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GOLD HILL, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCT. 80,1915
NO. 2«
iSugar Beet Proposal is Real Salvation o f District
mm mmmmmmmmmmm
Sugar Beets Make
a n d F a c ts !3 Beet Pulp is Good
Big Yield in Valley
Livestock Fattener
o n t h e S la te o f P ro c re a »
OKA NTS PASS, Or.. Oct. 17— tyUl
sugar beets crow In the Rogue Tal
ley 7
1'JDGE ARREDONDO
Average tana
per Acre
£öoo X .15
I flifW IOTI T O
n a g e C ra p
:
75,000
The present aeaaon has answered
that question fully, and to the satis
Minimum Tan-
PaM per
Total Minimum Paid
faction or the grower and the fac
naga Crap
e
tan f.a .h .
fo r 5 ,0 0 0 acre crop
tory man alike. Beets will grow no
where better than they will grow
here.
Acreage In
"Can you beat that bunch?" said
Coot per
S eed, S u n d rie s, e tc .,
b u t m o s tly w a g e s
A. O. Hood as he dumped a doaen
of the big roots on the floor at the
Commercial club rooms Friday after
noon. "I can grow 40 tons of them
Minimum Paid
Maximum Coat
Clear annual Profit
to the acre, and at the 1 8 per ton,
fo r Crop
to Grower»
on 5 ,0 0 0 Acres
at which they can be contracted, It
looks like a pretty good proposition
to me. I am signing for all I can
grow of them next aeaaon, for besides
the , 5 per ton which I will get for
the beets, I will have the tops and
the pulp for feed for my stock."
The dosen beets which Mr. Hood
brought In were shipped later In the '
day to Portland, where they are<n
T h e s e f i g u r e s do not consider the profit and
part of the Josephine county exhibit ;
_
employment
for Southern Oregon artisans in build- _
at the land products show. They
ing the $600,000 beet sugar factory; neither do
were part of the patch grown from I
they consider the creation by the factory of a new _
the few ounces of seed supplied Mr.
£
market for wood, lime-rock, power, water, etc., nor
Hood by the factory people last
THE LARGE AND PERMANENT FACTORY PAYROLL.
spring. The seed had been planted
In young orchard between the
trees, and the young beets were given
J u d g e A r r e d o n d o , w h o la t h e a c c r e d -
absolutely no attention. They were Rad rep'resentatlve of General Carran-
Irrlgated after the water had been
of Mexico, in Washington,
turned In the ditches In August, but _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In the face of the lack of cultural at-1 the past season was Mr. Mlxoguchl,
tentlon they were great roots, weigh the Japanese contractor, who came j
ing from five to eight pounds each, here with Messrs. Nibley and Bram ■ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitu iiiiiiiiiiin iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH iiiiis
One of them measured 21% inches well, that he solicited the lease of
around. They had been grown In 1000 or more acres In the lower val- :
some of the rich river bottom land ley, stating that he would take It i
on the Hood ranch.
either at a flat rate or plant It on.
But other of the experimental plats shares.
In the valley have done equally as
Asked regarding the tests made
well as Mr. Hood’s. Out In the Wll- of the eets grown here, Mr. Bram
dervllle district the committee found well did not state the exact propor
a patch grown by W. O. Hill on the tion of sugar, but remarked that ;
red soil that was equally as good, they "averaged better than the Utah
while the largest and smoothest beets beet. They averaged so well, In fact, j
yet seen are those on the River Banks that Mr. Nibley decided that the I
ranch of the Leonard Orchard com -; question of feright rate differential
" In all of our investigations of sugar i and direction constantly available by the
pany holdings. These beets were could be eliminated, therefore we are
beet# planted following the campaign o f 1 grower. This service will be furnished
grown In the orchard on sub-irrigated ", " "Z ? ' rM«f*
the
<IC, W Jvar’ l‘" d Wrow“ this season, we have ‘ Wiitbout charge, and demonstrates
river bottom soil, and received no llvered at the railroad, regardless of found
/___i but __
__ *_u_1.
one ___•_«.
patch that ■
lias
fallen ■ excellent object lesson the desire of the
surface Irrigation whatever.
where the factory may be located.” down,” stated W. F. Bramwell, field company to aid thé grower in the twin
I.ast year, when the campaign for
It Is stated that the farmers In the manager of the Oregon-Utah Sugar com culture of the sugar beet and bis bank
acreage was on the best that eou|g upper portion of the valley are fast pany, s t the meeting held in Oold Hill balance.
be said of yield was fo quote what signing up acreage, and with the In Wednesday forenoon. He added that
Concerning the report that cheap labor
other countries had done. It was terest being manifested by the pro i failure, in this instance, was due more to
would be introduced to take ¡care of the
said that the farmer should get 12 ducers It seems certain that the fac lack of preparation and subsequent culti
problem presented by the culture and
to 15 tons per acre. But It Is demon tory will be guaranteed Its required vation than to any deficiency in the soil harvesting of the beets, Mr. Bramwell
acreage.
strated that In the Rogue valley he
, or climate.
•
emphatically declared that t h e entire
will get more. Down at Rogue River
"W e have an offer,” he declared, "to supply of home labor wonld ne employed
Friday a test was made. Ope of the
locate in another oreK°n district, where before such a step was even considered.
THE MARKETS
experimental plats there had been
I we have been guaranteed the necessary In bis opinion, however, it wonld lie
roughly estimated at about 16 tons
acreage without any eflbrt on our part. found necessary as elsewhere to import
P o r t la n d .
per acre. Under the direction of Mr.
I But the sunshine and soil of Southern lalior to supply the deficiency—a distinct
Wheat—Club,
90c;
bluestem,
92c;
Bramwell a large part of the patch
Oregon are lacking, and, unless you drive novelty for the district.
was pulled, and the largest and small red Russian, 87c; forty-fold, 92c; red : us away, we will not accept th e proposi That the culture of sugar beets was ab
fife,
87c.
est, together with one fo medium size
solutely beneficial to the soil, ratlier than
Hay— Eastern Oregon timothy. $16; tion made elsewhere.”
were weighed, Tire three wlghed
Accompanying Mr. Bramwell was Mr. ! a hardship, he offered to lay a ten to one
alfalfa.
*13.50.
a fraction over eight pounds. Beets
Nibley, son of the Utah sugar magnate wager upon, but added that success meant
Butter—Creamery, 28c.
are planted In rows of 20 inches apart
j who lias assured ample financial backing bard work and lots of it. The expense of
Eggs—Ranch,
36c.
and the beets are left about 12 Inches
Wool—Eastern Oregon. ^8c; valley. to the venture, Messrs. I. E. Robie, i raising and harvesting a 15 ton crop to
apart In the row. With a full stand
I Isaac Best and George C, Sabin, of the ! the acre was placed at $35 to $40, while
an acre produces 16,000 beets, the 28c.
i Grants l ’ass commercial organization, the f. o. b. receipts for such a yield would
Rogue River patch therefore yielding
, with Bert Thierolf, of Medford. All of be $75 per acre. Much acreage ot the ex
Seattle.
at the rate of 2114 tons per acre.
Wheat— Bluestem, 91c; club, 87c; it hues gentlemen a r e members o f the perimental plantings in the valley had
Those farmers who have made a
red Russian. 85c; forty-fold, 90c; fife, i highly mobile band of sugar beet Ians been found to exceed 20 tons and several
test of the crop are signing up all
! who are motoring over the district con- tracts showed a trial yield of over 40 tons.
the acres they can possibly make 86c.
) riantly in search of converts.
Sugar beets grown on Kanes creek, by
Barley—*26 per ton.
ready ferr the spring planting. So
J.
R. Robertson, and several grown in
Mr.
Bramwell,
as
spokesman
of
these
Hfty—Timothy, *16 per ton; alfalfa,
well pleased with the character of
i u|x<Ntlcs of progress, pointed out that the Gold Hill by Mr. Marting, were examin
*14 per ton.
the soli and the growth of the beets
! proposal of the company, as made last ed by the experts and pronounced good
.Jlutter—Creamery, 28c.
75,000 X $5
$375,000
5,000 X $35 =
$175,000
BY W. W WATSON
Approximately 350 pounds of sugar
are extracted from a ton of sugar
beeta, leaving a residue of 100 pounds
of dried beet pulp, which contains
three to fonr pounds of sugar and
from eight to nine percent of crude
protein.
Those who feed dried beet pulp to
stock do not feed it for the protein
that ft contains. They feed it with
something else rich in protein. The
average cow requires from two to two
and a half pounds of digestible pro
tein daily, as against 14 pounds of di
gestible carbohydrates. Bran con
tains o n ly .ll per cent of digestible
protein and 48 percent of digestible
carbohydrates, while dried beet pulp
contains 66 per cent of digestible car
bohydrates.
KING CONSTANTINE
375,000-175,000=$200,000
t C a n y o u B E E T it? J
iiiiU iitiillitiitiitiiliiiiiliiiiitiii
Gold Hill Meeting is
Interesting Lesson
on Beet Project
Sunlight and Soil o f Southern
Oregon Excell, Say Beet Men
That the clime and soil of this valley is particularly
and peculiarly adapted to the growing of sugar beets, is
the statem ent made by Messrs. Bramwell and Nibley, re
presenting the Oregon-Utah Sugar Company. In simple
fact, that is why they want to build the $600,000 factory
here and not elsewhere. Southern Oregon beets are long
on saccharine, they say—and saccharine is potential sugar.
A. F . Knox, an Applegate farmer, has grown beets that
exceed 12 pounds in weight. Others have met with simi
lar encouragement from the sunshine and the soil.
•h + + + + + + + + + + + + + + .
+ + +
+ + + +
+ + + +
f year, had been materially altered to the
greater benefit ot the grower—and that the
i present plan called for the payment of $5
| h t ton for liects at any loading station
will in 50 miles of the factory, the sugar
concern paying the freight. In this man
ner all growers, however distant from the
factory, will 1» placed upon an equal
basis.
Word has been received by Mr. Bram
well and Mr. Nibley that the elder Nib
ley, a capitalist of note in the western
field, has already made arrangements for
an initial credit of from $200,000 to $400,-
000 for the Rogue river factory when es
tablished. This money will he used as a
fund for crop and labor payment during
the first year of the factory’s existence.
It was explained that no prior know-
ledge of sugar beet culture was demanded
by the company, or would be essential |o
the success of the grower. Ex|>erts in the
culture of sugar beets will bo in the em-
ploy of the company, and their advice
Superior C attle Feed
K in g
C o n e t a n t in e , o f
G re e c e ,
who
h a * re fu s e d to h a v e h ie c o u n t r y t a k e
p a r t In t h e w a r on t h e s id e o f A llie s .
A combination of alfalfa and dried
beet pulp Is so far superior to bran
that comparisons are odious. Again,
based on digestible nutriments con
tained in all the feeds, three pounds
of the pulp and one pound cotton
seed meal are about equivalent to five
pounds of wheat bran and much
cheaper. The latter costs more than
alfalfa— and we can raise alfalfa to
perfection, with .irrigation, in the
Rogue river valley.
Dried beet pulp Is very light and
bulky, one quart weighing about half
a pound. When moistened, it swelis
to five or six times its original size,
even when moistened by the liquids
in the animails stomach. It is the
bulkiest of all feeds; hence. It can be
used successfully In place of corn
silage, hay or other roughage. It Is
highly digestible and very nutritious.
Its 20 per cent of crude fiber is 48
percent digestible. Wheat bran is
nine percent fiber which Is only 39
per cent digestible. Hence, there la
twice as much indigestible fiber In
wheat bran as there Is In beet pnlp.
In the latter the nitrogen free extract
Is 91 percent.
Dried beet pulp aids In the diges
tion of other feeds used with it. It
so separates all particles of other
feed taken with it that the gastric
juices circulate freely throughout the
mass.
Mrs. Finley Sucpard, formerly Helen
Gould, and her hitsban i, have adopted
a 5 year old orphan boy. •
All clubs at Yale college have been
served with notice by the faculty that
no liquor must be served hereafter.
Arlington, Va., talked by wireless
telephone with Paris, France. Hono
lulu also heard the operator talking
from Arlington.
Photos of the Panama canal block
ade show that the extreme pressure
on the high sides forced the bottom of
it up. making It dry land.
Almost every railroad entering New
York or with terminals on the New
Jersey shore across the Hudson re
ports a general revival of freight traf
fic unequaled since 1907.
After cutting telephone and power
wires to prevent aid being called, fire
bugs started four fires at Horst. Bros,
brewery hop ranch, east of Sacramen
to, causing damage of *35,000.
European governments are making
inquiries of the United States as to
Can Be Stored Indefinitely
what assurances have been given by j Dried beet pulp can be stored and
the newly recognized Mexican govern kept indefinitely. If a small sample
ment with respect to foreign claims.
be soaked In water for a few minutes,
Three American troopers were kill It will swell until you see practically
ed and eight wounded in a 40-minute the original slices of beets as they
battle with Mexican raiders at O]o del came from the batteries of the sugar
Agua, on the American side ot the Rio i factories.
Grande, 60 miles from Brownsville,
On 5000 acres of sugar beets in
Texas. At least five Mexicans were this valley next year we should pro
killed.
duce over *10,000 worth of beet pulp
for stock feed, at current prices. The
U . S . C a s h ie r P r in c ip a ls S e n te n c e d .
farmers would save more than a third
Portland, Ore. — Frank Menefee, ! of that sum in freight alone. The
president, and F. M. LeMonn, sales i people of the valley wonld save the
manager of the United States Cashier money paid for help employed to pro
company, were sentenced in the fed duce the beets among home laborers.
eral court to serve one year and 10 The same may be said of the product
days at McNeil island. B. F. Bonne- ion of molasses as a by-product and
well, H. M. Todd and O. E. Gernert, the labor necessary to produce It,
stock selling agents, and Oscar Camp while the beet tops, if not used as
bell, a director, were sentenced to a succulent feed for stock, would be
serv£ four months In the county jail. flo w e d under, returning to the soil
The men were under conviction of some of the potash, phosphorus, lime
having used the mails to defraud Ina and nitrogen necessary to their pro-
stock selling campaign for the United i duction.
States Cashier company.
(Continued on local page)
specimens, although unmatnred a n d
showing lack of proper cultivation/ The
Kanes creek exhibit was grown without
irrigation.
"During my first trip through the val-
l-y” , the s p e a k e r concluded, "IJwas at
tracted by the vast amount of idle acre
age, sufficient of itself to supply two such
factories as we propose to build. 1 tell
Extract from letter of Bishop C. W. Nibley, of Salt +
you that this unutilized land is an abso
+
Lake
City, to F. S. Bramwell and Alex Nibley, field agents *
lute liability on your country.”
More than 200 Bert's were signed in the + for the establishment of a beet sugar factory in the Rogue +
previous campaign for sugar beet acreage t River Valley:—“Thanks for your note of October 17th. *
in the vicinity ot Gold Hill,- The com •
»Jo
mittee in charge of the present operations + It does look like the proposition ought to go.
I have +
will soon change their preliminary tour
* shown my good faith by advancing $5000 in cash, and *
of education to an active effort for the
dosing up of the necessary 5,000 acres.
+ promising to furnish from $200,000 to $400,000 for opera- +
All memliers of the party, who are in
t
ting money.” Doubt of successful establishment of the +
touch with the prospect, unhesitatingly
agreed that, with a little community as- + $600 000 beet sugar plant is confined entirely to the sign- +
sistance, no ditficulty wonld be experi
+
‘‘need in signing up the required number * ing of 5,000 local acres to match the outside money.
of acres.
+ •1- + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + •!• + + + + q. + 4. 4. *
$400,000 Offered by Nibley,
Sr., to Operate Sugar Factory