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Show o Lehi Sugar Factory Running Smoothly CotiumIng 1 ,31111 Tons of Heels Ter Da) ami Making Hcst Sugar In Ills-tnrj-Farmers I'ald $110,01111 for Meet-'. Last week was first pay day this season for sugar beets. 1 10,000 was paid the farmers by the Lehi sugar factory for beets delivered during the month of September. As only a part of the farmers were digging and the harvest did not commence till lato lu September, this llrst payment was a small one. $lfi.0U0 was also paid out for factory help. The mill Is running very smoothly and Is consuming from 1,200 to 1,-100 tons per day. The best sugar lu the factory's history Is being made, both as legards purity and being fine grained. Over one-half of the beet crop for the Lehi sugar factory Is now In the factory sheds, ami tho balance Is coming com-ing in at the rato of about 8,000 tons per day Some of the farmers have gotten their crop all lu. Tho weather for the past several weeks tins been Ideal, and the recent rains put the ground In perfect condition for digging. digg-ing. The I). & It. G. brings n special train load of beets to tho factory every day, besides those that como In other trains. All the way from 40 to SO car loads are being received every day, which keeps a special engine busy switching lu the loaded cars and Hiking out tho empties. |