| Show W n r j t d lr I M j c r I 1 iJ i h U if I i j GOOD CHANCE for or SUGAR BEET BUSINESS ds INESS in In NEVADA I IBY t BY F W FAIRBANKS A ED EDITOR R LYON COUNTY TIMES I t la 11 ADA to some name extent Is be her beginning hert hera 1 t a i I N ginning to be appreciated ns nn an at I I 1 I r s 9 r agricultural state her resources j jin I Ir It t r 1 j t 1 in this tine line having been fairly i i i Jd f i i t well voll advertised n ed ut lit tho the Chicago o Buffalo 10 a Ii I s I II U y i t und and St Louis Lords expositions where her herc I j j ry R h i l J exhibits attracted the c a ars or of orI rs I s 1 1 I Ii y thousands of ot people who new 1111 do du not 41 G S t l f look state being entirely Q i p 0 upon our aw as I r i f F t I made up Ul of ot bleak mountain ran ranges KM and p r f harren harrell sagebrush plains J The discovery discover M J I t Wr L y 4 i m I 1 p a Y i a of mines of oC fabulous richness within pi s q I J i i 1 d i Nevadas borders has also alio done dune much to 10 tot j t t s f advertise her hor resources as It has haa brought I I r 11 I t T j I to our state sUlo moo men of ot means from the tha I 1 I rj j i Mist east I Rt the middle west weel and the ha i j Ij Ih I h 1 it and there has been a wonderful j L 1 r i revival In the mining Industry In tin the l I I I IC l i past four tour years These Then people who have hll haveY r Y t it 1 11 1 1 come Home hero horo to Invest in lu nines mines have leave not j I I I nil all ben been able to strike It rich nand make mako J t I et rt their fortunes fortune They rhey have not all been 11 a 4 4 1 If t i a satisfied with what lIRe has been ben offered I I t them ilium h In 1 the tha t bonanza 1 c camp anal r s In the shape simps t i l 1 J l I ot of investments and a IL few lew have turned turne I i I 1 from their que quest t for Cor gold to Investigate I r I What other resources there might b be ber r to lu develop Into paying propositions I The building of the thu Ih great government I r i Irrigating Irrl canal canul which is to water thou t i i r I sands it of acres H of land Ian In Churchill I I t i I y 1 oJ 4 county count und and ant hundreds of oC acres In tn Lyon c t L i j comity has haB ha opened the eyes ayes of ot many lo to lotho Lot t 1 J tho rho advantages possessed IO ed by b Nevada Novada In inI I IiI iI I i ti un art agricultural way wa and a your year cur or two tva I I I he hence mice lice thousands of ot families will V lee leef I If i f t 12 f tattled in ire happy prosperous home iJ EP I fi i f along the routs route of ut the grout great reut canal and ami ande e j lU Its many miles mile of oC lateral intern ditches and ril I i i fl fields ot or grew green alfalfa und and waving grain II I I will greet Kreel the eye where one once there ftp III i I t reared ared but a 11 dreary stretch ot of barren Janon barrens s i i wa waste Waite t 1 1 iy j i b i are ar numerous s fair tall sized fertile h 1 r I valleys aile In tn Nevada but situated in the HIM th thi J i r central western portion of the state I t I ml if t I II Han ilea Maeon valley valle which without nI n a aJ lff ti I I I doubt contains u II greater acreage of oC oft oCI J t I i i good land land In one tract than does dOlls any t i valley valle In III th the state slate Mason valley valloy U lr 4 I I 4 i I 1 over oer U SO tulles In length lenth and has an aver nver js d I i age g width of about about seven miles and nn I J F I i I over oer tO EO 0 per Nr p r cent of ot this land can call bo be put 4 t I under at nt a a cost OIt co t ranging I 1 I j 1 1 from Crom 15 n 5 to 20 per acre The valley allo Is l j watered by the East Ea t and West Walker i 1 I rivers two magnificent streams dreams which kH J I I have havo their sources In the Sierra Nevada a J t l I mountains In California The land la Is p f unsurpassed in to fertility tho the climate IH le i I I perfect and sickness g a Is ts almost unknown 1 I while at th the lower lover end of the tile valley t t r Ir q f 4 a passes pannes the Nevada NeIHla and California rail railroad 1 road rand which give alve Ive us U with 1 f t I the tho outside world worlds It W s f s t About Mason olley f Up to the present time limo Mason valley 1 It I has lias In a 1 m manner nn ner r b been n passed d by b by tho th a e l graft groat throng of oC p people ople coming to our cur II V ij i state to seek elk investments 1 I In tn lh the mines f I I but within the tha past few tew months a few Cew i h 11 I j jt f t 1 at w progressive men have drifted Into our I midst They see sec tile the opportunities which I I here hele await capital and It is predicted I that lent within a 11 very vry short horl period theas i opportunities will be he seized Visitor Vl from Crom Minnesota Nebraska N I Utah nod and California havo expressed them ehM nj as n astonished that heat theno thello opportunities have not been en grasped before this and andus ns us these men come corns from Crom states when where the thee sugar HUgill beet blet Industry IH is carried I on Oil quite extensively they marvel nt III the fuel fact that Mason Inson valley has hns not ere ore this secured n II factory and a nd gone Into this line of oC They have remarked that this thin section seems seem to 10 be an ideal one for tor the lire sugar heel beet Industry It Is Isan Isan isan an Ideal spot for or such uch nn an Industry and there I is 18 no time lime better than the tho present to bring the matter before those who are arc seeking to safely In Invest InVest vest Olt their thelt money mono In some profitable enterprise en on enterprise Iund can be purchased at nt a 11 fairly low figure Oure In Mason vall valley y now In rive live yearn train from now no It will double In value and in 10 years ears iron from now every aero acre of ground In Mason volley valley will ba bo worth 1100 possibly Jo more Tried I 1 D n I Spreckels In the years 1858 nod nud 1889 US Nevada had hada hn a board bourd of ot trade located at nt Reno lleno std and shout about that time lime an endeavor vas trade made to hove havo J t r Spreckels locate a beet sugar factory In n Mason valley Those Thong l Interested In the tha th matter among whom was tho the late Into I K oJ P lovejoy did con can corresponding regarding the project tint hilt the only result rosult was ns that thai Mr Ir sent a n quantity of ot seed sew to le Mason IAson valley IlIe farmers with Ith n a whew view of finding out what tho the land IlInd would do doThe The fhe seed was wan It thrived but little tittle care OAre Was wan given n to the cultivation of ot the tho plants and probably the results I were not tho the b hest t that could have be been n l obtained A AI It was 18 we believe bel tint that records can cnn be bo found In the agricultural experiment station nt lit Reno keno which will show shay that this the laud IlInd In III Mason valley valle pro produced sugar sll Rr loots containing from IG 10 to I 23 par cent saccharine matter while the quantity of ot b t beets eu et grown was from Irom 15 13 to U w tons to the tho acre Teat feat of UH the th sail noil In this thin valley alle have hate that lent In almost every ver locality in the valley th In ice the land are arc a TI of oC the correct correct proportion to 10 grow magnificent crops ot of these e tubers A UI t Industry The raising of at sugar beets Is II on nil agri arl agricultural agricultural cultural Industry p to Itself Itsel Those rhose who have havo made a bu business of oC raising raisins alfalfa wheat and nd barley bart would no doubt need considerable Instruction In to tn he be able to raise anise e beets profitably The Tha ground needs deep and thorough tilling and the crop must be lie hand hoed weed wood weeded weeded ed and thinned KO so a IU as to jive Ive the beet beit be t the proper space apace to develop In and tube thU cnn can only be accomplished by experienced enc hands who are acquainted with the different soils sells the amount of ot mols I ture tore In the soil Mil and the amount that Is l I li II i necessary nece ary while the lice Ih beet heet Is la growing tn tl c ii t I secure the host hest results In qUAlity and I quantity The harvesting of oC the ilia bee be Jett t I la is another particular feature of oC the business and this tide must trust be done ut at the right time when the tho beet heet Is IH or much of at Its sugar value will be taken tal tn away There Thero Is III no reason to believe belleva but that with proper culture any nn land landIn In Mason Maser valley will produce no less than nn an average of Iii 16 tons of oC beets hect to tho the acre and that the tho crop would bring II I from 1 4 to tn IGO per par ton at nt a 11 factory I T In Utah It Is usually estimated that the cost of ot producing a sugar lugar beet heet crop 13 is from 24 21 to per pel acre The average yield In that state is 12 1 tons to the acre and tho the price paid at the factory for Cor all boots going over mer 14 per pel cent centI sugar Hugar matter IH lit SUJ per ton tOil This Tints I the Utah raisers a n net profit of 24 to 30 per acre There Is no doubt that as asgood asgood asgood good an on average as this could be made mado In Mason Iason valley alley for tor the difference that might exist In tho the price of ot production would be more mora than made up lIl In the tho greater quantity Iuan lit produced here hero and arid this profit on un an acre acro of ot ground would far Car exceed that now made by farmers who raise alfalfa grain and other crops bo he More floe Reels Beets would oven be ba a more profit 1 1 I iii l i i PLAN FOR THE BROOKLYN MUNICIPAL I i 0 f t I f 3 r I nJ J J The picture of ot this tour four story structure o Is taken from a aplan plan for tor a now new municipal building for Cor Brooklyn recently r submitted to the New York Tork board of ot estimate and apportionment It Is In classic clas lc stylo style and would require an expenditure of at at nt least The facade Is la supported by fourteen great pillars and tho the entire building Is fX ex x d In treatment and would be a 11 decided ornament to the city In case the plan should be bo ac ao by b the board the city will bo be obliged to acquire more moro land for tor the present municipal site Is la too small WHERE FIRST PARLIAMENT WILL BE HELD n nO I O I fB l n m I EJi J I tJ jJ J II I m J 2 f J ll I In li I I I I I d 1 tt 2 1 tl o oJ t r 1 J l oI 11 t 1 The structure shown In the tho cut Is II the at St Petersburg In which the nut first Russian lag Ing under the no new will be held meet Although h It wu was erected for tor on an entirely different devoted to the U use ot of the municIpality It Is purpose been until commodious to accommodate date the tho national h more suitable quarters arc provided It If Russia Is as ml In her construction ot of body 1111 II she Iho ha leas been In her church e one ot of which cat her douma n a new parliament K bo splendidly housed or as assembly will ire U Ubo coo coor r t I able crop than potatoes potatoe Nor i Is this the only profit that thaI could be made on or orthe I the tho acre of at ground The Tho beet tops which do not go to the factory are ex excellent excellent I teed feed for tor dairy hogs hos stock cattle and sheep p and the tho pulp left leCt from Cram tout the beets utter after passing through tho the mill multi Is also excellent fodder It U can be ho bought nt at tho the factory it ut n a very low figure and would lower the cost of ot feed tee for tor dairy stock so that u IL greater could be he derived by who furnish furnished ed milk to s 3 and cheese fac factories factories factories tories which would be 11 established In Inthe 1 tho the wako wake of oC tho the sugar factory A beet sugar factory lawny In uny un community co emun ity IW It opens up UI a n Held lie hi for tut other enter enterprises enterprises cs In the tha first place placa It creates quite a 11 demand for tor labor for Cor n IL factory of oC say gay 3 0 or tons tOilS capacity re to requires quires a largo number of ot men to ate ato It Iti It consumes ft a 11 large quantity quaintly uC or limo lime and that commodity Is s plentiful In Mason valley or rather the tho surround surrounding ing hills The production of the tha Unit Inns would also require considerable labor laborThe laborThe The question of oC fuel tuel anticipating that coal coni would woul be he used should not bo ho H is expensive In these days as the railroad could land Utah or Wyoming coal In Jason valley y at very reasonable rates rate with facilities tics now no at ut hand hanl Resides Besides I the tho mercantile and anI banking business throughout tho the entire section wherein tho factory might he located would be greatly stimulated What It Would Co Cost CostA 01 t tA A beet sugar factory Is Ie nn an expensive Institution and a plant to la handle handlo tons lone per day during the tho operating season which lasts about days after the crop Is 10 harvested would probably probably ably necessitate noco tho this outlay of ot nearly roOt O FO eo it Is unnecessary to state Plate that u a factory will never nCr ba ho built In ln Mason valley vally or any other com cocci community until the company which con cm considers siders Installing one ono has n a guarantee that a 1 quantity of oC beets will wUl willbo willbe bo be rol rallied raised ed In III the vicinity to keep It in n full operation It takes but hut little com computation computation to learn that a IL factory would require beets heets from Crom about acres of land laced and as ns beet raisers do donot donot donot not go Into Inlo tho the business on all u a scale com compared competed pared with the tho raisers of ot alfalfa so sn far faran faras an as acreage Is ice I concerned tho the 2000 OCO acres would be bo divided Into SO and pos ios possibly sibly Ocre forms farms Supposing that the tho average size of oC n a 1 sugar SUlar beet farm was WI GO 60 acres ocros giving the tanner farmer 49 to to CO 60 I O acres for beets and 10 to 20 0 acres for Cor Corother other produce and garden gaIden stuff there thero would be from Crom 60 SO to 60 farms cut out cutout cutout out of ot the acres acre and amid each farmer Carmor would be making an nn annual not net In Income Income income come from Crom rein hilt bets beets of at anywhere from Crom noo to 10 SIMO These figures s are aro very cry conservative considering that there thore I would be he many Instances in Mason valley where the sugar ugar beet crop would I run as liS high ns as 20 o 0 tons tone to the tho acre Would Mould In all other states where this nibs Indus Industry try limes has been heen engaged In a n railroad has hn found Cound Its Ita WilY war from some one of oC oCe e tho main lines of or road ron to the tits factory ta through tho the beet growing section rI With Witha a 1 factory In Mason volley valley th the rams tiling hang would happen here and an this would w uhl greatly facilitate tray trat T lle r for Cur beets beeb an 1111 u well ns itS nil all n r e and produce It would hardly bo right to de so article without mentioning tho the 1 condition In III this valley us IS i i ul el nil all kinds depend II p nd wholly upon up i Iff I lloa At the present time lilac th Ih t f cl furnish h a 11 i l tr r at el for far all Irrigating x s up cp to IJ it st tho the nf or July Jul or the tho first ef ct tug Aug August ug u t of ot each ench year After ACter that late dati 1 at I Is If liable to be scarce But there them Is in e eother other way Yay of ot securing watt witT t I r f tr T r small mull ranches which would V t i cheaper than thun to secure F CUle water from tn tM the river pay for tor the tha o if rf t u lengthy lengthy ditch repairs to It ht a aI 1 M cleaning of ot It every spring MS s o II ally alloy y Is situated In a basin v a arango range of ot hills nearly and thorn there Is IH evident i a 11 great grant u n 7 Jf Of r ground lake lal o lying under the tho c n r re valley mt Is U termed t 11 i ican can be bo obtained at nt n a II |
