Louis Conrad Albert Altenbernd1

M, #48, b. 18 February 1876, d. 13 May 1939
Pedigree
Relationship
Granduncle of Sheila Sue Altenbernd
Father*Friedrich Wilhelm Altenbernd b. 23 March 1831, d. 28 August 1905
Mother*Katharine Hill b. 15 December 1842, d. 23 April 1913
Charts
Philipp Bödker Descendants
     Louis was born in Kentucky, USA, on 18 February 1876.2,3,1 Other sources show Louis Conrad Albert Altenbernd was born in March 1875 in Kansas, USA.4 He was the son of Friedrich Wilhelm Altenbernd and Katharine Hill. Other sources show Louis Conrad Albert Altenbernd was born on 17 February 1876.5
          Louis was actually born in Kansas not Kentucky. He lost most of his land holdings during the depression. Louis was born at home as were all of the Altenbernd children. in 1877.

     His common name was Louie Altenbernd.

     Photo of Frederick and Louis Altenbernd at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA. Original photo in the possession of Pamela Hutchinson Garrett.6

Louis and Frederick Altenbernd

     Louis Conrad Albert Altenbernd was listed as Friedrich Wilhelm Altenbernd's son on the 1880 US Federal Census in Eudora Township, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, enumerated 1 June 1880.7 His age was listed as 4. He was shown as born in Kansas. His father was born in Prussia. His mother was born in Hessen-Darmstadt.7
     He graduated from Douglas County Common Schools, High School Building, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, on 24 June 1897. Louis was part of the class of 1893.8
     Louis Conrad Albert Altenbernd was listed as Friedrich Wilhelm Altenbernd's son on the 1900 Federal Census in Eudora Township, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, enumerated 11 June 1900.9
His birth date was listed as February 1875, age 25. He was born in Kansas. He was single . His father was born in Germany. His mother was born in Germany.9 His occupation was farmer. He spent 0 months unemployed. He was able to read, able to write, and able to speak English.9
     He was a student at Business College, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, before 1903.10
     Louis Conrad Albert Altenbernd was landowner and proprietor of several potato warehouses between 1903 and 1939 in Clay County, Minnesota, USA. He began to farm on a modest scale. As he prospered, he added to his land holdings and they grew to 1660 acres of choice farming land in and around the Sabin vicinity.

In 1905, Louis began to handle potatoes on a large scale and owned several warehouses for storing potatoes in Sabin, Rustad, Baker, Downer, Watts, and Hawley.

Louis was recognized as one of the largest and most substantial potato growers in that part of the state.11
     Louis Conrad Albert Altenbernd and Mary Altenbernd lived in Sabin, Clay County, Minnesota, USA, between 1903 and 1939.10


     Photo of Altenbernd Family (About 1905)

Left to Right Back Row: William, Emil Holzel, Fredericka Hoelzel, Fred, Mary (Fred's wife), Carl, Louise

Left To Right Front Row: Frank Hoelzel, Katharina Helzel, Wilhelm (Father), Magadalina, Katherine (Mother), Louis

Children: Hildegarde Hoelzel, Francis Hoelzel circa 1905. Original photo in the possession of Sheila Altenbernd (#172.)12

Altenbernd Family Picture
Altenbernd Family (About 1905)

Left to Right Back Row: William, Emil Holzel, Fredericka Hoelzel, Fred, Mary (Fred's wife), Carl, Louise

Left To Right Front Row: Frank Hoelzel, Katharina Helzel, Wilhelm (Father), Magadalina, Katherine (Mother), Louis

Children: Hildegarde Hoelzel, Francis Hoelzel
Louis Conrad Albert Altenbernd was on the tax rolls of in Elmwood Township, Clay County, Minnesota, USA, in 1905 Taxes were in the amount of $5.44.13
     Louis Conrad Albert Altenbernd married Mary Brandt, in Sabin, Clay County, Minnesota, USA, on 30 June 1908.14,11,5,15
     The following item appeared Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, on 10 July 1908
Social Events
Mr. Louis Altenbernd, formerly of Kaw Valley, now of Sabin. Minn., and Miss Marie Brandt of Fort Wayne, Ind., were married last week. They arrived here on a visit to home folks on Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Altenbernd have the best wishes of their many friends.15


     The following item appeared Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, on 27 November 1908
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Our Special Correspondents
KAW VALLEY.
Wm. Altenberud returned home last week after spending two mouths with his brother, Louis, of Sabin, Minn. He enjoyed his visit greatly, but says it is much colder up there.16


     The following item appeared Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, on 11 December 1908
Louis Altenbernd
Of Sabin. Minn, is going to furnish 2,000 bushels of the very best Red River Ohios to parties who will plant them on shares. Mr. Altenbernd will furnish the seed potatoes, will pay one-half the picking, one-half the sacks, one-half of Paris Green in case of bugs -- expect to have a 25-acre a day sprayer on the grounds -- for one-half the potatoes, f. o. b. cars. Will be on grounds at digging time. His experience in the potato business will enable the parties to obtain better prices.
The potatoes will have to be planted on best Kaw Valley land, well tended, planted early and put on early market. Louis Altenbernd expects to be home in a few weeks, where he will sign up the contracts. Anyone wishing to obtain some of the contracts should write his brothers, Carl or Will, R. R. No. 2. Lawrence, Kans., at once. He will not furnish over 200 bushels to any one party. Here is a chance to make some money without any risk. Don't miss the chance.17


     Independent in politics. He never sought public office. He prefered to devote his time to his large potato warehouse interests.18
Louis Conrad Albert and Mary Brandt were Lutheran.18
     The following item appeared Little Falls Herald, Little Falls, Morrison County, Minnesota, USA, on 1 September 1911
PROFIT IN POTATOES
Moorhead, Miss., Aug. 26. -- Potatoes are king in Clay county this fall. Louis Altenbernd, who had already shipped 27 carloads, will clear $80,000 from his farm of 880 acres near here. The farm is devoted exclusively to potatoes and scientific methods of growing are used. Mr. Altenbernd said he would average a net profit of $100 per acre and that he was done with wheat farming for all time.
     the weather in Clay county during the past season has been favorable for potatoes and as a result of the success in former years of Henry Schroeder, the "potato king," a large acreage was planted.
     Henry Schroeder has four automatic diggers at work and will fill seven cars a day. Potatoes on the track here are worth 75 cents per bushel.19


     Louis Conrad Albert Altenbernd was employed as Farmer.
     The following item appeared at Eudora News, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, on 1 May 1913
Card of Thanks
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and death of our dear mother; also for the beautiful floral offerings,
MRS. FRANK HOELZEL,
MISS LOUISA ALTENBERND,
FRED ALTENBERND,
LOUIS ALTENBERND,
MRS.EMIL HOELZEL,
MRS. ED SCHAAKE,
CARL ALTENBERND,
WILL ALTENBERND.20


     The following item appeared Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, on 25 September 1913
KAW VALLEY.

Will Altenbernd returned from     Sabin, Minn., last Sunday. He visited with his brothers, Fred and Lewis. On his way home he stopped off in Kansas City and visited his sisters, the Mrs. Hoelzels.21     


     The following item appeared Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, on 12 December 1915
PERSONAL
Louis Altenbernd of Sabin, Minn., is visiting relatives and friends in Kaw Valley.22


     The following item appeared Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, on 11 October 1917

Will Altenbernd left Thursday, for Minnesota, to visit his brother, Louis.23


     The following item appeared in Minnesota, USA, in 1918
Clay and Norman Counties, Minnesota
LOUIS ALTENBERND
     Louis Altenbernd, a well-known landowner and the proprietor of several potato warehouses in and about Clay county, was born in the Blue Grass state on February 18, 1876, the son of William and Katie (Hill) Altenbernd, both of whom were natives of Germany. William Altenbernd immigrated to the United States in 1860, when he was twenty-seven years old, and his wife, Katie Hill, came to this country with her patents, when she was twelve. They were the parents of eight children. William Altenbernd and his wife were members of the Lutheran church and ever were active in its affairs.     Louis Altenbernd was reared on his father's farm in Kansas, and he attended the public schools of the community in which he lived. Later he supplemented this training by a course in the business college of Lawrence, Kansas from which institution he was graduated. After helping in the work on his father's farm for several years, he finally began agricultural pursuits on his own account. In 1903, he removed to Sabin, Clay county, Minnesota, and there began to farm on a modest scale, his efforts meeting with success. As he prospered in his farming operations, he added to his land holdings and is now the owner of sixteen hundred and sixty acres of choice farming land in and around the Sabin vicinity.     In 1905, Mr. Altenbernd began to handle potatoes on a large scale and now has several warehouses where potatoes are stored. To meet the growing demands for his potatoes, which crop is one of the most important on his farms, he built the present large potato warehouse at Sabin in 1905, and also operates warehouses at such different points as Rustad, Baker, Downer, Watts, and Hawley. His operations in potatoes are on a very extensive scale and he is generally recognized as one of the largest and most substantial potato growers in this part of the state. In addition to the potato trade, he also conducts general farming and has been very successful.     In the summer of 1909. Louis Altenbernd was united in marriage to Mary Brandt, a native of the state of Ohio, and a daughter of Louis Brandt and wife, residents of that state. To Mr. and Mrs. Altenbernd four children have been born, namely: Walter, Esther, Louise, and Hilda, all of whom are at home with their parents. The Altenbernd family are members of the Lutheran church and are active participants in the good works of the same. They are warm advocates of all movements designed to advance the community interests. Mr. Altenbernd is an independent in politics, but has never been a seeker after public office, preferring to devote his time to his large potato warehouse interests.24


     The start of World War I caused the United States to institute a draft registration. As the war continued to drag on, they instituted their third and final draft registration. This added men who were between the ages of 18 and 21, and 31 to 45 years of age. It included younger men than the previous registrations, those who were born between September 12, 1897 and September 12, 1900; and added an older group of men, born between September 12, 1873 and September 12, 1888. Louis Conrad Albert Altenbernd filled out a draft card on 12 September 1918 in Sabin, Clay County, Minnesota, USA. He was employed as a farmer. He was described as medium height and medium build, with blue eyes and brown hair. Mary Brandt was listed as his nearest relative.1

     The following item appeared in The Bismark Tribune, Bismark, North Dakota, USA, on 10 December 1921
MINNESOTA MAN MAY ACQUIRE AN ENTIRE TOWN
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As Result of $50,000 Loan Which He Made to Equity Packing Plant
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HE DOESN"T WANT TOWN
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     Fargo, N.D., Dec. 10. -- Lewis Altenbernd of Sabin, Minn., is threatened with the acquisition of a white elephant in the form of an entire town, as a result of a loan of $50,000 which he made to the Equity Cooperative Packing Company.
     Being unable to collect his loan Altenbernd brought suit against the packing company and obtained judgment for $56,754.20, including interest, which was levied against the town of West Fargo, built by the packing company when it started operations in June, 1919.
     West Fargo was to have been sold under the hammer December 3rd to satisfy the judgment, but a last minute conference between Altenbernd, who was prepared to bid in the town to protect his interests if necessary, and company officials resulted in postponement of the sale for ten days.
     Altenbernd says he doesn't want the town and wouldn't know what to do with it if he got it.
     "I'm not sure what I will do with West Fargo if it becomes my property." he said "It is a puzzler. Of course if some way is found to open the packing plan again the dwellings will be needed to house the workmen there. I hope it will not be necessary to move the houses, as that would mean a loss to me, to the packing company and to everyone concerned.
     "However, I am forced to protect my interests."
     No way has been found out of the difficulty, but all parties concerned are attempting to evolve other means of settling the judgment claim.
     Twenty-four dwelling houses, a combined store and hotel and 82.24 acres of ground comprimise the town of West Fargo. All of the houses thoroughly modern, were built by the packing company and were ready for occupancy when the plan began business June 27, 1919. Figures compiled by a former secretary of the Equity plant place the total cost of the dwellings at $89,430 and the hotel at $35,00. This does not include the estimated value of the ground said to be $8,000 additional.
     The houses have full basements, furnace heat and are supplied with modern plumbing and electric liights. The water comes from a private sewage system, erected by the company, to which all the houses are connected.
     The Equity Cooperative Packing company is a cooperative organization having thousands of stockholders in the Northwest. It was organized in 1916, the plant completed in 1917 at a cost of approximately $1,000,000, including equipment, and the first killings were made in June 1919.
     For a time the company apparently operated a highly successful and prosperous business. It had its own line of refrigerator cars and established branch houses at Milwaukee and other points east of here. However, the plant closed in March 1921, and it then developed that the company had been losing money almost from the moment the plant opened.
     High livestock prices, seldom if ever equalled in the livestock industry, which prevailed when the company began operations are said to have been responsible for the closing, although a certain group of stockholders charged that mismanagement by its officers was to blame.
     Property of the Equity is said to be worth $1,705,000 and in addition the company holds $770,000 worth of unpaid notes given in part payment for stock. It is said there is but $125,000 outstanding indebtedness against the company, including Altenbernd's $56,000 judgment.
     Officers of the company are trying to realize on the unpaid notes and it is said that an attempt will be made to reopen the plant some time next year.25


     The following item appeared in 1922
From Packing to Prosperity

Rapidly growing West Fargo builds its own identity

By Nichole Aksamit
The Forum
West Fargo was a meat-packing town before it was even a town.

And long before it became the city of West Fargo, it was a whistle-stop named Haggart, two villages called West Fargo and Southwest Fargo and the cities of West Fargo Industrial Park, Southwest Fargo and Riverside.

Although the city's name and boundaries have evolved greatly throughout the years, its identity as a magnet for industry and suburban living remains intact.

Likewise, the spirit of the hardworking people who built West Fargo's first meat-packing plant, manned its stockyards and started its schools lives on in the city today.

Year of the frogs

The first settler in what is now West Fargo was John Haggart, who homesteaded between Fargo and Mapleton, N.D., in 1871, before North Dakota was even a state.

In 1916, Haggart and fellow farmers formed the Equity Cooperative Packing Co., which opened a meat-packing plant and 24 houses for its workers east of the Sheyenne River and north of Main Avenue in 1919 in what was then known as Haggart, a stop on the Northern Pacific Railroad line.

The plant bought, slaughtered, processed and sold cattle, hogs and sheep and drew workers from Fargo and the surrounding countryside until it went bankrupt in 1922 and sold its properties to Lewis Altenbernd, a farmer from Sabin, Minn.


The plant's closing left most in Haggart with debts, kids in school and little knowledge of other trades. But that summer, after heavy rains, thousands of frogs appeared along the Sheyenne River.

"And it seemed like an act of God, for suddenly there were frogs and frog buyers," remembered one resident in "Thru the Years to '76," a history of West Fargo and Riverside.

Frog legs, considered a delicacy in many places, fetched a high price and, it is said, residents would withstand the croaking of hundreds of frogs in their basements until they could find a buyer.

The Armour era

The frog market provided enough money to keep Haggart alive until Armour & Co. bought the Equity plant and village site from Altenbernd in 1925 and changed its name to the village of West Fargo.

The homes just north of Main Avenue in this 1936 photo were dubbed "the Armour houses." Built by the Equity Cooperative Packing Co., in 1919, they acquired the nickname from the plant that owned them and the workers who rented them from 1925 to 1959. Forum file photo

"It was a larger plant than Federal Beef has now," remembers J.M. Dahle, 92, of West Fargo, who worked in the pork-cutting department and livestock killing floor for Armour from 1930 to 1959.

Armour dumped plant sewage into the Sheyenne River until the late 1930s, when lawsuits filed by farmers living downstream forced the plant to build a sewage disposal facility.

Although just 37 men worked at the plant when it opened, by 1935 as many as 750 people were working during peak production.26


     The following item appeared in The Bismark Tribune, Bismark, North Dakota, USA, on 14 January 1922
PREDICIT FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF EQUITY PLANT
Showdown Is Expected at Meeting to be Held in Fargo Next Week to Consider Plant
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CASEY IS SEEKING LOAN
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     Fargo, Jan. 14 -- An open fight for control of the Equity Cooperative Packing company and the discussion of a proposed change in the constitution of the Equity Cooperative exchange by which the present proxy system would be abolished and a "delegate" system provided in place of it, will be the big features of the annual meetings of these two corporations, both of which will be held in Fargo on January 17.
     The fight for conrol of the Equity Cooperative Packing company is a continuation of a controversy between two opposing factions of stockholders which was begun at the annual meeting last year. One faction, headed by C. W. Reichert is seeking to oust from control, the present board of directions, headed by President P.M. Casey.
     The Reichert faction is appealing to stockholders of the packing company to send in proxies. It is the contention of the faction that the entire present board of directors has signed a stipulation to resign and that therefore an entire new board is to be elected at the meeting. It is further contended that unless there are 500 stockholders persent at the meeting, either in person or by proxy, that there will be no legal election under the by-laws and that therefore the present board will automatically hold over.
Present Directors
     The present board of directors of the packing company consists of the following: P.M. Casey, J.C. Leum, Oayville; H.P. Beckwith, Fargo; J.C. Bergin, Hendrum, Minn; Wm. Olson, Valley City; Anthony Walton, Onot; Louis Altenbernd, Sabin; A.E. Wailey, Velva; C.D. King, Menoken.
Casey in Washington
P.M. Casey is in Washington conferring with the War Finance corporation regarding the possibiility of getting funds for the packing plant through the corporation. No information regarding his side of the controversy has been made public.
     An angle of the packing plant situation which will be up for solution at the coming meeting of stockholders, is the judgment against the company, held by Louis Altenbernd, one of the directors, for $56,000, and a court order for the sale of the 24 hours and the store belonging to the company at West Fargo, where the packing plant is located, to satisfy this judgment. This sale, originally set for early in December, has been postponed by stipulation from time to time and is now set for January 27. Mr. Altenbernd recently secured another judgment against the company for $4,000 additional, and it is reported that other claims have been or will be filed in a short time.
Plan to Abolish Proxy
     The Equity Cooperative exchange, of which J.M. Anderson is president, will vote on amendments to the constitution and by-laws which would wipe out the present system of voting by proxy at the annual meetings, and would give the board of directors authority to group the stockholders in local units. These local untils would then be entitled to elect delegates to attend the annual meetings. A second amendment provides that 15 per cent of the stockholders, represented in person or by proxy, to constitute a quorum. A third amendment would provide for changes in the constitution by majority vote, rather than by two-thirds vote.27


     The following item appeared in The Bismark Tribune, Bismark, North Dakota, USA, on 20 June 1922
West Fargo is Sold Today
Fargo, N.D., June 20. - West Fargo, 24 modern dwellings and stores and a hotel, property of the Equity Cooperative Packing Plant of Fargo was sold under the sheriff's hammer here today for $21,000. It went to the only bidder, Louis Altenbernd, Sabin, Minnesota, whose $60,000 mortgage against the property was sold to satisfy.28


     The following item appeared in The Bismark Tribune, Bismark, North Dakota, USA, on 11 January 1923
SHERIFF TAKES OVER PLANT OF EQUITY
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Louis Altenbernd is Appointed by Judge Cole
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SEIZES PLANT
     Fargo, Jan. 11. -- The property and equipment of the plant of the Equity Cooperative Packing company of West Fargo were taken over today by Sheriff Fred Kramer and placed in the control of Ira Larson, temporary receiver appointed by Judge Cole.
     Following the citing of C.W. Reichert, president of the company, for contempt of court for alleged failure to comply to the court's order appointing a receiver and calling upon the company to turn over all its property and possessions to the receiver, Judge Cole issued the order to Sheriff Kramer to take charge of the plant. The time for Reichert's appearance on the charge of contempt was not specified.
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     Fargo, N.D., Jan 11. -- Judge A.T. Cole has issued an order appointing Ira Larson, of Fargo, temporary receiver of the Equity Co-operative Packing company and citing the directors to show cause on Jan. 20 why the receivership should not be permanent. Larson's bond was fixed at $5,000.
     The court's order was issued upon application of Louis Altenbernd, of Sabin, a creditor to the amount of approximately $55,000 and a former member of the directorate.
     The assets of the company are said to be about $1,500,000.
     Altenbernd foreclosed a mortgage for about $50,000, covering the Village of West Fargo, on the copany a year ago. The property was bid in for about $15,000, and a deficiency judgment for the balance entered in Altenbernd's favor.29


     The following item appeared in The Bismark Tribune, Bismark, North Dakota, USA, on 7 June 1923
EQUITY CASH NOT ADVANCED
Last Day Passed Without Emerson Advancing Money
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     Fargo, N.D., June 7. -- Yesterday was the final day for settlement by H.A. Emerson of the debts of the Equity Co-operative Packing Co., but he did not appear in Fargo nor did he send money to pay up the claims, according to President C. W. Reichert of the packing company. Mr. Reichert said yesterday that the matter now is just where it was last March when Emerson's plan was the first taken up for consideration.
     Mr. Reichert said that he has letters from Mr. Emerson of New York in which the letter says that he is now undecided what to do. It was understood yesterday that the matter will be held in abeyance until June 20.
     The packing company owes about $155,000 on a property that cost about a million and a quarter. Several judgments and mortgages are on file against the property now, one judgment for about $50,000 having been secured by Louis Altenbernd of Sabin, Minn.30


     The following item appeared in The Bismark Tribune, Bismark, North Dakota, USA, on 25 August 1923
REICHERT IN PETITION FOR BANKRUPTCY
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Company Unable to Pay Debts and Was Facing Two Sherriff's Sales Next Week
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ASSETS ARE LISTED
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Are About $13,000 Less Than Liabilitieis, According to Receiver's Statement
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     Fargo, Aug. 25 -- The Equity Cooperative Packing Company has gone into voluntary bankruptcy following the filing of a petition here.
     The petition was followed last night by C. W. Reichert, president of the company, who cites that the company is insolvent.
     The assets of the concern are listed at $142,573.61 with liabilities placed at $156,241.91.
     Immediately after Emerson H. Smith, referee in bankrupcty, had this morning adjudged the company bankrupt. Harry Lashowitz, attorney for the company served notice on Louis Altenbernd of Sabin, Minnesota and the Gerlock-Barklow company of Joliet, Illinois, for the release of levies made within the last four months.
     Faced by a sheriff's sale scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, August 27 and 28, to satisfy the levies made by Altenbernd and the Gerlock-Barklow Company, the directors of the packing company decided that the only step open was to file a petition in bankruptcy.
     Levies made prior to the appointment of a temporary receiver are not vitiated by the receivership case but adjudication of an insolvent company as bankrupt annuls all liens through legal proceedings within four months prior to the filing of the petition it is said.
No Trustee Named
     No trustee in bankruptcy had been appointed up to noon today.
     The bankruptcy proceedings will supersede the receivership under which the company had been operating, it is said.
     In the liability schedule filed the company lists $26,458 in taxes, $2,576 of which is owing to the United States internal revenue department and the balance to the Cass county for personal and real estate taxes for 1920, 1921, and 1922.
     Creditors having mortgages against the company are the Bank of North Dakota, $32,329.89; The Northwest Audit Company, "$14,430.00; Lewis Altenbernd, $31,022.46; Gerlock-Barklow company, $462.60, and Jacking Brothers, Minneapolis, $6,620.00, making a grand total of $84,864.95.
     There are unsecured claims to the number of 200 and certificates of indebtedness, many of them given for work done and for services rendered to the number of 771, totalling $44,731.28. There are wages due workmen to the amount of $802.75.
     The assets schedule shows a total of $100,000 as the valuation placed on the real estate, $19,231.55 on the personal property and $33,327.00 as debts due the petitioners on open account.
     Promissory notes due the company are valued in the petition at $10,000. Many of these notes were turned over to a Minneapolis company sometime ago for collection but such steps new will have to be recalled, it is said. Notes on which collection was sought totalled $200,000. Most of them become due this fall.
Year Maneuvering
After nearly a year of maneuvering in an effort to wipe out the company's indebtedness and get the plant in operation, the affairs of the concern are now thrown into bankruptcy court for disposition. In January of this year Altenbernd, one of the creditors, petitioned Judge Colet; then sitting in the case for receivership and at that time a temporary receivership was granted. Later this receivership was dismissed on stipulation of all parties concerned, the company deciding at its annual meeting in January to work out its difficulties on a program with the approval and aid of business men in Fargo.
     Subsequently in March another meeting was called to ratify the sale of the plant to a concern which was to be known as the Fargo Packing Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Maryland by H. A. Emerson of New York. At this meeting Mr. Emerson made definite proposals of purchase to the company and these were accepted. Among the stipulations made was that the new compnay would assume and pay off the Altenbernd deficiency shipment and would meet all the then outstanding obligations of the company. It was expected that the plant would begin operation this fall. Emerson proposed to give the stockholders $750,000 worth of common stock in exchange for the stock they then possessed but later on his second visit he changed some of the stipulations in this agreement and agreed to give them a greater share of stock.
Deal Failed
     During the summer the Emerson deal fell through, through the non-apperance of Emerson in Fargo to pay off the outstanding indebtedness.
     After Emerson's failure to complete the negotiations for the purchase of the plant a contract was made with a Minneapolis concern to collect the outstanding notes given by stockholders for the purchase of stock.
     In July several stockholders petitioned
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Louis Conrad Albert Altenbernd was on the tax rolls of in Elmwood, Clay County, Minnesota, USA, in 1933 He was listed as owning 10 cattle. He was also listed in Kragnes owning no cattle.32
     Louis died on 13 May 1939 at age 63.14,33
Last Edited=3 July 2023

Children of Louis Conrad Albert Altenbernd and Mary Brandt

Citations

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  2. [S119] Katharine Hill unknown date.
  3. [S102] Clay and Norman Minnesota County History , Wilhelm and Katie Altenbernd always lived in Kansas so I don't think he was actually born in Kentucky.. Hereinafter cited as Clay and Norman Minnesota County History.
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  11. [S102] Clay and Norman Minnesota County History . Hereinafter cited as Clay and Norman Minnesota County History.
  12. [S789] Personal knowledge of Sheila Altenbernd (#172) (12230 W Washington Street, Avondale, Arizona 85323) .
  13. [S1108] Clay County Minnesota Personal Property Tax Rolls - 1905, online http://www.info.co.clay.mn.us/history/1905pp_a.htm, viewed on May 23, 2010, viewed by Sheila Altenbernd . Hereinafter cited as Tax Rolls.
  14. [S367] Letter from Joanne Ogren (#826) (603 6th Street, Barnesville, Minnesota 56514) to Sheila Altenbernd (#172) (unknown recipient address), Jul 27 1992; unknown repository (unknown repository address).
  15. [S1811] Wilhelm Altenbernd (#46) Neighborhood News, The Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Kansas, July 10, 1908, page 3, column 4, www.newspapers.com, viewed at www.newspapers.com on April 28, 2023 (Document Source Number: 00048-1908-07-10-01) . Hereinafter cited as Eudora Weekly.
  16. [S1810] Wilhelm Altenbernd (#46) Neighborhood News, The Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Kansas, November 27, 1908, page 2, column 2, www.newspapers.com, viewed at www.newspapers.com on April 28, 2023 (Document Source Number: 00055-1908-11-27-01) . Hereinafter cited as Eudora Weekly.
  17. [S1812] Wilhelm Altenbernd (#46) Neighborhood News, The Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Kansas, December 11, 1908, page 3, column 5, www.newspapers.com, viewed at www.newspapers.com on April 28, 2023 (Document Source Number: 00048-1908-012-11-01) . Hereinafter cited as Eudora Weekly.
  18. [S102] Clay and Norman Minnesota County History , page 144. Hereinafter cited as Clay and Norman Minnesota County History.
  19. [S1202] Unknown name of person Profit in Potatoes, Little Falls Herald, unknown location, September 1, 1911, page 3, column 3, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ on November 11, 2014 (Document Source Number: 00048-1911-09-01-01) . Hereinafter cited as Little Falls Herald.
  20. [S1823] Katherine Altenbernd (#47) Neighborhood News, The Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Kansas, May 1, 1913, page 2, column 3, www.newspapers.com, viewed at www.newspapers.com on May 22, 2023 (Document Source Number: 00047-1913-05-01-01) . Hereinafter cited as Eudora Weekly.
  21. [S1831] William Altenbernd (#55) Neighborhood News, The Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Kansas, September 25, 1913, page 2, column 3, www.newspapers.com, viewed at www.newspapers.com on May 27, 2023 (Document Source Number: 00055-1913-09025-01) . Hereinafter cited as Eudora Weekly.
  22. [S1851] Wilhelm Altenbernd (#46) Neighborhood News, The Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Kansas, December 23, 1915, page 4, column 1, www.newspapers.com, viewed at www.newspapers.com on July 1, 2023 (Document Source Number: 00048-1915-12-23-01) . Hereinafter cited as Eudora Weekly.
  23. [S1855] William Altenbernd (#55) unknown article title, The Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Kansas, October 11, 1917, page 3, column 1, www.newspapers.com, viewed at www.newspapers.com on July 3, 2023 (Document Source Number: 00055-1917-10-11-01) . Hereinafter cited as Eudora Weekly.
  24. [S792] Unknown author, Clay and Norman Counties, Minnesota - Pages 143 - 144, Pages 143 - 144 (n.p.: http://www.info.co.clay.mn.us/history/research_genealogy.htm, 1918) . Hereinafter cited as Clay and Norman Counties, Minnesota.
  25. [S798] Louis Altenbernd (#48) Minnesota Man May Acquire an Entire Town, The Bismark Tribune, Bismark, North Dakota, December 10, 1921, page 2, column 4, viewed at www.newspaperarchives.com on July 5, 2003 . Hereinafter cited as The Bismark Tribune.
  26. [S1107] Louis Altenbernd (#48) From Packing to Prosperity, In-Forum, Fargo, North Dakota, http://www.inforum.com/specials/century/jan3/week4.html on September 21, 2007 . Hereinafter cited as In-Forum.
  27. [S797] Louis Altenbernd (#48) Predict Fight for Control of Equity Plant, The Bismark Tribune, Bismark, North Dakota, Jan 18, 1922, page 8, column 1, viewed at www.newspaperarchives.com on July 5, 2003 . Hereinafter cited as The Bismark Tribune.
  28. [S796] Louis Altenbernd (#48) West Fargo is Sold Today, The Bismark Tribune, Bismark, North Dakota, June 20, 1922, page 1, column 2, viewed at www.newspaperarchives.com on July 5, 2003 . Hereinafter cited as The Bismark Tribune.
  29. [S800] Louis Altenbernd (#48) Reichert in Petition for Bankruptcy, The Bismark Tribune, Bismark, North Dakota, January 11, 1923, page 3, column 4, viewed at www.newspaperarchives.com on July 5, 2003 . Hereinafter cited as The Bismark Tribune.
  30. [S801] Louis Altenbernd (#48) Equity Cash Not Advanced, The Bismark Tribune, Bismark, North Dakota, June 7, 1923, page 1, column 3, viewed at www.newspaperarchives.com on July 5, 2003 . Hereinafter cited as The Bismark Tribune.
  31. [S799] Louis Altenbernd (#48) Reichert in Petition for Bankruptcy, The Bismark Tribune, Bismark, North Dakota, August 25, 1923, page 1, column 8, viewed at www.newspaperarchives.com on July 5, 2003 . Hereinafter cited as The Bismark Tribune.
  32. [S1109] Clay County Minnesota Tax Rolls - 1933, online http://www.info.co.clay.mn.us/history/1933_rural_directory.htm, viewed on May 23, 2010, viewed by Sheila Altenbernd . Hereinafter cited as Tax Rolls.
  33. [S674] Clay County, Minnesota Death Index, online www.co.clay.mn.usDeptsRecorderWEBxtendCCDthIND.htm, viewed on unknown date, viewed by unknown author (Document Source Number: 00049-0000-00-00-01). Hereinafter cited as Clay County, Minnesota Death Index.