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Do You Want to
Be a Party to the Establishment of a Great
Industry in Rogue River Valley?
The time to decide this question has arrived. The. Oregon-Utah Sugar Company is ready, willing and
able to build a sugar factory in your valley-provided that reliable land owners, farmers and orchard-
ists will devote 5000 acres of suitable lands to sugar beet culture for a period of 5 years, beginning
with the season of 1916.
The Company wants you land owners to sign up contracts during the next 30 days that youiwill
grow beets next season.
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On or about October 20th, 1915, headquarters will be opened in the Medford Hotel, Medford, and
in the Josephine Hotel, Grants Pass, Oregon; and an educational campaign will be conducted so that
you may decide whether you want a sugar factory built and a million dollar industry started.
Salt b ak e City, Utah,
October 7, 1915.
To th e Commercial Clubs, Laud
Owners and Citizens of Rogue
River Valley.
About a year ago the undersigned
made several visits to your valley for
the purpose of investigating condi­
tions th a t appertain to th e establish­
ment of th e sugar m anufacturing in­
dustry in the Rogue River valley.
These prelim inary investigations
were very encouraging and we later
induced Bishop C. W. Nibley, one of
th e principal stockholders of the ten
million dollar U tah-Idaho Sugar
company of Salt L ake City, to visit
th e valley and m eet the representa­
tives of your com m ercial clubs and
its many prom inent citizens and land
owners.
At th e tim e of Mr. Nibley’s visit it
was decided th a t th e season was too
far advanced to obtain the required
acreage to justify building a sugar
factory for the season of 1915. Ow­
ing to th e fact th a t th e growing of
sugar beets had not yet been given a
practical try o u t in your valley, Bishop
Nibley at th a t tim e dem anded th a t
before he would help build a sugar
factory th a t five thousand acres of
suitable lands be first signed up for
beet culture, and th a t th e people of
Rogue River valley put >250,000 in­
to the enterprise. It should be un­
derstood th a t it was not necessary to
obtain money in Rogue River valley
in order to build a sugar factory, but
it was felt and deemed im portant
th a t local people should be finan­
cially interested in th e new industry
so th a t it would have a full m easure
of local support to help insure its
success.
As th e undertaking was a large
one, and not enough tim e was left
before th e growing season of 1915
to work out a business plan th a t
would enlist th e support of th e neces­
sary capital and obtain th e necessary
beet contracts, th e m atter was de­
ferred. We were satisfied with th e
resu lt of our first efforts because of
th e splendid reception accorded us
by your people and because of the
prom ise of Bishop Nibley th a t he
was ready , and willing to go ahead
for the season of 1916.
Since the beet m eetings th a t were
held last Jan u ary in Medford under
the auspices of th e com m ittees of
th e several commercial clubs of your
valley, we have kept rig h t on w ork­
ing on the plan and we can now an­
nounce th a t we are ready to go ahead
if you land owners will raise the
beets, and we respectfully ask the
commercial clubs of Ashland. Med­
ford, Central Point, Gold Hill, Rogue
River, G rants Pass and other places
In th e valley, and all its citizens, to
help us obtain the necessary 5,000
acres of beet contracts.
We have recently obtained th e ne­
cessary guarantee® of local financial
support, and the backing of capltal-
ists who will build a factory under
certain conditions th a t they exact,
and the first and most im portant of
these conditions is th a t the acreage
th a t will be devoted h ereafter to beet
cu ltu re m ust be signed up at once.
Copies of beet contracts can be
obtained a t any of the commercial
clubs or a t th e head q u arters of the
su g ar company in Medford hotel,
Medford, and Josephine hotel. G rants
Pass, or will be mailed on request.
We will have a soil and beet expert
who will visit your land w ithout ex­
pense to you and give you such in ­
form ation as you desire about beet
culture, and th e headquarters at
Medford and G rants Pass will be in
charge of the undersigned, who are
thoroughly fam iliar w ith th e cul­
tu re of beets and th e m anufacture of
sugar.
The form of th e contract we ask
you to sign Is the sam e as th a t made
by th e beet grow ers of U tah and
Idaho who sell beets to the Utah-
Idaho company, and th e prices paid
to you growers will ibe the same as
paid in Idaho and Utah, and the price
will be the sam e f. o. b. a t any and
all railro ad statio n s on th e Southern
Pacific between A shland and Merlin
or any station on the Oregon and
C alifornia Coast.
L ast sp rin g we caused beet seed to
be widely distributed in your valley
and some of it was planted and beets
have been grown. These beets have
since m atured and sam ples have been
- tested and conditions observed, prov­
ing to our satisfaction th a t beet cul­
tu re and th e m anufacture of su g ar In
your valley will be profitable and
should be its greatest industry.
Num erous tests have also 'been made
of th e different soils in th e valley,
and th e Tesult is th a t we are con­
vinced th a t th e re are a t least fifty
thousand acres in Rogue River and
adjacent valleys adaptable to beet
culture.
The clim atic conditions have been
pronounced ideal, and th e patches of
beets planted have convinced us th a t
a fine quality of beets can be grown
and th a t th e tonnage and percentage
of sugar will average larg er th a n in
th e oth er su g ar beet d istricts of
which we have knowledge.
Ju st as soon as Rogue River valley
proved up to be an ideal country for
J beet cu ltu re and th e te sts of beets
■ were available, th e question of the
construction of a beet sugar factory
was taken up with Salt Lake capital­
ists, who are fam iliar and Interested
in su g ar securities, and th e result
was th a t tho O regon-Utah
Sugar
company was organized, with a paid-
up capital of >100,000 and a >500,-
000 Issue of first m ortgage bonds
has been provided for construction
purposes, and a bank credit of >200,-
000 to >400,000 to annually handle
the crop and sugar has »been arranged
for.
It Is up to the farm ers of Rogue
i River valley to sign up p art of th eir
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lauds for beet culture. Their actlou
will determ ine w hether or not the
su g ar industry in Oregon is sta rted
in Rogue River valley o r elsew here,
as the stockholders of th e Oregon-
Utah Sugar company have m ade up
th e ir m inds to go into the su g ar busi­
ness in Oregon, and th e Rogue River
valley is its first choice, and if the
acreage can not be obtained, th e
company then will decide on Ump-
qua or W illam ette valleys.
The location of the plant and its
site will be decided by the directors
as soon as the acreage is signed up
and passed on. No m atter where
th e exact location is, th e farm er can
deliver his beets to convenient load­
ing statio n s on the Southern Pacific
and C alifornia and Oregon Coast
railroads, and th e price of beets
f. o. b. cars will be th e sam e as
though delivered a t the factory.
As soon as th e beet contracts are
signed up, th e com pany proposes to
establish perm anent places of busi­
ness in Medford and G rants Pass for
th e convenient handling of th e busi­
ness of both ends of th e valley.
TO MAKE SUGAR W E HAVE TO
HAVE THE BEETS, AND BEFORE
BUILDING A FACTORY AND IS­
SUING BONDS W E MUST BE SURE
OP THE BEETS. YOU ATTEND TO
TH E BEET RAISING PART AND
WE W ILL ARRANGE TH E REST.
A num ber of Im portant factors en­
te r Into tHe su g ar business and the
building of a factory in a new coun­
try.
F irst: I t m ust be certain th a t
enough beets will be raised to keep a
su g ar factory running.
Second: To arran g e contracts in
tim e to have th e p lan t built and
ready. (Septem ber 1, 1916, in this
case.)
T hird: The national tariff question
and th e prospects of a m ark et for .
su g ar at reasonable prices.
F o u rth : T he consum m ation of the
prelim inary financial arran g em en ts
th a t have been made to carry out
th e plan as soon as it is definitely
decided upon.
F ifth : Satisfactory freig h t rates
m ust be arranged for, and contracts
m ust be m ade for lim e, coal, coke
and wood and o th er necessities used
in large quantities.
Sixth: The beet seed question is a
vital one th is year, as th e German
supply is now cut off. We can get
seed If we decide on th e am ount and
place th e order for it at once.
FACTS ABOUT TH E SUGAR
INDUSTRY
We think a few facts about the
sugar industry will be In point, and
Interesting.
1-a.st year the sugar
m anufactured in Utah had a value of
approxim ately
>9,000,000.
The
money [iald out directly to farm ers
for beets am ounted to about >4,-
250,000. A sim ilar sta te of affairs
exists in Idaho, and the ou tp u t In
Utah aud Idaho will be increased
this year nearly 40 per cent.
This year 64,000 acres of beets
were grown In U tah (com pared to
45,400 last y e a r); 45,000 acres in
Idaho, and over 100,000 acres in
Colorado. In Colorado the value of
the sugar industry ran k s along with
Its gold production. DO TOO WANT
THESE CONDITIONS DUPLICATED
IN ORBOON AND HAVE ROO1 ■
RIVER VALLEY THE HOME OF
THE INDUSTRY AND BE A GREAT
SUGAR CENTER, A THING THAT
SALT LAKE CITY NOW ENJOYS?
The sugar industry benefits all
classes of people and all o th er busi­
ness. The su g ar company will im­
mediately bring prosperity to the
farm ers, as it is a cash crop, and
th eir crop is sold to th e su g ar com­
pany before the seed is planted. A
su g ar factory gtves em ploym ent to
labor, team sters, and stim ulates the
tran sp o rtatio n business generally. It
uses large q u an tities of coal, wood,
lim estone, power, etc. The building
of o u r factory in Rogue River valley
will p u t m ore than >1,000,000 of new
outside money in your banks every
year. It will give the farm er a good
loan value for his lands. The indus­
try is a big taxpayer and, w hat is
more, it puts new life in the whole
business com m unity and new money
to do business with.
Each
year
your com m unities th a t raise beets
will get rich er and the lands used
for beet cu ltu re improve.
The su g ar industry will also stim u ­
late th e live stock industry. Your
valley will have cattle, hogs and
poultry to sell in abundance. New
Industries will spring up, such an
more dairies, m eat packing houses,
canneries, etc. Big canneries, with
home-m ade su g ar and syrup, means
a m arket for fru it th a t now goes to
waste.
TH ER E IH ONE FEATURE OF
THE
SUGAR
BUSINESS
YOU
PEO PLE OUGHT TO KNOW, AND
THAT IS, THAT TH E SUGAR BUSI-
NESS IS A MI LLI0.N-I M >LLA R BUSI­
NESS.
You can not go into th e sugar
business profitably w ithout resources
of more th an a million dollars.
If you w ant to go Into the su g ar
business, you will find th a t by th e
tim e you m ake up your mind to build
a factory and obtain th e necessary
beet contracts you are out >10,000,
and by th e tim e you are ready to
let a contract to build a factory you
will have to have >100,000 In hand,
and th e cost of the factory and ap­
purtenances ru n s from >500,000 to
>000,000 and It requirez from >200,-
000 to >4 00,000 (according to size
of crop) to pay farm ers for the beets
and carry the su g ar until It Is sold.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ARE
GOOD PEO PLE
Tho new com pany’s officers and
directors are all responsible men
who understand the su g ar business
and already have a largo sum Invest­
ed In It and havo made money out
of th e sugar Industry.
The directors of the Oregon-Utah
Sugar company are: C. W. Nibley,
capitalist, who is probably th e largest
Individual factor In the g reat su g ar
Industries of Utah and Idaho; O. C.
Beebe, cash ier and m anager of the
Zion's Savings Bank and T ru st com­
pany and vice-president of th e Utah
Savings ft T ru st com pany; Rodney T.
Badger, vloe-presldent and m anager
of U tah S tate N ational »bank; Bishop
David A. Sm ith, capitalist, and
H arold Reed Smoot, Investm ent
banker, all of whom reside in Salt
laike. and George E. Sanders, presi­
dent of The Rogue River Public Ser­
vice corporation, and Alex Nibley,
secretary of Oregon-Utah Sugar com­
pany.
The officers of th e company are:
C. W. Nibley, president: George 8.
Sanders, vice-president; O. C. Beebe,
trea su rer; Alex Nibley, secretary, and
F. 3. Bramwell, field superintendent.
All of these officers a re personally
fam iliar w ith and acquainted
in
Rogue R ivet valley, and Mr. C. W.
Nibley has been Identified with the
development of eastern Oregon for
th e past 30 years, and
lived in
Baker, Oregon, for several years.
IT IH NOW SQUARELY U P TO
YOU PEOPLE OF ROGUE RIVER
VALLEY TO DECIDE IF YOU WANT
TH E OREGON-UTAH SUGAR COM­
PANY TO GO AHEAD AND BUILD
A SUGAR FA4TORY IN YOUR V A L
LOT AND EKTARIJSH A GREAT IN­
DUSTRY IN YOI II MIDST.
IT
MEANS TH E INITIAL INVESTMENT
OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
More capital In o th er Industries
will follow, and it will soon increase
the taxable value of Jackson and
Josephine counties, an am ount which
is easily estim ated a t >10,000,000.
It appears to us th a t all Rogue River
valley needs Is more in d u stries th a t
will bring In new money and employ
th e people it now has, and those who
will come when a sta te of prosperity
exist«.
The OTegon-Utah Sugar company
is w illing if you will grow beet« to
locate In your valley because of your
superior clim ate and n atu ra l condi­
tions for beet cu lture, and because
th e su g ar business Is, generally
speaking, only profitable In coun­
tries th n t are already liberally peo­
pled and which have a good geo­
graphical location and th a t are well-
d ev elo p ed --ln o th er words a section
like Rogue R iver valley, th a t has
passed th e pioneer stage. ARE YOU
WILLING TO OO IN FOR A BTO
INDUSTRY THAT W ILL HOLD UP
YOUR REPUTATION?
Any Inform ation you desire will
he supplied at our h ead q u arters in
G rnnts Pass and Medford.
Respectfully subm itted,
ALEX NIBLEY,
F. 8. BRAMWELL,
Of the Oregon-Utah Sugar
Company.