The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
BEET SUGAR MEN
WANT MORE MONEY
Producers of the Saccharine
Tubers Will Ask Factories
to Increase Price.
CACHE VALLEY GROWERS
TO MEET IN LOGAN MONDAY
Prevailing High Prices of Other
Farm Products Have Spurred
the Farmers.
Special TO The Tribune


LOGAN. Jan. 29,-The beet farmers os
this county have decided TO ask the fac
tory owners to increase the price Of beets,
and on Monday next a meeting will be
held here for the purpose OF selecting
delegates for the central part OF the coun-
" The towns thnt will be represented
are Logan. Hyde Park College ProvI-
dence. Greenvile and Millville. The pre-
vaillng high prices OF all other farm prod
nc.s nave spurred the farmers on to this
action. and II the request is not granted
II is certain that a large part of the
acreage now devoted TO beet culture will
oe rbann planted win some OF the other crops;
Inere WAS a lively water meeting held
al the little town of Mlllville a few days
ago and some OF the men, who by rea-
son OF their ecclesiastical prestige sought
10 run the whole thing 10 suit themselves
got n dressing down from some OF the
slockholders. the result being that the
annual meeting was adjourned without
amusing incident OF the meeting occurred
when the afternoon session convened
Iherc mad been great deal of scrapping at
the morning meeting. one OF the speakers
finally aiming a blow at the head OF an
other. who had given him the lie When
lhe AFTERNOON meeting was called TO or
DER well-known citizen walked down
the aisle OF the meeting house. where the
meeting, was held. and gravely laid on
The chairman's table two pairs OF boxing
gloves, The enraged presiding officer
swept tho gloves TO the floor and then
kicked them down into the audience
The physicians OF this county are out In
card announcing that they have decided
TO raise their prices 33 l-s per cent. The
announcement has caused no end of COM
ment here.
Judge Brangham today fined ali ex-
pressHan Of this city S16 for keeping n
horse without shelter so long that 1t died
OF exposure.
y Jap, who assaulted n white man a.
Sache Junction couple OF days ago.
The Indian war commission. which Is
now sitting here. has found great many
veterans In this county. but there are
few OF them that have any records OF
their work, that part OF II having been
neglected. and the commission is there
,ore having some difficulty In adjusting
the matter, One woman. who made proof
today for a widows pension. was Mrs.
George o. Pitkin. and she had a double
claim 10 present. having been married
twice, each husband having been vet
eran. Her last husband Mr.. Pitkin. died
yesterday morning.
Fred Turner. who for quite a number Of
Years has been manager OF the Logan
Republican, leaves the paper tomorrow
morning his lease on the plant having run
out lie may go 10 Preston. Ida, TO oper-
ate the News NJ that place. Turner:
while he never asked for new lease and
was therefore not turned down on any
proposition. was nevertheless forced out
by the Smoot machine leaders here. To
whom he was not acceptable. a year
or two ago. Turner took sides against the
machine In the Republican party and de-
fed the machine leaders. He formed Il
combination that he thought would re-
tain control OF the paper, and for a time
there was talk Of a rival paper being es-
tablshed here by machine Republicans.
but suddenly the Snaootltes took another
tack and went into court TO wrest the
control of the sheet from Turner repud-
ating the Issue Of some stock that It's
own directors had made 10 Turner In
payment OF a debt In order TO accom-
plish their purpose. The cases arising
over this are still in court. and. seeing
nothing ahead but litigation and trouble
Of other kinds. Turner made his terms
and quit. The paper will be run by the
directors after this. and II is said tina:
State Senator Bullen Will be In charge.
Postmaster Joseph Odell Is president OF
the board OF directors.