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to customers a proportionate share of 

 the earnings. 



The officers of the company are : 

 E. 0. Peterson, president; C. J. Ceder- 

 berg, vice-president ; Oscar Gunderson, 

 secretary ; G. 0. Sjordal, treasurer, and 

 Albert Amundson, Carl Tall and 

 Amund Clementson, directors. John 

 Fridlund has been manager for the 

 past five years. 



Potato Cellar Interior 



near Hawley — Silver and Lee, each but 

 a few miles distant — that are favorite 

 outing spots for the people of the vil- 

 lage. 



Hawley Farmers' Elevator Company 

 The Hawley Farmers ' Elevator Com- 

 pany had on hand on January 1, 1916, 

 a surplus of $7,465.38, and the total 

 assets were approximately $20,000. A 

 10 per cent dividend has been paid on 

 the capital stock, $4,475.00, every year 

 except one since the company began 

 business. The property of the com- 

 pany has been improved and is now 

 estimated to be worth $7,000. The 

 average number of bushels handled 

 each year is over 130,000. Coal is also 

 handled, and a fair profit has been 

 made on this branch of the business. 

 The company's future plan is to rebate 



Hawley Stock Shippers 

 The Hawley Live Stock Shipping 

 Association has been in existence less 

 than a year, yet it has made sixteen 

 shipments aggregating 18 carloads of 

 stock, mostly cattle. After deducting 

 the expenses, the association paid to 

 the owners $19,114.86. There is now 

 in the treasury — membership fees and 

 sinking fund— $148.23. 



The officers of the association are: 

 Lloyd Plummer, president ; Knute Tor- 

 gerson, secretary; John Cummings, 

 treasurer, and A. L. Ruud, E. Alberts 

 and Arthur Lewis, directors. 



Hawley Co-Operative Creamery 

 The Hawley Co-Operative Creamery 

 Association is one of the successful or- 

 ganizations operated by the farmers of 

 eastern Clay County. It began busi- 

 ness July 1, 1906. and has operated the 

 creamery at Hawley continuously since 



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Leslie Welter's Potato House — Ventilators from Cellar Through Roof 



