Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-17
10 TURN BEETS
INTO SWEET SUGAR
Campaign 10 Utah Has Com
menced in Earnest.
LOGAN FACTORY RUNNING.
Indications are That the Coming
Season VIII he a Banner One
In This Direction

The beet sugar campaign has started
and before another week every plant
in which Utah people are interested
will be grinding beets, The Ogden
factory has been running more than
week. A dispatch from Logan states
that the run there began yesterday
and Lehi advlces 20 the News are to
the effect that the campaign there viii
be inaugurated Monday next, the END
The factory at La Grande. oregon, viii
begin crushing about the same date.
From all indications the coming sea-
son will be the banner year for the
beet sugar industry In Utah. Last
season the Utah Sugar company turned
out over 100000 pounds, the ogden
Sugar company over 100000, and the
Logan company about 100000. The
present expectations are that the LEM
company VIII exceed last years record
anywhere from fifteen 70 twenty-five
per cent Ogden beets are hardly COM
Ing TO the expectations, and the yield
there may not exceed last years run
but the capacity Of the Logan factory
has been increased and big advance
Is certain at that place.
The News" correspondent at Leh
writes as follows:
The Utah sugar factory will open up
la twelfth campaign Monday next, I'M
der very favorable conditions There
have lust been Installed six new bolt
ers. making now total of 2S boilers
which will furnish about 200 horse
power, this will give In addition TO all
the power necessary for the operating
OF the entire machinery, ample steam
for refining the Juice of l,2O0 tons OF
bets each "a hours. The factory Is N
excellent condition and Supt. Gard
ner and Chief Engineer NJ. w. ingalls,
are elatcd over the prospects OF very
successful run. The beets are now bt-
ing analyzed and are showing very
good in sugar, and taking into consider
alton the very dry season we have ex-
perienced. the tonnage will be fairy
good. There are about LOCO acres ot
bAets being grown in the Bear River
valley for the Lehi factory which are
excellent In tonnage and sugar, cons'd-
ering its being the first season beets
have been raised in that district, and
the los acre patch grown on the Utah
Sugar companys central farm near
Point Lookout will give a most excel
lent crop, demonstrating that the Bear
River valley with It's unlimited supply
cf water for irrigation purposes Is an
ileal spot for the erection of q sugar
plant. This district has been under the
personal supervision of Agricultural
Supt. George Austin who says that the
result Of the experiments made TINS
season with the beet crop In the Bear
River valley are most flattering and
all that could be anticipated.
Up 10 this date about 400 farmers
have been notified to commence dig
cling their beets most of whom VIII
start harvesting their crops tomorrow
morning and II Is expected that ample
beets will be on hand 10 start the fac
tory Monday. The Utah Sugar COM
pany has now under course OF con-
struction at Lehi another large brick
warehouse which will do away with the
storing of sugar In Salt Lake, and Will
be quite saving to the company. The
company has also Just finished the cree
ton Of another large beet shed at
Springvile. making the storage room
at that place equal TO the demands OF
the farmers Of that locality. The aux
Hilary plant at that place will start
the same time as the Lehi plant and
II hours later the juice will arrive at
Lehl. The employees will be placed at
the respective positions at Lehi Thurs
day next at o'clock and at Spring
vile Friday morning next at 10 o'clock.