some 1,000 cows. The Danube "Review" of March 11, 1915, says in part :
"It has been proven over and over again that the local cream- eries of Minnesota are a better market for cream than the central creameries in the large eities, and that in this state where about one thousand creameries are in operation the farmers receive from six to eight cents a pound more for butter fat than the farmers are receiving in Nebraska and Kansas where the centralizers have killed the local creameries. Only a few years ago the Danube Creamery was standing idle. and a constant demand was made that it be started again as it was a disadvantage for the town and surrounding country to be without a local market for cream. In the fall of 1912 the Danube Creamery was reopened and has since been a success and of great value to the farmers. Now there is less ercam shipped from here than any other similar point along the Milwaukee road. This also proves that we have a class of farmers that are loyal to the local creamery and are willing to put their shoulders to the wheel and help a worthy project.
"The Danube Creamery opened up for business on Nov. 11, 1912, and since then has handled 805,951 pounds of cream out of which it manufactured 274,796 pounds of butter. The farmers patronizing this institution received nearly $70,000 for butter-fat. The ereamery is equipped with the most modern machinery that money can buy. The grade of butter made is of high quality and sells at a premimmn over the market. For this reason the creamery is in a position to pay its patrons the highest market priee for their cream and still give them the fullest credit test and weight. The average price paid for butter-fat in February was thirty-one cents a pound."
The Fairfax Creamery Association was organized in 1896 by the following : John B. Lieble. Aug. Voeks, Peter Peschges, Wen- zel Frank, J. A. Whitmer, J. W. Donahue and John Albrecht. The following officers were chosen: J. A. Whitmer, president; J. W. Donahue, vice president : Peter Peschiges, secretary, and Wenzel Frank, treasurer. Buildings were erected and butter- making operations were started in 1896, the buttermaker being W. E. Cleveland. In 1901, a buttermaker's house was erected. About 1909 the creamery was rented for a period of one year to C. B. Thomas. It is now out of existence.
The Fairfax Cooperative Creamery Co. was incorporated May 9. 1914. The company erected a new and modern briek build- ing in Fairfax with modern equipment at a cost of $8.000. The name of the persons forming this cooperative association were :
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P. W. Garrahy, John Albrecht, John Iago, William S. Ruona, Anton Melvold, Herman Schmechel, J. A. Whitmer, W. Frank, N. J. Olson, Charles Firle, Walter Caven, Paul Albrecht, all of Fairfax. Renville county, and vicinity.
The association was organized for the purpose of buying, sell- ing. manufacturing and dealing in milk, cream, iee eream, butter and cheese and generally condueting a creamery business, and buying and selling eggs and poultry and conducting a community laundry. The constitution of this association provides the amount of capital to be $20.000 and that the amount of indebtedness or liability which the association may contract shall not exceed $5,000. One director is elected from each of the following town- ships: Cairo, Camp, Bandon and Wellington, if possible, and a director-at-large, such officers being ehosen annually by the stock- holders. The annual meeting of the stockholders is held the first Monday in February of each year.
The names of the first board of directors were: President. J. A. Whitmer: treasurer. John Albrecht : Herman Schmechel, William S. Ruona, Anton Melvold and Paul Albreeht, directors. Buttermaking operations were begun Feb. 10. 1915. Sept. 1. 1915, W. E. Cleveland, who was connected with the old creamery, started in 1896, became the buttermaker. The present officers are: J. A. Whitmer, president ; Herman Schmechel, vice presi- dent ; J. W. Donahue, secretary ; John Albrecht, treasurer; Anton Melvold : John Lieble, Jr., and Henry Erickson, directors. About sixty tubs of butter are made during the week and from $3,000 to $3,500 are paid to the patrons during the month. Buttermilk is sold for 261/2 cents per barrel. There are over 100 patrons and about 1,000 cows of various breeds, chief of which are the Hol- stein, Jersey and Red Pole.
The Franklin Farmers' Cooperative Creamery is located on the main street in the heart of the business section of Franklin, Minn. The company was organized March 4, 1914, and incorporated on Mareh 16. 1914, with a capital of $5,000. The incorporators were : Edwin Hled. of the State Dairy and Food Department, William Johnson, Matt. Niemi, Isaac Bogema and Henry Ileikka. The erection of the building was begun July, 1914, and buttermaking operations began Nov. 21, 1914. The first officers were: Presi- dent. William A. Johnson ; vice president. J. C. Farrell : treasurer, Fred Tower; secretary, William Fox : directors, J. D. Diekmeier, William Ruona and Henry Hiekka ; manager and buttermaker, J. L. Grellong. William Ruona has been succeeded by H. B. Peder son as director. The first annual report of the ereamery reads as follows: From Nov. 21 to Dec. 31, 1914-Pounds of milk re- ceived. 2,293; pounds of cream received. 13,906: average test of milk, 3.88 per cent; average test of eream, 33.73 per cent; pounds of butter fat in the milk. 88.20;
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pounds of butter fat in the eream, 4,691.20: total pounds of but- ter-fat, 4,779.40; pounds of butter shipped to New York, 4,592; butter sold at creamery, 421 pounds ; total pounds of butter made, 5,013; pounds lost in shrinkage to market. 39; received payment for 4,974 pounds ; average price paid patrons, 32.24 cents ; average price received for butter, 32.4 cents; pounds butter fat sold in cream, 782.20; pounds butter fat made into butter, 3,997.20; pounds over-run, 977; per cent of over-run, 24.4; total amount received for butter, $1,612.04; total amount received for cream, $253.05: total amount received for buttermilk, $20.12; total amount for sulphuric acid, 15 cents; total amount received, $1,885.36; paid for butter fat, $1,540.98; paid for running ex- penses, $183.50; total paid out, $1.724.48. Balance on hand. Dec. 31, 1914, $160.88. The breeds most favored in the community are the Holstein and Guernsey. The present buttermaker is L. J. Grellong.
The Hector Creamery Association was organized June 17, 1899, at Hector by P. E. Toole, Frank Marsh, George MeGrath, P. O'Donnell. Chas. Wenz, Bert Alberts. C. H. Reuber, R. Scheel, Thos. Torbenson, Geo. Weber, A. Malın, Chas. Roitz, E. Thiel- mann, Victor Peterson, Kund Christenson, Albert Sehwarzkop, John Tesch, Simon Jenson, Carl Gubbe, F. F. Gablenz, F. A. Green, Karl Moag. The capital stock was $5,000. The following were the first officers: George MeGrath, president : Charles Roitz, vice president : Frank Marsh, secretary: Gus Mahn, treasurer : Bert Alberts, C. II. Reuber, and P. O'Donnell, directors.
Some ten years ago this ereamery was sold to the Hutchinson Produce Co. They manufactured butter for a while, but for some years past have used it for a skimming station, shipping the cream to Hutchinson and the Twin Cities. Plans are now on foot for the formation of a new cooperative creamery in Hector.
The Melville Cooperative Creamery Company is located in the town of Melville, section 16, southeast quarter, three and a half miles east of Bird Island. It was organized Jan. 19. 1901, the first officers being: President, Herman Zupke: vice president and treasurer. Chas. Zupke: secretary. Carl Mueller. Directors-E. M. Wolff, F. E. Wolff, Rudolph Minks, Lonie Arnold. A building was erected in January, 1901, and butter operations started in March, 1901. A house for the buttermaker was erected in 1910. The present officers are: President, Albert Foesch : vice president, Rudolph Minks : secretary, H. C. Krueger : treas- urer, Hans Peterson. Directors-Robert Wolff. Charles Peterson and Charles Degner. The annual report for 1914 gives the fol- lowing facts : Pounds of milk received. 541.685 ; pounds of cream, 108,668; average test of milk. 57.98; test of cream, 28.00; butter fat from milk, 20,134 pounds; butter fat from cream, 28,487.7 pounds : pounds of butter made, 58.453; butter sold to patrons.
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4,981 ; pounds of butter shipped, 53,562; amount paid to patrons, $13,023.69; average price paid patrons, 30 cents; received from buttermilk, $40; over run, 98,342, or 20 per cent; cash on hand from last year, $595.58; received from butter shipped, including sales to patrons, $15,516.81: received from other sources. $8; total, $16,120.39. Running expenses-Buttermaker's salary. $790 : secretary's salary, $36: other office salaries, $36; fuel, $467.30; tubs and other packages, $463.80; salt, $25; color. $10; oil. $37.73: ice, $484; total, $2,069.83. There are thirty-six patrons, each own- ing about ten cows, no particular breed of cow being special- ized in.
The incorporators Jan. 19, 1901, were Carl Miller, Fred Grimm. E. Wolff, Otto Deguer, J. F. Porter, John Dummer. Rudolph Minko, Hans Peterson, Chas. Zupke, Har. Brunner, Peter Meyer. August Hedtke, H. W. Zupke, John H. Rice, F. E. Wolff, Frank Butall, Leonard J. Rice, Louis Arnold, R. J. Marks, Herman Mil- ler, August Berg, Jos. Ruter. Louis Buss, Michael Post. Ole Ander- son, R. R. Wolff, George Rice, Henry Kruger and Fred Koehler. all of Melville.
The Morton Creamery Co. was incorporated Oct. 28, 1901, by August Vogel, Sherman, Redwood county: Arthur S. Kenney. Paxton, Redwood county ; John Buery, Birch Cooley ; M. B. Bert- rang, Leonard Farinbaugh. A. F. Mahowald, Fred Pfeiffer. F. M. Keefe, A. H. Keefe, Fred W. Orth, Joseph Smith, Andrew Me- Cormick, George Wederath, F. W. Penhall, G. A. Brown and E. F. Lentz, all of Morton. Officers: President, August Vogel ; vice president, John Buery; secretary Arthur S. Kenney : treasurer. Leonard Farenbaugh. The capital stock was placed at $3.500. Angust Vogel, H. M. Noack, F. M. Orth, M. Holden and A. S. Kenney were actively identified with the destinies of the com- pany. Operations were commenced in 1901. In 1912 the plant was leased to P. L. Gardner who opened an ice cream plant in connection.
The Norfolk and Palmyra Farmers' Creamery Association is located in the northeast corner of section 24. township of Nor- folk, adjoining the township of Palmyra. The creamery was organized Feb. 27, 1900, by Alex. Harrison and the first officers were Ole Johnson. president ; J. B. Keltgen, secretary: Chas. Glesener, treasurer ; directors, las. Powers, Christ Gullickson, Joe Sehmall and Andrew Danielson. The erection of the building was started shortly after the organization of the association and was ready for business May 8, 1900, with Geo. Chandler as butter- maker, who held that position for the first five years. Then Osear Norskog acted as buttermaker until Feb. 1, 1915. when he was succeeded by Theo. Norskog. The farmers received sixteen cents per pound for butter fat during the very first month of the creamery's operation. Before that they had received a very
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low price for their farm butter. The present officers are Ole John- son, president ; John Hilgert, vice president; Theo. Norskog, sec- retary ; Chas. Glesener, treasurer and manager. Directors, Ben. Korkemier, Gust. Melquist, Joe Menerrer, and Solomon Johnson. The last annual report of the creamery is as follows: 310,589 pounds cream received ; paid to the patrons in check, $22,385.79; in butter, $266.808; in sundries, $1,177.83 ; butter shipped, 94,299 pounds. worth $24,094.80: butter sold to patrons, 9,2211/4 pounds, worth $2.668.08; butter sold elsewhere, 7,748, worth $2,161.02; cream sold. $3.20; buttermilk soll, $119; received from other sonrees, $177.61. There are about 140 patrons with a total of 900 cows of various breeds the two most prominent being the Holstein and Shorthorn.
The Central Creamery Association of Olivia was organized in 1899 with a capital stock of $5,000. The incorporators were : William Wolff, Henry Fehr. M. W. Converse, C. W. Deyling, George Mehlhonse, C. Fisher, R. P. Peterson, Andrew Broden, Win. II. Pfeiffer, Wm. A. Johnson, H. D. Hopman, B. Sanderson, Thomas Flood, Albert Carlson, Fred Fox, A. Donnely, William Laird, Henry Dunsmore, P. A. Comstoek, II. J. Kuske, Herman Reck, J. J. Bickel, O. II. Julson, John Mehlhouse, A. Fox, F. Have- lish, G. M. Riedner, John E. W. Peterson, J. F. Roesler. Theodore Bombeck. John E. Dennsted, O. R. Erickson, A. Cunningham, Alfred Heaney, Perry Burch and Henry Palas. The first officers were : William Wolff, president : H. Fehr, vice president : Mark Converse, secretary ; Chas. W. Dwyling, treasurer; directors, Ole J. Julson. G. M. Riedner, and O. R. Erickson. Peter Christenson was buttermaker. The present board consists of H. D. Hopman, president : James F. Haley, vice president : H. Fehr, secretary, and G. J. Wetzstein, treasurer : directors. O. R. Erickson, C. F. Haber and B. A. Tersteeg. From 80,000 to 120,000 pounds of butter fat are received.
The Sacred Heart Creamery was purchased from the farmers by Bengt Nelson, the present proprietor, Jan. 1, 1913. He does a business of about $25,000 a year. In 1914 he made 55,000 pounds of butter. He has a good trade in cream, butter, eggs and poultry, and is widely known for his honorable dealing.
The Kolbert Creamery & Produce Co. The business men and farmers started a creamery in Renville in the nineties. But after various vieissitudes it was sold and was operated under private ownership until January, 1913, when P. J. Kolbert purchased it. In 1913 he paid out $23,000, in 1914, $27,000, and he estimates that in 1915 the business will reach $35,000. In connection with the creamery he does a produce business.
Other creameries that have been incorporated in this county are the following :
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The Buffalo Lake Farmers' Creamery Co. was organized many years ago. The first officers were: President, Darwin S. Hall ; vice president, John G. Wallner; secretary, Frank Leasman, treas- urer, Ole Olson. After the creamery was operated for a while it was leased to various persons at different times, and was finally discontinued.
The Erickson Farmers' Cooperative Creamery and Cheese Association was incorporated May 17, 1899, by the following : A. D. Smith, G. S. Osmundson, E. MeBroom, Julius Diedrick, Lars Evenson, HIalgrin Tostenson, C. T. Gulsvick, Peter P. Hammen, Jacob Anderson, Henry Pellowschond, William Schneider, Ole T. Gulsvieg, Kasper Warner, P. Dybson, Jan D. Bruns, Martin De Vries, Lendert Huls, Will MeBroom, Henry Wille, Talen Groat, Obbe Hulzing, B. Gruen, P. Wulf, Jaeob J. Jacobs, Tosten H. Wolstad, Erie Hanson, H. II. Rolie, Casper Ole- son, C. Pederson, J. W. Bakken, H. Decknatel, August Swanson, Carl Anderson. The capital stock was placed at $3,500. The first board of directors was: Tosten Wolstad, Julius Diedriek, A. D. Smith, Ephriam MeBroom, Peter Wulf, August Swanson and Kasper Warner.
The Flora Farmers' Cooperative Creamery Association was formed March 5, 1898, by F. A. Schroeder, W. Wieske, F. Lueeks, Joseph Ahrendt, W. Kuglin, Emil Breitkreutz, Herman Droage, Fred Sommers, George Soltan, Fred Steinkamp, Fred Streech, John Wagnen, August Zaske, Peter Bingen, W. Reed, Fred Bratseh, Julius Stranch, J. A. Grabow, Angust Beyer, Niek Zim- merman, Frank Foster, J. A. Schroeder, F. H. Breitkreutz. The officers were: President, F. A. Schroeder; vice president, W. Weiske : secretary, Julius Spenber ; treasurer, Frank Foster ; trus- tees, August Zaske, Peter Bingen, Ferdinand Sommers. The cap- ital was placed at $3,400.
The Flora Creamery Co. was incorporated in the town of Flora, Jan. 26, 1900, by F. A. Sehroeder, Julius Sperber, Frank Foster, F. Sommers, Wm. Weiseke, Paul Breitkreutz, Ferdinand Leuek, L. A. Prodoehl, Jolin Wagner, J. A. Schroeder, Gus. R. Schroeder, Henry Beeker, Herman Draker, John Reetz, Charley Bratsch, Aug. R. Zaske, Joseph Ahrendt, J. A. Grabow. The first officers were: President, F. A. Schroeder; vice president, F. Sommers ; secretary, Julius Sperber; treasurer, Paul Breitkreutz; directors, Frank Foster, William Weiseke and F. M. Shoemaker. The eap- ital stock was placed at $4,000.
The Henryville Cooperative Creamery Co. was incorporated Oct. 5, 1901, in the township of Henryville by Frank Trochlil, John A. Vomaeka, Weneil Wertish, William Headt, J. M. Skob- lik, F. J. Haudik, John Malecek, Martin Stepka, Frank Dobeas, Seymour Stevens, Jolm G. Swoboda, Joseph Swoboda, Joseph Fossenbauer, J. J. Dolesal, Anton Rejsek Joseph Riedl, Philip
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Christ, Jolm Safar, J. F. Kubesh, F. V. Vertish, Mary Wacek, Ferdinand Fritz and Joseph Pulkrabek. The first board of direc- tors was: Frank Trochlil, J. A. Vomacka, Weneel Wertish, J. M. Scobolik, William Haedt, Frank Hodek. John Malechek. The amount of capital was placed at $4,000.
The Martinsburg Cooperative Creamery Co. was incorporated Nov. 6, 1901, by M. R. Tompkins. Oscar C. Anderson, J. H. Max- well, Aug. Soderquist, P. J. Carlson, Johan D. Skaldberg, J. Hall- quist, Lewis Hable, Otto Johnson, D. E. Youngren, A. G. Caarlson, Gustaf Bjolin, Julius Sehiffman, E. Johnson, A. G. Burgeson, James Larson, Albin Anderson, Fred G. Schultz, Charles Schultz, and Carl Kruger, all of Martinsburg; Fritz Reuter, Carl Laub, and George Steinke, of Wellington; And. Dahl, of Bandon ; Emil Larson, John Anderson, and N. P. Johnson, of Palmyra. The first officers were: M. R. Thompkins, president ; D. Youngren, vice president ; August Soderquist, seeretary, and J. H. Maxwell, treasurer. The capital stock was $4,000.
The Clover Leaf Creamery Co. was incorporated March 26, 1912, at Osceola, by John Hornan, John H. Bargman, Ilamlin V. Poore, S. M. Freeman, H. J. Jungclaus, Frank Stamer, F. O. Grimm, E. A. Grimm, Henry Broderius, Henry Sing. The officers were : President, llamlin V. Poore; viee president, John Hor- nan ; secretary, S. M. Freeman : treasurer, H. J. Jungelaus ; direc- tors, Frank Stamer, Henry Sing and John Bargman.
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