The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-16
THE RECEPTION !!
1t is In Honor of the
Beet Growers Big Sue
cess.


OF the western slope. who have grown
beets for the plant of the Western
Sugar and Land company, was all
that the promoters of the excursion
and reception anticipated for it,
There were probably six hun
dred visitors who came on the excur-
sion trains. in response the invi-
tation sent out by Manager Davie
of the factory.
The Delta. Hotchkiss and Paonia
contingent arrived about 11:45 o.
clock this morning and there were
eight cars heavily laden with the beet
growers and their friends. The spec
ial train on the broad guage arrived
about eleven O'Clock and contained
probably two hundred excursionists.
General Manager Davie and his as
sistants had arranged the luncheon
tables on the second floor of the
great factory and here the hungry
crowds were well cared for. an album
dant lunch being served to all those
who cared to partake. Manager
Davie and Assistant Manager Fred
W. Holmes, Superintendent Brissei-
contingent at the factory were indie
fatigable in providing for the COM
fort and the entertainment of the
guests.
There was plenty for all and the
hungry excursionists did full justice
to the luncheon provided.
From the time of the arrival OF
the trains and continuing through this
entire afternoon the visitors were
visiting all parts of the factory, in
tensely interested in the processes
which converted the commonplace
sugar beets, which many had grown
in quantities into the graduated
sugar product. They seemed to never
tire of asking questions regarding
the manufacture. and all of the fac
tory employees were most courteous
in theirresponses TO the quizzing thai
came in torrents from the visitors.
The visual experience of seeing
sugal actually manufactured from the
beet, was an entirely new one to the
great majority of the visitors. Many
expressions of commentator and APP
prevail of the kindness of Manager
Davie in securing for them this ex-
perience was heard on all sides. the
visitors seemingly being thoroughly
pleased with the trip to this city and
the pleasure provided for them upon
this occasion. j
After a very thorough inspection
of the factory and the process of max
ing sugar. hundreds of the visitors
came up town and circulated through
the mercantile establishments of the
city, making many purchases from
the big stocks carried by our mer-
chants.
The visitors to the city. the guests
Of the sugar company, were the rep
resentative farmers of this western
slope and one could readily see that
the average intelligence of them all,
rated higher than one would see in
any other farming cmmunity almost
in this country. They were well fed,
well dressed intelligent looking peo-
pie. whose friendship and good Will
any community might be glad to eul-
tivate.
Manager Davie. who was ably as
sisted in the entertainment of the
guests by his business partner j. X.
McKinnie. the well known tinancier
of Colorado Springs, expressed him.
self to a Sentinel reporter as being
greatly pleased with the success of
the excursion. Mr.. Davie said in part
at has been my desire ever since
became connected with the beet
sugar interests of the state, to bring
together those who produce the raw
material and permit them to view
the process of sugar making from
the beet. have contended that II
they sould see what great lndus-
trv is was that they would enter more
heartily in the growing of beets. The
fact that the growing of beets will in
sure each year a cash revenue, 1t
matters not what the failures are IN
other crops. is always an argument
favorable to the growing OF beets-
az have contended that crop oil
beets is almost as good to the average
farmer in western Colorado as bank
account and am extremely anxious
that the farmer and beet grower
should view the proposition OF grow
inc beets as mutual undertaking
between the sugar manufacturer and
the grower of beets. 1t is not one
sided affair as the antagonists to beet
growing would have it, the farmer is
sure of a money crop every time ne
grows an acre of beets. 1 never an
ticipated that he should stop grow
ing fruit. but the wise and providen'
farmer wants auxiliary crops This
is one and a good one"
The exursionists will leave the city
this evening on the special trains
provided for them, about four
clock. well pleased with their TRIP
to the sugar factory and incidehsal's
81 ba VI slope.