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Cream Haulers Travel 167 Miles Daily to Collect Cream
Four Buffalo Center Creamery haulers operate daily routes totaling up to 167 miles, serving nearly 200 patrons. John W. Smith has 30 years with the firm, now passing routes to son Billy, whose 37 mile southwest route serves numerous farmers including Tapper, Balvance, Risius and Murra among others. Ted Speiker follows with two routes totaling about 41–44 miles per trip, listing patrons across southwest to north areas. Martin Behrends runs two routes of 38 and 40 miles with a wide list of patron families across town and surrounding farms.
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Buffalo Center Creamery
Tribune
John W. Smith
Buffalo Center
Billy Smith
Walter Tapper
Lawrence Balvance
Harm Mhuisinga
Harm Risius
John Rippentrop
John Ubben
Frank Risius
Andrew Risius
John Kelso
Heyer Bros
Elmer Boyken
Don Tapper
Fred Wubben
Ernest Janssen
Heiko Bosma
Roland Jutting
Earl Burger
Louis Wingert
John Alberts
Steve Tjaden
Dick Meinders
Ted Betels
Mrs. E. Edwards
Wilbur Boeckholt
John Murra
Hugo Stenso
Fred Stratman
John Honken
Ted Aukes
B. B. Bruhns
John Ites
Peter Murra
Lloyd
Ted Speiker
Theo. Albers
Eddie Brass
William Miller
Jim Rippentrop
Albert Sloper
Carl Boehm
Fred