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Rocky Ford banquet lauds sugar beet industry founders
The Rocky Ford Business Men's Club hosted a banquet celebrating the opening of a major beet sugar factory. speakers praised the venture, its builders Omar and the Santa Fe Railroad endorsement, and the project’s promise for Rocky Ford and wider Colorado prosperity amid speeches, music, and ceremonial tributes. The event highlighted American industrial progress rooted in sugar beets and national expansion, ending with a poetic dedication to regional development and the new plant's prospects.
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