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Show 'BEET f ARMERS ARE ORGANIZING They Complain That the Newspapers Do Not Favor Their Side of the Contention With Sugar People Deny That They Made Any .' Promises to Sugar Company in Regard to Season of 1011. (By Regular Correspondent) PLAIN CITY, Dec. C The slock-' slock-' holders of the Plain City Irrigation company held their annual meeting lst night. They voted a 0 per cent tax for. the ensuing year and elected the following board or directors; George Wneatnerston, John Maw, Mllo R. Sharp, W. C. Carver anu JiMUC8 L. Koosou. The financial fcport showed an excess ex-cess of receipts over disbursements. A 6mall surplus from the year ll'OD had also been carried over, but, in accounting ac-counting for this, it was explained that the company had been prevented by weather conditions from making needed improvements last spriug, especially in the way of replacing old, leaky headgates with new ones to be made of concrete. Had these improvements been made the disbursements dis-bursements would have equaled the leceipts. A" movement was also begun last night to organize the beet grower- into a farmers' association for tho protection and mutual helpfulness of Irs members. A meeting will be held next Tuesday night, December 13, to further perfect the organization. A similar movement, it is understood, is also under way in other beet-growing districts, not onl in Weber county, coun-ty, but also iii Davis and Box Elder counties. These local organizations will be allied through the medium of a central organization and thus all vreided Into one harmonious whole. In this way it is hoped to marshal the full strengtn of the beet growers in any movement that might be decided de-cided on by associations with a view t. securing a better price for beets and also better facilities for lb handling of that crop. James L. Robson, addressing the hcet growers, took occasion to deny 801110 of the assertions made by Mr. Evening Standard of December 3. He denied that the representatives of the growers, in (heir meeting at tho county courthouse on March 2G, had taken any action whatever binding the farmers for the year 1911, and, in support of his contention, read the minutes of that meeting, which failed to show that the meeting had taken any such action as Mr. Ecclcs suys it did. It was said that the movement move-ment among the farmers for a better p:ice for beets failed last spring because be-cause of a severe attack of "cold feet" among the princely sons of toil and not because of any promises made by Mr. Eccles and his associates. asso-ciates. Complain Against Newspapers. From time to time tho beet grow-cn grow-cn in their meetings have registered a kick against the treatment they have received at the hands of "our hading newspapers' in their contentions con-tentions with tho sugar companies. The Deserel News and The Herald-I Herald-I epublican, it is claimed, have treated treat-ed the farmers with contemptuous hostility and Tho- Ogden Standard and the Logan Journal have been little lit-tle better, while the Tribune has never failed to tome valiantly to the support of the farmers. In doing so tbe Tribune it is , suspected of barking at the hierarchy and tbe 'bunch," rather than aiming to perform per-form a good public service. Heave a missile at any of the other "Interests" at Bcil Telephone, say and the Tribune fails to show a bristling neck or to make its voice heard in righteous righte-ous thunder against the misdeeds of that particular glanL Somewhat more than a week ago the stork gladdened the home of Mr. and .Mrs. W. C. Carver. The newcomer new-comer is a boy, the seventh of his kind welcomed to a family circle, graced by one lonely girl. Developing Develop-ing such trails of industry and activity activ-ity as becomes one of his age, young Carver Is prospering amazingly, and his father is bragging about him even unto this day. |