The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-01-25
Spud Meal at ROgerSOn Cafe
Tremendous Success
LARGE CROWD SHOWS APPRECIA.
TION OF EXCELLENT PROGRAM.
Wit Wisdom, Fun and All Kinds OF
Good Music Constitute a Menu That
PleaseS Everybody.

Il understand now the secret of the
success of Twin Falls" said l.. l..
Ornsby of Boise, last Friday night at
the close of the most successful and
largely attended potato breakfast in
history of the city, a sentiment that
was voiced by all visitors present in
some form of words. The program
throughout was unique, interesting
and educational The breakfast was
served at the Rogerson. The first fea-
ture was the introduction of Our Pro-
ducts" by five wise virgins who ap-
peared at the time desired by the mas
ter Of ceremonies, with their lamps of
knowledge well filled The first was
Miss Cereal, bedecked with wheat and
oats, showing the state of industry in
the early days of Idaho agriculture.
She told of her accomplishments and
was followed by Princess Potato,
daughter of King Murphy, who re-
ceived q royal welcome. Then came
Miss Glover, whose attire was all turn
ed to diamonds this year. Miss Apple
was rosycheeked and royalty attired
and carried a notice that sale mad
been made, the sole recompence for
her years production. Then came
Miss Sugar Beet, who promised to
clean the lands and prove a Lady
Beautiful to the tract
Responding to the toast Our In
dustries," Fred G. Taylor of Ogden
secretary of the Amalgamated Sugar
company, made an interesting talk in
which he gave history of beet sugar
told OF it's growth in this country from
the time of it's discovery by the Ger
man chemist, Margaff, in 1747, and its
production as a commercial commo-
dity following the improvements in its
manufacture by another German
chemist, Achard, half century later
TO the present day. He described the
unsuccessful attempts to establish the
industry in this country in the early
part of the last century, and the final
successful establishment of factory in
Alvarado, Cal, in 1876. OF practical
interest was the information that as
soon as the spur now under construc-
tion to the site of the factory is built
the material for the plant will be as
sembled
Secretary Taylor called attention tc
the fact that Idaho now ranks fifth in
states in production of beet sugar. He
showed that Idaho last year produced
$4,000 tons of beets, from which about
925,000 bags of sugar were made
However, the sugar company official
ly called attention to the fact that while
Utah consumes 337 900 bags of sugar
each year and 100000 bags of this Is
homemade, Idaho has practically re-
versed this percentage and uses only
10000 bags of homemade sugar ou
of $4,000 bags consumed.
In explaining the reason for this
situation, he said that it was not be
cause Utah was more loyal to its
factories than Idaho, but that public
ity campaigns in Utah had caused pre-
judice to be thrown aside dissipatine
the old idea that beet sugar is inferior
TO cane.
Hal c. Blue, city superintendent o
schools, made an able talk in which
after telling how the people who came
to Twin Falls had built up the coun
try and the city, turned to the growtl
and needs of the school system. Ht
showed how the coming of the sugar
factory and the natural increase II
the population which would follow
would necessitate enlarging the al
ready taxed school facilities of thu
city.
r. E. Shepherd of Jerome, repre-
sentative of the Northside bondhold
ers, made one of the most telling talks
OF the evening, pleading for commun
ity cooperation and for the elimina
ton of the Snake river, so that thu
people of both sides would feel tina
they were of the same community
c. M. Booth, president of the Mer
chants Protective association, at this
junction arose and paid a brillian
tribute to Secretary James Mcmillan
OF the Commercial club, at the clos'
of which he produced handsome
vase which he declared was offered b,
the organization as slight tribute t