Show THE LEHI SUGAR FACTORY lehr jao jan 26 1897 on the be last day of beet cutting at the utah sugar factory your correspondent po adent was invited by manager T B R cutler to visit and inspect the utah sugar companas comp anys works iu in company with william 0 kirkham wo we were taken first to see one of the iron store has been built this season by the company it Is ie and has stored in it over sacks of sugar the company has till still another which contains coo taina over sacks of sugar we were then mon taken to one of the great beet sheds where mr cutler showed us a large bin where about fifty seven tons ot of beets were stored away for to raise beet seed from this season the beets are selected from the beet beat beet farms in lehl lehi and assorted one by one care fully to see that aboy abey have no DO bruises ab ut them and then they are built i up in pyramid shape in the large ulu bin and very carefully covered in coarse dry sand witti ventilation wooden pipes placed in the center of the blue bine then the beets and sand are covered with canvas clothe and the whole is kept a certain temperature until planting plant og benson shall come during the time lima from when they are first stored until planting they are watched by the company chemise and a number are taken out plugged and tested in the he laboratory to in order to see how bow they hey are from the beet abed we went through the factory visiting each department viewing the different parts of the machinery machi nerys following the beet from the shed until we saw the sagar placed in sacks and int into 0 the tore store houses manager cutler r being eyeful to explain all the particulars the fire extinguish ing system was carefully explained and concerning the me great sugar industry in the beet cutting machinery about 1000 knives are used up during the season which have to be imported from prance france about A bout hands bands are employed by the company which means a small email fortune in oanh cash for our puree it is expected that the company will make this season from beets and the syrup that was wae held over from the 1896 1895 run about pounds of sugar which to Is a large amount and aad means meane that lots of bands banda aud no doubt tired brains braini have been kept constantly at work from the factory we were shown through the 8 machine where busy hands and inventive minds are always to be seen been here an engine was built by mr engles the obiel engineer with the help of manager cutlers butlers Cut lers son BOD abert for to do the beet cutting in the laboratory Jab oratory which had to be done by hand all repairs find and a thousand other things are done to in the companas comp anys work shops our next place of interest Inte reet was the cattle and sheep feeding penn pena belong ing to the utah stock feeding company one thousand head bead of cattle can be alsea been here in the he dif different terent yards which are fitted up with great steeds seeds to protect them from the and flawing wells are constantly pouring crystal streams of fresh water into the watering trough where the cattle can drink a at leisure lei eure there are also 1000 head head of sheep kept here which look flue fine and are said eald to be very fat the sheep are kept in feeding pens beside the great pulp silos during the day and are placed in dry pastures at the pulp is taken to the cattle pens in very large tram cars care drawn by horsep horae the pulp is unloaded in mangers baill buill built along side the track where the cattle come and least feast all day the sugar company also furnishes beside the beet pulp over tons of 0 hay bay to the cattle company it to is a flue fine sight eight to see those these herds of beep and cattle feeding and to all lute interested rested jim in home industries a visit to this busy place will never be regretted gret ted and all thin his has baa been built up during the last five years factory steam eleam railroad tracks office hotel houses for many of the workmen cattle and sheep pens flowing wells a large water pond containing many of ahe be finny tribe with log ice houses machine dehope store houses bouses and a thousand other things including electrio electric lights and telephones bonee all help to make a grand picture ot of home industry on sunday our sunday school and meetings were addressed by elder 0 bowle who had bad just juet returned from a mission to now new zealand A large number of the saints were present and listened very attentively to his big re marks which were interspersed with words in the maori tongue brother J Y smith also spoke to the saints it being his last sunday before leaving lor his field of labor as a missionary to Call california forn Is we have bave bad two strangers arrive in town of late a daughter at the house of 0 lewis and ana a son at the residence of M C brown all parties con berned are doing well on monday evening the our sunday school superintendent and teachers gave a social picnic party in the opera house I 1 iu u honor of sister bister B R and presented her with a beautifully framed set met of resolutions she being the last one alive out of the four persons who orga organized dazed our oar sunday school in 1868 1663 those having passed on to 90 the great beyond were J W taylor D thomas thomaa and 1 I evans the time was spent in dancing singing and some making by supt bupt A fjeld W helna bleter bister and sen ator allred who was present la in company with senator A J evans and lady the kirkham quadrille band was in attendance and discoursed sweet music and all held had a time not to be forgotten this week the U P passenger train killed a fine cow for mr SA 8 A smith the earth has azain again put on her robe of the beautiful and the gentle flakes are still falling while now and then old boriss breathes down upon us from hits bis northern homp homi which makes all feel that a good home sou fir taide Is one of man maua mans s great blessings J JK K |