Arizona republican., 1901-10-04
MESA

w. H. Smith, cattleman from Pres cott, was q business visitor in Mesa toCay looking after his shipping in- terests.
 MT. Spear of Ten1pe was a visitor In Mesa today.
 Tomrnie Irvine of H. H. McNeil & Co, Phoenix, was a visitor in Mesa today, looking after the interests Of his firm here.
 Mrs. Dave Strohl returned from a few months trip to the coast on last Friday. She spent most of the time while away at National City a suburb If San Diego. Cal She enjoyed the summer outing very much but Is very pleased to get back to our superb climate. Dave wears an additional smile also.
 Fo- the second time the sugar beet question was agitated in Mesa in the Woodman hall. there being present Q fair representation of the business. professional men and farmers of Mesa who listened eagerly to the proposition presented by the visitors. The impress sions made upon those present were very favorable to the great enterprise they were fatherlng. The visitors who were B. A. Fowler. representing the board of trade of Maricopa county: Marshal E. Sampsell. financial repre- sentative of the Eastern Sugar com pany; E. E. Biysse bout, superinten- dent of the Central Sugar company of Shelby. Indiana, and the consulting ex- pert of the Eastern company, and w J. Murphy, an old resident of the county. who has long been interested in beet culture in the valley. They ar rived in Mesa on the morning train and spent the day visiting the differ ent points of interest near our. city The excellent canal system he.e was investigated. and a visit made to the Murphy-McQueen pumping plant and to the electric pumping plant of Dr. A. J. Chandler. the latter cf which was throwing a 200-inch stream of water Mir B. A Fowler. who was the first speaker. related the work as carried on by the board of trade relative to the. sugar factory proposition. They had decided that the sugar firm meant bus mess and were financially able to carry out their part of the programme. and now it only remained fer the people of the valley to fulfill their part of the arrangement. The land part of 1t was assured. but the part that worried the company was to get the psop.e to contract to plant beets enough to keep the plant going.
 MT Sampsell explained that the land. 1.500 acres asked for. was not to pass into the hands of the company until the factory was built and in opera ton, and under the contract would then revert to the doners should the factory c,oss for two yea:s in three.
 MT. Brysse-bout. who is an expert of beet sugar culture. said that in Cali fornia. Utah, Michigan, Colorado and other states where sugar factories had been established, the farmers had all prospered, and the conditions were bet ter in this valley than in many places where sugar beets fuourished.
 Numerous questions were asked and much information was elicited relative to beet culture.
 Besides the above speakers. A. C. Mcqueen and Dr. A J. Chandler spoke in favor of the proposition.
 Mrs. Sarah Melissa Johnson. who has been sick for so long and had been improving nicely. was taken worse last Saturday and since has gradually grown worse. B,ood poison set in and the physician stated that she had only a short time to live. Her daughter. l Mrs. Boyd Passey, and son, George | Johnson, have been te,egraphed for. | and are expected to arrive soon, and | everything possible is being done to | keep her alive until they arrive.
 Rally day of the Methodist Sunday | school will be observed on Sunday. | October 6. and all members of the | school are requested to be present, and | those who cannot attend are asked to | send a message or text, that the in terest and efforts be renewed. Al! are invited to be present.
 
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