Beets Boost Colorado Sugar Industry Across Irrigated Valleys
A Denver Republic special reports Colorado leads sugar beet growth with Grand Junction Rocky Ford and Sugar City plants expanding. Beet quality tops 17 percent sugar with 22 percent at peak, profits up to 75 per acre and 55 net. Sayler notes Pacific territories will not curb domestic supply. Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines hold little threat to U S production. County notes cover wind damage land deals and farm equipment in Holly Lamar and Granada with town site development and canal efficiency reforms.
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United States
Charles F. Sayler
Department of Agriculture
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
May Valley Crop and Farm Work Update
May Valley reports first crop alfalfa nearly complete while wheat readiness is at week end. Weather delays slowed harvesting. Al. Jacaway began a Hoosier ranch binder. New iron headgates go in on Hess and Marburg ditched water flow. Sheep herds drive range cattle into farms as grass remains sought. Former item notes EllER Kemp traveling to Findley Ohio for Findley College trustees meeting.
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P. L. French
May Valley
al. Jacaway
Hoosier Ranch
Hess and
Marburg
Eller G. W. Kemp
Findley
Ohio
Findley College
Real estate transfers filed this past week in Lamar County
County clerk records show 18 transfers from June 25 to July 1 including deeds from A M O'Donnell to LH Myers for lot 4 block 39 Lamar and Ala W Kenney to Bone W Golladay for Big SW by 2 22-47. Other transfers include Lombard Liquidation Co to John W Galladay and Marshall Dental Mfg Co to M W Martin.
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Co Treas
A M O'Donnell
Lamar
Ala W Kenney
Bone
Lucy A
Charles Maxwellanty
LH Myers
CC Goodale
J B Mourning
J Mourning
C C Huddleston
Marshall Dental Mfg Co
M W Martin
Santa Fe seeks Mennonite colonists for sugar beet farms
CG L Seagraves passenger agent for Santa Fe begins a three month tour to Ohio Michigan New York and Pennsylvania to promote Colorado colonization backed by the Santa Fe railroad He will work mainly among Dunkards and Mennonites to persuade hundreds to move from ers county Colorado where sugar beet culture is the chief industry He is joined by J G Hamilton secretary of the American Beet Sugar company which runs a million dollar mill at Rocky Ford Colorado Mennonites from Kansas have recently moved to Prowers county as Santa Fe finds these groups generally cooperative for colonization efforts.
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CG. L. Seagraves
Santa Bet
Ohio
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Santa Fe
Mr. Seagraves
Dunkards
Ers County
J. G. Hamilton
American Beet Sugar Company
Rocky Ford
Kansas
Prowers County
Prow
Beet sugar district lures farmers to new Arkansas valley land
McLean Bros and other investors eye 120000 acres owned by the American Beet Sugar Co between Holly and Lamar. Land parcels of 20 to 40 acres suit small capital, watered by the Amity canal with reservoirs holding water for two years. Beets yield 20 to 35 tons per acre at $4.74 per ton, with freight paid by the company. A German head farmer mentors 32 assistants to boost beet production. new mills planned at Rocky Ford and Holly or Lamar. The colonists are expected to occupy all land within six months, establishing the area as a premier farming region.
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Denver Republican
Department of Agriculture
United States
Ing
Southwest
Colorado
Grand Junction
Rocky Ford
Sugar City
Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Co
National Sugar Co
American Beet Sugar Co
Arkansas Valley
Prof
Sayler
Vrowers County
Seagraves
Mr. Seagraves
American Beet Sugar Company
Holly
Lamar
Arkansas
Fashion's Fancies In Men Shoes And Closeouts
Fashion's changes introduce summer ready outfits and a rich collection. A large invoice of Men's Shoes has just arrived making our stock complete and prices lower than ever. A few ladies and children's shoes are closed out at cost. Compare prices. Money talks.
Fair meeting to organize county fair association
A meeting will be held at the Opera House on Saturday July 6 at 2 p.m. to elect a board of directors and complete the organization. Citizens of Prowers county are invited to attend, subscribe to capital stock, and join the effort. Four thousand two hundred dollars of stock has already been subscribed.
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Opera House
of the Fair Association
Prowers County
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D. C. Marker
Strain Bros
North Main Street
Real Estate and Loans
Gertrude Sutton
Cor 4Th
Kim
Wes God
Southwest Excel
Holly Chieftain
R. W. English & Co
Mr. Parrott
Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and
Oro
Colony Notes
G. H.thomas
Capitan Hamilton
Colorado Springs
McAbee
Granada Times
Chery Tree
Carlton
Mabel
Raymond McMillin
Wing
Preston
Fort Collins
Jay
Amity Land Co
Arthur Jones
The
Topeka State Journal
McLean Bros
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