The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-11-16
BEET SUGAR WILL MAKE
NORTH MONTANA

Montana has this week Hitne sed
the Inauguration Of a branch Of the
manufacturing industry which means
more for the general prosperity and
advancement Of her people than am
thing that has occurred for many
months. Manufacturing and the til
lelS of the soil are united in one COM
mon band by beet sugar factories and
the Billings factory is turning out IL
fine brand of sugar. Great interest III
the undertaking is held by the people
OF Northern Montana in as mu h as
we are looking forward to the time
when such an institution will be es-
tablished in this gleat Mi k RIVER
valley. This interest is so intense
the Commercial club of that city has
secured a special excursion rate from
the Great Northern and a large de-
| legation of farmers of the valley and
business men Of the town will visit
the Billings factory to study the bu-
siness at close range.
The work Of manufacturing sugar
in the new Billings factory is pro-
ceeding in a manner that is entirely
satisfactory, and large quantities CT
the finished article have already been
put on the local market, while con-
siderable has been shipped to west
ern Montana cities. 1t Is believed
that almost every pound Of sugar ma
nufactured during the present seas n
will find a market within the bounds
of the Treasure state, although it is
stated that If the crop were Of SUI
ficient size to run the factory for tie
entire working season, the resulting
supply of sugar would be grea -er
than could be consumed in a sing G
year in this state. The company has
sent out the following letter to grow
ers:
We beg to advise that the car
shortage Of the last few days is due
to the fact that our storage bins are
completely filled, and accordingly We
cannot unload cars except IS the
beets are used out Of the bins by our
factory. AS the plant Is now run
ming, we will be able to unload about
forty cars per day and return this
number empty to the various dumps,
proportional according to the a re
{,tb ;
like to get the beets into the yards
as quickly as possible, but as we have
not the facilities for unloading here
cannot take care Of them faster than
mentioned. We will, however, continue
to receive beets over the sea es Il
the receiving stations, and have made
provisions for unloading same on t.
ground, when all available cars Il
each station for each day have beef
/ filled We believe all growers al
| running great risk on all the beets
which are still in the ground afte
! November list, and urge you to pu
/ and pile beets without topping. B.
i pulling without topping they viii b
| protected from freezing and can b
topped later as fast as they can b
hauled.
Those growers who have signe
'siiO clauses to their contracts are o
course privileged to cover the toppa
beets0s piled, with dirt, and will re
ceive twenty cents per ton extra whe
these are delivered. We have not Pr
| a limit on the amount Of beets Whic
| may be delivered by any Of the grow
l ers, but on the other hand we mos
strongly urge every grower to get hi
beets on the top Of the ground an
| piled without topping at the earle:
possible date. The undelivered porto
of the crop can be handled after tn
ground is frozen"