The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-01-01
DISCUSS THE Beet SITUATION
Commercial Club and Others
Busted With Engrossing
Topic.

mpTte 0tiu a hlttAih6 ut the Clt1 nal
Thursday evening, the prime object
the discussion OF the sugar beet rails.
ing idea, being admirably served
Some so of the substantial men oi
the community were present and
the various phases of the local stu.
alton we're analyzed. A good deal
throughout the meeting which last.
ed until midnight and undoubtedly
resulted In much good being accom-
plished for the industry through a
general awakening to the needs OF
the Fallon factory and the impor.
tanee il bears in its relation to this
valley
State Senator Thomas Dolf spoke
first and in eogent terms set out how
the farmer must benefit as we'll as
the factory management by giving
over acreage to beets. Mr.. Dolf re-
ferred to himself as beneficiary in
large measure of the factory's oper-
H' A1A@@ AAuh Ia Iils
willingness TO do everything In his
power TO assist the industry. On his
ranch over 100 acres viii be given
over TO beets this year. lie was fol-
lowed by Assemblyman w. II. Will
liams, who said the thought SO well
Of the industry that after two years
OF beet raising he is going to cul-
tiyate and raise 90 acres the coming
season. X. l.. Douglass discussed
the situation as applied to the Island
district and gave it as his opinion
that a large acreage, probably 500
acres, could be assured in his dis
ariet, If some means of transporta-
ton were furnished. Later a pro-
posal was put forward by the fac
tory management which contem-
plates the sharing jointly by the fac
tory and the growers of the cost of
carrying beets from the promising
dlctrict south of us to the mill.
l. II. Kent spoke at some length,
and at the outset tempered his re-
marks with a spoonful of honey.
which he carries conveniently for
verbal uses. Interrogated with
sharp questions. Kent spat the honea
out and sailed into his interrogators
IN a manner that left no doubt of
his partisanship for the Fallon fac
tory.
F. NJ. and c. w. wightman were
other large land owners present,
while the homestead contingent was
represented by l.. J. Clarke, who has
been quick to grasp the situation
and declared his intention of plow-
ing up a large part of his alfalfa
land for beet growing
Councilman John Oats and w. W.
Williams are among the large land
owners who are coming public spirit
edly to the rescue OF the factory. as
is win Harmon. Big acreages will
be forthcoming on practically all of
the farms located close in and es-
timates now set the amount OF beets
that will come from the Fallon
neighborhood this year at close to
1000 acres. Last year the acreage
was negative.
Down the river is the adoore ranch
where easily 100 acres viii be plae-
ed in beets while among the up river
farms that will be partially given
over will be the Oswald Leete and
Rosenberg& Kelsey farms the for
mer with so acres and the latter
smaller acreage.
Tho railroad question for the Is
.eud and saltwater districts was
nautsr that came np foF extended
discussion It soems that serious
plans are now IN formation In rail-
road circles and all that is lacking
to secure action on the part of the
ton of the necessary tonnage to
make so large an investment as
would be necessary to build the two
lines profitable. Local parties have
been at work on the project for
long time and the opinion is held
that the only auspices under which
We can hope to have our transpor-
tation facilities extended is the
Southern Pacific.
Project Engineer ID. w. Cole was
present at Thursday evenings meet
Ing and extended encouragement to
the farmers present by giving as his
opinion that the 1913 season would
be literally supplied with water for
irrigation and that conditions on the
Carson and Truckee watersheds
were more ideal than at the cores