The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-01-15
Site For Beet Sugar
Factory Purchased
Engineers Surveying for Trackage-W. W. WooH
Assumes Management of Idaho Co-operatiDe
Beef Sugar CO.-FdctOry This Season

With the purchase on Monday
from A. l.. Hanson and Gilbert
Dehi0iz OF 81 acres OF land one
mile west of Filler at the inter-
section Oh the q. =. l.. right OF
way and Cedar Draw, by tae Idaho
Beet Sugar Company, and the ar
rival here yesterday OF VI. II.
Brown, &. q. Hobbs, and 4. h.
Sawyer. engineers for the u. =.
4. Railroad company. who have
alrendy started surveying for con-
sirueiion OF the necessary spurs
aud lrackage, the location here
o. a million dollar beet sugar
factory Is an assured proposition.
Machinery Purchased
A. announced last week. the steel
and machinery TOR the plant has been
purchased. and the sugar beet seed
is in storage ia New York w. W,
Wool. a veteran sugar beet expert
OF Janesulle. Wisconsin. has assum-
ed the vice presidency and general
management Of the company and is
here 10 superiniend the work.
Wilson Returns
Mr. WOOL and Oswald Wilson pres
idtnt of the company arrived Satur-
day from the east where Mr. Wilson
has been for some time in the inter
e.ts Of his company. II was on this
tap ,ha g.. wilson nec9;iGtcd for
the ma hineiy ana steel 40 Le usea
A. the two factories which this com
pany purposes to build on the tract
this season
Success.ui "trip
Conferences were held with eastern
investors, manufacturers. contractors
and beet sugar experts. Mr. Wilson
returns much gratifed with the re
salts OF his trip and confident OF
his undertaking Sugar is scarce
commodity in the east and is re-
falling as high as 25 cents a pound
in New York
Demand l. Great
Idaho and Utah are the best sup
piled states in the world. as regards
their sugar. in Mr. Wilson's estima
ton. and are fortunately situated
There are no sugar bowls in the east
ern states at public places. which is
indicative CT the shortage.
TIE cause of this. he asserted. is the
devastation OF European sugar beet
fields and the great demands being
made upon the Hawaiian crop. which
the government has not yet pur
chased Aside from the factories 10
be erected by his company. there is
only one other factory now being
built in the United States.
There are factories successfully op- /
Grating in Wisconsin where the sugar |
content Of beets average only II per /
cent. while the percentage here is 1
from Is to is per cent
Fasteners Interested ]
EGsten capital Is anxious TO in t.
vest IN beet sugar factories such as
the one contemplated here. providing
the company can show sufficient I
acreage and reasonable local invest /
nent~ said Mr. Wilson. Mr. WOOL
who now becomes our general man
sger has had score Of years ex-
perience in the sugar business. he
having been connected With Rock
County Beet Sugar company al James
Vile. Wisconsin. in a similar capsc
i,y to that assumed here"
A. W Black. a prominent attorney
coal man. and banker OF Bay City.
Mich. promises important financial
help to the Idaho Beet Sugar COM
pany. as do many other leading IL
nanc.al interests Of the east
Il tas been decided to increase the
capacity Of the Filler factory from
100 10 200 tons capacity. and barring
circumstance the factory 4,
will be in operation this fall
Mach Optimism
spurs and trackage are needed fi-st
in order g. move the heavy mach.n-
cry. the weight Of which viii exceed
l .0oo tons. The seed to be used here
IS OF the highest quality OF imported
seed and will be ready for diEtribu-
ton in the spring.
Il Is reported that the stock sell I
ing and acreage signing camplirn IS T
preceding nicely. and with tse inn
portant Developments which have Sab
On place this week there is a fecile
Of optimism among all the residents ,
If Filler and vicinity. that has rot I
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