El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-20
BAND boosts
BEET SUGAR DAY
Gen. Bell Sends a Military
Band to Las Cruces on a
Truck; Mayor Here.

a military band left for Las Cruces
Wednesday morning at the same time
that the excursion left the union sta
ton. The band was obtained by mayor
John May and George ". Frenger. Of
Las Cruces. who drove down from Las
Cruces Tuesday and asked Gen. George
Bell. jr-. for the use OF one of his
bands. Gen. Bell readily consented and
the military band was loaded on a mo-
tor truck and played as it ran through
the upper valley to Las Cruces with
banners on each side which read Su-
gar Beets Today at Las Cruces.
Messrs May and Freneer spent the
afternoon among their many friends
here urging them TO make the trip and
distributing badges boosting Sugar
Beet day in the valley Both are sugar
beet enthusiasts and are among the
leaders in the movement 20 get the
beet sugar factory for Las Cruces and
10 have the farmers Of the valleys
plant sugar beets.
Appreciate Herald.
We want TO express the appreciation
OF all Las Cruces 10 The Herald for its
generous publicity and its cooperation
in making Beet Sugar day a success"
said mayor John May. Las Cruces IS
working and pulling together on this
movement as she never worked before
and the 100000 beet sugar factory is
an assured fact The people Of Las
Cruces are in earnest in their canvass
for the acreage and 10 show this. the
business memo OF them-pledCed the
1000 acres which the Holly company
wanted guaranteed.
We have 1000 acres actually signed
up" said Mr. Frenger. who talks sugar
beets equally as well as he does hard
ware. names and hay baIers. being in
the hardware business Coming down
here today we got 50 acres signed up
at La Mesa and 80 at Anthony and that
is the way il is all over the valley
Twenty firms signed an agreement at
the meeting guaranteeing the acreage
TO the company and these men are now
working among the farmers OF the val
lev and are getting the needed acreage
There are 10000 acres under the three
big bitches in our valley. so YOU see II
only 10 percent OF this total acreage
have guaranteed.
so Per Acre Cost.
Tt is estims ted TO cost $50 an acre 10
raise beets or a total Of $3.50. 600 for the |
total 1000 acreage. The company has
agreed 10 build the 81 900. 600 plant if
this acreage is guaranteed. which !
means that the company is willing 70 4
gamble $1,000 GOO against S2So.000 OF 7
the farmers The farmers viii get IS l
per ton for their beets at the loading /
addition TO this the farmer can buy
back the beet pulp from the factory at /
50 cents a ton for feeding TO livestock |
and. in addition. can Craze sheep or Il
other animals on the tons while the /
beet is still in the ground.
California gets s \ ton for its beets. |
the beets being bought on a graduated I
scale. DEPENDING upon the quantity Of ]
sugar 10 be obtained from them The
-alifOrnia farmers figure on 800 per
ere from their beets. which is some
higher than the Las Cruces people viii
eceive at first for their beets
Holds Farm
F. J. n. Westeu who owns a place |
ear Mesilla. had his farm advertised Z
or sale. He learned that the beet su-
ar factory was coming and he took !
lis farm off the market. as ne figured |
hat il would enhance the value OF IL
considerably and he is planning 20 put
d beets-
The factory location has not vet
cen selected. but il viii be near the /
ity. but in the country The factory |
-in have its own light plant. water
works. sewer system and viii be \
eparate little settlement. II viii be a
ig thing for Las Cruces and II Pas0-"