Beets, law, and town growth in Colorado frontier
A dense Denver to Pueblo correspondence fragment covers water suit uncertainties between Kansas and Colorado, tax and assessor reforms, beet sugar industry expansion, irrigation efforts, dairy notes, new publications, factory plans, fire protection efforts, and a visiting editor's survey of Rocky Ford and surrounding towns. It highlights beet experiments, siloing, Osmose processing, and the Arkansas Valley's prosperity, while noting railway access and local civic initiatives.
Rocky Ford Beet Sugar Factory Expands Output and Jobs
Excursionists tour Rocky Ford then visit the Oxnard Rocky Ford beet sugar plant which has contracted 10,000 acres of beets yielding about 150,000 tons with a $900,000 beet outlay and 25,000,000 pounds of sugar. The plant employs 350 during the campaign, with 1,000 workers in the fields and an eighteen-man beet cultivation staff. The Arkansas valley averages 17 percent sugar, tied only by the Oxnard region, while California lands average 14 percent. A new plant will extract sugar from beet molasses stored in a 300 by 70 by 6 foot tank, with extraction beginning in July. Storing beets for winter campaigns is shown to be effective. The campaign runs eight months from July 15 to February or March 1902 after molasses treatment ends September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Albert L.leele
Denver
L. W. Babcock
Fowler
Otero County
American Beet Sugar Company
Oxnard
Cal
Rocky Ford
J. H. Crowley Gee
Ford
St James Hotel
Thompson
Daeblo
Managment
Big Valley
Arkansas Valley
Theactory
Denver News
McHenry Green praised by valley editors in Pueblo notes
Sundry notes praise Pueblo Chieftain editor McHenry Green as a strong friend of the lower valley. Rocky Ford brickmaker Fred Creek, formerly of Pueblo, struggles to keep up with orders while showcasing new houses. Pueblo visitors found the valley a revelation and progress, with generous hospitality from local towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Ford
Fred Creek
Pueblo
Pueblo Review
Southern hospitality in Lamar La Junta and Rocky Ford
Visiting journalists praised Lamar La Junta and Rocky Ford for a warm welcome and courteous treatment, noting businesslike bill payments and orderly handling with no inquiry into credentials, as reported by the Pueblo Chieftain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
la Junta
Rocky Ford
Death notice and local notices from Rocky Ford brief
Mr and Miss Thede report their father died a few days ago at Alexis. Woman's Exchange to open in Rocky Ford June 20 offering useful and ornamental products. Presbyterian church members plan a parsonage though details not settled. C Z Tuttle injured when runaway horse toppled his buggy but recovers. J O Amos sold a residence lot to R L Pickett.
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Miss Thede
Alexis
Woman's Exchange
Rocky Ford
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W. H
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