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Show $50,000 PAID I BEET GROWERS ;$3,000,000 to Be Paid in I November; Local Plant Starts Monday The first payment to farmers for the 1920 reason for sugar beets was made yesterday by the Amalgamated Sugar company. $50,000 being paid t tanners of I'tah and Idaho for beets delivered up to aud including October 1. This is the smallest amount ever paid for the first allct-Iment allct-Iment of sugar beets according to iVice President S. M. Bdgell of the I Amalgamated Sugar company. Storms during the latter part of I September are given as the reason ! for this small amount, the storms 'hindering the work of the farmers to I a great extent. During the present month the beet digging has been little hindered and i the November pay roll in the opin ion of local officials will total more than $3,000,000. The Ogden plant, which has been undergoing repairs, will start the season Monday. More than $700,000 has been spent by the Amalgamated in improvements at the various plant? in I'tah and Idaho. The plants at Logslh, Lewistou, 'and Ogden will be operating night and day. starling next Monday, until the entire crop ha stern handled, while the Idaho plants will also work twenty four hours each day. until the entire crop has been re-I re-I fined. |