The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-05-24
SUGAR BETS
IN WESTERN KANSAS.
4 What the Government tho San
t. Fe and tho People arc
Doing to Improve
Conditions.

GARDEN Cry, KAs;, May ~ \ The
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa re started
something when it began Its sugar beet
experiments In the Arkansas Valley, Y,
\ remarked r. P. Davie, vice president and
general manager Of the United States
Sugar and Land Company, as he stood ID
contemplation Of busy scene before him.
| It was the site Of the Garden City sugar
plant, where small army Of men were
digging trenches for foundations and I'm
loading structural iron and other build
ling material, and he was talking to q
group Of visitors and local newspaper
men. Continuing he said:
Before we turn wheel, we will have
invested 100000 cash on this site. not
counting lands we have bought, irriga-
ton bitches We will dig, and farm i'm
provetnents we will make. Even with it
Ia1l done here we will have made be-
ginning only. We have come to the
Arkansas Valley to share the field with
our neighbors One plant will not satisfy
us. We can better reach some Of our
land from Deer6eld, where we will soon
establish d plant. More than this it is
st;., ~ ,r~n,,,,J = III ~ c, 80
paJ ~ ~ - 80 20 800
the Santa Fe, and we fully expect to have
our share Of that territory.
"But our Company is not the whole
works, OF half Of it. We are the first
company to operate in Kansas but just
w. w. ~ ,,a. ~ 49, ~ IL " ta ~
= III, - W - s,,;,,;., 49,
W. ,rpr ~ .sa~ ! mt 800 sass
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ta,, t,,at ~ =, ca, s,,art ,,sa~s 49,
l rtsars s' uoilsu iii ross Az f9r-s
ss. e, vasy ~" s =, s.as ~,
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pan ss'y 20 = =, 1-1 " W.. y
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~ u. - :. - s ~ &c az sita..s
.ti u 'uss To,,sna e =. III &c., Ar .ssat
,1,.;.,sr - .s,, - psaact;,,ais la
. wT w. sss.,a sa,, s,,,,th;.S ~ 4.
i, the h;storv q s,,oar cnitr,re and ~
h.o;r,,;ra - Il III ss,as tha sa;t,, 80 T s
.st;sn,, -ra,,sta 3, corts r. !, az
ca,,,,tsu ,u,,;cE T. tr.verses /, ;ts ,o,,s,
49,. ~ $3.50 - - o. .Gs
J5 ~ Gig ga ,s.S.~s ~ a !. -
~ = ~ =, &c -, Ct. D. - y
"hare ntIsr ;I,rstrat;nrs of A t,,;s TX ~
,;a 80 H. dsua1r,,,sa e g 80 os,,,a.,t
~ r. Ill, s1,aia fsJs 80 ca,,,,, sos.s.,,
a MN s d.. NJ 1 - t,,.t 80 4 So
= ,ras The nracticai snn,;cat;on ~ tf;s
rci;sv a tha Santa ~ fbat has Ia - A., +1e
S = 80 e -. haat s,,o rS - sos ~ III.
$3.50; ~ - Taasas al 'ro,orad 5ss ~ caa..
Dc hoe s,,;rtsJ the nav a,,d ca,,;tai s
ds.;xe az rast - W. ' = Pa. :
H aaJsd ~ t,,;e ~ ~.;,~oad $500, I,
nv ;ss sxreri,,,er s N hoe rso;utsd t,,a sa2,
x I1,o1d c., - s,-as~;se .,at,,,a1 60. "ay
H. - ca,'sr,,,,.,,t ~. easta D. W. IL.
;d,,s,r;aI ~ ,,h; a 80 49, nas
&c ;ncalcnlsh,e valve i, the daveIon,, m, s1 &c
the reso,,rces ~ tis arLarsss vs1lan T.
~, tta afn~ts 80 - ~ ti,;s sa
,a I;tad States = T ,,,l,,t t .os -, snas
Ale hard mi mai I,srs = ' w. 80 =
@Abort sewer, , ,,s, am f,,,,a~.ss =,
ro,,r;stsd sso aoto s 81 SvasirsS ap
r. he undep fI,v II tbs arsars ss W y
| After ,nar;no axhaust;ve N tests az ~
merits II the service of he coyer,,, r ~,
were 60 well satisfied with tte voI,,,rs -
water that the p sclarat;or p,,reo,, - 49,, y
Covern,,t nrorosed ~ The @ - 1,, ~
| mo the FARMERS d;tch, e jnsta1l !
noSwerf,,l n1ant 70 nu,,,r, water d,,-;, !, t,,s
drv seasons Tbe AZ, vas $3.50 ~
ca,,orsss a,,nronr;ot;nr toSs s1 200 - =.
frav the eFne,Ise and IKE fsr,uer . co M
se,t;no r. tl,e ,,s,,a1 rord;t;ons ;,,,,o oS
bv tie Reclamation Service -, 70 ri.
| Charging the farmers s9o ner acre az q" Cor
the nernetual wafer the same 70 he ,,a aid
IN fen annual installmetts without inter, rse,s.
est This niant l. NOW a., 's astah,; ;.
fact and Il vii, ;nsnre water for ahc,,.
% On acres nernetuallv This la,d 49, bas
beer ,,nder IRRIGATION ron, 4l,e r;yer A faS
wears Int occas;ona1iv II The ~ . sssso ~
there has ~ beer III, srfsc;s $500. &c
water Now with . Covern,ne,,t ,;1.nt
nunn;no water from the INDEPENDENTLY rISIs
rnderfow these lands viii he wall rI, n,.t
erred IN ali seasons - - Wa "ae
1Tat;ng adva,,t.c. 20 a.. ,.,.....
learned nv he exner;,,,e,,ts ~ tte ra;i Iss
co,nrany and afterwerd ~ ~ III, .a ..,aSa
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