La Junta tribune., 1899-11-18
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considerable interest was awakened
by interesting talks made by Jas.
A. Davis, industrial commissioner
of the Santa Fe, and ]. G. Hamil-
ton, vice-president OF the Oxnard
Sugar Refining Company,
Mr.. Hamilton related the history
OF the company Of which he is the
vice president. The Oxnards are
the only people who have made a
success OF manufacturing sugar in
the United States in competition
with the sugar trust. When they
became convinced tha, there was
| money in the business they had
beets planted in small tracts in
twenty seven different states, and
from an analysis of the product de-
cided that Nebraska would give
the best results.
Their FIRST factory was located at
Grand Island, Neb., but it has not
proved great success, the climatic
conditions not being altogether
favorable. The second factory
was located at Norfolk, Neb., the
company receiving bonus OF 81 so
600. Two factories have since
been located in Southern Califor-
MIA one at Chino and the other at
Oxnard. In every locality where
factories have been established real
estate has doubled and guadrupled
in value, not only in the Immediate
vicinity of.the factory. bu, to with
in radius OF seventy-five miles.
Mr.. Hamilton believes the Arkan-
sas Valley will have the same ex-
perience. He is extremely anxious
to secure the location oil factory
in the Arkansas Valley, because he
believes the conditions are more
favorable for the culture OF sugar
beets than in any other part OF the
United States, and that factory
here would be more successful than
any now operated by tie company.
Mr. Hamilton stated positively
that location for the factory had
not as yet been decided upon, and
would not be until the required
s. 900 acres have been pledged.
They were still 900 acres short,
and unless the full amount was
guaranteed within a week the pro-
lect would have to be abandoned,
as il would be Impossible to com
plete the factory 10 time to take
care OF next years crop, unless
work was commenced Immediately.
He stated that II. T. Oxnard,
president of the company, w.
Bauer, chief engineer. and Fred
Weitzer, the head agriculturist,
are expected to arrive in La unta
tomorrow and after they investi-
gate and repor, the location will be
definitely decided upon.
The sugar beet people have an
option upon the Bingham ranch
and also upon the ranch OF the
Columbia Land and Cattle Com
pany at Swink, but it is probable
that the factory will be located on
the former site, as there is more
water available from the Rocky
Ford ditctf and the factory uses
about GOO, 900 gallons daily.
Everything will be taken into con-
sideration by the experts before
the location is definitely decided
upon. The factory will start up
about the first OF September and
run night and day until the follow
ing March.
People all over the valley are
beginning to realize what this pro-
ject means to the Arkansas Valley,
and there is hardly a doubt that
the necessary acreage will be
pledged before Monday morning.
For the first time, the executive
committee in La Junta on Thurs
day morning secured several un-
solicited signers to sugar beet con-
tracts, and the Rocky Ford hustlers
are securing the country in every
direction. We believe il is i'm