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Show UTAH COUNTY BEETGROWERS ! ORGANIZE i j Incorporation Formed at Rep-j Rep-j rsentative Meeting in ' Courthouse Saturday. ! Heet growers of Utah county met 1 S.-Uurday afternoon at the county ! court house am organized the Cen-trrtl Cen-trrtl Sugar lieet Growers' asso- ciation. Growers from every sec-i sec-i tion and factory unit of the county : were present at the meeting and a 'great deal of enthusiasm was inani-, inani-, l'ested. The purpose of the association, a curding to i ho articles of ineor-, ineor-, pcratiuii winch were read and ac-: ac-: ci'pted at the meeting, is to eucour-j eucour-j age and promote the interests of sugar beet growers through cooperative co-operative efforts among the members mem-bers of the association in engaging and dealing with the sugar beet industry, including the producing, the handling, storage, transporta- cum and maruetmg or sugar beets. The organization of the county association followed meetings held during the past week by the growers grow-ers in the various factory units at which time it was decided to form a county organization. All of the members of the association asso-ciation will contract their beets to the association which in turn will carry on negotiations with the different dif-ferent sugar factories operating in the county. In this way it is believed be-lieved that more satisfactory results re-sults will be obtained not only by the farmers hut by the sugar companies com-panies also. It will to a great extent ex-tent do away with the work of the companies in getting the farmers to sign beet contracts. Judge J. Louis Brown, assistant legal adviser of the Utah State Farm Bureau Federation, outlined the steps to be taken in organizing the association and also explained the various articles of the incorpor ation papers. As the first board of director were elected Charles H. White of Payson, Ralph D. Morgan of Spanish Fork, John A. Fox of Springville and Benjamin Ben-jamin C. Lott of Lehl. These directors di-rectors will meet in the near future to appoint a president, vice president, presi-dent, secretary and treasurer. A meeting will be held in Salt Lake City Thursday morning for the purpose of organizing the Utah State Beet Growers association into which all of the various county beet growers associations will be merged. |