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Show 1 GOLD PRIZES FOR I THE BEST BEETS B The advertising department of E "Wrights' store is busy today sending K circulars descriptive of a prize plan for sugar beet growors which is to Hs be conducted this year by that con- B- The plan is purely an unselfish one R on the part of the store "which is glv- Hv ing it, the purpose of it being to B arouse the beet growers to a reallza- 1- tlon of the fact that every effort to Bl produce rich beets in the best method j of reaping greater profits from their BSBH Tbero Are to be thirteen prizes all H of which are to be paid In. gold coin H Xho first prize is $25. (X), the second H 116.00, the third $10.00 and ten prizes H of $5 each. These amounts are to H l be paid to tho beet raisers to pro- H duce beets which average the highest H! ' in Quantity of Sugar Content, tho Hl ' purity of the content and the most HV v ideal shape. H The beet growors -are aBkod to H f ' supply threo of their best samples, H I ' these are to bo tested by experts who H will not know the name of the con- H pt ) , tcstant, and the prizes awarded some- tH time in the fall. That the motive of the contest is H ,, U1 simply- to awaken Interest in better H ' ' beets Is evidenced by the circular H y J which has been sent to all of tho H ) Beet Raisers and from which the fol- H J lowing is quoted. H "We want the farmers in this part Hj of the sugar growing country to raise H the very best that can be grown B The new sliding scale of payment l. ' for beets means a great deal for those H l who raise the best beets it means H ! more money. 1 ' As the farmers of this valley rc- B ' I oelvc more for tholr products, the H:i j more they will have to spend. We be- Ht lleve this contest will arouso an in- ' terest In beets of higher quality and w J I that Wrights' Btores will eventually 1 I be benefitted along with every B other store in this community. H r When sugar beets are raised at a V greater profit there will bo more land HH devoted to their culture and as 1 more land Is devoted to beets, tho U ' I value of other crops must increase ! and as our farmers prosper so will I this store prosper." The above is from an explanatory circular which has been mailed to f'-' j j every beet raiBer adjacent to Ogdon. Hj Already over a hundred raisers have Hi i written to the store signifying their Hy desire to enter tho contest. The ad- Hr vertising man says he expects at H 1 1 ( least one thousand farmers will enter. |