Bisbee daily review., 1908-11-18
SUGAR BEET SCOUTS
| REPORT ON FINDS
Return to Maricopa Sure That
Business viii Succeed
in Arizona.
CPhoenix Republican,


Since the return of Messrs. Water
house. Furry and Mullen, from Colo.
RADIO and Kansas, where they lookea
over the beet fields Of that vicinity.
and made an impartial investigation o.
how the best business was conduct
ed there, a great deal has been sai0
by them on the subject, publicly and
through the press, bat as yet the hafI
has not nearly been told, and every
little while one Of these representa-.
tives thinks OF something that he over
looked reporting.
Mr.. Waterhouse had a long talk
with the writer a few evenings ago
regarding the proposition. He is
more firmly convinced than ever that
the beet business viii be the mak'nA
Of this valley If the farmers make the
right kind of response. At the many
poinas he visited in Colorado, ne found
that almost without exception land
values there had doubled, and in somt
instances tripled, since the beet bust
ness was taken up In the valley OF
the Grand River, around Rifle, Crane
junction and Delta, where thousands
of acres of beets are taken care OF
round that land was valued at 5000 ger
acre and up. and none appeared 70 be
D. &he narxe+ even a: taat price.
At Grand function, me circamstau-
ces Ihe-e. wner me business was FIRST
started. were sc similar 70 the condi-
tons here that the story must be re-
lated. Six years ago a factory was
started there and a crop put in. The
factory suspended operations under
similar conditions as did the one In
this valley. and left the farmers in
rhe hole to the tune of $4,000. A
local bank was also interested In the
venture, and before the end of the
season this, too, went TO the wall with
a shortage of $3.50, 000 When the Yves
tern Sugar and Land company, being
the same party of gentlemen who are
here known as the Southwestern Sug-
ar and Land company, took hold Of the
proposition, they we're confronted
with exactly the same situation that
prevails here at the present time. The
farmers had lost money, and were
afraid to tackle the deal a second
time. A few of them were finally con-
WINGED that the new company meant
business, and they planted beets. The
company Was not dtscd H-a Ead; III
tried it another year, and the farm
ers, having gained confidence in the
company, put in more bets. 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 for every farmer who is
growing beets on land tributary to
that factory.
The day the writer had the CONVEX
sation with Mr.. Warehouse, he had
received the following letter from the
cashier of the First National Bank of
Rifle, Col, relative to the responsible
ity of the company of men who pro-
pose to make a success out of the for
mer failure of the Glendale factory.
The letter follows In full:
In reply to your note of recent
date in regard to the honesty, integri-
ty and reliability of the Western Sug-
ar and company, and ]. w. Nc
Kinney, ?. Dale and E. c. Sharer,
done more toward the development
and the upbuilding Of the Grand Val
ley and western Colorado than any
other people in the state, and we have
no hesitancy in recommending to the
good people everywhere.
These parties took hold OF the old
Grand Junction sugar factor and
today she is doing as prosperous
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. AALEY, Cashier"
Regarding the outlook on the south
side, Mr.. Warehouse, who is now the
Tempe field manager, and consequent
ly in a position to know what he is
talking about, said that he felt conf
dent that the farmers were going to
take hold Of the business in the right
spirit and would make fine success
Of it. Already two hundred acres are
being put in on the Redden ranch,
and a number of smaller contracts
have been signed up with him, with
a good prospect of more very soon.