Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-11
FERTILE PAYETTE
MAKES BIG SHOW
Excellent Crop Of Sugar Beet,
Beng Raised in That
Section.
Nj" FRUIT PACKlNGHouSr
Enterprises Launching Out in an
roe'lons While Millions of Bricl
Are Being Turned Out.
Special Correspondence.

special Correspondence.
DAYETTE, Ida, Aug. 9-B p She.
nan visited the sugar beer e.,,
near Weiser this week and ,,.,
number Of pictures ~ the o.
oeets. Pictures. showing the sc.n,
state of the sugar beets is bette, ,...'
mony Tor the productiyeness of NJ
oeets in Idaho soil than words Ts'
cannot be doubted.
Mr' Shawhan is enthusiast, ,,,.,
excellent crop Of bcets thai 3, w.,
grown IN this section OF the stat, .
Is crop that he thinks canro, >.
celled anywhere for the first year M ~,
culture. The fields around Waiss- :.
looking fine he said 81 secured j..
photographs Of the 5O-acre fc5 no n.
ter Pence. He has beets ON thai n...
OF ground that would make eliza ~
heart Of the most particular grow. :,
the vegetable that is going 90 gre.r,
enrich this section of Idaho.
Many feared that TIE basts ,o.,,
sutfer from the hot weather ana
pected as soon as the not davs cam,
to see the tops OF the bcets vir ~
Is not proving "a be the case at IN
Where the fields are properly irriss,5
the beet tops stand erect and NAV,
fine, healthy appearance. m No.
properly put on them they thrive
these hot days the same as ann c,h..
vegetable '"'
CANTALoUPE SEASON.
The cantaloupe season is ops,ir, 70.
In the Payette valley rather SLOWLY md,
year ana is nearly 10 days behind vb,,
II was last year. Only a dozen or 81 =,
crates OF the delicious produc, ths, /.
making the valley famous have b.sS
shipped out this season by me cop,.
mission men. But this wil hot hs m,
case long. as IN few days lho deals,s
expect 60 have them come into tovo \,
large quantities
II is unusual for ibe melon season IN
commence I'm the struggling msnrs-
that it Is this year This struggling \,
Of a few early melons is tho resplt ~
large percentage of the caDialouns
vines having been killed IN the esriv
spring, making II necessary 20 replart
seeds.
MILLIONS OF BRICK.
That there Is nothing slow sbout an,
work being cone on the sugar factory
being built al Nampa Is evidenced hy
the amount Of brick Ordered % Do 10.
liyered each day by W. p Sherwood %
this place, who Is supplying fho larger
portion Of the brick being used in the
immense plant at the Junction City.
II am fairly swamped with work IN
trying to meet the demand OF The SUE.
ar company for brick said Mr. Shef.
wood the first Of the week They arc
now asking for FIVE carloads OF the
building material p day. have the
brick on hand but il is almost imp0ssI-
be 10 get men and teams 90 load ths
brick on the cars
Five cars hold no small amount o,
brick It being easy to load on them
"a. 0OO' Of the little red blocks When
this amount is loaded day after day b
means a whole lot OF work. But *
pect to put on another crew NJ re'
and II | can secure as many as ] vaM
hope to be able 10 nm the order
ALREADY ] have shipped to The Nan
pa factory 800 900 brick, last veS
having shipped 100000 Of them
GRAssHoPPERs ACTIVE
w. A. Ayers was IN Payeite this week
from his ranch on Big Willow. Ne
states that the ranchers ON The creek
are having considerable trouble from
destroying their crops h'
said that besides himself. Frank Ban
MISTER T.. &. Pence and r. y. Cuuin
were forced 10 cut their second crop
OF alfalfa several days earlier than Z
should have been cut, I'm order 10 save
from the pests. He Is Of the opinion
that the ranchcrs will lose their third
crop OF hay entirely. AZ he thinks 70
WIN cat o 81 close ihH
Il will not have an opportunity 90 grow
NEW PACKINGHduSE.
n. 4. Jacobsen has begun work N
a new fruit Westinghouse that he y
erecting for his own use. II is ocies
built a short distance south or ne
Payette Fruit Packing company PACK.
inghouse. and VIII be on the caiirota
az the end OF Tioga street
Mr.. Jacobsen Is the owner OF one
~ the largest prune orchards in i0s
Payctte valley, ana viii have his new
completed 10y SEPT j.
which viii be IN time for him to hanoi,
his own crop. The packinghouse Eil
he built Of iron and win be st10 ic''
iu dimensions.
This win give enough aoor SPACE %
employ 20 packers, II they are nceieA