The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 17, 1916, Page 16

ENTILLY township, located in the northeastern part of Polk county, Minnesota, is a region where business co-operative bankruptey. - Twenty years ago residents of this now prosperous community could not borrow a hundred dollars each. Today practically, any one of them can go to banks at Crookston and Red Lake Falls and get any amount of money within ‘reason upon their straight note. And a little' co-operative cheese factory, a building not half as large as the average farmer’s barn, saved the day. : The history of Gentilly township réads like a fairy tale and the Good Fairy is Father Theillon, the Catholic priest of the community. settlers located in Gentilly township in the early nineties, they saw the ground was rich and valuable, but thousands and thousands of stones scattered over the sections made the wark of tilling difficult. With infinite labor and patience these erstwhile French and - ICanadian peasants cleared away these stones, slowly but surely and gradually put in larger and larger crops. But the weather man was against them. For three years in succession he either hailed ‘or. drowned or dried them community would ~have "to seek new quarters, - ‘in " fact about’ a hundred families did move away, some-going 'to . . ‘other parts of Minnesota and others migrating to North Dakota- or: to Canada. : Then came Father Theillon, recently ordained and young and full of courage. He~ conceived the idea of the cheese ing system. USELESS ATTEMPT " There are whispers of a new party to put a ticket in the field this fall for i some of the state offices. - Rather late to ? - emter a race with a dark-horse candidate now. It would be expense for nothing and would not affect the result in any way.—NEW ROCKFORD STATE CEN- TER. " The Great Consplracy of the House of Morgan Exposed and a practical pl#n to- prevent- its consurmation, is 8 new book just off the press by H.-L.-Loucks:of ‘Water- town, South Dakota, =~ = In view: of the recent legislation, | changing our financial. system’ from ernment money to that of national redits; -.the; conferring. on a: ilege of a monopoly, for private profit, and to charge such rates of interest ‘for the use of money or credit, as will atisfy the demands of private mon- saved three hundred farmers . from Wlhen the vanguard‘r of the French v out and it looked as though' the entire - small ‘group: of ‘men- the special priy-{ One Little Cheese Factory Brought Prosperity to This Farm Community Catholic church at Gentilly, a structure costing $30,000, built by his parishioners for Father Theillon, the priest who brought prosperity to his community by organ- izing a co-operative cheese factory. 5 factory, and like a drowning man grasp- ing at.a straw, his parishioners took to the idea. Between forty and fifty bought shares. At first all was not smooth sailing and many of these dropped out, until today only twenty of the original stockholders remain and hold ‘shares, but the entire community is partaking of the benefits This. picture shows. the barn of S. Dufault, one of the prosperous farmers of Gentilly township_and a stockholder in the co-operative cheese factory. This barn was erected at a cost of $4000. It has electric feed conveyors, concrete mangers, a modern flushing system by which it is cleaned thoroughly every day, and a ventilat- A SILLY DICTATOR The Fargo Courier-News sets itself up to decide who shall be the candidates of the Republican party and then declares that its independence is such that it will do as it pleases about supporting the ticket named by the party. We wonder if the Courier-News never sees the silli- ness of its position. — MINOT: OPTIC- REPORTER. 5 :+ If you have anything to sell use the Leader classified ads. - GETS EXECUTIVE POSITION Manager Crawl- of Park, Grant & Morris asked Aaker’s Business College “for.a young man with executive ability to take the management of one of their . branch- houses. Mr. Walker was put in touch with the position, secured it, and . will entér upon his duties at once. This position offers great opportunities. and control the money of the nation, |° New Lake Superlor No. 1 Trout, 10 pound pails, rorees - §1.98 Domestic Oil Sardines, dozen cans..... ‘31 Lipton Tea, yellow label No. 1 Tea of the cheese factory, for all are wel- come to bring their milk to the cheese factory and take out the product to sell as their judgment dictates. They simply pay two cents a pound to the factory to have the cheese made from their milk. The ' shareholders participate in the profits of the factory, which is entirely co-operative, the only items deducted from the gross earnings being the actual running expenses. Gradually the factory has grown in volume of business, although the orig- inal little old building still remains. Next year a larger and more modern ‘plant is to be erected. This year the last payments on the splendid new $30,000 Roman Catholic church at Gentilly are being paid up This splendid church is in part a tribute of gratitude to Father Theillon for his services to the community. The village of Gentilly, where the church is located, is but a village of seventy-five inhabi- tants, yet the church itself would be a credit to any city of 25,000 population. Artistically decorated, it rises in the middle of a prosperous and rich com- munity, where every farmer of the 312 in the congregation has a herd of milch cows numbering from ten to one hundred. And they all thank co-operation for their prosperity. Were it not for the small co-operative factory, that turns out but one finished product, who can say what Gentilly township would be 505 N P. Ave. The ELGIN DAIRY LUNCH Stands at the Top Prof. Ladd in his report on restf:iaurants of North Dakota places - us first 2 100 Per Cent is Our Record ‘Never before attained by a restaurant in this state, PURE, CLEAN FOOD IS OUR AIM WE INVITE YOUR PATRONAGE M. J. JANDRIA, Prop. Valley City Granite and Marl_zl,_e:Wbrks today? Undoubtedly it would be & township of stony hayland, held only by speculators with a desire to palm off the land on incautious purchasers, As it is many of the farmers would not take $126 an acre for their places. The average value may safely be placed at $75 per acre. {DULUTH GRAIN SCOOP The Great Time Saver in o Handling Grain @ r The Duluth Grain Scoop is made of special cold rolled and reannealed steel, with anti- friction corrugated bottom—and large smooth - handles (with wooden .grips) perfectly bal-. anced—all handle braces have three rivets which insure strength and durability. This scoop will enable you to handle your grain in one-half the time required by an ordinary scoop and much easier. Write for illustrated circular. Duluth Corrugating & Roofing Co. Dept. C. ¢ Duluth, Minn. YOU MEN WHO ARE NOT ACQUAINTED with the thoroughly superior goodness of merchant tailored clothes, who have not experlenced the satisfaction of knowing that your clothes are yours alone, make it a point to visit us and have your clothes made for you and measured to you personally. ROLF BROS. Merchant Tailors Grand Forks, N. D. Bacon Block Northern School Supply Co. Fargo, N. D. 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Write for our free - catalogue and ‘be convinced, All work sold on a guarantee. : - VALLEY CITY N. D. ow Cooperation Saved Gentilly | SRR A i 4 i