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Show lllTIGOi " OF SB DIMS William H. Wattis of Ogden late yesterday, at Salt Lake, was elected director of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, com-pany, succeeding the late Francis M. Lyman. The directors received reports Indicating Indi-cating a bountiful yield of sugar beets this year. The Fallon, Nev., district will plant about 4,000 acres. Two now factories, at Shelley, Ida., and North Yakima, Wash., will be op-1 crated this year, and the Fallon fac-l tory, operated under an agreement, will be placed upon a paying basis. The company owns ten other factories, fac-tories, located at Lehl, Garland, Elsi-nore, Elsi-nore, Payson, Spanish Fork, West Jordan, Jor-dan, Idaho Falls, Sugar City, Black-foot, Black-foot, Ida., and Grants Pass, Ore. The board as selected yesterday is composed of tho following: Joseph F. Smith, Thomas R. Cutler, Charles W. Nlbley, W. S. McCornlck, John C. Cutler, Cut-ler, Heber J. Grant, George Romney, James D. Murdock and William H. Wattis. Reports of the president, general manager and secretary were read to tho stockholders. These reports called call-ed attention to the peculiar conditions affecting the 1916 beot crop and made mention of the new factories at North Yakima, Wash., and Shelley, Idaho, which are now in course of construction. construc-tion. The reports showed that the prospects are fair for a good crop of boots for the Fallon, Nev., factory, which now is being operated by the Utah-Idaho Sugar company. It was reported to the stockholders that the agricultural department of tho govornment estimates that not less than 90,000 acres of beets will be planted this season for the company. The reports showed that the number of stockholders in tho company has Increased since last year from 1803 to 2163; that tho acreage of boots harvested har-vested has increased from 57.6S1 to 70,161; that tho tonnage of beots harvested har-vested has increased from 62S.S27 to 696,216; that the cost of boots per ton has increased from 5.55 to 6.75 per ton. Tho following tablo shows the quantity quan-tity and cost of some of tho principal Items in Uie manufacture of sugar: Coal, 108,723 tons 313.516.31 Coke, 42,016 tons 51,881.77 Lime rock, 42,251 tons 82,095.00 Assorted press cloth, 41,197 yards 7,668.00 Sugar bags, twine, needles, otc 230,652.40 Bags for Kolly presses 5,994.42 Oil, tallow, cotton waste, otc 10,281.18 Knives, files, etc 12,909.51 Sulphur, soda, etc 15,433.58 Freights paid on sugar 851,242.14 All other froights will aggregate aggre-gate about 500,000.00 |