Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-08
Idaho Falls En- Fete and ThrOnged
With Distinguished Visitors
From Utah and Boise,
CROWDS INSPECT THE BIC PLANT
Corner Stone of Fremont Factory to
Be Laid - Auditors Bounty Ac-
ton is Criticised.
lsnecIal 10 lho .News.0l

Idaho Falls Ida. Dec. S-The town is
en- fete today the occasion being tho
presence Of the Idaho Sugar company
officials prominent Utah citizens, the
governor OF Idaho, secretary of state
and a big majority Of the residents
Of this section, who gathered to par
ticlpate in the first annual Sugar Day,
Among the Utah contingent which ar
rived at the factory at 1880 this morn
ming were President Joseph f., Smith,
Vice President and General Manager,
Thomas X. Cutler. Directors ". $, Nc
Cornick, John Henry Smith. John &.
Cutler and George e, Parkinson, and
Secretary and Treasurer, Ii, q. Whit
ney, apd President 4, II, Lund, Alter
ney Richard w Young and George
Smith Mr.. cutters secretary,
Governor Wells was to have accom-
panied the party but at the last mo-
ment he was detained I'm SAT- Lake
The party was met at Pocatello this
morning by Governor Morrison, Secre-
tary of state Gibson, Attorney General
Bagley and Miss Scott superintendent
OF public instruction, Togethe. they
breakfasted on the diner and rode to
Idaho Fails Upon arrival mere they
Were met by a huge cuncourse OF peO-
pie which had arrived earlier on eScur-
sion trains and In every conceivable
kind of vehicle.
An hour ana half were spent In
viewing the factory. The crowd form
ed into an immense column and wend-
cd It's way from the mammoth piles
A.. Il. aasEL
factory, following the course of the
manufacture Of sugar in all It's stages,
until they finally arrived at the ware
house where they saw the white grains
being sacked ready for shipment to
the consumer.
On all sides were TO be heard express
sions of wonderment. Apparently the
yastness of the enterprise which means
so much for the state had not hereto
| fore dawned upon the minds of the
major portion OF those present. The
| evolution of the sugar beet. to the
| finished product, was productive Of a
rapid fire OF lnteJections all along the
| route.
The factory Is now turning ont 200
| bags OF refined white sugar every "a
hours. The chemist reports II to be
the purest sugar obtainable, 100 per
cent fine. in fact
The progtam for this afternoon is for
the party to go to Sugar city Free
mont county, situated about 30 miles
up the ST. Anthony branch of the Ore
gon Short Line Here the corner stone
of the new factory for the Fremont
Sugar company is to be laid This cere-
mony VIII probably take place between
the hours Of and 3. In addition to
the party of officials the train was
grnU1aI xtfth
q. II. Olmstead Of the Montana divi-
sion accompanied the train in his pri-
Vate car
Upon arriving at Sugar city. there
Will be speeches, music by the band and
the ceremony of laying the corner
stone, after which dinner viii be served.
The Utah party expects to arrive I'm
Salt Lake tomorrow morning.
Naturally the main topic Of CONVEX
sation among all classes, Irrespective
of their connection with the sugar fac.
tory, today was the action of State
Auditor Turner OF Boise I'm declining
TO Issue a warrant for the payment
of the first bounty due the Idaho Sugar
company under the law. In not a sin
gle case did the News representative
find man who was prepared 10 en-
dOrse the position taken by the auditor.
all We're unanimous against the action
and OutsDOken. II was the sentiment
| OF the other Idaho officials, who were
present, that II was an act OF bad faith
/ after the governor and legislature had
passed the measure. II was the SEN
timent Of an regardless Of politics that
the state of idaho could not AFFORD TO
repudiate the bounty, and even II such
! an action We're seriously contemplate
ed, that It would be bad policy to en-
force It, as It would have the effect
OF soaring away capital seeking to in
vest in the state.
II seemed to be the prevailing opin-
ion among those here today that the
bounty would be ultimately paid