Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-10-02
OF
ACREAGE Of
BEETS
Subject Discussed by Com.
mercial Club at Its Weekly
Luncheon Was Of Getting
Larger Paintings in 1917

How best 10 render aid In adding
20 tho acreage TO be planted 20 sugar
beets for the crop OF next year was
che subject that was up for discus
sion o, the weekly Monday noon
luncheon at the Commercial club.
Geo. q, sabln. who was chaidman OF
tho committee that rendered such
effective service during the initial
campaign for acreage previous TO the
location OF the factory. was the frst
speaker He impressed the thought
that OF all the work that had ever
been before the Commercial club that
OF proper support for the sugar fac
tory was most important. Just as the
bringing OF the factory Itself was the
most notable achievement.
Alex Hood. speaking from the
farmers point OF view. said that the
growers OF beets In his district we're
all satisfied and that there would be
material increases in acreage next
season. He said that n loading sta
tion should be built In the district
just west OF town. and that a more
extensive irrigation system there
would have the effect OF causing a
larger acreage,
Clarence winetrout favored the
formation OF committees to whom
would be assigned certain districts to
cover In the campaign for acreage
this winter, and as campaign ma
terial he wanted data obtained upon
the fields OF beets now grown under
proper conditions. showing the
profits made as compared with other
crops. He said that there were some
Of the best beets ever grown now
ripening In the district. though. un-
fortunately. some fields planted with
ont proper preparation OF the soil
and without irrigation. which had
been abandoned practically from the
day Of planting, occupied prominent
places along the highway and had
been bad advertisement.
Il. II. Richard compared the maxi
ing Of sugar from cane. as In the
south. ana from bects. and showed
how the comparison all favored the
beet. But at that, the districts where
cane sugar was made were prosperous
and beet-growing districts would be
more 30. He said the community
was under legal claim. represented
by signed contracts, to supply n defln-
lite acreage. but that there was also
q moral duty to give every possible
ounce Of support to the great instith-
tion which had been built here. Re-
suits with the crop grown by Mr..
Richard and his associates this year
had been so satisfactory that the
acreage would be increased 100 per
cent for next year.
O. Il, Niles, manager Of the Leon
ard Orchards, said that so we'll salts
ned was he with growing sugar beets
from his experience this season that
next year every acre of the 200O-acre
ranch that eould be properly pre-
pared and gated would be planted.
Alex MINI, manager OF the local
sugar constES, said that tho only
thing neecf " to make thorough
succoysof the Industry here would be
beets me ggcatE Factory which his
tompapy hndsnow brcught to prac-
.sisAl compilation npst haye,beeis that
,lt could slccossfulIy opefa}r ulpro
6fesg than wciaIio eV0ni|1d tAi
tpi. llere wcr xApIi. clhhato USter
aII oiher cloHtl,{1 io mako fof
NM The chead13kpr To conn
M Just cDnps'I 4 sNrIfa IL
M peets from t5S nclds now
Fr1N prci nna NO. 8eVis l!nd
deMona ed TINT the Nempany
~oald iI'|& hav u pay 50 M ton