The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-24
Prospects for
Sugar Factory

Sugar Factory
Continued from Page One)
pledged his best efforts, if a fac
tory is built here, to bring about
cooperation between the peet-
growers and the Holly.
Responding to a call from the
POSTMASTER, Matt H. TSchirgi, one
of the largest owners of irrigated
land in the sugar beet areas Of
Big Horn county, and who in ad-
dition controls S executor of Ills
uncle's estate a large acreage Of
irrigated land in the Big Horn
valley, south of the Two Leggins
bridge where there are 10000 acres
of irrigated land, most of it own
ed by Indians. Mr.. Tschirgi es-
timated that perhaps 5000 acres
of this large tract is owned by
the whites. He suggested that in
order to get white settlers on any
considerable portion of this land
it may be necessary to get thru
congress a bill extending the leas-
ing term to ten years, where now
five years is the limit.
In the absence of Supt. Robert
Yellowtail, of the Crow Indian
reservation, J. J. Sloan. lease clerk,
was called on and responded in
behalf of the superintendent. He
stated that of the $4,000 acres of
irrigated land in the Forty-Mile,
Little Horn and Big Horn valleys
1920 acres have been plowed.
The five-year lease term was NAM
ed in the Crow act of June 4,
1920. There is a proviso that Is
months before the expiration of
the lease, it may be extended an
other five years. both parties be-
ing willing. Lease rentals on If
rigated land show beet land yields
bv far the greater return per acre
than any other crop.
H. D. Kenyon was called on and
paid a tribute to the Baptist la
dies who prenared and served the
chicken feast. He said he knows
Baptist ladies can cook, as 80
years ago he married one. On
his motion a vote of thanks Was
given the Baptist Ladies' Aid.
The POSTMASTER then introduced
W. l.. Lawson, vlce-preSldent and
general manager or the Holly
sugar Corporation, as the last
speaker OF the evening. He re-
1erred to the TACT that Mr. Lawson
has been for years very generally
and favOrably known throughout
Montana and Wyoming, he having
been for some years manager Oh
the Great Western Sugar company
factory at Billings, before becom-
ing associated with the Holly
Sugar Corporation. Mr.. Bunston
spoke OF the recent visit OF eight
Hardin citizens as a sugar factory
committee to Colorado Springs,
Colo, to place before the directors
OF the Holly Sugar Corporation
their request for the construction
OF a factory at Hardin, and Of the
courteous and c~onsiderate manner
in which the committee Was re-
ceived by President Wiley Blair,
Vice-President w. L. Lawson and
the directors of the Holly, and
stated that this check-up visit by
Vice-PreSident Lawson is a result
of the committees interview.
Mr. Lawson told of the Hardin
factory committees recent meet
ing with the board of directors of
the Holly Sugar Corporation and
OF the strong case presented by
this committee, who put forth
convincing figures as to available
acreage in Big Horn county, and
arguments as to why Hardin
should expect a sugar factory. He
expressed full appreciation of the
corporation for the many years of
support and cooperation it had
received from the community and
told that he was here to study the
whole matter for his company
and report as to the praeticality
OF it from all angles.
Mr.. BunSton has stated that
the committee had been very well
received and been promiseH~Ehat
a decision would be made in the
very near future as to what the
company would do, either as to
building a factory at Hardin or
offering no objections to the cona-
munity's efforts to get others to
build" Mr.. Lawson said.
To enable the Holly company 70
come to such a conclusion, a very
substantial acreage has been sign
er up and promised the company
Tor a term OF years if a factory
comes to Hardin. Mr.. Lawson
said he was much impressed, and
hoped and felt that, when all the
acreage was signed up and sub
mitted. the decision of the COM
pany would be a favorable one;
but, to insure this, he urged that
certain things would be necessary
to bring about the much desired
and needed factory.
He stressed the need of the
community's backing of a policy
whereby the idle Indian lands
south of Hardin could he made