Show FARMERS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING the rhe annual meeting of the Far farmers Diers protective association of dox box elder founty county was aas held in the court house friday last at 11 a m with about fifty farmers in attendance president john P Holni holmgren gren occupied Q the chair with secretary joseph slay may at his bis elbow two sessions wore were held reports from the various distri district directors were given and the beet question was given a thorough discuss ing there was a general complaint at the facilities for unloading it being pointed out aba that t the comal common om dump h air most dangerous to life and limb and several cases here painful and serious accidents have bare resulted nvere cited the consensus of opinion ia Is that the present method of re rd beets at the various shipping polis Is fa not what it should be and aught to be remedied the matter of pric ewas as also considered AZle si red statistics were presented I 1 from other states acre sugar beets beeta re grov grobin profitably and in com parl son fon with the prices that prevail in box 1 lder county were much in excess of the local rates A case in point was that of the dillings billings sugar factory at hillings billings mout which pays for beets that test 12 per cent sugar and under 14 44 per cent 5 per ton for beets testing over 14 per cent and under per cent V per too ton IT fr beets testing not less than 16 per cent and aad under 17 per cent per ton at this same factory 75 cents per ton toil ia 19 paid I 1 lor or si loing dox box elder county beets according to the reports given at the meeting I 1 alday friday last average about 17 per ent nt sun sugar r and the price paid by the sugar company is 1475 73 per too ton f 0 ob b loading station the box bos elder coun i ty farmers caly get gec 23 25 cents per ton foe fati silling their beets against 73 75 cents in montana another thing thina that was pointed out wits th tact thata atin in nearly all 1 otter sites ahert there are no ears cara alithe loading leading pul placa ce the farmere dump their I 1 beets in a a pile on the ground and go theer digging in vot bo eldir elder county iliev they wait for cars even it if it does docs consume consume a weeks time lust just lit at the season when time Is so 0 valuable it was nias finally decided to ask the rugar companies to advance the price of beets 25 cents per ton malting the rates r f ier too ton r f 0 b loading stations witt ami a committee consisting of johnp johnf john P F mei RJ errell rell and oluff jenson was to confer with the factory iii nod and get this advance it if pos tahle i A iorg lan Sl claimed aimed that on an abt av erae the ibe farmers far ineis of this county get tl 1 per ton jess ices tor for an equal per cent ot ok alne than is paid beet growers in other sections outside of the stale the matter or getting markets marketa for crops other than sugar beets was vaa discussed A no 0 claer business was transacted at ibe sessions the time being taken up ent entirely re sy the discussion of this these problems and the meeting was adjourned to saturday next at I 1 p m when the report of the special committee will bo be made and the dec 14 von ton of officers will bo be attended to the 11 ll feel that eliat they are arc en dulco to consideration at the sands bands of the sugar compa companies afes |