The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-07-21
LAMAR SUGAR FACTORY
7. m. HULL TALKS ENTERTAIN.
ING OF THE PLANT.
SOME FORMER NORFOLK PEOPLE
Quite Colony OF Them In Colorado.
c. r. Hays Receives Substantial
Promotion - Something About the
Town and Country.

Promotion - Something About the
Town and Country.
T. NJ Hull, who was home from La
mar, Col, for a visit gives some inter.
esting details regarding the factory
that was formerly operated in Nor
folk and the men who were interested
in the factory here and are now EN-.
ployed there. Lamar is a town Of
about 1,5O0 people and is located in
the heart of an irrigated district that
is especially prolific in sugar beets
and alfalfa. The company has be-
tween five and six thousand acres of
beets under contract and the factory
will be ready for its first campaign
with the ripening of the crop this fall.
The factory is sixty miles from the
one at Rocky Ford and another is be-
ing built thirty miles east on the Ne
braska line Several improvements in
the construction of the plant have
been made over the one that was
owned and operated here. The coal
room is so situated that cars are
hauled above the boiler house and
dumped into bins where the coal is
readily available to the firemen The
beet pits are built Of cement and wa
ter can be turned in them direct
Wages are some better than they were
here. While Lamar is an irrigated
district there has been considerable
rain this year. The weather gets
warm but is not as smothery as here
under the same temperatures, and the
nights are always cool, requiring the
use of blankets for comfort
Reasons for Norfolk people not NOV
ing their families to Lamar are that
houses of desirable conditions and
proportions are not available Mr..
Hull has been given charge Of the
Yards at the factory which is an ad-
vancement over the position he held
here. J. n Bundick and family are
getting along very nicely in their new
home. N A. Lockwood is an import
was here. f. H. Gerecke is there to
attend to the agricultural part OF the
work and among other former Norfolk
ans holding position there are Frank
Frank Massick and Frank Dwyer.
Others VINO went from Norfolk were
not satisfied that conditions did not
at once assume the completeness Of
an old established plant and resigned
their Jobs.
c. R. Havs is in the general Offices
recentlv been promoted to the nOsi-
tiOn of nurchas asing agent for the en-.
tire corps of factories and all amounts
over S5 must mass through his hands.
This makes it an important and re-
Sponsible office. but Mr.. Hays has
shown his ability to handle hard Jobs
before this and his friends evnect to
see him make a success Of this ad.
vancement. Mrs. Kellar is also at
Denver, holding n position similar TO
the one she held here.
Mr. HUI returned TO Lamar Sunday.
He and his wife spent a day or two
at Dakota CITY last week and enioyed
fishing trip to Crystal Lake, several
fine bass being landed He escaped
the game warden this time but had
an eXnerence with him and his shoot
ing irons a year ago, although he was
not found guilty. of violating the low.
When il comes to general farming Mr.
Hui thought a good fertile slice of
Nebraska loan would prove far SUI
Derior TO the irrigated lands of Colo
RADIO.