Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-06
Maasa1a 2i1ut.
TO WAUSAU CITIZENS.

On May 31st at the meeting of the
Wausau Mems club, the undersigned
was appointed chairman of a commit
tee to solicit funds to make up short
age of eight hundred and thirty
($S30.00) dollars incurred in the sugar
beet raising experiment last summer.
Having had some experience in rails
ing money for fairs, conventions and
other public enterprises, my appetite
for the work IS poor. We all boast of
the Wausau spirit and the idea seems
to be general that it is an easy matter to
raise funds to finance such undertake
ings as | refer to. My experience is
that about two dozen citizens have the
Wausau spirit we'll developed their
names ere on every subscription list
the rest of us have the reputation, paid
for by the few. 1 have no time to cir
culate subscription lists; the sum to be
raised is too large to be collected from
the usual signers of subscriptions and
as | was empowered to appoint assist
ant collectors | have decided to APP
point every citizen of Wausau an as
sistant on this committee and to ask
them to sign a card or letter stating
how much they are willing to give
towards making up the $4,000 needed,
and send same to me as early as posi-
BILE. AS fast as subscriptions are re-
ceived they will be published in the
city papers, so every one can see who
has the boosted Wausau spirit. AS the
needed amount will no doubt be over
subscribed, each subscriber will be
assessed pro-rata on his subscription.
The subscription list will be found in
each of the city papers which have
agreed to publish same free of cost.
Any amount from 81 90 to $4,000 will
be welcome.
AS some of you who have been ap-
pointed on this committee may wish to
know how this shortage was incurred
will add short statement of facts as to
this:
A year ago last April meeting was
called through the city papers at the
instance of the Menominee Sugar Beet
Co., inviting farmers to come and
listen to proposition from represent
alive of the company, the idea being to
have them make trial of raising sugar
beets. The company sent their Mr..
Mccormick here and my first connec-
ton with the enterprise came when he
asked me to introduce him to the meet
ing. Later another meeting was held
and about fifty acres of beets were
guaranteed. The company required at
least one hundred acres before they
would agree to send man here to look
after the work. This acreage was
guaranteed at meeting of the Wausau
Mems club and in order to make good
this guarantee farm was secured
without cost and a committee consist
ing of Messrs. Lamont and Chellis was
appointed to put in about forty acres of
beets, the company sending a man to
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season and lack of experience of the
help hired, the large shortage was in
Cured. With two exceptions, so far as
have been able to learn, every farmer
who planted beets also made a failure
out of it. John Goltz, of the town of
Wausau, and John Marshall, of Dancy,
had very satisfactory results, demon
strating that experienced farmers with
the necessary aids (plenty of good help
of their own raising) can raise the crop
in this section of the country to advan-
tage. L. X. WRIGHT.
did during the season of 1904 appoint a
committee for the purpose of testing
the feasibility OF raising sugar beets in
the vicinity of Wausau, and
WHEREAS the said committee in the
performance of its duties incurred ex-
penses in excess of receipts for beets
grown, to the amount of eight hundred
and thirty 1880 0O) dollars,
Now, THEREFORE,, in consideration of
these premises, for the purpose of pay
ing the expenses above incurred, we the
undersigned do hereby agree to pay to
the said committee the amount set
opposite our respective names, such
payments to be devoted exclusively for
the purpose of paying such expenses.
Hurley & Jones, $50.
j. f. Lamont, $25.
w. Il. ChelliS, &25.