ing the next few years, until 1911,
when Mr. T. G. McKitrick became
owner, a number of men served as
editors, each for a brief period. These
were: T. G. Finn, later a school in-
spector, Nelles Nunn, J. R. C. Stead
and T. E. Davis. Among the employ-
ees who assisted in, the printing shop
from time to time were: G. Robinson,
Mabel Ferguson, Tara Ekstromer,
Russel White, Violet Leonard, Marg-
ery Mutch as well as the sons and
daughters of Mr. McKitrtick.

During the late forties, publication
was carried on by Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Buckley, son—in-law and daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. McKitrick until in Sep-
tember 1950 an arrangement was
made with T. E. Wilkins, editor of
the Killarney Guide, whereby the
Courier was printed at the Killarney
shop with Gerald Cairns on duty at
the Crystal City office. Mrs. Vyrna
Macartney also assisted with the
neWs.

At the end of one year, two bro-
thers with experience in printing, J.
C. and W. H. Brewer, took over ma-
nagement but after 4 months, decid-
ed operation was too difficult with
the existing equipment and no lino—
type. Mr. McKitrick who had him—
self been in retirement for several
years was now left with the unoccu-
pied printing establishment and ac-
cordingly, with little delay, contact-
ed the present operator, D. L. Mc
Brien, who purchased the plant.

Seven months of publication of the-
Courier without a maChine for setting
type and with little experience con-
vinced the' new printer that some-
thing else should be tried and the
present arrangement with the Pilot
Mound Sentinel became effective
September, 1952. All the work of
printing the combined Sentinel-Cour—
ier now takes place at the Pilot
Mound plant with the Crystal City
shop kept: fairly busy with job-print-
ing and the gathering of local ma-
terial to be printed in the paper.

CRYS'TAL CITY CREAMERY
By Eleanor Buchanan

Early facts about creameries a-
round Crystal City are very incom-
plete but our pioneers were deeply
concerned over this phase of agricul—
ture. The first Manitoba Dairy Asso—
ciation was formed by mail in July
1886 and the first convention held in
Winnipeg in September 1886. We find
that in 1888, Crystal City had a cheese
factory run. by Wm. Tayolr. We know
that about this time there was a
creamery on the Hon. Thos. Green-
way farm, where the cream from his
fine herd of cattle was made into
butter for local use.

In 1896 the government recom-
mended a loan for a creamery at
Crystal City. Then we find in 1898
Pilot Mound produced 60,000 pounds
of butter in the summer season. In
Dec. 1900 the cheese factory at Clear-
water was burned.

In 1902 Crystal City shareholders
decided to build an up—to-date crea—
mery. The name, Wm. Grassick of
Pilot Mound appears as a director of
the Manitoba Dairy Association for
five years around this time; also that
of US. Jory in 1902, 03, 04; J. J. Ring
in 1904 and 1905 and also J. H. Bea-
vis in 1905, These facts show how vi-
tally our pioneers were concerned
about dairy business.

Next we find a new creamery open—
ing in Cartwright in 1913. A book
written in 1934 on fifty years of
dairying suggested that the best
chapters on dairying were still to be
written. Progress has indeed been
tremendous since that time.

In 1938 we find the present crea-
mery being opened in CrystalCity
with Mr. Follett as owner and Mr.
Les McKay as manager. Ralph Mickle
had been the contractor. As he was a
local man, no doubt most of his help—
ers were also. The cost was $15,000
and the capacity of a million pounds
of butter a year was one of the best

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