The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-11-12
BEET CAMPAIGN
PROGRESSING
Contracts Ready to be Signed by
Farmers in Valley.
GLASGOW LOGICAL POINT
Data Compiled BY Commercial Club
Shows Why Factory Should Be
Located Here.

Work is being pushed along by the
Glasgow Commercial Club and con-
siderable progress, has been made to-
ward the securing of a sugar beet
factory at Glasgow. Contracts are
now being submitted to farmers in
the valley, whose land is under irri-
cation and so: far everyone inter-
viewed has shown considerable enthu-
siasm over the prospects.
AS there is larger percentage of
acreage now under completed canals
for irrigation between Vandalia and
Nashua, on the Lower Milk Valley
Project, it naturally places Glasgow
in a very favorable location as the
logical site for factory.
This city has been brought to the
attention of practically all of the su-
gar beet manufacturing interests in
the United States through correspon-
dence with the local commercial club
and through publicity obtained in
magazines devoted to the beet sugar
interests published in Chicago and
New York City. ..
1t is plainly evident from the in
terest being shown by those who are
financially in a position to build a
sugar beet factory, that there will be
one erected in the Milk River Valley
within short time.
In order to secure proper consider
alton from these interests, it is ne
cessary that the work Of properly
laying advantages of the city of
Glasgow before these people should
be prosecuted most emphatically.
Practically every town along the
Great Northern Railway, situated in
the Milk River Valley, is now making
strenuous efforts to have sugar beet
factory erected and the necessary
keen competition caused by each of
these towns. entering into the game
naturally will make it that much
harder for anyone Of them to win out.
Each has some particular advantage
in it's favor but it will no doubt remain
for the town that has the largest
number of advantages to be fl
nally be selected for the factory site.
The Commercial Club is exerting
every effort, and doing all it possibly
can to demonstrate that Glasgow is
really the logical place to erect a
sugar beet factory.
Every business man in the city re-
alizes the Importance of the work and
is lending assistance wherever it is
possible. From the standpoint of a
payroll alone, it is realized that a
sugar beet factory will spend large
sums of money monthly in this way.
Added to this is the monthly checks
issued to the farmers in return for
the beets delivered, beginning about
October first of each year and extend
ing on through to the month of Feb
ruary of the following year. After a
sugar beet factory is thoroughly es-
tablished and sufficient acreage has
been secured, the monthly payments
to the farmers become enormous.
In the territory where beets are
grown for the Billings sugar beet fac
tory the sum of $341 900 was paid out
on November 1st to the farmers. This
was the first payment of total of
one and one-half million dollars that
will be distributed during the winter
months in payment for beets and all
of it goes. to the farmer. The reali-
zation that this money comes to the
farmer. and is put into circulation al
a time of the year when it can do the
citizens of Glasgow and vicinity the
most good, should encourage every
one to do all he individually can to as
sist in securing a. sugar beet factory
for our city. ''''' > i..'.;'H''
Data has been secured by the Com
mercial Club and placed in the hands
of various interested parties who ma,
finance the erection of a sugar bee
factory. in the Milk River Valley
showing the many points favorable tt
this city and the advantages to be oh
tained by the erection Of a sugar bee
factory in Glasgow. "
The figures comprising this dat'
has all been secured after very care
full and thorough Investigations ant
are thoroughly reliable. 1t may b.
necessary for the, Commercial Club tt
extend, this work in such a manner a
to require the expenditure Of SOM
little money to further the interest