Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-12
Rect GROWERS
MAKE DEMANDS
p,or,lnsnt Planters Meet In o.
den and Decide on Getting
More for Their Beets.
BURGLARS ROB MARKS HOME.
,,,,n ". DougalI and Miss Kelly VIII
Give Concert In congregational
Churcr--News Briefs

Alden Feb. l2,--It appears that
.,.,v Of the sugar beet raisers OF
weber Davis and Boxelder counties
r,o furnish sugar beets to the Ainalsa-
,no,ed sugar companys Ogden factory
not satisfied with the price they
s.ve been receiving for their beets UP
% the present time. A meeting FOR tne
.,,asration Of this matter was held
s.,nrday afternoon, commencing at
,,elook which was attended by a dele"
sa,,on OF about so of the largest beet
s,,ssrs Of this district, who discussed
=, ,sns,h the proposition and decided
hat unless the management OF the rae
,orv will grant them an Increase OK 20
ANTS per ton ON all sugar beets they
wln not plant any this year, but VIII
r.,se other crops which they believe
wm he more profitable. The sugar COM
rsnv has be / paying fiat rate or
u,O per ton for beets In the 1ast, but
NE request OF the farmers WIZ De tlal
they be paid rate Of &4.eo per ION ior
heets delivered on cars or si.'o per Ton
for beets delivered at the sugar Factory
A committee composed OF james Beus,
HOOPER, Nathaniel Montgomery. North
ogden, Lyman Sheen, Plain CITY, James
Hutchins, Statewide. and Peter Rowe
Of Boxelder county, was appointed 10
call on David Eccles to present to MIN
me request of the farmers for a raise
ON the price OF beets.
a
che heel rsisers OF this district, because
Of The nest known as the white lily, and
the shortage OF water, which In some
nlaoes almost caused total fall
IRE OF the crop. These unfortunate con-
Sitons may not occur again for many
Years. but it had tendency to discour-
sys the beet growers and therefore they
have been slow to sign contracts for
thls year, fearing such losses again,
and the companys field superintendent
has been meeting with little success in
some localities In getting those who
have heretofore raised beets to sign "A
contract for this year, II Ia believed the
company will give the farmers prop
osltion due consideration, and that the
differences now existing can be agree
ably adjusted The raising of sugar
beets has been n great industry for this
part OF the state, as up until
last year the farmers have had excel
lent success with their crops. and have
as a general rule been quite satisfied,
as they knew early in the year how
much land they ere going to plant in
sugar beets, and about what the yield
would be, also the price they would be
paid for the product. were sure OF q
market and OF the cash for the beets
when the crop was harvested, The
committee will likely meet the manage
ment Of the sugar company the early
part OF this week 10 discuss the propo-
siti0n.
HOME BURGLARlzED.
The home Of NJ. J. Marks, located at
sa4 Adams avenue, was entered by
burglars during the early part of last
evening. while the family was absent
from the house. Entrance was gained
by breaking In a glass door through
(which they climbed. only one room
was searched, In which 1t was found
$3.50 In cash and two gold rings were
taken. Either the robbers were fright
ened away before they could go through
the other part of the house or they de-
cded L was no use to search any fur
tner Tor money or valuables. When
Mr.. Marks and his family returned 10
their home they found the door broken
and the one room thoroughly searched
The police were notified but have M
clues to work on, hence 1t Is doubtful II
the burglars will ever be arrested.
STOLE A PoRKER.
robbery with some peculiar char
fetorstcs occurred during Saturday
night when the hogpen OF Sanfor
Bingham, residing at Riverdale. wa.
entered by thieves, A fat hog which
had been especially fed for the owner,
use, was Killed and the carcass dragget
10 haystack on the owners premises
mere the dressing OF the hog was com.
ie'ed and the carcass carried away b,
ue thieves, no clue being left. The