Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-08
JEAR RIVER VALLEY
IN THE BOOM
Some Wonderful Samples Of Sugar
Beets on Exhibition.
INDUCEMENTS TO FARMERS.
Lots In Garland Townsitc Sell Rapid
~ Utah Sugar CO.'S Power Pinut
no Furnish Electricity TO Ogden


George Austin. agricultural superln
tendcnt Of the Utah Sugar company,
came down from the Rear River valley
last nighi bearing huge sack on his
shoulders. It's contents were spread
upon table In the directors room OF
the Utah Sugar company and create
something Of sensation among such OF
the officers as gazed upon them. The
contents in question were a big con-
Segment OF sugar beets just plucked
from the earth near Garland. They
We're yeritable monsters of their class,
and pinned TO the sack containing them
was label showing how they aver
eyed up In sugar contents The figures
are as folowsa
sugar In beets ,..,.s".,"l3.2 per cent
Purity ""..,. ..s.",.u 1913 per cent
Such a record at this time of the yea
Is unparalleled in the history Of beet
growing in this state, and Mr.. Austin,
one OF the most conservative OF men,
says that six weeks from now when the
beets are ready TO be harvested, he
would not be surprised to see them go
as high as " per cent sugar. The beets
were taken from the company's field
just north of the hotel In Garland.
Those beets,' said Mr., Austin, In
conversation with a News reporter,
SHOW effectively what the land OF the
Bear River valley is capable Of Every
farmer there who has grown beets can
take them to the factory in octobr, No
vember and December and get quick
cash for his crops, something he can
not do with anything else he grows and
the beet record is not the only one In
which this valley exces. a person must
travel through ii to appreciate the
enormous crops that are raised there.
In the last four years, half q million
fruit trees have ben planted in the val
ley, and many OF them are now loaded
down with delicious fruits. Not less
than 10000 tons of hay, 100000 bushels
of grain, and thousands of bushels OF
potatoes, etc. are now beginning to
show signs Of maturing. | estimate the
beet crop at $1,000 tons and we shall
have at least 10 tons of excellent beet
seed a neA industry In which the Titan
sugar company Is engaging. The whole
valley is teeming with industry. Head
ers and self binders can be seen run
ming from one end TO the other and the
hum OF the thrasher Is heard In every
direction
FARMERS WANTED.
Mr.. Austin said that there is room for
800 enterprising farmers In the valley
and for his part he could not see why
young men In various parts OF the state,
looking out tor new locations, should be
going hundreds Of miles away out OF
Utah, when there Is such a rare open
ing for them to obtain farms close by
The Utah Sugar company is doing
everything possible TO induce desir-
able class of farmers to come in and To-
cate around the factory. Not only will
II sell them land and water rights at
the lowest going rates on long install
ments, but II promises them an absolute
cash market for all the beets they grow
from the first year their land Is Guilt
waited In fact, Mr.. Austin states that
the sole drawback this season has been
the lack Of labor In the fields but with
the wide advertising II Is receiving. he
does not look for so much trouble next
year In fact he believes that the acre.
age Of beets, estimated at 5000 acres
this year, will jump to 5000 acres next
year
Great interest Is being taken by the
farmers and hundreds Of acres have al
ready been ploughed and summer fall
lowed to receive the beet seed next
spring.
THE NEW TOWNSHIP.
Mr.. Austin also states that az the
new townslte now being laid out by
the sugar company half mile from
the factory, city lots measuring nine
rods front and nine rods deep are be-
ing sold at 500 each. To meet the de-
mand OF the laborers engaged at the
factory, the company has contracted
with Mr.. Walter Burton of this city TO
build II houses Immediately; ten OF
them have beel sold before a pick was
struck. The Oregon. Short Line has a
large force Of men now al work putting
In sidetracks and leyeling of depot
grounds, and they viii erect hand
some station at this point. The Sugar
company Is laying 2i-inch pipe
through the new town to carry water
for operating the sugar plant II is
expected that the postofilce at Garland
win be moved down TO the new site i'm
mediately, as II IL TO be located within
the Garland precincts. and the mail
matter IN and around the sugar factory
constitutes a vast percentage Of ali
that IS received In the district. A reg
ular train seryice is now installed lesv-
ing Salt Lake at 9.i5 a. m. Mondays.
Wednesdays and Fridays, returning
Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays.
and leaving Garland at $50 a. m, con-
Meeting at brigham City with the
Cache Valley train for Salt Lake.
Mr.. Austin states that there are now
"a. 900 acres Of land under cultivation in
the Bear River valley, and about 10000
acres more, rapidly being broken up.
a big potion OF this will be put un-
der cultivation next spring. The I'M.
provements which have taken place in
the valley since the Utah Sugar COM
pany purchased the canal system, To-
geiher with the land. something over
two years ago, are OF the most wonder
full description, and Il Is not too much
TO expect with the growth OF the sugar
industry In the valley. that a few years
viii see II one OF the most heavily
populated districts In the state. The
elevation OF the valley is about the
same as Salt Lake City.
THE SUGAR PLANT.
At the sugar plant there is immense
activity going on. and from hencefor-
ward II Is probable that two shifts Of
laborers viii be employed. Thirty days
ago the first steel for the main build