The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-04

here at low rates and in any quantities
desired and the expense of manufacture
would be less than at nearly any other
point. =
For Manufacturing Rect Sugar.
1t is in the manufacture OF beet sugar,
however. that Montesano offers the best
field and the greatest advantages for
anything depending on agricultural prod
ucts. 1t is here all elements necessary
to the successful prosecution and building
up OF such business are to be found. In
no other place can there be found such
grouping of the essentially needful. as
well as the desirable points of advantage
for the manufacture Of sugar from beets.
as are gathered here. There is only one
thing lacking-the man or company with
the capital experience anc desire to en-.
bark in the business.
Sugar beet5 grow here to large size
and will yield from twenty six to thirty.
FIVE tons 10 the acre. depending upon the
preparation of the land and the cultiya.
tion OF the crops.
Crops Of beets have been grown here
which yielded at the rate Of fifty tons
10 the acre on virgin soil, with not an
ounce OF artificial manure, or OF any
other except what nature placed there.
Analysis of bcets grown near here
showed from Is to 2l1a per cent. of sugar,
which is far beyond the percentage found
in Michigan. where there are many sugar
factories In operation and where the
Weld per acre Is far below what 1t Is
here.
.ne supply of beets which could be
obtained here, once there was market
for them, would be sufficient for many
factories. Hundreds of thousands of tons
could and would be produced without
clearing I'D another acre OF land more
than is now open, as soon as ii was
Finest Timber In Chehalfs County,
And That Means the World.
The finest timber Of Chehalis county lies
with!l easy reaching distance OF Monte
sano. The waters of the Chehalis, Wy.
nooche and Satsop rivers-the latter join
ing the Chehalis a short distance above
hcre-fiow by this city. and IL is upon the
lands which tributary 10 these rivers
that more than half the thirty billion feet
OF merchantabie timber which is in Che.
halls county stands. Fir. spruce, cedar.
hemiock cottonwood, alder and other
timber found in Western Washington are
here in practically inexhausiib.e guam
titles. There Is TO place In the state bet
ter located or naturally more fully equip
ped for the manufacture or this timber
into lumber and finished products than
MoHtesano MI thc necessary conditions
are here awaiting the capital 10 use them.
Here il the timber. the best ~ quality
and Of quantities sudicl, nj 10 supply tae
largest mills fer generations; here are
the rivers en- which 10 float the logs to
the mills. and the railroads IN transport
them by land. II that be desired: here
the timber can he kent In the water for
years without fear O: loss fran any
cause. here sites may be secured which
combine every vequlremcnt; SITES which
are outside the limits Of the ..sun epslity,
Yet close enou@a To enable employees ~
reach their work iu walk of only
few minutes tire. thus allowing the mills
and factories "a be exempted from the
burdens OF municipal taxa,.oa--to inea;.
siderable item. any ore who has con
Quoted business where their property had
20 heip keep up the city expenses will
reauxe-yet the sites sre where all the
benefits Of the city may be had.
As u Location for Mills.
The nlliisnan seeking location for the
manufacture 81 lumber for Eastern ship.
ulent can hefa tini sites than which there
are none better In the state. He can
have his rnIii located on "A river where
the tide sbhs and flows, ard Yet be within
easy reaching distance os the railroad:
or he may have site Inland near the
railroad. and Yet have a lake wherein
his logs may be stored AMI always be IN
fresh water ana absolutely safe from
loss by freshet or other cause and ve,
have the mill where he can get timber
go u easily. He ear IL he desires 10
cater 10 shc California or Mexican mar
ket. go So. 70. ne yessels can come 10
his wnarxes Ter fh~r caggoes In the
near future. when TIRE present srrsprovr.
raen's which are being made are com
1Setsss- he may have MS choice Of the
markets - the wo~ld 20 sap 10. Every
opportunity and advantage for the East.
era shipment CO lumber. which can be
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