Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-02-06
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| ON NTH HOME
Beet Sugar Plant Next
Summer.
Land to be Cultivated by
twenty-five Illinois
Families.
More Water to Be Secured
What the Local Manager
Has to Say.
Special to Boise Statesman

Brockman of Chicago, vice-pres
dent and general manager of tn
Idaho Beet Sugar company, whic
has its headquarters in Chicago an
owns extensive properties a
Mountain Home, was in conferenc
with General Passenger Agent Bur
ley of the Oregon Short Line thi
morning relative to the transporta
ton OF number of families to Ida
no for the purpose of placing then
upon the lands owned by his com
pany and starting up a sugar facto
ry next season.
In an interview to-day Mr.. Brock
man stated he had already a mum
Der Of men at Mountain Home VIII,
are preparing land for agriculture
He also stated he had placed ,
large order for lumber in Oregon
and number of Groom cottage,
were to be built and the land par
celed off into 100-acre farms which
would be leased to the families
coming from the east, under 5-yeal
contracts. He further stated that
a 5O0-ton factory would be put ur
next August and there would be
1900 acres Of beets under cultiva
ton.
"We have secured the townsite Of
Mountain Home" he said, land
leave for Idaho in few days to file
the deeds. In addition, our compa.
ny owns over 5000 acres of land
there"
"Next week we expect HI. R,
Smith to arrive from Rutan, Pa.
Mr.. Smith will be the assistant SUI
perintendent. He will superintend
the clearing and blowing of the
land prior to the arrival of 80 fami-
lies of Scandinavians from Illinois
with whom we have 5-year contracts
for the growing and cultivation of
beets. Every man will have 100
acres and Groom cottage and all
will be ready for them when they
arrive. 1t is proposed that they
have the homestead and 10 acres
for their individual use. The rest
of the land will be put in with beets
80 acres each year in rotation, so
that each section will be summer
fallowed for two years.
"The contract for the construct
ion OF the sugar factory has been
let to the Oxnard Construction
and it will be put up next
summer. We have also engaged
expert men to oversee the cultiva-
ton of the beets."
Continuing, he stated that the
company, whose headquarters are
to be moved to Salt Lake from Chi
cago, acquired the townsite of
Mountain Home last month and
hold 5000 individual purpetual
water rights and also had the 10000
acre foot reservoir, which was built
by the Mountain Home Land & Ca
nal company and later acquired by
the Elmore County Irrigated Farms
association, who in turn sold out to
the Idaho Beet sugar company.
This company, said Mr.. Brock
man, will construct another reser-
voir called the Camas, which will
give them another $4,000 acre-feet
Of water, while next year still an
other is to be built, which is to be
known as the Long Tom. With
,hese three reservoirs, Brockman
says they will have water enough
or 100000 acres.
Brockman expects to be in this
,ity for several days yet, purchas-
ng supplies and making arrange
nents for shipments. In the mean
line the Oregon Short Line off
,ials are helping him out all they
AN in the matter and promise to
'uild a spur to the factory as soon
IS it gets in running order.
In conversation with the local
d. w. Greenburg, who
vas approached on the above inter-
rev purporting to come from E. T.
3rockman, Mr.. Greenburg said:
81 have read the article and have
nothing to say in relation to the
natter at this time. From the in
'eption of the enterprise it has al
Ways been our intention to carry
'ut conservative line of improve
nent at such time when the enter
Prise could be placed on solid
ooting.
In relation to the possibility of
he sugar beet industry at this point
I is a well established fact that
sugar beets may be raised as sue
,essfully in this vicinity as in Colo
RADIO and Utah and if the plans of
the company materialize factory
will be a possibility in the near
future.
We have the welfare of Mountain
Home and Gilmore county at heart
and are doing a great deal toward
attracting outside capital to it's
possibilities and. resources. :
We are agents for Studebaker
CHAs. r. KELSEY Co., Ltd.
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