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Show INVENTOR BECOMES BLIND ON k RIDEjra REACH OGDEN Arrives With a Model of a Machine Which Is Constructed at a Local Foundry Practical Test Made Yesterday Proves That Sugar Beet Planting Is to Undergo a Radical Change With Great Savings in Seed. John H. Radden of Ogden Is tho inventor of a machine for planting beet seed which, it is said, will result in a saving of about two-thirds of the seed ordinarily planted. Heretofore the practice has been to drill the seed along in rows, using from 14 to 18 pounds of seed to the acre. After the young plants have reached a height of three or four inches the rows are spaced and thinned. The spacing is done with a sharp hoe and the cost is estimated at about $2.50 per acre. After the spacing spac-ing the remaining plants are in hills about a foot apart. The thinning consists of pulling out all the plants In a hill except one and the work, quite often done by children, costs another $2.50 per acre. Mr. Redden's machine does not savo the cost of thinning but does save the cost of spacing, as the beot seed can be planted in hills six, eight or twelve Inches apart, as desired. The number of seeds can also be ' regulated bo that four, eight or any 1 other number may bo planted In a hill. Careful estimates show that when the beet seed is planted in rows IS inches apart, with hills 12 inches apart, and six seeds in a hill, only about 9 pounds of seed Is required to the acre. Four seeds in a hill would take but six pounds. The machine can al60 be used to plant corn, wheat, peas and even alfalfa al-falfa seed, by making certain changes in the feed box. Air. Redden was formerly a farmer in Kanesvllle, but last September removed re-moved with hi6 family to Altonah in Duchesne county, where he was engaged en-gaged In a government contracL When winter days came and the work was closed down, he began working on a device to save some of the beet seed wasted under the old system of drilling. drill-ing. He read in the papers of the difficulty diffi-culty experienced by the sugar companies com-panies In getting beet seed from Germany, Ger-many, on account of the war, and, drawing on his own experience as a beet raiser, he finally perfected his invention, which he has had patented. His first model was a small machine ma-chine operated by hand and made almost al-most entirely of wood. Later he built a machine, mounted on wheels, to be drawn by a horse. This was tested with various seeds, corn, peas and beet seed, and found to work successfully success-fully when tried out In the snow. But spring was coming and Mr. Redden decided de-cided to offer his machine, if possible, in time for use by the sugar companies com-panies in 1916. An effort to take the machine over to the station on the D. & R. G. road failed on account of the deep snQw. Mr. Redden then placed the small wooden model in a pillow slip and tied it to hiB saddle and started a horseback with one companion for Ogden, Og-den, by way of Camas City. The snow proved to be deeper than expected and they made such slow progress that they were obliged to camp the first night on the summit In the snow. The next day Mr. Redden Red-den was afflicted with snow blindness and had to ride blindfolded and give his horse a free rein. They were three days In reaching Camas City and the railroad. Arriving Arriv-ing in Ogden, Mr. Redden lost no time in submitting his invention to Secretary Fred Taylor and Manager LeRoy Eccles, of the Amalgamated Sugar Co. Those gentlemen at once recognized the possibilities of the device and ordered a machine made by the Western West-ern Foundry and Machine Co. for a practical demonstration, under the su-pervision su-pervision of Job PIngree and John F. Burton, of the local field force. The machine was completed and tested yesterday in a field near the sugar factory. Some minor defects were developed, which will be corrected cor-rected later on, but an acre of ground was planted, the machine depositing the seeds accurately about six In a hill and using a little more than eight pounds. John F. Burton, under whose direction direc-tion the test was made, expressed his entire satisfaction with the device and expects that next year a great saving will be effected, both for the sugar companies and the farmers. Mr. Redden's achievement is only another "proof that the Inventive genius of Americans is equal to all demands de-mands caused by wars abroad or at home. itn Manning for such a time that they feel confident of successfully negotiating nego-tiating the boards, and they make the announcement of their vehicle, the operetta op-eretta "Bo'sun's Bride," by Maude Elizabeth Inch and Rhys Herbert, to bo given Thursday and Friday of this week In the acadomy auditorium. It was this same class that scored a hit with Ogden theatregoers last fall with the musical comedy "Sylvia." Members of the class claim that with the experience gained from the the- 1 atrical flier last year and the knowl- I edge secured during rehearsals under Professor Manning the show will be J near-professional In Its presentation. I Thtre will bo pretty girls, hand- some boys, many songs and exquisite- J ly executed dances, Interspersed with fun, frolic, and merriment, and it is the conviction of tho juniors this I show will bo the premier show event of the seaoli. The comedy has been given five times in various settle- . ments surrounding ugacn, ana is now ready for Its premiere here. The following membera of the Jun lor class compose the cast: Eldra Rlrio, Josephine Shorten Lamont Poulter, Ruth Pardoe, Alice Stahr, Florence Browning, Myrtle Rease, Glen Poulter, Grace Wheel wright and Lora Newton are the cirls; Arnold Felt, Joe Smith, Ralph Erickson, WUford Moench, Alma Burrows, Bur-rows, Elwood Winters, Aldra Barker, Glen Hardy, Parker Van Fleet and Oren Jones, the boys. AFTERNOON TEA. The ladles of Queen Esther Chapter Chap-ter No. 4, O. E S , will give an afternoon after-noon tea. Thursday, April 13 from 3 to 5 o'clock to which all members and visiting members are cordially invited. MISS LILA ECCLES TO PLAY. Miss Lila Eccles. talented Utah artist art-ist will appear in Logan theatrical circles Friday and Saturday of this |