Arizona republican., 1911-06-13
PROSPECTS At MARINETTE
Orchard Town Enterprise
Coming Along Finely.
SAYS Road Race for Re
publican's Cup Is Val
ley's Best Advertisement.

r. p. Davie. vice president ana
general manager of the Southwestern
Sugar and Land COMPANY. now well
known throughout the west as veri-
table storage battery OF industrial ac-
tiyitv. spent yesterday in Phoenix
leaving last night for his home in
Los Angeles. Strange as II may
seem. the greater his interests De
come in this valley the less frequent
are his visits and the less time ne
tarries in each of them. The secret
of IL is that Mr. Davie is an organizer
and when he gets q thing started ne
Duts good men in charge ana turns
his own attention To something else
The primary object Of Mr. Davies
visit this time was To see the sugar
factory start its 1911 campaign. the
factory being his largest concern IN
these parts. but the real news in con-
nection with il was told by him in a
word or two. after which he proceed
cd to say interesting things about
other matters that are yet IN the de-
veloping stage.
The little old million-doliar sugar
deal of importance 20 the public Just
now as Mr. Davie, 50 it is timely To
quote him d : saying that the wheels
were started yesterday. and before
night everything was running like
a l6-jeweled watch in a solid gold
case. Said Mr.. DaVie: The sugar
contents of the beets. as shown by
tests to date, is per cent higher
than last year. corresponding with the
high grade California beets, and the
tonnage per acre is the largest ever
grown for any factory in the United
States. There are not quite so many
acres as last year. but there isn't a
bad field in the whole valley
That's all about Ihc factory, but that
is enough. The reader can figure out
the rest Of it, The sugar man only
had five minutes TO catch the train
and he had a lot to say about other
things.
First. he had remarked that he
had drifted into town Yesterday
morning in his automobile. which, per
Geographic instructions, met him at
Yuma Asked what sane purpose a
sugar maker with the price of a
ticket could have in crossing the
desert from Yuma in motor car on
such a day as Sunday, with sand
storm blowing and the mercury
throbbing against the top end Of the
thermometer. Mr.. Davie replied that
he was merely prompted by his sport
ing blood and his loyalty 10 the Salt
River valley He said the annual road
race between Los Angeles and Phoe-
nix. though Phoenix people do not
appreciate it, is the biggest advertise
ment this section ever had. 1t is
talked about everywhere else more
thin it is here. and i'm the future will
be talked about 4 great deal more.
Nj Davie is not concerned in the au-
tomobile business nor i'm any Of the
possible prize money. but he is boost
ing for the road race all the time,
has heard and read and talked a
great deal about the new course. and
felt that he owed ii 10 himself "a
know just what he was talking about
He was quite familiar with the
other end Of it through the Imperial
country. and he thought it was well
worth MS while to sizzle and scorch
for it at least one day and satisfy
his curiosity. He did so, and is glad
of it. BE had fine trip and gloried
in its furies. which are all they are
advertised TO be. That's all about
automobiles. except that Mr. Davie
SAYS Phoenix cannot plug too hard for
the road race.