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Show FACTORY TO CLOSE ON JAit 25 EIGHT THOUSAND TONS OF SUGAR SU-GAR BEETS TO BE TREATED. Fred G. Taylor of Le Grande, Oregon, on a Visit to the Local Plant of Amalgamated. Fred G. Taylor, superintendent ami manager of the LeGrande, Oregon, sugar su-gar factory, is in the city on his animal an-imal visit of inspection to the local factory. Mr. Taylor-was formerly an Ogden hoy, making his start In the toet Kucar world as an employe at the local plant and rising rapidly in his profession. He btates that the 1 1 Grande factory has had a successful success-ful campaign this; year and that he anticipates a better run for 1909. The Ogden sugar factory Is running to Its full capacity night and day. 1 here arc In the neighborhood of S.oou tens of beets yet on hand, but. unless unforeseen obstacles arise, the run will bo practically completed by January Jan-uary 22. and tho factory closed down by the 25th. Most of the beets are now In the sheds awaiting sugar extraction, the huge piles on the ground adjoining the plant having been transferred to the bins. Thero wero fully 22,000 tons of beets stacked at one time on tho piling grounds and from GO to 7i teams of nearby farmers have beeu employed for several weeks in making Ihe transfer. Practically no damage at all was sustained through the cold snap of a few weeks past, the covering nl snow protecting the beet3 to a considerable con-siderable extent. Great caro is used In handling the beets stacked outside to avoid rotting. rot-ting. The beets are constantly injected in-jected by experts and. If frozen and there are signs of their thawing out, those affected are immediately ised teiore the frozen beets have time to ppoll. A frozen beet is not Impaired a to its sugar producing qualities, but a spoiled beet may cause considerable consid-erable trouble In the sugar making. |