| OCR Text |
Show I that rigby sugar factory "SO THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW" o J OaVO rAOTnilV ODIID Ufll I tne caU8e of m much dissatisfaction in this county paid per row for thinning V hoeing,' as the, case I uAlU iMulUnl UlUll If ILL for a long time. In this connection we may state maybe. The farmer must havejiis money ready to a w f mm a iniifiniiTPiu the road south of town to connect with Bonneville's pay for the work from day to day, or as fast as it is W I RF lAin IMMrillATrl Y .highway along the track will also be completed this completed. I PL LHIU immmiftlLLI y-er r The deteils of this plan are to be worked out -as : 5 '. T", l r Saturday will be pay day for the laborers at the nearly as possible at the bureaus meeting on Satur- At the directors meeting of the Beet Growers factory. This is running between two' 'and three day. By thus fully utilizing all available hired help Sugar Company held on April 16, it was decided to thousand each two weeks, and the quantity of con- and also the services of the boys and girls, during give the following cash prizesto the boy or girl who struction work is being'maintained right along and the coming season, it is thought that the labor ques would raise for the company the largest yield, on an whi 80on very materially increase, after the spur tion can be handled to a great extent, without im- ; ' acre basis, of sugar beets during the year 1918: The jg m an(j the structural steel and heavy machinery porting so much of the foreign labor element into largest and best yield, $15.00; for second best yield, arrives. our midst. $10.00, and the .third best yield, $5.00. This is done Since putting the above in type, we have been ad- to stimulate the interest of the younger generation vised that C. E. Brooks, superintendent of Montana inn it An a anr - in Jefferson County's principal crop. Go to it boys Division of the Oregon Short Linewas in Rigby VNI TIIKN ARE PI F ASFll and girls and let's see who can excell. ' last evening conferring with the -of ficerg of the wiwiiwiiw niik I kknvLU Rv 1 1. In going over the records of the company it was Sugar Company about a spur track, and;h advised UITU TUC DDAQDCOTC m M ' learned that over 45 car loads of machinery, steel, them that he had received orders -at his Pocatello , If 1 1 II I ML IllUOrClf I U Wk j jt cement, brick, lumber, tiling, seed and other sup- office Tuesday, to put this trackage in at once and K f plies have been received thus far by it and used in that he had wired for the steel and would assemble T Whom t m pnnfl,. KfK construction. This does not include freight receiv- a crew and get them at the work without delay. JJ . L rce5n- , . , Mil' . ed in less than car load lots, which would make up A contract was closed by the Sugar Company last , 2 J118 1S to. certify, that we the undersigned resi- P$ll t several cars. night for ten Duplex trucks to haul beets in this dente and citizens of Franklin County, Idaho, purch- fe!'. Unavoidable Delay faU. This involves an expenditure of about $40,000. ?ed st?c? rtlea?eet G?wers ?uar Company mi l Owing to misunderstanding concerning the rail- The order was placed at this time to insure early ?;?A?rirfflu?,t That a the ?me we made Kf road company building-the spur track from the main delivery. MST1 .certain represen- m f line to the factory, resulting from the government SJm2!K?mg reahl and integrity MF" teSng over the control of the railroads of the coun- rinli mlnP1 Tn nra. tfphSSS n?e com?any a?d concerning . Mil trv slieht delav has been caused in building this, but h ARU RIIRP All Til Mr Al u natural rfsources consisting of good land and an mU S'romnnvtLkth NHim DUllCHU III UCHL - abundance of water surrounding Rigby where the mM MffSro WITH IARRR HnRTARF teSMbtofa suffi" b' J I, week and after explanations were made, instructions If 1 1 II LftDUIl 0111111 1 HUE aw?hS&J . n n BF I P ' ' were issued by wire to the railroad company to pro- . Suar Vommiv SrfhbM&&.m-the Beet CSTera 7 IV K ceed under the contracts entered into, and install In 1917 the labor shortage was a serious problem SSS2 S? yonsm our county have kii this trackage at once. This will be done without for the farmers. With the greatly increased acre- SSS-XiifrSBSl ComIll,yB icinls fc, j fc delay, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding. age, and the scarcity of available farm labor, due to an the Rigby country was poor and not fa- W " Twentv Drillers Now At Work o5r boys being drafted jnto the military service, the StKrSS' a $M; TheconytasTd S -3M f L time of going to press reports received showed about StfofofCouritv AfSffi Xent TanSer and he suggested that we go to the Rigby Sount Pir: . 2,000 acres has been planted, some of which are now . SS uuS- a.nd investigate for ourselves. We did thb and a? " f i I coming UP' that better weather P118. driUing will $SLa rived A mhy the evenin of APril 1918 we 4 'L . proceed much.f aster. . The ground is in excellent f BuiShltmmS'm the count? traveled over M over the countrV from which IP 1 Condition and prospects most favorable This week JJ SAStSS rereseS beets wiU be grown for the Rigby factory, and we Zxi? - the company received several requests from farm- Jg8 SmmSVmZS& th? subject ?ave n,e.ver seen finer agricultural good &et land & & Uving outside what may be termed the Rigby o7 laW The T?Sof ttie Baii C J CaU in our lives and we claim to know'what this should , JP , fi district, to enter into contracts with them because jfiL fSfiS Wit the lwal later Sen to meet consi8t of- We & not find a single spot of alkali W fjA they wished to raise beets for the independent jngj Jg 'SSSStl 1 The drainage good, the Jii factory. Rihv next Saturdav to consider different Dhrases so" 1S of a sandv loam of good depth, and there is & II Q """ MtopresenUtion &SSrS faUhfsof SESL aU the Li iC ifSPi V0 S whoare not familiar with the Rigby to boy84uSd girls. Tlje names of these local labor land n B ftfjffe - v ; tap district, and its agncultural resources, seem to take men are ' A ne Great Feeder Canal that furnishes water for '."l'4 delight in misrepresenting our country. On Monday O S Call Rieby E A Erickson Lewisville: F. R. this country is over 100 feet wide and about 10 ;f . a delegation of citizens of Franklin County came to Hadlock,' Garfield I; C. S.Eddie, Menan; S. Lee Bates, f!J deeP' and w2Sld)e designated as a river in any fc l Rigby to investigate the reports they had heard, Su.vin "S&'SSr1 " fy h - and after making a most thorough investigation, Labor men have not yet been named in Grant, An- S5S, lK5JJT ! L they voluntary made and signed the report publish- nis, Lorenzo, Perry, and Ririe. ' prosperous. Rigbyvlls B'thhying city of about 2000 fe l I ed elsewhere in this issue, which we ask all who may County Attorney Cordon, who is secretary and SSffiiTS m J h II be interested in the success of our new enterprise to treasurer of the Bureau, has been given general surrounding country has been settled for about 30 fk II read. TluVreport should settle aU Imieh false state- SLSSJJSS.tSl foJflf81! Mr l " mente. The company says that it likes nothing bet- the jfel of the local ibbrmen, he is preparing a com- J SS&SS Y$L2SF' In ?Ct r? !! f ter than to have outeide people to come here and see lete hedule o all available farmVnds, fnd also S?JSi22!Sis!S SffiSS v,td lufflcient 4 .for themselves. All who have been here willingly Sf aU hired help needed by the farmers, as far as gSS tefi2Hm5adownf,,0' I 1 made a similar report Several such parties i have can be determined at tluVtimet As the season ad- t1StegJ mdo so- . , vf? ? visitedjhis country and went away fully, satisfied. Vancaa: thiriehedule will be mddadt to, and'chanwW 4. VtevY ne factory site and were well pleased , i; Sff' Vt company untotake to kick it, they boost it up, kept on the labor heedslpf the fanners from time to SSinSJ u! 5 fcf,r' cement' . ' jjr fl!k?Vj hill and help it outsttnyd in this case.' ,' tiiSen'dsuWneedVHppfied as readily as possible. fiX"fJPplieB u11 it L The annual meeting of the stwkhoMers of the su- fr0m whatever help is available. For example, if a SSSfefii."8 gar company will be held on the third Monday of . . farm he6lg a Wr&'AaiL'iiffltt week, he must either SK2rifc? lL IJtfSSSf J? pU8h fec" I May (the 20th), for the election of officers for an- notif J.the locAbor man or Mr. Cordon, in plenty SgJ SVi f P08816- 1 - otheryear. The.Jiotce is published in this issue. of time. Farmers 'already using hired help should Sj ""3 ; frLm ,li Sn017' ware- 5 Vice-President Goodwin spent Sunday and Mon- also give nofice.a'heaclof time, Sf when they will be SSflffiiS?nSrift taSiS1' ma-tene !hop' Jfc day in Rigby, and re-turned to Salt Lake on Tues- through with such help, oPif .they know 4f some ' if i2 , ?nfll S P1" ' 4 day. 'He found everything progressing fiatisfactor- neighgor ho, needs $ heip; notify him, so that; wwiVSlI Z;S ?,T, ihyi ?m for i . i ? ily, both as to construction at the factory and 8UC heip may be transferred to some farmer need- ft g J8 S1 ednandQteegr?i?h.lc1 4 the planting of beets, and stated that thecompany ing it 0er ftnd thus avoid the loss of time SHSliSSSSrtlfi: if ?IClal8' whi 1 i; would push construction work to the limit and do wfich' hertof ore often occured when no system was wXh?fjS f - i its best to have the factory, completed on schedule used and labor hands WOuld lose half a day or a day SnlSS!!' JfV ste? 1 j time. ' i JJA. in finding a new job. It wiU be-to the advantage of an?ZhZ ZtZTT0 "' i l Manager Hill returnedfrom an extended trip on eve, farlner to do his part to make this new system ,H V?5 w a5f niore,tnan Phased and fully sat- jfs Friday to Salt Lake, -Boise, and Oregon and Wash- effective " is fled at what we found regarding the Beet Grow- , - ington, where he went on company business. He re- It ia afco tlio p!i of the bureau to utilize the la- og?L mfPany ? a-to its i:? fj" i . k ports vegetation in the west part of the state furth- Ymv of the boys end girls of the county 100 per cent ESfJSi? work, the agricul- i er along than here, but otherwise the western coun- throughout the season. To accomplish this? they SSiSSESt Im?6 co surrounding the fac- 1 try does not look near so good and prosperous as , are to be organized into squads of from 15 to 30, J?2 ST .S ft n ?" sidS' and eVeryJm. : k ours. each squad to be under the supervision o f a compe- SSLSSS SaSJi?18.!? teJpn8eai 8UCcessVand WS I ' Commissioners Grant New Road tenfc ?an or woman, who wiU go with them into the ttttT1011 r , i u J The county commissioners met in special session fields and remain with them throughout each day, n7SBJSa1torS, that h wS S,! P & Saturday to consider road matters, and decided to going from field to field as the case may be. It is E rJSL SSftS TavP V i '. build thetwo miles of road from the Haywood place. believed that under this system the boys and girls gffi'SlS? Thl SJSS J1. ww uS" P ( the Sugar-Company agreeing to do the grading and will do it better and easier, than they will working S'K! iSlSillSt8 C' i he county to build the bridles. This work will be. separately arid by themselves. , Every farmer know! te&fftyJ ' J , U' ! done while the soil is in workable condition, and that the average boy or girl, sent into the field by rSJiSA"1 and hone8tly conducted- , " : j will bring the large country around Lorenzo and himself, or with two or three others, without having Kespecctuiiy suomitted, . ' If Labelle, in direct touch with the factory and give a supervisor, does not accomplish much. When the PETERSON, ' I them a inuch sliorter route to Rigby, as well as squad goes into a field, the' supervisor in charge, J. M. KELLER, ' i . i completing the most needed highway that has been . and the farmer, will determine how much is to be THOS. C. GREAVES, " . J Foif Further Information F. W.THATCHER, 63 W. 1st Southhone 936 hi 1; . " ' mfi'' ' ' Jr.. ' "o i ,wj , , , ,, , .. ... i - .- ,... J |
