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Show Canning Factory Practically Assured According to the announcement Knade at a special meeting of the farmers q! the valley held at Center-field Center-field last Tuesday night, Gunnison valley will have a pea canning factory, fac-tory, and if the plans mapped out materialize, the matter of construct-rt- Ing the plant will be started with the opening of spring. The meeting, which had been scheduled, was not so largely attended attend-ed as was expected, due, no doubt, to tho raging snowstorm. However, thoso present were more than elated with the prospects and "tho fever" has taken a good hold with the best prospects for a big factory for the valley. It was represented at the meeting that three different capitalists capital-ists were ready to finance the proposition, propo-sition, wilh the aid and co-operation Of the farmers of the valley, to the extent of $100,000. Not only was this announcement made, but it was also stated that officials of the Eph-ralm Eph-ralm pea canning factory expressed a willingness to join forces and aid in establishing a factory in the valley. val-ley. Aftar months of careful study of a factory from a financial standpoint and from the beneficent results that will obtain in the soil from pea culture, cul-ture, together with the by-producls. the proposition appeals to those directly di-rectly interested in the factory and to those who have given the matter careful study. Plans have not as yet been definitely defi-nitely settled and another meeting is to be held at the Ceuterfield meeting house next Tuesday evening, at which time the matter will be gone into more deeply. It is expected at this meeting that more details will have been made and a program mapped out for real work. Next Tuesday's meeting Is open to all, and farmers and others interested in the further development of the great valley are urgently requested to be present. |