The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-04-01
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the raising Of sugar beets. However
this impression was dispellcd by ride
in an auto out to Senator r. L. Doug
lass Island Ranch. His opinion is that
the soil would prove exceedingly pro-
ductive. Mr.. Case stated that a
proposition of putting in a refinery
here would require considerable time
and expense; that factory with ca
pacity of $50 tons daily would require
an expenditure of S500,000 He also
stated that n sufficient acreage, say
4, 600 must be assured. Also that a
thorough demonstration must be made
SO as to make no mistake by putting in
a factory here. To further the test he
viii send 100ibs of beet seed to DIR.
Hascal. This seed will be distributed
among the various ranchers, 1t re-
quires about 20 lbs. to seed one acre.
The plan is TO let each one who tries to
raise beets put in 4 acre. Also to dis
tribute the allotments all over the val
ley, trying all kinds of soil.
Mr.. Case stated that the fuel propo-
sition was such as would prove seri-
Gus hindrance to the installation of n
plant owing TO the high freight rates.
However the railroad company can
probably be prevailed upon to give
special rates. Mr. Case stated that
their usual method was to get local
parties to take 50se of the stock, thus
securing a guarantee of harmony. He
very logically pointed out the general
prejudice against corporations. He as
sared the citizens, however, that the
most important item was the producs
ton Of sufficient beets of suitable quail.
ity. The rest would come. >
Taken as whole the meeting tended
to BRING out general discussion of toe
beet. question. Il was clearly shown
that soil, water, and climatic conditions
here are NEST favorable; that no other
enterprise can effect more rapid and
sure growth than this; that the expert
ence of other towns had been that
factory trebled the population and as
sets Of the property owners in two or
three seasons. The question Of labor
was discussed freely and tho unanil
nous decision was that the employf
ment of the Indians would solve the
problem.
On Friday Mr.. E. w. Clapp, district
freight and passenger agent of the
| Southern Pacific, came out and |. H,
Kent took him and the sugar beet rep
resentatives for spin around the
country in his auto. Later the party
left for Reno where Mr.. Thos. H.
Means, Chief Engineer of the Truckee-
Carson Reclamation Project, met them
and together they went over the mer-
its and drawbacks as regards the prop
osition.
Engineer Thomas II. Means returned
the first of the week from Reno, where
he had a conference with Mr.. Case,
who stated to Mr.. Means that he
would send seeds here Immediately for
experimental work, and that before
June 1st, his expert would be here to
determine the value of the tests and
look over the project again. Mr.,
Means believes that the Heinze-Case
people are the right kind, and that
they have taken away with them a
very favorable impression of this secs
tion.
As regards the visit of E. w. Clapp
we would say that he came to give
what weight he could toward landing
the enterprise. He assured the pro.
moters of the hearty cooperation of
the railroad; that all would be done
that could render the fuel proposition
more favorable. Rates can be given.
Mr.. Clapp also stated that with the in
stallation of a factory here, spur
tracks would be built to the adjacent
territory to haul in the beets.