Arizona republican., 1908-11-12
SUGAR BEET BUSINESS
 ITS SUCCESS ELSEWHERE
An Instance Where the Local Com pany Made Good Under Adverse Cir cumstances.

Since the return of Messrs. Water house. Furry and Mullen, from Colo ! rado and Kansas, where they looked | over the beet fields of that vicinity and made an impartial investigation of how the best business was conduct ed there, a great deal has been said by them on the subject. publicly and through the press, but as yet the half 1 has not nearly been told, and every little while one of these representa- tives thinks of something that he over looked reporting.
 MT. Warehouse had a long talk talk with the writer a few evenings ago regarding the proposition. He is more firmly convinced than ever that the beet business will be the making of this valley if the farmers make the right kind of a response. At the many points he visited in Colorado. he found that almost without exception land values there had doubled and in some instances tripled since the beet busi- ness was taken up. In the valley of the Grand river, around Rifle, Grand Junction and Delta, where thousands of acres of beeets are taken care of by the Grand Junction factory, he found that land was valued at $200 per acre and up and none appeared to be on the market even at that price.
 At Grand Junction, the circum- stances there when the business was first started. were so similar to the conditions here that the story must be related. Six years ago a factory was started there and a crop put in. The factory suspended operations un- der similar conditions as did the one in this valley and left the farmers in the hole to the tune of SSO0O0 A local bank was also interested in the ven ture, and before the end of the sea son this too, went to the wall with shortage of s25000O. When the Western Sugar and Land company. being the same party of gentlemen who are here known as the Southwest ern Land and Sugar company. took hold If the proposition. they were con fronted with exactly the same situa- ton that prevails here at the present time. The farmers had lost money and were afraid to tackle the deaf a second time A few of them finally were convinced that the new company meant business, and they planted beets. The company was not discour- aged; it tried it another year. and the farmers having gained confidence In the company, put in more beets, with the result that the company came out on top and is doing a tremendous bus mess and making money for itself as well as every farmer who is growing beets on land tributary to that fac tory.
 The day the writer had the conver- sation with Mir. Warehouse. he had received the following letter from the cashier of the First National Bank of Rifle Col, relative to the responsi- bility of the company of men who propose to make a success out of the former failure of the Glendale factory. The letter follows in full:
 Tn reply to your note of recent date in regard to the honesty. integ- rity and reliability of the Western Su- gar and Land company and J. w. Mckinney. R. P Davie and F. C. Sharer, will say that these same people have done more toward the develop ment and the upbuilding of the Grand Valley and western Colorado than any other people in the state, and we have no hesitancy in recommending them to good people everywhere.
 These parties took hold of the old Grand Junction sugar factory when she was absolutely down and out, and today she is doing as prosperous a business as any factory in the state, and the farmers that are growing beets are on the road to prosperity. Yours very truly,
 "WM. H. HALEY, Cashier"
 Regarding the outlook on the south side. MT. Warehouse, who is now the Tempe field manager and consequent ly in position to know what he is talking about. said that he felt confi- dent that the farmers were going to