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Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-16
STILL WORKING

The "big stick" which was announced as
going out OF use when it quilted the White
House. is still on the job, and great ls the
havoc thereof. Baltimore American.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-16
WTIERm rs HE?

The sultan of sulu is afraid to ride in office
building elevators And yet this man once
nad fourteen wives.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-16

Politicians carry knives, but the
voters seem to carry Washing
ton Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-16
NEEDS SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT

Dr. woodrow Wilson may get chance to
give New Jersey a straight dose of political
science. New Jersey needs it.-Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-16

The boy scout management needs to get the
idea out OF the heads of the public that the
scouts are a sort Of a kindergarten militia or
infant infantry. Syracuse Post-Standard.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-16
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN !

Population of Los Angeles 327, ,6s5
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

v7 IE beet sugar industry Utah and Idaho for the year 1910
will show considerable falling off from the year prevlou
First the unprecedented dry spell during
the spring which affected the tonnage i'll al the districts
second the number of planted III bccts owing
10 the high prices able obtain for other products
which they gave the preference.
the beet shortage though only partial one inc
long open has enabled the bcc and gain in nccarlne con
tents the yield Of the two states, while still considerably
below that 1900 fairly satisfactory total The runs OF
the factories three companies not yet concluded but
an advance that the for the year VIII reach
zooooooo pounds for the Idaho CO.; for the Anagatcd
Sugar Co. approximately pounds and for the Lewiston
Sugar 100000 pounds total for the three companies Oh
approximately o7oooooo pounds of which 2Soooooo pounds WI" DC
produced in Idaho and 100000 pounds in Utah
The OF bccts in the two states was
10000 for the lcnho Sugar Co.. for the Aagamaed
and AZ 900 for the Lewiston, total of $4,000 tons for which the
farmers Of the two paid October November and Decent
approximately Soooooooo The outlay Of the factories was %
more cgltS, unloading and shrnkagc
In addition the companies will have paid to employees Tor
the season exceeding half million dollars to say nothing Oh
the large paid for freight coal coke supplies repairs ee
For The coming outlook for the beet industry
more hopeful The beet growers have been accorded an advance "
a cents per last years prices on bcets containing IS per cent
sugar contents large already assured IN
mos, of the AZ least tons mostly grown on new iahd
arc expected for The new SEWER county factory.
The general outlook country also cassiring Inc
y proportions the beet industry has assumed as shown
~, rho recent report Of Scc 2rcutuc Wilson, puts it position
where is bound carefully considered in any revision OF the
tariff The TACT factories now beng erected IN
different parts country, indicates the confidence ef by sugar
people The future industry Michigan leads all other states
this sugar production, Tor the h 'ne WIN d o' "
26Oooonoo pounds.
Will Inc u planted by The government had the effect OF
the stocks of the sugar companies whose stockholders are
numerous officers Of these companies say that whatever the out
the litigation i'll the east the local concerns can no. DC
affected and culture OF ees and the manufacture OF sugar
will unlntcrrlpculY
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

TO better grasp the magnitude OF
these figures, and the huge bulk OF
vegetables which they represent, 1t Is
calculated that this quantity of boots,
If gathered in one place, would cover
one OF Ogdcn's or salt LAKE Citys 10
acre blocks to a depth of 80 feet TIC
bccts would also form It monument, -
feet square 1T the base and tapcrlng
slightly to Il height of one mile or
one foot higher Than Observatory peak
nj ogden.
The soil and general climatic con-
ditions Of this region seem TO be per-
rcctly adapted for the culture of sugar
bectS Specimens weighing as much as
II pounds are found. III many localities
in this country where sugar beet rails
ing has been carried on with consd-
cradle success, numerous disadvan-
taSes are constantly met with. such as
early frosts freezing The soil before
the bccts have been ploughd from tho
ground
Sometimes there is also n scarcity of
water. or an unusually wet season
produces an extra or secondary growth
with the beet which diminishes its
sugar making qualities 1t is constant
ly demonstrated that the beet raiser
in the Ogden district Is seldom II ever
troubled with disadvantages OF the
kinds mentioned and as the sugar COM
pany now regulates the annual acre
age devoted to beet raising, the crop
is assured of Il ready and reliable
market.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

village of Arts, a little town in northern
France They We're SO sangune, that
they went Immediately to England 10
raise the necessary capital from among
the wealthy Church members Jno, w:
Coward, a salt dealer, subscribed
Gl0O0. Captain Russell ship builder,
agreed to contribute $4,000: Mr.. Coli
son, then boot and shoe dealer in Liv-
erpool, for whom President Jno. II. Win
der was woriling when he first learned OF
Mormonism. contributed E1,0O0. The
first subscription of e 900 was made by
Mr.. De La Mare himself. The company,
whose capitalization was 100000. be-
gan under the name of the Descret
Manufacturing company Elders ray
lor and De La Mare then proceeded to
purchase the machinery, and prepare IL
for shipment to Utah 1t was bought
from Fauset e Co. in the fall of 1851.
left Liverpool for st. Louis, Mo, the
machinery following the next month
with Elders Elias Morris. l., John Nut
tall. Nm Nuttall. and los. Nuttall in
charge. They all met in st. Louis.
where Mr., De La Mare had prepared
wagons ready to load the machinery
for the great journey across the plains;
from the time it left St Louis until the
arrival in Utah he was in complete
charge. His wife and three children
accompanied him; on the way the little
ones were seized with cholera, one Of
them dying and being buried on the
plains.
The fifty wagons. on which. the ma
chinery was loaded, proved to be use
less. breaking down under the weight
OF the machinery, and they were mostly
given away to poor families on their
way to Utah, The situation was des-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

came out to meet them. At TT. Bridger
again assistance was received. a. q.
Smoot and party coming from salt
Lake with Il load Of flour, which at that
time sold at $50 a hundred pounds. On
reaching Bear river. the snow was 50
deep that several Of the large boilers
had to bo left behind, but they were
brought to the valley the next spring.
In the latter part Of November, 1852.
the party finally came to rest in Salt
Lake, nearly six months having been
spent In travelling q distance of LOO
miles.
The reasons why the beet sugar In
dustry was not successful Mt that timo
is familiar history. No means had
been provided for getting rid of the
potash and the alkalinities in the beets,
and the methods then prevailing OF
using charcoal made from the bones Of
animals. were equally difficult to supply
al such remote distance from the CEN
tiers OF trade Five hundred bushels OF
beet sugar seed We're brought here With
the machinery. and planted. The bects
grew well. but Is was found impossible
to granulate the sugar obtained. Tho
machinery was used for other purposes.
parts of it being kept in Provo, and
other parts taken 10 the old so-callcd
sugar factory at Twelfth South and
Eleventh East The name given that
locality for so many yearS, Sugar
House. had its origin from the carly
attempts in beet sugar manufacture
The fact, however, remains that tho
enterprise was the first one devoted To
beet sugar culture ever organized in
America. and the beet sugar machinery.
brought over the ocean, up the Missis-
slppi and across the plains by COM
pany of Mormon elders. was the first
ever shipped into the new world.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

Inc Weld OF the grain this year is 81
per cent shorter per acre than the two
previous years; therefore. the farmers
are now beginning to realize that the
beet crop Is the most suitable crop
having fixed. profitable market value
am pleased to say that many of the
farmers are turning thoir attention
more extensively to beet culture FOR the
coming season than they have done for
INC past two years IN Fremont cOui ",
ana the Indications arc that II mush
larger crop will be planted this coming
season than there was tho past season
There Is also q better feeling towards
btei culture now, owing to tho increase
IN prices offered by the sugar company
ana the growing understanding of what
the factories hay" done 10 enhance TIE.
value of tho farmers lands. The farm
off VIII nov, no doubt, lay tl,cir plans
~ devote u portion Of their farm, Ia tho
raising of sugar bcets, each and every
year N u more busincss-like way than
heretofore. as they know exactly what
they VIII get for tho crop when II Is
harvested, tho benefit IL Is to Tic
farm To rotate their crops, and tho
stimulating offor; upon the price of all
other crops,
There Is no doubt, that the farmers
Of this section will MS fast as possible.
get thor lands in shape to raise pro-
h'ah'e crops Of beets from year to year.
as has been done by the successful
growers ever since the factory was
butt. Those who havo selected good
SOIL mace the necessary ana proper
preparation. and given the crop the
proner care. are those who have real
lzed the profit, MS will be shown by the
results that have been obtained even
this year, when the season was not
very favorable for growing crops.
Practically rs good results were OBJ
tanned by number OF other growers
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
IIEEHI STILL LEADS

THE LehI factorp. writes the cor
l respondent of The NeWss has, WIN
out doubt, had the most succosslnl
season OF any factory operating Ill the
intcrmountain country. and taking INTO
consideration the extreme dryness OF
the spring and summer, the tonnage
Der acre has averaged up much better
thnn was anticipated. About ionOoo
tons of bccts have been delivered TINS
season, for which the beet ralsers re-
ceivcd about 100000. This large
amount of money has gone into the
hands of about 1000 farmers OF Salt
Lake, Utah, Wasatch. Sanpcte anu
Sewer counties and has been u great
factor in keeping up the general pros
perity; in fact. the farmers could not
have done without their beet mone%
this year. as other crops were light ana
cattle and sheep prices down.
To the farmer who properly tends
his crop and prepares his land well, II
is always his most satisfactory crop
as lie is sure OF the money If he de-
livers the bccts. Among the mau% sue
cessful farmers growing bects for The
I.ehi factory may be mentioned tho
Following:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

81 4 plate, is directly under the tongue.
Tho disk is adjusted So that it is ouly
slightly tilted rs It strikes each beet.
top. lust in front of tho disk or
knife is Il solid sliding shoe whlcl,
rises or falls In accordance with n
high or low beet, The shoe raises The
knife, which on the principle Of n
carpenters plane, shavcs the tops off
each beet Tho digger, which is
drawn by two horses after tho topper,
consists Of two small plow points
placed tho width of II beet apart Tho
bects rise M onto ~ carrier Into n
basket at the rear, from which they
are dnnnod into piles The carrier
can be continued and the hoets
dumped into n wagon running along
side.
When it is considered that present
practice requires tho llso of n single,
litter. man and team to pass twice
across each row, then pull each sep
arate beet by hand. shake tho cling
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

After moro than ten ycNrs Of
iiccssant labor Frank Briggs claims lie
has ut last solved the beet harvesting
problem. or recent years labor has be-
come SO scarce on farms thai some
sugarbect growers have become some
what discouraged. but Mr.. Briggs
mnchne will greatly Increase tho
profit in beet raising.
Some weeks ago one was seen in
successful operation on the farm OF
Il. II. Walton, at First West and Four
tecnth South Street. Mr.. Walton said:
"lr tho machine viii work on my
land, they viii work anywhere IN tho
country. for my land is sticky, black
clay"
Tho topper and tho pullcr were
combined heretofore. but they are In
two parts on Mr.. Walton's farm. Tho
topper, which goes first UP the row of
beets, resembles in general form a
moving machine. except that the
knife, II revolving dick in the shape
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
IN Idaho,
Better Outlook for 1911

ME- MARK AUSTIN Of sugar city,
lVl the ltah-ldaI,o Sugar compRuy's
superintendent FOR the rduAo Gald, in
an interview prepared for the Christ
mas News, says:
When the beot business was first in
troducsd in this section OF the country,
The prcr of all farm products was
very low but they increased Il little
from year 10 year, until about two
years ago last summer at WHEN time
all kinds OF farm products almost
doubled IN price N one year, ana io-
mamcd SO uutil last sprnE since Which
time they h;uvc been gradually going
down until they have fallen from 30 to
10 per cent The CXtl'cme high pricos
Of farm products during the last two
years, with the encouraging reports
sent out by the agricultural department
in washington that they were quite
likely to continue 50 FOR n number or
years, caused many Of tho farmers
throughout Idaho to devote All their
available land 20 the raising Of grain
especially wheat, which WAS bringing
about 81 pcr bushcl on gool land
whore farmers had been growing sugar
hoetG. IT was discovered that It good
farmer could get 10 bushels per acre
with such prices that would give very
good net profit This caused many Of
our beet growers to plant II great deal
of beet land into grain Not only did
the farmers, during these two years,
secure high prices, but they also So
cured tremendous yields, as the seasons
We're especially adapted to grain.
At the opening of the harvest and
marketing of the crops this year, prices
We're much lower. and have continued
to drop until they have reached n rath-
cents per bushcl. oats about 80 cents
per bushcl and hay about IS per ton.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
THE BRIGGS BEET HARVESTER

ing soil from It, throw II into pie
pick NJ each beet and hack the tnp
of with II knife throw IT into II l''i'
for loading--all of which Is now ae-
complishcd by one man driving
tcnm--thc advantage of the BrlgsS
machine il apparent.
With good driving tile Briggs ma
chine, 1t is said. Will miss oh'E
about one beet III 20--that ~
it is necessary to take OH !.
leaf here ana there, requiring ohiE
II fcw minutes for whole row. II ~
astonishing, however, how clcvcrly It
VIII jump up to take the top oil u
beet four inches from the ground ana
then immediately bob down to get onp
almost covered with Garth. II y
probable that the machine will De
manufactured in Salt Lake city. INC
machine digs and tops three acres
day.
@. Il. Kenyon. tho manager Of tha
company has his Office at II Iiegler
block, Spokane, Wash.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

II MI beet growers, would 10 as
these farmers have donc-propeily pre-
prepare their land, manure IL well even
If they had to buy the fertilizer and
watch their crop carefully during the
growing season, keeping all weeds out
and watering and especially cultivat-
ing same when most needed, they
would be as successful. Lehl and 9th
or towns have beet raisers who from
year to year get from 20 to 20 tons of
bccta per acre off their land. which
pays exceptionally well. Such results
are obtained through following the
most careful methods
The farmers got their bects UP in
fine shape this fall which was an ideal
one for harvesting and are now busy
putting their land into shape FOR nnoth-
cr year Indications are that the acre
age Tor next year VIII be much larger
than this.
The Lehi factory and cutting sta
tons at Provo and Spanish Fork COM
lncuccd cutting bects Sept. so and VIII
be through about Jan =. The cam
puign has been mos, successful. and
about 26.oOOoOo pounds Of sugar viii be
produced
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
.Morno,.s, the Beet Sugar Pioneers
Ph7hb De La Maves Labors

Mr.. DC La Mare determined to sur
mount the obstacles, and meeting
Charles II. Perry. n nom Mormon, h,,
purchased 40 big Santa re wagons, also
obtaining u large amount of -four ana
the company set out again. Tho -four
later proved to be filled with plaster-of-
paris, and had to be thrown away. Tho
caravan Of machinery, now Increased
by a number of cmigrant families, set
out from TT. Leavcnworth in July, 1857.
The wagons were drawn by from four
to eight yoke of oxen. and each wagon
carried 5000 to 5000 pounds of iron AMI
machinery At the mouth of the Sweet
Water river. the first snow storm was
encountered; many of the cattle STAN
pcdcd and were lost. The food ran
low. and they were forced to kill some
Of the remaining cattle.
Affairs looked dark for them, b.!
relief party, In charge Of Jos. Horne,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

n T rs fact not generally known, that
the first experiments in beet sugar
culture in the United states were
made by the MorircEs in 1851. The
man who took the most prominent part
in bringing out the machinery was P4ils-
lip De In Mare, who is still living IN
rooelc city. He WAS baptized by W..
C. Dunbar in England in 1873, ana ~
the request of Elder John Taylor, Who
was then filling Ii mission in Europe. he
went with him to France to investigate
the beet sugar industry, Elder Taylor
having been especially instructed ny
president Brigham Young TO keep on
tho lockout for industries that would be
suitable for the soil OF Utah. Elders
Taylor and De La Mare investigated
the growth of sugar hoets, tirst IN thr
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
Ogden, Logan and
LeuO,;ston Districts

crease their revenue il greater efforts
were put forth in specializing in a beet
OF higher per cent sugar instead of
attempting to raise mammoth roots rs
at present With high per cent beet
and the sliding scale contract. such rs
is given by other sugar companies.
the farmers would very easily add to
their profits and the man who put forth
the -rcatest effort would earn the high
est increase. The sugar output in
Ogden will be about 5000, 900 pounds.
Representative growers in the
Utah districts of the Amalgamated
lows:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

be especially favored as a locality ideal
FOR the growing of the beets,
In Weber county alone, last year,
there were harvested over $4,000 tons
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
Average tons
Planted, Per Acre

Some Of the Leading results obtain
ed among the beet growers in Cache
valley are az follows:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

OGDEN, Dec. lc-Onc OF tho most
~ substantial industries in this secs
ton Is thai Of beet sugar manufacture
Ing and the Ogden district seems to
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-27
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Robert Talbot ct al. vs.. Hart Coal
Company,sa corporation, ct al,--In
Chancery. l5ssls
In the Circuit Court Of Marion coun-
ty. West4Vorginia.
To Hart Coal Company. corpora.
tion,; John p. Hart. James F. Cook,
Jas. L. Gettings. Jas. L. Erwin. Jo-
seph Hart, Peter Hart, George x.
Hart,tE. P. Wise. Isham Keith, JAS
Peacock. Frank Schneider. John
Jenkins. Margaret Carney, Margaret
Carney Sexecutrix. of the last will
and testament of a. A. Carney, de-
ceased. Robert Talbot, John Me-
Cool, John h. Bennett, John ]. Nc
Cool. John w. Irwin, Thomas a..
Deyeny, John F. Somertille. At.
B.. Someryille. Robert l.. SomerTille,
Rush Miller. +. H, Neff, Glenn f.,
Barnes. Margaret Fitzhugh, admin
istratrlS OF. B. C. Fitzhugh5 deceased:
Ella Koran, j. p. Alkire, S. C..
Brown and David Victor and John
"A. Clark, special receiver Of Hart
Coal Company a corporation.
You and each of you will take no.
tice that5in pursuance of a decree OF
said Circuit Court, entered on the 18th
day of December, 1910, In the above
styled chancerys cause therein pend.
ing, wherein you are the. parties plain.
tiff and defendant, ! have fixed upon
Wednesday, February LIST, 1911 /, at the
time, and my office In Fairmont Trust
Building Fairnont. Marion county,
West. Virginia, as. the place, for be.
ginning the discharge Of my duties
under said decree OF reference, an alb.
Istract of which decree is as follows:
This cause came on this day to be
heard upon the bill, answers, petit.
tons. and exhibits {, heretofore filed
therein, and all the former DEGREES,
orders and proceedings entered and
.tad therein, all tho parties thereto
being representedfby their attorneys.
and upon, the argument OF counsel, in
consideration of all of which the
court being OF the opinion that the
properly and assets. OF the defendant
corporation. the Hart Coal Company,
ought to BE ascertained and disposed
Of, and the affairsSof said corporation
fully. wound sup by! this I court, It Is
therefore adjudged, ordered and de.
creed that this cause be, and the same
I is hereby tieferfedfto James AS Mere.
dith, a Master Commissioner OF this
Court whose duty 1t, shalt be:
II Elrsts TO audit state ana settle the
.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-27
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
, the Creditors OF TAYLOR Gettings


Company. a Corporation: Iii
In pursuance of atdecree of the Cir.
cult Court, OF Marion county, West
Virginia; made in those two certain
.chanccry causes therein pending, in
one of which 4Taylor-G ettings Com:
.pany, corporation, Is plaintiff, and
Willis So tray1o and i TIERS, are de.
PENDANTS. apdsin the other OF which
Bissell Carpet Sweeper Company, a
corporation. is fplaintiff, and Taylor
Gettings Company and others, are de-
PENDANTS. to ascertain and report the
valid liens, II any, against the prop.
erty or. any part thereof, sold by the
Special Receiver, or the proceeds .of
the sale thereof. their amounts, prior
titles andSto whom going, and to take
proof OF and report all the valid debts
against the said defendant, Taylor.
Gettings Company, their amounts and
to whom going, You are required u,
present your claims against the said
| corporation. TaylorGettings Com
pany, for adjudication to James A.
Meredith. commissioner In chancery,
at his office in Fadrmont Trust But
ing, in the City of Fairmont, Marion
county, West Virginia, on or before
the 24tll day oftJanuary, 1911
Witness, VS.. Black, Clerk Of said
Court, this 18th day Of December,
1910. Si,i
u Clerk of said Court.
w. s. BLACK,