Arizona republican., 1905-09-30

essary to repeat it. At the conclusion
 of the reading of the contract Col. Price asked that those who had any thing to say on the matter speak up at ] once. w. D. Fulwiler. chairman of the board of trade of MaricOpa county l then addressed the meeting. He spoke at some length telling those who sub 7 scribed just what was expected of them
 and what the results would be if the ! factory was completed as planned and
 particularly emphasized the need of active and quick work on the proposi-
 tion. He said that when MT. Hapke took up the matter he gave the peo- ] pie of this valley just ten days to se-
 cure the necessary $SO,000 bonus. This ! letter was received on the goth Of the
 present month, hence they had until
 tonight to complete their work and at | that time a telegram would be sent telling of the success or the failure of their efforts. Should 1t be failure, the
 subject would be dropped and the hard
 work expended on the part of the com
 mittee in soliciting subscriptions would | have been wasted, but if on the other hand, it was a success and the bonus
 was raised, 1t would mean that MT. Hapke would be here the latter part of
 next week to commence active opera | tfons on the completion of the plant. | He explained to the farmers of Tempe
 and vicinity that they would stand just
 as good a show and reap just as much | benefit from the industry as those who | lived within a stones throw of the fac torq. The same price would be paid | for the product when delivered at the 1 depot here; Mesa or in Phoenix. It
 made no difference where the beets
 were raised.
 Up to the present time, he said S2S,-
 900 mad been subscribed. At first | Glendale had agreed to raise half of
 the amount required They had done
 their best but were a thousand dollars short. In Phoenix SIP ,0OO had been
 secured; in EIesa s2,OOO more had been
 added to the fund. He spoke very
 highly of the way the Mesa people mad
 taken the thing in hand and trusted
 that the Tempe people would do as well. Summed up in a few words. the
 proposition was this: $2S,000 had been subscribed; the valley had been scrap ed from one end to the other. there still remained $2, 900 to be raised and yesterday afternoon and today in which
 to raise it. It was up to Tempe to put
 up that S2.OOO Or see the question dropped indefinitely.
 | Lafayette Meyers. representing MT | Hapke, then spoke for a few moments ! 1
 where similar factories had been built; the great increase in the value of | lands in the vicinity; the profit to those
 engaged in the growing of beets, etc
 He said that while the contract called
 for sixty days time in which to start
 work on the factory, he could state pos
 itiveIy that if the bonus was raised work would be commenced in two
 weeks and he assured those present that | fo !, In, | operation by the first of May.
 MT. Packard wished to ask a few questions as he had little experience in | the growing of beets and in reply to
 his question MT. Meyers replied that 1 it mad been his experience in other places that beets paid to the grower S60 and more per acre. depending upon the quality of the beet and their rich ness in sugar. He had no doubt but that in this locality the beets would be
 very high in sugar and an instance was cited where a test was made near Glen
 dale and the product went IS per cent
 sugar and 80 per cent purity. From the
 same patch, a test was made in just ! a year after the beets were planted and | they then went 21 per cent sugar and
 S4 per cent purity. That. too, shows 1 the length of time the farmer mas in
 which to raise his crop.
 | It was then suggested that as the | best results in soliciting had been se- ! cured by a working committee. such a
 one be appointed here. This was act
 ed upon and the following names were | placed on the committee: Andrew
 Nelson, A. J. Peters, Dr. B. B. Mouer,
 J. E. Price B. A. Packard, R. A.
 Wfndes, J. B. Mullen, Dr. Charles H.
 Jones, c. H. Ricn, Charles Mullen,
 Charles Warehouse. F. W. Holsapple, R. w. Westover and w. T. Cummings. | They went to work at once starting in
 the room and something over $500 was
 subscribed before the committee ac- companied by those from Phoenix went
 out on the street to make a thorough canvass of the town.
 They went from store to store and gave each farmer they met a good straight talk. The result was that by
 half past five in the evening they had
 raised a total of over $500 and they
 expected to get at least another hun dred before the Phoenix members of the committee left for home. It is eX- pected that the other thousand will be
 raised today for a number of the larg i est land owners were not in town yes terday who will undoubtedly be here
 today.